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The VECTOR Revolution 180 uses a cartridge and nozzle glue extrusion system which is ideally suited to this contour banding application. The cartridge glue nozzle is a closed system which only heats the glue as it is used. From the heated face of the cartridge until it is extruded onto the banding, the glue is not exposed to the atmosphere, thus there is no burning of the glue or discolouration. The original colour of the glue is maintained as are the glue properties. A further benefit of the glue nozzle system is it's close proximity to the first pressure roller. This means that even when slowing for corners, the glue remains molten until pressed onto the panel by the first pressure roller. This is particularly important when banding tight radiuses due to the reduced feed speed as the glue does not have an opportunity to chill before being pressed onto the panel.


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Effects of quantum statistics of phonons on the thermal conductivity of silicon and germanium nanoribbons
- Yuriy A Kosevich1, 2Email author,
- Alexander V Savin1 and
- Andrés Cantarero2
© Kosevich et al.; licensee Springer. 2013
Received: 24 September 2012
Accepted: 11 December 2012
Published: 3 January 2013
We present molecular dynamics simulation of phonon thermal conductivity of semiconductor nanoribbons with an account for phonon quantum statistics. In our semiquantum molecular dynamics simulation, dynamics of the system is described with the use of classical Newtonian equations of motion where the effect of phonon quantum statistics is introduced through random Langevin-like forces with a specific power spectral density (color noise). The color noise describes interaction of the molecular system with the thermostat. The thermal transport of silicon and germanium nanoribbons with atomically smooth (perfect) and rough (porous) edges are studied. We show that the existence of rough (porous) edges and the quantum statistics of phonon change drastically the low-temperature thermal conductivity of the nanoribbon in comparison with that of the perfect nanoribbon with atomically smooth edges and classical phonon dynamics and statistics. The rough-edge phonon scattering and weak anharmonicity of the considered lattice produce a weakly pronounced maximum of thermal conductivity of the nanoribbon at low temperature.
It has been recently shown[1] that silicon and germanium nanowires can give a figure of merit of over 2 at 800 K due to strong reduction of phonon thermal conductivity in nanowires as compared with their equivalent bulk material, i.e., the reduction is caused not only by the alloy disorder, but also by the decrease of the phonon mean free path by reduced-dimensional effects. The effect of temperature on the thermal conductivity of silicon and germanium may be quite different since the Debye temperature of silicon almost doubles that of germanium. The purpose of the present work is to analyze quantum statistic effects on thermal phonon conductivity in silicon and germanium nanoribbons with the use of the novel semiquantum molecular dynamics simulation[2].
Molecular dynamics is a method of numerical modeling of molecular systems based on classical Newtonian mechanics. It does not allow for the description of pure quantum effects such as the freezing out of high-frequency oscillations at low temperatures and the related decrease to zero of heat capacity for T→0. On the other hand, because of its complexity, a pure quantum-mechanical description does not allow, in general, the detailed modeling of the dynamics of many-body systems. To overcome these obstacles, different semiclassical methods, which allow to take into account quantum effects, have been proposed[3–9].
The most convenient method for numerical modeling is to use the Langevin equations with color-noise random forces[5, 7]. In this approximation, the dynamics of the system is described with the use of classical Newtonian equations of motion while the quantum effects are introduced through random Langevin-like forces with a specific power spectral density (the color noise), which describes the interaction of the molecular system with the thermostat. Here, we apply such semiquantum approach to the simulation of heat transport in low-dimensional nanostructures such as semiconductor nanoribbons with atomically smooth (perfect) and porous (rough) edges. Our previous analytical studies[10] and molecular dynamics simulations[11] have revealed the dramatic decrease of phonon thermal conductivity in quasi-one-dimensional nanostructures with rough (porous) surface and edge layers.
In the semiquantum molecular dynamics approach, the dynamics of the system is described with the use of the classical Newtonian equations of motion while the effects of phonon quantum statistics are introduced through random Langevin-like forces with a specific power spectral density (the color noise). If the random forces are delta-correlated in a time domain, this corresponds to the white noise with a flat power spectral density. This situation corresponds to high-enough temperatures, when k B T is larger than the quantum of the highest phonon frequency mode in the system,. However, for low-enough temperature,, the stochastic dynamics of the system should be described with the use of random Langevin-like forces with a non-flat power spectral density, which corresponds to the system with color noise. For the generation of color noise with the power spectrum, consistent with the quantum fluctuation-dissipation theorem, we use the method which was developed in[2]. The semiquantum molecular dynamics approach has allowed us to model the transition in the rough-edge nanoribbons from the thermal insulator-like behavior at high temperature, when the thermal conductivity decreases with the conductor length (see[11]), to the ballistic conductor-like behavior at low temperature, when the thermal conductivity increases with the conductor length. Here, we apply the semiquantum molecular dynamics approach for the modeling of temperature dependence of thermal phonon conductivity in silicon and germanium nanoribbons with rough edges. We show that the presence of rough edges significantly decreases the room-temperature thermal conductivity of the nanoribbon and results in the weakly pronounced maximum of thermal conductivity at low temperatures. The latter property is closely related with the absence of (or weak) anharmonicity of the lattice potential and correspondingly weak anharmonic (Umklapp) scattering. In our semiquantum molecular dynamics approach, we make use neither of the quantum corrections to classically predicted thermal conductivity, e.g., discussed in[12], nor of the values of Umklapp or surface roughness-induced scattering rates, calculated independently from molecular dynamics simulation, e.g., discussed in[13, 14]. To diminish the contact (interface) boundary resistance between the nanoribbon and heat reservoirs, e.g., discussed in[15], we model the nanoribbon with relatively long parts, immersed in semiquantum heat baths (see also[2]).
Results and discussion
We consider a system which consists of K parallel atomic chains in one plane[11]. To model the diamond-like lattice, we assume that each atom has four nearest neighbors. In this connection, we would like to mention that the considered model cannot be applied directly to the predicted[16–19] and recently grown[20, 21] two-dimensional lattice with graphene-like structure, made from Si or Ge atoms, the silicene. Our main goal is to provide semiquantum modeling of the heat transport and effective 'isotopic effect' on phonon heat transport in low-dimensional structures made from Si or Ge atoms, arranged in lattices, which reflect the symmetry of corresponding bulk materials. Since the lattice structure (the number of nearest neighbors) of the considered quasi-two-dimensional nanoribbons reflects the bulk one, our model can also be applied to the quasi-three-dimensional nanowires with bulk-like structure. The isotopic effect on phonon heat transport can be used for the understanding and prediction of the trends in the changes of thermal conductivity in low-dimensional nanostructures caused by the essential change in ion masses accompanied by less strong change in inter-ion force constants.
The Hamiltonian of the system describes the kinetic energy and harmonic interparticle interaction potentials. The characteristic energy of the nearest-neighbor interaction energy E0 can be related with the energy of the LO phonon mode in the semiconductor, which is approximately 15 THz in Si and approximately 9 THz in Ge. The ratio of these maximal frequencies is close to the ratio of the Debye temperatures, T D = 645 K in Si and T D = 374 K in Ge, and to the ratio of the inverse square root of Si and Ge atomic masses, which reflect the approximate isotopic effect in phonon properties of Si and Ge lattices when the materials can be described approximately with the same force constants and different atomic masses (see[22]). The particle mass (M) and lattice constant (a) are determined by the mass and characteristic period of the corresponding bulk semiconductor material, a = 5.43 Å and a = 5.658 Å for Si and Ge, respectively.
Semiquantum molecular dynamics simulations with random Langevin-like forces with a specific power spectral density show that quantum statistics of phonons and porosity of edge layers dramatically change the thermal conductivity of Si and Ge nanoribbons at low and room temperatures in comparison with that of the nanoribbons with perfect edges and classical phonon dynamics and statistics. Phonon scattering by the rough edges and weak anharmonicity of the considered lattice produce weakly pronounced maximum of the thermal conductivity of the nanoribbon at low temperature. The approximate isotopic effect is manifested in the scaling of phonon thermal conductivities of the rough-edge nanoribbons with harmonic lattices at elevated temperature. This effect can be used for the prediction of the trends in the changes of phonon thermal conductivity in low-dimensional nanostructures, which was caused by the essential change in atomic masses accompanied by a less strong change in inter-atomic force constants.
The authors thank the financial support given by the project CSD2010-0044, which belongs to the 'Consolider Ingenio' Programme of the Spanish Ministry of Finances and Competitiveness.
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Date: Friday, May 2, 2014
Course #: W693
Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Erikson Institute
Cost: $150.00
Credit Available: 0.5 CEUs; 5 SWCEUs; Approved by Illinois Early Intervention Training Program for 5 contact hours in the area of Intervention
In order to deal successfully with abbreviated attention spans, high activity levels, tantrums, and other challenging behaviors, early childhood professionals need to understand the reason for the child's behavior. Functional assessment helps caregivers and therapists explore the cause for such behaviors and develop appropriate interventions. The assessment also helps provide parents with a rational basis for the intervention. This workshop explores functional assessment and offers a step-by-step guide for professionals to use when discussing behaviors and intervention with parents.
Instructors:Angela Searcy, Ed.D
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Angela has over 25 years of experience in the field of education providing services to children and families as a teacher, child development specialist and independent consultant. A former neuro-developmental specialist, Angela has specialized training in neuroscience. Angela is the owner and founder of Simple Solutions Educational Services, a professional development company, and a professional development provider for Teaching Strategies, LLC. Angela leads the integrative seminars for the Erikson online cohorts and acts as a continuing education instructor.
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text: "The USDA Forest Service today released new estimates of the total carbon storage of U.S. forests, highlighting the important role America's forests play in the fight against climate change. According to the new data, 41.4 billion metric tons of carbon is currently stored in the nation's forests, and due to both increases in the total area of forest land and increases in the carbon stored per acre, an additional 192 million metric tons of carbon are sequestered each year. The additional carbon sequestered annually offsets roughly 11 percent of the country's industrial greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of removing almost 135 million passenger vehicles from the nation's highways."


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What did you think of the Terra Nova finale? Sorry for the delay on this post but with the holidays and all I've been pretty busy. I'm not surprised they left a hook for possible time travel. But it might have been better if they had not.
One of my ongoing complains about the series has been that the creative staff seems to ignore the prehistoric world around the colony. I've always said that the peculiarity of "the island" was a big part of my LOST experience. Terra Nova had an opportunity to capitalize on that sense of exploratory adventure that's been missing from network television ever since well, LOST.
I thought that having the entire conflict with (and occupation by) the Phoenix mercenary army take place while Jim was in a coma was kind of a rip off. That would have made for some good action sequences. Although, considering that this is Terra Nova we're talking about; maybe it is for the better that these events are left to the imagination.
I'm not expecting Terra Nova to return next season. What a shame that is. Now that the colony has severed the link to the year 2149, the show might actually improve. Maybe the writers would be forced to interact with the world rather than replaying tired old character driven episodes.
Particleshock needs your comments. If you have an opinion about Terra Nova; please take the time to leave a comment.


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FIFA World Cup™ history
Peru participated at three FIFA World Cups between Mexico 1970 and Spain 1982, but have since been unable to match the heights of those golden years, leaving their fans disappointed after failing to qualify for subsequent finals. Their only other tournament appearance came at Uruguay 1930, but their best achievements were a sensational run to the quarter-finals in 1970 and reaching the Second Round at Argentina 1978. Peru ended their 36-year drought by finishing fifth in South American qualifying and subsequently defeating New Zealand 2-0 on aggregate in the intercontinental play-off.
The team
Peru are currently going through a phase of re-building after winning the bronze medal at the 2011 Copa America in Argentina but failing to qualify for Brazil 2014. The squad has a mixture of youth and experience, with evergreen veterans such as Claudio Pizarro, Paolo Guerrero, Jefferson Farfan and Juan Vargas complementing the younger generation, including defensive duo Pedro Requena and Gustavo Dulanto.
The coach
Ricardo Gareca was appointed head coach in 2015 and is only the second Argentinian to take charge of Peru after Angel Fernandez Roca did so in the 1940s and 50s. It is the first time el Tigre has coached a national side, having previously enjoyed success at club level, winning the league title with Universitario de Lima and Velez Sarsfield. Gareca will be hoping to make amends for contributing to Peru's absence from Mexico 1986, after he equalised for Argentina at 2-2 shortly before the final whistle in the last qualifying game.
The stat
24 – The number of coaches, including Gareca, Peru have had since Spain 1982. Four coaches have had two separate stints at the helm over that same period.
The former stars
Teofilo Cubillas, Hugo Sotil, Hector Chumpitaz, Cesar Cueto, Juan Carlos Oblitas, Franco Navarro, Nolberto Solano, Roberto Palacios


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Israeli authorities are expected to transfer some $52 million in Palestinian customs revenues to the Palestinian Authority, which it had thus far withheld. Israel collects such funds, which belong to the Palestinians, on their behalf every month. Israel's decision to withhold the money followed the Hamas victory in recent Palestinian elections.
Acting Palestinian Finance Minster, Jihad Wazir, reportedly requested that Israel transfer the funds in a letter to the Israeli establishment, in which he pledged that the funds would be directed towards the needs of the Palestinian people and not to support attacks against Israelis.
Last week, the international Quartet asked that Israel transfer the funds, a move that followed its own decision to continue assistance to the PA as long as no change has yet taken place in the Palestinian government.
Israeli military authorities, including Israeli Defense Minister Saul Mofaz, support the transfer of the funds, according to Haaretz, citing that without it, the Palestinian Authority would collapse leaving the responsibility of meeting the basic needs of the Palestinian people on their shoulders.
Acting Israel Prime Minster Ehud Olmert, however, has yet to make a final decision regarding the money. A meeting on Sunday between Olmert and Israeli military personnel is expected to result in a decision regarding the matter.
Several weeks are expected before a new Palestinian government, headed by Hamas, will be formed.
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Red, White & Dead: An Izzy McNeil Novel
Red, White & Dead: An Izzy McNeil Novel
Novelist Laura Caldwell is on the red hot carpet to becoming a
household name. By the time you read the Izzy McNeil
series (RED HOT LIES, RED BLOODED MURDER and RED, WHITE &
DEAD), Izzy McNeil has become a best friend, and Caldwell has
secured not one but three spaces on your bookshelves. Izzy is
remarkable. She remains strong amidst some scary situations, finds
her way with dignity and sass, and is open to the new adventures
life brings her way.
What do you get when you add a red-headed writer, a red-headed
heroine and a red-headed book reviewer? Three times hot is an
envious recipe for skyrocketing success. I have enjoyed my summer
getting to know Izzy through Caldwell's talented passion for
writing. Three novels released in three consecutive summer months
is a hot idea, and it secures a place in literary circles for the
author that is unique.
Izzy finds herself jobless for the third time in a year and
rebounds by taking the opportunity to discover more about her
father's death 22 years ago. A mystery surrounds the
helicopter crash that took his life. Izzy hopes to find some
answers by visiting her Aunt Elena in Rome. She takes Italy by
storm and soon learns that her heritage includes the Camorra, an
Italian organized crime syndicate, the very same one that she
investigates undercover for her friend John Mayburn, which leads to
her narrow escape from shady Dez Romano in a dark alley.
Caldwell's beautifully penned room-by-room and
street-by-street descriptions of Rome's architecture draw the
reader through rooms "trimmed in gold and laden with
paintings, many of them landscapes of Rome…" She
captures the essence I felt of discovering the Trevi Fountain for
the first time: "I gasped at the sight of the Trevi Fountain.
Tucked in an otherwise average and small piazza…" She
seduces us with the sights, sounds and tastes of Italy: "A
sultry feeling hung in the air --- heavy and salty. People strolled
along the sidewalks that wrapped around the sea. Across the street,
the cafes near the sailboats were bright and hopping."
Izzy's best friend Maggie is a godsend, joining her in
Rome for moral support and to celebrate her 30th birthday. Maggie
needs an escape from a bad relationship, one she tried to make work
twice, and treating Izzy to more luxurious accommodations in Rome
is a perfect way to begin anew. Leaving past lovers behind is never
easy, but a Roman holiday can lead to love as Audrey Hepburn
experienced in Roman Holiday (1953). On a train ride to
Napoli, life gives Maggie one of those little surprises we all
enjoy at one time or another --- the thrill of meeting someone new.
Bernard is a classical musician who is instantly
"bedazzled" with Maggie and makes her believe in love
Izzy's love life is a rollercoaster that induces her to
realize she reluctantly has to let go of former fiancé Sam.
Solid relationships involve men who are there for you no matter
what, who experience the highs and lows of life with strength and
who make you feel like you are a goddess. Theo entered Izzy's
life in RED BLOODED MURDER, and despite his much younger age, he
plays a significant part in Izzy's transition to the next
phase of her life. Leave it to a best friend to state very
eloquently, '"I was thinking,' Maggie said,
'that you're starting your life over right now, you
know? So in a way you're repotting yourself. And I know
you're going to flourish."'
Being an astute former lawyer, Izzy's investigation leads
her to believe her father's death was faked. Maggie and Izzy
travel to the Gardens of Poseidon in Ischia, a Mediterranean island
off the coast of Napoli, in search of Aunt Elena and more answers.
A secluded rendezvous spot in the gardens gives Caldwell the
opportunity to indulge our fantasies with romance and a sizzling
sexual chemistry between Theo and Izzy. Caldwell expertly shows us
how some relationships heal instead of destroy. As Izzy gets closer
to the truth, the Camorra is hot on her trail, leaving a dead body
as a warning, and forcing Aunt Elena to reveal some family secrets
and skeletons. We learn through Izzy's adventures the
importance of looking behind the façades of people and
situations to identify the realities. Her family is reunited, but
the future is left open as it is in reality.
We come away with a renewed value for friendship, family,
life's unexpected adventures, making decisions, moving on,
settling down, seeking our own passions and realizing that while we
go with the flow, we can also shape the flow of our lives and
loves. Izzy follows her instincts about Theo ("There's
just something about him"). She explored behind the
façade and found the masterpiece.
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"Kill meeee eeaaeegh"
Nah, That should be an interesting PSU.
"Kill meeee eeaaeegh"
Nah, That should be an interesting PSU.
I just got a stereo set in for repair, just look at these specs!
I love me some square waves.
PWM sound?
That's nothing strange, actually. They sometimes refer to this as a "PWM DAC". The amp most likely has some class D architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class-D_amplifier). But I agree, "1 bit DAC" looks kind of funny.
Fuck the inside case of this tube radio is horrible, it has a thick layer of tobacco residue that's very hard to shift, at the moment I'm practically washing it with IPA and going at it like mad with a toothbrush.
Smokers should be banned from owning electronics, it's fucking disgusting.
Got most of it off *vomit* so it looks (and smells) a lot nicer, going to get some Brasso to polish it to a nice shine and finish it off with some wax.
My scope previously was owned by a smoker, but it barely smells anymore.
I just scored a canon scanner, a box full of banana plug cables and a TI30 scientific calculator at a yard sale for all of $3. Cannon's gonna get dissected but the ti-30 is easily gonna be my main calculator around the workbench. Oh and my brother gave me a 32 inch LCD tv that doesn't work, repair time!
Oh yeah and I got a tape recorder/stereo from mom to disassemble and I found an old satelite tv box, plus I'm going out today to check out some more yard sales.
Grandparents gave me a nice old MAP sensor, hoping it still works. Not sure what I could use it on though.
So enabling i2c drivers on the raspberry pi is a bit of a pain in the ass and requires recompiling the entire kernel. I'm currently still compiling, but I hope I can finally access the i2c (and spi) devices afterwards :)
I2C gives alot of people problems :(
Or maybe thats just me
Here's a pretty comprehensive guide on how to compile the newest kernel. Just note that you have to transfer the old config file, then run "make menuconfig" and enable the i2c and spi module.
Sorted out the rectifier, I think I'm going to just use a half-wave rectifier to save on parts and space, The transformer is only small so my usable maximum current is probably only in the 250mA region which does not really matter much I just want a decent dual rail supply which are pretty much required for experimenting with op-amps and many transistor circuits unless you want to screw around with single rail operation which is not always ideal.
(Note: the negative rail in blue is offset from 0V on purpose for visual clarity)
So I ask dad to keep a lookout for something to knick at the electronic waste section of the recycling center as he's dumping some old TV's. Half an hour later he comes back with nothing less than a goddamn keithley instruments 155 microvolt meter. It goes from 1µV to 1kV and supposedly has better than 150nV resolution at 1% accuracy.
Don't know about that though, it has a cal sticker dated 22/4 1970. Still all that seems wrong with it is that the batteries are dead, they're old style pp6 9 volt batteries, think I'll just replace it with modern 9 volts after I clean out this melted sticky 40 year old foam tape.
Other than that, one of the mounts on the pcb has cracked and obviously I'll need to recalibrate it at some point.
Gotta love finding junk where you work. Working in the HVAC field has netted me an old Carrier 3-phase motor speed controller which had, among other things, 2 rather beefy 400uF 1000V capacitors. There's also a rather large ceramic mystery part which, considering it's bolted to the rather large heatsink, is likely the do-whatsit that delivers the final 3-phase output (anywhere from 40Hz to 240Hz if I recall).
I was also able to nab an old water-cooled condenser coil from an old ice machine which, with a few alterations, should work nicely for another project I've been working on.
looks more like a normal BJT with some diodes in it
-snip- hurr
Anyway I bet my left leg it's an IGBT module.
Reading up on it, I bet that's what it is too. Has alot of pins in it though so I thnk it's safe to assume there's multiple devices in this one module. Methinks I could use it to make an inverter should I ever get that windmill off the ground. Score!
So I just fired up my keithley 155 using an ATX power supply to get +-12 volts. It originally runs off of four 9 volt batteries to get +-18 volts but I don't have any 9 volts at home right now so +-12 had to do for a test.
As far as I can tell it works just fine, not horribly out of spec either though I was comparing it to the readout of a $10 multimeter and only measuring down to a few millivolts. The µvolts range was almost completely unuseable due to the switching noise from the atx psu but I just wanted to see it was working.
Gonna order a 10 pack of 9 volts from dealextreme for $10 within the week probably and once they arrive I'll make a neat installation and then I'll take pictures and upload them here and probably on the eevblog forums.
You'll probably get more value if you invest the 10 dollars in better batteries at your local store (+ it won't take a year and a half to arrive)
And yes, I do have a compressor/condenser coil already, gutted them out of a 5,000BTU/H window unit. It was a R-410A system, but the idea is to use R-134a instead, which the oil used is the same for both so there's no issue there, and a 410 compressor can certainly handle any pressures 134a could ever hope to exert under normal operating conditions.
Yeah, yikes, this thing is designed to handle 1.66 tons of refrigeration. Starting to think it may not be suitable after all. I might still be able to get away with it, if I reduce airflow over the condenser I can effectively "trick" the thing into acting like a 1/2 ton system. But still, this is sad news as it means I've likely just salvaged a very bizarre-looking door-stop.
You'd have to keep that mineral oil pressurized pretty good, I can imagine it just collecting once its condensed in that unit. Agreed, you might want to start small.
I mean hell, 5,000 BTU/H is kind of over-kill since the maximum power-draw on the system in question is less than 350W (1195.25 BTU/H roughly), but meh, the compressor was dirt-cheap. Can't beat a working compressor with condenser coil for $60.
Absolute worst-case scenario, I might just go redundant and make heat exchangers for both the GPU and CPU and use the mineral oil purely as insulation (though obviously it would get cooled too, and cool the other shit like MB/RAM).
Hopefully that mineral oil is at a low enough viscosity for the compressor.
You have any ideas on how I could make a compact expansion valve? Just make a pinch point?
And the mineral oil isn't going into the compressor at all, most HFC refrigerants don't play nice with mineral oil nor, in some cases, alkybenzene.
You can achieve this using any two isolated power supplies, the reason this thing uses batteries is because any other power supply would have been too noisy for the really low level measurements. I just used an atx power supply to see if it worked at all while I wait for the batteries. To do what you propose I would need two atx power supplies that I would have to mod to be mains earth isolated, and it would all be very unnecessary because I just wanted to see if it worked and +-12v did that just fine.
Very, very informative video on good electrician practices. I hope you'll learn new tricks from it.
You know, for a country which hates gore in their video games, they sure know how to make their safety videos graphic as fuck.
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I recently made crème brûlée and found myself with several leftover egg whites. I'm apt to skip scrambled egg whites and am a bigger fan of confections, which is why I decided to make meringue cookies. Ever since I made meringue-topped cakes, I can't get the fluffy stuff out of my head. Crisp on the outside and foamy on the inside, a bite of these meringue cookies will satisfy your sweet tooth without overindulging in something butter-filled. While the cookies are excellent on their own (or even with a glass of Champagne), I also recommend pairing them with tart strawberries and raspberries.
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MUMBAI, India — A cricket star took India by storm last week when he joined Twitter and began racking up followers at the rate of almost 4,500 an hour. Within the first 24 hours, Sachin Tendulkar's following reached almost 80,000, sparking a media frenzy and countless tweets about the so-called god of cricket joining the social networking site.
Local Indian publications pounced on the story, and the following day, the Mumbai Mirror splashed across its front page: "Sachin Breaks Record With Tweet Nothings."
Everything from which personal photographs he uploaded to how his follower statistics compared to other Indian celebrities (he outdid Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's day one) became fodder for an article.
The reaction stems from India's obsession with cricket, Tendulkar and, increasingly, social media. "India's love for cricket verges on the pathological," Jason Overdorf wrote in GlobalPost in March.
Walk by a field, beach, back alley or even cemetery, and you are likely to find a few boys or young men gathered around a bat and ball. And Tendulkar, who uses the account name sachin_rt, is considered one of India's all-time greatest cricket players. He breaks record after record for his batting prowess. In February, he became the first cricketer to score 200 runs in a one-day international match.
As equally impressive as the number of people who have flocked to Tendulkar on Twitter — his followers at this writing stood at more than 253,000 — is the level of enthusiasm expressed by his fans. Many who have sent him messages or written notes on his photographs sound overwhelmed with joy by the mere presence of him on Twitter.
A fan who goes by the Twitter handle @anil_vp commented wrote: "its like a dream ... to be able to interact with the GOD of cricket for a layman ...thk u so much sachin making the dream come true."
@raam1711 commented: "I am able to achieve my goals and target by following you. You are a very great person and human being. I admire you for eveything [sic]." And @rakasit wrote, "never i expected that God would himself be on twitter :)"
Some argue that the role of Twitter in India should not be over-emphasized because most people in this country of 1.2 billion do not have access to the internet, let alone the knowledge, ability or desire to type away often frivolous 140-character messages.
On the other hand, social media expert Gaurav Mishra argues that while Twitter has only about 2 million users in India, the local media follow the big names on the site and then broadcast to the rest of society what they have written.
"Celebrities in India use Twitter not only because they can talk directly to a few thousand fans, but also because they can make provocative statements in public, which journalists can pick up for new stories," Mishra, CEO of the online marketing firm 2020 Social, wrote in an email. "The actual reach of Twitter is much higher than the number of users."
A former junior minister of foreign affairs, Shashi Tharoor, repeatedly made the news for his controversial tweets on everything from visa restrictions to cows.
The presence of celebrities on Twitter, along with the occurrence of national crises and the role of mainstream media, have been the three big drivers of the site's growth not only in India but across the global online community, Mishra wrote. Many of Tendulkar's fans commented that his presence caused them to join Twitter.
The phenomenon of being a fan is based around being excited about a celebrity and then hoping you can have a connection with that person, said Sree Sreenivasan, a digital media professor and the dean of student affairs at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Celebrities develop strong followings on Twitter because the site gives fans the impression they can form outgoing and incoming connections with their heroes, he said.
Many of Tendulkar's followers seem to think that they are now reaching their fan, that their personal note to him, while broadcast for all to see, will be read by the cricket God himself. And it very well might be, creating an outgoing connection between the fan and the celebrity. For example, @kranthi_543 wrote to Tendulkar: "We are very lucky that you are on twitter. you made millions of people to reach you."
Twitter enables fans to feel they have incoming connections with their heroes every time they receive the tiniest scrap of information or insight into the celebrity's personal life, Sreenivasan said. And while Twitter may be criticized as a network where people share mundane, boring aspects of their lives, fans crave such banal information.
"When it comes to celebrities, that is exactly what people want," Sreenivasan said. "You want to know what they're eating, who they are meeting."
As for sachin_rt, his fans now know he ate at the Zodiac Grill, a restaurant in the exclusive Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, one of the two five-star hotels attacked by Pakistan-based gunmen in 2008. "Meal lasted 4hrs but it was totally worth it," Tendulkar tweeted.
Twitter also enables fans to have a window into the personal life of a celebrity in new and different ways, Sreenivasan said. In the past, fans would have to rely on journalists to write a story or on the celebrity or his staff to update a website. Now, the celebrity can send updates instantly.
In India, Twitter also provides a connection to celebrities for fans who might have less mobility and disposable income than their counterparts in the United States and cannot easily drive across the country stopping at every baseball stadium or concert.
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Last week's 29th Annual Athens Human Rights Festival in downtown Athens was one of the best ever in the nearly three decades the event has enlivened this city. The festival was a major success politically, spiritually, musically and financially, and it paved the way for next year's milestone 30 years of Human Rights Festivals here in an often somnolent college town that likes to call itself the Classic City.
Since the first rights fest in 1979, the event has showcased some of the best of Athens music, but it is still first and foremost a political event. This year was no exception. Older activists at the festival were impressed and encouraged by youthful speakers from Clarke Central High School's Human Rights Club and Cedar Shoals High School's Battle Against Poverty. While many University of Georgia students here in Athens are either apathetic and apolitical or mired in a miasma of Bush League Republicanism or mainstream Democratic pabulum politics, the local high school students showed the spirit of fiery activist Emma Goldman, who said, "Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and enriched the world."
Making her second appearance on the rights festival's stage, anti-war speaker Brooke Campbell made a timely and trenchant talk about her sadness and anger over losing her brother, Sgt. Ryan Campbell, in the Iraq war. Of President Bush she said, "You sold my little brother a bill of goods. Not only did you cheat him of a long, meaningful life, but you cheated him of a meaningful death."
Among the many other speakers at the festival were attorney Janice Mathis, poet and scholar Coleman Barks, American political prisoner Jonathan Robert and firebrand lawyer Millard Farmer.
Featured festival speaker Matt Rothschild, editor of Madison, Wis.-based magazine The Progressive, drew cheers and shouts during his well-received speech. Speaking about what he called "the crisis of democracy," he said, "Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove have no respect for our democracy. They deserve to be impeached and we need to clamor for their impeachment."
Warming to his topic and obviously enjoying his enthusiastic audience, Rothschild vowed that "there can be no greater sin in a democracy than lying a country into war. Bush, Cheney, Condi Rice and the whole lot of them tried to glue the beard of Osama bin Laden onto the chin of Saddam Hussein and a lot of Americans bought the disguise."
Rothschild called Bush's Iraq war "reckless, foolish and illegal" and maintained that "it's an outrage and Bush should be impeached for that. The bill for this Iraq war is astronomical, $500 billion it has cost us. It's going to cost us $2 trillion before all is said and done. It's costing us $2 billion a week. It's about time we spent our money not on killing people overseas, but on helping people right here at home."
Along with the Iraq war, said Rothschild, the Bush/Cheney crew also "merits impeachment because of the way they have ripped up the Bill of Rights and ripped up the balance of power in this country. George W. Bush has erected an edifice of repression and we need to tear down that edifice of repression."
In his speech, Rothschild saluted the recently deceased writers Kurt Vonnegut and Molly Ivins, who was a longtime contributor to The Progressive. He called Vonnegut "a great human rights activist" and said Ivins was "the leading progressive voice in the country and a real treat" for readers of his magazine.
Ending his speech amid applause and shouts, Rothschild reminded his listeners, "What makes this country great is the separation of powers and the Bill of Rights. We've got to defend what's great about this country and we've got to do it ourselves."
Rothschild devoted a slice of his weekly radio commentary to the Athens Human Rights Festival. His commentary can be accessed on the Web at www.progressive.org/radio_7may07.
Rothschild and all the other festival speakers, entertainers and volunteers made this year's event a memorable experience for all who attended. As Rothschild said, "Having 29 years of a Human Rights Festival anywhere in the world is a real accomplishment."
Tant has been an Athens columnist since 1974. His work also has appeared in The New York Times, The Progressive, Astronomy magazine and other publications. For more, see his Web site, www.edtant.com.
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How cool would it be if you could ride a dragon? On Skyrim, you can experience this for yourself! You can take hold of the beast and ride it wherever you'd like to go on the Skyrim map. Riding a dragon is a really fun thing to experience while playing the game, and it's very simple to do too.
1Find a dragon. Roam around the open world of Skyrim. Keep an eye out on the sky for any signs of a dragon flying. Once you find one, go towards the direction where you see the dragon.
2Use the Bend Will shout. Once you're near the dragon, open your in-game menu and select "Magic." Choose "Shouts" from the menu panel on the right-hand side of the game screen and select "Bend Will."
- Aim at the dragon and press the "Action" button to use the shout against the monster. The dragon will land on the ground without attacking you.
- If you don't have the Bend Will shout, you can get it by completing the "Garden of Men" quest—the sixth mission in Skyrim's main storyline.
3Mount the dragon. Approach the dragon and press the "Ride" button prompted on the game screen to mount the beast. Once you're on its back, the dragon will automatically take flight.
4Control the dragon while flying. You can steer the beast by pressing the direction keys on your controller. You can go either left or right, upward or downward.
5Have the dragon attack targets. While you're riding a dragon, you can order it to attack targets using it fire breath. Once you find a target, press and hold the "Lock" button on your game controller to fix your camera focus on the mark.
- Once you've locked on your prey, press and hold the "Attack" button to make your dragon breath fire at your target. You can incinerate and kill your mark in one attack, depending on its character level.
6Dismount. Once you've arrived at your location or you're ready to get off, press the "Land" button on your controller and the dragon will slowly descend to land. Once it touches the ground, your character will automatically dismount the dragon and go back to walking.
- After dismounting the dragon, you can either leave it alone or kill it.
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Have tried a range of Green Tea bags in the past none of which really satisfied me as I believe raw leaf far superior. However the Grifron Maitake Mai Green Tea bag tasted far superior and is far more convenient if travelling than that of loose leaf plus a tea pot. I find I can get two cups from one tea bag and suits my palette satisfactorily. Highly recommend if not tried before.
A pleasant tea
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This tea is pleasant to drink especially after a meal.
mai green tea
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you 'll have to get used to the taste, it's quite special...


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Im really starting to believe now that the days of having a living room full of devices needed for entertainment are coming to an end.
Welcome to the future.Welcome to all in one.
The Sony vaio looks stunning. With its sleak,minimalistic design, which does away with the need for a standard pc Tower. It looks tidy and uncomplicated.
This is an all in one HD entertainment package at its best.
The Blu-ray disk drive means that you can watch the latest blu-ray movies or burn files and photos to blu-ray disk for extra storage.
This will play movies in full 1080p HD and boasts 2.1 loudspeaker performance.
As well as films you can watch TV, listen to music, play games, or just use it as a regular pc.
The sony Vaio uses core 2 duo E8300 3ghz proccessor with 4GB Ram and 1TB sata storage so running out of space shouldnt be a problem!
With this beast of a machine using nvidia Geforce 9300M GS graphics playing the latest games will be a breeze.
The OS is Vista.
This really is a stylish looking system and has the performance to match!


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On a foggy Saturday morning in Seattle, Geek Girl Con opened its doors for the third year at the Washington State Convention Center. A two-day event held October 19-20, the show bills itself as a "celebration of the female geek" and attendance skewed heavily toward the female demographic.
Attendance went up again this year to about 4,300, from 2,300 in the second year and drew about 600 attendees in its first year. Though the convention does not track male/female purchase data during ticket sales, the post-con survey indicates that 20-25% of attendees identify as male, and 75-80% self-identify as female. The age of attendees is typically over twenty for adults or under six for kids, as many parents brought their female children along. Indeed the show describes itself as "a safe place for anyone who identifies as female," and offers a show where female pop culture fans can enjoy themselves without having to deal with the kind of inappropriate behavior often found at the larger conventional pop conventions.
Each year, the event has grown substantially and sold out of attendance passes although the official policy is to have Geek Girl Con grow little by little. "We really want to ensure that anyone who would like to attend our convention has the opportunity to do so," says Suzie Rantz, press correspondent for the convention. "Many of our attendees love the sense of inclusiveness at Geek Girl Con, and they appreciate that they can approach their favorite creators for a conversation. If we get too big, we might lose a little of that sense of community. It's a hard balance, but one we are certainly thinking through." The WSCC is also home to Penny Arcade Expo Prime (PAX), a gaming convention that attracts 60,000 plus attendees over four days, so there is plenty of room to expand over time.
The event brings together creators and fans to network, empower each other, and discuss current issues within the female communities of "geek industries" such as tabletop, computer, and console gaming; genre and comic book publishing; fashion; and academic studies in pop culture. Exhibitors and panelists included representatives from such companies as Bioware, Zhurosoft, Seattle Experimental Theater company, and digital storage company EMC-Isilon, all local to Seattle.
The event attracts mostly local Seattlelites, though there were visitors from Canada and as far away as New York City. The ads in the convention booklet were mostly local as well, something unusual to bigger conventions. With both ads and exhibitor-booth prices low, freelancers and small businesses had a solid chance at gaining return on investment. Prices for booths in 2014 will range from $75 for Artist Alley tables to $325 for dealer/exhibitor booths.
While there were several self-publishers selling trade book novels and comics, there was a lack of mainstream publishers represented at the show. Indie publishers were mostly male. The con, being small, suffered a bit from a lack of big name creators as well, though women well-known in small comics circles were present, such as comic writer, artist, and geek industry freelancer Bonnie Burton. With so many other geek conventions in Seattle, the event's marketing could benefit from a star to brighten up its scene; and any publisher looking to promote books for women or by women would find a ready audience and test marketplace.
Next year, however, GGC dates will overlap with New York Comic Con, which may hinder its growth and make it difficult to attract national exhibitors as well as big name comics and pop culture creators. However, the convention holds networking nights and other events all year round, so check the website geekgirlcon.com and twitter feed @geekgirlcon for current events.


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Another sampler packet from Harney and Sons. Steeped Western style for 3 minutes with boiling water. A little afraid of oversteeping after yesterday's Kenya experience.
This is delightful. Medium body tea with a definite strong fruity finish, a bit of caramel. Naturally sweet. Comparisons to wine are pretty appropriate for this leaf. Probably more of a spring/summer than a fall/winter tea for me but I am adding it to the Shopping List as something to remember for the future.


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- Former ECCR and ECA presidents
- ECREA founding members
- Past ECREA Bureau members
| Angela Schorr, ECA President (1998-2003), Germany
Angela Schorr is President of Media Psychology and Educational Psychology at the University of Siegen, Germany. Her main focuses of research are Empathy & Emotional Intelligence; Advertising; Media Entertainment & Information; Psychological Autonomy & Reactance; Health Communication & Public Health; Reality Cognition & Presence; Youth Media Research; Media Use & Media Effects Research; Cognition & Emotion.
She has been President of the European Communication Association (ECA) from 1998 to 2003.
Schorr, Angela
Medienpsychologisches Labor, University of Siegen, GermanyEmail address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Responsibility: ECA President (1998-2003)
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| Jan Servaes, ECCR President (2000-2004), United States
Jan Servaes (PhD, 1987, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) is Professor, UNESCO Chair in Communication for Sustainable Social Change, and Director of the SBS Center 'Communication for Sustainable Social Change (CSSC)' at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (USA, www.csschange.org), Honorary Guest Professor at the Huazhong University of Technology and Science (HUST), Wuhan, China, Researcher at the 'Brussels Center for Journalism Studies' (BCJS), Belgium (http://www.hubrussel.be/eCache/IEE/18/733.html), Editor-in-Chief of 'Telematics and Informatics: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Social Impacts of New Technologies' (Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/tele), Editor-in-Chief of 'Communication for Development and Social Change: A Global Journal' (Hampton Press, http://www.temple.edu/cdsc/), Editor of the Southbound Book Series 'Communication for Development and Social Change' (http://www.Southbound.com.my), and Editor of the Hampton Book Series 'Communication, Globalization and Cultural Identity' (http://www.hamptonpress.com/comm_global.htm).
He has been President of the European Consortium For Communications Research (ECCR, www.ecrea.eu) and Vice-President of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR, www.iamcr.org), in charge of Academic Publications and Research, from 2000 to 2004. He chaired the Scientific Committee for the World Congress on Communication for Development (Rome, 25-27 October 2006), organized by the World Bank, FAO and the Communication Initiative.
Servaes has taught International Communication and Development Communication in Australia (Brisbane), Belgium (Brussels and Antwerp), the USA (Cornell), The Netherlands (Nijmegen), and Thailand (Thammasat, Bangkok).
Servaes has undertaken research, development, and advisory work around the world and is known as the author of journal articles and books on such topics as international and development communication; ICT & media policies; intercultural communication and language; participation and social change; and human rights and conflict management. Some of his most recent book titles, include: (2008) SERVAES J., Communication for Development and Social Change, Sage, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore; (2007) SERVAES J. & LIU S. (eds.), Moving Targets. Mapping the paths between communication, technology and social change in communities, Southbound, Penang; (2006) THOMAS P & SERVAES J. (eds.), Intellectual Property Rights and Communications in Asia, Sage, New Delhi; (2006) SERVAES J. & CARPENTIER N. (eds.), Towards a Sustainable European Information Society, ECCR Book Series, Intellect, Bristol; (2005) SHI -XU, KIENPOINTNER M. & SERVAES J.(eds.), Read the Cultural Other. Forms of Otherness in the Discourses of Hong Kong's Decolonisation, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin; (2003), SERVAES J. (ed.), The European Information Society: A reality check, ECCR Book Series, Intellect, Bristol; (2003) SERVAES J. (ed.), Approaches to Development. Studies on Communication for Development, UNESCO Publishing House, Paris; (2002) SERVAES J., Communication for Development. One World, Multiple Cultures, Hampton Press, Cresskill (Foreword by Jan Pronk).
Servaes, Jan
School of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland, AustraliaEmail address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Responsibility: ECCR President (2000-2004)
Ranking: 1
| Pertti Hurme, ECA President (2003-2005), Finland
Pertti Hurme is a communication researcher and teacher, now working as Professor of Organizational Communication and PR at the Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He also serves as the Head of the Department of Communication.
His current research interests focus on communication in networked organizations and the use and meaning of communication technologies in organizations. Recent articles deal with PR and the Internet, network organizations, mobile communication and work practices, and organizations in virtual worlds. In 2005 he published the book Viestinnästä tietoon: tiedon luominen työyhteisössä (From Communication to Knowledge: Creation of Knowledge in Work Communities) with co-authors Maija-Leena Huotari and Tarja Valkonen.
He is Past President of the European Communication Association (2003-2005) and Past Vice President of ECREA (2005-2008).
Hurme, Pertti
Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä, FinlandEmail address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Responsibility: ECA President (2003-2005)
Ranking: 2
| Francois Heinderyckx, ECCR President (2004-2005), Belgium
François Heinderyckx is professor and director of the Department of Information and Communication Sciences of Université Libre de Bruxelles, where he teaches media sociology and political communication.
His research interests include political communication, journalism and news media, with a particular emphasis on science and the media and digital media. He contributes to projects related to e-government and media literacy.
He also develops research around the notion of Quality in communication research and is heading a working group along with other learned societies to reflect on this issue. Jointly with ICA and IAMCR, he led ECREA into organizing a large survey among communication scholars to investigate their use and perception of academic journals.
He is a member of the Conseil Supérieur de l'éducation aux médias (CSEM, Belgium) and of the Media Literacy Expert Group (European Commission). He is correspondant for international affairs of the Board of the Institut des Sciences de la Communication du CNRS (ISCC, France). He is member of the Editorial Board of Hermès (CNRS), member of the scientific council of Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Lille (ESJ) and Senior Fellow of Communication for Sustainable Social Change (U of Massachusetts, Amherst).
He is Past President of the European Consortium for Communication Research (2004-2005) and Past President of ECREA (2005-2012).
Heinderyckx, Francois
Dep. of Information and Communication Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumEmail address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Responsibility: ECCR president (2004-2005), ECREA president (2005-2012)
Ranking: 3


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RB FA 5 years ago
Peyton Hillis returned from his ankle injury in Week 8 to rush twice for four yards in the Chiefs' loss to the Raiders.
The Chiefs seemed to be using a Jamaal Charles-Hillis committee early in the game, although those plans were scrapped as they fell down by 17 points and were forced into pass-only comeback mode. Hillis did run with some power, but his acceleration is lacking and he is clearly an inferior option to Charles. In fantasy leagues, Hillis won't be worth a flex play in Week 9 at San Diego.


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Discover new AdWords keywords for 2010 with the Search-based Keyword Tool
Monday 4 January 2010 | 10:06
Labels: AdWords
Now that the Christmas peak is over you may be thinking about how to drive more traffic to your AdWords campaigns during 2010 and in turn drive more sales/leads on your website.
Millions of people use Google each day to find products and services by searching on various keywords. This means that by including all keywords that are relevant to your product or service in your campaigns, you can ensure as many potential customers as possible see your ads.
To help you do this, you can use the Search-based Keyword Tool to quickly identify relevant keywords which are not yet included in your AdWords campaigns.
Check out our new YouTube video below to see how the tool works and how it has already helped one AdWords advertiser to increase sales:
To see keyword suggestions for your AdWords account today go to www.google.com/sktool, sign in to your AdWords account and enter your website URL.
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Microsoft Exchange could not register the service principal name
Topic Last Modified: 2007-11-16
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager monitors the Windows Application log on computers that are running Exchange Server 2007 and generates this alert when the event or events specified in the following Details table are logged.
To learn more about this alert, if you are using Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, do one or more of the following:
From the Operator Console, select this alert, and then click the Properties tab. Review the description of the alert that includes the variables specific to your environment.
From the Operator Console, click the Events tab, and then double-click the event in the list for which you want to review the event description. Review the events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.
To learn more about this alert, if you are using System Center Operations Manager 2007, do one or more of the following:
From the Operations Console, double-click this alert, and then click the General tab. Review the description of the alert that includes the variables specific to your environment.
From the Operations Console, double-click this alert, and then click the Alert Context tab. Review the events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.
Product Name
Product Version
8.0 (Exchange Server 2007)
Event ID
Event Source
Alert Type
Critical Error
MOM Rule Path
Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2007/Common Components/Hub Transport and Edge Transport/Transport
MOM Rule Name
Microsoft Exchange could not register the service principal name.
This Error event indicates the Microsoft Exchange Transport service couldn't register the specified service principal name (SPN).
SPNs are used to support mutual authentication between a client application and a service. The SPN is the same for any method of authentication. When it uses Kerberos to authenticate itself to a server, the client requests a session ticket for the service principal name. When the client uses certificate-based authentication, the SPN is validated against the contents of the "SubjectName" field of the certificate of the server.
This Error event may be caused by an error in the operating system during the DsServerRegisterSpn function.
To resolve this error, do the following:
Determine the description of the Win32 error code that is provided in the event description. To look up system error codes, see System Error Codes at the MSDN Web site for more information.
Use the explanation of the Win32 error code as a guideline to resolve the Win32 error.
If this error frequently occurs, contact Microsoft Customer Support. For information about how to contact support, visit the Microsoft Help and Support Web site.
To search the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles based on criteria that generated this alert, visit the Search the Support Knowledge Base (KB) Web site.
To review Exchange 2007 event message articles that may not be represented by Exchange 2007 alerts, see the Events and Errors Message Center.
If you are not already doing so, consider running the tools that Microsoft Exchange offers to help administrators analyze and troubleshoot their Exchange environment. These tools can help you make sure that your configuration is in line with Microsoft best practices. They can also help you identify and resolve performance issues, improve mail flow, and better manage disaster recovery scenarios. Go to the Toolbox node of the Exchange Management Console to run these tools now. For more information about these tools, see Toolbox in the Exchange Server 2007 Help.


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Discussion in 'Disney Restaurants' started by Bean786, Apr 2, 2013.
Best restaurant.. Do they have more then 1? Like sit down? And best treats.. Help!
in april 2012, we ate at Mama Rosa's (i think that was the name). it was pretty good. traditional italian menu.
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We really liked our meal at 50's Prime Time Cafe. The food was good and the antics of the waiters make it a fun experience.
best treats is Starring Rolls cupcakes!!!!
We like Sci-Fi for lunch.
Brown Derby is the best 2 credit.
We also love si-fi best thing I feel is the burger and milkshakes. Also like 50 prime time cafe but more because of the atmosphere then the food however I think they have the best onion rings I have had.
For lunch SciFi is the best. its super quiet and dark, and cool. And the burgers and shakes are pretty tasty.
I find the menu at 50's too heavy for lunch. The atmosphere is cool thou. And i like the antics, IF your server plays the part of course.
Treats, nothing in particular stands out. I dont care for starring rolls cupcakes for some reason.
Brown Derby is Hands Down the best restaurant in the Studios...
My favorite restaurant in terms of food (and hence, best to me) is the Brown Derby. The cobb salad is my favorite item on the menu.
If you're looking for somewhere fun to eat, with casual (but still yummy) food, I would think about Sci Fi. I enjoyed eating and watching clips from bad sci fi movies.
For treats, I also recommend Starring Rolls. They have really good cupcakes. Two that are my favorites are the peanut butter cupcake. It has chocolate cake with peanut butter inside.
Another yummy cupcake is the Pirate Ship treasure. It's a chocolate cake with chocolate pearls on top. It comes in a pirate chest with some other chocolate decorations.
For a treat - red velvet cupcake at Starring Rolls. The turkey focaccia sandwich is tasty, too.
Sit Down (aka "Table Service, "TS") restaurants in DHS:
Brown Derby: Signature dining. Upscale for a theme park. Pretty good to very good food, with an occasional dip into "excellent" territory.
Hollywood and Vine: Character Buffet
50's Prime Time Cafe:-Themed restaurant taking you back to a family kitchen circa 1957-1967. Home-cooked style food like fried chicken and meatloaf. Simple fare, but they do it very well.
Sci-Fi Drive In Theater: Themed restaurant providing the feel that you are parked in a car at a drive in theater at night. Burgers, Turkey sandwiches, ribs. Reubens, milkshakes and the like.
Mama Melrose: Casual Italian in line with Olive Garden and Bertucci's. (Not intended as an insult.)
What is the "best"? Matter of opinion. That said, it is hard to make the argument that Brown Derby is not the best of the lot, but for the money charged, it ought to be. By far the most creative and accomplished kitchen.
Next for me would be 50's. Then comes a tie between Sci-Fi and Mama Melrose. Neither of these places wows me, but they are reliable and never disappointing.
Finally, there is H&V. Been there. Done that. No interest in returning.
If none of these interests you, the Boardwalk area restaurants are a short (5-7 minute) boat ride away or a slightly longer (7-12 minute) walk. Some of the finest restaurants in WDW can be found in the resorts and Boardwalk area.
Brown Derby is my favourite TS (if I am just traveling with my DH)
If our kids are with us then 50's prime time would be our top pick for a TS
we like: Brown Derby,Primetime 50s & Sci-fi diner.
Brown derby make a great filet mignon & the soup is awesome too
primetime fried chicken & PBJ shake is where it is at
sci-fi has good burgers & shakes too plus we love the ambiance
It depends on what you're looking for:
Hollywood and Vine: Character buffet (depending) with food that I've found to be the worst buffet food I've personally eaten at WDW
Brown Derby: Most pricey of all HS restaurants, but very tasty food and unique desserts (usually).
Prime Time Cafe: Unique experience (unless you get a dud server) and above average food for a theme park experience. Kitschy with a good peanut butter and jelly milkshake (if you like that sorta thing).
Mama Melrose's is okay in a pinch but I've had much better italian at Olive Garden (and that's not saying much in terms of being any better than home-boiled box spaghetti and jar sauce). No real great experience any of the several times I've eaten there.
Even though it's the coolest atmoshphere of any HS restaurants, Sci-Fi Dine In has mediocre food that is usually not as good as a Johnny Rockets. Since it is pretty cool visually, this place is doable but I wouldn't go here just for the food (I would be disappointed). Of the three times I've been, I once ate the chili which had the largest and chewiest beans I've ever had (the beans were literally as big as the head on my spoon), I had a raw hamburger that leaked blood all over my plate when I cut it (this place is not one where I'd ever eat rare meat), and the third time my burger was so greasy my hands were coated in the stuff. It looked like I had just given a lube job to a deep fryer.
Bottom line, if you want pretty good food and a unique Disney dining experience, go with Prime Time. If you're looking for the best HS food, go to Brown Derby. If you could care less about the food and just want a cool experience go to Sci-Fi and unless you're set on characters, avoid Hollywood and Vine imho.
Oh, and if it sounds like I'm picky, I promise I'm not. I love to eat. I'm an eater. I love food. More than people (usually). And I'm all down for some mediocre meals but I would prefer to have those at home where the price is right. When I'm on vacation paying an arm and a leg, I'd prefer to spend even a little more for some good grub.
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Saturday, 21 July 2012
My last post as a 30-something...
... so here's my top 10 blog moments of the last year before my bloggiversary/birthday on Monday. Some are favourite outfits, some are favourite photos, some are simply posts that really meant something; they all sum up why I'm continuing on after my initial plan of doing this for one year only. And of course THANK YOU to all you lovely, lovely followers for being so wonderful and making my little creative outlet so enjoyable - hope you like my choices :)
1. Heathcliff - it's me, oh Cathy
This post attracted more than about three or four comments for the first time and I started to think maybe people actually quite liked my blog...!
2. The windy city is mighty pretty
This was the first shoot using my new, fast lens - so from then on it was lovely blurry backgrounds (bokeh) and sharper images... it made all the difference to my photos.
3. It's Lacroix, sweetie
My best-ever thrifting find... the title (and beautiful photo in front of a lovely setting sun) says it all. Mr Summers was getting a bit good at this photography lark.
4. Lily the pink
The photo that gave me my new avatar (with a little colour enhancement from pixlr.com).
5. English Riviera style
This was, to date, my favourite photo ever on the blog - and I think it's still up there in my top three. Unposed and all Mr Summers' own work (i.e. no art direction from me, which is pretty rare)!
6. Pink gingham and pearls
One of my favourite outfits, with my favourite necklace and favourite sweater - it just worked.
7. Preppy neutrals with blue
In this post I finally came up with a way to describe my style ('Preppy with a Twist'). I'd been asked what it was in a couple of interviews I'd done and I couldn't think how to define it before this outfit.
8. All I need now is a yacht
A double whammy on this post: one of the most fabulous photographs Mr. Summers has ever taken, and to date it's the most viewed post on my blog.
9. Seventies sunset with backlit florals
Another beautiful photo that I still love. Thanks, Mr. Summers - you're getting too good at this - the backlighting is just gorgeous :)
10. Probably my favouritest office outfit. Ever.
I know this was only posted two days ago, but I couldn't pass over a picture where I was photo bombed by a bee. A bee...!
I hope you've all enjoyed my first year of blogging as much as me - where has the time gone?? See you on the other side of forty, everyone!
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Happy Birthday, Catherine!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday, Catherine! Hope you have a wonderful day.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday, Catherine! I'm glad you started up your blog, because you're one of my favorite fashion bloggers out there :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Aww that's so nice of you Stacey - thank you :)))Delete
I love these photos and your style! So pretty :) Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
xo Teresa
Aw lovely post sweetie! I love the photos you've picked they all so beautiful, Mr. Summers has a nack for photography! Everyones saying Happy Birthday to you and i thought it was on Monday but just incase i am wrong in think that..... Happy Birthday! :)ReplyDelete
Take care, Daniella xoxReplies
It IS on Monday, Daniella...! Thanks so much hun xoxoDelete
My dear English inspiration, thanks a lot to you for such a great blog! Love-love-love!!! :)ReplyDelete
xoxo, Victoria,
'The Wind of Inspiration' blog
You're truly one chic lady Catherine....Best wishes & more power!!ReplyDelete
Happiest birthday wishes to you, and keep on posting; your chic look is always a treat to behold. xoxoxoxoReplyDelete
congrats and happy budday for big three-O! mines coming up next year :)ReplyDelete
i loved the scenery behind in the first post (where do u live to get such beautiful background ;)), the hot pink and the one with sweater n gingham shirt r my fav! have a blast celebrating the big day!
I don't know how you choose, all the pictures are beautiful! You are such an inspiration, I'm so excited to see what you'll come up with next :)ReplyDelete
both you and the mister deserve big props for building a beautiful blog. Happy blogiversary and I'm glad you're staying on. I think the 5th photo is my all time favorite.ReplyDelete
Have a very Happy Birthday!!ReplyDelete
Great top 10. Enjoy your birthday!ReplyDelete
great post Catherine..I am in love with those red shoes..my lord!ReplyDelete
I hope you had a fabulous weekend!
much love, sheree xoxo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CATHERINE! WE SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY :D ALL THE BEST AND WELCOME TO THE FABULOUS CLUB OF 40 SOMETHING!ReplyDelete
MRS JACK OF ALL TRADES DAILY where Fashion and Food collide!
No way, Mrs C!! A girlfriend of mine also shares her birthday with me... yay we're the July 23rd club xoxoDelete
Happy Birthday Catherine! It seems like it was a great year for you and I hope the next one is even better.ReplyDelete
Awww thank you everybody for your lovely birthday wishes!!!!! You're all so lovely!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Catherine xoxoxoxo
Happy Birthday Catherine!!!!! I hope it was a fabulous day!! Dang, if you're this adorable in your 30s... I have a feeling that the 40s are going to be even more amazing!ReplyDelete
Always loving your style :)
xo, Blair
Happy Birthday!!! Love your blog and your style! Been following you for almost the full year now. Can't wait to see what the next year will hold!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the lovely comment on my blog, Catherine!ReplyDelete
Your blog is very refreshing, I love your style! My favourite outfit has to be the denim with the mustard sweater and cute pink shirt!
Looking forward to more of your posts :)
Lana, xo
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