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MANHASSET, N.Y. Cisco continues to dominate the switch market, with a 44% revenue and 44% port market share in the Layer 4 (L4) to Layer 7 (L7) switch-load balancer without SSL market, and a 66% revenue and 34% port market share in the Layer 2 (L2) to Layer 3 (L3) Ethernet switch market, according to two new reports from Infonetics Research.
The reports also found that the worldwide L4 to L7 switch-load balancer market gained 13% in revenue between the second and third quarters, after a 5% decline between the first and second quarters of this year, and that worldwide L2 through L3 Ethernet switch port shipments increased 15% and revenue increased 6% to $3.8 billion between the second and third quarters.
The service found that Cisco remains dominant in the L4 to L7 switch-load balancer without SSL market with a 44% revenue market share and 44% port market share. F5 is the worldwide leader in the L4 to L7 switch-load balancer with SSL market, with 49% revenue and 51% port market share, but is facing strong competition from Cisco and Nortel, the service added.
In the L2 to L3 Ethernet switch market, fixed switches represent just under half of all switch revenue, and chassis switches represent just over half; in 2003, the split was 40% to 60% but by 2007 will be 50% to 50%, the service claimed.


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As you pack up your kids' backpacks this year with school supplies, don't forget to start packing the most crucial items: a healthy lunch.
Local 10's MJ Acosta headed to the grocery store with a nutritional expert to get some lessons on lunchbox packing.
When shopping for school snacks, the key is to stay on track and don't let yourself, or your kids, distract you from what you know is healthy. One of the easiest ways to do that is to focus on the outside aisles.
"The inside lanes are where you find packaged and processed items," explained Jennifer Jones, founder of Absolute Fitness, PT LLC.
Grab-and-go items may seem like the more convenient options, but items like produce can also be simple-- and they're much better for you! Try slicing up apples or getting mixing up a fruit salad in exchange for other sugary treats.
But that doesn't mean all processed foods need to be off-limits. Jones, who is also a NASM, IAFS certified personal trainer, suggests taking a glance at the nutritional content before feeding your family.
Her helpful tip: "When you can't pronounce the names [on the nutritional label], that's when it becomes a problem!"
A good alternate for those "snack size" bags of chips, which have large amounts of sodium and dyes, would be a small bag of pretzels with a portion-controlled side of peanut butter.
It's important to keep in mind that kids will need an energy boost halfway through the day. That's why you need to make sure their lunches are serving them the right way.
Instead of opting for kid-friendly products like Lunchables, head to the deli section of your grocery store. Fresh cold cuts don't have the same high amounts of preservatives, sugar, and sodium that packaged lunches have.
And just because you're the parent doesn't mean you have to take the lunch making duties on alone! Make homemade lunches into a fun family activity, by incorporating some colorful containers and setting up the table for a family meal prep session!
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Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1996, vol. 28, issue 3, 342-64
This paper addresses the issue of the competitive viability of banks of different scales and scopes of operation and the implications that this may have for the evolving structure of the banking and financial services industry. Unlike previous papers, this paper is the first to include both production and opportunity costs in an empirical evaluation of bank efficiency. No consistent evidence is reported to suggest that banking organizations can achieve further gains in either production or economic efficiency by expanding beyond $2 billion dollars of total assets. Thus it is likely that smaller, less diversified banking organizations will remain competitively viable. Copyright 1996 by Ohio State University Press.
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Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that "Zionist" methods were used in the attack on a leading nuclear scientist, who was killed in a bombing outside his Tehran home, a report said.
"One can see the level of enemy's grudge in the way he was assassinated. The method of bombing was a Zionist one," the Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.
The scientist, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, died when a bomb strapped to a motorbike was triggered by remote control as he was leaving his home on Tuesday morning.
"He was a Hezbollahi and pious university professor serving his people," Ahmadinejad said, using the term employed to indicate a person's dedication to the Islamic republic's regime.
"The enemies by killing the elite cannot take away the knowledge from the Iranian nation," the president added.
Iranian officials have accused the CIA and Mossad, the intelligence agencies respectively of the United States and Israel, of having a hand in the bombing.
Angry mourners chanting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans buried the professor at a shrine in northern Tehran on Thursday.


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PrintoCent Pilot Factory for Printed Intelligence Industrialisation has now been extended to cover also roll-to-roll assembly process in addition to Roll-to-Roll pilot printing line that was started in the spring. The PrintoCent productisation environment at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland premises represents the most advanced industrialisation capability and service, being at least two or three years ahead of others.
The idea of printed intelligence is to manufacture functional electronics in such great quantities, at such great speed and at such low cost that they can be added to mass-produced products. The point of roll-to-roll assembly is to combine functionalities created with printing technology - flexible and with unique form factor - with robust and industrially mature silicon-based components and other electronic components into a functional end product.
Speeding up the commercialisation of printed intelligence
On the new, unique automated production line, different types of components can be placed on flexible substrates on a continuous web. The line can handle entire rolls or any substrate in sheet form, and can be used to assemble a great variety of components, from semiconductor chips size of 100 μm, up to flexible solar panels and batteries.
The flexible production line enables for companies testing of new product concepts, systematic development of concepts to pre-commercial level, optimisation the manufacturability and efficient production of prototype runs of up to thousands of pieces for verification and market testing. An injection moulding machine will be added to the manufacturing capabilities by the end of the year, enabling the assembled functional substrates to be seamlessly integrated into 3D plastics products in the injection moulding process.
VTT is conducting active research and development in the area of roll-to-roll assembly and plastic integration, embedding novel optical ad electrical features into seamless 3D plastic products.
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Focus story by Judith Taylor
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Prices pushed up between 5 March and 8 April on base oil supply narrowing due to refinery turnarounds and buyers slowly re-entering the market ahead of the upcoming traditional late spring bounce in demand fostered by the onset of the heavy US driving season.
Chevron's 5 March price increase announcement of 25-30 cents/gal, depending upon viscosity grade, for its Group II paraffinic base stocks sparked other increases across March and into early April.
The price change put Chevron's light grade 100/120 viscosity base stock at $4.12/gal FOB (free on board) US west coast.
Group II producers Motiva and Phillips 66 moved posted prices up by 8-20 cents/gal, depending on the supplier and the base stock grade, effective 26 March.
Group II supplier Flint Hills Resources (FHR) announced posted price increases of 10-18 cents/gal, depending on the base oil grade, effective 28 March.
The Group II increases gained strength as posted price announcements were also made by producers in Group II+ and Group III tiers, ranging 14-20 cents/gal depending on grade and supplier.
Group I producers moved prices up as well, with ExxonMobil, HollyFrontier, Paulsboro Refining Company (PRC) and
ExxonMobil's price increase of 1 April brought its brightstock price to $4.66/gal FOB US Gulf.
Adding to the margin relief underpinned by the price increases, VGO costs have also abated, falling back from a near benchmark $3.00/gal flirt in January/February to more typical $2.50s/gal by late March and early April.
US base oil producers struggled with high feedstock VGO costs throughout the first quarter of the year, squeezing margins to discouraging levels.
Sellers said that the cost of key base oil feedstock VGO has bit deeply into margins, causing some producers to crack the crude oil directly to fuel and hold back on base oil production.
"If it does not pay to make the base oils, refineries are going to pull back on the production output and concentrate on fuels," one producer commented.
VGO prices were in the high $2.50s/gal in November 2013. But the feedstock cost jumped into the high $2.90s/gal in December and maintained that level well into March, sources said.
VGO prices skipped over the $3.00/gal mark during this period, a base oil seller said.
The chart below offers some insight to the VGO volatility factor versus standard grade Group I SN 150 viscosity base oil.
Paraffinic base oil posted prices decreased in January because of wide double-digit discounting taking place due to ample supply of both Group I and Group II oils.
Price reductions of 10 cents/gal, 14 cents/gal, 13 cents/gal, 18 cents/gal, 20 cents/gal, 25 cents/gal and 27 cents/gal were applied to posted Group I, Group II, Group II+ and Group III base oil prices depending upon the producer and the grade.
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Ever since our livechat with a mortician, a million additional morbid questions have sprouted in my mind. So I went to satisfy my itch the best way I know how: television. This weekend, I took my tub of peanut butter ice cream and binge-watched Six Feet Under.


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A jury prospect in the wrongful death trial stemming from the April 2007 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech says she cannot serve on the panel.
The development Tuesday is delaying the seating of a jury to hear the case in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg. An attorney representing the families of two slain students who brought the lawsuit said the prospective juror is a Virginia Tech employee and had misgivings about serving on the jury.
Court officials are calling back members of the jury pool in hopes of finding a new prospect.
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Everton's Ross Barkley says Roberto Martinez is more tactical than David Moyes
Everton midfielder Ross Barkley claims that boss Roberto Martinez is more tactical than former manager David Moyes.
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These comments add to the growing scrutiny over Manchester United boss Moyes and follow the criticism from Toffees under-18s coach Kevin Sheedy who claimed the Scot lacked interest in the youth team during his stint at Goodison Park.
However, England midfielder Barkley, who has already made more Premier League starts this season than his total number of appearances in his two years under Moyes, did say the two managers were similar in the way they both 'like to take over the training session'.
"Roberto Martinez has come in and given everyone confidence. He's a positive man and doesn't say anything negative," Barkley said.
"He's similar to David Moyes as they both like to take over the training session and be the main man but Martinez is more tactical.
"We do a lot more tactical work which is good for me because I'm young and still learning."
Martinez, meanwhile, has been delighted with how the squad have been open to his new ideas and playing style.
The Toffees were in the running for the top four for a long time, although now they are realistically setting their sights on the Europa League as they currently sit nine points adrift of Champions League qualification in sixth.
But the boss is still determined to complete the season strongly and end his first season in charge at the club on a high.
"I always said that to have the dressing room we have is a real honour and privilege," Martinez said
"Everyone has been keen to understand what is needed for the team and been open-minded in how we want to play.
"We are ready to finish the season as strong as we can and this is due to the attitude of the players."


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Burnet bags softball tourney; Lady Tigers whack Waco
The Rockdale Lady Tigers pulled out the whipping sticks Tuesday, punching out 17 hits in their impressive 12-2 victory over Class 4A Waco High on the road.
The Lady Tigers are 5-4 on the season.
Kayleigh Montelongo, Kayala Deary and Lisa Vest led the hit parade with each crushing home runs.
Montelongo added a double to ring up four runs batted in on the evening.
Vest bagged three RBI and Deary two.
Amanda Boyd added a triple and had three runs batted in.
Rockdale actually trailed 2- 0 after the first inning of play before stringing together 17 unanswered runs.
Leading 5-2 heading into the sixth, the Lady Tigers pushed across seven more runs in the sixth and seventh innings.
Montelongo logged the win, allowing just four hits
The Burnet Lady Dogs secured the tournament championship by handling Weimar in the finale.
In the tournament, Rockdale lost to Weimar 2-1, Burnet 8-0 and Ellison 1-0.
They defeated Killeen 6-0, Rogers 9-2 and Killeen again, 10-0.
Against Weimar, the Lady Tigers allowed two runs in the bottom of the fourth.
Mireles clubbed a double.
In the loss to Burnet, Mireles had the only hit as Rockdale committed four errors.
Montelongo, Faith Talley and Hailey Wright all produced doubles in the Lady Tigers' victory over Killeen.
Wright and Maci Wages had two RBI each.
In the victory over Rogers, the Lady Tigers held a 3-1 lead, but then added six runs in the top of the third for a comfortable 9-1 lead.
Mireles ripped a triple and collected three runs batted in as Morgan Fischer brought home a pair of runs .
Boyd and Victoria Drake each had an RBI.
In their blanking of Killeen, the Lady Tigers made the most of five hits and a seven-run third inning.


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PITTSBURGH -- Blue Jays president Paul Godfrey hopes there is an all-star game in the near future for Toronto.
However, he said yesterday the bid to play host to the game was not limited to 2008.
Next year's game will be held in San Francisco as the mid-summer showcase stays in a National League city in back-to-back years, which is a rarity.
The 2008 game has yet to be awarded, although if it coincides with the final year of Yankee Stadium, Major League Baseball certainly would have New York at the top of its list.
MLB commissioner Bud Selig said beside the Yankees "three other cities (St. Louis and Cincinnati) were aggressively pursuing the chance to host the 2008 all-star game."
"When I put in our request to host, it was for 2008 and on," Godfrey said.
"Improvements at Rogers Centre should be completed by 2009 or 2010.
"Also, it has been mentioned that we recently hosted the game in 1991 and other teams haven't had the chance to host the game and we would be hosting two before other cities had one."
The Pirates played host to the 1994 game and 12 years later the event returned to Pittsburgh.
"The difference is, Pittsburgh built a new ball park and often games are awarded to cities with a new park," Godfrey said.
"At times you have to go through the proper waiting period," Godfrey said. "If 2008 is the final year of Yankee Stadium, it would be a most appropriate place for the all-star game."


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Tweet all about it? Not Cubs skipper Quade
Tweet all about it? Not Cubs skipper Quade
Major League Baseball is reviewing Guillen for sending out several tweets after he was ejected during the first inning of a game at New York against the Yankees on Wednesday night.
MLB policy is that all social media messages by baseball personnel should cease within 30 minutes from the start of a game. Guillen tweeted his displeasure with the ejection several times while the game was still in progress.
Quade said that will never be an issue for him.
"I will never get in trouble Twittering," Quade said prior to the opener of a four-game series for the Cubs against D-backs at Chase Field.
When told that the term was "tweeting," Quade added: "See? I can't even say it. I will not get in trouble because I will never do it. I don't have the time, energy or the know-how."
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RONNY DEILA flew into Glasgow with Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell last night as the deal was being finalised which should lead to him being presented as the club's new manager today.
Discussions over compensation to be paid to the 38-year-old's current club, Stromsgodset, dragged on last night but an agreement was close for a package worth around £300,000. Celtic also did separate business yesterday as they held signing talks with the unattached former Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
Deila arrived in Glasgow early in the evening - Lawwell had flown to Norway for negotiations and then returned with his man - having agreed his own personal terms to take over from Neil Lennon at Celtic.
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Earlier, Lawwell met Stromsgodset officials in an attempt to thrash out a severance package. Stromsgodset were dismissive of the opening figure suggested to them from Celtic and instantly demanded a far higher sum, with the discussions continuing back and forth throughout the day.
Deila emerged on Wednesday as the shock frontrunner for the Celtic job and Herald Sport revealed yesterday that John Collins has been identified as his assistant, the former Parkhead midfielder bringing experience of both the club and the wider general scene.
Deila won the Norwegian league title in 2013 and the Norwegian Cup in 2010 and has steadily improved Stromsgodset since taking over in 2008, but he is still young, has no experience of working outside of Norway, and has taken charge of only six games in European football. His imminent appointment has been generally well received by Celtic supporters, though, and he is expected to be presented at a Parkhead press conference later today.
The move for Gordon is strangely timed, in the sense that it came while the club is technically managerless, but the 31-year-old is highly experienced and would be first-team material if he can return to the level which made him the established No.1 for the Scotland national team and a £9m signing for Sunderland. Gordon, who has 40 caps, the last of them earned in 2010, underwent a medical on Tuesday, convincing Celtic staff that his physical condition was satisfactory.
The move for the former Hearts goalkeeper inevitably sparked speculation over the future of Fraser Forster, who is currently in Miami preparing with the England squad for the World Cup. A long-term knee problem meant Gordon has not played a match since appearing for Sunderland in April 2012, just before leaving the club. But he had been attracting interest from Rangers [where he trained at Murray Park for a part of last season], Hearts and Motherwell.
Earlier this week he was quoted saying: "You know yourself when you're ready and able to play and I feel just as good now, if not better, than I have ever done in my career. Fitness-wise I'm right there. It's just a case of getting the matches and proving it to everyone else as well."


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Maybe it was fitting that the two teams that ousted the Ravens from playoff contention were the Patriots and the Bengals. Think about what these two teams represent from a competitive standpoint.
In New England, you have the team that the Ravens are constantly locking horns with. Through the years, the Ravens have undoubtedly closed the gap, and finally overcame their nemesis last year. But the Patriots are still ahead of the curve when it comes to coaching prowess and simply outworking the rest of the league. They'll find the cracks in any team's armor. When they get knocked down a few notches, they get back to the top by reinventing themselves.
In Cincinnati, you have a team that can have a slew of mental lapses. But boy are they talented. And they flashed that talent all over the field this past Sunday. They have the explosive players that the Ravens lack, especially on the offensive side of the ball. They also have the hot shot offensive coordinator (Jay Gruden) with the type of killer instinct the Baltimore offensive coaches only show in flashes. He operates his offense more like a gunslinger than an ancient swashbuckler.
Against both squads, the Ravens were overwhelmed in two distinct ways. The Patriots' staff tore the Ravens' tired and predictable game plans to shreds while running circles around their coaches. The Bengals simply overcame the mistakes they made through sheer talent, tenacity, and big-play capability.
The films from these games should be seared in the minds of head coach John Harbaugh and general manager Ozzie Newsome.
The New England game is a reminder that the Ravens simply cannot win games based on talent alone. They need to scheme and put their players in the best possible positions to succeed. That means finding offensive coaches that approach every game differently, with an eye for attacking exact weaknesses. And they need to be creative and unpredictable. When the original game plan doesn't work, they have to be able to make adjustments on the fly.
The Cincinnati game is a reminder that the Ravens don't have many playmakers on either side of the ball. While Torrey Smith is a dynamic deep threat, the rest of the offensive skill players don't scare anybody. On defense, splash plays (sacks, turnovers) were few and far between. Somehow the team has to find more "ball magnets" (as Ray Lewis likes to say).
Overall, the Ravens need to infuse their team with new blood, both in the personnel and coaching departments. On offense especially, the team must create an entirely new philosophy they can get behind. Whatever approach they choose should be fresh, innovative, and keep today's NFL defenses on their toes.
In terms of players, the Ravens have to try to add more physically gifted players that can make plays outside of the framework of perfect execution. The organization has bypassed some skilled players in past drafts for high character individuals that overachieve. It's time to start taking more calculated risks.
This offseason is a pivotal stage in the organization's future. The Ravens can take the conservative approach and look at what the Patriots and Bengals did to them as blips on the radar screen.
OR…they can start punching back, make some real changes, and forcefully reclaim their spot at the top of the NFL's food chain.
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I am infatuated with mastering the art of joie de vivre. The kind that consumes your every motion, filters your vision, infiltrates the inner workings of how your mind functions–but how does one achieve such successful standards of living?
I don't know. I believe if I did I might find myself more frequently beach side with copious pina coladas at arm's length.
Maybe though, using fashion and clothes as a vehicle, in conjunction with the guidelines of Diana Vreeland's popular deceased Harper's Bazaar column, "Why Don't You" may help begin the process. Why wouldn't you? Yes, in keeping with a self-inflicted oath I bestowed upon myself shortly after seeing Vreeland's documentary, here's the first of several installments titled Why Don't You.
In series one, brought to you by the good folks at Calvin Klein–who seemingly have no problem watching me massacre their wholesome under-goods, Why Don't You: wear a bra over your t-shirt (it's more comfortable anyway) and emulate the Victoria Secret Fashion Show models, articulating your own brand of sexy.
Those are wings, you see, they're just made of horsehair.
Because the topic of 6 foot forever tall models – grotesquely beautiful models – moseying down a runway will not grow tired of stealing media attention. The inundation of photos in Instagram feeds will indubitably induce feelings of inadequacy and that is just silly. We're angels too, you know. Why not exploit that in the most personalized capacity possible?
Give yourself fupa, we've got one life to live.
In this post, I'm wearing Calvin Klein pants, men's t-shirt and layered (yes, layered,) bras from the e-store. Junya Watanabe jacket and Golden Goose sneakers.
I've got no secret and know very few Victorias but that is fine and well.
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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|5 Jun 1984
|Filing date
|22 Nov 1982
|Priority date
|3 Dec 1981
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|Publication number
|Josef Baumeler, Hans-Ulrich Egli
|Original Assignee
|Inventio Ag
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (25), Classifications (7), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to a light barrier arrangement for automatically actuated lift cabin doors.
Generally speaking, such an arrangement includes at least one light receiver and at least one light emitter or transmitter connected with the lift cabin door and arranged to be displaced together with the same and with light beams or rays extending approximately vertically upwardly from the door sill. Any interruption in the light beam or radiation will generate a signal acting on the lift cabin door drive. In particular, the present invention also relates to a light barrier arrangement of the aforementioned type in combination with a lift or elevator cabin door which comprises two cabin doors defining a central closing line.
In a known light barrier arrangement as disclosed in German Pat. No. 1,007,036 a beam of light is caused to extend vertically along the closing line of an elevator or lift cabin having twin doors. The light emitter or transmitter is mounted above the door opening and the light receiver is mounted below the door sill. The protection offered by this type of light barrier is insufficient, since any persons passing laterally of the light beam will not be detected during the door closing movement. Also, in an arrangement of this type it is possible that the door control is interrupted unnecessarily and prematurely, so that there results a loss of time.
In a prior art light barrier arrangement as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,063,516 which contains a horizontally extending beam of light, the light emitter is mounted at one half of the cabin door and the light receiver at the other half of the cabin door. The cabin door halves comprise movable edges generating an additional protection which, when contacted, may interrupt the beam of light. Also in this case protection during closing movement of the cabin door is insufficient, and a premature and unnecessary interruption in the door control is possible due to the use of only one horizontally extending beam of light.
Part of the disadvantages mentioned above are avoided according to another known monitoring device for automatically closing lift cabin doors as disclosed in German Patent Publication No. 2,459,674. In this case, the door sill has a number of apertures distributed over the entire width of the door opening. Lenses are inserted into the apertures and light emitted from a light source passes through the lenses. Two light sensors or receivers of a light barrier arrangement which is independent of the door position are secured at the upper edge of the door opening at a distance of roughly 30 centimeters and symmetrically with respect to the door closing line. Two further light sensors or receivers associated with a light barrier responsive to the door position are also mounted at the upper edges of the doors. The last-mentioned light sensors or receivers are intended to respond to obstacles close to the door edge, for example, in a region up to 75 mm. It is a disadvantage of the light barrier arrangement which is independent of the door position that the door control may be prematurely interrupted. A further disadvantage is the relatively expensive manufacturing process for the door sill including the light exit apertures distributed over the entire width of the door which additionally are prone to being covered by dirt.
To avoid an unnecessary and premature interruption in the door control and also to thus save time, it is desirable to limit the detection of obstacles to a region adjacent to the closing edges of the door. Therefore, it has been contemplated for the light barrier arrangement depending on the door position in the monitoring device discussed heretofore with respect to German Patent Publication No. 2,456,674 to mount light emitters or transmitters at the lower edges of the doors. The light, then, will be incident at the door sill and by reflection therefrom reaches the light receivers. What is here a disadvantage is that the surface of the door sill must be suited for scattered reflections. This requires either specific materials or a specific surface finishing. In case of smoothing due to use, contamination or outside light, there may arise conditions under which the operation of such light barrier arrangement is no longer faultless.
Therefore with the foregoing in mind it is a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved construction of a light barrier arrangement which is designed to effectively and reliably control the automatic actuation of at least one lift cabin door.
Another and more specific object of the present invention aims at the provision of a new and improved construction of a light barrier arrangement designed to control the automatic actuation of at least one lift cabin door in which obstacles are detected in a limited region adjacent the closing edges of the door using non-reflected light.
Still a further significant object of the present invention is directed to a new and improved construction of a light barrier arrangement designed to control the automatic actuation of at least one lift cabin door in which the light exit places are prevented from becoming contaminated.
Now in order to implement these and still further objects of the invention, which will become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, the apparatus of the present development is manifested by the features that, each light emitter is actuated in the door sill, and each cabin door is provided with an entrainment element arranged to displace the light emitters synchronously with the movement of light receivers mounted at the cabin doors. Cleaning means or devices are provided at the bottom edges of the cabin doors, so that the light exit regions of the light emitters or transmitters through which the light emitted from said light emitters passes is cleaned during each opening and closing movements of the door.
The advantages achieved by the invention are essentially that in such an arrangement of the light emitters or transmitters the door sills can be manufactured substantially cheaper. Also, the light barrier arrangement operates more reliably, to which end the suggested cleaning means significantly contribute. Further advantages can be realised in that the guiding of the light emitters or transmitters by means of tubular brushes simultaneously renders possible the cleaning of the guide grooves or tracks, and due to operation of the light barriers with timewise-shifted infrared light pulse trains there can be operatively correlated different monitoring functions to the light beams and there can be eliminated the effect of foreign light.
When used in combination with a lift cabin door system which comprises two cabin doors defining a central closing line, according to further features of the present invention it is contemplated that each light emitter or transmitter contains a carriage or slide, a light source mounted on said carriage, a terminal or connection socket, a printed board assembly and two cleaning elements respectively mounted at the front and the rear end of the printed board assembly. Each carriage is placed into an associated groove or track and guided for axial movement therein. The printed board assembly carries the light source and the electrical connections therefor leading to the related terminal or connection socket, and said terminal socket is form-lockingly engaged by an entrainment element provided at the cabin door. In this way the cleaning elements serve the dual function of both guiding the light emitter carriages in the grooves or tracks and simultaneously cleaning said grooves.
According to a further feature of the present invention, each light source comprises two infrared pulse emitting sources, one of which is positioned closer and the other of which is positioned farther away from the central closing line of the cabin doors. The train of pulses generated by one of said light sources may be shifted in time from the train of pulses generated by the other of the light sources. Interruption of the train of pulses associated with the one light source and the train of pulses associated with the other of the light sources will, then, generate a control signal to reverse or to stop, respectively, the cabin door movement. In this way different monitoring functions may be associated with different trains of pulses and the effect of outside light can be accordingly eliminated.
The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above, will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a lift or elevator cabin with the automatic cabin doors shown in an open condition and provided with the light barrier arrangement according to the invention;
FIG. 2 shows on an enlarged scale a light emitter or transmitter of the light barrier arrangement shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale and taken substantially along the line I--I of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale and taken substantially along the line II--II shown in FIG. 1 with the cabin doors closed.
Describing now the drawings, it is to be understood that only enough of the construction of the lift or elevator system and the lift control has been shown as needed for those skilled in the art to readily understand the underlying principles and concepts of the present development, while simplifying the showing of the drawings. Turning now specifically to FIG. 1, there are illustrated by reference numerals 1 and 2 the doors of a lift or elevator cabin which are automatically operated in opposite directions. Vertically extending light barriers are arranged adjacent and forwardly of the closing edges of the cabin doors 1, 2. Each light barrier comprises a light receiver 3 and 4 mounted at the upper edge of the related cabin door 1 and 2, respectively, and a respective light emitter or transmitter 5 and 6 displaceably guided in a door sill 7 or the like. For the faultless closing of the doors 1 and 2, the light receivers 3 and 4 and the light emitters or transmitters 5 and 6 are displaced with respect to each other vertically and horizontally, respectively. The light receivers 3 and 4 may be constituted by commercially available sensors or receivers responsive to infrared radiation. Each of the light receivers 3 and 4 contains two signal transducers formed by phototransistors which are electrically connected to a suitable door control mechanism which does not form part of the invention and which is conventional in design.
According to the showing of FIG. 2, the light transmitters or emitters 5 and 6 each comprise a carriage or slide 8, two infrared luminescent or light-emitting diodes 9, a terminal or connection socket 10, a printed board assembly 11 and a respective tubular brush 12 mounted at each end wall of the carriage or slide 8. The infrared luminescent diodes 9 are commercially available components and of conventional nature. The printed board assembly 11 fastened to the transmitter carriage 8 carries the infrared luminescent diodes 9 which project through suitable bores or apertures in the carriage 8; the printed board assembly 11 also provides for the electrical connection between the diodes 9 and the terminal or connection socket 10.
Two horizontally adjacent grooves or tracks of substantially T-shaped cross-section are provided in the door sill 7; they are designated by reference numerals 13 and 14 in FIGS. 3 and 4. The one groove or track 13 is associated with the light emitter or transmitter 5 of the door 1 and the other groove or track 14 is associated with the light emitter or transmitter 6 of the other door 2. The carriage 8 of the light emitters 5, 6 is guided within the T-shaped grooves or tracks 13, 14 by means of the tubular brushes 12. Upon displacement of the light emitters or transmitters 5, 6 the grooves 13, 14 are cleaned and eventually present dirt is removed through holes provided in the bottom of the related groove or track. A respective bifurcated entrainment element 15 is mounted at each of the doors 1, 2. Each entrainment element 15 form-lockingly encloses the terminal or connection socket 10 of the respective light emitter 5 or 6, respectively, so that upon operation of the doors the light emitters 5 and 6 are displaced synchronously with the light receivers 3 and 4. A respective support or holder 16 mounted at each of the doors 1 and 2 supports cleaning means in the form of a respective wiper or brush 17 which extends into the T-shaped grooves or tracks 13, 14 for the purpose of cleaning the infrared luminescent diodes 9 of the light emitters 5, 6. The arrangement is carried out such that, when the doors 1 and 2 are moved, the cleaning brush 17 of the door 1 will clean the infrared luminescent or light-emitting diodes 9 of the light emitter 6 associated with the other door 2 and vice versa. Support 16 and cleaning brush 17 are designed in such a way that such an arrangement is realized in a most simple manner by simply rotating the one cleaning brush 17 by 180� with respect to the other.
Preferably, the light barrier arrangement as described hereinbefore operates with pulses of infrared light or radiation. The train of pulses emitted by the two luminescent diodes 9 of each one of the light emitters 5 and 6 are displaced in time with respect to one another. Consequently, different paths of the rays or beams A, B, C, D (FIG. 1) may be associated with different monitoring functions. Thus in case that the path of rays or the beam A and/or the path of rays or the beam B is interrupted, which both originate from a luminescent diode 9 which is farther from the door closing edge, a control signal will be generated which will effect interruption of the closing movement of the doors. If, however, the path of rays or beam C and/or the path of rays or beam D is interrupted, which originates from the luminescent diode 9 closer to the door closing edge, a control signal will be generated which will reverse the door drive, but only for as long as the paths of the rays or beams C and/or D are interrupted. Consequently, there will be achieved the result that, on the one hand, a closing movement of the doors will be stopped prior to the door closing edge abutting a solid obstacle, such as for example pallets, a piece of furniture, such as a bed, or the like. On the other hand, there will be also achieved the result that reversal of the door movement is already initiated at a greater distance from the door closing edge if the path of rays or beam C is interrupted at the upper region, for example by the head or the shoulders of a lift user. Additionally, the cross-wise extending paths of the rays or beams B and C may be evaluated for detection within the central region of the light barrier of objects positioned in the region between the exterior path of the rays or beam A and the interior path of the rays or beam D as, for example, at the level of the hands of a lift user.
While there are shown and described present preferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is not limited thereto, but may be otherwise variously embodied and practiced within the scope of the following claims. Accordingly,
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|U.S. Classification
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|22 Nov 1982
Owner name: INVENTIO AG., HERGISWIL/NW, SWITZERLAND A CORP. OF
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Theresa L. Burriss has a BA from Emory University in Atlanta, an MS from Radford University, and a PhD from the Union Institute and University in Cincinnati. She serves as the Chair of Appalachian Studies and Director of the Appalachian Regional & Rural Studies Center. Her articles have appeared in Appalachian Heritage, Appalachian Journal, Appalachian Voice, and The New River Voice. She has published several pieces of literary criticism on the Affrilachian Writers, including chapters in An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature (Ohio UP 2005) and Appalachia in the Classroom: Teaching the Region (Ohio UP 2013), for which she served as co-editor with Dr. Patricia Gantt.
Recently, Theresa collaborated with Professor of Dance, Deborah McLaughlin, on two Appalachian-themed dance/theater pieces, Sounds of Stories Dancing and Shadow Waltz. She's currently working on three projects, Women of Change, Women of Courage: Appalachian Activists; The Country Store on White Oak Grove: A Children's Story; and Coal Dust Curse: Collecting Oral Histories from Appalachian Miners with Black Lung.
She teaches classes on Appalachian literature, Appalachian cultural and social capital, Appalachian social and environmental justice issues, and place-based education. As a part of her community outreach, Theresa serves as a cultural consultant for the Free Clinic of the New River Valley and provides Appalachian cultural competency workshops throughout Southwest Virginia.
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text: I have just finished the tops of 4 12" woodedn blocks. My DH cut them out and rounded the edges for me. My Dad lives next to a dear lady who also quilts. Her DSIL made some blocks for her and she put them in her flower beds. While home for my Mother's funeral, I asked if I could copy her and she said yes. So I drew out these blocks and painted them. I have started on the blocks on the back now too. DH will put post to stick in the ground when I am done. The purple block was named Margaret's Choice (my Mother's name). I couldn't resist doing one for her. The blue and gold one is the Air Force Star my DSIL is in the Air Force so needed one for him. I'm also doing a Texas block for my DS. This is really alot of fun. If it doesn't turn out just repaint. Thanks for taking a look.


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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 0.9
Fix Version/s: 1.0
Component/s: None
Windows, couch 0.9, erlang R12B 5.6.5
Skill Level:Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
On Windows, occasionally you will see errors attempting to delete a database. This manifests itself by 10-30% of the test suite failing on Windows. If you retry the tests that failed, they will usually pass on subsequent attempts. Running the tests individually causes them to fail roughly 10% of the time.
The log output shown is:
[debug] [<0.18650.6>] httpd 500 error response:{"error":"error","reason":"eacces"}
[info] [<0.18650.6>] 127.0.0.1 - - 'DELETE' /test_suite_db/ 500
A slightly snipped transcript from IRC:
(2:58:32 PM) markh: I see a number of INFO logs "Shutting down view group server, monitored db is closing." directly before the error. I was guessing the file may be unlink'd before one of those workers actually closes its handle?
(2:58:54 PM) alisdair: yeah, it's probably a race condition
(2:59:13 PM) alisdair: where the delete is tried before the fd is let go
(2:59:26 PM) alisdair: the reader fd that is
(2:59:32 PM) markh: yeah
(3:11:47 PM) alisdair: i can't find an obvious deadlock
(3:12:18 PM) alisdair: couch_server:delete explicitly waits for the db process to exit
(3:12:23 PM) alisdair: before deleting it
(3:15:15 PM) alisdair: i think i found the problem
(3:15:23 PM) alisdair: but i need a windows machine to confirm
(3:15:30 PM) alisdair: i'll look into it tomorrow
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exit(Pid, kill),
-> ok end,
To achieve a clean shutdown of the db and it's child processes, you need to send it a signal other than kill and give it a chance to shutdown and cleanup it's processes. The receive here doesn't do anything as a killed process sends the 'EXIT' msg immediately upon being killed.
Just got some clarification from damien:
(10:33:56 AM) damienkatz: it waits to get the killed message, but the point isn't to wait for an orderly shutdown, just to clear the message.
(10:34:16 AM) markh: right - so that receive does do something important...
(10:34:44 AM) damienkatz: yes, if it didn't, the couch_server process would die.
(10:35:08 AM) damienkatz: as it would get the message later and not know where it came from, so it assumes something bad happened.
This issue still exists in the windows binary installer version 0.11.0b897093
I'm running into the same issue with CouchDB 0.11 on WIndows 7. It definitively looks like a race condition when deleting either databases or documents.
Issues quite well described here http://osdir.com/ml/couchdb-user/2009-10/msg00185.html
Resolved since quite a while I believe. I've not seen any errors in the test suite for this since 1.0, and cannot repro on current 1.1.1.
Running these in parallel shells on CouchDB 1.1.1 produces 0 errors, and leaves behind no dbs, although a fair bit of laptop heat:
dave@akai /tmp % while (( i++ < 5000 )){ curl --silent -X PUT http://172.16.40.128:5984/db$i ; }
dave@akai /tmp % while (( i++ < 5000 ))
Anybody reporting this issue I would strongly advise they ensure that they have AV programs skipping their var/lib/couch/ just in case.
Why would an audio/visual program be interfering with CouchDB's data directories?


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I got a card from NCDNPE that asks some questions, like "Are each of these student records being kept on file at your home: Attendance records, Immunization records..." etc. I really don't wish to return it if I don't have to. I assumed at first that it was mandatory, but then I visited the website and their wording makes me think maybe it is not. Can anyone tell me for sure? Either way, I missed the "deadline". Oops. :o
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I am a Northern Illinois Jeep Girl here, trying to see if there are any clubs up by the IL/WI border.
Also if there are any big events taking place soon, since spring is near.
Also check out my build, and please give me some more ideas on what to do to my Jeep!
7" IRO long arm lift and 33" Tires will be on by may. Front and back bumpers by mid summer.(anyone know of some good fab shops that make good custom bumpers?)
This is what my jeep looks like and that is me.
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Hiya, neighbor (Channel Lake/Antioch)! Being new to the area and not being much of a wheeler, I can't be of much help, but I figured SOMEONE should say hi :tea:
Thank you for saying hello!
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Yep, just moved into a place west of Channel Lake in November. My XJ is a daily driver, and I go to Spring Grove occasionally for pet supplies and food (Nature's Feed is a very nice store).
I noticed a pattern of you playing with your headlights in your build thread. I also noticed that you've dabbled in HIDs. I'm a huge stickler about doing HID right or not at all because I've been blinded into having near-death experiences too many times by crappy HID installations into reflector housings (once is too many times really). Before I got my XJ, I was also looking at ZJs and preparing ideas (gah, I just missed about 2 or 3 5.9s and it still stings to this day). Here is an HID projector retrofit that covers the basics of what I'd been planning to do. Perhaps it will interest you. http://www.cherokeeforum.com/f52/zj-...ersion-154299/
Very nice ZJ. Maybe I missed it in ur build thread, but what did u use for ur front lights(tint wise)? Are those covers? Ive been wanting to do this to my ZJ.
And yeah I have tinkered with my headlights quite a bit. HID's just stunk in the rain so I took them out, not to mention stunk with the tinted headlights. Not worth it should've went with the non tinted ones lol
The miners are amazing, with I would've found one when I bought mine. But the 5.2 isn't bad either it's only 20hp difference lol
I just looked into that forum, those look amazing!! I'm actually thinking about doing that in the future! Thanks!
So do you plan on ever lifting the XJ? Or just keeping it stock? My ZJ is my DD, looking into buying a Cummins soon. So if you know anyone selling a Cummins? Ha
Do you have a build thread?
Typing one up tonight. Ill post a link when I do.
Howdy do?!
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My XJ is being built as a handle anything practical DD. I don't wheel it; I do my wheeling on a mountain bike instead which also needs me to throw some $$ at it right now :(. It will gain a little lift but not because the lift is my goal--I have no need of anything more than a small boost--but because I want the quality of Old Man Emu, and even their lowest suspension is a little over stock. That's a long way off yet. This spring will be a cooling system overhaul and addition of 3 electric fans in place of the stock mechanical and electric fans. After that, everything but necessary maintenance is on hold until I can afford rust repair. The rust isn't bad at all yet (just barely peeking in places), and I want to stop it before it becomes a problem--still pricey though.
I'd love to get my hands on some 10-spoke turbine wheels from XJ's Renix years, but I might be happy with powdercoating my current laces as well depending on how well the oxidation blasts off of them. Also planned is a head-to-toe sound deadening as per Sound Deadener Showdown. A proper header and some quality E-code halogen headlights are also on the list. I have lots of other barely-formed ideas, but I have to prioritize especially since I have virtually no money.
Currently just arrived at work, waiting for it to be 3:30 Friday because I am free this weekend and of course working on my jeep! Lol
Got anything fun planned?
Do you do your own bodywork?
I have some rust spots on my rockers, I don't have the time to do it myself. My hatch hit the point of no saving it, so looking for one of those too.
being in spring grove you are about 2hrs away from "The Cliffs Insane Terrain" park which is roughly 400 acres of trails from easy stuff to hardcore. as for clubs the only one I know of that is north of me is DDO "down and dirty offroad" though I'm not a part of it, not much into clubs. you could also go to the Indiana badlands of which your about 3 and a half hours away from. unfortunately Illinois is not a very prime wheeling spot. as far as Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan go i haven't been to any of their wheeling places.
hopefully some of this information is useful,
p.s. zjs tend to have engine mounts go bad more than most vehicles and i've heard nothing but good things about these especially if you wheel it
Clubs I am not to worried about to much. I made a group up, I call it "Team No Road" shirts being made now. It's just my buddies and I for now.
I heard about that also, mine are still okay but when I do pull my engine out to upgrade a few things I will definitely upgrade to those!
Thanks for all the info!
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Graham's blogger is at Quinta do Tua this evening, and in the course of a sunset walk through the vineyards came across Charles Symington and Pedro Leal da Costa. The most important part of our maturation studies is this: tasting the berries.
This particular parcel of Touriga Nacional is only three years old and Charles is very pleased with the grapes, they will certainly be vinified this year. He and Pedro were discussing the fact that oddly enough sometimes very young vines will come through with astonishingly mature flavours and complexity, and that is exactly what has happened with this vineyard. The conditions this year have been auspicious, Charles said if we had had another year like 2009 (which was very hot and dry) the grapes would not have had a chance.
Touriga Nacional is known for small bunches and small berries, and as you can see these are true to form.
At 7:00 this evening, Charles was just finishing a whirlwind tour of Symington quintas, including Ataide (Altano), Telhada (Warre's), Canais (Cockburn's), and now Graham's Quinta do Tua and he has been very pleased with the quality of the grapes throughout. He said the vines are visibly happier (his word!) after the rain, the leaves have perked up and the grapes already are showing a little more moisture in them than last week, though he would not expect the full benefits of the rain to have come through yet. We did have two days of overcast after the rains Sunday night and Monday morning, but as you can see it was a brilliantly sunny evening.
As he was getting in the car to go over to the Vinha Velha (old vines), he said you really couldn't ask for better condtions than this.


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Gamasutra - Nine Paths to Indie Game Greatness
Gamasutra has posted an article by indie developer David Marsh entitled Nine Paths to Indie Game Greatness. Marsh's list focuses on how to produce a successful game using minimal resources:
What are the practical differences between commercial and independent developers? When a commercial company starts a new project, more often than not it is asking: "Who will give us the resources we need to make payroll?"...
When an independent developer starts a new project, they usually ask: "How do I make the game I want with the resources readily available?" That is, if they even spend the time to think about the resources they are going to need ahead of time at all.
...But the most successful independent developers work around the set of resources available, without treating it as an obstacle to be overcome -- but rather, a box to operate within.
The author goes on to list the nine elements he feels influence success with indies--Efficiency in Design, Utilizing Free or Inexpensive Technology, Digital Distribution, Open Platform Development and several others. Here's an example from the Alternate Sources of Funding category:
Mount & Blade is a medieval combat simulator/manager/role playing game. Developed by another husband and wife team from Turkey, the game has..an incredibly enthusiastic community following. The game is in a constant state of development, and while there is always a free demo -- players can purchase the full game for a rising cost as the game develops more features. The earliest of adopters might have gotten the game for as low as $6 where as the price of the most recent release is $22.
Once you have purchased a license to the game you always have access to the latest version. Amazingly, these developers have replaced the role traditionally filled by game publishers with the gamers themselves.


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Welcome To The MineCraft PE Spleef Arena!
This is a cool new map i have created for everyone to play on and modify!
In this map you will be able to see what a spleef arena will be in the pocket edition.
The map is layed out to be in creative mode so you could fly up and climb down the ladder and begin your spleefing.
-*Suggesting To Get A Player To Join You!*
- When you first join the map, you will be able to see a huge building.
- You go through the entrance.
- Decide which side you want to go on "it goes to the same part".
- Fly up on top of the glass.
- Look for a row of wood followed by some ladders.
- Climb down.
- After A Person wins there will be pillars at the bottom for people who fell.
- The top players will be able to go visit the back and follow the path to the Victory House!
I Could not gain any screenshots as my phone is unavailable to take them.
Please Take A Chance on helping me to take some shots then sending them to me and i will upload ASAP!
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Here is the Rar File!
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Instructions On How To Add It To Your Phone: *Android Version*
-Connect Your Phone to your computer.
- Find the Spleef map given to you.
- Go to your phone files.
- Look for Games
- Mojang
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- And drag and paste The Spleef arena map.
- Disconnect your phone.
- And Enjoy the map!.
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12th Man flag tours NYC, pumping up fans in town
A 12th Man flag that flew over the Space Needle is making its way to Sunday's Super Bowl, with stops beneath the Statue of Liberty, in Times Square and Yankee Stadium. And Seahawks fans are everywhere it goes.
Seattle Times staff reporter
NEW YORK – If a big blue piece of heavy nylon can help win a football game, the one unfurled below the Statue of Liberty on Friday afternoon should be up to the task.
That's because this flag, which just two days earlier had been flying over the Space Needle, bears not only the No. 12, but the signatures of thousands of Seahawks fans, sending best wishes to their team in Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII.
"We're Seahawks freaks," said Kyle Smith of Tacoma, who was helping display the 12th Man flag on Liberty Island on a picture-postcard day, with temperatures into the 40s — a sharp contrast to readings in the teens earlier in the week.
Smith, 64, and his father — still alive and in his 90s — attended the Seahawks' first game in 1976, and the family has been solid Seahawks fans ever since, seeing the team through some tough years, and now with an opportunity to claim the sport's ultimate prize. Smith's daughter, Libby, 30, is accompanying him on the Super Bowl trip.
The 12th Man flag, 25 feet by 35 feet, is to be presented to the Seahawks on Saturday, and will be taken to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for Sunday's game with the Denver Broncos.
"We're trying to give the team an extra little lift," said Sean Marshall, public-relations director for the Space Needle, coordinating the event. "We're carrying the pride of the city and the spirit of the 12s."
Before taking the boat ride to Liberty Island, the flag made several other Big Apple stops, including Times Square, at Yankee Stadium and at NBC studios, where it was featured on the "Today Show."
The flag flew briefly above the Space Needle on Wednesday before it was taken down for a Seahawks fan rally (another went up in its place).
Marshall said Mayor Ed Murray was the first to sign the flag, which then collected 2,000 signatures in about three hours. And it has collected more at each stop.
Marshall said arrangements are being made for where the flag will be at MetLife Stadium, but he couldn't yet discuss the specifics.
Dave and Judy Bender of Puyallup, Seahawks season-ticket holders for three years, were on Liberty Island when the flag arrived.
"The Seahawks really make their fans a part of the team," Judy Bender said.
The flag's travels around Manhattan came on a day when visitors from the Seattle area fanned out to take in the sights. Blue jerseys were evident at the Empire State Building, in Central Park and up and down "Super Bowl Boulevard," a mile-long section of Broadway with activities related to the Super Bowl.
Many visitors also made their way down to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, near Manhattan's southern tip, for a pilgrimage of sorts.
"It's breathtaking," said Michelle Schuler, owner of Pub 85 in Kirkland. She said the reflecting pools created "almost a place of serenity" combined with displays listing the names of the victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Schuler is accompanied on the trip by a bartender at her club, Jason Ruch.
The somber mood at the memorial was in sharp contrast to the party atmosphere blossoming in many parts of town.
Ruch said visiting the site was "a bucket-list thing, and something you do out of respect. This is history."
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By Laurie Brookins | August 1, 2010 | Style & Beauty
"Did Mr. Beene change your life?" Alber Elbaz and I are sitting at a corner table in the Mercer Kitchen; it's the height of Saturday brunch, and it seems that the ultra-hip Soho hotel rests at the crossroads of the world, given how many people are stopping by to greet the designer, highly recognizable thanks to his cherubic, teddy-bear looks. I'm always a little delighted by this dichotomy, the notion of this sweet, huggable man who creates some of the most intellectual, artful clothes one can view on a runway today.
Elbaz has helmed Lanvin as its creative director since 2001, and during his tenure has quite literally transformed the historic Paris house into one of the world's most soughtafter labels, a feat to which only a handful of other designers—Lagerfeld, Galliano, Ghesquière—can attest. Add in the rhapsodic reviews from editors—"genius" and "triumph" are two words oft-applied to his current Fall collection—and it's clear the 48-year-old Elbaz enjoys a sort of Teflon reputation at present, all the more remarkable when you consider that for several seasons he has led the charge in changing the consumer mind-set about a garment's construction and its overarching modernity. Which makes the question extremely relevant:
"Did Mr. Beene change your life?"
I've pulled up a photo on my iPod, and Elbaz's face softens as he looks at the image, which highlights the sinewy back of a model, her alabaster skin adorned with a meticulously planned network of delicate black straps layered with a gossamer fabric I have not yet identified. "Oh, I remember this dress—horsehair and tulle," he says, drawing the last word out slowly, as though recalling that particular design in his mind's eye. "This was 1995, yes, while I was with Mr. Beene. I worked with him on this dress."
Runway styles from Lanvin's Fall/Winter 2010 collection.
It's difficult to envision a designer more celebrated in the 1990s for both his keen artistry and technical skill than Geoffrey Beene; no one knew this more than Elbaz, who had been toiling away in a mother-of-thebride house during his first two years in New York (the Moroccan-born, Israeli-raised Elbaz had emigrated to the US in 1987). "America was very good to me, but after a couple of years, I thought, My dream is not fulfilled; is this why I came here?" he remembers. "Then I was introduced to someone who introduced me to someone else who said they were looking for a designer for Gucci. But after a few minutes she said, 'No, Alber, you have to work for Geoffrey Beene.' And that was Dawn Mello, who had been president of Bergdorf and at this point was with Gucci. I said, 'Miss Mello, I've tried calling, and I can't get past the receptionist.' It was a Monday evening, and she made a phone call; by Tuesday at 8:45 in the morning, I was there for the interview, and 10 minutes later Mr. Beene hired me."
How spontaneous was Elbaz's appointment? Consider that initially he didn't have a desk or, for that matter, any definable workspace. "They didn't have a place for me, so they put me in this little dressing room, which was really a closet," he remembers. "Later they moved me into the studio, and then a month later Mr. Beene moved me with him into his office. So for seven years I was next to him."
It was here that Elbaz honed his craft, learning from the master of fit, cut and drape. Those early influences remain much in evidence in Elbaz's Fall collection, in the matte stretch suits, seemingly molded to create volume around the shoulders and then tapering down through the hips; in the exquisite, toga-like drape of a pleated dress that is wholly modern, even as it evokes some of the notions conjured by Jeanne Lanvin in the 1920s; and in the origami-esque folds of fabric that flutter down from a one-shoulder sheath—sleek pieces all, punctuated by triballike statement necklaces sporting feathers and medallions. These are clothes that are as powerful as they are feminine, sophisticated not merely because their intricacy is sometimes quite dazzling, but because upon closer inspection you realize many of them are at their heart so divinely, chicly simple.
Elbaz understands immediately that it is a compliment of the highest order when I remark that I see him in the dress still displayed on my iPod, while I see Mr. Beene in the clothes he produces to this day. "I remember a week before he died [in 2004], I called him," Elbaz recalls. "I told him, 'Mr. Beene, I'm going to be so corny, but I just wanted to tell you, everything I know, you taught me.' And it's true. Did he change my life? Yes, he did. He's the one."
"Alber is simply a very kind, very generous, very talented man," says Laure Hériard Dubreuil, cofounder of The Webster, the Collins Avenue retail destination that has carried Lanvin since it was founded in 2007. "He came to the store when we were still in our temporary location, and he understood immediately that we wanted to make high fashion accessible, that we didn't want to create a museum. And what he creates isn't just the perfect idea of what a French woman would wear, or that ideal femininity that appeals to our Latin-American clientele. It's just like no other brand. He's very special."
With Lanvin, Elbaz indeed has been the soul of a house that has seen formidable growth during his nine-year tenure. "Our wholesale business was quite weak when I started. I think we sold to 12 stores; today we sell in more than 480," he says. "We worked really hard on that. We are not a small house, but we are not a big house, either. I always say we are kind of human-sized, but we don't have the red phone to pick up and say, 'Daddy, we need some cash.'"
Stand-alone boutiques and the addition of a men's collection likewise have been among the label's focus in recent years. London and Shanghai locations have done exceptionally well, even as they opened during the height of the retail implosion of 2008 and '09. For Lanvin's first US location, it's notable that the entry point was Bal Harbour, which opened its doors last winter: Though it was partly an issue of simple timing—one retail site becoming ready even as other cities were still being strategized— the decision was aided largely by sales at The Webster, which solidified Lanvin's belief that an audience was ready in Miami. Subsequent US locations have opened in Las Vegas and, most recently, in New York on Madison Avenue this past summer.
Elbaz has been key to each of these decisions. "I don't feel a responsibility just from an artistic point of view," he says. "But to do a good collection also means that the people supporting my dream will have a good salary. It's a huge responsibility to also make it happen for them. So every move we make is very calculated. We never jump too high or too fast, and we work very hard."
FROM LEFT: Audrey Tautou; Diane Kruger; Natalie Portman; Rose Byrne
Thierry Andretta smiles when he hears this; the Lanvin CEO has stopped at the table for a moment, having just returned from purchasing vintage-inspired Mickey Mouse T-shirts from a nearby Uniqlo. Andretta won't debate Elbaz's modesty for one moment, and doesn't hesitate when asked what's at the heart of Lanvin's success. "I think Alber succeeds simply because he loves women," Andretta says. "In every ready-to-wear piece, every shoe or piece of jewelry, you feel that he loves women, he wants them to feel elegant, comfortable, a little sensual, not too sexy. You perceive it immediately."
That such a talent comes without a hint of artifice or guile only makes Elbaz more of a rock star in the eyes of editors and consumers alike. He recalls recently asking his longtime partner, Alex Koo, who is also Lanvin's director of marketing, whether Koo thought they were still cool. "He said, 'Alber, we were never cool,'" Elbaz recalls. "So I asked, 'What am I?' and [Alex] said, 'You're relevant.'"
Elbaz quickly realized he was satisfied by such an answer. "To be cool also means to be cold to me," he explains. "Being relevant today means you understand a woman's lifestyle, that you have found a way to mix the fantasy and the reality together and make it work for her. Fashion design is not art, because art must be pure fantasy; in design you have to go with the rational and the emotional, and somehow in the middle, they mix. This is pure design."
TOP LEFT: The finale of Lanvin's Fall/Winter 2010 showing. TOP RIGHT: Black python three-strap bootie from Lanvin's Fall/Winter collection. All items pictured available at Bal Harbour Shops, 9700 Collins Ave.; lanvin.com
Photographs by theo wargo/wireimage.com (portman); mike marsland/wireimage.com (tautou, kruger); steve granitz/wireimage.com (byrne)


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Thanks to Moombadaze for helping me out with a little flow test timing compilation. I was curious as to how all of our modifications stack up with our different methods of upgrading the stock ballast or building new systems. Surprisingly the results are not that drastic between the different methods. Some of the results were a lot lower than what I would have expected. You can use the chart to divide your total weight by 8.35 (Weight of a gallon of water) and then divide that by the GPM of each setup. If you are going to use a three Tsunami pumps to fill 3 450 pound bags, your fill time would be around 7.19 minutes, since the pumps can pump at 7.5 gpm to each bag the fill time will match the chart. These timings get a little more complex with the multi valve setup. From the chart you can see my newest setup can do 11.54 gpm through 1 valve filling a 450 in 4.67 minutes three minutes faster than a single Tsunami, but filling 3 450s through three valves will take 9.33 minutes which is 2 minutes slower than three single Tsunamis. With all that said, either method is better than the stock 20 plus minutes and the end result is less than two minutes of fill time.
If you can do a test that is not listed above (Hint hint Ed with those Jabscos), please email me the test you performed, boat model and timings. These tests must be done through the full setup like Moombadaze has done not from just a pump dumping water. The GPM of a Tsunami 800 is 13.33 GPM at the head, but is 7.5 gpm through all of the hoses and fittings as in Stacy's case. If you are already on the water, pull one of your bags fitting and time how long it takes to fill a 5 gallon bucket, you can use a 1 gallon bucket, but a 5 gallon one will give you a better average.
My tests were done very similar to his, 5 gallon bucket pumped dry and timed. Time was divided by 5 to get the Gallon Per Minute (GPM) and the chart filled in appropriately.
Also If I have made any mistakes with my Shade Tree calculations, please correct me where I have given invalid data. The data will be different for some models hose length and pump location are a HUGE factor. I still need to fill in a few boxes this weekend from the new valves with the old pump.
So if you ask me which setup should you go with, my answer would be "It depends". In some cases each method is faster.
Stock setups are highlighted in Yellow.
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Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) Months before the West Bengal Assembly elections, the state's Mamata Banerjee government on Friday decided to start a new food security scheme under which three crore beneficiaries will be entitled to get food grains at Rs.3 per kg.
"Currently our government gives rice at Rs.2 per kg to 3.33 crore people in the state. We are starting a new scheme for food security from January 27.
"Three crore additional people will be included in this system and will get food grains at Rs.3 per kg," Banerjee said at the state secretariat Nabanna after a cabinet meeting.
Altogether around seven crore people will be entitled to benefits of the state government's food security schemes, she said.
Banerjee said the cabinet also adopted a rehabilitation package for tea garden workers in northern West Bengal as well as for people living in Jangalmahal – the Left Wing Extremist affected areas of the state.
The state assembly polls are slated to take place in the first half of next year.


text: Tom Pledger writes: > Mark P Jones writes: > > [...] > > > > In general, I think you need to know the types to determine what > > transformation is required ... but you need to know the > > transformation before you get the types. Unless you break this > > loop (for example, by supplying explicit type signatures, in which > > case the transformation isn't needed), then I think you'll be in a > > catch-22 situation. > > > > Why do you need the type to determine the transformation? Here's > > another example to illustrate the point: > > > > h x = (x==x) || h True || h "hello" > > Before looking at this example, I was gearing up to protest that the > transformation was cued simply by scope, but now I see that it was > cued by scope *and* not foiled by type. > > So, I withdraw the transformation idea, [...] But wait! There's life in the transformation idea yet. After dependency analysis but before type checking, we have enough information to transform this: f x = x==x || f True || f (f "hello") which would be illegal without an explicit type signature, into this: f x = f' f1 f2 f3 x where f1 x = f' f1 f2 f3 x f2 x = f' f1 f2 f3 x f3 x = f' f1 f2 f3 x f' f1 f2 f3 x = x==x || f1 True || f2 (f3 "hello") for which Haskell infers the desirable type Eq a => a -> Bool. The loop (type checking before transformation, and transformation before type checking) is broken by defining one sacrificial function for each recursive reference, regardless of the possibility that some of them may end up with the the same types (f1 and f2 in the above example both have type Bool -> Bool). A keen compiler could detect and coalesce the duplicate decls and parameters after type checking. Regards, Tom


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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- An Oregon woman's claim she was raped by an emergency room nurse went unheard for three months, allowing the man to attack other women, an audit alleged.
The woman told a patrol officer during a forensic exam at another hospital about the alleged incident at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland. The officer forwarded the woman's case to a sexual assault victim's specialist rather than a detective. The victim specialist never forwarded the case to a detective and closed the case when she tried calling the woman's pager but never received a return call, the (Portland) Oregonian reported Tuesday.
A city audit found also found the woman called prosecutors to inquire about the status of her case. When prosecutors contacted the victim specialist a second call was made to the woman's pager that went unreturned, the newspaper said. The case was closed again.
It wasn't until other patients at Legacy made similar claims against the male nurse the first woman's case was found and reopened.
"The perpetrator went on to attack other victims,'' the audit said.


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Denon AVR-2307CI A/V Receiver Page 3
HUMAN FACTORS A/V receivers are complex, and getting more so. Designing one to be easily operable by mere humans is no trivial task, and so far, nobody has done a perfect job of it at any price. So salt the following niggles accordingly.
Denon's onscreen menus and displays for the AVR-2307CI are complete and informative; they're also straightforward and text-based for the most part. Unfortunately (as I've already mentioned, and as is true of many or most receivers at this level), they display in 480i only, which in my A/V life means a screen re-sync whenever invoking or releasing the displays. Under ideal conditions, my screen itself requires about 2 seconds to re-sync: painful but bearable. But with the Denon in the loop, onscreen appearance/disappearance when watching 720p or 1080i sources induced a blank screen for 5 full seconds, every time. Perhaps more seriously, I encountered HDMI-audio and even PCM dropouts when bringing onscreen menus up or down. When a source's HDMI link was connected and selected as the digital-audio source, bringing the OSD up or down caused digital audio to mute altogether for as long as 4 or 5 seconds; even with a coaxial digital input selected, if HDMI was connected from the same source, audio still muted for a second or two.
The remote packed with the 2307CI is new and quite clever. It seems to offer just a basic set of keys, well laid out and ergonomically sized, textured, and located (though with dismally small black-on-silver graphics). But flip the handset over and pry open its right edge and you reveal a whole new remote, with buttons for setup, Zone 2 operations, selecting surround modes and adjusting channel levels, numeric keys, and more. This is a novel solution to the too-many-buttons syndrome and one with real potential. But relegating such important functions as surround-mode selection or numeric-key input to the secondary remote might require a rethink, though I concede that you can't have all things all ways. At a more personal level, the left-hinging door discriminates against lefties (I'm consulting my attorneys about possible class action ...).
Okay, this is too much negative talk for a receiver that I consider to be fundamentally highly excellent, so don't hear me as discouraging any potential owners from scoping it out. (The stronger the core performance, the more you tend to poke and prod the performer.) In most real-world operations the Denon AVR-2307CI A/V receiver acquitted itself very well indeed, and its audio and video quality are solidly above reproach.
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