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Pippa Middleton's friends say the British socialite is not dating longtime friend George Percy as media reports claimed last week.
Percy, 27, is the future duke of Northumberland.
The pair have known each other since both were students at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Although some British tabloids said last week they started dating this month, two of their friends and a source close to Percy's family are shooting down the romance reports.
"They have always just been friends," a source told Us Weekly. "I don't know how this particular rumor got so out of control! ... Both of them say they are friends and I've not heard or seen anything to suggest otherwise."
"I couldn't imagine them together," a second insider said. "Their friendship is more like brother and sister."
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Top Ten New Things You Can Do with NIO
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4
2: Non-Blocking Sockets
The lack of non-blocking I/O in the traditional Java I/O model has
been conspicuous from the start. It's
finally arrived with NIO. Channel classes that extend from
SelectableChannel can be placed into non-blocking mode
with the
configureBlocking() method. As of the J2SE 1.4
release, only the socket channels (
ServerSocketChannel, and
DatagramChannel) may
be placed into non-blocking mode.
FileChannel cannot be
placed in non-blocking mode.
When a channel is non-blocking,
read() or
write() calls always return immediately, whether they
transferred any data or not. This enables a thread to check if data is
available without getting stuck.
ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate (1024);
SocketChannel socketChannel = SocketChannel.open();
socketChannel.configureBlocking (false);
while (true) {
if (socketChannel.read (buffer) != 0) {
processInput (buffer);
The code above represents a typical polling loop. A
non-blocking read is attempted, and if some data was read, it's
processed. A return value of zero from the
read() call
indicates no data is available, and the thread trundles on through the
body of the main loop, doing whatever else it does on each pass.
1: Multiplexed I/O
And now ladies and germs, the Number One New Thing You Can Do With NIO That You Couldn't Do Before.
The code example in the previous section uses polling to determine when input is ready on a non-blocking channel. There are situations where this is appropriate, but usually, polling is not very efficient. In a case where your processing loop is primarily doing something else and periodically checking for input, polling might be an appropriate choice.
But if the application's primary purpose is to respond to input arriving on many different connections (a Web server, for example), polling doesn't work so well. To be responsive, you need to poll quickly. But polling quickly needlessly burns tons of CPU cycles and generates massive numbers of unproductive I/O requests. I/O requests generate system calls, system calls entail context switches, and context switches are expensive.
When a single thread is managing many I/O channels, this is known as multiplexed I/O. For multiplexing, what you really want to do is have the managing thread block until input is available on at least one of the channels. But hey, weren't we just doing the happy dance about finally having non-blocking I/O? We had blocking I/O before, what the...?
The problem with the conventional blocking model is that a single thread can't multiplex a group of I/O streams. Without non-blocking mode, a read attempt by the thread on a socket with no data available would block the thread, thereby preventing it from taking care of other streams that may have data to read. The net effect is that one idle stream would suspend servicing of all streams.
The solution to this problem in the Java world has historically
been to dedicate a thread to each active stream. As data became
available on a given stream, its dedicated thread would wake up and
read the data, process it, then block in a
read() again
until more data showed up. This process actually works, but it is not
scalable. Threads (which are rather heavyweight to create) multiply at
the same rate as sockets (which are relatively lightweight). The
thread creation overhead can be mitigated somewhat by pooling and
reusing them (more complexity and code that needs to be debugged), but
the main problem is that it stresses the thread scheduler as the
number of threads grows larger. The JVM thread-management machinery is
designed to handle a few tens of threads, not hundreds or thousands.
Even idle threads can slow things down considerably. Thread-per-stream
may also introduce nasty concurrency issues if the stream-draining
threads must funnel their data to common data-handling objects.
The right way to multiplex large numbers of sockets is with readiness
selection (which takes the form of the
Selector class
in NIO). Selection is a big win over polling or thread-per-stream,
because a single thread can monitor a large number of sockets
easily. A thread can also (and here's where we get back to
blocking again) choose to block and be awakened when any of those
streams have data available (the readiness part) and receive
information about exactly which streams are ready to go (the selection
Readiness selection is built on top of non-blocking mode; it only
works with channels that have been placed in non-blocking mode. The
actual selection process can also be non-blocking, if you prefer ("find
out what's ready right now"). The key point is that a
object does the hard work of checking the state of a (potentially
large) number of channels. You just act on the result of selection;
you don't need to check each one yourself.
You create a
Selector instance, then register one or
more non-blocking channels with it, indicating for each what events
are of interest. Below is a prototypical selection loop. In this
example, incoming connections on a
object are serviced in the same loop as active socket connections
(more complete examples are available in my book):
ServerSocketChannel serverChannel = ServerSocketChannel.open();
Selector selector = Selector.open();
serverChannel.socket().bind (new InetSocketAddress (port));
serverChannel.configureBlocking (false);
serverChannel.register (selector, SelectionKey.OP_ACCEPT);
while (true) {
Iterator it = selector.selectedKeys().iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
SelectionKey key = (SelectionKey) it.next();
if (key.isAcceptable()) {
ServerSocketChannel server = (ServerSocketChannel) key.channel();
SocketChannel channel = server.accept();
channel.configureBlocking (false);
channel.register (selector, SelectionKey.OP_READ);
if (key.isReadable()) {
readDataFromSocket (key);
This is much simpler and far more scalable than the thread-per-socket arrangement. It's much easier to write and debug code like this, but just as importantly, the effort required to manage and service large numbers of sockets is vastly reduced. Selectors, probably more than any other new feature in NIO, delegate grunt work to the OS. That relieves the JVM of a huge amount of work, which frees memory and CPU resources and allows tremendous scaling because the JVM isn't spending time doing work the OS can do much more easily.
Well, there you have it. Ten things you can do with NIO in J2SE 1.4 that you couldn't do before in Java. This is by no means a complete list. There are plenty of other things I didn't mention, like custom character set transcoding, pipes, asynchronous socket connection, copy-on-write mapped files, and so on. I'd need an entire book to cover everything. ;-)
I hope these brief glimpses have given you an idea of what NIO can do, as well as what you can do with NIO in your own projects. NIO is not a replacement for the traditional I/O classes; don't throw away your working code just to replace it with NIO. But keep NIO in mind as you design new applications. You just might find that NIO can kick some butt when you turn it loose.
O'Reilly & Associates recently released (August 2002) Java NIO.
Sample Chapter 4, "Selectors," is available free online.
You can also look at the Table of Contents, the Index, and the full description of the book.
For more information, or to order the book, click here.
Ron Hitchens is a California-based computer consultant and educator whose career dates back to the disco era. Ron has used just about every computer system and programming language you can imagine: from 6502 assembler to XSLT. He is also the author of O'Reilly's Java NIO.
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i've been eying the asus seashell 1005ha-pu1x for a while. My ideal setup would be one of those with a atsc/clearqam usb tuner stick, upgraded with a 320gb hd and 2gb ram, and mythtv.
I currently have a 15in. 1st gen unibody macbook pro, and have really been considering selling it and getting a netbook. I've been using macs for a while now, my first was a 1.3ghz 12in. g4 powerbook, but i realized all of the apps i use on os x are foss things that come from linux.
The reason i am hesitant is because of the amount of time I would waste setting everything up the way I like. I love to tinker with stuff, its an addiction. OS X just works, so i actually get real work done instead of playing with stuff.
Another reason i was really hesitant until now, was because most netbooks lack multitouch mouse pads. If there is one thing i love about the unibody mbp it is the giant multitouch mouse pad. The asus seashell is one of the first i've seen to include one. But i wonder how useful they are in linux. OS X has some nice features that exploit a multitouch pad well.


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Clayton Donaldson hit two goals in two minutes as Crewe claimed a 3-0 win over Wycombe, which ended the Chairboys five-game winning streak.
Shaun Miller completed the scoring with a late strike as the Alex moved into the play-off zone and recorded their third clean sheet on the bounce.
Crewe made all the early inroads, with the excellent Byron Moore providing three crosses which his forwards should have at least connected with.
Wycombe had to wait until the 20th minute to have their first shots, long-range efforts from Lewis Montrose and Stuart Beavon which were saved by Rhys Taylor.
Taylor then leapt to keep out Scott Rendell's looping header before Clayton Donaldson and Luke Murphy went close at the other end.
Donaldson should have broken the deadlock minutes before half-time but he clipped the ball wide of keeper Nikki Bull and the post when put through by Murphy.
Moore hit the crossbar with a cross-cum-shot before Shaun Miller then bamboozled David Winfield with a superb flick but the striker's 30-yard volley just missed the target.
Donaldson gave Crewe the lead with two goals in quick succession. First he left Winfield for dead before clipping the ball over Bull in the 71st minute.
Then sixty seconds later he raced onto Danny Shelley's ball and hit a first-time shot low into the bottom corner of the net.
Miller put the icing on the cake for the hosts by side-footing home on the rebound after Lee Bell's 86th-minute shot crashed back off the upright.
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By Sam Mamudi
Under Armour Inc. (UA) has been one of the major sports business success stories of recent years, a big-talking newcomer in the sports apparel market that has successfully established itself; its profit next year is on course to be more than the triple its 2007 net income.
But a compound annual growth rate of 34% since 2005 is a double-edged sword: yes, it reflects a fast-growing company, but it also can lead to an over-cooking of a stock's price. That's the view of JPMorgan Chase analyst Matthew Boss, who on Wednesday initiated coverage of Under Armor by slapping a sell rating on the stock, and setting a $45 a share price target, more than $5 below today's price.
In a lengthy research note, the Boss outlined his view.
UA's long-term growth potential is substantial as the largely North American brand (94% today) eyes global opportunity over time. Taking a step back, we believe UA is entering an intermediate growth period in its longer term global growth horizon (from high-growth = 28% trailing 5-year sales CAGR, to more moderate growth in FY13E of ~23.5%) with investment key today for the next phase of growth (International, Footwear, DTC). Although UA has numerous drivers in place near- term to sustain 20%-25% top line growth (NA dept stores, sporting goods), we see 2015 as the potential "sweet spot" for growth given a greater contribution from footwear (13% today w/ first clean slate in FY14), international presence (step-back before forward), and square footage growth opportunity at Outlets as leases (typically 5 year) come due.
In other words, growing pains.
Boss also started coverage of Nike Inc. (NKE), giving the company a Hold rating and a $100 price target, a touch above today's $99 share price. He touts Nike's best-in-class position in its category and also points favorably to its balance sheet:
With annual free cash flow generation of $6.6B for the next 3 years (9.1% yield), Nike's balance sheet is fortress-like today. Nike's use of leverage remains conservative (2.3%) with ROIC a forward looking focus (22% vs. 25% goal) and see increased dividends and share repurchases ahead.
Favoring shareholders, Nike has been aggressive about using free cash to buy back its stock, and last month upped its dividend by 17%. As with Under Armor, Boss has a positive view of Nike for the long-term, but sees difficulties in the near future.
We see light at the end of the tunnel with a return to the long-term model (mid-teens EPS growth driven by high-single-digit revenues, GPM expansion and SG&A leverage) likely by 2H14/FY15. That said, while input cost moderation in 2H13 is intriguing near-term (cycling 200-300bps of pressure in FY12), we believe China trends (10-11% of mix) could get worse before better (+47% 2-year stacked compares through YE vs. +25% in 1Q) with continued SG&A investments (DTC, China outlet growth) weighing on EPS.


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Israeli intelligence officials revealed on Sunday that they have learned Hamas and allied terrorists in the Gaza Strip are using shipments of cement and other construction materials to build bunkers in preparation for war with Israel.
The bunkers are being built with thick walls to withstand aerial bombardment with miles of tunnels connecting the numerous posts and underground command centers. The positions are being constructed along the lines of the Hizballah bunker network that so frustrated Israeli forces during the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
Israeli officials said that they may have to freeze the delivery of cement to Gaza, though it is needed for legitimate construction and repair work.
Earlier this summer, the Palestinians of Gaza complained that they were not receiving enough cement, so Israel allowed more to enter the area in the daily shipment convoys.
Palestinian sources have complained that every time Hamas manages to get Israel to delivery more supplies - such as fuel, cement and medical supplies - the ruling terror group steals them for its own use or to enrich itself as a reseller.
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Nature Center to hold Nature Walk at Butler Rodman Park
July 13, 2009The John T. Huston-Dr. John D. Brumbaugh Nature Center will be holding a nature walk on Wednesday, July 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Butler Rodman Park.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Just two months ago, Research In Motion (RIMM) was trading ever so close to its net current asset value, which can be either hallowed ground for deep value investors or a place companies end up just before they begin the spiral toward going under.In RIMM's case, this was a momentary phenomenon for a company that has had its share of troubles in recent years. By my calculation, the company never actually traded below net current asset value, and investors reacted swiftly, rescuing it from net/net land by scooping up shares that appeared to be priced for an early demise. Since that
Certainly, all is not well with RIMM. Given increased competition, declining revenues and margins and some public relations fiascos related to user outages, the company has faced increasing headwinds. At one time, the BlackBerry was a phenomenon, but now seems to be yesterday's news. The company is pinning its hopes on reviving the business, however, with the release of the BlackBerry 10, which it hopes will compete with Apple's ( AAPL) iPhone and other smartphones. There are some in the analyst and investment community who believe BlackBerry 10 will be the shot in the arm the company needs. That optimism was was driving shares higher Friday in pre-market trading. Thursday, shares rose more than 17% on the Toronto Stock Exchange after a National Bank analyst increased the price target from $12 to $15. From a fundamental perspective, not much has changed since my last column on RIMM: The company is still extremely liquid, ending last quarter with $2.065 billion, or $3.93 per share, in cash and short-term investments, and no debt. As of Wednesday's closing price, shares were still trading at a relatively low multiple of net current assets, $1.65, and at just 0.87 times tangible book value per share. The reception of BlackBerry 10 will help determine whether this company is truly cheap, or in decline.
Frankly, on the surface, RIMM shares still look cheap to me. However, there's another side to this story, and one that I need to consider in this equation. As I mentioned in my last column on RIMM, I am a BlackBerry user, on the business and personal side. I am also due for an upgrade, and probably will not wait for the BlackBerry 10. I am also not inclined to "upgrade" to one of the current models, despite the fact that it would still be an improvement on my current device. I may be on the version of making the switch to an Android device, or perhaps the iPhone. If I, the non-technically savvy deep-value investor, am contemplating making the switch, how many others out there have done or will do the same? Perhaps the BlackBerry 10 will be the saving grace for Research In Motion, but I, for one, can't wait until January. Looks like I'll be converting, right or wrong. Time for a change. At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Follow @JonMHellerCFA This article was written by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.


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Obama White House officials mounted a swift counter-offensive Thursday over a congressional vote to subpoena internal emails relating to the Solyndra loan, calling the vote by the House Energy and Commerce committee an unprecedented and unjustified intrusion on confidential executive branch communications.
The subpoena "is a fishing expedition {and} a political stunt and which is designed to tie up White House staff," one senior administration official told NBC News. Officials signaled they are prepared to invoke executive privilege, if necessary, setting up a potential political and constitutional showdown between the president and the GOP controlled House.
The committee's 14 to 9 vote follows a months-long investigation into a problem plagued Energy Department loan that has cost taxpayers $535 million. It also came just hours after the White House released more embarrassing emails relating to Solyndra, indicating that officials were well aware of potential problems with the solar maker well before the company filed for bankruptcy.
On Nov. 3, 2010, for example, Kenneth Baer, a senior Office of Management and Budget communications official, forwarded an email to senior officials throughout the administration containing a trade press story with the headline: "Solyndra Spells Disaster for DOE Loan Guarantee Program."
Six minutes later, Rod O'Conner, Energy Secretary Steve Chu's chief of staff, replied: "Great day all around. Want to kill someone."
"You are not alone," Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change policy, replied four minutes after that.
Last September, Solyndra filed for bankruptcy and its offices were raided by the FBI, part of a federal probe into the firm's dealings with the government. Republicans say they want to know whether the decision to grant the loan was influenced by political cronyism since one of the lead investors in Solyndra was a prominent political donor to the president, Tulsa billionaire George Kaiser, who had multiple meetings at the White House.
"It's time we get to the bottom of his whole mess," said Rep. Fred Upton, the chairman of the House panel, during today's committee vote.
But White House officials say they have already turned over thousands of pages of documents containing communications between White House officials and the Energy Department. None back up the "political influence" charge, they say. They also say they have tried without success to negotiate a compromise with House Republicans over those documents still being sought- internal White House memos and emails, including those sent from the president's BlackBerry, that mention the word "Solyndra." One official said that the material being sought could involve "tens of thousands of pages" but that most of them are press clips and routine communications among the president's advance staff involving President Obama's visit to Solyndra in May 2010.
Still, the subpoena could put Obama in an awkward position since he had sharply criticized President Bush for invoking executive privilege. (At the top of their press release Thursday announcing the subpoena vote, House Republicans recycled a quote from President Obama the day after he took office: "The government should not keep information confidental merely because public official smight be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears.")
But Obama officials noted today that the president's previous criticism of Bush's executive privilege claims was restricted to cases where documents were being sought for investigations looking into serious wrongdoing involving the Bush administration.
While acknowledging that Solyndra may have been a "bad loan," one White House official said: "Where is the evidence of wrongdoing?"
Although they wouldn't address the question directly, White House officials appeared to leave little doubt they are prepared to make an executive privilege if House Republicans won't compromise. A recent letter from Kathryn Ruemmler, White House counsel, described the request for documents as encroaching upon ng "longstanding and significant institutional Executive Branch confidentiality interests" -- standard language that precedes executive privilege claims.


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Crusaders hold on to defeat Johnsonburg Rams 50-36
The Elk County Catholic Crusaders notched their first win of the season on Tuesday evening as they held on to defeat the Johnsonburg Area High Rams by a 50-36 score in a game played at the Aaron J. Straub gym on the Elk Cathloic campus.The game was a lot closer than the final score indicates, as the Johnsonburg Rams were in the game up until the final five minutes, when the Crusaders put it away as they outscored the Rams 15 to 7."This was a good win and one that I am happy with," said ECCHS Head Coach Aaron Straub. "We still have a lot of room for improvement, but I feel that this team will continue to improve with each game."We will have to clean up our offense, as we aren't taking care of the ball the way we should. We need to cut down on the turnovers and start to get better shot selections. I am not happy with the way we are shooting fouls."We started a little slow offensively, but picked it up as the game went along. We played pretty good defense as we kept pressure on the ball. We also need to improve on our offensive rebounding."Elk Catholic put two players in double figures on Tuesday, with Tyler Herzing leading the way with 11 points, followed by Darren Simons with 10 points. Ricky Pearsall and Ben Daghir checked in with seven points each, followed by Josh Gebauer with six, Eric Wehler with five, and Brandon Pollick and Mitchel Haberberger with two each.The bulk of the Johnsonburg scoring was done by Louie Imbrogno with 21 of the team's 36 points. Joe Holmberg finished the night with six points, followed by Cole Peterson with four, Quinn Luhr and Luke Shreffler with two each, and Cameron Grumley with one.Darren Simons put the Crusaders on top 2-0 to start the game, but Johnsonburg scored the next six points, two by Holmberg and four by Imbrogno, to go up 6-2. Pearsall, Gebauer and Wehler then scored field goals for the Crusaders to put them back on top at 8-6. Holmberg hit a field goal just before the period ended to make the score 8-8 after one period.Simons and Peterson exchanged buckets to start the second period, 10-10, then Elk ran off eight straight points, four by Simons, two by Herzing and two by Haberberger to take an 18-10 lead. Imbrogno hit a field goal and a foul goal down the stretch for Johnsonburg to make the halftime score 18-13. Ben Daghir and Imbrogno exchanged buckets to start the third quarter, then Pearsall and Imbrogno hit buckets, 22-15, and Herzing and Imbrogno, 24-19. B. Daghir and Luhr exchanged buckets, followed by an exhange by Pearsall and Holmberg, 28-23. Wehler connected on a trey just before the buzzer to give Elk County a 31-23 lead after three quarters.The Crusaders pushed the lead to 34-23 on foul goals by Pearsall (1) and Herzing (2). Imbrogno cut it back to 34-25, then Herzing made it 35-25. Imbrogno hit a trey and Grumley a field goal to cut the lead to 35-29. From here on, it was all Elk County as the Crusaders outscored the Rams 15-7 down the stretch to win the game by a 50-36 score.Game notesThe Crusaders shot 39 percent from the two-point range on Tuesday, but only 16.7 percent from the three-point range. Johnsonburg shot 35.6 percent from the two-point range and 12.5 percent from the three-point range.-----The Crusaders turned the ball over 12 times, compared to 17 for the Rams. ---Tyler Herzing had nine rebounds and Darren Simons seven to lead the Crusaders, while Troy Padasak, Joe Holmberg and Cole Peterson each had four to lead the Rams.----Crusaders are now 1-1 on the season and will return to action on Friday evening when they play host to the Kane Area High Wolves.--Johnsonburg slipped to 0-2 on the season and will return to action on Friday when they host Sheffield.----Johnsonburg 36Troy Padasak 0-0-0-0-0, Quinn Luhr 0-0-0-0-0, Joe Holmberg 3-0-0-1-6, Mitch Holmberg 0-0-0-0-0, Louie Imbrogno 7-2-1-2-21, Luke Shreffler 1-0-0-0-2, Cameron Grumley 0-0-1-2-1, Mitch Vallone 0-0-0-1-0, Cole Peterson 2-0-0-2-4, Bill Bliss 0-0-0-0-0. Totals 14-2-2-9-36.ECCHS 50Ricky Pearsall 3-0-1-2-7, Tyler Herzing 1-0-9-14-11, Eric Wehler 1-1-0-1-5, Darren Simons 4-0-2-2-10, Ben Daghir 2-1-0-0-7, Ben Crowe 0-0-0-0-0, Brandon Pollick 0-0-2-2-2, Caleb Lecker 0-0-0-0-0, Ben Wortman 0-0-0-0-0, Kevin Kraus 0-0-0-0-0, Michael Jacob 0-0-0-0-0, Mitchel Haberberger 1-0-0-0-2, Luke Daghir 0-0-0-0-0, Josh Gebauer 2-0-2-3-6. Totals 14-2-16-27-50.Score by QuartersJohnsonburg 8 5 10 13 36ECCHS 8 10 13 19 50J-Burg J.V.s winThe Johnsonburg Junior Varsity squad handed the Elk Catholic J.V.s a 38-33 setback in the preliminary game on Tuesday at Elk Catholic.The Crusaders jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the opening period of play, but the Johnsonburg squad came back in the second period to outscore the Crusaders 18-10 to take a 20-17 halftime lead.In the third quarter, the Crusaders outscored the Rams 9-8 to cut the lead to 28-26. The Rams took the final period 10-7 to win the game by a 38-33 score.Johnsonburg scoring: Cole Peterson 14, Kyle Sheldon 7, Cameron Grumley 7, C. J. Herbstritt 6, Frank Kocjancic 2, Mitchell Vallone 2.ECCHS scoring: Clayton Housler 8, Hank Cappiello 9, Ben Cortina 5, Alex Herzing 4, Brock McCullough 4, Jack Herzing 2, Devin Constable 2.


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A truly great links shot helped American Mark Wiebe claim a dramatic victory in The Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex following the resumption of his play-off with Germany's Bernhard Langer on Monday morning.
The pair had to return to Royal Birkdale to battle it out at 8am after darkness suspended play at 9.41pm on Sunday following the completion of two extra holes, and it was Wiebe who eventually struck the decisive blow after they played the 18th hole three more times.
After finding the rough with his tee shot, Wiebe produced a marvellous low draw that bounded just onto the putting surface, as Langer came up short of the left hand greenside bunker. Langer's chip from a bare lie ran 15ft past the hole, giving Wiebe a 30ft birdie putt for victory, which he left just inches from the hole.
Wiebe tapped in for par, meaning that Langer had to match that to extend the play-off, but the two-time Masters Champion, who had led by two strokes playing the last hole in regulation play on Sunday before closing with a double bogey, once again suffered heartache as his putt agonisingly failed to drop.
As a result, Wiebe prevailed in the longest play-off in the history of The Senior Open Championship, becoming the eighth American winner of the prestigious trophy.
"I'm speechless," said Wiebe, a two-time winner on the US PGA Tour. "Shocked, too. I just planned on Bernie making that putt on the fifth extra hole and I actually was wondering already what hole we were going to go to now. Do we go back to 18 or do I start on a new hole?
"I think it's always better for both players had there been a birdie to win the playoff instead of a bogey, but right now, I don't really care. I'm glad it's over, and I'm honoured.
"I just was luckier today and last night than Bernie I guess. I also feel like Bernie has won, what, a couple hundred tournaments. He's won so many, I feel like this was my turn."
Wiebe's remarkable victory meant disappointment for Langer for a second consecutive year, after the 55 year old had also led by one stroke going into the final round at Turnberry 12 months ago before closing with a 75 to finish tied sixth, coincidentally with Wiebe, behind winner Fred Couples.
Langer will undoubtedly look back on the closing hole on Sunday night as a missed opportunity to seal a second Senior Open title, following his triumph at Carnoustie in 2010.
The 2004 European Ryder Cup Captain needed only a bogey to win, but took four shots to get down from the right-hand greenside trap, uncharacteristically leaving his first attempt in the bunker.
That meant he tied with Wiebe on nine under par 271, after the American had earlier signed for a superb 66, and the pair took two more trips down Royal Birkdale's 18th in fading light before play was finally suspended at 9.41pm.
The result was a Monday finish for the first time in The Senior Open's 27 year history, and Langer immediately had a chance of securing victory at the third additional hole but saw his 12-foot birdie putt stay out.
The fourth hole was then halved with bogeys, before Wiebe claimed the senior Claret Jug, the €240,000 first prize, and a place in next year's Open Championship at nearby Royal Liverpool, with a fine par at the next.
It was a dramatic finish to a fine week which saw record crowds flock to Birkdale, as 45,575 people passed through the gates to surpass the previous Senior Open attendance record – set at Royal Troon in 2008 – by more than 4,000.
Wiebe had been without a top ten finish all year on the US Champions Tour, having struggled with a back and arm injury, but he put those ailments to one side to win on his sixth Senior Open appearance.
"Once I realised I could play and it didn't hurt very much to swing, I was instantly in a great mood, and I knew I was playing good," said Wiebe.
"I had been playing with my son who kicks my rear end a lot, and he even said, 'Dad, you're playing great.' I said, 'well, it's something that I can do when I'm not having this pain and I think that helped me so much with my attitude, just being able to swing a golf club.
"I love playing over here. I just love it. It's the greatest."
Langer, who has never finished outside the top 12 in The Senior Open, was both philosophical and gracious in defeat.
"It was really my tournament to win or lose coming down 18 on Sunday, and I made a major error by taking on the green," said Langer.
"It almost felt like Jean Van de Velde, if not quite. But that was certainly a bad error and shouldn't have happened as experienced as I am. But under the battle and are under the long delay, we had two rain delays, as you know, the mind and the brain doesn't always work 100 per cent right.
"Mark is a very deserving champion. He played a great week of golf, and we know he's a great putter and he's hit some really good shots this week."
On Sunday, South African David Frost closed out with a level par 70 to finish in a tie for third alongside Australian Peter Senior (66) and 2010 US Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin, who equalled the low-round of the week with a five under par 65 to continue his incredible Senior Open record having finished second in 2010, tied third in 2011 and tied third last year.
Australian Peter Fowler, the 2011 Senior Tour Order of Merit winner, was a further two shots back on four under par while Scotland's Sandy Lyle was the highest home finisher at seventh following a level par 70.


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Bluffton gunning for 2nd HCAC win in a row on Parents Day
October 24, 2001
Setting the scene
Bluffton College hopes to reach the .500 mark for the first time this season as the Beavers host Heartland Conference foe Franklin College Saturday afternoon on Parents Day in Salzman Stadium. After starting out this season 0-2, Bluffton (3-4, 2-2 HCAC) has won three of their last five games and now ranks second in the league in total defense.
Franklin (2-5, 1-2 HCAC) has dropped three straight hard-fought games, including the last two against teams that are still undefeated. On Oct. 13 the Grizzlies led Thomas More (7-0) 13-0 before the Saints rallied for a 63-13 win, and last Saturday Franklin trailed HCAC-leader Defiance (7-0) just 7-0 at halftime before falling 27-7.
The series
Bluffton leads the all-time series against Franklin 3-1. These two teams met for the first time in 1956 (a 27-14 BC win at Harmon Field), but then didn't hook up again until 1998 when both teams became members of the new Heartland Conference. Franklin won that game 28-21 in Indiana, but BC has won the last two meetings 28-7 and 24-14.
The coaches
BC Head Coach Carlin Carpenter is 98-117-1 in his 23rd season at Bluffton College. Franklin is led by Head Coach Bill Unsworth, who owns a 16-21 record in his fourth season with the Grizzlies.
Last meeting
October 28, 2000: Bluffton 24, Franklin 14. The Beavers trailed 14-7 heading into the fourth quarter last year at Franklin, but BC scored 17 unanswered points in the final 13 minutes of the game to pull out a 24-14 victory. BC held Franklin to just 29 yards rushing and 148 yards passing in the game, and on the Grizzlies' final seven possessions, BC picked off three passes, caused a fumble, blocked a field goal, and then held on downs.
Quarterback Brad Moore rushed for two touchdowns (both on one-yard sneaks) and senior Tyson Goings rushed for 150 yards on 33 carries. Moore passed for 154 yards and a TD to Jovan Johnson, who caught four passes for 68 yards.
Last week
Bluffton scored on its first four possessions en route to a 38-3 HCAC win at Manchester last Saturday to get within one game of the .500 mark. Jovan Johnson rushed for 115 yards and Brad Moore passed for 164 yards and a TD, while the BC defense held the Spartans to under 200 yards in total offense. Chris Sommers collected 18 tackles to pick up HCAC Defensive Player of the Week honors, while Ben Schwab intercepted two passes.
Franklin, meanwhile, went up against their second straight undefeated opponent and played well, but came up a bit short on the scoreboard as the Grizzlies fell 27-7 at home to HCAC leader Defiance. The potent Franklin passing attack was held to just 140 yards through the air as Defiance held the football for nearly twice as long as Franklin and racked up 411 yards in total offense. Franklin held Defiance out of the endzone until just 10 seconds before halftime as the Yellow Jackets scored the games' first points on an eight-yard TD run.
Franklin doesn't mind the road
Franklin has the luxury of six home games this season, but so far the Grizzlies' only two road games have also been their only two victories. Franklin is 0-5 at home in 2001, but a perfect 2-0 away from Stewart "Red" Faught Stadium.
Statistical matchups
On paper, the key matchup in this game appears to be the Franklin pass offense vs. the Bluffton pass defense. The Grizzlies have the league's third ranked aerial attack (282.6 ypg), while BC ranks second against the pass, allowing just 161.6 ypg. Despite the fact that Bluffton averages the fewest number of passing yards per game in the HCAC, BC quarterback Brad Moore ranks fourth in pass efficiency, which is an area that Franklin would like to get better in as Grizzly quarterbacks Jeremy Neibert and Eric Sabo have combined to throw 19 interceptions this season.
Bluffton's Jovan Johnson remains the HCAC's leading ground gainer and has rushed for over 100 yards in each game that he has started at tailback this season (five).
Other HCAC rankings
Thanks to a season-high 18 tackles last Saturday at Manchester, Bluffton's Chris Sommers has taken over the HCAC lead in tackles, averaging 10.4 stops per game. Bluffton ranks third in the league in scoring offense and scoring defense, and the Beavers ranks second in rushing offense (198.4 ypg). Bluffton now owns a +2 turnover margin on the year, while Franklin is -8 in that department.


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They've only been on campus for a few days, but the first students to participate in the Navitas program at WKU are already feeling right at home.
"The community has a small town feel and the campus is perfect for education and is a good place to learn," said Buyankhishig Jamsran, a native of Mongolia. "And the people are really friendly."
Jamsran is one of about 20 international students who have enrolled at WKU through Navitas University Pathways Program. In addition to Mongolia, students are from China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
Jamsran plans to major in biotechnology to learn more about fresh, organic and healthy foods. "I really want to help my country in that area," she said. "I want to make that happen."
Donal Ducie of Australia, group marketing manager for Navitas, said some of the students may complete their bachelor's degrees and return to their native countries, but others may stay in Bowling Green and the United States to complete graduate work.
"I can see many students becoming a part of WKU and the Bowling Green community," Ducie said.
Chi Mingchao of China, who plans to major in mechanical engineering, said he's already been impressed with the campus and the community. "Everyone has been friendly and really cares about us," he said.
Ducie said the variety of strong academic programs, a safe learning environment and a commitment to service made WKU an attractive partner for Navitas. (In January, WKU was announced as the first U.S. affiliate for Navitas.)
"I have visited campuses all over the world and I would have to say that I was completely mesmerized by the WKU campus," Ducie said. "I don't event have the words to describe the WKU campus."
Dr. Dean Kahler, executive director of Navitas at WKU, said students have been excited to see the WKU campus and what the school and Bowling Green have to offer. "It's been beyond their expectations," Dr. Kahler said.
After spending a few days in orientation sessions and social activities, the students will be starting their academic careers this week. "We will focus on quality and focus on enhancing the classroom experience they have," Dr. Kahler said. "But we will also add a social component outside the classroom. This will be a complete immersion program in academics, social and culture."
Dr. Kahler expects about 60 students in Navitas at WKU for the spring semester as more students learn about the program.
The Navitas at WKU program is being marketed worldwide by three staff members in addition to Navitas offices around the globe. The group also has a Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/NavitasWKU.
"We are really excited to work at WKU," Ducie said. "Students can see the potential here in academic programs, service to students, great facilities, the football stadium, health services and more. Those services combined with the Southern hospitality is a magical mix."
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Twelve years ago the late Mattie Kelly of Destin left her 13 acre estate to Okaloosa-Walton Community College for the establishment of a cultural and environmental institute. Twelve years ago, the land was worth about $3.5 million. Since then, the value of the land has risen to $7.65 million. OWCC plans to sell the land but some members of the Kelley family say the sale violates the will.
OWCC says they notified the three representatives of the estate of Mattie Kelley of their plans beforehand.
Attorney Bart fleet met with the daughters of Mattie Kelly, Imogene and Carol.
"And I was told by both of them to go forward to seek buyers and developers of the property."
Mr. Fleet says sisters Imogene and Carol Kelly made seven suggestions to be included in a potential bid. OWCC maintains of those suggestions, only a request for lots on the property for the sisters was not met.
But Mr. Fleet says soon after buyers for the property were identified Carol soon her changed her mind about the sale.
"An interesting twist in this episode. Monday Carol Kelly took out a full page ad in the Northwest Florida Daily News protesting the sale of the property asking 'is it too late to save a travesty?'"
At this point Carol has little recourse. Her sister Imogene Kelley, and Paul Sims, the second husband of Mattie Kelly, have signed letters approving the sale.
Mr. Fleet believes Carol Kelly's emotional attachment to the property led to her change of heart. However, OWCC President James Richburg disagrees with her interpretation of the will of Mattie Kelly.
"I think people think that perhaps Mattie never intended this be sold, she did not write that in her will. She did not communicate in early 1990, 91 and 92 when she and I sat and worked on this."
By phone Carol Kelly did say she never approved the sale in the first place. She's not sure if she can stop the sale but she hopes to persuade the Destin City Council to designate the estate as a historical landmark, temporarily delaying the sale.
State money from the sale would boost the OWCC's profit to around $13 million. They plan to use the money to fund scholarships and endow teaching positions among other things, all in keeping, they say, with the wishes of Mattie Kelly.


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One useful way for learning a programming language is asking questions and finding their answers. When hundreds of questions and answers are collected and different ideas are shared with each other, new users can easily find their problems solutions. Based on this idea, I have asked some basic HTML5 questions and provided their answers. Hope to be useful and ask your own ones . . .
How to start learning HTML5? Where are good resources for beginners?
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In every corner of Volusia and Flagler counties, locals and visitors wished Uncle Sam a happy birthday Fourth of July style from sunup to after sundown.
DAYTONA BEACH — Thursday was a day for waving sparklers, splashing at Daytona Lagoon water park, grilling hot dogs and marshmallows, slathering on sunscreen at the beach and watching fireworks.
In every corner of Volusia and Flagler counties, locals and visitors wished Uncle Sam a happy birthday Fourth of July style from sunup to after sundown.
A 68-year-old Ocala woman made a predawn trip to the ocean to watch the sun rise, and after walking around a bit decided to spend the day in Daytona Beach.
"I saw this beautiful place and decided to stay and watch the sunset, too," Belen Boyce said as she sat on a bench in the Ocean Walk Shoppes complex and enjoyed the shade and breeze.
Other early risers took 4-mile and 10-mile runs on the sand in races to benefit veterans that began at the Daytona Beach Pier. A little later in the morning, a parade wove around the beachside along Main Street, Ocean Avenue and State Road A1A.
By the afternoon, people such as Paul Thiel of Port Orange and his 13-year-old son Kyle were relaxing near the ocean with no particular plans, eating ice cream and letting the day take them where it would.
"We haven't decided yet what we're doing," the elder Thiel said. "We're just hanging out at the beach."
A couple visiting from Indiana, Randy and Kathy Sadler, also showed up to the Boardwalk area in the afternoon with only fun and relaxation on their agenda.
One man on the beach, Christopher Wauben of Orlando, was on a mission. From about 11 a.m. until late afternoon, Wauben made his way from the Daytona Beach Pier to the Sunglow Pier and back up again to the Daytona span.
The 40-year-old Wauben made the roughly 12-mile roundtrip journey to inspire people to continue the fight against breast cancer and pediatric cancer. Donning a bright red Santa cap and carrying an American flag, it was the third time Wauben made a Fourth of July beach run in memory of his grandmother, who lost her battle with breast cancer in July 1983.
Wauben, who wore red shorts and a blue and white shirt, said he's found the holiday to be an ideal time to share his message with the beach packed with people in a good mood.
"Automatically, people usually flag me down," he said.
A few hours after Wauben finished his sun-baked run, an Eagle's tribute band rocked the Bandshell while people sipping lemonade and snacking on funnel cakes filled the large plaza area to take in the show.
Around 9 p.m., the skies starting filling with fireworks from Deltona to New Smyrna Beach to Daytona to Flagler Beach.
Flagler County celebrated Independence Day early and often, beginning with a 5K run in Flagler Beach at 7 a.m. and a commemoration at Heroes Memorial Park in Palm Coast at 8, and ending with fireworks off Flagler Beach.
At the Palm Coast event, Mayor Jon Netts talked about the American flag as "our most revered and respected symbol of freedom."
The Palm Coast event also included the singing of the national anthem by the group Nevaeh and a musical tribute performed by members of the Flagler Youth Orchestra. The event also featured a recitation of the Declaration of Independence by members of the Palm Coast City Council, Flagler County Commission and other elected officials.
In Flagler Beach, vendors and city officials began preparing for the annual Fabulous Fourth festivities at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, according to City Manager Bruce Campbell.
Vendor booths and tents set up by residents ringed Veterans Park for the beginning of a three-day celebration in the beachside town. Chairs lined the side of State Road A1A in anticipation of the Fourth of July parade, which kicked off at 10 a.m. Leading the parade as grand marshals were nine World War II veterans.
Dennis and Bonnie Chapman staked out a good spot along the route with their son, Ethan, and granddaughters Amelia and Madison.
"We haven't missed it in 25 years," Dennis Chapman said.
Southeast Volusia County was focused on the family and thoughts of freedom Thursday.
Orlando Arroyo, 38, Deltona, relaxed in the Brannon Center playing ball with his 3-year-old son, Orlando Jr., while waiting for the results of the morning family fishing tournament to be announced.
"We came over for the kids," the Deltona man said. And for the fishing, "I like to fish a lot," he said.
Spending the day with the family was also why Rocky Sheton and Rebecca Armstrong brought their two boys from DeLand.
"We wanted to spend some family time," said the 30-year-old Armstrong.
It was time well spent, as the Backwoods Boys finished first among the 39 family teams competing. But it was 6-year-old Kaison Armstrong, who talked about the true reason for the holiday.
He said he was celebrating July 4 to remember the soldiers who went to war and died for the freedoms we enjoy.
"The Americans," he said.
Yolanda Arroyo, Orlando's wife, couldn't have agreed more. She said wherever her career Air Force father was stationed the family gathered to remember those who served for our freedoms.
"We are honoring the people who stood up for our freedom," added Milt Weisman, who took a break from bicycling to inspect the memorial to New Smyrna's original settlers. "If we don't remember those people then our history will be lost."
While Riverside Park was sparse with people early Thursday, city officials expected it would fill to capacity with spectators after dark to watch the evening's fireworks.
Staff writers Aaron London and Mark I. Johnson contributed to this report.


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DIXON – The governmental task force has been studying since May which form of government will work best for the city.
Wednesday, members asked how to implement what they decide.
They also decided to interview a Rock Falls public official, in order to better understand the mayor-council form of government, before beginning its deliberations.
Dixon resident Li Arellano asked the panel last week to take a closer look at the mayor-council form of government. The task force has primarily studied the commission form and the city manager form.
City attorney Robert LeSage discussed the various ways Dixon can change its form of government – all of which must happen through a referendum.
For example, 25 percent of the number of registered voters during the last mayoral election would need to file a petition with the city clerk to abolish the current commission form of government.
Simply abolishing the commission form would give Dixon a mayor-council form, similar to Rock Falls. This form may have an administrator by ordinance, but it would eliminate department oversight by council members.
In this form, the city clerk and treasurer are elected.
The number of council members, and whether they represent a ward or serve at large, would revert back to Dixon's government before it adopted the commission form. LeSage did not know how Dixon was set up before then.
Abolishing Dixon's current form also can come with a referendum to adopt the city manager form of government, which grants an administrator his or her duties by state statute. The City Council can add duties, but it may not remove them, LeSage said.
To do so, either 10 percent of the number of registered voters during the last mayoral election would need to file a petition with the circuit clerk to adopt the form, or the City Council would have to vote to put the question on the ballot.
LeSage said it is not necessary to abolish the commission form to adopt the city manager form, but he said it will be helpful for clarity.
To get rid of the city manager form of government, if it is adopted, would require another referendum.
LeSage said the City Council may determine by ordinance how many council members, whether they serve at large or represent wards, and whether the city clerk and treasurer are elected or appointed.
When asked what he thought was the best form of government to provide checks and balances, LeSage indicated the city is moving in the right direction with hiring a city administrator, and "professionalizing its government."
The form, he said, did not contribute to Rita Crundwell's theft; many factors allowed the former comptroller to steal nearly $54 million.
Commissioner Dennis Considine attended Wednesday's meeting and suggested the task force schedule an evening meeting to give the public an opportunity to take part in its discussion.
Members agreed to do so.
To attend
The governmental task force will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 121 W. Second St. The plan is to meet with a Rock Falls city administrator. If that cannot be scheduled, members will begin talking about forming their recommendation.
Go to www.discoverdixon.org and click "Citizens Information Center," or call City Hall, 815-288-1485, for an agenda or more information.


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Scientific process
Wapakoneta City School fourth-graders will showcase their scientific talents Thursday with a science fair from 6 to 7 p.m. in the elementary school cafeteria.
The students got a chance Tuesday to warm-up for their moment in the spotlight by presenting their projects to fellow classmates during school.
"It's to help them learn the scientific method and be in the shoes of an actual scientist," Wapakoneta Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Tim Duncan said.
Students had to come up with a testable scientific question, and then make a hypothesis to what they expected to be the outcome. They had to reveal what items were used to conduct the experiment and give a step-by-step procedure of the experiment. At the conclusion, they had to be able to tell how the project turned out and why they got those results.
Students had to be able to make a practical application with the result of their experience, and most results proved to be applicable to average households.
One experiment proved that strawberries will go bad before grapes, and the practical application was to make sure you eat the strawberries first so you don't waste food.
Another tested the ability of two brand-name laundry detergents and their ability to remove ketchup from clothing. Although one of the detergents cost more than the other, they both showed an equal ability to remove the stain. As a result of her experiment, the "scientist" concluded you can save money by buying the less expensive detergent to save money.
Student Courtney Sutton said she was excited to find out how important sunlight was to plants and the results were as she suspected.
Sutton planted three plants, one with plenty of sunlight, one with a limited amount, and one with no sunlight at all. The plant with the direct sunlight showed plenty of growth, while the other two showed minimal to no growth and eventually died.
"It turned out just like I thought it would," Sutton said.
Renee Schulze was completely surprised by her experiment.
She set out to show the effects of water on people's skin and hypothesized that older people would tend to have their skin wrinkle faster than a 10-year-old.
While her hypothesis that old people's skin would wrinkle faster turned out to be not true, her ability to test her question and explain why her hypothesis was wrong still earned her an A-plus.
"It wasn't what I expected at all," Schulze said. "I thought older people's skin would wrinkle faster from being older, but it just gets tougher."
Student Jack Shepherd set out to find out how winding coils tightly can affect electromagnetic strength. He found that the tighter the coil, the stronger pull a magnet will have.
"I just like messing with magnets," Shepherd said. "I thought it would be fun."
All 175 fourth-grade students participated in the science project. They will continue to be graded on their presentations today in preparation of Thursday's science fair.


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that's all it is, gerald, my young hero. at any rate we'll spare ourselves the nausea of stirring the old broth any more. you be beautiful, my gerald, and reckless. there are perfect moments. wake up, gerald, convince me of the perfect moments, oh, convince me, i need it.
so you are a boy, she said, who will kill a man rather than be late to meet your sweetheart? we hold together, the females of this earth. i shall mark your forehead now, so that the girls will know of that, when they look at you, and they will like you for it.
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Posted by MikeT23 on 1/24/2012 10:48:00 AM (view original):EML was a "special" league name change. I'm pretty sure there's a limit. Looking at the worlds that exceed Evangeline Leagu's space, I think all were changed names. American Baseball Union is the one I'd question if I didn't know it was once ABU. Some of the others were merged worlds(meaning WifS gave the league it's name) and some were memorial worlds for owners who passed.
But I certainly wouldn't discount Leagu being a mistake. Even if it was done that way, do a little spellcheck.
Posted by silentpadna on 1/25/2012 3:03:00 PM (view original):
If this trade involved just one player, I might shrug and figure that's what you get for setting scouts at zero - but those three players for Bryant? Forget stealing home, nordique is the one getting robbed this time
Looks like someone blew their cover here....
Posted by Admin on 1/23/2012 10:53:00 AM (view original):Our stance on trading involving future draft picks is as follows:
For a public world trading future draft picks is not allowed.
For a private world it is up to the commissioner of the world. Most worlds would probably not allow it but a world with the right owners might want to allow it as it can be a positive thing when done right. If a world wants to allow trading with draft picks, it must be added to the private world rules on how to handle it. Should an owner involved in the trade depart in between seasons, the new owner should NOT be expected to hand over draft picks unless agreed upon prior to joining. Again, only a world with a strong commissioner and a good group of owners should consider permitting trades including future draft picks.
As a follow-up, are we to believe that one wouldn't say "Rank these 20 guys in this order" when acquiring "draft picks"?
Technically, they're not sharing ratings but they're sharing info in a roundabout way. Simply because, if a guy with 20/20 scouting tells me who the top 20 guys are, I'm running with it.
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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/06/samsung_all_in_one_pc_world_uk_debut/
Samsung cosies up to PC World for UK desktop debut
All-in-one magic for all the family
Posted in Personal Tech, 6th April 2010 10:45 GMT
Samsung enters the UK home desktop PC market next month with two All-in-ones, sold exclusively through PC World and PCWorld.co.uk.
All-in-one PCs represent the computer industry's latest attempt to combat price erosion with fat-feature PCs that all the family can use as a home entertainment hub. Typically, All-in-one PCs combine a big screen monitor and computer in one wallmountable (is that a word? - no, Ed) unit and a touch screen for all the family to smear.
Samsung's efforts, the 23in 1080p HD screen U250 and the 20in 1600 x 900 resolution U2 U200 are no exceptions. Both models are supplied with Windows 7 Home Premium to supply the touchscreen touches.
No prices yet from Samsung, but we guess the U250 won't be that much cheaper than the HP TouchSmart 600 (reviewed by Reg Hardware here), which carries an RRP of £1530.
Canned quote time from Darren Thacker, head of retail for Samsung's Mobile Computing Division, who says the UK home PC sector has been "growing steadily since 2005, and we decided to use the strengths from our market-leading netbooks and notebooks to create a Samsung solution for the home, perfect for complimenting (sic) our Note PC offerings."
In other words, Samsung is dabbling. But it could be a player if it wants to. HP and Acer, no doubt, await their rival's next move with keen interest.


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Hi y'all we have been a member here for a couple of years now and have just been trying to learn. I say we cause my daughter has the car and I help with the wrenching, although she is getting pretty good in her own right. She sure loves her Loyale. It's a 93 $500.00 special. With the help of my favorite Chiropracter we are bringing her back to shape. Amandas tired of people telling her how to stop all that valve noise so here shortly we are doing a rebuild on the EA82. We tried all the tricks to stop the lifter noise with no joy. It did shut up for a while with the 20w50 and mix with whatever it was, and then again with new oil pump seals. But back clakin it's little heart out again. We are also doing the 5 speed swap while it's down. 4 grand on the interstate freaks her out. A couple of members helped us with sourcing the tranny. We shreaded an 86 in the u-pullit over the last couple of weekends, got the shifter and console piece along with lots of other goodies. Was hoping to post some pics but down at the bottom it says I can't guess I have to make a few post's first. Glad I saw in an earlier post about the not shiffting into first deal. Would have never thought that. Her taste in auto decoration is quite eclectic so don't laugh when you finally get to see a pic. Anyhow thanks for all the help y'all have allready given and thanks for having us.
yeah. i have fully rebuilt the engine in my 1988 Subaru GL-10, turbo EA82, and the clacking is still there. did every trick in the book, but its actually starting to go away now. i guess time is what matters the most.
the 5 speed is an awesome swap idea, and nice to notice more people like it then i originally thought. my Subaru has the 5 speed with the center diff lock switch. i love it. AWD around town, and 4 wheel drive off road.
to post pics the best way to do it is to post them on photobucket, then link them here. like this, i will bug a link so you can see it:
i put a v at the end next to /IMG so the link wont work, but here's how it would show up.
Posted 14 May 2011 - 12:55 AM
they are pretty descent car if you take care of them they will last almost forever
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 02:14 AM
None of my subarus tick when I am done with them.
Had a ticking '90 Loyale with about 135,000 on the clock that I made silent and stayed that way till 185,000 when the frame rusted out.
And my '85 RX with 104,000 when I bought it has been quiet to 116,000 so far (full rebuild when I got it).
So 62,000 tick-free miles so far. I have this urge to get my box of o rings and tools out of my car when I hear a ticking EA82 at a traffic light.
1. Oil Pump re-seal
2. new cam carrier reinforced o rings
3. take apart the old lifters and soak them/clean out the spring loaded detent ball part all in a bath of carb cleaner
4. chase the oil passages in the cam carrier with pipe cleaner or similar when you have it out. I've had non-reinforced o rings get sucked into the passages in this part which will make your car tick forever.
You don't have to reinstall the little crimp top on the lifters after you've taken them apart. It just aids in reassembly, which isn't a problem if you use some assembly grease to "glue" everything together.
Once you have oil pressure back up (re-seal and new o rings), clean lifters, and clean oil, it will not tick. Just keep the oil clean-ish from then on out and you'll be golden.
Edited by Tycho, 20 May 2011 - 02:17 AM.
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The U.S. ambassador to Britain, puzzled by a plaque marking Benedict Arnold's last residence in London, wondered why it refers to Arnold as an "AMERICAN PATRIOT."
NBC News has found the guy who got it put there: a distant relative named Peter Arnold.
"I think he was a good guy, you see. I don't see him in the same light as so many Americans do," Arnold told NBC News, explaining that he didn't mean to upset anyone with his plaque — or create a diplomatic incident.
Arnold said he has received telephone death threats — gruff American voices telling him he's a traitor just like his ancestors. But he's amused by them and used to other interpretations of Benedict Arnold and his deeds.
"His heart was in America and he felt that what he was doing was in the interest of America as a country and the people who lived there. And at the end of the day he didn't think we should be divorced from England and the king," he said. "So somebody loved us!"
I'm not sure I share Peter Arnold's appraisal of his distant kinsman. Benedict Arnold was an extraordinarily brave man, one of the most enterprising and gifted officers in the Continental Army. If we're going to remember Benedict Arnold as an "American Patriot," we should do so for his exploits from 1775 through 1777. His eventual decision to offer his services to the British wasn't exactly an act of pure principle, as Peter Arnold seems to indicate.
Having said that, I find it downright bizarre that Americans are apparently taking the trouble to contact Peter Arnold by phone and threaten him over something that happened more than two centuries ago. I'm more interested in the Rev War than most people, but there is such a thing as being a bit too emotionally invested in a subject.


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Just joined the forums the other day. I am 27 years old and live 2 hours north of Cinci. Thanks to my Grandfather I am big reds fan. Some of my best memories were sitting with him listening to Joe and Marty outside growing up. It was a great time. He was also very good friends with Wally Post. He Knew him from when he use to umpire baseball games. I also work In St Henry. Wally Posts home town. I know the family really well.
I love to talk reds baseball so I was pumped when I found this forum. The reds are my drug and I can't not wait to get my fix in 2012.


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** CORRECTS SPELLING OF SECOND REFERENCE TO SABBATELLA INSTEAD OF SABATELLA ** Martin Sabbatella, center, head of the government media regulation body, Federal Authority on Audiovisual Communication Services (AFSCA) and Sergio Surano, right, director of the AFSCA legal department, listen as Grupo Clarin's lawyer Damian Cassino, left, speaks during a meeting, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Sabbatella said Monday that the government will make the conglomerate and other companies comply with the law, which bars any company from owning too many different media properties. The law could require Grupo Clarin to sell off broadcast licenses as well as its majority stake in Cablevision, the cable TV network that has become the company's cash cow. (AP Photo/Daniel Dabove,Telam)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's government told the country's largest media conglomerate on Monday that it has begun a process to break up the company and auction off its media licenses.
Grupo Clarin has battled with President Cristina Fernandez for years. Fernandez argues that it is a corporate monopoly and has funded a network of pro-government newspapers and stations to challenge Clarin's dominance.
Grupo Clarin has called Fernandez's bid to break it up an illegal attempt to silence one of the government's leading critics and to stifle press freedom.
Martin Sabbatella, the head of the government media regulation body, said on Monday that the government will make the conglomerate and other companies comply with the law, which bars any company from owning too many different media properties.
It comes after a lower court judge ruled Friday that a three-year-old law against media monopolies is constitutional.
"We notified them of the start of the transfer of licenses because the law is constitutional," Sabbatella said at an impromptu press conference outside of Grupo Clarin's headquarters in Buenos Aires.
The process, which will end up with transfer of licenses, will last about 100 days. During this time, the media empire must take care of all its current holdings and keep all jobs, Sabbatella said.
Grupo Clarin said in an emailed statement that the government's action tramples on past rulings that favored the media group.
"It's totally inadmissible and illegal because it openly violates several legal rulings," Clarin said.
Clarin has said the judge's declaration lifting all injunctions in the case violates court procedures. The media group says a higher court had stayed the divestment requirement until the justice system rules definitively on challenges to the law.
The 2009 law was tweaked in Congress to specifically target Clarin, the only company that runs afoul of all its major anti-monopoly clauses. The law could require Clarin to sell off broadcast licenses as well as its majority stake in Cablevision, the cable TV network that has become the company's cash cow.
Clarin says the government cannot take away its licenses because the group lodged an appeal to Friday's ruling before Sabbatella's visit on Monday. A lower court has three days to look at it, and if it is rejected, Clarin can go before an appeals court.
Graciela Romer, a political analyst in Buenos Aires, said the case could eventually go before the Supreme Court and take anywhere from months to years.
"The government says it's in compliance to demand disinvestment and not wait for the deadlines set by the law. That's the point. The government feels like it loses ground if it leaves any room, which leads me to think that this will eventually end up in the Supreme Court," Romer said.
"But this could take from two months to two years and the government needs to resolve this without leaving any breathing room that can get in the way of achieving this historic triumph for freedom of speech, which is how the state has branded its fight with Clarin."
Gregorio Badeni, a constitutional lawyer, agreed that the case could land before the Supreme Court.
"The government cannot force Clarin to disinvest at this moment because the judge's ruling ... has been appealed," Badeni said.
The government says Clarin has 237 licenses but must abide by the law, which allows companies to only have 24 cable licenses and 10 free-to-air licenses for radio and TV, and to cover no more than 35 percent of the pay-per-view population.
Clarin says it has seven radio licenses and four open-TV ones. It also says its TV cable operator Cablevision owns 158 local licenses and that the law's 24 would limit their market.
The media group has been at odds with the government since it criticized Fernandez's handling of a tax on the key agricultural industry and a massive farmers strike in 2008.
Since then, critics of Fernandez's government say she's been out to break up the media empire. The government has sent tax agents to raid the offices of Argentina's biggest-circulation daily and suggested that the owner of Clarin could have adopted her children from babies stolen during the military regime.
It has also tried to gain control of Argentina's only newsprint maker and encouraged the national soccer association to break its contract with a cable TV channel owned by Clarin.
Associated Press Writer Luis Andres Henao in Santiago, Chile and Jessica Weiss in Buenos Aires contributed to this report.


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Bust this one mythbusters!
Traffic-light tickets have ticked off a gazillion drivers, some of whom have had to fork over $500 for running a light. Now there's a way for you to throw a monkey wrench into that money-making machine.
Jonathan Dandrow has developed noPhoto, which renders the pix snapped by those revenue-generating robo-cams useless. The technology behind noPhoto is fairly simple. At the top of the gadget, which doubles as a license plate frame, there's an optical flash trigger that detects the flash of the traffic-light camera. That trigger sets off one or both xenon flashes in the sides of the noPhoto, so when the traffic-light camera opens its shutter, there's too much light and the picture of your license plate is overexposed. Big Brother can't read your plate.
The impetus for the noPhoto is two-fold, Dandrow says. On the one hand he just wanted to see if could make something that worked. He's not an engineer, but he's always tinkered with car-related gadgets and he loves cameras. NoPhoto combines both interests.
He also thinks red-light cameras are a serious infringement of a drivers' rights. As Gary Biller, the president of the National Motorists Association, recently wrote in U.S. News and World Report, traffic-light cameras violate "several key tenets of a citizen's due process rights," because there is "no certifiable witness to the alleged violation," and so therefore, "the defendant loses the right to cross-examine his accuser in court." Many cities are deactivating their cameras, but there are still plenty of them around.
"I just had a lot of reservations about the cameras," Dandrow says. "They are trying to circumvent the constitution."
Nothing about noPhoto is revolutionary. You can find optical flash triggers at a variety at places like Amazon and B&H Photo. What's unique about the noPhoto trigger, though, is it works at much longer distance — about 150 feet in direct sunlight and farther in the dark.
"Distance was definitely the biggest challenge," Dandrow says.
The noPhoto also has a clever piece of engineering to thwart those cameras that fire multiple flashes. On those cameras, Dandrow says, the first flash is a metering flash to help set the exposure. If the noPhoto reacts to the metering flash, the camera can correct the over-exposure. To win this tricky game of back-and-forth, noPhoto will incrementally up its power to ensure the pictures are washed out no matter what.
There is also, of course, the problem with false triggers where the device could react to other light sources like the sun or headlights. To compensate, Dandrow says, noPhoto has a filtering circuit that can differentiate between things like natural light and the light from a red-light camera flash.
"With that technology we were able to reduce false alerts by over 90 percent," he says.
Originally designed two years ago in a garage, noPhoto might soon become a national product. Dandrow says he has a fully functional prototype built with help from Advantage Electronic Product Development Inc.. The company will mass-produce the item, he says, once it's been tested and certified. At the moment he's running an Indiegogo campaign to fund that certification process which he says can cost up to $50,000.
To allay people's fears, Dandrow notes on his Indiegogo site that noPhoto is legal because it doesn't obscure the license plate, and he's shot a video to prove the noPhoto can work at the distances he promises.
If all goes smoothly with the certification process, Dandrow says he hopes to have noPhoto on the market by March. He figures it'll cost around $350, or about the cost of a red-light ticket in many cities.
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by Khris Loux, Ben Parr, Vishal Sankhla and Mark Blumenthal
Social media has earned a prominent seat at the table with the large media companies of the world and has birthed an entirely new way to cover the world of politics. As we approach the electoral year, political chatter will continue to snowball and generate enormous heaps of data. Data can drastically impact how we determine the importance of a given story, the ways that we gauge public opinion and eventually may even revolutionize the way we cast our votes. This panel will discuss the many ways that the web is providing entirely new tools and resources to track and cover the world of politics and discuss the unique perspective social media data paints for the voice of a bolder and broader demographic. This panel will feature experts in political news, new media, data crunching and the real-time web debating the future of political coverage and the impact of new social technologies on political news and research.
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I have a recent iMac with 8 GB of RAM. Windows 8 ran pretty slow (in Virtual Box).
Honestly I have no idea to get back to the Metro menu, although I managed it a few times. When I thought I had figured it out it wouldn't work the next time. But this is because it was so slow, when I did the correct thing the result may show a little later.
Having the Metro interface is a brave attempt, but it's undermined by providing the traditional desktop, which is kind of sabotaged by removing the start button.
Why not use the traditional desktop and offer Metro as a pulldown or hotkey optional feature? For me Windows 7 is their best ever effort, it's really good. Windows 8 isn't a step forward. It's not even a step back, it's more a step in to a dark forrest where it's easy to get lost and nobody know in what direction it will go.
Metro works fine on a touch based system. Although I'm not very fond of these live tiles. It looks cool, but why spend seconds watching an icon waiting for information that may or may not be there? It's kind of like the BlackBerry stare where you peer at the notification LED and try not to blink because then you may miss it. If something interesting is there you need to be able to see it in a tenth of a second. Now the live title of me first tells me I am me before it tells me of any social network updates.


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I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Yesterday, we reported there were pictures online of what was being dubbed as the first QNX-powered BlackBerry. The device, pictured above, is pretty hideous and looks like something that RIM would've put out in 2003 instead. Thankfully sources have proven this device to not be the future QNX-powered BlackBerry with a clearer picture.
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Update: Shooting On Derrick Street
Sources have confirmed to The Evening Leader that an officer-involved shooting took place Wednesday night in the 600 block of Derrick Street in St. Marys. More details will be published when released by law enforcement officials.
The scene is being secured and taped off. Witnesses at the scene told the newspaper they heard gun shots in the area.


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OT: For The Birds
Some days ago, we noticed a bird in the hanging fern at the entrance to our house. Every time we came in, it would flit off. One day, I stopped by and looked down.. and there was a nest!
It's a little grayish-brown bird, maybe a house finch or a small mourning dove. Closer to:
Last year, we had house finches nesting in our patio. It was really cool to see the little birds come up and beg for food when the parents flew in! Maybe I should put up a screen so the mama bird isn't so worried about us being nearby when we come and go from the house. Spring has all kinds of surprises!
Cool Eggs. I am trying to find out what kind of bird would lay an egg about 1 inch long, light blue, with light brown and dark brown speckles.
Thrush? Please post if you have a clue cause I don't!
- young person trying to incubate abandoned eggs
Thrush? Please post if you have a clue cause I don't!
- young person trying to incubate abandoned eggs
There are a number of sites that can help you with that. Here's one. Good luck!
i think i have these birds in my moms hanging basket.they are greyish brown too.Can you tell me what type of bird it is?
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Discussion in 'Install/Configuration' started by Lite, Jan 27, 2013.
I want to know litespeed have any secure download module ?
like secure download in nginx ?
not that i am aware of. is there a similar thing in Apache?
Yes , it's called secure download module in apache
can i use this in litespeed ?
in Apache, you need to have application (not webserver) generate .htaccess with rewrite on the fly to provide the protection. our test shows %{TIME} is not yet supported in LSWS. But you can use query string without %{TIME} in .htaccess for this. iow, when the url expires, have application update .htaccess rewrite rules to prevent the url from being accessed.
Just an update: the latest 4.2.2 recognize %{TIME} (any variable name >= 4 characters in length).