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Blue Stripe Summer Light Cotton Shorts
Discover the feeling of uniqueness and comfort of Nepalese Blue Stripe Summer Light Cotton Shorts!
These cotton half pants are designed and made in Nepal by skilled artisan and sourced from fair trade. Made of 100% cotton (Called "Khaddar" in Nepalese Language). Come with 2 box pockets at the front, 1 back pocket and two side concealed pockets with tie lace in the waist for the adjustment as per your requirement. These shorts are light and easy to wear; perfect for all occasion and casual wear. These shorts make you feel comfortable in all occasions.
Our cotton clothing are made of purely typical Nepalese cotton combining the traditional craftsmanship of household women in Nepal. So your purchase help to empower and lighten up their lives as well.
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- Perfect for all occasions though great for summer.
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- Origin: Nepal
- Weight: 120 - 160gram
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- Colour: Blue
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Since Oblivion is the first of the Elder Scrolls games that I'm going to try I was wondering if somebody could recommend a tutorial or any web-page where I'd be able to find useful information. like tips, quests etc.
I'd love to play a stealth character, but I had the chance to notice that it'd be really hard so that's why I'm here. I tried building an archer: wood elf / thief / assassin.
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University High coach Jim Tracy succumbs to ALS
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University High athletic director Jim Ketcham needed someone to spark a pep rally in January, so he called a man who was dying.
Jim Tracy, diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in June 2010, had more vigor and zest for life than anyone Ketcham could think of. Sure enough, the state's winningest cross-country coach delivered a rousing speech to inspire the boys' basketball team to victory against rival Lick-Wilmerding in their annual game at Oracle Arena.
"There's no point to go all that way and lose," Tracy told the students. "Go fight the traffic and Lick and come home a winner."
Tracy, 63, lost his fight with ALS on Sunday night. According to Ketcham, he died peacefully in his sleep.
"To be honest, we didn't see it coming quite this fast," Ketcham said. "There's a finality to it that is very sad. ... But at the same time, he was able to coach four years and eight seasons after he first told his team that he had ALS. Those extra years were a blessing for our school and our athletes."
Tracy's fight and dedication to a sport and his runners gained national and worldwide attention after his top runner in the 2010 state finals, Holland Reynolds, fell 10 yards from the finish line, stricken with dehydration and hypothermia.
Inspired by Tracy and his condition, she crawled over the line to secure the team's then-eighth state title (he coached the team to 10), before being rushed to an ambulance. The story reached the New York Times and ESPN, head coach Tom Coughlin used it to inspire the New York Giants to a 2012 Super Bowl win and Reynolds' mother, Robin Hauser Reynolds, a filmmaker, co-directed an award-winning documentary entitled "Running for Jim."
Hauser Reynolds got the news Monday in Florida two days before the film was to be shown at the Palm Beach International Festival. She'd had lunch with Tracy on Saturday.
"I'm shocked and saddened," she said. "But what I know of ALS, it could have been so much worse. Dying peacefully is such a blessing. So too was it to call him my friend. He inspired all of us in so many ways."
A runner at Riordan and Cal, Tracy didn't start coaching until his 40s, taking an assistant's job at University in 1994. He would lead the boys and girls teams to a combined 34 North Coast Section cross-country titles, the most by any NCS coach in any sport. He led them to two NCS and state crowns while using a wheelchair.
"It's a huge loss," NCS Commissioner Gil Lemmon said. "After his diagnosis, he never came across bitter or angry. He dealt with it in such a dignified way."
Holland Reynolds, now a sophomore runner at Colgate, said a University alum saw Tracy at a track meet just two weeks ago. "He did what he loved to do right to the end," she said. "I wish I could have told him one last time how important he was to me, but I think he knew. ... His legacy will live on forever."
Baseball: Thank goodness, or perhaps Google Maps, for the Hillcrest (Midvale, Utah) baseball team persevering through some wayward directions.
Midvale arrived for its consolation Bishop Gorman Desert Classic Tournament game in Las Vegas 10 minutes before the opening pitch; otherwise Lowell coach John Donohue would have recorded his 700th win with an unceremonious forfeit.
Instead, the Cardinals (12-4) earned the milestone victory with a 7-4 triumph behind the pitching of Josef Mueller.
Donohue, 62 and in his 32nd season at Lowell, is sixth in wins among active coaches in California. The Cardinals have won 12 San Francisco Section/Academic Athletic Association titles, including last season, and reached the playoffs each of the past 30 years.
Stanford Invitational: A good early gauge for possible state medalists is the Stanford Invitational, and with 16 Metro Area winners, it should be a good year.
Defending double state champion Nate Moore (Castro Valley) recorded an impressive double, taking the long jump (24 feet, 5 inches) and the triple jump (50-4 1/2).
Heritage-Brentwood senior Frank Kurtz recorded the state's top 400 meters this season, winning in 47.58, Dublin sophomore Mecca McGlaston won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.03, third best in the state, and Tamalpais-Mill Valley pole-vaulter August Kiles (15-11 3/4) and Menlo 400 runner Madeline Price (55.22) recorded the state's fourth-best marks.
Other impressive winning marks were turned in by Jamaun Charles (Amador Valley-Pleasanton, 100, 10.77), Destiny Smith-Barnett (Skyline-Oakland, 100, 11.84), Ja'vion Robinson (St. Mary's-Berkeley, 110 hurdles, 14.48), Jeremy Williams (Granada-Livermore, high jump, 6-8) and Rachel Reichenbach (Foothill-Pleasanton, high jump, 5-6).
Livermore Stampede: Cal-bound Mitty shortstop Jazmyn Jackson was named the most valuable player of the 20th Livermore Stampede softball tournament Saturday after the Monarchs (13-0) defeated Elk Grove-Pleasant Grove 6-0 in the title game.
In the title game, Jackson went 3-for-3 with three doubles, a walk and three runs, and for the tournament, she went 8-for-13 with six doubles, six runs and three steals.
Winning pitcher Desiree Severance fired a five-hitter with eight strikeouts and three walks.
Mitty, ranked fourth in the nation according to MaxPreps.com, defeated California-San Ramon in the semifinals 1-0 when Haley Wymbs, who earlier singled, scored on a wild pitch by Lindsay Chalmers. Severance threw a one-hitter with seven strikeouts.
Pleasant Grove defeated Livermore 1-0 in the other semifinal on an RBI single from Marissa Maligad.
Livermore beat California 5-1 in the third-place game as Alyssa Ramirez went 3-for-3 with three RBIs.
More softball: Johanna Grauer earned MVP honors and extended her streak to 86 1/3 innings without giving up an earned run as Amador Valley, ranked third nationally, defeated Los Alamitos 2-1 in the title game of the Michelle Carew Classic in Anaheim. Victoria Molina delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth for the game-winner.
Harold Abend contributed to this report.
Mitch Stephens is a national columnist for MaxPreps.com. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @MitchMashMax


text: Two Thai design studios THINKK run by Decha Archjananun and Ploypan Theerachai and Studio248 founded by Jakkapun Charinrattana have joined their creative forces to develop a new series of furniture and the outcome of this collaboration, a four-piece collection of beautifully simple, everyday designs will be presented at Ventura Lambrate during this year's Salone del Mobile fair. Comprising a chair, a multifunctional, adjustable closet, a crane-inspired table lamp and sculptural stackable vase, the entire collection has been developed in ash wood, bar the 'Merging Top' vase whose design is composed from ash wood, marble and ceramic. (more…)


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In 2000, Bordeaux's contemporary art museum, the Centre d'Arts Plastiques Contemporains (CAPC), launched the exhibition Presumed Innocent: Contemporary Art and Childhood, featuring work by 80 artists including Jeff Koons, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ugo Rondinone, and Cindy Sherman. Shortly after the show closed, a French child-protection agency filed suit against the museum's then-director Henri-Claude Cousseau (now director of Paris' Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts) and the exhibition curators Marie-Laure Bernadac and Stèphanie Moisdon for showing "violent images of pornographic character." At issue were three works: a Gary Gross painting of a girl taking a bath, an Elke Krystufek video showing a masturbating girl, and photos by Annette Messager of children with their eyes scratched out. This week charges were finally filed against Bernadac and Moisdon; Cousseau's charges were laid November 14.
A lawyer for the organizaton, La Mouette, accused CAPC of "displaying pornographic images of children that are an attack on human dignity, and of allowing children and adolescents to see them." She added, "There is no question of trying to limit freedom of expression. Our case rests entirely on the issue of protecting children. If the show had been adults-only, we would not have gone to court." (The museum reportedly did have warning language and had cordoned off explicit sections of the exhibition.)
But a group of prominent museum directors–including the Tate's Nick Serota, Hayward gallery director Ralph Rugoff, Yale Art School dean Robert Storr, and curator/critic Hans-Ulrich Obrist–think it is about limiting speech. They and nearly 100 other curators, historians, and museum directors have come out in support of the 60-year-old Cousseau and the show's curators. Paris-based artist Thomas Hirschhorn, in an email to colleagues, writes:
It is the first time in France that charges are laid against a museum director and curators in the frame of their professional activity, for the content of an exhibition. There is no jurisprudence for such a case. They face 5 years of prison and 75'000 euros penalty.
We, citizens, artists, creators, intellectuals, researchers, and above all men and women with the freedom to think, create and express ourselves, wish to assert hereby our unconditional support to Marie-Laure Bernadac, Henry-Claude Cousseau and Stephanie Moisdon, and we whish to express how appalled we are by this laying of charges that represents a serious step back, taken against hard-earned liberties.
These liberties, which are the ground of democracy, are endangered today, and we wish to forcefully express our indignation at the seriousness and the injustice of this situation. We all feel concerned and wish to mobilize.
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Cousseau says, "The show was about the fragility of children and how their image can be exploited."
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Garfien: A couple weeks ago against the Twins, you struck out Joe Mauer on three straight sliders. What was your mind-set there? Take me back to that moment. What was going on in your head, facing Mauer, one of the best hitters in the game, and you're saying, "I'm going to get him out with three straight sliders."
Sale: A.J. Pierzynski was the one calling the pitches. Obviously I had never faced [Mauer]. I just didn't want him to get a chance to open up the game, so we were just being careful with him. It ended up being a good situation for us. After I threw the first one, I just wanted to get it in there for a strike. The second one, I wanted to make him chase it a little bit. And the third one, A.J. called for a third slider in a row, and I was like, "Alright, whatever. Here it goes." And I just wanted to throw it towards the strike zone and let it break down, and it ended up working out well.
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The food pantry withdrew its request to the town board
SNOW HILL � Seven people, mostly residents from the historic district, spoke in opposition to a zoning request by Greene County Interfaith.
The town commissioners and planning board met jointly earlier this month to listen to the request by the nonprofit food pantry and public input.
The planning board agreed to not recommend the town board allow a special use for an R10 residential location.
Following the meeting, Interfaith Director Dora Pasour withdrew her request to the town commissioners.
�The planning board denied the request,� she said, �so we took it back. So we�re not going any further at the church.�
Calvary Memorial Methodist Church adjoins the property at 106 W. Harper St. The church had purchased the brick house last year for future expansion and it remains unused and in need of some renovations.
Interfaith had occupied the building at 398 N.C. 58 S., owned in part by Kinston CPA Ed Barrow, for 14 years at no cost.
What changed was when the new ownership decided to charge $300 in rent. Pasour began seeking another location, but couldn�t find anything suitable.
The church�s pastor, Martin Armstrong, suggested the food pantry utilize the empty house the church had purchased.
When nearby residents � many of which are the church�s members � heard of the plan, a number of them opposed the idea due to traffic and other concerns.
One of them is Dinah Sylivant, who spoke at the meeting.
�I am 100 percent for Interfaith,� she said she wanted to make clear. �� We are not curbed and guttered on this street, which would mean additional parking up and down this street.�
Sylivant said the church parking lot would not accommodate the number of people served at Interfaith. She went on to say the historic district with its walking trail is not a suitable area for the operation.
Police Chief John Rea wrote an email to the town about his concerns with the church parking.
�There are only 32 parking spaces (at the church),� he wrote. �I am afraid this may cause a problem with parking and traffic on Harper Street. � I do not want to have to tie that officer up handling traffic problems at that location every week.�
Another resident, Patsy Ransom, also wrote an email.
�I hope the town can find another location for them to do their good will,� the email states, �and wish them success.�
The three planning board members expressed similar statements during the meeting about traffic concerns.
Planning board chairman Donald Beaman questioned Pasour about the history of Interfaith at its current location.
Pasour confirmed she had not been told to move out.
�We will be there paying rent until (and if) the building is sold,� she said later.
She expressed appreciation to the Barrow family, as well as volunteers and supporters, for the past 14 years Interfaith has occupied the building.
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To anyone out there thinking of buying parts via Trade Me; be warned, their Customer Protection leaves a lot to be desired (its non-existent).
I purchased some door-trims for my JDM AE92 FXGT* in January and the Seller never delivered. He jeked my chain for over a month before I decided to pull the pin and formally complain to TradeMe.
* Car was never sold in AUS < I live in Sydney > so my only option for parts like this is Yahoo Japan or NZ. . . .
I then complained to Trade Me's "Trust & Safety" division; and sent them full transcripts detailing all my correspondence with the Seller and. . . .
Nothing; aside from an initial email advising me they "take fraud very seriously" I was just ignored and I mean completely - For over 2 weeks I did not receive ANY further correspondence from the company; despite several follow up calls & emails. On one of my follow up calls to their Customer Service Dept I even had some guy half-sarcastically say "Oh, so you're after your money eh?"
Despite my stated reservations about the Seller (and request they get my money back) they just stonewalled me; then contacted me to say they'd resolved the issue & that it was OK for me to spend another $85 with NZ Post on Shipping Labels to send to this guy. Surprise, surprise he did jack-sh-t so that money went down the tube too. . .
I sent them a follow up Email advising that I was going to complain to the NZ Fair Trade Dept & this obviously didn't faze them one bit - they didn't even respond to that. (With good reason as I found out later; FTD can't help in Priv-Priv transactions).
Their response to date has been one email a week ago from Trust & Safety manager advising me that he had contacted Seller who had assured him that items would be posted shortly. Guess what? I'm still waiting. . . .
Meanwhile this Seller < Jay-Mega > is still advertising & still making money off their Site. . .
I then contacted another Seller < a Wrecker >on TradeMe who was advertising these parts and asked him to take photos of said door-trims & his < documented online > response? "Yeah sorry mate, me camera's broke . . ."
Unbelievable. . .
I checked online & it seems they've got form >> http://www.grantnormanking.com/category/trade-me/
I can't believe this is NZ's largest Online Auction Company. Makes me wonder why Ebay hasn't gone in & kicked their arse. Perhaps because apart from Fairfax owning them; the Owner has friends in high places and made sure they can't?
PS: FYI Seller's name is Jay Johnson and he either works at OR uses as a shipping address: Hornby Auto Electrics.
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Today is world sleep day.
In celebration, I urge you all to drop everything and take a nap.
As I mentioned back in April last year, research has shown that getting 8 hours of sleep a night is important for optimal cognitive function. We all know how crappy we feel when we're sleep-deprived. Brain fuzz takes over. We start to yawn uncontrollably in an effort to oxygenate our exhausted neurons. Our eyes start hurting and feeling dry, prompting us to rub them for relief. Every horizontal surface starts to look attractive. But there is a lot more to it than just feeling lousy.


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If the past month's headlines haven't convinced you that the zombie apocalypse is upon us, well, the zombies have already eaten your brains.
That's right. We said it. Zombies. Sure, we're a team of highly educated water filtration experts more given to discussing micron ratings, but today we're talking ZOMBIES. Laugh if you want to, but when it happens (and it will) you'll be glad you read this. So without further ado (time is running out, you know), here's
The Fridge Filters' Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse.
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Can't afford a true vintage Mini Moog? Then how about the Mini-Est Moog—a 5-inch wide version made of felt by Etsy craftser pulsewidth? Have your pet mice been itching to form a synthpop trio?
Than these are the instruments for them. If one of your mice is particular and will only play a red Nord Lead pulsewidth will take custom requests. Clearly a lot of love goes into these, and there are pics of several more, including a bitchin' Arp Odyssey, on her Flickr page. [Etsy via Technabob]


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It took Clifford Brown until about noon Wednesday to finally access California's online health insurance exchange. Even then, he got as far as creating an account but still couldn't log in.
"If my mother was trying this, she would have quit by now," said Brown, a 32-year-old musician and independent producer who lives in Emeryville. He hoped for greater success later in the day or by Thursday morning.
It didn't help that for two hours Wednesday morning, the enrollment function on the Covered California website was shut down after logos of some of the health plans did not appear because of a computer glitch, according to spokesman Larry Hicks.
Brown later found out that was the reason he couldn't access the site during that time. But even when he tried around noon Wednesday, he got an error message and could not proceed.
Around the country Wednesday, similar problems with overloaded websites and jammed phone lines continued to frustrate consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for coverage using the new marketplaces.
Hicks said the Covered California exchange continues to work on improving the site (www.coveredca.com). He noted that 7,143 applications for insurance were started on Tuesday, and the same day 19,000 calls were logged by the exchange's two call centers.
But a corresponding list of doctors and hospitals affiliated with each plan, which Hicks had said would be posted online by Wednesday, still had not appeared. Nor had a list of Covered California certified insurance agents or certified enrollment agents to assist consumers around the state.
Hicks said the names of providers will be loaded onto the website when it's not being heavily used. He said he could not be more specific about timing.
In some ways, the delays that continued Wednesday were good news for President Barack Obama and supporters of his signature domestic policy achievement because the difficulties showed what appeared to be an exceptionally high level of interest in the overhauled insurance system. But if the glitches aren't fixed quickly, they could dampen enthusiasm for the law at a time Republicans are using it as a rallying cry to force most of the federal government to shut down.
In the 36 states being operated fully or partially by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, consumer patience was still being tested.
Agency spokeswoman Joanne Peters said many Americans successfully enrolled in health insurance on the first day through the federal healthcare.gov website, but she declined to put a number on it. She said the delays were due to "overwhelming interest" and high volume.
It's not as if nobody was warned. Just three months ago, the Government Accountability Office said a smooth and timely rollout could not be guaranteed because the online system was still getting finishing touches and had not been fully tested.
The Obama administration shrugged off the evaluation.
The bumpy debut has the hallmarks of a technology project that may have rushed to meet the Oct. 1 deadline, said Bill Curtis, chief scientist at CAST, a software quality analysis firm, and director of the Consortium for IT Software Quality, which develops standards.
"When you are in a rush, you typically make a lot of mistakes, and you don't have time to test them all out," he said.
High volume can also expose software flaws that were not detected in testing, like the recurring problem consumers encountered trying to set up accounts on the federal site, Curtis said. Drop-down menus that were supposed to provide security questions did not work.
Back in the Bay Area, Brown said he'll be patient with the exchange, and for good reason.
He's been uninsured since 2008, the last time his health insurance was paid for by an employer. After he started his own company, he said, the rates for premiums he'd been quoted — about $1,000 a month — were too expensive to consider paying.
"Until this health care plan, there was no real route for someone like me to get health insurance," Brown said.
He and his longtime girlfriend — who is insured through her employer — plan to marry next year but had considered pushing up the wedding so he could be added to her policy.
"I didn't think it was going to take this long" for the exchange to work, Brown said. "But it's going to dramatically change my life."
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Contact Tracy Seipel at 408-275-0140. Follow her at Twitter.com@taseipel.


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'Sup TAtheists? Need some advice. Here's the deal: I'm in the closet at work because I've got enough prejudice to handle as it is and some people do suck quite a bit around these parts.
I've wanted a Darwin Fish car emblem since I first saw one but figured that would get my car keyed and draw attention that may reach the roomer mills at work. Additionally, it would make me rather glum to find my Darwin Fish de-footed. So, I went with the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which I think is hilarious and whimsical--perfect for me!
The pressing question: do you think the Flying Spaghetti Monster is recognizable outside of the free-thinking community? It does say FSM on it...so it could be googled.
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Yeah, lots of people know about that. The best thing to do if you want to stay incognito is to have nothing at all on your car. Some churches will even show the atheist symbols to their congregations. And, a curious person can always Google what it means.
Shit. I would never have guessed. Why do they show atheist symbols? That is sort of weird.
So they can reach out, find us and love us back into the fold?
It takes only one of the bigoted type recognizing the symbol and talking to land you in a world of hurt if you are in the sort of area where Xians gang up on unbelievers.
If you want to stay undercover, then stay undercover, for NoGod's sake. If you've just got to have some sort of emblem as a yell of defiance, post it in your house.
You only live once, go for the gusto!
Doug, are you part time earning $7/hr? I need that promotion like a human being needs a living wage. No offense.
Nah, I work for a non-profit that's lost its funding.
Could you make the F look like and E? Say it means Enhanced Spaghetti Man, perhaps? Could be fun playing innocent or naive about it. I just love pasta, and want the world to know.
I do have a Darwin emblem on my car. I did not put an FSM one on my car for the very same reasons you cited. I did, however, tell people all about it, providing education about what the satire is about along the way. It did start some troubles at work, and I eventually had to tell some folks that I would no longer be able to talk about religion with them because I didn't want to offend them. The truth was they were harassing me.
It's a tough call. People need to be challenged and made to think, but how much do we want to deal with in the process? And they talk about being persecuted!
Poor widdow kwischen, having to actually think once in a while and sometimes see people who awent kwischen! Waaaaaaah!
(no sympathy for "persecuted" Christians here, dickheads....)
I used to work for a very religious manager. She would pray when she got to work. She would pray before going to meetings. She would pray before every meal.
One day the whole group was going to lunch and she saw the FSM on the back of my car. She didn't speak to me the rest of the day. After that she barely even made eye contact.
A little while after that she had a serious medical problem that forced her to leave the company. She prayed about that too.
Proof of the mighty FSM!


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Creating quality time in a marriage or with a significant other is imperative to the strength of a relationship. But how to you stay on budget with everything else going on in your lives? Living on Love and Cents & Madame Deals have put together a great article for this weeks Dating on a Dime series:
This week's post is from Heather at Living on Love and Cents. She is talking about celebrating your anniversary on a budget.
Next week my husband and I will be celebrating our ninth wedding anniversary. This weekend we have a babysitter and will be celebrating. WOOHOO! This month was one that was tough on the budget. We didn't have alot left for a big weekend trip out of town, So I had to get creative for our celebration. Usually we head to a small bed and breakfast somewhere.But this year we are doing something different!
This year we are having a stay-cation. We are heading to the beach, which is about an hour from our house. I will be packing a picnic basket with our favorites and a blanket. A nice relaxing evening eating and spending time on the beach sounds very romantic. Since we are close to home we can come home afterwards.
No matter where you live you can create a romantic stay-cation. There is no need to spend money on a hotel or long road trip. You can have a romantic evening and make moments to treasure without the added expenses. Cut costs on your date by staying close to home.


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Economic Activity by GenderOffice for National Statistics (ONS)Economic activity rates broken down by gender. The economically active population comprises those who are either employed or unemployed and excludes those who are economically inactive. The data are taken from the Annual Population Survey, produced by the Office for National Statistics.
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Workplace Employment by Public/Private Sector, BoroughOffice for National Statistics (ONS)Table showing numbers of people who work in an area by public/private sector and whether full-time or part-time. Data from Business Register Employment Survey (BRES, ONS) Employment is defined as employees plus working proprietors Figures may not add up due to rounding. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand and to one decimal place. For example 2.4 is equal to 2,400 employment, and represents a figure in the range 2,350 - 2,449. ...


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HTML: http://redsoxplanet.net/bu_tutorials/sqltut.htmlCode:Introduction to SQL By email@example.com ================================================================================================== This tutorial may be redistributed and hosted on other servers as long as it remains completely intact and full credit is given to me, Niels ================================================================================================== Shoutouts Special thanks to Subby for doing some much needed proofreading! Also, thanks to Mu, Zugg, sumone, Terencentanio, eclipse, Tele, elecktricity, and everyone else at the Binary Universe forums. ================================================================================================== SQL, pronounced either as the letters S-Q-L or as "sequel", stands for Structered Query Language, and is used to communicate with databases. While there are many different database management systems, such as MySQL, Postgre SQL, and the list goes on, the SQL used to communicate with them is all based on a standard, ANSI SQL, which is what this tutorial is about. There are places where a slightly different SQL query is used from one DBMS (database management system) to the next, and I'll point those places out when we run across them, but they are few and far between. If you're intimidated by the idea of learning a new programming language, SQL, never fear. SQL is much easier to pick up than a true programming language, such as Java, C++ or Perl, and the syntax is very close to English, as you'll soon see. This tutorial only covers the very basics, and when you've completed this there will be room to go farther. However, if you read a couple paragraphs of this and decide it's no help, and sucks, there are two things you should do. One, you should quit reading it, and go read another SQL tutorial. Two, you should contact me telling me that it was hard to follow, or just plain sucked. I encourage you to contact me with your feedback. Without further ado, let's start learning SQL! SQL uses tables to organize data. Tables in SQL consist of columns and rows. Rows can also be referred to as 'records', the two terms can be used interchangeably, and I will use them so throughout this tutorial. A simple table listing information about graphics design software, might look like the following: graphics ------------ software price ------------------------------ Photoshop 649 Paint Shop 119 Flash 499 GIMP 0 The name of the table is graphics, and the columns are Software and Price. The base of SQL queries is the SELECT statement, which is used to extract data from a table. The SELECT statement is used as follows: SELECT column FROM table; The SELECT part tells the database which columns to select. Let's say we wanted to select the columns software and price from our table. We would use 'SELECT software, price'. The FROM clause tells us which table to select the given columns from. To continue with our graphics example, we would end it with 'FROM graphics' to show that we wanted the columns software and price selected from the table graphics. Thus, to select the software and price columns (which is actually all the data in this case), we use: SELECT software, price FROM graphics; Broken down into English, this says "Select the columns 'software' and 'price' from the table 'graphics'. See what I mean when I say SQL is very English-like? However, if we want to select all the columns, like in our example here, we don't have to type each one out. We can simply use the wild card, *. The following query means exactly the same thing as the previous one we used, and returns the same results: SELECT * FROM graphics; Note that as good practice you should always end your statements with a semicolon. Although not all database management systems require this, some do. Just as some do, a special few don't, so if you're getting errors even when you're sure you've typed everything correctly, try it without the semicolon. Let's take this example a step further now. Suppose we want to only select products that cost less than $200. We could use the WHERE clause: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE price < 200; The WHERE clause says "where this statement is true". Thus, the previous query into English, it says "Select all rows form the table 'graphics' where the column 'price' is less than 200. However, we can use other operators, not just the less than operator with the WHERE clause. The following is a table of other conditional operators we can use: < less than > greater than = equal to <= less than or equal to >= greater than or equal to !< not less than !> not greater than <> not equal to != not equal to BETWEEN between If you've ever used a programming language, you will be familiar with most of these operaters. If you haven't ever used a programmig language, most of these are self explanatory. Just stick the operator you wish to use in where we previously used the less than operator. For example, to find all products that cost more than $200, we would use the following query: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE price > 200; The <> and != operators both mean 'not equal to', and can usually be used interchangeably. The exception to this is that some databases do not support both, check the documentation for the database you're dealing with just to make sure, or if you can't be ****ed to do that, simply experiment with both operators. The following two queries mean the same thing: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE price <> 800; SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE price != 800; The BETWEEN operator is one of the only operators listed that may not be self explanatory, although it does in fact have an English-like syntax. It checks wether a number is in a given range. Eg: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE price BETWEEN 1 AND 200; This returns all rows, or in this case graphics editing programs, that are between 1 and 200 dollars. The syntax should be pretty self-explanatory: BETWEEN beginning_of_range AND end_of_range. However, these operators are limiting. We can create even more powerful queries using the AND, OR, and IN operators. So far we've only specified one condition in the WHERE clause. Now we're going to specify two. The AND operator is used with two operands, and is true if both operands are true, otherwise it is false. For example, take the following code: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE price = 0 AND software = 'GIMP'; This returns all records where the columns software is equal to "GIMP" and the price is $0. As you can probably tell, this returns the software GIMP. However, let's say that we want to return the GIMP and Photoshop. We could use the OR operator for this. The OR operator is much like the AND operator in that it accepts two operands. The only difference is that it is true if either one of the conditions specified is true, so they don't both have to be true. Thus, to stick with our example of selecting the GIMP and Photoshop: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE software = 'Photoshop' OR software = 'GIMP'; We can also use the IN operator to do the same thing we do with the OR operator. The following query accomplishes exactly the same thing as the query we used previously with the OR operator: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE software IN ('Photoshop', 'GIMP'); Note that each one of the values to test the specified column with are seperated by perenthesis. Now let's say that we want to find all the records where the software name begins with the letter P. In this case we know that the only values in our table where this is true is with 'Photoshop' and 'Paint Shop'. However, we do not always know what all the fields in our table our. For example, say we want to select all the usernames in a bulletin board system database that begin with P. We do not know beforehand who the registered users will be. Even in this example, perhaps we will be adding more software to the table. To accomplish our task, we can use the LIKE operator along with wildcard filtering. We used the * wildcard to represent all columns, we now use the wildcard * to represent any number of characters from 0 on up. This is in fact what it really says in all the SQL SELECT statements where we use it, and since it matches all columns of 0 or more characters, it thus matches all columns. So to find all software beginning with the letter P, we would use the following query: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE software LIKE 'P*'; The LIKE operator says not to do an exact equality search (an exact equality search in this case would return all the software called P*), but to do a search for any software where the name consists of P and then any characters after it. We can also use multiple wildcards. For example, the following query returns all software that has the letters 'ash' anywhere in it: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE software LIKE '*ash*'; Depending on your DBMS and how you have it configured, case sensitivity may be a problem or may not. If it is case sensitive, then '*Ash*' does not match '*ash*'. Also depending on which DBMS you're using, you may also be able to use the % wildcard instead of the * wildcard. They both mean the same thing. We could rewrite the previous query as the following to demonstrate the use of both wildcards: SELECT * FROM graphics WHERE software LIKE '%ash%'; So far we've dealt only with retrieving data from the database using the SELECT statement, and filtering retrieved data. However, SQL also allows us to modify the contents of a database. We can insert new fields into a table using the INSERT INTO statement. To use the INSERT INTO statement, we specify which columns to insert the new data into, and what the new columns should contain, using the following syntax: INSERT INTO table_name (column_a, column_b, column_c) VALUES value_a, value_b, value_c; So now, suppose we want to add a row for Macromedia Fireworks into our graphics table, we would use the following syntax: INSERT INTO graphics (software, price) VALUES ('Fireworks', 299); If we don't specify the columns they are to be inserted into, they will be inserted into the columns form left to right, so seeing as we inserted values into the columns software and price in our graphics example, and that's the order these columns are in left to right, we could use the same INSERT INTO statement to accomplish exactly the same thing: INSERT INTO graphics VALUES ('Fireworks', 299); And voila, our graphics table now looks like this: graphics ------------ software price ------------------------------ Photoshop 649 Paint Shop 119 Flash 499 GIMP 0 Fireworks 299 If we were keeping a table of graphics software, we might need to change some of the values in the table, for example suppose that Adobe decided to rename Photoshop AdobeDraw. Yeah, I know it's a lame example, but it's an example nonetheless =p. We would then have to use the UPDATE statement. The UPDATE statement consists of three parts, the UPDATE statement where you declare what table to update, in the format UPDATE tablename, the SET command which dictates what to set the new values to, and the good ol' WHERE clause to dictate which field needs to be updated. So altogether, to update something, we use the following syntax: UPDATE tablename SET columnname = updated_value WHERE some_columns = some_value; Now let's take the example of updating Photoshop to AdobeDraw, we use the following statement: UPDATE graphics SET software = 'AdobeDraw' WHERE price = 649; and to update it back... UPDATE graphics SET software = 'Photoshop' WHERE price = 649; That's the UPDATE statement for you. Ok, now, remember how we added Fireworks to the table earlier? Well, guess what? We're sick of having TWO Macromedia products on there, so we're going to get rid of it (Fireworks). To do this, we need to use the DELETE statement. The DELETE statement is surprisingly similar to the SELECT statement. First we start off with the keywork DELETE to signify that we are deleting something. Next we use the FROM clause to show which table to delete it from, and finally we use the WHERE clause to show which records we want deleted. So to delete Fireworks, we use the following statement: DELETE FROM graphics WHERE software = 'Fireworks'; Now by this time you're probably sick of the whole ****ing graphics table, so guess what? We're going to delete all the rows in the whole table! To delete all the rows in a table, without deleting the table itself, we simply leave out the WHERE clause. So, here's the statement we use: DELETE FROM graphics; With no more table, and having covered the basics of SQL, this is the end of my Introduction to SQL. I will probably be writing a second part to this. I hope this helped, have fun with SQL, and don't be a scriptkiddie! THE END -Niels
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Converted from two comments by Thomas Riepe made elsewhere in this blog:
Here is a report about a new study on teenage brains. Apparently not only (as already known) in very early childhood, but until adulthood too, "unused" brain circuits are ruthelessly deleted in the browing brain. This strenghtens the need for advanced, complex input in teenagers' brains and not as late at the university.
… and it explains this this observation by Dennis Sullivan:
"There's an interesting theory that, among mathematicians for example, a person may discover they like mathematics and have a strong aptitude. They get so involved in it that their personality development is arrested at that point. They just stop caring about the finer points of their finishing, you might say. I've seen this in every one of my six children. They're like little mathematicians or little scientists, then for some reason that usually washes out. They get interested in other things. For some of us, like me, it didn't wash out."


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September 19: Storms give way to Fall temperatures
Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! A strong cold front will put the brakes on summer across southern Wisconsin over the next 24 to 36 hours. In today's blog we discuss the timing of showers and thunderstorms along the front, and look ahead to cooler, more comfortable weather for the weekend.
Let's start with the timing of potentially strong storms for Wisconsin late Thursday and Thursday night. The Storm Prediction Center has place much of Wisconsin in a slight risk for seeing severe storms during this timeframe. The yellow shaded area on the map below represents a slight risk for seeing severe weather.
The main threat associated with the storms will be strong winds. The map below shows that the greatest chance of seeing gusty winds would be to the west of Milwaukee. The percentage on the map represents the possibility of winds of 58mph or greater within 25 miles of a point. In other words a low chance of severe weather occurring.
The timing of thunderstorms for southeastern Wisconsin will generally be after 7 or 8pm Thursday evening. With the sun setting sooner, the amount of instability to add fuel for the storm in our area will be decreasing by the time the storms reach our area. This will mean more scattered showers and thunderstorms, with a very low threat of severe weather close to Milwaukee.
The best chance for severe weather will occur from central to southwest Wisconsin.
Certainly we will keep an eye on the possibility of strong storms, but the timing does not look favorable for far southeastern Wisconsin. The cold front that will help to spark rain/storms will slide across our area Friday morning. The WPC map below is valid at 7am Friday morning. The blue line is the cold front, behind it cooler temperatures will start to settle in.
After the rain ends early Friday, please post your rain totals to the Wisconsin Weather Updates Facebook page.
Fall-like temperatures will return on Saturday with highs in the 60s. The GFS forecast map below is valid at 7pm Saturday evening. With high pressure controlling our weather we can expect lots of sun and comfortable temperatures for the start of fall on Sunday.
For more weather information watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
Have a great day!
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The study, however, was conceived and conducted by Merck's marketing department. Why? As Vioxx was about to come to market, Merck needed to develop a need for their product. By hiring physicians to participate as "investigators" on this trial, Merck was exposing its product to an important group of potential customers. To quote Merck:
The objectives were to provide product trial among a key physician group to accelerate uptake of VIOXX as the second entrant in a highly competitive new class and gather data important to this customer group. The trial was designed and executed in the spirit of the Merck marketing principles.
Other snippets from a Merck marketing memo, with pithy commentary added free of charge:
- "...the trial was targeted to a select group of critical customers." So the main qualification to be a "research investigator" in this trial was to be a customer that Merck wanted to win over.
- "The sales force nominated potential investigators and completed intake forms, allowing a very large number of sites to be evaluated and enrolled and ensuring equal distribution of investigators across the business groups." Again, the sales force chose the physicians, apparently based on how easily they could be swayed to prescribe Vioxx as a result of participating in this study.
- "An analysis performed at 6 months post launch demonstrated a significantly higher level of prescribing for VIOXX among primary care ADVANTAGE investigators compared to a control group of VIOXX 99 prescribers (see attached). Feedback from the field has been overwhelmingly positive about their ability to access key customers and the influence that being involved in the trial has had on their perceptions of VIOXX and Merck." The program apparently had its desired results – more docs prescribing Vioxx as a result of their participation in Merck marketing-designed "research." As for the patients dying due to taking Vioxx, well, what's a little collateral damage when there are quarterly sales goals to be met?
The name for such an exercise in marketing is a "seeding trial," referring to a company planting seeds in physicians to use their product under the guise of research.
II. What about getting the results out?
According to Merck: "Preparations are now underway for analysis and publication of the data, which will utilize key investigators as authors and advisors." Turns out that worked pretty well – as the lead author on the main ADVANTAGE publication told the New York Times that "Merck designed the trial, paid for the trial, ran the trial. Merck came to me after the study was completed and said, "We want your help to work on the paper. The initial paper was written at Merck, and then it was sent to me for editing." – it was sent to him to place a veneer of academic credibility on Merck's marketing-run trial.
Even Merck's head of research said that trials such as ADVANTAGE are "intellectually redundant" – as they tend to focus on results that are already well-established, such as showing Vioxx to be somewhat easier on the gastrointestinal tract that naproxen.
Harold Sox and Drummond Rennie, also writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine, in a critique of Vioxx's marketing wrote:
This practice—a seeding trial—is marketing in the guise of science. The apparent purpose is to test a hypothesis. The true purpose is to get physicians in the habit of prescribing a new drug. Why would a drug company go to the expense and bother of conducting a trial involving hundreds of practitioners— each recruiting a few patients—when a study based at a few large medical centers could accomplish the same scientific purposes much more efficiently? The main point of the seeding trial is not to get high-quality scientific information: It is to change the prescribing habits of large numbers of physicians. A secondary purpose is to transform physicians into advocates for the sponsor's drug. The company flatters a physician by selecting him because he is "an opinion leader" and incorporates him in the research team with the title of "investigator." Then, it pays him good money: a consulting fee to advise the company on the drug's use and another fee for each patient he enrolls. The physician becomes invested in the drug's future and praises its good features to patients and colleagues. Unwittingly, the physician joins the sponsor's marketing team. Why do companies pursue this expensive tactic? Because it works.
This is hardly the biggest problem with Vioxx, as its tendency to kill people en masse via heart problems is obviously a far more important issue. And we all know at this point that Merck made sure to underplay the risks of Vioxx, and that the medical community was also asleep at the wheel when it came examining published studies on the risks of Vioxx. Nonetheless, using the guise of science to recruit naive (or greedy) physicians to serve as Vioxx pushers is contemptible.
Merck was out pushing how wonderfully safe and well-tolerated was via a "study" designed solely to turn "investigators" into top Vioxx prescribers, while at the same time, more and more people were meeting an early end due to this purportedly safe new drug.
For more hot Vioxx action, check out this site.
Update (8-19-08): Check out an interview with Dr. Kevin Hill, lead author of the investigation of the ADVANTAGE trial, over at the Carlat Psychiatry Blog. As always, Pharmalot also has a good post on the topic.


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C.D.S. Newsletter April 2009
In this issue...
- New Feature in TRACE 700 Helps Resolve Errors
- Chilled-Beam and Displacement Ventilation Systems in TRACE 700 Version 6.2.1
- Save Time with Available Resources
- Meet the C.D.S. Support Staff...Mike Patterson
- Frequently Asked Questions: TOPSS, TAP
New "Scan for Errors" Feature Available in TRACE 700
A new feature is available in TRACE 700 that automatically scans a
file for common errors during the calculation process. Scan for Errors
is a troubleshooting feature that can also be run manually by clicking
the Scan for Errors button on the Calculate and View Results
If any errors are found, they are displayed on an error log. More specific information about the error(s) can be accessed by clicking the View Details button on the screen. The error log may also be opened in Notepad by clicking the View in Notepad option, enabling the user to edit the file while continuing to view the errors report.
Some examples of common errors include the following:
- Systems that have improperly designed optimum start schedules
- Zone-level systems that do not have room thermostats
- Systems that do not have humidistats but include direct dehumidification
- Rooms that do not have CO2 sensors but the systems include demand controlled ventilation based on CO2
- Room ventilation schedules that do not match when the rooms share a single set of outside air dampers
- Improperly defined wall and roof materials that do not include outside/inside film resistances
- Systems that have the return air path defined as a plenum but the plenum has been zeroed out in the assigned rooms
- Static pressures missing for fan types defined in Create Systems
- Custom library information is missing and the file cannot be calculated
- Missing ASHRAE Design weather information for custom weather locations
- Design supply air dry bulb temperatures that exceed supply air temperature reset inputs
For more information about this feature, refer to the online help file in TRACE 700.
Chilled-Beam and Displacement Ventilation System Types Available in TRACE 700
Chilled beams and displacement ventilation can now be modeled in
TRACE 700 (version 6.2.1). TRACE is one of a very limited number of
domestic applications to model these system types. The true
performance of these systems can now be verified as opposed to using
potentially inaccurate hand calculations.
TRACE offers two chilled-beam strategies: passive and active. Each chilled beam system can be configured to a particular building scenario.
Five configurations of displacement ventilation systems are available. The displacement ventilation systems include both constant and variable volume systems, as well as systems that include auxiliary forms of cooling such as chilled beams or ceiling panels.
Both systems include the ability to modify and configure the auxiliary heating and cooling coils such that a wall convector could be replaced by a fan coil. In addition, the auxiliary system fan control can be defined, as well as the supply path for the primary air, underfloor plenum height, and percentage of sensible gains to the occupied layer.
For more information about these systems, including sample scenarios, refer to the updated TRACE 700 User's Manual. To access the manual from the menu bar in TRACE, select Help > Documentation > User's Manual.
Read about all the new features in TRACE update 6.2.1.
Resolve Questions Quickly with Support Resources
Perhaps the best-known benefit of maintaining a TRACE 700 license is
access to our support center. Whether you send an e-mail or call in,
the support center offers you solutions to whatever issue you may be
experiencing. However, three other resources are available to licensed
users: the Getting Started manual, the TRACE 700 User's Manual, and
the Knowledge Base. These resources may contain the answers you
The Getting Started Manual is particularly beneficial for new users or those who have not used the program in a while and want a quick refresher. Broken down into the various phases of the program (Load/Design, Airside Systems, Plants, and Economics), the manual walks you through the creation of a fictitious school. Throughout the process, you will learn how to navigate the program and perform basic functions. A completed tutorial file providing the "approved" solution is included.
For more advanced users, the TRACE 700 User's Manual provides more than 400 pages of information on how to model specific scenarios. The first two sections include basic information and an overview of the program phases. The remaining sections delve into detailed aspects of how to model different applications. For example, how to model various chiller plant arrangements, cogeneration, free-cooling, air-to-air energy recovery, dedicated outdoor air units, and ASHRAE Standard 62.1 are just a few of the many items covered in this manual. A modeling guide for LEED® is also included, as well as a section on common modeling mistakes. This is an invaluable resource in which you can find answers to many of your questions.
Electronic versions of both manuals can be accessed from TRACE. Open the Help menu, click Documentation, and then click the appropriate manual. Printed books are available to order for $100 from C.D.S. email us at email@example.com or call 608.787.3936.
If you cannot find the answer to your question in either manual, access our Knowledge Base on www.tranecds.com. The recently updated Knowledge Base contains the frequently asked questions we see in the support center. Simply select the program you have a question about and choose from the list of topics. This is a great place to go if you cannot find the answer in the User's Manual and before trying the support center.
These resources were developed for licensed users and offer a wealth of information to quickly answer common application questions. Our support center is always available, but you may be able to save time by utilizing one of these resources first—take time to review them today!
Meet the C.D.S. Support Staff...Mike Patterson
Mike joined Trane in May 2007 as a marketing engineer with C.D.S. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics. He earned his MBA from Regis University. In his current role, Mike supports customers with many Trane software programs including TRACE 700, System Analyzer, and Engineering Toolbox. Mike grew up outside Fort Worth, Texas and enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter.
Q. What three items would you want if stranded on a desert island?
My wife and daughter plus these 3 things...
A good book (as opposed to a bad one).
A healthy supply of coffee.
A satellite TV so I can watch Texas beat Oklahoma in football!
What is the most enlightening book you've read in the past year?
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Frequently Asked Support Questions
Why am I getting an expiration message when I launch TOPSS?
Due to AHRI requests as well as a continuous effort to provide
customers with the most current information, Trane has implemented a
new version control process for TOPSS. TOPSS customers are currently
required to update software to ensure they are using the most current
Trane product selections. Trane continuously strives to improve
product and this new version control process will ensure consistency
and accuracy. In addition, the TOPSS team is working on improving the
download process.
The current version of TOPSS is 8.6.036. The following are install/update instructions:
Before downloading we suggest that you uninstall the current version of the program using the following steps.
1. If you want to save previous selections, copy the job files with .psd extensions to another location outside of the \TOPSS folder.
2. Uninstall TOPSS by choosing the Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. Select TOPSS and Remove it.
3. Go into Windows Explorer and delete the \TOPSS folder.
4. Choose Start > Search > For Files or Folders. Search for the TOPSS.ini file and delete it.
To download TOPSS:
Customers who would like to download and install a copy of TOPSS version 8.6.036, click here.
Please note that Windows 2000 or newer is required. The user will need temporary administration rights to their computer during the installation process.
Select TOPSS 8.6.036 Full Version
Enter your customer ID when prompted(your customer ID is a three character number preceded by #).
Click Save to copy the update to your local hard drive. (Hint: Saving the file on your desktop will make it easy to find.) Download time will vary depending on your connection.
Once the file download is complete, double click on the .exe to install the application.
Remember to uninstall prior to downloading the update.
If you have any questions feel free to contact C.D.S. Support .
What is the correct way to model breakout or radiated noise in a
duct passing through a room in Trane Acoustics Program (TAP)?
How do I model sound in the room?
The sound radiated from a duct passing through or above the ceiling tile of a room is modeled using the duct breakout element in TAP. The duct breakout element (elements, sound transmission, duct breakout/in) calculates how much of the sound inside the duct passes through the duct wall to the area surrounding the duct.
The duct breakout sound element is only used in a duct breakout
sound path (see figure above). A duct breakout sound path contains all
the elements required to model the sound traveling from the sound
source to the portion of the ductwork that is over the room where duct
breakout is a concern. After the duct breakout element, the sound path
then continues outside the duct. For example, if the duct is in a
ceiling plenum the next element would be a ceiling transmission
loss element to account for the transmission loss of sound
traveling through the ceiling and into the room.
Once in the room, an indoor receiver sound correction element is used to account for the acoustical character of the room. Choose the Diffuse Field Theory from the Room Equation box (Elements>Receiver Sound Correction>Indoor). As the description notes, this equation is used for sound from a line source. Both the duct breakout element and Diffuse Field Theory elements ask for the length of the duct. This is the length of the duct over the room (or area) of concern.
If the duct is wrapped with a special material to increase
transmission loss (e.g., a weighted vinyl or gypsum board) use a duct
lagging element (elements, duct sound attenuators, lagging) in
addition to, and directly after, the duct breakout element to model
the added material.
An example file is installed with TAP. A documented example can be found in the TAP "Getting Started User's Manual" as well.
What are the limitations of the TAP trial software on Trane.com?
The demo is set up to model a maximum of two paths and seven items
per path. The licensed version offers unlimited number of paths and
items per path. The output in the demo can be viewed but not
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Sunday, the Ohio Valley Conference named Tennessee State safety Daniel Fitzpatrick its Defensive Player of the Week.
Fitzpatrick keyed the Tennessee State defense and the Tigers went on the road and topped No. 24 Jacksonville State 31-15. It marked only the second-ever victory for the team over JSU.
Fitzpatrick had a team-best eight tackles (seven solo) and made a pivitol interception in the fourth quarter as the Tigers won their sixth straight game to improve to 6-1 on the season.
Two plays after TSU had taken a 24-15 lead, Fitzpatrick intercepted Kyle West and returned the ball to the JSU 32-yard line; five plays later the Tigers scored another touchdown to put the game out of reach.
Overall the Tennessee State defense limited Jacksonville State to a season-low 292 yards, including just 21 rushing yards on 34 attempts (JSU had entered the game as the No. 1 rushing offense in the OVC).
Fitzpatrick is second on the team with 36 total tackles (28 solo) and is tied with David Van Dyke with four interceptions.


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A week ago, I traveled to Virginia on what I hope becomes an annual tradition - a deer hunting trip in the mountains and farm land of Virginia. I find that many people think me to be nuts! I understand that my personality would render such a conclusion but they seem to feel that the idea of killing a deer is barbaric - is crass beyond belief. After all, I have no need to take the life of such cute animals. I can go to the super market and buy the meat I need to feed my family.
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Illinois freshman wide receiver Arrelious Benn hadn't been on campus more than a week when a story in the New York Times implied that something fishy was going on with Illini football recruiting.
Illinois freshman wide receiver Arrelious Benn hadn't been on campus more than a week when a story in the New York Times implied that something fishy was going on with Illini football recruiting.
Coach Ron Zook, who first built his reputation as a recruiter, was finishing up a top 20 class, and the Times story made it sound like there were reasons outside the rules for the high level recruits to choose Illinois.
"It made me mad,'' Benn said. "That was when I first got here. People were questioning me and my mom, my coach. Why am I here? Did I get something? I had to show them why I'm here. I couldn't lose. If you lose, it's going to make it even worse. That's how I took it.''
Less than a year later, Benn and the Illini are headed to the Rose Bowl because Zook and his staff mixed upperclassmen with playmaking newcomers. No. 13 Illinois (9-3) meets No. 6 Southern Cal (10-2) on New Year's Day (3:30 p.m., ABC).
Illinois enjoyed the nation's biggest turnaround this season with seven wins, so Illinois saw the innuendo. Didn't it seem like just yesterday that Illinois was the punching bag for the Big Ten Conference? Didn't Illinois lose to Penn State two years ago by 53 points in Memorial Stadium?
Didn't Illinois lose its last seven games to finish last season, including a homecoming loss to Ohio of the Mid-American Conference?
"Does (Benn) know what we were doing?'' asked Illini senior J Leman sarcastically. "We were climbing up the mountain. He bypassed on the treacherous stuff.
"This is a hybrid team of veterans and young talent. Coach Zook said the degree we mesh is the degree of how good we'll be. The master of his coaching has been getting the young talent like Martez Wilson, Vontae Davis, Arrelious Benn and Juice Williams to mesh with the old veterans, making one cohesive team. It's been pretty good.''
With Zook's recruiting, there's the feeling that Illinois isn't a one-hit wonder like it was by winning the 2001 Big Ten outright title, then falling off the map with five straight losing seasons.
"Ron Zook said he can recruit when he was hired,'' said former Illini fullback Jim Grabowski, who worked for nearly three decades as the team's radio analyst. "They knew he was a great recruiter. He's proved that. He's gotten some quality talent in here. Most of us expect him to keep Illinois at a high level.''
But Zook's first masterpiece was blending some talented leftovers from former coach Ron Turner's regime with athletic new recruits. There were few chemistry issues between the veterans, who hadn't won much at Illinois, and the newcomers who were taking their jobs.
"No. 1, everybody wanted to win,'' Zook said. "Everybody has been on the same page and been together. The older guys were taking the young guys in. The young guys were smart enough to listen to the older guys. There hasn't been an ego thing.
"It's amazing what can be accomplished when you don't care who gets the credit.''
Let's give some credit where it's due. Of the 24 starters listed for the Rose Bowl -- 11 on offense (using a fullback and no tight end) and 11 on defense with the punter and kicker -- 14 were recruited by Turner. Of the 22 players listed on the second string offense and defense, 18 were recruited by Zook.
"The biggest thing we had to do was improve the athleticism,'' said recruiting coordinator Reggie Mitchell. "There were guys here. There weren't a lot of players across the board.''
The offensive line and defense are loaded with Turner's recruits. The playmakers on both sides of the ball, generally, are Zook's recruits, although junior running back Rashard Mendenhall first committed under Turner. Illini senior J Leman is the typical Turner recruit: a smart, hard-working overachiever.
Illinois recruited for the spread offense, going after more receivers and fewer fullbacks. Speed is the first requirement for any recruit under Zook.
Now Illini recruiters have another postcard to show recruits. A Rose Bowl trip won't hurt recruiting.
"Whether it affects recruiting or not, that's for the recruits to decide,'' said offensive coordinator Mike Locksley. "The fact that we're going to the Rose Bowl has helped the cause of recruiting. For us to be the program we want to be, we need to go out and win the game.''
To do that, the Illini will need big plays from the old and the young, players brought here by Zook and Turner.
John Supinie can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more coverage, read Illini Talk blog at www.sj-r.com and www.pjstar.com .


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Jamie's Italian in Brighton.
The Banksy Exhibition in Bristol.
Cabot Circus Shopping Centre, also in Bristol.
Monmouth Coffee situated opposite Borough Market in London.
Lastly, a snapshot of some of my garden!
The food at Jamie's Italian was generous and delicious. My choices were Prosciutto, Pear and Pecorina Salad followed by Italian Bakewell Tart.
A couple of negatives - sorry Jamie - the bottled water, on an extremely hot day, was served to us at room temperature! We asked for a glass of ice cubes which promptly appeared but then disappeared off the table just as quickly!! Also, if you decide to go to a Jamie's Italian make sure you eat downstairs because the Brighton restaurant is on two floors. Downstairs is a must for ambiance and where you will see the cutting of hams and bread etc. Wait for a downstairs table rather than go upstairs to eat.
Coffee in Brighton has to be at The Red Roaster Cafe. Freshly roasted beans and delicious coffee topped with latte art - it doesn't get much better than this. The second photograph shows a collection of coffee brewing machines the owner has obviously collected over time.
Brighton Pavilion - no trip to Brighton is complete without a visit here.
The Victoria, Richmond - a gastro pub where Paul Merrett is a chef and joint owner. We went on a Wednesday when they have an outdoor grill menu. The food, as was my latte art topped coffee fabulous, and I couldn't find one single negative. Perfect.
RHS Wisley, Surrey. Lots of beautiful, trees, plants, fruit trees bursting with apples, pears and damsons and wonderful walks. Didn't go here for food though.
Fish! Restaurant is situated in a huge glass building at Borough Market. Another sunny day where we sat outside and ate wonderful food. Forgot to take a photograph of this - sorry. Everything was perfect here too. Fish! also have a stall at Borough Market serving up fish and chips which was extremely popular with visitors.
The Total Organics Juice Bar situated inside Borough Market - no I didn't drink any of this, I just wasn't feeling brave enough! They serve shots of juiced wheat grass here.
Lots of wonderful tomatoes, again at Borough Market, a real feast for the eyes.
Whitstable, Kent. Yet another sunny day and lots of oyster and seafood stalls to whet the appetite.
We also ate at Ask and had a reasonably good meal, but the best place in Beckenham where we ate was Friends of Mine - the food was not only delicious but presented extremely well. The restaurant interior is definitely 'cool' and we enjoyed relaxing here after long hot days out!
My daughter lives in Kent and we stayed at her house for a week which was really useful and gave us the opportunity to explore the area and beyond. As you can see we had a wonderful time - just perfect.
I have been to some other great places this year and hope to post about these in the future.


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Who was/is Charley Pride ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
Charley Pride
Geb. 18. 3. 1938 in Sledge - Mississippi Record
Labels: RCA, 16th Avenue
Erster Top Ten Hit: Just Between You And Me (1966)
Erster No. 1 Hit: All I Have To Offer You (1969) "Country"
Charley Pride gilt als der erste farbige Künstler, der es in der Country zum Status eines Superstars bringen konnte. In Montana wurde Charley Pride 1963 bei einer regionalen Show von Red Sovine und Red Foley entdeckt. Sovine nahm ihn unter seine Fittiche und brachte ihn nach Nashville, wo Chet Atkins von den Demobändern begeistert war und ihn für RCA unter Vertrag nahm. Und Charley Pride schlug voll ein. Fast jede seiner Platten wurde No. 1 oder Top Ten.
Erst Mitte der 80er Jahre wurden seine Platten etwas eintönig, um nicht zu sagen ideenlos. Das Feuer fehlte und nicht mehr jede Pride-Platte kam unter die Top Ten. Schließlich verließ Charley 1986 die RCA und tauchte Anfang 1987 dem Label 16th Avenue auf. Interessant, dass Charley Pride mit seinen Plattenumsätzen für RCA knapp hinter Elvis Presley folgt. Und welche Ironie des Schicksals: Charley Pride setzt alles daran, um "weiß" zu klingen, während Elvis sein Bestes tat, um an den schwarzen Sound heranzukommen.
Charley Pride
Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone
Charley Pride
Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone
(Glenn Martin-Dave Kirby)
recorded August 26, 1969 (18:00-21:00) RCA Victor Studio, 806 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee; Producer: Jack Clement
with Charley Pride: vocal; Jack Eubanks: guitar; Billy Grammer: guitar/leader; Lloyd L. Green: steel guitar; Billy Linneman: bass; John P. 'Johnny' Gimble: fiddle; Norman Keith 'Buddy' Spicher: fiddle; D. J. Fontana: drums; Jerry D. Smith: piano; Bill Irwin: organ; Joseph T. Babcock, Dolores D. Edgin, June Evelyn Page, Hurshel Wayne Wiginton: vocal chorus
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Session musician, songwriter, and recording artist Dave Kirby was from Brady, Texas, where his uncle, Hank Williams' front man Big Bill Lister, mentored him. (See our 1952 volume for Lister's recording of Williams' There's A Tear In My Beer). Kirby moved on to Albuquerque in 1955, and claimed that Buck Owens and Rose Maddox recorded his first song, Down To The River, but if that's the case he sold it to Owens. "During the 1960s, Willie Nelson used to come out to Albuquerque and he got me to go and play in the band," Kirby said later. "Willie got to liking my songs, and I don't remember how, but Hank Cochran got to liking them too. They both wrote me saying 'Come to Nashville,' so in 1967, I made the big move." Kirby joined Cochran and Nelson at Pamper Music.
In '68, Cochran and Nelson bought Ray Price's share of Pamper. "I got a few things cut and then I wrote 'Is Anybody Going To San Antone?'" said Kirby. He was leaving a session one day when someone asked, "Is anybody goin' to San Antone?" The title stuck in his mind, and he suggested it to another Pamper writer, Glenn Martin. They kicked it around for several months on the phone and in person. "And then," said Martin, "I had to go to Atlanta and Kirby went, and we finished it on the way. I think it's the most equally cowrittten song I've ever written." It was copyrighted on February 20, 1969 and first recorded on April 29 by New York Jets NFL player, Bake Turner, who was signed to Kapp Records in Nashville. In May, Cochran, Nelson, and Hal Smith sold Pamper Music to Tree Music for $1.6 million, and Tree's Buddy Killen pitched Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone? to Charley Pride for a session on August 26, apparently unaware of the Turner cut. Pride said that the song was handed to him minutes before the session, but that seems unlikely because producer Jack Clement had Buddy Spicher and Johnny Gimble lined up to play western swing twin fiddles.
Regardless, Pride thought he had the song exclusively, but then, as he said later, "I get back home, I lay down in my bed, and I looked at the Johnny Carson show and there's Bake Turner. He's on Johnny Carson doing that particular song." Again, not quite. Football legend Joe Namath guest-hosted Carson's Tonight Show on November 26—three months after Pride's session, and Namath introduced Turner signing San Antone. Turner's record was released on January 26, 1970, and only then did RCA decide to rush-release Pride's version. It reached #1 on April 18. Although one of Pride's best records, it was arguably eclipsed by Doug Sahm's half-ripped recording from a couple of years later. Dave Kirby went on to cowrite There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (a #2 hit for Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings) and many other lesser hits and album cuts. Glenn Martin wrote #1 hits for Pride and Merle Haggard. Kirby, meanwhile, married Haggard's ex-wife, Leona Williams, and died in Branson in 2004.
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Various Country & Western Hit Parade 1970
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A busy time for the Envisat Validation Campaign
The Envisat Stratospheric Aircraft and Balloon campaign (ESABC), which is dedicated to validating three chemistry instruments carried on Envisat began back in the summer, however, this autumn has seen a particularly intense period of activity.
In September, atmospheric data was collected during long flights made by the German DLR atmospheric research aircraft Falcon-20 between polar regions over Greenland and as far south as the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. A series of stratospheric balloons were launched in France and in October the high altitude M-55 Geophysica aircraft carried out a number of campaign flights over Italy and the Mediterranean.
These Envisat validation campaigns are part of a long series, which began in July and are set to continue into next year. The objective of such a long and involved campaign period is to validate the data from the MIPAS, GOMOS and SCIAMACHY chemistry instruments on-board Envisat, which was launched in March this year.
The ESABC campaign is dedicated to validating these chemistry instruments at different latitudes and under various climatic conditions. Consequently, each of the many flights made on behalf of the ESABC campaign carries specialised instruments, which are individually configured to measure specific atmospheric constituents. One of the crucial aspects of the whole campaign is to ensure that each of the flights is carefully timed so that it coincides with Envisat's orbit as it passes overhead. This is important because in order to validate the chemistry instruments and make sure that the data from Envisat is accurate, it is essential that the validation instruments on the aircraft or balloon measure the same prevailing atmospheric conditions as those measured by the instruments on Envisat.
Over a four-week period in September, the German DLR atmospheric research aircraft flew many thousands of kilometres in order to contribute to the validation of the SCIAMACHY instrument on Envisat. Atmospheric data was successfully collected from an altitude of 12 km and provided extended longitudinal and latitudinal atmospheric cross sections from numerous locations. The northern routes included flights made from the home base of the aircraft in Munich to Greenland and Kiruna in northern Sweden whilst the southern routes included flights made from Munich via Mallorca to Nairobi and on to the Seychelles. This part of the campaign comprised 54 hours of flying time while the instruments collected data along 18 Envisat orbits.
Between the second half of September and the beginning of October, a total of 7 stratospheric balloons were launched from Aire sur l'Adour in France in order to validate MIPAS, GOMOS and SCIAMACHY at mid-latitudes. Each balloon flight carried a specially configured payload and took measurements from altitudes up to 39 km. Although this part of the campaign wasn't without incident (a couple of crash-landings due to strong gusts of wind as well as losing one balloon as it was swept off-course towards Romania) the quality of data acquired was particularly good and hailed a complete success. "The stratospheric balloon campaign in Aire sur l'Adour was particularly successful as we were able to get atmospheric measurements from very close to Envisat – in fact we managed to get just 80 km from the satellite which is very good indeed and will provide us with some excellent validation data, better than we could have hoped for. In part, this success was due to the excellent work performed by the CNES team on site and the outstanding cooperation between all of the parties present – ESA, CNES and the scientific community", said Patrick Wursteisen the ESABC Scientific Campaign Coordinator.
Then in October, five campaign flights dedicated to the ESABC campaign were conducted from Forli airport in northern Italy by the high altitude M-55 Geophysica aircraft. In order to optimise data acquisition three out of the five flights were coordinated with flights made by the DLR Falcon-20 so that data was collected simultaneously from altitudes between 12 and 20 km. The flight plans were conducted in a way to permit maximum spatial and temporal coverage of the chemistry instruments on Envisat as it passed over-head.
Following the completion of the autumn phase of the ESABC campaign a workshop is planned for 9-13 December 2002 in ESRIN, Frascati, Italy when the data collected will be analysed by the Envisat Atmospheric Validation Team. However, the validation campaign will continue between January and March next year when a major balloon and aircraft campaign will take place in Kiruna, Sweden and long duration infrared balloons will be launched from Brazil and circum-navigate the Earth several times over a two-month period taking measurements from the tropics. Also a 'Press Week' event is currently being organized for the end of January in Kiruna, Sweden in cooperation with ESA, NASA, the European Commission and ESRANGE to highlight the validation activities and the stratospheric research that takes place here.


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