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There's a few things boggling my mind from time to time. For one I am a regular visitor of both thedailyshow.com and colbertnation.com to watch their latest and greatest episodes which have been broadcasted on Comedy Central the day before. As a European Citizen I am not fortunate enough to be able to watch these shows live. On the other hand I read quite a lot of blogs regularly that attract my interest and among those are a few Apple/Mac related ones that show me what I should think about the company that assembled my beloved MacBook.
The 2 topics I want to go into in this post both apply to its title at least to some degree in my eyes. As someone who comes from a country where health care for everybody isn't just a good idea but an applied concept I cannot possibly wrap my head around the issues this great nation called the United States of America is facing right now just to get a vague idea of what the future of 50 Million (!) Americans without Health Care is going to look like, let alone figuring out a real concept. And as someone who studies the matter this thing called iPhone wants to be a part of I want to provide my personal opinion on what has been happening around this product both since its release and recently.
Health Care:
I do have to say that my knowledge about the subject is solely based on many many Daily Show Episodes and a short documentary I've stumbled over on TV lately. I understand however that as much as this Comedy Central footage is supposed to be satire and entertainment it never fails to catch the essential and almost always disturbing truth behind its topics.
In the documentary I mentioned there was a woman who needed a liver transplant because of cancer but she just couldn't afford one plus she was a single mother of three. Very touching story if someone from an equally structured society were to watch that. For me it was just enraging. Another person in this documentary was some cowboy-ish millionaire who was both a supporter of the Republican party and the US Health Care System, stating that it did not have any flaws at all and that it was necessary for at least some doctors to say "Hell yea, I want to get paid less than I'm worth just so I can help the poor free of charge by limiting my quality of service to the absolute minimum". Of course he did not say that but I just did. Lots of people who struggle with health problems don't have any option but to stand in line for free low-quality medical care in this country and to think that this can live up to any standard a rich nation like this one should provide their people is just bollocks.
The 2 "Points of Interest" I spin my thoughts around here are the Health Insurance Companies and the US Military Expenses.
If you want to get health insurance in the US it's not much different from getting insurance for your car. You have to be perfectly healthy because the insurance has every right to turn you down if they think you won't make them enough profit, meaning if you look like you could get sick anytime soon you won't be insured. And if you get sick and they see any bit of proof that you could've been developing this medical condition before you got the insurance it'll be called a "preexisting condition" and they won't pay for you. Of course this doesn't end your insurance. You're still allowed to pay them money for not doing anything if you want to.
What I'm pretty sure had never been mentioned on any TV Station in all of the US though is how the Government's Military Expenses could be redistributed so much better in this case. If you're in the US you don't talk shit about the wars they are fighting somewhere else. Just like you're better off staying at home if you're in Iran right now. I don't remember the figures but those wars cost the US quite a bit of money every single day and to finish my rant about this topic I have to ask, is whining about how they have such huge money problems both concerning economy and health care an acceptable concept for the American people while they are fighting expensive questionable wars elsewhere?
As someone who specializes on Mobile Computing I have more than one reason to be against a purchase of this product. When the iPhone came it I have to admit I was all hyped up as well. I even pre-ordered the first generation iPod Touch when it got announced. I never regret that purchase but for a mobile phone there's just too many flaws in its business plan.
The iPhone is the manifestation of what makes Apple's fondness of Digital Rights Management (DRM) both work well and annoying at the same time. With products like the Palm Pre and various Android Devices coming out it raises the question whether it really is better to tell your users distinctively both what they are allowed and what they are not allowed to do. Apple sure does that and it sets boundaries that are often uncertain as to whether something you want to do can be done or not. For example a Software Developer who wants to get his piece of the App Store Cake can write a good piece of code hoping for an income from it but he will never know whether his App will make it into the App Store unless he spends the time on bringing out a working version of it and hope for the best as he submits it to Apple. If they turn it down, he might have wasted his time.
The most popular recent denial of an App was of course the official Google Talk iPhone App which was refused like many others because it provides functionality already inside the iPhone. And although these rejections are most probably rather thanks to Apples Partnership with AT&T than Apple itself it still does not make a bit of sense to me. Apple is a newbie in this market and they won't have the courage of admitting that. The first generation iPhone was a technologic disaster by any measure and they used lame excuses like "battery life issues" for not using the 3G standard and going for the slower EDGE. They have quite a few guidelines for developers who want to write software for the App Store just because their phone is too slow to work smoothly with software that doesn't follow these guidelines.
The iPhone OS which I get the chance of using through my iPod Touch has become a lot better since version 1.0 but it's not necessarily better than any other mobile OS out there now. It finally got MMS capability, video capturing and the much needed Copy-Paste feature nearly any other Smartphone has.
What upsets me so much is that Apple can do all this seemingly without losing a single buck of stock market worth in the process. They can bring out a crappy phone to begin with but wrap it nicely and any fanboy will stand in line to buy it. They can upgrade it to a less crappy phone which implies admitting that the first one was crap and still more people will buy it. No matter how big they fail under the surface, what defines their success is how they present it on the surface and this is where I would like to advise people to take a look at things from a different angle before buying such a piece of hardware and literally trading it in for their soul and some cash.
There's so many products out there that are both cheaper to buy and get you a better overall experience. Nokia would be my biggest recommendation for anybody seeking a phone right now. Falling for the advantages of the App Store is easy but the pressure under which others have to live because of those advantages is not worth it in my eyes. Apple needs to see that their current plan for a presence in the cellular market is not what people want. Or at least not what they should want.


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30 in 30: Anaheim's youth movement pays dividendsby Adam Kimelman
Anaheim Ducks general manager Bob Murray saw almost all positives in a 2012-13 season when his team flew out of the gate and never really slowed down, ultimately winning the franchise's first Pacific Division title in five years and earning the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.
Even a loss in Game 7 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to the Detroit Red Wings, though disappointing, didn't change Murray's opinion.
"I think we got beat by a team that had been injured all year long but was getting healthy and was a very veteran, experienced playoff team," he told NHL.com. "I looked at it as some of our younger players -- while it would have been nice to have another round -- got some really quality playoff time, and our younger players played very, very well for us. That's a giant plus for us, that they got there and they got to experience playing a great team like the Detroit Red Wings.
"I don't look at any negatives from that -- except we lost."
Losing is something the Ducks didn't do too much of last season. They won seven of their first eight games and 13 of their first 16 en route to finishing second in the conference with 66 points, behind the Chicago Blackhawks (77).
That's a big change from the previous season, when the Ducks started 6-13-4 and finished 13th in the West.
"When you're a mid-salary cap team, which we are, you cannot afford to have injuries, bad streaks," Murray said. "Two years ago, we had some very bad injuries and just never recovered from the bad start."
It didn't help that all-star center Ryan Getzlaf had the worst season of his career, finishing with 11 goals, 57 points and a minus-11 rating. Murray said he believes Getzlaf also struggled adjusting to his role as captain in the 2011-12 season.
"It was an off year for a lot of people in our organization and Ryan Getzlaf took most of the heat for that," Murray said. "But I can go down the list and there were a lot of guys that had bad years, and we had injuries. It was a bad year for the organization. When you're a mid-cap team, you can't afford certain things to happen. One of them is injuries, and the other was [Getzlaf] had a rough year offensively. He also, being the captain, I think sometimes he overthinks it a little bit."
Getzlaf was back to his usual star form last season, finishing with a team-best 49 points in 44 games. There also was improvement off the ice.
"Last year he didn't overthink at all," Murray said. "He's growing with being captain. He's very serious about it. Sometimes you can just play, and last year he just played."
The solid play of Getzlaf raised the team around him. The Ducks upped their scoring average from 2.45 goals per game to 2.79, and the power play rose from No. 21 in the League at 16.6 percent in 2011-12 to fourth in the League at 21.5 percent.
Some of that was a byproduct of the team adjusting to coach Bruce Boudreau's up-tempo offensive style. Boudreau replaced Randy Carlyle in November 2011, but only this fall will he have his first training camp.
"The biggest thing for Bruce is now he knows everybody in our system," Murray said. "It's tough coming in in the middle of the year a year-and-a-half ago and not knowing everybody, and then you have the lockout year the next year," Murray said. "He spent time in the minors, seeing the kids. He knows everybody now. That is his biggest advantage going forward: He knows everybody now. Coaches love to know their players."
And the Ducks' young players should give Boudreau a lot to love.
Kyle Palmieri, 22, saw time on the top line alongside Corey Perry and Getzlaf in the playoff loss to the Red Wings. Palmieri had 10 goals and 21 points in 42 regular-season games, and five points in seven playoff games. Emerson Etem, 21, made his NHL debut with three goals and seven assists in 38 games last season, and had five points in seven postseason games. Jakob Silfverberg, who arrived from the Ottawa Senators as part of the Bobby Ryan trade this summer, had 10 goals in 48 games as a rookie. Peter Holland, 22, and Rickard Rakell, 20, also are expected to compete for spots as forwards.
"It's going to be a hell of a dogfight in our training camp to see who comes out playing," Murray said.
Additions: RW Dustin Penner, RW Jakob Silfverberg, D Mark Fistric
Subtractions: RW Bobby Ryan
UFAs: RW Radek Dvorak, C Matthew Lombardi, D Toni Lydman, C David Steckel, D Jordan Hendry
Promotion candidates: D Hampus Lindholm, G John Gibson, D Sami Vatanen, C Peter Holland, RW Rickard Rakell
Replacing Ryan on the top line is the first step in that competition. One of the young players could slide into that spot, or it could be someone from the team's past: Dustin Penner, who returned in July as a free agent. Penner teamed with Perry and Getzlaf to form arguably the Ducks' best line in the 2007 run to the Stanley Cup. Murray, who was the senior vice president of hockey operations on that title team, certainly remembers how well that trio performed.
"They enjoyed playing together," Murray said. "You don't know if the chemistry will still be there or not. There's been lots of guys moving in and out of that spot over the years. Dustin has done just as well as anyone else has there, probably better, because that line was very good in the Stanley Cup Playoffs that year. That's definitely in Bruce's and my mind. But again, we have lots of opportunities now for young players."
Teemu Selanne decided Aug. 30 he would return for one more season, filling the spot Murray left open for the 43-year-old.
"I want Teemu to play if he's 100 percent sure he wants to play," Murray had said. "If he's not sure, if he's not feeling ... when you get to that age, he's got to want it bad. If he's sure he wants it bad, then we'll make it work, whatever I have to do. The only answer I need is he's 100 percent sure he wants to play. That's the only answer I need. I told him that the other day. I don't care when he tells me. We'll find a way. We've got lots of cap space, we have enough contracts."
The Ducks appear set in goal with Jonas Hiller and Viktor Fasth. Fasth, who signed with the team in September 2012, emerged as a life preserver early in the season, winning his first eight starts. The 30-year-old finished his first NHL season 15-6-2 with a 2.18 goals-against average, .921 save percentage and four shutouts in 25 games.
Hiller rediscovered his form as the season progressed and eventually retook the No. 1 job. He went 15-6-4 with a 2.36 GAA and .913 save percentage in 26 games. He also started all seven playoff games, posting a 2.46 GAA.
The rotation likely will remain the same this season. And if one falters or gets injured, top prospect John Gibson -- the only non-NHL goalie invited to USA Hockey's Olympic orientation camp -- waits in the wings.
"I love the way our goaltending was last year," Murray said. "They picked each other up. When one would be banged up, the other guy would carry the ball for a while, then the other guy would get banged up and the other would carry the ball for a while. They get along very well. They're similar-type guys. I think we have good goaltending and we have good, young goaltending coming. I like where we are with goaltending."
Defensively, the Ducks have a solid mix of veterans Francois Beauchemin and Sheldon Souray and emerging young players Cam Fowler and Luca Sbisa.
It's that wealth of young players that most intrigues Murray and gives him high hopes for the present and the future.
"We had to go through the pain of retooling after the Stanley Cup year and the year after and trying to win again," Murray said. "We got ourselves in a position where we had to go back and rebuild the stock, our assets. We have good young players now. When you have that talent competing for spots as young players, I think that bodes well for the future of the franchise."For all 30 in 30 stories go to NHL.com/30in30stories and for the full 30 in 30 schedule visit NHL.com/30in30.

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I have many ancestors that I have discovered over quite a number of years, but there are a certain few that I feel more fond of for some reason. Possibly because I have done more research on them or maybe even because of how I imagine them to have been. Stephen is one of those "certain few" ancestors!!
Stephen Read (1755 – 1842) is the youngest child of my 6 x great grandfather Cozens Read and it was Stephen's Will that I blogged about yesterday for Amanuensis Monday.
If you read that post you will see that I put his age at 76 when he died, but it wasn't until I looked at his Death Certificate again that I realised that was showing his age incorrectly! He was actually 86 years old when he died and I know that is correct as I have a copy of his Baptism entry at St. Nicholas Church, Nether Winchendon, Buckinghamshire in 1755 and I have a copy of his Death Certificate dated 1842 and his Will proved in 1842.
He married Ann (Nanny) Rose in 1783 in Nether Winchendon and they went on to have 12 children. They appear to have travelled about a bit as the first two children were born in Nether Winchendon, the next five children born in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire and the last five children born in Cuddington, Buckinghamshire. I know from Land Tax Assessments that the family also lived at Little Haseley for a number of years and that Stephen and Ann's final years were in Thame, Oxfordshire.
The photo for Stephen's tombstone is a little disappointing in that most of the Inscription has vanished over time. I know from visits to Thame ten years ago that this is his tombstone, as it could just about be read then and that it also includes his wife Ann. This photo was sent by a "new" cousin, who visited the area two or three years ago.
In Stephen's Will he leaves legacies to his eight children and I have managed to discover what happened to them with the exception of three of them. He leaves legacies to the children of his son Stephen who died a number of years before and three of his children died as babies/toddlers.
My Amanuensis Monday post featuring Stephen's Will mentions a couple of intriguing queries I really must follow up, so I daresay Stephen will remain as one of my "chosen few" ancestors who hold a more special place in my heart!!


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Analysis of the perfluorinated alkyl acids listed in EPA Method 537 along with fluorotelomeric alcohols and perfluorinated sulfonates were extracted using SPE (using ISOLUTE 101 500 mg/ 6 mL SDVB SPE columns) and analyzed on the LCMS 8045. Minimum Detection Limits(MDL) ranged from 0.69 to 3.25 ppt. Extraction recoveries were greater than 80% for all compounds, with surrogate recoveries within 10% of the true value.
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This application note demonstrates an effective and efficient suported liquid extraction protocol for the clean up and concentration of a range of forensically significant opiates and their metabolites
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This method is suggested for the purification (de-salting) of aqueous peptide synthesis mixtures using ISOLUTE 101 non-polar columns. See General Comments for details on how this approach works.
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This method is recommended for the extraction of oligonucleotides from aqueous synthesis mixtures using a non-polar retention mechanism. See General Comments for more details on how this works.
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This method is suggested for the simultaneous extraction of acidic, neutral and basic compounds from postmortem tissues, blood and urine. The retention mechanism is hydrophobic.
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In this catalog product information is displayed with easy-to-follow application details and supporting documentation. Ordering information is found following each product listing.
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QuickStart Guide to SPE
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The first decision that needs to be made is what the final analysis will be for the analyte. This will have an impact on the sample and cartridge size, as well as the final elution solvent. Gas chromatography offers higher sensitivity than HPLC, while HPLC is better suited for ionisable species and very high molecular weights. If LC-MS is available, minimal sample clean-up may be required.
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Not for therapeutic or diagnostic use
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This Chemistry Data Sheet includes specifics on the use of ISOLUTE 101 for the extraction of polar analytes from aqueous samples (page 1), ordering information (page 2) and a general discussion on non-polar sorbents (appendix page 3).
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KVM Extenders - Future Trends
1. Introduction
In today's IT world, screen-based workstations can be found in many different areas, from the traditional work place in the office, as well as on the production floor for machine control. Many more types of screen-based workstations do exist and most of them can be associated with the office sphere (e.g. POS – point of sale counters, workplaces at hospitals, especially in the operating theater, the exam room in doctor offices or the treatment room).
At many screen-based workstations, the PC is located under the desk. In areas that are at the front line to the client, such as reception desks, bank counters and other similar service counters, this may be undesirable as it makes a bad optical impression. In a recording or video cutting studio, the noise that is created by the fans may prevent productive work entirely. In the widest sense, automatic teller machines can also be seen as screen-based workstations, where the computer needs to be protected against vandalism. These are only some examples for keeping the computer from "the harm's way" or to provide a productive and ergonomic work environment.
2. Traditional KVM Extender technologies of yesterday and today
In the early days, the simple extension cables were used to shift screen-based workstations. Even today, this option can fulfil its purposes for the short distances. Then there were various solutions using proprietary cables based on coaxial conductors as KVM (keyboard/mouse/monitor) extenders. However these have vanished completely from the market in favor of other technologies.
Today's transmission medium is copper wire (CATx) or fiber. The key selection criteria for KVM extenders are the desired resolution for the video signal and the distance that needs to be covered. Even though they are not explicitly mentioned here, it goes without saying that the keyboard and mouse signals can be transmitted simultaneously. These peripheral signals require only very little bandwidth, therefore they are quite immune to interferences. However, the video signal is the most visible and the guiding component.
Requirements for KVM extenders have increased significantly. In the early days, only analog video signals with a VGA resolution (640x480) were transmitted. While today, SXGA (1280x1024) has become the standard at the workstation. Image resolutions are still higher at CAD and graphic workstations (1920x1200 and higher). The increasing use of digital video signals (DVI), instead of conventional analog transmissions, has to be considered as well.
3. KVM via optical fiber
When transmitting an analog video signal via optical fiber, the sophisticated KVM extenders usually digitalize the signal first and then transmit it via two optical fiber strands. With multi-mode optical fibers (50/125) distances of up to 500 meters can be covered, and up to 10 kilometers with single-mode fibers. However, there are certain limitations of the general application due to the bandwidth requirements of the digitalization, such as a restricted maximum resolution or reduced frame rate (images per second) at high resolutions. The latter in particular may cause juddering images. While this may be fully sufficient and acceptable for applications with static content, such results are not at all wanted at workstations where graphics and animated pictures are processed.
4. KVM via CAT cables
Problems increasingly occur in analog transmissions via CAT cables as well. Instead of utilizing the once commonly used CAT5 cables, today CAT6 or CAT7 cables with shielded wire pairs are installed. The higher category cables have been optimized for network transmissions, but not for the transmission of video signals.
The most common misconception among users is to mistake the use of a CAT cable for a digital signal transmission. The CAT cable is used only as a transmission media, while the transmitted signal is still analog. This means, that the signals cannot be transmitted via network switches or sections of optical fiber within the network.
The VGA signal consists of red, blue, green and synchronization signal. The analog red signal is transmitted via the first pair of the CATx cable, the blue signal via the second pair, and the third cable pair transmits the green signal altogether with the synchronizing signal (sync). The fourth pair is used for the remaining signals such as keyboard, mouse and others, e.g., serial data, audio or the like.
The signal assignment as well as the electrical data transmitted via CAT cables are not standardized. It is therefore impossible to mix transmitter and receiver units from different manufacturers.
4.1 Technical detail: skew effects induced by CAT cables
To reduce crosstalk between wire pairs in CATx cables, the individual pairs have different twist ratios. The difference in twist ratios results in different effective copper lengths of the individual wire pairs. This difference in length between the pairs in turn leads to different runtimes of the red, blue, and green analog color signals. The specification of the runtime difference within a cable can be found in the data sheet of the cable under the term "Skew" and is specified in nanoseconds. The specified value refers to a cable cut length of 100m network segment length and is 20ns on average.
For short cable lengths and low image resolutions, respectively, the skew value can be neglected. An increase in VGA resolution and/or cable length, however, may cause color shades on the display. At best, the runtime differences only cause blurs; at worst, color offset may occur which is clearly apparent at vertical lines. A white line for example might then have an undesirable red shadow.
According to the standard, the permissible runtime differences decrease for shielded wire pair cables. Experience has shown, that the additional shielding causes capacitive effects that result in streaking. This can only partly be rectified by the compensation settings of the KVM extenders. The maximum achievable distances are approximately 300 meters. In addition to this, electrical interferences may increasingly occur. Generally speaking, the higher the desired VGA resolution, the shorter the achievable distance.
The highest video quality is achieved if solid U/UTP or S/UTP with a wire cross section of at least AWG24 is used to connect the transmitter and the receiver of the extender.
KVM Extenders are often used in conjunction with KVM Switches, sometimes they are even built-into the KVM Switch. By controlling the KVM Switch remotely (from outside the server room), the administrator receives a comfortable and ergonomic workplace away from the noise of the servers and the chilliness of the air-conditioned server room. It also saves him from bustling between the various servers/server rooms.
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5. KVM Extenders for digital video (DVI)
Not only that the screen resolution requirements have changed, the video signal type has changed as well. Working with the digital video signals (DVI) is on the increase. The advantages of DVI are very obvious: The A-D conversion at the monitor and the graphic card are not necessary any more, and there are no visible losses due to the digital signal transmission.
However, a DVI signal requires a considerably higher bandwidth than a corresponding analog video signal. This leads to entirely different requirements for KVM Extenders. DVI cables can only cover a distance of five meters according to the standard. The data rate of a single-link DVI signal is 3.96Gbit/s, the maximum resolution is 1920x1200.
Also digital KVM extenders support CATx or optical fiber as transmission media. Often compression is used, since the bandwidth of a DVI signal is considerably higher than that of a CATx cable. Occasionally, the frame rate and/or color depth is reduced from 24 bits to 21 or 18 bits. Graphic designers will notice the difference in color depth, but these losses are irrelevant in standard applications.
Although the transmission via the CATx cable itself is digital, as with analog KVM extenders. However, the signal has nothing to do with TCP/IP and the transmission is solely a proprietary. The maximum range via copper is around 140 to 150 meters.
Optical fiber cables provide a higher bandwidth, therefore the transmission over greater distances is possible. The video signal is compressed in such a way that the transmission itself is typically at 1 Gbit/s and 1.25 Gbit/s. Models with a 2.5 Gbit/s link that do not reduce the color depth are also available. The optical fiber variants normally use two fibers, as an option, single fiber is also possible.
PS/2 keyboards and mice are more and more replaced by equivalent USB input devices. Only a few KVM Extenders transmit the USB signal transparently. More frequently, emulation and enumeration is used to support devices with the USB-HID (Human Interface Device) standard (e.g. MS wheel mouse). In this case, Multimedia keys on the keyboard or additional mouse keys are either not or only partly supported. However, Black Box offers digital KVM Extenders with full support of extended keyboard and mouse functions as well as an option with programmable USB HID ports to configure special requirements.
Newer developed models are available that do not only transmit DVI uncompressed over a single optical fiber but also completely transparent USB 2.0 at a speed up to 480Mbps supporting demanding USB devices such as Wacom graphic tablets.
Most DVI extenders available have one disadvantage: they only transmit the digital DVI-D signal. No analog signal (e.g. VGA with a plug adapter) can be transmitted. Some of the KVM Extenders from Black Box support both VGA and DVI inputs, please contact our Free Tech Support for more details.
5.1. CATx requirements for digital video extension
Since DVI extenders process and transmit the signals purely digital comparable to Ethernet Layer1, the CATx cable recommendation for digital KVM extenders equals the cable requirements of a state-of-the-art network: the better the cable is suitable to transport Ethernet data, the better it will fit for DVI KVM extensions.
General recommendations are:
6. KVM extenders for analog and digital video via TCP/IP
One of the KVM technology developments is a flexible KVM Extender for DVI and VGA, These devices don't use a proprietary protocol or signal for the transmission, they transport the signals via a Gigabit Ethernet instead. The transmission can be routed or extended by means of a Gigabit switch at any time and any distance within the network. With a simple media converter, it is also possible to switch from copper to optical fiber anywhere in the transmission path, should an increased range or galvanic isolation be required. Because of the high bandwidth required for the transmission of the KVM signals, it is not recommended to transmit the KVM data stream of larger applications through the regular in-house network.
This little overview might have given already an impression about the variety of KVM Extenders available on the market being more or less qualified for a certain application. A user, who works just sporadicly at a remote computer with a low resolution, requires a different extension solution than a 24/7 user console or a graphic power user with the need to access different sources and peripherals. Also an industrial or other environment with high EMI interferences has different requirements as a standard office. If a certain image quality or special functions (e.g. transparent USB) are desired, the adding of certain costs are often being underestimated during the planning. Even for minor details, such as DDC handling, are important for the KVM extension to function properly. Before buying a KVM extender, Black Box recommends to contact a product expert already in the planning stages to check and determine all requirements of the KVM Extender needed. Usually they can offer a few KVM Extenders that are suitable for the purpose, determine and test the optimum solution that offers the best value for the money.


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Turnbull has been rooted in the culture and history of the Napa Valley for more than 35 years. Operating our small, family business from the original estate winery in Oakville, we stand for exceptional quality and a true Napa Valley wine experience, as it should be.
We offer enduring Cabernet Sauvignon with a depth and texture of lasting quality. We make elegant, structured wines, crafted from our four estate vineyards that deliver our signature profile year in and year out – a result of our careful hand in all aspects of the making process, from dirt to bottle.
We believe in the opportunity to pause, explore, and discover something new every day, and for us, wine should be no exception.
Turnbull. Stay true.
Plan a trip to Turnbull Wine Cellars on our interactive winery map:
At Turnbull Wine Cellars we craft our award-winning wine using fruit sourced from our four stellar estate vineyards in Oakville and Calistoga. This diversity of fruit sourcing and exemplary viticultural work allows our winemaking team the ability to create wines with distinctive flavors that capture the personality of each site. Soils vary from deeper alluvial fans on the valley floor to the shallow, volcanic and rocky structures of the hillsides.
• Estate Tasting Room – Taste our newly released wines from our estate grown vineyard.
• Taste our Single Vineyard Estate Grown Cabernets and other reserve wines in our Reserve Tasting Room and Gallery.
• World-Class Fine Art Photography and Wine Tasting- The Reserve Room Gallery, with its beautiful barrels, antique bar, and cathedral ceiling of exposed wood beams, is the perfect setting to taste our exceptional wines and view our latest fine art photography exhibit. Turnbull Wine Cellars has one of the largest permanent photography exhibition spaces on the west coast. Each show features 60 to 90 original, privately-owned works by Master Photographers including Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Andre Kertesz, Edward Steichen and Yousuf Karsh. You are invited to explore these stunning photographs while enjoying our award-winning estate wines. Our Gallery is open daily from 10:00 to 4:30. Admission is complimentary.
Turnbull Wine Cellars Wine Club
Wine clubs are a great way to stay connected to your favorite wineries.
To join the wine club, visit www.turnbullwines.com or call 707-963-5839.
Our Winemakers Society membership gives you priority and guaranteed access to our wines as they are released, plus exclusive, limited small- production and allocation wines that we reserve for our members. We deliver our wines to you two times per year, shipping six bottles of our flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, single vineyard offerings and other wines reflecting the season, each March and October.
It's true. There is something special about belonging. A Turnbull wine membership means you are among a group of like-minded individuals who are interested in gaining firsthand access to our wines, as well as to the events and experiences we host to celebrate this special place. But we also like to think of it as an ongoing invitation to visit and celebrate wine with us, to be a part of our growing family.
what we offer you
Two shipments per year of six bottles of wine, averaging $525 – $600 per shipment.
Flat-rate ground shipping on all case orders.
First access to new releases, limited production and allocation only bottlings at member pricing.
Periodically, when available, access to purchase library and large format wines.
Invitations to member exclusive events at the estate winery.
Complimentary Gallery Tasting Flight for you and two guests in our Gallery Tasting Room up to three times per year.
Preferred member pricing on our Private Tasting Experience for you and your guests.
The offer listed below is valid for all Napa Valley residents age 21 and over.
Welcome Napa Neighbors! Please visit our small, family-owned winery in Oakville. If you spend over $100 we will waive your tasting fee. While you're here, please visit our Gallery to view our current show of fine art photography.
The Napa Green program is supported by a wide variety of groups including the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and the University of California. The Napa Valley Vintners, along with Fish Friendly Farming, the Napa Valley Grapegrowers, the Napa County Farm Bureau and others developed the Napa Green program. Learn more about the program at napagreen.org.
Turnbull Wine Cellars is certified under the Napa Green Winery Program by the Napa County Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Association of Bay Area Government's (ABAG) Green Business Program and completed all the regulatory components needed for environmental sustainability. These components included developing water and energy conservation methods, preventing pollution, and reducing solid waste. In addition to developing sustainable winery practices, this program is set to become the standard for the state of California.
Turnbull Wine Cellars is certified under the Napa Green Certified Land Program. Turnbull Wine Cellars has created and implemented a customized farm plan with measured results that addressed all aspects of its property, vineyard land as well as non-farmed land, including practicing soil conservation, water conservation, stable drainage, riparian corridor enhancement, fisheries and wildlife habitat enhancement and long-term improvement and sustainability.
Certification - certification is granted by the Napa County Agricultural Commissioners Office of Pesticide Regulation, the Regional Water Quality Control board, the California Department of Fish and Game, and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Once a year the rarest new Napa Valley wines become available under one roof at Premiere Napa Valley. Wineries throughout the Napa Valley are given one task to participate: create a one-of-a-kind wine for this event to be purchased by one lucky bidder. This event is only open to select members of the wine trade and the successful bidder is the sole owner of this unique wine.
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Cases: 5
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2017
Release Date: October - 2019
Appellation: Oakville
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On any given project, choosing the appropriate colors for conductors during installation facilitates maintenance and enhances troubleshooting efforts later on. The universal language of colors clarifies the intent of the original installation, thereby enhancing safety and efficiency for those who will work on the electrical system for years to come. Although most color coding is mandated by the National Electrical Code (NEC), there are some trade practices that make good sense, even if they're not required. Adhering to these additional guidelines and making them part of your work protocol will inevitably lead to more professional installations.
The NEC gives explicit directives on color coding, but not in any one article or chapter. In fact, there are more than 20 major NEC locations that address color coding. NEC 2008 does not contain big changes in this area. The last major change was in NEC 2005 with the addition of Art. 210.5, which required enhanced identification where different voltage or phase systems are in the same building.
Most fundamental from the point of view of safety and functionality is the distinction between grounded and ungrounded conductors. Grounding conductors (which are ideally at the same potential as grounded conductors but serve a different purpose) are color coded differently so that they can be connected properly (Photo 1 on page C20).
Grounded conductors
Permitted methods of identification for grounded conductors depend upon size. For 6 AWG and smaller, an insulated grounded conductor must be white or gray — or have three continuous white stripes in other than green insulation along its entire length. At one time, the Code talked about "natural" gray insulation. However, that word was dropped as meaningless, because it would imply that there was such a thing as "unnatural" gray, which could not be used. A Fine Print Note (FPN) points out that gray may have been used in the past for ungrounded conductors, so care must be used when working on older systems.
It is not permitted to re-identify an ungrounded conductor as grounded in the field for sizes 6 AWG and smaller (Photo 2) except in certain cases, which are:
Mineral-insulated, metal-sheathed cable (Type MI)
Single-conductor photovoltaic outdoor-rated sunlight-resistant cable
Fixture wire
Aerial cable is permitted to have a ridge along its entire length instead of white, gray, or three white stripes.
Also noteworthy is that colored tracer threads to show the source of manufacture are permitted and do not nullify the color coding requirements of the Code.
For sizes larger than 6 AWG, a different set of NEC rules applies (Photo 3), because it would be impractical to stock these sizes in various colors. There would also be more waste, generating many cutoffs instead of just one for the whole job. Besides the white, gray, or three white stripes along the entire length as allowed for smaller conductors, conductors larger than 6 AWG may have white or gray marking at all terminal points. This can be paint or tape completely encircling the conductor. For grounded conductors larger than 6 AWG that simply pass through an enclosure without termination, such as those within a pull box, re-identification is not required.
Returning to all size conductors, an insulated grounded conductor in a flexible cord may be identified by a white or gray outer finish or white or gray braid, a white or gray tracer in the braid, or a white or gray separator. For cords having insulation integral with the jacket, individual tinned strands may identify the grounded conductor. In addition, ridges, grooves, or white stripes on the exterior of the cord may signify the grounded conductor.
Where different systems are present within the same raceway, cable, or enclosure, the grounded conductor of each must have a different means of identification, all of which have to conform to the rules outlined above. The means of identification must be posted at each branch-circuit panelboard. Although not Code mandated, trade practice is to use white for the lower voltage and gray for the higher voltage grounded conductor (Photo 4). Where multiple systems are present within the same raceway, cable, or enclosure, differing colored stripes other than green along the entire length of white insulation will suffice.
Where conditions of maintenance and supervision ensure that only qualified persons service the installation, grounded conductors in multiconductor cable may be identified at terminations by white paint or tape that completely encircles the conductor. This exception applies to all sizes.
In addition to the foregoing means of identification, the Code also stipulates that white or gray conductors, other than green with three continuous white stripes and conductors marked white or gray at terminations, may not be used for anything but grounded conductors except for the following limited cases:
Circuits of less than 50V, unless required to be grounded. (This is an exception within an exception.) Examples are thermostat control circuits and telephone lines.
Circuits of 50V or more, where re-identified. Notice that in the case of conductors 6 AWG or smaller, white may be re-identified black, but black may not be re-identified white. Larger black conductors may be re-identified white.
For switch loops, white conductors may be used as grounded conductors, but they must be re-identified. Prior to the 1999 NEC, a white ungrounded conductor supplying a switch did not have to be re-identified because its use was considered self-evident. However, now both supply and return conductors must be re-identified.
The Code also stipulates color coding for terminals. Unless it is clearly evident which terminal is to be grounded — as in the case of panelboards — the grounded terminal must be white or of silver finish, or be marked with the word "White" or the letter "W."
Grounding conductors
For equipment-grounding conductors, the color coding is somewhat different. The equipment-grounding conductor, unless separately derived, originates in the service equipment where it is connected to the neutral by means of the main bonding jumper. From there, it accompanies the other conductors to every outlet, never to rejoin the grounded conductor. Even an ungrounded system must have an equipment-grounding conductor.
Grounding conductors may be bare, covered, or insulated. If they are insulated, they must be green or green with one or more yellow stripes. They may not be re-identified for use as grounded or ungrounded conductors.
Like grounded conductors, grounding conductors larger than 6 AWG may be re-identified. Permitted methods are stripping the insulation or covering from the entire exposed length, coloring the exposed insulation green, or marking the exposed length with green tape or adhesive labels. Any means of re-identification must entirely encircle the conductor. Such re-identification is not required in conduit bodies that contain no splices or unused hubs.
In flexible cord, a bare equipment-grounding conductor is allowed. However, if it's individually covered, the covering has to be green or green with one or more yellow stripes.
Ungrounded conductors
Despite the innocuous sounding name, ungrounded conductors are more hazardous than the conductors covered so far. Colloquially, an ungrounded conductor is called the "hot wire" and with good reason. Because it is at a different voltage potential from ground — and people are almost always at least partially grounded — contact with one of these conductors can cause injury or death. Therefore, it is critical for these conductors to be correctly and consistently color coded. A fundamental NEC requirement is that ungrounded conductors be finished to be clearly distinguishable from grounded and grounding conductors, and that these markings shall not obscure the size and other required markings. Further details are provided separately for branch-circuit ungrounded conductors and?ungrounded feeders.
Like grounded conductors, ungrounded conductors have to be separately identified when different systems are involved, but there is an important distinction. Grounded conductors must be differentiated by system only when they are present in the same raceway, cable, or enclosure but accessible ungrounded conductors of different systems must be differentiated whenever they appear in the same building. The means of identification is up to the electrician. It may be by color coding, marking, or tagging. It has to be consistent and is to be permanently displayed at each panelboard or distribution equipment.
The usual means of identification is color coding. Phase tape (regular electrical tape), which is available in many colors, is easier to use, and is more durable than paint. The means of identification must completely encircle the conductor. The Code does not specify which colors to use except not white, gray, or green. However, for years industry practice has been to use brown, orange, and yellow for the higher voltage (typically 480Y/277V) and black, red, and blue for the lower voltage (208Y/120V).
Specialized color coding
So far, we've looked at the rules for grounded, grounding, and ungrounded conductors, but there are other situations you may encounter in the field. Here are some of those special applications.
If the midpoint of a 4-wire, 3-phase delta-connected system is grounded, the high-voltage phase conductor or bus bar (usually called the B phase) must be orange, or other effective identification may be used. This identification is to appear wherever a connection is made if the grounded conductor is also present.
The non-heating leads of heating cable are to be identified as follows to indicate voltage:
- Yellow - 120V
- Blue - 208V
- Red - 240V
- Brown - 277V
- Orange - 480V
Intrinsically safe systems are permitted in hazardous (classified) locations because they are made up of intrinsically safe circuits in which any spark or thermal effect is incapable of causing ignition under specified conditions. Furthermore, such circuits are isolated by an intrinsic safety barrier that prevents, under fault conditions, non-intrinsically safe energy levels from being applied to the hazardous environment that is meant to be protected.
Intrinsically safe terminals and wiring must be identified, both within the classified area and outside of it to ensure it will not be inadvertently energized to a higher level. Such identification is permitted to be light blue where that color is not already in use. Light blue also is used to identify raceways, cable trays, and junction boxes provided they contain only intrinsically safe wiring. Per the Code, raceways, cable trays, and other wiring methods shall be identified so that they may be readily traced throughout the installation. Labels with the wording "Intrinsic Safety Wiring" or equivalent are to be spaced not more than 25 feet apart. Although not required, the use of light blue raceway material and light blue enclosure covers would provide a superior installation.
As for fire alarm circuits, identification requirements are less stringent, because a high level fault would not cause an immediate explosion — just a supervisory trouble alarm (Photo 5). They are to be identified at terminal and junction box locations to prevent interference with the signaling circuit during testing and servicing. Though not NEC mandated, industry practice is to color enclosure covers red. The use of red raceways throughout makes future maintenance easier.
Sensitive electronic equipment feeders and branch-circuit conductors are required to be identified at all splices and terminations. Use of color is suggested. Whatever means of identification is used, it is to be posted at all branch-circuit panelboards and disconnects.
In health-care facilities, isolated power systems are made up of power circuits typically supplied by isolation transformers whose secondaries are ungrounded. The color code for isolated conductor Number One?is orange and for Number Two is brown. Where a third conductor is needed for a 3-phase system, it is yellow.
These are the principal color code schemes. Others mentioned in the Code are mobile home power supplies, park trailer power supplies, trailing cable, marina hoists, and cranes. Details for these particular installations can be found in Chapter 5 of the NEC.
Herres is a licensed master electrician in Stewartstown, N.H.


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From staff reports
Ohio University Residential Housing has launched a web series designed to prepare first-year students for their upcoming arrival on campus.
Dubbed "OHIO 101," the first episode in the series debuted on YouTube on Friday. The first episode includes insights from OHIO's upperclassmen on what they wish they knew before coming to Ohio University.
Upcoming episodes of "OHIO 101" will feature tips on how to set up your residence hall room, what not to bring with you, and information on moving into your residence hall.
Move-in for OHIO's first-year students will be held Thursday, Aug. 21, and Friday, Aug. 22. Residence halls will open to returning students on Saturday, Aug. 23. Fall semester begins Monday, Aug. 25.


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We are winning the right to marriage in a bigger, deeper way by winning it in the court of public opinion. —Jonathan Rauch
PARK CITY - Advocates of same-sex marriage came to the Sundance Film Festival Saturday afternoon in support of the estimated 1,300 gay and lesbian couples married in Utah, and to fete a film that promotes their cause.
In one of the many receptions on the crowded main street of this city swamped by the Sundance Film Festival, these supporters found a welcome audience advocating one perspective of a hotly contested national issue. In the same-sex marriage debate, culture, law and democracy are each having their impact.
At Saturday's gathering, billed as a wedding reception for those gay couples newly married and sponsored by HBO and by the Human Rights Campaign, a group which advocates for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered individuals, the message was: same-sex marriage is a fundamental right.
"This is what we are about as Americans," said Ted Olson, the solicitor general under George W. Bush, one of the legal team to challenge California's Proposition 8 in court. He spoke on the stage with co-counsel David Boies, also part of the team to challenge the California law.
"We have the same aspirations, the same fears, the same right to be treated decently and with respect in our neighborhoods and our jobs," he said, to sustained applause from more than a hundred individuals in the packed bistro.
Hollywood may be contributing to a change in national attitudes toward gays, lesbians and marriage. Yet according to other national legal experts not present here at Sundance, neither law nor democracy currently favor the same-sex marriage cause.
"States have always had the primary role on families and on matters concerning husbands and wives," said Ed Meese, the Attorney General under Ronald Reagan, in a telephone interview. "In no way do I think Proposition 8 violates the Constitution."
Currently, 17 states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage. The other 33 states support a definition of marriage as between a man and woman. Each of those 33 states, including Utah, made those decisions through a democratic process of law or a constitutional amendment.
For the advocates of gay marriage here at Sundance, there's only one way though this barrier: a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning democratic decision in the name of one understanding of human rights.
California Referendum
That was the message at a reception celebrating Saturday's premiere here of "The Case Against 8," a documentary about California's 2008 referendum declaring that marriage shall be between a man and a woman.
The law, an amendment to the California Constitution, immediately became a lightning rod for controversy, including protests targeted against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many Mormons, and others of faith, contributed funds and knocked doors in an effort to pass the measure.
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, took delight in being able to hold Saturday's celebration in Utah, noting "the fact that the Proposition 8 case was brought to us Californians by an institution right here in the state of Utah," he said. "And we celebrate a federal court victory right here in Utah, and we celebrate the more than 1,300 couples that were able to get married before the stay was put in place.
Likewise, in 2010, another Sundance film, "8: The Mormon Proposition," highlighted these efforts by Latter-day Saints and harshly criticized the law and its passage.
Now, "The Case Against 8" picks up where the prior film left off. This new saga, scheduled for national release on HBO in June, traces the legal saga to overturn California's Proposition 8.
Prominently featured in the film are the two couples that challenged the law in California, their high-profile lawyers Olson and the liberal Boies. The attorneys took opposite sides before the Supreme Court on the Bush v. Gore lawsuit over the results of the 2000 election. After Olson's client won, Bush named him solicitor general, responsible for defending the government's position before the high court.
"The Case Against 8" culminates in California weddings by Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, after last June's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Hollingsworth v.Perry.
Yet, ironically, the Supreme Court never ruled for the California couples. Because the governor and attorney general of California refused to defend their state's law, the defenders of Proposition 8 lacked standing in the eyes of the law.
Instead, in a separate case last June, the high court invalidated a congressional law denying federal benefits to same-sex marriages authorized under New York's state law.
The combination of the two decisions means that the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution to permit but not to require states to authorize same-gender marriages.
Betraying Federalism?
The Sundance crowd was extensive and jubilant in its praise of the 1,300 Utah marriages, issued after U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Shelby stuck down the provisions of Utah's Constitution that declare marriage to be between a man and a woman.
The U.S. Supreme Court has since stayed Shelby's ruling, pending further court challenges.
The case, together with a decision this past week by a federal judge in Oklahoma, will raise the constitutional stakes for whatever case eventually makes its way to the high court. Such a case could well be Utah's defense of its Amendment 3, the 2004 voter-approved amendment which defined marriage traditionally, and which passed 66-34 percent.
And it is on these grounds that many conservatives are upset with Ted Olson. Through his high-profile association with the Federalist Society, a group of attorneys defending a clearly articulated role for the judiciary, he helped articulate the philosophy of "strict constructionalism" of the Constitution.
They say Olson, of all people, should understand the dangers of the high court treading into decision-making on subjects like marriage, which is not mentioned in the Constitution.
"What Ted Olson did was despicable on several counts," said John Eastman, law professor at the Chapman School of Law in Southern California. He's also Chairman of the Federalism and Separation of Powers Practice Group of the Federalist Society.
"His whole career was arguing against an activist judiciary making up rights," Eastman said in an interview. "His whole career was against a federal takeover of state sovereignty. His whole career was spent limiting the effect of 14th Amendment."
While many conservatives regard the 14th Amendment as appropriately granting civil rights to victims of racial discrimination, they see the high court as having excessively broadening it through cases, like the 1972 Roe v. Wade, guaranteeing a right to abortion.
"All three of those things he threw under the bus to further the homosexual marriage argument," said Eastman. Olson "went against every single major principle he had been fighting for through the Federalist Society in his career."
Short-Circuiting Debate
Many of these Federalists say that the effort to constitutionally require gay marriage short-circuits the democratic debate about whether states should adopt such a public policy, and how such statutes will impact other family and domestic laws.
"Since the early 1960s, the liberal movement has attempted to use the court toward victory for their causes when they have been unable to win them in forums of democracy," said Robert George, a professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University.
He called this strategy an effort to play up "the dogmas of the sexual revolution," such as Roe v. Wade.
"What is most fundamentally wrong with these decisions is not that they produce bad policies, though they do, but that they represent the judicial usurpation of the authority vested by the Constitution in the people and their elected representatives," said George.
George calls this "anti-usurpation philosophy" and says it is "the whole point" of the Federalist Society. "If that is what Olson once represented, he can't claim to represent it now."
Judicial activism
The concern about judicial activism isn't limited to conservatives. It's one reason some same-sex marriage advocates are cautious about a sweeping ruling imposing it nation-wide. Jonathan Rauch, the author of the book "Gay Marriage," and a proponent of the practice, said, "People forget that durable rights don't come from courts, they come from consensus and strong support from society."
"We are winning the right to marriage in a bigger, deeper way by winning it in the court of public opinion," Rauch said.
The comparison with Roe v. Wade is illustrative. That decision polarized American society and sparked a strong counter-reaction. Critics were concerned both about its impact on unborn lives, and upon the health of the Constitution, when judges felt free to declare a fundamental right based on no supporting textual language.
Since then, the high court has been mired with re-drawing lines on everything from the health of a mother to the distance at which abortion clinics must keep protestors, as in a case before the court last week.
In a speech last May to students at the University of Chicago, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, "the court had given opponents of access to abortion a target to aim at relentlessly . My criticism of Roe is that it seemed to have stopped the momentum that was on the side of change."
At the same time, the high court sometimes steps in to force unanimity on a matter that seems to be coalescing into a national consensus. This is one view of Loving v. Virginia, in 1967 the high court voided Virginia's anti-miscegenation law, declaring a constitutional right for men and women of different races to marry.
Back to Sundance
At the Sundance reception, as Olson and Boies basked in the praise from the many same-sex marriage advocates, they each praised the other for the opportunity to work together on the case challenging Proposition 8.
"There isn't a better lawyer in the country, and I don't have a better friend," Boies said of Olson, as he simultaneously slammed the other side of his case. "The other side doesn't have an argument, they have a circular bumper sticker that says, 'marriage is between a man and a woman.'"
And, he lauded the individuals, including the plaintiffs, for their courage in mustering the legal fight. Wrapping up his brief remarks in this city that played host to many of the events in the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic games, Boies compared his and Olson's role to that of torchbearers.
"We got the torch just as we were going into the stadium," he said to applause, followed by: "The best thing we can say is, 'at least we didn't drop it.'"
Drew Clark is Senor Contributing Editor at the Deseret News.


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Good news! I was rummaging around in the attic today, and came across this old brass oil lamp. I gave it a good buffing, with the intent to sell it on eBay, but after only a few minutes a genie magically appeared. He gave me six wishes (normally genies only give three, but I gave him a really good buffing.)
Being the unselfish guy that I am, I have decided to use these six wishes to save the publishing industry. By happenstance, this also saves the bookselling industry, and manages to save midlist authors as well.
Here are my wishes:
1. Eliminate returns. Returns cost too much money, both in the printing and the shipping, and this cost is absorbed in the price of the product. If there were no longer returns, the prices of books would drop. It would also mean that stores don't stock double the amount of bestsellers that they expect to sell. This extra shelf space could then go to smaller midlist books that aren't normally stocked.
2. Eliminate offset printing. If the major publishers used POD technology, there would no longer be a need for warehouses or distributors. Another drop in price. Plus, books never go out of print. Authors have the potential for royalties indefinitely.
3. Bigger royalties for authors, to correspond with the smaller pricetag on books.
4. Extra content on books without extra cost. Books could come packaged with the audio version and Palmreader version bundled with the print version on a single DVD. It could also include interviews, pictures, perhaps even video.
5. Equal discounts. The indies pay the same amount as the big box stores, no matter how many are ordered. That will mean a drop in the sales at big box stores, but it would be a boom for the indies and the chains.
6. Bookselling is taught in college. How much would it benefit authors, bookstores, and people who love to read, if you could major in book sales? Book stores could hire people with specialized degrees, people who were extremely well-read and know the dynamics of the book business. I've met booksellers who have literally handsold thousands of books. What if every bookseller was like this?
The genie assured me that these wishes will come true, but he hemmed and hawed a bit about how long it was going to take.
I have faith, though. Lots of faith.
In the meantime, I'm searching my attic for another lamp, because the music industry is really a disaster.
Saturday, September 02, 2006
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Three Mansfield ISD school counselors were finalists to be named the best school counselor in the state of Texas.
The Texas School Counselor of the Year award, sponsored by the Lone Star State School Counselor Association (LSSSCA), honors school counseling professionals who devote their careers to serving as advocates for students, helping them achieve success in school and in life.
Julia Brown Rea from Mary Jo Sheppard Elementary School was a top five finalist in the competition. Jennifer Douglas from Della Icenhower Intermediate School and Tonya Willis from Danny Jones Middle School were semifinalists.
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Gary Lang
Vice President of Engineering, Autodesk, Infrastructure Solutions DivisionGary Lang first joined Autodesk as a programmer in 1989. After serving in a variety of roles including director of internet technology, he left in 1996 to co-found a management consulting firm that focused on strategic consulting, product development, and business development.
As a principal of the firm, Lang consulted with numerous technology companies including Intuit, Iomega, Giftcertificates.com, Thomson Financial Services, and General Magic, helping to manage and fine tune their engineering and product development organizations. During this time Lang also managed the start up of three companies as vice president of engineering.
In 2003, Lang rejoined Autodesk in his current role in which he leads the engineering, quality assurance, technical publications, and product design teams for the Infrastructure Solutions Division.
Most recently, Lang became a driving force behind Autodesks first open source product offering, MapGuide Open Source, and he is a founder and board member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.
Lang has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.


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Women's basketball moves up to sixth in nation
January 28, 2013
Ranked sixth in the nation, the Lewis & Clark women's basketball team has clinched a berth in the Northwest Conference Tournament. After splitting weekend games at Whitworth and Whitman, the Pioneers stood at 19-2 overall, and 10-2 in Northwest Conference action.
Lewis & Clark ended George Fox's 43-game home winning streak with a 64-59 win on January 25, marking the first time the Pioneers have defeated the Bruins in the Wheeler Sports Center under head coach Juli Fulks. Thanks in part to her key role in the game, Kristina Williams '13 was named the Northwest Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week.
The Pioneers return to action February 8 with a game at Puget Sound, before returning home to Pamplin Sports Center to play Willamette the following night.
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POSTED: May 2, 2013 5:49 PM ET
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Grizzlies have played the Los Angeles Clippers enough the past year to know that nothing is over until the final buzzer.
Sure, Blake Griffin is questionable with a sprained ankle and Chris Paul has a left thumb bruised. But the resilient Clippers are deep and talented.
That is why the Grizzlies are focusing only on themselves and their defense, the inside games of Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, along with the work ethic they call grit and grind. They are 3-0 in Game 6s, and they lead the Clippers 3-2 going into Friday night's contest in this first-round, best-of-seven series.
But Memphis has lost both Game 7s the franchise has played in the past two playoffs - at Oklahoma City in 2011 and on the Grizzlies' own court a year ago to these same Clippers.
"We've had to deal with just growing pains I think in the playoffs, and hopefully all those experiences will help us come tomorrow and we'll be able to get it done," Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said Thursday.
The Grizzlies are on the verge of rallying from an 0-2 deficit to win a seven-game series, which has been done 15 times with Oklahoma City the last to do it - beating San Antonio in the Western Conference finals last year. In the process, the Grizzlies have won three straight postseason games for the first time and have their first series lead since being up 2-1 on Oklahoma City in 2011.
Memphis coach Lionel Hollins is pitching this as a two-game series that has the potential to be one if his Grizzlies take care of business before a sold-out crowd. He likes how his Grizzlies have prepared and played with discipline since losing the opener in Los Angeles.
"Now we're on the cusp of maybe moving on," Hollins said.
Griffin will likely be a game-time decision Friday night with the sprained right ankle that kept him on the bench in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's 103-93 win by Memphis in Los Angeles. He has been receiving constant treatment and said Thursday that his ankle feels better before the Clippers caught a flight to Memphis.
Paul had his left hand bandaged after that loss but plans to play. He matched his postseason high with 35 points in that loss but says he has to do a better job getting his teammates involved. If Griffin can't play, Paul said they will have to use a committee approach and may have to go small.
The Clippers do know they can win in Memphis. They took Game 1 in last year's series chewing away a big Memphis' lead, took Game 7 by a score of 82-72 and won both games during the regular season in Memphis to grab home-court advantage for this series as the No. 4 seed between teams with the same records.
"We got to go there, win there," Paul said. "We've shown the ability to do it before. We know it's going to be rowdy in there. We knew that Game 6 was going to be a close-out game for somebody. We just hoped it wouldn't be an opportunity for them, but it is. We just got to make it work."
Paul could use some help getting the Clippers' offense going again.
They averaged 101.2 points a game in the regular season and scored 112 points in taking Game 1. Since then, the Grizzlies have held Los Angeles to 87.7 points over the past four games thanks to Gasol, the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year, in the middle and Tony Allen and Tayshaun Prince and Quincy Pondexter helping stifle the Clippers' shooters.
"They've outworked us I think the last few games, and that's been the most frustrating thing overall," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said.
The Grizzlies struggled a year ago hosting Game 7 with a packed FedExForum cranking the emotions up to a new level. Tuning out the noise and playing under control will be a must.
"The adrenaline's going to be pumping I know," Allen said. "I just want guys, me personally just me personally, I want to keep my composure, stay within myself and just take it as a game where we can close out and stay with what we've got intact."
The Grizzlies have enough experience on the roster to help manage both the expectations and the intensity. Prince, a trade pickup Jan. 30, won an NBA title with the Pistons in 2004 and an Olympic gold medal in 2008. Guard Keyon Dooling has played 53 postseason games himself, and Gasol won a silver medal himself last summer in the London Olympics with Spain.
Gasol insists the mindset must remain the same as when the Grizzlies trailed 0-2 in this series.
"We're just a step closer," Gasol said. "When we were down 2-zero, our margin of error was really low. Now we have to have the same mindset of trying to be a little better and polish the stuff we did not do well on previous games and try to do it a little better in Game 6."


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Birthday laughs!
It's a celebration fit for a Queen! THE TALK celebrates co-host Sharon Osbourne's milestone 60th Birthday with a special show, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 on the CBS Television Network. Sheryl Underwood, from left, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Julie Chen, shown. Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.