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Beltdriven Timing System - Timing Is EverythingWritten by on September 1, 2008 CV Products' New Belt Timing System For Chevrolet Race Engines Makes High-Performance Power Easier Than Ever
Beltdriven timing systems are nothing new in racing. Their usefulness was first proven in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, and since then the technology has trickled down to Dirt Late Model racing, the ARCA series, and other upper-level racing classes.
Although they are more expensive than a traditional timing-chain system, a beltdrive has several advantages that can show up on the race track. First, the belt helps absorb power-robbing harmonics in the engine. This helps smooth out the impulses transmitted to the camshaft and valvetrain and can improve overall control of the valvetrain. A belt also doesn't stretch over time, and it won't develop "slack" in the system like a chaindriven system can. Also, a belt system with intelligently designed cogs that mesh well with the pulleys works much more efficiently than a chain and will sap less horsepower from the engine-meaning more power to the rear wheels. And finally, if you feel you will need to make camshaft timing adjustments, a belt system is definitely the way to go because it does not require oil, and therefore, can be made to be easily accessible to so you can make your changes on an adjustable cam pulley.
Normally, one of the biggest complaints about using a beltdrive timing system is the hassle of getting it properly installed. Traditional beltdrive systems use packs of shims to set the camshaft endplay. Not only was finding the right combination of shims time consuming, but they often had to be modified with oiling holes to keep them from burning up or galling against the drive.
CV's new Xceldyne beltdrive timing system does away with all that by replacing the shim packs with an innovative new thrust bearing. In fact, this new "Low Drag Cam Thrust Bearing Assembly" is so innovative it was awarded patent number 7,331,319 this past February. CV says its new thrust-bearing design utilizes "precision-ground 44c stainless ball bearings in a perfectly balanced assembly" which eliminates the cam hub, seal plate, cam shims, and Torrington bearings found in more standard beltdrive systems. The bearing is lubricated by engine oil from inside the crankcase, eliminating the need for special oiling arrangements. The oil seal is also built into the bearing to further simplify the assembly.
To get a better idea of how CV's new beltdrive timing system works, we stopped by the shops of KT Engine Development in Concord, North Carolina, while owner Ken Troutman installed a kit on an engine to be raced in the ARCA series. CV says kits should also be available for Ford small blocks by the time you read this.
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On a Chevrolet there should be no machining required for the back cover to fit properly. Still, it is a good idea to check and make sure there is some clearance between the front of the engine and the back of the plate to allow oil drainback. This can be done with a couple pieces of clay. Place the clay at the highest points on the block and then press the cover into place. There was plenty of clearance on this block which has already had all the internals polished.The cam cover plate seals against the block with an O-ring cord that fits into a machined groove in the plate.Notice how the groove for the O-ring cord is cut in a dovetail. This helps capture the cord so it cannot slide out of position. Once the O-ring cord is pressed into position, wipe away the excess and apply a small dab of silicone in the area between the cord and the beginning of the oil pan rail.The next step is to install the crankshaft seal. The cover has a lip machined into it so that the seal must be installed from the front. The lip keeps the seal from being pressed too far into the cover and also provides an additional sealing surface.The crank seal is constructed from aluminum and will warp if you try the old-school method of tapping around the outside edge with a hammer. Instead, you must press evenly all the way around the seal at once. CV Products sells a tool for pressing in the seal that makes the task as simple as possible.Gently put the rear cover into place being careful not to twist or rip the crank seal. You may need to run your finger along the lip of the seal (it is a double lip suitable for either wet-sump or dry-sump applications) to relax it so that it will slide over the nose of the crank more easily.Make sure there is some clearance between the back cover and the front main cap. You just need enough to allow oil to drain into the pan. If there is none, create a channel for the oil to drain into the pan by cutting a small groove into the cap-not the cover.CV provides quality 1/4-20 ARP bolts for attaching the cover to the block. Use blue Loctite and torque them to 10 lbs./ft. Notice that Troutman has left the bolts out where the timing pointer will eventually be installed.This is the cam thrust bearing assembly that makes this camshaft timing drive so different from all the rest. Before installation, make sure to completely clean the bearing to remove any remaining antirust agent that was applied prior to packaging. Then you can lightly lubricate the bearing with motor oil.
Make sure to test fit the bearing assembly prior to final installation. To make later assembly steps easier, make sure the dowel pin on the camshaft is in the three o'clock position.The kit includes a seal that must be pressed on to the front of the bearing assembly, and like the crank seal, trying to tap it into place with a hammer will only lead to frustration and an oil leak. Again, if you cannot find a method to safely press the seal into place, CV provides a custom tool (part number CVT-CD1) that makes the process a snap.To prevent leaks, apply a thin bead of silicone around the inner side of the flange on the bearing assembly.Six locknuts hold the bearing assembly to the back cover. They should be torque to 10 lb-ft with no Loctite.Apply red Loctite and install (but only finger-tighten) the three 5/16-18 bolts that connect the camshaft to the camshaft thrust bearing assembly and visually check to make sure that the camshaft's lifters are centered underneath the lifter bores. Although it shouldn't be necessary, CV products does sell shim packs to correct for both improper camshaft location and endplay in the event you get an odd cam or something else happens.If everything is to your liking, you can torque the three cam bolts to 28 lbs./ft. It can be difficult to hold the cam steady while torquing the bolts this much. Resist the temptation to jam a screwdriver through one of the lifter bores to lock the cam in place. Instead, CV sells a spanner (CVT-CD3) that you can see here that you can use to lock the cam in place.Install the included Woodruff key into the hub of the cam thrust bearing assembly. If the dowel on the cam is at three o'clock, the slot in the hub will be at twelve o'clock, making the dowel easy to hold in position while you tap it in place with a brass punch.
Install the crankshaft pulley. It should be a tight fit. Here, Troutman is using the same tool he used to install the crank seal to protect the pulley as he gently taps in into place with a dead blow hammer.The crank and cam pulleys are aligned by setting the timing marks so that the dot on the crank pulley bisects the two dots on the cam pulley.The bolt holding the cam pulley in place is a left-hand thread. Make sure it is lubricated with ARP Moly lube and torque to 70 lbs./ft. You will need a separate wrench on the crank to hold the assembly still while torquing the retaining bolt. Now you are ready to degree in your camshaft, install the cover and finish the engine assembly.

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Putting aside the emotional value of listening to a great guitar solo, what are some of the criteria that can be applied to make an educated judgement as to the quality of a solo within the context of the song it's nestled in?
I have always viewed the rock/pop type guitar solo as being all about tension and release.
You want to build to a climax, with any combination of speed and phrasing and note choices that fall slightly outside the chord structure, and then release that tension by resolving to something that is central to the song's melody or at least the chord changes that you're playing over.
I know a lot of people harp on Phish for being somewhat indulgent in their solo breaks, but there's a lot be learned from listening to one of their better jams when it comes to crafting a great build followed by a release that puts the listener back on melody and grounds them back in the original song again.
Trey's solos tend to start with some fairly in-the-pocket melody lines, usually repeating a common vocal melody. Nothing challenging on the ears, all the notes fairly consonant. And then he introduces bends and quick notes that go "outside" the key -- stuff that hangs, dissonant, in the air for a short time, before returning to things that are in key, on melody. He'll keep building on this approach throughout a solo, going "outside" more and more for longer periods of notes, and then bringing it back to something in key. Working his way up to neck to the higher register, adding more notes to the phrases being played. And when the solo is going to resolve the whole band will come back to something that's on theme, everything in key, and it'll just feel good on your ears.
Tension, release.
This is impossible to answer because music is an aesthetic and you can find solos all over the place that will break any rules you setup. You can take some general principles but again they will fail in many cases too. You can generally get an idea of how certain people "solo" and attempt to copy them.
In any case the guidelines tend to be:
You really need to have a good understand when you are creating a solo as to where it is taking your listener and where you actually want to take it. Is this dive bomb going to really add anything or is it just a waste of time? If you let your emotions take the reins and you have anything useful to say then it will automatically figure out all that stuff for you. If your just mechanically going about it then chances are you won't have anything important to say and it won't be any good. If you have sex just to have it(just because you do it every day at 9pm you gotta do it today at 9pm) your not going to feel it like you did it for the "first time" are you? Well, you gotta solo like it's your "first time" every time.
Many years ago, when Duane Allman was alive, the Allman Brother's "At the Fillmore East (Live)" album was referred to as one of the very best examples of developing solos ever.
At the time I was taking music theory and playing jazz in stage band, so it was of particular interest to me to learn what it was that Allman and Dickie Betts did that made reviewers say such things.
In music theory, they talk about creating and releasing tension. The lack of tension in music leads to music that bores the listener, such as the most boring elevator music you've ever heard. Music that is totally tension - something that makes the listener's skin itch and makes them want to run away from the bad sound - is equally bad because the listener will lose interest - or kill themselves.
So, interesting music walks a line from being relaxed to tense; How it achieves tension varies. In general, tension is caused by changing between the opposite ends of volume, frequency, speed, in-harmony vs. dissonance, repetition vs. never repeating, etc.
A song/solo that is relaxed and quiet that suddenly speeds up and gets loud will generate tension. A song/solo that has been following simple enharmonic tones, ones that belong in the key (root/octave, 3rds, 4ths/11ths, 5ths, 6ths), then begins to move into more complex harmonies (2nds/9ths, 7ths, 13ths) will be more tense.
A song/solo that has a nice line, then repeats it, repeats it again, then again, can cause tension, a relaxing, then more tension as the listener is first intrigued by the phrase, then bored because they've heard it several times, then intrigued again because "it's gotta change sometime!". The listener likes being challenged; total repetition, like a "round" like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" becomes boring. Change the melody, and the listener perks up. Repeat it, change it, repeat the new change, repeat the original line, then branch out further ends up teasing the listener; You're flirting with them, playing with their musical memory. Create a nice line, repeat it, play some variations, wander a-field, then return to it later, takes the listener on a trip and brings them back home.
So, back to Duane Allman and Dickie Betts. On that album, they played for hours. The solos are improvised, and pull out all the theory tension/release tricks. They develop themes, spin off, return to them, then the other takes over, develops it further, then they finish together. There are spots where the entire band backs down to very quiet volumes and the guitar quietly follows, then leads the band back to full volume.
There are plenty of other great solos, and soloists, but there have not been very many bands made up of musicians who understood improvisation like The Allman Brothers, and who could pull it off live as well.
Derek Trucks and Warren Hayes, who incidentally play often with the Allman Brothers these days, are also great soloists. I've heard Jimmy Herron, who also hangs with the same people, can work over a song very nicely too.
So, writing a good melody/song/solo is an awareness of the creation and release of tension, not only when writing it, but when performing it. When improvising, there's an immediate awareness of where you want the song to go, how you'll control the tension and what you'll do to release it.
Most guitar solos I can think of that I think are the closest thing to "objectively good" fit the song somehow. It's hard to really qualify it better than that. For example, consider the following:
These are just 2 examples of solos I think are "good" that aren't the most typical type. What do they have in common? They seem to "fit" the song. It almost seems like the "I know it when I see it" kind of thing.
I agree with the answers here. Tension, release, sure.
Here's what I tell myself: A solo is like a story. It needs to have acts and components. We can draw direct lines between literary mechanisms like repeating motifs and themes. We see this same kind of thing in good stand up comedy acts. The best aren't formulaic, but have a discerning structure and sense. As players we can also have humor, reference to other tunes, reference to pop culture. Again, just like a short story. It's mindful, strategic improvisation. It is cultivated.
So to me plugging a formula into making a good solo is like plugging a formula into making good literature. It can never work - they are more sophisticated than that.
The second thing I haven't seen here is any mention of heart or intent. We may claim it's not an 'objective' element, but I maintain much on this topic isn't. Some of the most theory-driven players I know have no character or passion in their playing. No fire. No personality. That's because it can't be taught in this literal kind of sense. You need to let go and look at is a kind of fugue meditation. I'm personally an eye-closer when I solo (ok, not true on super hard tunes). It's part of the whole process. Performing is a communion; a solo is a sacred story - you want to show people something unique and (for me anyway) passionate. When I play a show, I'm always complimented for my soloing. Usually a particular solo. They may say: "Man, that was amazing. That was really sad!" And that's just so. If I'm playing Claire De Lune, I do sad. If just one person gets that, we're communicating and I'm doing my job. Play with heart. Play it like you mean it. That is a good solo.
A good guitar solo should do exactly what the vocalist does i.e. express the emotions of the song!! Once a solo can do that, it's a great solo!
A couple of things I would like to point out.
Coming back to where I started. A solo should convey emotion!! Listen to Joe Satriani's or Steve Vai's or Marty Friedman's solos and I'M A 100% SURE you will understand what I'm trying to say.
Hope this helps!!
A memorable guitar solo tells a story. Roy Buchanan once played an amazing guitar solo where he only played one note many different ways.
See Guitar solo techniques, particularly my answer about solo stories and narrative arcs.


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Seventeen cadets graduated from the Junior Police Academy in Camdenton on Friday. After one week of training, classes, guest speakers and interactive activities, the students gained enough knowledge to stand proud and earn a medal.
Lieutenant Jeff Beauchamp said that the purpose of the program is "to give students a clear understanding of the Police Department and emergency services."
Camdenton Police Department along with many other community sponsors made the week happen.
"This week would not have been possible without the help of the community," Beauchamp said. "We are fortunate to have the help from the community that we have."
Student Resource Officer Chris Williams, addressed the crowd. '
"The kids really got it this week," he told the graduation attendees.
Before the ceremony began, students were asked to evaluate a mock crime scene.
"They very quickly gathered the evidence and were right on track," Williams said.
Before concluding the ceremony, Beauchamp challenged the students to continue learning about the areas of emergency services that interest them. He also asked them to find a way to help keep their school safe, speak up to friends about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, explore how to get involved in their community and if their friends have questions for law enforcement, help them get the answers they need.
2013 marks the fourth year of the Jr. Police Academy in Camdenton.
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Bandwidth refers to how much data can be transmitted at a time through a connection. As more household devices get connected to the internet, our demands for more bandwidth grow. Fortunately, technology exists to help us get the content we want without waiting. Read this Weekly Feature to find out more. Tell us what you think about ever-changing technology that has us reaching for more and more bandwidth.
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While many of us do not have the budget for the 150/35, it is nice to know that it is there for those that can get a GPON ONT. I have a proxy server that filters and stores some small amount of the content locally, and some of the content hits come from my own proxy filter. Although be it a small percentage it does speed up access a bit, and saves on some bandwidth.
Full disclosure first... I'm a Verizon media spokesperson.
Having been intimately involved in the trials of then GTE's ADSL trials in the mid 1990s, the launch of the ADSL service in 1998 and the launch of FiOS Internet in 2004, I have witnessed first hand the continued "need for speed" by the public. Poor is right on track with his 'Strike Up the Bandwidth!' comments.
In speaking to hundreds of consumers and small businesses in their homes and on the phone, I continue to hear about the importance of not just speed, but the critical value of having a broadband connection that doesn't slow down due to shared use and that doesn't knock you off your home WAN or corporate VPN at the worst possible time.
What's good for broadband customers is having the peace of mind to know you will have a torrent of bandwidth at your fingertips when seconds count. Deadlines can be missed due to a lack of firm Internet connectivity. Prior to the arrival of FiOS in my North Texas neighborhood, I used Comcast, then Time Warner, cable modem service. I can't recall the number of times I grew impatient as I got knocked off my connection. Eventually, I went cold turkey so to speak with the cable modem in our home and used my Verizon Wireless broadband card. While slower, the broadband card provided me a continued connection to the Internet and my corporate LAN.
The day FiOS Internet arrived in my neighborhood was like the Fourth of July, my kids' birthdays, my wedding anniversary, Christmas, Easter and the opening day of the baseball season all rolled together into a perfect package. My installation was smooth, and the service has sold itself in my neighborhood. I happily took my Time Warner equipment back to them across town, wearing my FiOS hat and FiOS shirt.
Standing in line at Time Warner, I heard complaints and beefs from strangers. But although strangers, we were not as we all shared the same horror stories of our cable experience.
As Thanksgiving approaches, I am thankful for the application developers who are creating innovative tools that will benefit from the new, higher speeds of broadband being introduced. Sure, it is early for the masses to jump onto the 150 Mbps bandwagon, but I don't see that hesitancy lasting too long. Within a short window of time, we'll see speeds climb even higher in the broadband arms race and perhaps we'll see prices flatten, but that remains to be seen.
For now, I'm confident that bright minds will produce the applications that need 100 Mbps plus downstream and 35 Mbps or higher upstream rates for professional and personal reasons. I sit in the very office where the first diagram of ADSL was sketched out for me in 1995. Once it was explained to me, the light bulb went off and I became a broadband believer. Each time I see that white board, I see the past, present and future and I smile knowing my company has a key role in satisfying the needs of the public in our ever-connected world. -- Bill Kula, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Good post Bill.
Who would of thought we would need more than a 286 and 2 meg of ram. Future proof is the term! My First real computer was Tandy 1000 with an 8088 when I had to cut out the front of the case for the extra long above board memory expansion cards at 1 meg each and many chips.
I too am sure there will be a a need and Verizon will be ready. Right now I was transfering a 15gig file to a cable friend and it was lsow because some of the pipes do not connect well. At 35/35 he could not get near what I could give. I suppose not everyones routers are ready.
Thanks for the kind words about my Weekly Feature, folks.
As for progress, I remember being concerned about all this digital music that people wanted to send across the Internet, which we all knew was only designed to carry efficient ASCII text for email and information databases. With all this frivolous music clogging up capacity, it was sure to wreck the Internet that was needed by so many businesses!
Of course, time has proven me wrong (once again) and the wizards continue work hard to keep up with the bandwidth demands of the average consumer. I look forward to seeing what demanding applications lie beyond real-time streaming of 1080p 3D video (such as for "being there" video chats right there in your own living room). These are exciting times.
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Good post Bill.
Who would of thought we would need more than a 286 and 2 meg of ram. Future proof is the term! My First real computer was Tandy 1000 with an 8088 when I had to cut out the front of the case for the extra long above board memory expansion cards at 1 meg each and many chips.
I too am sure there will be a a need and Verizon will be ready. Right now I was transfering a 15gig file to a cable friend and it was lsow because some of the pipes do not connect well. At 35/35 he could not get near what I could give. I suppose not everyones routers are ready.
I found my issue it was the 15 hops I had to go through on cable before he could get my file. He gave me his IP, and I said wow! Why does it need to go there? Then My 5 hops to google as upposed to his 12. 8 of which were still on the cable network.
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Let $F: (Sch)^{o}\to (Set)$ be a functor that admits a coarse moduli $Y$ (a scheme). We can consider $Y$ as a representable functor $h_{Y}: (Sch)^{o}\to (Set)$. Is there a direct way to produce $h_Y$ from $F$ (maybe by taking sheafification of $F$ in some topology or something like that)?
The same question for a Deligne-Mumford stack $F: (Sch)^{o}\to (Groupoids)$ and its coarse moduli space (a scheme or an algebraic space). Is it produced as taking $\pi_0$ of $F$ and then sheafification or something like that?
It is not true that one can obtain the coarse moduli space of a functor or stack $F$ by sheafifying $F$ or $\pi_0(F)$, so probably the answer to both of your questions is NO.
I'll take the following definition of a coarse moduli space of a functor or stack $F: (Sch)^{op} \rightarrow \mathrm{Gpoid}$: It's an algebraic space $X$ together with a natural transformation $F \rightarrow X$ such that
For this definition (which I think is the standard one), the coarse moduli space is typically NOT obtained by sheafifying $\pi_0(F)$. For example, take $F$ to be the Deligne-Mumford stack $[\mathbb{A}^1/(\mathbb{Z}/2)]$, for $\mathbb{A}^1 = \mathrm{Spec \ }\mathbb{C}[x]$ and $\mathbb{Z}/2$ acting in the obvious way by $x \mapsto -x$. Then the coarse moduli space of $F$ is given by $X = \mathbb{A}^1$, and the map $F \rightarrow X$ is induced by the map $x \mapsto x^2$ from $\mathbb{A}^1$ to $\mathbb{A}^1$. But $\mathbb{A}^1$ is not isomorphic to the sheafification of $\pi_0(F)$ for the etale topology (and probably not for any subcanonical topology, although I'm not sure how to prove this at the moment).
To see why, let $Y$ be the etale sheafification of $\pi_0(F)$, and let $T_0 F$, $T_0 X$, and $T_0 Y$ be the tangent spaces to these functors at 0 (by which I mean the set of lifts of $0 \in F(\mathbb{C})$ to $F(\mathbb{C}[\epsilon])$, where $\epsilon^2 = 0$). If $X$ were given by the etale sheafification of $\pi_0(F)$, there would be a natural map $Y \rightarrow X$ (induced from the projection $F \rightarrow X$) which would be an isomorphism on tangent spaces. But one sees that the map $T_0 F \rightarrow T_0 X$ is the zero map since this is true for the map $x \mapsto x^2: \mathbb{A}^1 \rightarrow \mathbb{A}^1$. On the other hand, the map $T_0 X \rightarrow T_0 Y$ is non-zero, because $\mathbb{C}[\epsilon]$ has no non-trivial etale covers and so $T_0 Y = T_0(\pi_0(F))$, which is isomorphic to $\mathbb{C}/(\mathbb{Z}/2)$ with the projection map $T_0 F \rightarrow T_0 Y$ identified with the quotient map $\mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}/(\mathbb{Z}/2)$.
If you look at the proof of the existence of coarse moduli spaces, you'll see that it's done by first considering the case of quotienting an affine scheme by a finite flat groupoid, where the coarse moduli space is given by Spec of the invariants. One then carefully glues together the coarse moduli spaces on open patches. This construction makes me suspect that there is no direct (i.e., global) construction of the coarse moduli space, at least not one that is easy to work with.
I could be wrong, but I am going to be brave and assume that coarse moduli spaces are defined in the analogous way as for topological stacks. If this turns out being incorrect, I will remove this answer:
Let $F:Sch^o \to Gpd$ be your functor. $F$ is canonically a colimit of representable sheaves:
Let $\pi_F:\int F \to Sch$ be the fibered category representing $F.$ Then $F$ is the colimit of $y \circ \pi_F,$ where $y:Sch \to St\left(Sch\right)$ is the Yoneda embedding into stacks.
If the category of
This would be the point-wise the left Kan extension of the
Anyway, I believe, that "$F$ has a coarse moduli space", is the same thing as "$\pi_F$ has a colimit" (and that this colimit is the coarse moduli space) (edit actually the composition of $\pi_F$ with the inclusion into algebraic spaces)
It's worth mentioning, that often times this colimit can be replaced by a much smaller one, e.g., if $F$ is a stack coming from a groupoid object in schemes (or algebraic spaces) ($G_1 \rightrightarrows G_0$) (Hopf algebroid), then $F$ can be written as a finite colimit involving only $G_1 \times_{G_0} G_1,$ $G_1$ and $G_0,$ and the resulting coarse moduli space, if it exists, would be in fact just the coequalizer of $G_1 \rightrightarrows G_0$ in
(edit) At any rate, apparently, for this coarse moduli space $X = \varinjlim \pi_F$ to be well behaved, in addition to being this colimit, one wants the canonical map $F \to X$ to induce a bijection on $k$-points for all algebraically closed fields.


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During an eleven-hour charity telethon launched yesterday on Saudi Television, a total SR 119,126,371 [$32 million] was raised to aid suffering Palestinians.
The live broadcast solicited donations for the "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Campaign for the Relief of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip." Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz announced the launch of the campaign on January 3.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz personally contributed SR 30 million [$8 million] to the fund. Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz provided an additional SR 10 million [$2.7 million].
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Campaign continues to receive sizable donations from across the Kingdom and abroad.


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STEUBENVILLE — A second witness in the Steubenville rape case was compelled to testify today as the Steubenville rape trial continued at the Jefferson County Justice Center....
Saw some buzz that the coach may testify. Will he be granted immunity????????
Anyone, Anyone?????
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Big Red football coach Reno Saccoccia says he will testify in the trial of two Steubenville football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl last August. Contacted by The Plain Dealer early this afternoon, Saccoccia declined to answer questions about the ongoing trial because he is expecting to testify. He said he would answer questions once the trial is over.
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Winter's Turning
from "A Christmas Sermon" of John Donne:
Though in the ways of fortune,or understanding, or conscience,Thou have been benighted till now,wintered and frozen,clouded and eclipsed,damped and benumbed,smothered and stupefied till now,
Now God comes to thee,not as in the dawning of the daynot as in the bud of the spring,
But as the sun at noon to illustrate all shadows,As the sheaves in harvest to fill all penuries.All occasions invite his mercies,And all times are his seasons.
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Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Lovely sentiment, but I thought we established in a previous post that Donne was an opportunistic fake, perverting his talents as a poet to rise in the Anglican hierarchy under James I. Someone noted that Donne wrote in a letter that he was at his most eloquent when he believed the least. I'll never look at Donne the same. Or JK Rowling and her gay Dumbledore. Or St. Francis who didnt really say, "Pray; if necessary, use words." You Catholics are tough customers.Merry Christmas. I guess.
Jean: Trust the poem, not the poet.
Eugene, I'm being sarcastic, but that probably didn't come through. Just trying to make a point on how some have responded to literary offerings on this list before.Father Imbelli, apologies for being obnoxious.Jean
Wow, this is depressing.I'm beginning to believe there's no Santa Claus!
There is always Father Christmas, Kathy, or if you prefer, Pere Noel. There is a life without Santa Claus.
What are you trying to say, Joseph, about Santa Claus?Sometimes the sun at noon doth shine too brightly. Take pity.
I never did believe in Santa Claus, his elves or a toy shop at the North Pole, though my brother Paulie did. When he was 7, I decided he'd believed long enough, and dragged him out to the living room at midnight where Dad was putting presents under the tree and dumping the milk and cookies.Paulie started screaming, which woke up Mom, and she gave me a good hiding with the hairbrush for getting everyone all riled up.Some people just can't deal with the truth, even when it's for their own good.
Jean my daughter insisted on telling her younger brother that there was no Santa Claus. We tease her that she is responsible for all his faults.As far as I am concerned, Jesus is never more powerful in bringing home to us our loving God as when he says that what father would give his children a stone if they asked for bread and to ask God and we shall receive. The nuance that God wants us to be absolutely persistent in our pursuit of life in God, is so heart warming. Gratias agamus domino deo nostro!
Fr. Imbelli's selection from Donne seems a nice backdrop for the news, from the BBC, that Tony Blair has (officially) become a Catholic.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7157409.stm
CNN's story says "the Church of England, which was created by royal proclamation during the 16th century after King Henry VIII -- who married six times -- broke ties with the Roman Catholic Church in a dispute over divorce."Heh.
The CNN version put an RC slant on the story, does it not? Is there a Jebusite lurking somewhere at CNN? Horrors!
This post raises another question for me: How many of us, in church, have ever heard a sermon that is a poem? (I don't mean quotes from Hallmark or "Footprints.") I'm not that fond of Donne, but I do wish we had more poetry in our preaching, more sensitivity to the beauty of words, better craftsmanship in use of their rhythms, and attention to how they fall on the ear. St. Ephraim the Syrian wrote sermons in verse, didn't he? Black preaching often uses the music of language to convey a message and call forth a response. Rarely, rarely do Catholic preachers employ such gifts. But maybe others have had a different experience?
Rita,I fully agree. If the whole liturgy is to be mystagogic, then the language used is certainly crucial.Now I am not an historian, but I presume Donne's sermons followed upon readings from the King James Bible -- NAB doesn't quite inspire the same poetic fervor. And did I mention the clunky collects we've been saddled with lo these many years? I will settle for the Book of Common Prayer any time.
Not to dampen the triumphalism about Tony Blair and all, but he and John Donne swam the Tiber, in opposite directions, just so's you know.I think it's also important to note that Blair's wife is Catholic and the kids are being raised Catholic, and Tony strikes me as someone who is fairly easily led by the prevailing winds, that whole buddy-buddy biz with George Bush as just an example.No, I have never heard a Catholic priest make up a poem for a sermon, recite a poem for a sermon, or refer to literature in any way. References to non-Catholic traditions seem mostly limited to football.Ouch! I'm such a grouch today, I've now begun to annoy myself.
Jean, you are delightful even when grouchy. Don't apologize.Robert, I think it's not so much a lack of inspiration as it is a lacuna in our culture overall concerning poetry. It's considered effete, useless; if people meet a poet at a dinner party, they wonder what else she or he does to earn a living or to be a productive member of society (a question never asked of athletes, for example).Poetry in Russia, for example, is far more highly esteemed, read, and cherished. Poets such as Osip Mandelstam were sent into exile for their poems, which were so threatening to Stalin and so powerful. Yvgeny Yevtushenko once said that a poem is an ambulance rushing to save someone's life, and when the poet Anna Akmatova died, thousands came to her funeral. Sadly, we are unlikely to see find excellent language in our translation of biblical and liturgical texts if it is not part of the fabric our our lives elsewhere. Yes, I sympathize with your concern about liturgy and mystagogy.
I like how this blog goes quiet on Saturday nights.However, I'm stuck in the rectory printing out endless programs for Christmas Masses: Christmas vigil, Christmas midnight, Christmas Dawn and Day. Two poetic moments in the Midnight Mass sparkle among the carols: the introit (I'm going to chant it and we have a translation in the program), Dominus dixit ad me: filius meus es tu, ego hodie genuite, and a song by Saint-Saens, Tollite hostias.Laetentur coeli, et exsultet terra ante faciem Domini, quoniam venit. Alleluia.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the Liturgy is meant to have its own poetry, which involves the reading of Scripture in a figurative manner.
Thanks to a Boston College doctoral candidate, I was presented with this quote:Mystagogical preaching in the early church was "marked by a rhetorical ornamentation and theological splendor that is unparalleled by contemporary standards. The patristic mystagogues are given to images, metaphors, and stories that reveal the significance and deeper meaning of the baptismal symbols" (Jeffery Baerwald, "Mystagogy," in Fink,ed., The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship).
Sorry to be so talkative here, but I just want to put in a word for this book. (Blurb lifted from the Arch. of Washington website:The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation: Origins of RCIA Type: BookCategory: RCIAAuthor: Edward Yarnold, S.J.In this book, Father Yarnold first compares and contrasts the initiation rites in the early Church with the restored catechumenate. A number of the baptismal homilies of St. John Chrysostom, St. Ambrose, St. Cyril of Jerusalem and Theodore of Mopsuestia comprise the remainder of the text.Ordering Information: Liturgical Press, 1994, 166 pp. (800) 858-5450 / $14.95.
Just to note that the passage Bob Imbelle quotes is taken from a larger one that I sent in some time ago, that sparked the exchange to which Jean Raber refers. As Bob points out, it is from a sermon for Christmas, but it is not a poem, although it is set out in broken lines as it were one. In this respect it is like the famous line, "Ask not for whom the bell tools," which many people have sought among Donne's poems, when in fact it, too, is prose from a sermon.John Henry Newman was, I think, a fairly mediocre poet; it was his prose that could sing. Donne did both wonderfully.
Presumably the bell tolls and Imbelle tools. Whatever.


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Officials in a Michigan city said they are considering a $5-per-rat bounty to help combat the local rodent problem.
"When we first heard it, it was like oh come on. Really? A bounty. But then we talked about it some more. We said if it does help us find out where the issues are, it may be something worth considering. We know we're not going to trap our way out of rats being in existence," Smith said.
However, some residents fighting infestations said they think a bounty program would be a waste of funds.
"The bounty for the rats I think is kind of ridiculous," homeowner Heather Hawkins said. "Five dollars a rat -- I could've gotten $55 this summer. That's $55 they could've put towards solving the problem."
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default sort in a table
Is there a way to specify the column (and direction) that the data is sorted by when the table is initially rendered? I see a getSortDir() method in TableColumn but there is no setSortDir().
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There is not a way to do this with the current code. I have made some changes that will allow you to specify the initial column sort state. You can call sort() on table before it is rendered. Code will go out in next rev.
Table tbl = new Table(cm); tbl.sort(1, SortDir.DESC);


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Visual Studio 2012
Call this function to close the archive without throwing an exception.
The CArchive destructor will normally call Close, which will flush any data that has not been saved to the associated CFile object. This can cause exceptions.
When catching these exceptions, it is a good idea to use Abort, so that destructing the CArchive object doesn't cause further exceptions. When handling exceptions, CArchive::Abort will not throw an exception on failures because, unlike CArchive::Close, Abort ignores failures.
If you used new to allocate the CArchive object on the heap, then you must delete it after closing the file.
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One of the standard stories that is given for this (and is mentioned in Aristotle) is that the hull of a ship disappears first as it sails towards the horizon on a calm sunny day. Is this a myth, or is it possible? After all, at the time no telescopes were available.
Scenario: Assume, for instance the hull of the ship rides 1 metre above the surface of the sea, with a sail whose height is 3 metres (I am going by 'Min of the Desert', a replica of a 3800 years old oceangoing Egyptian ship, so about the right time period.)
- How far must it travel before the curvature of the earth completely hides the hull?
- How far must it travel (assuming a flat earth) before visual acuity of a normal naked eye can no longer discern it?
I get an answer for question 1 of around 120km, this seems too distant (by my unaided intuition) for the naked eye to resolve. Also it seems wrong from general observation of the horizon from the coast, as one of the commenters has pointed out it looks like only a few kilometers. And surely at that kind of distance atmospheric efects begin to kick in, especially in the mediterrean where its generally warm.
Its been a very long time since I've done geometrical optics, so the answer to question 2 is beyond me. Can someone help. Also a verification of 1 would be nice (I've used a radius of the earth as 6000km).


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The Pinewood Derby was held at the Fort Steuben Mall on Friday and Saturday.
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BUSY — Dan Gamble, an official with the Two Chiefs Scout District, was busy Friday night and Saturday making changes to Pinewood Derby cars at the Fort Steuben Mall. The annual event was held at center court of the mall with six Cub Scouts crowned winners in the day-long series of races Saturday.
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I just did my first install of any Linux OS, and I accidentally selected "Desktop GUI" in the install, but I want to build everything myself. Is there any way by which I can uninstall the GUI environment without re-installing OS?
Debian uses
The command above lists all tasks known to
On my system the command outputs 36 packages. You can uninstall them with the following command:
This takes the list of packages (output of
It means Debian changed the behaviour of this by now using a single "meta" package called task-desktop which pulls in the other packages via dependencies and recommends. So it's true what tasksel tells you, it just installs that single package, but if you look at the details of that, like so:
you will see the other (actual) packages this pulls in in the lines starting "Depends:" and "Recommends:". To remove them try "apt-get remove task-desktop" or list the package names individually.


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If a weak creature with death touch attacks a tougher creature, does my own creature die as well?
If I have a 2/2 with death touch that attacks a 4/4, the 4/4 will die but what will happen to my 2/2?
If a weak creature with death touch attacks a tougher creature, does my own creature die as well?
If I have a 2/2 with death touch that attacks a 4/4, the 4/4 will die but what will happen to my 2/2?
Yes it does.
The damage to them both happen simultaneously (footnote 1), so the big one receives 2 deathtouch damage, and the little one receives four regular damage. Both of these are lethal damage (footnote 2, 3) to the respective receivers, and they are sent to the graveyard.
This can be avoided by giving the little guy first strike (consider Glissa, the Traitor or double strike, which will cause the little guy's damage to be dealt first (unless the big guy somehow also gains it.) Other things like protection can mitigate the damage too.
I should point out that creatures can't attack other creatures in normal combat. You can only declare them as attackers to a player or planeswalker. The defending player (in this case, the player owning the 4/4) can choose to block or not block.
You can cause them to deal damage to each other with the "fights" mechanic (like Prey Upon, or with spells and abilities (Livewire Lash comes to mind.) If a creature deals damage to another creature, and the damage-dealing creature has deathtouch, then the receiving creature has lethal damage (causing it to be destroyed).
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It dies. There's no is difference between dying from lots of damage and dying from damage from a source with deathtouch. If a 20/2 and a 4/4 would mutually kill each other, so would a 2/2 with deathtouch and a 4/4.
This is because all combat damage is dealt simultaneously [CR 510.2], and because the State-Based Actions that cause both kinds of deaths [CR 704.5g & h] happen simultaneously [CR 704.3].


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WACO (November 7, 2012)--The Baylor Autism Resource Center (BARC) will host a fundraiser Thursday at Rosa's Café on Franklin Avenue.
Patrons can dine-in or use the drive-through and must present a BARC fundraiser flyer to donate 15 percent of the sales to the organization.
The fundraiser runs from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. and will help the center purchase resources for the parent workshops and programs that help the autistic develop social skills.
Gift cards can also be purchased from the restaurant in increments of $10 and if specified, a portion of the proceeds will benefit the BARC.


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Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections
Foot infections are a common and serious problem in persons with diabetes. Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) typically begin in a wound, most often a neuropathic ulceration. While all wounds are colonized with microorganisms, the presence of infection is defined by ≥2 classic findings of inflammation or purulence. Infections are then classified into mild (superficial and limited in size and depth), moderate (deeper or more extensive), or severe (accompanied by systemic signs or metabolic perturbations). This classification system, along with a vascular assessment, helps determine which patients should be hospitalized, which may require special imaging procedures or surgical interventions, and which will require amputation. Read full text guideline
Dr Lipsky,
could you provide some clarification on empiric antiobiotic choice?
In table 8,
under moderate or severe DFIs, we have the following probable pathogens
Streptococcus spp; Enterobacteriaceae; obligate anaerobes
So far,
everything clear; these are the pts with no risk for MRSA or Pseudomonas; treat
them with "usual" antibiotics
treat with linezolid, daptomycin, or vancomycin
Pseudomonas - piperacillin-tazobactam
4) MRSA, Enterobacteriacae,
Pseudomonas, and obligate anaerobes; suggested antibiotics: vancomycin,
ceftazidime, cefepime, piperacillin-tazobactam, aztreonam, or a carbapenem.
Now I have
trouble – what clinical scenario is it? Did you mean patients with risk factors
for both MRSA and Pseudomonas, and hence the need for very broad-spectrum
antibiotics? If so, then we should probably use vancomycin (linezolid,
daptomycin) AND one of the remaining (or, maybe more specifically, vancomycin
plus piperacillin-tazobactam, because the latter is preferred for Pseudomonas).
Why this list is longer, if required spectrum is broader?
Thank you.
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green gfx bugs while playing avi file encoded with ultimotion codec
most likely libavfilter-caused regression
Can someone here explain in more detail?
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Author and law professor Anita Hill, whose testimony during Clarence Thomas' 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings spurred an intense national debate about sexual harassment, will speak on "Choosing America's Better History: The Supreme Court, Civil Rights, and the Promise of Citizenship," on Thursday, April 23, at 7:30 pm at the Bennington Center for the Arts.
The event, sponsored by the Four College Issues Forum—a collaboration between Bennington College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Southern Vermont College, and Williams College—is free and open to the public; however seating is limited and tickets are required.
Inspired by President Barack Obama's inaugural address in which he asked Americans "to choose our better history," Hill's lecture will explore the federal court's role in enforcing civil rights and promoting diversity in America.
Hill, a professor of public policy and women's studies at Brandeis University, speaks widely on a range of social and political issues. The recipient of several prestigious grants and awards—including the Ford Hall Forum's First Amendment Award and the Fletcher Fellowship for work that contributes to improving race relations—Hill holds a BS from Oklahoma State University and a JD from Yale Law School. Her biography, Speaking Truth to Power, was published by Doubleday Press in 1995.
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A Durango man was sentenced to 16 years in prison Friday for distributing large quantities of Oxycodone pills in the community.
William O�Neal, who turned 40 on the same day, was facing 16 years to 24 years in prison after signing a plea agreement with the 6th Judicial District Attorney�s Office.
He apologized for his crimes and began crying when his 17-year-old son spoke on his behalf.
�There�s no other person that I�d rather have as my father,� said his son, who is a junior at Durango High School and plays football and competes in wrestling and track.
O�Neal was the focus of a multimonth investigation by the Southwest Drug Task Force. He was arrested in May with 505 Oxycodone pills.
He made friends with people, gave them painkillers, then turned those friendships into business relationships, said Frank Sandoval, an investigator with the task force.
He had dozens of customers, including other drug dealers, Sandoval said.
O�Neal was co-owner of Citified, a clothing shop in the Main Mall that has since closed. Sandoval called it a front for his drug-dealing activities.
O�Neal purchased Oxycodone for $12 to $14 per pill in Las Vegas and sold them in Durango for $35 each, Sandoval said.
Most drug dealers are in business to support their own habit and make a little money on the side, he said. But O�Neal had no drug habit and was motivated purely by the profits to fund an expensive lifestyle. Prosecutors said he made tens of thousands of dollars per month.
It was difficult for customers to pay $35 every day to support their drug habit, so some turned to heroin, which is cheaper, he said.
Deputy District Attorney Justin Fay read about a dozen names of people who have gone through the judicial system for substance-abuse charges, all of whom were O�Neal�s customers.
Sandoval called O�Neal a �predatory drug dealer,� saying he gave away Oxycodone to get people hooked and then began charging them.
�I have heard people say that drug abuse is a victimless crime,� Sandoval said. �It is not a victimless crime. Drugs and drug abuse spur other crimes. This particular case is no different.�
O�Neal�s Durango defense lawyer, Joel Fry, criticized the District Attorney�s Office for what he perceived as an unfair plea agreement.
Prosecutors offered a plea agreement that would have sent O�Neal to prison for eight years, he said. But they removed the offer after Fry and O�Neal insisted on having a suppression hearing � a motions hearing to determine whether certain details or pieces of evidence can be withheld from a jury for legal reasons.
Fry said he advised his client to go through with the suppression hearing. He filed the motion to suppress in �good faith,� saying it was worthwhile to explore whether there was police misconduct, he said. It�s unfair that his client is being punished for the decision to have a motions hearing, he said.
Judge David Dickinson said he would have liked to consider a plea agreement in the 10- to 20-year range, but he probably would have settled on a 16-year sentence anyway.
He called O�Neal a �smart man� who has positive attributes.
�It�s a shame that you can�t put that to better use,� he said.
Authorities also arrested Maris M. Moore as part of the investigation. She faces 11 charges, including distribution of a controlled substance and being a habitual criminal. A trial for Moore is scheduled for Jan. 22. She is free on $25,000 bail.


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We appreciate ministries like K-LOVE who have been so encouraging and inspirational to so many people in so many different circumstances.Spending time with this crew today was meaningful and I'm thankful for having the opportunity to share a little bit about our vision for our new record which will be released February 26th.For this new project, we wanted to really capture a fresh vision for what it is we do, why we do it and what it means to be part of the church. We wanted this new project to be about what it means to be a part of what He wants to do.Zion. It's an interesting word, with several meanings and connotations. We read about it, sing about it and even wonder where it is. In Biblical terms it is the hill on which the city of David was built and perhaps where the Ecclesiastical meaning of the highest place, or Heaven, comes from. Zion is precious to the heart of God and it's essentially what Jesus came to establish -- Heaven on earth. God is birthing His kingdom in us and through us here on earth and that is exemplified through what Jesus is about: mercy, love, forgiveness, generosity, justice - all of those things - and that's how we are called to live our lives. We get the chance to be a part of building God's kingdom here on earth.The whole point of this album is the realization that God is doing His thing, and He has already done it, He is establishing His Church, and it's through us. It's through each one of us.The album was birthed out of our cry, "God I want to be a part of what it is you're doing, if that means write a song, we'll do our best to write the best songs we can. If it means serving the poor and those who are hurting, then we're going to do it better than we've ever done it before. If it means just being a great son or daughter, brother or sister, mum or dad - wherever it is we find ourselves - then let's do that better than we've ever done it before.Everything we do as UNITED, whether it be from recording or writing these songs, to playing them in front of people and all the production that goes with it or whatever part we play, it's all an expression of a really extraordinary God doing what only He can do through really ordinary people who love Him and want to serve Him. We hope these songs, in some way, are an encouragement for people everywhere. -Joel Houston http://hu.cta.gs/003
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"Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we do, whether you go to school, or you're a mom taking care of your family, or at the shopping mall - remember whatever place God puts you - you can be serving God by simply smiling and encouraging people, just being a light. However small that might feel, when we are obedient to the call, God uses those opportunities, and opens up more of them." - Joel Houston
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I have often heard neighbours talking things like in a multi storied apartment, the upper flats are more hot in summer then lower flats (or vice versa?) and similarly for some comparison in winter? and similarly something for basement..
I have never understood these things well, even though people talk as if this is obvious.
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Are there any books that can teach a good/useful PHP framework to build an ecommerce site? Please recommend.
PHP 5 e-commerce Development starts by creating a simple MVC-style framework, then continues to teach you how to build an e-commerce system with PHP.
Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL teaches custom e-commerce development with PHP.
WordPress 2.9 E-Commerce shows how to use PHP, WordPress, and the WP-Commerce plugin to build an e-commerce site.
Joomla! E-Commerce with VirtueMart builds an e-commerce site using Joomla.
Drupal E-commerce with Ubercart 2.x demonstrates e-commerce site builds using Drupal.
Building PHP Applications with Symfony™, CakePHP, and Zend® Framework gives an overview of working with three popular PHP frameworks, with concepts that could be applied to developing a shop.
The Zend framework can help you with your project. A good book is "Zend Framework in Action". Get it here.
Any particular reason why you're looking for a framework to aid you with this task?
I'd say with the complexity of e-commerce applications (Yes, you can make a 'simple' one, but it's still going to be pretty complicated by the time you're done with frontend/backend, order management, payment gateways, etc etc) that you might want to consider possibly writing your own framework so you fully understand what your code is doing - this way you can also ensure what you're doing is 'secure' - which is pretty key when it comes to money changing hands.
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Tropical Storm Beryl Intermediate Advisory Number 7a
Nws National Hurricane Center Miami Fl
200 Pm Edt Sun May 27 2012
Beryl Stronger...Now A Tropical Storm...
Summary Of 200 Pm Edt...1800 Utc...Information
Location...30.1n 79.9w
About 110 Mi...175 Km E Of Jacksonville Florida
About 120 Mi...195 Km Se Of Brunswick Georgia
Maximum Sustained Winds...65 Mph...100 Km/H
Present Movement...W Or 265 Degrees At 10 Mph...17 Km/H
Minimum Central Pressure...997 Mb...29.44 Inches
Watches And Warnings
Changes With This Advisory...
Summary Of Watches And Warnings In Effect...
A Tropical Storm Warning Is In Effect For...
* Volusia/Brevard County Line Florida To Edisto Beach South Carolina
For Storm Information Specific To Your Area..Including Possible
Inland Watches And Warnings...Please Monitor Products Issued By
Your Local National Weather Service Forecast Office.
Discussion And 48-Hour Outlook
At 200 Pm Edt...1800 Utc...The Center Of Tropical Storm Beryl
Was Located Near Latitude 30.1 North...Longitude 79.9 West.
Beryl Is Moving Toward The West Near 10 Mph...17 Km/H.
A Westward Motion Is Expected To Continue Through Landfall.
After Landfall...Beryl Is Expected To Move Slowly West-Northwestward And Then Turn Northward Over Portions Of Northeast Florida And Southeast Georgia On Monday And Monday Night.
Satellite Imagery Indicates That Beryl Has Strengthened And Now
Has Maximum Sustained Winds Near 65 Mph...100 Km/H...With Higher Gusts.
Little Change In Strength Is Expected Before Landfall.
After Landfall...Beryl Is Forecast To Weaken To A Depression On
Tropical-Storm-Force Winds Extend Outward Up To 90 Miles...
150 Km From The Center.
Noaa Buoy 41012 Located About 50 Miles...80 Km...East-Northeast Of St. Augustine Florida Recently Reported Sustained Winds Of 43 Mph...69 Km/H With A Gust To 52 Mph...83 Km/H.
A Coastal Marine Automated Observing Site At St. Augustine Recently Measured A Wind Gust To 41 Mph...67 Km/H.
Estimated Minimum Central Pressure Is 997 Mb...29.44 Inches.
Hazards Affecting Land
Wind...Tropical Storm Conditions Will Be Reaching The Coast Of
Northeast Florida And Southeastern Georgia This Afternoon And
Continue Through Tonight.
Gusts To Hurricane Force Are Possible Over Portions Of Northeastern Florida And Southeastern Georgia Tonight.
Storm Surge...The Combination Of A Storm Surge And The Tide Will
Cause Normally Dry Areas Near The Coast To Be Flooded By Rising
Waters. The Water Could Reach The Following Depths Above Ground If The Peak Surge Occurs At The Time Of High Tide...
Coastal Portions Of South Carolina...Georgia...And North Florida...
1 To 3 Ft
The Deepest Water Will Occur Along The Immediate Coast Near And To The North Of The Landfall Location...Where The Surge Will Be
Accompanied By Large Waves. Surge-Related Flooding Depends On The Relative Timing Of The Surge And The Tidal Cycle...And Can Vary
Greatly Over Short Distances.
Surf...Dangerous Surf Conditions...Including Rip Currents...Are
Expected Along The Coast From Northeastern Florida To North
Carolina Over The Remainder Of The Memorial Day Weekend.
Rainfall...Beryl Is Expected To Produce Total Rain Accumulations Of
3 To 6 Inches Along The Southeastern Coast Of The United States
From Northern Florida Through Southeastern North Carolina.
Next Advisory
Next Complete Advisory...500 Pm Edt.
Forecaster Brown/Cangialosi
Remarks by Oscar Fann follow...
1 pm cdt Sunday update...
No significant changes in previous post, which follows -
Since Saturday afternoon the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has slowly moved the inland path of BERYL farther westward through extreme southern Georgia with each update.
Currently (early Sunday afternoon), NHC has BERYL almost reaching Valdosta on Monday, then recurving and moving off to the northeast late Monday night or early Tuesday.
Thus, our forecast for the WTVY-TV area remains essentially unchanged since our first update early Friday morning.
Briefly, that means rain chances enter the forecast Sunday night - about 20% for Dothan.
From Sunday night through midweek, the farther east you go from Dothan the higher the rain chances (and west from Dothan lesser rain chances prevail).
If BERYL's path continues as expected, we will lower Dothan's rain chances to 40% for Monday & Tuesday. FOR NOW, Dothan will be fortunate to receive about a half inch of rain relating to the effects of BERYL.
Rain amounts relating to BERYL look to be rather light for the period for most of the WTVY-TV coverage area, although 1, possibly 2 inches could be possible in parts of southwest Ga. and east of the Apalachicola River in the Florida panhandle Sunday night though Wednesday.
If BERYL's direction changes, then obviously the forecast changes, but as mentioned previously, there has been little change in our forecast since early Friday.
For now, winds may gust to around 20 mph on Monday but otherwise will not be a factor, and the severe weather potential relating to BERYL remains very low.
Along the coast -
Beach and boating weather through the Memorial Day weekend should remain largely unaffected through Sunday.
Monday should see an increase in clouds but not a complete overcast. There will be more sunshine west of Panama City, but even coastal areas just east of Panama City would still have some sunshine.
Winds will increase to around 20 mph at times with possible higher gusts.
Boating / Marine Advisories might be necessary.
Rain chances appear slight for much of Monday for coastal areas west of Apalachicola.
As we constantly stress - ALWAYS, check with lifeguards and local officals to get the very latest beach & marine conditions BEFORE entering the Gulf waters.
More updates through the holiday weekend here on our website as well as on WTVY-TV's regularly scheduled newscasts.


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BELTON (November 6, 2012)--A Belton man was held Tuesday in the Bell County Jail charged with sexual assault in an incident involving a Belton teenager.
Thomas Sholars, 20, was ordered held in lieu of $15,000 bond.
Belton police Detective Sgt. Larry Berg said Sholars was arrested on a warrant on Monday after the victim's mother reported the sexual assault.
Berg said at about 6 p.m. on Oct. 22, officers were sent to an address on East Avenue N after a teenager's mother called to report that her daughter had been sexually assaulted.
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How complete should the prototype be?
I am not sure what should be the level of completeness of the prototype.
The rules say that we need to haave it "prototyped' and after the top 10 are selected, we will have to finish the app.
Is my understanding correct?
So thats why I wanted to know what should be considered a prototype and what should be the maturity of the code at that level?
Any suggestions are welcome.
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20 Oct 2010 11:14 PM #2
The more complete the better, but we're looking for UI completeness
Hi SS - we're really looking for UI completeness at the prototype stage. You can have mock data, and not have the backend hooked up etc, but it should have good UI polish, and a information architecture that makes sense.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The suspect in a weekend stabbing at a central Topeka Dillons grocery store cannot be released from jail right now.
27-year-old Anthony Downing made his first court appearance Monday on charges of attempted second degree murder, aggravated battery and interference. The judge set a $100,000 bond, however, Downing cannot be released because he will not submit to fingerprinting.
Downing currently has a July 17th docket hearing set as his next appearance.
Topeka Police say Downing stabbed 26-year-old Joshua Nottingham several times just before 7 am Saturday at the Dillons near Huntoon and Lane.
Nottingham works at the store. Police say some sort of fight between him and Downing escalated and led to the stabbing.
Nottingham underwent surgery Saturday. No update on his condition was being released Monday.
Incidentally, this is the same Dillons store where two Topeka police officers were shot and killed December 16, 2012. Officer Jeff Atherly and Corp. David Gogian were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the store's parking lot when a passenger in the vehicle, who police identified as David Tiscareno, got out and opened fire. Tiscareno was later shot and killed following a standoff with authorities.


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I use NetBeans for all my GUI development. I would like to use your synax coloring package, but I've run across an issue with the RTextScrollPane class.
In Netbeans, when I add a JScrollPane, NetBeans instantiates the default constructor. Unfortuantely, RTextScrollPane doesn't have a default constructor.
Then, in the generated code, NetBeans calls the 'setViewportView(component)' method to tie the TextArea field to the scroll pane. For example:
jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
scriptEditorPane = new com.dotomi.common.ui.components.DotomiEditorPane();
This methodology won't work with the RTextScrollPane class. If you could change the RTextScrollPane class to work with NetBeans, that would definitely make me a believer.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The end of the tour was delightful. Worship at Federated Fellowship and Calvary CRC in Pella, Iowa, was joyous, and Pella Christian High School's chapel was so great. Andy (class of '08) and Karlie (class of '09) felt welcomed back at their alma mater, the students worshipped the Lord and sang out, and it was a great way to end the tour.
Thank you to all who hosted, prayed for us, and supported us on the tour. We as a team learned a lot about each other, about God, and about leading worship. It was an unforgettable experience, and we're all so thankful we got to be a part of this! Thank you Trinity and most of all, thank you to our Savior Jesus Christ for giving us these great things to sing about--his grace and his love for us!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Saturday, January 14
Almost done
We have three events left on the tour. We traveled from Contra Costa Christian High School in Walnut Creek, California, on Wednesday and drove to Elko, Nevada (8 hrs). Then we drove 11 hours to Denver, Colorado. We had a delicious meal with Brittany's parents provided. A night's rest and another gig at Denver Christian High, and we talked in a chapel/worship class in the afternoon. It was a blessing to be at Brittany's alma mater and work with her dad on scheduling and setting up since he teaches there. It was also wonderful to see my cousin Jacob since he is there at DC! Some of my relatives came, and some of Brittany's came too. Also, Derek's cousin and good friend of ours, Ben de Nooy came! Great to see people we love and worship with them this morning!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The team sends their greetings from Ripon, California…
One day, two chapels, three set-ups later we (the boys) are relaxing at the Vos residence in Ripon enjoying our guest area for the evening. Today was pretty jam packed but we had the least driving to do today which was a welcome relief after traveling for 4+ hours most other days. We started off the day playing at Central Valley Christian where we enjoyed the stage lights and high quality inhouse sound system. Aaron met some cousins afterwards, and we talked to some alumni (Laruen Haney '11 and Alyssa De Groot '09).
Saturday, January 7, 2012
10:30 a.m. California time!
We enjoyed Phoenix Christian chapel yesterday. The kids were singing along pretty well! Mr. Pete Hamstra was with us yesterday, and he was living it up in his alma mater since he set track records at Phoenix Christian. We had students fill out cards, and they fed us pizza. We drove six hours to our hotel in Irvine, CA. The hotel was super nice, and we got to enjoy our first In-N-Out (hamburger) experience and LOVED it. Vince wants to eat it every day while in California.
Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:05 PM
After 3 days, 24 hours, 5 states, and 1,700 miles, the crew finally made it to Rehoboth, New Mexico, and got to bust out our instruments and play for the youngsters. The drive to Rehoboth from Denver was quite scenic and most enjoyable. This morning we got the privilege to play for both the middle school and the high school chapels. Both of chapels went well, and it felt great to finally get to worship and do what we set out to do.
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 11:25 PM
The tour is officially beginning tomorrow with our first chapels for the middle school and high school on Thursday (tomorrow)! We enjoyed (sarcastic) the long 11 hrs from Iowa to Denver yesterday where we enjoyed a delicious meal provided by my Aunt Michele. We played some draw scrabble and got a good nights rest before driving 10 more hours today to reach Rehoboth Christian School. We were warmly greeted by Dr. Barb Timmermans and a couple teachers from Rehoboth. For dinner we decided to get a bit 'local' and ate at Grandpa's Grill just off of historic Route 66 in Gallup, NM. Needless to say, we got a lot of laughs in and ate a really really good burger. Got the whole sound system set up in about 2 hrs (hopefully its less from here on out!) and ran through some songs. It's going to be a really great trip with great music and praise to our great God! Looking forward to Phoenix Friday and then Cali!
Monday, January 02, 2012 11:32 PM
The Trinity 15-passenger van & trailor is on it's way to Pella, IA with Andy, Zack, Aaron, Vince, and Priscilla for the afternoon drive to Iowa. Tonight we'll eat as a team (a.k.a. family) for the first time, minus Brittany. We will get Brittany in her hometown of Denver on Tuesday night. We also have a new member of the team - who unfortunately isn't on the poster or photos yet... his name is Derek De Nooy & he is from Pella and is a great friend and fellow worship team guru. He is running our sound system and helping us with anything and everything on the tour. So grateful for him being able to come with!


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'Abduction' Was a Prank, Police Find
An apparent abduction in Manhattan that set off a large police response and unnerved residents of Washington Heights over the weekend was actually a prank played by a group of college friends, officials said.
No charges were expected to be filed against any of the seven people who participated in the bogus abduction, and they all appeared to be unaware of the commotion their practical joke caused, the officials said.
At about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, detectives investigating the unusual incident received a call from a 30-year-old man saying the abduction was part of an elaborate plan to throw a surprise birthday party. The man, who was identified by a law-enforcement official as Julian Mann, told police he and his friends had rented a home in the Poconos for the weekend and were alerted to the panic their prank caused only when they returned to Manhattan on Sunday.
Mr. Mann's version of events was confirmed by his six friends, including the couple who had been the subjects of the apparent kidnapping, the official said.
The incident, parts of which were captured on surveillance video, touched off an intense police search and rattled people living in Washington Heights—including children who witnessed the caper on Friday.
Police said several witnesses had reported that at about 7 p.m. Friday, they heard a woman scream and saw two men force two people into a minivan at gunpoint at Haven Avenue and West 173rd Street. The police set up vehicle check points, and detectives went door to door in the vicinity looking for witnesses but were baffled that no one had reported the apparent victims missing. Officials also released video of the episode and asked the public for information.
"We did devote significant resources, but there will be no charges," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
Mr. Mann told police the abduction was planned as a diversion after the man, identified as Christian Joe, found out about the surprise party, the official said. The other apparent victim, Mr. Joe's girlfriend, was in on the joke.
Mr. Joe, who had a pillow case placed on his head during the prank, told detectives he immediately recognized the voices of his "abductors" as those his friends' and that there was no weapon involved.
All seven people involved in the prank traveled to the Poconos afterwards. The official said the friends had all attended St. John's University.
In an interview, Mr. Mann, 30 years old, said the fake abduction was a last minute plan and that the group had no inkling of the aftermath while they were in the Poconos.
Once he contacted police, the friends were interviewed for hours and he had his house searched for a weapon.
"We had to prove a great deal," he said.
He expressed regret for the distress the prank caused witnesses and for the police resources that were used, but said even some officers saw the humor in it.
"There were some laughs," Mr. Mann said.
"We understand how it must've looked," he said. "It wasn't malicious at all. But it hit us when we heard the 911 call."
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The Westside library in Spartanburg held a rededication ceremony to honor the Cyrill family and its assistance to the Spartanburg County Public Libraries.
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Ridiculous published/draft ratio (non-focus not a pun, but sorry)
Hot off the heels of this forum post comes this very blog post with pretty much the same base notion but different… different… aw, whatever.
Thing is, we're currently re-structuring large parts of our web presence. We're switching from our current "all in one" approach to a more decentralized setting, with each app getting its own, custom-built site and development blog.
These blogs will purely focus on development and release information for their respective apps. We feel that this will far better suit us, the apps, and ultimately the users.
Also, this blog here was some sort of all-and-nothing. We never really managed to bring it into focus: It was a company outlet, a news-board, and we never got around to add a personal touch. We didn't rant much, we didn't discuss broader development issues, we didn't discuss application design apart from our own apps.
This sucks, and we know it, so we'll be closing it down within the next couple of weeks.
As for personal touch… we've got something cooking, but in the meantime you might just follow us on Twitter: Max @macguru17, Marcus @the_soulmen, Friedrich @hdrxs, see ya!


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Celebs who have had mastectomies
POSTED: 06:11 AM PDT May 14, 2013 UPDATED: 09:11 AM PDT May 14, 2013
Angelina Jolie shocked many with news of her double mastectomy. But she's not the only celebrity who's undergone such procedures.
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