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The caliber changes on the 550b are more expensive than the Pro2000
Shellplate $34
Toolhead $23
Powder funnel $11
Powder die $15
That's $83 vs $55, which probably reflects the addition of the powder die (which allows quickly changing the powder measure between toolheads without readjusting the die each time.)
With the Dillon press, you don't buy an expander die, as this is done with a caliber-specific "powder through expander" funnel. So, I suppose you could subtract the $11 powder funnel.
The apples vs. oranges part comes into play with the powder measure. With separate expander dies, the powder measure just throws powder and can stay put. With the powder-through expander design, you have to install the powder measure on that die.
You don't have to buy an extra powder die per toolhead. That just makes the caliber change faster. So, if you don't mind moving and readjusting the powder measure (including bell), you can save a few bucks.
In terms of caliber change being a pain, I will agree that is true if it involves reconfiguring the primer feed mechanism. As long as you don't have to change that, caliber change takes less than a minute. With primer feed reconfiguration, it can take 10 minutes.
Some Dillon enthusiasts buy a second 550b (or whatever model they have), just so they don't have to mess with changing the primer feed!
I can't say that's crazy, because all the calibers I reload use large primers, so I keep my small primer parts in a box...
But I will confess to solving the problem of readjusting the powder measures by installing one on each of the 4 toolheads.
IMO, any of the presses from the "big names" are quality machines, with good factory support. Very few reloaders (me included) own more than one brand, as they represent a sizable investment, so I'm not sure how the "color wars" really get much traction.
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I wake up every night to urinate at least once, twice if I decide to sleep till around 10 or eleven. I am only 19. I had a couple of blood sugar tests done before, and the levels were ok, so I do not have diabetes. I do not drink water at least 3 hours before bed; but it doesn't matter if I do or don't - I still get up at night to urinate. I think the problem is that I cannot hold my pee in at night, because when I do go to bathroom I don't urinate that much, certainly not as much as I most can. Any ideas ? thanks
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Another common sleep problem many people experience is waking up in the middle of the night to urinate. Normal? Rarely. I always use that as a sign to tell me that something is just not as quite right as it should be with the patient. Something is up, (other than yourself at 3am), and again, it is most often due to some physical, chemical/nutritional, or emotional stress stirring up your adrenal glands. Vitamin B1, (thiamine), is the most common nutritional deficiency that can cause this, or help resolve the problem. But this article isnt necessarily telling you to take it.
Aldosterone, another adrenal hormone, is responsible for mineral balance in the body (sodium-potassium). It is higher at night, opposite that of cortisol. High aldosterone means that sodium is retained, which also means that fluid is retained. This means that you sleep better since the dreaded walk to the bathroom isnt needed. A low aldosterone at night means you are going to have to get up and go, literally. But at first you have to lie there and wish it to go away; that is some unwritten law that I cant explain to you.
Another reason for frequent nighttime urination is from lactic acid, usually from a hard (anaerobic) workout, irritating the wall of the bladder. This irritation will cause you to wake up and urinate, but often results in low urine volume. That is when you think to yourself, I got up for this?only to return with a similar outcome a couple hours later. For you men out there it is important to note that frequent urination and especially that of low volume can be due to a prostate problem. That is not something you want to ignore. You can read more about this in my prostate article.
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No offense Meat, but this is supposed to be a men's friendly competition not a bitch fest of who can come up with the most non-traditional methods to keep things creative. I'm not paying $100 for a head to head competition just to get a smaller payout at the expense of a fuggin high scorer when I beat (or didn't beat) his ass during the season.
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Hi, I currently have a MKV file where I want to use the video stream only and place it into another MKV. The video is out of sync for everything else however. The simple solutions are to either delay the video (easy) or cut everything else (annoying).
The issue I'm having is that the delay is simply delaying the video from playing beyond the first frame (which is not blank) for X ms. I would sooner prefer to see a blank clip or black frame than this. Now you could say that inserting a blank clip for X ms at the start would work but I am struggling to match the x264 settings to that of the original clip for that process to work.
If anyone knows of any other not-so-time-consuming options that would be great. I'd like to avoid re-encoding but if there is a fast way to do (20 minutes or so) I'd be up for it.
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selur has a program that will match settings according to the mediainfo report - mis2x264 . You might have to find matching x264 core versions, and it still doesn't guarentee it working.
Does the other video have audio? If so you need accompanying blank audio as well, the same specs, same # channels, sampling rate etc...
Sorry I don't quite understand your description . You want to insert video "i" into video "b" ? What position ? video "b" has audio ? but video "i" doesn't ?
Is it appended to the beginning ? or insterted somewhere in the middle ?
i is "video i" , "---" is the no audio. b is "video b", a is the audio for "video b"
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Well actually you solved it already with your first comment =D
I wanted to create a delay at the start without having the first frame stalled (as it's not black) by the delay that mkvmerge provides. So I wanted to have a BlankClip which I could not match the settings for. I had used mis2x264 with no luck but when you mentioned finding and using the correct x264 core, well everything worked.
Thanks for the help! Now I need to write a massive batch script to automate this process XD
ok just to clarify for other folks who might not understand: the core version will be listed in the mediainfo report. It's changed whenever the x264 API is changed. It's not the same thing as revision number , in this example is r2431 . The core here is 142
Writing library : x264 core 142 r2431 ac76440
Although the video now plays their appears to be quite a number of issues with the color. There are random tints of color that will cover part of if not all of the screen during playback. By tints I mean that it appears as though you are looking at some part of the screen through a green/blue/red lens. This only occurs when I append these clips together (the BlankClip and the video clip from the MKV). Not sure if there's a solution to this.
To re-describe what I'm trying to do it is to take a video clip of a MKV file and delay it by a few seconds to match the audio/chapters/subtitles that start a few seconds later than the video clip. The audio and others do not come from the MKV file. I was hoping to have the delayed part of the video clip be black frames instead of the first frame of the video clip being frozen for the duration of the delay as it is not black.
Correct me if I'm wrong: Right now , the video duration is shorter than the audio; and video starts early
Instead of delaying the Video,
You want to append a blank video segment
The only 100% sure fire way is to re-encode (do the joining in lossless domain e.g. avs script)
If the videos had been encoded with --stitchable , along with the same core & settings, then they should append without issues as well
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I don't really mind re-encoding it all again; the script is simple to make. My concern is how do I maintain the same quality (bitrate, etc.) in the x264 encoder? Is it really as simple as using the same settings as before?
I haven't actually tried to re-encode a video after it's been encoded, only encoded episodes from DVD and bluray sources where I purposely lose some quality in favor of size.
You will always lose some quality when encoding with lossy settings. You could use lossless (CRF 0 ), but filesize will increase dramatically.
Just use some settings that are "good enough" for your eyes. Typically people use around CRF 16-22 , the lower the value the les quality loss, the larger the filesize
Yeah, I'm very familiar with CRF. I'm a bit high-end for that usually sticking to CRF 13-16 from source materials. But that description helps. More or less you're saying that:
Source -> Lossy Encoding -> Lossy Encoding
will result in further quality loss from stage 2 to 3 regardless of the settings I use albeit might not be that noticeable. If that's the case I think I'll stick with my delay, one lossy encode is enough lol.
I would have liked to have stitched them together but the video was not encoded with a revision of x264 that supports --stitchable which i hear is 2342 or greater. I guess that's why I see that tint effect despite the fact that I used the same settings and core for the BlankClip as those of the video.
Thanks again!
Another thing you could try is assigning a different sps-id to the blank segment and joining the elementary streams (e.g dos copy)
--sps-id 2
Even if the encoding settings are different, supposedly that allows you to append them
The issue I'm having is that the delay is simply delaying the video from playing beyond the first frame (which is not blank) for X ms.
- extract time codes for the video stream using mkvextract
- adjust time code of the first frame (and all following; should be easily doable using excel or similar), in example by adding +10 (ms) on each value
- add the new time codes for the video stream using mkvmerge/mmg
That appears to be the same as creating the delay in mkvmerge which is kind of what I don't want. You're right, it is showing the first frame a bit longer. That's also what I'm not looking to have XD
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You could also try smart rendering editors like videoredo, solveigmm video splitter, tmpg smart renderer . Only a few frames would be re-encoded if any at all
Going back to an earlier comment, you had mentioned something about --sps-id 2. I think that tsMuxeR seems to take care of that although I have to create a m2ts file (which I can convert to mkv). I can't change the SEI and VUI data though as it fails to mux. It does not appear to be re-encoded at all and I don't seem to have that "tinting" issue. Bitrate suffers a tiny hit (1-20kbps) but I'm assuming that's due to BlankClip being added.
Any thoughts on tsMuxeR? I'm wondering this can be considered a solution that does not diminish the quality of the source material, I'm just not very familiar with how well received this tool is for this kind of use.
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No, just use --sps-id 2 on the small part you're encoding and appending. Output an elementary stream (e.g. input1.264). Join the elementary video stream with dos copy to the main video (e.g. input2.264)
copy /b input1.264 + input2.264 output.264
Join the audio separately by normal methods, then mux video & audio together with mkvmerge
I tried some quick tests on some files with different encoding settings (on purpose) , that didn't even join properly with mkvmerge, and it seemed to work. I only did a few tests, but frankly I'm surprised. I might have lucked out on the choice of samples, but no glitches so far at the join site or anywhere else...weird
Any thoughts on tsMuxeR? I'm wondering this can be considered a solution that does not diminish the quality.
The file overhead for transport stream is about 5-7% larger than MKV container . If it's only slightly larger in filesize than the 2 mkv's added together, then something went wrong (or maybe your files weren't very big, calculations weren't accurate). So if it truly worked you should be able to remux with mkvmerge to MKV container without issues. Or perhaps you've discovered a bug with that specific mkvmerge build ?
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Okay so I recreated the BlankClip with x264 using --sps-id 2 and using your dos command. This is a pretty good approach looking at it now, playback is correct. What I find cool is MediaInfo will properly recognize both streams and will inform me what settings both streams were encoded with despite being merged now.
These are some results from different methods:
mkv with just video stream unaltered: 610,442,994 bytes; 3384 kbps
m2ts with BlankClip appended: 647,792,640 bytes; 3588 kbps (6% increase in file size and an increase in bitrate)
mkv conversion of the m2ts: 607,263,065 bytes; 3364 kbps
mkv created using sps-id 2 and dos copy: 607,263,091 bytes; 3364 kbps
I'm not really sure if there is much of difference between tsMuxeR and the sps-id method except that the former will return the encode settings of the unaltered video and not that of both the BlankClip and the video stream in MediaInfo. Both seem to check out and play back just fine, that "tint" from the mkvmerge method is gone. In addition, the x264 core used in both cases does not seem to affect the end result, I'll have to test it later with different encode settings and see if this holds true.
Perhaps there is a bug with append in mkvmerge?
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When you refer to "cutting everything else" being annoying, are you referring to the work it would require being annoying or do you actually want to avoid removing a bit from the beginning of the audio etc?
I ask just in case you're not aware that instead of applying a positive video delay you can apply it as a negative audio delay (and everything else delay). Mostly a negative audio delay is fine because it just cuts off a bit of silence, but maybe it needs to cut more than that. Even so, I'd tend to extract the audio, cut it myself, apply a little fade in, then remux it.... rather than mess with the video.
What's the delay required?
Not knowing, I thought Selur might be onto a good idea. The frame duration for film is about 41.6ms. If you added an extra 5 ms to each of the first 24 frames (the 1st second of video) that'd give you an extra 120ms. Would slowing down the video a tiny bit for the first second or so be noticeable? ie Would you notice if the first second was only 21.5fps... that sort of thing?
If not, the easiest way to do it might be to apply the required delay for the video, extract the timecodes, then manually move the first second's worth of frames back by an appropriate amount so the first frame is at 0 again...... or something like that.
I don't suppose you'll find yourself really lucky and be able to extract a tiny bit of black from the existing video? The chances aren't great, but sometimes there's a bit of black before the end credits, or right at the end, or after a fade out etc. If you're lucky you might be able to make a copy of the video, cut out a small section of black and tack it onto the front of the original..... stranger things have happened.
The length in this case is 24 frames (1 second) but I have another series I'm doing where it varies from episode to episode where the delay can anywhere from 7-40 frames off. Mind you I can do a delay in the later cases as the first frame is already black. The main reason why I can't offset everything else back is that I haven't discovered a way to properly offset chapters.
@poisondeathray Your method of using dos copy is perfect! The use of --sps-id 2 isn't required using dos copy method either. After a fair bit of testing, I've discovered that the core and the encoding settings appear to make no impact on the playblack of the file. tsMuxeR appears to do a similar process as well. The "tinting" issue that was present from mkvmerge is also gone. This really makes me wonder why mkvmerge has such an issue appending the streams, could it be a bug?
Using different --sps-id would give you more flexibility, as different settings, different AVC encoder encoded files could be joined
No, the point is that if you set a new SPS-ID, the new sequence can use whatever settings it wants, because it uses a different SPS than the original stream.
Dark Shikari is one of the main x264 developers
"Tinting" issue might be related to that specific mkvmerge build (e.g. maybe try another older version)


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ANGELINA Jolie had both breasts removed to avoid the fate that lies in wait for Gold Coast woman Elisha Neave.
In 2007, long before Angelina Jolie's preventative surgery, three sisters tested positive for BRCA2, a gene disorder that brings an 80 per cent risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
Eldest sister Chrissy Keepence and middle sister Veronica Neave both acted quickly to have hysterectomies and their breasts removed.
But Elisha, only 30 at the time, decided to wait to have more children - a decision that will cost her life.
Now 34, Elisha is dying from a rare and aggressive cancer that started in her ovaries in March last year.
Read: Angelina Jolie to have both ovaries removed
Chrissy said the thought of losing her sister was heartbreaking, but she hoped telling her story would encourage others to act.
"My baby sister has stage-4 fatal ovarian cancer - she never had the chance to act, she waited too long," Chrissy said.
"I am so happy that Angelina Jolie has come out to make people aware.
"If you're armed with knowledge, you can do something. We thought Elisha had more time - she was young and historically in our family the cancer didn't hit until the late 40s, but we were wrong."
Chrissy said Elisha was hospital-bound, fighting with all her strength to prolong her life for 10-year-old son Jack.
"Elisha has exhausted her chemotherapy and surgical options and is undertaking a new treatment," she said. "It is working for now, but she may have to travel to a German clinic that offers treatments not available in Australia."
Elisha's is not the only cancer battle in the Neave family - the sisters' father Colin, lost his battle with liver cancer last week and their mother Claudette is undergoing chemotherapy for terminal bone cancer.
Chrissy said it was not easy to deal with so much heartache but she drew inspiration from her mother.
"My mother hid the severity of her illness from us while we were mourning dad and fighting for Elisha," she said.
"I hope one day I will be as strong as she is."
The Neave family will take part in a fun run to raise funds for Elisha's treatment on June 16. Visit helpelisha.com.au.
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One Moment in Time
Have you ever experienced a precious moment, or series of moments, when you felt pure and sweet love for another person – a moment captured in your memory but gone from sight forever? Several years ago I wrote a poignant poem about a love of years gone by, someone who filled my heart with joy and helped me to live in the moment. When we were together there was no past and no future, only the present moment. His face lit up when I came into view and I could sit quietly in his presence, just waiting and feeling totally content.
One of my current goals is to go through all my file boxes, containing years of notes from seminars I have attended and created, unfinished manuscripts, incomplete teachings and so much more. And that's when I found this moment I had written a long, long time ago. I sent this poem to my dear friend, Monna Ellithorpe, as a reminder to her about that essence of love that will always remain with us even after the live human being is gone.
And here is what she created for me. Enjoy the beautiful background and please let this poem remind you about the joy of love and the meaning of life. Every relationship is precious. Find those special moments that bring a smile to your face and a warm feeling in your body. Love the one you are with.
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News Wrap: Pres. Obama to Take on Gay Marriage Bans
In other news Friday, President Obama spoke out for same-sex marriage, a day after the administration asked the Supreme Court to strike down the California's ban on gay marriage. Also, a federal Judge in California reduced the amount Samsung must pay Apple in damages to $600 million.
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One of my favorite historical cookbooks in my collection is the 1905 "Los Angeles Times Cook Book No. 2." It is considered one of the best records of early California cooking.
In addition to historic California, Spanish and Mexican dishes, it has the winning recipes from cooking contests sponsored by the newspaper that year.
Sometimes I enjoy reading a recipe as much for the humor as for its historical value. A salad that won a 1905 Easter contest amuses me because I love trying to imagine my readers making the dish.
No exact measurements are given. You start by making a nest of shredded lettuce and placing it on individual salad plates. To the side of the nest, you create a daisy by slicing the white of a hard boiled egg into petal shapes. You use the yolk to create the center of the daisy.
Then you take small pieces of cream cheese and form them into robins' eggs. You smash or puree spinach leaves to create spinach juice, then roll the cream cheese in the spinach juice to color the eggs. Finally you put little bits of brown sugar or colored sugar on the cheese eggs to create the effect of speckles. Place the cheese eggs in the nest. Salad dressing is served on the side. "Picture" salads such as this were highly popular around 1900.
Today's recipe is ideal as a first course and even better as a salad to follow an entree in the French and Italian tradition. The recipe is contemporary in the sense that it is light and refreshing. In fact, I was inspired to create this herb salad by a Roman recipe from 2,000 years ago.
History has a way of repeating itself. I expect to hear from readers who try the bird-nest salad.
Petite Herb Salad With Cheese and Nuts
8 servings
1/3 cup red-wine vinegar or sherry vinegar
3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1/4 cup nut oil
1 minced garlic clove
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 head lettuce, torn
1 bunch watercress, separated into sprigs
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
1/2 cup fresh Italian parsley leaves
1/4 cup fresh oregano, tarragon or basil leaves
1/4 cup toasted walnuts, almonds or pine nuts
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
Freshly ground black pepper
In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients for the dressing. In a large bowl, toss the lettuce and herbs with enough of the dressing to moisten. Top with nuts and blue cheese. Serve immediately with freshly ground pepper.
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I thought it would be fitting to talk a little about collaborations since I'm in the process of introducing a couple new guest columnists to the blog throughout the next few weeks! Remember when I talked about how blogging has been beneficial to my freelance business?? Well, collaboration has been huge, too.
Collaborations can be inspirational in so many ways, but here are two of the big benefits I've found that make teamwork extra successful in the end. First of all, you will be challenged creatively. When you work for yourself, it's easy to get stuck in patterns or rely on one outlet as your source of inspiration. Collaborating, on the other hand, pushes you to be better, stronger, and try new things. Not only that, but you'll learn how to think & work alongside someone else. Ultimately, you'll grow as a creative!
And secondly, your network will expand. Technology is a beautiful thing ( that sounds cheesy, doesn't it?? ) and the connections you can make nowadays are endless. By reaching out and working with someone else, you're bound to meet new people along the way.
So how DO you go about collaborating with someone, then?? Well, the answer to that is a little more complicated, which is why I've decided to divide these posts up into two. Next week, I'll not only be talking about how to approach someone else with an idea, but how to handle being approached yourself, too.


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The authorization follows three months of rigorous testing and evaluation of the iPad and Mobile TC, a map app developed by aviation chartmaker Jeppesen.
The latest decision applies only to Executive Jet Management, but it has implications for all of aviation. By allowing the company's pilots to use the Apple iPad as a primary source of information, the FAA is acknowledging the potential for consumer tablets to become avionics instruments.
To receive authorization the iPad was subjected to numerous tests including rapid-decompression testing from a simulated altitude of 51,000 ft.
Jeff Buhl, Jeppesen's product manager for the Mobile TC app, said iOS proved "extremely stable" and in the "unlikely" event of a software crash "the recovery time for an application crashing or the OS crashing is extremely rapid."
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Stevens County Humane Society takes in more neglected horses
By Tom Larson
Sun Tribune
The Stevens County Humane Society no sooner found homes for all 14 neglected horses rescued from a rural Starbuck home earlier this month than the group found itself facing another challenge, this time originating in Douglas County.
Four horses were rescued from a residence in Douglas County last week and taken to the same safe haven in Stevens County where the Starbuck horses spent time recovering before leaving for their new homes. A colt was found dead at the Douglas County residence, said Kathleen Jost, a Stevens County Humane Society member and veterinarian.
The Douglas County horses were in better shape than the Starbuck horses when rescued but are still suffering from emaciation and dehydration. Compounding the problem, Jost said, the current rescues are thoroughbreds, which makes it more difficult to place them. The thoroughbreds have done very little work with people, have had little contact with more than one person and are "hotter-headed," Jost said.
"They aren't your calm quarter horse," Jost said. "They're bred to run -- that's what they do. They're not really horses you can send to a novice horse owner who doesn't have experience working with these breeds. We hope to find some options. I think (the owner) thought they'd be great race horses, but you've got to feed them."
Keith Streff, Senior Investigator for the Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley, led both investigations. Charges were filed against the Starbuck horse owner since there had been a pattern of neglect and warnings had been issued. He said the Douglas County horse owner cooperated by signing a custodial release and, since the owner had no track record of abusing or neglecting animals, Streff doesn't anticipate any criminal charges being filed.
The Starbuck situation was a "catastrophic case," Streff said. "This one was not so, but it was certainly trending that way."
The Starbuck case was handled well, with volunteers coming forward with the necessary equipment to remove the horses, resources to house and feed them, and to arrange for permanent homes. All 14 horses have been placed with new owners and all are recovering well, Jost said.
"These are not just fosters -- they've all found homes," Jost said. "It's a fairly miraculous situation."
The Stevens County Humane Society also is the only one in the area capable of handling large animal foster care so Streff tapped the group again for help in the latest neglect case, Jost said.
Streff was confident in doing so, praising Jost for her work on the cases.
"She's a fine vet and an even finer individual," Streff said. "She's one of the most conscientious large animal vets I've worked with."


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Desktop control over printing, copying, scanning, and faxing
Konica Minolta is now offering Advanced Hi-Tech's OneRIP 2, a Web-based solution that provides users with desktop control over printing, copying, scanning, and faxing. Operating on an open Windows platform, OneRiP 2's capabilities allow users to access multiple AHT bizhub product devices from anywhere on the network or Internet at anytime.
Features include direct printing from any software application, printing from any platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix), and the capability to print files in PCL, PostScript, PDF, TIFF, JPEG, EPS, and ASCII languages and formats. Users can set up HotDrop folders to automatically send files to print with specific settings and allow for instant routing and faster printing.
OneRIP2 also offers scan features that let users scan-to-e-mail, scan-to-hard drive, or scan-to-FTP, and to HotBox destinations that can be coded for one-touch routing. PDF and TIFF files can be scanned and saved with file names being assigned from bizhub device control panels; a scan log records every job for easy tracking. OneRIP2 is available for use with all Konica Minolta bizhub and bizhub PRO monochrome devices with rated speeds of 47 pages/min or higher and for bizhub CF2002/3102 color MFPs. (Konica Minolta: www.qms.com, AHT: www.aht.com)


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From the beloved best-selling author of Home Safe and The Year of Pleasures comes a wonderful new novel about women and men reconnecting with one another - and themselves - at their 40th high-school reunion.
To each of the men and women in The Last Time I Saw You, this reunion means something different - a last opportunity to say something long left unsaid, an escape from the bleaker realities of everyday life, a means to save a marriage on the rocks, or an opportunity to bond with a slightly estranged daughter, if only over what her mother should wear.
As the one-time classmates meet up over the course of a weekend, they discover things that will irrevocably affect the rest of their lives. For newly divorced Dorothy Shauman, the reunion brings with it the possibility of finally attracting the attention of the class heartthrob, Pete Decker. For the ever self-reliant, ever left-out Mary Alice Mayhew, it's a chance to reexamine a painful past. For Lester Heseenpfeffer, a veterinarian and widower, it is the hope of talking shop with a fellow vet - or at least that's what he tells himself. For Candy Armstrong, the class beauty, it's the hope of finding friendship before it is too late.
As Dorothy, Mary Alice, Lester, Candy, and the other classmates converge for the reunion dinner, four decades melt away: Desires and personalities from their youth reemerge, and new discoveries are made. For so much has happened to them all. And so much can still happen.
In this beautiful novel, Elizabeth Berg deftly weaves together stories of roads taken and not taken, choices made and opportunities missed, and the possibilities of second chances.
©2010 Elizabeth Berg (P)2010 Random House
"completely entertaining"
Elizabeth Berg's narration sparkles with each character's different voice, catching the local inflections and the personality tones just perfectly. Her story is totally engaging, though yes, I'll admit the characters she chooses to highlight include some of the extremes of high school categories, but they are played out to realistic perfection, and the situations are moving as well as thought-provoking. I found the overcoming of challenges uplifting rather than depressing, and I had to laugh out loud at the way one particularly bitchy woman talks to herself inside her head. A very entertaining listen, over too soon.
I LOVE Elizabeth Berg's books and was excited to see that she had a new release. This book, However, was not like her other books at all, almost like it was written by someone else. Shallow characters, boring plot, and, worst of all, I could not stand to listen to her voice. Eventually I just got tired of listening the this banal book and gave up on it. I never give up on books but this one was not worth my time.
"Women friends"
What I loved was the intensity of the relationships between the women.
The two main characters were my favorite because you got to see more depth between them.
She is a natural! She knows her characters; so "Who Better?"
"There really is life after high school"
Didn't read the print version
The characters. I went to high school with every one of them and one of them was me.
When the elderly neighbor died
This book was a reminder that there is just something about high school that never really goes away.
"Nice Story"
Fun read. Likable, real characters. Kind of makes me want to go to my own class reunion.
A nice, light listen.
"Don't Bring me Down"
I am a big fan of Elizabeth Berg, but this book was such a downer. All the characters are so depressed and winey. Are we supposed to think everyone at this age is depressed, filled with regret, and grudges about the distant past? It was drudgery to get through this dreary saga about people who are still dragged down by things that happened 40 years ago in high school. Move on folks! Listener, you should also move on, past this book, unless you like to hear stories about a bunch of unhappy, repressed stereotypes.
"Strongly Disliked Narrator and Writing Style"
The biggest criticism of this book for me was the narrator got on my nerves. I just didn't like her intonation or how she brought the charaters to life. In addition, I found the story line a little weak. I never made it past half of the audiobook before I gave up.
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Posted by Cindy Olney on November 6th, 2006
Posted in: Research Reads
Full citation: Ankem, K. Types of information needs among cancer patients: A systematic review. LIBRES 2005 Sept; 15 (2): http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres15n2/index.htm.
The Ankem article is a literature review and meta-analysis of articles investigating how the situational and demographic characteristics of cancer patients affects their need for different types of health information. For instance, the article reported that patients' preferred role in making treatment-related decisions affects their need for information. Disease-related information was ranked highest in need, while information about social activities, sexual issues, and self-care issues received lower rankings. Gender, age, and time since diagnosis had some affect on how patients rated the importance of different types of information. This article provides insight into factors for librarians to consider when locating health information for cancer patients.
Interested readers might also want to review an evidence summary of this article written by Loy for Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. Because of the EBLIP audience, Loy spends considerable space on critiquing the meta-analysis methods.
Full site: Loy, J. Information needs of cancer patients are influenced by time since diagnosis, stage of cancer, patients' age and preferred role in treatment-related decisions. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2006; 1 (3), 80-83. http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/59/139
Also, Loy recommends another literature review that addresses health information needs of cancer patients:
Full cite: Rutten, LJ et al. Information needs and sources of information among cancer patients: A systematic review of research (1980 – 2003). Patient Education and Counseling 2005; 57(3): 250-261.
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I think Anderson's percentage goes down in the second half due to fatigue. He has had to bang under the goal with big guys a lot more this year due to injuries of others, before he went out himself.
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A Tale of Two Halves
It will surprise no one to learn that the Pelicans struggle in the second half of games—being outscored by a total of 40 points over the final two periods. I decided to look at the NBA.com/stats page and sort the splits by half. This is a high level look that focuses on the basic offensive stats. To be fair to those players with who see a drop in minutes, I also look at the 1st and 2nd half by 36 minutes. So, who plays well and who doesn't? Let's take a look.
Eric Gordon
Gordon scores about 2 points less in the second half than the first despite his field goal percentage staying the same and seeing an increase in his 3-point percentage. Overall, Gordon remains fairly consistent and the drop in points is mainly due to him taking fewer shots in fewer minutes.
Jrue Holiday
Holiday sees a drop in his shooting percentage from both 3-point range and from 2. Yet his points remain nearly the same. This is due to him getting to the free throw line more in the second half. However, it is alarming that his 3-point shooting drops by 8% after halftime. His assists also drop by 2 in the second half per 36 minutes but, as we'll see shortly, it is probably due to the team shooting worse.
Tyreke Evans
Per 36 minutes Evans scores about a point less in the second half and his shooting percentage dips slightly. Defensively, Evans has his steals drop by 1 per 36 minutes. His free throw attempts also increase in the second half which is something the Pelicans desperately need.
Al-Farouq Aminu
Aminu has his rebounds drop by 2 per 36 minutes. Given this is his main skill and contribution to the Pelicans this is less than ideal. Overall, his second half stats don't look good compared to his first.
Jason Smith
Smith sees a significant drop in points—about 3—from the first half to the second. Shooting percentage also dips significantly by over 8 percent. On the flip side of that, he does get to the charity stripe more and his free throw percentage increases by 5.
Brian Roberts
Interestingly enough, Roberts sees the greatest increase from the first half to the second per 36 minutes. Per 36 minutes his points more than double in the second half. His shooting percentage increases by nearly 20 and his 3-point percent jumps by 12. He doubles his trips to the free throw line and makes them at a 96% rate. His assists increase slightly and he fouls less. Very impressive overall. Now if only his first half stats weren't abysmal…
Ryan Anderson
Like Gordon, Anderson remains fairly consistent in his scoring with his points remaining nearly identical. However what is concerning is that his 3-point percentage drops almost 10 percent. For the Pelicans' main deep threat that will need to improve when he comes back from injury.
Anthony Davis
If there is one bright spot for the Pelicans in the second half it is the corner stone of the franchise. Davis sees improvement in every major category. His shooting percentage and points increase. He gets to the line at a higher rate and his percentage from the stripe jumps by almost 20. He rebounds more and turns the ball over less. And as we saw recently, he can drain an occasional corner 3.
Yes, overall it is not exactly pretty. But the Pelicans' core players remain fairly consistent. The drops in performance come from the bench and role players. As the Pelicans shore up those positions (Smith, Aminu and Roberts are not long term pieces) the second half collapses should decrease some. Unfortunately that wont be till next season at the earliest.
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Teams make adjustments on how to guard certain players in the 2nd half…reminders to defenders about habits etc…….thats one of the reasons…..also unless you alter some cuts etc and options on familiar play calls teams will take that away from you..
Between the Dallas blowout, the No-Call, and the SHE-hawks I really just want to curl up and die.
This weekend sucked.
(On the bright side, maybe we can be terrible enough to keep our pick & develop Withey/Rivers for a bit. Also, perhaps the Saints won't have as many injury issues next year)
......and optimism rears it's beautiful head. (I'm bi-polar BTW)


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Pioneer Previews for Feb. 3: Sordid Lives offers adult-theme comedy
BEMIDJI – If you have been wondering about all the gossip regarding the Sordid family, wonder no more.
Saarens Production's dinner-theater show, "Sordid Lives," will allow more than just a peek into the world of the good old folks in Texas. This adult-themed comedy will focus on the trials and tribulations of this Texas family along with a traditional Texas Backyard Barbeque with ribs, burger, brats and cheese manicotti.
The production will open with a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 at the Hungry Bear Banquet and Conference Center, 2300 24th St. NW. Tickets are $32 per person and reservations must be made one week in advance to accommodate the limited seating.
Reservations may be made by calling 556-1777. Remember that this comedy by Del Shores is meant for adult audiences and is not suitable for young audiences.
For more information on the cast and show, go to Arts News blog on the home page of the online edition of the Pioneer
hi definition opera dates
The schedule and names of the operas to be broadcast at the Amigo Theater are:
-- March 2 Puccini's "Tosca" at the Royal Opera House, London
-- March 30 Puccini's "La Boheme" Royal Opera House
-- April 20 Bizet's "Carmen" Staatsoper Berlin;
-- May 18 Lehar's "The Merry Widow" Semperoper Dresden.
The cost for each showing will be $20 for adults and $10 for students. Paul Bunyan Transit will have a bus leaving from Bangsberg parking lot at 1 p.m. and returning after the opera showing at approximately 4:30. The cost per rider will be $1.50 per person. Please call 586-2536 or 368-8805 with questions.
The Bemidji Public Library monthly book discussion group will begin at noon in the front meeting room of the library, 509 America Ave. NW. "The Light Between Oceans" by ML Stedman is a novel that is already being considered for a major motion picture.
Todd Boss will be the guest speaker prior to the Poetry Slam at 7 p.m. at the Headwaters School of Music and the Arts, 519 Minnesota Ave. NW. This part of the event is appropriate for all ages.
The Poetry Slam will begin at 8 p.m. and is not appropriate for young children as there will be adult content.
Both events are open to the public at no cost.
New day for the meeting of the Bemidji Public Library book discussion group; the time remains the same, 7 p.m. Please note that this is a permanent change from the former Thursday dates.
"Warm Your Heart" workshop Tatting on Cards from 1-3 p.m. with Marie Hamre. Call 444-9813 to register.
"Warm Your Heart" workshop Copper Tooling from 1-3 p.m. with Diana J. collision-Jones. Call 444-9813 to register.
february art installations
A complete listing of all the artists and venues can be found on the Bemidji Community Arts Center website at bcac.wordpress.com.
MIDiots, BSU's faculty music ensemble, at The Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. Two 45-minute sets to begin at 11:30 p.m. Feb. 15.
Vocal recital by Mark Christensen at 3 p.m. Feb. 16 at Thompson Recital Hall of the Bangsberg Fine and Performing Arts Complex.
"Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Bemidji High School auditorium. Tickets are $17 for adults and $5 for students now at HSMA, Minnesota Nice Café, Kelsey's Jewelry, Shannon's Art and Soul, Overbeek Music and Dunn Bros. Coffee. General seating.
Bemidji Symphony Orchestra "Music and Presidents" at 3 p.m. Feb. 17 at BHS auditorium. Presidents Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt (in the person of Clay S. Jenkinson) with music of their times and some Valentine favorites. Tickets on sale now at Lueken's Village Foods and at the door the day of performance.


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THE Government yesterday announced £26 million for science projects in the North-West to counter claims that it had widened the North-South divide by planning a major new laboratory in Oxfordshire rather than in Cheshire.
Lord Sainsbury, the science minister, made the announcement while visiting the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, home of a powerful source of X rays used by scientists and industry for a broad range of research. Daresbury is involved in three projects which will receive £10.5 million of the new funding for medical imaging, nanotechnology and studies of protein shape and function.
Lord Sainsbury said: "This funding will help underpin the North-West's scientific strengths." But critics say that it will not make up for the loss of the £500 million investment over 20 years in the Diamond synchrotron facility, the successor to Daresbury. Despite opposition from local MPs, unions and scientists at Daresbury, Diamond was awarded to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Didcot, Oxon.
The existing Synchrotron Radiation Source at Daresbury will stay in operation for at least seven years until Diamond goes into operation. The Transport and General Workers Union welcomed the investment but said it was "tinged with disappointment" that Diamond was still moving to Oxford.


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NBC's upcoming 4-hour mini-series remake of "Rosemary's Baby" has found its pregnant star in Zoe Saldana, currently playing the deadliest woman in the universe in James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy." She won't be quite as dangerous here, what with the carrying a child inside her and all.
The actress has been tapped to front the network TV remake, and will play the titular Rosemary, "the iconic young wife and would-be mother who, with her husband, moves into a Paris apartment that has a darkly storied past. After finally getting pregnant, she becomes increasingly suspicious that both her husband and their mysterious neighbors have ulterior motives about the future of her child."
NBC couldn't be happier about the casting, with network guy Quinn Taylor saying:
Zoe has proven that she is one of our most gifted actresses and we think she has the perfect combination of spirit and gravitas to take on the title role from Ira Levin's infamous novel. With Zoe leading the cast under the direction of Agnieszka Holland, this reimagined event mini-series is off to a great start.
The 1968 Roman Polanski original starred Mia Farrow in the role, and co-starred John Cassavetes as the shady hubby.
"In Darkness" director Agnieszka Holland will helm the remake from a script by Scott Abbott and James Wong, with production set to begin shortly on location in Paris.


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The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD breathes some life into the Wii U this week, accompanied by a week of sports titles landing.
Wind Waker was one of the flagship titles for the Nintendo GameCube, and achieved a 96 average on Metacritic. The HD remake is garnering similarly high praise, and will be out on Saturday 5th October on Wii U for AUD$79.95 or NZD$109.95.
NBA 2K14 is set to continue its yearly domination of the court this week, releasing on PS3 and 360 (AUD$89.95 or NZD$99.95) and PC (AUD$69.95 or NZD$69.95) on Thursday 3rd October.
And althought it broke street date late last week, Pro Evo Soccer 2014 was one of this week's big titles, available now on PS3 and 360 (AUD$89.95 or NZD$119.95) and PC (AUD$49.95).


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Division of General Internal Medicine >
- Faculty
Kevin M. Fosnocht, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Associate Executive Director, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Chief Medical Officer, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Wright 1/Administration
39th & Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215)662-9104
Fax: (215) 662-8908
Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 1986.
Bryn Mawr College, Post-baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1989.
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 1993.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-1994.
Resident in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1994-1996.
"Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers", Harvard School of Public Health, 2006-2006.
Penn Medicine Wharton Leadership Program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2008.
CertificationsPermanent link
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1996.
Description of Clinical ExpertisePrimary Care
Behavioral Medicine
Musculoskeletal Medicine in Primary Care
Description of Other ExpertiseGraduate Medical Education
Patient Safety
Quality Improvement
Accreditation and Compliance
Selected PublicationsThompson S, Fosnocht KM, Osheroff J: Centering the Learner: Using Resident-Generated Clinical Questions to Enhance Ambulatory Subspecialty Educational Experiences. March 2002 Notes: Presented at the National Meeting of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Ende J, Fosnocht KM: Clinical Examination: Still a Tool for Our Times? Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. Cadmus Professional Association, Inc, 113, 2002.
Fosnocht KM, Veet L: Longstanding Fatigue. Women's Health Care: Clinical Vignettes. Veet L (eds.). Hanley & Belfus, Philadelphia, 2000 Notes: Chapter 37.
Mines D, Fosnocht KM, Berlin JA, Strom BL: Can primary care physicians diagnose innocent heart murmurs? Journal of General Internal Medicine 14(S2), 1999 Notes: Presented at National Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco, CA; May 1, 1999.
Fosnocht KM: Cost-effectiveness of the AHCPR guidelines for smoking. JAMA 279(11): 837, March 18 1998.
Fosnocht KM: Migraine Headache. Ambulatory Care of the Adult. Bowman MA (eds.). Fence Creek Publishing, Madison, CT, 1998 Notes: Chapter.
Fosnocht KM, Ende J: Fatigue. UpToDate 1998 Notes: a CD-ROM card in UpToDate in Medicine.
Fosnocht KM: The rational clinical examination: detecting abnormal systolic murmurs JAMA 277(20), May 28 1997 Notes: letter; comment.
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August 29, 2013 -
Graves talks Obamacare at town hall meeting with constituents
Rome News Tribune
By Alan Riquelmy
August 29, 2013
David and Shelia Jackson have concerns about their country — health care and privacy rights being chief among them.
Those concerns are part of the reason that led them to Wednesday's Rome town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ranger.
"Government's too big," David Jackson said as he waited for Graves to arrive at the Rome Senior Citizens Center. "Our personal freedoms are being threatened."
Graves fielded questions from some 70 attendees at the town hall. Most of them centered on the representative's efforts to defund Obamacare, formally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Graves has submitted a bill that seeks to stop Obamacare's funding. He said he believes its chances of becoming law are realistic.
"I'm here to tell you tonight — there's no need to shut the government down. We should fund the government, but we don't need to fund Obamacare," he said.
The bill must be passed in the House of Representatives and the Senate, then signed by President Barack Obama before it became law.
"It's his choice," Graves said later of Obama signing the bill.
Some attendees asked if Graves had enough support in the House for his bill's passage. One woman whose business deals with Medicare patients said she's already seen Obamacare's negative effects.
Mike Morton, with the Rome TEA Party, asked about the possibility of impeaching Obama. Graves said his focus is set on defunding Obamacare.
"That is the most vital, critical issue for us," Graves added. "That's where my focus is going to be."
David Jackson left the town hall satisfied with his representative.
"I was very impressed," he said. "I think he's laser-focused on that one issue."
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A Few Blocks, 4 Years, 52,000 Police Stops
By RAY RIVERA, AL BAKER and JANET ROBERTS
Published: July 12, 2010
When night falls, police officers blanket some eight odd blocks of Brownsville, Brooklyn. Squad cars with flashing lights cruise along the main avenues: Livonia to Powell to Sutter to Rockaway. And again.
On the inner streets, dozens of officers, many fresh out of the police academy, walk in pairs or linger on corners. Others, deeper within the urban grid, navigate a maze of public housing complexes, patrolling the stairwells and hallways.
This small army of officers, night after night, spends much of its energy pursuing the controversial Police Department tactic known as ''Stop, Question, Frisk,'' and it does so at a rate unmatched anywhere else in the city.
The officers stop people they think might be carrying guns; they stop and question people who merely enter the public housing project buildings without a key; they ask for identification from, and run warrant checks on, young people halted for riding bicycles on the sidewalk.
One night, 20 officers surrounded a man outside the Brownsville Houses after he would not let an officer smell the contents of his orange juice container.
Between January 2006 and March 2010, the police made nearly 52,000 stops on these blocks and in these buildings, according to a New York Times analysis of data provided by the Police Department and two organizations, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the New York Civil Liberties Union. In each of those encounters, officers logged the names of those stopped -- whether they were arrested or not -- into a police database that the police say is valuable in helping solve future crimes.
These encounters amounted to nearly one stop a year for every one of the 14,000 residents of these blocks. In some instances, people were stopped because the police said they fit the description of a suspect. But the data show that fewer than 9 percent of stops were made based on ''fit description.'' Far more -- nearly 26,000 times -- the police listed either ''furtive movement,'' a catch-all category that critics say can mean anything, or ''other'' as the only reason for the stop. Many of the stops, the data show, were driven by the police's ability to enforce seemingly minor violations of rules governing who can come and go in the city's public housing.
The encounters -- most urgently meant to get guns off the streets -- yield few arrests. Across the city, 6 percent of stops result in arrests. In these roughly eight square blocks of Brownsville, the arrest rate is less than 1 percent. The 13,200 stops the police made in this neighborhood last year resulted in arrests of 109 people. In the more than 50,000 stops since 2006, the police recovered 25 guns.
Greg Jackson, 58, a former professional basketball player who runs the Brownsville Recreation Center, said the rising tide of stops had left many who wanted a strong police presence here feeling conflicted.
''Do we welcome the police?'' he said, ''Of course I do. Ninety-nine percent of the people in the area do. But they also fear the police because you can get stopped at any time.''
New York is among several major cities across the country that rely heavily on the stop-and-frisk tactic, but few cities, according to law enforcement experts, employ it with such intensity. In 2002, the police citywide documented 97,000 of these stops; last year, the department registered a record: 580,000.
There are, to be sure, plenty of reasons for the police to be out in force in this section of Brooklyn, and plenty of reasons for residents to want them there. Murders, shootings and drug dealing have historically made this one of the worst crime corridors in the city.
But now, in an era of lower crime rates, both in this part of Brooklyn and across the city, questions are swirling over what is emerging as a central tool in the crime fight, one intended to give officers the power to engage anyone they reasonably suspect has committed a crime or is about to.
The practice has come under intense scrutiny. Lawmakers are monitoring the situation. Civil libertarians are challenging it. The Police Department is studying it. And police officials, from Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly to local precinct commanders, are defending it.
''I don't know what too many stops are,'' said Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes, who until recently was in charge of the department's officers specifically assigned to protect the housing projects that largely make up these blocks of Brownsville. ''The stops conducted by us are to address the crime, or the quality-of-life issues.''
A Troubled Neighborhood
In a dank stairwell inside 340 Dumont Avenue, a dim light flickers and the stench of urine fills the air. It was here in 1988 in the Samuel J. Tilden Houses that Officer Anthony O. McLean took a bullet to the chest. He had been searching for a missing 10-year-old girl when he stumbled into a drug deal.
Crime here -- a rectangle of housing developments and faded commercial strips -- is hardly what it was in those bloody days. But the labyrinth of stairwells, hallways, courtyards, lobbies and roofs of the complexes -- 65 buildings ranging from 6-story apartment buildings to 20-story towers -- still presents a dangerous challenge for police.


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Hi folks, while scratching around late on a Sunday night with an all important demo
tomorrow, I realised that a current up to date version of the BizTalk Documenter was
something I didnt have.
I grabbed the source from – http://biztalk2010autodc.codeplex.com and
recompiled for .NET 4.5 x64.
They are just a bunch of files that you can unzip on your BizTalk box and run the
I reckon you'll need to be Admin or running this in Admin mode to avoid any querks
that happen when you dont have enough permissions.
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