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The invention relates to network-based data processing. More specifically, the invention relates to support of application programs by an appliance host.
Network-based data processing often involves the use of computer systems organized in a client-server arrangement. In a typical client-server arrangement, network-based applications including programs, Java applets and ActiveX controls, for example, may be supplied to one or more client devices by a remote server device on a shared network.
The shared network may include an internal private network such as an Intranet or local area network (LAN), an external public network, such as the Internet, or a combination of the two. Within shared networks, clients and servers are often controlled and/or managed by different entities or organizations. For a variety of security reasons, the operator of a client system may not wish to send sensitive data across a non-secure network (i.e. that controlled by a different organization) to be processed by an application residing on a remote server. In many situations, the operator of the client device will prefer to execute the application locally such that sensitive data is not compromised.
Furthermore, even though network-based applications stored on a remote server may be executable by a local client, there is no guarantee that the network connection will not be lost or incur communication problems during application execution. Even if precautions are taken by one organization to ensure operational redundancy within a local network, there is no guarantee that external data communication links between the local network and the remote server will not fail or experience communication problems. If a user requires a mission-critical application but is unable to access the application due to external communication problems, user satisfaction will suffer.
Further yet, even if network connectivity could be guaranteed, the amount of application code that would be required to be downloaded to the client upon each execution request is formidable. For example, a full version of an application such as Microsoft Word®, can take hours to transmit over even the fastest network connections. If prior to every execution, the requested application had to be downloaded from a remote server, the required download time coupled with external communications delays may approach an intolerable level.
Lastly, suppliers of network-based applications may provide multiple versions of an application depending on the system upon which the application is to run. For example, a complete version of the application may be intended for systems having 32 or more Mbytes of memory and a more functionally limited version of the application may be intended for a system having less than 32 Mbytes of memory. Additionally, versions of an application may be designed to operate on specific hardware platforms (e.g., Pentium® II processor, Pentium® III processor, PowerPC® processor) utilizing, for example, a variety of instruction sets. It would be very difficult for an external organization maintaining a remote applications server to track more than a few static client configurations let alone the tens of thousands of configuration variations possible due to available hardware and/or software upgrades.
Therefore, what is needed is an improved technique for providing network-based applications.
A method and apparatus for appliance host supported network-based application delivery is described. One or more access terms are negotiated for a client device to access a network-based application stored upon an appliance host device with usage of the network-based application to be leased from a remote application server. Client access to the network-based application is enabled as the network-based application is executed by the appliance host device based upon the negotiated one or more access terms.
The invention is illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements.
A method and apparatus for appliance host supported network-based application delivery is described. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the invention can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the invention.
Reference in the specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase "in one embodiment" in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment.
Some portions of the detailed descriptions which follow are presented in terms of algorithms and symbolic representations of operations on data bits within a computer memory. These algorithmic descriptions and representations are the means used by those skilled in the data processing arts to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. An algorithm is here, and generally, conceived to be a self-consistent sequence of steps leading to a desired result. The steps are those requiring physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, or the like.
It should be borne in mind, however, that all of these and similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities. Unless specifically stated otherwise as apparent from the following discussion, it is appreciated that throughout the description, discussions utilizing terms such as "processing" or "computing" or "calculating" or "determining" or "displaying" or the like, refer to the action and processes of a computer system, or similar electronic computing device, that manipulates and transforms data represented as physical (electronic) quantities within the computer system's registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices.
The invention also relates to apparatus for performing the operations herein. This apparatus may be specially constructed for the required purposes, or it may comprise a general purpose computer selectively activated or reconfigured by a computer program stored in the computer. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as, but is not limited to, any type of disk including floppy disks, optical disks, CD-ROMs, and magnetic-optical disks, read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), EPROMs, EEPROMs, magnetic or optical cards, or any type of media suitable for storing electronic instructions, and each coupled to a computer system bus.
The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer or other apparatus. Various general purpose systems may be used with programs in accordance with the teachings herein, or it may prove convenient to construct more specialized apparatus to perform the required method steps. The required structure for a variety of these systems will appear from the description below. In addition, the invention is not described with reference to any particular programming language. It will be appreciated that a variety of programming languages may be used to implement the teachings of the invention as described herein.
FMA Overview
A file management appliance ("FMA") is a device that utilizes multiple processes and queues to provide document capture and indexing services to a network. In one embodiment, the FMA device is implemented as a thin server utilizing a pared-down UNIX based operating system. In another embodiment, the FMA provides to users a web-based interface to a set of documents captured through a variety of sources. In yet another embodiment, the FMA utilizes web-based common gateway interface (CGI) scripting to provide standardized user input and display. To the end-user, the FMA appears as a search engine for their local network. To other devices on a shared network, the FMA is an appliance that enables document capture using standard Internet protocols.
The FMA may be a networked office appliance (NOA) and may be part of a networked office appliance architecture. Both the networked office appliance and supporting architecture are described in copending nonprovisional application Ser. No. 09/191,277, filed Nov. 12, 1998 and entitled "Method and Apparatus for Automatic Network Configurations," assigned to the corporate assignee of the present application and incorporated herein by reference.
Briefly, in one embodiment, a NOA architecture enables appliances to be added to a network without requiring configuration or setup in offices or environments lacking a network administrator. At the same time, a NOA architecture enables appliances to be easily added to standard administered networks without causing conflicts with preexisting network devices. Furthermore, NOAs work closely together in networked environments and are able to automatically detect and share information with one another upon being connected to a network.
A NOA architecture provides mechanisms for automatically configuring devices on networks, such as, for example, TCP/IP networks. Specific configuration methods that may be provided include network address allocation, Domain Name Service (DNS) database population, network service discovery, and user identity sharing. Devices that follow these algorithms automatically start DHCP and DNS services when they are not already present on a network, and refrain from doing so if such services are already present on a network. Both DHCP and DNS services work together to provide names and addresses to network devices on the same network without human intervention (i.e. automatically). In addition, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) based method of securely sharing service information as well as user and group information is defined.
By being a NOA device, the FMA is able to provide configuration services, including DHCP and DNS, as well as providing user and group lists to a network when needed. The FMA is also able to provide an HTTP based common interface with other NOA devices. Once the FMA is connected to a network, the FMA detects NOA backup devices and systematically announces and/or publishes its presence to other NOA devices.
Multimedia source 112 represents one or more audio and video input devices connected to network 100. Multimedia source 112 may represent one or more microphones and/or video cameras that may provide both analog and digital data to network 100.
Facsimile machine 120 is connected to network 100 and represents a device capable of transmitting and receiving data such as text and images over a telephone line ("faxing"). In one embodiment, facsimile machine 120 may transmit text and images originating in printed form, or in another embodiment, facsimile machine 120 may transmit electronic data originating from any number of devices connected to network 100. Similarly, in one embodiment, facsimile machine 120 may print a hard copy of the received data, or in another embodiment, facsimile machine 120 may forward the received data to any number of devices connected to network 100.
Copier 125 represents a device capable of reproducing text and images. In one embodiment, copier 125 is a photocopier that reproduces printed text and images, whereas in another embodiment copier 125 is a photocopier that reproduces data received from any number of devices connected to network 100.
Printer 130 represents a device capable of converting electronic data into printed text and images, whereas scanner 135 represents a device capable of converting printed text and images into electronic data. In one embodiment, facsimile machine 120, photocopier 125, printer 130, and scanner 135 are each separate and distinct devices connected to network 100. In another embodiment, a multifunction peripheral device may replace any combination of these devices.
Server 145 represents a general purpose digital computer connected to network 100 and is configured to provide network services to devices connected to network 100. In one embodiment, server 145 provides file sharing and printer services to network 100. In another embodiment, server 145 is a Web server that provides requested hypertext markup language (HTML) pages or files over network 100 to requesting devices. In yet another embodiment, server 145 is a NOA server capable of providing configuration services to network 100.
In one embodiment, FMA 150 is equipped to operate as an appliance host to facilitate network-based application delivery and provide a run-time platform for one or more clients connected to a local network such network 100. In one embodiment, FMA 150 provides document capture services, configuration services and indexing services to network 100 and/or network 170. In a further embodiment, FMA 150 is a NOA device equipped to publish its presence to other NOA devices on network 100 and/or 170 using the HTTP protocol.
Document capture (to be discussed more fully below) is the process by which one device requests an archiving device, such as data storage device 140, to archive a document. Unconscious capture is a term used to describe document capture that occurs transparently with respect to the user. In one embodiment, document capture is performed using standard Internet protocols. In one embodiment, the requesting device and the archiving device are both NOA devices. In another embodiment, FMA 150 is the requesting device.
In the FMA environment, a document may comprise a single file. In one embodiment, the term document is used synonymously with the term "document directory" to represent these documents. A document may be composed of many distinct files of varying types, each representing at least the partial content of the document. A print job created on client 110 and intended for printer 130 could be captured, for example, as a thumbnail image, a postscript file, a portable document format (PDF) file, and an ASCII file containing extracted text. Additionally, FMA 150 is equipped to process multiple image file formats such as, for example, the joint photographic experts group format (JPEG), graphics interchange format (GIF), and tagged image file format (TIFF) to name just a few. In one embodiment, each unique file type is represented by a corresponding unique file extension appended to the file's name. For example, a portable document format file may be represented as: filename.pdf, whereas a thumbnail image may be represented as: filename.thumb. In one embodiment, FMA 150 is equipped to interpret compound filename extensions. A file that contains thumbnail images in a tagged image file format, for example, may be represented as filename.thumb.tiff. In one embodiment, FMA 150 uses document page numbers as the filename. Accordingly, a document may be represented by multiple files located in the same directory, each representing a different page of the document as reflected by the filename. For example, 01.thumb.jpg would represent a thumbnail image of page number one in joint photographic experts group format. Similarly, 12.thumb.tiff would represent a thumbnail image of page number twelve in tagged image file format.
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The FMA capture process similarly applies to other devices connected to network 100 such as scanner 135 and copier 125. In one embodiment, if optical character recognition ("OCR") is performed on a scanned or copied document, FMA 150 creates two special OCR-related files. In one embodiment, contents.txt and contents.pdf are created and used by FMA 150 to index the full text of the document and return page images as a document file respectively.
PA 160 is also coupled to both network 100 and network 170. In one embodiment, PA 160 supports searches of captured (or internal) documents stored, for example, on data storage device 140 as well as external (or public) documents available from network 170. In an alternative embodiment, the functionality of PA 160 is incorporated into FMA 150 or another device (e.g., client 110, server 145) coupled to network 100.
Unconscious Capture
Unconscious capture is an operation in which a device (e.g., FMA 150) requests an archiving device (e.g., data storage device 140) to archive a document in a manner that is transparent to users. In general, unconscious capture refers to FMA 150, or another device, automatically capturing documents processed by network 100 or devices coupled to network 100 without user intervention. In one embodiment, a user can optionally prevent capture of one or more documents or modify which documents are automatically captured.
Unconscious capture can be performed by any network entity or device. In one embodiment, unconscious capture utilizes standard Internet protocols and allows the capture of multiple files associated with a single document. In another embodiment, simultaneous capture of multiple documents is supported.
In one embodiment, a document is represented by a directory containing one metadata file and at least one data file. The actual name of the document directory is not important during unconscious capture as the name of the document is not stored as part of the directory system, but is instead stored within the metadata file. In one embodiment, the name of the document is stored in the metadata file using a document serial number and the capture date is used for the name of the document directory.
In one embodiment, the capture protocol is an implementation of the Internet File Transfer Protocol (FTP). In one embodiment, documents are captured either as multipurpose Internet mail extension (MIME) files in the default FTP directory, or as subdirectories of the default directory. Other capture formats can also be used.
If, however, the capturing device successfully creates the directory on the destination device, 250, the capturing device then copies the content file or files to the newly created directory, 255. The capturing device also creates a metadata file, 260, which is then sent to the FMA device, 265 to complete the process.
During the document storage process, the FMA creates appropriate directories, moves the document to the appropriate directory, and updates the master list. The metadata file of the document to be stored is accessed and information from its "Capture date" field is retrieved, 270. If the document's "Capture date" or even the metadata file does not exist, then the current system time is obtained and used as the document's "Capture date," 274. If, however, the document's "Capture date" does exist, the system determines whether an appropriately named directory exists.
The system determines whether a directory exists as reflected by the appropriate year, 276. If a directory reflecting the appropriate year does not exist, the system creates such a directory, 278. If a directory reflecting the appropriate year does exist, the system then checks whether a directory reflecting the appropriate month exists within that year directory, 280. If the appropriate month directory does not exist within the year directory, the system creates a month directory within the year directory, 282. If the appropriate year and month directories exist, the system finally checks whether the appropriate day directory exists within the nested year/month directory, 284. If the day directory does not exist, the system creates the appropriate day directory within the year/month directory, 286. If a directory reflecting the appropriate year, month and day already exists, the system creates a new document directory name into which the document will be stored. In one embodiment, the system generates a four-digit random number that gets appended to the end of the existing document directory name, 288. Once a unique document directory name is established, 286 and 288, the document is moved to that directory, 290 and the master document list is updated to reflect the document's new location, 292.
Overview of an Appliance Host
An appliance host as described herein refers to any network appliance equipped to operate as a host for network-based applications, including for example, a network office appliance (NOA) and/or a file management appliance (FMA).
FMA 150 also includes read only memory (ROM) 330 which represents a static storage device coupled to bus 310 to store static information and instructions for processor 320. Storage device 370 is coupled to bus 310 to store large amounts of information and instructions for an extended period of time. In one embodiment, storage device 370 stores one or more application programs received from a remote server. Storage device 370 can represent, for example, a magnetic disk or optical disc coupled to FMA 150.
FMA 150 can also be coupled to I/O devices 360 via bus 310. I/O devices 360 represent a group of devices, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) or liquid crystal display (LCD), to display information to a user, and I/O devices 360 represent both alphanumeric and cursor-based input devices used to communicate information and command selections to processor 320. Additional and/or different I/O devices can also be coupled to bus 310.
Network interface 340 provides an interface between FMA 150 and network 170. Similarly, network interface 345 provides an interface between FMA 150 and network 100. In one embodiment, network interface 340 and network interface 345 are network interface cards (NICs), which are known in the art; however, any interface that can provide FMA 150 with access to multiple networks can be used.
In one embodiment, FMA 150 is used to facilitate network-based application delivery and execution for one or more clients connected to a local network such network 100. According to one embodiment, FMA 150 facilitates such network-based application delivery and execution in response to processor 320 executing sequences of instructions contained in main memory 350. Instructions are provided to main memory 350 from a storage device, such as magnetic disk, a read-only memory (ROM) integrated circuit (IC), CD-ROM, DVD, via a remote connection (e.g., over a network), etc. In alternative embodiments, hard-wired circuitry can be used in place of or in combination with software instructions to implement these operations. Thus, the disclosed functionality is not limited to any specific combination of hardware circuitry and software instructions.
Network-Based Application Delivery
Prior art implementations of network-based application delivery are limited to repeated application delivery from a remote server to a client independent of whether the application has been previously delivered to a requesting client device. Likewise, prior art implementations of application delivery unnecessarily rely upon external public networks for subsequent delivery of a previously delivered application.
In one embodiment, an intermediate network appliance host is logically disposed between a local client device and a remote server device to facilitate network-based application delivery and overcomes limitations found within the prior art.
In one embodiment, a local client device requests access to a network-based application for use with data stored locally by the client. An appliance host retrieves the network-based application from a remote server based upon the client request and negotiated access terms. In one embodiment, the appliance host operates much like a cache in that rather than automatically retrieving the client-requested network-based application from a remote server, the appliance host first determines if a local copy of the application is stored on the appliance host. If the network-based application is stored on the appliance host (whether pre-installed by the vendor or remaining from a previous client request), then the appliance host executes the locally stored version of the application rather than retrieving a copy from the remote server. Since the network-based application is executed locally (with respect to the client) rather than at the remote server location, any communication interruptions that may occur outside the local network will not affect execution of the network-based application. Likewise, because client data is not transported outside of the local network, greater data security and/or integrity is achieved.
A variety of organizational arrangements are possible within the network-based application delivery scheme described herein. In one embodiment, remote server 452 may be controlled (e.g. managed) by one organization while client 410 is controlled by the same organization. More likely, however, is a situation where remote server 452 is controlled by a first organization while client 410 controlled by a second organization. Further still, FMA 450 may be controlled by either the first organization, the second organization, or even an independent third party organization. In one embodiment, network-based application licensing and royalty distribution is dependent upon the organization structure utilized.
In one embodiment, FMA 450 provides client 410 with access to an application based upon one or more access terms negotiated between the two organizations. The phrase "access terms" is used herein to describe one or more conditions according to which the client may be subjected in order to access a network-based application. "Access terms" include and/or are used synonymously with lease terms, license terms, usage terms and the like. The network-based application access terms may be negotiated "in person" between the two organizations, or alternatively the access terms may be negotiated automatically between FMA 450 and remote server 452. In any event, the negotiated terms may be incorporated within the network-based application and controlled by an access monitoring module that automatically verifies proper access privileges of the requesting device and grants access to the requested application based upon proper certification and/or authentication. In one embodiment, FMA 450 is responsible for monitoring and/or granting access to the one or more network-based applications.
In one embodiment, application access is based upon identification of the client, whereas in another embodiment, application access is based upon statistical data such as server load constraints and/or number of previous application executions. Under a client identification access scheme, the FMA may classify a client based upon its hardware and/or software configuration (i.e. architecture), or a unique identification code specific to the client. In one embodiment, the FMA automatically detects the client configuration and/or identification code through retrieval of a cookie stored on the client. In another embodiment, the client delivers its configuration and/or identification code to the FMA by way of a client-generated network packet. Additionally, access to one or more applications may be limited by a number of concurrent application executions as well as an upper bound on the number of times an application may be executed by the FMA. For example, one license agreement may stipulate access terms that limit a network-based application to 5 concurrent client accesses, whereas a second license agreement may stipulate application access terms that limit a network-based application to 5 total executions regardless of when they occur. The FMA may track client access privileges through the use of a simple lookup table for example, which may or may not be encrypted. Upon verifying that access to the client-requested network-based application is proper, client access to the application is enabled.
In yet another embodiment, network-based application access is based upon FMA identification. That is, network-based application access may be enabled for clients that operate only within a local network served by a specific FMA. For example, an organization may grant a license to an owner/operator of a specific FMA based upon the number of clients served by the FMA within the local network. Accordingly, the network-based application provider need not be concerned with individual client configurations. Rather, the onus is placed upon the operator of the FMA to ensure that client compatibility.
In the foregoing specification, the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments thereof. It will, however, be evident that various modifications and changes can be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention. The specification and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.
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Dr. Noel is a native of Abbeville, LA. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1980 and received his Medical Degree from Louisiana State University in New Orleans in 1984. His Internal Medicine degree was awarded from Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans in 1987 and his Gastroenterology Fellowship at Oschner was completed in 1989. Dr. Noel began his practice as a Gastroenterologist in Lafayette in 1989, and shares a practice setting with his wife, Dr. Stella B. Noel, a Dermatologist.
Dr. Noel became a partner in Saints Streets Endoscopy in 2001 and his growing practice contributed to the construction of the new Lafayette General Endoscopy Center, which was completed in July, 2009.
Dr. Noel served as an adjunct professor in the department of Gastroenterology at Tulane University following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and remained until a full faculty could be obtained to meet the need to train the GI fellows there. Dr. Noel's work with High Definition endoscopy equipment at LGEC contributed to the statistics showing an increase in polyp detection rates with HD, which later became a research project and published data. Dr. Noel also participates in clinical trials on the effectiveness of new medications in treating GI diseases with Gulf Coast Research.
Dr. Noel is a member of the following professional organizations:
- American College of Physicians
- American College of Gastroenterology
- Lafayette Parish Medical Society
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- American Gastroenterological Association
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Cherokee's Boy worked a half-mile in :47 1/5 at Bowie Training Center on Tuesday. His work was the second fastest of 17 works at that distance."He did it easy and that's the kind of work we were looking for," trainer Gary Capuano said. "Everything is a go for Saturday and everyone involved is gearing up for the big day."New York Hero breezed five furlongs in 1:00 1/5, unofficially at Belmont on Tuesday. Trainer Jennifer Pedersen said, "I was pleased. He was real relaxed. Four people had their watches on him."
Three Churchill Downs-based contenders for Saturday's Preakness Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico Race Course put in their final works on Tuesday morning at the Louisville oval.Five-time Preakness-winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas sent out Ten Cents a Shine and Scrimshaw, each working four furlongs, and trainer Greg Foley worked Champali five furlongs. Ten Cents a Shine, who finished eighth in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) blazed through his half-mile work over a fast track in :46, which was the fastest move of 42 at the distance. Scrimshaw covered the same distance in :48, ranking third on the day. Exercise rider Stacy Maker was aboard for both works.Comparing the two works, Lukas was most pleased with the effort of Ten Cents a Shine. "I wanted Ten Cents a Shine to go a little quicker," the trainer said. "I'm going to try to get him a little more focused in the early part of the race because I think it's going to be that type of race."The move by Scrimshaw was described by Lukas as, "right on the money." The Hall of Fame conditioner said, "If he bounces back like I think he's doing, and you're never sure as a horse trainer, but if he comes back and puts it together, he's a very talented horse."Champali, runner-up in the Derby Trial (gr. I) and winner of the Iroquois (gr. III) and John Battaglia Memorial, breezed five furlongs in 1:00.80, the fourth-best of 18 at that distance. "He's doing good," said Foley. "Whether he can run a mile and three-sixteenths and handle those kind of horses, we're going to find out."Other Preakness Contenders Work


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Welcome to the website for Gender Neutral Housing at the University of Mary Washington!
Approved in Fall of 2008, GNH entered its pilot year during the 2009-2010 school year. At the end of our first year we were awarded "Hall Community of the Year" by Residence Life. We are currently in our fourth year as a program, and since that first year have increased from eight members to thirty-five, going from just two suites in Madison Hall to the entire building!
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What cios are you using?
So I've had my wii soft modded for a while now and it's never been much of a hassle til now since I just played the games that worked perfectly and tossed the other ones aside for later when I'd have enough time to figure out how to make them work. Well I wasn't able to make them work when that time came.
Alot of the wii games I have burnt freeze between 30-60 seconds gameplay after the game has loaded without problem through Neogamma. Some of these games include: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2, Trauma Center New blood & Second Opinion, Spectrobes, Vallhala Knights, Need for Speed Carbon, Mario Kart, Final Fantasy Chocobo Dungeon.... All of these games Load perfectly for 30 to 60 seconds, until they freeze my wii which I have to reboot. I have no idea why this is doing it, I've tried updating all my IOS, and completely remodding my wii. No change at all: the games that used to freeze still freeze, and the ones that didn't still don't.
Every ISO I burned is NTSC and through rebooting my wii countless times, I've managed to make 1 or 2 of these games work without freezing during a single playthrough (I was messing with region configurations in neogamma between my wii reboots, though I have no idea if that had anything to do with it and when I tried the same settings that had made it work before it didn't work anymore so.... yeah...). Also all of my games were burned through imgburn with Verbatims at 2.4x so that's not an issue either...
I've checked through every "freezing" post I could find, and I couldn't find any with this same problem.
I'm completely open to suggestions if anyone has any clue as to why my games freeze.
What cios are you using?
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cIOS38 r14, right now the way my wii is softmodded is with the files from Dogeggs's guide
It sounds like you have done everything right. Not sure, could be your drive or your loader. Try another loader, or try loading from usb.
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Currently I'm using NeoGammaR7, which works for most of my backup DVD games, any suggestions on what other loaders I could try before I go buy myself a USB drive to test if that works?
Sorry, I don't us disks. There is an r8 beta for neogamma, but I don't think it will help.
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Just because you use IMGburn and Verbatim does not mean you are getting a good burn. Do you verify the burn every time you burn a disc? If you do not verify then you have no way of knowing if the burn was good. I would also recommend burning at 4x.
Yes, I do verify each and every one of them, I'm positive the burns are successful. I repeatedly made copies of the same games on variating speeds as well and actually I've never had a failed burn. I just simply had to throw out all the copies too many I had to test this out. I figure slower speeds would lessen the chances of failed burns as well, this is a little off-topic but wouldn't making the burn speed faster make the risk of a burn failure more probable?
In any case... that's not why my games aren't working so I'm still looking into this, I'll keep trying random ideas I come up with til I get myself some results... Help always appreciated
Do any of your original retail discs have freezing issues? If your retail discs do not freeze then you can eliminate a hardware issue. All of the apps your using are proven to work, Neogamma, cIOS38 rev14, all good stuff. You redid your mods and hacks which leaves the discs. You may want to take a look at your burned discs, maybe try burning with a different burner or a different computer. If you have some games that work then it's not the loader or the cIOS, the problem is the discs, or you have a bad ISO that you using to burn with.
Also, make sure you don't have a gamecube memory card plugged in when trying to play backup Wii games.
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Hey guys, just glad to see i'm not the only one with only those certain games freezing. I have tried usb, different copies altogether, different discs, different hard drives, and still no luck. Anyone with any ideas?
EDIT: Installed Hermes cios222 and it works beautifully!!
EDIT2: Started happening again!?
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Players get to test the new comic book styled action MMO for the first time
Cryptic Studios announced today that players can now sign up for a chance to participate in the first closed beta for Champions Online, an action massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) slated for release in the spring of 2009. This PC specific beta begins in mid-November 2008 and players sign up by visiting www.champions-online.com/preview_application.
"This closed beta is an exciting step in the evolution of Champions Online," said Jack Emmert, chief creative officer for Cryptic Studios. "All of us here in the Cryptic offices have been playing the game for a while now, and we're excited to invite others in to have as much fun with Champions Online as we've been having internally."
Champions Online gives players the power of total customization for their hero experience while they explore a vast comic book universe. Gamers create their hero's name, back story, costume, powers and abilities as well as design their own personal nemesis and his or her back story, which will guarantee a truly unique experience.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. In the waning days of the Bush Administration, the head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency reflected on his nearly eight years at DARPA in an interview with EE Times.
Anthony Tether said he has reinvigorated DARPA's innovative spirit in his nearly eight years as head of the agency. Critics say they hope President-elect Barack Obama appoints a new DARPA chief, claiming Tether has cut back basic research, a charge he refutes.
In the past eight years, "there was tremendous deterioration in the agendas of specific agencies and DARPA is a prime example," said Edward Lazowska, a past chairman of the Computing Research Association and a computer science professor at the University of Washington. "DARPA's focus became transitioning existing research results into products for the military," he added.
"That's not true at all, it's an urban legend," said Tether.
DARPA's annual spending on basic research has more than doubled from less than $90 million in 2001 to more than $200 million today. During that period DARPA's overall budget has only grown by 50 percent from $2 billion to $3 billion, Tether said.
The heads of computer science departments at top universities including MIT and Stanford shared their own numbers in a report published by EE Times in November 2005.
Bill Dally, chairman of Stanford's computer science department, said in that report the amount of the university's computer research funded by DARPA dropped from 80 percent in the late 1990's to just 15 percent. At MIT, DARPA funding made up 62 percent of its computer science budget with the money aimed at 3-5 year projects in 1999, but it has declined to about 24 percent and aimed at shorter term projects, said Rodney Brooks, former chairman of MIT's computer science department, speaking in the 2005 article.
Tether said he did not dispute those numbers, but they were not due to declines in DARPA funding for basic research so much as a lack from those universities of fresh ideas the agency was interested in funding.
"A lot of places that are getting mature like computer science departments feel like they have an entitlement, but we don't have any entitlements, we just fund good ideas," said Tether.
"While computer science was the first field to go public with its concerns about the changing nature of DARPA, other fields are feeling the same effects," said Lazowska. "There is nothing specific to computer science about the changes that DARPA has undergone under its current leadership," he added.
In an informal discussion, two Berkeley researchers noted DARPA has not spent some of annual allocated funds for research. Tether said the agency has indeed returned as much as $150 million a year to the Department of Defense for other uses when budgeted research projects failed to meet their milestones.
"It would be amazing if all our projects passed all their milestones," said Tether. "I would love to have anyone--especially the people at Berkeley--tell me they were working on such great ideas that they always work," he added.


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Antawn Jamison's ailing shoulder will keep him off the court well into the regular season.
The Washington Wizards announced an estimated recovery time for Jamison's injury Friday, saying he's likely to miss the first eight to 13 games.
The two-time All-Star forward partially dislocated his shoulder trying to block a shot in an exhibition game against Cleveland on Oct. 14. The Wizards originally ruled him out for the rest of the preseason until the injury could be re-evaluated this week.
Team president Ernie Grunfeld said doctors have had a chance to look at the shoulder again, and that Jamison is expected to be out three to five weeks.
The news is another blow for a franchise that has had three straight seasons marred by injuries to marquee players.
Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood barely played last season, and DeShawn Stevenson missed more than half of the games as the team finished 19-63, one of the worst marks in franchise history. Jamison had a healthy year, missing only one game and leading the team in scoring at 22.2 points per game. He also averaged 8.9 rebounds.
Andray Blatche and offseason acquisitions Fabricio Oberto and Mike Miller will vie for more playing time during Jamison's absence.
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Last night, the Goo Goo Dolls hit the stage at the Russian Lady in downtown Hartford with an amazing four-song set for an intimate crowd of under 50 diehard fans.
The band wasted no time as they took the stage an immediately kicked things off with their classic song "Slide," which got the crowd amped up right away.
Johnny Rzeznik took a moment to greet the crowd, composed of some of the Goo Goo Dolls' biggest Hartford fans, as he said jokingly "Aren't you just the lucky people," before adding "I'm lucky to be here, too."
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From there, the band jumped into "Rebel Beat," the first single off their upcoming album Magnetic. They followed up with a special preview of another new song from the June release, a shanty-style sing along called "Come To Me." It was a new sound for the rockers, but one that definitely worked for them. "It sounds like I should have a beard," Rzeznik joked about singing the folksy new song. "I don't mean like Liberace's wife, kind of beard."
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From there, the band treated their fans to another classic, ending their set with "Broadway" off their triple-platinum album Dizzy Up The Girl. And with that, the show was over, and a gorgeous night in Hartford continued, as echoes of the Goo Goo Dolls' rocking set continued to sound like a true "Rebel Beat."
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Quantum Portfolios of Observables and the Risk Neutral Valuation Model
Quantum Portfolios of quantum algorithms encoded on qbits have recently been reported. In this paper a discussion of the continuous variables version of quantum portfolios is presented. A risk neutral valuation model for options dependent on the measured values of the observables, analogous to the traditional Black-Scholes valuation model, is obtained from the underlying stochastic equations. The quantum algorithms are here encoded on simple harmonic oscillator (SHO) states, and a Fokker-Planck equation for the Glauber P-representation is obtained as a starting point for the analysis. A discussion of the observation of the polarization of a portfolio of qbits is also obtained and the resultant Fokker-Planck equation is used to obtain the risk neutral valuation of the qbit polarization portfolio.
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Bob: Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Silhouette has become so competitive that if there were ANY advantage to using Pyrodex, you can be certain everyone would be using it in matches. It's just not even close to as accurate in the BPCRS calibers, which of course includes the 45-70. There was a batch of Goex CTG. grade late last year that gave really crappy accuracy, but the stuff I bought in '96 was pretty good powder. I got a case of Goex FFg two years ago that shot very good groups, too. Real black cleans up easy too, and there are some imported powders becoming available now that, while expensive, are quite a bit better than what Goex has been putting out. One is a Swiss powder, and Elephant from Brazil has been working at improving their product too. I've been away from BPCRS this past season due to my rifle being repaired, so I'm sure there are lots more developments going on than I'm aware of.
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Washington (AFP) July 26, 2010
Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the Internet, thanks to a device developed and tested by doctors in Israel.
The device harnesses sniffing -- or breathing in and out through the nose -- which involves the soft palate on the roof of the mouth, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.
The soft palate is controlled by cranial nerves which are "always very well conserved following severe injury," Noam Sobel, a professor of neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, and one of the lead authors of the study, told AFP.
"That's why eye blinks can be used to communicate with severely injured people -- because eye blinks are also controlled by cranial nerves," Sobel said.
Sobel worked with other scientists from the Weizmann Institute and the Sackler faculty of medicine at Tel Aviv University to develop a way to convert sniffs -- which the device measures as nasal pressure -- into electrical signals.
Able-bodied individuals who tested the device, which consists of a small cannula, like the tubes used in hospitals to deliver oxygen to patients, that sits at the opening of the nostrils and is connected to a small pressure sensor, quickly learned to play computer games and write sentences by sniffing.
Encouraged by the results in the healthy trial participants, the researchers decided to test their device on quadriplegics and "locked-in" individuals -- people who are paralyzed but whose mental faculties remain intact.
One, a woman who became locked-in following a stroke around seven months earlier, had to be retaught how to sniff.
But within three weeks, she was able to use the sniff-controller to write.
She "started writing with this device at once, initially answering questions and after a few days generated her first post-stroke meaningful self-initiated communication that entailed a profound, personal message to her family," the study says.
A man who had been locked-in for 18 years and was only able to communicate by blinking one eye was able to write his name by sniffing within 20 minutes of being fitted with the device.
And a quadriplegic woman with severe multiple sclerosis was able to write for the first time in 10 years, thanks to the sniff-controller. She also learned how to move a cursor on a computer screen by sniffing and now uses the device to surf the Internet and write emails, the study says.
Ten quadriplegics who tested the device very quickly learned to use their noses to write words, open an Internet browser, and copy and paste words into a search engine.
"This device allowed us to communicate with very severely disabled individuals, even with individuals who could not blink," Sobel told AFP.
"We had one patient who couldn't blink at all and she sends us emails now by sniffing. That's pretty moving," he said.
Encouraged by their success in helping severely disabled people to communicate, the researchers decided to push the envelope of the new techology and devised a code to allow an electric wheelchair to be driven by sniffs.
Ten healthy people easily mastered sniff-driving a wheelchair through a maze and a 30-year-old man who had been paralyzed from the neck down for six years was as good a sniff-driver as the healthy participants by his second attempt, the study says.
"In other words, a quadriplegic person could use the sniff controller to drive an electric wheelchair with high precision following a total of only 15 minutes of practice," the study says.
Sniff-controlled technology is still in the development stage, and the Weizmann Institute has applied for a patent on the device.
"I'll be very happy if they make a buck but the real issue is, I hope someone will license it and develop it because this should go out into the world and help a lot of people," said Sobel.
If the device is mass produced, it would be very accessible to every wallet, said Sobel.
"It should cost 10 or 20 dollars, not more.
"It's low-tech and simple, which is one of the things I like most about it," he said.
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Game released on Steam in Early Access for Mac and PC!
Update December 2014: Mission Control: NanoMech has been accepted on Steam® in the Early Access program. Early Access enables developers to publish a game before it is finalized and include community feedback into final designs and refinements. A website has been setup at NanoMechGame.com including links to Technical Support.
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Mission Control: NanoMech is a video game set late in the 21st century and puts players in a high-tech base on the surface of Mars, where they step into the role of a rover pilot delivering supplies. The player finds that the factory's master computer has rebelled against its software upgrade and has taken control of the facility. What begins as a routine cargo delivery mission becomes a race to save the human colonists and future of Mars exploration itself. Together with two robot companions, the player must learn about nanotechnology in order to upgrade their suit, solve problems, and save the day.
As the game progresses, the player is helped by scientists hiding inside the factory that leave clues and information that helps the player understand and use the nanomaterials in optimal ways. With a little creativity, the player is able to craft their own solutions to problems they encounter in the factory and can begin to fashion new devices to make their spacesuit stronger, faster, and more durable than ever before. Presented with puzzle challenges, the player must race against the clock to keep their robotic team members functioning while searching for more raw materials and the hidden scientists in order to get strong enough to confront the rogue computer directly.
Mission Control: NanoMech is a single player game set on Mars that has been designed to engage and teach about nano science, future space technologies and STEM concepts. Throughout the game, the player is given scaffolding in the form of dialogue from the friendly robots that let them know how they are doing and what they could be doing better. This feedback assists the player in understanding what nanotech is and how it can be used to make electronics, materials, and devices stronger and more powerful. The technologies players upgrade in the game are based on future NASA and other space technologies.
Mission Control: NanoMech's design is based on authentic nanoscience and space technologies. It can be played at home for fun, or used in an informal learning setting such as an afterschool or summer camp program. An Educator's Guide will be released soon that provides guidance on use of the game in these settings. The game has been extensively tested with proven learning gains (e.g., gains in understanding of nanostructures and their uses). Over several gameplay tests and content tests, the game was favorably reviewed by middle and high school age players.
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Summary: Livingston Brumble wants to know how it feels to ride in a truck. He's tried all kinds of trucks, but none of them are like his dad's semi-truck. When all of the Dad's were coming to school to talk about their jobs, Livingston thought he'd FINALLY get a chance to ride in that truck. But Dad was away, would he miss this chance, too? This is a family-oriented story about wanting to follow in Dad's footsteps.
Type of Reading: bedtime story, playtime reading, read aloud book
Recommended Age: read together: 3 to 8; read yourself: 8 to 10
Interest Level: 3 to 8
Age of Child: Read with a child 4½ years old.
Young Reader Reaction: Our preschooler really liked this story and asked us to read it again "right away." S/He also likened it to a tale she'd recently heard on Reading Rainbow, so several elements of the plot were fresh in his/her mind.
Adult Reader Reaction: This was a nice story. It's rather predictable, but still good.
Pros: This is a great dad-and-me book. The story offers opportunities to ask a child questions (i.e., empathize), thus adding value to the material.
Cons: None, really.
Borrow or Buy: Borrow. This is a nice story, but it isn't one that kids (or parents) will turn to as a perennial favorite.
If You Liked This Book, Try: HOME TO ME, HOME TO YOU WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM DADDY ALL TOGETHER AGAIN: MESSAGES TO MY DAD
Educational Themes: The story has several layers that offer exploration: family life with a dad that's on the road; understanding and recognizing someone else's feelings; learning about the jobs/careers of family members; and, last but not least, exploring what "we" want to be when we grow up.
Literary Categories: Fiction - picture book, family
Date(s) Reviewed: September 2006
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If you are looking at a modern laptop, you will likely see some that come equipped with a solid state drive. This form of computer storage has been on the market for some time but only recently has been embraced by the industry and consumers as a viable alternative to traditional hard drives. So, what exactly is a solid state drive (SSD) and how does it compared to a traditional hard drive?

What is a Solid State Drive?

Solid state is a term that refers to electronic circuitry that is built entirely out of semiconductors. The term was originally used to define those electronics such as a transistor radio that used semiconductors rather than vacuum tubes in its construction. Most all electronics that we have today are built around semiconductors and chips. In terms of a SSD, it refers to the fact that the primary storage medium is through semiconductors rather than a magnetic media such as a hard drive.

Now, you might say that this type of storage already exists in the form of flash memory drives that plug into the USB port. This is partially true as solid state drives and USB flash drives both use the same type of non-volatile memory chips that retain their information even when they have no power. The difference is in the form factor and capacity of the drives. While a flash drive is designed to be external to the computer system, an SSD is designed to reside inside the computer in place of a more traditional hard drive.

So how exactly do they do this? Well, many SSDs on the outside looks almost no different than a traditional hard drive. This design is to allow the SSD drive to put in a laptop or desktop computer in place of a hard drive. To do this, it needs to have the standard dimension as a 1.8, 2.5 or 3.5-inch hard drive. It also uses the common SATA interface so that it can easily be placed into any PC as a hard drive would. There are several new form factors such as M.2 that look more like a memory module.

Why Use a Solid State Drive?

Solid state drives have several advantages over the magnetic hard drives. The majority of this comes from the fact that the drive does not have any moving parts. While a traditional drive has drive motors to spin up the magnetic platters and the drive heads, all the storage on a solid state drive is handled by flash memory chips. This provides three distinct advantages:

Less Power Usage

Faster Data Access

Higher Reliability

The power usage is a key role for the use of solid state drives in portable computers. Because there is no power draw for the motors, the drive uses far less energy than the regular hard drive. Now, the industry has taken steps to address this with drives spinning down and the development of hybrid hard drives, but both of these still use more power. The solid state drive will consistently draw less power then the traditional and hybrid hard drive.

Faster data access will make a number of people happy. Since the drive does not have to spin up the drive platter or move drive heads, the data can be read from the drive near instantly. Hybrid hard drives do tend to mitigate the speed aspect when it comes to frequently used drives. Similarly, Intel's new Smart Response Technology is a similar method of caching on a small solid state drive to produce similar results.

Reliability is also a key factor for portable drives. Hard drive platters are very fragile and sensitive materials. Even small jarring movements from an short drop can cause the drive to have issues. Since the SSD stores all its data in memory chips, there are fewer moving parts to be damaged in any sort of impact. While mechanically SSD drives are better, they do have a limited life span. This comes from a fixed number of write cycles that can be done on a drive before the cells become unusable. For most consumers however, the write cycle limits tend to still allow the drives to last longer than the average computer system.

Why Aren't SSDs Used For All PCs?

As with most computer technologies, the primary limiting factor of using the solid state drives in laptop and desktop computers is cost. These drives have actually been available for some time now and have come down dramatically in price but they still cost roughly three times or much more the cost of a traditional hard drive for the same rough storage capacity. The higher capacity the hard drive, the greater the cost differential becomes.

Capacity is also a major factor in the adoption of solid state drives. The average laptop computer equipped with a SSD will have around 128 to 256GB of storage. This is roughly equivalent to what laptops of several years ago came equipped with. Today, most laptops feature 500GB or more of storage with a hard drive. Desktop systems have an even greater disparity between SSD and hard drives as the average desktop comes with 1TB or more of storage.

Even with the huge difference in capacity, many people are finding that most computers have far more storage capacity than they typically have. Only a large collection of raw digital photo files and high definition video files will likely fill up hard drives quickly. As a result, solid state drives will generally offer a sufficient level of storage for most laptop computers. Additionally, high performance external options thanks to USB 3.0, USB 3.1 and even Thunderbolt make adding extra storage space with an external hard drive quick and easy for non-essential files.


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Phillips still trying to find groove at plate
PITTSBURGH -- Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips has been battling a sore left hamstring that forced him to miss five starts from April 10-14. In 15 appearances since his return, Phillips is batting .220 with two home runs and eight RBIs.
Phillips has struggled in his last 13 starts entering Sunday's series finale against the Pirates -- batting .240 in the cleanup spot.
Reds manager Dusty Baker didn't feel the hamstring was still an issue for Phillips.
"No, his leg is better now," Baker said. "Sometimes you struggle. There is not always a reason or alibi for it, sometimes you don't hit. One thing is for sure, he's going to hit.
"When you start the season hurt you are playing catch up and he hasn't caught up yet. This hitting isn't that easy."


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Rumor: Pokemon on Nintendo Switch to innovate like Breath of the Wild and Mario
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Nintendo has officially confirmed the rumors regarding Pikmin 3 for Wii U. The company will reveal the game at this year's E3.
"In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Pikmin game will be shown at the E3 Expo in June," a Nintendo representative confirmed to Game Informer. "He believes that anyone who has played Pikmin games in the past will enjoy playing."
The interview mentioned in the statement was conducted with Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Consumer borrowing rose in the third quarter but credit card debt dropped, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday.
The Fed said non-revolving credit -- which includes auto loans, personal loans and student loans -- rose 6.6 percent. Revolving credit, which includes lines of credit and credit cards, fell 1.6 percent.
The third quarter ended Sept. 30 with total consumer debt at $2.737 trillion -- $1.885 trillion in non-revolving debt and $852 billion in revolving debt.
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Regime or coalition? Power relations and the urban agenda in Saint John, 1950-2000
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the forces and actors that shaped urban development in a mid-sized Canadian city over a half century. Design/methodology/approach - This case study adopts a qualitative research approach based on government documents, planning studies, the media and non-governmental organization sources to examine the applicability of regime theory versus growth coalition theory in the Canadian context. Findings - The paper concludes that the broader urban agenda in Saint John, with its focus on economic competitiveness, has been shaped by shifting growth coalitions supported by both the private and public sectors. Research limitations/implications - One limitation is that analysis is based mainly on documentary evidence and the public statements of elected officials and business interests. Future research would attempt to conduct oral interviews with representative informants. Practical implications - One practical implication for urban researchers is the need to look beyond electoral politics and partisanship in order to understand how urban development is shaped in the medium and long term. The research findings suggest also the need for informed citizens to adopt a more critical stance to business and political leaders, and to the local media, in their own communities. Originality/value - This paper is one of the few to address the politics of urban development in Saint John, New Brunswick's largest city. It also contributes to the literature on regionalism and mid-sized cities.
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Aubrey Huff hit a three-run homer, Buster Posey had a solo shot and the San Francisco Giants moved into first place in the NL West with a 10-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.
Jonathan Sanchez (11-8) struck out a career-high 12 as the Giants took a half-game lead on the Padres after San Diego lost 4-0 at St. Louis. San Francisco is in sole possession of first place for the first time since May 6.
Dodgers starter Ted Lilly (8-11) was done after 3 1-3 innings for his shortest outing of the season. This was just his third loss in nine starts since joining the Dodgers at the trade deadline.
Russ Mitchell homered for his first career hit leading off the fifth for Los Angeles. He had been 0 for 15.
Huff and Posey connected for back-to-back homers in the third, the seventh time the Giants have hit consecutive homers this season.
Jose Guillen added a two-run drive in the fifth to make it 8-2. It was his 18th home run of the season and second with the Giants. Guillen returned to the starting lineup after missing Wednesday's game with a painful neck. He underwent an MRI exam Thursday and said everything was fine.
Freddy Sanchez added a two-run double in the eighth.
All the offense helped Sanchez win his third straight decision. The left-hander, who has been one of the Giants' most reliable starters down the stretch, recorded his seventh career game with double-digit strikeouts and fourth of the season. He allowed four hits and one run in seven innings and didn't walk a batter for the second time in his 30 starts.
Sanchez's strikeouts were the second-most by a Giant this year. Tim Lincecum struck out 13 at Florida on May 4.
Lilly was tagged for five runs and seven hits, and he struck out three and walked one. He had been so reliable for Los Angeles every fifth day that manager Joe Torre said before the game, "Lilly's been such a savior for us in more ways than one."
Giants manager Bruce Bochy is using a leadoff man by committee in the absence of the injured Andres Torres, recovering from an emergency appendectomy Sunday. Edgar Renteria took on the job with a lefty starter going and had a triple among his four hits. Milwaukee starts left-hander Randy Wolf on Friday night, so Renteria will probably be in there again.
The Giants captured the season series with the Dodgers 10-8, San Francisco's first series victory against its rivals since going 10-9 in 2005. The teams open the 2011 season facing off for four games at Dodger Stadium from April 1-4, 2011.
Los Angeles finished up a 10-game road trip and returned home for a weekend series with the Rockies. Los Angeles faces divisional opponents the rest of the way.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Minnesota Republican leaders unveiled a new and controversial possibility for a constitutional amendment on Tuesday.
They want to require voters to show a photo ID when they cast a ballot.
The announcement came just one week after Governor Mark Dayton vetoed a voter ID bill, calling it too partisan. The amendment would go on the 2012 election ballot.
Public opinion surveys show up to 80 percent of Minnesotans support voter ID, an unusually high number in politics, and a powerful incentive for Republicans who have been trying to pass it for years.
"Elections and the right to vote is probably the most important right that we have," said Republican Senator Scott Newman from Hutchinson, the chief Senate author of the bill. "We have to protect it."
But Minnesota elections officials said there's little evidence of voting irregularity.
In 2008 for example, Ramsey County had 278,000 voters. County officials said they later charged 61 felons for illegal voting, and 19 other for illegally registering to vote.
That's a compliance rate of 99.97 percent.
"It strikes me that with a small problem you are attempting to deal with it with a very onerous and disproportionate solution," said Joe Mansky, Ramsey County elections director.
Voter ID bills are advancing around the country. In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker recently signed one into law.
The Badger State is one of 13 passing new voter restrictions in just the last two months.
And the chief sponsor of Minnesota's bill, the former Secretary of State, calls it a 'safeguard' against what might happen here.
"How do i know if that's a stranger, that they are who they say they are, and any proof of where they live?" asked Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer of Big Lake. "You don't know. "
Democrats said voter ID is part of a national Republican strategy to suppress turnout, when the focus should be Minnesota's budget.
"Republicans are unable to enact a balanced budget into law," said Rep. Ryan Winkler Golden Valley. "Yet they are able to kowtow to the extreme base of their party."


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Ralph Burrell, 68, of Hayesville died Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in an Atlanta, GA hospital. Ralph was a native of Cherokee County but lived in Marietta for 22 years before moving to Clay County several years ago. He was an owner of Rebel and Associates Insurance Co. Ralph was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Hiawassee, Georgia.
He was the son of the late Jay and Ruth Foster Burrell.
Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Elwanda Burrell; a daughter, Victoria Mae Fox and husband, James of Marietta, GA; a son, Ralph Edward Burrell Jr. and wife, Monya of Woodstock, GA; a sister, Dot Warren and husband, Bob of Gainesville, GA; four grandchildren, Courtney, Spencer, Brandon, and Tyler; and a step grandchild, Ashley.
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She is also still very very timid, (even starting to get aggressive now) when we get her out she just seems to run wild dropping pellets behind her all the time, and if I go to pick her up she is growley, then nips. So I try to avoid chasing her and catching her, but she just sits under the kitchen table, or corner of the room. So I can't see how that will help improve her temperament?
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Please please don't put her outside!! I know it can be frustrating and a teenager even more so. But outside she would be more of a lawn ornament than a pet to you, it wouldn't be a good situation for you or her. And of course there are also a million dangers for her outside, as Stickerbunny already pointed out.
Like the others have said, spaying should help a lot. Also, once she's spayed and you start over with litter training, it would be helpful to not overwhelm her with too much space right away. Let her play in a smaller area at first so she doesn't get too far away from her litterbox and gets used to hopping back to it when she needs to go. An x-pen would be great to stake out such a play area around or in front of her cage. Once she got the hang of that, you can gradually increase the amount of room she has access to.
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"The question is, does he want to come back to Broward County? He's had an impact here. I'd hate to lose him."
"It says that it's disorganized and what's probably even more damning is to hear the Clinton and Ferrer people bickering about who's fault it was."
"Today's announcement ... is the latest step by the Clinton administration to treat human beings as property to be manipulated and destroyed,"
"I was a little disappointed. They should have played more of those great songs from the first couple of albums."
"If you go over, it's a three-week commitment. You have to go over a week early to have any kind of chance to do well, and then there's a week of the tournament, and a week after to recover."
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