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Joni Pitkanen D FA 3 years ago
Pitkanen (heel) indicated in an interview with a Finnish news outlet that he's not confident he'll return to action during the 2014-15 campaign, Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer reports.
A broken heel suffered in April 2013 has kept Pitkanen off the ice for the last year and a half, putting the 30-year-old's career in jeopardy. The blueliner's three-year contract with the Hurricanes expired in the summer, and considering his bleak long-term health outlook, it's doubtful he signs with a team anytime soon.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 4 years ago
Joni Pitkanen (broken heel) isn't sure when he'll be able to play again.
Pitkanen, 30, hasn't played since April 2, 2013 and has long since been ruled out for the 2013-14 campaign. "I've been working with Raleigh Orthopaedic throughout this season with the hope of returning to play hockey," Pitkanen sad. "There is no timetable as of now, but I've been making progress with my rehab and it remains my goal to resume my professional hockey career. It's been frustrating to be away from the ice, but I want to thank all of the people who have expressed support throughout the season." He's a great offensive defenseman when he's healthy, but Pitkanen hasn't played in at least 70 games in a season since 2010-11.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 4 years ago
Joni Pitkanen is officially on the long-term injured reserve list.
This move isn't surprising, given that Pitkanen is expected to miss the entire season due to a broken left calcaneus. He's got plenty of fantasy value when he's healthy, but it's been a while since he played in the majority of an NHL season.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 4 years ago
Joni Pitkanen should be placed on the long-term injured reserve list on Tuesday.
That will give the Hurricanes a bit of breathing room when it comes to the cap ceiling. Pitkanen is expected to miss the 2013-14 campaign because of a broken left calcaneus.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 4 years ago
The Carolina Hurricanes were caught off guard by the severity of Joni Pitkanen's injury.
Pitkanen broke his left calcaneus on April 2 and will miss the entire 2013-14 campaign. "We were taken a little by surprise, three weeks before training camo, to learn that it was not progressing better than it was," Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said. "I suspect Joni was hoping it would get better and that he could begin putting more weight on it. But the stability was not there." Carolina is expected to explore trade and free agent options to help fill the void.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 4 years ago
The Carolina Hurricanes will be without Joni Pitkanen (heel) for the entire 2013-14 campaign.
Pitkanen has a broken left calcaneus. This is a devastating blow both to Pitkanen and the Carolina Hurricanes. For Pitkanen, this means that he'll miss the final season of his contract. He'll presumably enter the free agent market after having played in just 52 games over the last three seasons, which will make him a high-risk signing for any team. For Carolina, this removes one of their best defensemen from the equation. This might be an opportunity for Ryan Murphy, but Carolina is also likely to explore their options on the trade and free agent fronts.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 4 years ago
Joni Pitkanen had a CT scan on his on his heel Thursday, but the Hurricanes won't have a prognosis until Monday.
He isn't expected to be available during training camp and Carolina GM Jim Rutherford said that Pitkanen could miss the beginning of the season as well. The team didn't know that Pitkanen was struggling with his rehabilitation, from a broken left heel bone, until a week ago. He is unable to put weight on it.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 4 years ago
Joni Pitkanen may not be ready for the start of the regular season, according to Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford.
He is scheduled to have a CT test Thursday in Raleigh. Pitkanen underwent a procedure on his heel in mid-April. In 22 outings last year, he posted nine points.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 4 years ago
Joni Pitkanen (heel surgery) is progressing well in his rehab and is optimistic about his recovery.
Pitkanen underwent the procedure during in mid-April. GM Jim Rutherford says the mobile defenseman is on schedule and it appears he'll be able to participate in training camp on some level. That said, this is an injury worth monitoring considering Pitkanen's skating ability is a huge part of his game. We'll be watching to see how he's recovering in camp before setting a draft value.
Joni Pitkanen D FA 5 years ago
Joni Pitkanen's procedure on his broken heel bone was apparently successful, according to Carolina GM Jim Rutherford.
It was reported that the success of the surgery may not be known for a few months, but Rutherford has heard that it went well. Pitkanen is projected to be ready to go next fall for training camp.


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[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday began [press release] genocide proceedings [case materials] against a former businessman man charged with ordering a bulldozer to knock down a church housing refugees and then ordering the bulldozer driver to crush those refugees during the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Prosecutors say that Gaspard Kanyarukiga [Trial Watch backgrounder] helped plan the 1994 massacre in which 2,000 Tutsis died from being crushed or shot as they attempted to flee the structure. Kanyarukiga was indicted [text, PDF] in 2001 and pleaded not guilty [JURIST report] in 2004. In June 2008, the ICTR denied a request to extradite [JURIST report] Kanyarukiga to Rwanda for trial. The trial could take a several years [AP report] to complete.
Last month, the UN Security Council [official website] extended the terms [JURIST report] for ICTR judges until December 31, 2010, or until they complete their cases. In March, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pledged his ongoing support [JURIST report] for the ICTR and stressed that the international community must continue to combat genocide. Last year, Kanyarukiga's alleged co-conspirator, Catholic priest Athanase Seromba was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the genocide after prosecutors successfully argued that his original 15-year sentence [JURIST reports] was too lenient. The ICTR was established to try genocide suspects for crimes occurring during the 1994 Rwandan conflict between Hutus and Tutsis in which approximately 800,000 people, primarily Tutsis, died.

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Post-Sandy reconstruction to boost economy
Updated 8:39 pm, Monday, November 26, 2012
John Cataneo is working his 20 employees overtime and still can't keep up with demand from customers who need plumbing repaired after Superstorm Sandy. He says he's hired two workers and may need more.
"We're just not getting to some people that are asking for help," said Cataneo, co-owner of Gateway Plumbing & Heating in Manhattan. "But we're doing the best we can."
Cataneo's experience shows how the storm is giving the Northeast - and the rest of the country -an economic boost that may eventually surpass the loss of business it caused. Reconstruction and related purchases and hiring may range from $140 billion to $240 billion and increase economic growth by 0.5 of a percentage point next year, assuming $50 billion in losses, according to Economic Outlook Group, a forecasting firm.
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"Construction costs to rebuild all that was lost will be more than simply replacement, because a lot of the work will also involve fortifying structures," said Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at Economic Outlook. "We'll see construction ramped up, and that's going to bring in jobs and an increase in demand for material of all sorts, and that's going to further stimulate the economy."
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Estimates of insured damage caused by Sandy range from $7 billion to $25 billion. When lost wages and sales are added, the total comes $50 billion, according to catastrophe-risk firm Equecat - a figure that may be recouped next year as repair and reconstruction efforts spur building and sales of household goods.
Sandy may reduce economic growth by 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter after it disrupted industrial production, retail sales and employment, according to economists at Goldman Sachs. Most of the reconstruction will take place in the first quarter of 2013, adding as much as half a point to growth.
The stimulus is likely to last longer. Insurance claims payments and government funds typically boost the economy for 18 to 36 months after a natural disaster like Sandy, said Jeff Burchill, chief financial officer of FM Global. "You get a lot of reconstruction and construction that otherwise would not have occurred," Burchill said.
Reconstruction after a storm has an effect similar to a government-funded stimulus program, said Gary Schlossberg, a San Francisco senior economist at Wells Capital Management, which oversees about $331 billion.
"It's certainly a form of stimulus, no doubt, and the ripple effects of the spending could leave you further ahead than where you were at the start before the storm," said Schlossberg. "The administration wouldn't want a hurricane to be a source of stimulus because the costs in losses and suffering outweigh the benefits."
President Obama last year proposed the American Jobs Act, which would have cut payroll taxes for workers and employers, provided aid to states for schools and emergency workers and increased spending on public works projects. The $447 billion package was blocked by Senate Republicans.
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Economic benefits of the storm will come as homes are repaired, rebuilt and refurnished, according to David Crowe, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders. Buyers of new homes spend an average of $8,000 on furniture, appliances and landscaping, he said.
The economic boost from housing construction "would take place over several years," Crowe said, based on the experience of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in 2005. "And it wouldn't start until sometime next year, out of the need to plan for what remodeling and construction the homeowner wants to make."
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Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman Say 'Hellboy 3' Still in the Cards
by Ethan Anderton
July 16, 2012
Source: EW
In case you missed it last weekend, there was a charming story about Ron Perlman getting back into the combat boots of Hellboy, but it wasn't for another sequel. Instead, Perlman got suited up for Zachary, a six-year-old leukemia patient, who told the Make-a-Wish Foundation that he wanted to meet Hellboy. You can see photos of their charming meeting right here, and it sounds like this carming gesture has reignited the flame for more Hellboy as EW learned from the actor and director Guillermo del Toro that they're actively trying to get Hellboy 3 off the ground, and it will likely wrap up a trilogy for the comic book hero.
Just before the panel for Pacific Rim (watch our video blog right here, and see just the Q&A portion of the panel with del Toro and some cast members right here), Perlman had some comments on the potential for Hellboy 3 becoming a reality. The actor says:
"The [first] two movies were really set up to have this unbelievable resolve. Everything that was done in both movies was leading up to this destiny, written in stone, of what Hellboy has been summoned to Earth to do. To not do it, particularly in light of the scope that Guillermo is thinking of for the resolve, would be in my mind a little bit of a shame."
And it sounds like del Toro is right there with him as he flat out says, "I can say publicly that now we are together in trying [to do Hellboy 3]." He went on to talk about how the story of Zachary's wish inspired him to dedicate himself to returning to the franchise, "I've encountered a lot of kids who are fans of the movies," said del Toro, "but to hear the story of this kid who was watching the movies while going through treatment, it really just moved me a lot. We're going to make an effort to do it. I hope it happens." I think we all hope del Toro can get back to Hellboy and wrap up the story in a nice neat package, especially after that devastating prophecy followed by the promise of Hellboy babies at the end of Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
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Hirai fights back (against Hedge Fond leader)
The New York Times posted an interesting article about Sony. As you know Hedge fond leader Mr. Loeb has a considerable share in Sony. Last week he asked Sony to drop the electronic business. But Sony CEO Hirai gave him a (metaphoric) kick in the butt and this is his answer:
"Mr. Loeb's prescriptions for Sony are shortsighted, merely milking the company's profit-making content business for good money to throw after the bad….He defended the company's continued focus on electronics. "Electronics has a future. And it is in Sony's DNA," he said at a corporate presentation. "It is my mission to revive it."
There are some glimmers that Sony is finding its way again, even as Apple and Samsung widen their lead. Sony's sleek new XPeria Z smartphone has received generally rave reviews. Photography buffs have called its high-end, full-frame RX1 camera the most advanced compact camera.
"Not so long ago, we had despaired at Sony's ability to ever again produce stellar products (especially when faced with duds like the Dash alarm clock and the Rolly music player)," Damian Thong, Tokyo-based technology analyst at Macquarie Securities, said in a report published Thursday.
"Yet we now have had a consistent run of beautifully designed, technologically advanced, class-leading products," Mr. Thong said. "We think these products hark back to Sony's glory days."
Editor's note: I like MR. Hirai way of thinking. A company is not only about making money, but also about dreaming and doing something. Also Mr.Dell told Steve Jobs to quit the Apple company (in the mid 90's). And see what happened after. You don't solve a problem by selling what doesn't work. If you do that every time you have a problem you end up with not having a company anymore :)


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(WSCR) There's a reason the NHL mandates that helmets be worn at all times during hockey games.
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Minister taken to task over presidential pardons
A Pretoria High Court judge ruled on Monday that Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Brigitte Mabandla had failed to exercise her constitutional duties diligently over the applications of 384 prisoners for presidential pardons.
Judge Willie Seriti gave the minister three months to deal with the applications.
The prisoners, who are assisted by the Inkatha Freedom Party, have waited four-and-a-half since handing in their applications—without a word from the minister on when their applications would be dealt with.
The issue was raised in Parliament several times and raised with the Human Rights Commission—all to no avail.
Judge Seriti said it was clear that the processing of the applications had taken an unduly long time and that the minister had failed to perform her functions as required by the Constitution.
Mabandla insisted she needed at least six months to put a draft framework into operation about how to deal with these types of applications, which had "a huge political content".
She said the 384 were part of more than 1Â 000 pending applications.
The department had in the past processed and sent recommendations to the president about pardon applications by 33 African National Congress and Pan-African Congress members, who were granted pardons in 2002.
The judge rejected the argument that the minister had no legal duty to become involved in the process of their pardon applications and that the decision rested with President Thabo Mbeki alone.
He said President Mbeki's request to the minister to process the applications for pardon was in accordance with the law and had legal consequences.
"Section 237 of the Constitution provides that all constitutional obligations must be performed diligently and without delay. When processing the applications under consideration, the minister is exercising a public function and she is bound to perform the said function diligently and without delay," he said.—Sapa


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If you're trying to make a free phone call using Viber or Skype in Saudi Arabia, forget about it.
Dig up some change and use a pay phone.
The telecom regulator in Saudi Arabia has suspended use of the Viber web-based communication service, which normally allows users to make free calls and send free texts and photos.
The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is the regulatory agency that issued this ban and the one who sent a warning back in March to Viber, Whatsapp, and Skype for breaking "local laws."
The thought is that "the kingdom appears to be pushing for greater control over cyberspace as Internet and smart phone usage soars."
Could it just be about money, like a lot of things usually are?
Nandagopal J. Nair at Quartz comments that:
In the neighboring United Arab Emirates, many features of Skype and Viber are already blocked, but WhatsApp isn't. That might be a hint that, at least in the UAE, business interests are at play: Skype and Viber, unlike WhatsApp, allow users to make voice calls for free, and international calls are where the telecom operators are likely losing most of their revenue.


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FOR all its sinister drama, the Mafia's bloodletting accounts for only an insignificant fraction of the killings that occur every year in the U.S. The rising toll sometimes seems to validate H. Rap Brown's mordant dictum: "Violence is as American as cherry pie." In 1970 there were 16,000 criminal homicides in the nationone every 33 minutes. With the carnage mountingup 8% from the previous year and 76% over the decadethe U.S. is maintaining its long-held, unhappy distinction of leading advanced Western nations in the rate at which its citizens destroy one another. Philadelphia,...
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NFC Playoff Rematch
After stumbling for a few weeks, the NFC West-leading Seattle Seahawks put together their most complete victory of the season their last time out.
The Chicago Bears, meanwhile, may have received a potentially season-saving performance from the highly criticized Rex Grossman in their win last week.
The Seahawks and Bears each look to carry some momentum from those victories when they meet Sunday at Qwest Field in a matchup between the last two NFC champions.
Oddsmakers from Bodog have made Seattle -6 point spread favorites (View NFL Football odds) for Sunday's game, the over/under has been set at 37.5 total points (Game Matchup). Current public betting information shows that 57% of bets for this game have been placed on Seattle -6 (View NFL Football bet percentages).
Following a stretch when it lost three of four, Seattle (5-4) defeated San Francisco 24-0 on Monday night in dominating fashion.
Matt Hasselbeck threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns for the Seahawks and the defense held the 49ers to just 173 yards and only six first downs, tying the team record, set against San Diego in 1987.
"We should be successful like this all the time," linebacker Julian Peterson said. "This shows how dominant we can be if everyone plays their positions and are in the right place."
Backup running back Maurice Morris rushed for 87 yards on 28 attempts in his first start of the season for Shaun Alexander, who was out with an accumulation of injuries. Alexander has been mostly ineffective lately, rushing for just 139 yards on 58 carries in his last four games, and may miss this game.
With last Sunday's victory, Seattle improved to 3-1 in the NFC West and maintained its one-game division lead over second-place Arizona.
The Seahawks, who have won the last three NFC West titles, marched to a 13-3 finish in 2005, advancing to the franchise's first Super Bowl before losing to Pittsburgh 21-10.
Last season, Chicago (4-5) went 13-3 in the regular season before losing to Indianapolis 29-17 in the Super Bowl.
En route to the Super Bowl, the Bears defeated the Seahawks 37-6 at home on Oct. 1 and beat them 27-24 in overtime in a divisional playoff game at Soldier Field.
Hasselbeck, who has thrown for 1,153 yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions in his last four games, threw for 391 yards, one TD and three picks in the two games against the Bears last season.
That was a year ago, though, and much of this season has been a struggle for Chicago.
The Bears' once-vaunted defense is ranked 21st in the league, and Grossman, who led the Super Bowl run, was benched after throwing six interceptions and only one touchdown pass in Chicago's first three games.
Grossman got another opportunity last Sunday against Oakland as he replaced an injured Brian Griese, and threw a 59-yard pass to Bernard Berrian for the go-ahead score with 3:11 remaining, leading the Bears to a 17-6 victory.
Grossman finished 7-for-14 for 142 yards and a touchdown, and most importantly, had no turnovers.
"It was unbelievable, something you can't describe to someone who hasn't been in that position,'' Grossman said. "It's a great feeling to come in and be able to pull one out.
Bears coach Lovie Smith is giving Grossman another chance, naming him the starter on Wednesday.
"We're going to go with who gives us the best opportunity to win," Smith said.
Grossman was 38-for-69 for 514 yards with three touchdowns and one interception in the two games against Seattle last season, while Berrian had eight receptions for 213 yards and two TDs in those games.
Although Chicago won its first game after the bye, it still has plenty more to do to make it back to the playoffs.
Cedric Benson carried 29 times but managed just 76 yards against the league's fourth-worst rushing defense last week. He has rushed for 542 yards on 178 attempts for a paltry 3.0-yard average.
"We're not pleased with our running game,'' Smith said.
Seattle has the NFL's 10th-best rushing defense (99.4 yards per game), and has allowed an average of just 65.3 yards on the ground in its last three contests. The Seahawks have given up just two rushing touchdowns in five games at home, where they have won four of those contests.
Seattle has won 30 of 37 home games since 2003, and in the only meeting between these teams at Qwest Field on Oct. 19, 2003, the Seahawks won 24-17.
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Port monitoring or real time netstat
I have a CentOS server I just inherited and we don't have adequate documentation for how it was configured.
The problem:
My security officer is detecting irregular outbound connections over SSH from the server to the previous vendor, but we don't know where to start to find out what application on the server is configured for this.
The idea:
Is there some way to monitor for outbound connections, and when an outbound SSH connection opens, trigger a "netstat -p | grep ssh" command to find out what process is doing it? That way we could go to the config files for that application and change the config?
Or, is there a realtime command to monitor outbound connections and their process, sort of like a combination of wireshark and netstat that I can use to dump a log to go over later?
The server is just a web server serving OpenCMS content. It has a few other things to support this. It has Nagios installed but we don't know who to configure it to monitor what we are looking for (not much of a linux shop here_.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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my security advice
clean up entire drive
make a clean fresh install you know
that is the only way to guarantee security
else you may watch any number of time until all time sensitive earlier actions become active - what you have is some kind of potential time bomb.
Linux fresh install is easy and would be my own choice of action in case of a preinstalled server with unknown configuration and may be limited trust for the vendor(previous user).
if you really want just to monitor
may be ntop is a traffic monitoring tool with a wide range of graphical output easy to read
if properly setup, the output then is in a browser at
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Panama is clutch
Two-out runs aplenty in 13-0 win over Saudi Arabia in Pool D elimination game
Source: South Williamsport, Pa.
Date/Time: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 3:00pm ET
Pitching and defense will win you ballgames, no doubt. But don't count out timely hitting as part of the winning recipe.
In the first Pool D elimination game, Panama (1-1) scored 10 runs with two outs in a 13-0 drubbing of Saudi Arabia (0-2) at Volunteer Stadium. The game ended after three and a half innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.
Panama moves on to play Tuesday against the loser of Monday's Canada-Chinese Taipei clash. Saudi Arabia will play a consolation game against Toms River, N.J., Tuesday at Lamade Stadium.
"In other important games, that has also happened," Panama Manager Cristobal Salerno said of the two-out hits through interpreter Dr. Luis Sanchez. "I don't understand why. Perhaps they are more serious with two outs."
Four Panama players had multiple RBI, including a team-high three by Luis Bazan. He laced an RBI single as part of a five-run first and a two-run single as part of a five-run third.
All five runs in the first came with two outs. Jorge Perez also had an RBI single in the inning, and the outburst was capped by Sebastian Carrizo's two-run single, the sixth hit – and fifth straight – of the inning.
"I am very happy to have three RBI and also very happy for the win," Bazan said.
Javier Garcia made it 6-0 with a run-scoring double in the second. Irving Indunis then cracked a double of his own to score Garcia and make it 7-0. The eighth run scored on a passed ball with two outs.
Panama in the third tacked on the final five runs, four of which came with two outs. Garcia connected for his second RBI single in as many innings, Indunis laced another RBI double, and Bazan had his two-run single.
The troika of Garcia, Indunis, and Bazan went a combined 7-for-9 with seven RBI and five runs scored.
"Those big three in the middle, very good," said Saudi Arabia manager Jeffrey Barnett. "No doubt they hit for power."
Barnett noted that the MEA champs didn't have their planned starter for the game. Jacob Ksiazek suffered a hairline fracture in his left hand while sliding into second base in their first game against Chinese Taipei Saturday.
Barnett's son Braden started in his place, and allowed nine earned runs and 13 hits in his three innings of work.
"Very frustrating," Manager Barnett said. "A lot of the pitches were unnecessary because of the errors committed in the field. As a result we gave them a lot of opportunities to hit."
Offensively, Braden had two of Saudi Arabia's three hits.
As for Panama, Salerno and his players are looking forward to their next game while preferring a rematch with Canada.
"I have my pitching in order, the kids are more relaxed, and I think we'll see a different outcome (than their loss to Canada)," Salerno said.


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Tissue, synthetic iron-on or silk ? Or ?
I built a number of control-line planes a number of years ago and a few RC, almost all covered in silk (or something smlilar) and dope but never the iron-on covering material. Also built some ARF foamies covered with a plastic coating. So I'm rally an old rookie today.
Anyway, really enthused and getting into building RC airplanes now, mostly scale and so far, mostly Gullows. However, I really like balsa airframes and plan to branch out into other kits, really made for RC.
My question has to do with the covering. I like the look of scale with vary thin balsa covering but know that adds weight and may turn out to be the death of the Guillows kits with the added wing loading when they are already a bit high. I really enjoyed covering and like the strong skin with the silk-like materials in the past and am thinking about using that again.
My current project is an old Carl Goldberg Falcon 56 that I plan to power with an Eflite 25 Outrunner motor. It was purchase many years ago and the airframe built but repaired recently and still not covered. I know silk is expensive now but can it be bought cheaper at a fabric store or somewhere on the web ? Should I just give in and learn to use the iron-on materials ? Is tissue strong enough ?
For the next projects, I have 3 Guillows already bought but not started:
Skyhawk 172 #802, B-25 Mitchell #805 and B-17 Flying Fortress.
The Skyhawk I am fine with fabric covering since it will be a scale-like appearance but the 2 warbirds I would love to cover with very thin balsa sheeting and sand even thinner, then cover with dope.
Any suggestions on covering the Falcon 56?
Will I ever get the others to fly well with the higher wing loading. Any suggestions (including making shelf models of them) on building the Guillows kits ? Will I ever get them to fly well ?
Tissue and dope is fine for almost any size of model, providing the tissue weight is chosen to match. In fact, it adds a great deal more strength to a model than heat shrink films do. Especially for electric applications, tissue and dope is an ideal covering.
The guillows models never really fly well out of the box, for two main reasons;
Wood as supplied is usually too heavy, and of poor quality
Designs work well for static models, but contain "too much structure" for good flight performance.
I would imagine you might struggle with getting the B25 and B17 down to a decent flying weight, especially if you fully sheet them. If you want a smooth "non sagging" surface to replicate the full size, then I would suggest tissue/dope over thin mylar.
Thin mylar can be glued on with heat activated adhesive, and can also be heat shrunk. The tissue/dope goes over that. It can actually be lighter than normal tissue/dope due to the fact that less coats of dope are needed to seal the tissue.
On the B17 and B25, I would think that your best bet is to build as light as you can with good wood, and if doing them free flight, convert them to electric.
Thank you for the reply. I had never heard of tissue and dope over mylar. Sounds like a good idea for looks and lightness.
I will try to replace at least some of the wood and make the airframe lighter as I build them by sanding or cutting down some of the balsa while trying to keep the strength and depending on some of the covering to help. Another excellent idea, thanks again.
I am planning on building all 4 as RC fliers and I will use the very lightest servos and other items to keep them as light as possible. I also intend to use a lighter style of brushless motor but still have enough power. The exception will be the Falcon 56, in which I intend to use a eFlite 25.
Does it seem to make sense to enlarge or otherwise modify the wings to get more lift in order to offset the weight ? I know it is possible but I don't know how to get more lift other than to add some sort of flaps but that would add more drag. Any suggestions ?
There are many detailed threads about a number of Guillows conversions in the Scale Electric Planes forum. Here's a list of most them https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=827861
I've noticed alot in all of these threads about guillows conversions that they all have different view points. Some prefer mylar and some prefer tissue or silk. But the thing im always getting confused about is weight. No one ever has a clear answer as to which is actually lighter. Why is this? Is dope that heavy that it can affect the wieght?
Yes dope makes up a fair percentage of the overall weight of the covering. And different types of tissue/material need different amounts of dope to seal them properly. And some people thin it a lot and spray it lightly in many coats and others seem almost to pour it on full strength then swish it round with a brush .
Hence why you'll have real trouble getting accurate answers about which covering method is lighter. You can only get accurate weights for that new-fangled heatshrink covering and even that varies a lot by type and even by colour .
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ISLAMABAD – As expected, the Swiss authorities said that graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari could not be opened so long as he remains head of the state.
In reply to a letter written by Pakistan government in connection with the money laundering cases against the president, the Swiss have explicitly stated that the cases could not be reopened as Zardari enjoys presidential immunity.
The Swiss reply, written in French, also says that under their laws an accused could only tried when he/she is already facing legal action in the home country, law ministry sources informed The Nation.
The SGS and Cotecna cases against President Zardari are put on hold in Pakistan due to the presidential immunity. Sources in the government said that Federal Law Minister Farooq H Naek flew to Lahore to brief President Zardari on this 'positive' development.
The legal and constitutional experts had already predicted this response from the Swiss as the Pakistan government had explicitly mentioned in its request to the Swiss that President Zardari enjoys immunity at home.
However, the sources said that cases against Zardari would reopen in Pakistan as well as Switzerland soon after he would relinquish the office of the President.
After the rejection of government's review petition in NRO implementation case, it had initially had refused to write to the Swiss authorities for reopening of the graft cases against Zardari, saying that it would be insult to the office of the President.
This rigid stand led to the disqualification of ex-Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in contempt of court case while his successor Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was also served with the contempt notice on the same count.
But in the meantime Law Minister Farooq Naek privately flew to Geneva to examine the status of these cases and the possible fallout in case of writing a letter. After examining the Swiss laws, he along with other legal wizards of Pakistan People's Party decided to write a letter mentioning the presidential immunity.
The legal experts were of the view from day one that in case of writing the letter the cases against Zardari would not be opened because of the immunity he has as head of the state. However, they were also of the view that all the cases against Zardari would stand restored the moment he would be out of the immunity shield.
All the corruption cases against two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto, her spouse Zardari and others were withdrawn under a clandestine deal made with the then dictator President Gen Pervez Musharraf in fall of 2007.
That deal, commonly known as National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), also paved the way of Ms Bhutto's return to Pakistan and lifted the bar on her becoming PM for a third time.
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After discovering Rochelle Humes has wound up with not one, not two, three or even four prams you'd be forgiven for thinking there was more than one baby on the way. But, no - she's just got super generous friends. After throwing an extravagant baby shower, The Saturdays singer ended up with no fewer than FIVE buggies when she forgot to specify exactly what gifts she needed.
A few of Rochelle's pals had the same idea and splashed out around £800 a go posh prams. Hubby Marvin's JLS bandmate, Aston got a little carried away when he sunk £2k on a top-of-the-range buggie.
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Microsoft has appointed former WB Network CEO Jordan Levin as executive vice president of Xbox Entertainment Studios.
Levin will report to Xbox Entertainment Studios president Nancy Tellem, working in tandem with Tellem on all of her initiatives, and leading the creative team responsible for developing and producing scripted and unscripted content for Xbox and other Microsoft devices.
Also read: Microsoft Reports 76M XBox Consoles Worldwide
Levin has also served as CEO of the multi-platform studio/talent management company Generate, and previously the president of Generate-parent Alloy Digital, as well as the chairman of NATPE.
The appointment reunites Levin with Tellem, whom Levin met in 1994 when both were at Warner Bros. The pair "established a long and lasting friendship working together on the launch of The WB Network," according to an announcement from Microsoft.
Also read: 'Man on Wire' Producer, Emmy-Winning Cousin Form New Company, Plan XBox Series
Levin said that he is "energized by the potential of this new position," which he said "affords me the opportunity to continue exploring the intersection of content and technology within a world-class organization like Microsoft and alongside a proven, innovative leader like Nancy and the talented, enthusiastic team she has assembled."
Tellem added that Levin "offers a unique blend of traditional media experience, technical knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit that sets him apart from others in the industry. I am thrilled to welcome him to the Xbox Entertainment Studios team as we continue to build our portfolio of premium TV experiences."


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The souped-up Chevy Lumina circles the track at North Carolina's Charlotte Motor Speedway. At the wheel is Tom Cruise, daredevil superstar. The hazel eyes that laser out of his handsome face focus on the thrill of speed and risk. Nor is this challenge confined to a roadway's hard curve; it applies as well to his career in the movies, even if it means taking dangerous curves toward roles that might confound his fans. This day, after a dozen laps, Cruise sees a dime, stops on it and emerges from the Lumina to say hello to a visitor. He extends a hand and flashes the million-dollar smile -- or, to judge from the worldwide take of his past four movies, the $1.035 billion smile. He points to the car and asks, "Want to go around?"
America wants to go around with Tom Terrific -- that's how he looks, that's how he makes moviegoers feel. They hitched a ride with him in Risky Business and made him a star at 21. They sat in the cockpit of his F-14 as he swaggered through the sky in Top Gun. They perched in a pool hall and watched him wield a cue like a master swordsman in The Color of Money. They flew to the Caribbean to join him in a frothy Cocktail. They traveled with him on a cross- country journey to fraternal reconciliation in Rain Man. And with each adventure, audiences adjusted their estimation of the young man -- from Most Likely to Succeed to All-American Dreamboat to Serious Actor worth taking seriously.
At the end of the '80s, Cruise, 27, is the movies' biggest star, with nothing but promise on the horizon. Just ask two masters he has apprenticed with: Dustin Hoffman, the decade's most lauded actor, and Paul Newman, the last golden exemplar of Hollywood star quality. "There's no sense of a crest in Tom," says Hoffman, who won an Oscar as Cruise's brother in Rain Man. "His talent is young, his body is young, his spirit is young. He's a Christmas tree -- he's lit from head to toe." Newman, who played Cruise's mentor in The Color of Money, considers the young actor's competitors and says, "Tom may be the only survivor."
What does he have that separates him from the Brat Pack? He's not as lovely as Rob Lowe. He doesn't explode, on- or off-camera, as ripely as Sean Penn. "Tom is at a disadvantage," says Barry Levinson, his Rain Man director. "He's got a pretty face, so his abilities are underestimated. And he's not working a rebel image, which is associated with being a good actor." But he does have the image, in the films that made him famous, of an intense young man with a mission: the total workhorse, the ultimate party animal. His job -- flying planes, shooting pool, mixing drinks -- is his life. And he is vulnerable as well as volatile. His thin, high voice helps him here: it locates a little boy lost in the clouds of bravado. Moviegoers may also like what they see in Cruise the man: a dedicated actor, utterly absorbed with his craft, who uses his celebrity to get better parts and get better at what he does. With each new film, he has proved he has more to offer than Ray-Ban Wayfarers and a charismatic grin.


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Student Survey prize winners
The Economics Network student survey recently closed and the results are being analysed. 1440 students from 56 UK universities took part. Winners of the prize draw, randomly chosen among all respondents who agreed to take part, are - Chun Wah Law from University of Surrey, Juan-Mei Banh from Reading University, Jonathan Platten from St-Andrews University, Xiaou Chen from University of Birmingham and Gemma Aspinall from Lancaster University. Congratulations to all, and enjoy your new Kindles.
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Virage Logic Acquires Ingot Systems
Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner and pioneer in Silicon Aware IP(TM), announced the entrance into an agreement to acquire privately held Ingot Systems, Inc., a leading provider of critical functional IP and design services to the semiconductor industry. The planned acquisition will expand Virage Logic's ability to serve the company's chosen market by adding new products and services required in the rapid development of System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated circuits to Virage Logic's current family of memory compilers, logic libraries and related development tools. The proposed acquisition is an all-cash transaction and is expected to be accretive (non-GAAP) beginning in early fiscal year 2008. The transaction is expected to close by August 15, 2007.
MathStar Creates HD MPEG-2 Encoder IP Core for Arrix FPOA
MathStar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MATH), a fabless semiconductor company specializing in high-performance programmable logic, announced the availability of the company's high definition MPEG-2 Encoder IP Core for the Arrix field programmable object array (FPOA). The intellectual property (IP) core currently supports high definition 720p resolutions at 60 frames per second as well as all standard definition formats. MathStar's MPEG-2 Encoder IP Core was co-developed with Adaptive Micro-Ware, a leader in video technology solutions and a member of MathStar's Certified Design Center (CDC) program.
ABI Research, FierceTelecom Host Fixed-Mobile Convergence Webinar
At 11:00 Eastern Daylight Time on August 21, ABI Research and co-sponsor FierceTelecom will present a Webinar entitled "The Landscape for Fixed-Mobile Convergence." This Webinar will feature in-depth analysis of key fixed-mobile convergence market trends and forecasts. It will specifically examine how the various solutions for fixed-mobile convergence fit together, including the mass-market FMC solutions currently being deployed, and how, from a hardware platform perspective, dual-mode Wi-Fi-enabled handsets will compete with femtocells in the race to capture fixed voice services.
RapidIO Trade Association Announces Munich, Paris Design Summits
Ensuring that design engineers have access to practical, up-to-date information on the state of RapidIO(R) while maximizing the value of business travel, The RapidIO Trade Association's Munich and Paris Global RapidIO Design Summits will be on September 17th and 20th respectively, taking place immediately before and after the AdvancedTCA Summit Europe to be held just outside of Paris. The Munich Global RapidIO Design Summits will be held at Innside Hotel and the Paris forum at Novotel Paris Vaugirard Hotel, both from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Registration for these highly anticipated events is now open, and space is limited.
AXIOMTEK Introduces PANEL6100 10.4-inch Industrial Flat Panel Monitor
AXIOMTEK, a leading supplier of applied computing platforms for advanced communication, industrial and human machine interface applications, is pleased to introduce an ultra slim & super compact industrial LCD monitor, PANEL6100, which equips 10.4-inch high brightness (230 nits) SVGA LCD and supports multi-signal interfaces including DVI, VGA, S-Video, and Video. Featuring NEMA4/IP65 compliant front bezel, screw-type adaptor plug, and 12/24V DC-In means it is fit for all kinds of industrial environments. The PANEL6100 is mainly to design for POI, HMI, transportation applications, and more. Plug and play convenience offers easy setup and maintenance; on-screen control allows quick customization of the display to match user preferences.
Wind River Supports Raza XLR, XLS Multi-Core, Multi-Thread Processors
RMI(R), a leading supplier of processors for communications and consumer applications, announced Wind River's support for its XLR and XLS Processor families, a series of multi-core, multi-threaded general purpose processors for communications, networking, wireless and security applications. Wind River is currently supporting RMI's Scalable Processor Solutions (XLR Processor(TM) and XLS Processor(TM)) in the Wind River(R) Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition 1.4 and VxWorks(R) 5.x products.
NI Unveils PXI Products with 600 MB/s Sustained Data Streaming
Engineers can use the newest National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) PXI products to sustain higher data streaming rates than ever before possible with an industry-standard test and measurement platform. The combination of these new PXI products, based on the PXI Express specification, include modular instruments, an embedded controller and RAID hard drive arrays, offers sustained hard drive recording and playback at 600 MBytes/s. With these new data streaming capabilities, engineers can achieve higher sustained acquisition and generation rates, reduce test times and meet new application challenges. Previous data streaming applications required dedicated, proprietary systems typically costing tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Radvision Releases IMS SIP Developer Suite 5.0
RADVISION (Nasdaq: RVSN), a leading provider of video network infrastructure and developer tools for unified visual communications over IP, 3G, and emerging next-generation IMS networks, announced the release and general availability of the SIP Developer Suite version 5.0. The SIP Developer Suite is a highly versatile development tool for building all types of IMS or non-IMS SIP applications, ranging from high-end infrastructure SIP systems to compact embedded devices. The SIP Developer Suite provides high performance, feature-rich functionality with high flexibility, customizability and extensibility.
Sensicast Integrates SensiNet Wireless Sensor Network with NI LabVIEW
Sensicast(R) Systems, the world's leading provider of turnkey wireless sensor network systems, announced enhanced support and integration of its award-winning SensiNet product line for National Instruments LabVIEW. For more than 20 years, NI LabVIEW has been a powerful graphical development environment for data acquisition, instrument control and industrial automation.
NI LabVIEW 8.5 Simplifies Multicore, FPGA Application Development
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) announced LabVIEW 8.5, the latest version of the graphical system design platform for test, control and embedded system development. Building on nearly 10 years of investment in multithreading technology, LabVIEW 8.5 simplifies multicore as well as FPGA-based application development with its intuitive parallel dataflow language. As processor manufacturers look to parallel multicore architectures for performance improvements, LabVIEW 8.5 running on these new processors can deliver faster test throughput, more efficient processor-intensive analysis and more reliable real-time systems on dedicated processor cores. LabVIEW 8.5 also extends the LabVIEW platform further into embedded and industrial applications with the new statechart design module for modeling and implementing system behavior as well as new I/O libraries and analysis functions for industrial monitoring and control.
Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs Support 400 Mbps DDR2 SDRAM Interface
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the world's leading supplier of programmable solutions, announced support for a 400 Mbps DDR2 SDRAM interface (DDR2-400) with its proven low-cost 90 nm Spartan(TM)-3A and Spartan(TM)-3AN FPGAs. Designers can download a free hardware verified reference design providing quick implementation of a 400 Mbps DDR2 SDRAM interface. The reference design complements the company's comprehensive suite of development kits and software tools offered to assist customers in memory interface implementations. DDR2 SDRAM interfaces are widely used in applications such as low-cost video and networking.
Stonestreet One Joins Tensilica Xtensions Partner Network
Tensilica(R), Inc. announced that Stonestreet One(R), a leading embedded wireless software company, has joined its Xtensions(TM) partner network as a Design Center partner. Stonestreet One brings considerable expertise in short-range wireless technologies including Bluetooth, 802.11, WiMedia UWB (Ultra Wide Band), and Certified Wireless USB from the USB-IF to new wireless customer designs using the Xtensa(R) configurable processor.


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Division 8 at Fall Rally North- Oct. 29th, 2011
150+ Members in attendance, Around $1400 raised for Pediatric Trauma Program, Final Round of Spirit Competition :)
Division 8 at Fall Rally North- Oct. 29th, 2011
150+ Members in attendance, Around $1400 raised for Pediatric Trauma Program, Final Round of Spirit Competition :)
Division 8 Banquet
God. I'm going to miss all of this so much. Like always, there was that bit of stress before the event and some lack of sleep here and there but the day of–was so fun and indescribable(: We had it at the same place from 2 years ago. To think, this is the place where I went to my first, and last, banquet for Key Club. We've grown so much. We've seen so much. We've experienced so much and yet there are still so many more things to see, to touch, and to do. On this day, I didn't expect to feel so appreciated–but I love my division so much. I didn't expect anything fancy, but the words that people said to me, were more than enough. Some people confessed things through Thank You letters and others told me how they were inspired…I didn't even know what to say to them. The members as a whole–they are such good people. I'm glad that I got to say a lot of final words to people who have inspired me, surprised me, and kept me afloat throughout this past year. It was a lovely closing.
I was nervous to tell the division about my "favorite moment" from the year and when I was building up to it, I'll never forget their confused looks haha but when I finished (well, I tried to..) I'll never forget people running up for a group hug. HAHA that was expected though, Division 8 and their groups hugs…I'm gonna miss that the most <3 I kinda wish they didn't though (that day was really hot and I couldn't breath) but the love is what matters<3 Yeah…the love and the caring. Deep down, that's what matters. I love these people like no other. Division 8 Key Club, I will miss you beyond words. Thank you for everything. This Key Club experience was unforgettable(:
Edit: Special Thanks to my Banquet Committee, You guys made the experience 100X more enjoyable for me(:


text: PW Daily reported yesterday that AMS has found separate buyers for the international operations of PGW. Medwyn Lloyd Hughes and Catherine Goodman, who have run PGW's UK operation since AMS acquired their HI Marketing company in 2002, have agreed to pay $216,325 for the UK distribution arm while PGW's Australian distributor, Bookwise International, as well as its Singapore unit, will be acquired by the Australian company Brumby Books Holdings for roughly $400,000. Both acquisitions also include select APG inventory, and won't be finalized lest competing bids come into the bankruptcy court by the April 20 deadline.


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Training Camp is now in full swing and there is plenty of football going on in Piscataway. The Monday Morning Kickoff gets you ready for a new week, which will feature all free content that will last through Friday, as we bring you the most comprehensive coverage of Rutgers Football.
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Rutgers opened up its Saturday scrimmage to the public and more than 2,000 fans turned out to watch the Scarlet Knights' first intrasquad matchup of the summer. RU Athletic director Tim Pernetti spoke to the media on Saturday following the scrimmage.
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"I thought it was great," Pernetti said. "I don't know how you guys felt about it, but I can tell you, our fans are great fans and they do it through thick and thin...I thought it was terrific to see the line when I pulled up to the Hale Center this morning of people waiting to get in."
On the offensive side of the ball, sophomore quarterback Gary Nova had himself a solid day completing 14-of-20 passes for 171 yards, including one touchdown and one interception. Nova remains in a battle with Chas Dodd for the starting quarterback job.
Dodd completed 5-of-14 passes for 49 yards and two touchdowns.
"Their job is to go out there and battle for the starting quarterback position and my job is to go out there and make it easy for them and try to give them confidence," said Brandon Coleman, who hauled in three catches for 50 yards. "We trust both of them, they both won games for us and they're both good leaders."
Head coach Kyle Flood has yet to announce a leader in that race but did acknowledge that Nova had the better day on Saturday.
Sophomore running back Jawan Jamison drew reactions from the crowd with a couple of nice runs on his way to 66 rushing yards on 14 attempts. Jamison looks to have picked up this summer where he left off as the MVP of the 2011 Pinstripe Bowl.
"Training is going really well, getting in and working with my teammates," Jamison said. "We're meshing really well now and I think we're starting to click on all cylinders. This year, the expectation is to get over that hump and be the next running back to get over 1,000 yards rushing."
The last running back to come closest to the 1,000 yard mark since the Ray Rice era was Joe Martinek, who rushed for 967 yards in 2009.
Saturday also marked the first live college scrimmage for this year's crop of true freshmen.
"The first scrimmage was good," linebacker Steve Longa said. "I got my reps in and was trying to do my assignments. I think I did a pretty good job."
The Scarlet Knights will return to the practice field today with the first two-a-day of the summer. The first practice will begin at 8:30 a.m. while the second one will commence at 4:30 p.m. Two-a-days will continue on both Wednesday and Friday.
Scarlet Nation will have updates immediately following practice along with featured articles on what took place during each session.
As previously mentioned, all content this week will be completely free.
Scouting the future (Rutgers recruiting)
There was plenty of talent watching Saturday's action as Rutgers welcomed a host of recruits to Piscataway. RU's first commit to the class of 2013, Anthony Cioffi was among that contingent.
"It was awesome, I can't wait [to get there]," Cioffi said of Rutgers. "All of my future teammates and recruits that I met were great men."
Cioffi was not the only RU commit in attendance. He was joined by TJ Taylor, Myles Nash, John Tsimis, Justin Goodwin, Kemoko Turay, Eric Wiafe, Christopher Laviano and Sebastian Joseph.
"The defense was up tempo, nasty, in your face," Joseph said. "I loved everything about the day. It just made me love the school even more honestly."
Uncommitted class of 2013 wide receiver Ishmael Hyman also stopped by with close friend, class of 2014 Manalapan wide receiver Saeed Blacknall.
"The scrimmage was intense," Hyman said. "The coaches were happy to see me and asked when I plan on making a decision and to take my time if I didn't know. Rutgers is definitely in my top 3."
Other class of 2014 visitors included Ramapo's Jimmy Hogan and Timber Creek's Adonis Jennings, both of whom hold Rutgers offers.
One of Rutgers' major targets in the class of 2013, Metuchen offensive lineman Dorian Miller, was not in attendance due to an unofficial visit he took to North Carolina. However, Miller is planning to attend Tuesday's practice at Rutgers, one day prior to the beginning of Metuchen's summer practice.
Stay logged onto The Round Table for continual recruiting updates as the week moves on.


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any JSF plug-ins like struts? (2 messages)
I need to load some java objects into servlet context during app server startup. I used struts plug-in interface implemented classes in my previuos project. Is there any interface provided by JSF framework so that I can implement it and load my objects into context during app server startup? I appreciate even if there are any other ways for this. I can't extend faces servlet(i.e limitation), so I can't do it in init method of my controller servelt. Am I left with just JSF event methods?
- Posted by: Satya Ravipati
- Posted on: October 13 2004 12:54 EDT
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- any JSF plug-ins like struts? by Duncan Mills on October 20 2004 19:03 EDT
- any JSF plug-ins like struts? by j d on November 29 2004 01:24 EST
any JSF plug-ins like struts?[ Go to top ]
Could you not create a managed bean with a scope of "application" that should do the trick
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- Posted on: October 20 2004 19:03 EDT
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any JSF plug-ins like struts?[ Go to top ]
I should create a class that uses the ServletContextListener (so it gets the contextInitialized / contextDestroyed) and register this class as a Listener in your web.xml
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- Posted on: November 29 2004 01:24 EST
- in response to Duncan Mills


text: Master Content View http://www.nanoscienceworks.org This is a look at all pending and published content for NSW. daily 1 2006-08-02T19:09:38Z Zeinalipour-Yazdi, Constantinos http://www.nanoscienceworks.org/Members/zeinalip/zeinalipour-yazdi-constantinos No publisher zeinalip 2015-07-07T11:44:45Z Person [···] http://www.nanoscienceworks.org/Members/viakhnine/scinewsitem.2015-01-17.7872054098 No publisher viakhnine 2015-01-17T22:13:09Z News Item i-NanoTool LIFE Project http://www.nanoscienceworks.org/Members/AnabelaMartins/i-nanotool-life-project-1 Development of an interactive tool for the implementation of environmental legislation for nanoparticles manufacturers No publisher AnabelaMartins 2014-07-07T13:14:41Z News Item [···] http://www.nanoscienceworks.org/Members/AnabelaMartins/scinewsitem.2014-07-07.8544181051 No publisher AnabelaMartins 2014-07-07T11:50:55Z News Item [···] http://www.nanoscienceworks.org/Members/AnabelaMartins/scinewsitem.2014-06-30.9960617946 No publisher AnabelaMartins 2014-06-30T15:43:17Z News Item Martini, Matteo http://www.nanoscienceworks.org/Members/MartiniTech/martini-matteo Martini Tech is a company founded in 2013 and based in Japan providing nanoimprint, MEMS design and fabrication, sputtering, PSS patterning and related services. 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TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) – If you bought a ticket for Saturday night's Powerball drawing, better luck on Wednesday. There was a big winner, but it wasn't' here. One ticket sold in Rhode Island matched all five numbers and Powerball number to win the $336 million jackpot.
The winning numbers were 1-10-37-52-57 and the Powerball number was 11.
The jackpot will be reset to $40 million for this Wednesday's drawing.
Thousands of other tickets matched lesser winning Powerball combinations.
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In the Florida Lotto, no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $3 million jackpot.
The winning numbers were 1-8-11-20-47-52.
Forty nine tickets matched five numbers to win $4,419.50 each; 2,708 tickets matched four numbers for $63.00 each; and 54,414 tickets matched three numbers for $5.00 each.
The jackpot for this Wednesday's drawing will roll over to $4 million.


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AC Milan's Youth Policy: Sell Pato & Robinho to fund Didier Drogba purchase
Leading Italian newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport are today reporting a busy winter of transfer deals for AC Milan.
According to the famous pink paper , the Rossoneri's transfer dealing are "Pato sold. Robinho: ongoing negotiations. Drogba: incoming."
Alexandre Pato's departure from the San Siro will be little surprise. After struggling with injuries for far too long, the young Brazilian attacker is now set to be shipped out of Serie A. A 15 million euro move to World Champions Corinthians is said to be a done deal, and the transfer should be formally announced on January 1st.
Robinho's sale is perhaps a little more surprising.
The Samba playmaker has made 11 appearances for Milan this season, whilst scoring important goals against Juventus and Torino. However Robson Da Souza is now considered surplus to requirements at Milan, with Santos and Flamengo leading the charge to sign the former Real Madrid and Man City star.
According to Gazzetta, Santos are the preferred bidders in Milan's eyes as they are able to stump up 12 million euros to make the transfer happen.
Having sold two of their young Brazilian goal-getters and creators, the most surprising part of the Milan transfer story is that Didier Drogba is the main signing whom the club want to pen in the new year.
Drogba is set to be asking for 5 million euros a season in wages, which is a sum Milan can only afford provided the get rid of high-earners Pato and Robinho.
Yet, away from the transfer/contract details, one has to wonder whether brining in a 34-year-old Drogba is really the best plan for Milan to getting them back into the top bracket of world football. Drogba scored 8 goals in 11 matches for Shanghai last season.
Aside from Drogba, Gazzetta suggest that Milan could also sign exciting Dutch talent Kevin Strootman, while Riccardo Carvalho is on their defensive radar.
Watch all of Didier Drogba's goals for Shanghai Shenhua this season below.


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Wichita St. vs. Ohio St. Prop Odds
LOS ANGELES (TheSpread) – Ohio State and Wichita State will need big performances from their stars on Saturday in the West Regional Final. Who will step up when the two meet at 7:05PM ET?
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This game will be played from Staples Center in Los Angeles and is part of the West Region with Ohio State as the second seed and Wichita State the ninth seed. (View Matchup). According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Ohio State is favored in this game, as the Buckeyes have odds of -4.5 points against Wichita State. The over/under total for the contest has been set at 130 points.
Ohio State has been able to get to this point thanks to the play of Aaron Craft. Though he has stepped up offensively, he is most known for his defense. For this game, Craft has been given over/under odds of 2.5 steals. The 6-2 junior guard has averaged 2.1 steals on the season. He has had a total of 9 steals through Ohio State's three tournament games, including 6 against Iona. Craft has had at least 3 steals in 13 of his 36 games this season.
Wichita State has been led in this run by Cleanthony Early, who has been given over/under odds of 13 points for today's game. The 6-8 junior forward is averaging 13.7 points per game on the season and he has 45 points in the team's three tournament wins. Early has scored at least 13 points in 19 of his 37 games on the season.
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2013 March Madness Elite 8 Prop Odds – Wichita State vs. Ohio State
Game Props
Team to score first: Wichita State (-105) Ohio State (-125)
Team to score last: Wichita State (-115) Ohio State (-115)
Team to score 10 points first: Wichita State (+110) Ohio State (-140)
Team to score 20 points first: Wichita State (+120) Ohio State (-150)
Total points for Wichita State: Over/Under 63
Total points for Ohio State: Over/Under 67
Total 3-point field goals made by both teams: Over/Under 12.5
Team to make first 3-point field goal: Wichita State (+100) Ohio State (-130)
Largest lead of the game: Over/Under 13.5 points
Player Props
Total points for Cleanthony Early (Wichita State): Over/Under 13
Total rebounds for Early: Over/Under 6
Total points for Carl Hall (Wichita State): Over/Under 12.5
Total rebounds + blocked shots for Hall: Over/Under 8.5
Total made 3-point field goals for Malcolm Armstead (Wichita State): Over/Under 1.5
Total points for Ron Baker (Wichita State): Over/Under 9.5
Total points for Deshaun Thomas (Ohio State): Over/Under 19.5
Will Thomas make his first field goal attempt: Yes (+100) No (-130)
Total rebounds + assists for Aaron Craft (Ohio State): Over/Under 9
Total steals for Craft: Over/Under 2.5
Total points + rebounds for Lenzelle Smith Jr. (Ohio State): Over/Under 13
Total points for LaQuinton Ross (Ohio State): Over/Under 9.5
Will Sam Thompson (Ohio State) make his first field goal attempt: Yes (-160) No (+130)
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Offering retiree health insurance to public-sector employees can actually save their employers money in the long run and has a major impact on whether workers stay in the workforce until age 65 or decide to retire earlier.
That's according to a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research that studied the behavior of public school employees in Illinois to see how responsive they would be to the introduction of a retiree health insurance program. The findings have major implications for government budgets that have been overloaded with debt associated with pension benefits and retiree health care costs.
NBER found that the introduction of a retiree health insurance program prompted many older workers to retire earlier than they initially would have — an average of two years earlier.
Employees who retire earlier receive lower pension benefits but for a longer period of time than those who retire later.
The most direct cost of retiree health insurance in Illinois, the employer's share of the current annual premium, is $5,208 per retiree aged 55 to 64, and less for older workers. This assumes the state continues its 50 percent subsidy of the premium, the report found.
Offered health insurance, the median retiree leaves at age 57 with 25 years of service rather than at 59 with 27 years of service. Because this median retiree is an early retiree and faces an actuarial penalty for retiring early, the present discounted value of her pension is $76,731 lower than if she had not had retiree health insurance, NBER said.
NBER concluded that if governments revoked their retiree health insurance, rather than saving themselves (and taxpayers) the lifetime costs of the retiree health insurance, $77,000, they would actually pay about $17,000 more per public school employee.


text: Impact undecided as Whitecaps, others looks to break away from USL - Canadian Press November 10, 200912:00AM PST Previous Next By Bill Beacon MONTREAL — The Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact are among seven clubs looking to form a new league that would break away from the United Soccer Leagues First Division. The teams, unhappy with how USL-1 is owned and managed, have applied to the U.S. Soccer Federation for sanctioning as a Division II league. They will apply shortly to the Canadian Soccer Association as a Division I circuit to begin play in April. However, Impact president Joey Saputo, who was named chairman of the new league's board of governors, said he has continued talking to the USL about staying put for next season, but is pessimistic about reaching a satisfactory deal. "As chairman of the Team Owners Association, I can say that myself and every TOA member has always been open to discussions with the USL which would give the teams the requisite ownership and control over our league," Saputo said in a statement Tuesday. "However, since the USL has historically and currently been unwilling to grant us that necessary ownership and control, we have applied to launch a new league and that endeavour has my personal attention and commitment." The Impact defeated Vancouver in the USL-1 final last month for their third championship since 1994. Earlier Tuesday, Saputo issued another statement that said he would "continue working on different options for the 2010 season, including the possibility that the Impact take part in USL-1 or in a new league." A team spokesman said he was told a decision would be made within a week to 10 days. Clubs needed to get their application in to the U.S. federation as soon as possible to keep the option of starting a new league open. The USSF is expected to rule on the application at a meeting following the Major League Soccer final on Nov. 22. In a statement issued later Tuesday, the USL said it will oppose the new league's application for certification by the U.S. federation "on the grounds that there is misrepresentation, interference with USL business operations and substantial debt amongst the membership." For now, the new league would have Montreal, Vancouver, the Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder and a new team, St. Louis Soccer United. They are looking at other teams and organizations that have expressed interest in joining, said St. Louis principal owner Jeff Cooper, who was named spokesman for the league. They include international organizations looking to establish a presence in North America. Tampa, which had been part of the dissident TOA, dropped out last week. Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi said his club favours going ahead with the new league. "Our position is that we're going to see the TOA position through to its conclusion," said Lenarduzzi. "We are not in negotiations with the USL. "As far as Vancouver is concerned, we're forging ahead. That's our objective - to help that league get off the ground." He added that the Whitecaps are not at war with the USL. The organization will maintain a women's team and squads in development leagues that are also run by the USL. The Whitecaps and the Portland Timbers would have only one more season in USL-1 before they join Major League Soccer in 2011. But Lenarduzzi said it is still important to his club that there is a strong Division II league to aid in developing the sport in North America. Team owners were unhappy when Nike/Umbro rejected their bid to buy the league and instead sold to a private owner, NuRock Soccer Holdings, on Aug. 27. They threatened to start their own league unless they were given more say in how USL-1 is run. The owners believe only a league that is owned by its teams can be properly managed. While the level of play of the top USL-1 teams is close, the league remains far behind MLS in its marketing, its playing venues and overall credibility. Lenarduzzi said details such as finding a name for the new league, hiring a commissioner and drawing up a schedule are still to be worked out. They are also at work on a marketing plan. The new league's statement, which was released to the media by the Whitecaps but not by the Impact, had Saputo gung-ho to go ahead with the new league. "This is not your typical new league," it quoted Saputo as saying. "Most of our teams have existed for years. "We have united some of the best owners, teams and markets around a new vision for a professional soccer league in North America." The Impact are also looking to get into MLS either in 2011 or 2012. NuRock broke off talks with the TOA last month, but said it would continue to negotiate with individual clubs. It also issued a statement praising the rise of soccer in Canada and announcing the USL would soon open a full-service office north of the border. Ottawa has applied to join USL-1 in 2012. The other USL-1 clubs - Portland, the Puerto Rico Islanders, Charleston Battery, Rochester Rhinos, Austin Aztecs and Cleveland City Stars - did not join the breakaway league. Copyright © 2009 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Previous Next


text: Jeremy Moore and I met up on Friday at one of the State Parks, Ft. Richardson, for a very small LF outing. Sorry, it was a last minute sort of thing, but we had a great time. At least I did, it was fun seeing how someone else 'sees' things. Now, it was just a tad cool, and a lot windy..did I mention we had some wind. It was a good test for the new BlackJacket Jeremy has, and you can bet that after getting beat up by my darkcolth, will be looking at replacing it with a BlackJacket soon. So there we were, a couple of novice LF guys with our Burke and James 5x7's, must have been a site for the other visitors. You should have seen Jeremy's camera, I think he used every movement the old B&J had..and then some. Think he may have made some snaps of it, so maybe we can get him to post them later. It was my first outing with my B&J. Of course if there is anything worth posting will post some of the images. But it was still fun just getting together and talking about photography.


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Directions to Pilgrim's Inn on Deer Isle
Our Deer Isle bed & breakfast and restaurant can be reached by airplane from Boston, Bar Harbor, Portland, Bangor, and then by car. Car rentals are available at the Airports. Use the map below to find directions, or scroll down for our driving directions!
Driving from Portland, ME and points south:
- Interstate 95 (N) to Augusta
- Take Route 3 (E) to Belfast
- Take Route 1 (N) to Route 15 (S), which travels to Deer Isle down the Blue Hill Peninsula.
- You will cross a large green suspension bridge onto Little Deer Isle.
- 0.9 miles further you will begin to cross a causeway onto Deer Isle.
After you arrive on Deer Isle
- Drive another 4 miles to Deer Isle Village
- Turn Right onto Main St.
- Pilgrim's Inn is 0.1 miles on the left, just past the post office.
Questions about getting to our Deer Isle inn? Give us a call!


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I don't know exactly why, but I've had a bit of an obsession with the T32C DXpedition to Kiritimati since they got started a few weeks ago. Maybe because I found them easier to work than many of the DXpeditions that I've tried before. The fact that they are a very well-run operation has something to do with it, I'm sure. Whatever the reason, once I got a few contacts under my belt, I became driven to try to work them on all band slots practical for CW and SSB. I have a ZS6BKW antenna, so I can load it up from 10 to 80 meters. I figured 10 — 80 was a reasonable goal, but I knew the lower bands were going to be tougher since my antenna is only up at about 30 feet.
With the bands being as hot as they have been in the last month or so, it hasn't been a great challenge to fill up the band slot chart for the most part. Almost all of the QSOs made over the last few days have been snagged within one or two calls (I also thank W9KNI's book The Complete DXer for teaching me very valuable basic DXing skills). I will admit that I've been running 100 W output for these QSOs — with one important exception.
20 meters CW was one of the slots that I had not yet filled as of this morning (oddly enough, since that's THE DX band). Over the last few weekends, I've been hacking away on the firmware to the CC-Series, trying to get the last major features up and working bug-free. Thanks to a request from AA7EE, I just implemented XIT on top of the RIT that was already in the firmware (speaking of Dave, go check out his even more impressive T32C QRP story). The nice thing about XIT is that it allows you to relatively easily work split stations like DX, even though there is no "official" dual-VFO capability in the rig. Since the XIT capability seemed to be mostly working correctly, I wanted to put the CC-20 on the air to try it out and be certain. The first station that I worked today with the CC-20 was K6JSS/KL7, operated by well-known Alaskan QRPer AL7FS. It was a simplex QSO, but it was nice to bust the mini-pileup with my first call. While continuing to work on CC-20 development, I monitored the DX cluster to see when T32C would show up on 20 meters. Sure enough, I ended up seeing him pop up on the cluster at about 0200 UTC. Time to put the CC-20 to the test.
I don't have a valiant battle to describe. It took me about 10 calls to finally get him, although there weren't a lot of people calling him. I suspect that the majority of my trouble in getting him was in zero-beating him with the unpackaged encoder knob. While in RIT or XIT mode, pressing in the tune knob toggles between the TX and RX VFOs. Trying to do that quickly when it's not mounted on a chassis is tricky! Regardless, it didn't take long until I heard the sweet sound of my callsign coming back to me across the vast Pacific Ocean. Two watts spanning 3600 miles to a tropical island in the middle of a huge ocean is pretty neat. This doesn't rank in the annals of great QRP achievements, but it will always be a memorable QSO for me.


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RIP Nekst
The Houston/Austin/New York graffiti writer known as Nekst (and Next) has died.
Here are some pics of his work that have appeared on the site over the years.
Original stories:
Houston Graffiti: DTS, Nekst and Dkops Next / Nekst Nekst in New York Nekst and Sumoe Houston Graffiti: Jade and Next Nekst and GY Next Houston Graffiti: Fear Factory
When: December 31, 2012
Where: Houston
What: Spray Can
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Welcome Lady Caroline...I have waited so long for a dress form to decorate my kitchen, dress her in clothes and to just keep me company.. I paid only 35.00 for her today at our local antique store.. there is only one in Sabattus. But I found her!! I can't wait to get going and she'll be part of my blog... watch for her changing attire and where she stands at my home.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
My new HouseMate
Well, it's been a very long time that I wanted to have this housemate.. I have longed for the company and to shop for someone other than me..
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Is it time to Garden yet???
Well I started some seeds in my house, but I never have very good luck with starting anything from seeds.. what I'd like to have in my yard is this....
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Another Birthday...my daughter
Well today is my youngest daughter's 18th birthday. where has the time gone? I remember the day she was born, her first birthday, first day of school, dance recitals... and now.. she is an adult. I was blessed with two wonderful daughters and now they are both grown up. So Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter Hannah...
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Nothing compares to the giddiness you get the moment school is out for Christmas break. The campus is quiet, the sky is grey and brooding, and the few remaining piles of snow lie like crusty corpses on the sides of curbs, but inside you feel like Louie Barletta. It's party time! It's skateboard time.
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