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More than thirty exhibitors featuring local resources for wellness will be on display Saturday, January 12 at the annual Wellness Fair at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, sponsored by the county Wellness Coalition and Grundy County Farm Bureau. New to the 2013 event are six educational mini-sessions, featuring topics from preventing back pain to streamlined family meal preparation.
Exhibits will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m., located throughout the hospital and the adjacent medical office building. Low cost blood screenings, free blood pressure checks by Grundy Center Family Medicine, and hearing screenings are among the health services available. Healthy breakfast samples will be available in the hospital's East J Caf. The Wellness Coalition has assembled gift packages that will be given as prizes throughout the morning.
"It's typical for people to begin the New Year with good intentions for improving their health," remarks Wellness Coalition member and hospital Nutrition and Wellness Manager Crystal Petersen. "We've assembled a variety of resources to make it easy for people to receive the help they need meeting their goals, including goals for weight loss, exercise, and general safety and wellness." In addition, Petersen notes that the Wellness Fair provides an opportunity for low-cost blood screening so attendees can begin the new year with information about their key numbers, including general chemistry and complete cholesterol, prostrate health for men, (PSA test) and thyroid screening (TSH). Hemogram and hemoglobin A1C testing are also available for a modest cost. Fasting after midnight is required for the lipid panel (cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides).
Participants will be able to sign up for the Live Healthy Iowa 100 Day Challenge, reserve a plot in the Grundy Community Gardens, learn about Blue Zones community certification, emergency preparedness tips, radon safety, dental health, spiritual health, receive a chair massage and much more.
The free educational mini-sessions begin at 7:00 a.m. in the hospital's Education Room and topics change each thirty minutes. The schedule includes:
- Back Care Basics from Physical Therapist Chris Wiedman
- Interactive Yoga, presented by the Grundy Family YMCA
- CPR Refresher, Grundy County Public Health nurse Gloria Dielschneider
- Cook Once, Eat Twice, Grundy Center Schools Family & Consumer Science instructor Joan Schuller
- Go Nuts with Chef Bre, presented by the hospital's chef Breanna Vint
- Relaxation and Stress Management Techniques, GCMH Social Services manager Kristi Barnett
Both the Grundy County Farm Bureau and Wellness Coalition members are organizing the Wellness Fair. The Farm Bureau would like to encourage past participants of its Wellness Fair, usually held in March, to attend the Fair on January 12th since the Farm Bureau is combining efforts with the county wellness group for the 2013 event. A complete Wellness Fair schedule is available at www.grundycountyhospital.org.


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A powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on Sunday left at least two dead and five missing, a government official said
A powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on Sunday left at least two dead and five missing, a government official said, after the tremor sparked panic in the central city of Mandalay.
"According to the information we have so far, two people died and three were injured because of the earthquake, while five are still missing," the official in the capital Naypyidaw told AFP, asking not to be named.
He said the missing were workers flung into the Irrawaddy river when the quake shook the bridge they were building in an area north of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city.
One man died and three were injured by buildings collapsing in a small town in central Sagaing region. A woman was also killed by falling debris from a brick wall in a village north of Mandalay.
The shallow 6.8-magnitude quake hit around 116 kilometres (72 miles) north of Mandalay at a depth of just 10 kilometres, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. It initially put the magnitude of the quake at 7.0.
It was followed by a series of strong aftershocks.
"I ran from my bed carrying my daughter out to the street. There were many people in the road. Some were shouting and others felt dizzy," Mandalay resident San Yu Kyaw told AFP by telephone.
"People are now scared of more earthquakes. Especially those who live or run businesses in high-rise buildings are desperate and don't know what to do," he said.
Construction standards are generally poor in the country formerly known as Burma, one of Asia's most impoverished nations.
A large crack stretching from the second to the sixth floor of Mandalay's highest building, the 25-storey Mann Myanmar Plaza, appeared after the quake, a local resident told AFP.
He said people were afraid to enter the structure and it remains closed.
The USGS issued a yellow alert, saying "some casualties and damage are possible" but that the impact should be relatively localised.
The quake hit at 7:42 am (0112 GMT) and was followed by two shallow 5.0-magnitude aftershocks within 20 minutes, according to the USGS.
"The quake was quite strong. I was shopping in the market at the time and I saw women crying in fear when they felt it. We expect more quakes are coming. Everybody is afraid," said 23-year-old Win Win Nwe, a resident in the small town of Shwebo, north of Mandalay.
She said there were fears that several people had been injured in a nearby town.
It comes little more than a week before US President Barack Obama is due in Myanmar on a historic visit, as the West begins to roll back sanctions to reward a series of dramatic political reforms under President Thein Sein.
The quake was felt in neighbouring Thailand, including in the capital Bangkok, according to reports on social media websites.
It struck around 572 kilometres east of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, one of the world's biggest cities.
Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar.
The USGS said six strong earthquakes, of 7.0-magnitude and more, struck between 1930 and 1956 near the Sagaing Fault, which runs north to south through the centre of the country, resulting in landslides, liquefaction and the loss of 610 lives.
Kyaw Kyaw Lwin, an official at the National Earthquake Information Division in the capital Naypyidaw, said it was the strongest quake in the area since a 6.0-magnitude quake in 1991.
More than 70 people were killed in March 2011 when a powerful 6.8-magnitude quake struck Myanmar near the borders with Thailand and Laos, reducing homes and government buildings to rubble and affecting thousands of people.
Aid workers at the time praised Myanmar's regime for its speedy response to that quake, in contrast to the aftermath of previous disasters to strike the country under the old military junta, which ruled the country for decades.

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Earth's population crossed the 7 billion mark Monday. The growing population has been the subject of doomsday scenarios, but Colum Lynch worries whether the U.S. and other wealthy countries will soon have too few citizens. He predicts the world population will decline by the end of this century.
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PRINCETON — The Princeton-Illinois chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will host the DAR District II Mini Tour meeting on June 6 at 8:45 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Princeton.
Twelve chapters will be present. Honored guests will include State Regent Candace Fryburger, State Regent-elect Pam Bork and other state chairmen presenting information needed to begin planning for the new DAR year.
Lunch will be served at noon. Reservations are due by May 31. Send a $12 check made out to District II Mini Tour to Sharon Broshous, District II Treasurer, 622 IL 78N, Stockton, IL 61085. Include the name of chapter and attendee. For information, call 815-947-3966. DAR members are invited to attend.


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The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is Terminal Reality's FPS prequel to the TV series. Activision has release a new trailer (official, this time) showing off the brothers Dixon, and also revealed some of the retailer-exclusive pre-order bonuses you can get.
GameStop will include the Herd Mode Challenge, where you kill wave after wave of zombies to try for a high score. Reservations will also include a keychain molded in the shape of an ear. Amazon offers the Walker Execution Pack, which includes five special melee weapons.
The game will be coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 19, and to Wii U on March 26.
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Arsenal shouldn't take their penultimate match against relegation-threatened Wigan lightly.
It is well known that a side with their backs against the wall and threatened with a return to the Championship will fight tooth and nail to stay up, and Wigan will be no different after their 3-2 loss against Swansea last night.
Despite losing the game in the end, the Latics showed how dangerous they could be in attack against the Welsh club at the DW Stadium last night. Roger Espenoza volleyed in the first goal of the match just before half time and Wigan looked to be in control.
Swansea equalised in the 50th against the run of play with a goal from Rangel, but McCarthy put the home side in front again three minutes later with a great strike, beating Vorm. It wasn't to be Wigan's night, though, and Swansea equalised again in the 59th through Shechter and Tiendalli hammered in the last nail when he put in the winner in the 75th minute.
The loss came through silly defensive mistakes and Roberto Martinez will work hard to hammer out any deficiencies at the back during training in the days leading up to their trip to the Emirates.
The Gunners will regret underestimating this team and Arsene Wenger should make sure his players treat it as they would a cup final, because, essentially, that's exactly what it is for the Gunners as they are still in an extremely close battle for a top four spot and Champions League football next season.
The Emirates outfit trail third-placed Chelsea by one point and lead Tottenham Hotspur in fifth by two. The Gunners will certainly be fixed to their television screens tonight as Chelsea face spurs in one of the most crucial games of the season, for all those hunting for a top four spot concerned. Arsenal fans will experience an unfamiliar sensation as they will be rooting for their bitter rivals from west London. A Chelsea win will be the best outcome for Arsenal and will put them in a good position to finish above their north London foes Tottenham.
Should the outcome be favourable to Arsenal tonight, they'll have to make sure they bag all three points against Wigan next Tuesday. The Latics have been in the Premier League since 2005 and will be coming with guns blazing to avoid relegation.
Arsenal have defended well in recent games and the pairing of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny will have to keep standing firm. The Gunners' front ranks will still be without Olivier Giroud due to suspension and perhaps Wenger should opt to play Theo Walcott down the middle in lieu of the Frenchman as Lukas Podolski has been somewhat ineffective in that role.
Also, I would like to see Kieran Gibbs and Carl Jenkinson replacing Nacho Monreal and Bacary Sagna respectively. Sagna has shown poor form of late and Jenkinson should be afforded the chance to show Wenger that he is fully capable of stepping in. Although Monreal has impressed since joining the club in January, Gibbs is the more experienced fullback in the Premier League and has also posed more of an attacking threat than the Spaniard.
Whichever team the French tactician opts to field on Tuesday should be respectful of the Wigan threat as the Latics will do anything and everything to disrupt Arsenal's fluency. However, the Gunners can't afford to hold back either in their pursuit of the three points that is so vital in keeping them in Europe's top tier competition for a 16th consecutive season.
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I had no idea that the T20WC was on next year, and yet I don't exactly hate the format.
I had no idea that the T20WC was on next year, and yet I don't exactly hate the format.
Moreover, it's just tremendous to see the return of the protracted Ashes tour. Sadly, it's not as long as the tours in the late 80's and early 90's, when the chaps used to arrive pre-Anzac day and wing home in late August. I have to say, as a boy, it was one of my fantasies to get on that big Ashes tour bus and just passenger my way around England playing cricket. The Ashes tour bus is so kitted out. It has everything. In fact, they used to borrow the Man U bus for the early part of the tour (as it coincided with the EPL off-season).
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iSirona, the leading provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, Friday announced it has been named one of America's Most Promising Companies by Forbes Magazine.
Each year, Forbes Magazine reviews thousands of applications from high-growth, private companies in order to identify companies with the greatest potential. iSirona ranks 29th on this year's list, along with companies such as Anytime Fitness and popchips. The companies are ranked based on growth, quality of management teams and investors, market size, and strategic partners.
Forbes bases its rankings on complex data-mining software developed by CB Insights, a Manhattan-based data research firm that monitors private, high-growth companies. The list of America's Most Promising Companies was released in the magazine's February 11th edition.
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On February 13, Chris Isaak brought the house down at ACL Live at the Moody Theater with his Beyond the Sun tour featuring the classic rock 'n roll that inspired his own musical career. In case you weren't one of the lucky ones in the venue that night, there's no need to worry: We filmed it and will air the special on Monday evening at 7pm!
Even better, we'll be coming to you live from KLRU Studio 6A with Chris Isaak to talk about this tour and what makes him come back again and again to create memorable music on public television.
This is not only a special evening because of Chris Isaak's concert, but it's also an important night for KLRU. We'll be sharing the Chris Isaak Beyond the Sun special with public television stations all over the country to help them showcase the quality music that can only be found on public television. From concert specials like this to the music on Great Performances and American Masters, PBS gives audiences the best seats in the house to the best concerts week after week. We're so thrilled to be able to share Chris Isaak's incredible concert with other cities, communities and families.
We hope you'll tune in on Monday night to support your public television station and to rock out with Chris Isaak! And if you haven't already supported KLRU during our March pledge drive, you'll want to call in with your donation on Monday – we have the DVD of his Beyond the Sun concert as well as his exclusive 2-CD Beyond the Sun album as thank you gifts!
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All I have found so far is in this AK post - http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...t=51943&page=2 which doesn't include the 180 numbers but mentions 35400.
I also have 421-8Hs.
Both have cones stamped 35402.
I wish to know if the cones are legit Altec ones. I can remember seeing an Altec components Table which included later cones that didn't follow the 391 first three number rule but can't locate it now. Any replies are welcome.
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Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 dual-GPU graphics card
One card, two very fast graphics chips
Moving on, the Sapphire 4850 X2 has a core speed of 625MHz with an effective memory speed of 1986MHz. It zipped through all the tests and compared very favourably with the GTX 280 in 3DMark and less well in Far Cry 2. We had the quality settings in Far Cry 2 set to Very High, which is a stern test but the 4850 X2 pulled through. The power draw was higher than GTX 280 in Windows at 165W but under load the figure was the same.
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Nb. the two 4870 X2 scores use, respectively, the Catalyst 8.551.1.71310 and 8.11 drivers
We used the Catalyst 8.551.1.71310 driver to overclock the Sapphire to a core speed of 680MHz and memory speed of 2370MHz. This raised performance by ten per cent in 3DMark and Far Cry on DirectX 9 although this advantage dropped to a mere one frame per second in Far Cry 2 when we used DirectX 10.
The 4870 X2 uses the same technology as the 4850 X2 except that the core speed is higher - 750MHz - and the effective memory speed is a colossal 3600MHz due to the nature of GDDR 5 memory. This extra speed delivered 20-30 percent more performance in 3DMark compared to 4850 X2, and in Far Cry 2 the 4870 X2 delivered a few extra frames per second over 4850 X2. The power draw of the 4870 X2 is scarily high: 210W in Windows and 350W under load.
Just for larks, we hooked up the 4850 X2 and 4870 X2 in CrossFireX which cranked up 3DMark performance by a small amount. However, it clobbered performance in Far Cry 2, which pretty much sums up our experiences with CrossFire over the years.
The Sapphire HD 4850 X2 was horribly noisy because the drivers were only controlling one fan while the other fan roared away at full speed. Sapphire tells us that it will be releasing an updated Bios that will fix the noise issue in conjunction with a revised driver.
The Sapphire HD 4850 X2 delivers the same performance as a single GTX 280 but unfortunately the horrendous dollar exchange rate means that they also cost the same. And that makes the Sapphire look far too complicated when it is compared to the Nvidia alternative.
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Time to get your ducks in a row
It's the last week to purchase a duck entry for the Second Quacker Challenge, which takes place at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Russ McEwen Family Aquatic Center.Cost is $5 for each duck entry, or $45 for 10 ducks. Participants can purchase an entry at KBST, Western Bank, United Way, First Christian Church, Great Scott! T-shirts and the Howard County Library. Also, duck entries will be sold beginning at 3 p.m. at the aquatic center for those who want to watch the race.The ducks — they're plastic, by the way — will shoot down the slide in hopes of floating into one of seven traps set up around the lazy river. Each trap represents a designated prize. Each duck is assigned an individual number ranging from 1 to 1,000, and the tickets also carry the numbers 1 to 1,000. The race will continue until all seven traps have each captured one duck.The special grand prize for this year's race is a 2013 Ford F-150 XLT. Other prizes include a set of season tickets to the Big Spring Symphony, valued at $125; a free flight on a hang glider in 2014, a $100 value; a set of tickets worth $200 to a Texas Tech football game; a free entry to the 2014 Stars, Cars and Handlebars event, valued at $100; a silver 2013 proof coin set worth $100; and one custom-designed T-shirt a month for one year — 12 shirts in all — from Great Scott! Shirts, valued at $180.All proceeds from the fund-raiser will be divided evenly between Isaiah 58, the Big Spring Symphony Guild and the Greater Big Spring Rotary Club. There will be activities for children to enjoy as preparations are made to start the race.


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WARRENSBURG, MO (April 13, 2012) – Recognizing the outstanding students in the senior class, the University of Central Missouri has named Kara Michelle Fox, a speech and language pathology major from St. Charles, Mo., and Curtis Beasley, an accounting major from Manchester, Mo., as the 2012 recipients of the prestigious Charno Award. The award is presented annually to the top male and female members of the senior class at UCM.
Kara Fox and Curtis Beasley, recipients of the 2012 Charno Award
Fox, a graduate of Lutheran High School of St. Charles County, is the daughter of Allen and Carolyn Fox of St. Charles, Mo. Beasley, a graduate of Parkway South High School, is the son of Jesse and Julia Beasley of Manchester, Mo.
Fox is a member of the The Honors College and served as a community advisor and a member of the Community Advisor Council for University Housing. She has been a member of the student leadership group IMPACT, and she has assisted with the annual Mule Haul and served as an orientation and Week of Welcome leader for incoming freshmen. She also has served as a volunteer for Warrensburg's Parks and Recreation programs.
Fox is a member of Rho Lambda honors organization and has served on the Greek Week Executive Board. She has served as an officer of Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol and in leadership positions for her sorority, Sigma Kappa. She currently serves as historian of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association and as a clinician mentor.
Beasley has served as president a junior advisor of Lambda Sigma and a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies. He is an elected member of the Student Government Association and served as a Supreme Court justice for more than two years. As an accounting major, he has provided volunteer
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Beasley also has been involved in Winning Communities and the Servant Leadership Course coordinated by UCM, and is a member of the Mules cross country and track teams, serving as a UCM student athlete tutor. He also served as an officer or chair for Beta Alpha Psi, the student accounting organization, for the past three years.
Fox and Beasley were recognized during an April 11 reception honoring inductees into Who's Who at the University of Central Missouri. Finalists for the Charno Award were selected from those inducted into Who's Who at the University of Central Missouri. The Charno Award recipients also will be recognized during spring commencement Saturday, May 5, in the university's Multipurpose Building.
The honor is named for George Charno, Sr., a Kansas City attorney who established the award in 1940 to recognize the outstanding male member of the graduating class. The companion award for the outstanding female class member was established in 1941.


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Have you tried taking a task-based learning approach? There's a wealth of information about this all over the internet, if you wanted to look into it.
Perhaps instead of actually teaching them about places yourself you can find ways to give them a little more learner autonomy, and support their language needs. For example, you could have them choose places they're interested in and research them with the purpose of producing something in the target language (putting together a presentation, creating a display, planning a holiday, etc) and then you could create opportunities for conversation (mock travel agencies with role-plays, pairs presenting their holiday plans or introducing their location to other pairs, put all displays around the room and have everyone in pairs discuss each, etc.) There are also a lot of multimedia resources available on this topic, if you can arrange access to them.
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After the expiration of thirty days after the Secretary has given public notice that any stockyard is within the definition of section 202 of this title, by posting copies of such notice in the stockyard, no person shall carry on the business of a market agency or dealer at such stockyard unless (1) the stockyard owner has determined that his services will be beneficial to the business and welfare of said stockyard, its patrons, and customers, which determination shall be made on a basis which is not unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, and has given written authorization to such person, and (2) he has registered with the Secretary, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, his name and address, the character of business in which he is engaged, and the kinds of stockyards services, if any, which he furnishes at such stockyard. Every other person operating as a market agency or dealer as defined in section 201 of this title may be required to register in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $500 for each such offense and not more than $25 for each day it continues, which shall accrue to the United States and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the United States.
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By Katina Caraganis
SHIRLEY -- Nearly three weeks after the town was ordered to pay Bob Schuler $35,000 in a lawsuit he filed against the town, selectmen maintain they were justified in 2011 when they banned Schuler from public property.
The lawsuit was settled out of court in late August after the town's insurance company agreed to pay off Schuler's legal fees if the suit was withdrawn.
In May 2011, Schuler, frustrated with the budget process, said during a Finance Committee meeting that he wanted to "pull my gun out and start shooting or something." Shirley selectmen, who were not at the meeting, subsequently banned Schuler from setting foot on town property.
Selectmen told Schuler he could either resign from his positions on the Sewer Commission and Finance Committee, or take anger-management courses with a licensed professional therapist to have the no-trespassing order lifted.
The comment came shortly after former Town Administrator Kyle Keady was arrested on a slew of charges, including spying on people who worked in Town Hall. Because of the recent history, Board of Selectmen Chairwoman Kendra Dumont said she was only thinking about the well-being of town employees.
"I can tell you exactly what went through my head. With what we had just gone through with Kyle Keady, we were on high alert with anything with abnormal circumstances," she said. "I was concerned for the employees.
Dumont said she and the other two members of the board at the time were not at the meeting, but she said she saw it on television on the town's public-access station.
Dumont said she was approached by a member of the Finance Committee, who alerted her to what was said. Dumont declined to say which member of the board approached her.
"Somebody did say something to me. I won't release the person's name. It was a letter from a (Finance Committee) member who was very upset that he would say that," she said.
She said to this day, if Schuler approached her on the street, she would not know who he was and did not feel comfortable making an assessment on what was going through his head.
Andy Deveau, who was on the Board of Selectmen when Schuler was banned from town property, said he felt comfortable issuing the no-trespassing order. He said he and the other two members on the board at the time are not licensed medical professionals and did not feel comfortable making a medical determination on Schuler's mindset.
When the no-trespassing order was issued, Deveau said he wanted it to stand at least until the police investigation, conducted by Sgt. Alfreda Cromwell, was completed. Cromwell did not return calls seeking comment.
After the order was issued, Schuler surrendered his Class A firearms license and multiple firearms to members of the Shirley Police Department. While Police Chief Gregory Massak would not confirm whether those items have been returned to Schuler, he said in 2011 that he did not believe Schuler was a threat to the community.
"I don't really know him personally, but he doesn't have a violent past," he said. "It's just an unfortunate turn of events. I'm sure if he had to do it over again, he would do it differently. He made a mistake, and he appears to be sorry about it. We're taking all the necessary precautions to make sure the community is safe."
Deveau said the situation could have been handled differently if Schuler made an effort to work with selectmen.
Former Shirley Police Chief Rico Cappucci said he did not follow Schuler's case closely, but said in this day and age, such comments are not taken lightly.
"The problem is, times have changed," said Cappucci. "We've seen things now that we would never have seen years ago. These things do happen. Whether or not it would have happened here, I doubt he would have done anything."
Cappucci worked as a police officer in Boston for years, and he remembers a time when he and his partner were out on the street and they encountered an erratic man who pulled his gun out on him. The man, a security guard, was arrested, and brought into court on charges of assault and battery with intent to murder.
Because of the suspect's profession, Cappucci said he was ordered to give his weapons permit back.
"If I was the chief, I'd want to bring (Schuler) in my office and have a conversation with him and then make an assessment off of that. That's the fairest way to do it," Cappucci said.
Schuler's lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleged that the ban was in retaliation for Schuler's public criticisms of the Shirley selectmen, and that it deprived him of constitutionally protected rights to free speech, to petition the government and to due process.
Selectmen lifted the ban in July, allowing Schuler to return to public buildings. As part of the settlement, Schuler agreed to withdraw the lawsuit.
Nicholas Leitzes, one of the attorneys representing Schuler, said he never expected criminal charges to be filed against his client, in large part because no crime was committed.
Leitzes said it is clear in the video recording of the meeting that Schuler was not serious when he made the comment but was using hyperbole to express frustration with the lack of progress on the budget. He said Schuler laughs after making the comment, as does another person in the room, and the meeting continued without anyone leaving or expressing concern over the remark.
In fact, he said, everyone at the meeting came to Schuler's defense, saying they did not feel threatened by what was said, and did not perceive it to be a threat whatsoever.
"In situations like this, perception is key. Clearly Bob did not mean what he said seriously and was more frustrated than anything else," Leitzes said. "There are other things you have to take into consideration when looking at things like this, including whether the person has a history of violence, which he does not."
Leitzes said he believes if criminal charges had been filed against Schuler, they would not have held up in a court of law. While he has not spoken to selectmen or the police chief directly, he said it is quite possible that is why they decided not to pursue anything beyond the no-trespassing order.
Dumont said she has asked the town's attorney to draft a statement from the board that addresses what went on during the investigation, why it was settled out of court, and what exactly the $35,000 is for.
As far as she is concerned, the matter is closed and she is looking forward to moving on from it, but she did acknowledge the board owes some sort of an explanation to residents.
She said it is her hope that through the explanation, questions residents may have will be answered.
"I don't want this started all over again. Let's put it to bed and let's all move on," she said.
Efforts to reach Schuler for this story were unsuccessful.
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I have a lightbox for viewing images and clicking through galleries, etc.
My boss wants a flash-like opening graphic of the gate opening for the gated community that we're marketing... but I don't want to use flash, and we all know why so I won't go into it.
How do I activate the list of images in the lightbox and fade through them (I have 10-12 images that will mimic the gate opening animation) and then stop on the last one and fade up the word "enter"?
My idea is to show the end-result to my boss and hope that he doesn't like it so I can take it out, but I can't just NOT do it.
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"Turn it up!" It's a phrase you'll hear on campus, around town, and down Route 30 as listeners' radio dials reach 91.1 FM, WZBT Gettysburg. The non-profit, student-run radio station, founded in 1948, prides itself on its original programming, new music, and dedicated fan base, as well as its spirited and talented hosts—the students of Gettysburg College.
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Tom Martino must sell airplane hangar in Watson
A federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday cleared for auction Troubleshooter Tom Martino's airplane hangar over the radio host's objections that deals he's cutting with creditors make the sale unnecessary.
Judge Michael Romero said Martino's request to put off the sale until the consumer advocate is done negotiating with creditors would result in the unprecedented step of sidestepping the rules of Chapter 7 liquidation and handle the case like a Chapter 11 reorganization.
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Drug baron Ricardo Diaz's unnamed drug cartel (referred to in GTA Vice City as "Diaz's gang"[1]) was a Vice City-based Colombian drug cartel, which erupted into large power circa 1984. They also act as his personal guard, shooting at anyone who attempts to harm him (as seen in the mission "Rub Out").
Prior to Tommy Vercetti's takeover of Vice City, the gang was the dominant drug cartel in Vice City, with Ricardo's aggressive interest in staying on top of the drug smuggling business a defining factor. He is seen requesting the theft of the fastest speed boat in the city for smuggling activities, and killing those who attempt to cut into his profits, even though it only comprises a small proportion. In addition, Diaz's gang is believed to have botched Tommy's initial drug deal with the Vance brothers (consisting of Lance and Victor) forcing Tommy to leave behind (and lose) both the money and narcotics as he fled the scene.
Tommy Vercetti was given the opportunity to work for Ricardo, while Lance Vance infiltrated the gang under a different name. As Tommy continued to work for Ricardo and planned for a takeover of Ricardo's empire, Lance attempted the overthrow prematurely, failing to kill Ricardo and resulting in his capture and torture by the gang, before Tommy rushed to the rescue. This event forced the two to raid the Diaz Mansion and kill Ricardo before Ricardo kills the pair himself, killing many of Diaz's men on the way.
The killing of Ricardo effectively ended the Diaz Cartel as Ricardo's mansion and all of his assets were seized by the Vercetti's. No longer were any members of the Cartel seen in the city (apart from in Rampages and vigilante missions). After the death of Ricardo Diaz, the gan
g members may have left for Liberty City and joined the Colombian Cartel, as the gangs resemble each other.
- ↑ The Grand Theft Auto: Vice City game stat refers Diaz's gang as "Diaz's gang," emphasis on the lower case "gang."


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ELBURN – Funeral arrangements have been established for Caitlyn Phillips, a 13-year-old girl who died last week after she was struck by a car while inline rollerskating in the village Friday afternoon.
The visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Calvary West Church, 1600 Beta Drive, Sugar Grove. A time of visitation then will take place from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Friday, also at the church. A funeral to celebrate her life will begin at 11 a.m. The Rev. Russ Hurst, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment will follow at Blackberry Township Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in her name. Checks may be made to the "Caitlyn Phillips Memorial" and mailed in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, 60119. You can also deposit direct into a account set up in her name at Old Second Bank, 749 N. Main St., Elburn. Memorial tributes may also be forwarded to the P.O. Box or online at www.conleycare.com. Arrangements were handled with care by Conley Funeral Home.
Phillips, of Elburn, a seventh-grade student at Kaneland Harter Middle School, died Friday at Delnor Hospital in Geneva.
According to a release from the Elburn Police Department, Phillips was inline rollerskating and heading east on East Reader Street approaching North Third Street, about three blocks east of Route 47, when she collided with a vehicle, driven by a woman, 34, of Elburn, which was traveling north on Third Street.
The incident occurred at about 3:30 p.m.
Elburn Police said witnesses reported that the girl had been rollerskating downhill, and appeared unable to stop before entering the intersection, where she collided with the left front corner of the woman's vehicle.
Phillips was taken by ambulance to Delnor, where she was pronounced dead shortly after 4:30 p.m.
Elburn Police said no charges have been filed in the incident, and it remains under investigation by Elburn Police and the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team.
Kaneland School District 302 issued a statement Saturday informing district families of Phillips' death and extending "deepest condolences and sympathy to Caity's family and friends."
The statement, signed by Julie Ann Fuchs, assistant superintendent for business, said Harter Middle School had met to "implement the post-crisis plan to support students and staff that will be impacted by this tragic news."
The district would provide additional counselors and staff "to provide support as students and staff grieve," Fuchs said.


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Delta Cam roll call
Posted 11 August 2011 - 10:15 AM
Posted 11 August 2011 - 04:28 PM
Posted 11 August 2011 - 04:41 PM
What profiles do you have for the ej25 cams? Any suggestions?
264 or 272 profiles. Basically, a torque grind and a hot street grind.
Posted 11 August 2011 - 07:20 PM
like only a torque grind for the earlier hydo/non roller and only a "hot rod" grind for the later solid/rollers.
is that true?
i'm piecing together a 2.2/2.5 franky motor and was thinking of running the torque grind because the heads probably wont flow enough to take advantage of the upper gains of the "hot rod" grind. but i like me some roller rockers and solid lifters.
Posted 16 August 2011 - 01:43 PM
220 torque cam
230 HP cam
200 torque cam
Posted 26 August 2011 - 12:41 PM
It won't give it much of a lope. This is a torque style cam. We have a bigger HP cam but you will lose some of the low end torque.
Ok first I need a set for my girls loyale that Im installing a EJ22 from a 95 Legy. Im also using a 4eat 4.444 so I want the torque cams on hers. I can send them to you next week after the show. Hows the turn around time? I will also be doing a set for the 95 Imp ej22 we have that Im going to frankenmotor it. So not sure if Im going tq or HP cams on that one but itll be a few weeks before those ones.
Thanks Clay
Posted 03 September 2011 - 01:07 PM
Been trying to work with Ken at Delta to resolve the problem. I took some lift measurements and it appears that I was sent the wrong grind per Ken.
To make a long story short... two months have past and I amstill waiting for Delta to send the proper replacement cams. All I have been getting is promises from them, but no results. Plus they haven't credited me for my cores as of yet.
I will look elsewere for my next camshaft purchase.
Posted 03 September 2011 - 05:24 PM
btw i have a 95 legacy wagon ej22e and i put a big exhaust and cold air intake on it..... i lost lots of bottom end with the exhaust..... should i get the torque grind? and how long does it take to get them back once theyre shipped out to you guys?
Posted 04 September 2011 - 12:45 AM
Just so you know, I am no a constant complainer like so folks that post on the web, In fact... This is the first time I have posted about a company that I have had an issue with.
I own a sucessful fuel injector cleaning & flow testing business (WitchHunter Performance), and at times things happen, but it's all how the problems are taken care off is what really matters.
I'll elaborate a bit:
I ordered the cams and was told that the would ship in 2-3 days, after 10 days I called and they arrived 4 days later.
Installed them a week later and it ran well, but the valve train was clicking very loud. It is embarrassing to drive.
Called Ken the next day and he sugested that I may have a lash ajuster problem so I bought a set of new ones from them. I pretty much knew that it wasn't the problem but since everything else in the enigine was new, I did it anyway. It made no difference.
I talked to Ken again and he asked me to measure the lift, so I did and gave him the information. The indicated that I may have been shipped a non-roller cam by mistake. He then said that I could install another shim to take up the slack. I wasn't thrilled about doing that, but it sounded like an easy way out at the time.
Weeks past and I didn't get the shims, I called him again and he then said that it would be best for them to grind me another set of cams. I said that it would be best also.
A couple weeks past and I did not receive them, I called again and the said thet they would ship in a couple days. Ten days later I called and he said that they would ship that day. Four days later I called and said that I did not get them and was told that they did not ship them and now they want me to pull the out and verify the numbers on them... That was yesterday. I had been nice until that moment and told him that if I don't get a new set within a week I will contact my credit card company and the Better Business Bureau.
That's the story.
It just seems that anything that Ken said all along, didn't happen.
I feel that I have given them every chance to make things right before posting. I can't even put the old cams in since they were sent back (five weeks ago) for cores and my card has not credited as of today.
Sorry for the long post.
Posted 06 September 2011 - 12:40 PM
Posted 06 September 2011 - 12:43 PM
Ive heard nothing but good things about delta cams to be honest..... every board i read says great things and thats ALL they recommend. everyone makes mistakes........
btw i have a 95 legacy wagon ej22e and i put a big exhaust and cold air intake on it..... i lost lots of bottom end with the exhaust..... should i get the torque grind? and how long does it take to get them back once theyre shipped out to you guys?
You will usually lose bottom end when you install big exhaust and intake. The torque grind will help some but it will not restore the bottom end as it was stock. You may want to try a smaller exhaust and a set of torque cams.
Usually, these cams are shipped out within a couple of days.
Posted 14 September 2011 - 12:18 AM
Received my replacement cams from Delta a couple days after posting my issues I was having with them.
Had to wait until the weekend to install them. Replacing them went well, took about 3 hours and I am very happy with the outcome.
Now the valvetrain noise is pretty much quiet as stock and the engine is running very well. It will pull easily to 7K and no noticable loss of any bottom end.
Although I had an issue with Delta and had to post the problem here. I was pleased that Ken stepped up and took responsibility here on the forum, then rectified the problem. As long as I get my core funds returned, life will be good.
Posted 26 September 2011 - 07:02 PM
Posted 26 September 2011 - 09:24 PM
i have the torque grind in my ea81. runs awesome! get 30+ on the hwy with 5th gear. have had no issues at all.
What is your valve lash set at? Mine is a bit noisy, how is yours?
Posted 27 September 2011 - 10:29 AM
Posted 23 December 2011 - 11:31 AM
Im sending my cores back today if i can get by UPS
Posted 23 December 2011 - 11:47 AM
Posted 23 December 2011 - 06:58 PM
It won't run until next week.AS the car is in pieces right now.Literally.
Can't wait!
Thanks Ken.Cheers
Posted 23 January 2012 - 10:52 PM
Posted 11 February 2012 - 04:47 PM
Posted 13 February 2012 - 02:48 PM
So, how "hot" are the 272 profile cams for the Phase I EJ25D? Would I need to run some sort of piggy back engine management or would my stock ECU be able to deal with it?
To get what the cam has to offer, yes, EM would be a good plan.
Posted 13 February 2012 - 08:38 PM
This engine has been one torquey SOB since I first put it together, but I could never get the valves to quiet down no matter what I tried. Finally after about 5000 miles the front intake lobe has gone flat:(
Rather than pull it and spilt the case again just to fix it and still have it clatter, I think I'm going with a bone stock Hydro Dual Port EJ22E
Just some thoughts. Sure was fun while it lasted!
Posted 14 February 2012 - 11:31 AM
Delta Camshaft
Posted 26 February 2012 - 09:19 AM
To get what the cam has to offer, yes, EM would be a good plan.
That's what I figured. Do you suggest a specific type? I was thinking that a Perfect Power SMT6 or SMT8 piggy back could work; am I going in the wrong direction?
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They probably recognise this is an area of weakness and that they need someone with your skills to ensure that such issues are picked up. They may say 'spelling and grammar' but mean much more than just that.Your post made me think of a job vacancy I saw in the local newspaper just this last weekend - the advertisement stated they were seeking someone with "eligible and neat writing". I laughed so much Good luck.
You need to start by getting a clear picture of their expectations. "Boss, I can fix the grammar and punctuation, but there will still be some syntax issues. Would you like me to just do the basics, or would you prefer me to fix the syntax also? I would have to bring it back to you for a final review just to double-check that I didn't inadvertently change anything technical."It's also worth pointing out, if your job description doesn't include editing, that being an editor is a specific skill set. It's not something you can just dump on support staff and expect to have done at the same level a professional editor with years of experience would do. (I don't know where you fall on that scale, so you can tailor that point to fit yourself.) People often assume that any native English speaker with decent spelling skills can do professional editing - and while it's true that most people can catch at least basic errors and many people can do more than that, it's not something to be taken for granted.
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Dissatisfaction with entity beans as an "official" means of persisting Java objects to databases has prompted a number of "unofficial" approaches, such as the very popular Hibernate. Now EJB3 seems to have learned its lesson: its new Java Persistence API allows you to persist plain old Java objects (POJOs) with a minimum of fuss and just a few annotations. Debu Panda looks at how to put this new standard to work.
JBoss Seam
Many frameworks are perfectly sensible and well-designed on their own, but don't work particularly well when you try to combine them. Combining, for example, JSF and EJB 3.0 requires a lot of glue code, and adding another framework like JBoss BPM confuses things further. JBoss Seam is designed to provide common context for frameworks to share objects. Project leader Thomas Heute introduces Seam and what you can do with it.
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The Java Data Objects (JDO) approach can replace performance-poor Entity Beans in many cases. But JDO is not enough; here's a proposal for improving Entity Beans without sacrificing their server-side power.
Business Logic, Part 1
In this excerpt from Chapter 8 of Building Java Enterprise Applications, Vol I: Architecture, Brett McLaughlin discusses the fa�ade pattern, in which you use session beans to access entity beans. This access method is used instead of allowing direct access to entity beans, and is key to a sound strategy in building enterprise applications.
Using XDoclet: Developing EJBs with Just the Bean Class
XDoclet creates and manipulates XML descriptors and interfaces for EJBs. This article shows you how to take advantage of this open source tool.
The Debate Over Java Data Objects
The Java Data Objects spec is intended to free developers from worrying about mapping objects to databases. But not everyone thinks it's a great idea. Vendors like Thought Inc. take issue with JDO and think they have better solutions. Dion Almaer weighs in on the issues.
Unlocking the True Power of Entity EJBs
Tyler Jewell explains the real power of entity EJBs: developers can write once and deploy many times, with each deployment customized for unique data scenarios.
Stateful Session EJBs: Beasts of Burden
Tyler Jewell, BEA Systems Java Trainer, discusses the true purpose of Stateful session EJBs (SFSBs), where they belong in a J2EE design, and where they should not be used. Learn how to harness these beasts to create more robust architectures--not more burdens.
EJB Message-Driven Beans
In this excerpt from Chapter 13 of Enterprise JavaBeans, Richard Monson-Haefel explains EJB 2.0 Message-Driven Beans, and shows you how to use these in your enterprise Java and Web services development efforts.
Learning EJB QL
Learn how the addition of EJB QL to EJB 2 justifies the distributed component architecture as the standard way of defining queries, which allows database applications to be more portable.
EJB 2 and J2EE Packaging, Part II
Tyler Jewell continues his coverage of J2EE packaging issues by focusing on the approaches that vendors can use for implementing EAR classloaders and their ambiguities.
EJB 2 and J2EE Packaging
Tyler Jewell is back to discuss some of the nuances associated with J2EE packaging and provides some hints to make you more productive.
Using Ant and WebLogic EJBs
EJBs are complex. The steps required just to deploy them for Web application servers are difficult. But for developers using BEA WebLogic, life is much easier, thanks to Ant.
EJB 2 Message-Driven Beans
This article will talk about the new EJB 2.0 Message Driven Beans. I will walk through an example of using this new bean, along with the corresponding JMS infrastructure that surrounds it.
EJB 2.0 Specification Release Review
The latest revision of EJB 2.0 removes dependent objects and introduces local interfaces. Here's how to deal with them.
Sorting Out the EJB 2.0 Rumors
Tyler Jewell examines the latest rumors about the changing EJB 2.0 specification.
What's Wrong with the EJB 2 Specification?
Tyler Jewell points out errors in the latest EJB 2.0 API specification.
Clustering Stateless Session Beans
Adding to last month's article, Jewell demonstrates other techniques for load balanced and fault tolerant EJBs.
EJB 2 Clustering with Application Servers
Tyler Jewell, BEA Systems Java Trainer, teaches clustering with EJB 2, including a systematic breakdown of the different possibilities that application server vendors may incorporate.
Other documents about this topic:
Below are other references available on the web for this topic. Since other sites may change their links, please if you find any that may need to be updated.
Getting Started with EJB, Part 3
In this lesson, Richard Baldwin begins walking you through the detailed steps necessary to deploy a simple Enterprise Bean in the J2EE server. You'll learn about jar files and ear files, the deployment descriptor, J2EE applications, and the three steps required for deployment of an Enterprise Bean in the J2EE server. For Parts 1 and 2, click on previous link below the tutorial. [Source: Earthweb]
EJB Design Forum
This is a great forum for expressing and solving EJB design issues and problems, including design patterns, clustering and more. [Source: theserverside.com]
EJB Troubleshooting Forum
This is an EJB troubleshooting Forum, which should be useful for solving many of your problems and issues. [Source: theserverside.com]
Coarse Grained BMP beans with Dependent Value Objects
Coarse Grained BMP beans with Dependent Value Objects is a draft pattern. The pattern describes how to properly implement the equivalent of Dependent Objects in BMP, and provides a fully resuable implementation as an example. The pattern does not describe the motivation for dependent objects, that is a separate pattern and you can learn more about it by reading the EJB 2.0 specs or Sun's ejb-interest archives. [Source: Middleware]
Integrating SOAP and EJB
SOAP is basically an XML marshalling mechanism for RPC calls. It doesn't specify a transport although it is most commonly used with HTTP. It could also be used to encode an RPC call over a simple TCP/IP socket or a JMS message. People have a tendency to use the latest technology for no other reason than 'just because'. This article gives the reasons why SOAP may be appropriate in conjunction with session beans and when it makes little sense. See more in this article by Billy Newport on theserverside.com.
A few tips on deciding between EJB and COM
Recently, there's been much said about Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and Microsoft's COM+ technologies. Some assert that EJB is new, and is therefore not ready for prime-time. Others question the historical scalability of Windows, and are uneasy about using Windows 2000 in their mission-critical deployments. So what's a development lead to do when deciding between these two environments? In this article, Ed Roman, CEO of The Recently, there's been much said about Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and Microsoft's COM+ technologies. Some assert that EJB is new, and is therefore not ready for prime-time. Others question the historical scalability of Windows, and are uneasy about using Windows 2000 in their mission-critical deployments. So what's a development lead to do when deciding between these two environments?Middleware Company will raise some questions that you should be asking yourself to help you decide on the technology that's right for your business. This article will not answer all of your questions, but it will get you asking the right ones. [Source: Middleware]
EJB/JavaBeans Repository
Component Source has all the available JavaBean and Enterprise JavaBean (EJB)components and tools. To find a product choose one of the "Browse by" options listed on the web page or use the Product Search box provided. Please note that the Product Search facility works within the selected filter.
EJB Observer Pattern
This article explains how to implement the observer pattern in a suite of integrated EJB apps. The suite has a shared repository and each EJB application has it own repository. Every application in the suite runs on a separate host. Each application needs to observe changes in the shared repository as they occur -- and within the transaction in which they occur. If a proposed change to the shared data is unacceptable to any given application then the transaction must be aborted before the change is made permanent. [Source: theserverside.com]
Message-Driven Beans
The use of generic, encapsulated business rules has already been recognized as a fundamental need in corporate application development. In response to such a need, some AI-oriented products have been morphing into Java rule engines, and some application server products have already shifted their development focus to declarative rules. So it seems appropriate to discuss a design pattern that may foster a broader use of encapsulated business rules. [Source: theserverside.com]
SOAP and EJB Server Integration
This is a four part series on how to use SOAP with Visual Age and WebSphere. All lot of this articles just show how to install and configure the SOAP engine with VAJ/WAS. Part 2 will be useful to anybody using SOAP regardless of which server you're using as it shows how to write the server adapter code for binding SOAP to session beans. Part 3 gets SSL working and Part 4 will get certificate based authentication working. [Source: theserverside.com]
Automatic Bean-Managed Persistence
The persistence of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) components has become an important issue in building scalable enterprise applications based on the J2EE platform. [Source: TheServerSide.com]
EJB Tutorial
This is an EJB tutorial, written by jGuru. [Source: Sun/jGuru]
EJB Transactions Tutorial
This is an EJB Transactions tutorial session, presented at the O'Reilly Enterprise Java Conference by Doug Bateman. [Source: O'Reilly]
EJB Tutorial
This is DeMichiel's EJB tutorial session at the 2001 O'Reilly Enterprise Java Conference. [Source: O'Reilly]
Intro EJB Tutorial
This is an Introduction to EJB tutorial session as presented by William Grosso at the 2001 O'Reilly Enterprise Java Conference. [Source: O'Reilly]
Migrating from EJB 1.1 to 2.0
In previous articles, we've described the new features of the Enterprise JavaBeans TM (EJBTM) 2.0 specification and the changes those new features bring to the architecture. This article focuses on how enterprise bean developers and application developers can best migrate their application components from the earlier EJB 1.1 architecture to the 2.0 architecture. When appropriate, the article describes how a particular functional area was handled in the EJB 1.1 architecture. It then illustrates how developers can use the new features of the EJB 2.0 architecture to achieve the same functionality. In brief, the EJB 2.0 specification introduces these new features and functionality to the architecture: Message-driven beans Improvements in container-managed persistence Container-managed relationships for entity beans with container-managed persistence Local interfaces Enterprise JavaBeans Query Language (EJB QL) You should refer to the earlier articles for more information on these changes. You should also refer to the JavaTM 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EETM) tutorial. See the following: [Source: java.sun.com]
Enterprise Beans Tutorial
Enterprise beans are the J2EE components that implement Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology. Enterprise beans run in the EJB container, a runtime environment within the J2EE server. (See Figure 5.) Although transparent to the application developer, the EJB container provides system-level services such as transactions to its enterprise beans. These services enable you to quickly build and deploy enterprise beans, which form the core of transactional J2EE applications. [Source: java.sun.com]
Session Beans Example
Session beans are powerful because they extend the reach of your clients into remote servers--yet they're easy to build. In Getting Started, you built a stateless session bean named ConverterEJB. This chapter examines the source code of a stateful session bean called CartEJB. [Source: java.sun.com]
Bean-Managed Persistence Examples
Data is at the heart of most business applications. In J2EE applications, entity beans represent the business objects that are stored in a database. For entity beans with bean-managed persistence, you must write the code for the database access calls. Although writing this code is an additional responsibility, you will have more control over how the entity bean accesses a database. This chapter discusses the coding techniques for entity beans with bean-managed persistence. For conceptual information on entity beans, please see What is an Entity Bean?. [Source: java.sun.com]
Message-Driven Bean Example
Since message-driven beans are based on the Java Message Service (JMS) technology, in order to understand the example in this chapter you should already be familiar with basic JMS concepts such as queues and messages. The best place to learn about these concepts is the Java Message Service Tutorial: http://java.sun.com/products/jms/tutorial/index.html This chapter describes the source code of a simple message-driven bean example. Before proceeding, you should read the basic conceptual information in What is a Message-Driven Bean?. [Source: java.sun.com]
Enterprise JavaBeans Query Language (EJB QL) defines the queries for the finder and select methods of an entity bean with container-managed persistence. A subset of SQL92, EJB QL has extensions that allow navigation over the relationships defined in an entity bean's abstract schema. The scope of an EJB QL query spans the abstract schemas of related entity beans that are packaged in the same EJB JAR file. You define EJB QL queries in the deployment descriptor of the entity bean. Typically, a tool will translate these queries into the target language of the underlying data store. Because of this translation, entity beans with container-managed persistence are portable--their code is not tied to a specific type of data store. This chapter relies on the material presented in earlier chapters. For conceptual information, see Container-Managed Persistence. For code examples, see Container-Managed Persistence Examples. [Source: java.sun.com]
When to Use EJB
A recent Gartner Group report cited companies overspent $1 billion on EJB last year, when they could have just gotten by with Servlets/JSPs. This motivates our next discussion: once you've decided whether server-side Java is the way to go, you then need to make the all-important decision: are you actually going to use EJB on this project? Or is EJB overkill? [Source: theserverside.com]
This is a community site dedicated to EJB-QL or the Enterprise JavaBeans Query Language. It contains the following: * EJB-QL syntax reference * ejb-jar.xml reference * other nice things...


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Pragmatism above Partisanship
The 40th Anniversary of the 1973 oil crisis came this week at a time that reminds us of the precarious nature of politics and its influence on economic stability. The government shutdown and debt ceiling debate differ greatly from the near nuclear war and oil embargo that started forty years ago and lasted until Dec., 1974. Yet, as we were forty years ago, western society, the U.S. in particular, remains entangled in the Middle East for energy and alliances. The lives and trillions of dollars spent to preserve the U.S. government's presence in the Middle East continue to neglect a clear strategy towards a positive end. In the same vein, the stubbornness of republicans and debt spending tendencies of democrats seem to meander down a similar ambiguous path that maintains our presence in the Middle East. War, diminishing returns on oil, and climate change confound society, but, at the same time, these predicaments do not prompt policy makers to act quickly in a manner that realizes tangible solutions. This week's DataPoints Blog highlights the predicaments in which we exist and a discussion on the pursuit of solutions.
The way we acquire and use energy, particularly fossil forms, is implicated in many of society's current woes. A recent scientific study reinforces the looming calamity that climate change will wreck on oceans if GHG emissions are not curbed significantly. War and society's pursuit of oil in the Middle East is an unstoppable theme in the region, resulting in an estimated 1.7 million deaths from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone. If war and climate were not enough, the economic longevity of fossil energy is proving unreliable. The diminishing marginal return on the recovery of oil, as the easy-to-extract reserves dwindle, makes fueling the U.S. economy increasingly expensive. The cost to simply operate the economy, let alone grow and generate greater profits, increases with the average price of oil, coal, and natural gas. As fossil sources become squeezed, the volatility of fuel prices plays havoc on the overall health of the economy. Technological advances, such as directional drilling and fracking, got us out of the previous natural gas price spike in 2007, but limited resources are inherently limited and will eventually become too expensive to pump or mine. While war and climate change threaten our humanity's general well-being, fossil energy sources, particularly oil, are evolving away from the cheap energy sources that allowed rapid growth of the economy in the 20th Century. Are these crises big enough for us to act on a broad and effective scale?
The lessons learned from the 1973 oil crisis continue to play out as violence and a siege on normalcy prevail in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Israel. The production of energy, particularly oil, has changed in reaction to the 1973 oil crisis with greater production national production, strategic reserves, and non-OPEC partners. Unfortunately, unwelcome externalities continue to ensue the considerable benefits that modern society had derived from oil and other fossil fuels. Efficiency gains offer strategies of reducing costs and the total consumption of fossil energy, but efficiency does nothing to reduce our ultimate dependence on fossil energy sources to run the economy. The pursuit of renewable energy aims to replace fossil sources and reduces society's need to pursue costly, high stakes fossil energy recovery strategies, whether it is deep sea drilling, fracking, or mining of methane clathrate. Together, energy efficiency and renewable energy must be united in an overall policy scheme for it to be effective over time. Whether it's CAFE standards or RFS II, the potential of each policy to induce successful results is maximized when discussion around them is founded on the intertwined relationship of climate, energy, and the economy. The complexity of their interdependence must be accepted and pragmatically addressed by policy makers. Single minded policy measures that are founded on partisanship causes issues that lead society into avoidable crises.
The oil crisis of 1973 caused policy makers to react, and they in turn made the U.S. less susceptible to price escalation of oil from OPEC. We can only hope that the current crises encourage rational pragmatism above partisanship in order for long-term strategies to be implemented. Shooting from the hip as crises arise only works consistently in the movies.


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Jeff Porchak's Blog
For Whom The Bell Tolls
February 3, 2010:
We keep hearing the warnings...it's just a matter of time, they say. Admittedly I don't pay much attention to what transpires in Iowa on a regular basis but the state faces a dilemma that could mimic certain harness racing jurisdictions in North America
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The Athlete
December 25, 2009:
I never really thought anyone would see it differently. To me, it's obvious. But even on this website, one-third of our readers don't think the horse is an athlete
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Fines For Fire Relief
December 8, 2009:
At times of need, the harness racing community most certainly comes through and helps out its fallen brethren
Jeff Porchak's Blog
November 27, 2009:
Those who know him would likely not believe he's 80 years old. When you think about someone in their 80s, many would think of docile retirees that lead a rather sedentary life. I doubt there are too many 80 year olds running breeding farms
Jeff Porchak's Blog
Super Final Trivia Answers And Winners
November 14, 2009:
Here are the answers to the Super Final Trivia Contest
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Super Final Super Trivia
November 11, 2009:
Eight races, ten years, 12 questions
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Caption This Spooky Photo
October 31, 2009:
Thinking about what I could do for a special Hallowe'en feature on the website, I found an email sent to me earlier this year
Jeff Porchak's Blog
Thanksgiving ABCs
October 12, 2009:
Traditionally around this time of year (in Canada, eh) people are asked about what they are most thankful for.
Jeff Porchak's Blog
Celebrity Announcer Idol
August 19, 2009:
I recently watched the race replay of celebrity chef Bobby Flay calling a race at Saratoga Racecourse. For a chef, he did a decent job but I would admittedly prefer his throwdown spaghetti and meatballs to his stretch calls
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Can Mohawk Be This Full?
June 24, 2009:
Look at this photo. That's from Sunday's Queen's Plate at Woodbine. The grandstand was packed. WEG staff told me they haven't seen it that full since the Breeders Cup in 1996. CBC pegged the crowd at 25,000 strong
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Saturday, June 13 Web Outage
June 13, 2009:
In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 13 we scheduled some website maintenance between 12:00 a.m and 12:30 a.m.
Jeff Porchak's Blog
What's in a name?
June 2, 2009:
Word of advice: Want good weather for a night at the track? Hope that my friend Brad isn't there.
Jeff Porchak's Blog
Happy Birthday Beach
May 25, 2009:
With all that has been said about recent Hall of Fame inductee Somebeachsomewhere, words here could never do justice to his impact on the sport of harness racing.
Jeff Porchak's Blog
An Open Letter To Jim Balsillie
May 8, 2009:
Dear Jim,
I hear you're looking to invest some money in a sports industry that's seen better days. And they keep shutting the door on you. That must be frustrating, but your persistence on wanting to spend and invest capital in this day and age is extremely admirable
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April 23, 2013 > Kevin Chen: Intel Finalist
In early January, Mission San Jose High School Senior Kevin Chen learned that he was one of 300 semifinalists of the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search (STS); at the end of February he was selected as one of 40 finalists. The Intel STS, hosted by the Society for Science and the Public, is one of the nation's most prestigious science competitions for high school seniors. Participants research and write papers, and the best scientists from each field are selected for the judging process. Kevin presented his research to a panel of judges in Washington, DC in March. Although he was not selected as a top ten participant, Chen's accomplishment is extraordinary.Kevin's project, ferroelectrics, is focused on materials known for spontaneous electrical polarization properties. When voltage is applied, they can switch between positive and negative polarization. This can be used to store data (i.e. credit cards and clipper cards) and may be employed for computer RAM in the future. It has potential as a long-lasting and power-saving memory form than those used today.Most research labs use sophisticated and costly equipment to measure the electrical characteristics of ferroelectrics, equipment inaccessible to high-school and lower-level research labs. Over the summer, Kevin worked to re-create a commercial analyzer from scratch, using low-cost and accessible parts available to most labs. Kevin assembled a successful simple circuit - complete with software - and hopes to publish his research and distribute it to other schools and universities.Kevin says that everyone should be able to discover and explore, not just at research laboratories at universities or large tech companies, so he wanted to introduce ferroelectrics to a broader range of people. Before preparing his paper for the Intel project, Kevin worked at the SUNY Stony Brook University in New York for seven weeks. He spent three of the seven, reading relevant material to understand the underlying physics, and the remaining time assembling the project."The hardest part was probably putting together the circuitry," Kevin said. "The physics I could understand, the programming was fairly easy, but I'd never tackled an electronics project on this scale before. It was a pretty difficult process, since I knew absolutely nothing when I started and had to learn everything from scratch, but it was a great learning experience."Kevin plans to study either applied engineering or computer science at a university in the fall of 2013.