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These companies say they are the 'next generation' of the MSP market, and traditional MSPs will have to step up their game to compete.
CRN Exclusive: GreenPages Launches Transformation Services GroupWith the new Transformation Services Group, the solution provider hopes to help clients accelerate their transformation to more agile and innovative technology.
Q&A: Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky Talks Tech And Ever-Changing IT IndustryDutkowsky talked with CRN after his company's Q4 earnings call about emerging technologies, VAR opportunities, challenges and more.
Q&A: ScanSource CTO Greg Dixon Talks EMV/Payments, 3-D Printing, Cloud And MoreScanSource CTO Greg Dixon sat down with CRN at the ScanSource partner conference to discuss the biggest partner opportunities he sees taking shape for its reseller channel.
MSP Alliance Study: 2014 North American MSPs Generated $154B In RevenueMSP Alliance CEO Charles Weaver projects that number to be in the $250 billion range by next year as cloud technology becomes a more important purchasing factor for customers.
Data Transparency Demands Present Service OpportunityTechNetworks in Boston, which serves nonprofits, sees potential in translating data as a service.
Mphasis Launches Customer Experience Management Solutions To Capture Digital OpportunityThe move is intended to help clients transform their businesses in response to a 'dramatic shift' to digital technologies.
25-Year-Old Solution Provider Exec Works To Inspire Next Generation Of EntrepreneursAt 25 years old, Carlos Perez is one of the younger leaders in the channel, but that doesn't stop him from running a successful and growing cloud services and IT infrastructure management solution provider in Hartford, Conn.
System Replacements, Upgrades Lead Services BoomMigration from legacy and traditional systems and platforms is providing huge opportunities for managed services plays for the channel, partners say.
Amazon Web Services Launches Managed Service Provider Program With 6 PartnersThe MSPs all were certified through third-party auditors to offer managed services on Amazon's cloud.
Channel Star: Former CDW Employee Fights For Top Spot On 'American Idol'Former CDW employee Nick Fradiani is singing his way to the top of hit Fox TV show "American Idol," most recently voted into the singing competition's top 11 contestants.
IBM, Twitter Analytics Tool Now Open To All: Partners CheerIBM and Twitter partnership allows partners and developers to create "insight as a service" apps that merge twitterverse with third-party data feeds.
Reviews: Connected Data Transporter, HP MSA 2040As part of Storage Week 2015, the CRN Test Center shows how to turn a storage array into recurring revenue for managed service providers.
Systemax Restructure Closes Retail Business, Ignites Companywide Layoffs And CutbacksAs Systemax, No. 19 on the CRN SP500 list, saw another multimillion loss in its year-end earnings report, it announced in its fourth-quarter earnings call that it would shutter its retail business and significantly cut back on costs across the business.
Cisco Services: Low Double-Digit Growth Is Not Good EnoughCisco's Raja Sundaram maps out the plan for managed services in 2015.
Manhattan Merger: Computer Integrated Services Joins brightstack TechnologiesTwo New York-based solution providers, brightstack Technologies and Computer Integrated Services, are joining forces to build a broader breadth of capabilities and geographical reach.
SolarWinds Acquisition Of N-Able Leads To Growth For MSPsDerik Belair of N-able talked to CRN about its record-breaking year in managed services and the upcoming launch of N-central 10.0.
Global Convergence Rolls Out Flexible Managed Service Offering For EnterprisesGlobal Convergence has launched a managed services program that enables partners to aggregate hardware, software and vendor maintenance components into a single package.
Exigent Acquires Information Architects For Scale, Technical CapabilitiesExigent President Dan Haurey says more acquisitions are likely because the pace of change in the industry demands that MSPs and cloud service providers have to change right along with it.
Logicalis Group Appoints Rob Evans As COOJust days after announcing a new global CEO, Logicalis Group has made another executive appointment with the addition of Rob Evans as COO.


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New Corydon, Ind.
October 10, 1921 A.M.
Mrs. Clarence Stuber
Spencerville, Ohio
This is Monday morn. I am feeling good again. Hope you are the same. Grandpa Martin is dead funeral tomorrow at 10 o'clock. Are you coming out here at our house next Sunday. We are looking for you. So write and let me know for sure. We were up home yesterday Mother is feeling better. Mildred is all right. She says tell them to come Sun. Mary
This postcard is part of the collection of my paternal great-uncle and aunt, Clarence and Vera (Haley) Stuber. The postcard is from Vera's sister, Mary, and the Mildred mentioned is Mary's daughter. Who is the Grandpa Martin? Mary's husband was Galen Miller, perhaps he was from his side? There was a George Martin, who died in 1921, from the area buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. Perhaps he was not a relative at all, but just someone whom everyone knew as 'Grandpa'.

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By Sam Lee
It had been a torrid first half for Rafael, the often hot-headed right-back. Time and again he had been doubled up on and exposed and Manchester United's net was at breaking point. As the half wore on, it became an increasingly embarrassing affair for the youngster.
|"He brings us experience and he brings us that warrior spirit which we need in the heart of our defence."
|"Rafael's maturity this season has been fantastic. He's Brazilian so he doesn't fear a thing. I trust him and have faith in him."
|"When I think back to the time when so many critics were ready for me to move Jonny on, I hope that they're questioning their judgement."
|"He is a top keeper and his shot-stopping is second to none. He is maturing all the time and he has showed that."
|"I think one of your players who has been playing all the time should be in the forefront to be captain and that was the case with Patrice."
|"Absolutely brilliant. That kind of form definitely gives you a solid base. It gives us a security and enables the midfield players and front players to get on with their jobs."
And it was not just Rafael - though he was substituted after half an hour - who was in a state that afternoon. United had fallen behind following a poor Jonny Evans clearance and then conceded twice from identical corners. In truth, any of the back five could have been hauled off and dressed down (although Sir Alex Ferguson's narrow midfield did nothing to help matters). The game was won 4-3 but it was another skin-of-the-teeth display that had left onlookers questioning if the Red Devils had the credentials to reclaim the Premier League title after such spectacular failure last time out.
And justifiably so. This was on the back of a two-week period in which Sir Alex's side had lost at Norwich City - Saturday's opponents - and Galatasaray, as well as securing unconvincing but very welcome victories against QPR and West Ham.
That game against the Hammers provided United's first clean sheet in six weeks but any hopes of a second consecutive shutout and improving defensive fortunes were well and truly dashed on that breathless afternoon in Reading. Questions remained.
But it is a different story now. Since opening up a three-point gap at the top of the Premier League with that crazy win in Berkshire, United have romped clear of Manchester City and look set to win a 20th league title.
For so long it looked as though Robin van Persie would have to carry United by himself. His goals would have to be enough to paper over the cracks caused by shaky foundations. It seemed that there would be plenty more edge-of-the-seat thrillers to sit alongside those against Fulham, Southampton, Tottenham, Stoke City, Chelsea (twice), Aston Villa, Manchester City and Newcastle.
There was a sense that things could go the same way as last season, when an over-reliance on an unsettled, youthful squad ultimately proved to be United's undoing.
Gradually, though, it all got a bit more solid. It began to look like a 'proper' title challenge. Games were won in a sensible manner, once more becoming of a team hoping to win the title.
The defence raised their game and everything else fell into place.
Nemanja Vidic is back to something near his best, Rio Ferdinand, it turns out, is not ready for the scrapheap just because he got out-sprinted by Gareth Bale, Rafael and Evans have been two of United's best players. Even Patrice Evra is having a renaissance season.
The much-maligned David de Gea, of course, has also started to come into his own. Injuries and a firstborn child have combined to keep Anders Lindegaard out of the XI and, forced or not, Sir Alex's decision to stop rotating his keepers is paying off.
Each of United's defensive cornerstones have bounced back from criticism, from doubts about their ability and longevity. De Gea was written off instantly, not good enough for United. Vidic would not recapture his best form following serious injury, Ferdinand had gone on too long, Rafael was too rash, Evra had had two poor seasons, Evans would never make it at the top level. They have all had their doubters and they have all responded.
|Man Utd are 11/10 with BetVictor to keep a clean sheet against Norwich City
The current dominance, and the belief with which that goes hand in hand, means that Ferguson can afford to rest his first-choice central defenders for the visit of Norwich and still expect victory.
Those capable deputies who will fill in for Vidic and Ferdinand, as well as Van Persie and any number of others, will have the carrot of a starting berth on Tuesday dangled in front of them.
The extremely comfortable position in which Sir Alex finds himself is almost the exact opposite of what he experienced a year ago, when his side were unceremoniously dumped out of the Europa League by a street-smart Athletic Bilbao.
But this United are as resilient as an any other of the Sir Alex era; you only have to look at the defence to see that.
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FILM- Adopted son? Oscar winner in third Festival
Ray McKinnon and his movies are such frequent visitors to Charlottesville that the filmmaker may soon have to start paying property taxes like the rest of us. The writer/director/actor is a bona fide Virginia Film Festival vet: both of his previous films have played at the annual celebration of cinema, including his directorial debut, a 2001 short called The Accountant.
McKinnon says that ever since that first screening he's been impressed by Charlottesville's collective intelligence, which, he says "stretches back to Jefferson and continues today."
As it turned out, Charlottesvillians were ahead of the curve in jumping on The Accountant's bandwagon. Months later, McKinnon won the Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action.
Now McKinnon pulls off the Film Fest hat trick as he returns to screen his latest, a feature-length romp called Randy and the Mob. In it, oafish would-be entrepreneur Randy Pearson (McKinnon) finds himself confronted by loan sharks and an unraveling personal life involving his homosexual twin brother (also played by McKinnon). But Pearson's small-town tunnel-vision is vastly expanded by a bizarre gangster savant, portrayed by longtime collaborator Walton Goggins.
"For somebody with as entrenched a world view as Randy," McKinnon explains, "you need somebody so far out that it blows his mind that he can widen his horizons a little bit."
Goggins and McKinnon made a movie together as teenagers, then reunited playing fellow crack dealers on an episode of In the Heat of the Night.
"That was a bonding experience," McKinnon jokes.
His history as an actor also allowed him to snag a southern icon for a cameo in his newest film. McKinnon co-starred with Burt Reynolds in a 2002 episode of the The X-Files, so the 50-year-old Georgian created a part in Randy specifically for the Bandit himself.
Growing up in Georgia, McKinnon says, Reynolds "was a folk hero to us because he was the Southern guy who was also the smartest guy in the movie. You never saw that. And I approached [his character] from that angle."
Once Reynolds got a look at The Accountant, he gladly signed on.
As for playing a pair of twin brothers, McKinnon says he overcame the obvious logistical problems by rehearsing heavily, and intensively memorizing his lines.
"When it's time for the first assistant director to call 'action,'" he says, "if you've done that amount of work, you hope you'll just fall right into the character and trust it and go.
"I also had my wife, Lisa, and Walt watching my back, and if I really sucked in a take, they'd tell me in a polite way. So that's always nice," he laughs.
Of course, if McKinnon's history at the Film Festival is any indicator, such politesse from the festival audience should be quite unnecessary.
Ray McKinnon will screen Randy and the Mob along with wife and co-star Lisa Blount at the Paramount Theater Saturday, November 3, at 10pm.


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| This talk page is for discussing the Australia article.
This includes commenting on the article, questioning whether it is correct, or adding suggestions for improvements
Questions about GTA games, not about the wiki page itself, should be asked at Community:Questions.Remember to always add your signature to the end of your comments/replies using four tildes:
why is this a stub, I live in Australia and I don't think any more info is needed than this. I would be more worried about UK (where the games are made) and (USA) where Rockstar is based and most of the games are based. Biggest gta fan ever 07:56, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed. I removed the stub tag. I do have one suggestion, though: explain what the RC rating is (a parenthetical reference would suffice), as this is probably something most people from outside Australia are not familiar with (including me!). EganioTalk 09:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry to say that I only heard of the RC rating when I read this page, I even went to the section of the companies website where they explain the ratings and it's not listed there. I will however try as hard as I can to get some more info on it. Biggest gta fan ever 09:27, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- I found some info on the RC rating, I don't know if it's reliable but it's definently a start
- The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification has given an RC rating to Fallout 3. RC typically means "refused classification" and means that the game is banned from sale unless a modified version is made.
- Australia has no "adult" rating in its game classification system, even though the ratings were updated to match the film and television ratings in 2006. website
- turns out Eganio was close. Biggest gta fan ever 09:49, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
LOL, you give me too much credit! I was way off! :-D EganioTalk 09:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey, now that the 'RC' rating is mentioned on the OFLC page and no other ratings are mentioned here, should that info be here. I think it would be better to say, For a list of the possible ratings and there meanings see here. And BTW, I don't know what I read the first time, you were way off Eganio. Biggest gta fan ever 07:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Continuity error?
Is it worth mentioning that in GTA3, the Australia/America war reference was played as something that a crazy old man thought was real but obviously never happened? It was mentioned in a phone call to Chatterbox but Lazlow had never heard of it.
It wasn't until Vice City that the war was "real". The continuity error could be explained by simply saying Lazlow had genuinely never heard of the war. However, considering the scale of the war the game eludes to, this seems rather unlikely.


text: David Wolfe has worked for seven years with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' Association. In this capacity, he monitors the Legislature closely, writing position letters and testifying on hundreds of bills. Dozens of these would have severely undercut Propositions 13 and 218, the main priorities of the Association. His other responsibilities include putting together an annual Report Card for all 120 legislators, and contributing to the HJTA quarterly publication "Taxing Times." He has also worked on a variety of initiative campaigns including to defeat taxes and advocate for property rights. Having sat through hundreds of hours of budget hearings, he also can speak broadly on Sacramento's spending habits. Prior to joining HJTA, Wolfe spent a year in the State Capitol, working for then-Assemblyman Guy Houston.


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This is a continuation of my balik tanaw travel series, since I'm too busy at work now plus I don't get to travel that much anymore unlike when I was still in the PH. So here I am, reflecting the good old days of my happy-go-lucky life in Pinas. I miss those days wherein filing vacation leaves is just a breeze. I can't do this anymore due to the nature of my work. 😦
I'm going to write something about
my our trip to Baguio City. This is timely because it's Darwin's birthday and I sort of want to dedicate a piece of this blog for him.
To start with, this getaway happened sometime December of 2008 when he went home to the PH for a short Christmas vacation. Last time I went there was when I was around 2 or 3 years old with my father, and I didn't have any vivid memories of that trip. This trip with Darwin is an impromptu one, which makes it more enjoyable and exciting. A simple cajoling of "Tara Baguio tayoooooww" made us decide to pack our bags, go to Victory Liner Cubao bus terminal and travel that night. We didn't have any prior accommodation arrangements, so by the time we reached Baguio around late evening, we have to look for a random hotel where we can stay for the night. It was December then and very cold especially in the morning. I was some ignoramus making fun of the breath vapor coming out of our mouths when we talk,"Shet may usok oh parang winter ang galing!" Ang saya lang! 🙂
Darwin as a travel buddy
What can I say about my traveling buddy, Darwin? I'd say he's the best travel companion for me not because I'm being biased here because he is my boyfriend. We've been together since time immemorial so I know what it's like being with him during our out-of-town/country trips together. He's simple, no qualms and game for everything — best traits to have for a companion when going out on a trip. And the best of all is that we're both cheap travelers. As long as the place is good enough for sleeping (and has clean bathrooms), we're fine with that. We rather spend our money for other things (which means F-O-O-D) than get something fancy. Darwin, ikaw na! ♥
Baguio City: The Summer Capital of the PH
So why Baguio? Well, there's nothing really special about the place aside from having that cold December feeling plus the fact that North Luzon expressway is much better now. You can reach Baguio in 5-6 hours time depending on the traffic, road and weather conditions. Basta nagkayayaan lang ng "Tara punta tayo Baguioooowww", yun na yun. You'll never go wrong with Baguio. It's urbanized with a twist – ganyan! And oh not to mention that Koreans are almost everywhere. Invasion talaga!
Since tourist attractions in Baguio City are geographically scattered, we scrapped the idea of a walking tour and decided to hire a taxi cab for the entire day and just pay Manong Driver/Tour Guide for it. We had a map in hand and all we need to do is tell him the place we want to go and voila, andun na!
We went to almost all the major attractions — from Lion's Head, Tam-awan Village, Philippine Military Academy, Mansion House (but we didn't go inside)…
(Clockwise L-R): Lion's Head, Tam-awan Village, PMA, Mansion House
…to Camp John Hay, Wright Park, Mines View Park (I love the native costumes! 🙂 ), Botanical Garden (with the cool business minded Igorot natives who charge effin Php10/head, san ka pa!? As in the moment we approached them for pictures, we got the shock of our lives dahil dumog talaga sila. hahaha We have to politely decline since paying for each is way too expensive and as I have said earlier, this is an impromptu trip so hindi rin handa ang aming budget!)…
At Camp John Hay and Wright Park
At Mines View Park and Baguio Botanical Garden
…to Burnham Park, Lourdes Grotto (na haggardo verzosa akyatin pero thanks kay Manong Driver at dinaan na lang namin sa cab ang pag akyat), Bell Church, Strawberry Fields and lastly, the coolest of 'em all – SM Baguio (dahil sa kaniyang open air structure at nakapag videoke pa kami ni Darwin while waiting for the bus –winner!)
Burnham Park, Strawberry Fields and Bell Church
Happy Birthday to my best travel buddy, buddy guard (haha), boyfriend, friend, ka-"food trip", ka-"heated argument", kasintahan, kagwapuhan, kakulitan, etc etc. I'm looking forward to more years of traveling with you. Love you beerimats! ❤


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HOLLAND, Mich. – The 12th-ranked Puget Sound volleyball team bowed out in the NCAA Quarterfinal match on Thursday with a 25-22, 23-25, 25-15, 25-10 to No. 1 Calvin. Jackie Harvey and Marissa Florant each had 10 kills to lead the Loggers (22-6).
The Loggers made their third trip in school history to the NCAA Division III Volleyball Finals but saw the same result as the previous two trips with an exit in the quarterfinal match. The postseason still exceeded expectations for the young Logger team with no seniors as it emerged from the Cal Lutheran Regional as the No. 3 seed.
"I was very proud of our team tonight. We competed strongly with one of best teams in the nation for two sets," said head coach Mark Massey. "Overall, I thought it was an outstanding season and I thought we were a great representative of the West Coast."
The Loggers came out of the gates going toe-to-toe with top-ranked team in the nation. Over the first 20 points, neither team led by more than two points as they continued to trade blows. Finally, the Knights (32-2) were able to create a little separation with a 14-10 lead. Division III Player of the Year Lizzie Kamp led the charge with five of her match-high 18 kills in the first set.
Calvin kept its slight lead through the rest of the set. Jenni Brehove brought the Loggers back within two with a service ace but Maggie Kamp came away with the kill on the next rally to take the set 25-22 for the Knights.
In a familiar position, the Loggers came out almost unfazed in the second set and immediately took a 2-0 lead on an ace from Jackie Harvey. Calvin made a run to take an 8-4 lead but Nicolette Reynaud fueled a Logger run to regain the lead. Reynaud had four blocks in the set, including one solo block, to go along with three of her nine kills in the match. All four of Reynaud's blocks and two kills helped the Loggers jump out to a 15-8 lead. Kelsey Lee also had an ace and Harvey ended the run with a kill.
Calvin was able to slowly chip away at the lead with Lizzie Kamp going off for seven kills and the Knights also stuffing four Logger attacks in the set. The Knights looked to extend the set as they cut the lead to 24-23. However, Florant pounded down her fourth kill of the set on the next rally to tie up the match at one set a piece.
"One of the keys to our success throughout the postseason was our passing and serving, and being one of the best teams in the regional at those two things is what helped us through," added Massey. "We did that really well tonight for two sets."
The third and fourth sets belonged to Calvin as they built comfortable leads early in both sets and kept the pressure on for the wins. After taking the third set 25-15, the Knights scored the first six points of the fourth set to take command early.
Brehove had 38 assists and 10 digs for the Loggers and Christina Chun had a match-high 16 digs despite having to leave the match early in the fourth set with an injury. Harvey had 10 kills and eight digs while Florant had 10 kills and nine digs. Reynaud finished with seven total blocks and nine kills while freshman Emily Convery had eight kills.
Lizzie Kamp finished with a double-double of 18 kills an 14 digs to lead Calvin. Emily Crowe had 11 kills while Rebecca Ratkov had eight total blocks.
The Loggers season comes to a close with the four-set loss. The team will remain completely intact next year as the Loggers had no seniors on this year's squad.


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A courtroom and a seat at the defense table won't be anything new for James Lester Culp II when his trial begins April 29.
He's been in this position before facing the same charges and several others.
A courtroom and a seat at the defense table won't be anything new for James Lester Culp II when his trial begins April 29.
He's been in this position before facing the same charges and several others.
The former Hannibal resident and businessman is charged with the Class B felony of financial exploitation of the elderly in Warren County. He has plead not guilty and faces a two-day trial scheduled before Judge Wes Dalton at the Warren County Courthouse in Warrenton beginning at 9 a.m. Monday. Culp is represented by Patrick Coyne of Lake St. Louis.
According to court records, Culp told Henry Schulze he would lay asphalt on Schulze's driveway for free on Dec. 30, 2010. Six men Schulze and his wife, Betty, had never seen showed up to lay the asphalt, per the probable cause statement, but since the asphalt was free the couple told the men to go ahead with job since it was free.
Records go on to state the workers got halfway done when one of the men asked for $10,000. The Schulzes agreed on $8,000 and wrote a personal check. The men said they'd be back later to finish, but once the check was in hand, the men loaded their equipment and left. The next morning, the Schulzes called police and identified Culp through a group of pictures as the man who offered the free asphalt.
Culp, 32, has a criminal history dating back to 1998 during his time living in Hannibal.
In 1999, Culp was arrested and charged with burglary, but he plead guilty and got three years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, yet was placed on five years probation. He was ordered to $775 in restitution and $46 in judgement and court costs. However, in 2001 while on probation he was charged with burglary again. The court found Culp in violation of two probation conditions, revoked his probation and sentenced him to three years in the prison per his 1999 sentence.
Financial exploitation charges first came up in 2005 when a woman said Culp offered to clean her gutters, but instead cheated her out of $50.
Charges emerged out of Newberry County, South Carolina in 2008. Culp's company, Asphalt Products, was investigated for scamming customers and he along with other Hannibal men were arrested in St. Phillips, South Carolina. Culp, who was charged with soliciting a business without a license, reportedly promised to put a three-inch bed of tar on a driveway and demanded immediate pay when the job was done.
Dog fighting charges were filed in 2011. Trial was set and good to go, but Culp turned around and plead guilty to the charges. He again got three years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, but was given five years of supervised probation this time, a $3,000 fine, 48 hours of shock time in jail and ordered to not possess any dogs.
Other offenses include a seat belt violation and minor in possession of alcohol in 1998 and running a stop sign in 2000.


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(1996) by Bethesda Softworks
Surprisingly, no one seems to have mentioned that its been freeware since 2009.
Daggerfall was the second game in the (now very popular) "Elder Scrolls" series.
The first game "TES: Arena" is also free, and already has a review on this site.
Gameplay Video:
Systems: MS-DOS
Official Site
Wikipedia Article
P.S. Maybe you could ask Panthroif he would be willing to post his review on Reloaded.
Edit: Thread title mistake, should be "II" not "Ii".
Edited by Frodo, 11 April 2012 - 12:50 PM.
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PRINCETON — The Bureau County United Way will hold its third annual Trivia Night on Nov. 3 at the Princeton Elks Lodge, 1105 E. Peru St. in Princeton.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and trivia will begin at 6:30 p.m. There is a maximum of eight per team. Registration is $15 per person. Winning teams will be receive $200 for first place, $100 for second place and $50 for third place.
The Elks Lodge will serve a chicken buffet dinner beginning at 4 p.m. for an additional $10.
The Bureau County United Way provides funding help to 15 local non-for profit health and human service member agencies, provides referral and community services. For more information, or to register for the event, call 815-872-0821 or email email@example.com.


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Bendigo victim support services have said a state government action plan to combat violence against women – which includes raising the maximum penalty for contravention of intervention orders from two to five years' jail – does not go far enough.
Premier Ted Baillieu released Victoria's Action Plan to Address Violence Against Women and Children this week.
It outlines a "whole-of-government approach to addressing the scourge of family violence and sexual assault" including new and expanded initiatives worth $7.9 million.
Programs will run in the community, schools and workplaces to change attitude and behaviours.
They include a 'Bystander Program', to educate people on what to do when somReone is a victim or perpetrator of family violence.
But Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA) chief executive officer Eileen Oates said there was little focus on the needs of survivors of sexual assault, in the report.
Ms Oates also questioned the scope of the funding. "We welcome the release of an action plan and a focus on primary prevention but we consider the funding identified is inadequate for it to be effective," she said.
"To reach the goals of the action plan seems very ambitious – it would require a lot of additional resources."
Ms Oates said more money needed to be committed to front line services.
"When community education occurs there is always an increase in demand for services and that strains service providers. "We already have a waiting list, we are already at capacity, we have concerns about how we can ensure clients' needs are met in a timely way."
Bendigo's domestic assaults rose 55.6 per cent in the last financial year according to Victoria Police statistics. In 2011-12, 235 incidents were reported to police.
In the Campaspe police service area, 59 incidents were reported, a 22.9 per cent increase.
In Central Goldfields and Macedon, domestic assaults remained static at 78 and 76 reports respectively.
Centre for Non Violence's manager of women's and children's services Cheryl Munzel said she welcomed a renewed commitment to combating family violence, but said there had to be concrete measures as well as awareness-raising.
"Only when we have made homes safer for women and their children will women stop fleeing their homes to find safety," she said.
"We urge the government not to neglect the need for safe housing for women escaping family violence."
Ms Munzel said she would also like to see more funding for Victoria's Coroner's Court.
"Ongoing funding for the Coroner's Court to review family violence deaths is very important so we can learn the contexts in which violence occurs and prevent them.
"We understand the Coroner's Court requires $250,000 per annum to keep this work going."


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I beleive it may be to early to make this assumption , but isn't it starting to look very realistic .
We were the only team in are division to win this week and with the help of our easy schedule we may control our destiny in the conference .
On the other hand , there is no sign of the Packers slowing down , so they already pretty much control their destiny in their conference .
Playoffs is a new season all together , you lose you go home ! Steelers can certainly beat any team in our conference and the Packers can do the same !
The question is , can we beat the Packers ?????


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/28/world_cup_mspaint/
World Cup magic captured in Microsoft Paint
Just like being there. But better
Posted in Software, 28th May 2010 13:28 GMT
With the World Cup almost here, we're being bombarded with nostalgia - expensively packaged in the latest Blu-Ray and HD formats. But there's no need to invest in any of this, once you've seen what simple fan talent can do, when allied to the graphical might of Microsoft Paint.
This comes courtesy of Sunderland fans, who have recreated some of the most memorable moments in World Cup history for you via a thread on the fans' SMB message board. Here are some highlights:
Here's Frank Rijkaard's altercation with Rudi Voller in the 1990 World Cup:
And here's the Jules Rimet Trophy being discovered in South Norwood - to the relief of the nation:
And a personal favourite: Zaire's Illunga Mwepi dealing with the threat of a Brazilian free kick in 1974:
(The back story to this is here.)
It's been wrapped up in a nice YouTube video, which only has 500 views so far, but surely deserves more.
Good work, gents. ®


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Less than two weeks after a violent tornado cut a huge swath of destruction through Moore and south Oklahoma City—killing 24 people—another set of deadly tornadoes ripped through the area last Friday evening, once again striking fear and panic in weather-fatigued Oklahomans.
In the midst of this latest round of lethal storms, up to a couple hundred community residents sought refuge at Emmaus Baptist Church, the local base of operation for the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains and Samaritan's Purse, and nearly a dozen surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ and found peace that surpasses all understanding. Emmaus Baptist Church is located on South Western Avenue in the Oklahoma City area, not too far from areas ravaged by the May 20 killer tornado.
Just before 6 p.m. on May 31, a large, slow-moving cluster of supercell thunderstorms moved across central and northern Oklahoma, spawning five tornadoes. None were as powerful as the EF5 tornado that ravaged the area two Mondays ago, but these storms still claimed the lives of 16 people, including five children, and triggered heavy flooding when up to 10 inches of rain fell in a short time span.
Residents trying to flee the latest tornado onslaught rushed to Emmaus Baptist Church because they had heard about the good work stemming from the outreach by Samaritan's Purse and the RRT chaplains throughout their community. The people felt it was a safe haven and also brought their pets along—dogs, cats and even guinea pigs—to escape the peril barreling down on them.
When warning sirens began blaring, about 150 Samaritan's Purse workers and eight RRT chaplains had just begun dinner. They left their chicken dinner on the tables inside the fellowship hall and rushed to pre-designated "safe rooms" off the church sanctuary.
Not too long after that, the church lost electricity, and people were escorted to an even safer location, where they crawled into a long and narrow cement and steel-girded alcove area underneath the sanctuary.
In the dark, people prayed, sang songs and quoted favorite Scripture verses. Many called family members at home, expressing their love and telling them they were safe. Some received text messages that they were being prayed for.
Unbeknownst to them, top Samaritan's Purse and RRT leadership were monitoring the rapidly deteriorating weather conditions outside. As conditions worsened and debris tossed through the air, the leaders noticed that cars began racing into the parking lot and panic-stricken residents dashed toward the church.
Doors required three people to push them open from the inside because of the falling air pressure, but people were able to squeeze through the open cracks. At least 200 people made it safely inside the church, where they huddled under tables in classrooms, as a tornado touched down about a mile or a mile and a half away.
Once an all-clear signal was issued about 90 minutes later, Samiratan's Purse workers and RRT chaplains emerged from their crawlspace shelter and began mingling with local residents. They laughed and cried together.
And they shared the Good News of Jesus Christ with their fellow survivors. Eleven people surrendered their hearts to Him.
One was a family of four, along with the husband's best friend. Michael Glassey, an RRT crisis-trained chaplain from Riverside, Calif., talked with them, asking if they knew Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, which they responded "no." Michael explained how much God loved them and how Jesus came to earth to die for their sins.
"I asked each one separately if they wanted to receive Christ as their personal Savior so that if this ever happened again they would have the assurance of going to Heaven, and that they could also experience a new beginning that very moment," Michael said.
"They all said, 'yes,' and each received Christ into their hearts," he said. "God sheltered them, then He saved them."
Mike Booth, senior pastor of Emmaus Baptist Church for 20 years this July, said: "Emmaus Church had been designated as the lighthouse church for the Samaritan's Purse command post, and even though we lost our electricity, we were still the shining beacon in the dark for people to come running to."
Please pray that these new believers can be followed up and nurtured in their faith.
And pray for the ongoing work of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains.


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Fell off a treadmill....... A very Hampurian move right there.
Did your shoes stay on?
Until finger is healed, go with "the stranger" for you needs, as well as those of your spouse.
Hope you feel better.
This is what happens when New Years resolutions are made.
People get hurt.
^ precisely.
No one cares about the three hotties part of the story besides me? Like if there ever was a "pics or thread is useless" situation, it's this and you guys are wondering of there's video of some dude falling off a treadmill?
How did you not play this finger thing into an attempt at getting help and sympathy from at least one of them? Never do the tough act through an injury in front of women you hope to know. They're not impressed that you walked away from your little mishap unscathed. But they will play nurse.
Well, the truth is, there aren't three hot chicks. There aren't even two hot chicks. In all honesty, there wasn't even one hot chick. Just an old lady that looks OK from behind only. Maybe.
I'm sorry to have to tell you this. Everything will be OK.


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Hi all.
I write for a UK based radio station, and Tobi was kind enough to answer some questions via email to promote the Monuments box set. Just thought I'd share it with you all.
Interview is here, as well as a retrospective feature reviewing their previous albums here.
Thanks, and hope you enjoy!


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Stuart Reardon is very goodlooking and with that name must have Irish blood.. looks a little like the magnificent Rob Kearney... vids re sergio dont seem to work or be gone pity
David Pocock
Don't know who this is but DAMN that's a hot ass!!!!
Gordon D'Arcy
Pretty in Pink
Stuart Reardon
Billy Slater
Is there one that doesn't have a perfect ass? Gawd!
Karl Dickson (Harlequins FC)
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves(Top) and Alex Glenn(Bottom)
And another hot rugby player's ass!!!
^Mmm I hope they continue to strip him.
I find this so hot. That ass in small tight shorts.
Oh yeah grab him and pull him closer.
I'm just picturing their dicks grinding agaist eachothers..
Wow these men are all gorgeous and their asses are so squeeze-able!!
Kirk Yeaman
Leigh Adams
Shaun Knight
Glenn Buttriss
David Pocock
Ha ha yeah I got a bit excited about that pic.
No need to be embarassed, great ass.
I'd love to see him totally humiliated!
Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god.
I've find the video of this FREDERIC DELTOUR
Danny Cipriani
Frankie Horne and Kyle Brown
Billy Slater gets a wedgie.
That other player is really determined to get a good view. I think he wants to see his hole.
Ben Cohen
James Haskell
Ally Strokosch
Stuart Reardon
James Haskell in the buff!!!
There's more here!
Trent Merrin


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/31/nec_ft_xeon/
NEC brings dual-core Xeon to Fault Tolerant crowd
Up for anything
Posted in The Channel, 31st March 2006 08:42 GMT
NEC has freshened up one of its fault-tolerant servers with some new chips from Intel and an advanced management package for installing software on-the-fly.
The NEC Express5800/320Ma Fault Tolerant server comes in three configurations. Customers can purchase the box with single-core 3.2GHz, 3.6GHz Xeon chips or 2.8GHz dual-core Xeons. The system with 3.2GHz chips can support up to 8GB of memory, while the other two configurations support up to 16GB of memory.
The latest NEC kit will ship with Active Upgrade technology for upgrading boxes without shutting them down. "Active Upgrade allows system administrators to initiate a 'virtual split' of the FT server system from the console to manage and minimize the downtime while installing critical hot-fix operating system patches, service packs, applications, and system software," NEC said. "In addition, server rollback capabilities ensure step-by-step data protection."
Fault Tolerant systems are, of course, meant to stay up and running at all times. They're used by financial institutions, emergency services and others to guarantee reliable service to customers. The Fault Tolerant gear typically has redundant components all around and a hardened operating system that can withstand momentary lapses.
Along with the speedier chips, the NEC hardware has improved I/O, new remote management tools, and an improved design for easier maintenance.
The Express5800/320Ma starts shipping next month at a list price of $30,000. ®


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Skip to comments.A bishops unjust attack on Paul Ryan
Posted on 04/24/2012 4:15:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Obama attacked Rep. Paul Ryans budget as nothing but thinly veiled Social Darwinism. That is not surprising. What is surprising is that the chairman of a major committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a similar scathing attack against Ryan, a faithful Catholic who says his budget work is informed and guided by the social teaching of the Church.
Using Obamas campaign rhetoric, Bishop Stephen Blaire, chairman of the bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, recently wrote to Congress declaring that Ryans budget fails to meet [the Churchs] moral criteria because it does not require shared sacrifice, which Blaire [like Obama] defines as tax increases and cuts to unnecessary defense spending. Some of the proposed spending cuts in Ryans budget, Blaire said, are unjust and wrong.
Blaire has it backward. What is unjust and wrong is this bishops attack on a good Catholic layman.
Put aside for a moment the fact that shared sacrifice appears nowhere in the catechism of the Catholic Church. It is a reelection slogan for the Democratic Party. Put aside, as well, the fact that the bishop of Stockton, Calif., has near-zero competence to judge what military spending is necessary or unnecessary. The fact is Ryans budget does not cut spending at all it simply slows the growth of spending. As Ryan explained in an interview on the Catholic Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), our budget increases annual spending by 3 percent a year instead of the presidents proposal to go to 4 ½ percent a year.
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While I have read bible passages concerning charity & love for the poor, I have yet to see where forced "shared sacrifice" comes into it.
I have yet to see the scripture that describes government beauracracies as the proper vessel for distributing money to the poor.
I'm tired of these guys pretending they have any better understanding of economics than the laypeople in the pews.
What is surprising is anyone who still does not know that any committee with the word "justice" in it is just a haven for leftist ideas.
Little by little they are cleaning house, this too (hopefully) shall pass.
The Bishop should educate himself. This whole concept of social justice being the shared purvue of the state and the Church is incredibly destructive and will eventually lead to a state run church. Personally, I do not believe that a self serving politician (is there any other kind?) is actually capable of performing a charitable act. If indeed charity begins with God the credit is God's also. I think that Pope Leo addressed some of this in 1881 ? in his encyclical.
The poor share nothing. The poor are the cannon fodder for salaried government workers who accomplish nothing at a great cost.
After the riots and calamity, those left living will learn to be self reliant or perish
The Commies took over the RC Church-—LONG AGO!
So, what's new with you?
The Commies took over the RC Church-—LONG AGO!
So, what's new with you?
too bad their leaders do not adhere to that doctrine
One needs to distinguish between ignorant prudential statements made by individuals and the actual teaching of the Church.
It's taking the American church, like all behemoth corporations, an awfully long time to correct past mistakes. In this instance, the mistake was swallowing the poison-spiked pablum served up by Vatican II "mediators." And Blaire, as a life-long Californian, just ate it up.
We should ignore all "justice and peace" -niks unless they make it a point to decry abortion as the number 1 injustice in the world. If they are active pro-lifers then I will gladly listen to what they might have to say about other things.
And one of the scariest things about this man is that he's named Peter.
One Of These Men Will Be The Next Pope
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Country: Ghana
Position: President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Age: 63
Likelihood: Highest odds according to Paddy Power: 2/1, which seems way high to us even though he is a very strong candidate.
What His Election Would Mean: That the Cardinals recognize the future isn't in Benedict's Europe but in the explosive growth of the Church in the "global South"
Reasons He'll Get Elected: He is a superstar in the College of Cardinals, a great communicator, and symbol of the global reach of the Church.
Reasons He Might Not Get Elected: The Catholic Church in Africa can be very disconnected from the Church that the majority of the European Cardinals live in. In Africa the top issues aren't sexual politics and theological disputes, they are exorcism, animism, the growth of Islam, and condemnation of Western economic policy.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-man-who-will-be-the-next-pope-2012-4#cardinal-peter-kodwo-appiah-turkson-1#ixzz1sxfR4yLo
Comrade Blaire, Socialist.
If these leftie bishops want "shared sacrifice," how 'bout they start with paying taxes on all church properties? Give up your tax exempt status, padre, instead of being a hypocrite.
I'll have to write the Bishop a little letter pointing out that government theft is no substitute for charity.
If the Bishop tended to church business first, instead of getting involved in politics, perhaps there wouldn't have been as many pedophile priests running around.
RE: The Commies took over the RC Church-LONG AGO!
That's NEWS to me. Just over two decades ago, Pope John Paul II together with Reagan and Thatcher helped usher in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.
When did that happen and where's your evidence?
This is why the Catholic agenda is never going to get anywhere in America. The church has a clear, moral position on abortion and fights the good fight, sometimes alone, on Right to Life issues.
Then they go and make an incredibly stupid, ignorant statement like this. Does this bishop not know how much spending has freakin INCREASED over the past decade???? Does he not know the percentage of taxes already paid by "the rich"????? Its knee jerk stupidity to make a comment like he made.
Just asking but what kind of lifestyle does Bishop Blaire have? He's demanding sacrifice but what is he willing to do about it? How new is his car? What model is it? How often does he go out to restaurants? Where does he go on vacations? How many rooms does his house have? Does he have a maid? etc.
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CARBONDALE – A southern Illinois minister is facing charges after authorities said he stole more than $100,000 from a Carbondale church.
Thirty-two-year-old Joshua D. Swain was charged Friday with two felonies for theft and aggravated identity theft.
The Cobden man is scheduled to make an initial appearance in Jackson County court Tuesday afternoon.
Prosecutors said Swain stole the money from The View Church and also used the name of a congregation member to obtain more than $10,000 from a bank.
Church officials told WSIL-TV that Swain no longer works for the church, which was once called First Baptist Church.
The Southern Illinois reported the congregation traces its roots in the region to 1861 and has hundreds of members around the area.
No telephone listing for Swain could be located.


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Tips for Scripting Java with Jython
by Noel Rappin, co-author of Jython Essentials
You have a programming dilemma.
Maybe you're writing a Java program, and you need to do a quick one-off script to clean up your database. Sure, you could write it in Java, but that can involve a lot of overhead for a quick script. You could write it in an outside scripting language, but you'd really like access to the business logic already in your Java program.
Or maybe you're writing a servlet, and the requirements are changing quickly. Your data model is changing, and you're having trouble keeping all the type information consistent.
Or maybe you're writing a standalone program, and you'd like to use the large variety of tools already written for Java, but you'd also like to use a tool that makes your program 25-50 percent shorter, and easier to write and maintain.
Jython is the tool for you.
Jython is a complete re-implementation of the Python programming language, written in 100 percent pure Java, which runs on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Python is a high-level, interpreted, object-oriented scripting language which combines elegant syntax rules with powerful built-in objects to create a language that is very easy to write, read, and maintain. Python is perhaps most notorious for its use of indentation to mark the beginning and end of statement blocks.
There are usually two reactions to this description of Jython. Some people ask, "Does it really work?"
It really works. Anything you can do with the Java SDK can be done in Jython, including standalone applications, applets, servlets, and beans. Arbitrary Java code can be called from Jython, Java objects can be used as-is, or can be subclassed in Jython. You can even write an object in Jython that can be used or subclassed by other Java code. In addition, nearly all of the modules of the standard Python library are available to be used from Jython.
Another common reaction is to ask why Jython is needed, since Java already exists. Java, like every programming language, is a tool, and it has its uses. But it can't be all things to all people. Outside of the Java world, you can use C/C++, Python, Perl, or any of dozens of other languages, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Jython gives some of the same flexibility to the Java programmer.
Here are 11 specific features of Jython that can be particularly time-saving or exciting for Java programmers.
1. Interactive Interpreter
The Jython interpreter can run in an interactive mode. In this mode you can type in Jython code one line at a time and see the results. You can even interact with Java libraries via this interpreter. For example, if you type the following at the Jython prompt:
>>> import javax.swing as swing
>>> win = swing.JFrame("Welcome to Jython")
>>> win.size = (200, 200)
>>> win.show()
Jython will create a swing JFrame and display it on screen. You can continue to view and modify the attributes of the JFrame via the prompt. This can be tremendously useful during prototyping or while debugging. (You've probably noticed what seem to be some type inconsistencies in the third line of that code -- for more on that see tip #9).
2. Built-in Data Structures
The Jython analogues to Java's collection classes are much more tightly integrated into the core language, allowing for more concise descriptions and useful functionality. For example, notice the difference between the Java code:
map = new HashMap();
map.put("one",new Integer(1));
map.put("two",new Integer(2));
map.put("three",new Integer(3));
list = new LinkedList();
list.add(new Integer(1));
list.add(new Integer(2));
list.add(new Integer(3));
and the Jython code:
map = {"one":1,"two":2,"three":3}
print map ["one"]
list = [1, 2, 3]
Jython's for statement is dependent on the list structures, so if you wanted to iterate over the above list, you would write it:
for i in list:
Which is just a bit simpler than the Java idiom for iterating over a list:
for (Iterator i; i.hasNext();) {
In Jython, the for statement will also automatically iterate over Java Lists, Arrays, Iterators, and Enumerators.
3. List Comprehensions
Jython offers list comprehensions, which are a cool shortcut for the common task of creating a list by applying a specific function to each element of an existing list. For example, in Jython you can write:
newList = [function(i) for i in oldList]
which is essentially equivalent to the Java code:
List newList = ArrayList()
for (Iterator i; i.hasNext();) {
Object obj = i.next();
List comprehensions can also provide a filter if only some of the items in the old list should be processed.
Related Reading
Jython Essentials
By Samuele Pedroni, Noel Rappin
Table of Contents
Sample Chapter
4. Dynamic Variable Creation
In Jython, variables do not have to be declared before use, nor do their types need to be declared. (They do, however, have to be assigned before use). This is true both for local variables within a block, and for the data members of classes. Jython is, however, still strongly typed, and like Java, will not automatically cast variable types. Attempting to do something like:
1 + "1"
will raise an exception in Jython at runtime.
If you have never programmed in a dynamic language, it is understandable that the idea of not declaring variables or types may make you a little nervous. Programmers who switch to a dynamic language are often surprised by how rarely type errors actually occur in practice, and how quickly they are found and fixed when they do occur. When compared with the amount of effort spent in Java convincing the compiler that your program is legal, you may find that static typing may not always be worth the effort.
Pages: 1, 2
Tips for Scripting Java with Jython
Pages: 1, 2
5. First Class Functions
In Jython, functions, methods, modules, and classes are all first class objects, which means they can be both passed to and returned from a function. This ability allows for some common programming tasks to be managed quite easily.
For example, suppose you have a complicated resource that needs to be opened, used, and closed in a variety of places, which might cause you to retype the open and close logic frequently. A simple example is a file. By passing the useful function as a parameter you can manage the resource in one place:
def fileLinesDo(fileName, lineFunc):
file = open(fileName,'r')
result = [lineFunc(each)for each in file.readlines()]
return result
The key here is that you don't have to rewrite the open and close statements each time you use the file, you can just call fileLinesDo. This is a trivial point for files, but if we added error checking or had a more complicated resource, it becomes very useful.
6. Dynamic Object-Oriented Typing
In Java, the legality of a method call such as obj.method() is calculated at compile time. Although this ensures that the method will exist at runtime, in practice it leads to a lot of time and effort spent on typecasts. It also creates lines of code such as this, where you know the line will be legal at runtime, but you still have to convince the compiler.
MyClass instance = (MyClass)list.get(2);
In Jython, the legality of obj.method() is determined at runtime based on the runtime type of the obj variable. In addition to removing the need for a typecast, this has several subtle benefits. Most importantly, it encourages reuse by making it easier to use an object of a different type in the existing code. This eliminates the need to define Java-style interfaces; instead you can just define the methods directly.
It also allows for old code to be used in ways not imagined when the code was written. Additionally, it makes Jython code much easier to unit test than Java code (and it also makes it easy to unit test Java code from Jython). In Jython, you can easily create a simple "mock object" that trivially responds to the methods of a hard- or expensive-to-create instance (such as a GUI or database), and use that to test your code.
7. Special Methods
Jython allows operator overloading in the form of specially named methods that can be defined on any object, and which are called by the interpreter, if they exist, when the corresponding core language function or operator is invoked.
Some of these are quite similar to Java functionality, such as the special method __str__, which is called when the object needs to be printed, and is equivalent to the Java toString(). Others, such as the __add__ method, are similar to operator overloading in C++. You can allow your instances to be accessible using array-like syntax using the __getitem__ and __setitem__ methods.
Other special methods allow an amazing amount of flexibility for your objects. The special method __getattr__ is called on any failed attribute lookup, and can be used, for example, to return a default value, or automatically redirect to a proxy object, or call a getter method. The special method __setattr__ is called on attribute assignment, and can be used, for example, to verify values, or to trivially broadcast changes to other interested objects. There is even a special method __call__, which allows your instances to be treated like functions.
8. Java Integration
Most of the features discussed above are features of the Python language, but Jython also has features that allow nearly transparent usage of existing Java code. Java packages can be imported into Jython as though they were Jython modules, and Java objects can be created using Jython object creation syntax. For the most part, you can use the Java objects in your Jython program exactly as though they were Jython objects (as shown in tip #1).
Jython classes can inherit from Java classes (Jython allows multiple inheritance of Jython classes, however no more than one Java class can be in the inheritance tree of a Jython object). The inheritance rules work essentially as you would expect -- the parent class Java methods are called if they are not overridden in the child class. If the parent class method is overloaded, Jython chooses the correct version of the method based on the signature of the arguments at runtime.
9. Bean Property Introspection
Jython uses introspection on Java objects to allow access to those objects in a more normal Python coding style. Python coders rarely use simple get and set methods, preferring to access the variable directly. Of course, Java style tends to encourage get and set methods. Jython introspection allows those calls to be made automatically. When Jython sees a line of code such as:
x = javaObj.attribute
it automatically generates a Java call of the method javaObj.getAttribute(), if such a method exists. Similarly, an assignment to javaObj.attribute is converted to a call to javaObj.setAttribute.
In addition, set methods can be automatically triggered from constructors by using a keyword argument. For example:
javax.swing.JProgressBar(stringPainted=1, foreground=color.green)
automatically invokes the setStringPainted() and setForeground() methods of the new JProgressBar instance -- even though the normal Java constructor for JProgressBar does not take arguments for these properties.
If the set method itself takes an instance argument, Jython lets you implicitly create an object of the needed class by placing the arguments to the constructor sequentially in a list on the right side of the assignment (technically, the structure in Jython is called a tuple, and is an immutable list). For example:
button.preferredSize = (300, 50)
calls the Java code
button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 50))
10. Event Listener Introspection
Jython also automatically performs introspection on event listener registration patterns and interfaces. When a Java class allows listeners to be registered for a bean event, Jython searches for the listener interface associated with that event.
When an instance of the class is created, Jython adds an additional attribute for each method defined by the interface. Since Jython has first class functions, you can directly assign a Jython function to those attributes, and Jython calls that function when the event is triggered. This allows you to replace Java inner classes with ordinary methods for responding to events.
The following Java code uses inner classes to terminate the program in response to a button push:
JButton close = new JButton("Close Me");
close.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
The Jython equivalent uses Jython introspection to separate the function definition from the widget creation. It creates a separate function, terminateProgram(), and passes that to the JButton to be called when the action is performed. This code assumes that the JButton is defined inside a class.
close = swing.JButton("Close Me", actionPerformed=self.terminateProgram)
def terminateProgram(self, event):
The combination of property and event introspection makes Java libraries extremely easy to use from Jython. Swing code, for example, is significantly easier to read and manage because of the use of the Jython shortcuts.
11. Embedding
The easiest way to include Jython functionality into an existing Java program is to embed a Jython interpreter directly into the Java code. The Jython interpreter is a Java object, and an instance of the interpreter can be used within a Java program to evaluate Jython code. The Java program can interact with the Jython interpreter, and pass data back and forth between the two.
The embedded interpreter can be used to manage various kinds of customization of the parent program. For example, you could write a system management framework that allows users to define responses to system events in Jython. Property files could be written as live Jython modules. You could create programmatic filters with all the power of the Python language to enhance, for example, an email client. You could use Jython for macro functionality in nearly any kind of program, or as a mechanism to separate game logic from a game engine.
This is a very straightforward way of getting the benefits of Jython on an existing Java project. In fact, Jython servlets are written in this manner, with a pre-existing Java servlet which reads the Jython servlet in an embedded interpreter.
I hope this list has encouraged you to seek out Jython and try it on your JVM-based projects. For more information get a copy of Jython Essentials. Jython can be downloaded from Jython.org.
Noel Rappin has extensive production experience in both Java and Python.


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The Colorado Avalanche will have their forward depth put to the test on Thursday night as they try to make it two victories in a row in a meeting with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Avalanche dropped a two-goal decision at Minnesota to begin the season before picking up a 3-1 win over the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. The Kings struck first in the game, but the Avs exploded for three goals in the final frame.
David Jones scored on the power play 95 seconds after new Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog had tied the game with a goal. Free agent addition P.A. Parenteau added his first goal with the Avalanche to cap the scoring.
Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves and Colorado killed off all six Los Angeles power plays. The Avs had yielded two power-play goals in the loss to the Wild.
"We created some momentum (in the third) and we had some good penalty kills all night long," Landeskog said.
Still without unsigned restricted free agent Ryan O'Reilly, an 18-goal scorer last year, the Avalanche lost forward Steve Downie to a season-ending knee injury suffered against the Kings. Downie had an assist in two games this season and notched 41 points in 75 games in 2011-12 with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Avalanche.
Veteran Chuck Kobasew is expected to replace Downie in the lineup.
The Blue Jackets, meanwhile, opened their campaign with a shootout win at Nashville before dropping a shootout decision to the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. Columbus then failed to record a point in a third straight game as it was routed 5-1 on Wednesday night by the Phoenix Coyotes.
In his first appearance of the season, former Calder Trophy winner Steve Mason yielded all five goals on 42 shots in defeat. Sergei Bobrovsky, who started both shootout games, is expected to get the call in net versus the Avalanche.
"We were terrible. It didn't matter who was in (net). It could have been Patrick Roy," Columbus forward R.J. Umberger admitted. "We just didn't battle in front of (Mason)."
Fedor Tyutin scored the lone goal for the Blue Jackets, who were outshot 42-26.
The Blue Jackets and Avalanche split four meetings last season and each club picked up their two wins on the road. Colorado, though, has still won nine of the past 12 encounters overall.


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Enumerators fanned out across Myanmar yesterday for a census that has been widely criticized for stoking religious and ethnic tensions, after the Burmese government denied members of a long-persecuted Muslim minority the right to identify themselves as "Rohingya."
Meanwhile, administrators in some parts of the country — including rebel-controlled areas in Kachin and Wa states — said they were barring census-takers because they worry the data set will be used for political purposes.
Myanmar only recently emerged from a half-century of military rule and self-imposed isolation. No one knows how many people live in the predominantly Buddhist nation. The most accepted estimated, around 60 million, is based on extrapolations from the previous count in 1983 that experts say was hugely flawed, leaving out many religious and ethnic minorities.
More than 100,000 enumerators — most of them schoolteachers wearing white blouses, green traditional sarongs called longyi and khaki waistcoats — started going door-to-door at 7am yesterday.
They hope to reach 12 million households by the time they finish their job on Thursday next week.
Their long, complicated survey — a collaboration between the government and the UN Population Fund — includes sensitive and highly controversial questions about race and ethnicity that human rights groups have repeatedly warned are especially inappropriate in the country's transition to democracy.
They are especially worried about Rohingya Muslims in the western state of Rakhine, who have been the targets of Buddhist mob attacks in the past two years that have left about 280 people dead and sent an estimated 240,000 fleeing their homes nationwide.
Tens of thousands are living in apartheid-like condition in crowded camps where they have little or no access to jobs, education or medical care.
On Saturday, Burmese presidential spokesman Ye Htut said that Rohingya would not be allowed to identify themselves as such on the census.
"If a household wants to identify themselves as 'Rohingya,' we will not register it," he said after meeting with Burmese President U Thein Sein and political parties, adding that people could call themselves "Bengali."
Some Rohingya contacted by reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity because they fear reprisals, said they would refuse.
The British embassy protested the decision, saying under international standards, census respondents have the right to answer as they see fit.
Ethnic minorities, who together make up about 40 percent of Myanmar's population, have also expressed concern about the process. They argue they were not properly consulted ahead of the census, which requires respondents to identify themselves as one of 135 ethnic groups.
Long suspicious of the government, they worry the classification system could be used for political gain.
In some cases, the ethnic groups listed on the survey are split into too many subdivisions.
The Chin, for instance, account for 53 of the categories, though many of the names listed are simply of villages or clans rather than separate ethnic groups, fracturing the already small group. In other cases, subtribes with different ethnicities are grouped together, increasing the chances of misrepresentation.
An ethnic group calling itself Tai Nai, or Red Shan, that lives in the Sagaing region and the states of Shan and Kachin, said that they were not included among the 33 subtribes of the Shan.
Department of population director Khaing Khaing Soe was undeterred by threats to deny access to workers.
"We will go to every corner of the country and will conduct the census according to international standards," she said. "We will not exclude any area."
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Survival Disparities in Bladder, Kidney, and Prostate Cancer in Asian-Indian & Pakistani Immigrants to the United States as Compared to Other US Ethnic Groups: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Result (SEER) 2011 Public Use Database Study
Objective: To compare the SEER 2011 public use data prognostic variables and survival of US Asian-Indians and Pakistanis (US-AIP) diagnosed with bladder, kidney, or prostate cancers, to patients in three comparable US ethnic groups (African-Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasians) diagnosed with the same cancers. Patients and Methods: SEER 1988-to-2008 data (released in 2011) was analyzed using SEER*Stat Software V7.0.5 and SAS version 9.3. Results: From 1988-to-2008, SEER documented 14,006 cancers in US-AIP (7,118 male, 6,888 female), with 2,867 (20%) being bladder, kidney, or prostate. Compared to the three other US ethnic groups examined, US-AIP genitourinary (GU) cancers occurred at significantly younger ages (p <0.01-to-<0.001). US-AIP had significantly more grade 3-4 (p <0.01-to-<0.001) and stage 3-4 (p<0.001) cancers than the other three groups. Paradoxically, despite having worse prognostic factors, five year age-adjusted survival for the bladder, kidney, and prostate cancers in US-AIP were significantly better than in the other three US ethnic groups (p <0.01-to-<0.001). Conclusions: SEER 1988-to-2008 data contained a "survival disconnect" for genitourinary cancers in US-AIP. All three US-AIP GU cancers had worse prognostic features but better age-adjusted survival when compared to three other US ethnic groups, even though US-AIP appeared to have had similar treatment. US-AIP cultural and biologic factors, which might modify the clinical behavior of their GU cancers, are discussed. Of note, SEER 2000-to-2008 data showed a significant decline in bladder, kidney, and prostate cancer relative risk of death for all four ethnic groups studied versus earlier era SEER 1994-to-2000 data.
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I have always said that David Murphy was one of the, if not the nicest guy ever to walk through the doors at McCoy Stadium. I felt he had the "goods" to be an outfielder in Boston. Needless to say, I was very disappointed when he was traded to Texas along with Kason Gabbard for Eric Gagne back in July of 2007. While Sox fans may have been displeased, David himself, was ecstatic, returning to his home state. While Murf was with the PawSox, we regularly corresponded with his parents, as well as his Grandma Jean. The 28 year old outfielder has become a regular cog in the Rangers' machine and his biggest contributions ever came on Saturday in Game 2 of the Ameican League Championship Series against the Yankees, a 7-2 Texas win
In the second inning, David blasted a solo home run off starter and loser Phil Hughes. An inning later, he doubled in a run. The Rangers kept their foot on the throat of the Yankees, rebounding after the heartbreaking loss in Game 1 of the series. It will be a game apiece as the Rangers send Cliff Lee to the hill in Game 3 at Yankee Stadium. When the spotight shone brightest, Murf came through. Hopefully, he can continue to swing the bat that way and the Rangers can make their first trip to the World Series.
I've often said that most of the players I encounter are good guys. They say and do the right things when the camera or tape recorder is on. They are, after all regular guys. Young, talented and in a lot of cases, rich. David Murphy is an exception. He always said and did the right thing. Whether you were in a crummy restaurant eating lunch, or on an all-night bus ride to God knows where, Murf always was a gentleman. That is one of the reasons we all should revel in his new-found fame and success. Some guys never get the chance to do what he did on Satrurday. Others get the opportunity and can't come through. Baseball is not an easy game.
David and his wife Andrea are parents to two young daughters. They're probably too young to understand what "Daddy" did on Saturday afternoon. But they will know someday. What they are learning right now from David, is how to be a good person. I have absolutely no doubt that he's a good father. He is cut from the right kind of cloth. I watched Javier Lopez pitch for San Francisco on Saturday night. I saw Kelly Shoppach (Murphy's former teammate at Baylor University) catch for Tampa. The 2010 postseason is littered with former PawSox players. Don't get me wrong. I am happy for all their success. I'm just a little bit happier for David Murphy. He's a great guy, and he did it to New York.


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A quick and easy penne pasta tossed in a creamy sauce packed with the flavors of sun-dried tomatoes and spinach. I can't help but love a recipe where the sauce can be made in the same time it takes the pasta to cook! Especially on a night when you want need good food fast but don't have time to spend in the kitchen.
The simple sauce starts with a quick saute of garlic, oil-packed, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh spinach leaves, then half & half, sour cream and pasta water is mixed in. The starchy water from cooking the pasta thins out the thick sauce and helps it coat and cling to every nook and cranny in the pasta. Chicken or shrimp would be a great addition to!
The tangy sour cream is the perfect counterpoint to the acidity of the chewy tomatoes, the richness of the half & half and the freshness of the spinach.
It's a delicious combination that comforts and satisfies on every level.
A quick and easy penne pasta tossed in a rich and creamy sauce packed with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach.
- Cook the pasta according to package directions in plenty of salted water to al dente - before draining set aside 1 cup of the pasta water.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-low heat saute garlic and tomatoes in olive oil for 3-4 minutes then add spinach and cook, stirring often until spinach is wilted.
- In a small bowl whisk half & half, sour cream and 1/2 cup of pasta water together. Add to pan and mix well with spinach mixture.
- Add penne and mix well, adding more pasta water if needed to make enough sauce to coat the pasta.
- Serve immediately with plenty of Parmesan cheese.
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Egypt's top court postpones key ruling on assembly
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- December 2, 2012 - 4:00 AM
CAIRO - Egypt's top court on Sunday postponed a session during which it was expected to rule on the legitimacy of the Islamist-dominated panel that rushed to approve a disputed draft constitution last week, according to officials at the court.
The officials cited "administrative reasons" for the delay, although the announcement came as several thousand supporters of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi surrounded the Supreme Constitutional Court, holding aloft placards denouncing the judges and preventing members of the judiciary from entering the Nile-side courthouse in Cairo.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media, did not know whether a new date has been set for the ruling, which is part of a worsening political crisis in Egypt pitting the largely secular opposition and powerful judiciary against Morsi and his fellow Islamists.
The MENA state news agency said the judges are expected to issue a statement later Sunday to explain their position.
The protesters began to gather outside the court on Saturday night and the officials said the judges did not show up at the court on Sunday out of fear for their safety.
In the past, Islamists have assaulted secular politicians, lawyers and activists outside court complexes as judges inside deliberated rulings anticipated to be against their interests.
Islamists say that the courts are filled with judges loyal to Hosni Mubarak's ousted regime. The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled in June to dissolve the Islamist-dominated People's Assembly, parliament's lawmaking lower chamber, on the grounds that a third of its members were illegally elected.
Besides ruling on the legitimacy of the constituent assembly, the court was also expected Sunday to rule on parliament's upper chamber, also dominated by Islamists.
A ruling from the court — regardless of which way it goes — would be a direct challenge to Morsi, who last month gave himself near absolute powers, placing himself and the assembly above any oversight, including by the judiciary.
Morsi's decrees caused an uproar among the nation's secular-led opposition. Further stoking the anger, the constituent assembly last week rushed through a vote on the charter's 230 clauses in an all-night session.
The panel's chairman, Islamist Hossam al-Ghiryani, kept the voting at a rapid clip, badgering members to drop disputes and objections and move on. At times the process appeared slap-dash, with fixes to missing phrasing and even several entirely new articles proposed, written and voted on in the hours just before sunrise.
The panel's secular and Christian members have withdrawn from the panel over recent weeks, claiming that the process has been hijacked by the Islamists. But Morsi, in power since June, praised the draft as a giant step toward democratic rule and ordered a nationwide referendum on the document to be held Dec. 15.
Tens of thousands of his supporters staged rallies across much of the country on Saturday. The gatherings were in part a response to large protests by the opposition on Tuesday and Friday. The opposition is now considering a call for civil disobedience to force Mrosi to rescind his decrees.
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PINEDA CONTRERAS, Neida et al. Climatic characterization of Monaicito River's micro-basin, sub-basin of Motatán-Carache River. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2011, vol.2, n.5, pp.765-771. ISSN 2007-0934.
A climatic study of the micro-basin of Monaicito River (11 960 ha), belonging to the sub-basin of Motatán-Carache, Trujillo State, Venezuela was performed; this was made from ten years records (1985-1995) of monthly mean precipitation (six stations) and monthly average temperature (one station of reference). With rainfall information, and using a Kriging interpolator (Surfer 8.0 geo-statistical), a map of annual average isohyets was made. After this, an isopercentage method was used to obtain a 1:25 000 scales, using the Surfer software, maps of monthly isopercentage lines, which were superimposed to obtain the map of monthly average isohyets and monthly average rainfall of 85 referenced points distributed in the microbasin. The monthly average temperature of reference points was estimated using the vertical temperature gradient method, based on data from the Santa Ana station (1985-1995). 85 water balances were developed using the Thornthwaite method, which formed the basis for obtaining maps of annual water rate, moisture rate and annual potential evapotranspiration. Then, by superimposing these maps and the application of the criteria for classification of Thornthwaite method, the climatic regionalization of the micro-basin was performed, determining a predominantly dry sub-humid climate, with slightly or no water excess and four thermal regions: mesothermal warm-cold, mesothermal temperate-warm, mesothermal semi-warm and megathermal or warm.
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