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When I turn on the PC, the fan runs, but nothing else happens. Nothing comes on the monitor and I don't hear the hard drive doing anything.
I had used for a couple of years with no problems. We had this trouble with at after we moved it to my mother's home. It was working fine when I packed it up to move it. When we set it up and turned it on at her house, this is what happened. Any ideas????
Rebecca Jerkins
Check inside to see if anything got shaken loose in the move.
"...I don't hear the hard drive doing anything."
If after you check for loose connections, reseat everything, if this is still the case, then you PS may be dead - it can happen suddenly - see this:
you could also try the hard drive on another computer, but they usually don't stop spinnning suddenly.
I appreciate the responses, but I am a friggin' idiot. I have no idea what "reseating" and "PS" mean. If someone would be so kind as to inform me, I would love to try out these suggestions.
Rebecca Jerkins
Re-seating means making sure all the connectors are in as far as they can go, such as on the data and power cables for the drives and the main connector from the power supply to the motherboard, the cards and ram in the slots are in the bottoms of their slots, and all the small connectors such as the ones for the power switch and are still connected to the proper pins. Usually the cpu is fine in it's socket, but make sure it's fan is plugged in and spins easily - it's okay for it to move in jumps - and the cpu sink is not clogged with dust, etc.
Reseating means to remove circuit boards and reinstall them to make sure they seat or connect properly in their respective connectors. PS is Power Supply. Make sure that the Heatsink fan is properly connected to it's designated connector on the motherboard. Heatsink is that metal block with fins and a fan, on top of the CPU (Central Processing Unit). The motherboard is the big 12 x 9.6 circuit board where all the components are mounted. Make sure that the 20 or 24 pin power supply connector is properly seated (connected) to the mating connector on the motherboard.


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Maltese bishop opposes 'melting' bodies as alternative to cremation
Catholic World News - May 01, 2014
In Malta, Bishop Charles Scicluna has voiced his opposition to a proposal to "melt" human corpses, as an alternative to burial or cremation.
"I don't think that this is in line with the Church's views on respecting the body," said Bishop Scicluna, an auxiliary of the Malta diocese. He said that he would consult with others, noting that his opinion was not a formal ruling of the Church.
The proposal under discussion would use a chemical process to remove tissue from human bones. The remaining tissue would be flushed away as waste, while the bones would be ground up and presented to families, much as with ashes in cremation. Bishop Scicluna remarked: "Once a person is baptized, his body must be given the reverence it deserves in death. I don't think that flushing it away with the rest of our waste meets this expectation."
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Lord have mercy on us and anyone who thought of this. As a chemist, I am appalled.

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A child is recovering from critical injuries after being hurt in a storm over the weekend.
Firefighters in Whitley County tell WKYT the child was in his back yard when a neighbor's tree fell on him.
Relatives say Jordan Griffith, 12, of Williamsburg, is responding to treatment, but he's still in critical condition after being taken by ambulance from Williamsburg to the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington.
Fire officials tell us high winds on Saturday brought down a tree on the neighboring property, destroying a fence, a playhouse, and hitting Jordan in the head and chest. His grandmother saw it happen and called 911.
"He was unconscious when we got there and hadn't regained consciousness when EMS left with him," says Asst. Chief Larry Todd, with Williamsburg Fire & Rescue.
Friends say Jordan fractured several vertebrae and had to have surgery on his skull. On top of that, they say he's also fighting a case of pneumonia. Word of the accident spread through social media.
"He's a fine young man, loves hugs, loves to love people," Todd tells us.
Firefighters say they had to transport Jordan by ambulance because the weather prevented the medical helicopter from flying. They say not only did they have the heavy wind and rain, but also a lot of lightning.
Jordan's grandmother says the tree that fell was dead, and a crew had been paid to cut it down, but they hadn't done the job yet.
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In preparing for the movie, American Hustle, Christian Bale changed his appearance for the screen. He gained nearly 50 pounds to play Irving Rosenfeld, a character based on Melvin Weinberg, an actual conman.
Bale told Variety, "I loved the way he looked, because when I heard his story, I incorrectly assumed he would be this slick, smooth operator who assumed an air of wealth and control over his life. And when I saw him, I thought, 'Oh my word, this is not what I would have expected at all!"
Perhaps considering the actual people made Bale's performance one of the most memorable of this year. When considering the film, director David O. Russell told the LA Times that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.
Bale is nominated this year for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Irving Rosenfeld. Bale has also starred as Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Also Rises, Dicky Eklund in The Fighter, and John Miller in The Flowers of War.
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The Top 10 Most Ridiculous Ke$ha Quotes Of All Time
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[pullquote quote="If I smear glitter on my face, you don't have a choice — you will be more attracted to me." credit="Ke$ha (EW)"]Even though Ke$ha gives the impression that she has no idea what's going on at any given moment, she has still managed to dish out some shocking words of wisdom while being interviewed or tweeting carelessly to her fans. She doesn't feel like she needs to explain her actions to anyone, and doesn't care to know what people think of her either.
There are so many gems to pick from. Here are ten of the best quotes from Ke$ha!
"Somebody sent me their tooth, which I now wear as an earring. It's a molar, I think. I love it when people send me body parts." — Ke$ha (Rolling Stone)


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914277 How to configure SQL Server 2005 to allow remote connectionshttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;914277-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some people have been having issues when trying to make remote connections to SQL Express. This document will hopefully clarify most of the issues around remote connections.First, networking protocols are disabled by default in SQL Server Express. Thus, if someone simply installs Express and chooses all the defaults, SQL Server Express will only be able to have connections originating on the local machine where SQL Server is installed.To enable SQL Server Express to accept remote connections we need to perform the following steps:STEP 1: Enabling TCP/IPFirst we must tell SQL Server Express to listen on TCP/IP, to do this perform the following steps:1. Launch the SQL Server Configuration Manager from the "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP" Program menu2. Click on the "Protocols for SQLEXPRESS" node,3. Right click on "TCP/IP" in the list of Protocols and choose, "Enable"
STEP 2: To Browse or not to BrowseNext, we have to determine if we want the SQL Browser service to be running or not. The benefit of having this service run is that users connecting remotely do not have to specify the port in the connection string. Note: It is a security best practice to not run the SQLBrowser service as it reduces the attack surface area by eliminating the need to listen on an udp port.OPTION A: If you want to always specify a TCP port when connecting (Not using SQL Browser service) perform the following steps else skip these steps:1. Launch the SQL Server Configuration Manager from the "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP" Program menu2. Click on the "Protocols for SQLEXPRESS" node3. Click on the "TCP/IP" child node4. You will notice an entry on the right panel for "IPAll", right click on this and select, "Properties"5. Clear out the value for "TCP Dynamic Ports"6. Give a TcpPort number to use when making remote connections, for purposes of this example lets choose, "2301"At this point you should restart the SQL Server Express service. At this point you will be able to connect remotely to SQL Express. A way I like to check the connection is my using SQLCMD from a remote machine and connecting like this:SQLCMD -E -S YourServer\SQLEXPRESS,2301The "," in the server name tells SQCMD it's a port.So you've tried this and still get an error. Take a look at Step 3, this should address the remaining issue.OPTION B: If you want to use SQL Browser service perform these steps: Note: You will need to make this registry key change if you are using the April CTP or earlier versions: To enable sqlbrowser service to listen on the port 1434, the following registry key must be set to 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SQL Browser\Ssrplistener Next, restart the sqlbrowser service. 1. Start the SQL Browser ServiceSTEP 3: Firewall..? At this point you should be able to remotely connect. If you still can't chances are you have a firewall configured on the computer where SQL Express is running. The instructions below are for Windows XP SP2's firewall settings. To enable the firewall to allow SQL Server Express traffic:1. Launch the Windows Firewall configuration tool from the control panel.2. Click the Exceptions Tab3. Click the "Add Programs." button and select "sqlservr.exe" from the location where you install SQL Server ExpressYou should be able to remotely connect. Note, you can get more restrictive by just specifying the port number that will be allowed (used best when configured with Option A).Note: If you chose to use the SQL Browser service, you must also add sqlbrowser service executable to the exception list as it listens on udp port 1434.


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Philips Tapsters Likely Won't Hit Stores
Several months back, we introduced you to the Philips Tapster headphones. But there's some bad news here for everyone who was looking forward to them–there's now pretty much no way they'll hit store shelves.
The folks out at Crave on Cnet's Asian subsidiary believe they know why, too–they don't work.
It's a strange theme these days, gadgets that don't work, but the beat goes on (or rather doesn't) from these headphones. They were supposed to be a major innovation in playback and volume controls, which are supposedly controlled by tapping and swiping the ear modules. Under normal circumstances, this would dislodge them from the ear, but with these, they didn't dislodge. Something of an accomplishment there, but the problem was, the purported tap-and-swipe system of volume and playback control never materialized.
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Burton, 73, died suddenly June 25, reportedly from heart-related complications. A funeral service will be held at Northwood 10 a.m. June 28.
He is in NSU's Graduate N Club Hall of Fame, enshrined in 1981, and in 2007 was included on the roster of the Top 100 Demon Football Players of the Century, selected in conjunction with the Demons' centennial in the sport.
The football stadium at Northwood is named for Burton, who was the head coach of the Falcons from 1983-97 and guided them to the state playoffs nine times in 15 seasons when only the top two teams in each district advanced to postseason play. Burton was Northwood's athletic director until last year and also coached track and field at the school.
A four-year letterman and a three-year All-Gulf States Conference selection under coach Jack Clayton at Northwestern, Burton was an NFL Draft pick by the Los Angeles Rams.
He helped the 1962 Demons win the GSC championship. Also a standout running back who led Northwestern in rushing with 407 yards and a 4.5 average per carry as a senior, Burton was chosen both Best Defensive Back and Best Offensive Back for the Demons in 1963. He shared team Most Valuable Player honors with Sammy Joe Odom.


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Ojai juniors: Thousand Oaks' Claire Liu rallies to win first Ojai match
Being down 3-1 in her first match 113th Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament was not the start that Claire Liu was hoping for.
But the Thousand Oaks resident remained patient, rallying to win the first set en route to 6-4, 6-4 victory over Oak Park resident Annette Goulak in a second-round match in the Girls 16 division.
Liu meets Daniela Morales on Friday morning in the round of 16. Despite being just 12 years old and facing the likelihood of playing opponents several years older than her, Liu has only one goal.
"I want to win," Liu said. "That is what I try to do in every tournament I play in. I am treating this tournament like any other tournament."
Liu had a first-round bye on Thursday so she went to school in the morning, before driving up to Ojai with her mother in the afternoon. When she arrived at the courts, she discovered that play was running behind.
Liu admitted the delay affected her a little at the start of the match.
"I got off to a rough start and didn't play very well early, but toward the middle of the first set I started to play better, and from there on I felt pretty good," Liu said.
Goulak's strong play early in the match contributed to Liu's troubles. The two girls train together in Carson about three times a week.
"It's hard to play against a friend, but once you get out on the court, you put that out of your mind and try to beat her like you would anyone else," Liu said."
Liu comes into the Ojai playing well. She reached the finals of the USTA International Spring Championships in Carson a few weeks ago and also played well at the Easter Bowl.
Liu is one of several local players in the Girls 16 division.
Seira Shimizu of Ojai defeated Natalie Davis 6-1, 6-0 and will play Sophia Whittle in the round of 16.
Zoe Miller of Agoura defeated Aliya Alenikov 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Caisey Lee Emery of Ventura defeated Emily Zargham 6-2, 6-2. She plays Kattie Pak in the next round.
Yu Mu of Ojai defeated Dominique Derse 6-3, 6-0 and will play Erin Freeman in the next round.
In the Girls 14 Division, Allison Mullville of Simi Valley defeated Mahli Silpachai 6-1, 6-1. She plays Sasha Tolstoff in the next round.
Emily Ackerman of Thousand Oaks defeated Odessa Stouck 6-2, 6-3. She will play Ojai's Rika Tanaka in the next round. Tanaka defeated Tiani Jadulang 6-1, 6-1.
In the Girls 18 Division, Savannah Ware of Thousand Oaks defeated Alexandra Meier 6-0, 6-4. Ojai's Honami Yazawa defeated Tracy Van 6-2, 6-4.
Alice Li of Ojai defeated Isabel Donaldson 6-1, 6-0 and next plays Amber Park. Julienne Worring of Westlake Village defeated Grace Bingham 6-3, 6-1 and will play Jessica Failla.
In the Boys 14 Division, Ojai's Chris Grasel won his first match 6-0, 6-1 and then had his opponent withdraw due to injury.
In the Boys 16 Division, David Goulak defeated Adrien Azera 6-3, 6-1 in the second round and will play Austin Rapp.
Kentaro Mizushima of Ojai defeated Riku Hashiyada 6-2, 6-1 in the second round. Ventura's Fabian Schaefer defeated Luke Barnard and Anthony Lee to advance to play Connor Hance in the round of 16.
In CIF boys doubles, Thousand Oaks High's Daniel Minami and Chris Lees won two matches.
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Interview with Luca Cianfriglia, Director of the Gate Project
The "Gate Project" is a public- private development agency founded in order to create, develop and manage specific regeneration projects on the Area of Porta Palazzo in Turin. In this historical and intercultural neighbourhood there is the "Balon", one of the biggest flea markets in Europe, a traditional meeting point between migrants and the local community.
The first part of the Gate Project's activity on the Balon area started on 1998 with the aim to redefine the position to be given to irregular street merchants into the local context, in an urban area characterised by noise, sale of counterfeit goods and a lack of security (pick pocketing of the residents and abuses of power amongst the sellers). In 2001 the Gate Project participated in the setting up of an empowering process engaging informal leaders, between the pitchmen, to form the Vivibalon Association with the aim to manage the activities of the sellers and to mediate conflicts at market. Each Saturday several merchants take the role of "Service Operators" to control the market.
In 2009 the second part of Gate Project's activity has been put in place. An area contiguous to flea market, San Pietro in Vincoli Parking, was occupied on Saturdays by hundreds of new irregular pitchmen, raising new problems like: conflicts between regular and irregular pitchmen, difficulties for residents to access to the area and to find a parking, a greater sense of insecurity among the residents. The Gate Project and the Municipality of Turin found new solutions. A part of San Pietro in Vincoli Parking was allocated for parking for residents, and a part for sale (with the creation of 104 new locations). Moreover 172 sellers became members of the Vivibalon Association which manages the new pitchmen placing, and asks for payment of public ground and street cleaning taxes.
Luca, what did you do in order to mobilise sufficient political support for the project?
The strength of "The Gate" as a project lies in its being an instrument of
the public administration, hence of official policies, in a complex locality.
Where the most important and sensitive projects are concerned, the commitment and support of the political tier is
a necessary precondition for the planning and managing of activities. Studies of the phenomenon, consultation meetings with the various interest groups and negotiation of the implementing arrangements with the urban authority and with the beneficiaries, are the phases that have attended the birth and progress of the action and gained the agreement of the townspeople and the administrators.
How did you deal with negative reactions by media?
Awareness of the action's unpopularity has directed our work and spurred us to exercise greater care in reporting the work process, the criticalities observed, and the results achieved.
Special care was taken over communication with the members of the public directly affected as residents of the adjacent area, and this communication was brought about by making direct contact with individuals, administering a questionnaire that would obtain their views before and after the action's trial run, and setting up some panels that would narrate the process completed and especially how a solution to the problems was reached after an effort of analysis which involved different institutional and other players.
This made it possible to mitigate the citizens' sense of being "left alone" to face the problem, often prompting them to complain repeatedly of the crisis situations to the press and the media as the resort visible to them for drawing attention to difficulties and hardships.
How did you gain the trust of the migrant and local vendors?
The trust of the migrant and local vendors was won through a physical presence of the
members of the street task force that worked for months at "hands-on
observation" through which they got to know and to be known by the vendors. The
task force members consistently made clear the nature of the problems linked with unauthorised dealing and with the need to find concerted solutions for restoring
the public order. Let us also remember that the present action ties in with an
earlier regularisation of the flea-market through the creation of the "Vivibalon" association composed of vendors well acquainted with the realities and the dynamics of the Balon market who were a major stakeholder in this regularisation process. Thus the vendors understood that the project was intended to address the situation by seeking strategies which would provide for their inclusion and not just for solving the problem.
How did you deal with conflicts? Could you give an example?
A variety of conflicts were present, chiefly between the residents and the vendors, and inside the group of vendors.
With the citizen group (for whom the market represents a hardship in their day-to-day life due to noise as well as the difficulties associated with parking and road conditions and with a sense of greater insecurity), we proceeded by opening a channel of communication ensuring reception of claims and recognition of their needs, and afterwards by looking for solutions meeting the actual problems, though not foregoing the application of inclusion policies on behalf of the more socially fragile group (the vendors).
With that group, our work focused essentially on prevention of conflicts. Indeed, an unregulated situation runs the risk of actuating a tendency for whoever is strongest and predominant to lay down the law for others. For example, winning a place to exhibit one's wares involves having to come the previous evening to physically occupy the space, and means having to defend it against others. Exact rules restore a situation where all are guaranteed the same possibilities and the inter-group tensions are lowered.
What are the three most important lessons to draw?
To us, this action was significant proof that in our work, what appears the longest and trickiest road to travel is the one leading to better results. A problem of such complexity could have been approached with actions to curb the phenomenon (as some parties anticipated), which nevertheless not only generate worse social exclusion of the weaker categories but also displace the problems without addressing them directly. The choice of staying with the problem, to tackle it by revealing its various overtones, to envisage different scenarios for its resolution, the involvement of all players concerned – this was certainly a long job but allowed lasting, satisfactory solutions to be found.
The second lesson was that lasting solutions can be found for the problems only by directly involving all groups concerned and by impressing their own responsibilities on each and every party. When anyone does not carry forward their assignment or mandate (whether institutions, security forces, citizens or associations), the solutions devised run the risk of proving fragile and temporary.
The third lesson is that urban conflicts and social problems can represent an opportunity for reflection and growth, in territorial and civic terms. The residents have progressed from an attitude of petitioning the administration and the institutions to recognition of the work done which has led to an improvement in the overall situation. It is important to provide constant information on the stages of work, to make people understand that complex problems are bound to have complex solutions, the outcome of an effort to seek solutions and not of waving a wand that magically dispels the problems and the criticalities.
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I picked up a jar of hibiscus flowers in syrup (made in Australia). Thought it might be interesting in a ganache, but find it is very mild. Any ideas what to do with it to punch it up?
What to do with hibiscus flowers in syrup?
Posted 04 February 2014 - 07:29 AM
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Posted 04 February 2014 - 11:06 AM
I have only used dried flowers and usually for hibiscus soup with guava sorbet. you could try infusing with cream both dried and syrup. The times I have seen the syrup I felt it was over sweeten in the syrup. I would be a little worried about the sugar content using the syrup, my two cents
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Posted 04 February 2014 - 02:47 PM
Hibiscus margaritas!
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Posted 08 February 2014 - 01:38 PM
I am with bethesdabakers.. Make hibiscus margaritas!
Posted 08 February 2014 - 02:36 PM
The flowers and the syrup work very well in conjunction with some sparkling wine. The combination makes for a nice apéritif.
This. Apparently, anyway. I'm not guilty of indulging in them.
I know the product you're talking about. Small jar. Red label, right? Well, red flower on black. From memory, anyway. All Australian bottle shops sell that product. The idea is you drop the flowers into sparkling wine/bargain basement Champagne. I guess you could maybe work them into something like a Kir. I guess you could maybe even experiment with putting them into some sort of white wine-based granita/ice.
I couldn't imagine doing much else with them.
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Posted 08 February 2014 - 06:37 PM
Funny you should ask. I borrowed a book from my public library today, Cooking With Flowers by Miche Bacher, a confectioner. Bacher suggests mixing hibiscus syrup with champagne (2 cups hibiscus syrup, 2 cups champagne) for grown-up popsicles. You can also whip it with cream for hibiscus whipped cream.


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Hints from Heloise 9/16/2013
Fast facts
Dear Readers: Here are some unique uses for duct tape:
n Use to temporarily hem a pair of pants.
n Line the bottom of backpacks to make them sturdier.
n Remove lint and pet hair from clothing and furniture.
n Keep in a car trunk for emergency repairs.
n Use to remove thorns or splinters.
— Heloise
Why do people give a spit?
Dear Readers: Here is this week's sound off, about spitting in public:
"When I was young, there were public signs saying not to expectorate in public. We used to think the signs were funny, because we thought no one would be vulgar enough to spit in public. Now I frequently see people casually spitting as they're walking around. Isn't it still against the law to spit in public places?
Is public spitting socially acceptable? Is there any way to discourage what seems to be a growing trend?
— A Concerned Reader, via email
Yuck! There are laws (in some cities) still on the books about spitting in public from long ago. It's a disgusting and sickening habit!
— Heloise
Cross-stitch hint
Dear Heloise: This possibly could be of help to some of your "stitchers." Before beginning to cross-stitch a picture, take a couple of minutes to stitch the word "TOP" on the upper edge of your canvas. It is so easy, in the early stages of the picture, to find that you have been stitching in the wrong direction, with so little to go by. Then you have the aggravating job of unpicking your stitches. I learned the hard way!
— Marion W. in San Antonio
Storing silver
Dear Heloise: I am the "caretaker" of some old family sterling-silver pieces. Do you have any suggestions to keep them from tarnishing while stored? Where should I keep them? I would appreciate any help you can give.
— Madeline W. in Texas
How lucky to have family keepsakes! To help keep your silver from tarnishing, you want to store it in a container that will keep air out. Your best bet is a cloth-lined chest made for storing silver. The chests usually are lined with a special fabric that keeps your pieces from absorbing air pollutants and sulfur.
If a chest isn't an option, wrap each piece in acid-free or archival paper. Once wrapped, seal each piece in a plastic, zippered bag. Do not use newspaper, regular tissue paper, plastic wrap or rubber bands, as they can cause harm and discoloration to the pieces.
You also might look into getting anti-tarnish strips or silica-gel packs to store with the silver pieces. DO store them in a temperature-regulated part of the house, like a bedroom closet or even under the bed. DON'T STORE in the attic or basement.
— Heloise
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British Telecom has announced that it's ending its partnership with Yahoo and that it will migrate all of its customers, who were given a co-branded Yahoo Mail account, to a new BT email system.
The two companies have been working together for a decade now.
The end of the deal also means that BT customers won't get the Yahoo homepage as default anymore. In one move, Yahoo lost six million accounts and quite a lot of traffic.
"BT.com is getting a big makeover to make it more informative, engaging and useful for you to visit every day," the company announced.
"We're also launching a new email service – BT Mail – and an easier way for you to log in to our online services – the BT ID. As part of these changes, we're also closing the current BT Yahoo! website and email service, BT Yahoo! Mail," it added.
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"On his fourth studio album, he could have copied the formula, or dialed it back to court uptight country-radio programmers. Instead, the North Carolina singer-songwriter made a record that's weirder, louder – and even more badass." – Will Hermes, Rolling Stone
"The Outsiders — the still-rising star's most brazen, brilliant disc yet, and the first great album of this year — challenges country's chart-dominating pickup polishers, drawing on riff-wagging rock and early Beastie Boys-style beats." – Nick Catucci, Entertainment Weekly (Grade A)
"Eric Church is developing two separate and distinct personalities that seem to wrestle each other in a glorious battle royal on his fourth and best album, "The Outsiders.". . . songs that embrace the breadth and history of country music while ignoring those conventions to explore far afield. Managing this trick requires a delicate touch, and Church and producer Jay Joyce push the limits while maintaining a balance that leaves a little something for everyone." – Chris Talbott, Associated Press
". . . self-proclaimed country outsider Eric Church is secretly the savior of a long-dead brand of rock and roll." – Steven Hyden, Grantland
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The Orioles have announced the trade of lefty reliever Troy Patton to the Padres for catcher Nick Hundley and cash considerations. The Orioles also promoted Steve Lombardozzi from Triple-A Norfolk.
With Matt Wieters on the disabled list, the O's were playing Steve Clevenger and Caleb Joseph behind the dish. They had been rumored to be shopping Patton for another option at catcher.
Hundley, 30, hit .271/.271/.373 in 59 plate appearances for the Padres this season. In his absence, the Padres will go with Yasmani Grandal and Rene Rivera at catcher. Hundley got 408 plate appearances in 2013, hitting .233/.290/.389. He is in the last year of a three-year, $9MM deal that pays him $4MM in 2014, which likely partially explains why the Orioles are receiving cash in the trade. Hundley's contract also contains a $5MM option for 2015, with no buyout.
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and be allowed to play through mistakes just like Klay... But no, MJ is playing to win now. Jesus has shown him the light and there ain't no going back.
I just think MJ doesn't really have a leash on Klay. IMO he should, especially in crucial moments. You don't let a kid shoot 15 three's like Klay did against the Nuggets early in the season (I believe he only made 5 of em).
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Timo hails from a family of German vignerons near Stuttgart that have been making wine for some 400 years. He came to Australia in 1990 and completed oenology studies at Charles Sturt in Wagga. His first job was just up the road at De Bortoli, and he was under Steve Webber's influence for four years before becoming the winemaker at Gembrook Hill in 2000. He shares the same philosophy as vigneron Ian Marks - that the wine is made in the vineyard, so the approach is of minimal handling with little or no filtration. Timo likes to take his winemaking to the edge and "bring back the funk" and Ian and June give him free reign to do so. Timo also makes his own wine under the "Mayer" label.
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At the age of nine, co-winemaker Andrew helped his dad, Ian, regularly in the vineyard at weekends. At 15 he travelled to France as an exchange student and spent half of that time at Chateau la Croix de Louis, Castillon la Bataille, Bordeaux. He graduated from Roseworthy in 1997 and worked with Penfolds and Seppelt for 6 years. He has been involved in 7 overseas vintages, most recently at Celler Espelt on the Costa Brava, Spain. Other vintages include Etienne Sauzet in Puligny Montrachet, the Languedoc in 2002 and Sonoma County, USA in 2000.As well as making Gembrook Hill wines with Timo, Andrew has developed his own label, The Wanderer, which aims to deliver individual wines of flavour, character and balance.


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I am having a reoccurring PCB problem, same symptoms six mouths apart and need help or advice from others having the same problem.
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Original Control Board 6 2707690 (new Board-22002988)
1- The machine starts overfilling and water running out the front door
2- it appears water is continually running and will not turned off during the cycles (stops when unplugging the power
3- we have noticed the machine running hot or warm water when in the cold setting
4- Electrical burning smell is noticed that turns out to be an overheated trace on the back of the PCB
History: six months ago the washer stopped working PCB showing signs of overheating/shorting on the back side of the PCB opposite of P4 on front side. Not knowing exactly what caused the problem, I replace the following:
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Washer Push Button Switches (all of them) used
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drum bearing and seal was changed out 1 1/2 years ago (easy repair for such a common problem)
After these changes the machine worked fine for 6 months but has now have just experienced the same short and burns on the back of the PCB. I have removed the motor controller inspecting it closely and there are no burn or heat marks anywhere, it looks fine.
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What is a good tool for PDF report generation in Python? I've checked out ReportLab, but it seems to be awfully low-level for what I want to do. My current hunch is to call TeX on the command-line and let it produce the PDF, but if there is something that is easier to work with, I'd very much like a prod in the right direction.
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I'm a big fan of pod. Design your report templates in OpenOffice Writer (or Microsoft Word + Sun's ODF plugin) and then combine it with your data in a simple and flexible way. Very abstract and of course just a few lines of code.
You can generate ODT documents this way with no external dependencies, for PDF generation you need to have OpenOffice running in server mode.
Take a look at Sphinx. A lot of Python projects are starting to use Sphinx, including Python itself. You type your documentation in reStructuredText, and get good-looking HTML and PDF output. Now that Matplotlib is using Sphinx, it even has a TeX-like equation formatting engine; see this pdf file for some more information.
When you looked at ReportLab, did you check out the Platypus section? It's really very easy to use (Platypus is high-level, whereas pdfgen is fairly low-level). There's a good "Hello World" example in the developer's FAQ.
I use pisa to generate PDF's from html files (which in turn get generated using xslt). It is very easy to use, but the official site is online last time i checked.
I would second mmaibaum's suggestion of generating HTML. It, along with CSS, will allow for much better positioning and layout. You can then use an HTML->PDF engine, such as PrinceXML (not free, but the output is amazing... actually there is a free version but it will put a PrinceXML logo on at least one of the pages) or an XML/XHTML->XSL-FO->PDF engine, such as CSSToXSLFO. This second option offers a bit more flexability, but you'll still need to choose an XSL-FO processor to turn this intermediate output into a PDF. Fop from the Apache project is a free one, but I can't vouch for how good the output is.
Is it feasible to generate your report content as reStructuredText? If so, check out the rst2pdf project.
Disclaimer: I have not used rst2pdf myself.
The only reason not to use LaTeX in this layer is that the installation is large and unwieldy, particularly on Windows. You are not going to get a reporting engine without either having a formatting system or working in low level graphics primitives.
If you want a higher level formatting toolkit that's a bit more lightweight than LaTeX you might look at Lout.
You could let Python create your report in HTML, and then use wkhtmltopdf to render it into a PDF file.
Update: I'm now using the python
Here's a script which inserts jpgs which reside in a folder into a generated pdf file, when that folder is dragged and dropped onto that script.
And the template.html looks like this
If you don't like ReportLab I would suggest generating HTML - there are dozens of ways to do this and converting to PDF for final output (html2pdf for example).
You can create PDFs easily (in my opinion) with just a Cairo binding.
Sure, it is low level: you don't have a GUI form editor and need to calculate coordinates by hand. But it also is extremely lightweight and direct; you have absolute control. Doing it via HTML does not give you that.
The outcome looks great and is very tiny file size wise.
I worked on a system years ago that used ReportLab. It really wasn't too bad. All of our reports were pretty much of the same style so I created a base class that handled most of the formatting. The only thing sub classes had to do was set some properties and hand the data over to the base class. It worked out pretty well. After I did the ground work another programmer was able to come behind me and bang out a couple dozen reports in a couple weeks with no prior Python experience. So if most of your reports fit one or two formats using ReportLab should just require some up front work and then the rest is drudgery.
If you like ReportLab but think it's too low-level, try trml2pdf (or here). You write your report in RML (Report Markup Language) as described here with something like ElementTree and then use trml2pdf to convert it. You can use it from the command line or in a python script with something like the following:
I have found this to be the best way to go even though not all of the RML tags are supported by this open-source library.
If you are using this for Django you can simply mark up an .rml file with the template system and then render it.
I recommend you take another look at ReportLab. It has high-level constructs for page layout and "flowing" text, images, frames etc. It also has a nice styles system and, most importantly, a nice python API. Sure, it also provides access to low-level pdf, but you don't need to use this until you need it.
Of the other suggestions, they mostly suggest using some other format as an intermediary. This doesn't really help you. It just pushes the problem to finding a good library for writing the intermediate format.
I've also tried the Eclipse "BIRT" report generator as another OSS reporting tool but it was hard to learn, a resource hog and a pain to deploy. Python + ReportLab was way easier.
There is an easy way to create multiple page PDF using matplotlib. If you need lots of plots, this would be quite useful.
There is also PyReport, but that uses Latex for pdf-generation.
My company's built an HTML to PDF API called DocRaptor that uses PrinceXML for PDF generation. We've got a couple of Python examples in our documentation, as well.
using phantomjs resterize.js easily you can generate the pdf files ... here advantage is it will wait until ajax calls loaded ... remaining are bit difficult to implement


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Paper Cranes
October 24, 2010 § Leave a comment
I was having dinner with my council mates last October 2, when Jaz nonchalantly made an origami paper crane out of the scrap receipt. We commented on how "Asian" origami is. At the same time, I mentioned how the only origami I can possibly do is a paper airplane, and that I fumble on making a paper boat. In fact, I have memories of attending a McDonalds seminar at McDo Kalayaan on how we can make paper roses, and well… it was an epic fail for me. The only person in the family who is good with origami is perhaps, my brother Toy, (we love Star Wars) and he used to improvise starships and star cruisers with origami doubles so he could reenact some of the Obi-Wan/Anakin or Obi-Wan/Luke scenes.
So anyway, fast forward to today… I browsed this (500) Days of Summer inspiration blog, and if you will remember, Summer had these mobiles of paper cranes at the foot of her bed. This, of course, prompted me to make paper cranes just for the fun of it! But the only problem is… I don't know how to make them. So I searched online and found this video. I did it simultaneously with the video and managed to make one beautiful paper crane (the one on the photo above). Of course, I decided to make more, and eventually came up with six beautiful paper cranes!
Check out the mommy paper crane and her six paper crane babies!
They're quite photogenic, aren't they?
I completely forgot about this.
August 11, 2010 § Leave a comment
Been absent from this blog for nearly eight months. How foolish! I don't have anything else to say, but sorry. Of course, I would've used my pathetic excuse of having too much schoolwork to do. But it's really because of my attempt to actually fully blog my experiences on my other Tumblr.
Sadly, I have learned that my Tumblr can only aesthetically, and practically accomodate my sporadic and random musings. Unlike with WordPress, where my long thoughts and writings find a home that could fit them so easily.
And yes, I'm trying very hard to be much like the beautiful Dianna Agron who posts more pictures than words on her famous Tumblr.
So, what have I been up to since my mysterious absence? Allow me to recapitulate in polaroids – my newest photographic obsession since Canon's black and white/sepia camera function and Toycamera Analogcolor.
I finished my first year in college – not with a bang, but definitely with more insights and hindsights. And made lots and lots of new friends. (My blockmates – 103B – and I making a jump for it after our recollection.) And I, might I add, made it on the Dean's List twice and on the Honors' Circle! Praying I keep it up until the end.
We finished our Council of Cool mini-mag, which will come out this October. Its like our final project for the council, and it makes me sad to leave the experience. I shared with my friend and COC-mate Jazmin the position of Fashion/Beauty Editor. We styled three girls… can you guess who we're styling on on this one?
I won't Stop Believin'
January 1, 2010 § 4 Comments
Glee Cast – Don't Stop Believin'
I'm singing/listening to this as a welcome to 2010. In many explicable and inexplicable ways, this song always gets me into a happy mood. Today, it's a form of prayer to don't stop believin'. Here's to another year of hope and happiness, one which is even better than the already amazing 2009. Another shot on chasing my dreams, forgetting fears, lifting hopes, and sharing smiles.
Some will win some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues
And now the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the nights
Streetlights people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the nights
Have a Happy New Year!
The ABCs of 2009
December 31, 2009 § 4 Comments
A is for Alice, my lovely blog; and the book itself which I finally have finished. Airports, the ones that amaze me, and airplanes, the ones that make me sick (literally!). Ambitions and Ateneo, one which will forever remain an ambition.
B is for blogs, Blair, and Bass, for one cannot have too much bitches and b-ad-ass-ness. And block mates, of course, my dear, darling block mates!
C is for college, the new world to which I must survive. Candy, the Council of Cool, and our fun monthly meetings. And cellphones! Replacing top-of-the-line mobiles with cheaper alternatives and losing it again (figuratively, since my phone's just broken). For conversations that keep us going.
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D is for daydreams about life, future, and inspirations; the beautiful Dianna Agron; and being a darling!
E is for excitement and expectations, all I fear and all I delight at.
F is for Fridays. Because I am starting to appreciate them again. And French! Learning and appreciating it.
G is for Gossip Girl and Glee, my late-night guilty pleasures and hoping to become one of them. And, Goodbyes… to High School and to High School boys! ;)
H is for holidays! One too many of them.
who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade?
December 25, 2009 § Leave a comment
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Don't tell me not to live, just sit and putter
Life's candy and the sun's a ball of butter
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade
Don't tell me not to fly,
I simply got toIf someone takes a spill, it's me and not you
Who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade?[1]
I'll march my band out, I'll beat my drum
And if I'm fanned out, your turn at bat, sir
At least I didn't fake it, hat, sir
I guess I didn't make it
But whether I'm the rose of sheer perfection
A freckle on the nose of life's complexion
The Cinderella or the shine apple of its eye
I gotta fly once, I gotta try once,
Only can die once, right, sir?
Ooh, life is juicy, juicy and you see,
I gotta have my bite, sir.
Get ready for me love, 'cause I'm a "comer"
I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer
Don't bring around the cloud to rain on my parade,
I'm gonna live and live NOW!
Get what I want, I know how!
One roll for the whole shebang!
One throw that bell will go clang,
Eye on the target and wham,
One shot, one gun shot and bam!
Hey, Mr. Arnstein, here I am …
I'll march my band out, I will beat my drum,
And if I'm fanned out, your turn at bat, sir,
At least I didn't fake it, hat, sir,
I guess I didn't make it
Get ready for me love, 'cause I'm a "comer"
I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer
Nobody, no, nobody, is gonna rain on my parade!
merry christmas!
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How to Spend the Holidays
December 23, 2009 § 1 Comment
My family and I are spending Christmas and New Year's in the province, ironically, away from everyone else. It gets kind of boring at times since you have less people to talk to. So, I've compiled a list of things you can do during the Holidays. Whether you're spending it in snow or not, here are surefire ways to lift your spirits and spend the most special days of the year.
+Don't be a grinch! Just because you're not in the mood yet, it's not an excuse to bitch out on everyone else. No, you're not purposefully being left out by your family and friends, you just don't feel it yet. I suggest the best way to do this is to lift your sad soul yourself. No one's going to do this for you anyway, so better do it on your own.
+Read. That long list of books-to-read is no more this season! With all the free time that you have in your hands, you'll be cutting that list to bits with new stories to pore and ponder on.
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+Help in the kitchen. It's common Filipino tradition for families to get together and help prepare for the Holidays. Earlier today, I did the exact same thing and helped my dad prepare some of the meals we are to have for Noche Buena. I don't normally help with Christmas preparations but it was great because I was able to catch up with family members. And always, always, the food do taste better after working hard for it.
+Join the Christmas caroling. Three years ago, a group of friends and I decided to start a group and roam the neighborhood and sing carols to them. Like the one above, this tradition is very Filipino, but I'm suggesting it because what fun would Christmas be without the trite Christmas songs. The money that you earn along the way is just a bonus. Being able to share the joy and laughter to other people is the main thing. And that is what Christmas is really all about.
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Whether your out of town or not, still, I think, the best way to spend the Holidays is to be with the persons you love the most. Jesus was born on Christmas, He came to the world to be with the people he loves, us.
December 18, 2009 § Leave a comment
For more than a week now, everyone at home has been bitten by something I'd like to call "the cleaning bug." The older ones are doing renovations for the house in preparation for the visit of some relatives from USA. The funny thing about this is that we used to have visitors all the time, sometimes not even belonging to our clan, and everyone just cleans the house and makes sure it's tidy. However, when we received news that my maternal godfather, Tito Apollo, is coming home from Houston, Texas, everyone suddenly felt that the house is in dire need of overhauling.
The communal bathroom is suddenly being ripped apart (no pun intended) and replaced with new lavatory equipments. Almost all the rooms are being repainted with darker colors, in contrast to the formerly bright and sunny tones of the last paint job. And the best part is, people are actually getting rid of their really old stuff to make room. You may be wondering, our family[1], they just don't realize this, is big on material sentimentality. They can't just throw away old clothes, articles, etc., without considering it as a hand-me-down[2] or without the consent of other family members.
Bitten by the cleaning bug myself (slightly), I managed to assort my past lecture notebooks and files. I decided to give the useless papers to SSC's paper drive, my old notebooks to the less fortunate (or junk shop-if anyone's going to buy it), and keep the rest for sentimental reasons (told ya). In the midst of the sorting process, I managed to unearth important papers, doodles, a treasured copy of the lyrics of "Way Back Into Love", and poetry which I made/acquired/read in my previous years of schooling.
Here is a poem (one cheesy poem :P) I made in my senior year. It never met it's end so don't wonder if it's incomplete.
If I would have had my way
I'd wish all is left for here to stay
But since it's time that I cannot stop
So as your love when it departs.
Sad as it may seem but that time has come
In your arms, I am forever gone.
All has been said and all has been done
I pray you won't…


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As part of the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, the expiring American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) was extended through 2017. This is unfortunate for three reasons.
First, while the AOTC is too new to have an academic literature yet, its close cousins, the Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits have been studied, and have been found to be ineffective. As Bridget Terry Long found
"although the tax credits were promoted as a means of increasing college access, this analysis found no enrollment response."
In other words, the tax credits did not accomplish their goal of increasing the number the students enrolled in college.
Second, the tax credits did not lower net price at all schools. In fact, Long also found "some evidence to support that public two-year colleges responded to incentives created by the tax credits by raising tuition price."
While these first two results are for the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits, not the AOTC, there is no reason to expect the AOTC to have different effects (the main differences between AOTC and Hope/Lifetime Learning are refundability and income cutoffs, neither of which are realistically driving Long's findings). This means that just like for the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits, the AOTC is unlikely to increase college enrollment and probably encourages some schools to raise their tuition.
Third, due to higher income cutoffs, the AOTC is not as targeted as the Hope and Lifetime Learning credits were. The result is that much more of the tax credits are now being claimed by the relatively affluent. As former Education Sector analyst Stephen Burd wrote,
"The introduction of the Obama administration's American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) in 2009 has proven to be a bonanza for the highest income group."
At a time when the country is running huge deficits, it seems strange to devote $67 billion over the next 10 years (see Clare McCann's table) to keep a program that does not achieve its intended goal of increasing college enrollment, may actually be counterproductive in regards to college affordability, and results in a windfall for the relatively affluent.
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Hip implant maker was aware of 40% failure rate
An internal analysis conducted by Johnson & Johnson in 2011 not long after it recalled a troubled hip implant estimated that the all-metal device would fail within five years in nearly 40 percent of patients who received it, newly disclosed court records show.
Johnson & Johnson never released those projections for the device, the Articular Surface Replacement, or A.S.R., which the company recalled in mid-2010. But at the same time that the medical products giant was performing that analysis, it was publicly playing down similar findings from a British implant registry about the device's early failure rate.
Some folks call that kind of lying "fraud".
The company's analysis also suggests that the implant is likely to fail prematurely over the next few years in thousands more patients in addition to those who have already had painful and costly procedures to replace it…
The A.S.R. belonged to a once-popular class of hip implants in which a device's cup and ball component were both made of metal. While the A.S.R. was the most failure-prone of those implants, surgeons have largely abandoned using such devices in standard hip replacement because their components can grind together, releasing metallic debris that damages a patient's tissue and bone…
About 7,000 of the A.S.R. lawsuits have been consolidated in a federal court in Ohio. An additional 2,000 cases have been consolidated in a California state court. The California case chosen to go to trial this week was selected because the plaintiff, a man named Loren Kransky, has cancer and may not live much longer, lawyers involved in the case said. DePuy has already settled a few A.S.R. cases before trial and it may choose to do so in Mr. Kransky's case as well.
About 93,000 patients worldwide received an A.S.R., about one-third of them in the United States…
Aside from the class action liability – which I hope results in suitable replacement, compensation to patients and penalties exacted from Johnson and Johnson – I hope there is concerted action from the government to penalize J&J for the fraud committed by continued lies about the durability of the device if not an equal fraud in getting it approved for implant in the first place.
That should includes fines. That should include prison time for those who made each decision to lie to the government, the medical community and to patients.