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American Airlines has announced that it will expand its services to Brazil by launching new flights to Belo Horizonte, Salvador de Bahia, and Recife on November 2, 2008, all from its Miami hub in Florida, US.
The airline said that the service from Miami to both Belo Horizonte and Salvador de Bahia will operate non-stop, with the Salvador de Bahia flight continuing on to Recife and then returning to Miami. The Belo Horizonte flight will operate three days a week. Service to Salvador de Bahia and Recife will operate daily.American Airlines will fly the routes using widebody Boeing 767-300 aircraft, configured with 30 seats in business class and 195 seats in the main cabin. The three new destinations complement American Airlines's existing service to Brazil, which includes flights to Sao Paulo from Miami, Dallas-Fort Worth, and New York John F Kennedy, and to Rio de Janeiro from Miami.
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Guided mushroom hikes
Saturdays, May 10, 17, 31: Northwest Nature Shop and local mushroom expert Michael Potts will offer a series of guided hikes to search for mushrooms. The emphasis will be on finding fungi and learning something about identification and the diversity of mushroom species. Edible and poisonous varieties will be discussed. Meet at Northwest Nature Shop, 154 Oak St., Ashland at 10 a.m. Cost is $25 per person per walk. Space is limited. To register, call 541-482-3241.
Mother's Day wildflower walk
Sunday, May 11: Bring your mother, or other, out for a walk with a naturalist through the hills above Lithia Park at 11 a.m. to see the spring wildflowers that are blooming. Some of the flowers you may expect to see include hound's tongue, fritillaries, shooting stars and fawn lilies. Cost is $5. Call Northwest Nature Shop at 541-482-3241 to sign up.
Table Rocks hikes
Free, guided hikes on the Table Rocks are cosponsored by The Nature Conservancy and the Bureau of Land Management. Reservations are required, and hikes are limited to 20 people unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, May 10: 9 a.m. at Lower Table Rock. Grand Ronde Tribes, Past to Present: Join Michael Karnosh, Ceded Lands Program manager for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, to learn about traditional and culturally important plants of the tribes whose ancestors include the original residents of the Table Rocks area. He will also discuss modern day tribal management of conservation properties and partnerships with government agencies, land trusts and other groups.
Saturday, May 10: 7:30 p.m. at Lower Table Rock. Night Owls: BLM wildlife biologist Steve Godwin will listen for the sounds of the night from dusk 'til dark on a jaunt around the Lower Table Rock Loop Trail (half-mile accessible trail). Godwin will attempt to lure pygmy, great horned and screech owls. A short presentation of the common owls in the area and their unique characteristics and adaptations will precede the hike. Bring flashlights and good hiking shoes.
Sunday, May 11: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock. Mother's Day Family Hike: A BLM environmental interpretation specialist will lead a family hike to the top of the rock. This is a general information hike suitable for the whole family. Topics will include wildflower identification, ethnobotany, geology, wildlife, ecology and cultural history.
Saturday, May 17: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock. Incredible Insects and Spectacular Spiders: Peter Schroeder, associate professor of biology and entomologist at Southern Oregon University, will lead a hike to explore the amazing six- and eight-legged animals found on and around the Table Rocks.
Sunday, May 18: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock. Wacky Weather: Join Alan Journet, co-facilitator of the Southern Oregon Climate Action Network, for a hike and discussion of climate change projections for the Rogue Valley and the potential consequences of these on the Table Rocks and other natural and agricultural systems.
Native Plant Society
Saturday, May 10: 9 a.m. hike to Flounce Rock and a Baker Cypress Area of Environmental Concern. Group will meet at the Medford Interagency (BLM/Forest Service) Office, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford. It is an easy 1/4-mile hike to see the rare Baker Cypress trees and wander around the rocky scablands, vernally wet meadows and conifer stands. Elevation is about 4,000, feet and there will be only about 100 feet variation. The group may take a tally of the surviving Baker Cypress seedlings the BLM has planted. Afterward, the group will drive about 1/3 mile to the top of Flounce Rock for a lunch break with views of Lost Creek Lake and the surrounding mountains and meadows. There's a very short trail to another vista point. Group will return to Medford by early afternoon. Contact Marcia Wineteer at firstname.lastname@example.com or 541-535-3081 for information.
Rogue Valley Walkers
Saturday, May 10: Old Medford walk will explore the downtown area and include the Art in Bloom celebration. Meet at 8:45 a.m. for registration in the parking lot of Food-4-Less on Biddle Road near the Quality Inn. For more information, call 541-245-9356.
Saturday, May 24: 10K "Name that Park" walk in Grants Pass. Meet at 8:45 a.m. for registration in the parking lot of Riverside Park, 304 E. Park St. For more information, call 541-245-9356.
Run The Ditch Trail
Saturday, May 24: The annual 5- and 10-mile runs along the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail are sponsored by Southern Oregon Runners and the Siskiyou Upland Trails Association. The runs start at 9 a.m. at the Tunnel Ridge Trailhead in the Little Applegate. For race details and registration, see the race calendar at www.sorunners.org.
Slo-mo group rides
Saturdays in May: Siskiyou Velo club is organizing free, introductory bicycle rides on the Bear Creek Greenway for beginners and people who are getting back into cycling. The rides are at 9 a.m. Saturdays, May 10, at Blue Heron Park in Phoenix; May 17, at U.S. Cellular Community Park in Medford; May 24, at Hawthorne Park in Medford; and May 31, at Lynn Newbry Park in Talent. To register, email Phil Gagnon at email@example.com or call 541-488-4289. For information, see www.siskiyouvelo.org
Traffic skills class
Saturday, May 17: The Siskiyou Velo club will hold a Traffic Skills 101 course at 9:30 a.m. at The Grove, 1195 E. Main St., Ashland. The fast-paced, 3-hour class covers rules of the road, bike-handling practice and a short ride in traffic. Class size is capped at 12. Cost is $12 for club members and $18 for nonmembers. For more information and to register, see http://bit.ly/SV_ED_5_17_14
Northern California Cycle Challenge
Saturday, May 24: Northern California Cycle Challenge and Cycle Siskiyou will hold a cycling event featuring 100-, 45- and 35-mile loops that will end at the Favell Museum in Klamath Falls. The rides will showcase remote areas of the Tulelake/Klamath Falls region in Northern California and Southern Oregon. For information, see northerncaliforniacyclechallenge.com or contact Laurie Bagley at firstname.lastname@example.com or 541-399-7226.
Siskiyou Velo rides
Some of the club rides listed below are leisurely; others intense. Choose one that's right for you. All rides include rest stops for coffee and social time. All riders are required to have safe bikes, wear helmets and carry a spare tube/tools and water. Instruction on safe riding and group ride etiquette are available on all rides.
Every Saturday: Velo Slo-Mo rides begin at various morning hours from different locations. Pace: 7 to 10 mph over 12 to 18 miles on mostly flat terrain. Contact Phil Gagnon at 541-488-4289.
Every Saturday: Brisk rides begin at various morning hours from different locations. Pace: 19 to 23 mph over 50 to 65 miles on mostly hilly terrain. Contact Dennis Cramer at 541-773-5804.
Every Monday: Coffee rides begin at 10:30 a.m. at Colver Park in Phoenix and go to Jacksonville. Pace: 17 mph average over 25 miles. Contact David Chapman at 541-488-0152.
Every Wednesday: Coffee rides begin at 11 a.m. at Rogue Valley Roasting Company in Ashland. Pace: 17 mph average over 35 to 60 miles with some hills. Contact John Bullock at 541-488-7962.


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Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by KyTitansFan, Mar 12, 2013.
Now get Walker
I'm glad but I'm not going to go bonkers cause that's a lot of money for a guard.
No question it should improve the team in the near term though.
Looks like the Titans are taking care of business so far this Offseason, but we still have work to do, but a great start so far.
I said in another thread but I just saw that we cut Babs. he was a good guy but we must move on.
Ok so the craziness is probably over for us today, hopefully we add players tomorrow and the next day
that's a little bit of a heartbeat in this lifeless organization.
Skiing in Italy, can't watch the Barca - Milan game, but at least we're playing hard in the FA. Great signing!
Amano is gone now.
I said the title of your thread was misleading. "Breaking News: Andy Levitre to the Titans" sounded like we locked him up, when it wasnt the case at the time you made the thread.
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This fundraising project began when a friend posted a video of the Empowerment Project on Facebook. Right away I felt in my Spirit that I needed to do this for the Homeless in Myrtle Beach. Later that day I was riding in my car with my son, Michael (age 5), and was listening to bible on CD. Acts 27-28 tells the account of when Paul was being transported as a "prisoner" to Rome to face Caesar. There was a furious storm and some sailors tried to save their lives by getting off of the ship with no concern for the others on board. The boat is the "The Ship of Faith" or heaven and the ocean is the "world". Let's keep others on the ship or save them from the "Sea." It's not entirely about the coats. It's about warming these individuals souls and letting them know that God loves them.
As the coats arrive Michael, team and I will distrubte the coats and other items needed to the homeless in the Myrtle Beach area. Thank you for considering this fundraiser. God bless you all the holiday season.
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Mott, who turned down the chance to become New Zealand coach two years ago, is in the final year of his contract as head coach of New South Wales. The former Queensland and Victoria batsman was previously assistant coach to John Buchanan at the Kolkata Kinght Riders, one of the Indian Premier League franchises.
Glamorgan are hoping to appoint their head coach early in the New Year to work with Colin Metson, their recently-appointed managing director of cricket.
Former England batsman Matthew Maynard resigned as Glamorgan's director of cricket last month claiming he had been left in an untenable position by Metson's appointment and the decision to replace Jamie Dalrymple as captain with South Africa batsman Alviro Petersen.
Sussex are considering a request from Middlesex to take off-spinner Ollie Rayner on loan from the start of next season.
Rayner, 25, made only six County Championship appearances last season, only one of them in the first two months of the season, following the recruitment of England slow left-armer Monty Panesar as Sussex's number one spinner.


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Gordie Howe once famously said, "All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity." No doubt, there are times when most IT Pros feel similarly gifted (like when a production server goes down as you're about to head home for dinner). That said, there is real (and growing) value to be found in becoming bilingual in a different way – learning how to operate the increasing number of heterogeneous IT environments where VMware and Microsoft solutions co-exist.
Many IT pros that I spoke with at the Microsoft Management Summit in early April told me that Hyper-V is gaining real traction, but that in many cases it's an "and" world, not an "or" one. But, while many VMware experts see the value in skilling up on the Microsoft platform, they'd like to know how what they already know translates between the two. And it starts with the building blocks—the specific technologies you'd use to build a private cloud.
So here is a bit of a primer on the building blocks of the private cloud in both "Microsoftese" and "vSpeak":
As you review the following, please keep in mind that these are rough comparisons, intended to showcase similar technologies that address a particular need. In subsequent posts, I will explore some of these differences.
The hypervisor: Everyone knows which is which in the world of the hypervisor. Today when we do comparisons, it's between Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 v. the vSphere hypervisor that is part of vSphere.
VM management: This refers to what is used to perform the day to day tasks of managing the virtual machines running on the infrastructure, from deployment and migration, through to templating and cloud creation. Here, vCenter is what the majority of vSphere admins will be used to using on a day to day basis – in Microsoftese, that's Virtual Machine Manager.
Self-service: A crucial tenet of private cloud is that it enables agility by allowing IT to delegate access to infrastructure through self service, which gives application owners, VM owners, and service owners the ability to access the resources they need, in a controlled yet intuitive manner. For people with vCloud Director familiarity, the vocabulary for the Microsoft private cloud is "App Controller."
Application insight and monitoring: The Microsoft stack uses Operations Manager to start to gain visibility into the physical and virtual infrastructure, which provides levels of insight into both Microsoft and heterogeneous infrastructures, from the metal right up into the applications running inside the VMs, from both inside and outside the infrastructure walls. The Vspeak equivalent is the vCenter Operations Management Suite.
Protection: A private cloud needs to consider backup, too. vSphere Data Protection is analogous to Data Protection Manager, which plays a part in protecting Hyper-V virtual machines, but also workloads and applications inside the infrastructure, too.
Service Management and Automation: How IT pros can introduce the ability for users to request resources, infrastructure components, virtual machines, cloud capacity, and more, and how they can automate all their stack into a powerful private cloud, rely on Microsoft's Orchestrator and Service Manager, or, in Vspeak, vCenter Orchestrator and vCloud Automation Center.
From a licensing and acquisition perspective, both VMware and Microsoft have made significant strides in simplifying the acquisition of their portfolios, with Microsoft adopting a single licensing approach for System Center, which provides organizations with all the key capabilities listed here, with the exception of Hyper-V, which is available as a component of Windows Server 2012, as well as a standalone free download.
VMware has taken a similar approach, combining the still-individually-licensable products in an offer known as the vCloud Suite.
Now we've got the basics down. Bilingualism is more than knowing the words, though, you need to know how to make sentences. To learn more about Microsoft's private cloud technologies and how they compare with VMware's, watch some sessions from MMS. Learn from Matt McSpirit about how the clouds compare, learn more about migration tools from Matt and Mark Gosson, and learn more about the hypervisors themselves with Matt again.


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The Oprah Winfrey Network's promise of a "no-holds barred" confessional from Lance Armstrong would be a break from the tested Oprah format. The reality is likely to be more cuddles than confrontation.
The Oprah-branded cable channel – run by Discovery, the broadcaster that sponsored Armstrong's team between 2004 and 2007 – promised a forensic trawl through the rider's "alleged doping scandal, years of accusations of cheating and charges of lying".
Previous form, though, suggests the encounter with Armstrong will follow a more familiar pattern for Oprah-led celebrity relaunches, involving the host's famous "rapport talk" and the guest's ability to cry in public.
In 2008, the former Olympic champion Marion Jones gave her first post-prison interview (video), having served six months for perjury after lying about her use of steroids to US federal prosecutors.
The set-piece confessional – another attempt to address a "doping scandal, years of accusations of cheating and charges of lying" – included Jones breaking down in tears three times.
Still on probation when she gave the interview, Jones insisted she had no idea she was being given a performance-enhancing drug by her coach, maintaining she thought all along that it was just a supplement.
She blamed childhood trauma on her decision to lie and tearfully made public a letter she sent from prison to her children, apologising to them for the hurt she had caused.
"I didn't love myself enough to tell the truth," she wrote. "I have hidden behind my obvious talent for much of my life for fear that the weak, sad, hurt and vulnerable Marion would emerge and ruin the plan for my life.''
She said that, while in prison, she felt reborn. "There were moments, Oprah, where I felt like my world was over… [But] there were remarkably days where I just felt empowered, almost. It's almost like I got this renewed energy where I felt that: 'I'm here for a reason.' The searching for that reason, I think, is what really changed my life."
Jones added that she thought she would still have won her Olympic medals even without doping. "I still think I would have won. It wasn't as difficult to give back the medals because it's not about the hardware. But it's the memory that will be tarnished."
She concluded: "I'm trying to move on. I hope that everybody else can move on, too."
The interview earned a mixed reception. ESPN called the performance "squirm-inducing", while The Examiner wrote: "Apparently even six months in a Texas jail cell hasn't diminished her hubris."


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In Jump Off the Hormone Swing, Lorraine Pintus shares openly about the inner tension a woman can feel at certain times of the month between wanting to love her neighbor on one hand, and wanting to strangle her and shoot her ugly dog on the other. While many books discuss the physical and emotional symptoms of hormones, this is the first to explore in depth the spiritual aspects. Jump! is a mentoring book, not a medical book. The focus is on attitude, not anatomy. Lorraine shares insights from her own journey as well as wisdom from 1,500 women she surveyed. Sound biblical wisdom is laced with humor because after all, when it comes to hormones, you either have to laugh or cry, and laughing is better!
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DandyAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5A must read for every Christian woman!February 11, 2014DandyAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Jump Off the Hormone Swing: Fly Through the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Symptoms of PMS and Perimenopause.The author is both frank and funny while also presenting the spiritual side to womanhood. Without a lot of medical jargon, she gets down to the point with practical applications for dealing with PMS. I loved the book so much, I bought copies for my mom, sisters and best friends! I wish I had had this book when I reached puberty! A must read for any Christian woman - from puberty to post-menopause!
CKayeAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Hope with HormonesJuly 3, 2013CKayeAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Jump Off the Hormone Swing: Fly Through the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Symptoms of PMS and Perimenopause.After hearing the author interviewed on Focus on the Family, I bought this book as a gift. One of my gal friends really struggles with personality changes, depression and a host of other issues - only when she is hormonal. She has some hope after reading this book. She told me, "This writer sounds like me!" She likes the Scripture used throughout and plans to share this book with her daughters.
ShoopetteIndianaAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5"Jump off the Hormone Swing"December 7, 2011ShoopetteIndianaAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4This review was written for Jump Off the Hormone Swing: Fly Through the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Symptoms of PMS and Perimenopause.This book was so good for me, and I would recommend it to all women! I can't tell you how many times I thought, "How does she know exactly what I am thinking?" or "I am so glad I am not the only one to think/feel/do that!" while reading this book. Bringing the spiritual aspect into this topic really tied everything else (the practical, the mental, the physical) together into a whole.
There is also a 10-week Bible Study in the back of the book, which was such an excellent resource. I was able to incorporate it into my regular Bible study easily.
Lorraine Pintus has created a wonderful tool to help women understand themselves more fully while realizing that ultimately we are accountable to God. This book helped me come to a place where I can better handle every day of the month knowing that God's grace, strength, and forgiveness are always available to me.
amomwithablogLas Vegas, NVAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Wish I'd read it sooner!October 17, 2011amomwithablogLas Vegas, NVAge: 45-54Gender: femaleMeets Expectations: 5This review was written for Jump Off the Hormone Swing: Fly Through the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Symptoms of PMS and Perimenopause.Lorraine Pintus has given us a valuable resource in Jump Off the Hormone Swing. If you suffer from PMS or perimenopause... or even if you don't... you'll want to read this book. Before I read it, I didn't think I had any hormonal problems. But then I read this:
"Oh, the inner turmoil when one moment I was on my knees compassionately praying for my neighbor, and the next moment I wanted to strangle her and kick her ugly dog."
It startled me! It made me laugh out loud... And then I thought "How does she know me?" Page after page she was writing my story. I couldn't put it down. I couldn't believe what I was reading. She knows exactly how I feel and what I'm going through. So that must mean... I'm not the only one!
Before I read this book, I would have never related my feelings to hormones. I thought I was just a weak woman. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get it all together. Now I know. Hormones.
Lorraine takes on tough questions like:
ââ¬Â¢How do I manage the swing between feeling super confident and energetic one day, and incompetent and listless the next?
ââ¬Â¢How do I handle my self-hatred after downing an extra large bag of peanut M & M's the day before my period.
ââ¬Â¢How is it that I suddenly find my husband so annoying?
ââ¬Â¢How can God possibly love me when I hate myself?
Unlike a medical book, Jump Off the Hormone Swing addresses EVERY aspect of PMS. Physical, Mental (Mood), and Spiritual. She gives a very simplified explanation of what part each hormone plays in your body... the effects of too little, or too much. Lorraine gives advice on diet and exercise, relieving stress, planning ahead for the days that you know will be the hardest for you (Who would have thought?), and most of all... she reminds us to invite God into these issues as well.
Lorraine shares from her heart and a Biblical perspective. She shares many of her personal 'aha' moments with us. She shows us how to 'do' life... how to be a Godly woman even in the middle of a hormonal storm. You will also find a 10-week Bible Study in the back of the book, along with a symptom tracker.
There is so much in this book I'd like to share that I can't recommend it highly enough.
*I received a copy of this book from Moody Publishers in exchange for my honest review. ~Thank you!
MariaHouston, TXAge: 35-44Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Very helpfulSeptember 12, 2011MariaHouston, TXAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Jump Off the Hormone Swing: Fly Through the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Symptoms of PMS and Perimenopause.I needed this book to save my marriage & my husband's sanity! Thank You!!!


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Justin Rose awarded honorary European Tour lifetime membership
Series: Golf Buzz
Published: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 | 12:04 p.m.
Justin Rose soared onto the world stage in golf at age 17 when he tied for fourth as an amateur in the 1998 Open Championship.
The day after that tournament ended, Rose decided to turn professional and would miss the cut in his first 21 consecutive starts as a pro.
Unlike most young stars who experience the lumps that come in the professional ranks before hanging up a once promising career, Rose has worked tirelessly to become one of the best players in the world today.
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The highlight of Rose's career -- which includes five PGA Tour wins and six European Tour victories -- was his win at Merion in June in the U.S. Open. It was Rose's first major triumph.
On Tuesday in Dubai where Rose is playing in the European Tour's season-ending DP World Tour Championship, European Tour Chief Executive George O'Grady awarded Rose a lifetime honorary membership in recognition of his U.S. Open win.
The European Tour has doled out a total of 47 lifetime memberships over the years, including Graeme McDowell (2010) and Rory McIlroy (2011) after each player's respective U.S. Open win.
"For a kid who started his career with 21 missed cuts, I guess this means an awful lot really," said Rose in the report. "And the whole journey could not have been done without all the hard work of The European Tour. It's great to be back here in Dubai and great to have a chance to be playing for The Race to Dubai. Like I said, this truly does mean a lot to me.
"It's been a great journey," Rose added. "There are many, many fantastic players who have done so much for European golf who have received this honor, so it would be wonderful for me to be able to do the same. I've got a lot of great golf ahead of me, I hope, and a lot of great golf on The European Tour ahead of me. So I look forward to living up to this honor."
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"Do the maths. 3000 p/e cycles per block. So for a 128GB drive with ideal wear levelling, you can write ~3000 * 128GB. If you write 64GB a day (unlikely) you'd get 6000 days worth of writes. That's > 16 years."
I've got a few issues with your calculation. Obviously "ideal wear levelling" doesn't exist generically: what's ideal for one pattern is non-ideal for other patterns. And in fact a 128GB SSD is likely to be comprised of at least 8 NAND chips, which for performance reasons are running in parallel and may not take part in distributed wear leveling. So removing your assumptions might decrease your calculation by at least a factor of 8.
We are also talking about reliability on it's own, but in real devices reliability is one of many conflicting goals: performance, capacity, cost, dimensions. etc. The point I'm trying to make is that it's not safe to make assumptions. Even if the MTBF was 100% accurate, it only describes a curve with a multitude of failure points. Even with 3-5 years MTBF, you can still fail in a few months time. I'm just recommending those with write-heavy data loads take extra precaution against data loss with flash drives.
There was a study someone did correlating the jitter in flash performance to it's remaining data longevity. The older flash cells are, the more time it takes to re-program them. I'll try to find a link to it. It could offer a way of getting feedback about how much life is remaining on one's SSD.


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We are looking for A William Farlow probably immigrated from Northern Ireland with English roots immigrated to New York City.He was born around1844.He married a Mary Graham born around 1851 they had 4 daughters, one named Katherine, a son Georgewho later moved to Albany, New York,They also had twin sons born inJune 8, 1890, William and Robert. We are related to William. Any Information would be greatly appreciated.Thanks Veronica Farlow


text: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 04:24:20PM +0100, Mindaugas Rasiukevicius wrote: > However, please do not send massive attachments to the list, rather upload > them and provide links. :) Yeah, I didn't realize how big it was until after I noticed it had gotten stuck on the way to the list. :-/ > > The first patch is naming reform to abolish the alphabet soup of tdvp, > > tvp, tdp, ip, xp, and so forth. This has been checked to make only > > very minor changes to the generated .o files. > > Sounds reasonable. Can we do it in the following order: separate these > routines into a separate ufs_rename.c file, apply cosmetic/name changes > and then do functional changes. I'm not convinced it's worth putting ufs_rename in its own file. Despite the huge block comment, my version is quite a bit shorter than the previous version. :-) The separate wapbl copy should just be killed entirely. > > Since I've pretty much rewritten the whole thing the diffs may not be > > the easiest to read, so I've also included copies of the updated > > functions, plus the new ufs_parentcheck() that replaces ufs_checkpath(). > > I tend to think that we should write proper test cases and regression tests > for this (also, attempt to generate some races). It requires additional > thought and work, but it will be useful not only for revamp, but also any > further changes to rename (including non-ufs rename). We have some, and I have some others that I need to find time to atfify. On the other hand, I also don't entirely want to commit them until we expect the kernel to survive running them on the common fses. ;-/ > Now some comments on the actual patch: > > > * Due to oddities in namei and in the fs-independent code, > > * currently we are called with references to all four vnodes, > > * but with only toparent_vnode locked. > > This comment is wrong i.e. tochild_vnode (if not NULL) is also locked. good call, I apparently just flatly misread vnode_if.src. > > // XXX do we need this? > > //from_name->cn_flags &= ~SAVESTART; > > //to_name->cn_flags &= ~SAVESTART; > > // XXX or this form instead? > > //from_name->cn_flags &= ~(MODMASK | SAVESTART); > > //from_name->cn_flags |= LOCKPARENT | LOCKLEAF; > > It does not seem that namei() would change these flags, but not sure if > convention is to rely on this. However, if we rely, then these should > definitely be KASSERT()s. relookup() specifically does not care, but I'm not (yet) sure what all 30 or so VOP_LOOKUP implementations might do. I'm going to be figuring this out eventually; in the meantime I think as long as it runs and the fs remains unmountable that it's best to leave the flags alone. > > /* XXX see note above */ > > if (fromchild_vnode == ap->a_tvp) { > > VOP_UNLOCK(fromchild_vnode, 0); > > do_race_condition = 1; > > } > > Hmm, that is slightly confusing. Since fromparent_vnode was unlocked, is > there anything who prevents from other thread doing, let's say, rename on > "old" a_tvp, and creating a hardling to fromchild_vnode in tochild_vnode's > path? If not (unless you serialize entire ufs_rename(), but that is not > what we want), following relookup() will lock against oneself. It is what we want; there's only one rename at a time per volume. This is necessary for at least two other major reasons. (Go reread the big block comment. :-) ) The case where do_race_condition is nonzero *is* a race condition. At the time I wrote it I was reasonably convinced it wouldn't, by racing, cause a deadlock. Fixing it requires fixing the locking model for VOP_LOOKUP, which I'm going to be doing but not within the next couple weeks and not for 5.1. (It also requires changing vget() to not return locked vnodes. Is there any real reason we do this? It seems entirely bogus to me.) > Should be if (do_race_condition == 0) for fromchild_vnode, otherwise error > path unlocks twice. Same bug in (fromparent_vnode != toparent_vnode) path. Indeed. > I did not glance much on further code, but I think having one separated > step "lock all" is the right way. Further code should work, assuming old > logic is correct. right... -- David A. Holland dholland%netbsd.org@localhost


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Humor: Why Manchester United Is the Greatest Club In the WorldSeptember 30, 2008
This article was previously published on another forum, I just copy pasted it but hey,it suits the need of the hour at B/R. We got to learn to take jokes on ourselves and learning starts at home. Hope you all have a good laugh! Sorry about copy pasting but I suck at humor!
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Our unwanted foreign owners are more unwanted than your unwanted foreign owners.
Our absurd excuses for poor performance are more absurd than your excuses for poor performance.
Our French lunatic is more insane than your French lunatic.
Our legends who have have their own hairstyles named after them have more of a hair legacy than your legends who have their own hairstyles named after them.
Our dead ex-players are more revered than your dead ex-players.
Our ex-assistant managers are less successful than you ex-assistant managers.
Our glory seeking bit-part players are more glorious than your glory seeking bit-part players.
Our goals conceded aren't as conceded as your goals conceded.
Our over-priced because they're English players are more overpriced than your over-priced because they're English players.
Our horse-face strikers are more equine than your horse-face strikers.
Our random foreign players with names that would get ridiculously high scrabble scores have names that would get ridiculously higher scrabble scores than your random foreign players with names that would get ridiculously high scrabble scores.
Our angry protests to the referee are more angry than your angry protests to the ref.
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Hello! And welcome to the Crafting Topic for MMO-Champion. This thread will serve as an explanation and discussion about crafting. How does it work, is it worth doing? And can I be arsed to do it? I will provide with quoted pieces with information about crafting.
So as I read here is that the crafting doesn't share any looks with the (dropped/bought) items/armors/weapons in the game. So if you want to look differently, you can roll a profession who can craft armor/weapons. More about that in the next part.Crafting is the act of making equipment or consumables using gathered materials. The crafting system is divided into a variety of specific crafting professions called disciplines, two of which the player can have active at one time and switch to any of the other six for a fee. Each craft has several levels of advancement; the pacing of the advancement through the levels is intended to match the players' progression through the game, so they should be able to craft items of their level without creating excess items they do not need.
The items obtainable through crafting will have unique appearances but the statistics on the items are no better or worse than items attained through other ways of playing the game.
To explain in short; You may take up to 2 professions and there aren't any 2nd professions (to all you WoW'ers) These can be learned and unlearned at any time, however; When you unlearn a profession and reroll that profession later on, you WILL be able to keep all your learned recipes and skill points. Ain't that great?!There are eight crafting professions, each specializing in a different discipline:
Weaponsmiths craft melee weapons, such as swords, axes and hammers.
Huntsmen craft ranged weapons like shortbows, longbows and pistols, as well as torches and warhorns.
Artificers craft magical weapons such as staves and scepters.
Armorsmiths craft heavy armor pieces.
Leatherworkers craft medium armor pieces.
Tailors craft light armor pieces.
Jewelcrafters craft jewelry, such as rings and necklaces.
Cooks can prepare food which characters can eat for temporary combat buffs.
A character can have two crafting disciplines active at a time, but can change their specializations at any time by visiting a master craftsman and paying a fee. All skill points and recipes learned in a discipline are saved when switching. The more points already invested in a discipline however, the more it will cost for a player to switch to that discipline. The intent of this system is to encourage trading while allowing every player to feasibly craft items that they want.
Basically this part explains about the max skill points and the levels the skill points are being granted. For instance. 0/50 - 50/100 - 100/150.Each discipline has 400 skill points spread over several levels. A novice will become an initiate in a discipline when they have completed 100 skill points in that discipline. Each item crafted gives a certain amount of crafting experience; this experience applies to any of the character's currently active disciplines that could use that item. For example, a basal mace haft only gives experience to the weaponsmith track, while making cured leather hide will level both huntsman and weaponsmith.
As a player advances in skill additional basic components will automatically be unlocked, allowing more combinations and thus the chance to discover new recipes. This helps to maintain a measure of progress and restricts players from creating items beyond their level. The crafting skill level is also used to determine some titles and achievements.
I wonder how this works, from what I read this might be something which reminds me of Minecraft, an interface where you need to imput items on the right place to get a new item. If people know valid information, please provide so I can update it.Items can be made at crafting stations present in cities and major outposts. Each discipline has a different station to use; swords are created at an anvil and logs are made into planks on a woodworking bench. When interacting with a station, an interface appears, and up to four types of materials can be combined. When the correct materials to create a specific item are placed in the station then the item can be made.
The crafting process cannot fail. Critical success is possible but this does not improve the quality of the item; instead it grants another bonus such as increased experience or a "refund" of some of the materials used.
This is pretty straight forward, every profession has standard recipes to learn while there are some recipes that you can obtain in rare loot or world drops.Recipes tell players what materials are necessary to craft an item. Some recipes are learned as a player's level in a crafting discipline rises, while others are available exclusively from trainers or as loot. However, most recipes must be discovered through experimenting with various combinations of materials. When a new item is created, its recipe is learned for the character, allowing this character to access it at any time. Recipes for items are universal across the player base.
Equipment Slots;
Head Slot
Chest Slot
Shoulders Slot
Leg Slot
Feet Slot
Left Ear
Right Ear
Right Ring
Left Ring
Weapon Set 1
Main Hand/2 Handed
Weapon Set 2 (If you character can have 2).
So to go deeper on this. Earrings.. that's new for me, I wonder if these will have stats as well, so that every character will need earrings. Then my 2nd thought is, will this be shown on your character? And hopefully we have the option to hide it, because I don't want my Warrior to look as a big muscular guy which reminds people of some guy in the music video of YMCA. But it would be cool if necklaces/rings and earrings would appear on your character.
So, will you take a profession in Guild Wars 2? And will you pay effort in it to progress it? Please share your thoughts and information in this topic!
Video with footage of Crafting (Thanks to Fhaerris)


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IFAW Huntwatch Update: Saturday 28 March
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I don't know how you do it, where you find the strength Sherly. I am thankful for your efforts and reporting on the cruelty to seals.
We sheep killers whistle the same tune while killing baby sheep,I thought we had a monoply on the tune...appearantly not.But at least we don't have to defend our action from IFAW/HSUSA.
i agree to stop the seal hunt. why is the quetion? Because it is horrable to treat creaters like this.
I wish it would take its end very very soon! Let us wish it with all our heart and sign the petition!
Canada is a horrible country to allow this kind of carnage. I hope the world shuts their doors on Canada in every possible way.
Canada is the worst country in this world to kill innocent, helpless and voiceless animals.
I am so sad that this is continuing. After so many letters sent and the hopes with Senator Harb to try and end this disgraceful slaughter. I just want to give up but I know that this is what the sealers and the government are hoping for. I almost think they set the quota so high just to discourage us in this year when our hopes were so high. All they have done is make me more determined! Eventually this idiocy will stop. I am going to personally see my MP. It will take more pressure from the citizens of Canada along with the EU to shut the markets down. I actually wonder who is going to be buying the pelts this year???
I am following your progress every day, and it is simply heartbreaking. I feel so helpless, but am signing every single petition that I can find.
I applaud you all in the strength you have to find in order to witness these horrific sights.
Stay safe, stay strong and keep up the fight.
My thoughts are with the whole team during this horrible and unesessary massacre
Kerry (United Kingdom)
I can hardly read this, let alone see the slaughter with my own eyes. You are very brave people!! Take care!


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I flew to Amsterdam to attend the festivities!
Some of my favorite highlights from the speakers:
- When the economy is down you need to have a lot more confidence
- #1 thing, just make/do something cool
- Keep going, even though things are looking dark
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- Start things when the market is down, that is when you can build
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- Build a green company with a profitably objective so you can keep re-investing in a green initiative
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The latest trailer for A Street Cat Named Bob is here, telling the real-life story of homeless busker James Bowen and his incredible relationship with a ginger stray.
As we count down to the film's release, here are some things you need to know about the trailer.
The real Bob stars in the film and he knows how to high-five
If you think the cat in the film looks remarkably like the cat in the YouTube videos then you are right. The real-life Bob plays himself in the film and shows off his impressive high-fiving skills.
The London locations are so atmospheric - even Covent Garden in the rain
The production was filmed in the capital to keep the movie looking authentic, even shooting the busking scenes on the famous cobbles of Covent Garden.
The moment Bob chased James on to the bus really happened
When James jumped on the 73 bus to go busking, Bob jumped on board too, tracked down James and came with him all the way to Covent Garden.
Joanne Froggatt plays James's support worker, a big change from Downton Abbey
You might be used to seeing her in her maid's uniform in Downton Abbey but this time Joanne is in modern day clothes for her role as Val, the support worker who helps James kick drugs and find somewhere to live.
Luke Treadaway really sings in the film and he's not half bad
Luke, who is best known for his role in Angelina Jolie's war film Unbroken, gives a star turn in the film, and even shows off his vocal abilities in the busking scenes.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Anthony Head plays James's dad
The former Little Britain actor gives a heart-wrenching performances as James's estranged dad, who won't even have his son over for Christmas.
James's love interest is played by his real-life girlfriend Ruta Gedmintas.
If she looks familiar, you might know her from horror series The Strain or as Ursula Bonadeo in The Borgias.
A Street Cat Named Bob will be released in UK cinemas on November 4.


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The Co-operative Food's plans for a new £4 million store on Langtongate, Duns, will be unveiled at a public exhibition later this month.
The new store will be around twice the size of the company's existing business in Newtown Street, which will be sold on, although not to another supermarket chain.
If the plans go ahead it will be the second time in less than a decade that Duns has had a new Co-op building.
In 2006 the company spent £2 million to double the size of the company's business premises in the town's Market Square and built a new store on the site of the old Croall Bryson garage at Newtown Street. On that occasion up to six new jobs were expected to be created.
Now they are spending twice the amount they spent in 2005/6 to double the size of the store and this time expect 20 new full and part time jobs to be created.
The store will offer shoppers a wide selection of fresh and chilled products, ready meals, in-store bakery and an extensive wine range, including chilled champagne. A cash machine will also be available, as well as parking for up to 80 cars.
Chris Beebe, planning manager for The Co-operative Estates in Scotland, said: "Whilst our plans are not yet finalised, we wanted to share them with residents and gather their views around our current thinking before we take the proposals further.
"A convenience store with a strong emphasis on fresh produce will enable us to build upon an established customer base and provide an even better service for the community.
"The location is ideal for us, and we are very confident the new store will be an asset to the area."
However, not everyone agrees that the location – next to the new high school – is ideal.
Situated on the western perimeter of the town, rather than in the centre Duns Community Council have been hearing from those who do not have their own transport, particularly elderly residents, who will have a longer walk to do their shopping in future.
The Co-op counter this by saying that they offer free delivery so people won't have to carry their shopping home.
○Plans for the new store will be on display in the store foyer of The Co-operative Food, Newtown Street, Duns, on Friday, July 25, from 2-6pm.


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Stability of new coalition crucial
AS EXPECTED Fine Gael and Labour will form the next government after negotiations between the two parties came to a successful conclusion at the weekend. As was also to be expected, the programme drawn up by the coalition partners involves considerable compromise on both sides. This may not be entirely welcome - depending on one's political alignment, among other matters - but it's not a bad thing to get critical areas of difference between the two parties ironed out from the outset.
The compromises will be frowned upon by the supporters of each party and, given that the newly-weds can expect no honeymoon period, areas of compromise will be the focus of much analysis and criticism. However, it is better for the two parties - whose policy differences are not inconsiderable - to sort out the areas where they need to give ground now rather than having these re-emerge as divisive issues that could threaten the stability of the government at a later stage.
A key area of compromise, and one that will cause disquiet among the general public, relates to the promised reform of the public service. Fine Gael's election manifesto promised to cut the number of people employed in our bloated and unsustainably expensive public service by 30,000 and party leader Enda Kenny was adamant during the general election campaign that this would be achieved. The Labour party, which is closely aligned to the trade unions, took a much softer line, offering a reduction of 18,000 in the public service head count, to be achieved by voluntary redundancies and worked out through the Croke Park Agreement, which at this remove was very favourable to the unions.
The compromise deal of something in the order of 21,000-25,000 voluntary job cuts over the next three years clearly favours the Labour position and will not impress the voters who gave Fine Gael its strongest ever standing in Leinster House, not least when Labour's Minister for Public Sector Reform will control the process. Neither will the deal impress the heavily taxed private sector workers who foot the bill for the civil service where workers enjoy far more favourable working conditions and unparalled job security.
Of course it goes without saying both Fine Gael and Labour have engaged in something of a charade in touting numbers of redundancies that are entirely speculative. It would be far better to calculate the minimun number of staff needed to do the work in the various areas of the public service; all others are surplus to requirements and should be left go. Whether the appropriate figure is 18,000 or 30,000 would then be perfectly clear and need not be a matter of political bartering. However, while Fine Gael's apparent capitulation on the issue is disquieting, at least the matter is now settled and should not re-emerge to threaen the stability of the newly formed government.
That stability will be crucial - the coalition partners may have sidestepped some thorny issues now, but they will need to work solidly together and tackle far more testing problems in the difficult years ahead if they are to have any hope of restoring some semblance of prosperity to the country. In the meantime there are important areas where the two parties are very much of the same mind, such as taking practical, achievable steps to create employment.
These include accelerating 'shovel ready' capital projects such as building new schools and roads that will give much needed employment; ending the practice of ' upward only' rent reviews that are crippling small businesses; and the abolition of travel tax, which will be welcomed by the tourism industry. On these initiatives they are neither limited by differences of policy nor the strong hand of the EU which now steers our economy and they have every encouragement from a people who are crying out for jobs.
The coalition partners are also agreed on the need to reform our dysfunctional political system. On this they have a free hand plus the support of the the vast majority of the people of Ireland who are sick to death of traditional Irish politics. Enda Kenny promised real change within 100 days of taking office. We now expect to see that happen and where better to start than in the corridors of power.


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Juneau Assembly candidate Jeff Bush says he's running because the current Assembly isn't doing enough for schools.
During the past decade, he said, he has been working at the School Board and school sites to make sure teachers receive all the support they need to help their students succeed. But he said the Assembly hasn't done its share to support education.
"The Assembly has recently failed to show a strong commitment to Juneau's education," Bush, 51, said. "We need to make funding for education the highest priority for the use of city funds."
Bush said he is running against District 1 incumbent Jeannie Johnson to make sure the Assembly fully funds education.
"I think education is the highest priority for the community," Bush said. "Educating our kids is all the future is about."
Bush said Johnson voted against full funding for schools, a statement Johnson described as unfair.
In June, the Assembly voted to raise the mill rate by 0.36 mills. Roughly $1 million will be generated from the increase. Although the Juneau School District asked the Assembly to fund education to the cap, the Assembly voted to allocate 99.8 percent of the money for education with the rest restoring some cuts in the city government.
Johnson was the lone Assembly member who voted against raising the mill rate. But she proposed moving $35,000 from the school funding to maintain city roads in the winter. The winter road maintenance was one of the many projects for which City Manager Rod Swope requested restored funding.
"I didn't vote against education. I voted against the mill rate increase," Johnson said.
This isn't the first time Bush has run for the Assembly. In 1993, he lost a district-wide seat to Al Clough by 791 votes.
In 1994, he was elected to the Juneau School Board. He served on the board for six years. He recently co-chaired the Build It Now group, trying to make the Valley high school a reality.
Although education is his passion, Bush's personal career has been intertwined with public service.
He served as an assistant attorney general in the Alaska Department of Law. He was appointed to the governor's Exxon Valdez oil spill task force in 1989. He also worked as deputy commissioner of the Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development, responsible for business regulation and development. Since 2003, he has been executive director of Alaska Public Entity Insurance.
A veteran of elections and campaigns, Bush said he is more relaxed this time. He said his strategy is simple.
"I try to meet as many people as I can," he said. "I feel very confident talking about school issues but learning about other things is interesting and challenging."
Bush said if elected, he wants to complete the city's long-range waterfront plan. He opposes building another cruise ship dock downtown and said he feels strongly about retaining building height restriction along the waterfront.
"We don't want another parking garage in our waterfront," Bush said. "It's a poor decision."
An avid golf player, Bush wants to see the development of a standard golf course. "It's about our quality of life," said Bush, who always travels with his golf clubs. "It's not just golf. The city should encourage all kinds of arts and recreational activities."
Moving forward with the second channel crossing is another major component of Bush's platform.
"The second crossing can alleviate some traffic in downtown and provide access between Valley residents and residents in north Douglas," Bush said. "It also opens north Douglas for residential and commercial development."
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Age: 51
Job: Executive director of Alaska Public Equity Insurance, a company providing insurance to Alaska's schools and municipalities
Education: Bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College; law degree from Hastings College
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Assistant attorney general of the Alaska Department of Law (1982-1991)
Member of the Juneau School Board (1994-2000), president (1998 and 1999)
Deputy commissioner of the Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development (1995-2003)
Co-chairman of Build it Now, a group organized earlier this year to advocate for building a new high school in Mendenhall Valley
Length of time in Juneau: 22 years
Family in town: wife and two daughters
Interests and hobbies: fishing, golf, home improvement projects
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