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Thread: SSD Caching and partitions.
SSD Caching and partitions.
I have been looking to get an SSD for quite a while now, alongside the inevatable motherboard upgrade.
One technique struck my eye: SSD Caching, which has rather neat and obvious benefits. however, setting up an SSD for caching negates the other neat and obvious benefits that having one offers, such as much faster boot times.
So my plan then, is rather simple: Partition the SSD, and have roughly 40 gb for caching, and 80 gb for the OS.
My question is: Is this actually possible with a B75 chipset motherboard (the one I am planning to buy)?
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I guess you're talking about that Intel SRT tech?
As far as playing games is concerned, I don't see what advantage that would buy you - you just put your 'current' games on the SSD and get the whole advantage...
SSD prices are silly now - hell you can get a pair of 120Gb units for just over £100 and RAID them for crazy speed if you feel like it!
Given the cost of memory, loading more than you really need is also cheap-as-chips. 8Gb is nothing these days, 16Gb is affordable and I've even seen 2 PCs with 32Gb (which is just silly).
Caching is great for files which are used constantly - but games aren't really like that. Caching is for things like transactional databases and the like, really.
p.s. I see you're making the classic mistake of expecting to get 120Gb from a 120Gb drive - think more like 111Gb from a 120Gb drive :)
Intel SRT doesn't work with B75-based motherboards anyway. Or Z75 for that matter. You need one of the 77 chipsets for that.
Google suggests otherwise. The workaround appears very cumbersome to set up.
I had looked into this when building my current system, but here's what I've done instead. OS and apps on 128GB SSD, big HDD for games & media (and weekly system backup), 16GB of RAM (put the OS pagefile on the HDD), and use hybrid sleep mode instead of shutting down frequently. The result of this is that most HDD games tend to sit in the OS file cache in RAM after they've been loaded once. I put Guild Wars 2 on the SSD to load a bit faster (the install is completely portable), but it's a small improvement and games tend to load plenty fast anyway.
The hibernation file cannot be moved off of the OS drive (mine is ~12GB currently), and you could even disable it (I do have a UPS), but the entirety of RAM is not hibernated (because writing disk cache back to disk is redundant). Sleeping the box several times a day (and typically closing apps and games first), the SSD should well outlast the expected lifetime of the system (the electronics are liable to fail long before the flash memory wears out). The OS pagefile could also be shrunk (performance is not an issue with 16GB of RAM), but my HDD is plenty big, and keeping it off the SSD just saves some space and wear.
It's also better for an SSD's lifetime and performance to not to fill it up completely (by manual overprovisioning), and the simple way to do this is to partition some percent less space than is fully available. If you don't routinely abuse the SSD, overprovisioning is probably overkill.
TLDR: The expected use of SRT is to speed a system HDD up with a small SSD. SRT may be useful for unsophisticated users or special high performance cases, but gamers generally don't need it. For a motherboard upgrade, you probably need to reinstall the OS anyway, so you might as well put it right on the SSD. Putting the SATA controller in RAID mode as SRT requires will also increase your cold-boot times.
Add in that you "lose" the space NTFS uses for all the file and directory tables and checksums and stuff, so there's another small fraction less.
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But that's why they started yes, to sell less drive with the same sticker capacity. However, they're right. Storage is not an area where you can say "we're going to use the SI letter but not the SI meaning". That's not OK in any area, and especially not if you're not even going to be consistent within computing.
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Imagine if carpet companies used a different form of measurement from tape measure companies...
Would there be someone, sitting in a room with a large rug in it, defending their right to use a 'better standard' I wonder?


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This article was published 27/1/2013 (1667 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
This is a tale of two kinds of jazz: one instrumental, one vocal-based; one pushing at the boundaries of jazz, one celebrating tradition; both well-played and enjoyable.
Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa mixes western jazz with traditional Indian music and has used varied instrumental configurations over several albums. On Gamak (ACT), he adds guitarist David (Fuze) Fiuczynski, a former member of Jack DeJohnette's band, to bassist Franßois Moutin and drummer Dan Weiss from his own quintet.
Fiuczynski is a vibrant guitarist and a spark in this recording, which features melodies written for the sax-guitar pairing. Fuze is a perfect fit for Mahanthappa's musical vision because he already is a microtonal guitarist, so he doesn't have to adjust his style to play the south Indian themes.
Mahanthappa, a second-generation Indian-American, was steeped in jazz before visiting his ancestral homeland and absorbing its music. The result is more organic than the usual "fusion" generated by westerners embracing eastern music from afar.
This is a multi-hued recording with adventurous, driving sounds like Waiting is Forbidden's prog-rock, or hip-hop grooves, or the blues, or Majesty of the Blues' punk sound.
Mahanthappa's prowess on the alto, and the deluge of musical ideas, is what makes the disc so enjoyable.
Singer Jackie Ryan has a more traditional take on jazz over 14 tracks on her latest, Listen Here (Open Art). Not traditional as is predictable, but paying respect to the jazz canon.
Ryan, a powerful singer with great interpretive skills, nails a variety of songs: Abbey Lincoln's Throw It Away, Johnny Mercer's Accentuate the Positive, Gershwin's I Loves You Porgy, and Before We Fall in Love, a beautiful melody by bassist John Clayton, who leads the superb band of pianist Gerald Clayton (his son), drummer Obed Calvaire, saxophonist Rickey Woodard, trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos and guitarist Graham Dechter.
Ryan is, in a sense, a vocal treasure; albeit not as widely known as she should be with her graceful, yet powerful singing.
As good a singer as she is, a band like this bunch of West Coast pros can only make things sound better. Bassist John and pianist Gerald Clayton shine the brightest -- Gerald is a bright, young musician and leader in his own right who, on a date like this, uses his depth of musical knowledge to play funky, jazzy or churchy as needed.
The band is so good that only a talented singer like Ryan can keep from being overshadowed. And, at first blush, the 14-track length seems like it might overwhelm the listener, but Ryan carries it off.
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Guitarist Ed Bickert celebrated his 80th birthday in November listening to a who's who of Canadian jazz perform in Toronto. He retired from performing in 2001, so the release of a 1999 trio recording featuring the guitarist is a treat.
Tenor saxophonist Mike Murley, bassist Steve Wallace and Bickert -- known as Murley, Bickert, Wallace -- went into the cramped basement studio of Cornerstone Records' Barry Elmes.
The dozen tracks recorded were to replace a live recording that the musicians felt wasn't good enough. But before the studio set was mixed, the trio had a chance to go back into Toronto's Top O' the Senator jazz club and the resulting Live at the Senator won a Juno Award.
The tapes of this recording sat in a cardboard box until Elmes started backing them up digitally and liked what he heard. The trio agreed and the music is finally released as Test of Time (Cornerstone).
The trio swings, soars and lays back on ballads over nine tracks -- mostly standards, but also a couple of Murley tunes.

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So I recently bought a beautiful horizontal smoker with the offset firebox (Bar-B-Chef make, I believe). A major factor in my decision to buy this model is the idea of grilling mass quantities of food over direct heat in the smoke chamber.
However, I've had problems achieving nice, hot fires in the smoke chamber. While the fire closest to the firebox opening burns ok, the fire on the other side, at best, just smolders. Here's some of the things I'm doing:
1. Lining the bottom of the smoke chamber with tinfoil to protect the metal and aid in clean-up.
2. Place newspaper beneath the lower grates in the smoke chamber, pile charcoal on these lower grates, douse with lighter fluid, and light it up a little while later. I've tried using the chimney, but, after I unload it, the fire just dies. I promise I won't give up on the chimney.
3. During this process, all doors and vents are wide open.
I'm thinking I'm having an airflow problem. Does the horiontal smoker design prevent sufficient oxygen from reaching attempted fires in the smoke chamber? Should I install an adjustable vent at the bottom of the fire chamber? Might there be a simpler solution before I breakout the power tools? Is it something else I'm not considering?


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THE Watchet Children's Festival will be changing this summer, but for the better, organisers say.
For more than ten years, children in the area have enjoyed the festival. Its aim is to bring cultural experiences to children in a rural area at a low cost.
But now, the organisers are taking a step back as Watchet's Contains Art steps in to take over.
Izzy Sylvester, who originally set up the event more than ten years ago, said she was delighted with the new plans.
"It takes a lot of organising and time and effort and we've been doing this for years now; we all want to take a step back.
"But I'm so thrilled that Contains Art are pushing ahead to keep it going and make it an arts festival for kids.
This was really what I set out to achieve when I started, so I'm delighted.
"This is a really positive thing and I think Contains Art is going to do a fantastic job and they'll be able to achieve what I wanted."
"If they need volunteers on the day, then I'll certainly be there'" Izzy said.
The Watchet Roots charity will be working alongside Contains Art to support the festival.
Izzy added: "I'm a member of the Watchet Roots so there is no doubt I'll still be helping out in some way."
The popular festival started off with a small budget but over the past few years has cost up to £8,000.
Izzy said: "It is a big budget and to try and find the different sponsors and grants we can apply for also takes a lot of time."
Contain's Art is planning to hold a Kids Art Day on July 26.
As well as art workshops for all of the family, they too want to include performances just as the Children's Festival has been doing.


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Here's the recipe:
Jalapeno Margarita
1/2 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Agave Nectar
2 oz Jalapeno-Flavored Tequila
Splash of OJ
Shake all the ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with ice, serve in a rocks glass, and garnish with a slice of lime.
Shake one up for yourself and some friends, and let us know what you think.
Any other recipes we should try this weekend? We wanna hear!
And don't miss Darryl's recipes for classic martinis, vodka infusions, and a molecular screwdriver this Sunday evening at 10:30pm ET on Cooking Channel.


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Da! Hostel
Opening 01 August 2012! Special opening prices!
Da! Hostel is a brand new, large, very comfortable and cozy hostel, located in the heart and soul of Moscow – in historical building right on famous pedestrian street – Old Arbat.
Kremlin and all sights are at walking distance - 5-10 minutes!
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Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
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- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
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- Credit Cards Accepted
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- Free City Maps
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- No Curfew
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Da! Hostel is located at the heart of the Moscow-the most popular and famous street in center- Arbat, house number 11 (entrance from backyard)
From airport. All Moscow airports are located outside of the city, so you can use taxi, bus or Aeroexpress (the best variant, ticket cost 320 rubles one way, ticket vending machines dispense change and accept bank card payments).
From airport by taxi: The taxi fare from all airports is approximately 2.000 rub. We can arrange taxi for you, taxis in airport could cost you more than 3.000 rub.
From airport by train (aeroexpress):
Sheremetievo - take the aeroexpress to Belorusskaya metro station. Go 3 stations from Belorusskaya to Teatralnaya and change to Ploschad Revolutsii, then one more station to Arbatskaya.
Domodedovo - take the aeroexpress to Paveletskaya metro station. Go 2 stations from Paveletskaya to Teatralnaya, and change to Ploschad Revolutsii, then one more station to Arbatskaya.
Vnukovo - take the aeroexpress to Kievskaya metro station, then take the dark blue line and exit at Arbatskaya.
From airport by bus: really, we don't recommend that full, hard to find buses.
From train station by taxi: The taxi fare from all train stations is approximately 800 rub. We can arrange taxi for you, taxis at train station could cost you more than 1500 rub.
From train station by metro: There are metro stations at all train stations. Just get in the metro and go to Arbatskaya station.
Once you get to Arbatskaya metro station:
Take the exit from the underground station Arbatskaya (blue line), turn left and go straight, you see the underground crossing, please enter it. After exiting from underground, cross the road, turn left, go 50 meters and turn right. Now you are at the beginning of pedestrian Arbat street. Keep walking straight about 2 minutes to the next crossing, then you can see a 6 floored building of your left hand, this building is Arbat house # 13 (you can see a sign shop Cafe COFFEE ROOM). Please turn left after the corner and after 20 meters you will see an iron gate of your left side, enter and go straight 20 meters. You will see a big brown door and our Da! Hostel logo left of it. You are at your home in Moscow!
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Coming out of our hostel, you instantly get in the vortex of a Moscow life. Countless cafes and coffee houses, boutiques and shops, theaters, museums and exhibitions, 'hit the road' musicians and artists - that's what a pure, free from cars pedestrian street Arbat.


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(Reuters) - Alex Morgan's first-half hat-trick proved she has not lost her scoring touch as the United States women's soccer team blanked Ireland 5-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday.
Morgan, who netted a game-winning Olympic semi-final goal last summer when the U.S. took gold, showed little rust as she wowed the crowd in Portland, Oregon.
"We've been waiting and itching to get out there on the field, I think (this) showed that we wanted to get out there and play," Morgan told reporters.
"I just wanted to keep taking shots and they kept going my way."
Sydney Leroux completed the rout by scoring twice in the second half to give a perfect start to new coach Tom Sermanni's tenure.
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"ALWAYS A MARINE!" a biography
Winchester, VA
A short Biography
By Marian Clark, grand daughter
Antoni Jagiello was born on May 10, 1889 in a small village near Krosnos in southern Poland, very close to the Czechoslovakian border, called Sucho dol (Piaseczno County) and came to the United States on June 5, 1905, went to Plains, Pennsylvania to live with his sister and her husband John Cook. Later he went to Plymouth, PA. He was only 16 years of age. Being one of several children, he was one of the youngest and he hardly knew his mother much less his father. He said it was almost like being an orphan. He had an older brother, Albert, who came to the states before Anthony came and worked first in Buttonwood, which is across the river from Plymouth. He then moved to Johnstown, PA and after several years of working at a factory, had became very ill and died in a hospital in Wilkesborro, PA of unknown causes from his illness (probably typhus) having never married.
Anthony and his siblings were born in a poor country and raised on a farm. They ate what they raised and there was not much meat. They came from what they called 'Austria Poland.' Poland was once split and crucified: Part Russian; part Austrian; and part German. Later, after the First War, Poland became free.
His sisters who brought him up and watched over Anthony, were very reluctant to send him to the USA because they were afraid that the same thing would happen to him that happened to Albert, but they finally agreed because, as he said, there was no future for him in Poland.
So he went looking for a companion to travel with him and found a young boy in the next village. They journeyed together to Hamburg where they were going to pick up the ship but suddenly they were split up. The young boy went directly to New York where Antoni was directed to England. He was so confused and said by then, he didn't know where they were sending him. Leaving Hamburg, Germany, he traveled on a british ship, known as the "City of Bradford" (1903-1936), which was a steamboat headed to Grimsby, Liverpool, England and landed at Plymouth. His occupation on the Passenger list was stated as a farmhand or farm laborer and his nationality was Galician. It also stated that his final destination was Wilkes Barre.
He stayed Grimsby for several days and then went by train to Liverpool and caught a ship to the US. Once he arrived in the US, he started working for a mining company as a machinist (quoted from a newspaper article I have in my possession but it is not known the name of it nor the date) and in moving slate (which came from the story printed in the Leatherneck) at a $1.50 a day and worked in Plymouth, PA about three years.
He then moved to Chicago where he went to work for the International Harvester Company. His english was very poor. He later changed his job and began working for a machine shop. He knew he wanted to be in the military because in Poland, he used to admire the uniforms the soldiers wore and the uniforms in the United States were even nicer, so he tried to enlist in the Army. The recruiting sergeant sent him to Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis to test him, however, they turned him away after he failed the language test for English, and sent him back to Chicago.
After returning, he noticed the blue uniforms the Marines were wearing. That was when he met Cpl Kyser and learned of the Marines. Cpl Kyser advised him to to go to night school to learn more English which he did. Finally, he passed the test and could become a Marine in 1912. But he was still very careful with speaking it until he was a Private in the Marines.
He was the number one man, second squad, all through his bootcamp, which lasted 3 or 4 months and when he graduated, the unit was split up. He went to guard duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York.
One evening as heard revelry, he was ordered to dress and put on heavy marching uniform gear and was lead aboard ship known as the Prairie where they formed the 1st Provisional Brigade and went to Cuba because a revolution was in the making. Col Lincoln Karmany would command this provisional brigade. On May 23, 1912, they sailed on the Prairie, the 2nd Regiment left in two increments for Key West, Fla. The 2nd Regiment was placed aboard nine ships: Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington. He landed in Guantanamo Bay on May 28th. Two companies of Marines remained at Gitmo and the remainder of the brigade returned to the US.
While there, he guarded the warehouses, about 3 months and then returned to Brooklyn. After that duty, he was sent to Nicaragua for two years (unless he chose an for extended tour) and served as a guard.
An excerpt from Wikipedia states:
The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was first created in 1912 for occupation duties in Cuba. Earlier that year, the Negro Rebellion had erupted throughout Cuba among former black slaves.[10] A 1st Provisional Marine Regiment of 450 men under Colonel Lincoln Karmany was assembled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 May. At the same time, a 2nd Provisional Marine Regiment of 750 men under Colonel James Mahoney assembled at Key West, Florida. The two regiments sailed for Cuba aboard the USS Prairie, with 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment, landing at Havana and the remainder of the force at Guantanamo.[10] There they combined to form the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in early June under Karmany, and the United States Marines fanned out in Oriente Province, occupying 26 towns and controlling all rail traffic in the area.[11] The Marines protected United States sugar plantations in Siboney and El Cobre until late July when the Cuban government was able to clamp down on the revolt. At that point, the Marines pulled back to Guantanamo, disbanded the brigade and returned home.[10]
Another 1st Marine Brigade was created once again during the Occupation of Haiti. This brigade, however, was not considered a "provisional" unit and maintained a permanent establishment in Haiti from 1915 to 1934.[12] The 1st Marine Brigade was considered a separate unit lineage, and it was reactivated in 1941 and expanded to form the 1st Marine Division.[13]
(NOTE: I remember hearing about General Pendleton often when stories were told about his experience in Nicaragua and recently learned that he was part of "Chesty Pullers" team.)
Another Wikipedia excerpt on General Pendleton states:
Service in Nicaragua and Cuba, 1912–1913
He was detached from the Philippine Islands on May 6, 1912 and returned to the United States via the Suez Canal and Europe, reporting to the Marine Barracks Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on August 1, 1912. Colonel Pendleton was detached on temporary foreign shore service from August 23, 1912, until December 16, 1912. This foreign service covered the period of the 1912 operations in Nicaragua. Colonel Pendleton was in command of the Marines during this campaign in the skirmishes at Massaya and Chichigalpa, and the capture of Coyotepe and Leon. From February 19, to June 1, 1913, Colonel Pendleton was absent with an expeditionary force at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. On August 20, 1913, he was detached from the Marine Barracks at Portsmouth.
From 1917-1942 he went on three tours of duty in the West Indies and duty aboard the USS Connecticut and USS Minnesota.
After this enlistment, he went back to the states and was discharged at Mare Island, California. He went back to Chicago and worked again for the International Harvester.
He was only two months out of service when he realized that he didn't know what to do with himself. He just wasn't satisfied so on the way to work one day, he decided to turn around half way there and went back home to change clothes and go reenlist in the Marines as a private again. They sent him to the East Coast and assigned him on the battleship USS Minnesota as a pointer on a seven-inch gun as part of a gun crew. He later became a trainer of that same position. He was the senior man on his gun and still a private and very proud to be seagoing.
For seven years he acted as corporal. In those days there were only four enlisted grades. He stood six feet tall then and weighted 165 pounds and loved how he looked in a uniform. One day he decided he wanted to have a photo taken of himself in his uniform but he needed to get special permission to leave the post in uniform. So he requested it, and received it.
He was a very good sharpshooter with a rifle which he said took him eight years to master. He also became an expert shooter with the pistol (a total of 13 years) as well while in Quantico, Virginia.
Next he was aboard the USS Connecticut, the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet, manned by the old-timers of the Navy and part of the Great White Fleet (which was before his time). He was on guard duty or serving as a telephone orderly and advanced to captain's orderly, while continuing to be the pointer. Later they mothballed the Connecticut along with the South Carolina, Michigan and Vermont which were all "battle wagons" and took the Marines to form the 10th Artillery Regiment.
He was transferred to Baltimore, Md to attend motor transport school. He thought he was going to learn how to drive and repair vehicles but after graduating #2 in the class, was put in the machine shop because he did so well in this field with drawing and machining and he loved it.
He went back to Quantico to work in the machine shop on post and they organized their first motor transport company there. "Whenever the Marines went on a hike or on maneuvers, I would go in my machine shop, on wheels. One day, President Harding visited us in the field and he came into my shop. We were down by Fredericksburg, VA, and Smedley Butler, who was the commanding office, was with the President."
In 1919, while he was with the 10th Regiment at Quantico, they formed a guard of honor for King Albert of Belgium and he was a member of the escort of honor for the Duke of Windsor, who was then Prince of Wales.
In 1926, he was ordered to Haiti. He was now married with three children. He was a gunnery sergeant by then where they rented a house. They stayed for 2 years and were returned to Quantico after refusing his request to stay in Haiti longer. After two more years in Quantico, he was again ordered to Haiti but this time with 5 children. Again back to Quantico where he served until he retired in 1946 at age 57.
After he retired he was lost with "nothing to do". He put an addition on his house but remained bored. He learned that he was not eligible for Social Security because the Marine Corps didn't take out for it so he ended up having to go back to work and became a security guard for a store and later on the hospital. He worked well into his 70's and then finally retired. He was always active keeping in shape with calisthenics every morning and evening.
His final thoughts in life were stated in an story published in the Leatherneck in June 1984 written by Tom Bartlett. It stated:
"It has been a good life," retired MSgt Anthony Jagiello says, "I have done much and seen much. You know, 95 years is not so much. It passes quickly. I have many memories of my wife and my life; my family and the Marine Corps. "There are two things," and the deep chuckle interrupted his comment. "I am Jagiello. I will be always Jagiello. I am a Marine master sergeant. I will be always a Marine...."


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WEIRTON, W.Va. -- Patricia M. "Patty" Pryor, 75, of Weirton, passed away on Wednesday (Feb. 27, 2013) at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Fla.
Born May 2, 1937, in Elba, Ohio, daughter of the late Ralph and Virginia Grace (Hesson) Haas.
She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Cole Christopher Pryor; brothers, Eldon and Kenneth Haas; and a sister, Janice Moore.
Mrs. Pryor had lived most of her adult life in Weirton, and had been a seasonal resident of St. Augustine, Fla., for the past five years. An accomplished business woman, Patty worked with her husband's construction company, Billy Pryor General Contracting, managing the company's rental properties.
She was an avid reader and enjoyed participating in league bowling. Patty was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Weirton, and was a devoted wife and a wonderful homemaker, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who will be deeply missed.
Patricia is survived by her husband of 58 years, Bill Pryor, of Weirton; a daughter, Pamela M. Westfall of Canonsburg, Pa.; sons, Christopher Pryor, and his wife, Joan, of Bulger, Pa., Bradford Pryor, of Caldwell, Ohio, Gregory Pryor, and his wife, Michele, of Fayette City, Pa., and Randall Pryor of Weirton; grandchildren, Michelle Patragas (Damien), Amanda Vargo (Joshua), Chessie Pryor and Elizabeth Pryor; and great-grandchildren, Madeliene Patragas, Dominic Patragas, Lillian Vargo and Taylin Pryor.
Visitation will be today (Sunday) from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main St., Weirton, where funeral services will be noon Monday with Pastor Tim Conrad officiating.
Interment will be in Dudley Cemetery, Olive Township, Ohio.
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A development application is expected to be lodged in the next few weeks for Canberra's tallest building.
The 35-storey development is expected to take 20 months to build once approvals are finalised and the required number of apartment sales is reached.
The development, at the corner of Eastern Valley Way and Aikman Drive, consists of two towers, the second a shorter height at 80 metres.
Developer Geocon - who have issued an artist's impression of what building will look like - said the $150 million investment was a vote of confidence in Belconnen's future.
The 112-metre building - which will be taller than football field is long - has been shaped like arrow head pointing north. Chris Millman, from Cox Architect, said the design allowed every residential apartment to have solar access.
The project consists of 235 residential units and a 168-unit hotel. This would include a restaurant, bar and conference facilities. There would also be retail and commercial shop fronts as part of the project.
More than 100 residents met with developers earlier this month to discuss the proposal on February 19, with heights and shadowing cited as the major concerns.
Concerns were put to representatives of developers Geocon regarding the scale of the plans, but Mr Millman said the height of the development boosted its visual amenity and environmental credentials. "We are not apologising for height in this development," he said. "We are actually celebrating it."
The plans come just months after a slightly shorter tower in Woden - named Woden 9 - was put on the backburner.
The Woden 9 proposal was withdrawn "to be revised" late last year, with ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell stating that the plans were "not of a scale that was suitable or sympathetic for the town centre".


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Last night at the Seaborn Broughton and Walford Foundation (SBW) Christmas Party, Gaz Simpson, Chairman of the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Trust, announced that CAMPION DECENT had won the 2012 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award for his play "Unholy Ghosts".
The $20,000 award for the development of a play or other approved performing arts project attracted 121 submissions (a record number) from across Australia.
Campion Decent said in his proposal that should he win the award he would put the funds towards a world premiere production to be produced by CDP (Christine Dunstan Productions). Before that occurred a further draft of the play would be completed, in dialogue with the director and prior to commencement of rehearsals.
"Unholy Ghosts" is described as a vibrant portrait of one particular family with all its idiosyncrasies that at the same time speaks more broadly to the 'landscape of goodbye' that all families experience. A son invites the audience on a journey to unpick his family tapestry.
At a practical level the son is attempting to navigate his parents through failing health and ready them for death while dealing with the daily pressures of a world that does not stop for such things. But at a deeper level he is trying to make sense of the life he shared with his parents; to create, from the splinters of memory, some kind of understanding that will allow him to reconcile his parent's bitter marriage, his own traumatic childhood and the death of his sister, so that he might move forward, without the anchor of biology, to weave a new understanding of family.
Campion Decent has worked in the arts for more than 20 years, most recently as Artistic Director of HotHouse Theatre. His work as a writer includes the award-winning Embers (HotHouse Theatre & Sydney Theatre Company 2006/National tour 2009/ABC Radio 2012. Shootings (ABC Radio), Baby X (Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras / CDP / Playbox) Three Winters Green (Mardi Gras) and the Judi Connelli cabaret Back to Before (New York/Australian tour).
Previous appointments include Literary Manager at Sydney Theatre Company, Artistic Director of Next Wave Festival and Festival Director for Mardi Gras. As a dramaturg he has worked with many writers including Jane Brodie, Rosalba Clemente, Wesley Enoch, Kate Mulvany and Bojana Novakovic. As a board member and/or volunteer he has contributed to the work of the Australian Writers Guild, the Australian National Playwrights' Centre (as Chair) and the Australian Script Centre (also as Chair). He is a graduate of the NIDA Playwrights' Studio and holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts.


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SYLLABICATION: erst·while
PRONUNCIATION: ûrst'hwīl', -wīl'
ADVERB: In the past; at a former time; formerly.
ADJECTIVE: Former: our erstwhile companions.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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There are many types of congenital heart defects. If the defect lowers the amount of oxygen in the body, it is called cyanotic. If the defect doesn't affect oxygen in the body, it is called acyanotic.
Cyanotic heart defects are defects that allow oxygen-rich blood and
oxygen-poor blood to mix.
In cyanotic heart defects, less oxygen-rich blood reaches the tissues
of the body. This results in the development of a bluish tint—cyanosis—to the
skin, lips, and nail beds.
Cyanotic heart defects include:
Congenital heart defects that don't normally interfere with the
amount of oxygen or blood that reaches the tissues of the body are called
acyanotic heart defects. A bluish tint of the skin isn't common in babies with
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Acyanotic congenital heart defects include:
A small hole in the heart, called a patent foramen ovale, is not considered a heart defect. It happens in many healthy people. But typically it doesn't need treatment.
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A HUNDRED drivers have been fined in a fortnight for flouting the law by ignoring no entry signs to dodge Worcester's notorious roadworks and traffic jams.
Police officers handed out a hundred fixed penalty notices, which include a £90 fine and three penalty points, in just two weeks (up to Tuesday, April 1) as drivers head the wrong way along the city's Britannia Square, through the red no-entry signs, along Hebb Street and on to the main A38. Historically, drivers have used it as an illegal cut-through to avoid the traffic lights in Castle Street and congestion through the Tything and Barbourne.
However, police responded after neighbours complained the situation had become much worse because of the recent roadworks.
Last Sunday alone officers handed out 20 tickets, running out of penalty forms so they had to return to the station for more. Officers handed out 12 penalty points in just 12 minutes on that Sunday.
The one-way section of Britannia Square also includes a cycle lane. Officers stressed it was illegal for anyone to drive through the no entry signs, including the emergency services.
PC Alex Denny and PC Mark Broughton said there had been a number of 'near misses' and stand-offs between motorists when they met head-on.
PC Boughton said: "On one occasion a car drove into an off-duty police officer's leg and it was deliberate. Last Wednesday a car brushed past a community support officer's leg."
When a driver in a Golf R32 was stopped on Sunday going the wrong way at speed, fed-up residents cheered officers.
PC Denny said: "There have been a number of incidents and it literally is a serious accident waiting to happen due to the nature of the junction and the speed at which vehicles approach it.
You get some poor excuses like 'I didn't notice the signs'. There is a severe risk of head-on collisions. We don't want any cyclists knocked off their bikes – that would be catastrophic."
He said drivers, who knew they should not go through the no entry signs, accelerated to get through the 50 metre prohibited section more quickly, increasing the risk.
He said: "It is difficult to enforce because we can't be here permanently. You get a lot of people trying to avoid the traffic at rush hour."
Sometimes there are tense stand-offs where motorists travelling the correct way along Britannia Square (in the direction of Castle Street) refuse to reverse when they encounter a car going the wrong way.
There is a blind entry for drivers going the right way from Hebb Street into Britannia Square.
One resident, who declined to be named, said: "There's going to be an almighty smash here. Residents are both getting abuse from and giving it back to the drivers.
"We say 'you're going the wrong way.' There is some colourful language sometimes. You're told what you can do."
West Mercia Police now want to see bollards put in to protect the cycle lane and for the markings on the road to be repainted after raising concerns with Worcestershire County Council and the Safer Roads Partnership.
John Ball, of Britannia Square, said: "I want to say thank you to the police for what they have done.
"They have been attending most days for the last two weeks when the roadworks have been on.
"Hopefully the people who have got caught will have learned a lesson."
However, Bob Peachey, a former Worcester city and county councillor, who lives nearby in York Place, said the restrictions had made the junction much safer than it had been before.


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|Southwest Ridge, evening summing
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2015
|Climbed the Southewest Ridge with 2 buddies back in early september of this year. I led every pitch and had a fantastic time. We used 2 ropes which took a little bit extra time. Because we started from the cars around 11 in the morning we did not start climbing till mid afternoon. We ended up reaching the summit just as the sun was setting, and had to scramble down the peak and the Symmetry Couloir in the dark. All in all it was an awesome climb and I would gladly do it again, just maybe starting earlier in the day.
|Posted Nov 6, 2015 12:53 pm
|Good and steep
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2013
|Climbed the Southwest ridge. Approach was steep but beautiful and lots of water flowing. We ended up breaking up some of the pitches to reduce what would have been very bad rope drag. A few thin moves on the crux pitches protected by sketchy pitons. Otherwise good pro and good rock. Lots of fun!
|Posted Jul 29, 2013 12:18 pm
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2013
|The climb just gets better and better the higher you go, amazing views of course. Some of the pitons are broken off and the others aren't far behind... Didn't make the last boat, but hike around the lake isn't bad. Great Route!
|Posted Jul 29, 2013 8:49 am
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2012
|A brutal approach, but a fun climb. The "nose" on P4 was kind of delicate. Trip report.
Also soloed the Durrance on 6/11/13. Trip report.
|Posted Jun 26, 2012 1:08 pm
|got lost
|never did find the start as my first climb at the Tetons with Natalie. should have taken the boat across Jenny lake to buy more time.
|Posted Feb 27, 2011 12:22 am
|SW Ridge
|Excellent climb 6 weeks after badly breaking both my arms. The steep cracks hurt my not quite healed limbs.
|Posted Dec 27, 2010 11:20 am
|Routed Climbed: SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2010
|Awesome route! The third and fifth pitches were the best.
|Posted Oct 3, 2010 12:23 pm
|chugach mtn boy
|NW side
Date Climbed: Oct 10, 1977
|Scrambled this one fall day. Have always wanted to go back and do one of the classic routes that look so pretty from below.
|Posted Apr 22, 2010 3:55 pm
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009
|Climbed the SW Ridge with Brian (dunsum).
Left Salt Lake at 3 am, ready for the all-day push. Caught the boat at Jenny Lake (second of the day) at 8:15. The approach gully was longer than I expected, but the climbing was good. By 10 pm we were back in Salt Lake, happy about ticking another of the Ortenburger "classics" off the list.
|Posted Feb 5, 2010 3:47 am
|very symmetrical
|The SW ridge is a great climb. I love the east ridge from Hanging Canyon. A great summit to hang out on. I once saw a rock the size of a van roll down all of Symmetry Couloir, almost to Jenny Lake.
|Posted Nov 28, 2009 4:24 pm
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2009
|Super fun climb with my friend Tom. His first lead in the Teton's.
|Posted Sep 12, 2009 10:36 am
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008
|route...symmetry couloir
|Posted Jul 9, 2008 6:35 pm
|Sam Page
|Southwest Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 1996
|Left the Climber's Ranch at 7:30AM and returned around 3:30 AM. Epic. My partner totally panicked on the descent and, to put it mildly, our descent was slow.
|Posted Apr 19, 2008 11:58 pm
|Sam Page
|Durrance Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 1996
|Smooth sailing.
|Posted Apr 19, 2008 11:53 pm
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006
|Great route. Nice approach. Descent down the couloir is a bit nasty. I got off route by following some stuck pro and went up this slabby corner thing. I still don't know what that variation is rated but is quite harder that the "Nose" which is suppose to be the 5.7 crux.
|Posted Oct 26, 2007 1:29 pm
|Symmetry Spire
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 1983
|Curt Olson and I did the Jensen Direct. Great climb. Not real hard but the pitches were some of the most sustained I've been on in the Tetons.
|Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:33 am
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007
|Typical Teton approach, long and steep, especially for us flatlanders. The route is good...some loose rock here and there but the upper pitches are steep and exposed for the grade. Wouldn't call it a "classic" but "very good." We started climbing at noon and missed the last boat across Jenny Lake...but saw a bear on the Jenny Lake trail!
|Posted Jul 25, 2007 9:27 am
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 1993
|Classic, but the climb up took WAY more time than it should, and so did the descent. Watched the last ferry cross Jenny Lake from the summit, nasty rocky walkoff, and subsequent walk around the lake on the horse trail... back at the car at midnight.
|Posted Jul 25, 2007 3:16 am
|SW Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2002
|First climb in the Tetons. Great day. The route finding was similar to the Sandias, but the rock was much better.
|Posted Feb 26, 2007 2:39 pm
|SW ridge
|Nice line - steep, blocky, kick-ass views. A bit loose on the first and last pitches but definitely a classic. Fun moment - doing the last pitch and watching the last boat leave far below....
|Posted Aug 28, 2006 5:29 am


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There are apparently a lot of conflicted naysayers who are truly, madly, deeply rooting for Microsoft -- and especially its Surface tablet -- to succeed. How else to explain the number of articles this week that strain to find a silver lining to Redmond's currently lackluster showing when it comes to mobile?
Take the reports this week about Surface RT. While actual sales figures remain a closely guarded state secret, estimates say the tablet is generating a tiny portion of Web traffic -- less than 1 percent, according to a study by Chitika Insights. But in Matt Hamblen's article on Surface RT sales, industry watchers turn this situation on its head and ask, "Does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo sales of the new device?" Shades of Pee-wee Herman ("I meant to do that").
Still, there may be some merit to analysts' theory that Microsoft is merely using Surface to seed the market before turning it over to OEMs and just wants to sell enough devices to get people interested in Windows 8. According to this glass-half-full argument, "modest sales for Surface could still be to Microsoft's advantage."
Interesting strategy -- only problem is Microsoft doesn't seem to be sticking to the game plan. News came midweek that distribution of the Surface was being widened to include retail outlets Staples and Best Buy. Microsoft's not saying what prompted the sooner-than-expected shift from its in-house sales strategy, but market researcher Steven Baker of NPD Group sums up both sides of the guessing game: "Either the products are doing well, and they wanted to accelerate their distribution, or the Surface is not doing well, and they decided they had to do something."
In another item from the silver lining playbook, Woody Leonhard examines possible reasons for the delay in Microsoft releasing Office for the iPad, and he comes to the conclusion that in fact Apple is Microsoft's best friend in delaying Office on iPad. As Leonhard points out, "having Office on other devices reduces sales of Windows RT devices" by taking away a prime reason to choose a Windows tablet over an iPad.
And in news this week around Windows Phone 8 -- currently entrenched in a battle of the wannabes -- Microsoft issued an update but won't say what it fixes. However, customers on online forums report that the update called Portico for the Windows Phone 8 HTC 8X fixes random rebooting problems and adds a Wi-Fi enhancement.
It probably comes as no surprise that Microsoft didn't make it into this week's slideshow of the 14 most influential smartphones ever, which was -- as you might have guessed -- dominated by iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android devices.
Still, in one way Microsoft had a very successful week in mobile: Everyone's still talking about the company.
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Congrats to the King Open School, which is celebrating its 5 year anniversary for lunchroom composting! King Open was the 1st Cambridge Public School to start composting and 8 schools have joined them since: Graham & Parks, Cambridgeport, Peabody/Rindge Ave, Tobin/Vassal Lane, CRLS, Haggerty, and Amigos. The City's goal is that all public schools compost. This fall we'll add Kennedy-Longfellow and Putnam Avenue Upper School to the list. Schools not yet composting are Morse, M.L. King, Baldwin, and Fletcher Maynard. The principal and senior custodian must be on-board before composting can begin.
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UF's Debose to miss Saturday's game
Published: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 11:43 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 11:43 a.m.
For the second game in a row, the Florida Gators will be without starting kick and punt returner Andre Debose.
Debose hyper-extended a knee the Thursday before the Missouri game and has not been able to practice this week, UF coach Will Muschamp said.
"He hasn't been able to get back into action," Muschamp said.
Muschamp said backup tailback Mack Brown and defensive tackle Leon Orr also will miss Saturday's game against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Brown sprained his ankle in the Missouri game, while Orr missed last week's game with the flu.
"Leon Orr has missed some time with an illness and is working his way back into shape," Muschamp said.
Other than Debose, Brown and Orr, the Gators will be close to 100 percent for the Ragin' Cajuns.
Offensive tackle Xavier Nixon returned to practice Tuesday after missing the Missouri game with an injured knee. Two other starting linemen who were injured in the Missouri game — guards James Wilson and Jon Halapio — also returned to practice earlier this week and will play in Saturday's game.
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AUSTIN, Texas — At the May 27 Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting, the Texas "State Boating Law Enforcement Officer of The Year" award was given to TPWD Game Warden Bill Blackburn of Llano County.
The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators is comprised of 50 U.S. States and the U.S. Territories and was created to achieve uniformity in boating laws from state to state and encourage enjoyment of the waters for all boaters. Each year NASBLA recognizes an enforcement officer from each state as the "State Boating Law Enforcement Officer of The Year."
"We developed the program as a way to recognize officers that go above and beyond their duties as marine patrol officers," said Kim Hermes with NASBLA, who administers the program out of Lexington, Ky.
Blackburn is a 31-year veteran Game Warden with TPWD and "has been an outstanding water safety enforcement officer," said Executive Director Robert Cook during the presentation. Blackburn is stationed in Llano County and has enforcement responsibility on the Highland Lakes chain which has some of the highest boating volume lakes in Texas.
He assisted in setting up Boating-While-Intoxicated Task Force operations on the Highland Lakes involving local law enforcement and game wardens from that area. As a certified intoxiliyzer operator and trained in field sobriety, Blackburn began to research methods for instruction of law enforcement officers in these techniques. He assisted in a hands-on training designed to empower other game wardens and other agency officers to perform at a high level of self-confidence and assure that they do it correctly. First-year results contributed to an increase in BWI cases in his District.
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Sunny Beautiful Attic close to City Centre
Size45 m²
Floor No.4
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Pets allowed
- Baby cot
Accommodation summary
|Kotlarska, 30-001 Krakow, Poland
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
The apartment consists of 1 bedroom, living room with comfortable lounge (pull-out sofa bed), fully equipped kitchen with a dining area and bathroom with a shower. There is a queen size bed in the bedroom.
The apartment sleeps up to 4 people.
House rules
|Weekly rate for up to 4 guests
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|On arrangement
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Reviews of this property
This apartment was perfect for a few days in Krakow. It is well-connected to the main square, the train station, etc. by tram, and is within walking distance of just about anywhere you would want to go in Krakow (so long as you are okay walking 30 minutes or so). The apartment itself was bright and comfortable, with all the amenities you could need. I appreciated the free wifi, as well as the multiple electric heaters provided to chase out the September chill. I would definitely stay here again!
Reviews for this host's other properties
It was a pleasure to come to Krakow again. The appartment was very nice, and so was the host.
We enjoyed to stay here. Very god location, with a short walk to the market square.
We will recommend this to others!
Kind regards
Sigmund with family.
Tolle, ganz zentral gelegene Unterkunft. Hilfsbereite und nette Gastgeber.
We were 4 ladies that stayed 4 nights in flats 29a and 29b. The apartments were very clean and comfortable. We ordered a pick up at the airport (120 zloty) and were met at the apartment upon arrival at 9:30 in the morning. :) The only draw back was one of the bedrooms had the bed under stairs that led up to a small landing with a sofa and skylight. So no window to see out of when in bed. Not a big problem though. The beds were comfortable. Close to Old town (5-6 min walk). I will not hesitate to book this apartment again if I travel back to Krakow. One more wish would be to have a tv channel with English programs (not just news channels), but again not a big problem.
Vi kan varmt anbefale lejligheden i Krakow. Den ligger dejligt centralt med mange cafeer og restauranter i nærheden samt butikker hvor man kan købe brød og daglige fornødenheder. Lejligheden er godt indrettet med stue, to store soveværelser, badeværelse med brus og badekar, separat toilet samt funktionelt køkken. Og ikke at forglemme den dejlige overdækkede terrasse. Der er mindre end 100 meter ned til floden, som fører direkte ind til Old Town. Et rigtigt godt valg, hvis man ønsker at bo i lejlighed i Krakow.
L'appartement est bien situé dans le cartier juif Kazimierz. toutes les commodités sont à proximité : restaurent, bar, alimentation
L'appartement est propre.
Il faut être un peu sportif car il est situé au dernier étage.
Igen skønne dage i Krakow i "vores" Vanilla lejlighed.
We are really pleased with the apartment, it was clean and tidy and everything we could imagine was there. The host was nice and was in the apartment when we got there. The transfer that he arranged between the airport and the apartment worked perfectly.
Even the location was perfect
We were delighted with our stay! The apartment is cosy, warm, clean with simple yet tasteful decoration. Excellent location, just a few steps from the main square. Communication with the host was flawless. Thank you for hosting us. Highly recommended!
The Snow White Apartment was perfect for our family break in Krakow.
In the Heart of Kazimierz and easy walking distance to the main square and the castle. Just a few yards away from the river and surrounded by some lovely cafes and restaurants.
The Apartment was beautifully decorated with everything you need- my daughter and I loved the fact that we had a walk in wardrobe :)
The communication with the hosts was fantastic and they even organised our transport to and from the airport and our day trips to Auschwitz and the salt mines.
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Brewer at the Legislature: Wind energy is testament to greed
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The loss of Frank Graham, the founder of the North Platte Bulletin, not long before Christmas brought to mind one of his favorite stories.
Frank and Laura Johnston, with irreplaceable help from Greg Hood, put out the first two issues of the Bulletin from a corner of Frank and Laura's basement. And when the first one was printed, they walked around the neighborhood handing it out.
Heres your Bulletin, theyd say. Were puttin out a new paper.
Their joy spread immediately. They impressed people with a simple act and a meaningful gift.
Aside from Franks irrespressible need to show himself to people, Frank's father was credited for the idea. Frank's dad was a small town Texas postmaster who with wife and kids hand-delivered the mail on Christmas morning.
Frank loved to tell that story. As I recall it, his dad would hustle everyone up to breakfast and theyd go to the post office and pick up the mail, which was sorted and ready to go but would normally lie there until the day after Christmas.
The Grahams would drive around town, stopping at all the addresses they could.
Heres your mail, his dad would say. Or hed tell one of his kids Now you take those letters up to Mr. Jones house and you tell him Merry Christmas, we thought you might like to have your mail this morning.'"
Theyd spend a few hours Christmas morning delivering mail around the little town. It became a family holiday ritual, and it left a deep impression on Frank L. Graham and by association, we who knew him best.
In that spirit, we spent a recent evening handing out Bulletins for Christmas. Even the cover this week is a giant Christmas card.
Rest in peace Frank. Merry Christmas.
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Last week I grilled a couple of rib steaks and while there wasn't anything really different or unusual about them I did notice something that was kind of interesting.
Before leaving for work I generously seasoned the steaks with some coarse gray sea salt, and put them uncovered in the fridge.
If you've ever wondered if those big salt crystals ever do dissolve, here's proof that they do. After about 9 hours there were no traces of them!
Things were pretty straightforward after that; I grilled them over a hot lump charcoal fire and we had them with beans and mushrooms. The dissolved salt did a nice job of seasoning the meat and didn't toughen it at all.


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Absolute Necessity to finish your floor at entryways. The perfect finishing touch that brings everything together, Just a little difficult to handle as every piece that makes up the threshold falls apart as you try to position it properly to install.
Floor and transition look great.
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this is the third floor I've done. One for my winter residence and two more for rentals in a really good part of town. Consistant product as far as color and production. Easy to put down and easy to keep clean. Wears like iron. Very happy and the price is great. Compare against big box stores, and their products are half the quality for twice the money. Just a pain to pick up and move. I guess I'm getting old.
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My husband and brother installed this flooring in our soon-to-be nursery. Neither of them have every done something like this before so we were nervous. The floor looks great, was easy to install and the staff was VERY helpful in giving tips, suggestions, directions, etc. when we bought the flooring. The only thing I "could" complain about is that there needs to be more variety in the patterns on the boards. There is one distinguishing pattern that repeats itself a lot. But it looks so much better than the old carpet and will be so much easier to maintain - especially when we turn this room back into an office in a few years!
EAsy to install.
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It yet another indication that high end fashion brands see growth opportunity in charging ever-further upmarket, today Ralph Lauren (that's their most recent show, left) named Valerie Hermann, latterly CEO of Reed Krakoff, as President of a newly created Luxury Division. This follows announcements by Louis Vuitton and Gucci that they see their future on the tippy-top of the luxury pyramid. At the same time, the move puts the Ralph Lauren strategy at odds with that of his fellow American "premium brand," Michael Kors, whose phenomenal growth has been driven in large part by exploiting the price-point opening left when peers deserted the high end for the highest end. It suggest Mr Lauren is going after European competitors, as opposed to Mr Kors. Read more
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Channel 4 brought you Benjaman Kyle's story just a week ago. His story has been seen or heard in several places, including the "Dr. Phil" show in 2008. Now, his story has the attention of Florida Sen. Bill Nelson.
"We need to figure out, how to get him a temporary identity so that he doesn't have to live out in the woods," said Nelson. "So that he can get a job."
Nelson knew a great deal about Kyle, the man struggling almost seven years to recover his own identity. Nelson said he's willing to help.
"I know from serving on the Senate intelligence committee some of the very sophisticated tracking we can now do of individuals, in trying to protect ourselves from terrorists," said Nelson.
Nelson said he's trying to get that technology turned to Kyle's advantage. In the meantime, Kyle's taking advantage of this opportunity working at Crazy Fish in Jax Beach.
"Oh, I feel great," said Kyle. "It's so much better than just wandering around on the street."
After Channel 4's special on Kyle aired, Josh Schrutt offered him a job and found him temporary housing.
"He's proven to be very trustworthy," said Schrutt. "Just been a hard worker ever since he started."
Now, Kyle and Schrutt are working to find a permanent housing solution.
"So he's either got to have a temporary identity, or we've got to find out who he is," said Nelson.
"It makes me feel good, actually," said Kyle. "I need out of this box I'm in, I can't seem to chew myself out of it myself."
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i am doing project in php and mySqll i am getting error like Undefined index: route in C:\wamp\www\ew22\list.php on line 222.my code is as follows
$url = $_POST["route"];
$user_name = "root";
$password = "";
$database = "locations";
$server = "127.0.0.1";
$db_handle = mysql_connect($server, $user_name, $password);
$db_found = mysql_select_db($database, $db_handle) or die(mysql_error);
if ($db_found) {
$SQL = "select * from notes where route='$url'";
$result = mysql_query($SQL) or die(mysql_error);
echo "
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echo "
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while ($db_field = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo "
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echo "".$db_field['name'] . "	";
echo "".$db_field['address'] . "	";
echo "".$db_field['route'] . "	";
echo "
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echo "
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else {
print "Database NOT Found ";
please tell me how i can resolve this problem. thanku
Since you've only provided 46 lines of code it will be difficult to be precise, but I would suggest that you look at line 222 of list.php
What I expect that you'll find is that something like your line 2 above ($url = $POST["route"] will be referring to a value that is missing. Basically, if $POST["route"] is not set, then you will get that error. You should really change that line to put in a default action when it's not sent. For example:
$url = isset($_POST['route']) ? $_POST['route'] : 'default';
This means that if $_POST['route'] is not set, that it will fall back to 'default', which you can then handle further on
On a related note, you really didn't ought to allow data to be passed via $_POST and then inject it straight into a MySQL query. It allows what is called an "SQL Injection Attack". It's much better to do something like this:
switch (@$_POST["route"]){
case 'route1':
$url = 'this/url';
case 'route2':
$url = 'that/url';
case 'route3':
$url = 'this/other/url';
$url = 'index/url';
$SQL = "select * from notes where route='$url'"
What we're doing differently here is hard coding the URLs in. No matter what you post in "route" you can never interfere with the SQL that you generate. You know for sure that one of three options will be selected because the correct information has been provided, or else the default value will be selected. There is no way to attack this. Also note that I changed $POST["route"] by adding an @ at the front? That will suppress the error you get when $POST['route'] isn't already set, so this will still work
In any case the OP needs to migrate away from the mysql_* extension as it's depreceated as of the current version of PHP, they should be now using either the mysqli_* extension or PDO, either of which enable the use of prepared statements
BTW, the original MySQL library is deprecated as of PHP 5.5, not 5.4. Although I do agree that we should be moving on to MySQLi or PDO by now, and that not properly escaping/preparing statements is bad, the rush to switch from the original MySQL functions isn't quite as urgent
'Undefined index' is actually a notice, not an error. You can use isset(), as suggested. You can also suppress these warnings with:
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
at the top of your file.
Personally I would discourage suppressing like that because I feel that with notices enabled that you are encouraged to a) code better and b) if you do need to suppress individually with @$var then at least you are aware and it's all deliberate. Doesn't take away from the fact that you CAN do it, I just don't recommend it. Feels... lazy
Agreed - it is a lazy solution, but usable for non-critical stuff.
I've seen these notices being returned for such things as not enclosing an array index in single quotes, e.g. array[index] instead of array['index']. I think the quotes are mandatory as of php 5.4
Yeah, I used to make that mistake occasionally with arrays many years back when I first had to work on a site where warnings were shown. Soon got out of that habit and I think I'm a better developer for it