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|Jan 16, 1990
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|May 4, 1987
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|Aug 17, 1984
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|Aaron Jungreis, Dennis Capewell, David G. Luchaco
|Original Assignee
|Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
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|Patent Citations (9), Referenced by (55), Classifications (10), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 642,072 filed Aug. 17, 1984 entitled "High Frequency Gas Discharge Lamp Dimming Ballast", now U.S. Pat. No. 4,663,570.
This invention relates to high frequency gas discharge lamp dimming ballasts, and more particularly relates to a novel control circuit for such devices which enables accurate dimming control at low light output levels. This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Serial No. 642,072 filed Aug. 17, 1984 entitled "High Frequency Gas Discharge Lamp Dimming Ballast" in the names of David Luchaco and Dennis Capewell, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,663,570.
In the circuits disclosed in the above-noted parent application, gas discharge lamp current is indirectly monitored by monitoring the current through a power transistor switch which applies power in a controlled manner to the lamp ballast, rather than by directly monitoring the lamp current. This has the advantage of isolating the current sensing circuitry from the lamp lead wiring so that miswires at the lamp will not defeat the current measuring loop operation which would lead to the destruction of the power transistor.
A disadvantage of this arrangement occurs when the lamp is operated at very low light output, for example at one percent of the full light output of the lamp. Under this condition, the lamp filament current becomes a significant portion of the total current to the lamp load. Therefore, the current through the transistor switch is no longer an accurate measure of the actual arc power in the lamp. By way of example, in a 40 watt lamp the actual lamp arc power when dimmed to one percent of full light will be less than about one-half watt. The lamp filaments, however, require a relatively constant power which is independent of light output and may consume about one watt each. Thus, the total power to the lamp when dimmed to one percent of full light output is about 21/2 watts but only about 20 percent of this contributes to actual light output. If one were to change the power delivered to the lamp from 21/2 watts to 21/4 watts, the actual lamp arc power will be reduced by 50 percent (from 1/2 watt to 1/4 watt). Thus the light output will change by 50 percent due to a change in the transistor switch current of less than 15 percent.
At higher light levels where the arc power is greater than about four watts (10 percent of the total light output of the 40 watt lamp), the distinction between the current measured in the power transistor as compared to the total power to the lamp is relatively unimportant.
This sensitivity to very small variations in the switch current at low dim levels makes it difficult to maintain accurate dimming control at relatively low dim values, for example less than about 10 percent of the full light output. Accurate low end control, however, is necessary, particularly when several lamps near one another are operated from separate dimmers since their visual appearance at low dim may be very different. Moreover, it is desirable to have accurate low dim control to prevent dimming below safe levels.
In accordance with the present invention, a sensor is added to the circuit to sense actual lamp arc current and to apply this information to the transistor control circuit, particularly when the lamp is dimmed to a low level, for example less than 10 percent. This lamp arc current control mode is used at low dim levels and the transistor switch current control mode is used at higher dim values.
The control of the transistor switch in response to the measured lamp current alone was previously known. Thus, control from a lamp current sensor alone is employed in commercial products of Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., the assignee of the present application, namely products which are manufactured and sold under the trademarks "Hi-Lume" and "Hyperion". Such an arrangement is also shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,265,930 to Powell.
In these prior art arrangements there is always a direct connection between the lamp leads and the current sensing loop. Consequently, miswires or inadvertent grounding of lamp leads, can lead to destruction of the power semiconductor devices. The use of a current transformer to isolate the current sensing circuitry from the a-c current in the lamp leads of arrangements such as that of the patent to Powell do not solve the danger of a miswire since miswiring at the lamp leads can cause the loss of the current feedback signal which, in turn, would cause the power device to drive excessive output current to the negative resistance lamp load until it is destroyed.
Further, if a current transformer were used in the prior art arrangement, it would have to be designed to operate properly over the full range of current at which the lamps operate. If this is a large range, such as 100:1 or more, the transformer must provide good accuracy at low currents and must not saturate at high currents. These conflicting requirements can be met only by a large and expensive current transformer design.
These disadvantages of the prior art come about because the same feedback signal is used to both ballast the lamp (control the tendency of its negative resistance to draw excessive current) and to accurately control low end arc current This requires that the range of authority of the control loop be very large with no fallback or safety circuitry to prevent circuit destruction if the single feedback loop is disabled
In accordance with the present invention, there are two feedback loops which produce a combined output to the control circuit. The first is that employing the current sensor directly in series with power transistor or main switch and the second is that measuring the actual lamp current, which is implemented as a trimming loop with a limited range of authority. That is, the range of authority of the lamp current measuring loop is only about 10 percent of the total lamp current. Therefore, even if a miswire occurs in wiring the current transformer and lamp leads to result in a total loss of the current feedback loop from the lamp current measuring equipment, the circuit will still operate safely due to the unhampered feedback loop of the switch current sensor which is still present.
Moreover, the current transformer will be relatively small since it must provide accurate feedback only in the low end of the light control range and can be allowed to saturate at higher currents.
FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of a prior art Hi-Lume dimming device.
FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a control circuit employing transistor switch current sensing.
FIG. 3 shows the output voltage on the filter capacitor of FIG. 2 when the inverter is delivering full lamp output.
FIG. 4 shows the voltage on the filter capacitor of FIG. 2 at reduced lamp power condition.
FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram of an isolated output transformer arrangement employing plural lamps which are forced to share current equally.
FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of a single power switch and electrical drive circuitry therefor.
FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of one novel control circuit of the invention in which inductive isolation is not employed between the switch current sensor and the lamp and in which a low lamp current control signal is added to the control system.
FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram similar to that of FIG. 2 where the novel low current feedback loop is derived from the lamp arc current and is employed to take predominant control of lamp dimming at dimming levels less than about 10 percent.
Referring first to the circuit of FIG. 1, there is shown therein a prior art Hi-Lume electronic ballast which is capable of a wide degree of regulation and which has been manufactured and sold by the assignee of the present invention for many years. The circuit is operated from an a-c source 10, which can be a conventional, commercially available source of voltage, e.g. 110, 220 or 277 volts at 50 or 60 Hz. The output of the source 10 is applied to the conventional single phase full wave bridge connected rectifier 11, which delivers a rectified output across a relatively large filter capacitor 12, which is an electrolytic capacitor. The positive terminal of bridge 11 is also connected to the collector of the schematically illustrated bipolar switching transistor 13, which in turn is connected to the output inductor 14 and gas discharge lamp 15, which can be any desired gas discharge lamp, e.g. a fluorescent lamp. Taps 16 and 17 on the output inductor 14 provide a source of filament voltage for the filaments of the gas discharge lamp 15.
A current sensing resistor 18 is connected in series with the lamp 15 and produces an output voltage which is applied to control circuitry 19. Control circuitry 19 can be of any desired type and receives an input dimming control voltage on leads 20 and 21 which control, in combination with the current sensing resistor 18, the control signal applied to the base of transistor 13 and tends to regulate the output to keep the current through current sensing resistor 18 to a value set by the dimming voltage control signal at lines 20 and 21.
The circuit of FIG. 1 is a relatively simple structure having excellent dimming performance. The circuit uses the simple output inductor 14 as a pulse forming network and the current sensing resistor 18 is in series with the lamp arc current. The control circuitry 19 is arranged to rectify and filter the voltage across resistor 18, which is proportional to lamp arc current. This monitored voltage value is then compared to the dimming control voltage input and the duty cycle of the switching transistor 13 is then adjusted until the lamp arc current is stable at the level commanded by the magnitude of the dimming voltage control applied to leads 20 and 21. The large filter capacitor 12 simply supplies smooth d-c voltage to the inverter portion of the circuit.
The circuit of FIG. 1 employs an accurate servo feedback loop, which results in very stable dimming capability. This, however, is at the expense of a large filter capacitor which reduces the power factor of the circuit. Moreover, the control circuitry 19 is relatively complex in order to provide a stabilized internal servo loop and is relatively expensive. Thus, the entire circuit is relatively expensive, even though only a single power switching device and a relatively simple magnetic structure is used. Miswiring of the lamp leads for the lamp 15 can also result in failures since the leads are directly connected to the power switch 13 and control circuitry 19. Also, the dimming control leads are necessarily referenced directly to the a-c line through the bridge connected rectifier 11. Therefore, there are increased costs since isolation amplifier circuitry and current surge reduction circuitry must be used in conjunction with any significant numbers of the circuits of FIG. 1.
FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a circuit which retains the simple basic structure and excellent dimming performance of the prior art circuit of FIG. 1. However, in FIG. 1 capacitor 12 is about 300 microfarads, whereas in the circuit of FIG. 2 it is about 3 microfarads. Depending on the size of the lamp load, prior art circuits have used capacitances of as low as 35 microfarads, for low lamp loads. However, the invention contemplates the use of capacitance values less than about 30 microfarads, even for high lamp loads.
As further shown in FIG. 2, the output inductor has been replaced by the two winding transformer 30 having a primary winding 31 which is dielectrically isolated from and magnetically coupled to the secondary winding 32. The secondary winding 32 contains the taps 16 and 17 for operating the filament of the gas discharge lamp 15.
The switching transistor 13 in FIG. 2 is then connected in series with winding 31 and in series with the current sensing resistor 18. Significantly, the current sensing resistor 18 of FIG. 2 is connected in series with the transistor 13, rather than in series with the actual lamp current of lamp 15 as in FIG. 1.
A further significant change from the circuit of FIG. 1 is the employment of a standard optoisolator 35 for coupling the input signal at the control input lines 20 and 21 to the control circuitry 19. The optoisolator 35 consists of any conventional internal arrangement, such as a light emitting diode which is optically coupled to, but dielectrically insulated from, a light sensitive transistor, which are the schematically illustrated components in FIG. 2.
The arrangement shown for the lamp 15, which is operated from an isolating transformer 30, permits galvanic isolation of the lamp from the switching circuitry. This precaution practically eliminates the possibility of circuit failure due to miswiring of the lamp leads since such errors can no longer disable the current sensing circuitry, or cause direct shorts to ground from the a-c line.
The filter capacitor 12 is made much smaller in the circuit of FIG. 2 and acts as a high frequency short at the power supply terminals of the a-c line 10. However, the capacitor does not significantly affect the line power factor at full lamp output. Thus, when the inverter is delivering full lamp power, the current drain serves to discharge the capacitor 12 rapidly so that the d-c bus voltage has the typical unfiltered full wave rectified voltage waveform shown in FIG. 3. Thus, there is an excellent line power factor at full lamp output. When, however, the lamp output current is relatively low, the capacitor voltage across capacitor 12 does not follow the line voltage waveform but appears, for example, as shown in FIG. 4. Therefore, at low output levels, power factor is reduced. This, however, has no significant disadvantage at the low current level, and the smoother d-c waveform improves lamp stability and dimming performance at the low end of the dimming range.
As pointed out above, it is also significant in the circuit of FIG. 2 that lamp arc current is not measured by the current sensing resistor 18, as in the case of FIG. 1, but instead the power switch current is measured. This connection removes the current sensing resistor 18 from the lamp terminals and thus helps avoid miswire problems. Moreover, in the circuit of FIG. 2, the power switching device 13 remains on until an upper current limit is exceeded and then turns off and remains off until an internal oscillator (not shown) within the control circuitry 19 turns it back on to start a new cycle.
The circuit of FIG. 2 also provides a control current loop which is inherently stable, provides rapid response and greatly reduces the complexity of the control circuitry. Such rapid response prevents the power switching transistor 13 from exposure to current surges which are above its normal design levels, even under unusual operating conditions such as those caused by miswiring.
The use of the optoisolator 35 permits a more direct connection from the dimming contol leads to the control circuitry 19. Thus, in the past a variable d-c voltage input has been used. The optoisolator 35 permits the use of a variable duty cycle square wave input to the control leads 20 and 21 for more direct control of the system. This, again, allows easier wiring, since multiple ballasts with paralleled control leads no longer need be fed from the same a-c phase line. The optocoupler also provides improved noise immunity for the system.
Multiple lamps can be operated from a single ballast circuit by forcing the multiple lamps to equally share the arc current provided by the ballast. Such a current dividing circuit is shown in FIG. 5, wherein components similar to those of FIG. 2 have been given similar identifying numerals. Thus, in FIG. 5 the nodes 40 and 41 correspond to the nodes 40 and 41 in FIG. 2. A single ballast inductor 42 is connected in parallel with primary windings 43 and 44 of transformers 45 and 46, which have respective secondary windings 47 and 48. The turns ratio of windings 43 and 44 to secondary windings 47 and 48 may be 1:2. Each of windings 47 and 48 is connected to drive two series connected lamps 49-50 and 51-52, respectively. Winding taps 53 and 54 are connected to one filament of each of lamps 49 and 50, and a central winding tap 55 is connected to the other filaments of each of lamps 49 and 50 as shown in FIG. 5. A similar arrangement is provided for transformer 46 and lamps 51 and 52.
It will be observed that any desired number of transformers 45 and 46 could have been used to produce any desired number of lamps in the particular bank described in FIG. 5. Each set of lamps consists of only two lamps in series, thus limiting the maximum voltage necessary in the ballast This method of balancing the current between a plurality of lamps is made possible through the use of the isolated output transformer, and with the remote disposition of the current sensing resistor. Inductor 42 of FIG. 5 acts as a separate energy storage inductor, while the output transformers 45 and 46 carry the same primary current, thus insuring equal division of current between the lamps 49 through 52.
The scheme shown in FIG. 5 requires three separate magnetic elements Thus, the ballast becomes relatively complex, but the ability to force sharing of current between four lamps, instead of two, is very cost effective for the overall unit.
As disclosed in FIG. 6, the single, high voltage switching device 18 can be formed of a high voltage NPN transistor 70, which is connected in series with a low voltage power MOSFET 7. These components are connected in the well-known cascode circuit arrangement. The NPN transistor 70 may be a type MJE 13007A (Motorola) device and the MOSFET 71 may be a BUZ 71 (Siemens) device. The bipolar transistor 70 produces the necessary high voltage withstandability required for the switch 13, while the MOSFET 71 provides the desirable high speed operation for the device.
A control circuit is also employed in FIG. 6, which insures cooperation in the operation of transistors 70 and 71, while avoiding second breakdown of the bipolar transistor 70. Thus, a current transformer 72 is provided, which has 24 turns on a ferrite core. A four turn tap section 73 is connected in series between the emitter of transistor 70 and the drain of transistor 71 as shown. The remainder of the winding is then connected to the base of transistor 70. A Zener diode is then connected between the base of transistor 70 and the source of transistor 71 as shown. The control circuit 19 of FIG. 2, for example, is then connected to the gate of MOSFET 71 in order to switch on and off the switching structure 13. Resistor 74 is connected between the base and collector terminals of bipolar transistor 70.
In operation, assuming that the switch 13 is in conduction and a signal is produced to turn off the switch 13, the MOSFET 71 shuts off extremely rapidly, thereby causing a sharp drop in the emitter current of the bipolar transistor 70. The bipolar collector current which still flows during turn off will pass through the Zener diode and to the source lead of the MOSFET to fully turn off bipolar transistor 70. Thus, high speed turn off can be obtained while the MOSFET is still well protected.
Note that during conduction of the switch 13, emitter current passes through the four turn section 73 of transformer 72. Consequently, transformer 72 acts as a current transformer and forces one-fifth of the full emitter current into the base thereby generating the base drive for transistor 70. The ferrite core will be designed so that it will not saturate during this operation.
As a result, the above described circuit of FIG. 6 acts to provide high speed turn off and is very easy to drive. Moreover, second breakdown of the bipolar transistor 70 is prevented to make the bipolar transistor more rugged.
If the switch 13 is not conducting and a signal is applied to the gate of MOSFET 71 to initiate conduction, resistor 74 supplies a small amount of base current to cause bipolar transistor 70 to begin to conduct. The emitter current of transistor 70 then flows through section 73 of transformer 72, forcing the bipolar transistor 70 into full conduction as described previously.
FIG. 7 shows one circuit of the invention which is similar to that of FIG. 2 and similar components have been given the same identifying numeral. In FIG. 7, however, the two winding transformer 30 of FIG. 2 has been removed and the lamp 15 is coupled to the output d-c voltage of the bridge 11 through energy storage inductor 90 and d-c isolation capacitor 91. Another transformer 14, similar to that of prior art FIG. 1, is added to provide taps 16 and 17 which heat the filaments of the tube 15. The novel circuit of FIG. 7 employs the current sensor 18 directly in series with transistor 13, except there is no inductive isolation of the current sensor 18 from the lamp leads. With this exception, the novel circuit may drive control circuit 19 in exactly the same manner as was described in connection with the circuit of FIG. 2.
Also shown in FIG. 7 is a low resistance shunt 100 directly in series with and monitoring the current Ilamp which is the actual arc current of lamp 15. The output of low resistance shunt 100 and the output of current sensor 18 are combined in signal combiner 101. Signal combiner 101 may be a simple summing circuit with appropriate weighting functions for the signals from low resistance shunt 100 and current sensor 18, respectively. Therefore, when lamp current is low, the shunt 100 provides a predominating signal to the control circuit 19 to control the dimming of lamp 15 predominantly in response to the actual measured lamp current rather than only the current through the transistor 13 which is measured by the resistor 18.
By controlling the system at low light levels predominantly from the actual lamp current, the control is relatively unaffected by the difference between the transistor current and the lamp current due to the heater currents which are drawn by heater winding taps 16 and 17.
FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of the present invention in which a novel current transformer 110 is added to the circuit of FIG. 2 in order to measure accurately the exact lamp current which flows at low light output of the lamp 15. Current transformer 110 employs, as its primary winding, the leads extending from tap 17 to the lower filament. Its secondary winding can have as many turns as is desired.
The output of current transformer 110 is applied to the signal combiner circuit 101 which operates as described above so that when the lamp current is at a value less than about 10 percent of its value at full light output the output of shunt 110 plays the predominant role in controlling control circuit 19. Note that a miswire in the low current monitoring circuits 110 and 101 will not destroy lamp 15 or transistor 13 since as the current through the negative resistance load 15 increases, the current sensor feedback loop employing resistor 18 will take control and prevent destruction of the switch 13. Moreover, the current transformer 110 is a relatively small current transformer designed for high accuracy at low current and can be permitted to saturate at higher current values.
Although the present invention has been described in connection with preferred embodiments thereof, many variations and modifications will now become apparent to those skilled in the art. It is preferred therefore, that the present invention be limited not by the specific disclosure herein, but only by the appended claims.
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I understand your concern regarding the possibility that there would be a tax on e-mail, but I am pleased to be able to tell you that no such proposal is even pending. The best proof of the non-existence of this proposal is the form some people have alleged that it is taking: a bill pending in Congress called 602P. In fact, there is no such bill. There is no such number. The form 602P apparently refers to the form in which legislation is proposed in the Parliament of Canada. In the United States, bills are called either S.602 or H.R.602, standing obviously for Senate or House of Representatives. And I assure you that neither S.602 nor H.R.602 have anything to do with the Internet tax.
Apparently for reasons I cannot understand, someone has decided it would be fun to create an entirely false rumor about an Internet tax and get people agitated. I understand why people would be agitated, because such a tax would be outrageous, and in fact it would be so outrageous that there is zero chance of it being imposed. Note that the supposed author of this non-existent bill -- a Congressman named Tony Schnell -- is himself non-existent. No such person now serves in Congress. So I cannot promise you to vote against the bill, because no bill will exist to vote on, but I can promise you that I will vote against any effort to impose an e-mail tax if one is put forward, and I can also promise you that no such proposal will ever surface or be taken seriously if it does.


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STORRS, Conn. — Kim Barnes Arico and her St. John's Red Storm ended two incredible UConn streaks and years of frustration with one shocking victory.
Shenneika Smith's 3-pointer from the wing with 8 seconds left lifted St. John's to a 57-56 win over No. 2 Connecticut on Saturday night, snapping the Huskies' 99-game home court winning streak. It was the Huskies' first home loss to an unranked opponent in nearly 19 years.
"It's truly unbelievable," Barnes Arico said. "There aren't many teams that can say they beat UConn in this place and now we're one of them."
St. John's became only the fifth team to win at Storrs since 1993, joining Tennessee, Georgia, Notre Dame and Rutgers. The Red Storm, who have won seven of their past eight games – the lone loss coming to then-No. 2 Notre Dame – haven't had much success anywhere against the Huskies. They lost the previous 27 meetings since a home victory over the Huskies in 1993.
Trailing by two with 16 seconds left, Nadirah McKenith drove the lane and kicked it out to Smith, who hit the 3 to give the Red Storm (18-8, 10-3 Big East) the lead.
UConn (24-3, 11-2) had one final chance, but Bria Hartley's 3-point attempt from the corner was short.
The Huskies last lost at home on March 6, 2007, falling to Rutgers in the Big East championship game. The NCAA counts the Huskies' postseason games in Hartford and Storrs as home games.
In Waco, Texas, Brittney Griner had 18 points, 14 rebounds and matched a career high with five assists as Baylor (27-0, 14-0) overcame one of its worst extended stretches of bad play all season to beat Texas Tech (17-9, 5-9 to clinch at least a share of the Big 12 title.
In Eugene, Ore., Joslyn Tinkle scored 19 points, All-American Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Stanford (24-1, 15-0) routed Oregon (14-13, 6-9) to clinch the inaugural Pac-12 title.
The Cardinal have won 12 consecutive conference titles and 21 since Tara VanDerveer became the coach in 1985.


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These days when we say businesses started out of the trunk of a car, we're often talking about our Web 2.0 friends, but apparently those stories happen in the federal space as well. On Friday we met Raymond Roberts, a serial entrepreneur who's built Chantilly-based Citizant into a 130-person bootstrap likely to receive SEI CMMI Level 3 certification (we take his word for these acronyms) later this month and pass $20 million in revenue this year.
Raymond founded the company in 1999 with Alba Aleman, a former co-worker at TI. They're currently working with HUD on the National Housing Locator System that finds temporary housing for people displaced during natural disasters. Raymond also tells us the company's working with the Navy keeping track of supply shipments. "We're not looking for quick growth and to sell. We're looking to build the next giant through patience and smart growth." That plan's so crazy, it just might work.
Raymond grew up in Chelmsford, Ontario, a mining town built on a meteorite impact crater so desolate that Apollo astronauts practiced their moonwalk before going into space. "You can guess there was not a whole lot to do." Raymond left town for the University of Waterloo, founded two companies and came to D.C. with TI before starting two more. The father of one would rather be skiing and lists Andorra, sandwiched between France and Spain, as his favorite destination.
Mantech CEO George Pedersen and Wachovia Capital Markets (or do we call them CitiFargo?) analyst Ed Caso at their annual federal M&A outlook executive briefing last week at Tysons Ritz. More than 300 government contractors heard George — ever the optimist — decree that federal opportunities will not decline in '09 despite the country's economic troubles.
Call up Disney, we've got their next screenplay. Dr. Kim Brown made a unique move up the Amethyst Technologies career ladder, going from intern to employee to owner. While at UMD, she interned at Cell Systems and worked nine years before putting together her own funds last year to take control (and change the name) of the 10-person outfit. Based at the Maryland-Baltimore County tech incubator, the company specializes in validating medical clean rooms, like the one at Walter Reed, to meet federal compliance standards. Kim says she's always working, but we hear she's also a mean cook.
NVTC and iStrategy Labs just announced Twin Tech III will be held Jan. 22 at a yet to be determined location, where you can meet up with the likes of NVTC staffers Nicole Numbers (sounds like one of Tony Soprano's henchmen), Allison Glatfelter, Catherine Spoehr and David Baker shown here at the last Twin Tech party. The organizers are hoping for 2,000 attendees, so we're guessing Twin Tech IV will need to be held on the National Mall.
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Playing ball was supposed to be the easy part for Chris Webber. During games, he would redeem himself after a season of heartache, turmoil and embarrassment. All of his misdeeds would be washed away by a jump shot here, a blocked shot there and more runaway victories for the Kings.
But since returning to Sacramento's lineup March 2, things have only gotten worse.
With Webber sidelined for the first 58 games by a knee injury and league-mandated suspensions for lying to a grand jury and violating the N.B.A.'s drug policy, the Kings bolted to the best record in the league. Since his comeback, they have been somewhere between mediocre and awful.
Accumulating a 43-15 mark without Webber -- then winning when he sat out March 7 for precautionary reasons -- the Kings are 8-8 with him. They have lost four of their past five games by an average of more than 15 points, and the Kings' home crowd, renowned for its raucous support of the club, has booed him twice in his seven games at Arco Arena.
An article in The Sacramento Bee last Sunday reported that Webber might ask for a trade if the poor treatment by fans persisted, though it did not quote him as saying so. Webber was cheered the next game at Arco during a victory over Washington, but the Kings' slide continued with consecutive losses at San Antonio and Dallas.
It has gotten so bad that the Kings considered last Thursday's 127-117 loss to Dallas a moral victory because they cut into what had been a 27-point deficit.Continue reading the main story
There are rumblings that the Kings' ball movement has slowed because Webber holds the ball too much. But three executives with teams that have recently played the Kings said it was foolish to think Sacramento was better without Webber.
Although he may hold the ball, as do all players with proficient back-to-the-basket games, the three executives noted that Webber's strong passing skills should keep Sacramento's offense fluid. They see a problem that has to do with health, not harmony.
''Chris isn't 100 percent physically,'' Portland General Manager John Nash said. ''You can see that. When he first came back, he was noticeably dragging his leg. He doesn't have the lift.''
Webber's lack of explosiveness is apparent. Even though his statistics are solid (18.4 points, 9 rebounds, 4.9 assists), he is shooting only 41.7 percent, and he has not been able to shoot over big men down low. The Kings, averaging 104.5 points without him, are averaging 99.9 since his return.
On defense, where Webber was expected to provide the most help, his rotations have been slow and he is no longer a threat to block shots. Sacramento has allowed 101.5 points a game with Webber, compared with 97.2 without him. The Kings hope he will work himself back into game shape with more playing time. Coach Rick Adelman has left Webber on the floor for nearly 35 minutes a game.
''I applaud Rick Adelman for recognizing that the best way to get him ready for the playoffs is to get him as much court time as possible,'' Nash said.
Webber's frustration boiled over when he chastised the Kings in the locker room for their lackadaisical approach after Wednesday's home loss to San Antonio. Though it is true the Kings may be better during a given quarter or game without him, the common opinion is that Webber is a must for them to contend for a title.
''It just takes time to integrate a player on a team, particularly one that's going as well as they were and a player that commands as much attention as Webber does,'' Seattle's president, Wally Walker, said. ''Come playoff time, I'd be surprised if they are not much better off with Chris.''
Stern Pushes Farm-Team Plan
Commissioner David Stern has recently been advocating the expansion of the six-team National Basketball Developmental League into a 15-team farm system similar to that of Major League Baseball. Stern said the idea stemmed from conversations with players, general managers and coaches.
''I'm hearing more and more that there's a need for a place where youngsters in the early years of a contract can get regular playing time under the right type of instruction and supervision,'' Stern said.
In such a league, players like Darko Milicic, Nikoloz Tskitishvili and Jonathan Bender could gain valuable game experience rather than sit on the bench trying to develop through the N.B.A.'s sparse regular-season practice schedule. Under a 15-team format, two clubs in the N.B.A., which will expand to 30 teams next season, would share one minor league team, and clubs could send young players or veterans (on a voluntary basis) working their way back from injury down to the N.B.D.L.
Stern would not want the league to become an alternative to college. That is why the N.B.D.L. has a minimum age of 20, though younger players who declare for the draft are allowed to compete in the league. The same would hold true for the expanded version.
''We put in the age requirement because we didn't want to encourage kids not to go to college,'' he said. ''But if they didn't go to college on the thought that they would make it into the N.B.A. and instead didn't make the cut, we didn't think it fair to keep them out.''
Stern said a realistic timetable would be 2005-6 at the earliest, but he acknowledged that the plan was more in the theory stage and that moving forward would require an agreement from the players union.
Billy Hunter, president of the union, said, ''We are adamantly and fundamentally opposed to any alignment with the N.B.D.L. that impacts N.B.A. players, especially any system that allows teams to transfer players from N.B.A. rosters to N.B.D.L. teams.''
Fewer 25-Point Averages
Unless Peja Stojakovic or Kevin Garnett goes on a scoring spree, this will become the first season since 1957-58 that only one player averages 25 points or more a game. Tracy McGrady, out for the rest of the season with a knee injury, has locked up his second straight scoring title with a 28-point average.
Stojakovic entered the weekend second, averaging 24.6, and Garnett was at 24.4.
For the past 46 years, no fewer than two players have averaged 25 points or more in a season. Only twice did only two players reach that standard, in 1968-69 and during the lockout-shortened season of 1998-99. In 1971-72, a league-record 10 players averaged at least 25 points.
Six players eclipsed 25 points a game last season, and their reasons for falling this season are varied. Allen Iverson has averaged 26.4 points, but injuries have limited him to 48 games and he will not meet the league requirements of 70 games played or 1,400 points scored. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal have had to share the ball more because of the additions of Karl Malone and Gary Payton. Defenses have concentrated on Paul Pierce since the departure of Antoine Walker. And Dirk Nowitzki's average declined because Walker and Antawn Jamison joined Dallas's lineup.
Mavericks Proven Prescient
The Mavericks might have disrupted team chemistry and bumbled by trading Nick Van Exel and adding Antoine Walker and Antawn Jamison to a high-powered lineup, but their work at last summer's draft was magnificent.
The Mavericks snagged Josh Howard, who has started for much of the season, with the last pick of the first round. Then they signed Marquis Daniels, a senior out of Auburn, as a free agent immediately after the draft.
Earlier in the season, Howard shamed those who bypassed him; Daniels has had his time to excel lately. Athletic and versatile at 6 feet 6 inches, Daniels averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2 steals while starting four games -- three of them victories -- entering the weekend.Continue reading the main story


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Can LinuxShield identify known rootkits
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No idea about your specific question. What I have used in the past to check for rootkits is chkrootkit - http://www.chkrootkit.org/
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I just needed to know if LinuxShield could be configured to look for known rootkits. I have tested RKHunter and it will do the trick. However, my customer would prefer LinuxShield and I was just trying to gather as many facts as possible for them. I will check out chkrootkit and thank you for the quick reply.


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Referred by my GP to this hospital. After a 3 month wait for an appointment today was finally the day to head out on a 3 hour round-trip to Roehampton. Upon arriving the receptionist told me my appointment had been cancelled and there was no consultant available! Apparently "someone should have been trying to contact me" but of course no one had. I was then told the next available appointment would be in 2 months time. At that point I walked out of the hospital in discust. I am absolutely fuming. Not only have I taken a day out of work to travel 3 hours for my appointment but I now have to wait another 2 months. I understand the NHS is under strain but this is completely unacceptable. Alas... I am sure absolutely nothing will be done to make this up to me and I'll just have to suck it up :(
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There seems to be no end to bad financial news for law firms: Demand is flat, revenue growth is expected to fall short of last year's small gains, billable hours and realization rates are down and costs are rising.
And judging from law firms' recruitment for their 2013 summer class, no one is expecting the landscape to change dramatically anytime soon. An informal survey of 11 Am Law 200 firms conducted by The Recorder found that the appetite for summer associates has shrunk by nearly 40 percent from 2007. For law students, the good news is that recruitment seems to have stabilized. The good news for firms is that with smaller class sizes, it's much easier than in the boom days to get the pick of the litter.
Most of the firms will welcome Bay Area summer classes next year of about the same size as in 2012.
But several firms did diverge from last year's precedent. An above-average acceptance rate yielded an abnormally large 2012 class of 43 summer associates in the region for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, law school recruiting manager Stacy Trzesniewski said. The firm's Bay Area class for the coming summer will be about half that size.
Jones Day, meanwhile, is doubling down. To power its plans for expansion in California, the firm hired 44 percent more summer associates than last year in the Bay Area, said Robert Mittelstaedt, partner in charge of the San Francisco office. As many of its competitors are retrenching, the firm sees a chance to claim a greater share of the talent pool, Mittelstaedt said.
"We think we will grow in the future as much as we have in the past, and we want to be ready for it," he said. "We have a hard time passing up good talent."
Yet even a firm set on growth like Jones Day is hiring far fewer summer associates than it did before the recession. And most firms have slashed their recruitment further. Among the 11 firms surveyed, summer hiring has fallen by 38 percent on average from 2007 to 2013, which is consistent with nationwide statistics.
And for some firms, the decline was even steeper. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman will have seven associates in its Bay Area offices in 2013, less than a third of the 25 it recruited for summer 2007. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe will have 17 summer associates in the region in 2013, a 59 percent decline from the 41 it brought on board for 2007.
Anemic recruiting was among the factors that led the National Association for Law Placement to deem 2011 the worst entry-level job market in more than 30 years. Although it is too soon to produce statistics for fall 2012, NALP executive director James Leipold said he expects the volume of hiring done by firms to be "flat to a slight uptick" compared to last year.
Powered by demand for legal services in Silicon Valley, the Bay Area appears to be marginally outperforming other markets, Leipold noted. Career development officials at UC-Hastings, UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis and Santa Clara University said they saw a slight uptick in the number of employers who came to campus for formal recruitment.
Because summer associate posts typically translate to job offers, the shrunken class sizes reflect firms' concerns about future demand for legal services, Leipold said.
Law firms made similar cuts to their summer programs after previous recessions. But this time, the downturn is not the only culprit, said law professor William Henderson, noting that the number of people employed in the legal sector peaked in 2004 and has been falling ever since. Outsourcing and automation have eliminated much of the work that new associates did in the first place, he added.
"It's a perfect storm to sabotage entry-level hiring," said Henderson, who directs the Center on the Global Legal Profession at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law. "It came back before, but I just don't think that'll happen this time around."
The legal marketplace may be in turmoil, but there's always a silver lining — at least for hiring partners. With fewer spots to fill, firms can confine their searches to the top students at the top law schools.
"It's definitely a buyer's market right now," said partner Jahmal Davis, who manages recruitment for Hanson Bridgett, which hired three associates for next summer, down from eight in 2007.
Since the recession, Orrick has aggressively pursued clerks in the Supreme Court and the circuit courts, said partner Stephen Venuto, who handles on-campus recruitment for the firm. Those candidates now make up about a quarter of the firm's new hires.
"Clerks can command respect right away," Venuto said.
Not only can firms afford to be more selective, they need to be: Students today are more likely to accept an offer — and more likely to stick around for years.
"We're hiring for keeps the first time," said Hanson Bridgett's Davis.
When firms' demand for top students exceeded the supply, as in 2006 and 2007, nearly a third of summer associates declined jobs to entertain more offers in their third year of law school, NALP's Leipold said. Now that the market for third-year students has disappeared, approximately 85 percent of summer associates accept their job offers, he noted.
"Now, when I offer summer associate positions to 10 students, I'm expecting all 10 to accept and stay," said Venuto. "I'm much happier with the way recruiting has been working out."
Before the recession, it was common for an associate to leave within a few years of joining a firm, Leipold said. That attrition has virtually evaporated.
In this economic climate, firms are less patient as young lawyers gain experience and clout. Clients enjoy greater bargaining power after the recession, and many are unwilling to pay for work done by first- and second-year associates. And it's much easier to hire lateral associates, trained elsewhere, should the need arise.
Orrick's hiring of summer associates in the Bay Area is slowly rebounding with the economy, Venuto said, but summer associates account for a smaller share of the firm's new hires than in past years.
Wheeling, W.Va., is one place where Orrick's associates are growing in numbers, Venuto noted. The low cost of living there — and the creation of a tier of nonpartner-track, low-salaried lawyers — enables the firm to bill lower rates.
"Some companies don't want to pay for a first-year associate to do their work," he said. "But they will pay for a first-year in Wheeling to do it."
Clients' demands give firms all the more reason to prioritize lateral hires over organic growth. And students are feeling the strategy's effects.
Sari Zimmerman, assistant dean for the Office of Career and Professional Development at UC-Hastings, said about 20 percent of students find their jobs through the on-campus interview process today. Twice as many did at the peak of the market.
"I've heard some career services professionals say that OCI is dying," said Indiana University's Henderson. "For schools outside the top tier, it is becoming a smaller and smaller avenue to place students."
Some firms seem to have forgotten that laterals have to get their start somewhere. Today, many law school graduates "aren't getting the chance to turn into midlevel associates," Henderson said. "It's going to cause law firms some pain in the future because they won't have the talent developed."
Opportunities have not dwindled for candidates at the top of their classes. The students with the highest GPAs at UC-Berkeley School of Law still receive eight to 10 offers for the summer, as they did before the recession, said Terrence Galligan, assistant dean of career development at UC-Berkeley.
"Even if the market were to shrink more, I don't think that would change," he said.
Galligan noted that he has heard some law firms discuss retooling recruitment to emphasize candidates' personalities. But that seems to be just talk for now.
Looking good on paper is as important today as ever. To cut costs in recent years, Littler Mendelson has limited its participation in on-campus recruitment at most law schools to resume collection, said Karen Herz, senior director for attorney development and recruiting.
The battle for talent forced firms to change their ways for a time. To reach their quotas for summer associates prior to the recession, firms recruited at law schools they had never visited before and reached further down into classes, Leipold noted. That is no longer necessary.
"They're able to go back to their bad habits," Leipold said.
That leaves a lot of would-be lawyers out in the cold.
Andre Krammer, a third-year student with a Ph.D in physics on a four-year track at Santa Clara University School of Law, said he saw the same small group of students at his interviews with various firms during on-campus recruiting. He said he was one of just a few of his friends who landed summer associate positions through the on-campus process.
"They are disappointed because it is expected that you get a summer position through OCI," he said. "And now they are kind of scrambling to find other venues."
Krammer noted that all of his friends who are in the last years of their programs have lined up employment for after graduation, though some will not be taking the Big Law jobs that they envisioned when they enrolled.
Susman Godfrey associate Patrick Bageant went through OCI at UC-Berkeley in fall 2008, just before the balance of power shifted. Firms were still bullish about the market and recruiting large classes. In conversations with partners, the collapse of Lehman Bros. was just an icebreaker, he recalled.
Though Bageant graduated from UC-Berkeley in 2010, he still moderates Nuts & Boalts, a blog where students document their experiences during OCI. He is amazed by how much the process has changed since he went through it. But each year, he sees students wising up to the market.
"There's just as much hand wringing," he said, "but less of a sense of personal rejection if it doesn't work out."


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'Aladdin' Musical Broadway-Bound in 2014: It's a Whole New World!
Disney's Aladdin is getting a new fantastic point of view: from the Broadway stage, starting in 2014. A full-length musical version of the hit animated movie is scheduled to take up residency at the New Amsterdam Theatre in spring of next year.
Other versions of the musical have been staged over the years, but this will be a brand-new script with an entire full-length musical's worth of songs. Before you start squawking like Iago, movie purists, please exhale a sigh of relief: All five songs from the movie — "Arabian Nights," "Friend Like Me," "One Jump Ahead," "Prince Ali," and "A Whole New World" — will be included in the stage show.
According to a press release, the new, two-act musical will feature music by Alan Menken; lyrics by the late Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Chad Begueiln, and a book by Begueiln. The Broadway show will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, and will run previews in Toronto from November 2013 to January 2014.
In case you're in the mood to feel old today, we're here to remind you that Aladdin opened more than 20 years ago. The 1992 hit grossed more than $500 million worldwide, and that's not even taking inflation into account. It also won an Oscar for Best Original Score and another for Best Original Song ("A Whole New World," duh).
Because you're going to have these songs stuck in your head for the next three days anyway, here are the five (amazing) songs from the (best) '90s Disney hit.
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Atlanta is paving the way for driverless vehicles. According to our partners at the Atlanta business chronicle, The city wants to install roadside features like cameras, road sensors, parking meters and traffic lights that can communicate with each other as well as the vehicles on the road.
The project is slated for the stretch of North Avenue between the Georgia tech campus and ponce city market.
It would be an integral part in Atlanta's development as a "Smart City". The city hopes to become a leader in driverless cars and vehicle to infrastructure communication. The business chronicle also reports that Atlanta is already looking for industry partners. Luckily, they may not have to look far, as major companies like u-p-s, home depot and now Mercedes Benz and Porsche cars North America call the ATL home. READ MORE
And if you ever worry about where your luggage is when you fly, Delta now has an app for that. The fly delta mobile app has been updated to include a luggage tracking app. The bags will carry an RFID tag that allows customers to see the last known location on a map as it winds its way from the departure gate to the belly of the plane to the baggage carousel. READ MORE
Georgia tech recently announced the creation of a major regional energy center. The center will study how energy policy and innovation intersect in the southeast and plans to utilize experts from universities, think tanks, businesses, non-profits and research facilities. READ MORE
Georgia tech has also received a $4.6 million dollar grant to improve the lives of people living with a disability through wireless technology. The u-s department of health awarded the funds to tech's center for advanced communications policy to study how wireless technology can be used by those with disabilities for greater employment opportunities, social connections and community involvement. READ MORE
And Kennesaw State University will receive $900,000 dollars in grant money. The National Science Foundation awarded the funds to improve minority performance and success in KSU Stem Degree programs. With the grant money minority undergrads can work with top scientists to support their efforts to get into grad schools. READ MORE
A new incubator is now open in Peachtree Corners. Beyond office and maker space, prototype prime will also provide mentors, venture capitalists, service providers and an educational series.
ATDC and the city of Peachtree Corners combined their efforts to launch prototype prime along with co-founders Sanhay Parekh and mayor Mike Mason. READ MORE
Duluth has will soon have a new engineering and innovation center. Envistacom will use the facility to research and develop communications and counter-terrorism technology to meet national security requirements. Envistacom is a major supplier of communications technology to the US military and also provides cybersecurity services. READ MORE
The Burson Center Incubator in Carrollton is getting their own innovation lab. The Tinker's Box will be a tech-based maker-space focusing on robotics, electronics and computer applications. The Tinker's Box is set to open next June. READ MORE
And several Georgia companies made this year's list of top one-hundred FinTech forward companies according to American Banker and BAI. READ MORE
Top 100 Technology Providers from GA
8. NCR – Duluth, GA
9. Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS) – Columbus, GA
18. Equifax – Atlanta, GA
78. TransCentra – Norcross, GA
Top 25 Enterprise Companies
21. First Data Corporation – Atlanta, GA
The Technology Association of Georgia is looking for volunteers in the tech community to give back with a day of service. Tag is partnering with the United Way of Greater Atlanta to help med-share and books for Africa.Tag is signing up volunteers to help gather and organize medical and educational supplies on November 11th and send those supplies around the world. If you'd like to help, click here.
Finally, we want to remind you about GSMA Mobility Live!
It's happening November first and second at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Tickets are still available for 175 dollars.
You can register here. For a 15% discount, just type in PROMO CODE: MOBILITY15.
In this week's interview, Titania Jordan sits down with Secretary of State Brian Kemp to talk about the security of Georgia's voting machines.
3Ci President Rob MacLane talks with Patrick Kinsella, the VP of Technology & Transformation at Onepath about their mission as a "Cable to Cloud" company, plans for the future and recent Excalibur Award win.


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Friday 12 September 2003
The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians. Below is the program summary with links to transcripts and audio (if available).
The Israeli Security Cabinet has decided, in principle, to remove Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority Chairman. Mr Arafat is the elected leader of the Palestinians, who 10 years ago this Sunday, made peace with Israel in an historic moment on the lawns of the White House in Washington. A good deal has changed over the past decade.
To assess the implications of the Israeli decision, in principle, to remove Yasser Arafat from his headquarters in Ramallah, The World Today is joined now by Dr Andrew Vincent, who's a senior lecturer in Middle East politics at Macquarie University in Sydney.
The Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, has indicated that he'll visit the Middle East next week, and he'll meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders, and a short time ago, the Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, spoke to Alexandra Kirk about the Israeli Cabinet's in principle decision to remove Yasser Arafat.
American ally, Pakistan, is often accused of not doing enough to capture bin Laden. Most agree bin Laden is now hiding in the mountainous and lawless border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, but Islamabad appears unwilling or unable to catch him. Many Americans say the hundreds of millions of dollars in US aid flowing to Pakistan should be incentive enough for the Pakistani military to do more to capture the elusive al-Qaeda leader.
While the world's attention is focused on the two-year anniversary of the September 11th attacks, some Australians are calling for the recognition of another anniversary - one in which Australia apparently played an ugly role. Thirty years ago this week, the left-wing Chilean government of President Allende was removed in a military coup and replaced by General Augusto Pinochet. It's estimated that 10,000 Chileans were killed and thousands more imprisoned and tortured.
According to Russian sources, North Korea has agreed in principle to take part in another round of talks on its nuclear weapons program. The talks are due, if they are held, in early November. It seems that North Korea is coming under considerable diplomatic pressure from Russia to take a more conciliatory approach to the issue. However, a senior Russian diplomat here in Australia, says the joint naval exercises planned for this weekend off the coast of Northern Queensland in the Coral Sea, could set back efforts to solve the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Computer theft from government departments is a daily occurrence, according to figures released by the Federal Government, last year. One defence computer expert says it now happens so often that it suggests that senior executives in these departments have become complacent about the prospect. Just yesterday, the Federal Transport Minister confirmed that not one but two departmental laptops have been stolen in the past six months. Even so, John Anderson argues that strong security measures are in place.
Its organisers say it'll be the greatest World Cup ever. The start of the 2003 Rugby World Cup is less than a month away, but it stands in the shadows of a deferred racism inquiry in South Africa and less than full stadiums in some parts of Australia. Meanwhile, down in Launceston, the locals are gearing up for the first taste of international rugby. Next month, they'll host a clash between rugby minnows Romania and Namibia, and while many of them are still struggling with the finer points of the game, excitement is building.
Federal Agriculture Minister, Warren Truss, is being urged from all sides to end the live sheep impasse and accept responsibility for a shipment of 57,000 Australian sheep rejected by Saudi Arabian authorities two weeks ago, after claiming that they an unacceptably high level of 'scabby mouth' disease. Here in Australia, the RSPCA is claiming that more than 3,000 of the sheep have already died, and is calling for rest to be put down.
Since major combat operations ended in Iraq more than four months ago, most of the news from there has been flavoured with themes of violence, disorder and poor basic services � all of them ingredients that leave a rather bad taste in the mouth. But it seems there are places in Baghdad where the complete opposite is true, where life is affluent and ordered and everything is, well, just delicious.


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Val Plunged For The First Time And This Is What Happened [WATCH]
It was my first time every going through with a Polar Plunge for Special Olympics, and I had a blast!
So many of you came out, and what a beautiful day to do it! I've got a say, if it wasn't so nice out I might've chickened out!
In total, Rochester raised more than $200,000 and about 1,100 of us jumped.
Our team started our day at Whistle Binkies North, and decided to take the shuttle over to Foster Arend Park from there.
Did you see the Ice Ice Babies from Y105-FM jump? Our jump time was around 2:30 Saturday afternoon, and by the looks of it, a lot of us went around then. Let me just tell you… THE WATER WAS COLD.
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I'm thrilled to have jumped! It really is exhilarating! Your adrenaline is pumping the entire time. I think the realization of what you're about to do really hits you when you first enter the changing tents.
The most surprising thing that I noticed was how my body went instantly numb upon hitting the air again, after jumping. Not surprising, had anyone seriously struggled, about six officers and paramedics were either in the water or on the beach at Foster Arend Park.
Check out these pictures from my first plunge!
I've gotta say, I think it was best to do a two-piece suit for this one. This way, I didn't have any extra pieces of clothing clinging to me making it harder to dry off.
Post your plunging pictures below! Would love to hear about your experience! I sure had a lot of fun!


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planes is a hierarchical surface framework for PyGame. It introduces a "Plane" class which extends PyGame's "Surface" functionality, offering a hierarchy of mouse-sensitive, draggable Surfaces that can be used as sprites, windows, icons, or other interactive elements. In addition, the planes.gui module uses planes to provide basic GUI elements like container, label, text box, option list, and button.
Arx Libertatis is a cross-platform, open source port of Arx Fatalis, a 2002 first-person role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios. Arx Fatalis features crafting, melee and ranged combat, and a unique casting system where the player draws runes in real time to effect the desired spell. The Arx Libertatis source code is based on the publicly released Arx Fatalis sources. This does however not include the game data, so you need to obtain a copy of the original Arx Fatalis or its demo.
OSGET is a mobile game engine template based on the EMO framework, which uses the Squirrel scripting language to support Android and iOS. The template includes common gaming features such as an introductory splash page, changing between level scenes, integrated player control, physical behaviors such as velocity against gravitational force, object collision detection and handling, background scrolling, playing of different audio channels, event triggering at timeout intervals, level missions, final level missions with bosses, and score submission through HTTP. It is based on the MVC pattern.
RoboBrain SDK is a simple, lightweight 2D game engine for Android phones and tablets. It supports OpenGL ES 1.0 Rendering, a custom GameActivity class, a World/Entity system, basic physics and collision detection, animated and static sprites, and support for Multitouch and accelerometer input.
GammaMOO is a fork of the LambdaMOO server with numerous cleaned-up patches and modern MOO functionality. This currently includes multicore support, object caching and other acceleration features, enhanced file I/O, UTF support, new built-in data types, and stability improvements with 64-bit support in progress.
A disk which can boot into an OS whose bootloader is broken.
A file integrity daemon with support for centralized monitoring.


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What happen on Bourbon Street
[Posted 3:01 PM by James Panero]
... stay on Bourbon Street. So goes the editorial line of The New York Times. Haley Barbour can claim all he wants that "Looting will not be tolerated and rules of engagement will be as aggressive as the law allows." If only the rules of journalism were equally aggressive, at least as far as the Times is concerned. Yes. The Gray Lady has put its Walter Duranty School of Journalism Phi Betes on Delete Button High Alert. And the truth will never be the same.
Vide, this picture picked up from the Associated Press: Now, a question for you non-journalist types out there. Is the correct caption to this photograph--
A) "A young man waded through chest-deep flood waters"?That's right. Both statements are true! But you might say that Caption "B" is a little more illuminating--lest you think that here is an honest young man rescuing a beloved case of Diet Pepsi and a contractor-sized trash bag full of non-perishable canned goods from the corner market that, of course, is owned by his family.
B) "A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday"?
Good thing, then, that Caption B ran in every newspaper story featuring this photograph... but one. You guessed it, the one in The New York Times, which went for [backspace] [backspace], ahem, sorry about that... Caption A instead.
So let's recap:
There is no famine. (The New York Times, March 31, 1933)
There is no looting. (The New York Times, August 30, 2005).
I think I see a pattern here.


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William Hill revenues drop 3% as punters cash out
Bookmaker William Hill has said that net revenues slumped 3% in the first quarter as the firm took a hit from punters cashing in on bets on Cheltenham and European football.
Online sales were most impacted, falling 11%, while the total amounts wagered in the UK declined 2%.
The figures follow a profit warning in March, when the UK's largest bookie said dire horse racing results at the Cheltenham festival and high-value internet gamblers imposing restrictions on their own betting would lower full-year trading.
William Hill reiterated its expectation that operating profit for 2016 will fall to between £260 million and £280 million, compared to £291 million last year.
Chief executive James Henderson said: "It has been a tough start to the year in online, which is being impacted by both regulatory change and a gross win margin below normalised levels for the period due to a disappointing Cheltenham festival and unfavourable European football results."
Last year the company was hit by almost £90 million of new online and gaming machine levies.
However, the firm flagged an improvement in its retail gaming machine arm, which grew 9%, and positive trends from its Australian operation, with wagers up 22%.
The firm's annual general meeting, held on Wednesday, will also see a vote on directors' pay, which comes amid rising shareholder concern over high executive payouts that bear little correlation with company performance.
However, Mr Henderson's pay last year was £914,417, a 35% fall from the year before.
The firm has also committed itself to paying the national living wage of £7.20 an hour to all 12,500 staff at its UK shops over the age of 18, seven years below the legislation being introduced by the Government later this year.
The company estimates that 4,500 staff will benefit from the pay rise, including 2,000 staff between 18 and 25.


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I only need to cover the busy Monday through Wednesday, as it encompasses Fat Tuesday. My Valentine's Day events are covered at this link.
Monday, Feb. 11
Horse Thief Hollow Grand Opening
Horse Thief Hollow Brewpub, 10426 S. Western Ave., Chicago 773-779-BREW
This new South Side brewpub has its official grand opening!
5:30 pm ♦ Meet the French Brewers I
The Publican, 837 W Fulton, Chicago (312) 733-9555
Nine French brewers, including Armelle Sialelli of Brasserie Pietra and brewery representative Audrey Saint-Leger of Brasserie Jenlain, will visit Chicago, bringing their beers with them, for two Meet the Brewer Events, today at The Publican, and tomorrow at Hopleaf. Meet the makers of these fine French craft beers and sample their wares on draught. Both bars will offer special pricing on the featured beers, plus food pairings and more fun surprises, all on a pay-as-you-go basis. Monday, Sialelli and Saint-Leger, along with the seven other French brewers, will visit The Publican, where guests will be able to sample: Jenlain Ambrée, the brewery's flagship beer that is a classic example of a malty French farmhouse ale; Pietra, an amber ale brewed with a blend of selected malts, hops and chestnuts; and Pietra Colomba, a bottom-fermented, unfiltered beer white beer infused with a delicate mixture of indigenous arbutus, myrtle and juniper, alongside offerings from the other brewers. You will also be able to enjoy beers from Brasserie de Bretagne, Brasserie Meteor, Brasserie Bourganel, Brasserie du Mont Blanc, Brasserie Castelain, Brasserie Saint Germain and Brasserie Saint Sylvestre. For more information on the Chicago events, please visit www.frenchcraftbrewers.com.
6:00 - 9:00 pm ♦ Countryside Saloon Brew and Chew Dinner Series
Countryside Saloon, 2501 E. Ballard Rd., Des Plaines, IL 847-827-5577
"Chapter 1" — Lagunitas Brewing Co. paired with a Mardi Gras Four Course Dinner Menu
$35.00 pp $40.00 pp at the door (tax & gratuity additional) NOTE: We are capping reservations at 40 people for this dinner so be sure to sign up soon! Reservations required. To make reservations or for more info, call us at (847) 827-5577. Menu at the Facebook Events page.
6:30 pm ♦ Bell's Beer Dinner
Wildfire, 232 Oakbrook Ctr., Oak Brook, IL (630) 586-9000
$50 (plus tax and gratuity). A four-course pairing with Bell's beers, like Golden Rye, Two Hearted, Best Brown Ale, Hopslamand Special Double Cream Stout. Check the menu at the web site link above. For reservations, please call 773-398-6960.
7:00 pm ♦ Ticket sales open for the Map Room Beer School
The Map Room, 1949 N. Hoyne, Chicago 773.252.7636
Greg Browne, brewmaster at Mickey Finn's Brewery in Libertyville, IL, is our regular guide. Students study several beers and learn exactly what they're tasting and the roles that the ingredients and the brewing process have in forming those aromas and flavors. Tickets go on sale today at 7 p.m.for the next class, to be held Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. (note time change) Topic: Imperial Beer Styles. Limit, 45 people. Price, $25 per person. Call 773.252.7636 for more information. As always, it's cash only, maximum 2 tickets per purchase, and first come-first serve until all tickets have been sold. You must have a ticket to attend Beer School. Sorry, no exceptions.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
4:00 pm - 2:00 am ♦ It Might Get Dark
Fountainhead, 1970 W. Montrose Ave, Chicago (773) 697-8204
Join us in our celebration of two of our favorite things...Dark Beers and Dark music. Featuring fantastic stouts, porters, barley wines and more! The only thing better than the play list is going to be the beer list! Had to make some changes to the Draft List for the Evening: Greenbush Dystopia, Deschutes Obsidian Nitro, Great Divide Old Ruffian, and a Yeti or two, Avery The Beast, 3 Floyds Mentol Black IPA, Perennial Fantastic Voyage, Dark Horse tres blueberry stout, The Bruery Tart of Darkness, Revolution Winter Saison, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy, Great Lakes 2011 Blackout Stout, Meantime Naval Porter, Left Hand Fade to Black 3, Anderson Valley Gatlin Gun, Sixpoint 3 Bean, Begyle/Dry Hop Johnny Quest, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, Half Acre Big Hugs, Founders 2011 Breakfast Stout, and more.
5:00 pm ♦ Belgian Mardi Gras at Monk's Pub
Monk's Pub, 205 W. Lake St., Chicago (312) 357-6665
Celebrate Mardi Gras with some awesome Belgian beer! Get a featured flight of 5 beers and automatically be entered into our raffle for beer, gift cards, and other fun prizes! Our featured beers are: DeKoninck, Duvel Single, La Chouffe, Tripel D'Anvers, Oud Bruin. (beers subject to change).
6:00 pm ♦ Simone's 4th Anniversary bash
Simone's Bar, 960 W 18th St., Chicago 312.666.8601
Simone's is turning 4 already!! To thank you for your patronage & support over the last 4 years, we're throwing a party just for YOU! Drink specials, extra delicious beer, cheap eats, and there may even be some Milk Stout cupcakes involved. Oh yeah, and we're raffling off some awesome prizes. Some will win gift cards, some will win beer, and one lucky person will win a weekend trip for 2 to NYC for a private tour of Sixpoint Brewing. Yes, NYC. Come on out anytime. Raffle tickets are free with purchase all day, drawing will be at midnight. You don't have to be present to win. $4 well mixed drinks and nachos. Beer lineup set to include: Sixpoint's 3 Beans • Ska/Oskar Blues collab oSKAr The G'Rauch • 3 Floyds Dreadnaught IPA • Solemn Oath's Kidnapped By Vikings • Lagunitas SUCKS! Ale. Bring a friend. Bring your neighbor. Bring whoever. Just come down and let us say THANKS! You guys are awesome, and Simone's loves you. No Entrance Fee. Facebook Event Page.
6:30 pm ♦ Fat Tuesday Brewmaster Dinner
Goose Island Brewpub, 1800 N. Clybourn Ave., Chicago (312) 915-0071
$60 inclusive of tax and gratuity Whether Fat Tuesday is truly your last excuse to indulge before Lent or you like to simply take part in the tradition, we invite you all to our annual Fat Tuesday Brewmaster Dinner. Chef Andrew and our brewers are hosting five-course menu of creole-inspired cuisine meets Goose Island beer! Call, or check the website for the menu.
6:30 - 9:00 pm ♦ Wildfire beer dinner with Bell's Beer
WildFire Chicago, 159 W. Erie, Chicago (312) 787-9000
Grab a seat at our first beer dinner of the year featuring Bell's Brewery Inc. Our Executive Chefs have created a custom five course menu to pair with the flavorful, unfiltered and quality craft beers from Bell's. The event begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m. with passed appetizers and the first pairing, followed by the seated dinner at 7:00 p.m., and is priced at $50.00 per person, plus tax & gratuity. For more information or to make a reservation, please call Brad Wermager at 773-398-6960.
7:00 pm ♦ Meet the French Brewers II
Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St. Chicago (773) 334-9851
Nine French brewers, including Armelle Sialelli of Brasserie Pietra and brewery representative Audrey Saint-Leger of Brasserie Jenlain, will visit Chicago, bringing their beers with them, for two Meet the Brewer Events. Guests are invited to meet the makers of these fine French craft beers and sample their wares on draught, with special pricing on the featured beers, plus food pairings and more fun surprises. Tuesday, all nine brewers will be at to Hopleaf, where guests will enjoy Jenlain Blonde, an aromatic, golden beer and Pietra Colomba, as well as other beers from all of the French brewing dignitaries. You will also be able to enjoy beers from Brasserie de Bretagne, Brasserie Meteor, Brasserie Bourganel, Brasserie du Mont Blanc, Brasserie Castelain, Brasserie Saint Germain and Brasserie Saint Sylvestre. For more information on the Chicago events, please visit www.frenchcraftbrewers.com.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
4:00 pm ♦ Furthermore Beer Launch at Monk's Pub
Monk's Pub, 205 W. Lake St., Chicago (312) 357-6665
We are happy to welcome Furthermore Beer from Spring Green, Wisconsin! Two of their beers on draft! starting at 4pm: Fatty Boombalatty-Belgian Pale Ale and Knot Stock-American Pale Ale.
4:00 pm ♦ Wednesday Tapping at Tribes Alehouse
The Tribes Alehouse, 11220 W. Lincoln Hwy, Mokena, IL (815) 464-0248
Abita Brewing Oyster Stout
6:00 - 9:00 pm ♦ Argus Beer Tasting
Grape & Grain Co., 18031 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL
7:00 pm ♦ Gotta Get that Strawberry! Ms. Pac-Man Tournament & Timmermans
Headquarters Beercade, 950 W. Wolfram, Chicago (773) 665-5660
Exactly what it sounds like! 4 Lambics & Ms. Pacman Tournament!! Timmermans Strawberry, Framboise, Lambicus Blanche and Bourgogne des Flandres. PRIZES!! MUSIC!! FUN TIMES!! **20 spots for the Ms. Pacman Tourney!** The fun starts at 7pm! You may also play SP Pinball if you choose.
8:00 pm ♦ Goose Island Tap Invasion - A.J. Hudson's
A.J. Hudson's Public House, 3801 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago (773) 348-2767
Goose Island Beer List: Bourbon County Stout, Green Line, India Pale Ale, Golden Goddess, Matilda, Mild Winter, Sofie, Honker's Ale.
Follow me on Twitter, Google+ or my Facebook fan page. For more tappings and events, check my Google Calendar. And view my One-Take Beer Review Videos
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
25 Invisible Benefits of Gaming While Male
Last night, Nick played this video on the Renegade wildcard show. This is so over the top PC BS that it's funny.
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Monday Night Wildcard 2014.12.14
Nick discusses current events, takes your calls, plus some surprise audio.
Renegade Archive
BlogTalk Archive
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David Duke Show 2014.12.16
David's site
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Jeff Rense Radio Show - 2014.12.15
Listen Download Hour 1 - Texe Marrs - American Torture And 'Hellstorm'
Listen Download Hour 2 - Gary Null - Legendary Health Advocate A Conversation
Listen Download Hour 3 - Yoichi Shimatsu - Fukushima Report - Dana Durnford
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Suicide-By-Cop Funeral Video
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*Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown resigns
*Testimony of the Ferguson Eyewitness That Did Not Perjure Himself
*SEVERAL Michael Brown Witnesses Admitted They Lied
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Admissions Information
Wheaton Montessori School's Elementary and Junior High programs are typically filled with re-enrolling WMS students. We occasionally admit students for elementary and 7th grades as opportunities open. Please have the director of your AMI-certified school contact us if you are relocating to our area. We will make every attempt possible to accommodate children transferring from other AMI schools with continuous Montessori educational experience.
We strive to maintain classrooms balanced in age and gender. Previous Montessori experience, readiness, and the age and gender of the child (as they relate to our goal of balanced classrooms) will be considered as a basis for classroom assignment.
At WMS, we are proud of our reputation as the only AMI recognized school in the western suburbs. Our staff and student body are relatively small and the resulting community is closely knit and unique. Admission includes a specific set of steps to ensure parents know as much about our school and the Montessori Method as possible.