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Posted: Mon 14 Apr 2008, 20:38
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Multisession DVD and swap file on hard drive?
I'm using a multisession install of Puppy because I find it invaluable to be able to wipe out mistakes wth the ease of simply blacklisting sessions on the disc.
I had been using a swap partition of 2 GB, which boosted my available space up to 1.5 GB. I've found the need for more available space for some of the things I do (for instance, SFS-Edit-LHP), because it's been crashing with a message that I'm out of space. So, I thought, that's silly, why don't I make sure I have enough space and ditch the 2GB limitation of my swap partition and just create a swap FILE?
I followed the instructions on the Puppy wikka for creating a swap file from Windows using fsutil because Puppy can't create a swap file apparently unless it has enough space available to it to create the swap file. So, 3.9 GB swap file made on /mnt/hda4, a FAT32 partition, I typed the commands necessary for Puppy to acknowledge and activate it. All looked well. So I modified the rc.local file as per the instructions and rebooted. But Puppy still only shows 453 free.
What did I do wrong? Is a swap file compatible with a multisession install?
It occured to me that I may need to auto-mount that partition on startup. Is that my problem? Until I hear from someone, I guess I'll go looking for how to do that, but I'm hesitant to mess with it unless I know that's the problem. I get the same feeling as I do watching the tv show "House" when the doctor comes up with a diagnosis as likely to kill the patient as it is to cure them. And nobody likes killing a Puppy. Well, maybe in some Asian countries, but I digress.
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Posted: Mon 14 Apr 2008, 21:47
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I like to discuss things in terms of partitions, files and directories. But in a general sense Linux treats the aforementioned as files, but that's not very relevant to the content of my post or our discussion.
A swap file, as I'm sure you know is like a RAM extension.
FAT32 has a limit of a 4GB file and that limit has nothing to do with Linux.
Puppy in version 1.xx had a RAM limit of 1GB. It's now compiled differently, but whatever the limit, I'm sure it's not less than 3GB.
Your problem is one of
. You wrote:
But Puppy still only shows 453 free
Free what? Probably it says Free Memory?
If so, that's the gotcha. Tripped you up on your own understanding of what memory is. If you ask me how much memory my computer has, I'll think to myself, "How much RAM do I have?"
Then I'll answer you accordingly.
What would you do if the same question was asked you?
Here's the bottom line, the way I see it: It doesn't matter how much RAM you install or what you do with your swap files, Puppy will not change it's reporting on how much FREE MEMORY you have.
If I wrote the binary freememapplet, I'd have not used the word
, because most computer literate people, in my opinion, think of memory as RAM.
If I ask how much space you have? What will you answer?
Now if we can get you to change your way of thinking and get that memory probably means available space in your pup_save file, you're on track, toward not stumbling over the nomenclature.
But don't feel bad, you're hardly the first person who stumbled over this one. However, this is my longest post in history on the subject.
If you want to delve into the mystery more - check Puppy's Help on the freememapplet.
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Posted: Mon 14 Apr 2008, 23:08
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Bruce, I've never understood what "Free" is telling me.
Puppy doesn't seem to do the personal storage file for multisession the same way it does for a hd install, for instance.
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Posted: Mon 14 Apr 2008, 23:28
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I can certainly understand that. But it is telling you Free
. Even though you don't know what it's telling you.
For Turpin's interest, Flash is a Puppy user who also runs Puppy on a multi-session DVD.
Running Full Install install, I can say that Free Memory corresponds with the the unused space on the partition Puppy is installed on. (except if it's installed on a really large partition)
But, it you all promise to keep it secret, I remove the applet.
PS A while ago I wanted to look over the source code, but it was a binary file. I looked on Google to see if I could find the code, but Google sent searches back to Puppy. This being a Puppy special application.
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Posted: Tue 15 Apr 2008, 00:06
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How do I get my swap file working? Or can I?
While writing this, I'm still looking trying make sure I understand your replies. To clarify, in the standard Puppy 3.98 (4 beta) the only applet that displays a number is showing about "450M Free". When I had the swap partition, it displayed 1.5 GB, even though I physically only have 1 GB of ram. Sooo, I'm guessing that what you mean is that some of that was swapped memory. Okay that makes sense. But do you know how I can get it back when using a swap file? Apparently right now the swap file isn't working. Doesn't a swap file do the same thing as a swap partition? Or is what you're saying, that the swap partition deals more with space and the swap file more with memory?
Ohhhhh, okay, I think maybe I see what you're saying, it's still sinking in, but space IS memory since it's being shared. And memory is ram plus swap. I think. So if I could make the 4GB swap file work, I'd have more space/memory for doing large jobs, right? I had 1.5 GB of memory free when I had a 2GB swap partition, so wouldn't a 4GB (fat32 limit) swap file give me about 3.5? And my big question I need help with: I moved it to the top in bold red
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Posted: Tue 15 Apr 2008, 02:31
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I should repeat my question for those tuning in. Does a swap file work when booting from the multisession DVD? How do I know if it's working? How can I make it work? Thanks. If it doesn't work, I'll be releaved because then I can put this behind me. Oops I should mention, I read the wikka page, set it up, etc., but I don't see the mem reading go up. Read my first post for more detail.
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Posted: Tue 15 Apr 2008, 12:35
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Thanks for trying to help. I'll keep reading over what you said, but i think I had a firm anough grasp on the way Puppy uses memorey as storage in multisession mode to begin with.
My question is about the swap file. Does it work or not work with multisession, because multisession is never mentioned in any instructions I've found about swap files. And it doesn't seem to be working after I followed the instructions. Granted, I don't have a /mnt/home because I'm using multisession DVD, so I had to create the swap file on a HD partition instead. And let me emphasize. swap FILE, not swap partition. I had no trouble getting a swap partition working, but I want a swap file, because apparently the limit for a swap partition is only 2GB. The limit for a file on a FAt32 (which Linux has less problems with than NTFS) is 4GB, which is perfect for me, if I could make the swap file engage, but apparently it's not. I need the answer to at least one of these questions:
1. Why isn't my swap file working after following the instructions on the Puppy wikka page?
2. Doesn't a swap file do exactly the same thing as a swap partition?
3. How do I know if the swap file is working in multisession DVD mode?
4. Is it possible to make a puppy use a swap file in multisession DVD mode?
5. If I can't make a swap file work, can I maybe use two swap partitions? I think I read somewhere on here that that's not a good idea.
I'm trying like crazy to get a good build of Puppy going that will do everything I need it to do, and I need to be wrapping it up. Thanks for any help I can get.
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Posted: Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:50
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Hoyle revision says: make your swap file 2x RAM size but not in excess of 512 MB
Hoyle says: If you need more space, increase size of pup_save file.
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How sure are you that Puppy can't use a swap partition bigger than 2GB? I'm not saying you're wrong, only that it bears investigation. Perhaps it might be possible to change the limit, if there is one.
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125 Hopping Brook Rd.
Holliston, MA 01746-1471
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Established in 1882, New England Water Works Association (NEWWA) is a non-profit organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Association holds a primary leadership role in education and training opportunities to protect and improve drinking water and water utility operations. The Association also provides the means for peer-to-peer support, sharing of information, and input to the legislative process regarding guiding regulations.
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90 Madison St. Suite 303
Worcester, MA 01608
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The Northeast Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP) provides on site technical assistance to small, generally low income communities and water systems. Assistance is free of charge, and is designed to support the community in its efforts to build a better process of governance and management for its environmental systems. Many of the communities served are quite small, often under 1,000 population. Technical, financial and management assistance is available for small system owners and operators.
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254 Alexander Reed Road
Richmond, ME 04357
Phone: 207-737-4092
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- Information network with neighboring systems and regulatory agencies
- On-site technical assistance including leak detection, process control, compliance, budgeting and collections
- Technical bulletins
For more information contact Steve Levy at Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association, 12 New London Turnpike, Box 275, Norwich, CT 06360.
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90 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
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90 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
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150 Capitol Street, Suite 5
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254 Alexander Reed Road
Richmond, ME 04357
Phone: 207-737-4092
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168 Maine Street
Northfield, MA 01360
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|Contact: Jennifer Pederson,
Executive Director
P.O. Box 1064
Acton, MA 01720
|Phone: (978) 263-1388
Fax: (978) 263-1376
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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PO Box 4056
Westford, MA 01886
The Massachusetts Water Works Association, is a membership organization dedicated to the advancement of the drinking water profession through education and advocacy and committed to protecting public health and providing a safe and sufficient supply of drinking water to Massachusetts consumers.
From its small group of pioneers, the organization, incorporated in 1950, has grown to over 1,300 water works professionals dedicated to providing Massachusetts consumers with an adequate supply of high quality water.
|Barnstable County Water Utilities Association
|Contact: Paul Anderson
P.O. Box 183
Harwich, MA 02645
|Phone: (508) 896-5454
E-mail: email@example.com
The mission or purpose of the association is to hold meetings on a regular basis to discuss the business of the water works operations, to provide and receive information that would be of mutual benefit and provide training courses to educate utility employees and assist certified operators in obtaining training contact hours for recertification.
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417 Bay Road
South Eaton, MA 02375
|Phone: (508) 230-0851
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The purpose of the Association is to promote interaction through information exchange between neighboring utilities. Programs include guest speakers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.), MA Department of Environmental Protection (D.E.P), Water Works Professionals, Engineering firms and Manufacturing representatives. These informational programs assist communities in keeping abreast of new regulations and products that impact your water supply.
|Western Massachusetts Water Works Association
|Contact: Dana Patient, Butchie Seidel
|Phone: (413) 237-2780
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|Contact: Dave Paris
PO Box 95
Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03302-0095
|Phone: (603) 624-6482
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The New Hampshire Water Works Association is a nonprofit professional corporation with a membership consisting of municipal water systems, community-type water systems, investor owner water utilities, state government agencies, engineers, planners, equipment and materials suppliers, and others. At present, there are 130 Associate Members (individuals) and 90 Utility Members (municipal water systems) representing hundreds of water works employees.
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In the past few years the NHWWA has become active in the New Hampshire legislative process since so much more environmental legislation has an effect on the industry. Through its legislative program, the NHWWA has been very effective in highlighting the interests and needs of our industry.
NHWWA holds five technical meetings each year, and publishes a newsletter and professional journal. Recently, the NHWWA has begun providing operators with training through its operators' training seminars. Guests are welcome to attend all meetings. All municipal water systems, investor owned water utilities, community water systems and all other interested persons are encouraged to become members of the organization.
|Granite State Rural Water Association
|Contact: Jennifer Palmiotto, Executive Director
47 Main Street
PO Box 596
Walpole, NH 03608
|Phone: (603) 756-3670
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Granite State Rural Water Association is a non-profit organization established in 2005 to aid small water and wastewater systems through training and on-site technical assistance.
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|Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association
|Executive Director: Kirsten Hebert
254 Alexander Reed Road
Richmond, ME 04357
Phone: 207-737-4092
Fax: 207-737-7150
|E-mail: email@example.com
The Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association is a private, non-profit organization which assists water and wastewater systems provide safe drinking water and protect the environment at an affordable cost to users. Programs include:
- Training for system personnel and trustees on certification, federal and state rules, operations and maintenance, and financial issues
- Information network with neighboring systems and regulatory agencies
- On-site technical assistance including leak detection, process control, compliance, budgeting and collections
- Technical bulletins
For more information contact Steve Levy at Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association, 12 New London Turnpike, Box 275, Norwich, CT 06360.
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|Contact: Shaun Fielder
20 Susie Wilson Road, Suite B
Essex Junction, Vermont 05452-2827
|Phone: (802) 660-4988
E-mail: email@example.com
The Vermont Rural Water Association (VRWA) is a nonprofit trade association of water and wastewater systems throughout the state. Its mission is to promote public health and a clean environment by supporting Vermont's water and wastewater systems.
Services include technical assistance and training for operators and managers of water and wastewater systems; assistance in developing source protection plans; access to and training for equipment such as leak detectors, chemical feed pumps, flow meters, smoke testing, and confined space air monitors; access to health and liability insurance and retirement programs; advocacy voice with state and federal regulators and legislators; and a newsletter with technical articles and legislative updates.
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|Contact: Lisa Goodell
89 Main Street, Suite 4
Montpelier, VT 05602
|Phone: (802) 229-9111
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VANCOUVER — Although the Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle and Karen Armstrong aren't necessarily everyone's spiritual cup of tea, you wouldn't have known it Sunday as throngs of enthusiastic British Columbians and others turned out to welcome them with adoring arms.
The world-famous spiritual teachers joined roughly a dozen other well-known spiritual and humanitarian notables in two public dialogues on Sunday at the University of B.C.'s Chan Centre.
They were almost mobbed by some affectionate fans.
Well-dressed audience members, some of whom paid hundreds of dollars for tickets to the Vancouver Peace Summit, were enthralled as they heard nuggets of wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist leader; Tolle, the Vancouver-based author of The Power of Now, and Armstrong, a British author of numerous best-selling books on world religions.
The two key topics of the Peace Summit sessions, which included a total of four Nobel peace laureates, were peace and compassion. The discussion centred on how to more effectively promote them around the world.
The sweeping concepts of peace and compassion turned out to be less sentimental, and more complex, than many may have at first thought.
When it came to compassion, many speakers said it amounts to much more than feelings of pity or idle sympathy. Compassion, they said, demands direct action, both individual and institutional.
The dialogue on peace, like the one on compassion, centred on the bigger role women need to be able to play in being catalysts for change. Some of the talk explored the difficult question: How aggressive can one be in the cause of peace?
There were many funny and moving moments as the spiritual and humanitarian leaders sat on chairs on the Chan Centre stage and talked about their topics in a decidedly non-sectarian way, which befits a West Coast province where many people like to say, "I'm spiritual, but not religious."
The summit — which started Sunday, takes a Monday break for the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and ends Tuesday — marks the third time in five years that Vancouver's dynamic Victor Chan has brought his friend and co-author, the Dalai Lama, to the city.
Chan has a remarkable knack for gathering high-powered and diverse spiritual leaders and humanitarians together in this city.
In addition to the Dalai Lama, Tolle and Armstrong, Sunday's events featured Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter, Rev. Mpho Tutu (Desmond had to cancel on the Summit because of a ruptured disc); French Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard (whom the European media have dubbed "the happiest man in the world"); British educator Sir Ken Robinson; former Irish president and peace activist Mary Robinson; Irish Nobel peace prize laureates Mairead Maguire and Betty Williams, American Peace prize winner Jody Williams (an anti-landmine crusader), as well as philanthropist Pierre Omidyan, who also happens to be the founder of eBay.
What most of the ticket-buying audiences didn't realize was that Chan had also helped bring the likes of Omidyan and more than 120 other major global business leaders, educators and philanthropists to Vancouver to privately brainstorm about spreading their significant charitable work further.
I was the only Vancouver journalist permitted to attend one of the private meetings of the influential group, called Connecting for Change.
The invitation-only gathering took place after the second public event at the Chan Centre. It consisted of a question-and-answer session with the Dalai Lama, who offered them thanks, encouragement and insights on the value of meditating, reducing anger and avoiding prejudice.
Vancouver singer Raffi concluded the short Connecting for Change event with a song about children's right to peace. Delegates to Connecting for Change will continue to meet Monday in a downtown Vancouver hotel.
Despite all the good will expressed at the Vancouver Peace Summit, not all Metro Vancouverites have been entranced by its bold display of progressive spirituality, politics, philanthropy and peace activism.
While most readers have seemed exceedingly positive and grateful for the Peace Summit — as well as the Dalai Lama's role as guest editor of The Vancouver Sun for Saturday's edition — I've been receiving emails and blog comments from annoyed readers with more conservative and skeptical inclinations.
They think the noted spiritual teachers at the Vancouver Peace Summit are getting too much positive media attention.
Some disgruntled readers — including evangelicals, Catholics and, perhaps ironically, atheists — have complained to me that the Dalai Lama, Tolle, Armstrong, Ricard and members of the Tutu family represent only the "liberal" side of the world's religious spectrum.
As such, the critics argue, such spiritual leaders do not represent the majority of the planet's religious people.
While it may well be accurate to say that most of the spiritual teachers at the Vancouver Peace Summit reflect the views of only a minority of those who follow institutional Christianity, Judaism or even Buddhism, they have nevertheless gained extremely large audiences.
The teachers at the Vancouver Peace Summit have proved popular because they've broken down religious barriers.
They've reached out to the many people, especially in B.C., who have become turned off, for whatever reason, about organized religion.
Even if critics try to complain that their teachings are "watered down," they can't ignore the likes of the Dalai Lama, Tutu and Ricard are providing many people with spiritual guidance.
And in an increasingly "secular" world, that can't be all bad.
Read Douglas Todd's blog at www.vancouversun.com/thesearch


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Razorback 2014 Football schedule released
The University of Arkansas football team's 2014 schedule was released Wednesday and features seven in-state home games, five in Fayetteville and two in Little Rock, with specific home game locations to be announced at a later date.
2014 Arkansas Razorbacks Football Schedule
Aug. 30 at Auburn*
Sept. 6 Nicholls State
Sept. 13 at Texas Tech
Sept. 20 Northern Illinois
Sept. 27 vs. Texas A&M*^
Oct. 11 Alabama*
Oct. 18 Georgia*
Oct. 25 UAB
Nov. 1 at Mississippi State*
Nov. 15 LSU*
Nov. 22 Ole Miss*
Nov. 29 at Missouri*
Arkansas opens the 2014 season Aug. 30 at Auburn, marking the first time since joining the SEC the Razorbacks will open with a conference opponent.
The Razorbacks begin the home portion of their schedule the next week by hosting Nicholls State on Sept. 6 before hitting the road again to play at Texas Tech on Sept. 13, renewing the series with their former Southwest Conference rival. Arkansas is playing Nicholls State for the first time in program history and facing off with Texas Tech for the first time since 1991.
Arkansas then hosts Northern Illinois on Sept. 20. The teams have met once previously, an Arkansas victory in Fayetteville in 1994. On Sept. 27, the Razorbacks return to AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, to renew a neutral-site agreement with Texas A&M. The Razorbacks and Aggies played in Arlington from 2009-11, all Arkansas victories, before moving to a home-and-home agreement for 2012 and 2013 when Texas A&M joined the SEC prior to the 2012 season. The 2014 game is the first in an 11-year agreement between the schools to meet in AT&T Stadium.
After a bye week, Arkansas begins a stretch of three straight home games by hosting Alabama on Oct. 11.
The Razorbacks open November on the road with a Nov. 1 date at Mississippi State before their second bye week of the season on Nov. 8. Arkansas then hosts LSU on Nov. 15 and Ole Miss on Nov. 22 to wrap up the home portion of the schedule.
Arkansas opens its 2013 season Aug. 31 against Louisiana inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.
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Some pesticides may be damaging the brains of bees, inhibiting the ability to learn and remember floral smells in the search for food, find researchers at the University of Dundee
March 27, 2013
(UPI Science News)
– Some pesticides may be damaging the brains of bees, inhibiting the ability to learn and remember floral smells in their search for food, British scientists say.
Two common types of pesticides known as neonicotinoids and coumaphos are interfering with the insect's ability to remember and can even lower brain activity, especially when the two pesticides were used in combination, they said.
The findings come as honeybees around the world face threats from a host of diseases, losses of habitat and the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, all of which have cased numbers to plummet.
Neonicotinoids are used to control pests on food crops, while coumaphos are a group of organophosphate chemicals used to kill the Varroa mite, a parasite that attacks the honeybees.
Researchers at the University of Dundee in Scotland found that if the pesticides were applied directly to the brains of the pollinators, they caused a loss of brain activity.
"We found neonicotinoids cause an immediate hyper-activation -- so an epileptic type activity -- this was proceeded by neuronal inactivation, where the brain goes quiet and cannot communicate any more," researcher Christopher Connolly told the BBC. "The same effects occur when we used organophosphates."
Other researchers at Newcastle University found similar results.
"It would imply that the bees are able to forage less effectively, they are less able to find and learn and remember and then communicate to their hive mates what the good sources of pollen and nectar are," Newcastle scientist Sally Williamson said.
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PNY's NJ based global manufacturing facility offers vertical integration of many operations for a more self-sustaining business and increased productivity.
Built within a sprawling 40+ acre business campus inParsippany, NJ, New Jersey; PNY's global headquarters and main manufacturing are located in a new facility that is almost 4 times the size of the previous one. With over a 300% expansion, this facility offers vertical integration of many operations for a more self-sustaining business and increased productivity. This state of-the-art manufacturing facility is vertically integrated - offering turnkey operations including: product assembly, testing, package design, packaging printing and world class logistics.
In 2009, PNY implemented lead-free assembly in their production facility - utilizing a lead-free soldering alloy and adhering to manufacturing processes consistent with product reliability requirements. PNY's eco-friendly packaging, introduced in 2010, is made of environmentally sustainable materials; leading to a 70% reduction in the amount of plastic used. PNY's Quality Management System has been continuously certified to ISO 9001 standard, since 1994.
PNY's headquarters and manufacturing facility features close to 10 acres of solar panels on the roof, making us the 4th largest privately owned rooftop solar installation in New Jersey and within the top 10 in the USA.
One of the cornerstones of PNY's business is keeping and creating jobs in the USA. The PNY global workforce consists of 1,000+ employees, of which more than half are based in the US headquarters and manufacturing facility.


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Family owned and operated for over 35 years, the landmark known as Gulfstream Restaurant continues by serving great food at affordable prices to locals and vacationers in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach, North Carolina. Whether you come
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Vensai Data Engineering Services has proven expertise architecting, developing and managing Structured and unstructured enterprise data storage and retreival systems. Businesses today have access to more information than ever before, and data underpins everything we do in today's business world. Businesses need a better way to manage information in the face of escalating compliance requirements, the proliferation of data stores, the need for metadata about those data stores, and more sophisticated business requirements for information.
Our data engineering services provide cost-effective information management solutions that enable improved operations, reduced costs, and accelerate the use of business knowledge. Concerned with the life cycle of information assets, data engineering provides three major categories of service:
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CHINA: At Nike Plant, no Sweatshop, Plenty of Sweat
DONGGUAN, China -- More than 4,000 workers who churn out athletic
bags in a huge Nike contract factory here breathe ventilated air. They
wear earplugs when pounding rivets. They use bathrooms with running
water. And they read their rights on wall-mounted bulletins.
bags in a huge Nike contract factory here breathe ventilated air. They
wear earplugs when pounding rivets. They use bathrooms with running
water. And they read their rights on wall-mounted bulletins.
Gone are the acrid fumes, the scant protective gear and the foul
restrooms evident during past years in plants making Nike products.
Workers flocking from poor villages to booming, smog-choked southeast
China express eagerness for their jobs here, belying the image of
sweatshop exploitation that has plagued the Beaverton-based company for
Yet the Golden Prene factory, which makes about 25,000 bags a day
and generates $80 million in annual revenues, is hardly a carefree
place. Assembly workers toil long hours at repetitive jobs. Many of
them endure separation from families. Their wages are higher than
incomes back on the farm, but meager by U.S. standards at an average of
$5 a day, including overtime. Workers' modest dreams reveal difficult
"My mother is raising our 3-year-old son back home," says Kuang
Wangxin, a 27-year-old floor supervisor. Twice a year, Kuang rides a
bus eight hours with his wife, an assembly worker, to see their child.
"I hope when he grows up he can start as a manager," Kuang says, "and
not go through what I did."
After Nike's recent disclosure of the names and locations of 705
independent contract factories in its network, a plant visit reveals
significant improvements since the 1990s. The main issue to surface is
one that Nike managers acknowledge as a widespread problem: overtime
hours exceeding maximums set by Nike and local laws.
A few hours in one factory is not enough time to thoroughly assess
working conditions, and the Golden Prene factory may or may not be
representative. Nike still does not release audit scores for individual
A Nike manager hosting the visit substituted Golden Prene for Bonny
Sports, another Chinese factory requested from the disclosure list. He
said Bonny made products for Bauer Nike Hockey, a subsidiary not yet
fully covered by Nike's compliance standards.
At Golden Prene, randomly selected workers voiced few complaints
during interviews with and without a Nike manager present. But
fundamental issues of fairness linger from the days when activists
dragged Nike into the headlines, contrasting factory workers' wages
with rising sneaker prices and lavish endorsement contracts.
Nike public-relations officers once bristled at suggestions that
their company, dedicated to lofty goals of athletics and achievement,
would exploit workers who, in their view, were gaining economic
opportunities. But today Caitlin Morris, Nike compliance integration
and collaboration director, sticks to a positive message.
"The obligation that Nike has is to make good on the concept that
foreign investment in these countries does raise standards of living,"
Morris says. "My aspiration as someone in Nike's
corporate-responsibility department is to make a positive contribution
to that."
Longtime critics acknowledge progress made by Nike managers, adding
that it occurred only due to public pressure. "What they've eliminated
is super exploitation, and now they're just down to plain
exploitation," says Medea Benjamin, founding director of Global
Exchange, a San Francisco human rights organization.
Benjamin says Nike, which reported record profits last year, could
afford better wages for its contract workers. She says the company
should shun China and other nations that ban unions; Nike managers
maintain they can do more to support freedom of association by engaging
with China.
Jeff Ballinger, director of Press for Change, a tiny but vocal
activist organization in Toronto, says Nike executives should empower
workers instead of imposing conveniently crafted initiatives. "They're
skating by with some corporate social-responsibility template that's
been hammered out by expensive consultants," Ballinger says.
Ballinger and Benjamin grant that consumer outrage has waned.
Instead of actively targeting Nike, Global Exchange is pushing U.S.
city governments to buy "sweatshop-free" products.
Contract payroll increases
Nike's contract work force, meanwhile, has grown to 653,000 in more
than 50 countries. One of those workers, Lu Ling, a 26-year-old Golden
Prene stitching operator, left her distant rural village eight years
ago. She works a standard 60-hour six-day week.
As the eldest child, the middle-school dropout sends money home from
her $145 monthly earnings so that her siblings can attend school.
Hunched over a sewing machine, she races to exceed hourly production
targets so her team can earn more. "Someday," Lu says, "I want to have
my own bag factory."
Lu and other workers are so pressed that they don't glance up when
visitors come by. They receive health benefits required by Chinese law.
They earn enough to buy bicycles -- some workers buy motor scooters --
but not cars.
The Golden Prene factory, owned by the Guang Der Corp., comprises
four hulking manufacturing buildings. The 15-year-old complex is
located in the gritty Hua Nan Industrial Zone, one of the many huge new
manufacturing districts that sprawl across a mainland Chinese region
near Hong Kong.
Factory manager Charles Shang, a former Taiwanese army major who
served in a military boot-making plant, says the decision to begin
making Nike goods about seven years ago forced changes. Before then, he
says, employees worked from 7:30 a.m. until 11 p.m. with two one-hour
breaks -- every day of the month.
In those days, about 30 percent of the workers failed to return
after Chinese New Year holidays. But now, Shang says, annual turnover
is under 10 percent.
Nike accounts for between 55 percent and 65 percent of the plant's
production. The factory also makes bags for Dakine Hawaii Inc., the
Hood River sports-accessory company, and for other brands. Adidas moved
out several months ago.
Golden Prene has followed Nike's transition away from oil-based
solvents and other hazardous chemicals to water-based materials. Plant
managers have grown accustomed to Nike audits, which Shang credits with
helping attract customers.
"After they heard we were doing business with Nike," Shang says, "they understood we were qualified."
About 30 Nike employees work in offices inside the Golden Prene
plant, with responsibilities ranging from conducting audits to readying
Beaverton-designed products for manufacture.
Government, family connections
Golden Prene and other Guangdong-province manufacturers have faced a
tightening labor market recently, as workers favor other industrial
regions. Instead of raising wages, as some factories have done, the
plant works through rural provincial officials, who steer workers its
Village and family connections also help. Wan Tianyan, a 21-year-old
riveter who projects a macho air, followed his two older sisters to the
plant from the family rice paddy. He's saving $97 a month so that he
can get married by 25 and give his parents what they want most: a
"It's not easy here," Wan says.
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Powder Coating's Future
There for a time, powder coating shops were popping up on every corner. Now it seems everyone has figured out that margins are extremely tight and that powder coating is not as easy as the guys who sell it might like for you to believe. What do you think the future holds for powder coaters?
Q. There for a time, powder coating shops were popping up on every corner. Now it seems everyone has figured out that margins are extremely tight and that powder coating is not as easy as the guys who sell it (at roughly triple the price I paid just a few years ago) might like for you to believe. What do you think the future holds for powder coaters? In an American economy where manufacturing seems to have left or to be leaving, can you offer a little hope for those of us still in the trenches? J.D.
A. First of all, I am surprised that you characterize the cost of powder as triple what you paid not long ago. In 2005, the average price for a pound of powder in North America was $2.50. In 2011, the average price per pound was $2.63. Maybe you are using some high-cost products in low volume? Anyway, the price has gone up based on the increases in raw materials, so I understand that is a pressure on your business.
As far as manufacturing leaving, that has been an issue for some time now. However, manufacturing in the U.S. is alive, and some sectors are growing. In the past several years, I have worked on several large projects where U.S. manufacturing was adding on or bringing in work from other countries. The demand is there, but there is still pressure on manufacturing from foreign competition and from the trend of investment dollars increasingly being funneled into financial instruments instead of building. Still, powder and equipment suppliers are busy, and manufacturing is playing a steady role in the gradual improvement in our economy. The Institute for Supply Management reported that manufacturing grew in October for the second straight month. The previous three months had shown some contraction, but prior to that economic activity in the manufacturing sector had expanded for 34 straight months, and overall economic activity had expanded for 41 straight months.
As far as an individual coater is concerned, the overall picture is less critical than some personal experience. I suggest you keep up the good effort. Work with your suppliers if powder cost is too high, or find new suppliers if that is possible. Test powders to see what works best by cost per applied square foot, not cost per pound. Work on efficiency and look for waste. Look for service too. Selling is only part of the job; you need support to help you be your best. Work on application efficiency and get involved with associations and events that help you expand and build connections. Check out the Powder Coating Institute and consider becoming a custom coater member. Look at the Chemical Coaters Association International and see if there are opportunities for education or networking. Check out growth sectors like agriculture and electronics, and see if anyone in your area needs coating help. Look for good margin on projects and avoid going for the same work everyone else wants.
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The state has fined a 20-bed assisted living facility in Englewood $12,500 after three inspections in early 2012 led to citations for negligence.
Crestwood Manor owner Marie Clarke, who bought the facility in 2008, said Tuesday that personnel problems leading to the lapses in care have been resolved and that the place is "under new management."
In December, she said, she replaced Crestwood Manor's administrator with a former employee, who came out of retirement to resume her post.
The state's scrutiny of Crestwood Manor followed an incident on Jan. 21, 2012, when 13 residents, some with dementia and all with medical problems, were left alone at the facility for almost three hours. When an aide arrived for her shift at 11 p.m., one of the residents handed her the key to the medication cart, according to a state report.
State regulators who visited Crestwood Manor to investigate said that the single employee on duty had left at about 8:10 p.m. that night, after calling the administrator to say he was sick and being told to stay until 11 p.m. anyway. The employee was fired two days after leaving his post.
He had left the medicine cart key with one resident, a former Merchant Marine, who had a cellphone and told regulators he would have called 911 if necessary.
Asked why the employee left him in charge, the state report said, "he chuckled and said, 'Look around. Some of these people would not be able to handle it.'"
Regulators then required Crestwood Manor to have two employees on every shift, as long as it housed residents with dementia or mobility issues.
State officials visited the facility again last March after receiving a complaint about an aide verbally and mentally abusing residents. They interviewed residents and heard the employee described as "a mean person" who yelled at them and denied them food.
One resident told inspectors that when she asked for help cleaning her room after a toilet accident, the aide handed her a mop. Another said the aide pulled him forcibly out of chair, hurting his arthritic arm and shoulder.
Clarke told state regulators that she did not realize the problem with the aide was "so widespread," the report said. The aide was dismissed.
Inspectors last June found the facility deficient in its care of four residents who had lost significant amounts of weight.
Subsequent visits found that Crestwood Manor had corrected the deficiencies.
The fines were levied this month.
Clarke, who works full-time as an engineer and visits Crestwood on weekends, said it has taken her time to find and retain reliable employees.
"All it takes is one person to make everyone look bad, and if I experience it, I dismiss them," she said. "The industry itself has its stresses, but overall our facility is excellent."
The home now has 16 residents, Clarke said, including some enrolled in government assistance programs.
"The regular Joe Blow with only Social Security or veterans' benefits to live on" can no longer afford the full cost of assisted living, Clarke said, placing pressure on small facilities like hers.
"People just prepare to retire," she said. "They don't prepare to age. We all know that, so I'm trying to help."
The state has fined a 20-bed assisted living facility in Englewood $12,500 after three inspections in early 2012 led to citations for negligence.


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Beyond Oil: the View From Hubbert's Peak by Kenneth S. Deffeyes
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With world oil production about to peak and inexorably head toward steep decline, what fuels are available to meet rising global energy demands? That question, once thought to address a fairly remote contingency, has become ever more urgent, as a spate of books has drawn increased public attention to the imminent exhaustion of the economically vital world oil reserves. Deffeyes, a geologist who was among the first to warn of the coming oil crisis, now takes the next logical step and turns his attention to the earth's supply of potential replacement fuels. In Beyond Oil, he traces out their likely production futures, with special reference to that of oil, utilizing the same analytic tools developed by his former colleague, the pioneering petroleum-supply authority M. King Hubbert.The book includes chapters on natural gas, coal, tar sands and heavy oils, oil shale, uranium, and (although not strictly an energy resource itself) hydrogen. A concluding chapter on the overall energy picture covers the likely mix of energy sources the world can rely on for the near-term future, and the special roles that will need to be played by conservation, high-mileage diesel automobiles, nuclear power plants, and wind-generated electricity.An acknowledged expert in the field, Deffeyes brings a deeply informed, yet optimistic approach to bear on the growing debate. His main concern is not our long-term adaptation to a world beyond oil but our immediate future: 'Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are critical.' This 2005 Hill and Wang Hardcover is in Near Mint condition.
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Jack Bauer has finally met his match -- TV execs.
Fox said Friday that this would be the last season of its hit program "24," announcing to audiences the action-packed, real-time show would wind to a close after eight tense years of Bauer's special-agent crime-fighting.
The show, starring Kiefer Sutherland as rogue counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer, garnered 68 Emmy nominations over the course of its run as critics praised its real-time format and twisty storylines that usually saw Bauer defeat not just the bad guy but an entire terrorist organization.
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Sutherland, who was nominated for a lead actor Emmy in 2006 for the show, said "24" was his career high point.
"This has been the role of a lifetime, and I will never be able to fully express my appreciation to everyone who made it possible," Sutherland said.
"But when all is said and done, it is the loyal worldwide fan base that made it possible for me to have the experience of playing the role of Jack Bauer, and for that I am eternally grateful."
The actor said in his statement that "24" producers, cast and crew wanted the show to "finish on a high note," so calling it quits after this season was unanimous.
This year, Sutherland's Bauer is fighting terrorism in New York, after six seasons in Los Angeles and one in Africa and Washington, D.C.
A film version of "24" is also in the works.


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The General Page of the Configuration Editor allows you to edit the server settings.
It contains three sections : Protocols , Limits and Options .
Here's what the General Page looks like:
This section allows you to enable/disable each of the following protocols and specify the port it is running on:
This section allows you to specify the Limits of the server.
Max. Time Limit lets you choose the maximum time that should last a request (in milliseconds).
Max. Size Limit lets you choose the maximum number of entries that should be returned.
Synchronization Period lets you choose the number of milliseconds between two synchronizations.
Max. Threads lets you choose the number of threads that should be used by the server in its execution.
Check the Allow Anymous Access checkbox to allow anymous access on the server.
Check the Enable Access Control to enable Access Control on the server.
Check the Denormalize Operational Attributes to use a more human readable form ('uid=admin,ou=system' instead of '0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1=admin,188.8.131.52=system') for Operational Attributes on the server.


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Sunday, January 2, 2011
can i just stop and say that being at home was AMAZING.
everyday i had something to do or people to see.
i did not have a dull moment at all while i was at home.
i stayed out late every night just to wake up early the next day to start over again
Santa brought me some AWSOME things for xmas!!
he got me....
i also got...
Santa also brought....
oh i cant forget to mention the...
i got a few other small in's and out's but those are the main things that i got...not to mention the "shop until you drop" day that i had. LoL. granted i only spend like $100 of my own money i had to use up the $100's dollars in gift cards that i had! but it was alot of fun.
i think the best gift i got was a blessing from my friend Shawn. that morning when we were about to open gifts he said a prayer/blessing for me. that was by far the most creative...most unexpected...and the best gift i have gotten in years. he blessed me with having a safe trip back to Missouri...to have a great time in Texas and have a safe new years. to fill my year with lessons and to just have got touch my life and those around me to push me in the direction the lord wants me to go in. it almost brought tears to my eyes!!
other than the gifts the most important thing is that i got to see my friends...no my family. i consider ALL of my friends to be my family and i am so grateful to have all of them in my life. i am so luck to have been touched by each and every person and i am so happy and blessed to have met them and keep on touch with them over the years! i am so happy that i have done and accomplished soooo much but most importantly i would not have been able to do it without the support of those that are back at home and work behind the scene in my life. i love all of them and miss them everyday that i am not at home!!
merry late xmas and happy new year!!
p.s. new years was AMAZING! met up with my girls in KC and had VIP tickets to a huge party...pix will be up soon...LoL :)


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Repair specialist iFixit's urge to buy new kit and take it to bits continues - it's just disassembled the 2G iPod Touch and the 4G Nano. Revealed: the Touch has a Bluetooth chip, the Nano a scratch-proof screen.
The Touch proved easy to take apart, which bodes well for folk looking to get their new player fixed in the future. iFixit was surprised by the presence of Bluetooth, since it's not something Apple's mentioned so far. The tech's enabled in a Broadcom BCM4325 Bluetooth 2.1+EDR chip.
Inside Apple's iPod Touch
Images courtesy iFixit
Steve Jobs announced on Tuesday that the new Touch has integrated support for Nike+, the trainer maker's in-shoe wireless pedometer system. That uses a proprietary wireless technology, but it operates in the Bluetooth 2.4GHz band - also home to Wi-Fi - so the new Touch had to have something like this on board.
See the metal plate up at the top? The Broadcom Bluetooth chip's under that
That said, whether Apple will allow Touch owners to use it for other, Bluetooth-based applications, most notably A2DP wireless stereo, remains to be seen. We can only hope.
Apple's new Nano: remove the LCD from under its glass cover
Like the Touch, the new Nano is driven by an Apple-branded Samsung ARM chip. Barely thinner than its predecessors, the new Nano is just as tricky to disassemble and features a battery hardfixed onto the circuit board. Apple presumably reckons these boys are cheaper to replace than repair.
The Nano in bits
The good news is that the Nano has a glass screen cover in place of the plastic ones of old. That plus the metal shell should make the Nano far more resistant to scratching, giving the device a longer lifespan.
You can view many more pics of the two iPods' innards and read the take-apart notes at iFixit.


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Old Dominion wasn't going to win the Colonial Athletic Association basketball tournament. The Monarchs weren't going to salvage the strangest, and one of the worst, seasons in program history with a magical three-day run in Richmond.
Jim Corrigan isn't trying to convince folks otherwise, but ODU's interim head coach certainly believes his last-place squad would have challenged any opponent(s) in the event, which opened Saturday and concludes Monday.
"It's really weird to not be doing something right now," Corrigan said. "It's been never since there wasn't a conference tournament (for us), and it's been a long, long time since there wasn't any kind of postseason play beyond that.
"To a man, players and coaches would have loved to have kept going given the way we were playing."
Corrigan guided the Monarchs to a 3-5 record during the season's final month. Three of the defeats were by two, four and five points, the latter in overtime to regular-season champion Northeastern. In a rematch last Saturday in Boston, the Monarchs defeated the Huskies.
So yes, ODU was playing inspired ball, especially for a bottom feeder. But CAA bylaws rendered the Monarchs ineligible for the league tournament because of their impending move to Conference USA, a harsh and vindictive penalty, but one the school knew was possible when it chose to exit.
So Corrigan, a 19-year veteran of ODU's staff, is left to reflect on a 5-25 record that leaves the Monarchs out of a postseason tournament for the first time since 2004, Blaine Taylor's third year as head coach.
ODU fired Taylor on Feb. 5, less than 24 hours after a home setback to George Mason dropped the Monarchs to 2-20. His departure had more to do with personal behavior than his team's 10-game losing streak, leaving Corrigan, other staff members and the players shaken.
Athletic director Wood Selig immediately named Corrigan the interim, and a day later Selig and a group of ODU donors accompanied the team on its trip to Drexel, a prearranged junket suddenly turned somber.
But at dinner the night before the game in Philadelphia, Selig began to sense a positive vibe. Forward Nick Wright, a fifth-year senior from Suffolk, knocked spoon against glass, stood and told the fans how much the players appreciated and needed their support, never more than now.
The next evening, the Monarchs defeated Drexel, their first victory since Dec. 22 against Virginia.
"It was one of those moments where you think, 'This is why I do this job,'" Selig said.
"At first, we kind of talked about, let's control what we can control," Corrigan said. "And you can't always control what happens to you. You're driving down the street, you're minding your own business, you're paying attention and someone just comes and broadsides you.
"So sometimes things happen to you that aren't great. But what you can control is how you react to it, how you deal with it, how you carry yourself when those things do happen. I thought they did a pretty amazing job of that."
Yet as the games dwindled, Corrigan wondered. Might a we-have-nothing-to-play-for malaise strike the locker room?
He worried particularly about the finale at Northeastern. ODU had played Thursday at home, losing to Drexel on senior night, and the game at Northeastern tipped at noon Saturday.
With neither the time nor energy for a full practice, the Monarchs jetted to Boston on Friday. There, with university president John Broderick in attendance — Broderick is a Northeastern graduate — ODU played its best game, defeating the Huskies 81-74 behind the double-figure scoring of Richard Ross, DeShawn Painter, Keenan Palmore, Donte Hill and Dimitri Batten.
"For us to come out and play the way we did against Northeastern was really, really a great feeling, and very rewarding," Corrigan said. "I think it speaks volumes about the kids and the kind of people they are."
Corrigan called the last month "very much a group effort. I think to a man they just responded the way you'd want kids to respond."
Now Corrigan, assistant Rob Wilkes and John Richardson, and the players wait and watch. They watch conference tournaments, including the CAA, and wait for Selig to name a new head coach.
Meanwhile, there's plenty of administrative and recruiting business to occupy Corrigan, a Duke graduate who Tuesday took his son Drew to the Blue Devils' home finale against Virginia Tech. Signees Jordan Baker of Hampton and Denzell Taylor of Toronto have told Corrigan they remain committed to ODU.
"We've got some other guys we're recruiting that are sticking with us — right now," Corrigan said. "We haven't had anybody jump ship completely at this point. Certainly there are concerns, what-ifs and all that, but we haven't been eliminated by some guys because of this."
Corrigan enhanced his candidacy to remain as head coach with confident, composed and stable leadership. But he also understands that Selig owes the program a thorough search.
Toward that end, Selig is consulting with two long-time friends from his days as a University of Virginia administrator: Todd Turner and Dave Odom. Turner worked as an assistant athletic director at U.Va., before AD tenures at Connecticut, North Carolina State, Washington and Vanderbilt; Odom was a Cavaliers assistant basketball coach before big-whistle gigs at Wake Forest and South Carolina.
"Rick Pitino could walk in and say, 'I'm tired of all that big-time basketball (at Louisville) and I want to go to the beach and coach at Old Dominion,'" Corrigan said with a laugh regarding the unknowns of searches. "The equation could be changed."
This season's trials notwithstanding, Corrigan, like Selig, said ODU has the resources and recruiting base to "become a national entity, to become a Gonzaga, Xavier, Butler type of program."
This Corrigan believed when the Monarchs played in the CAA, and this he believes moving forward to Conference USA, a far more disparate geographic collection that will take ODU to Florida, Texas and Oklahoma.
Whether Corrigan will help the Monarchs chase that ambition is unknown. What is known is how he, staff and players distinguished themselves during the last month.
If ODU doesn't hire Corrigan, another program will be lucky to get him.
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Boxer Omar Henry died Friday following a struggle with gall bladder cancer, Yahoo reports. He was 25.
In recent weeks, Henry had posted emotional messages on his Facebook page asking for prayers and support. In a post marked Jan. 9, he said he hoped to live to celebrate his 26th birthday on Feb 8.
Remember celebrities we lost last year
In a post written on Jan. 27, Henry remained optimistic about his struggle. "While I'm in this current state I am fighting with my family by my side and I will not go down for the count. I am a champion who has chosen to fight not just for myself but for those whose faith is believing in what you can't see, and I will continue to fight!"
Henry held a 12-0-1 record as a light middleweight. He was due to fight on Showtime on Nov. 16. However, when he started to feel ill days before the fight, he went to his doctor and was diagnosed with Stage 4 gall bladder cancer. He had been hospitalized for close to three months at the University of Chicago.
A Chicago native, Henry made his professional debut in July 2008 — a match he won within the first two minutes of the first round. He went on to win his next nine out of 11 bouts by 1st round knockout.


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The design of Stonehenge
The construction of Stonehenge reflects the empirical discovery of mathematical truths. Its design embodies the elegant and universal symbolism of numbers and geometry. Some 4,500 years ago Neolithic surveyors and engineers understood and employed the relationships between squares and circles. They accurately created polygons which included hexagons pentagons decagons; the classic 30 sided figure which determined the positions of the Sarsen Circle (a 'triacontagon') is itself a product of these fundamental shapes.
The 'horseshoe' form of the central array was derived from the same markers that determined the position of the Sarsen Circle. Beyond the circle, the four 'Station Stones' sit in perfect spatial and geometric relationship with the central group. A modern preoccupation with 'alignments' has masked the elegantly simple formulae used by the prehistoric designers.
News – Amazing stone rabbit (not found near Stonehenge and well, it's actually a natural flint nodule, but it's prettier than the 'carved stone ducks'). Here it is: Stone Rabbit
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His poor wife, and all the guy had to do was click this link: What?
Here's something for all you mathematicians ….
In the world of archaeology there is such a thing as transparent or manifest proof. I will explain in a moment, but first what is archaeology? The simple answer is that it is the study of the human past through the evidence provided by material remains. Hence when you look at any theory which relates to archaeology, and especially prehistoric remains, you have to ask yourself 'can this be supported by the tangible evidence, or is it no more than opinion and guesswork'. So back to the original point, what is this extra dimension, this realm of the 'transparent or manifest'? what does it mean? If archaeology only deals with material evidence how can there be dimension within which other information resides? Well, let's consider an archaeologist finds a bronze artefact, and let's say the context is secure, for example it was found with burial scientifically dated to some time before 2,000 BC. The archaeologist may not know where the tin or copper that made up the alloy came from, nor any other 'fact' such as where it was made, or for what purpose, but we can say 'the people who made this had access to both tin and copper' and that they knew how to raise the temperature of a smelting furnace to near 1000 degrees Celsius, fact. In other words we don't have to find the source of the tin or copper, nor locate the furnace to know that both these statements are true.
Now when we use the same logic to examine Stonehenge, we also see numerous examples of ancient knowledge which can be unlocked from the design of the structure. From the evidence of the physical remains we can directly enter the realm of prehistoric knowledge, without guesswork and without speculation. To do this we do not start with a 'theory' into which the evidence appears to fit, but by considering what the evidence actually tells us about what people who built Stonehenge knew. From this starting point we can then begin to understand the way that knowledge was used to create the structure. By doing this we start from the basic facts and the uncertainties soon become apparent. The alternative is to endlessly sift accept and reject poorly constructed theories which may or may not be correct, and invariably if they are not susceptible to any kind of material proof this ultimately is a pointless exercise. That's not to say we cannot test and evaluate the 'theories' but only after the all the evidence has been called in does it make any sense to do so. Moreover the body of evidence is not static, we gradually learning more about Stonehenge and contemporay monuments and improving scientific methods of investigation.
So, and here's a simple exercise for mathematicians, here are some facts, based on the tangible archaeological evidence. The inner faces of the ring of 'sarsen' stones at Stonehenge form a circle to which the centre of the faces conform. Forget interpretations that show circles drawn through the centres of the stones, or to the outside of the circle, for the stones are all irregular in thickness and form. Anyone who disputes this fact needs to take a long hard look at accurate plans of the structure, and preferably pay a visit to examine among others, sarsen stone 16. It will then be immediately apparent that the builders of Stonehenge set the inner faces of the stones against their marked circle. Still unsure, then ask a builder when building a natural stone wall how the stones are selected and set. Are his stones chosen so that the better sides represent the face of the construction; is the string line to which he works on the face, or is the line running in the middle of the foundations? Let's assume we have overcome all the illogical arguments as to which aspect of the Stonehenge circle represents the surveyors intended circle, so what's next, what's this 'mathematical' question in respect of the setting out of the stones?
Interestingly we accept the idea of the prehistoric circle largely without question, it can be measured and checked on the ground and verified. We can see exactly what the prehistoric surveyors intended, even if we don't understand why they wanted a circle in the first place (remember that's simply the realm of speculation, we can't say why). But wait, what else we know about this structure; well despite being a stone circle it has an axis, it straddles the line of the midwinter sunset and midsummer sunrise, there were originally thirty uprights, the solstice axis passes between stone 30 and 1 and 15 and 16. What might we discover from these facts alone? Firstly that they could set out an accurate circle, obvious in it's simplicity, knock a peg in the ground and scribe or make a circle using a rope, and yes they had ropes, so that's how they started, too easy? It would be if in fact that was where they did start, but they didn't! Firstly Stonehenge (the iconic sandstone structure) sits central to a much earlier earthwork; they needed to find the centre, now try guessing where the centre of an earthwork some 100m in diameter is, and you will immediately understand the first problem. You might try marking it out on the ground, it's a pretty big area. Secondly they didn't even start with a circle! Remember the axis of the construction, the two solstices, this line had to be marked out first, exactly through the centre of the existing earthwork, and only then the centre point found.
Outside and beyond the Circle, sitting just inside the remains of the earthwork are the two surviving so-called Station Stones, two others are lost but are known from their foundation holes. Station stones, not a bad name actually as they do appear to be exactly that, surveyors survey control stations. If you take two lines across the diagonals of the 'Station Stone rectangle' they form they cross in the centre of the Stone Circle. And, just as importantly this 'rectangle' formed by the Station Stones; well the short sides make up two facets of an octagon, in other words the Station Stones were set on the vertices of two opposing facets of an octagon. Moreover the Station Stones were there before the central array, it would have been impossible to set them up so accurately in respect of the Circle if they were later.
So, returning to the Circle, we can see marked out the line of the Solstices, simple really by observation, even looking at the length of the sun's shadow as ancient Japanese observers are known to have done to establish the solstice. On this line, and in the centre of the existing outer work (established some 500 years earlier around 3,000 BC), they scribed the circle against which the inner faces of then stones were to be set. Are we getting to the maths problem yet? We certainly are, here's the task they were faced with, put yourself in their place:
You have 30 massive stones to set upright in a circle, each irregular, each of different width and thickness (and height). You want to set them so as they support 30 perfectly formed lintels, which have been pre-fabricated with complex pre-cut joints. We know about the pre fabrication because things didn't always go to plan, and some joints had to be re-cut (at least one of the circle stones cracked, but I digress, the reference below explains all that). Now and here's the real challenge, you want to keep the axis of the solstice clear, in other words you have to place four of your thirty stones at their correct spacing either side of the 'solar corridor'. Easy, is it really? Don't forget that the joints in the lintels are supported in the centre of the uprights, and that the middle of the flatter (prepared) inner faces are set almost perfectly to the vertices of a regular 30 sided polygon (a triacontagon to be precise).
So how do you do it, for they did, and with great accuracy. How do you created a 30m diameter 30-gon on the ground, and ensure that the axis of the structure (within which there are further mirrored symmetrical structural elements, some up to 50 tons) is preserved. What's more these central stones, the 'Trilithons' had to in position before the Circle! When you begin to explore the possibilities you enter the prehistoric mindset behind the design of Stonehenge, you are using evidence manifest in the structure itself. Now look again at all the 'theories' and see if they still make sense, for example the idea that the stones themselves were aligned on some distant object, the moon or constellations. Remember you are now the prehistoric surveyor, what exactly are your priorities….
more details: http://www.solvingstonehenge.co.uk/