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|4 movements
|Composition Year
|1932-34, sketches begin in 1931
|Genre Categories
|Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra
I. Allegro (CA)
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III. Scherzo. Allegro molto – (CA)
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|Work Title
|Symphony in F minor
|Alternative. Title
|Symphony No.4
|Vaughan Williams, Ralph
|I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
|F minor
|4 movements
|Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
|1932-34, sketches begin in 1931
|First Performance.
|1935-04-10 in London
|First Publication.
|Arnold Bax
|Average DurationAvg. Duration
|32 minutes
|Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
|Early 20th century
|Piece Style
|Early 20th century
|External Links
|Wikipedia article
Composition begun by early 1932. According to "The Symphony: A Listener's Companion" and also Schaarwächter (Two Centuries of British Symphonism, pp.725-29) it was in fact already sketched in 1931-32 besides. Concluded in 1934 according to Schaarwächter, p.726.
|Symphonies by Ralph Vaughan Williams


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Bruss, the Carrington Event (Sept 1, 1859) was right near the maximum of solar cycle 10 (February, 1 1860). It originated from a large sunspot cluster.
If there's an X30+ just tap the ends of a long wire together, I'll get the signal.
Cav, most CMEs take a few hours to pass us. The duration doesn't change much. You might have a few systems dealing with heat issues over an extended event versus a normal event but overall the extra effects of an extended event would be negligible.

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text: Just got back from the range. Went through 150 rounds with my G26. Everything went great except for the lasermax laser. I do not know why but I can never seem to hit the bullseye with a laser. I have had the CT on my G17 and the lasermax on my G26. Soon as I turned it off was right on target with my Glock factory night sights. It is odd to me . I just figured I would be better with the laser but I am not. I am worse. Just some food for thought.


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All season, Raiders coach Hue Jackson has said his team needs to stop committing costly penalties.
Yet the Raiders lead the NFL in flags and are on pace to set a record.
Longtime Bay Area columnist Glenn Dickey sees the problem as a self-inflicted wound caused by a lack of discipline. He also wonders if Jackson's decision to allow middle linebacker Rolando McClain to play Sunday against the Dolphins – just days after his arrest in Alabama – is an indication of the same thing.
Though the Raiders are 7-4 and tied for the lead in the AFC West with Denver, might Oakland just be too undisciplined to win down the stretch and secure its first division title since 2002?
Dickey, writing for the San Francisco Examiner, says Jackson should have benched McClain for a game as a signal to others on the team "that they need to discipline themselves."
"Lack of discipline has been a continual problem since Jon Gruden left, and has been the biggest reason for their lack of success," Dickey wrote Monday. "Each year the Raiders lead the NFL in penalties. This year, they've been on a pace to set an NFL record, and they had another 10 for 91 yards on Sunday."
Dickey also points to defensive tackle Richard Seymour being ejected from Sunday's game for punching a Dolphins lineman as another indication of the team's lack of discipline.
"Talent without discipline doesn't win, so the Raiders' streak of nonplayoff seasons will probably continue," Dickey wrote.
The Raiders have committed 119 penalties for 1,027 yards this season, reports Steve Corkran of the Bay Area News Group, which are nine penalties and 183 yards more than the second-worst team, Seattle.
The Raiders are on pace for 159 penalties and 1,369 yards which would surpass the 1998 Chiefs' NFL records of 158 and 1,304 yards.
Jackson, meanwhile, has defended his decision to allow McClain to play against Miami. He made the decision after the team looked into the events that occurred in Alabama last week, when McClain was charged with four misdemeanors after being arrested for allegedly firing a gun near a man's head after an altercation.
Jackson told reporters he allowed McClain to play because he didn't believe McClain did the things he's accused of doing.
Jackson told reporters he will come down hard on McClain if it turns out the linebacker misled the team about his actions in the incident, but for now is standing by his player.
"I know what I know and feel very comfortable with what I know," Jackson told Corkran.


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The follwoing code seems to be leaving isolation level to -1 (default) instead of setting a correct isolation level for the connections. I think this is not right because this is leaving the contianer to use its own default isolation level. It will be, for example, Repeatable-read when using IBM WebShpere.
in DataSourceFactory.java:
public static DecoratingDataSource installDBDictionary(DBDictionary dict,
DecoratingDataSource ds, final JDBCConfiguration conf,
boolean factory2)
with the default value set in JDBCConfigurationImpl.java:
public JDBCConfigurationImpl(boolean derivations, boolean loadGlobals) {
super(false, false);
String[] aliases;
schema = addString("jdbc.Schema");
schemas = addStringList("jdbc.Schemas");
transactionIsolation = addInt("jdbc.TransactionIsolation");
aliases = new String[]
The fix of this is to set it to "Read-Committed" which will make it in sync with JDBC direct connections.
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The following information was found "out of sync" between OpenJPA manual and JPA standard. If the default
transaction isolation level is set to "default", OpenJPA passes the control to container to use whatever container's
default. In that case, there is no guarantee of read-committed transaction isolation nor optimistic locking.
OpenJPA user's guide need to be updated too.
In "Sun Microsystems JSR 220: Enterprise JavaBeansTM,Version 3.0 Java Persistence API" Section 3.4:
3.4 Optimistic Locking and Concurrency
This specification assumes the use of "optimistic locking". It assumes that the databases to which persistence
units are mapped will be accessed by implementations using read-committed isolation (or a
vendor equivalent in which long-term read locks are not held), and that writes to the database typically
occur only when the flush method has been invoked—whether explicitly by the application, or by the
persistence provider runtime in accordance with the flush mode setting. If a transaction is active, a compliant
implementation of this specification is permitted to write to the database immediately (i.e., whenever
a managed entity is updated, created, and/or removed), however, the configuration of an
implementation to require such non-deferred database writes is outside the scope of this specification.
The configuration of the setting of optimistic lock modes is described in section 3.4.3. Applications that
prefer the use of pessimistic locking may require that database isolation levels higher than read-committed
be in effect. The configuration of the setting of such database isolation levels, however, is outside the
scope of this specification.
and in "Apache OpenJPA User's Guide" Section 2.6.17:
2.6.17. openjpa.jdbc.TransactionIsolation
Property name: openjpa.jdbc.TransactionIsolation
Configuration API: org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfiguration.getTransactionIsolation
Resource adaptor config-property: TransactionIsolation
Default: default
Possible values: default, none, read-committed, read-uncommitted, repeatable-read, serializable
Description: The JDBC transaction isolation level to use. See Section 4.5, " Setting the Transaction Isolation " [198f]or details.
The comments in this thread seem to discuss transaction isolation levels, and not optimistic locking. However, the subject states that OpenJPA is not doing optimistic locking. Maybe we can change the subject to better reflect the problem described?
Regarding the problem itself: I don't understand what the issue is. OpenJPA lets the container configure the default isolation level; the JPA spec describes behavior at read-committed. The JPA spec does not prohibit higher isolation levels, and to the best of my understanding, the optimistic locking requirements of the spec are obeyed when using repeatable-read. So, the only issue here is that in a WebSphere environment, the defaults might not allow as much read-concurrency as is possible with different configurations.
Before going too far down this path, we should ascertain whether or not the WebSphere drivers even allow changing the isolation level after a JTA-managed transaction has begun.
The referenced code in JDBCConfigurationImpl does not set the transaction isolation level. It is only setting up the field to house the transaction isolation level. This IntValue (transactionIsolation) will contain the extent (or parameters) of the transaction isolation level setting. The code block is setting the available values (aliases), the default value (-1), and whether the list is complete or not. So, I agree with Patrick that the blocks of code referenced do not constitute a problem.
Now, there still may be a problem with setting of proper isolation levels, but so far this Issue doesn't describe it. And, it may be limited to WebSphere (as Patrick has hinted at).
Concerning Patrick's last question:
> Before going too far down this path, we should ascertain whether or not the WebSphere drivers even allow changing the isolation level after a JTA-managed transaction has begun.
Correct. WebSphere doesn't allow the changing of the isolation levels after a JTA transaction has started. At least for shareable connections, I know this is true. For unshareable connections, this rule may be relaxed a bit. But, since we deal with shareable connections by default, that is definitely the most common scenario. So, as long as we are attempting to change the isolation levels between transactions, then we should be okay.
The code is correct base on the OpenJPA User's Guide and it default setting is fine as long as OpenJPA passes TCK.
We have encountered the same problem that seems it is related to the openjpa settings.
We have configured a distributed transaction in our application server and
we are using openjpa 1.2.1 and Glassfish application server. Although the default behavior of transaction locking must be optimistic,
it seems that pessimistic locking has been happened.
It is found that Row Lock contention happens in a specific table.
This is the exception :
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-02049: timeout: distributed transaction waiting for lock
Is there any property which has to be set related to the XA transactions management for openjpa?
For your information, already all the following properties have been set.
1. <persistence-unit name="JPXA" transation-type="JTA">
2. <property name="openjpa.TransactionMode" value="managed"/>
You can try a plug-in string to lookup the TM in JNDI (the value is the JNDI name of GlassFish TM as per Google search)
3. <property name="openjpa.ManagedRuntime"
Following searching about this locking problem, we found that we should add two more properties for openjpa as listed below.
<property name="openjpa.LockManager" value="version" />
<property name="openjpa.jdbc.TransactionIsolation" value="read-committed" />
but this time we have got another error: org.apache.openjpa.persistence.PersistenceException: ORA-02089: COMMIT is not allowed in a subordinate session.
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Samsung Techwin America has announced the appointment of Soon Hong Ahn as president of the video surveillance and security products supplier.
Formerly Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for the security division of Samsung Techwin Co. Ltd. in Korea, Ahn is familiar with the unique challenges and opportunities of the security and video surveillance markets in North America and Latin America. A frequent traveler to both regions, Ahn will provide valuable management perspective and leadership as Samsung Techwin America continues on its path of sustained sales growth.
"I am very pleased to now be able to focus my full attention on the important security and video surveillance markets in the Americas," Ahn said. "My new position provides a great opportunity to help position Samsung Techwin America as the market leader. I am especially interested in receiving feedback from the dealer, integrator and end-user communities to help guide our efforts to improve and to earn new business."
Samsung has also added an access control line, including standalone controllers and Wiegand-output readers that combine 125KHz proximity or 13.56 MHz contactless smart card credentialing, keypad access based on personal identification numbers (PINs), and/or fingerprint biometrics.


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Identifying the mechanism: is there a bank lending channel of monetary transmission in the Netherlands?
The paper investigates the role of bank lending in the monetary transmission process in the Netherlands. The Johansen approach is used to identify supply and demand relationships in the credit market, and it is concluded from the short-run dynamics that this market is demand-determined. In this way, an important identification problem of studies based on aggregate data is explicitly addressed. Results are consistent with earlier fundings that banks hold a buffer stock of securities which they use to offset monetary shocks. The main implication of the study is that a bank lending channel is not an important monetary transmission mechanism.
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Dear fellows contesters and rttyers, Ukrainian DX Contest (UR-DX-C) committee decided to change the Rules of the contest from year 2003. Also we decided to develop two different contests: one of CW,SSB modes on traditional date and new one of RTTY mode only on a new date. As all you know there are too many contests on every weekend. We found some more or less acceptable dates, (the first weekend of September for example etc), but we would appreciate your skilled opinion and advice regarding new date. 73 Vladimir ("Bob") UT1IA = EO1I UCC vice-president UR-DX-C coordinator http://www.qsl.net/ut1ia/
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Indian film 'Airlift' based on a true story from the 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait is sure to revive some old memories of those who were there in Kuwait during the time.
According to media, the film released on 26th Jan 2016 is completely short in its research; incidentally it has been banned from cinemas in Kuwait for undisclosed reasons.
The film starring Akshay Kumar follows RanjitKatyal (Akshay Kumar), a Kuwait-based businessman, who carries out the biggest civil operation of evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait.
For many Indians in Kuwait who survived the ordeal, this is almost like a trip down memory lane…
Agnello Fernandes, now a Vice-President of one of Kuwait's reputed stock markets company recalled how the invasion was a very unfortunate incident in Kuwait's history.
Carmo Santos, a Goan businessman in Kuwait, sheltered and fed families that, after having sold their household goods to fund their trip out of Kuwait, were stranded at the Iraq-Turkish border and had to return to Kuwait penniless.
"I distributed hundreds of kilos of basmati rice and flour that were in my godown, and even gave money to those who had little or none," says Santos in one of his interviews to the online Kolkatta Mirror. "Many, including Kuwaiti locals, sought me out to return the money after the war ended, and are still very grateful."
For many Indians, it was an escape all right, but not always to victory. Santos, who stayed back in Kuwait, got advertisements placed in Goan newspapers like OHerald and Navhind Times, asking those who had returned to Goa to send him copies of their passports, sponsorship and employment details, so that he could help them get their jobs back in Kuwait. "Their families were in turmoil over loss of money and income, marriages were breaking down," Santos says.
Recalling the days, Santos further adds, "Atleast 10,000 to 15,000 Indians were left behind in Kuwait long after the invasion until Kuwait was liberated on 26th February 1991. I witnessed kidnappings, rapes, murders, hangings, loot, fires, bombs, etc. During the invasion I travelled to Iraq 16 times, 10 times to Baghdad and 6 times to Basra with friends in my 1983 model Caprice car. I used to contact my sponsors in Switzerland over the phone from Baghdad hotels and my family in Goa giving them updates on the developments time to time."
"I fought with late Mathew Kurivilla and Indira Sharma because the Indian Red Cross Society's food and medicines including baby-milk distribution was not done properly. I also had tussles with Indian Embassy officials who forced poor laborers from Chennai, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab to leave the country against their will. I pleaded with the officials to issue passports to those who wished to stay back, and issue travel documents to those who wanted go to India."
Carmo Santos also helped arrange travel of some Bangladeshis to India, and issue documents to one German and a Portuguese national to travel to India as Indians so that they could save their lives. "The Portuguese guy is in USA now with his wife and two sons and still thanks me for his safe passage," recalls Santos adding, "I helped many Indians, locals, Eygptians and Palestinians who were in need of financial, travel or food support, medical assistance, burials of human remains, etc."
Carmo Santos was involved in helping thousands of homeless Indians regardless of their religion alongwith Bishop Francis Micallef (Malta), Fr. Dominic Santa Maria (Goa/UK), Fr. John Pinto (Mangalore) and Fr.Wendell of Philliphines.
Late Mr. H.S. Vedi was there till Kuwait was liberated and worked tirelessly with late Mathew Kurivilla, Mrs. Indira Sharma and Sunny Mathews, helping many people leave safely.
Talking about the 'Airlift' movie and media reviews about it, Carmo Santos says, "Sunny Mathews is portrayed in the film credits as a hero for 'airlifting' 170,000 Indians which is a big bluff and blunder on the part of film makers."
"Sunny Mathews must have helped his Keralites close aides and family, definitely not other Indians. Infact, some people were involved in confiscating food items, medicines and baby-food meant for Indians to the Palestinans and Iraqis. I was surprised when I found the baby-milk in one of the pharmacies in Abbasiya-Kuwait owned by a Palestinian for sale. Also, I was shocked to see Indian baby milk and MOH-Kuwait baby milk being sold in Baghdad Pharmacies."
"The whole evacuation of 170,000 stranded Indians was arranged 'Free of Charge' by our Indian Government under the leadership of late Prime Minister Shri Chandra Shekhar. The credit goes to our Indian Government, Air-India for the record number of flights to evacuate people, Indian Air Force, Indian Embassy in Baghdad, and Indian Embassy in Kuwait."
"Some people, in the name of repatriation, collected Iraqi Dinars 250/- per head as bus fare for Salmiya-Kuwait to Baghdad camps and pocketed the money alongwith their henchmen. Later, they travelled as big-bosses on the same ship which the Indian Government had sent to Kuwait."
At a Red Cross camp in Jordan, Goa-based photographer Alex Fernandes' cab was stopped at the camp's main gate by Iraqi troops who, on finding Scotch whiskey in his possession, demanded a bribe in dollars or Kuwaiti dinars.
"That's when I realized that the cabbie who had dropped us there was hand in glove with the cops," says Fernandes.
On August 2, 1990, Anthony Veronica Fernandes, a retired social activist and writer, was on his way to the bakala (Arabic for grocery store), to get the morning papers, when he was held at gunpoint by Iraqi soldiers carrying 'World War II style' battered helmets and wireless sets. Traffic had come to a standstill, so he assumed some senior sheikh was passing by. "It was only when I heard engines running with no driver behind the wheel, that I sensed trouble," he says.
"But as luck would have it, the soldier who was holding me at gunpoint got distracted by a Palestinian woman asking why the bus service had been stopped, and I bolted into my apartment building to inform my flatmate about the invasion," says Fernandes, who founded the Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Centre and whose book on the Kuwait invasion will be released soon.
Veronica Fernandes and many others live today to tell the tales.
Recalling the 'Airlift', Esparansa Barretto, in her short story, 'Nightmare of the Invasion' writes, "We reached India after 9 long days of staying in camps, a journey from Kuwait through Iraq to Jordan. There were heavy showers as our plane landed Mumbai airport. My brother, who was little then, yelled with joy to be heard by everyone, "Look! Our motherland is crying happy tears today to see us back, safe and alive…"


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I wonder if anyone ever created a fix for the agility glitch that causes boost to let your characters skip a turn.
The 2 ways I could think of would be changing the AGI cap from 100 to 82 or (for real uber-mega pro's) to change boost to keep it from boosting the AGL over the cap.
So did anyone ever try this?


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The Cowboys have struggled to run the ball on any down, but their first-down runs have gotten them in holes.
Dallas has had 102 first-and-10 play calls. Jason Garrett called for a run 43 times, but the Cowboys gained only 99 yards on those 43 runs. The Cowboys' 2.30 rushing average per carry on first-and-10 is the second worst in the league next to Arizona (69 carries, 149 yards, 2.16 average).
"It affects everything," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. "It's really important that our players undestand that, and it's a point of emphasis that we make all the time is every play matters. How many possessions do you get in a game? 10? 11? 12? And if one of those is negatively affected by some kind of a penalty or a minus run or a minus play, you just start to limit your opportunity. You're trying to survive the drive instead of thriving, attacking. So we have to do a better job of that. We've done good things on offense this year. We've done a good job managing those situations. We've got to do better. That's an area of improvement we've got to make."
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Atlanta (Metro)-The U.S. Supreme Court is clarifying search-and-seizure rules. Legal expert Royal Oakes says the court ruled that police can enter someone's home without a search warrant if they first knock on the door, identify themselves and believe evidence is being destroyed.
Justices ruled that such actions do not violate constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and evidence seizures. Today's decision is the latest in a series of rulings that strengthen police powers while curtailing the rights of criminal suspects.


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Fearne Cotton's mid-season collection for Very.co.uk has landed online and let's just say there are more than a few Autumn/Winter wardrobe staples in this latest line up.
The 33-year-old television and radio presenter is all about fresh, feminine, edgy style and her new collection for Very.co.uk includes pretty print dresses, ripped boyfriend jeans, chunky knits, studded biker boots and cropped trousers.
Think 17 pieces priced between £29 and £89, think slouchy-cool, statement-making wares to see you through this winter. We've got our eye on the printed long sleeve swing dress (£39), and the yellow frilly jumper (£35).
Love this lady? Watch the behind-the-scenes video of Fearne on set of the shoot here.
The great thing about Fearne is that she's the perfect poster girl for her own designs - she's quirky, cool, and she mixes in it all when it comes to fashion. Modern glam? Check. Vintage? Check. High street? Check.
This collection is spot on if you're looking to update you day wear wardrobe but it also works as evening wear. Just team a print dress, shirt or skirt with a punchy lipstick and a bouffant 'do a la the lady herself.
Take a flick through this gallery to see more looks from Fearne's Autumn/Winter 2014 collection.


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A Tube Hybrid Headphone Amplifier
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I read the above link and thought that it would be nice if I could implement the circuit into a grounded cathode amplifier.
I don't have a working spice model for TINA SPICE, so I could not tell whether the whole circuit works or not. Theoretically, I think it'll work just fine, but I needed confirmation from you guys. :)
The end of this post reveals the schematic.
I did not add any resistor values yet. I think the current schematic is sufficient to show how it'll operate. The values will be added once I have a positive feedback.
Tube stage:
1) 12FK6/12AE6 tubes running in grounded cathode mode. The tube is supplied by a regulated 24VDC supply. The cathode resistor is bypassed with a capacitor to increase gain.
2) Plate voltage will be set to 1/2 voltage supply, which is around 12V. This is achieved by tuning the trimpot.
3) The plate is loaded with a single BJT CCS, with LM336-2.0 voltage reference.
Output Stage:
1) 24VDC supply is split into +12V, -12V and a virtual ground using the TLE2426.
2) The output stage resembles the skezeres VE buffer I posted above, except the bias is done with an active CCS. The MOSFET used is an IRF150
3) Signal is AC coupled using a 0.1uF film capacitor from the tube stage. Using this method, I can avoid using large electrolytics and bypass film caps at the output. This interstage DC decoupling method is very similar to Cavalli Jone's SOHA amplifier.
4) Signal path for the headphone load is exactly the same as the rjm Skezeres VE amplifier. (ground is returned to the output of the "ground channel MOSFET)
Well, my question is pretty simple. Will this circuit work as intended?
Need something to bias the mosfet on. As it is the mosfet is turned off and it will not work.
looking at the RJMaudio link i posted, there was no "voltage divider" to bias the MOSFETS too.
Actually, the whole concept is just to use a tube preamp to drive the above mentioned MOSFET buffer.
I simulated the MOSFET buffer and it actually worked. I no expert, but please do let me know how to do it right lol.
my PSU is ALSO Bipolar. I don't know if TLE2426 that chops the 24VDC into +12V -12V and ground also counts as a bipolar supply?
I suppose that it'll work theoretically?
Thanks, you guys are great.
EDIT: I was kinda confused too when jerluwoo told me there was no forward bias.
The 1Meg ground and -12V part will provide 12V of VGS bias for the MOSFETs right?
I order for the mosfet to be "on", the gate has to be 2-4 volts more positve than the source. If it is using the ccs to bias the mosfet then the output would be sitting somewhere around -3 volts instead of 0 volts. Can't use direct coupling this way and you run out of swing on the negative half before the positive half.
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Attention crab lovers: The crab feed of the year returns Feb. 25.
The Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills hosts its annual crab feed from 6 to 10:30 p.m. at the El Dorado Hills Community Service District gym, 1021 Harvard Way, where guests will enjoy great food, a fabulous silent auction, live music, dance lessons and more.
Tickets are $40 advance $45 at the door and available online at edhcrabfeed.org or at outlets located at the El Dorado Hills Fire Station 85 on Wilson Way, California Welcome Center in Town Center, or at the EDHCSD office. Reserved VIP table sponsorships are available.
The event is a fundraiser for The Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills.
In addition to all-you-can-eat iced Dungeness crab the menu includes fresh garden green salad, French baguettes and pasta with the club's famous red plum tomato basil sauce.
The event's silent auction and raffle will have something for everyone. Make a bid and then enjoy complimentary dance lessons and DJ services provided by AA Music Events. Live music to be provided by award winning jazz combo Over Swing and don't miss the chair massage by Bassil Kamas CMT.
Chartered in 1990, the Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills meets weekly for fun and fellowship and to help fulfill the needs of others at local, regional and international levels.
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* HSCE breaks below 200-day MA for the 1st time since November
* BoJ radical easing triggers HK outflows
* Airlines sector slump as China bird flu fears escalate
By Clement Tan
HONG KONG, April 5 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares tumbled to a four-month low on Friday, led by airlines as fears of a bird flu outbreak sparked a broad selloff, with a benchmark index breaking below a key chart support, pointing at further losses ahead.
Traders said the losses was exacerbated by an exit of funds from the territory following the Bank of Japan's unprecedented aggressive monetary easing announced on Thursday, a day Hong Kong markets were shut for a public holiday.
Mainland China stayed shut on Friday for a public holiday and will resume trading on Monday.
At 0542 GMT, the Hang Seng Index was down 2.6 percent at 21,747.2 points, its lowest since early December.
The China Enterprises Index of the leading Chinese listings in Hong Kong dived 3.1 percent to 10,429.5, breaking below its 200-day moving average, now at about 10,508.9, for the first time since Nov. 21.
Losses in Hong Kong came as Japanese shares jumped to near five-year highs and government bond prices rose sharply, with the long-end of the yield curve inverting as the Tokyo Stock Exchange twice halted trade in Japanese government bond futures.
The two Hong Kong indexes are now down 2.5 and 4.4 percent on the week, respectively. At midday, bourse turnover was at its heaviest in almost two weeks with short selling interest accounting for 10.6 percent of total turnover.
"Everything is combining today to hurt the market," said Alfred Chan, chief dealer at Cheer Pearl Investment in Hong Kong. "The bird flu issue is at the top of people's minds now."
Chinese authorities were slaughtering birds at a poultry market in the financial hub Shanghai as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six on Friday.
The strain does not appear to be transmitted from human to human but authorities in Hong Kong raised a preliminary alert and said they were taking precautions at the airport. Vietnam banned imports of Chinese poultry.
Chinese airlines were among the biggest percentage losers on the day. Air China slumped 12 percent, China Southern Airlines dived 10 percent, while China Eastern Airlines slid almost 8 percent.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways fell 4.2 percent to its lowest since September.
Chinese property stocks slumped after the 21st Century Business Herald newspaper reported on Thursday that about 20 projects in Beijing have been banned from an online property registration system as authorities step up efforts to tighten restrictions on the high-end housing market.
China Resources Land slid 4.8 percent to its lowest in almost two weeks and now down 1.2 percent on the year after surging 69 percent in 2012.
Chinese oil majors were also hit by lower oil prices, which were on course for their biggest weekly decline in a month. CNOOC Ltd and PetroChina each fell 4 percent and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) declined 2.9 percent.


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To go back to the UK or not go back to the UK.. that is the question.(29 Posts)
Would you go back to the UK?
For the first time ever I am considering it after 14 years away. Since separating with ex DH I find I am struggling financially here big time. I work for a company teaching english to adults but the hours are very irregular and I don't have a stable income. I love my job and love my life here. It is all DD's have ever known and they are happy and its normal life for them. But my work prospects are so restricted since my written french is appalling and I don't have the right french diplomas.
Seriously considering going back. The pros are to be nearer family, my parents are getting on so it would be nice to see more of them. (In my current financial situation it is once a year). Also it would be nice to know someone is there to help out if one of the DD's is sick because juggling work and 3 dd's can be difficult. And my choice of job is much more diverse. I have been looking at websites and would like a job in place before, or if, I return and there seems to be more jobs advertised that I can apply for than here.
But feel my life is here and I never envisioned goinging back. But is it just because I am used to it here. The UK seems like the foreign country sometimes. But I am not coping financially. The garderie and cantine bills are crippling me and because my divorce is not final I get no help from the caisse. Some months my parents have had to help me out. If I was in the UK I would have help from family around the corner so childcare costs would diminish and I assume I could claim tax credits. But then that makes me sound like I am going back for benefits!!
Feel if i go back it is all for the wrong reasons and I will regret it later. But it could be the answer to a solution and give me the chance to earn enough to support my dd's
So what would you do? Someone tell me what to do!!!
Problem is after returning "home" after so long is that it is like moving to a foreign country- dont forget to factor in council tax, bills etc as may be more costly than you think.
But I have bills and council tax here too. I suppose I just hope I can earn a better salary in the UK to cover these thing. My job is not badly bad and certainly not min wage but not enough hours. Some months are better than others but how many hours work I get a month is oustide of my control.
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Ex DH has already said he is not opposed to me returning to the UK. He is not French or English and I doubt if he will stay in France but can move countries with his job fairly easily. I am fairly certain he won't stay here so I am not obliged to here.
Where are you Kingrollo?
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Well nothing in writing but I could get a text with confirmation. So what do you think you will do? Will you have problems from your exH if you return with DC? Do you really want to go back?
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I returned to uk a year and a half ago after living 17 years abroad. It's hard and I do miss the life I had. Ironic really as the last few years of living in Italy had me constantly complaining about the country. Grass greener syndrome so be aware of this.
Make sure that your parents are really going to be as helpful as you hope they will be. My mum has helped with some childcare, but only when it suits her, which is a lot more than I ever had in Italy but I can't count on it all the time.
Jobs are abundant but again the pay is not nearly as great as I had been led to believe when researching jobs online and the cost of living is very high here.
I don't know how old your dds are but how do they feel? Luckily my daughter was small so didn't have to contend with her losing touch with friends etc.
there are a lot of opportunities in the uk but you really have to be certain that you Want to move here and for the right reasons.
Good luck with your decision!
KRollo it sounds like you might have a fight on your hands with your exH. Good luck next week with the lawyer. You are right about family links. My parents and sister would be delighted to have me living closer to home and I think it would be good for my DDs. We have no family here in France but some friends who have become like family over the years. Does your DD have a good relationship with her german grandparents? If you have a good job and are generally happy it can be difficult to make a leap into the unknown.
Thanks mama for your words of experience. my dd's are old enough to miss friends and will find the move very difficult. They are used to French schools and think my oldest at 13 will loathe the idea of school uniform! And although they speak English their reading and writing in English will not be up to the standard of other english kids. Although they will be top of the class in french!
Cost of living here is pretty high but housing is less and that is an enormous factor. But unless I double my working hours as only on 12 and half a week and am supposed to have 25 hours the pay is not enough to stay. France is still in a crisis so I am lucky to have a job at all even if not enough hours. I can try to find some private work but again this is unstable and often cancelled at the last moment so is not reliable.
I think my DM would happily help out and has volunteered to pick up DD 2 and 3 (who are 6 and 8) after school but aware she is getting older and don't want to ask too much.
Why did you go back after 17 years? i am not certain that I am considering going back for the right reasons hence my hesitation.
Go home. The girls are young still. They will still adjust easily but leave it another 4 years or so and it's much harder.
Far, what about your medium term security? Pensions? Owning your home? Have you compared the two for that?
Your DC could of go to an international school in the UK, be taught in the French stream, and do IB, I think?
Well the house if for sale here and has been for over for a year. The housing market has completely crashed. I will probably finish with very little and be renting after. But house prices are lower so there is a remote chance here I could buy again in the future. I think my chances are zero in the UK.
Not sure on pensions to be honest. I pay my NI (french equivilent) contributions here but not sure if better in the UK or here.
International schools out of the question. Will be too expensive.
I think my main worry is getting through the next few months. I keep thinking France will recover economically and my hours will recover but I will never be a high earner here. But after 14 years away from my previous work I won't be a high earner in the UK either.
So I think I go back and look for work and have my family around to help out. Or I do anything I can to make money on the side until my work picks up which could take a long time. If I had my 25 hours a week I can just do it and as the girls get older my afterschool and holidaycare costs should go down. And I do like living here. It is my home now.
But on the other hand my family are all elsewhere and i do think it would be nice to have my DM up the road and be able to jump in the car to see my DS. And I am sure it would be good for the girls and give them a little more stability. It is six of one and half a dozen of the other..
We moved to the UK about four months ago after 13 years overseas.
DD had lived in six different countries and gone to six schools. She was fortunate inasmuch International schools tend to have a more 'fluid' student body.
She is the happiest I've ever seen her. She has good friends and, my parents are about two miles away.
Best thing we've ever done.
The point about the schools being transient was that she'd never really been bothered about having a BFF. She was aware that they could all move away at any time unlike your situation.
But why did you go back KLupstairs? Was it for work reasons? Glad it has all worked out and the best thing you have ever done. Do you feel more stable? Like you will not move abroad again?
DD's are very settled in their schools but they haven't known any different. In a way English education can be less rigid than french which is an advantage in some ways.
I am a bit worried they will be too different at school. My youngest DD still mixes the two languages a lot because her vocabulary in english is not great. She usually knows the french word for what she wants to say but not always the english hence this week 'mummy why is is not neige-ing?'. But I assume she would pick up more vocab quickly in a 100% english environment.
I am still looking at jobs and have applied for one but no response. I suppose I should look at the long term effects and differences and do up a pros and cons list
Far my DD is 5 and has two friend who are bilingual....they mix words too....rather than thinking this odd, most of the class think it impressive. The two bilingual girls have different mother tongues to one another and have made up their own hybrid language! They speak together in a mix of French and Turkish which nobody but they can undestand! It causes much admiration from the kids.
We came back for health and work reasons.
I have made my feelings quite clear about the liklihood of us ever living abroad again. Not while I've got breath in my body. TBF, DH isn't keen either.
Far, in your shoes I might be thinking about what is on offer to me aged 50-65 in each country. In many ways, though you are thinking about your DC, this is an issue we all have when we go back t work- how can we best protect our own independence in the 30 something years we have left to retirement?
I don't know what your position would be on healthcare and pensions in France, I guess that might depend on whether you choose to apply for French citizenship.
I also don't know what the benefits systems are like and whether you would have greater protection in the UK or in France.
And I don't know where you have the best opportunity to rebuild your career. From what you say, that might be the UK. Employers here do value fluency in foreign languages. So whether you stay or go, it might be a plan to do something to improve your written French, because it will be saleable in either country.
But those are the three factors I would evaluate in your shoes. Not so much your DCs feelings, because they will change, and there will be stress and whathaveyou either way, that just goes with the teen territory anyway.
As for being different at school, not where I live. The schools are full of kids who speak another language at home and have imperfect English to start with. Many of them have started their schooling in another country. The UK has become a lot more international while you were away. Unless you are planning to move to a very unchanged corner of the country, I'd be surprised if you present the school with anything it hasn't seen before. And lots don't require a school uniform! The French school system is rigid I know. I hope you have a good state school where you are thinking of moving, because otherwise the education might still be better in France. That might be a factor.
Thanks for your replies. Some very good points.
healthcare is free in the UK and not here. Social security covers a minimum but not all. DD's are covered by exH insurance but I don't have one so I am not allowed to be really ill or hospitalised! I think in the UK we would all be allowed to use the NHS as all have British passports etc. But my experience of healthcare here has been very positive and all I hear about from the UK is horror stories in the Daily Mail!
Pension. I have only been back at work a year so have a years worth of contributions in France and no private pension. I have maybe 12 years already paid in the UK so I assume I would add to that if I returned. State pensions pretty dismal here like the UK. So may be better in the UK on that front.
And my choice of work is more open in the UK. I can work on my written but I have not managed to improve it so far. I find written french is very difficult - it is grounded into children here at school.
So on those 3 factors a return to the UK looks more viable for a long term stable future. But I love so many things about being here but I have lots of friends to return to visit I suppose. it is not that far really!
As for schools I can stay with my mother until settled. She lives in Gloucestershire and the local kids where she lives seem ok. Girls across the road went to local schools and on to university which is a good sign.
And just had news that cantine has increased to 5 euro per child per meal. That is 240 euro a month (£200 approx) for my 3. packed lunches do not exist here and I am sure as a single parent in the UK they would be entitled to free school dinners. (again does not exist here, you pay or pick up for lunch which is not possible with my work).
hmmm Will think some more.
Could you not increase your teaching hours by getting some more freelance teaching work? Being dependant on one company for work is not ideal for income.
I still do that a bit working for Captial and Laureat and I did that full time for a year last year. The problem is cancellations.
Lots and lots of people cancel at the last minute or go off on a business trip. So i reserve the time and don't always work. I only get paid if i see them and get a signiture and a ref no. Working full time as this has potential but during July and August I had nobody and no income. As a single parent of 3 I decided I needed something more stable.
Hence my decision to get a contract with one company but kept 2 mornings free for work like that. But my CDII contract has the same problem with irregular work. Admittedly if someone cancels at the last minute with my contract I am still paid but if they tell me next week they are not here I am not paid and I can't fill a couple 2 hours slots alone. formations are for between 20 and 80 hours. If this happens a few times over a month it reduces my monthly revenue
Hi firstly I really admire someone like you who is bringing children up abroad and on her own. It sounds like you are doing a really good job and you obviously have more guts than I have. Your DCs will be benefitting from being bilingual and also the better educational and social provision in France.
I am a single mother bringing up two DCs in London and find it really hard going. Life is very far from being perfect in the UK these days. Good education provision is very patchy (as confirmed by OFSTED today) and I have found that you are expected to be very involved which is difficult if you have to work full time like me. Don't believe anything you may hear about the economy improving. Things are just as bad in the UK as in France and if anything seem to be getting worse. Most of my friends are struggling financially so at least we are all the same boat!! There is lots of work around but mostly very badly paid and by the time you have paid bills and paid for a few things for the children there is nothing left at the end of the month. Wages are definitely not keeping up with inflation. I am lucky that I bought a property before prices went crazy and I see you are thinking of Gloucestershire rather than London. Even so you may find reasonably priced accomodation very hard to find. I also recommend that you check out what you will be entitled to having been out of the UK for so long. You may be unpleasantly surprised.
Obviously you may want to come back to be with family but you may find that they are not as much help as you hoped. With the best will in the world lots of us are incredibly busy and barely have time to sort out our families and homes. I wish I could say things were different but I would recommend that you think long and hard before moving away from France.
Many issues to consider. I came back to the UK after 7 years in the USA.
Wanted to be back with family and old friends.
Found it very, very difficult and still am not convinced I made the right decision.
Children's were 9 and 11 at the time. They coped well. Kids are more flexible then people realise.
I am in Gloucestershire. If you want to send me a private message please do.
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How to gain strength, while losing fat
i'll start off by saying my goal:
-my goal is to be as strong/big as possible while having a really nice 6 pack.
I am 16 years old, 148 pounds 5'10". I've been lifting for a while now and I would say I am somewhat strong for my size and in good shape. However, I want to elevate my strength and weight, but I don't want to gain fat.
From what I researched, it is "impossible" to lose fat and get bigger at the same time because getting bigger requires extra calories and losing fat requires the exact opposite.
I've always been told that the body responds to the demands placed upon it. With that being said, i am willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish my goal. I am dedicated to the pain and suffering of running/lifting.
So does anyone have any suggestions on how to lift/run/eat in order to achieve my goal?
OK. At 16 and only weighing 148 pounds at 5'10" the only thing you should be doing is lifting heavy and getting huge. Don't worry about fat too much. You are at a prime age to pack on muscle. Lose fat later after you put on 50 pounds of muscle. Plus, more muscle will up your metabolism. Read the stickies in this board about bulking and proper diet.
i appreciate your advice, and thinking about it... what you say makes sense.
But how should i incorporate cardio into my workout?
Is there a such thing as too much cardio when trying to gain weight, as long as i eat a lot?
There is absolutely a point of too much cardio. If you really want to incorporate cardio, try doing 20-30 min. of cardio 3 times a week or so. Beyond that you're risking losing some of the muscle you're trying to put on. But first and foremost I agree with Dave - right now, work on lifting like hell and getting big, and the rest will fall in line.
Cradler is right. There is such a thing and that also goes with over workingout or overtraining, as it is called. Just remember that the cardio does not have to be balls out crazy. Sometimes a 20 minute jog is all you'll need from time to time. Remember, rest is just as important as lifting and diet.
I agree with ChinPieceDave and Cradler. Concentrate on getting big and strong and keep the cardio low to grow to your potential. Good luck. :weights:
see i want to be able to weigh 160lbs and bench 150lbs or so.
I'm a goalie in hockey and a tennis player, I need to be lean and quick, I just want to up my strength.
With that being said, how do i get stronger without necessarily getting huge?
lift/eat until you get to the size you want to be. then just maintain.
I used to be a 185-pound wrestler. Then I lifted and got to 220. What I found, though, was that because my legs and back could push so much more weight more explosively, it made me quicker, where I'd expected the reverse. So don't worry about becoming slower if you get big - once your body can lift substantially more than your own bodyweight, you'll find that you are much quicker.
As far as lean - more muscle mass means an upped metabolism. Something to keep in mind.
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Biofertilizers offer alternative means to promoting cultivation of medicinal plants less dependent on chemical fertilizers. Present study was aimed at evaluating the potential of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) Burkholderia gladioli MTCC 10216, B. gladioli MTCC 10217, Enterobacter aerogenes MTCC 10208 and Serratia marcescens MTCC 10238 for utilizing Mussoorie rock phosphate (MRP) to enhance plant growth, and stevioside (ST) and rebaudioside-A (R-A) contents of Stevia rebaudiana. The solubilization of MRP by PSB strains varied from 1.4 to 15.2 μg ml−1, with the highest solubilization by Enterobacter aerogenes 10208. The PSB treatment increased the growth and ST and R-A contents of plants. Plant growth and stevioside contents were more pronounced with plants treated with a mixture of strains and grown in MRP amended soil compared to the unamended soil. The increment in shoot length (47.8%), root length (17.4%), leaf dry weight (164%), stem dry weight (116%), total shoot biomass (136%) resulted in enhanced productivity of ST (291%) and R-A (575%) in plants inoculated with mixture of PSB as compared to the uninoculated plants. The soils of PSB treated plants contained more available P than the soils of uninoculated plants (increase of 86–576%). PSB inoculated plants also recorded higher P content (64–273% increase) compared to uninoculated plants. The PSB strains differed in the extent of rhizosphere colonization, carbon source utilization pattern and whole cell fatty acids methyl esters composition.
KeywordsStevia rebaudiana Stevioside Rebaudioside-A Mussoorie rock phosphate Phosphate solubilizing bacteria FAME
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Twins club Cubs as Diamond cruises
Twins club Cubs as Diamond cruises
Minnesota's lineup batted around and scored six runs on seven hits in the fourth, paving the way for an 11-3 win over Chicago at Target Field. The ninth win in the club's last 11 games also clinched the Twins' fourth consecutive series victory.
Minnesota is averaging 6.4 runs over those nine wins.
"You can tell they're really relaxed," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We feel like we're going to score some runs. We feel like we're going to win games. It's just how and who's going to come up with the big hit. That's kind of how you have to go here. It's got to be somebody different every day."
The big inning started with Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija allowing singles to Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau around a Josh Willingham flyout. Then the Twins blasted the wheels off Samardzija's outing entirely.
Ryan Doumit and Trevor Plouffe both hit doubles, driving in three runs total. Jamey Carroll walked after Brian Dozier's groundout, and Denard Span doubled to right to score Plouffe. Darwin Barney couldn't throw out Ben Revere on a slow roller to second, letting the inning continue as Carroll scored.
That was enough to knock Samardzija out.
"He couldn't command anything, couldn't keep the ball down," Chicago manager Dale Sveum said of his starter. "He went out there without his split. He couldn't put anybody away with any pitch at all today. You hope you have a guy out there to overpower them and put them away and give us a chance, and obviously it got out of hand."
Still, Chicago's switch to reliever Casey Coleman didn't immediately end Minnesota's scoring. Mauer came up again, doubling off the left-center wall for his second hit of the inning, scoring Span. Willingham struck out in the ensuing at-bat to finally end the fourth, but the Twins had expanded their lead from 2-0 to 8-0.
Plouffe added his ninth homer of the year in the fifth to give Minnesota another run. Mauer and Willingham recorded RBI singles in the sixth to tack on two more runs.
Plouffe is hitting .370 through his seven games in June, with four home runs and nine RBIs. He hit .163 before this month.
"I'm just getting myself in better counts and swinging at strikes," Plouffe said. "It's a big part of hitting in general. Just getting into good counts and not chasing pitches. It's the pitcher's job to get you to chase those, and early in the season I was doing that. I've been able to work the count a little more and getting into those hitter's counts."
Scott Diamond threw six scoreless innings to cruise to his team-leading fifth win of the season. The left-hander allowed seven hits and struck out five in his fourth consecutive quality start.
Pitching with a big lead didn't hurt Diamond's cause, either.
"It's a lot easier, that's for sure," he said with a grin. "You can attack early and you don't have to locate as well. I was still trying to just keep the game moving because those innings were pretty long."
Diamond encountered little trouble, but pitched his way out of his biggest jam in the third. He allowed singles to two of Chicago's first three batters, but struck out Starlin Castro and David DeJesus, stranding Reed Johnson and Barney.
Barney scored Chicago's first run in the seventh, crossing home on a groundout after reaching on a single against reliever Jeff Gray. Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer off Gray in the eighth.
Minnesota took a 2-0 lead in the second. Willingham and Morneau opened up the inning with back-to-back singles to left. Samardzija dispatched Doumit via flyout to left, but he threw a wild pitch to Plouffe, letting both runners advance. Willingham scored on Plouffe's groundout to third. Dozier's lined single to right scored Morneau. Dozier was caught stealing second on a strong throw from Steve Clevenger to end the inning.
Jordan Garretson is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In this first episode, Lord Grantham and his family are reading about the sinking of the "Titanic" on 15th April, 1912. Lady Edith makes the passing comment as she looks at the newspaper that "I thought it was supposed to be unsinkable". This is important because many passengers, members of the public and even the hierarchy of The White Star Line who owned the ship believed this to be the case. Brochures and magazines printed at the time carried the words "practically unsinkable", including "Shipbuilder Magazine" which wrote a feature article saying the same. This became folklore and by the time the "Titanic" set out on her maiden voyage, just about everyone believed she could not sink.
Mr. Carson: I understand most of the ladies were taken off in time.
Lord Crawley: You mean the ladies in first class? God help the poor devils below decks. On their way to a better life. What a tragedy.
Violet: I didn't run Downton for thirty years to see it go - lock, stock and barrel to a stranger from God knows where!
Cora: Are we to be friends, then?
Violet: We are allies, my dear, which can be a good deal more effective.
Mr. Bates: (After seeing His Lordship's snuff box collection)Beautiful. Funny, our job, isn't it?
Thomas: What do you mean?
Mr. Bates: The way we live with all this. A pirate's hoard within our reach. But none of it's ours, is it?
Thomas: No, none of it's ours.
Mrs. Hughes: (after seeing Daisy by the fire)Oh, heavens girl. You're building a fire, not inventing it.
Duke of Crowborough: Why did you apologise to that man? It's not his business what we do.
Lady Mary: I always apologise when I'm in the wrong. It's a habit of mine.
(At the home of Mrs Isobel Crawley and her son, Matthew, in Manchester, the maid has just brought in the morning mail.)
Maid: First post, Ma'am.
Isobel: Thank you, Ellen.
(She hands one letter across the table to her son.)
Isobel: One for you.
Matthew: Thank you, Mother. (opens the letter and begins to read it) It's from Lord Grantham.
Isobel: Really? What on earth does he want?
(Matthew looking stunned)
Matthew: He wants to change our lives.
Dowager Countess: Don't you care about Downton?
(Lord Grantham turns, barely containing his anger.)
Lord Grantham: What do you think? I've given my life to Downton. I was born here and I hope to die here. I claim no career beyond the nurture of this house and the estate. It is my third parent and my fourth child. Do I care about it? Yes, I do care!
(Holding her fan up to her face to shield herself from the electric lights in the room.)
Dowager Countess: Such a glare! I feel as though we're on stage at the Gaiety (theatre).
Lord Grantham: We're used to it. I do wish you'd let me install it in the Dower House, it's very convenient. The man who manages the generator could look after yours as well.
Dowager Countess: I could never have electricity in the house. I wouldn't sleep a wink with all those vapours seeping about.
Mary: (looking at her evening dress in the mirror.) Oh, I hate black!
Sybil: It's not for long. Mama says we can go into half-mourning next month and back to colours by September.
Mary: It still seems a lot for a cousin.
Edith: But not a fiance?
Mary: He wasn't really a fiance.
Edith: No? I thought that was what you call a man you're going to marry.
Mary: I was only going to marry him if nothing better turned up.
Sybil: Oh! What a horrid thing to say.
Mary: Don't worry. Edith would have taken him, wouldn't you?
Edith: Yes, I'd have taken him if you'd given me the chance. I'd have taken him like a shot.
Daisy: Seems like a lot of food when you think they're all in mourning. (Surveying the large amount of food that is being prepared for the Crawley family and their guests.)
Mrs Patmore: Nothing makes you hungrier or more tired than grief. When my sister died, God rest her soul, I ate my way through four plates of sandwiches at one sitting and slept round the clock.
Daisy: Did it make you feel better?
Mrs Patmore: Not much, but it passed the time.
Daisy: Why are the papers ironed?
Mrs Patmore: What's it to you?
O'Brien: To dry the ink, silly. We wouldn't want His Lordship's hands to be as black as yours.
The episode won 3 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special.
Even though filming for the outdoor scenes was done in Oxfordshire and showed several landmarks from that area, the Crawley family are actually supposed to live in North Yorkshire and often mention places from that location during dialogue between characters.
The location for the filming of Isobel and Matthew Crawley's house was done in an English village named Bampton, which is in Oxfordshire in the UK.
Sutton's Hospital, located in Charterhouse, London, was the location for the filming of all the hospital scenes in the series.
All the exterior and some of the interior scenes featuring Downton Abbey were shot at Highclere Castle on the Berkshire-Hampshire border near Newbury. The servants' quarters were constructed and filmed at Ealing Studios in London.
Thomas: I can't believe I've been passed over for Long John Silver.
Long John Silver is the central antagonist in the Robert Louis Stevenson novelTreasure Island.As Thomas is referring to Bates when he makes this statement, the reference to an antagonist seems appropriate.


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Wet weather is expected to dampen the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published March 22, 2003
The first day of spring brought a drenching for much of the Tampa Bay area Friday, dumping up to 5 inches of rain.
More wet weather is possible this weekend, with up to a 30 percent chance for rain today and a 50 percent chance on Sunday, said Frank Alsheimer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Ruskin. Skies should clear by Monday.
"This rain is always good, especially considering the drought from 1999 to 2001," he said.
Several areas in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties reported 2 inches or less, but many adjoining locations reported as much as 5 inches.
The heaviest rains were part of a band of weather that moved through the area in the late morning and early afternoon. In Pinellas County, the South Pasadena and Tyrone areas reported about 5 inches of rain.
The rain was blessing for nurseries, golf courses and several other businesses.
Steve Davis, owner of Tampa Wholesale Nursery Inc., in Dover, said he won't have to use his water pumps for the next few days.
And business has been good of late: the cold weather up north has allowed him to make early sales in areas where snow has kept nurseries from growing their crops.
J.C. Tort, owner of Sun City Tree Farm & Nursery in Sun City, said he too is happy to see the wet beginnings of spring because of previous water shortages.
His only problem with the rain? "It just keeps us from doing what we need to do," he said.


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I'm new to programming but have created using my ardunio a program to upload temperatures, humidity and soil resistance to xively. It works fine when I send less than six data streams up to xively but any more than that and the arduino hangs. Is there a maximum size of the feed you can upload or is the array to big for the arduino? I have attached my code below. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks CJ


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Reports that Nicola Cortese handed in his resignation as Saints chairman this morning are false, the Daily Echo has learned.
His position has been the subject of intense speculation since news broke yesterday linking him with a role at Italian giants AC Milan.
Sky Sports News reported this lunchtime that the chairman had handed in his resignation, however sources at Saints have told the Daily Echo Cortese has not resigned.
This morning, the Daily Echo learned how Cortese's relationship with the Liebherr estate has broken down 'irretreivably'.
In the summer Cortese threatened to leave the club in a dispute with the Liebherrs and was previously linked with a move to Italy in January 2010.
- This article was updated at 12.36pm the reflect the confirmation that the reports of the resignation were false.
More on Nicola Cortese:
- The engima that is Nicola Cortese
- Cortese on the brink at Saints
- Is Saints' chairman about to quit?
- AC Milan linked with Nicola Cortese


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ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Dell's board has agreed to an increased offer from founder Michael Dell that would add a special dividend to shareholders.
The Round Rock, Texas, company says a group led by its founder and the investment firm Silver Lake Partners will tack a one-time shareholder payout of 13 cents per share to an offer they made last week to buy the company for $13.75 per share.
Shareholders were scheduled to vote Friday morning on a lower offer to buy the company for $13.65 per share. That vote was postponed.
Shareholders who own the stock as of Aug. 13 will be eligible to vote at a Sept. 12 special meeting on the new deal.


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If china PCs had been hammering my servers for updates to their plagiarized software, I'd have called the CIA to see what to slip in next update. Much more fun but oh so less publicity
Now if they can just figure out a way to get those DLLs to display "The Chinese Government is Oppressing you. Remember the valiant souls who gave their lives trying to earn your freedom at Tienanmen Square!" on all the computer screens in China...
We have 1 of three possible scenarios: 1) The Green Dam developers have fully reverse engineered Cybersitter to the point they can reuse pre-compiled binaries and snippets of code required to call them. 2) Cybersitter's development network has been thoroughly compromized to the point that the Chinese Green Dam developers have fully plagurized another companies proprietary code. 3) Cybersitter has contributed to the development of the Chinese Green Dam and was therefore paid for their effort.
I think the most likely scenario is that someone walked out of Cybersitter, Inc. with a thumb drive full of code. I guess you could call that (2), but I think it's more likely that a contractor (or even offshore development team) pinched the code via copy than a team of black hats in Hunan broke into Cybersitter's servers.
By the way, you might find google's toolbar, which spellchecks, helpful before you compromize and plagurize more posts
It looks more that they took the dll's from a commercial version of Cybersitter and did some limited reverse engineering to get hands on some function calls. I guess they want to save the effort for keeping a pron blacklist up-to-date.
It's not so hard and rather dumb than using devilish haxzor skillz to fully reverse engineer Cybersitter.
Reminds me of when the KGB used to spend a huge chunk of their resources stealing American technology, then slavishly copying it to the tiniest detail, right down to the manufacturers' logos on the dies.
There's something about Communism that eats home-grown innovation alive. . . .
We have 1 of three possible scenarios: 1) The Green Dam developers have fully reverse engineered Cybersitter to the point they can reuse pre-compiled binaries and snippets of code required to call them. 2) Cybersitter's development network has been thoroughly compromized to the point that the Chinese Green Dam developers have fully plagurized another companies proprietary code. 3) Cybersitter has contributed to the development of the Chinese Green Dam and was therefore paid for their effort.
4) Cybersitter developed their code using outsourced labor... that had been outsourced to Shanghai
5) Cybersitted didn't outsource their code, but some of the programmers they hired decided it was easier to hire somebody in Chengdu, so they could just go surfing all day while the person they hired did all the actual work
I don't think the Chinese government cares at all about "checks and balances".. The whole Chinese culture is about getting the cheapest product possible.
Remember the flash games for the Olympics website that were re-skinned ripoffs?
Remember the babies that died from the milk that had a whitening substance in it so they could water it down?
This is the countrie that sells fake eggs. It's like a sausage.. This is the country that sells cardboard with fat and food coloring as hotdogs.
For a 'communist' nation they're pretty hardcore capitalistic.
CCP member and government official "Mister Wang" finds out about a party directive to more directly control internet surfing in one of the "secret" directives often issued by the government to the MII. So he calls his nephew, "Mister Lee," and tells him that if he has a software package that can meet the following requirements (secret list supplied), he will fast track approval for the software and split the revenue (silently, of course...through a foreign bank account). Because after some initial "trial period" the computer companies will be forced to purchase this software. Instant revenue stream. ka-ching (which means "fucking pay me, you laowai clod" in Mandarin)
Unfortunately, Mister Lee has no such software. So he hires some Chinese black hats to grab the code from something resembling the requirements from a foreign company. The foreign company will have zero recourse since Mister Wang is "connected" and the Chinese government tends to wink at this behavior anyway. Since Mister Wang is steamrolling the software through the government's maze of approvals, nobody even bothers to QC the code prior to mandating its use.
With the exception of the surnames, I'm reasonably sure that's EXACTLY how this clusterfuck was perpetrated.
All your code are belong to us. Set us up the firewall....
how can this be called stolen code?
The originators still have it.
And oddly nobody on slashdot is yet pointing this out (unlike what would have happened if a USian were accused of stealing Photoshop, for example.
Is this because it's China doing it?
I THINK THEY SHOULD CONTINUE the policy of not giving a Nobel Prize for paneling. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.