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If you're anything like me, you aren't one for blogging. Barring the Xanga account I abused during high school, I haven't written much about anything and then posted it on the Internet for all to see. No Facebook notes, no blogspots, no mySpace profile, and certainly no hordes of followers on Twitter. So, forgive me if this entry doesn't follow a "typical" blogger's protocol.
Today, I write to you from two moments in time. My very first group as a music therapist here at West Music is starting this afternoon. It is a music club for teenagers and young adults with intellectual and or physical disabilities. At this moment (1:19 pm) I am a surprisingly healthy mixture of anxiety and excitement. My group begins at 4:00 pm and I am prepared. Wait, I am more than prepared. The registration templates are set, my agenda is written and practiced, my list of upcoming events is written and printed, and my music is performance ready. I even have one group member completely registered and paid-in-full! My level of preparedness is helping to alleviate my anxiety and may be what pulls me through the next 2.5 hours.
So, why am I a bundle of emotions? Well, I suppose it has to do with not knowing if anyone (besides my lone registrant!) will attend. And of those who attend, will I be able to provide them with the stimulating environment that they need? I am beginning to think that all of these thoughts boil down to the question, "Am I ready for this?"
While in college, not so long ago, I imagined creating and perpetuating recreational groups as well as therapeutic groups. I have trained for this. All of my experiences leading ensembles and teams of varying abilities and ages are blending together in a veritable stew of knowledge that will, hopefully, lend itself to confidence building.
Perhaps this is why I am also experiencing excitement. This is MY group. I am responsible for its success and/or failure. Ownership can be a powerful motivator or deterrent, in my personal experience. The possibility of success is motivating, even somewhat intoxicating. Failure, on the other hand, is a daunting and unsettling reality. Great, now I am anxious again.
Now I will stop writing. Blogging will resume after the group has ended.
My group has finished! I had a goal of four registered participants, and my goal has been met. The young ladies who attended all expressed an interest in continuing because of the time they enjoyed with one another.
I suppose that is really what this whole group is about. Not about me or how I feel but about meeting the needs of young people. Hopefully, I am a small part of what can make the lives of these ladies as rich and fulfilling as they want them to be.
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As a college student who did not have the best professor in my intro to java course, I understand the important of visual hands on learning. So I kept in mind, when formatting this course, how I would have best understood something initially and the order I would have comprehended best. This course covers the basic concepts of Java to get you started and comfortable programming. You shouldn't rush too fast through the course, but rather use some of what I am teaching and plugging in different values or using the concepts in different ways. Also, code things that interest you. Explore the Java API to see what all you can do with objects already available in Java's vast library. I barely scratched the surface to the things java can do. Be on the look out for my follow up intermediate series where I will get a little bit more advanced. This course is for anyone who is taking a programming course in school, at any level, and needs supplementary help or someone that is just interested in programming. Java is arguably the best language to start off learning now a days.
Here is an introduction of what java is and the underlaying way that it works. It may be over your head at first, but come back to this to fully understand what happens in the computer while your program compiles and runs
This video shows you how to download the Java jdk and set environment variables correctly
This video shows you how to download, install and run eclipse IDE. This is a great text editor with a huge amount of features that makes life as a programmer very easy.
This is your standard hello world video for java programming. I go over how to print text to the screen and the difference between System.out.println() and System.out.print().
In this Java tutorial, I will show you how to use the command prompt (aka command line) to compile and run your java code. Also I will show you how you can pass in arguments through the command line.
I added this after getting a few questions on how to compile on command line, so if you are watching this after understanding concepts like arrays and passing arguments intro method parameters it will make more sense. But if this is the first video you watch, it may seem like gibberish, but watch a few times and come back to it again when you get more java knowledge.
In this video I talk about how to use comments in Java
In this video I introduce different data types such as byte, short, integer, long, float, double.
In this video I talk about characters in Java. The keyword in java for a character is char
In this video I show you how to do basic arithmetic with numbers. I show what happens if you do arithmetic operations on two or more variables of different types.
I discuss the String object in java and some common things they are used for
How to use Eclipse to run command line arguments that you would otherwise have to use a command prompt for
In this video I show how to take in text from a user with a Scanner object
Learn how to parse through a text file with the Scanner object
In this video, I show you how to format numbers to represent money and percentages.
Which of these is not a primitive data type?
True or False? The Scanner class can be used to read data from a keyboard and from a file.
True or False? The Math class is a static class in java, meaning you do not have to instantiate an object of type Math. You can directly call its methods by class name such as Math.sqrt(4);
Learn how the if statement works. The if statement is the core logical operation that comes up in all procedures in the programming world.
This is the same as the if statement except for it gives you code to run in the else clause if the 'if' statement is false.
In this video I show the syntax and use of a while loop in java
In this video I go over a basic for loop and also compare it to a while loop
In this video I show you the basic syntax and idea behind the switch statement
True or False? If-Else statements and switch statements are logically very similar. If-else statements can handle complex expressions in condition where a switch statement requires one value to be tested.
Which is not a loop?
In this video I show how to set up a basic array in java
Enhanced For loop in java. Also called a for-each loop
Solving math calculations with arrays
How to create multidimensional arrays in java. Also how to loop through a multidimensional array with nested for loops
True or False? Arrays can only hold primitive data types.
True or False? To go through(print out, evaluate, etc.) each value in a mutlidimensional array(lets just say 2d) you can use a nested for loop (a for loop inside another for loop).
In this video I give a brief overview of what a class is and its attributes and operations
In this video I show how to create objects from the Person class I created in the previous tutorial
In this video I show how to create a basic method and the how a method should be structured
In this video I show how to call methods for objects created from other classes
In this video I explain what the static keyword means and how to use it.
In this video I show you how to write getter and setter methods in java
In this video I show you how to write getter and setter methods in java
In this video I show you how to create your own toString method in java that will override the Object toString
True or False? A class is a template that defines variables and methods and objects can be created of the classes type. The variables in the class can be initialized by a newly created object and specific to just that object.
True or false? When a variable has the keyword static, then the value given for the variable will be the same for all objects created.
This video explains how the inheritance hierarchy works. It will give a brief explanation of java keywords extends and super. Also visibility modifiers public, private, protected, and default
How subclasses can override the superclasses method and how dynamic binding works
An interface is a set of uninstantiated methods and variables that another class can implement and declare what each method or variable to whatever they want.
In this Java tutorial, I will talk about how Java 8 supports default methods within an interface. A Java interface does not allow for an implemented method inside of it. Now with Java 8 we can use the keyword default to add implemented method. This is very useful.
Using instanceof is a way is checking if an object is an instance of a class, instance of a subclass or an instance of a class that implements a specific interface.
In this video I explain polymorphism and how it works within the inheritance hierarchy
How does Java handle multiple inheritance problem?
Which statement is true
This is an introductory video about the categorization of exceptions.
In this video I introduce the error stream which is an input/output (i/o) stream that prints red text to screen to signify an exception has been thrown
This video shows how to handle checked exceptions with try-catch blocks
In this video I show how you can add a Finally clause after the catch clause(s) that will automatically run whether an exception was thrown or not.
If you dont want to handle an exception immediately with a try-catch statement, you can pass exception to the calling method
True or False? Checked Exceptions must be handled in the code.
Which is not an unchecked exception
Senior Computer Science major at VCU. I learned Java and other computer concepts/languages as well as math in an addictive manner. I have created many programs and help fellow students constantly. I have a great understanding of Java programming and if I dont know the answer/solution off the top of my head, I know how to find it and grasp it.

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Baked falafel with roasted eggplant salad recipe
The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Baked falafel with roasted eggplant Recipe. Enjoy quick & easy Middle Eastern food recipes and learn how to make Baked falafel with roasted eggplant.
Preparation Time 30 minutes
Cooking Time 40 minutes
Ingredients (serves 4)
165g (3/4 cup) dried chickpeas
1 small brown onion, halved, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/3 cup firmly packed fresh continental parsley leaves
1/3 cup firmly packed fresh coriander leaves
2 tsp finely grated lemon rind
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 large (about 350g) eggplant, ends trimmed, cut into 2.5cm pieces
3 ripe egg tomatoes, each tomato cut into 6 wedges
Olive oil spray
1 bunch rocket, ends trimmed, washed, dried, leaves torn
1 small red onion, halved, thinly sliced
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
1/4 tsp sumac
130g (1/2 cup) reduced-fat natural yoghurt (Vaalia brand)
Freshly ground black pepper
1. Place the chickpeas in a large bowl and cover with cold water. Set aside overnight to soak. Drain well.
2. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place the chickpeas, brown onion, garlic, parsley, fresh coriander, lemon rind and juice, ground coriander, cumin and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor and process, scraping down the side of the bowl regularly, until smooth. Set aside for 30 minutes to develop flavours.
3. Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper. Place the eggplant and tomato on separate trays. Spray the eggplant and tomato lightly with olive oil spray. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown and tender. Remove from oven. Increase oven temperature to 220°C.
4. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Divide chickpea mixture into 12 equal portions. Roll each portion into a ball and flatten slightly. Place on the prepared tray and lightly spray with olive oil spray. Bake in oven, turning halfway through cooking, for 15 minutes or until light golden brown.
5. Place the rocket, red onion, mint, sumac, roasted eggplant and roasted tomato in a large bowl and gently toss to combine. Divide salad among shallow serving bowls. Top with the baked falafel and a dollop of yoghurt. Season with pepper and serve immediately.
- Sumac is a tangy, deep-purple spice commonly used in Middle-Eastern cooking. It's available in the spice section of Woolworths supermarkets.
- This is a high fibre dish.
Good Taste - September 2005, Page 112
Recipe by Tracy Rutherford
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CAGUAS, Puerto Rico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004--AMS|Gilbane LifeSciences is opening a new office in Caguas, Puerto Rico, to provide a full spectrum of facilities-related services for life sciences companies. This announcement comes as industry players gather on the island for the Interphex Conference & Exhibition, the leading conference for pharmaceutical manufacturing, that begins January 29, 2004. The new office is located at Calle las Casas - Lote 20; Area Industrial Norte; Caguas, PR 00725.
This initiative is part of Gilbane's efforts to place more of its resources closer to its clients to deliver construction management services from preconstruction through validation--and offer them more efficiently along a continuum of facilities from research and pilot plants to large-scale and secondary manufacturing. A national Gilbane LifeSciences group provides company-wide expertise and quality in construction.
Gilbane is the 6th largest builder of pharmaceutical facilities in the United States as ranked by Engineering News-Record. Together, AMS|Gilbane has an impressive client list, including Pfizer Inc., Schering-Plough Corporation, Becton Dickinson and Company, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Abott Laboratories and GlaxoSmithKline.
About Gilbane
Gilbane is a full-service construction and real estate development company comprised of Gilbane Building Company (www.gilbaneco.com) and Gilbane Properties, Inc. One of the largest construction and program managers in the nation, the company provides a full slate of facilities-related services for clients in the educational, healthcare, life sciences, mission-critical, corporate, sports and recreation, criminal justice and aviation markets.
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Submitted to: Society for Range Management Meeting Abstracts
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Publication Acceptance Date: 9/1/2008
Publication Date: 3/18/2009
Citation: Booth, D.T., Cox, S.E. 2009. Dual-Resolution Aerial Assessments of Pipeline Revegetation. Society for Range Management Meeting Abstracts No. 120-4. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Energy-extraction results in significant disturbance to rangelands in Wyoming and other western US states. Although reclamation is required by law, US General Accounting Office reports from 1999 and 2005 are clear that affected government agencies have—over much of the past decade—had difficulty accomplishing mandated environmental monitoring of extraction-related disturbance. We evaluated two pipeline rights of way (ROW) using nested images (1- or 2- with 13- or 20-mm ground sample distance (GSD)) acquired during Very-Large Scale Aerial (VLSA) surveys. Aerial monitoring allowed for the collection of large numbers of geocoded samples, and for subsequent cover measurements using methods with demonstrated accuracy equal to that of conventional ground-based methods. Both pipelines had vegetative-cover deficiencies relative to their Plan of Development (POD) requirements. Using bare ground and ground-cover measurements from the higher-resolution imagery, we present a spatial representation of each pipeline ROW that allows quick identification of sections of the ROW that may need further reclamation action to meet POD standards. We also present aerial monitoring costs. We recommend VLSA pipeline surveys as a means for facilitating required environmental monitoring and for addressing the monitoring backlog that has developed with increased energy-extraction activity.


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LOOKING not unlike a cross between Dr Frankenstein's laboratory and an electrical sub-station, this tiled and functional space was Glasgow Royal Infirmary's first X-ray unit.
Discovered in the 1870s, X-rays were a medical miracle, allowing doctors to see inside a living body.
The first use of X-rays under clinical conditions was by John Hall-Edwards in Birmingham, in January 1896, when he found a needle stuck in the hand of a friend.
Despite the radiation dangers of X rays, manufacturers were quick to capitalise on them. By the 1930s, most UK shoe shops featured large X-ray machines - Pedoscopes - with which customers could watch their toe bones wiggling inside their shoes.
Today, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are the latest technology.


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A Good Thing for Us All
Weakerthans lead singer John K. Samson comes from the school of thought that says if you're unhappy with the world, you should try to change it. It's a good thing to know people still go to this school—we were under the impression it had shut down.
"Yeah, well, there's a hopelessness and a futility and an irony, but I mean, what else am I going to do?" Samson asks. "I think every once in awhile the cracks appear, and you can do something interesting and worthwhile—and change something."
Samson used to play bass ("not very well," in his words) in legendary political punk band Propaghandi, so the intersection of politics and music is second nature to him.
"I try not to separate the two," he says. "There's political implication to everything you do, especially in the realm of culture."
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But Canada's Weakerthans are something else again, with about as much in common with Propaghandi as Propaghandi had with, um, regular Gandhi. Instead of a hyperspeed hardcore hailstorm, you've got a tender political pop that borrows brainstorms from Billy Bragg and Elvis Costello, and instead of nostril-flaring lefty manifestoes, you've got Samson's cut-above lyrics, so carefully crafted they could easily qualify as poetry.
But it's his voice—gentle, wan, nostalgic, goofy, fragile, like a million years of childhood crammed into one frequency—that really taps into your soul. It's a far cry from the explosive fury of his old band, which had a song called "Stick the Fucking Flag Up Your Goddamn Ass."
Samson will remind you that that was six or seven years ago, and he's a different person now. "It took me quite awhile to realize that I didn't have to be unhappy all the time," he says.
And he chalks up the musical shift to "ability and inclination": when he sat down by himself with a guitar, Weakerthans came out, and that's a good thing for us all.
These days, you won't find him singing about politics per se. Instead, Samson—who, it should be noted, runs a left-leaning publishing company and subsidizes a nonprofit art center—makes his political mark by singing about people on the margins of culture.
There's the girl in "Exiles Among You" from 2000's much-beloved Left and Leaving who "shoplifts some Christmas cards and a bracelet for herself and considers phoning home . . . But she sits down on the sidewalk and bites her bottom lip/and spends the afternoon willing traffic lights to change."
Or there's the character who commits suicide in "History to the Defeated," who has a "signed Slayer shirt," a "car up on blocks in his mother's back yard," and a "smile that was never quite sure of itself."
Samson has mixed feelings about that song, he says.
"I don't know that I was that successful in what I was trying to do," he says. "I think it almost ends up romanticizing suicide and poverty."
The inspiration, he explains, came from a day spent in El Paso, Texas (home of a porno drive-in movie theater, if that'll crank up the pathos for you), when Samson was walking around looking for a pay phone to call home.
"All the phone booths were full of people, and three of them were crying," he says. At that moment, he thought about "how many stories there are that are seemingly inconsequential to the rest of the world—narratives that have no bearing to the people who are left out of culture, left out of society."
For the new album—yet to be recorded, so keep your insane devotion in your pants, Weakerfans—the Winnipeg native has written a song called "Psalm for the Elk's Lodge Last Call," which he says is about exactly that, and a song about a venture capitalist called "Relative Surplus Value."
"In that song, I'm talking about someone my own age who's part of the dot.com boom and how all the mainstream hopes of our generation were funneled into that idea and then it evaporated," he says. "I try to see them as victims of capitalism just like everyone else. Capitalism distorts everyone, and I think exploring those people who do things I hate is more interesting."
Weakerthans perform with the Promise Ring and the Jealous Sound at the Glass House, 200 W. Second St., Pomona, (909) 629-0377. Sat., 7:30 p.m. $14. All ages.
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CLEVELAND - An Independence man was arrested at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport after TSA agents found a loaded gun in his carry-on bag on Tuesday.
TSA contacted Cleveland police who confiscated the .380 caliber gun, loaded with five rounds including one in the chamber. The police report said the gun showed up on TSA X-ray equipment and was in an outer compartment of the bar.
The man, 61-year-old James Forcina, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon. He's set to appear in court Thursday morning.
Forcina told police that he has a concealed weapon permit and that he searched through his bag before the flight, but couldn't find the gun. He was ticketed to fly to Detroit.
The incident caused no disruption of airport operations.
Travelers can be fined up to $11,000 if they are caught with prohibited items in their carry-on bags.
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More than 22,500 pilots who have trained in Helisim helicopter flight simulators since the company opened in 2000 have contributed to it reaching a 100,000-hour milestone, which was celebrated by the French company just before the 2013 Paris Air Show.
"The ultimate goal of Helisim is to sharply increase flight safety by incorporating the entire flight envelope of the helicopter into training in full-flight simulators," said Patrick Bourreau, Helisim president and CEO, at the anniversary event, which was held on June 13 at the Helisim training center adjacent to Eurocopter's main assembly facility on Marseille-Provence Airport.
Bourreau warmly thanked Guy Dabadie, former Eurocopter chief test pilot, who attended the event, for his vision in the establishing Helisim and called him its "founding father." Dabadie, who retired in 2009, told AIN he felt extremely proud of all the Helisim employees who have worked so hard to make Helisim a reality and a success.
Bourreau presented Jose Pizarro Junior, director of crew training for SonAir, with a large plaque signifying that the 100,000th simulator hour took place during a SonAir training session. Luanda, Angola-based SonAir operates 11 EC225s, four AS332L2s and 10 Sikorsky S-76C++s, mostly for oil and gas operations (two EC225s fly VIP operations). SonAir is one of Helisim's biggest customers, Bourreau said, and added that none of the company's customers account for more the 7 percent of the total business.
Helisim is a partnership of Eurocopter, Thales (both holding 45 percent) and Défense Conseil International (DCI), holding 10 percent. Jean-Baptiste Pinton, deputy CEO, explained that DCI is a private company of which the ministry of defense is a concurring shareholder and whose expertise is in the transfer of French military know-how. Not surprising, all of Helisim's simulators are for Eurocopter helicopters and all are built by Thales. The participation of DCI in ownership of Helisim facilitates the approval of training French military operational tactics to foreign customers.
Dominque Mauder, Eurocopter (Static F220) executive vice president, global business and services, said that "40 percent of the company's turnover is in service," which includes training. "Providing the availability of full-flight simulators to customers is a key objective of Eurocopter," he said. "Training in full-flight simulators [primarily level D qualified] shows better efficiency than training in flight." Indeed, several aviation authorities now approve type ratings of pilots who have trained and flight-checked solely in Helisim simulators. Eurocopter sees continued growth in this area. Helisim also provides recurrent training and mission and operational training.
Operational training, also called scenario-based training using simulators, continues to become more realistic. Bourreau described one customer whose pilots typically wait for missions while on standby. When training at Helisim, the customer does not inform its pilots the exact time of their simulator sessions will take place, but rather has them to stay in their hotel and wait for a call to "scramble" for a mission. Bourreau said he likes to observe the training and has joined in the scenario by playing a role, such as the mayor of a municipality that has been affected by an emergency requiring helicopter support.
Helisim currently operates five level D simulators, one each for the AS332L1, AS332L2 (both as civil Super Pumas or military Cougars), AS365N2 (Dauphin/Panther), EC225 and EC155. These are actually full cockpit modules, which are designed to couple with one of two motion systems designated for them in the building. A third motion system is dedicated to the NH90. A multi-cockpit level 3 flight training device completes the current complement of trainers.
In the works is a level D simulator for the EC175. Conveniently, and symbolically, Helisim held the formal part of its 100,000-training-hour event in the recently completed bay for the EC175 sim. Because of space limitations on its property, this is the final expansion Helisim can make at its current location. But an interesting evolution of the NH90 training market is expected to provide space for another new Eurocopter sim. As it happens, Bourreau explained, flight training in Helisim's NH90 is decreasing because several of its customers already have or are acquiring their own NH90 simulators and consequently decreasing the number of hours flown on Helisim's machine.
Helisim officials maintain that level D full-flight simulators are an adequate solution for increasing flight safety via training. This includes zero flight time options for type ratings and initial training for an instrument rating and air transport pilot certificate. They also consider level D sims able to accommodate the increasing complexity of aircraft systems and mission scenarios.
Also attending the celebration were a few Helisim customers who happened to be in town for training, including Sindri Steingrimsson, director of flight operations for the Icelandic Coast Guard, and Lt. Col. Huub Groothuis, Royal Netherlands Air Force. Both spoke highly of the training Helisim provides and mentioned in particular the mission-oriented training offered, including flight using night-vision goggles in different scenarios and search and rescue.
Helisim's recurrent courses include all possible emergency procedures, within flight profiles covering instrument flight rules (IFR) and mountainous terrain flying to operations at helipads, in confined areas and to offshore platforms. Twelve salaried and 36 part-time instructors provide 14,000 hours of simulation training per year for an average of 2,700 pilots. The training is scheduled 20 hours a day (the other four hours for maintenance and rolling the cockpit modules off and on the motion systems) and 350 days a year. o


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The 2012-13 girls basketball season is under way and league play in the Portage Trail Conference is set to kick off tonight with a full slate of Metro and County Division contests.
For the initial PTC Girls Basketball Report of the season, I have listed a series of predictions for how the year may unfold.
The Norton Panthers have consistently found themselves at the top of the Metro Division in recent history, serving as title contenders alongside Ravenna, Kent Roosevelt and Field.
In the 2012-13 season, however, the league title might just find a home in Summit County.
With experienced players in guards Cara Cook, Jaclyn Fortner and Brooke Robinson, the Panthers have a trio of players that they trust can lead them to the crown.
Cook, a 5-foot-9 guard, does it all. She can shoot, pass and rebound, while Fortner is a hot shooter from the outside and has already knocked down four 3-pointers in a game this season.
Robinson is returning from a season-ending injury in 2011-12 and has quickly shown she is healthy with 11 points and nine steals during a victory over Barberton.
The Panthers have always been the team that the league's eventual champion had to slug it out with en route to a title. This time around, the rest of the league may fill that role as questions are at the forefront for nearly every other school.
Ravenna must deal with the loss of Player of the Year DiAndra Gibson and high-scoring teammate Malorie Gibson.
The graduation of Daniella Rice, Abby Wemhoff and Christine Keener pulled Kent Roosevelt's core away, while Field's underclassmen are unproven at this juncture of the young season.
The Woodridge Bulldogs broke through last season with a division championship and undefeated regular season.
Returning talented players like senior forward Lizzie Wilkinson, along with Morgan Thompson, Kara kelleher and Kapri Watson, the Bulldogs must be considered the favorites to repeat, despite losing 2011-12 Player of the Year She'Keira Brooks to graduation.
Southeast finished second to the Bulldogs in the County Division last season and enter 2012-13 with nine returning letterwinners, including 5-foot-10 Shayna White, who emerged as one of the PTC's best post players last season.
Meanwhile, teams like Windham, Waterloo and Rootstown have enough firepower to overtake the division.
While Norton likely could close the season with the team hardware, their best player, Cook, is my pick to take home the top individual honor.
Last season's numbers are impressing: 16 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. Defensively, she is equally strong, averaging 2.2 and 1.0 blocks per game.
Ravenna's Moniqua "Moe Moe" Smith plays with relentless energy and brings a level of excitement to a game that no one can match. Her quickness and aggressive defense make her a candidate for top honors as well.
Kent Roosevelt senior forward Courtney Olesh has the size (6-foot) to be a dominant player and enters the season after averaging 10-plus points per game in 2011-12.
Similar to the Metro Division with the Panthers and Cook, my lock here follows the team title through Woodridge with standout Lizzie Wilkinson.
Wilkinson posted a double-double average last season at 16 points and 12.7 rebounds per game. She also added 3.7 blocks per game.
By season's end, expect the three-year captain Wilkinson to pass the 1,000-point mark for her career and is also likely to become the Bulldogs' all-time leader in rebounds.
Threats to steal the hardware away from Wilkinson are Southeast senior Shayna White (17.5 points and 11.6 rebounds per game), along with Waterloo's Jamie Willis, and Windham's Jessica Isler and Dari Heller.
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Olin David Boyle died in an auto accident on April 8, 2014 at the age of 64. Son of the late Louis Boyle and Myrl Miller Boyle. Brother of Bonnie B. Hoolahan, Louis Boyle Jr., Peggy B. Murla and the late Fay B. Pomes. Olin was retired from the Hancock County, Miss. Sheriff's Department. A grave side service will be held on Friday, June 27, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Bernard Memorial Gardens.


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The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 4956 Logged by: Niranjan Pandit Email address: niranjan81(at)gmail(dot)com PostgreSQL version: 8.4 Operating system: Windows Vista Ultimate Description: Array Construct array() returning blank result Details: Hi, I simply wanted to accumulate result of a subquery in to an array, so I did select array(select userid from user where <some condition>); Only when the condition gets evaluated to true with at least 2 columns with varying values the array gets constructed, in all other cases what we get is a complete blank output. the label of the result is as usual as ?column? but there is absolutely nothing in the cell below the label. I am sorry if I am repeating something already known to mankind :-) but after a lot search I could not get anything on it on the net. Thanks in advance. Best Wishes.
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UPDATE: 4.40pm
AMONG the hundreds of people stuck at Newport station was St Jullians councillor and Goldie Lookin' Chain star Rhys Hutchings
Mr Hutchings posted this picture on Twitter of crowds waiting for trains today. He told the Argus: "Me and Eggsy have been trying to get to a Christmas do in Bristol for two and a half hours. That's been two and a half hours of looking at train times, not being able to get on and then finally getting on. There was a point when there weren't any trains running.
"We were supposed to be sitting down to lunch at 3pm! The train was absolutely rammed. It's alright though, it's not the end of the world."
UPDATE: 4.17pm
Hundreds of people are stuck at Newport station this afternoon with waiting times of up to three hours for trains reported.
The disruption has been caused by electricity cables being cut between Newport and Marshfield at around midday.
Have you been hit by train delays? E-mail email@example.com or call 01633 777 219
VANDALS who cut through electricity cables caused train disruption this afternoon between Newport and Cardiff.
Three 650-volt cables were slashed between Newport and Marshfield at around midday. By 1.40pm engineers had spliced the cables back together and all lines have since reopened, but passengers could experience delays and cancellations into this afternoon.
Some Arriva Trains Wales services between Cardiff and Ebbw Vale have been cancelled or are delayed by up to 45 minutes, while several First Great Western services between Cardiff and London Paddington have been cancelled.
Replacement buses are taking passengers between Bristol Parkway and Cardiff Central via Newport.
Network Rail confirmed they are treating the incident as vandalism but are also investigating to see whether anything had been stolen.
Passengers are advised to check with train operators before travelling.


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MartinPacker Tags: dfsort parse 1 Comment 4,558 Views
As many of you know I like to beta DFSORT function PTFs. About once a year a new set of functions appears, many in direct response to customer requirements. Occasionally some of the enhancements are at my suggestion. :-) Yesterday PTFs UK90006 and UK90007...
Search and Replace with the new DFSORT functional PTFs
MartinPacker Tags: dfsort 2 Comments 15,638 Views
Here's my first tip with the new UK90006 / UK90007 DFSORT PTFs. It's an apparently minor enhancement that I think people will like... It leads to a more elegant syntactical expression. It is more maintainable - in the face of changing record layouts. Suppose...
Using DFSORT to create CSV files
MartinPacker Tags: xml csv dfsort 3 Comments 22,404 Views
I plan on writing some entries on creating and parsing XML with DFSORT (using the UK90006 / UK90007 functional enhancments that DFSORT Development recently announced). But here's a limbering up example - creating a CSV file from regular sequential file input....
Generating XML Using DFSORT - Part I
MartinPacker Tags: dfsort xml 5,136 Views
Following on from This entry on creating CSV files here's the first of several entries on manipulating XML with DFSORT... This is not intended to be a tutorial on XML but rather an exploration of how DFSORT can read (shred) and write (compose) XML. (I also use...
Generating XML Using DFSORT - Part II
MartinPacker Tags: dfsort xml 2 Comments 6,912 Views
In Generating XML Using DFSORT - Part I I described how to generate XML using some of DFSORT's new features. But the XML we generated was only one of the possible styles of XML: Most of the information was specified as attributes (with the values enclosed in...
Parsing XML with DFSORT
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Following on from Generating XML Using DFSORT - Part II here are some thoughts on how to parse XML with DFSORT. NOTE: For more complex XML than this entry describes you probably want to use the XML Toolkit for z/OS . This provides C++ and Java parsers for XML...Modified on by MartinPacker
Unknown Unknowns
MartinPacker Tags: dfsort 5,709 Views
Nope, I'm not going to do a Rumsfeld. :-) But there are a couple of things I didn't know (I didn't know) about DFSORT. Relating them to you is probably OK because It's not something I'm embarrassed about.:-) If you want to understand some of the funkier new...
ASCII to EBCDIC Conversion with DFSORT
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( Scroll down if you're not interested in DB2 ) This past week I've been updating our SQL Analysis code to cope with Unicode SQL statements. (If you bind a package or plan once you've gone to DB2 Version 8 New Function Mode the statement text is stored in the...
Humble Pie Regarding DFSORT and SMF
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(Also posted to MXG-L Listserver (firstname.lastname@example.com) which I highly recommend as a place where mainframe performance people hang out.) I must confess I feel slightly foolish about this... :-) After having asked for input into my UKCMG BOF one of the...
Memories of Pipes
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!Somehow I seem to have end up writing a "Memories of..." series of blog posts. That wasn't the intention but a set of threads on IBM-MAIN Listserver got me to thinking about these nice venerable technologies - VIO, Hiperbatch, Batch LSR and Pipes. By couching...
Memories of DFSORT OUTFIL
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In September 1997 DFSORT Release 13 was shipped (to coincide with the release of OS/390 Release 4). It took a nice idea from Syncsort and extended it. In case you didn't know OUTFIL allows you to read an input data set (and perhaps sort it) and write to...
New DFSORT Functions
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Yesterday DFSORT announced a new set of functions - as PTF UK90013. The documentation for it can be found here . Every year or so there's a new set of DFSORT functions - and generally they're "out of cycle" with z/OS releases - although they are incorporated...
Replace String A With String B But Not If It's Part Of String A1
As I mentioned in this blog post DFSORT just shipped a new FINDREP function to do "find and replace". I mentioned an example of where I might use it to replace SMFIDs in SMF records. That example generally works well. But suppose (say, for SMF 42-6 Data Set...
Workload Manager Policy in XML Format - Part IV
MartinPacker Tags: jfy wlm dfsort endbefr outfil startaft ifthen removecc fixlen when=group uk90007 parse uk90006 uk90013 xml 6,558 Views
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DFSORT Sorting Without Sorting Header / Trailer Lines
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For whoever got to my blog with this Google search here's how you sort data without a header: First you need to be using z/OS DFSORT Release 10 or to have applied the PTFs for UK90013 (July 2008). Second, the vehicle for doing this is ICETOOL rather than...


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(HED)PE has revealed the cover art and track listing for its upcoming career-spanning greatest-hits package, "Major Pain 2 Indee Freedom". The two-disc CD/DVD set, which lands in stores on June 22 through Suburban Noize, collects all the classic songs that have made (HED)PE an underground force for over 13 years, along with a DVD that captures the band's legendary live show.
"The reason we wanted to release a compilation album right now was to give something back to the fans," commented frontman Jahred. "We really appreciate all the support we get, and we wanted to put out a proper compilation album that the band had a hand in putting together. Previously one of our former labels put out a compilation album without our input. This is all about giving the fans one package with tons of music and video content while giving it to them at a discounted price. We're also excited to offer fans a pre-order package, where they can order VIP passes with the album and meet the band face to face."
(HED)PE has survived in the shark-infested waters of the music business for well over a decade. During that time, the band has released seven studio albums and toured the world alongside GODSMACK, LINKIN PARK, taken part in Ozzfest, and has been invited to open for underground legends like TECH N9NE, KOTTONMOUTH KINGS and INSANE CLOWN POSSE. Throughout its career (HED)PE has overcome drug addiction, battled major label censorship, and have been reborn in an underground music scene that has embraced the group's diverse sound with open arms.
(HED)PE's "Major Pain 2 Indee Freedom" is available now for pre-order online at www.SubNoizeStore.com. (HED)PE is set to headline this year's Strange Noize tour alongside KUTT CALHOUN, the KOTTONMOUTH KINGS' Johnny Richter, and Big B throughout June and July.
"Major Pain 2 Indee Freedom - The Best of (HED) PE" track listing: 01. Firsty
02. Bartender
03. Killing Time
04. Blackout
05. Represent
06. Sophia
07. Let's Ride
08. Peer Pressure
09. Novus Ordos Clitorus
10. Suffa
11. Comeova2nite
12. Wind Me Up
13. Madhouse
14. Renegade
15. Here and Now (remix)
16. Stay Ready
17. Ordo (ab Chao)
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ISLAMABAD: Investigators from the National Accountability Bureau on Monday grilled former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for at least three hours over the illegal appointment of former Ogra chairman Tauqeer Sadiq.
Sadiq is wanted by the anti-corruption body over his involvement in a Rs 82 billion corruption scam, and is awaiting extradition to Pakistan after a verdict from a UAE court where he was hiding after fleeing the country.
Sources told Dawn.com that the former prime minister told NAB investigators that he was solely responsible for the appointment of Tauqeer Sadiq and was not being directed by President Zardari or then Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Secretary General Jehangir Badar to do so.
Sadiq is Jehangir Badar's brother-in-law.
The Supreme Court, which had on Nov 25, 2011 declared the appointment of Tauqeer Sadiq as illegal, had disclosed that Raja Pervez Ashraf was chairman of the interview board that approved the former Ogra chairman's appointment.
Yousuf Raza Gilani was prime minister at the time.
Ashraf also told NAB investigators today that he was falsely accused of issuing 200 licenses to CNG stations as alleged in media reports. He told NAB officials that he had approved 68 CNG stations' licenses which were already approved in 2010 by his predecessor.
Meanwhile, Yousuf Raza Gillani, who was also summoned by NAB on Monday, did not show up.


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Dave, >> I think I can reproduce the above pattern 100% of the time. Note that >> pgadmin stays up until I make the mistake of clicking on the object browser. > > For the benefit of the list, I just re-wrote much of the code that > handles this, and posted a proposed patch to the hackers list: > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgadmin-hackers/2011-07/msg00267.php OK, I don't have the kit to compile this on OSX, so I'll test it once you have a downloadable package. FWIW, I'd be OK with waiting until 1.15 to fix this. You need to get 1.14 out sometime ... -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
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Of course 3 airings of American Idol brought the weekly adults 18-49 ratings win to Fox, but more interesting was that ABC could only manage a tie with NBC. (chart indicates NBC slightly ahead, but the media rounds to one digit past the decimal point)
That 2.1 rating for NBC wasn't a surprise, but it was for ABC. Don't expect to see any TV media stories about ABC's bad week though, lucky for them all eyes are on NBC.
If they can't manage weekly wins over NBC by at least 0.6 ratings points, they'll finish the season in 4th place in the all important adults 18-49 ratings.
Update with the weekly adults 18-34 and 25-54 ratings.
Note that the chart includes RATINGS not VIEWERS as was typical in our weekly network ratings posts prior to July, 2009.
Each rating point is a percentage of the US TV population in that demographic group and equals: 2.90 million viewers, 1.32 million adults 18-49, 0.68 million adults 18-34 and 1.24 million adults 25-54.
You can see past week's broadcast network primetime weekly TV ratings results here.
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This is something that should improve with time, and there is not much that can be done in the meantime. I would recommend discussing this with your surgeon, so he/she may examine you if necessary. Thank you, and best of luck with your recovery.
What Can One Do to Decrease Numbness and Tingling Sensations Following Chin Liposuction?
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Numbness and tingling sensations following chin liposuction
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Numbness post liposuction
Without seeing you it's not possible to decide why you have these symptoms
Most likely they will improve over several months
Discuss this with the physician who performed your procedure
Numbness & tingling after chin liposuction
There is no quick fix for numbness or tingling after chin liposuction. These sensations should go away with time as the responsible injured nerves repair themselves over weeks to months.
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I would disagree that it is "normal" to have sensory changes after chin liposuction.
However, it is common enough. In my patients, less than 5% of patients report this type of abnormal sensation. It is in my consent that this is a possibility. The good news is that generally sensory changes resolve with time. Rarely there may be a small area of residual paraesthesia, which is the abnormal sensory changes you are describing. There is no way to really speed up this healing process.
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Numbness and Tingling After Chin Lipo
It is normal to feel a sense of numbness afte liposuction of the chin (no matter what type of method of lipo is used) ... liposuction "injures" the nerve endings in the skin a little bit as a result of the manipulation to collect fat. The tingling is often evidence that the new fibrils are regenerating themselves. Not to worry -- usually the numbing and tingling resolves and you will have normal sensation.
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Droid owners are in for a treat this week. Not only are their handsets being upgraded to Android 2.1, they will also be getting multitouch support.
The announcement comes exactly a week after the Google Nexus One got a multitouch update and Verizon is currently testing the functionality for a rollout to Droid. The plan is for a slow roll out later this week according to Motorola which posted the following on Facebook:
Hi all– we know you are frustrated with the lack of details regarding Android software upgrades and we sincerely apologize for not being able to share info sooner. We're happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade to DROID will start to roll out this week, and we will have more information to share on other device upgrades later …this week as well. Thanks for your patience and continued support.
No doubt Droid owners will receive a notification when the update is available. Other Motorola smartphone owners should keep watching the Facebook feed for details later this week.
So what specifically can Droid owners expect as part of the upgrade?
- Android 2.1 Release 1 update
- Google Goggles
- Multitouch browser support
- No live wallpapers or 3D rotating app interface
This looks like a stripped-down upgrade to 2.1, but for most users the lack of live wallpapers etc. won't matter because multitouch is there.
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Sean Donohue, chief operating officer for Virgin Australia, becomes chief executive officer of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport next month.
The Massachusetts native was at the airport Thursday for his first board meeting and met briefly with reporters.
Here's what he had to say:
On why a longtime airline executive is a good fit to run the airport: "Most of my career has been out in the field at airports. … You really get a sense of how an airport runs, you get a sense of those airports that are well-run, maybe those that aren't. … You get a sense from being a customer."
On the airport's Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program, a $2.3 billion project that faces an estimated $221 million in unexpected costs: "The planning has been very solid. Obviously, in the past four years since the whole program was put together, there have been a lot of market changes. … When you get into massive projects like this, having that type of transparency is very critical."
On the challenges of becoming D/FW's first new CEO in 19 years: "I'm not coming in here to be a change agent. … I feel very fortunate that I'm coming into such a stable, successful business."
On the announced merger of D/FW-based American Airlines and US Airways, which the Justice Department and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott oppose: "My view is that it's a pro-competitive merger. … I think it makes good sense. I think obviously it would be a benefit for Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas. But I would also say that American is a very strong airline no matter what happens."
On the airport's international profile: "The international growth has been very strong. … Obviously, Asia and the Pacific are a top priority, specifically China. Obviously, the airport's been working hard on that, making a lot of progress, and I would see that progress continuing."
On the expiration in 2014 of most provisions of the Wright Amendment, the federal restriction on airline flights from Dallas Love Field: "I view that more as an airline adjustment, an airline competitive decision that needs to be made [rather than a big change for D/FW]. … I don't see it having a negative impact on D/FW in terms of service."
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Report: Sabres owner Terry Pegula frontrunner to buy Bills
Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula is the frontrunner to become the new owner of the Buffalo Bills, according to the Buffalo News' Tim Graham. Sources told Graham the team is "Pegula's to lose."
As potential ownership groups make their pitch for the Bills, Pegula has emerged as a favorite to purchase the team after meeting with members of the Bills' current ownership group.
More: Report: Ex-Sabres owner Tom Golisano submits bid for Bills
Graham also reports that the group led by musician Jon Bon Jovi is "unfocused and disorganized."
Pegula, Bon Jovi and billionaire Donald Trump have bid on the franchise, which was put up for sale after longtime owner Ralph Wilson died in March at age 95.
Forbes estimated earlier this year the Bills are worth $870 million.
More: AFC East preview: Patriots favored again, but the gap may be closing
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Titan RTNV TTC-HD90 Hdd Cooler Page: 1
Titan are a familiar name in the computing world. Established in 1989 they have been producing various computing products since. Most of they're products are orientated around cooling of the enthusiasts PC, including CPU heatsinks, GPU heatsinks, system blowers and Fans. However the company also produces various speaker packages and power inverters.
Today we will be be examining one of they're cooling products, the RTNV (standing for Reduced Temperature Noise Vibration) hard drive cooler. As its name makes clear, the RTNV is designed to reduce both the noise level and temperatures of the drive.
The unit arrived in a fairly hefty blister pack, meaning there's very little to report on really. Looking very much like its designed to sit on a retail shelf, It follows the usual protocol of having the product displayed prominently at the bottom of the package. With a cardboard insert in the back displaying the product name on the front and a few details about it on the back.
Unfortunately the plastic package hadn't faired well in its trip too me. However the contents seemed to have survived with a minor abrasion. I'd put this down to the unit itself being quite robust, but i think it would have been nice to see a bit more protection in the packaging.
As with the packaging, the package is basic. The cooler comes with only the bag of screws. Some that hold the unit together, and some to hold it into the 5.25" drive bay. The instructions are found inside the fold of the card insert.
While there is no fancy extras, you really don't need any more to get this unit installed and operational.
On the next page we will take a look at the specifications and the product itself...
Titan RTNV TTC-HD90 Hdd Cooler Page: 2
Taken from titans own website:
Reduced Temperature Noise Vibration
Fanless design with high performance aluminium heatsink
High conductive thermal pad to provide the best effect of heat dissipation and vibration reduction
Includes surrounded sound insulation and absorption pad
Stylish design, easy installation, suitable for 3.5" Hard Disk Drives
Outline Dimension: 146 x 155 x 42 mm
Material: Aluminium
High conductive thermal pad ( Upper side ): 130 x 85 x 2 mm
High conductive thermal pad ( Lower side ): 130 x 85 x 5 mm
A Closer Look
Here we see the unit as a whole. The top of the unit is a spiky affair, sporting the titan logo and the words 'Cool and Silent'.
Inside you see the large, fat heat pads. Currently covered by protective film. The sides are lined with a foam which is designed to not allow the noise of the drive out.
It's a solid product, being made out of only 4 pieces of aluminium. It's covered in fins to maximise its surface area, and therefore (in theory at least) dissipate the heat form the drive faster.
Turn the page to see the installation...
Titan RTNV TTC-HD90 Hdd Cooler Page: 3
Following the instructions printed on the inside of the card insert, installation of the drive to the cooler was a simple affair. Starting by peeling back the protective plastic covers from the heat pads.
Followed by placing the drive into the bottom half of the unit, making sure that the connectors are situated correctly. This was a little bit of a squeeze due the foam on the sides. But hopefully it'll mean that the drives vibrations will be well dampened.
The next step was to screw on the bottom of the cooler using the screws provided. This squishes the drive into place and ensures proper contact with the heat pads. Unfortunately, this 30 second, easy-as-pie sounding job was made quite frustrating by the fact that without a magnetic screw driver of the right size. As soon as the screw passed the fist fin it tumbled off the end of the screw driver and more often than not off into oblivion somewhere. There was quite a lot of force required to get the top and bottom flush but, as with the foam, hopefully this means the pads will be making very good contact.
After several minutes of battling with screws and crawling around on the floor trying to find dropped ones. You finish by screwing in the back plate. Making the unit fully rigid. Following sandwiching the drive into the unit.
All that remains is to slide it into a spare 5 & 1/4" drive bay and screw it in using up the remainder of the provided screws.
The next page explores the products performance...
Titan RTNV TTC-HD90 Hdd Cooler Page: 4
To really put the RTNV though it paces I installed (as you saw on the previous page) a Western Digital 150GB Raptor into its tight grip. I felt that this 10,000 RPM drive would be best suited to test the cooler as, due to the extra speed it possess over a regular 7200RPM drive, it kicks out a fair bit of heat. The second reason for choosing this drive is to test the RTNV was the noise output. Again due to its extra speed this drive is loud to say the least. The other bits and pieces used in the review were:
Intel E4300
Lian Li PC-70
Obviously, the most important aspect of any product that advertises itself as a cooler is, simply, how good it is at cooling. So to test this aspect I started by mounting my WD Raptor into a spare 3.5" bay of the PC-70 (the intake fans that blow over the drives were off for the testing).
Unfortunately at this point i hit a bit of a wall. While testing other coolers here at OC3D we've been able to conjure up fantastic graphs depicting Idle and load temperatures, accurately portraying how the cooler in question handles the chip its intended to cool. Unfortunately there's no real way to load up a hard drive that makes a significant change to the temperature. After trying several methods of achieving this, it became obvious that I'd just have to measure the temperature over a time.
In light of this I started the drive from cold, allowed the test system to boot into windows and opened with a long HD tach run. I then allowed the drive 30 minutes to warm up as far as it would it that time, while doing everyday activities on the computer. After this 30 minutes the temperature was recorded.
As you can see the RTNV did exactly what its intended to, and quite successfully at that. achieving roughly a 25% drop in temperature the cooler certainly out performed my expectations.
Unfortunately I posses no such testing equipment as to provide figures to portray the noise levels of the drive. So you will have to rely on my ear for this test.
The Raptor is a loud drive by anyone standards and coupled into the PC-70s normal 3.5" by it made a constant racket. To make things worse the nose was amplified by the vibrations being transferred to the case.
The RTNV did a fairly good job of quieting the drive down. The constant whirring noise of the drive spinning was lost almost totally and there was no amplification throughout the case. The unit didn't totally silence the drive, as during hard pressed seek times the slight grinding could be made out above the fans. The noise levels emitted from the drive, while not totally silent, were definitely lower. And keeping in mind that the Raptor is extremely loud to start with, I feel that the RTNV could being a normal drive to almost dead silence.
Flip the page for the final conclusion...
Titan RTNV TTC-HD90 Hdd Cooler Page: 5
Overall the RTNV does it job perfectly well. Cooling the drive beyond what it claims in the testing and silencing an extremely noisy drive to acceptable levels. It could be questionable about the overall usefulness of the product, as if the drive is only getting to 39°C to start with then does it really need cooling? Cooler electronics normally mean longer life and overall healthier system, however. So the need is there and Titan have met it with a product that has met up the the challenge.
It's a shame to see the product presented in packaging that's not quite up to the task of keeping it safe. This really leaves it up to the retailer to protect the item from the rough handed carriers. The only real flaw with the product seems to be the issue putting in the screws, but this really is a minor gripe and doesn't effect the product when installed and working anyway.
Upon searching the web for a price for the RTNV I couldn't find one at any of my normal e-tailer stops, and a Google product search revealed nothing form either the US or UK side of the pond. However I did find a few European stockists and their prices were hovering around the €35 mark, translating into about £26 at the time of writing. This seems a little steep to me, but the cost can be justified if your looking to for results when cooling and silencing a drive.
The Good
+ Cuts Temperatures
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+ Solid Build
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The Bad
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Daniel Radcliffe gets spooked in The Woman in Black teaser trailer
The first teaser trailer for
Daniel Radcliffe's new film The Woman in Black has been released.
The Harry Potter star gets a scare in the short promo for the horror film, which reveals very little about the plot.
Radcliffe stars as lawyer Arthur Kipps who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village for work.
Staying in the secluded Eel Marsh House, Kipps starts to experience some spooky goings-on and catches glimpses of a mysterious woman dressed in black.
With the local villagers unwilling to help, Kipps must find a way to break the cycle of terror when the woman starts to threaten those closest to him.
The Woman in Black is directed by James Watkins and is based on the novel by Susan Hill .
Scriptwriter Jane Goldman , who adapted the book for film, recently revealed that husband Jonathan Ross wasn't jealous of her work.
She told BANG showbiz: 'Does he get jealous? Oh not at all! Of course not! We're both in completely different industries. I couldn't broadcast if my life depended on it.'
Goldman added about the film: ' Daniel Radcliffe who has just been extraordinary. It's an amazing performance and we're so grateful to have had him. It's looking good, it's looking really excellent and we're excited.'
The Woman in Black is set for release in UK cinemas on February 10, 2012.
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Danielle Fong focuses on low cost energy storage, but she's not developing batteries. Her work takes advantage of the low cost of wind and solar energy and seeks to make the energy more usable through compressed air storage.
In her Solve for X talk, Economically Storing Energy as Compressed Air, Fong discusses her work and showcases some of the big advantages of her ideas. Wind and solar power costs are going down, she tells us, and compressed air is already very inexpensive. She was flipping through an old book and found that water spray is great at cooling air - this led her to the idea of using water to aid in the compression of air.
In the field compressed air equipment lasts between twenty and thirty years. Efficiency has been the problem with compressed air, because of the large amounts of heat generated when compression occurs. Higher heat requires a higher pressure for storage.
Fong developed a method to keep the air cool while compressing and warm while expanding. She heats water using solar or wind energy and then sprays that warm water into the air. The water is diverted into a tank and the heart energy is recaptured. For every ten kilowatt-hours of electricity entering the system, seven kilowatt-hours can be used when needed.
Water compression has already doubled the efficiency of compressed air storage and is expected to push farther. Danielle presents what she calls her Trillion Dollar Formula: Offpeak Energy + Energy Storage < Peakers + Grid Upgrades.
Fong was one of the MIT Technology Review's TR35 in 2012 - this talk was filmed in late 2012 and the work is still moving forward. In late 2013 she was showcased as one of CNN's 40 Under 40 technologists, and one of Time's 30 People Under 30 Changing the World. A few places online give Danielle credit for being a 21st century steampunk, using 12th century technology to store power.
Her company LightSail Energy was initially started to build air-powered scooters but she quickly moved on to a much bigger scale. Her current work focuses on a proprietary material for building storage tanks that will work more efficiently and cheaper than steel tanks.
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Mohammad Asif is this week expected to become the second of the three Pakistan cricketers jailed for spot-fixing to be released.
Asif will have completed half of his one-year sentence and becomes eligible for release from Canterbury Prison under British law.
The disgraced Pakistan trio - Asif, his fellow fast bowler Mohammad Amir and captain Salman Butt - participated in a betting scam involving the deliberate bowling of no-balls for financial gain during a Lord's Test match between England and Pakistan in 2010.
Asif and Butt were found guilty at Southwark Crown Court in November 2011 of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments.


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Eric Murray looks 'pudgy' ahead of fight
Take a "pudgy" white rower and throw him in the ring against a muscle-bound league player of tough Tongan heritage - this doesn't seem like a fair fight.
It wasn't just his sporting prowess that made Olympic gold medallist Eric Murray stand out as the union versus league Fight for Life opponents squared off in Auckland yesterday.
From the moment Warriors wing Manu Vatuvei - in the best shape of his decade-long career after shedding six kilograms in five weeks - and Murray reluctantly pulled off their respective shirts and posed for the cameras, a clear favourite was confirmed.
"This is the lightest I've ever been since I started at the Warriors," Vatuvei beamed. "I don't want to lose . . . I would never hear the end of it."
For all Murray's mental strength, endurance and guts, his out-of-shape physique painted the picture of a bloke battling grave odds in this arena.
Compared to former and present All Blacks, Carlos Spencer and Hika Elliot, Murray appeared out-of-his-depth - his extra pounds gained during a well-earned two-month training hiatus post Olympics.
There were smiles yesterday but underneath the grin was an awareness of what could eventuate if "The Beast" unleashes on Saturday.
"That's one thing we hope won't happen," Murray said of being knocked out.
"We've trained so things like that won't happen. I'm in a unique position where people think you're silly and then there's a lot of admiration for it."
Murray deserves that respect for taking on a challenge he didn't initially sign up for. He was originally told organisers would find someone of similar ability, weight and height. "I don't know where they went wrong," he laughed.
Not only is boxing a new experience, Murray hasn't hit the gym for two-and-a-half-years. Pumping iron apparently slows speed on the water. "It's genetic I guess," he said of the stark physique disparity.
"I'm still a little bit pudgy after coming back and doing nothing for two months after the Olympics. I had to really get back into shape. We don't tend to spend too much time in the gym so I'm not going to look like Carlos Spencer and be ripped."
Murray's undoubted underdog tag and novice boxing status was further evident after some brief pad work with All Black Liam Messam.
Technically sound, maybe. Power was, however, a concerning, absent commodity. Damage control may be his best option.
"Coming from having no background in boxing at all . . . it's definitely going to be interesting, that's for sure. Physicality wise, what they do in rugby league compared to rowing is huge.
"I've been told anything can happen when you're in the ring. I know I'm not going to be as strong so that's what we've based our training around.
"You've to work you're strengths and know you're weaknesses. I need to back my fitness."
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In this Tutorial we will develop a Html page which displays current date and time using jQuery and JSP. This Html page contains jQuery which calls JSP page to add date in the web page.
In this example I am explaining about the use of jQuery in JSP page for getting the server data and displaying on the client side. This program uses the jQuery to pool the data from server and display on the client side.
We have used the following method of jQuery for making a server call asynchronously:
url : "Mydate.jsp",
success : function (data) {
The above code gets the data from server and displays on the HTML page. In our example it is displaying the current date and time from server. You can find the details to run and test the program on Eclipse IDE in the following video tutorial.
Here is the video of "How to get data from server in jQuery?":
jQdate.html :
<%@ page contentType="text/html" import="java.util.*" %>
Description of the program :
Following code line include jQuery JavaScript library in the html file :
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
During loading of the body "displayTime()" method loads automatically by using the following code line :
The following code makes ajax call to 'jQdate.jsp' :
<body onload="displayTime()>;
url : "jQdate.jsp",
Following code intercepts the ajax call success and then sets the data into "context" div:
success : function (data) {
Following code executes code/method after a specified time-interval :
setTimeout("timeExam()", 1000);
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Re: TGIF-Married 40 Years Joke....
Hey Harold. I heard one similar.
A guy at the local lumber mill got too close to the main saw blade and got his penis cut off. It was mangled and couldn't be replaced. The doctor told him he had a couple choices. A baby died at birth and his penis could be attached but because the man was already grown up, the penis would not grow to normal size. The second option was that a baby elephant at the local zoo had died and they could attach his trunk for a penis. Naturally the guy chose the elephant trunk. When he got home, he didn't know how to break the news to his wife. When they were about to eat supper, he decided he should show her what had happened. He dropped his drawers. The elephant trunk flung out, reached across the table, grabbed a bun and swung back between the guys legs. With a funny look on his face he quickly pulled his pants up. His wife got quite excited and asked to see it again. He said, " not right now Hon. Wait until after supper. I don't think I can handle another bun being shoved up mu butt."
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Obama administration said it would deal with a Palestinian government that includes Hamas if the government were committed to peace.
"We have made it clear we will only work with a Palestinian Authority government that unambiguously and explicitly accepts the Quartet's principles — a commitment to nonviolence, recognition of Israel and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations, including the road map," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday in testimony before the foreign operations subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. "In the event of any Hamas participation of any sort in this coalition, this would apply if the government, representing all of its agencies and instrumentalities, accepts these principles."
The Quartet is the grouping of the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations that guides the "road map" peace plan introduced in 2002 by President George W. Bush.
Clinton's statements represented a modification of her remarks a day earlier to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, when she rejected the possibility of any dealings with Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. The new position more accurately reflected the language of the request for funds the State Department had submitted to Congress.
P.A. moderates who direct Palestinian affairs in the West Bank are in unity talks with Hamas. Reconciliation is a long shot — Hamas' ouster in 2006 of loyalists to P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas was bloody — but the new Obama administration is heeding Arab and European allies urging it not to emulate the Bush administration's "no deal" position the last time such talks were under way, in early 2006. The perception is that the threat at that time to isolate Abbas if he dealt with Hamas helped weaken him, setting the stage for the Hamas coup.
Clinton's formulation Thursday would allow for U.S. funding of a Palestinian Cabinet with a majority of ministers who meet western conditions for recognition even if it includes Hamas ministers who reject them.
"We doubt there will be such a unity agreement," Clinton said, referring to unity talks in Cairo. "There doesn't seem to be one in store. But we don't want to, you know, bind our hands in the event that such an agreement is reached and the government that they are part of agrees to our principles."
U.S. law bans such funding; Clinton explained that the Obama administration would consider exercising its prerogative to waive such a law should such a government arise.
Israeli leaders are adamant that any Palestinian government must meet the Quartet preconditions for talks.
U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the subcommittee, expressed skepticism about supporting such a government.
"I believe it's not enough for Abu Mazen or Salam Fayyad to accept the principles," she said, using Abbas' byname and referring to Fayyad, the P.A. prime minister. "It must be all the ministers, including any minister appointed by Hamas, that comply with these principles."


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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The city of Huntington is reallocating $500,000 in its budget to hire 10 new police officers to fight drug problems in neighborhoods.
The city council unanimously approved the move Thursday. It will transfer funds from the city's insurance program and the street paving budget, media outlets report.
City officials estimate that drug offenses in Huntington by the end of the year will jump 89 percent over 2013 levels. The city has seen spikes in cocaine trafficking this year and heroin trafficking last year.
Before the vote, the council discussed the drug trafficking problems at length with interim police chief Jim Johnson, Capt. Hank Dial, Cabell County Prosecutor Sean Hammers and other law enforcement officials.
"We are going to take our neighborhoods back," Mayor Steve Williams told the council. "We are going to tell (the drug dealers) you better get the hell out. If not, we're coming for you."
Williams said the drug epidemic has "spread all over the city. People are scared. They feel like they can't go outside with their children."
The hirings will bring the department to 121 sworn officers and 137 employees overall. Williams said the hope is to have the new officers in place by the end of the year. In addition to the new officers, an information technology position will be created.
The funding includes $350,000 left over from the previous fiscal year for claims in the city's insurance line, and $150,000 from paving scheduled for next spring.
"We have more immediate need right now," Williams said of the paving funds. "My feeling was that it is early enough in the fiscal year that we will be able to find a way to replace that money by next spring."
Johnson called the council's action "a new day in Huntington.
"It shows you realize the problem we have on the street," Johnson said. "The Huntington Police Department is going to bring it and we're going to bring it hard."
Huntington is still looking to hire a permanent replacement for police chief Skip Holbrook, who left for a similar job in Columbia, South Carolina, in the spring.


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Weren't the log in boxes case senstive before? I could have sworn that in the past I had tried to log in while my "caps lock" was on and I couldn't log on until I used lowercase letters. (just something I noticed, and was curious about.... also wanting to make sure I am not loosing my mind!!! Heh Heh Heh)
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I really don't know because I do not log-in the long way. I use the short-cut Bookmarklet method. If you want to try the short-cut method too then after you have logged in go to any write page and don't write anything. Just scroll down to the bottom and you will see this:
WordPress Bookmarklet
Right click on the following link and choose "Add to favorites" to create a posting shortcut.
press it __________blog link_______________
I made a permanent Bookmarklet for every one of my blogs so when I want to log-in to any of them I get an internet connection, go to my Bookmarks and click on appropriate the "press it" bookmarklet for the blog I want. VOILA! I'm in the admin area of my blog - no log-in required.
P.S. Maybe someone else can address the case sensitive thing.
I don't think they are....
A quick check of my WPMu install shows that the login information gets dropped down to lowercase for teh username but teh password remains as typed.
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GLT FestÂ's 49th Season Exceeds Ticket Income Goals
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland's classic theater company, experienced significant audience growth in 2010-11 and exceeded its main stage (Hanna Theatre) ticket income goals by 17%. GLTF's annual holiday offering of A Christmas Carol at the Ohio Theatre exceeded its income goal by 14%. Ticket prices for all GLTF performances in 2010-11 remained consistent with prior seasons and featured the company's New Deal pricing initiative designed to offer affordable price points for all audience members (all performances: Hanna Theatre - adults $15; students: $13 / A Christmas Carol - adults $28; students: $26)
The season's success was marked by consistency as all five productions in the company's 49th year (Othello, An Ideal Husband, A Christmas Carol, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged] and The Two Gentlemen of Verona) surpassed their goals. The Festival's most popular main stage offering in 2010-11 was The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), a production buoyed by strong audience response and extraordinary "word of mouth."
Since completing the company's $20M re-imagination of and relocation to its current home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare in 2008, GLTF main stage attendance has increased by 15% - bucking national economic challenges and a shrinking population base in northeast Ohio.
The Festival's commitment to young audiences was also rewarded by enthusiastic student attendance during its 49th season. 23% of all single tickets sold to GLTF's 2010-11 main stage performances were youth tickets. The strong public performance, youth attendance was in addition to the 15,000 students that the Festival served through its student matinee performances during the season.
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In response to growing demand for formal dresses for quinceañera celebrations, PromGirl, an online retailer of dresses for prom, graduation, homecoming and quinceañeras has expanded its offering.
New York, NY (PRWEB) August 4, 2006 -- The popularity of the Hispanic tradition of celebrating a girl's 15th birthday with an elaborate celebration of her transition from childhood into womanhood, a quinceañera, is fueling demand for ball gowns and fancy accessories. This year more than 400,000 Latinas in the United States will turn 15, and the interest in these celebrations is expected to increase dramatically in response to the August 4 release of the movie "Quinceanera." In anticipation of a heightened demand for quinceañera dresses, http://www.promgirl.com [PromGirl], an online retailer that supplies formal wear to women and teens, has recently added of an extensive line of /shop/dress_by_event/quinceanera-dresses [quinceañera dresses] to their online store.
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Popular property highlights
Situated in Elkhart, this hotel is 2.5 mi (4 km) from Wellfield Botanic Gardens and 2.6 mi (4.1 km) from Ruthmere Mansion. The Lerner and NIBCO Water and Ice Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features a fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and a seasonal outdoor pool. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a business center, conference rooms, and dry cleaning are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 123 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and pillowtop beds. Satellite TV, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests.
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Hotel Amenities
Baymont Inn And Suites Elkhart features a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Event facilities measuring 1300 square feet (121 square meters) include conference space. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. This business-friendly hotel also offers a picnic area, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Conference space size (feet) - 1300
- Conference space size (meters) - 121
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 3
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Computer station
- Grocery/convenience store
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 2
- Total number of rooms - 123
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Picnic area
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- Television in common areas
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
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- Grocery/convenience store
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- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Free WiFi
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Pillowtop mattress
- Satellite TV service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Shower/tub combination
- Phone
Where to Eat
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 9 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 20 per accommodation, per stay
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