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8 Unexpected Bedroom Elements
When it comes to bedrooms, what's supposed to go in them, large scale-wise, is usually pretty standard. A bed definitely. Maybe some dressers. A couple of nightstands. So ingrained in us is this lineup that we're absolutely delighted when we come across an unexpected furniture piece or accessory.
Whether it was an intentional plan or just something you didn't have another place for, using an unexpected piece of furniture in the bedroom gives the space instant interest. You should still probably have a bed in there if you actually want to use it as a bedroom, but all other functional needs could be served by a variety of furniture pieces you may have never thought of. We spotted a bunch of examples of unexpected furniture pieces in Apartment Therapy house tours; do you have something unexpected in yours?
1) Dining side chair, as spotted in Zoe & Nick's Cozy One Bedroom. Not too bulky and functional for sitting and for stacking and hanging things on, this might be seen more often in the dining room, but we sure like it used in a bedroom.
2) Outdoorsy Chairs We spotted an outdoorsy-looking side chair in Dana & JB's Single Family Home + Studio Gem tour. Of course, their excellent use of a matching color palette makes this chair seem right at home.
3) Art Shelves We usually spot these types of set-ups in hallways and living rooms, so seeing it over the bed in Andrew & Paul's Boys, Blues and Kennel Club gives a real formality to the space.
4) Coffee Table Okay, so this isn't so much a coffee table in the bedroom as a studio apartment, as in Paul's Perfectly Suited Studio, but you can see how riveting a coffee table looks in proximity to other bedroom furniture.
5) Cool Planters You don't always see a lot of plants in the bedroom, and you usually don't see plants hanging in planters, which makes the one we spotted in Jose's Super Small & Stylish 275 Square Foot Apartment all the more neat.
6) Office desk We're usually advocating not having your home office in the bedroom, but can't help but like the simple desk we spotted in a bedroom in David & Megan's Storefront Live/Work Loft.
7) Cool, geometric mobiles We love the small art piece we see in Steven's Relocated Beach Cottage bedroom.
8) Giant, over-sized, vintage chairs Bigger can sometimes be better when it comes to infusing your bedroom with some over-sized vintage interest, as seen in Kirsty & Phil's House of Little Treasures.
Images: 1: Zoe & Nick's Cozy One Bedroom; 2: Kyle Freeman; 3: Patrick J. Hamilton; 4: Mat Sanders; 5: Bethany Nauert; 6: Jason Loper; 7: Bethany Nauert and 8: Kirsty Gungor


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The Client Support Development Program (CSDP) is designed to build a team of well-rounded future client support professionals who can innovate and think strategically, engage and act with our customers in mind, execute quickly and lead the future of client support at Dell. The program aims to enable participants to grow in their careers within the client support space, build leadership capabilities through on-the-job training and allow participants to participate in a number of professional networking and mentoring opportunities.
Sounds like a fit? Apply here for opportunities in Round Rock, Texas and in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Program structure
The full-time Client Support Development Program allows participants to be part of a team that cares about career growth by investing in training programs and certifications. This program also encourages collaboration between job levels and functions to resolve customer issues, offers exposure to company leaders and provides technical training within customer service. Learn more about how we support our team members in their career development.
Participants of this program will find themselves in one of two Dell locations: Round Rock, Texas or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Team members who started their journey in Oklahoma City have grown their careers exponentially. The client group offers career development opportunities that enhance technical, leadership, and analytical skills just to name a few. By taking part in the offered programs, program participants also enhance your networking ability and personal brand. Networking and personal brand are key tenants to getting visibility to business leaders to help expand your career opportunities.
As a team member of Dell you have the chance to be a part of something bigger. Through our powering the possible campaign, Dell Oklahoma City has partnered with several non-profit organizations city- and state-wide. We accomplish our community efforts by joining onsite employee resource groups and through team building.
Over the last decade Oklahoma's capital, Oklahoma City, has made its mark as a major metropolitan area. Oklahoma City's optimistic views and thirst for progress are what prompted Dell to want to be a part of this thriving community. The Dell Oklahoma City Campus is situated just west of Downtown and has been instrumental in helping Oklahoma's unemployment rate continue to be one of the lowest in the country! The Oklahoma City campus employs over 1500 Oklahoman's and as an employee you are more than a number because our culture fosters a very close knit community feel. Learn more about life in the Oklahoma City area ›
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The Client Support Development Program fosters a culture of fun, success and inclusion and holds regular team building activities including potlucks and off-site activities like kickball tournaments. Dell also values giving back to the community. Participants can take part in Dell's social responsibility efforts by volunteering at any number of charitable organizations throughout the year.
Round Rock is just 30 minutes north of the heart of Austin, Texas--home to a variety of community and cultural events, restaurants, nightlife and city-wide events. Learn more about life in the Austin area ›

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Some of you probably remember a post a couple of days ago, where member akudin posted about several Ukranian climbers lost and asking for help. Most of us - including me - took this for a Nigerian scam mechanism, which it obviously wasn't. Here's what Anthony wrote to the elf account today
Fine, forget money... there are 2 people high up there without radio, food
and energy supplies since saturday waiting for the local goverment to grant
helicopter. 3rd person is missing since Jul 31. One of these 2 is injured.
Satelite phone and some of equipment fell with the 3rd person - Oleg
Monsar. These people desperately need help. All news are posted here:
http://www.risk.ru/users/lmonsar/12345/ (sorry, all info is in russian).
Could you please, do us a huge favour and post info about the situation
and group location in the news feed in case some other expedition is in the
area with radio and can help in any way?
Here is the GPS coordinates for those 2 people that stuck under the pass:
N 38 59.169, E 071 37.104, altitudet: 3443m
This is at the lake near the Devlokhan glaicier. That place is sutable
for the helicopter landing.
All information can be verified in climbing federation of Ukraine and at
this point most likely Russian one too.
Thank you very much for any help!!!
I would greatly appreciate if this information is posted on your partner
sites if any.


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DTV is a more flexible and efficient technology than the current analog system. For example, rather than being limited to providing one "analogEprogramming channel, a broadcaster will be able to provide a super sharp "high definitionE(HDTV) program or multiple "standard definitionEDTV programs simultaneously. Providing several program streams on one broadcast channel is called "multicasting.Enbsp; The number of programs a station can send on one digital channel depends on the level of picture detail, also known as "resolution,Edesired in each programming stream. DTV can provide interactive video and data services that are not possible with "analogEtechnology.
Converting to DTV will also free up parts of the scarce and valuable broadcast airwaves. Those portions of the airwaves can then be used for other important services, such as advanced wireless and public safety services (for example, police, fire departments, and rescue squads).
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Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has admitted his interest in new Manchester United signing Wilfried Zaha but revealed that the Magpies instead opted to sign four players for the same price from France.
After finishing in fifth place in the Premier League last term, Newcastle have struggled this season and currently lie in 16th place in the top flight.
Pardew conceded that he had "no chance" of matching the Red Devils' reported offer of around £15 million for the Crystal Palace star and explained that he felt his squad would benefit more from the signing of several cheaper players.
"There is slightly more value in the French market," Pardew told reporters. "Obviously, we have exploited that.
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"Zaha is a typical example of trying to take a young player out of the Championship. I like him. I wanted to take him but, seriously, we had no chance. We just can't pay that.
"We got four players for that. It suited our needs better to strengthen several positions for that sort of money."
All five of Pardew's January signings have arrived from Ligue 1, with Moussa Sissoko most recently following Mathieu Debuchy, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Yoan Gouffran and Massadio Haidara into St James' Park.
"We wanted players who had ambition in them, not just for six months but for the future," Pardew added.
"None of them was a knee-jerk reaction; otherwise we would have bought a 31-year-old from a squad in the Premier League. We bought players to take us forward. We are happy with the business we have done."


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Despite continuing economic troubles, more Americans are planning to travel this holiday season. According to a new report from AAA, an anticipated 42.5 million will be traveling 50 miles or more, which is 4 percent more than last year.
To find out where the greatest numbers of those Americans will be traveling, Bert Sperling of Sperling's Best Places looked at airline flight statistics from last year. The resulting top 10 busiest cities are those that have the highest percentage of flights during the holidays. However, the list was not determined just by looking at raw numbers. Sperling's team arrived at a list of the 100 largest airline destinations, counting only those flights that ended in each particular city so as not to include transfers.
"The large number of Florida cities in the top spots likely points to holiday travel to visit elderly parents who have retired to that state," Sperling remarked. However, these may not all be ranking due to visiting family members — two tropical cities on the list are probably visited at this time more for vacations.
At the bottom of Sperling's top 100 busiest holiday cites list were (counting from 100-96), Columbia, S.C.; Anchorage, Alaska; Santa Barbara, Calif.; Savannah, Ga.; and Louisville, Ky. Click ahead to see the 10 cities that ranked at the top, counting down to number 1.
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Okay, so there weren't a whole lot of drivers (only three), and they weren't ones most people would be interested in (there won't be better support for hardware such as sound cards or wireless chips because of them), but it's another interesting move from Microsoft nonetheless. The drivers were also released under the GPLv2 license.
At first-glance, it brings one to wonder what Microsoft's angle is. Everybody, after all, has an angle. As it turns out, these three drivers are made specifically for Linux to perform better while being virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Microsoft's seeing that helping Linux to improve will help its own services to improve. To be fair, this helps customers of Windows Server 2008 more than anyone else at this time.
The reasons Microsoft did this probably are varied, but chiefest of them are economics and customer demand. Businesses are working to reduce costs in every area possible so as to keep their highly-skilled personnel, and sometimes this means consolidating hardware and software. Virtualization can accomplish this sort of consolitation. According to Tom Hanrahan, director of the Open Source Technology Center at Microsoft, "customers have told us that they would like to standardize on one virtualization platform, and the Linux device drivers will help customers who are running Linux to consolidate their Linux and Windows servers on a single virtualization platform."
On the same topic, Sam Ramji, senior director of Platform Strategy in Microsoft's Server and Tools organization, added that "requests from our customers and partners were really the impetus behind [these] efforts. We are hearing more and more customers and open source partners telling us they see some of their best value when they deploy new open source software solutions on top of existing Microsoft platforms. Today's release would have been unheard of from Microsoft a few years ago, but it's a prime example that customer demand is a powerful catalyst for change."
Despite it being for Microsoft and their customers' benefit, it can't be denied that this is a good turn of events for the Linux kernel. A few more drivers that will improve virtualization performance can only be good, and who can complain when there are no strings attached with the GPLv2 license? Though this is the first actual contribution of code to the open source arena by Microsoft, the company has participated and helped several open source projects along already, and it's probably safe to say that this won't be the last contribution to the community. When asked what was in the future for Microsoft and open source, Ramji's first statement was, "we're focused on building sustainable business strategies for open source at Microsoft." Essentially, if it's profitable for Microsoft's business, then it'll deal with open source. Can you blame them, though? Money talks especially in this age.


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A representative from Trane, a manufacturer of heating and air conditioning units, recently surveyed the district's facilities and offered some options, said GCSD Business Administrator Robert Farnsworth. There was no cost for the service, he said.
"We had them look at energy consumption and solar power," Farnsworth said. "And we had them look at our cooling system, particularly at the high school."
Lighting in each building also was studied, and Farnsworth said Helen M. Knight Elementary School and the Technical Science and Art Center located adjacent to the high school "did very well" in that assessment. He noted that the elementary school and high school both have a five-kilowatt solar panel that brings in electricity to the buildings.
According to the survey, the quickest way for the district to realize financial savings would be to update lighting in the middle school and high school.
"For solar power, the rate of return was farther out," Farnsworth said.
The consultant also studied the cooling unit at the high school, which Farnsworth said is 15 years old and nearing the end of its life. The suggested option was to use an "ice chiller" that would operate at night instead of running the compressor during the daytime, Farnsworth said.
The chiller would create large amounts of ice with water circulating during the day to lower the temperature in the building, said Farnsworth, who called the technology "the newest thing."
He said the feedback from Trane was interesting, but the district does not have money available to launch into renovations right away. Specific costs of various options were not presented and would have to be determined by engineering studies, for which Farnsworth said the firm would be paid.
The district doesn't plan to go ahead with those studies at this time. In the next few years, as equipment becomes older, the district will probably take a closer look at the issue, Farnsworth said.
"Our board is really interested in solar power," he said. "Again, there's an up-front cost."
GCHS Superintendent Scott Crane agrees that it was valuable to get some information on the current systems and alternatives, but finances remain the issue.
"We wanted to see what it would take to make our buildings more cost effective," he said. "It was just the first step. Of course, everything costs a lot."


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April 15, 1941 - December 23, 2012
Liberty, NY
"A Time to be Born, A Time to Die, A Time to Plant and a Time to Pluck up that which is planted." Ecclesiastes 3:2
Ruby Mae Wittrell Hunter, the seventh child of the late Mathais and Lucille Brown Wittrell, born on April 15, 1941 in Charleston, SC, entered into God's Kingdom on December 23, 2012 in Liberty, NY.
At an early age, she attended Lovely Hill Baptist Church in Charleston, SC under the leadership of Rev. Robert Deas. After moving to New York, she became affiliated with Friendship Baptist Church in Ferndale, NY under the leadership of Rev. Willie Smith. The Lord still had work for her to do, so she became a Jehovah's Witness for the Lord and spread the good news about God.
She was joined in Holy Matrimony to the late George Arthur Hunter. She was a child of God, she was a loyal wife, a devoted mother and she loved her family. To this marriage, two children were born.
Survivors include daughter, Jacqueline Hunter of Liberty; son, George Hunter Jr. and his companion, Erica Salzman of Monticello; three precious grandchildren: Marcus Aaron, Ayanna Maria and Little Rose Hunter; a great-grandson, Darius Hunter; two special nieces, Viola B. Wilson and Maria B. White, both of Charleston, SC; three brothers: Elijah Wittrell, Leroy Wittrell and wife, AnnaLee, all of Charleston, SC and James Wittrell and wife, Gloria of Seattle, WA; five sisters: Annabell Benson, Marie Middleton and husband, James, Lucille Nelson and husband, Julius, Martha Ann Brown and husband, Abraham and Albertha Wittrell, all of Charleston, SC. She also leaves to cherish her memories a devoted aunt, Albertha Johnson and cousin, Martha Mitchell, both of Charleston SC and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn (Dan) Lowry and a brother, Samuel (Ruth) Wittrell.
To My Children, Grandchildren, Great-grandchild, Brothers, Sisters and Loving Family:
When I must leave you for a little while --
Please do not grieve and shed wild tears
and hug your sorrow to you through the years,
But start out bravely with a gallant smile:
And for my sake and in my name
live on and do all things the same,
Feed not your loneliness on empty days,
But fill each waking hour in useful ways,
Reach out your hand in comfort and in cheer
And I in turn will comfort you and hold you near;
And never, never be afraid to die,
For I am waiting for you in the sky.
Friends may call on Monday, December 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ramsay's Funeral Home, 275 S. Main St., Liberty, NY. Funeral services will be at the funeral home at 1 p.m. with Rev. Norman Graves officiating. Burial will take place at Sullivan County Veterans Cemetery following the services.
Funeral arrangements are by Ramsay's Funeral Homes Inc.; to send a condolence to the Hunter family, please visit www.ramsaysfuneralhome.com.


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Columnists, among several other categories of people, love words, their meanings, their intent, and how they are often used in unusual ways.
Columnists, among several other categories of people, love words, their meanings, their intent, and how they are often used in unusual ways.
So when someone sent an email about the use of words, it just had to be a column someday.
That day has come. So you fellow word lovers out there, get ready for a rather unusual column, one about words….their use and misuse.
I changed my I pod name to Titanic. I'm syncing now.
When chemists die, they barium.
Jokes about German sausages are the wurst.
I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. But he says he can stop any time.
How does Moses make tea? Hebrews it.
I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.
This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.
They told me I had type A blood, but it was a type-o.
We have a class trip to the Coke factory. I hope there's no pop quiz.
The Energizer battery was arrested and charged with battery.
I didn't like my beard at first, then it grew on me.
How do you make holy water? You boil the hell out of it.
Did you hear about the cross eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.
What does a clock do when it's in trouble? It goes back four seconds.
I was wondering why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
Broken pencils are pointless.
I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
What do you call a dinosaur with an extended vocabulary? A thesaurus.
England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.
I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.
Velcro…what a rip off.
Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are sketchy.
Venison for dinner? Oh, deer.
Earthquake in Washington is obviously the government's fault.
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
If you thought I was wrong, it is only because I was mistaken.
And the finale concerns the toilets in New York police stations.
All of them were stolen, leaving the police with nothing to go on.
OK, not all were superb plays on words, but most were cute, and showed that someone had put a bit of thought into dreaming them up. But it's summertime, TV is nothing but re-runs, and all of these are fresh and new. Enjoy those you can, and forget the rest.
John Reichley is a retired Army officer and retired Department of the Army civilian employee.


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SOURCE: Blue Earth, Inc.
February 25, 2013 12:24 ET
HENDERSON, NV--(Marketwire - February 25, 2013) - Blue Earth, Inc. (OTCQB: BBLU), a renewable energy and energy efficiency services company, announced it has closed on a $10,000,000 revolving line of credit facility. Under the terms of the agreement, TCA Global Credit Master Fund, L.P. has committed to lend a total of $10,000,000 through one of the Fund's senior secured revolving notes. The initial tranche of $1,500,000 was funded on February 22, 2013. Following the initial draw, the Company must meet specific monthly collateral requirements to further draw upon the revolving credit facility offered by TCA.
"We are delighted to have this revolving credit facility with TCA," stated Johnny R. Thomas, CEO of Blue Earth, Inc. "We have several renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, in different stages of development, that are excellent candidates for funding with the revolving credit facility."
TCA Fund Management Group as the Investment Manager for TCA Global Credit Master Fund acts as an advisor to many small companies from its offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. TCA Fund is a short duration, absolute return fund specializing in senior secured lending to small, mainly listed companies in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe and Australia. The team has a level of domestic and cross-border expertise, long-standing experience and funding innovations, as is reflected in the number of transactions completed. This is a specialist business with an investment approach that fills an important finance gap in many leading markets. TCA Global Credit Master Fund provides a unique conduit for investors seeking uncorrelated returns in the small cap debt universe.
About BBLU
BBLU is engaged in the clean technology industry with a primary focus on the energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors. We strive to participate in the global movement for a sustainable planet by offering products and services that will optimize energy use, reduce harmful environmental emissions and substantially reduce energy costs to our customers. For more information about Blue Earth, Inc., please visit www.blueearthinc.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or to the Company's future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Investors should not place any undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects the Company's current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein, are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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American Actress best known for portraying the character Cordelia Chase on the TV program Buffy The Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. She was also featured on Veronica Mars, and can be seen in the 2010 big budget film The Expendables along side Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Sylvestor Stallone. She has posed for Playboy and is currently filming Fast Five with Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, and Paul Walker.
Charisma Carpenter is an original cast member of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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5 exhibitions, in Milan, Florence, Parma, Rome and Naples, throughout 2009. In each city a drop box collected the decorated notebooks donated by the local creative community.
5 selected notebooks x 5 cities = 25 notebooks are showcased in Dakar, during Dak'Art, the Biennial of Contemporary African Art.
A a mobile exhibition cruising through the streets of Dakar on a car rapide, a mini-bus very common in the Senegalese capital city.


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SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) is SQL Server's object model for building SQL Server management applications. Because SQL-DMO is similar to the Microsoft Office hierarchical object models, many Access developers will feel at home building custom solutions with it. However, the general principles apply to any developer who can program COM objects. SQL-DMO is important for Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE—formerly Microsoft Data Engine) developers because Enterprise Manager isn't part of MSDE. Whenever you want database users to examine or manipulate a database's structure without the unlimited accessibility that Enterprise Manager offers, SQL-DMO is the best choice for creating custom solutions.
Getting Started with SQL-DMO
Before your applications can use SQL-DMO to manipulate and examine SQL Server databases in an Access project, the applications must have two features. First, the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) project associated with an Access project needs a reference to the SQL-DMO library file. Without this reference, your code can't manipulate SQL-DMO objects. Second, your application must create a SQLServer object. This special object offers programmatic access to SQL Server database servers and the objects they contain.
To create a reference to SQL-DMO in an Access project, go to the Visual Basic Editor (VBE) menu. To access this menu, double-click any module in the Database window or select any form in the Database window and click the Code icon on the Database toolbar. In the VBE window, start your reference to SQL-DMO by choosing Tools, References. In the References dialog box, select the check box next to Microsoft SQLDMO Object Library, then click OK to form the reference.
A SQLServer object in SQL-DMO points to a database server. A SQLServer object from SQL Server 7.0 can't connect to a SQL Server 2000 database server, but SQL Server 2000's SQLServer object can connect to database servers from either 2000 or 7.0. As you roll out SQL Server 2000 across your organization, your applications will need to account for these differences. Fortunately, building solutions that adapt automatically to either version is fairly straightforward, as the following example demonstrates.
Pointing a SQLServer object at a database server can slow an application while it connects to the server. Therefore, your applications will benefit from reusing a connection after you create it. Two strategies can improve the availability of SQLServer objects by increasing the opportunities to reuse those objects. First, declare a server object outside an individual procedure at the module level whenever possible. This declaration at the module level lets two or more procedures in a module reuse the same SQLServer object. Second, store a reference to the SQLServer object in a Public variable so you can use it later. Doing so extends the SQLServer object's availability beyond the module in which your application declares the object.
Listing 1, which you can download along with the other listings for this article at the top of the page using the "Download the Code" link, presents a model function procedure for creating a SQLServer object in your SQL-DMO applications. The procedure uses a Public statement to declare the SQLServer object outside the procedure. The function's return value reports the connection status with True for success and False for failure. An attempt to connect to a server can fail for several reasons, but the procedure isolates one of these reasons that relates especially to SQL-DMO. If the srvname string variable points at a SQL Server 2000 server from a SQL Server 7.0 server, the attempt to connect will fail. So, the procedure traps this error and presents an error message with a reminder to upgrade the SQL Server 7.0 server to 2000. In other cases—for example, when the connection to the server is down—the logic for trapping errors merely echoes the system error number and description.
A Custom Explorer Application
Figure 1 shows an example application based on an Access form for listing the text of a stored procedure. The procedure displays a pair of drop-down menus—one box enumerates servers and the other lists the stored procedures within the Pubs database on any server a user selects. I've restricted the example to the Pubs database to simplify the code behind the form, but you can easily extend the logic so users can pick any database on any server.
When users open the form, the application determines the servers that it can explore based on the server it runs from. After a user selects a server, the application populates the drop-down menu that lists the stored procedures in Pubs. This drop-down menu displays the four stored procedures that ship with SQL Server and any custom stored procedures you've built in Pubs. After a user selects a procedure from the top right drop-down menu, the main text box presents the selected stored procedure's text.
Listing 2 presents the code behind the form in the example explorer application; the code consists of a constant declaration and three short event procedures. The constant declaration (Callout A) points the form at the Pubs database. You can choose another database name if you didn't install Pubs or if you removed it from your server. Or, you can programmatically assign the value of dbsname to change in response to user input or other environmental factors.
The Form_Open event procedure (Callout B) fires when a user opens the form. This procedure assigns the RowSource property of the cboServerList control, which is the top left drop-down menu. With the drop-down menu's properties dialog box, I set the control's RowSourceType property to Value List so that a simple semicolon-delimited list can designate the contents of the drop-down menu. The server_list subprocedure in Module1 computes this list for the Form_Open event procedure. Module1 is a standalone module in the Modules folder for the VBA project associated with the Access project.
The second event procedure (Callout C) launches when a user selects a server from the top left drop-down menu. This procedure assigns the RowSource property for the cboStoredProcList drop-down menu that lists stored procedures in the Pubs database for the server a user selects. Again, the drop-down menu's RowSourceType property is equal to Value List. Notice that the stored procedure for computing the list passes all server and database names to a VBA procedure in Module1.
The final event procedure (Callout D) copies the text for the selected stored procedure into the box in the form's lower center portion. This procedure starts by setting the focus to the text box that it updates. It then uses the cboStoredProcList control value and the Text property for a SQL-DMO StoredProcedure object to assign a value to the txtStoredProcText control in the bottom center part of the form. The expression for referencing the stored procedure depends on a SQLServer object, srv1. The procedure for computing the list of stored procedures creates the srv1 object by calling the function procedure in Listing 1—which, for this application, resides in Module1.
Listing 3 contains two procedures that support the example application. These two procedures reside within Module1 of the VBA project associated with the Access project. The server_list function procedure uses error-trapping logic to detect whether the server that the procedure runs on has SQL Server 2000 installed. Depending on the answer, the procedure assigns a list of SQL Servers that are running just SQL Server 7.0 or a list of servers running SQL Server 2000 or 7.0. You can customize these lists for your environment. Using the SystemObject property for a StoredProcedure object, the second procedure, stored_proc_list, generates a list composed exclusively of user-generated stored procedures.
The server_list function procedure begins by attempting to make a connection to the cab2000 server, which runs the SQL Server 2000 beta in my test environment. (Update the server name appropriately for your computing environment. Your server must be running SQL Server 2000.) If the Connect method succeeds, the procedure lists server names delimited with semicolons. Here, the first server runs SQL Server 2000, but the second two run SQL Server 7.0. If the Connect method fails, the procedure tests whether the failure resulted from an attempt to connect to a SQL Server 2000 server from a SQL Server 7.0 server; if so, the procedure creates a list of servers running just SQL Server 7.0. If the Connect method failed for any other reason, the procedure echoes the system error number and description in a message box.
The stored_proc_list function procedure is noteworthy for two reasons. First, it demonstrates how to loop through a SQL-DMO collection. Whenever you want a list of the members in a SQL-DMO collection, you can use this general approach—namely, use a For...Each loop that passes through the members of the collection. Second, the procedure illustrates how to use object properties—in this case, the SystemObject property—to control the items that you extract from a collection. The SystemObject property returns False for all user-created objects, such as stored procedures.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Emily Houston shot a 567 in smallbore and 572 in air rifle to lead host MIT to three victories in both guns over visiting Virginia Military Institute this past weekend. Nigel Kojimoto's 554 in smallbore and 569 in air followed Houston as the next highest scores of the event. Overall, in smallbore, the Cardinal and Gray defeated VMI, 2209-2090, VMI mixed, 2209-2005, and VMI women, 2209-1508. The Engineers also swept in air rifle with a score of 2226, as VMI, VMI mixed, and VMI women tallied 2144, 2076, and 1536, respectively. With the victories, MIT improved its season ledgers to 7-1 in smallbore and 8-1 in air rifle.
Also contributing were freshmen Giulia Partalone and Tim Jenks, who scored personal highs of 534 in air and 517 in smallbore, respectively.
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|2007-07-26, 17:15
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The Will of D. SPOILER
i don't know if one of these have already been posted.
we all there are certain characters in the one piece world who carry the title D.
the carry of the initial D. all have a strong sense of believing in achieving their dreams. all the D's so far have all been incredibly strong, and are able to withstand inhuman pain and injuries. It is also not bound just to the human race, as proven with the introduction of the giant, Saulo.
In the story line Doctorine (Dr. kureha) was the first to mention the will of D. and reveal that Gold Rogers name was really Gol D. Roger.
"Dr Kureha: Do you know of Gol D. Roger?
Dalton: D? You mean Gold Roger?
Dr. Kureha: Is that what they call him now? It looks like...my little reindeer has followed a dangerous man. So it still lives... The will of D."
An odd thing about the one's who carry D. is were ever they turn up the seem to encourage or ignite change. sometimes seem as if they are drawn to fate.
The D's are very powerful. Gol D. Roger was said to be equal in strength to Whitebeard, who currently holds the title of "The Strongest Man in the World". Luffy defeated powerful villains such as Sir Crocodile, Enel, and Rob Lucci, and received a bounty of 300 million beli. His brother Ace, with his mera mera abilities, is feared , and well-known, and has physical strength on par with that of Luffy.
Dragon, the revolution's leader, is viewed as a serious threat by the World Government, and seems to be incredibly strong. Garp has monstrous strength and endurance, enough to intimidate Luffy (though this seems to be because of Garp's wierd training methods). Marshall D. Teach (Blackbeard) is also powerful (possibly equal to Shanks), and is currently viewed as a candidate for seizing Whitebeard's title as the strongest man in the world. also a person asked to take sir crocodile's position in the shichibikai (the seven war lords of the sea)
Jaguar D. Saulo was also very strong, since he was able to lift a Buster Call ship out of the water and slam it back down, thus destroying it. However, as he is a giant, this is not an unusual display of strength, though it is still something not every giant could do.
Their lack of fear may be because of their strength.
The biggest mystery with the D's is that those that carry the D themselves do not seem to fully understand what it means either. When asked by Nico Robin why those that carry the D fight, Monkey D. Luffy was completely clueless as to what she was talking about, as was Jaguar D. Saulo when she asked him during her childhood (displaying an absence of knowledge on the subject of the D).
the D's that are known to us & are alive:
Monkey D. Luffy
Monkey D. Dragon
Monkey D. Garp
Portgas D. Ace
Marshall D. Teach
Known deceased D's
Gol D. Roger
Jaguar D. Saulo
that is some information that I have on the Will of D.
I was wondering what people thought the D meant, when the writer Eiichiro Oda was asked he just replied "it reads as D for now, it will be revealed in due time". I think it stands for DESTINY but what are your thoughts?
|2007-08-31, 03:45
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Wait why is Ace's last name diffrent from Luffy's if teir brothers?And do you think the 'D' stands for something I think the 'D' stands for Demon which would explain their emense strength,that or Devil.
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'will of D' might have something to do with lost history and nation. They might be descedants of that nation, and might have promised to keep its memory alive, or maybe even to recover it.
Those clues left around world, true history, might be just guide into that lost nation, and 'one piece' might be that country itself.
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And i bet Shanks is stronger than he was 10 years ago.
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On a final note, stop being a disrespectful fanboy. It is quite sad that you had to resort to insulting me and what you said in your last response only had poor reasoning as to why you believe Shanks is stronger than Blackbeard. Try to actually take some time to respond to people's comments in the future. I assure you you will come up with more intelligent responses.
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Anyway, we don't know who's the strongest yet,
so stop calling people morons. And it is a bit funny
that this discussion is between Blackbeard D. Kuma and Red-Hair Pirate.
Ps. I'm sorry if i offended you Blackbeard D. K, with that other post
... soo... lets talk about the will of D!
|2008-06-01, 13:01
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Well, I have a theory which may makes sense, so listen well.
It's true that Luffy, Ace, Dragon and Garp are all blood-related.
It's also true that Ace had contact with Blackbeard.
It's also true that Roger and Saulo also have the initial "D".
It may be a particular name for those who related to Luffy's family, blood and comradeship. Perhaps Garp had something to do with Saulo and Dragon had something to do with Roger. Roger was the "Pirate King", but Dragon was "The Greatest Criminal in the World". If you look at the histories, it's possible.
|2008-06-05, 09:49
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What if Gol D. Roger is Garp's brother. lol
so those who carry the D. it seems they
*have big appetite
*sleep a lot
*do not fear death
*are confident that they are strong
*are idiots
*laugh a lot
How about what D means for a topic.
Monkey D. Luffy
D = Dangerous.
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Federal and local law enforcement agents arrested eight men early Monday morning on charges related to drug trafficking and gun offenses.
Federal and local law enforcement agents arrested eight men early Monday morning on charges related to drug trafficking and gun offenses. Arrests and indictments are part of an investigation into drug trafficking and violent crime that began in April 2012 and placed special emphasis on the Vantine neighborhood around Bessemer City.
Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with Gaston County and Bessemer City police took part in the sweep, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney�s Office. A federal grand jury returned a 60-count criminal bill of indictment on Sept. 18. Part of that indictment was unsealed Monday.
Each of those arrested Monday face the potential of spending 10 or more years in prison and multi-million fines. Those arrested and charged are:
- Patrick Gerard Chambers, a/k/a �P-Chains,� 30, of Gastonia, who faces nine drug possession and cocaine trafficking charges.
- Robert Chavius Floyd, 23, of Bessemer City, faces five cocaine charges.
- Rashon Donte Hunter, 18, of Bessemer City, faces three cocaine distribution charges.
- Omaris Dushawn McMiller, a/k/a �Turbo,� 32, of Gastonia, faces two cocaine distribution charges.
- Darral Javarius Anderson, a/k/a �Little Pete,� 25, of Bessemer City, faces a total of four cocaine and marijuana distribution charges and three gun-related charges.
- Michael Travis Floyd, a/k/a �Chad,� 34, of Bessemer City, faces five charges related to cocaine and marijuana distribution and one gun-related charge.
- Joshua Rodregus Glenn, a/k/a �Paper,� 28, of Bessemer City/Gastonia, faces one cocaine distribution related charge.
- Bryan Anthony Sanders, a/k/a �Bubba,� 35, of Kings Mountain, faces seven cocaine related charges.
Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement have seized five handguns, two SKS rifles (one with ammunition and scope attached), U.S. currency, a vehicle, drugs and drug-making paraphernalia, according to the release. The eight defendants� initial appearances were held Monday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. Detention hearings have been scheduled for Thursday.
The remaining defendants charged in the indictment are considered fugitives. Their names will remain under seal until they have been apprehended by law enforcement. �Reducing violent crime across our district is a top priority for my office. Federal, state and local law enforcement partners are coordinating their efforts to identify communities plagued by rampant drug trafficking and to prosecute offenders who spread crime in our neighborhoods. Our mission is to make our streets safer and to protect our communities from drugs and violence,� said U.S. Attorney Tompkins in a release.


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"WHEN SPRING CAME," Hemingway wrote in his decadent Parisian memoir "A Moveable Feast," "even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest." The writer went to the races, walked along the rue des Saints-Pères and ate at Michaud's.
To find out where a modern man might be happiest in Paris this spring, we asked five local creative types to recommend their favorite places.
From cafés that capture the spirit of the city to shops where you find items with that certain je ne sais quoi, here's our connoisseur's guide to embracing your inner bon vivant.
—Rose Hoare
Adrien Pelletier
31, creative director of L'Officiel magazine
VISIT // Palais de Tokyo. It's not unfailingly good, but that's what I like about it: they take risks. Their shows are far less commercial than most places in Paris. 13 ave. du Président Wilson; palaisdetokyo.com
SHOP // L'Eclaireur. It's sort of a landmark in Paris. They are the ones who brought the Belgian designers to Paris, and Japanese designers, and they're still really, really good. You will always find something special, and the service is above all others. 12 rue Malher; leclaireur.com
DRINK // Raymond Club. Bar Raymond is a nice place, but you have to know what's going on. There are lots of different parties and DJs. When it's good, it's usually because somebody's having a birthday. 13 rue Dussoubs
EAT // Le Felteu. It's run out of a basement. You go down into the dark and the walls are covered with wood panels. It's run by this biker guy with big tattoos whose Harley-Davidson is often parked in front. He serves a very simple menu, three or four things, and it's heavy, earthy, French flavors—everything comes with gratin dauphinois. It's super affordable. Once you've been there, you'll always come back. 15 rue Pecquay
VISIT // Mosquée de Paris. Go to the mosque, get a massage at the hammam, and after that, go to the café and have mint tea. Their pastries are amazing. It's not overly posh—it's actually quite simple, but it's the real thing. 2bis place du Puits de l'Ermite; mosquee-de-paris.org
Louis Wong
36, co-designer of French fashion label A.P.C.
COFFEE // Café de Flore. In Paris, you can be in a café, and that's an activity in itself. Café de Flore is my favorite because you can just stare at people—kids who go to the posh schools, typical St.-Germain journalists, sometimes actors... It's really the pure spirit of Paris. I come nearly every morning. 172 blvd. St.-Germain; cafedeflore.fr
SHOP // Deyrolle. They have really amazing taxidermy—so beautiful. The outside looks like nothing, but you walk upstairs and it's literally like a museum. You can buy insects, framed. They have thousands of choices; you can choose if you want a spider or butterfly, you can choose the color.... I love it. 46 rue du Bac; deyrolle.com
DRINK // Le Mary Celeste. It looks like an English pub. It has this giant round bar, and you can have oysters and Brooklyn Lager. It's a really trendy place, but what I like is, it's a bit more cordial, a bit more friendly. Sometimes Paris bars can be a bit too much of a scene. 1 rue Commines; lemaryceleste.com
SHOP // Doursoux. It's a giant military outlet. They have lots of really cool stuff. Some of it is new, like nylon army gear, and then they have really old trousers or overalls, camo T-shirts, army bags, chinos, jackets... 3 passage Alexandre; doursoux.com
VISIT // Fondation Le Corbusier. There are millions of museums in Paris, but if you like architecture, the 16th, in the north, is a really beautiful area. There are so many different styles— '20s, '30s, '50s—and you have the Fondation Le Corbusier and the Corbusier house [Maison La Roche] there. 8 square du Docteur Blanche; fondationlecorbusier.fr
Louis Rogé
25, known as Brodinski, DJ and co-founder of Bromance Records
SHOP + EAT // The Broken Arm. We always have lunch there. They change the menu every day, and they have really good clothes. I come here to get something nice. 12 rue Perrée; the-broken-arm.com
TATTOO // Le Sphinx. Sébastien Mathieu is the artist there. He's really old-school and really dark at the same time. He's not into color or anything like that. He's your guy. 25 rue Moret; lesphinxparis.com
DRINK // Social Club. It's one of those places you know is going to be good all night. They play everything—hip hop, dance, electronic; every niche is well-represented. Go after midnight. 142 rue Montmartre; parissocialclub.com
EAT // Anahi. They do the best guacamole I've ever tasted in Paris, and they have super-good ceviche. They have crazy Argentinian beef, and good rum, too. 49 rue Volta
VISIT // Musée du quai Branly. They have a really good record collection of traditional music from every country. You can go in and listen, and learn a lot of stuff. 37 quai Branly; quaibranly.fr
Stéphane Lebenson
40, director of the Lebenson Gallery
DRINK // Hôtel Jules & Jim. I like it because it's quite discreet—you can bring clients—and the cocktails are good. The cocktail thing is really something happening in Paris more and more, and a lot of people like going to hotels for drinks. 11 rue des Gravilliers; hoteljulesetjim.com
SHOP // Yvon Lambert Gallery. I used to work with Yvon Lambert. To me, his is the best gallery in the world. He's got the best artists, the best programming.... He's the king of the art galleries. 108 rue Vieille du Temple; yvon-lambert.com
VISIT // Jardin du Luxembourg. It has to be really hot for Parisians to sit in a park. But we have Luxembourg. You always go there if you get a bit of sun. You take a book and ask a woman, "What are you reading?" I used to do that when I was younger. rue de Vaugirard
EAT // Schwartz's Deli. Eating out is like a national sport. I'm fed up with the fuss, but there's a place I go often called Schwartz's. They do pastrami, burgers...it's a bit like a Brooklyn diner, but it's really good food. 16 rue des Ecouffes; schwartzsdeli.fr
IMPRESS // Le Meurice. It's a really classical hotel, right in front of the Jardins des Tuileries. You think it's made for tourists, but lots of Parisians go there. I took Frieze clients there for lunch and had steak. 228 rue de Rivoli; lemeurice.com
Andrew Woodhead
26, graphic designer and musician
COFFEE // Kooka Boora. This is a spot to come for coffee. It's good in spring—you've got a terrace, so you can hang out, if you'd like to. The 9th is my favorite place in Paris because it's in between the rush of everything, but there are new things opening all the time. 53 ave. Trudaine
EAT // Maison Mère. It has a French brasserie vibe, but it's a bit classier: they do burgers, but the fries are fancy. It's open late, too. I like to eat after 9:30 p.m., and what's cool about Paris is you don't have to be scared to ring up and say: Do you have a table for 10 p.m.? 4 rue de Navarin; lamaisonmere.fr
DRINK // L\Inconnu. It's a bar which closes at 2 a.m., but it has the feeling of a club. You can go there and just stand and relax, but it's good, dance-y music.17-19 rue de Mazagran; inconnu-bar.com
PICNIC // Parc des Buttes Chaumont. Something I love to do when the sun's out is go to Buttes Chaumont because you can sit on the grass. I'd take some rosé or some beers, get baguettes, charcuterie, cheese, and stay there with lots of friends until it closes at 10. rue Botzaris
VISIT // Musée Rodin. It's like an old château and if you go out the back, you can chill and draw and spend as long as you like. It's just a nice relaxing garden, but it's large. 79 rue de Varenne; musee-rodin.fr
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Sweden has kept excellent records of its citizens since the 17th century. This means that people of Swedish descent can trace their family's history in Sweden and discover distant relatives, if they just know some of the basic facts about their families. However, the first step is to find out about as much information as you can about your Swedish ancestor that you wish to research. You will need your ancestor's name, birth parish, where your ancestor lived and a date such as birth, marriage and death or emigration date.
Personal Documents - Are there any personal documents? Look in your drawers. You might find legal papers such as Flyttningsbetyg - the official exit permit issued by the pastor of the parish in Sweden from which the immigrant came
Flyttningsbetyg - the official exit permit issued by the pastor of the parish in Sweden from which the immigrant came
The Family Bible - the most important book and often a treasured possession. Since it was usually handed down from father to son, it was used to record important dates in the history of the family - births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials.
Letters to and from Sweden - may yield an old address in Sweden, which can be a valuable clue in determining the origin of your ancestor's family.
Certificates of Naturalization - A useful document to find out when your ancestor emigrated from Sweden.


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China's Communist Party's 18th Party Congress, at which a new generation of leaders will be unveiled, opens on Thursday 8 November. For the first time in a decade – and only the second time in history – the men at the top of the Party will step down, voluntarily, and hand over power to a new generation. This year's meeting is expected to usher in a transition to a new generation of top officials led by Vice President Xi Jinping.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L), National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo (3-L), Chinese Former President Jiang Zemin (C), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (3-R) and China's premiere-in-waiting Li Keqiang (R)Picture: EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL


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The KONG Genius Mike is named in honor of Michelangelo and is designed to stimulate a dog's curiosity and hold its attention. This toy is great for helping to combat boredom and separation anxiety and can be used as a treat-dispensing toy on its own — or connected to the Genius Leo for an increased challenge. Genius toys are great for puppies and adult dogs alike.
Want to see more? Watch KONG Genius in action!
- Reduces boredom and separation anxiety for average chewers
- Interlocks with other Genius toys for an added challenge
- Available in two sizes: S and L
The KONG Genius is great for smart dogs. It is more challenging than the other KONG toy and entertains my dog.Nancy Moore


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Here is a better summary of where I'm at with my project. The source is an email to the TCRG list -
>Bruce wrote:
> ps -- Rob, how is Robocities coming along? If you need some help, the > group is ready to step up and provide whatever you need. Right group :?) >
Robocities is making me cry. Major engineering hurdles, no time. Maybe the group could take my wife and kids for a few weeks? :-)
Seriously folks -
Bruce I'm looking at constructing not so much a city but a ziggurat, kind of like a square tower of Babel out of pink foamular(tm) insulation foam (how strange is that). Unfortunately planning out an entire city would be just too hard for a protocity, so if this structure is too weird for the Science Museum, hey I understand.
What I'll need is a 11' x 11' space, about 11' high. I'll need another 10' x 10' space to put the pre-build material. These dimensions can be scaled down as needed.
What we're looking at, with as many corners cut as I could manage, is 4 robots; 1 to place bricks, 1 to deliver bricks, 1 to deliver roof/floor tiles, 1 to deliver ramps. The walls will be 16" high making each level 17" high with the tiles. The roof tiles are approximately 32" x 32", the individual bricks are 8" x 4" x 8". 7 levels total with a 32" x 32" spot on the top of the building for the robots to sit when the structure is complete. The walls will actually be laid as "hallways" or "tunnels" that run through the structure; I currently have no plan for building a closing wall around these tunnels so you'll be able to see through the ziggurat structure.
Engineering hurdles-
The whole system is based on the brick laying robot because that is the robot that will move the least. One challenge was to determine if this robot would give direction, or if a computer would control the show. Having the robot give direction to the other robots was really attractive because then I wouldn't have to program any other systems like a computer. But, because I have some calibration considerations and yet I don't want to lug a computer around, I've decided to program a PDA to do the decision making in an extremely centralized method. I expect to change this in future upgrades (famous last words).
I'm trying to create an initial system with the least complexity possible to insure completion by the deadline. This means I'll be doing a lot of experimenting in the future weeks and then adding hardware/software as needed. For example initially I want to see if dead-reckoning is enough to get the protocity built, then I'll add an accelerometer, compass, etc. What I don't want to do is add stuff that I think I'll need and increasing the complexity.
Mechanically, I finally built the arm design I like the most for the brick layer, wired up the base, and I'm adding sensors and getting ready to program. This is the first robot, but don't panic yet (let me do the panicking here), this is the hard one, the other three robots will be significantly easier to build and program after this one is done.
Another problem is preparing the bricks and the tiles, and how to configure them as pre-build material that's accessible to the robots. This will probably be the last thing I work on, which means this is probably the thing that's going to get skipped and I get to hand my robots material by hand (bummer). Oh and I doubt the robots will have enough battery power to complete the structure, so I'll need to swap out the batteries without having the system lose it's place. Charging the robots is currently not an option since this will increase the complexity.
Rapid-Prototyping Boards have been a really big help, but there are still some flaws that are being worked out like my motor drivers stack on the motor interface board poorly.
Lastly, I was just relating to Jeff Sampson earlier that I don't think I've ever completed a robotics project to this degree, so some funny stuff is coming up like what software component to program first.
To sum it up - overall I would say I'm about 6 months behind but progressing nicely.


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The Expendables 2
Lionsgate, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99
Available on VOD beginning Nov. 20
Doubling down on what worked just fine two years ago, this sequel brings back Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and adds Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme to the roster of action veterans paying homage to the big, dumb guns-and-bombs flicks of the 1980s. The plot this time has the team of mercenaries losing one of their own and exacting revenge, but "plot" isn't really the point of either of the "Expendables" movies; the idea is to show buff, beloved old stars, swapping quips and bullets while running in slow-motion ahead of explosions. The big difference with the second movie is that Stallone abandons the director's chair to Simon West, who has more experience making a blockbuster shoot-em-up look as slick as it's supposed to. The DVD and Blu-ray add a commentary track by West, and a 20-minute behind-the-scenes featurette.
Ken Burns' The Dust Bowl
PBS, $24.99; Blu-ray, $29.99
Arriving on DVD and Blu-ray one day after it finishes airing on PBS, Ken Burns' two-part, four-hour documentary makes a fine follow-up to Burns' recent docu-series "Prohibition." Just as "Prohibition" was ultimately about the hubris of a grass-roots movement to legislate morality, so "The Dust Bowl" is about how financial speculation and a disregard for the balance of nature led to an ecological and economic disaster in the 1930s. Burns and his team tell the story of those who weathered the storm and those who fled, with stunning pictures and the voices of some of the survivors. Bonus features on the DVD and Blu-ray include further interviews and deleted segments.


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When I upgraded to build 703 the keyboard started to develop a mind of its own. Is this a common problem with 703 or am I just the lucky person who it affected?? I try to type, but sometimes the characters will not show up and sometimes different programs pop up when they shouldn't! Where do I go from here???
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The Dolphins are on fire!
The defense is playing well, with the exception of Detroit's one TD scoring drive.
The offense, meanwhile, has scored in one half as many points as they did in four of their five previous games. Chad Henne has a TD pass to Davone Bess and Lousaka Polite has a score on a 4-yard run.
It's an outburst!
Let's see if Miami can keep it up. The live blog rolls on in the comments section.


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I've written an article here on SQL Team about Integrating Profiler and PerfMon Log Files.
Troubleshooting SQL Server requires the use of both PerfMon (Performance/System Monitor) and SQL Trace files created by SQL Profiler or directly by SQL Server trace. Analysis of the gathered data is much easier if you can correlate your trace file with the PerfMon counters. In this article I'll show how to create a PerfMon counters log file and SQL Profiler Trace file, how to read them both and how to correlate the two files in SQL Profiler.
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UK student arrested, accused of raping woman in her dorm room
UK student arrested, accused of raping woman in her dorm room
LEXINGTON, Ky. —
A University of Kentucky student was arrested after a female student says she was raped in her dorm room.
"It's very scary because I know the guy," reacted UK freshman Tabitha Gould.
Simon Segal is charged with rape.
According to the police report, the student told police Segal climbed in her bed and tried to have sex.
She says she tried to stop Segal, but he pinned her neck down with his hand and forearm.
A short time later, the report says, the victim was unconscious.
Ten hours later, police arrested Segal.
Word of the alleged crime is shaking up the campus.
Segal is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow.
He's being held at the Fayette County jail on a $10,000 bond.


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Former South Dakota Football Coach Ed Meierkort Fired
Former University of South Dakota football coach Ed Meierkort was fired Wednesday, after one season on the job as head coach at Celebration High School, in Celebration, Florida.
Celebration was winless this past season in ten games, scoring just 85 points (40 of which came in one game), while giving up 418 points. The team was shut out four times.
But despite the poor play, Meierkort's dismissal might have more to do with what's being alleged off the field.
According to numerous media reports in the Orlando Area, Meierkort was investigated for a pair of incidents, one involving money, the other player physicals.
In a story last month, WFTV-TV reported looking at 'hundreds of pages in a file that included complaints' about Meierkort:
Most of the file centered on a fundraiser Meierkort is accused of mismanaging. There's also testimony from staff members who call the coach a bully and a teacher who said the coach got physical with him during a confrontation.
But an allegation made by the school's athletic director is raising red flags. It states, "The football team had well over 20 athletes that were ineligible
--- several of which were still being allowed to practice."
It appears some players didn't undergo proper health physicals, which is a violation of Florida High School Athletic Association rules.
Rick Pedone, Sports Editor at the Osceola News-Gazette, told me the Florida Department of Education has launched an investigation on the physical issue, and the findings of that investigation should be made public by the end of this month.
In a March 15th story, 'Who Dropped the Ball at Celebration High?', the Osceola News-Gazette wrote:
The School District investigated when Principal Dr. Laura Rhinehart discovered that many fundraising cards issued to the football players went missing, and also that a large sum of cash turned in by two of the football players ended up in Coach Meierkort's personal account, a gross violation of School District policy.
Meierkort promptly replaced the cash with a personal check, explaining that he took the money home for security reasons.
The School District investigation uncovered no criminal intent.
Meierkort was fired by USD in November 2011, after eight seasons and a 54-35 record. Under Meierkort, the Coyotes won a share of the North Central Conference championship in 2005, and made the NCAA Division II Playoffs in 2006.
In four seasons at Division I, USD was 21-22, with a win at Minnesota in 2011, one of just four road wins in 22 games during that time.


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RichieRampage needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 208 designs submitted by 48 freelance designers.
Whilst we quite like the wining logo from last competition. We do not feel it is strong enough and want to redo. This time we want thedesigner to have complete freedom. The colors, example and current logo are purely examples that can be thrown away in an instant if a better design is put forward.
Claritis Limited is an agile next gen, start-up web solutions provider based in the UK. To achieve our clients goals, Claritis will design, architect and build solutions utilising open source products. We specialise in architecting web solutions using the Drupal CMS framework and bespoke development. As a one stop shop Claritis also take on whatever creative web design and online marketing services.
How we do things
By leveraging free open source and community products, we work with our clients to architect web sites and applications. We stand on the shoulders of giants utilising the many community developed building blocks (e.g. e-commerce, image gallerys, forums, seo etc.) to deliver high value but cost effective solutions. We play fair and expect our client to and work with nice people on interesting projects with realistic aspirations.
•Business focused, online website/application solutions- make or save money for our clients (increase sales or make processes more efficient)
•Cost effective. we run a low cost tight ship
•virtual team model utilising online collaboration tools
•We try and be as simple and uncomplicated as possible in all aspects of the business and services
Current logo
The logo has been designed in house and although fairly happy we feel that further creative refinement and polishing is required. We are also very open to completely new ideas.
UK small businesses but branding needs the legs to go corporate too when we get there!
We are positioning ourselves above the basic web design services in the architecture of web contnet managment solutions. We deliver cost effective solutions to the small to medium business who are often let down in both the initial specifiction and delivery of web solutions
•The orange bricks represent pixels, building blocks and/or a monitor/webpage in it's simplest form (back to clarity).
•Building blocks (modular approach to projects and solutions)
•Rectangle represents both simplicity and a monitor/viewing portal.
•We would like to retain the simplicity and clarity of the logo
•Current font called diavlo happy to look at others
•We like orange
•We will have a clean, white, spacious web design
•We wouldlike to introduce at one other colour for the design of website and branding in general, this may or may not appear in logo.
•Website solutions message needs to stay within logo as claritis does not communicate what company does.
•Do not want logo to look too techy, more modern slick online business
What are we trying to portray
•Multiple platforms (eventually) mobile, tablet, pc. etc.
•Communicate business services, more related to enabling website functionality than design although design very important (website solutions rather than website design?)
•Modular aspect of web development architecture services (hence the blocks in current logo)
•We love tech but are more focused on client profitability without tacky currency symbols or upwards graphs!
•Our collaborative open source approach
•We like clean
•Anything used must be there for a reason
•A colour palette of 4-6 colours should be part of the deliverables.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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CRESTVIEW � The Crestview City Council, in what some officials fear is a precedent-setting move, has unanimously agreed to fund half the cost of continuing to operate county bus service in town.
CRESTVIEW � The Crestview City Council, in what some officials fear is a precedent-setting move, has unanimously agreed to fund half the cost of continuing to operate county bus service in town.
The Board of County Commissioners had established a Nov. 4 deadline for the city to find funding for local bus routes 11 and 12, which otherwise faced elimination.
The city hopes funding will come from an increased share of county gas tax money, though city clerk Betsy Roy said the amount the city will receive won't be determined for several months.
At its Monday evening meeting, council members expressed displeasure at having to pay for a service no other city in the county is asked to support.
"We do pay county taxes and this is a county transportation system," Councilman Tom Gordon said. "That means the people of Crestview who pay county taxes pay twice. I don't like that."
In exchange for agreeing to pay upward of $48,125 to keep local routes operating, the council demanded city representation on the board of Okaloosa County Transit, a private company that operates the county bus service.
"You're here to request money from our citizens, but that bus service does not fall under any line item of the city of Crestview, so we have no oversight of that service but we're asked to sign a check," Council President Robyn Helt told OCT representatives.
OCT operations manager Barry Peterson said he would have to bring the council's request before the board.
Bus advertising
Helt also asked transit coordinator Lani Birchett why the sales representative of Pensacola-based Transit Advertising Limited, the advertising agency that places ads on county buses, hasn't contacted Crestview area businesses.
"She's certainly not doing a job for you and she's certainly not doing a job for us," Helt said. "Not one bus has one ad."
Helt suggested the city itself could solicit ads from area businesses and contribute the 50 percent advertising fee OCT pays its ad agency directly toward route 11 and 12 operating costs.
Helt also questioned why the city couldn't apply for its own state and federal transportation grants if it's going to be an equal partner in funding its bus routes.
Birchett said transportation funding must be applied for through the regional Transportation Planning Organization, which funnels the money to OCT and other transit providers.
City planner Eric Davis, whom council members proposed as Crestview's representative on the OCT board, said that 2013-14 probably will not be the only year Crestview will have to fund county transit.
"I'm afraid every year going forward we're going to be stuck with that choice," Davis said. "But next year it won't just be us. It'll be Fort Walton and Mary Esther as well."
Birchett assured the council that "Okaloosa County Transit values Crestview's business."
"I should hope so," Councilman Mickey Rytman replied. "We're the biggest city in the county."
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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Terkel died of old age at his home in Chicago, his son Dan said.
"He lived a long, eventful, satisfying, though sometimes tempestuous life," Dan Terkell said. "I think that pretty well sums it up."
The author of blockbuster oral histories on World War II, the Great Depression and contemporary attitudes toward work, Terkel roamed the country engaging an astounding cross-section of Americans in tape-recorded chats -- about their dreams, their fears, their chewing gum, about racism, courage, dirty floors and the Beatles.
With his loud laugh and raspy voice, plus his inept fumbles with his tape recorder, he set his subjects at ease and tugged from them memories, predictions and simple truths about their everyday existence. Terkel transcribed and edited the interviews, then compiled them into books that were at once intimate and sweeping, among them "Division Street," "Hard Times," "Working," and "The Good War," which won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.
Terkel was also a legendary radio personality, hosting a daily music and interview show on Chicago's WFMT for 45 years.
He never prepared his questions. He interrupted his guests often. Yet Terkel was known as a master interviewer, able to establish an easy rapport with just about anyone. His secret, he once said, was simple: "It's listening."
And listen he did: to sultry jazz singers and insecure housewives; to a repentant Ku Klux Klan leader; to Bob Dylan, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Marlene Dietrich, Bertrand Russell; to a parking lot attendant and a lesbian grandmother; to a piano tuner; and to a barber.
As the late CBS newsman Charles Kuralt once said: "When Studs Terkel listens, everybody talks."
Reviewers called Terkel's oral histories accessible, powerful and deeply moving. "Readers will experience emotions they didn't know they had," the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote of his World War II book. Though they were lengthy -- some more than 600 pages -- most of Terkel's books shot straight to the bestseller list and much of his work was translated for publication abroad.
"I think he was the most extraordinary social observer this country has produced," said Dr. Robert Coles, a Harvard professor of psychiatry who considered Terkel a friend and inspiration.
Though Terkel did interview the rich and famous, "he recognized the need to pay attention to the poor, the vulnerable, the ordinary people," Coles said. "I pray for the day when American universities will understand that Studs Terkel is worth many departments of sociology. He's an institution in himself."
Louis "Studs" Terkel was born May 16, 1912, in New York City. His family moved to Chicago when he was a boy, and he quickly grew to love the city.
"It's not that Chicago is that great," he once said. "In fact, it's horrible. But living here is like being married to a woman with a broken nose. There may be lovelier lovelies, but never a lovely so real."
Real was what Terkel always wanted to get at: real people, real lives and real emotions.
He did not claim to be a social scientist. He did not seek to conduct a statistically valid poll. He simply talked to people he found interesting. He didn't hide his liberal politics, and at times his cross-sections seemed tilted heavily to the left. In general, though, Terkel sought to reach across lines of politics, race, class, education and geography to coax America's history from its varied voices.
" 'Statistics' become persons, each one unique," he once wrote. "I am constantly astonished."
Terkel developed his taste for gabbing as a child hanging out with the blue-collar workers who lived in his family's Chicago rooming house. The men would get drunk on a Saturday night and talk to young Terkel for hours.
His father, a tailor, died when Terkel was 19. His mother, Anna, was able to put him through the University of Chicago for an undergraduate and a law school education. Yet Terkel graduated disillusioned with the law. So he worked for a time as a federal statistician. He acted in radio soap operas (usually playing a gangster, with lines of "stunning banality," he recalled).
Finally, in the 1940s, he moved into radio full time, first as a newscaster, then as a disc jockey and variety-show host on Chicago's WFMT. By this time, he had thrown off his given name in favor of Studs -- a tribute to the fictional Studs Lonigan, a rough and ready-for-anything character created by novelist James T. Farrell.
Well on his way to becoming a Chicago institution, Terkel expanded into television in 1949 with "Studs' Place." An informal mix of banter and jazz, the show was set in a restaurant. "It was kind of like a 'Cheers.' But better," Terkel said years later.
The breezy but smart informality of his programs won Terkel a devoted audience on radio and TV.
"Studs' Place" ran from 1949 to 1953 -- and was only canceled, Terkel later maintained, because he was blacklisted by Sen. Joseph McCarthy for his liberal leanings. (He supported causes like rent control, desegregation and the abolition of the poll tax. "In those days, it was all quite radical," he recalled.)
Throughout the 1950s and '60s, Terkel continued to broadcast his radio interviews while writing newspaper columns, acting in Chicago theaters and even penning plays of his own.
He hit upon oral history as an outlet for his insatiable curiosity in 1967, when at the age of 55 he published "Division Street: America" -- a series of conversations about race with Chicago residents. The New York Times praised the book as "a modern morality play, a drama with as many conflicts as life itself."
Terkel had himself a new career.
Blending journalism, history, sociology and literature, Terkel traipsed across the country, tape recorder at the ready, for the next 3 1/2 decades.
"I tape, therefore I am," Terkel used to say. "Only one other man has used the tape recorder with as much fervor as I -- Richard Nixon."
Terkel's techniques came in for some criticism, especially after "The Good War" won a Pulitzer Prize. Some called his work overly sentimental. Others accused him of letting his liberal politics taint his selection of interview subjects and his editing of conversations. Still others wondered aloud how Terkel could be considered a master author when he did little more than transcribe other people's memories.
In response, Terkel said he had but one goal for each of his books: to open new worlds for his readers. He wanted them to feel what it was like to be a laid-off factory hand during the Depression. Or a soldier facing his first enemy fire. Or a black businessman, or a poor Latino. Or a Miss USA.
"If I can get that in a book," Terkel said, "that's what it's all about."
Thus, in "Hard Times," he probed the guilt many senior citizens felt for having survived the Great Depression. In "Working," he let Americans vent about their jobs -- and found a depressing majority saw themselves as automatons. In "The Good War," he got his subjects to discuss racism, officers shot in the back by their own troops, and other topics that mainstream historians had shied away from.
"No one has done more to expand the American library of voices," President Clinton said upon awarding Terkel a National Humanities Medal in 1997.
"People would say the truth to him even when they had lied to themselves for their [whole] lives," Terkel's longtime editor, Andre Schiffrin, added. "The key thing was his respect for them. He wasn't there to use them. He wasn't there to make a point. He really wanted to hear what they had to say, and he respected them."
Terkel, his editor added, was "a true democrat."
Editing his interviews into book-ready segments took great discipline; often, Terkel had room for less than 10% of his material. Exchanging draft after draft with Schiffrin -- who published all his books at New Press -- Terkel would struggle to distill an evening's conversation into an essential, honest portrait of just five or six pages.
In his later years, Terkel returned to his original tapes to mine material for new books -- and to catalog reel after reel in the Chicago Historical Society archive. (The society has put excerpts from those interviews online at www.studsterkel.org.) The exercise was his way of combating what he described as "national Alzheimer's disease" -- the rush-rush, live for the minute pace he deplored as irreverent and dangerous.
"We don't remember anything. There's no yesterday in this country," he often complained. "I want to re-create those yesterdays."
Despite his passion for the past, Terkel didn't live in it; he kept a hectic schedule of travel, interviews and writing even after signing off from his daily radio show on Jan. 1, 1988. That same year he appeared in "Eight Men Out," a film about the Black Sox scandal of 1919, in the role of a savvy newspaperman.
In 1996, Terkel had quintuple bypass surgery -- and emerged hale as ever, still dedicated to his daily routine of two martinis, two cigars, and too many hours at the electric typewriter. His book of interviews about death and dying, "Hope Dies Last," was released in 2004, when he was 92.
In 2005, at the age of 93, Terkel had another round of open-heart surgery, which doctors described as terribly risky for a man his age. He was back at work within weeks, promoting his 16th book, "And They All Sang," an eclectic collection of interviews from his half-century on the radio.
When officials from Rutgers University knocked on Terkel's door in May 2007 to present him with the Stephen E. Ambrose Oral History Award, they could hear furious typing inside. At the age of 95, he was polishing his memoir, "Touch and Go," published in 2007.
Though he was nearly deaf by then, Terkel's memory for names, dates and bawdy anecdotes was impeccable.
Dressed in his trademark red and white checked shirt and red socks, Terkel would entertain visitors at his Chicago home with long rants against President Bush. His monologues were sprinkled with an array of allusions: He'd quote Shakespeare and Henry Kissinger and "Ode on a Grecian Urn" -- and then, moments later, delve into the details of the 1920s Teapot Dome scandal.
Though rarely given to introspection, Terkel did tell one interviewer that he felt he had shortchanged his family by being so absorbed in his work. His wife of 60 years, Ida, died in 1999. He is survived by their son, Dan, who altered the spelling of his last name to Terkell.
Terkel planned his funeral years ago.
He wanted readings from Mark Twain and George Bernard Shaw; music from Schubert and Mississippi bluesman Big Bill Broonzy. He wanted his ashes -- and Ida's -- to be scattered in the Chicago square where, as a young man, he stood on a soapbox and shouted out his leftist views.
And Studs Terkel wanted this as his epitaph: "Curiosity did not kill this cat."
Simon is a former Times staff writer.