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Date: 11/10/2006
By: Jon Smith
Pictures: Stuart Collins
Hang on, isn't the Monaro dead?
Not yet, mate. The Aussie-built Calibra-for-the-Millennium Monaro VXR refuses to go quietly. And rightly so. You see it's all thanks to Greens Vauxhall dealership and tuning outfit Wortec. Between them they have conceived a tiny volume, mammoth power special breed of Monaro. The VXR 500. Officially the fastest ever production Vauxhall, it makes the Lotus Carlton seem like a minicab
VXR 500? As in Bathurst 500 and The Fender Bender 500?
VXR 500 as in 500bhp, delivered by a supercharger bolted on top of the 6.0-litre ex-Corvette V8 lurking beneath those bonnet nostrils. You also get a satanic exhaust note and relentless acceleration. Big smiles, big drifts and big speeding fines. Being rather enthusiastic fans of GM's Australian muscle, Greens and Wortec proved to Vauxhall UK they could build a 600bhp blown version reliable enough to sell with a warranty. The VXR 500 was given the green light. Which is why you can either buy a brand new one now, or simply get the basic kit retro fitted to your existing Monaro 6.0-litre for £4995.
Do the right thing and run us through the spec
Well, all VXR 500s start out as 6.0-litre VXRs, which Greens then transform in a day (theyre nifty with the old Snap-ons) by bolting on the Harrop supercharger, remapping the engine management and upgrading the fuel injectors to cope with the forced induction. Although the VXR 500 uses the original hefty six-speed manual gearbox, slight revisions have also been made to the plumbing of the hydraulic clutch to ensure no overheating issues occur.
I bet it whines a lot...
Rest assured, you're left in no doubt that this car is supercharged. The belt driven Harrop blower is so vocal, it sounds like Janet Street-Porter on a bad day. Although only preliminary performance tests have been carried out, the VXR 500 will see 60mph from rest in 4.8 seconds compared to the 5.2secs of the normally aspirated version
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It costs silly money, surely...
Amazingly not. It's actually cheaper than the 'normal' VXR. Hear us out. A forecourt fresh normally aspirated VXR Monaro currently costs £36,995, but Greens will sell you a brand new VXR 500 for just £35,995. So that's a £1000 discount for having over 100bhp more. Wortec even report improved mpg, thanks to an ECU remap. We managed 19.5mpg out of this test car over a combination of motorways and B-roads. Not bad for a 500bhp 6.0-litre. Plus, service costs are no different to normally aspirated Monaros, as the 'charger is a low maintenance sealed self-lubricating unit. A VXR 500 can be serviced at any Monaro-friendly Vauxhall dealer.
Are there any other approved Monaro modifications available?
The Phantom Black car we tested came equipped with the optional AP Racing brake upgrade, comprising six piston front calipers with 363mm grooved drilled discs and four pot rears with 330mm discs (£2595 fitted). It also featured UK road friendly bespoke adjustable Wortec/AVO suspension (£1695 fitted), a RipShifter to shorten the cumbersome gear throw (£490 fitted) and the mother of all stainless dual exhausts (£960 fitted). The latter is instant ASBO ammo, but it's some 20kg lighter than the stock unit and sounds wonderful. Highly recommended. The final tab tips £41k, but these choice components make a massive difference to unlocking the Monaro's every bhp on the road
We liked the original Monaro VXR enjoyed its raw muscle and unsanitised driving sensation. The VXR 500 has taken the 'big engine up front, rear drive, tough manly gearshift' recipe and evolved the Monaro into what is probably the truest muscle car on sale today. Even alongside machines such as the BMW M6 a car that costs twice the price the 500 dishes out a generous right hook. This is real horsepower harnessed inside a real four-seat coupe that delivers astounding value, road manners, surprising mpg and genuine usability. And for all these reasons it's the ultimate unsung hero. Aussies aren't getting this version. We Brits should rejoice and feel privileged...
Need to Know: Vauxhall Monaro VXR500
How much? £35,995 (£41,735 as tested)
On sale in the UK: Now
Engine: 5967cc supercharged V8, 500bhp@6400rpm, 500lb ft@3200rpm
Transmission: Six speed manual, rear wheel drive
Performance: 4.8sec 0-60mph, 10.9sec 0-100mph, 180+mph, 19.5mpg (est)
How heavy/made of? 1687kg /steel
How big? (length/ width/ height in mm)? 4789/1841/1397
Other models in the range: VXR 6.0i
Or try a... BMW M6, Mercedes CLK500, Chevy Impala SS 409


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Public resource
My hat's off to Jeff Hawkins for his July 21 letter. He's absolutely right that the only restriction on legally accessible computer materials at the library should be to deny their accidental viewing by others. Period.
My July 3 suggestion for a vote by the library board should only even be considered for magazine publications, always keeping in mind that, as Jeff said, a library is a public resource.
Once, I was referred to a very informative article in an old Playboy magazine; it took me a long time to find a state legislator even willing to request the issue from the state library archives.
Dave Dockham
Hood River
Bottled water
On July 21 I was invited to a party in Portland; while in route we were told to BYOW, "Bring Your Own Water." Several of the party goers bought bottled water to drink along with a 2-gallon reusable bottle for washing hands, fruit and dishes as West Portland's water supply was contaminated with E. coli! Bottled water was also given to a few homeless men, who were asking for it.
I am sure my story is not different from many other local private events that took place over the weekend.
The point I would like to make, is that I am from Cascade Locks where on Aug. 1 Portlanders and others will descend on our town for an anti-Nestlé rally, against bottled water. This weekend I was happy to have the opportunity to buy bottled water as I am sure many others were as well. While Portland and other towns are busy trying to ban bottled water maybe there needs to be some thought given to the benefits of it!
Debora Lorang
Cascade Locks
Mess was inherited
Some people keep pretending to the willfully ignorant that the eight-year Bush administration had nothing to do with the present deficit.
The George Bush Administration caused the mess we're in: They took the surplus left by the Clinton administration and used it for tax cuts that benefited mainly the rich. And the Republicans also started two illegal, and unpaid for, wars.
Republicans are also responsible for the deregulation of banks, markets and entire industrial sectors. These deregulations caused the financial meltdown that required running up more debt to bale out the banks.
President Obama inherited this mess. Some of us haven't forgotten. Mike Farmer states in his letter to the editor Saturday, July 12, that the Republicans want the government to start being sensible. But all this talk about the deficit is just that — talk.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney famously said, "Deficits don't matter." A staunch Republican, he was arguing against raising taxes on the rich.
But today Republicans seem to have forgotten this maxim. They are bent on stripping social programs, privatizing public assets, and gutting unions; all in the name of "deficit reduction."
Because they have made a pledge to not raise taxes and to keep all the tax breaks and other perks for corporations, cutting social programs is the only alternative. They don't seem to care what these cuts will do to the unemployed and to the very poor who depend on these programs for their very existence.
Anne Vance
Hood River
Romney a
Bush clone
It is difficult to see how Mitt Romney will be a good change for America if he is elected president. Listening to his interviews there are six things he says he will do as president.
One, he wants to deregulate the financial markets so business can have a free hand in doing their business. Two, he wants to maximize all energy sources — nuclear, coal, natural gas, oil. Three, he wants to increase military spending and cut back on domestic spending.
Four, he wants to cut the Federal budget. Five, he wants to continue the Bush tax cuts, including for those making $250,000 and up. Six, he wants to increase trade.
We already did this from 2000-08 with President Bush, and if Romney is elected he wants to follow the same strategies that got us into the worst financial mess since the Great Depression.
We don't need another Bush clone. We are slowly but surely getting our economy back. We don't need to abandon what has been accomplished and go back to the Bush tactics that have been tried and failed.
Ron Yamashita
Hood River
'Sly of hand'
I want to vote for the best man for sheriff, but how do I sort out the "wheat from the chaff"? Listen to forum presentations, read reporters' stories and the many "good ol' boy" letters, or if he sounds good; do it.
Had our editor presented the choices to us, as were the port commission candidates who responded to a well-constructed questionnaire with the option of personal agenda, we would have had accurate facts for enabling an intelligent decision.
Also this would have put the sheriff candidates on the same financial turf. But!
What was fed to us via this news source was biased "bits and pieces" of information chosen from the forums, e.g., quoting a harmful statement made by one candidate while ignoring an angry response from another.
Warped news reporting also appeared in the June 16 "Trails rescuers…" article in such a way that my dad would have labeled it a "sly of hand" report. You used the name of a sheriff wan-a-be 13 times with hiker safety quotes when once would have been sufficient.
Not one rescuer's name or quote was mentioned other than Sheriff Wampler. Kind of like that homicide case wherein the "real hero" was a John Q. Public member.
Furthermore, there were no photos showing that Matt English was even on site.
One more hiker warning comes from my "ol' buddy" Humpty Dumpty who says, "like us eggheads who shouldn't sit on walls, you hikers should stay back from the bank edges to prevent a great fall!"
Alan Winans
Hood River
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I used BWOF 1/2010 pattern #141 and the collar from Pattern #140.
The capes were for my twin nieces to use for Haloween to go as Sweet Vampires.
I added sash from a dress as the ties, I had inserted regular ribbon and decided I did not like it so it went. I added silver stitching all the way around just for the fun of it. The original pattern was about 8" longer but I did not have enough black fabric to do them that long so I altered the pattern to accommodate. They really are quite comfy even if you are an adult wearing a child's size.
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1. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundchris s6 Aug 12, 2010 11:03 PM (in response to jdw9113)
I can confirm the problem of the gray circle with the white exclamation mark on white background appearing at random, usually after hours. We also use the flash player OCX 10,1,53,64 on windows xp.
Any suggestions? What about downgrading or upgrading to 10,1,82,76?
2. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundkin3tic Aug 14, 2010 6:30 PM (in response to chris s6)
same trouble for me
config : XP x64 (fully updated)
IE7 7.0.5730.13 x32 (fully updated)
tested v10.1.53.64
and the latest v10,1,82,76 (still not working)
tested also with shockwave (not) & installed
i've also reformated my hard disk and no more luck with a clean windows install !
screen capture of the icon :
3. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundmj yo! Aug 21, 2010 11:11 PM (in response to jdw9113)
We also get this occasionally with our custom flash app running in digial signage (Rise running in IE8).
We are having trouble finding out:
a) what generates it (is it from Flash, IE, or Rise)
b) what it means
What digital signage platform are you using?
Does anyone know if the exclamation mark from Flash? I cant find any Adobe documentation/refrences to it besides this post...
Any help would be much appreciated -
4. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundmj yo! Aug 23, 2010 6:24 PM (in response to mj yo!)
Correction - the players are running IE7.
We just spent an hour with Adobe support regarding this issue. According to Adobe there is no error screen or icon generated by their software that matches the white screen with exclamation point that we are seeing.
Anyone else find a reason behind this icon or resolution?
5. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundO. Esner Aug 24, 2010 2:51 AM (in response to mj yo!)
We have the same problem with Flowplayer (SWF video player in embed&object tag, http://flowplayer.org), Firefox 3.6.3, Flash 10.1.53.64. After 3 - 4 days is visible white exclamation mark on white background. We would like to know how to detect this state and restart our swf application..
6. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgrounddwappes Aug 24, 2010 9:03 AM (in response to jdw9113)
I'm having the same problem with my flash site. I did a small update yesterday and that's when it started. The site went back to normal after about an hour, but its back to the gray circle with the exclamation point again today.
I suspect its an IE problem, as the site is normal in Firefox.
I really hope someone gets this figured out.
7. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundjdw9113 Aug 24, 2010 11:53 AM (in response to mj yo!)
Our product is AdQue. I have not heard anything from adobe and I also have not tried to reproduce it in the latest version of the flash player.
For the most part we've been able to work around this issue - because fortunately most of our flash assets raise an fscommand to indicate that they are finished playing. Essencially if we expect an fscommand from an SWF and don't get it in a specific time, we know that flash is hosed and we gracefully restart our app. Then it works again for a long time until the gray exclamation mark of death re appears.
Don't know of any other way to detect the condition besides occasionally playing an SWF that raises an fscommand or flashcall that tells the app that things are still working nicely.
8. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundmj yo! Aug 24, 2010 11:53 AM (in response to dwappes)
Thanks for the additional feedback - it helps in trying to eliminate variables here.
O. Esner had it happen in Firefox - so it appears to not be specific to IE.
The common variables appear to be:
* Windows
* Flash 10.1.53.64 and higher
Has anyone seen this occur on a non-windows machine? We have only seen this on windows.
I'm wondering if there is any connection with ActiveX...and the latest Flash Player.
9. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundeidnolb onlyone Aug 24, 2010 3:08 PM (in response to jdw9113)
Hi, I was just reading this thread out of curiosity since the subject line was so different. Mostly users that are having problems with Flash Player post on this Flash Forum. I have seen many many various errors and have dealt with just as many causes, but don't recall any error as described here.
It seems if any new error would appear, the Flash Player forum would most likely be the first to hear about it
If anyone does post about this, I would let you know. I just thot perhaps this bit of info would be helpful as you are trying to find a solution.
10. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundoeasan Aug 25, 2010 9:10 AM (in response to jdw9113)
We are having the same problem. A white screen with grey circle and exclamation mark.
Am running a standalone application wrapped in zinc 3.0 on windows 7. Flash player version v10,1,82,76 although I am not sure if this is applicable to the standalone player.
The white screen with grey circle appears on random time intervals. The only significant actions performed are loading and unloading image's. In my search for a solution I firstly determined that there are no memory leaks. But now I am weirded out too. I can't seem to determine who is mainly responsible, the flash player or windows 7 or a combination. Although I suspect it is the player.
At work we have made many of the same kind of kiosk-like projects and we had many strange bugs but this last one is the most maddening.
I hope the standalone-part is significant extra information, and that someone can solve this!
11. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundjdw9113 Aug 25, 2010 9:34 AM (in response to jdw9113)
Some more information and to clarify some other questions:
Our Digital Signage software is written in .NET and uses the FlashPlayer ActiveX control . IE is not involved. Our software runs on both XP (32 bit) and Windows 7 (64-bit) and we have seen this issue on both systems.
Once the exclamation mark appears we don't get any fscommands from then on.
Also when it happens - it happens on all players. Our software can use multiple instances of the flash player activeX control for different displays and we also have background players that "preload" some SWFs to determine if they should play. Once one goes south - they all go south.
Clarification: When I say all players - I'm still talking about the same executable. We can display multiple forms each playing a different SWF. But again only a single EXE and only on 1 computer. When we restart the EXE, its all fixed.
This event is rare: In fact we have not seen this happen once in-house - but we have hundreds of systems in the field we monitor and it will happen on a few every week or so. Now that we are gracefully restarting based on missing FSCommands, it has become a lower priority but one we'd still like to have a fix for. It only started happening when we went to version 10.1.53.64 of flash. And we have not moved forward to any subsequent vesion of flash for fear that it will break something else
12. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundsksizer Aug 26, 2010 10:33 PM (in response to jdw9113)
I was able to replicate the error consistently.
Assignment of a negative value to the length property of a vector seems to cause this.
var tLines:Vector.<TextLine> = new Vector.<TextLine>();
var value:int = -1;
tLines.length = value
13. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundRUNd Aug 27, 2010 12:35 AM (in response to sksizer)
Good to know. But since we don't use any vectors in our project,it is also affecting other objects, or zinc (which we use to make an executable) is adding some kind of vector to our project...
14. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundjdw9113 Aug 27, 2010 9:04 AM (in response to sksizer)
Very good to know. We reproduced it here as well with a simple flash test file.
15. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundrkbkbvrkbqfvvkjbqfvkbkqfj Sep 3, 2010 11:32 PM (in response to jdw9113)
Has anyone had any luck sourcing the problem?
I'm getting the "circle of death" too!
16. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundDavidinChelseaMA Sep 4, 2010 7:16 AM (in response to jdw9113)
My HTC Incredible phone just got updated to Froyo, and now has Flash 10.1.
Many flash sites that didn't work before, now work well.
However, I also got the gray and white exclamation point and circle when I attempted to view a panorama on the Star Trek official movie site.
The main page worked. (I was able to activate the navigation icon on the site with my touch screen, with no trouble) but once I clicked on "panoramas," it took me to the page that had the panormas of the Enterprise, and then I got that damn exclamation point.
17. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundabeall Sep 6, 2010 10:14 AM (in response to DavidinChelseaMA)
I'm getting this screen as well.
Windows 7 64bit, FireFox 3.6.8.
It happens after hours of non-stop play.
My SWF does not load any external assets, but it does send and receive a lot of data via NetStream peer-to-peer capibilities. However I've run into the error when the SWF was not ever connected to another SWF, and was running in a local-only mode.
My first guess was that it's a memory issue. I noticed my SWF seemed to be gradually increasing in max memory (using mr doobs stats) although garbage collection seemed to be consistently bring memory back down, it would still increase very slowly. So I decided to let it run for hours to confirm a high memory usage, but instead every time I've tried this and come back all I had was the icon described and attached in this thread. So to me that indicated memory got so high the player stopped running.
Based on the comments on this thread this does seem like something built in to the Flash Player, probably to prevent a full player crash.
18. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundjoshdura Sep 17, 2010 8:50 AM (in response to jdw9113)
The error you are seeing is the new out of memory notification. It is basically shielding the user when memory usage gets near the system resource cap. The best course of action here (if you own the content) is to check your application for high memory usage and correct the errors. If you don't own the content, it would probably be best to contact the owners and make them aware of the issue you are seeing.
19. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundjdw9113 Sep 17, 2010 9:01 AM (in response to joshdura)
Thanks for the update. Memory issues have cropped up in the past for us. Most of the occurances revolve around either 3rd party controls, 3rd party content, or SWFs developed in Flex. Thus many times we don't have control over how they are occuring. As opposed to just displaying an icon, it would be better if the notification could be event based. This "visual based" approch does not afford developers any way to detect the condition and take the appropriate action.
20. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundjoshdura Sep 17, 2010 9:31 AM (in response to jdw9113)
Developers can use the System.totalMemory property in AS3 to monitor the memory usage that the Flash Player is taking up. This iwll allow you to see how much memory is used, where leaks are and allow you to optimize your content based on this property.
21. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundjdw9113 Sep 17, 2010 1:37 PM (in response to joshdura)
Unfortunately I am not the developer of the flash. I am the developer of the digital signage application that plays the flash. I don't have control over the SWF content - I just use the FlashPlayer.ocx to display it. We have hundreds of clients that create thier own content - many of them using 3rd party controls and/or 3rd party vendors to create it. When I say event-driven notification - it would be nice to have an OnError event of the flash.ocx - or something of that nature. If i received that error I could be aware of the condition and gracefully remedy it...
22. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundchook_rl Sep 22, 2010 5:07 AM (in response to jdw9113)
Hi - I am getting this type of error (Exclamation mark of death) when I am typing Hiragana (Japanese) using IME
and pressing SPACEBAR to turn it into Kanji glphys.
If I do it fast enough, I get the exclamation error.
I read something about length being negative... are there any other issues worth testing?
23. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundspacepacket Sep 30, 2010 9:17 AM (in response to chook_rl)
I also see the grey circle of death (GCOD). I have developed a C++ plug-in for OmniPeek, called Compass. Compass has three HTMLView windows, separated by splitters. Each HTMLView loads a .htm file, which in turn loads a .swf file. The .swf files implement charts that are updated once a second by chart data from the plug-in. The C++ plug--in communicates to the .swf through javascript in the .htm file. After running for some period of time, like overnight, I will return to see the circle of death in in all three windows. This behaviour is consistent. System.totalMemory, which is being monitored on a timer at 1 seconds intervals, is reasonable, as well as the total memory of the application, which is also reasonable. After GCOD occurs, I can open another capture window, and it will work fine, for a while.
24. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundAubreyff Oct 6, 2010 1:36 PM (in response to jdw9113)
I have this exclaimation mark as well. I have a memory test running and everything is successfully garbage collected. However, I have video running intermittently every 4 minutes or so. The video is also successfully be garbage collected, unless it has been running for about one week or more. I am not seeing any lag or performance issues, which leads me to believe it has something to do with how the video (I am using MP4) is being handled in the flash player.
I have not been able to detect when this will happen with a memory test as the memory seems to stay consistent. I wonder if their are any other tests that can be done to avoid the Gray Exclaimation Point.
25. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundshiznt Oct 9, 2010 2:42 PM (in response to jdw9113)
I've been having this same issue myself, and although I'm no expert, I've checked as far as I can using common sense and online resourses and I can see no immediately obvious reason why this should be taking place.
The exclamation mark appeared initially whilst attempting a large (permitted) file upload on a file sharing site (megaupload.com). I have made several attempts, with the same error/warning response each time. Secondly, it just so happened today that I was playing video via YouTube when making an upload attampt, and the video was immediately halted, and replaced with our little grey friend. Furthermore, every banner and video on every open browser tab was also substituted with said icon.
I checked both Java and Flash were up to date (they were), restarted Firefox (also tested in Safari, same result), and still I get the same result when attempting to upload.
Did anyone manage to resolve this frustrating issue?
26. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundThiago Lobo Oct 24, 2010 4:45 PM (in response to jdw9113)
Notes: I didn't read the entire post / I'm not a developer / I don't exactly know what is the problem you're having / Yeah, I'm just lazy to read just now.
I just want to add that, here, in my computer, this happens when I have a lot of You Tube videos opened in, let's say, 7-9 tabs.
I load a video in a tab, then load another video on some other tab and so forth...when I reach 9th or 10th tab, I get the exclamation mark not only in the 10th video, but in ALL OF THEM previously opened. It's something like Flash is telling me: "Ok, too much, I can't handle this thing. I'm not running any of these".
The number of tabs varies...sometimes it happens with only 7 tabs, sometimes it take up to 10...maybe it's some issue related to Flash + memory, as I see.
My specs:
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit / 4Gb DDR3 RAM / NVidia Geforce 230M / Intel Quad-core i720-QM / Maxthon Browser / Latest Flash version 10.1.85.3
Hope this info helps someone.
27. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white background__nel78 Dec 7, 2010 11:19 AM (in response to Thiago Lobo)
I am still having this issue. Mostly in regards to shockwave plugins. Using the shockwave plugin to instantiate flash. Most of the time using basic animations and still getting this error. This is causing a huge amount of problems. Please help.
When I do use AS3, I don't use globals. I clear my object references, I kill my listeners, I null my objects, I even tried forcing garbage collection. Nothing.
I seriously think this is irresponsible for an Adobe Employee to say that this is a programming issue. Please supply more information Adobe. thanks.
28. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundjonahsdf Feb 1, 2011 10:09 PM (in response to Thiago Lobo)
I have the same problem. Are you using Chrome? I think it's a youtube problem because I can have other flash videos open that work. I'm on XP 32-bit.
29. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundspacepacket Feb 2, 2011 8:04 AM (in response to jonahsdf)
It may be something YouTube does, but still, it is Flash that gives up with the GCOD, no matter what the application is. In my case, it is caused by running the Flash app too long. The longer it runs, the more data points there will be in the graph. I suspect the garbage collector goes south, but I do not really know.
Chris Bloom
Customer Solutions Expert
WildPackets, Inc.
30. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundradioways1 Feb 3, 2011 8:40 PM (in response to jdw9113)
We are facing the same problem on a website and have the following feedback (through thousands of users) if it could help :
- The white page with exclamation replaces the flash :
1. After 2 to 3 hours of continuous play through integrated flash multimedia player (music) ou integrated wmp plugin
2. On all the players : IE (all versions 8), Chrome and Firefox
3. Sometimes, after this display, Internet Explorer have difficulties to read correctly javascript, unless the computer is REBOOTED.
If you'd like to make tests, the website is : http://www.radioways.com
We have a lot of feedback as the people listen to the radios online for hours on this site.
We made a lot of internal test and modified the code as we could with no possible solution.
We sent a message to Adobe but did not get any answer yet.
We think that it comes from an internal memory overload of the flashplayer that does not empty correctly. And we think that Adobe should consider more seriously this issue.
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31. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundrexdtripod Apr 12, 2011 2:34 PM (in response to joshdura)
...The error you are seeing is the new out of memory notification. It is basically shielding the user when memory usage gets near the system resource cap. The best course of action here (if you own the content) is to check your application for high memory usage and correct the errors. If you don't own the content, it would probably be best to contact the owners and make them aware of the issue you are seeing.
You're not serious with this right? This is it? This is all the documentation available on a major revision in how the Flash player works? This can't be right.
I've had a Flex app out there for two years. Works fine. Code hasn't changed in nearly a year. Ran very smoothly. Now, all of a sudden, a white exclamation point where my app was and your advice is "check your application for high memory usage"? What is high? What's the number? What am I shooting for here?
And "correct the errors"? What errors? Flex profiler is not showing memory spikes. Nothing drastic anyway. Whatever was permitted before is now not permitted. So, what is the new mechanism? How does it work? What exactly is it looking for? There must be metrics by which it decides to shut an app down. What are they?
And no official announcement? Just a forum response?
And just an exclamation point? No error message indicating the precise nature of the problem? What if when a user requested a page on the web that didn't exist web servers just returned an exclamation point? How do we debug something with no error message? How do users know what happened?
What "exactly" is the problem and what "exactly" is the solution? Adobe, please document this thoroughly.
My apologies if I've missed the documentation. I'm looking for it. If I have missed it, could you please point me to it?
Thank you.
32. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundRyeee Apr 13, 2011 1:05 AM (in response to jdw9113)
I too, am having this issue. I use IE8 and this just started while I was trying to watch a video on Hulu. It has consistently happened even with restarting. I don't even think I ran the video for more than 10-15 minutes when it happened. I have gone through and checked out a bunch of things, and haven't gotten anywhere with the issue. When it happens, banners and pictures on other tabs turn to the GCOD as well. This is incredibly irritating. Sorry I don't have any answers! WISH I DID!!!!!!
33. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundharleyblueswoman Apr 29, 2011 10:42 PM (in response to jdw9113)
while playing games on Facebook, lately I too receive this white page with the gray circle
and an exclamation mark inside.....only thing that I can do is
quit and sometimes it works and other times it shows up on every game I try and play for a small window in time. Eventually it goes away and allows access to the games again. I assumed it had something to do with the Flash player. I use IE9 and have Vista. Anyone figure this out yet....it is quite annoying!!
34. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundterryranson May 31, 2011 9:14 AM (in response to jdw9113)
As far as I can tell the are no correct answers posted here. We have somewhat defined the error but no method for guaranteed testing or programming around it. Can we get some comment from Adobe as to exactly what throws this error and how we can work through it as developers please?
35. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundRamz58 Jun 4, 2011 3:51 AM (in response to terryranson)
I am Highly disappointed in adobe for allowing this problem to continue on since 2009 with no resolve. Obvisously there are many users out here experiencing this problem including ME.
It happens in all browsers not just IE. All browsers have in common is ADOBE its their problem and needs attention right away. I have failed to see any solutions to this problem as it stands now.
36. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundradioways1 Jun 4, 2011 6:50 AM (in response to jdw9113)
Hi Ramz,
I deeply agree with you... What a shame for a company like Adobe and for an important tool like flash, not to take in consideration since more than 3 years, this very important problem that make the use of Flash less and less interesting and this is the reason why a lot of developpers are getting out of Flash (when they can) to use java libraries and web 2.0
In our case, we have made a huge developpement using at it's maximum the possibilities of Adobe Flash Player. You can chek it at :
Unfortunately, after 2 to 4 hours of listening or watching tv, Flash crashes with this exclamation mark.
We deeply regret the huge investment using Adobe (over 1Musd developpement)
We have done thousands of different configuration, tests, empty the temporary memory, reload the player etc... We did not find anything to solve this problem.
It is a terrible bug from Adobe Flash
We tried to contact Adobe, but is became an administration and we never could get any answer. Maybe we do not have th right contacts.
Does anybody know how to contact Adobe ?
37. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundspacepacket Jun 5, 2011 11:52 AM (in response to jdw9113)
There is no doubt that the lack of tools for actionscript programming sucks. However, I have to admit that after I re-architected my application to make better use of memory and it works great now. check it out:
38. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundbinkerman1 Jun 7, 2011 2:27 PM (in response to spacepacket)
I am having the same problem. Tried uninstalling and re-install flash, that didn't work.
Any solution out there?
39. Re: Gray circle with white exclamation mark on white backgroundPosis Das Jun 24, 2011 3:25 PM (in response to jdw9113)
I first ran across this problem this past week. My team and I created an eLearning course using Captivate and imbedded .f4v videos throughout the course. On most systems the videos play just fine. However, two computers got the Gray Circle of Death. On the computers that ran into no problems, the flash versions ranged from 10.1.181.14 to 10.3.181.26. The ones that failed were using flash version 10.3.181.26 - same as one of the successful computers. So the flash version wasn't inherently causing the flash video to fail. The same held true for browser versions.
The difference between the successful and unsuccessful systems seemed to be the CPU chipset. The systems that ran into no difficulty were all running on Intel Core2 Duo CPUs. The systems that got the GCOD were both using Intel Core i Series of CPUs (specifically an i5 and i7). After reading this thread, the only chipset I saw listed was an Intel i Series. Though I only skimmed and might have missed another listing. The GCOD might have something to do with the Intel i Series memory management and new versions of flash.


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TEMPE, Ariz. -- What happened during the media conference after Oregon State's 30-17 loss at Arizona State Saturday night at Sun Devil Stadium was every bit as interesting as what happened during the game.
Brandin Cooks, OSU's star receiver, was defiant in defending quarterback Sean Mannion and in insisting "it's not going to be no 6-6" season for the Beavers.
Mike Riley was more subdued than during any postgame press session in his 13 years as Oregon State's coach.
What it means for the rest of the Beavers' season will be fascinating to watch.
Arizona State (8-2 overall, 6-1 in Pac-12 action) jumped to a 20-0 first-half lead and took advantage of five Oregon State turnovers -- four Mannion interceptions and a Cooks muffed punt -- to claim its fifth straight victory and remain atop the Pac-12 South.
It was the third straight loss for the Beavers (6-4, 4-3), who drew within 20-10 late in the third quarter but couldn't overcome the miscues. Three of OSU's turnovers led to Arizona State touchdowns.
"We had a lot of mistakes," said Cooks, who had nine receptions for 99 yards. "It starts with me on special teams. A muffed punt like that, that's a huge mistake. In the game of football, you're going to have mistakes. We couldn't afford them against a good team."
Mannion completed 31 of 46 passes for 320 yards and two touchdowns, but the four interceptions were costly -- especially the last one, which ASU's Robert Nelson turned into a pick-six with a 23-yard return in the fourth quarter.
"I'm disappointed in the way I played," Mannion said. "I take a lot of responsibility for this loss. I expect a lot more for myself."
Cooks, though, wouldn't allow his teammate to take that much responsibility.
"I don't want to hear anything about my quarterback," Cooks said. "There is nothing wrong at all with Sean. He's still playing with confidence. He's one guy who will never give up. He's always going to lead this team. I talk to him during the game when things aren't going our way, and he still has confidence."
Through eight games, Mannion had thrown for 30 touchdowns with three interceptions. In the last two losses to Southern Cal and Arizona State, he's had three TD passes and seven picks. Is he trying to do too much?
"No," Cooks said. "It goes back to us. He's throwing the ball for a reason. He thinks we're open, so we need to be open. Whether it's we need to disengage from the defensive back quicker, or get our eyes behind us.
"He's putting the ball where it needs to be. We just need to go out and make the play. I will never put this game on my quarterback, and I'm not just saying it because he's my quarterback. A good receiver never blames his quarterback for anything."
Riley wasn't blaming Mannion, either. But the loss seemed to take the wind out of the veteran Oregon State mentor. Normally affable even in defeat, his answers were polite but brief as he met with the media.
What did he think about the OSU offensive performance? "Not very good."
What about Mannion? "He just missed some throws."
How did he feel about the OSU defense? "We played a lot of good football. (ASU) got three (offensive) points in the second half."
What was he most disappointed about? "The opportunity to win a game."
How do the Beavers stop the bleeding? "Go win."
Riley praised the Sun Devils, saying, "They're good. I like their team. They are an excellent defensive team, and they're well-coached. Offensively, they are, too. They utilize their personnel well. They're pretty diverse."
Marion Grice rushed 24 times for 118 yards and two touchdowns and Taylor Kelly completed 22 of 37 passes for 183 yards for the Sun Devils. Oregon State won the battle of total offense (390-339), passing yardage (320-183) and time of possession (32:36 to 27:24), and first downs were even at 20 apiece. But the disparity in turnovers (5-2) and penalties (7 for 69 for OSU, 5 for 33 for ASU) were critical to the outcome.
Turnovers "is usually the name of the game," Riley said. "In the beginning, we didn't sustain anything at all, and when we found we could move the ball, we'd mess it up in some fashion. We gave them too many chances."
Arizona State took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards in nine plays, Jaelen Strong catching four passes for 66 yards on the drive. Grice's 1-yard touchdown run gave the Sun Devils a 7-0 lead just 3:01 into the first quarter.
After an Oregon State three-and-out and a short Keith Kostol punt gave Arizona State the ball at the OSU 45, Rashad Reynolds stemmed the momentum, intercepting a first-down bomb and returning it 26 yards to the Beavers' 31. After Kostol punted deep into Arizona State territory, the OSU defense got its second pick, this by Jabral Johnson at midfield. But Mannion's bomb intended for Caleb Smith on fourth-and-1 from the Arizona State 41 was intercepted by ASU's Nelson.
Arizona State then went 85 yards in eight plays, aided by a facemask penalty on Reynolds after the Beavers had stopped the Sun Devils on third down. Grice got loose for a 40-yard run that set up D.J. Foster's 8-yard score, and the Sun Devils took a 13-0 lead into the second quarter.
Only minutes later, disaster struck the Beavers when Cooks muffed the punt and Nelson recovered at the OSU 15. Four plays later, Grice powered over from the 1 and the hosts' advantage was 20-0 with 8:22 remaining in the quarter.
Mannion hit Cooks for a 42-yard bomb to the ASU 32. Two plays later, Mannion's pass for Cooks was overthrown and intercepted by Damarius Randle at the Sun Devils' 13.
After a three-and-out and a punt, Oregon State took over at its 49. The Beavers got to first down at the ASU 5, but failed on three attempts for the TD, settling for a 22-yard Trevor Romaine field goal to go into intermission trailing 21-3.
The Beavers, with only 127 yards total offense in the first half, came to life with a 12-play, 96-yard third-quarter touchdown drive. On fourth-and-2 from the ASU 25, Mannion found Connor Hamlett for 19 yards to the ASU 6. On the next play, Mannion connected with Smith for a touchdown, closing the margin to 20-10 with 2:17 remaining in the third quarter.
When the OSU defense forced an ASU punt and the Beavers took over on their 17 to begin the fourth quarter, "we felt like we were going to go down there and make this game wild," Cooks said.
Oregon State, with momentum for the first time in the game, advanced to the Sun Devils' 11. On third-and-1, though, Terron Ward was tackled for a 5-yard loss, and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against center Isaac Seumalo pushed the Orangemen back to their 31. When Trevor Romaine's 48-yard field goal attempt was partially blocked, air sucked out of the Beaver sails.
Arizona State's lead was 23-10 when Nelson's pick-six on a misthrown out pattern with 5:08 left iced the Sun Devils' victory.
The Oregon State offense, Mannion said, "did a lot of good things. Really only three throws I want back, and two of them were just inaccurate balls. The last one, I made a bad decision and played the wrong side. Outside of that, I felt pretty good about the things we did. We put together some good drives late. We just needed to get into a rhythm earlier."
Arizona State coach Todd Graham said his defense blitzed less than it has all season long.
"Great players make great plays," he said. "We did a tremendous job of putting pressure on with four guys. holding a team like that to 17 points is pretty good."
Mannion said the Sun Devils didn't do anything special to confuse him.
"They're a great defense, a great all-around team," he said. "They're going to make some good plays and take some things away."
The Beavers lamented their performance in the first half.
"We started slow," said linebacker D.J. Alexander, who made 10 tackles. "We let (the Sun Devils) get up on us. We started reacting, but it was too late for us."
The Sun Devils "are up there with the top teams in the league," Reynolds said. "Against a good team, little mistakes can bite you.
"We just didn't come out to play. They came out and jumped on us on both sides of the ball. We can't fall so far behind. We have to come out the first half and set the tone for the game."
The Beavers sounded desperate to get back on the winning track beginning next Saturday.
"We have Washington in our backyard, the last home game for our seniors," Cooks said. "We have to send those guys out right.
"We're not making this thing a half-an-ass season. It's not going to be no 6-6. That doesn't look right. We're going to turn this thing around. We have no choice."
"We have a lot of guys who love the game," Reynolds said. "Any competitor, when your back is against the wall, you'll come out swinging. We have to finish this thing off right."
Riley said his players will come out with resolve next week.
"They will," he said. "It's a good group of kids. No doubt about it, they'll fight."
NOTES: Cooks, who has 100 receptions for 1,443 yards this season, is now the Oregon State single-season record holder in the former category and ranks second in the latter. He trails only Mike Hass (1,532, 2005). Cooks is fifth on the Pac-12 single-season list in receptions and eighth in receiving yardage. Mannion moved into second on the OSU single-season passing yardage list with 3,860, putting him No. 8 in Pac-12 history. He has 9,634 career passing yards, moving him ahead of John Elway, Erik Wilhelm and Andrew Luck into 13th place on the Pac-12 list. Scott Crichton had two sacks to increase his career total to 21.5, moving into third place on OSU career list behind Bill Swancutt (37) and Victor Butler (26.5). Hamlett had a career-high nine catches for 119 yards and a touchdown. Grice, who entered the season as the national scoring leader, now has 20 touchdowns -- 14 rushing, six on pass receptions. OSU senior offensive tackle Michael Philipp made his 45th career start, moving him into a tie for fourth place on the school career list. Guard Roy Schuening (2004-07) is the all-time leader with 50. The Beavers, who had won four of last five meetings with the Sun Devils, are now 4-20 over the years at Tempe.
Oregon State 0 3 7 7 -- 17
Arizona State 13 7 0 7 -- 30
ASU -- Marion Grice 1 run (Zane Gonzalez kick) 11:57
ASU -- J.D. Foster 8 run (kick blocked) :32
ASU -- Grice 1 run (Gonzalez kick) 8:22
OSU -- Trevor Romaine 22 FG :00
OSU -- Caleb Smith 6 pass from Sean Mannion (Romaine kick) 2:17
ASU -- Gonzalez 18 FG 5:25
ASU -- Robert Nelson 23 interception return (Gonzalez kick) 5:08
OSU -- Connor Hamlett 29 pass from Mannion (Romaine kick) 2:41


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The state Attorney General's Office has warned the Savannah city manager that the city "narrowly avoided" violating open meetings law when council members gathered on Sept. 2 to view videotape of a fight at Ellis Square.
"...(It) is evident that an attempt was made to hold a meeting in violation of the Open Meetings Act since a meeting was called without notice or an agenda and without making it open to the general public," wrote Stefan Ritter, senior assistant attorney general.
Click here to read the full letter
He stated the attorney general's office was willing to accept the city's claim that, though five council members attended, they were not all in the room at the same time. A violation, Ritter wrote, was "narrowly averted only by happenstance, not by plan."
In a statement issued late Friday declaring that the decision "affirmed" the city's actions, City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney said: "I am thankful for the attention of the Attorney General, and join City Council in renewing our goal to become the most open and transparent government in Georgia."
Any gathering of a quorum of council - in Savannah's case five or more members - at which any public business is conducted or discussed is a meeting under the law, Ritter told Small-Toney.
Had a quorum been present, it would have been a serious violation that could have subjected the city, the city manager and council members attending to fines up to $6,000, Ritter wrote.
In 2011, Attorney General Sam Olens found that Savannah city officials three times had violated open meetings law while conducting city business.
Ritter cited those past concerns about the city's non-compliance with the open meetings act and stated the attorney general's office expects the open meetings and open records acts to be vigilantly observed by the city.
"It is incumbent on you, given the position of authority you hold, to assure that this is the case," Ritter wrote.
He credited Mayor Edna Jackson with taking the correct approach by disclosing the potential breach to the attorney general's office.
Jackson contacted Ritter the day after The Savannah Morning News wrote about the meetings violation. She explained city officials felt they had a rapidly developing situation about the spread of misinformation about an alleged racially motivated hate crime. The Aug. 25 incident involved a fight between a white male and three black males in Ellis Square.
Click here to read Jackson's letter
The mayor agreed council should view the video, but because she was out of town, Small-Toney was the one to email council.
Ritter addressed his letter to Small-Toney because, based on an email provided, she called the meeting.
Those attending were Carol Bell, John Hall, Mary Osborne, Estella Shabazz and Tony Thomas.
Bell and Thomas later said she arrived as he was leaving, which meant five weren't in the room.
Jackson maintained it was not really a meeting, but she took responsibility and said she would accept any reprimand the attorney general's office might give.
Her fellow council members agreed they would stand with her. Alderman Tom Bordeaux, at the Sept. 6 council meeting, said he did not believe that, even had there been a quorum, it violated the law.
"We'll try to make sure that we don't technically or otherwise run afoul of any law, but there was no intent to violate anything, and I don't think we did violate anything," he said.
Jackson explained council wants to know about city developments before information is released to the general public, which is what prompted the meeting invitation to view the video footage. It was later released to the media.
Videotape surveillance shows the white male was the aggressor, but television reports, which were carried on international news sites, reported he was the victim of a racial attack because he was with his girlfriend, who is black.


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A day after President Obama's televised mea culpa to the nation about the failings of his signature healthcare program, one question persists.
Why football?
Again and again, Obama returned to gridiron analogies as he pleaded his case from a White House podium Thursday. He was the quarterback. It was his team that blew it. They'd fumbled, big time, (Goal line? Fourth down? Details were unspoken.) But he would get back into the game on the next play and persevere, Obama said, calling to mind muddy blocks of near-granite on a frozen Chicago Bears offensive line.
If it felt a little forced, it might be because football is not what comes to mind when one thinks of Obama and sports. He's known for stealing away to play basketball with friends on courts in Washington — and occasionally, with really famous friends on courts in Los Angeles. "Of course, George and I won," Obama reported after a May 2012 game at the Cheviot Hills rec center, the George being Clooney. Baseball-wise, he follows the Sox — not the world champion Red ones from Boston but the White ones from Chicago.
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As president, he has spent hours on golf courses, prompting Republicans to keep mocking track of his time on the links as opposed to in the office, sweating the details of, say, his healthcare program.
Just Saturday he played the elegant Grande Oaks Golf Club in Fort Lauderdale, described on its website as offering "an exclusive atmosphere with some of south Florida's foremost socialites." More important, it was where the film classic "Caddyshack" was shot. (Among Obama's foursome was former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning; alas, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray weren't around.)
But football has served as a megaphone for Obama as he's strived to connect with a very large and captive audience.
On election eve in 2012, he and Republican challenger Mitt Romney starred in taped interviews broadcast during the Philadelphia Eagles-New Orleans Saints game, and Obama used the occasion to riff on comparisons between sports and politics.
It "has to do with staying focused, and it has to do with not getting distracted by either your own hype or the critics," he said, embarking on a cautionary soliloquy that perhaps also pertains to the healthcare mess. "And the truth is, just like in sports, in politics we are all human. We make mistakes, sometimes we perform well. But the key is to just stay focused on what you are doing. In sports, it's about winning championships. Interesting, in politics, it's not winning elections, it's making sure you are delivering for the folks who sent you."
This year, he used his annual appearance during the Super Bowl telecast — with more than 100 million viewers, the biggest television audience anywhere — to reiterate his concerns about concussions and other sports injuries involving young players.
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"It is a great sport, I am huge fan, but there is no doubt some of the concerns that we have learned about when it comes to concussions have to give parents pause," he said. "And as I said before, I feel differently about the NFL. These are grown men, they are well compensated, they know the risks that are involved. But as we start thinking about the pipeline, Pop Warner, high school, college, I want to make sure we are doing everything we can to make the sport safer."
A few months later, in a cosmic payback, the NFL turned down the administration's plea that football stars be enlisted to tout the healthcare plan. (The Red Sox had worked with Massachusetts officials six years ago to promote that state's healthcare program.)
Administration officials had said they were talking with the NFL about touting the plan, which prompted Republican leaders to warn the league against taking sides, which led the NFL to back off.
The league, a spokesman said, as if knowing what would come, has "no plans to engage in this area."
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G2504, New January 2000
Many Missouri pork producers are looking for lower-cost structures in which to raise pigs. The search for low-cost animal housing has created a great interest in so-called hoop structures, or hoop shelters, as facilities in which to grow pigs from about 60 pounds to market weight. Hoop structures can be used successfully in such grow-finish operations, but producers need to be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of this type of housing.
The purpose of this guide is to compare the efficiency and potential profitability of hoop structures and total confinement (slatted) facilities. Experience in Missouri shows that hoop structures allow producers to get into pork production with less capital commitment and financial risk than is required by confinement facilities. The best net return to investment in facilities comes from operations that result in low operational costs and consistent pig flow.
It is important to understand that hoop structures appear to be most beneficial to producers who demonstrate one or more of the following characteristics:
By comparing different types of grow-finish facilities, swine producers can determine what style of facility best matches their needs and preferences.
Experience in Missouri shows that a 200-head hoop barn costs about $14,000 to construct (including water, feeders and site development). Bedding costs will run near $4.00 per pig and feed efficiencies in well-managed facilities will be 3.53 in winter and 3.43 in the summer (3.48 average).
In Missouri a 200-head total slat grow-finish facility costs about $42,000 to construct (including water, feeders, site development, and manure storage). Feed efficiency (FE) in well-managed buildings averages 3.1 pounds of feed per pound of gain.
Worksheet 1 will help producers determine potential net returns for a given grow-finish facility. It compares facility costs, operational costs, and returns from different grow-finish facilities and can be readily adapted to a spreadsheet application. Initial cost, design, management style and pig performance potential are evaluated.
The worksheet incorporates both facility-related and pig performance factors that affect returns for a given facility. Facility factors include both initial facility costs and operational variable costs. Pig performance factors and associated costs include average daily gain, feed efficiency, mortality, and veterinary costs per pig.
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General economic factors include a feeder pig price of $40 per head, market hog price of $42 per hundredweight and an average feed price of $140 per ton. General management inputs include initial feeder pig weight of 60 pounds and desired average market weight of 260 pounds. Facility costs have been amortized over seven years at an interest rate of 8 percent, resulting in an annual facility cost of $30 per pig space for a totally slatted facility and $10 per pig space for a hoop facility.
The turn-around time required to complete marketing, clean the facility and restock is included because it determines the number of production cycles, or "turns," per year for the facility. Labor and management requirements are combined and included as a cost per pig space per year. Bedding is a required input for some grow-finish facilities and is included as a cost per pig housed.
Performance of grow-finish facilities can be compared if the inputs for a given operation are known. Actual performance data provide the best information; however, data from the examples can also be used to provide an estimate for a typical operation. Tables 1 and 2 show typical expenses and returns associated with use of confinement and hoop structures in grow-finish operations. In the tables, fees associated with facilities, utilities, repairs, interest, taxes and net return are determined on a pig space per year basis. Bedding, veterinary and medical expenses are determined on a per pig basis.
Table 1
Costs and returns for slatted, confinement grow-finish facilities.
Table 2
Costs and returns for hoop-structure grow-finish facilities.
In Tables 1 and 2 it is assumed that the fees associated with facilities, utilities, repairs, interest, taxes and net return are on a pig space per year basis. Bedding, veterinary and medical expenses are on a per pig basis.
Tables 1 and 2 show that hoop structures can be constructed at a lower capital outlay per pig space per year. However, hoop structures do not allow pigs to convert feed to pounds of pork as efficiently as totally slatted, environmentally controlled confinement facilities. The tables indicate that the best performance that can be expected with hoop barns is comparable to poor performance in a total slat facility.
The tables may suggest that total slat facilities that are not managed all-in/all-out and sanitized between groups will result in decreased average daily gain and poorer feed efficiency. However, a well-managed hoop barn with a strict all-in/all-out protocol can also pass pathogen contamination from one production cycle to the next as a result of dirt floors and wooden walls. The example values given in the tables represent expected differences between the two production systems that have been observed in Missouri.
Hoop barns can be used in conjunction with total slat facilities by placing the slowest-growing 15 percent of pigs (tail-enders) in hoop structures to increase the number of "turns" that the slatted barn will allow in a year's time. Increasing the number of turns from 2.86 to 3.1 in a total slat barn will increase the net return per pig space by $4.85 (Table 3).
Table 3
Removal of 15 percent "tail-enders" increases number of turns in total slat grow-finish facilities.
Assumes that the fees associated with facilities, utilities, repairs, interest, taxes and net return are on a pig space per year basis. Bedding, veterinary and medical expenses are on a per pig basis.
However, the sort loss (market price discount assessed by the packer for excessive weight variation) associated with this practice must be less than $0.71 per hundredweight ($1.56 per head) or the producer will lose additional revenue associated with selling all hogs after 17 weeks of finishing. When the sort loss exceeds $ 0.71 per hundredweight, then a producer can afford to consider an additional 30-day finishing time in the total slat facility. The sort loss for tail-ender pigs will need to be greater than $1.75 per hundredweight before the net return per space in a hoop structure will provide additional revenue to the value of the market hog (Table 4). In this example, one 200-head hoop structure could finish the tail-enders from six 600-head total slat confinement facilities.
Table 4
The profitability of placing the 15 percent "tail-enders" in a hoop structure depends on the sort loss associated with the 220-pound hog.
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text: Howdy. First post here. Id like to propose a March to reach out to the greater Oakland community. I propose a full circle of people around 3 mile lake merritt in the heart of the city. It could allow the movement to stretch out so to speak, and demonstrate our connection to the oakland, the broader community, all ows camps, and the world. It could be combined with a day of speakers, music, events, etc., and culminate with a human circle around lake Merritt. Lets show Oakland and the world … Continued


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Hey Gang,
For our annual "Just the 2 of us" vacation, my husband and I are looking at a Wed - Sun trip. We will leave Paris Wed morning and drive to Hot Springs, AR for some "spa time". Leave Hot Springs early afternoon on Thursday going to Memphis. I want to see Graceland, the recording studio, and Beale street.
Then... I get stuck. I was thinking we could head down into Mississippi, but don't know what to do or where to stop. I would like to keep the driving down to less than 4 hours per day. We could spend Sat night in Shreveport at the boats and have an easy drive back on Sunday.
Should we spend 2 nights in Memphis?? and then spend Sat night in Vicksburg instead of Shreveport.
Any thoughts?? Any must see / must do activities that I am missing?? FYI...Hubby is NOT into any cultural activities (art museums, educational, etc.) Opposites Attract, Right?????


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Spitzer tells Leno his public downfall was 'painful,' and he 'cares about public service'
NEW YORK – Eliot Spitzer says he is trying to revive his political career and running for New York City comptroller because he cares about public service.
The former New York governor appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in California on Friday night.
Spitzer, who resigned amid a prostitution scandal in 2008, told Leno that his public downfall was "incredibly painful" and said he had been infected with hubris.
He also touted his record of pursuing financial crimes as the state's attorney general, saying "Wall Street desperately wants me to lose."
Spitzer met a Thursday night deadline to file thousands of signatures in his bid to return to public office. He submitted more than 27,000 signatures to the city Board of Elections. He needed 3,750 valid signatures.


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|Francis 'Frank' Magee
When I sat down to write about my paternal granduncle Frank Magee, I felt a little troubled because I want to do his family proud in telling you about him. When I visited with the Magees in Dublin in August of 2010, one thing became abundantly clear to me. Francis 'Frank' Magee was a man who was not only loved by his children and grandchildren, but also greatly respected by them.
Frank Magee was a 20th century hero, but not in the ordinary sense of the word. There are neither war stories about him with which to regale you, nor a caché of special medals to review. Frank Magee is a hero in what I think is the most important sense, as a husband, father, and grandfather, one of those who is rarely celebrated, but should be. He was a hero to his family and to his community, to his beloved wife Mary, to his fourteen children, to his 47 grandchildren, and as a worker and foreman at Jameson Distillery.
Francis 'Frank' Magee was born in Dublin Ireland 16 December 1902, the third born (brothers Patrick William 1898-1900 and Michael Francis 1896-1921) of my paternal great-grandparents, Patrick Magee and Mary Dunne Magee. In September of 1928 Frank and his wife Mary (nee Maher) were married in Aughrim Street Church of the Holy Family in Stoneybatter, Dublin. Frank followed his father Patrick, and elder brother Michael, into the profession of scriber at Jameson Distillery. Frank Magee quickly rose up through the ranks at Jameson, and eventually became a foreman. As part of his responsibilities he had to always be near the Jameson compound and so he moved his family into the huge house on North Ann Street which was part of the Jameson property.
|Mary Magee nee Maher
Frank and his wife Mary loved the big house and filled it with family and friends. My mother recalls the very first time she went to meet Uncle Frank. She felt overwhelmed by the sheer size of the six story house, and truth be told, somewhat intimidated by the stature of the man she was meeting. My mom remembers him as a man who very clearly had the respect of all members of his family. She recalls that everyone had to stand behind their chairs at a massive table before Uncle Frank indicated that they might all sit down to dine. I imagine that running the household in an ordered way was the only way to rule a roost with 14 children. Although his children recall him as a man who required great discipline, they also remember a lot of love and laughter in their home.
|Frank and Mary Magee
Some of his children recall going around the Jameson Distillery property with their father at the end of the business day when he checked to make certain everything was locked up and that all was as it should be. What a wonderful thing to remember sharing such a time with your father. They spoke of climbing up the many stairs in the facility, making their way close to the tops of the huge distilling vats, and of the huge water container which resembled a giant swimming pool.
One of his daughters told me that although her father was strict, a necessity for keeping fourteen children in line, he had a gentle side as well. If there was a time when he had to discipline them for misbehaviour, afterward, at night when the children were in bed, he would pop his head into their rooms and, not knowing whether they were awake or asleep, he would softly whisper that he was sorry they'd had a disagreement that day.
Frank Magee also had a very positive influence on my father. My dad had many fond memories of childhood holidays spent in Rush with his Uncle Frank, Aunt Mary, Aunt Mollie, and Uncle Willie. Dad also remembered his uncle as a man with an excellent work ethic which my father sought to emulate as he grew into a man. When our family returned home to Ireland for the first time, I remember my father was very excited about going to Ballyfermot to have a visit with Uncle Frank, and to introduce my brother and me to him. Of that visit I recall the sheer joy that was there between my father and his uncle when they greeted each other. It brought tears to my thirteen year old eyes.
Francis 'Frank' Magee died 6 December, 1974 and is interred along with his wife Mary at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland. Their children and grandchildren visit their grave often.


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Thread: Rochas Mystere replacement
Hey Everyone,
My mother is looking for a new perfume that is similar to Rochas Mystere. She seems very fond of it and would like something very similar. I mentioned that maybe I could help her out(or that basenotes could help me out ) and that I could point her in the right direction!
Any help would be appreciated. Does anyone know the exact notes in the fragrance? Oriental or Chypre? Note pyramid? I have found a few descriptions, but they all seem to differ from each other. Also, is there anything available that would be similar/better?
Thanks again!!
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Last edited by Hillaire; 6th July 2010 at 07:50 PM.
Not just the same, but you might try:
Donna Trussardi lighter to be sure, but there is a real relationship, to my nose!
Krazy Krizia This one might be as close as you will get I think this is a good rec.
Paco Rabanne La Nuit be careful, as this is more hardcore and sweet.
Parfum de Peau by Montana
Priscilla Presley Moments
Too bad about good ol' Mystere, huh?
It's an Oriental, but has a chypric drydown. The note pyramid, I do not know, but there is a lot of galbanum and coriander in the top... and loads of civet, oakmoss and patchouli in the drydown.
Last edited by Hillaire; 6th July 2010 at 05:15 AM.
Hi evo5039, and welcome!
Although it's also discontinued, I have to recommend the original Gianni Versace from 1981. You can usually find it on eBay, and it's much more affordable than Mystere (which has been very hard to find lately, and at terribly inflated prices when you do manage to locate it.)
I would categorize them both as animalic chypres, but as Hillaire mentions, they tend to wear like orientals. The only discernable difference to my nose is that Mystere seems a bit more civet-y and animalic while Gianni Versace is more leathery and dry... but in all honesty, they smell almost exactly alike. I have actually done the wrist-to-wrist comparison and the differences become more obvious that way, but even then they are more alike than not (and my fiance can't tell them apart at all.) They're so similar, in fact, that I believe it had to have been deliberate (Mystere's from 1978.)
Here are the notes. I'm surprised they don't have more notes in common, but they do share several in the middle.
Gianni Versace -
Top notes - aldehydes, spices, fruity notes, bergamot
Middle notes - carnation, tuberose, gardenia, orris root, jasmine, l.o.v., narcissus
Base notes - benzoin, leather, sandalwood, amber, patchouli, oakmoss, incense, myrrh.
Mystere de Rochas -
Top notes - coriander, galbanum and hyacinth
Middle notes - rosemary, carnation, tuberose, violet, orris root, jasmine, ylang-ylang, l.o.v., narcissus
Base notes - styrax, cypress, patchouli, musk, civet, oakmoss, cedar.
If you care to look for the Versace, here's the most common packaging out there -
It originally came in this red & white box, although the bottle design wasn't changed (they only look different because they're different sizes) and neither was the juice.
I hope you get a few more suggestions - I'd be very eager to hear about anything else like Mystere! Good luck, and please let us know what you find!
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I wonder if your mother would like Hermès Amazone. It's been a while since I smelled either, but I remember years ago finding Amazone and Mystere similar in that they both had a woody dryness. I would imagine Amazone has been reformulated since then, however. Anyway, here are current fragrance notes I found online...
Top - Narcissus, Galbanum, Daffodil, Tuberose
Middle - Jasmine, Cassis buds, Peach, Mandarin
Base - Sandalwood, Cedar, Vetiver, Amber
My wife was very disappointed at Mytsère's demise. To fill the hole in her wardrobe we tried Magie Noire and Vol de Nuit (parfum), settling eventually on the latter. Neither is a real "smell-alike" but but both capture something of Mystère's mood, content, an general style. (Magie Noire is more the bitter, dark leather chypre, Vol de Nuit the hybrid green chypre/oriental.)
I have found Jai Ose by Guy Laroche quite similar.
Mystere was my signature fragrance for years. There is nothing on the modern market that can hold a candle to it imo, except Estée Lauder Azuree and Magie Noir.
I see that there is a modern version of Mystere out no, but I'm sort of afraid to smell that they've ruined it, so I save my vintage for special occasions. Vintage Farouche is also good.
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Father Paul von Habsburg, LC, was born in Munich, Germany, on the 19th of October 1968 as the second of three children. He entered the Legion of Christ at 22 years of age in the German Novitiate and then went to Salamanca, Spain, for his studies in classical humanities. He obtained a Master's degree in philosophy and a Bachelor's in theology at Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum of Rome. Currently he is studying for his Master's degree in dogmatic theology in the same Athenaeum. He also participates in the promotion of apostolic works for the culture in Europe. Since childhood, my ideal in life was to found a big and very Christian family. In my scale of values, God and my family occupied the top, and I saw every other blessing (work, friends...) only in relation to these two top ideals. Although I always got along well with priests and did not reject outright the possibility that God could call me one day to the priesthood, I somehow did not see it as a realistic option, mainly for two reasons: I thought that the priesthood would be a bit boring...and I got along too well with girls. When I was fifteen years old, something happened in my family: we all began to live our faith more fervently and profoundly. We started going to mass on weekdays and to pray the rosary together. Each one of us began to make a personal choice for Christ in his or her life. At home, we could talk about God as naturally as we would talk about the results of the last Bayern Munich soccer game; this reassured me greatly and helped me to reinforce my option for God. During my two-year military service in the German Army, I was confronted with a new reality that deeply impressed me: I was surrounded by very good and healthy guys, many of them even morally healthy; however, God was the great unknown in their lives. They had not received the gift of faith. While talking with them individually, I discovered that the seed of faith was there, inside of them; in some cases covered by dust, in others by sand, or even by rocks and stones, but it was not absent. It just needed some water, light and nutrients. While realizing this, I felt something like a cry to heaven inside of me: How was it possible that these young men had to go such a long way to get here and talk with me in order to make their first experience of God, to feel for the first time the desire to get to know Him? While I knew that with God I had everything, these men had nothing without Him. And I thought about all the young people who, just like these, would never find God if someone did not dedicate his life to preach to them. Strangely enough, with all this I still "didn't get it"; I still did not realize which would be my way. But since that moment, I felt an inner urge to discover what was God's plan for me, so I decided to ask Him every day.
When I reached the age of 21, I had another "little problem": I fell in love with a wonderful young woman, with all the qualities I could dream of. She was someone with whom I could imagine forming a great family with many children, and so live our Christian vocation within marriage. I made the following reflection: if I give her, the girl, the first opportunity, I know I will end up marrying her, without having cleared the question about my vocation; but if I first put myself in front of God, and I find that my call is for marriage, I know that God will keep her for me because he is fair and everything will be fine. Therefore, at the end of my military service, I decided to give myself a year to find out what God expected from me. My family supported me, but many of my friends were against it. At that time, I met for the first time a Legionary priest. He impressed me because he was not the type of priest I had known until then. He simply was a man of God. Without waiting for an invitation, I traveled to Rome to get to know the Legionary community and immediately felt at home; I felt that these were my type of people, I was comfortable with them and I even thought that like this I could imagine being a priest. Although I had traveled there only to get to know them a little bit, after three days I felt that God was saying to me: "Paul, do you see the need for priests in the world? Come on!" In private, without talking to anyone, I said yes to God with great joy. I asked him only that if this was not his will, that he should be so good as to let me know. But instead of that, he "opened my eyes" and showed me how all my life had been a process to prepare me for this moment and that this was precisely his plan. After ten years, I can say with deep gratitude that I never had a reason to doubt this call. On the contrary: day by day, all the moments of joy and peace as well as the harder and more difficult moments (few, I must say), have contributed to reaffirm me more and more in my call. And one reality has always given me anew the strength to carry on: I will happily renounce anything, however beautiful or attractive it may be, if it makes me lose Christ, because there is nothing in this world that is more worthy than the real and personal friendship with him. email@example.com
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Hanna Garland FSU Coastal & Marine Lab
One of the most fascinating aspects of the field of science is the unpredictable patterns and directions that certain communities can take over a period of time. Whether the change in a habitat occurs due a spontaneous event such as a devastating hurricane or a longer, more gradual event such as climate change; it is important to understand the impacts these changes may have on the resident organisms as well as the future of the community. Studying how organisms respond to each other and their environment are key principles of ecology.
As David mentioned in the previous post, I have recently begun my graduate student work in St. Augustine, where I hope to gain a better understanding of the unique observations we have made while working in the area for the NSF oyster project.
Other than being the nation's oldest city, St. Augustine is a very dynamic place. From condominiums and restaurants to historic landmarks and beautiful beaches; the area is flooded with snow-birds during this time of year. More notably, St. Augustine has countless state parks, wildlife preserves, and protected habitats; which allow for not only attractions for tourists but areas of research for scientists and most importantly, shelter and nurseries for the resident wildlife. Continue reading Crown Conchs Galore!


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Sonus dulcis : for flute, clarinet, French horn, violoncello and pianoforte / Andrián Pertout.
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Linen is huge in home fashions and apparel this summer, but stylish and functional linen items have been produced by Belgian-based Libeco Home for over 150 years.
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