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We place huge importance on finding, employing, and empowering the right people. If you have drive, a love for sports, and are determined to achieve great things, we need to talk. Don't wait for the job ad. Contact us today!
- The Chicago Wolves are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit talent without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status.
Operations Intern
The Chicago Wolves Hockey Team is seeking an enthusiastic, high-energy individual to serve as an Operations Intern for the 2016-17 season. The position provides a great opportunity to learn about the operations of a professional sports team, allowing for involvement with all departments in the company. This is a full-time positon working in the Glenview office, at all home games, and various community events.
- Assist with fundraisers, sales, and other charitable endeavors at all home games
- Facilitate and process customer orders for tickets and merchandise
- Assist with coordinating mascot appearances and performing as the team's mascot at community events
- Assist with preparation and delivery of materials to be used in-arena
- Maintain various Community Relations and Game Operations databases
- Complete various office tasks as assigned
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- High attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Positive attitude and a team-first mindset
- High energy; ability to remain focused on task-oriented goals and work independently
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, and multitask
Applicants must apply by August 26, 2016. Resumes accepted by mail, fax, or email. Please send a cover letter and resume to the following:
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Operations Internship
Attn: Dan Harris
2301 Ravine Way
Glenview, IL 60025
No calls, please. The Chicago Wolves are an equal opportunity employer.
Community Relations Intern – Game-Day (Paid Position)
The Chicago Wolves are seeking an enthusiastic and responsible individual with a passion for fundraising and giving back to serve as the Community Relations Intern on game-days during the 2016-17 season. The position provides a great opportunity to interact with fans and to learn about the community relations of a professional sports team. This is also a great opportunity to build your resume within the sports industry. This is a part-time, paid position.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Facilitate team's various charitable initiatives including 50/50 raffle sales, Chuck-A-Puck sales, silent auctions, Scratch & Win sales, merchandise sales, and more.
- Assist in executing game-day fundraising events including specialty jersey auctions and raffles, puck sales, and more.
- Assist in the set-up and breakdown of the Chicago Wolves Charities table.
- Provide excellent customer service and answer questions for fans as needed.
- Work alongside and assist the Community Relations Sr. Coordinator as needed.
- Responsible and can be relied on to perform tasks assigned.
- Motivated and comfortable interacting with fans.
- Work well with others in a fast-paced environment.
- Helpful, enthusiastic, and friendly.
- Available to work all home games (October through April and playoffs, as needed).
Applicants MUST APPLY by Friday, July 29, 2016. Resumes accepted by email, mail, or fax.
Please send your cover letter and resume to the following:
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Fax: 847-724-1652
Chicago Wolves Community Relations
Attn: Camille Colletti
2301 Ravine Way
Glenview, IL 60025
No calls, please. The Chicago Wolves are an equal opportunity employer.
Game Operations
Game-Day Entertainment Crew – Spirit Team
The Chicago Wolves are seeking enthusiastic and responsible individuals to serve as members of our Spirit Team for the 2016-17 season. The position provides a great opportunity to interact with fans and to learn about the operations of a professional sports team by working home games and events. It is also a great opportunity to get started in the sports industry and build your resume.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Set up, operate, and manage the team's fan-interactive Kids Zone
- Promote Skates Mates Kids Club registrations and help increase memberships
- Facilitate team's various charitable initiatives, including 50/50 raffle sales, Chuck-A-Puck sales, and charity drive collections
- Assist with team's mid-season and year-end merchandise sales
- Assist with other non-game events (optional)
- Part-time, paid position with flexible scheduling
- Complimentary tickets
- Pregame staff meal
- Discount on team merchandise
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Work well with others in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable working with children
- Helpful, enthusiastic, and friendly
- Available to work most weekend home games (Friday/Saturday evenings, Sunday afternoons) and some weeknights from October to April (and playoffs, as needed)
Applicants MUST APPLY by July 1, 2016. Resumes accepted by mail, fax, or email.
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Chicago Wolves Promotional Team
Attn: Holly Simms
2301 Ravine Way
Glenview, IL 60025
No calls please. The Chicago Wolves are an equal opportunity employer.
Graphic Designer Internship
The Chicago Wolves are hiring a full-time graphic designer intern. He/she will work with the creative services department and assist in day-to-day maintenance of ChicagoWolves.com. Ideal candidates have some experience, a willingness to learn, strong communication skills, the ability to multi-task, and to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Conceptualize and produce creative for integrated campaigns on multiple platforms
- Design for print, web, and video elements including but not limited to: advertising, marketing collateral, promotional materials, signage, web pages, ad banners, fan downloads, video broadcast and in-arena graphics.
- Strong understanding in working with print vendors to provide press-ready artwork for production
- Assist in maintaining digital photo archives
- Collaborate with the creative and TV departments and other team members
- Ability to create infographics
- Assist in taking product shots of merchandise
- Work home & away games
- Represent the team in a positive and professional manner
- Bachelor's degree in graphic/visual communications or a similar discipline.
- Must be proficient with Mac, Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, and Microsoft Office (Additional knowledge in After Effects or Cinema 4D is especially helpful)
- Strong ability to multi-task with a strong attention to detail while meeting deadlines
- Familiarity with printing and production processes is necessary
- Have a working knowledge or prior experience designing animation and motion graphics is a plus
- Experience in green screen production and postproduction is a plus as well
- Familiarity with WordPress structures and module positions is an added bonus
- Interest in social fan engagement and integration
Please send cover letter, resume and 5-10 portfolio samples (PDF or portfolio website) to:
Troy Mueller
Chicago Wolves
2301 Ravine Way
Glenview, IL 60025
No calls, please. The Chicago Wolves are an equal opportunity employer.
Chicago Wolves Group Ticket Event Specialist
The Group Ticket Event Specialist is responsible for selling group packages, suites, party decks and hospitality rooms, conceiving new group initiatives, and building new group ticket programs-themed game days. The ideal candidate is an aggressive sales professional ready to grow an existing customer base and develop new business. This will be accomplished through diligent research and prospecting via phone calls, referrals, personal appointments, networking, and face-to-face meetings at Wolves events and games. We are seeking candidates who are interested in sales success, not for candidates "looking to get into sports."
- Schedule face-to-face meetings with prospective clients: minimum four per week
- Make a minimum 50 outbound sales calls per day in an effort to drive group revenue
- Create and develop new group sales concepts to generate new revenue streams
- Prospecting through involvement in local and area networking opportunities
- Actively prospect new business through area businesses, organizations, and in-house database leads both in the office and out
- Schedule prospect meetings at Wolves games and other events
- Exceed weekly and monthly sales goals
- Provide superior customer service to clients, existing ticket holders, prospects, and single-game customers
- Track all contacts with customers via Wolves CRM software
- Other Game Day duties as assigned
- Required to help support and work all group initiatives
- Valid driver's license and personal transportation
- Strong organizational and even stronger time management skills
- Excellent oral communication, customer service, and presentation skills
- Ability to function in fast-paced environment, handle multiple projects, meet deadlines, and be a team player while working well with other departments
- High energy; ability to remain focused on sales goals and work independently
- Positive attitude with an openness to learning
- Must have the ability to handle multiple projects
- Ability to move around the arena to visit clients during home games and to escort and show potential customers various seating options and other on-site facilities
- Available to work flexible hours including holidays, evening, and weekends (Heavy from October-April)
- Relationship selling experience a plus
- Proven ability and passion for sales
- Bachelor's degree required
- Prior experience in sales, promotions, marketing, hospitality, and/or events along with possessing great communication skills is mandatory, along with a proven record of sales achievements
- Must have three professional references who will speak to your prior sales success and dynamic, competitive personality
Please send a cover letter and resume to the following:
Fax: (847) 724-1652
Chicago Wolves
Attn: Dave Pawelek
2301 Ravine Way
Glenview, IL 60025
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I am using Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 with Toshiba Satellite Pro P300-1CG. Recently I have installed Windows 7 64-bit. Now once in a while when I plug-in or plug-out wireless mouse adapter, the computer freezes (image stays on the screen, but the computer is not responsive). I have noticed that it mostly happens after I recover my computer from sleep mode. To continue using laptop I have to shut it down by pressing and holding power button for 7 seconds and then booting it up again.
What can be done to prevent this?
Edit: I have noticed that computer freezes even when I plug-in the mouse during booting Windows (mouse driver should not be loaded yet). I believe this is USB-power issue. How can I diagnose this?
Edit: I have bought new mouse, now with Bluetooth. Hopefully this one will not freeze my laptop.

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While the nation's largest public policy women's organization sees new findings on mothers and wage earners as profound, the CWA doesn't think they should be a surprise to anyone.
According to the Pew Research Center, mothers are now the top earners in 40 percent of households with children -- an increase from 11 percent in 1960.
While a growing number of these households are families with married mothers who bring in more income than their husbands, most of them are headed by single mothers.
"It's been a long time coming," says Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America (CWA).
"Marriage rates are down, and single motherhood is up; Cohabitation is up very dramatically," she tells OneNewsNow.
But the CWA senior fellow is troubled that demographers claim the change is irreversible.
"That's very sobering, because you're looking at a situation that is very risky for children," says Crouse. "And that bodes very ominous trends for the future for children's well-being."
In addition to deeming the change all but irreversible, demographers say it is also likely to bring added attention to child care policies and government safety nets for vulnerable families.
Roughly three in four adults said the increasing number of women working for pay has made it harder for parents to raise children.
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Company: Kick Ass Pictures
Cast: Mya Lovely, Lucy Lee, Van Damage, Mya Mason, Ava Ramon, Lee Stone, Kris Slater, Tony Tedeschi, Domino (I), Juan Cuba
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: All-Sex
This title will appeal to a male or female audience.
What is Specs Appeal, other than 19 volumes of women wearing glasses, fucking? Well, the series doesn't focus on the specs. They are just a prop, implying these women are smart and may not be sexually available, so it's about the hunt.
It is lit and shot well, and the sex is good. But, what really make this series so appealing are the quirky and inventive setups. Van Damage is a prisoner of war in Iraq. He is an American photographer imprisoned by the fog of war, and and he lusts after his bespectacled interrogator, Ava Ramon. With Specs Appeal's help, in analyzing her sexual weakness, he scores and so does the audience.
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Based on the previous comments from the other reviewers, I'm not sure what I can add, but I do want to echo their praise.
First off, the property is lovely from the moment you walk through the front doors. The hotel check-in experience was flawless! We had meetings for 3 days here and those went off without a hitch. This is the first time I've been in a large hotel meeting room where the temperature was actually COMFORTABLE (neither too hot or cold) the entire time.
We ate breakfast & lunch here every day in our meeting room...and again, flawless. The menu was varied enough to have something for everyone, perfectly presented and unobtrusive wait staff providing anything & everything we needed.
The rooms are definitely a cut above the "hotel norm." It was a pleasure to have some quiet time after the meetings as well as a perfect night's rest.
We did eat in the on-site restaurant for dinner one night...and absolutely no complaints! We even had small firepots for roasting marshmallows as well as graham crackers & chocolates for 'smores.
Our entire group enjoyed this experience and I can't wait to go back!!!
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- Designed to be the premier meeting and event destination between Baltimore and Washington, DC. The height of modern luxury, with the features that make hosting a first-rate gathering second nature. THE SPACE9, 200 total square feet of flexible meeting space. Grand ballroom/banquet room for up to 300 guests. Outdoor terrace. Additional breakout rooms/boardroom, LEED Silver designed. THE TECHNOLOGY: Complimentary high-speed Internet throughout the hotel and meeting space, State-of-the-art audiovisual equipment and business center. THE LOCATION: Close to Fort Meade/NSA and Arundel Mills Mall. Convenient to Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport, Easy access to Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington, DC Complimentary shuttle service to BWI airport. THE ACCOMMODATIONS: Full-service hotel with spacious, luxurious guest rooms. Full-service restaurant and bar on-site. Indoor pool and fitness center. Complimentary parking. 150 rooms with an executive floor. ... more less
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities say 10 suspected drug gang gunmen have been killed in a shootout with soldiers in a state near the U.S. border.
The Defense Department says a military patrol came upon a camp
of armed men in the town of El Moquetito, Tamaulipas state, on
Friday, and they began shooting.
It says the soldiers returned fire and killed 10 suspects.
A Defense statement released Saturday says authorities seized
weaponry including 24 rifles, two grenade launchers and 18
grenades, as well as an armed vehicle.
The Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas borders southeastern Texas.
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Over last month I worked on a H.P. Lovecraft prose book for IDW, it will be called "Horror out of Arkham " I did twenty illustrations for it yes are a few.
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I wish i Knew how do do stuff like this! Love your work!
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This is officially my MOST favorite art in allll of deviant !!! XD I wish I could have a section on my profile page where I could place my MOST favs, cuz then I would place this there lol <333
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This is my favorite protein bar right now. It consists of a kind of gritty fluff with a convincing coconuttiness, covered with chocolate. It does kind of resemble a Bounty bar, like others have pointed out. It's sweeter than the other bars I've tried in this series, but I do not detect any off flavors in the sweetness.
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It would be criminal for an insider, especially an officer of the company to be posting information, some dubious on a public site without disclosing his position within the company.
It would be real damning if the IP address/addresses over the years traced back to a let's say hypothetically a CFO.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Or you could find out that all the people that have been accused of being insiders actually aren't, huh? Good luck with your lawsuit!
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Libraries have always been a part of my life. I have volunteered or worked in just about every kind of library you can imagine. Currently, I am the director of a special library that serves families in Illinois who have a child with developmental delays or special needs. In this library and all libraries, I believe providing resources opens doors.
Sandy West
Academic Library Representative
I have a love for reading and would love when I grow up to become a professional book reviewer for some of my favorite authors like James Patterson, Tess Gerritsen, etc. My passion then extends to the work I perform at Rend Lake College, where I find it a value to share the knowledge of library resources with our students, staff, and faculty. To further support those efforts I believe in the IHLS board and IHLS staff's commitment to bringing library resources to the communities IHLS serves.
Lynda Clemmons
Public Library Trustee
As an English teacher in a high school with a limited supply of books, I learned the importance of good, accessible public libraries. I am proud of our small-town library, but we could not possibly meet our patrons' needs without resource sharing. I wholeheartedly support the mission of IHLS.
Rachel Fuller
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I believe every student deserves a strong library program provided by a qualified librarian. As such, I am serving on IHLS Board of Directors to assist in creating a supportive climate for school libraries and librarians both within IHLS and throughout the State of Illinois.
Tina Hubert
Public Library Representative
I've been a library-geek since I was a very young child; and interestingly enough I'm in the same library now as I was then (Granite City is my hometown). I've worked in libraries across Illinois for almost - gasp - 30 years! It is my honor and privilege to try to support and contribute as much as possible to all types of libraries, because all types of libraries have added so much to my life both personally and professionally.


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At today's Unpacked event, Samsung announced its new S Pen-powered Galaxy Note 3, a bigger version of the large smartphone, with much improved internals. Aiming to end the talk of people complaining about the cheap plastic feel of Samsung devices, the company has given the Note 3 a faux-leather backing. You get a 5.7-inch 1080p display (up from 5.5 on the Note 2,) and the device will support the new LTE Category 4 as well as the new Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch. You get a 13 megapixel camera on back, with a 2 megapixel version up front, and the rear camera can record in up to 4K resolution at 30fps, a first for a smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will start shipping on September 25th rocking Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, available in black, white, and pink.
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If you're rocking a Samsung Galaxy S III or Galaxy S 4 and are wondering when you'll be able to get in on the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update, today's Unpacked event made it clear that the software is coming to your handheld sometime during the month of October, around the same time as the update that will enable Galaxy Gear functionality. No word on when Android 4.4 KitKat will be made available.
Google announces Android 4.4 KitKat
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Google Android (and Chrome) head Sundar Pichai has announced the next version of Android: KitKat. Yep - Android 4.4 will be known as KitKat, a name Google got the rights to use in partnership with Nestle, and continues the tradition of Android versions being named after sweet confections. While Google had been using the name "Key Lime Pie" internally for Android 4.4, "very few people actually know the taste of key lime pie," according to Android director of partnerships John Lagerling. Not sure why that matters, but obviously KitKat is a bigger marketing play.
No new features of KitKat have been announced just yet, but at least we know the name, and have a new Android icon with integrated chocolatey KitKat goodness integrated in.
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With Apple expected to release the lower-cost iPhone 5C next month, Google has just cut the price of the Nexus 4, dropping it to $199 for the 8GB model without contract--that's $100 less than it cost just a day ago. If you prefer the 16GB version, you can get that one for $249. These prices are a steal for the Nexus 4, which is widely seen as the best current Android smartphone, even thought it lacks LTE. This is a much more inexpensive way to get the pure Google experience in a smartphone than it would be to buy the Google Play editions of the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S 4. The price cut is now live in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Korea, the United States, and the UK.
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Rdio is one of Gear Live's favorite things, and the recent revamping of its Stations feature has brought the music streaming service to a whole new level. Rdio users can now create up to ten different stations that focus on an artist, song, or one of 400 different sub-genres of music. Additionally, there's a custom station called You FM that takes cues from your listening history, Facebook likes, track votes, and Twitter follows to create a station that is specifically tailored to what you like. When listening to You FM, you can also choose between five levels of familiarity, allowing you to stick with what you know, or be more adventurous when you want to discover something new. A player redesign rounds out the rest of the update, which applies to the iOS, Android, and Mac apps, as well as the in-browser experience.
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AT&T HTC One Mini available August 23rd for $99
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The HTC One Mini has finally been given a release date, and you can get your hands on the 4.3-inch version of what we deemed the best current-generation Android smartphone in just four days on August 23rd. The HTC One Mini boasts a 720p display, 1.4GHz dual-core SnapDragon 400 processor, 1GB RAM, 4-megapixel UltraPixel camera, 1,800mAh battery, and runs Android 4.2 out of the box. You'll have to be an AT&T customer for the priviledge, and you'll need to be willing to drop $99 and sign a two-year contract to make it all happen.
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Verizon, in partnership with Motorola, has revealed the new line of Droid smartphones: Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini.
Both the Ultra and the Maxx have 720p displays on 5-inch non-PenTile displays. The only visibly distinct difference between the ULTRA and the MAXX is that the latter is a bit thicker due the bigger battery, hence the name. The Droid Maxx boasts an insane 48 hours of battery life. Remarkably, the Ultra is razor thin--as thin as the original famed RAZR flip phone. Meanwhile, the Droid Mini features a 720p 4.3-inch display with comparable features for smartphones of that size. All are using this techy kevlar designed back plate. The Droid Ultra will cost $199, Droid MAXX $299, and the Droid Mini will be $99, all with two-year contracts with Big Red. Here's a full list of them for all you spec lovers.
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Makers of Ubuntu, Canonical has launched a $32,000,000 Indiegogo campaign for a dual-boot capable smartphone that would feature Ubuntu Linux OS and Google's Android.
Dubbed Ubuntu Edge, the phone will be able to boot into PC mode when docked, with a monitor featuring the full-fledged Ubuntu desktop OS. 128GB of onboard storage is also in the mix, something that the next iPhone is also purported to have. Other key specs include a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass 720p display, instead of the Corning Gorilla Glass used in many smartphones today. Early backers can now opt for the day-one price of $600 and then, after initial sale goes public, the price will jump to $830 when the devices launches in May 2014. Here's the full run down of the Ubuntu Edge specs and a video preview:
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Take a gander behind the curtain of how Facebook designers created the Facebook Home launcher for Android. The forty-five minute video essay shows the evolutionary process of cover feed, chat heads, and the premise of mimicking the real world experience with a software operating system not based on apps, but focused rather on people.
On May 8th, the designers behind Facebook Home (Justin Stahl, Francis Luu, Joey Flynn and Mac Tyler) presented a behind-the-scenes look at their work at the Bluxome Street Winery for a small crowd. In this four-part talk, they discuss how they combined their high-level goals with an iterative process and interactive design tools such as Quartz Composer to bring the first version of Home to launch.
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Samsung hosting fall Devevelopers Conference in San Francisco
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It appears that Samsung is prepping for its first annual Samsung Developers Conference boasting a "cross-product, cross platform" event on October 27-29 in San Francisco. Perhaps, Samsung is shifting gears by lessening its dependence on Google's Android mobile operating system and blurring the lines of its long line portfolio of successful products with developers. The South Korean conglomerate has been working on different mobile OS like Linux based Bada and Intel processor based Tizen, which is a spin-off the abandoned Meego OS project by Nokia. Samsung promises more information to follow leading up to the event. Samsung and Google have had major successes as partners but, in the recent acquisition of Motorola, something that Google previously stated it wouldn't do and Samsung focusing on diminishing Google presence from its products have shown the relation is more stressed than first perceived.
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1Meghan Flynn
- Points: 2, 2x, last vs. Kentucky (10/25/15)
- Assists: 1 vs. Navy (9/4/15)
- SOG: 2, 2x, last vs. Florida (10/9/15)
- Goals: 1, 2x, last vs. Kentucky (10/25/15)
- Shots: 4 vs. Kentucky (10/25/15)
- Minutes: 82 vs. Kentucky (10/25/15)
- Played in every game, starting one and averaging 48.17 minutes per game, in the 2015 season; scored two goals and assisted on one
- Scored on a shot from 25 yards out, finding the upper right corner, and shot four times in a career-high 82 minutes vs. Kentucky (10/25)
- Scored first-career goal in loss to No. 12 Florida (10/9)
- Recorded one shot-on-goal in 52 minutes vs. Murray State (9/6)
- Assisted her first collegiate goal on Anna McClung's goal in 48 minutes of action vs. Navy (9/4)
- Posted two shots-on-goal in 63 minutes at No. 7 Virginia Tech (8/30)
- Played 37 minutes vs. Georgia Southern (8/23)
- Donned the orange and white for the first time in 51 minutes of the season opener vs. Lipscomb (8/21)
- Redshirted
- Helped lead Yorktown High School to three-straight National District titles from 2011-13
- Enjoyed prolific scoring season as a junior in 2013 (season in the spring), posting 30 goals and 18 assists and earning the National District Player of the Year and Washington Post All-Met First Team, All-Northern Region First Team, Virginia All-State Second Team and National District First Team honors
- Totaled 54 goals and 31 assists through the first three years of high school career
- Was also an accomplished track athlete, qualifying for state competition in the high jump in 2013
- Played club soccer for McLean u18 ECNL
- Along with future teammate Gracie DeGooyer, she was voted as one of eleven "Standout Performers" at the 2013 Mid-Atlantic ECNL PDP Event.
- Currently undecided on major
- Chose Tennessee over Virginia, Villanova and Miami (Fla.)
- Was a four-year honor roll student and National Honor Society member in high school
- Says her father has been her biggest sports influence as he motivates her to work hard and continue to improve her game. He has always supported her and invests a lot of his time to help her develop her skills.
- Models her game after Alex Morgan
- Favorite athlete is Tom Brady and favorite actor is Mark Wahlberg
- Favorite musicians include Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and Dierks Bentley
- Parents are Chris and Debby Flynn
- Has two younger sisters, Lauren and Moira
- Meghan A. Flynn was born on March 10, 1996, in Arlington, Va.


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Chris, that's hysterical! By the time this thing gets polished up any good stand-up comedian could take it to Vegas!
Trvvn5, my engineering friend - Did you laugh? That's really the bottom line. If this thing tickled your funny bone, then my work here is done!!!
And yes, you're absolutely right - the physics involved are pretty shaky, but this was one of those things that just started to roll when I read Chris' comment about the electric drill and the ball winder.
You remind me so much of a very dear friend of mine, who, after looking at a particularly intricate painting of mine ("P'catso's Masterpiece", which I'm attaching in another post) brought up something his "engineering eye" caught that didn't work for him. My question to him was "What about the painting? How did that grab 'ya?" His answer was that he was so enthralled he couldn't stop looking at it!
I'm so glad you started this crazy thread, it's been so much fun and "Lissa" and "Wellslipmystitches", I'll be sure to let you see a draft of the knitting book I'm working on - it definitely has some of the same flavor as my earlier "ball winder" post!
Meanwhile, I'll insert P'catso in another post... and thanks everyone for adding so much additional fun to this!
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NAACP banquet rescheduled for Oct. 21
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HOUMA The Terrebonne NAACP's Freedom Fund banquet will be pushed back three months to allow guest speaker Danny Glover to shoot a movie abroad, chapter President Jerome Boykin said Tuesday.
In April, the 58-year-old actor signed on to speak at the banquet, which was originally scheduled for July 27. The annual event raises money for the organizations college-scholarship fund and recognizes corporate, business and other sponsors. Between 18 and 20 local students will receive 2007 scholarship awards at the dinner, which will now be held Oct. 21 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center.
"When you get a speaker like him that travels all over the country He has a very, very busy schedule," Boykin said.
Filming on "Blindness," which will feature Glover alongside Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, will begin this month.
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winning Portuguese author Jose Saramago, the movie centers on a mysterious epidemic of sudden blindness that sweeps through an unspecified city.
According to the Internet Movie Database, shooting locations for the thriller, based on the novel by Jose Saramago, will include Ontario, Canada, Sao Paolo, Brazil and Montevideo, Uruguay.
Boykin said the postponement isn't unusual.
"We have always scheduled our freedom fund banquet around the guest speakers schedule," he said. "Its not a set date each year."
The important part, he said, is that the Hollywood star, much in demand as a speaker and as an actor, has given the organization another date.
"Everything will be taken care of," Boykin said. "The only thing thats changed is that Danny Glover will be in Houma Oct. 21."
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New York Car Guys is one of those comic ideas that's so simple and brilliant I feel stupid for not having thought of it first: two douche-goons just walking around New York talking about parked cars. But it's a good thing I didn't have the idea first, because there's no way I would have done it this well.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Welcome to Camp Calm. The code word here is "Quiet." Despite the hitting and pounding heard from the 49ers practice field, observers don't hear the voices of the past.
The 49ers complex is located a huge parking lot away from Great America Theme Park where every few minutes you can hear the faint screams of rollercoaster riders. Over the past couple of years, the screams from the practice field would drown the park yells. Gone is Terrell Owens, who became the wildest rollercoaster ride in the NFL for his coaches and teammates.
The 49ers have taken a T.O. (timeout) from T.O. The 49ers have had a camp without controversy. There have been no practice fights since camp opened. Management and players alike chuckle at controversies coming out of Philadelphia involving Owens' interview with Playboy and quotes about Jeff Garcia.
"That is what's so positive," wide receiver Brandon Lloyd said. "We can finally play football now. We can finally be a team. That's how you win in the NFL. You play as a team."
Owens' trade to Philadelphia -- after a deal to Baltimore was rescinded -- and Garcia's release that eventually led to his signing in Cleveland opened a new era for the 49ers. Since the early 1980s, there has always been a touch of Hollywood involving this franchise. Bill Walsh turned the 49ers into a glamour franchise. Players such as Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Jerry Rice and Steve Young added to the star system.
Almost overnight, the 49ers have become the league's most anonymous team. Salary cap problems forced out many of the top, aging stars and virtually all of their name players. Throughout camp, several Bay Area columnists have written about how unrecognizable this group of 49ers is. Quickly, name three or four 49ers who would be recognized in public settings.
Subsequently, the environment is conducive to getting a lot of work down. Dennis Erickson works this young group of 49ers hard. Practices aren't ridiculously long, but they are efficient. What's long is the injury list, which at one point swelled to 19 players unable to practice. Though no injury is considered long term, the 49ers have the bumps and bruises evident from a pretty tough training camp.
And the sounds of practices are so different without Owens.
"It's a little bit quieter," cornerback Ahmed Plummer said. "You don't hear that boisterous voice."
On the flip side, missing is that imposing presence. Owens was a big, physical receiver who took the hits and made the catches. Replacing him won't be easy. But replacing Jerry Rice wasn't easy either. Owens didn't make 49ers fans forget about Rice, but he kept the receiving corps at a playoff level.
General manager Terry Donahue exhausted a four-year run since the last salary cap purge. During that time, the 49ers drafted well on defense and stayed toward the top of the offensive categories thanks to Garcia, Owens, Garrison Hearst and others.
Those days are over. The 49ers are in a two-year period of cap recovery. They invested heavily on young players -- halfback Kevan Barlow and cornerback Plummer. They want to get a long-term deal with linebacker Julian Peterson, but he's holding out with demands for $30 million in signing bonus money. His agents say he's the quarterback of the defense and needs to be paid like a quarterback.
The cap situation barely allowed them to scrape by with the young quarterbacks they have. Tim Rattay, despite a spring littered with injuries, will enter the season as the starter. Ken Dorsey, almost 40 pounds heavier than his days at the University of Miami, will be the backup.
The interesting slant to the 49ers preseason opener against Oakland is the Raiders have two quarterbacks who started Super Bowl games. The 49ers have two quarterbacks with three combined starts.
Rattay won't play against the Raiders because he's nursing some tendinitis problems in his right forearm. He made an incredibly fast recovery from groin surgery this spring. Rattay healed so quickly he was available for seven-on-seven drills during the first day of camp.
His forearm started aching after a couple of practices and he had to shut it down for more than a week because the pain worsened. Rattay thinks he might have made some adjustment in his throwing motion because of the groin injury that might have caused a problem.
Though Erickson is concerned about the missed time, he's not going back on the plans to start him in the opener. The original plan was for Rattay to skip the first preseason game and be ready for next week's game against the Bears. That schedule is still a go.
"The arm has been bothering him, but he threw some Thursday," Erickson said. "He'll be ready to go. In the meantime, we get to see more of Ken Dorsey. He's got some intangibles. His arm is stronger. He's tall. He really does make some great decisions throwing the ball."
The theme in San Francisco is "We're better than you think." Those are the players' opinions.
"This is a very disciplined group," Rattay said. "If the route is supposed to be run 15 yards, they run it at 15. There is not a lot of guessing. I'm excited."
Of course, it was the unpredictability that made the outgoing group of 49ers so successful. Garcia did his best work scrambling out of the pocket. Owens made more amazing catches than occasional drops and remained one of the most dangerous receivers in football.
The first of the young receivers to look as though he's ready to break out is Lloyd. He's skinny, but has put on weight since last year. He added 10 pounds of muscle to his frame and checked into camp at 195 pounds. Lloyd plays split end, but he has the speed and athletic ability to be the big-play threat.
"I drank a lot of protein shakes and worked out a lot," Lloyd said. "I think we have a lot of upside in this offense. We have capable receivers. We have a tight end in Eric Johnson, who is back after missing the year with injuries. We have a Pro Bowl fullback (Fred Beasley). We have a 1,000-yard rusher (Kevan Barlow). Our potential is there."
It will take the whole season to sort out the receiver position. Lloyd is the only given. At some point, Woods will press Cedrick Wilson for playing time at the flanker position and eventually take over as a starter. Curtis Conway was signed for veteran stability as the third receiver. Then there's an interesting prospect in third-round choice Derrick Hamilton. In all, the 49ers are expected to keep six receivers on the roster.
To make it easier for the young quarterbacks, the 49ers plan to let Barlow carry the offense on the ground. Barlow had 1,024 yards even though he didn't get his only four starts of the season until December. His style is powerful, much like Fred Taylor in Jacksonville. He lost 10 pounds to help his quickness, but checked in at a sturdy 230 pounds.
"I'm ready to light it up," Barlow said. "They had a lot of confidence in me this year by giving me the big contract. That's what I've been looking for. Now, I've got to deliver."
Retired 49ers halfback Roger Craig, the team's all-time leading rusher, stopped by the facility a week ago and said Barlow would eventually end up as the franchise's leading rusher.
"Coming from a guy in that stature is flattering," Barlow said. "He's the guy who set the standard here. My goal is to get 1,500 yards."
The 49ers won seven games last year with Garcia, Owens and company. They fought through controversy and adversity. The big names are gone. The setting is quiet. What this anonymous group has to prove is whether they are better than people expect.
Senior writer John Clayton covers the NFL for ESPN.com.


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Did you buy your acer in a shop or garden centre, Amy? If so, I don't think you can have a sycamore - they're not sold as garden plants, but are full-sized trees that you find in the countryside.
Try and take a photo if you can, and put us all out of our misery!
Amy, don't bring your plants indoors - the change of air would do them no good at all.
The chances are that the roots were damaged when they were dug up - even though you were obviously careful, it's very easy to do. The main thing to do with all of your seedlings is to keep them moist, but not saturated, and make sure that they never wilt. You can also start feeding them with weak liquid feed in a couple of months' time.
Apart from that, you must be doing things right if your acer is thriving.
Good luck, and enjoy gardening
Geoff has beat me to it, WaterMelonIce - but come and say hello on the thread he's linked
There may have been too much soil covering the grass - it is normally sown virtually on the surface, which is why birds eating it is such an issue.
No, if you cover thye seed as you describe they won't germinate.
Pull back the bark, rake the gtround lightly, sow the seeds, rake very lightly again and leave the bark off. You'll also need to make sure that the surface of the soil stays damp until they germinate.
Depends on the acer, but probably not. They normally grow in the shade of trees, and subjecting it to the hottest sunshine is likely to burn the fine leaves.
If you want to be sure of good flowers, give them a feed or two while the leaves are dying back. The hyacinth should be OK if treated in the same way, too, although its flowers may be a bit smaller.
It's actually sunny and dry - I can't quite cope with the idea.....
Anemones don't always grow bolt upright, but your bottom left picture shows quite thin stems, so they may have been small corms.
It doesn't matter, though - they should cheer up with a bit of sunshine, which they do enjoy.


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I will not be PM'ing you Jonsey, you have been quite happy to criticise others publically so I see no difference here.
I am most certainly not turning anything into a hate session against you, you have done a perfectly good job of that yourself with some of your ridiculous comments on other threads.
Don't dish it out if you can't take it back Jonsey, your main problem.
I have no wish to lose my anonimity on this site, my first name is all I'm really happy to share, but I will say that I spend most of my days working with young offenders being kept at her majesty's pleasure and apart from the glimpses of intelligence in some of your posts you would fit right in with your extreme views, insulting language and infantile comments.
I get paid to spend time with them, I have had enough of doing it for free today.
I'm off to spend the rest of my evening with adults, night night Jonsey
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Title:Italy's politics without policy : balancing atlanticism and Europeanism in the Middle East Author(s):DEL SARTO, Raffaella A.; TOCCI, NathalieDate:2008Citation:Modern Italy, 2008, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 135-153Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Focusing on Italy's Middle East policies under the second Berlusconi (2001–2006) and the second Prodi (2006–2008) governments, this article assesses the manner and extent to which the observed foreign policy shifts between ...
Title:EU Neglect and Competing Mediation in the Georgian-Abkhaz and South Ossetian Conflicts Author(s):TOCCI, NathalieDate:2006Citation:The International Spectator, XLI, 4Type of Publication:Article
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Tenacatita Vacation Packages
From Tenacatita, the well-known city of Puerto Vallarta is approximately 95 miles (153 kilometers) to the north.
Of course, visiting just one place, no matter how popular, can only ever give you a limited view into the broader rhythms and life-ways of a region. So schedule in some time to delve into Jalisco's other attractions. Cihuatlan, lays 20 miles (32 kilometers) to the west, while Chamela lies 20 miles (32 kilometers) to the southeast.
About 40 miles (64 kilometers) to the southeast of Tenacatita is Manzanillo, a regional city where you can explore La Mantarraya, Playa Miramar and Playa San Pedrito. Playa La Audiencia and Playa Olas Altas are just a handful of the many other interesting attractions in Manzanillo.
If the weather isn't ideal, fear not, Jalisco is home to plenty of indoor craft workshops, history museums and art museums, that will keep culture vultures busy. For an outdoor cultural activity that everyone will like, take the time to check out the region's open-air markets.
If you're the kind of traveler who prefers to take the slow lane while holidaying, this region is great for beach combing and picnicking. If you are after something a little different from seeing the sights, why not try a local watersport? Fishing and snorkeling are available here.
Everything has to end, but be rest assured, when you're ready to say "Adiós", you'll still have plenty of memories and keepsakes to remember your time here.
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The problem with live albums at times is that you do not know the original material, so how does that look like in this case, with me, who does not really count Metalcore one of my favourite styles? Well, I have their 1993 debut "River Runs Red" on tape and for big parts really like it. I have heard the second album "Ugly" (1995) a few times and the third one, "Soul Searching Sun" (1997), is completely unknown to me. So do I think that I am suited to do a fair review for "River Runs Again: Live 2003"? I have no clue, but won't let anybody hold me off doing it...
The music of LIFE OF AGONY is Metalcore with the very distinct vocals of Keith Caputo, which had been extremely melodic for this style and still are, combined with intense compositions, which still contain a lot of melody that sets them apart from the rest of other bands. Catchy, but not somehow commercially prostituting (the stylistic changes between the albums can be seen as regular evolution) and well consumable for fans of both camps.
This double CD contains material from all three albums, which has to face two points of criticism by me: For one the sound at times is not as powerful as I would have wished (especially, if you have the studio version of "River Runs Red" as comparison) and secondly does Keith Caputo's voice partly not reach where it should (which unfortunately and mostly can be heard on my personal favourite LOA track "Through And Through") and also lacks some of the power that made it so outstanding on the debut.
As bonus we then also get three studio songs, one by AMONG THIEVES, the new band of Alan Robert (modern, more rooted in Alternative Rock/Metal than the LOA sound, doesn't sound bad), SUPERMASSIV of Sal Abrusciato (modern Metal of the newer American school, but with a bit more melodic vocals), and one by Keith Caputo solo, which really frightened me, because this piece sounds really weird and twisted, with a strange drum sound that sounds as if recorded two rooms down, a bit of guitar and more whined than sung vocals, to write this review I listened to this song exactly twice, but I can assure you, never again!
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On 12/09/2011 08:07 AM, Stefan Berger wrote:This patch introduces the capability to use a different iterator per variable. The currently supported notation of variables in a filtering rule like <rule action='accept' direction='out'> <tcp srcipaddr='$A' srcportstart='$B'/> </rule> processes the two lists 'A' and 'B' in parallel. This means that A and B must have the same number of 'N' elements and that 'N' rules will be instantiated (assuming all tuples from A and B are unique). In this patch we now introduce the assignment of variables to different iterators. Therefore a rule like <rule action='accept' direction='out'> <tcp srcipaddr='$A[ 1]' srcportstart='$B[ 2]'/> </rule> will now create every combination of elements in A with elements in B since A has been assigned to an iterator with Id '1' and B has been assigned to an iterator with Id '2', thus processing their value independently. The first rule has an equivalent notation of <rule action='accept' direction='out'> <tcp srcipaddr='$A[ 0]' srcportstart='$B[ 0]'/> </rule> --- docs/schemas/nwfilter.rng | 71 ++------This needs something in docs/formatnwfilter.html.in as well.
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src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c | 35 ++-- src/conf/nwfilter_conf.h | 6 src/conf/nwfilter_params.c | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- src/conf/nwfilter_params.h | 38 ++++ src/libvirt_private.syms | 1 src/nwfilter/nwfilter_ebiptables_driver.c | 13 + src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c | 8 - 8 files changed, 307 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-) - if (VIR_REALLOC_N(nwf->vars, nwf->nvars+1)< 0) { - virReportOOMError(); - return -1; - } - - nwf->vars[nwf->nvars] = strdup(var); - - if (!nwf->vars[nwf->nvars]) { + if (VIR_REALLOC_N(nwf->varAccess, nwf->nVarAccess + 1)< 0) {I'm okay with this as-is, but you might want to switch to VIR_EXPAND_N for slightly easier usage.
@@ -3069,7 +3069,8 @@ virNWFilterRuleDefDetailsFormat(virBuffe goto err_exit; } } else if ((flags& NWFILTER_ENTRY_ITEM_FLAG_HAS_VAR)) { - virBufferAsprintf(buf, "$%s", item->var); + virBufferAddLit(buf, "$");I prefer virBufferAddChar(buf, '$'); but under the hood, it's practically the same amount of work.
+ if (parseError) { + const char *what = "iterator id"; + if (dest->accessType == VIR_NWFILTER_VAR_ACCESS_ELEMENT) + what = "array index";"iterator id" and "array index" should probably be marked for translation, but see my next comment...+ virNWFilterReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, + _("Malformatted %s"), what);That doesn't make life easy for translators (in languages where nouns can be masculine or feminine, the adjective translation for "malformatted" may have a different spelling for the two possilibities for what). Rather, I'd write: if (dest->accessType == VIR_NWFILTER_VAR_ACCESS_ELEMENT) virNWFilterReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, _("Malformatted array index")); else virNWFilterReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, _("Malformatted iterator id"));
Fixed. Thanks.
Index: libvirt-iterator/src/conf/nwfilter_params.h =================================================================== --- libvirt-iterator.orig/src/conf/nwfilter_params.h +++ libvirt-iterator/src/conf/nwfilter_params.h @@ -91,6 +91,38 @@ int virNWFilterHashTablePutAll(virNWFilt # define VALID_VARVALUE \ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_.:" +enum virNWFilterVarAccessType { + VIR_NWFILTER_VAR_ACCESS_ELEMENT = 0, + VIR_NWFILTER_VAR_ACCESS_ITERATOR = 1, + + VIR_NWFILTER_VAR_ACCESS_LAST, +}; + +typedef struct _virNWFilterVarAccess virNWFilterVarAccess;Is the double-space intentional?
No, fixed.
Index: libvirt-iterator/docs/schemas/nwfilter.rng =================================================================== --- libvirt-iterator.orig/docs/schemas/nwfilter.rng +++ libvirt-iterator/docs/schemas/nwfilter.rng @@ -811,12 +811,15 @@ </choice> </define> +<define name="variable-name-type"> +<data type="string"> +<param name="pattern">$[a-zA-Z0-9_]+(\[[ ]*[ ]?[0-9]+[ ]*\])?</param>Does this need to be \$ instead of $, to avoid the meta-meaning of $ as EOL?
It has to be just $. With \$ the test cases don't pass anymore.
+</data> +</define> + <define name="addrMAC"> <choice> -<!-- variable --> -<data type="string"> -<param name="pattern">$[a-zA-Z0-9_]+</param>Then again, you were previously using it unquoted, so maybe this is a latent bug. My guess is that we need to add some sample files somewhere under tests/*data/*.xml, and ensure that they get schema-tested as part of 'make check', to prove that our schema makes sense. A quick git grep 'srcmacaddr=.\$' tests didn't turn up any existing xml files that would exercise this part of the rng file.


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Why do SSDs have sizes like 240 GB or 120 GB rather than the normal 256 GB or 512 GB? Those numbers make much more sense than 240 or 120.
While a lot of modern SSDs like the 840 EVO series do provide the sizes you're used to like, the mentioned 256GB, manufacturers used to preserve a bit of storage for mechanisms fighting performance drops and defects.
If you—for example—bought a 120GB drive, you can be pretty sure that it's really 128GB internally. The preserved space simply gives the controller/firmware room for stuff like TRIM, Garbage Collection and Wear Leveling. It has been common practice to leave a bit of space unpartioned—on top of the space that has already been made invisible by the controller—when SSDs first hit the market, but the algorithms have gotten significantly better, so you shouldn't need to do that anymore.
EDIT: There have been some comments regarding the fact that this phenomenon has to be explained with the discrepancy between advertised space, stated in GigaBytes (e.g. 128x 10^9 Bytes) versus the GibiByte value the operating system shows, which is—most of the time—a power of two, calculating to 119.2 Gibibyte in this example.
As for as I know, this is something that comes on top of the things already explained above. While I certainly can't state which exact algorithms need most of that extra space, the calculation stays the same. The manufacturer assembles an SSD that indeed uses a power of two number of flash cells (or a combination of such), though the controller does not make all that space visible to the operating system. The space that's left is advertised as Gigabytes, netting you 111 Gibibyte in this example.
Both mechanical and solid state hard drives have raw capacity greater than their rated capacity. The "extra" capacity is held aside to replace bad sectors, so the drives don't have to be perfect off the assembly line, and so that bad sectors can be re-mapped later during use to the spare sectors. During initial testing at the factory, any bad sectors are mapped to the spare sectors. As the drive is used, it monitors the sectors (using error correction routines to detect bit level errors) and when a sector starts going bad, it copies the sector to a spare, then remaps it. Whenever that sector is requested, the drive goes to the new sector, rather than the original sector.
On mechanical drives, they can add arbitrary amounts of spare storage since they control the servo, head, and platter encoding, so they can have a rated storage of 1 terabyte with an additional 1 gigabyte of spare space for sector remapping.
However, SSDs use flash memory, which is always manufactured in powers of two. The silicon required to decode an address is the same for an 8 bit address accessing 200 bytes as an 8 bit address accessing 256 bytes. Since that part of the silicon doesn't change in size, then the most efficient use of the silicon realestate is to use powers of two in the actual flash capacity.
So the drive manufacturers are stuck with a total raw capacity in powers of 2, but they still need to set aside a portion of the raw capacity for sector remapping. This leads to 256GB of raw capacity providing only 240GB of usable capacity, for instance.
Simply put, all SSDs are, at base, not what they advertise. What they advertise is the "usable" disk space. For most drives with 120 "usable" GB of storage, the base drive actually is a 128 GB drive. 8 GB is reserved for some specific background management tasks, as stated before.
Now, technically they could slap another chip on the piece to give you 128 GB of "usable" space, but that costs more money. The companies making drives have realized that people care more about how big their drive is than whether its usable space is actually a multiple of 2.
Sidenote - there are actually a few ways of writing the required system code, which is why you'll see 120, 124, and 128 GB drives from different manufacturers. They all have 128 GB of "raw" space, but they handle the required background stuff differently. No version of the drive coding is so much better than the others that you'd notice it in most cases. You might notice a slight difference in performance benchmarks, but you're very unlikely to notice it unless your computer is doing some heavy lifting and you know what to look for.
Growing by powers of two is a strictly mathematical concept that makes it easy to take math shortcuts in a computer that's based on two states. That is to say that a computer can perform integer multiplication or division by a factor of two as easily as you can multiply or divide a number by 10. You simply shift the digits left or right without having to actually perform a calculation.
Every programming language has an operators for these simple operations, in C-like languages, they are
Anyhow, this is why your computer likes to refer to everything internally as powers of two. If the machine had to go to an ALU operation every time it wanted to do some simple math to calculate a memory pointer offset you computer would be running an order of magnitude slower.
The growth of physical storage, on the other hand, is governed less by raw binary math than it is by physics, engineering, and *chokes on the word* marketing. With a spindle disk the capacity is determined by: the number of platters, the size of the platters, the size of the "cylinders", and the number of sectors that can fit into a cylinder. These are generally determined more by the physical capabilities of the hardware and the precision of the read/write heads than anything else.
I'm not as intimately familiar with the internal characteristics of SSDs, but I imagine that the scaling is based on: we can build an array of N x M NAND sectors, layer them K deep in a chip, and fit J chips them into a 2.5" HDD case. Reserve H% of them for performance optimization, round the number down to the closest multiple of 5/10/20, and that's the capacity of the drive we're going to print on the box.
Having any of those calculations work out to a neat little power of two will be a complete fluke and of little benefit to anyone.
In older SSDs the capacity was in multiples of 8 because there are 8 "bits" (0/1) in a "byte". Just like with flash drives, this was at a time people did not see the benefit to an SSD, and every "bit" helped.
Now that consumers are more aware of SSD technology and also with the advances in the technology, the SSD manufactures are taking them back to the more familiar numbers by a combination "estimating" size, just as the HDD market did, and combining different size chips to get an even 10 number, (e.g. 6GB+4GB=10GB)
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Judge Josh Rode tried to run away and join the circus as a child, but he was rejected for being "just too strange.
The Charge
Revenge is a dish best served as soon as you can manage it.
Opening Statement
Although not in favor with the current government of China, Chinese opera is one of the oldest art forms in the world. Forget any notions of large women with Viking hats hitting notes so high they break glass; this version of opera (at least as depicted in the film) is full of amazing acrobatics and martial arts moves. Think Cirque du Soleil meets MMA. As you might expect, this combination provides a logical setting for a martial arts film, which is fitting; after all, said films are Chinese opera's direct descendants. My Kingdom does take some liberties—women, for instance, would not have been allowed in operas during the film's given time period—but that's okay. It's worried less about historical accuracy and more about entertainment.
Facts of the Case
Guan Yi Long (Chun Wu, 14 Blades), adopted son of the master of a Beijing-based Chinese opera company, and Meng Er Kui (Geng Han, Beginning of the Great Revival), last descendant of a deposed royal line, grow up as close as brothers. After their master is humiliated and forced to give up opera for good by a master from Shanghai, the two swear revenge. That would have been more than enough of a plot for your typical kung-fu film, but the two get their revenge before the film's first thirty minutes are over. Once that's settled, they become the new owners of the Shanghai Opera Company, and soon Yi Long is living the high life as the star, while Er Kui stays quietly in the background. Again, there is enough space in this premise to make most other films happy; one brother gets the spotlight while the other sulks bitterly, right? But no, My Kingdom continues to eschew traditional formulas. Er Kui isn't jealous of Yi Long's greater fame because he has other things on his mind. Specifically, the need to take revenge on the remaining sons of the family that murdered his. In the meantime, the members of the opera company may or may not be plotting revenge of their own.
The Evidence
As the summary probably makes clear, My Kingdom is about revenge. But it's not in the typical in-your-face way. There is no gloating, no long epitaphs, no disseminating confrontations to let the victims know why they have to suffer or die. This isn't a gangster film where rivals get gunned down and everyone rejoices. There is no sense of joy or even catharsis; it's all about ancient codes of honor. At best, the moment of vengeance is bittersweet; at worst, it's as heartbreaking for the avenger as it is for the victim. It's hard to say more without giving too much away, so suffice to say that this is a film with few true innocents.
The atypical plot is enough to make this film stand out from the crowd, but that's not the only thing it has going for it. The acting is pretty good across the board. Chun Wu has enough screen presence to make Yi Long's early arrogance and later concern convincing. Geng Han has a similar dual-natured role, but doesn't have quite enough subtlety to master Er Kui's bitter, vengeance-filled soul. He is sweet, quiet, and accommodating at the beginning, with only hindsight hints that there might be a plan for revenge hatching in the back of his mind. The Er Kui of the second half is a completely different character than the one from the first half. Both Louis Liu, as police chief and competing suitor General Lu, and Barbie Hsu (Connected) as Xi Mu Lang, the opera's star actress, fare well in reasonably detailed roles. The most engaging actors in the show are the child versions of the brothers.
The direction and writing are less successful. Director Xiaosong Gao (Rainbow) is unable to keep the frenetic pace of the first half of the film going, so the second half bogs down. There is intrigue, but much of it is not explained adequately, and Er Kui's vengeance spree carries no tension simply because it isn't focused on. Instead, we get to see Yi Long covering for his absent brother and having an affair with a general's wife, a far less interesting series of events. The film wants there to be romantic tension between Mu Lang and Er Kui, but the script skirts around the issue too long; by the time they hook up, they've lost whatever spark of chemistry they once had. After the brothers take their revenge for their fallen master, the Opera performances are shoved into the background, taking their sparkling color and excitement with them. Gao also strains the proverbial "fourth wall" by having his actors do an occasional pose while looking into the camera. The fight scenes are well choreographed, but are hampered by distracting slow-motion shots and close-ups that cut out much of the action. Tie all this together, and you get a formula that sucks a lot of life from what should be an exciting, twisted ride.
The Dolby 5.1 sound does a decent job of spreading the love among the surrounds, although the score often covers up much of the ambient noise. The alternate Dolby 2.0 sound loses the ambience completely but has a nice warm tone. The sub-woofer, alas, is underutilized. The 2.35:1 standard definition picture is good, with nice vivid colors and a deep palette, as it should be for something as over-the-top colorful as opera. There is minor pixilation from time to time and a touch of grain, especially in dark scenes, none of it in sufficient quantity to distract. There are no extras.
Closing Statement
My Kingdom is a unique take on a genre that could use some new ideas, with twists and turns that make for some tense and surprising moments. There is a lot to recommend here. But the frontloaded action drains the second half of much-needed energy; the film starts out at a sprint but limps across the finish line.
The Verdict
Guilty of the misdemeanor of Failure to Capitalize on a Setting.
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