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SQL Server 2005 Service Broker Plays Well with Older Relatives
SQL Server 2005 Service Broker (SSB) is an asynchronous messaging technology built into SQL Server. With SSB, you essentially get the power of messaging technologies like Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) combined with the relational database capabilities of SQL Server, all controlled with Transact SQL statements.
However, because SSB ships only with SQL Server 2005, harnessing its power with other technologies such as SQL Server 2000 may be a bit of a mystery to you. You could get a third technology such as BizTalk involved to link the technologies. Maybe an alternative called external activation is the way to go, but SQL Server Books Online doesn't provide a clear way to implement external activation and it's complicated besides.
Solution OverviewYou could have many reasons for including non-SSB systems in a SSB messaging solution. For example, you may be transitioning portions of an application from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005, or making SQL Server 2005 part of a larger MSMQ messaging solution. In the interim, you may have a mix of SQL Server 2005, MSMQ, and SQL Server 2000.
In SQL Server 2005 Books Online, SSB queue external activation specifies monitoring and taking action on a SSB data queue based on a separate event activation SSB queue. External activation can be complicated. You must overcome a number of issues with this approach, including the following:
- You must process the event message and the data messages in the same transaction. Because of distributed transaction SSB limitations (discussed later), processing multiple messages from multiple queues may not preserve data integrity.
- You may need to process events from multiple queues if you dont use an event queue for every SSB data queue.
For these reasons, a simple polling solution makes more sense than external activation. This article prescribes such a solution, which periodically polls a SSB queue. It reads messages, one at a time, and writes them to the external target system. Figure 1 provides an overview of the solution.
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Figure 1. Overview of Polling SolutionFor the following reasons, the solution also opts for a separate application rather than using the new CLR features for SQL Server 2005:
- Connections and other communication constructs to the external target system can be initialized and cached for quick execution.
- A CLR assembly in SQL Server 2005 communicating with external resources requires special permissions and configuration.
Now you're ready to see how to implement the solution. Youll first look at the classes in the solution and then trace a message through the classes.
Class OverviewThe key classes in the solution are RouterController, ServiceMessageMapper, SSBConversationMediator, and SSBConversation. The following are short explanations of the roles the classes plays in the application:
- RouterController handles the starting and stopping of the application. All of the classes are contained in either RouterController or a container inside of a class contained in RouterController.
- ServiceMessageMapper handles the initialization, starting, and stopping of the SSBConversationMediator.
- SSBConversationMediator handles the interaction between the SSBConversation and a class derived from the ITransactedMessageMediator interface. It also controls the transaction between Service Broker and the target application.
- SSBConversation manages the interaction with Service Broker. It sends TSQL commands to Service Broker and reads messages from a SSB queue.
Figure 2 provides an overview of all the classes.
Figure 2. Overview of Key Classes in Polling SolutionThe best way to understand how the classes interact is to trace the path of a message through the program, which the following sections do.
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ServiceMessageMapperRouterController controls object construction and determines whether the application will write to SQL Server 2000 or MSMQ, but all the execution starts in ServiceMessageMapper. ServiceMessageMapper controls how frequently polling occurs. The Run function executes on a separate thread inside the RouterController class. The Run function looks like this:
SSBConversationMediator convMed = new SSBConversationMediator (_mediator, _mySignal); convMed.OpenChannels(ConfigInfo.Source(), ConfigInfo.Destination(this.MessageMapperID)); //Run until the queue is empty then pause and check again. while (_mainSignal.ContinueProcessing) { if (convMed.IsConversationToProcess()) { convMed.Process(); } Thread.Sleep(3000); }
When a message appears in a SSB queue, ServiceMessageMapper calls the Process function in SSBConversationMediator to read the message and move it to the external system.
SSBConversationMediatorAs stated previously, SSBConversationMediator coordinates copying messages from SSB to the external system. It houses the coordination inside a TransactionScope (the next section discusses how the TransactionScope works), as you can see in the following process function:
TransactionScope ReadMsgScope; while (IsConversationToProcess() && _signal.ContinueProcessing) { ReadMsgScope = new TransactionScope(); //Begin transaction using (ReadMsgScope) { _conv.ReadMessage(); if (_conv.IsTermMessage()) { //Do nothing commit tran and move on } else { _mediator.Translate(_conv.CurrentMessage); } //Commits the changes ReadMsgScope.Complete(); } }
In this example, _conv is an SSBConversation class. SSBConversation issues the RECEIVE TSQL command to read and remove a XML message from an SSB queue. As previously noted, the ITransactedMessageMediator is an interface. Implementing an interface allows a developer to tailor message writing to the technical requirements of the external system.
TransactionScope and Distributed TransactionsDistributed transactions are all-or-nothing actions performed on multiple systems. A message passing from one server to another should be handled in a distributed transaction to ensure that data is not lost or duplicate messages are not processed. In SQL Server 2000 and MSMQ, Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) coordinates the actions using DTC resource managers.
In the .NET 1.1 world, distributed transactions are implemented using a ServicedComponent class, some custom attributes, and DTC. DTC requires significant overhead to employ, and using ServicedComponent can be clumsy. The .NET 2.0 world is more streamlined and flexible. In .NET 2.0, transactionsdistributed or notcan be handled by a single object called TransactionScope. DTC is present in .NET 2.0, along with a lower-overhead technology called Lightweight Transaction Manager (LTM). Using a technique called promotion, TransactionScope negotiates between DTC and LTM, picking the most appropriate technology for the transaction.
Certain SQL Server operations (e.g., savepoints) inhibit the ability to execute distributed transactions. In my testing, SSB appeared to use savepoints, thus limiting my use of distributed transactions. So if you model your solution on the example, keep in mind that your transaction may not be completely distributed. How this can impact a solution is discussed further in the following section.
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One of the forces driving world cotton demand has Peter Egli, director of Volcot America, Inc., leaning optimistic about prices next year. But he's a little worried about a potential slowdown in one economic sector.
Speaking at the Cotton Roundtable at the New York Board of Trade in New York City, July 8, Egli said global credit liquidity "has been providing consumers all over the globe with lots of spending power.
"This enormous money creation has its origin in the United States thanks to a very accommodating interest rate policy by the Fed. For several years now, we have had negative real interest rates. Banks, businesses and consumers can borrow money more cheaply."
He noted that in 1980, the total U.S. credit market was 120 percent of the gross national product. In 2004, it's 305 percent of GNP. Last year alone, the total credit market expanded by $2.7 trillion.
"We create $4 of new debt for every $1 increase in GNP. This credit creation is also occurring abroad, thanks to our escalating trade deficit.
"One problem we have is expanding our capacity to produce resources such as crude oil, industrial metals, etc. at the same pace as the money supply. What we have now is a lot of money chasing limited resources, which has led to a rapid price increase of these resources. This has given policymakers a false sense of security that inflation is under control.
"All the cheap products being produced in Asia are starting to add to the strength of these resources because the more of these cheap products we make, the more resources are being used up.
"I therefore believe that nominal prices of commodities will continue to move higher, possibly to levels no one would think possible. Just look at crude oil. Who would have thought that crude oil prices would move from $11 to $60 in just seven years. Copper has more than doubled in just a few years.
"You see this upper price pressure even in cotton. It's trading at 20 percent higher than last year despite the fact that we have one of our largest supplies ever for a single season. One could argue that the bearish supply-demand picture has been overwhelmed by this massive weight of liquidity."
Another factor for strong demand is the growth of Asian economies. "A lot of people in the West still do not comprehend how big this new market in Asia really is. Japan emerged after World War II and had become the world's second largest economy by the 1980s. We're seeing a similar revolution in China and other Asian nations, except that we're dealing with 30 times as many people.
"There is no doubt in my mind that we will see continued growth in Asia's middle class. There are over 3 billion potential consumers who slowly but surely are getting the means to buy products that the rest of the world has been enjoying for decades.
"Over the next decade or two, we will see tremendous demand growth in Asia. In the United States, per capita consumption of cotton is six times as great as China and over seven times that of India. So there is a lot of room to grow for those countries. The demand growth will not happen in a linear fashion."
Egli also noted that oil and energy prices will remain high "because the capacity to pump more oil on a daily basis is limited and consumption is growing rapidly in the Asian economies. This affects cotton prices in two ways. One is higher prices for man-made fibers. A rule of thumb is that for every dollar crude oil goes up, the price of polyester goes up by 1 cent per pound."
On the downside, higher oil prices translate into higher input costs for cotton.
Exports and imports
Egli said U.S. cotton exports "will finish the season strong thanks to huge Step 2 payments. We expect shipments will reach 13.5 million bales by the end of this month. This will put U.S. beginning stocks at around 7 million bales. A crop of 19.8 million bales in 2005 will create a total supply next year of 26.8 million bales.
"If we put domestic mill use at 6 million bales, then we have 20.8 million bales left to export. I believe we'll export 14.5 million bales."
USDA currently has China importing 16 million bales, 8.5 million bales more than this season and as much as China has imported during the previous two seasons combined.
Egli, who just returned from a cotton conference in Shanghai, is a little less optimistic than USDA on Chinese imports.
"It was clear to me that nobody, neither the Chinese authority nor USDA, knew the exact supply and demand numbers for China. It's a huge guessing game. I believe that China will have higher ending stocks than what is currently estimated because China's crop is slightly bigger than reported, possibly by a million bales.
The timing of Chinese imports is very important, according to Egli. "While China will have to buy some additional quantities of cotton before harvest, possibly up to 2.5 million bales, sales will slow considerably in the fourth quarter when China's own crop is coming on the market. The statistical shortfall will become most noticeable in the second and third quarters of next year."
Egli noted that Turkey is expected buy 3.3 million bales in the world market, "but it starts with 1.8 million bales in stocks, which is half a million bales more than they had last year. This should hold them until their own crop arrives."
Unless the production forecast changes drastically, Egli expect a buyers' market over the next six months, "which will put a cap on prices."
He sees a short-term trading range for cotton of 50 to 60 cents. Longer term, "I would not be surprised to see prices rise gradually to over 70 cents a year from now.
"Please remember, I base my price forecast entirely on supply and demand statistics. I believe the nominal price of just about anything tangible will see upward pressure."
Dangers that lie ahead include the U.S. housing market. "If it falls out, it could lead to a contraction in consumer demand, which could translate into reduced use of cotton all over the globe. Trade tensions could also escalate between the United States and China."
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Not only is this camp for adults, but everyone who makes this their summer vacation will do so without their cell phones and every other personal electronic devise. Welcome to Digital Detox.
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A winner was selected from 38 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
We are a german Company selling BDSM and Fetish Toys
label for a aerosol can containing silicon oil for latex-shining.
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the can should look like a drum (#3) !
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So, off I went with a bag full of tshirts and I knew straight away what I was going to do with them. You can probably tell from the shirts that Aaron had two big passions - sport and music. All of the shirts had big prints of them so I kept the quilt really simple and cut out big squares from each one, making sure that I kept the focus on the tshirts and not on the design of the quilt.
The tshirt blocks ended up being 16" square - finished quilt 80" square. I used a lovely brown linen for the sashing. Before sewing everything together, I ironed on a light-weight interfacing to the back of each square. It made a massive difference in the way the knit fabric behaved and made it much easier to work with.
Lisa had seen a few sneek pics of the quilt along the way and I wanted to do something a little extra to surprise her. When I'd finished piecing the top, I showed Jaron and he made the comment that the tshirt squares looked like old record album covers (which seemed very fitting as Aaron had a big collection of old records!) it made me think about musicians and signatures and I thought it would be really cool if I could get a copy of Aaron's signature and embroider it onto the front of the quilt somewhere. Detective Simone paid a visit to the office of the school where Aaron worked and got hold of a letter he had written and signed. I enlarged it on the photocopier then drew it onto the quilt and embroidered it with chain stitch. The whole time I was nervous that it was a "dodgy" signature but luckily Lisa recognised it as soon as she saw it - phew!!
Sarah Fraser from Patchwork Plus did an awesome job with the quilting. We decided to go with a straight-line square design for the quilting as it complimented the squares in the quilt. Sarah's work is impeccable and she got the whole thing finished in 2 days!!! This is the first time I have ever had a quilt professionally quilted and was thrilled with the results. If you're looking for a good professional quilter - get in contact with her!
I worked on binding the quilt and embroidering the signature last week and yesterday was able to give it to Lisa...
When I picked up the tshirts from Lisa, we got each of her boys to choose their favourite shirt to be made into something special also.
Jalen choose to have his made into a cushion - I love how it turned out...perfect for an almost teenager:
I like the way that the original shape of the shirts has been retained so that hopefully they can more easily picture their Dad wearing them.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - A criminal attorney for Casey Anthony has accepted a subpoena requiring her to appear at her defamation trial.
Cheney Mason, who represented Anthony when she was on trial for the death of her daughter, Caylee, accepted a subpoena, requiring her to appear at the civil trial against Zenaida Gonzalez.
Gonzalez shares a similar name as a fictitious baby sitter -- Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez -- whom Anthony initially said kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. At Anthony's murder trial last summer, Anthony's defense claimed Caylee drowned in the family's swimming pool and, therefore, had not been abducted. Caylee's remains were found in December 2008.
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I should point out that someone unrelated to Spamusement (as far as I'm aware...) Facebooked me this link saying it was exactly what I would do. Now is the time for that person to say 'wait, that was ntw3001 all along? From the internet? Why, I never knew'
No wait, that person was from Mississippi and no spamusers are from there. I can't, off the top of my head, think of many spamusers of whose real identity I'm entirely unaware. I know sort of something about pretty much all of you people. At least, I know what country you come from. Probably.


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Joyce Wycoff needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
We need an engaging logo that telegraphs fun, travel and "treasure hunt" as simply and cleanly as possible. Primarily for use online but needs to stand up in print … both color and B&W.
Golden 30 Quest
We need a look that appeals to young, modern thinking folks of all ages who want to have fun, learn more about the world and possibly win something by being clever and persistent. Our primary audience is educated and adventurous with a reasonable level of discretionary income.
This is a start up project and will need a website and other graphics work. We hope to connect with someone with the right style for us.
A clean, fun look that marries the idea of travel, adventure and a hunt for treasure.
Bold color, including (probably) gold. Must look great online.
Simple lines
Emphasize Golden30 as the main idea with "quest" below it
While not required, golden coins might be used as part of the logo
A treasure chest.
Anything "cutesy"
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Busy or confusing layout
Anything that looks out-of-date or trite
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Sunfire Theater Grand IV AV Preamplifier/Processor
Friday, 01 October 2004
ImageTechnology for home theater preamp/processors and receivers is fairly mature now that the addition of new surround sound formats has settled down somewhat. The risk of buying a preamp/processor that doesn't have the latest decoding scheme has definitely diminished. At a certain price point, most components have all of the necessary capabilities to handle the different surround sound and high-resolution formats. The surround sound speaker format discussion, i.e., how many channels do we really need, has seemingly run its course. There was a time when DTS-ES and Dolby Digital EX clouded the consumer's view as to which processing option was best, as well as raising the question of how best to enjoy it. These two options have been around long enough that most savvy consumers understand what they represent. Then another question was which high resolution format was going to be the clear winner: SACD or DVD-Audio? Well, the equipment manufacturers settled that by providing the ability to do both. So, other than some proprietary DSP and other little bells and whistles, it seems that it is a lot easier today to make a preamp/processor choice that is not fraught with the danger of the equipment becoming outdated. Sunfire provides a choice that falls into the "almost future-proof†category with the Theater Grand IV, an audiophile-grade preamp/processor/tuner, that incorporates the latest technology and processing software and still remains true to the sound.
The Sunfire TGIV (Theater Grand IV) packaging has changed very little from the prior model, the TGIII. It is 17 inches wide, five-and-three-quarters inches high, 16.5 inches deep and weighs 24 pounds. The TGIV retains the charcoal gray anodized faceplate, chassis, and top cover. The faceplate has a horizontal linear grained texture that continues to the top cover for a uniform look. This styling has been with the Sunfire products for a while and still looks relevant today. The radius corners give the TGIV a refined and unique presence that speaks of pride in brand recognition. The front panel controls are identical, sporting the same bright orange buttons. The exception is an elliptical shape to the display recess that frames the familiar blue characters, as opposed to a rectangular one on the TGIII. Looking at the back panel you'll find it also remains similar. To connect to various high-definition sources, there are three 100MHz+ HDTV compatible high-bandwidth component video inputs, and two component video outputs. Six audio/video inputs, with composite video, S-video and audio, and three composite video, S-video and audio outputs gives you plenty of connectivity, and a new feature allows the ability for video format conversion that automatically up-converts composite to S-video and S-Video to component video to keep you from having to change inputs on your TV. Eight channels of analog inputs are provided for connecting a DVD-Audio or SACD player. There are six coaxial (S/PDIF) and four optical digital connections with a single coaxial and optical output, providing the ability to send a direct digital signal, whether it is 5.1 or analog, to a CD burner or a PC if you choose. Need more than one subwoofer? The TGIV gives you the ability to run four. Do you like Firewire? The TGIV has an IEEE-1394 port.
Although the TGIV has their proprietary "side axis†channels, which are matrixed from the front left and right channels that work in two-channel as well as surround. I'm not sure how many people will actually use this feature, especially when only a small percentage of users actually take advantage of 7.1. The cost of more speakers, amps and cabling often makes the monetary decision an easy one. Sunfire keeps things simple and cost-effective in comparison to other high-end AV preamps.
Thoughtfully, the Sunfire TGIV has separate high-current trigger and infrared outputs for both zones. Sunfire also includes, much to my delight, balanced outputs for the main 7.1 channels of the processor. This robust interconnect exceeds the performance of RCA interconnects with their inherent noise cancellation.
Gizmos and Gadgets
The confusing formats for decoding movie and music seems to have settled down, so it is a little more clear-cut as to what to get when you're shopping for a preamp/processor. Both DTS and Dolby Digital appear to be happy with their architecture, whether it is Dolby Digital EX or DTS ES, for up to eight channels of discrete information. The changes the buyer needs to be aware of mainly center on playback of older, two-channel material. The TGIV incorporates both DTS Neo 6 and the newer Dolby Digital Pro Logic IIx. Both provide matrix 5.1 and 6.1 playback of two-channel source material, such as VHS tapes, cassettes, CDs and, in the case of the Theater Grand IV, vinyl. These decoding options give the user probably more than he or she will ever use to create satisfying multi-channel playback from older libraries of movies and music.
Yes, I did mention vinyl. The TGIV has a moving magnet phono stage, which is a peculiar feature on today's preamp/processors. Who plays vinyl? Well, I can now, with the TGIV. I've ignored my 300+ album collection, which has been sitting in the closet over the years, due to the fact that I didn't want to spend the cash it would require to get analog to sound better than my digital rig, because if it didn't sound better than CD, what was the point? Well, the point is I have a lot of records that may never be released on DVD-Audio, SACD, or even CD, and I like them. And also I've relaxed my outlook a bit when it comes to vinyl playback, especially when a phono stage comes along that is already a part of another component. At that point, you have to ask yourself, "Why not?†So I did.
The TGIV sports a 40-preset station AM/FM tuner section, with Sunfire's Dynamic Tuner Noise Reduction to help bring in those weak FM stations. The dual zone capability allows a separate set of speakers and an amplifier to utilize the components hooked up to the TGIV, independent of what is playing on the TGIV. This is a good way to leverage your equipment, provided it is easy to get a pair of RCA interconnects to the second zone.
The TGIV has digital bass management with crossover frequencies of 40 to 160Hz at 10Hz increments, which was adequate for my situation. My biggest gripe is with the bass management and the fact that there is no bass management when in direct analog mode. However, Enhanced Bass mode will output a signal to your subwoofer when listening to two-channel source material, as long as your main speakers are set to large. That would force you to make adjustments at the subwoofer, which is not very desirable, but it is doable. Most other products at this level suffer from the same malady.
At the heart of the TGIV are a 24-bit A-to-D converter and 24-bit/192kHz multi-bit D-to-A converters take full advantage of all of the high-resolution formats you're liable to run across. This is a very flexible set-up.
A nice feature is the auto signal input switching mode that turns the unit on when presented with a signal source, automatically selecting the source and surround mode. I like the idea of the system being smart enough to switch to the correct source. The problem with the TGIV is, if you are using a universal player like my Denon DV2900, the TGIV does not sense the frequency of the digital stream to know what format is being played. I had to manually change the TGIV to the right input for DVD-Audio and SACD, as well as CD, to get the right processing.
The remote is a strong point on the Sunfire TGIV. The look, feel and layout of the remote control compliments the other aspects of the TGIV. The control, made by Universal Remote, is basically a re-branded TheaterMaster. One of the biggest snafus many manufacturers repeatedly fail to recognize is the backlighting on the remote. If you are running a front projection set-up like I am, turning the light on to view the remote kills the movie-going experience. How else are you expected to know where all of the functions for their powerful preamp/processors are if there are no backlighting options? Brail? The Sunfire remote is one of the better ones in this respect. A cool blue backlight allows the user to easily see all of the remote functions with the push of a button that is conveniently by itself on the right side of the body of the remote. The light remains on approximately 10 seconds, then shuts off. Sunfire also did a nice job with the manual, explaining every function very clearly. Using the pre-programmed codes, I was able to get my Denon player working in less than a minute. The three macro buttons allow customization of your system. It can learn commands from other remotes and can also control up to 10 different components.
The rest of the system set-up is very straightforward – possibly the easiest of any AV preamp on the market today. The hardest part about setting up the Sunfire Theater Grand IV is sorting out all of the connections on the back panel, but any AV preamp has that issue. I had absolutely zero problems integrating the TGIV into my system. Once all of the components were plugged in, I turned on the power and checked each of them to make sure that they were communicating properly with TGIV. Then I pressed the Menu button on the remote, which brought up the onscreen display to access the functions of the system set-up. I ran the TGIV in balanced mode with Cardas Golden Cross two-meter balanced interconnects and the eight analog inputs. For DVD-Audio/SACD, I used Cardas Golden Cross two-meter RCA interconnects. I followed the quick start guide to see how well this worked.
Starting off from the main menu allows you to access speaker settings and the modes you want to set up for Dolby Digital and DTS playback, like the output level adjustment to level match all of your components or the speaker configuration you want to use for that component and the DSP for that component if so desired. In the settings menu, you can set up all of your speaker's parameters, such as size, distance adjustments within one inch and level match in .5 dB increments, which is an improvement over the 1 dB increments that the TGIII gave you. As mentioned earlier, 40Hz to 160Hz crossover adjustments are made with 10Hz graduation. This I did first, setting up the correct distances, crossover frequencies and speaker size. Then I level matched all of my speakers, using a Radio Shack analog SPL meter.
There is a fine level adjustment you can do outside of the set-up menu called Trim adjustments. It lets you fine-tune the speaker and subwoofer output levels on the fly for fine-tuning your system after the initial level matching is done for a total of +10dB to –20dB of adjustment. After that was done, I then went back and adjusted the level for each component that was hooked up to the TGIV. If you want, there is a tone setting, allowing for bass and treble adjustment. However, I'm not a big fan of this.
Music and Movies
I started with a CD to baseline the TGIV. Peter Gabriel's So (Geffen Records) was chosen because I also have the re-mastered to SACD version and I wanted to compare the CD version in standard stereo mode, direct mode and Neo 6 mode, then do the same with the SACD version, and note the differences.
In stereo mode, "Mercy Street†didn't sound bad, yet it didn't sound great, either. It was a bit flat and uninvolving. The bass line and organ lacked the resonance and timbre I've heard on my reference Audio Research LS2B MKII stereo preamp. In direct mode, it was a lot different, for the better. The dynamics and transients came out of hiding, while most of the warmth, resonance and timbre returned. Gabriel's voice was more accurately located in the soundstage, whereas in stereo mode, his voice was less fleshed out. The cymbals also benefited with more sparkle and shimmer.
I was mildly surprised when I played the CD in Dolby Digital Pro Logic IIx and DTS Neo 6. I'm not always a fan of these formats, but they did a reasonable job converting the two-channel information to multi-channel surround. The sound quality was about the same as the stereo mode. I could see using this to wow the natives at a party or function, but for serious listening, I personally would not use it.
The SACD version was a whole new ball game. The TGIV delivered "Mercy Street†in a new perspective and basically destroyed the CD version. The textures and tones become more three-dimensional. The sibilance and breathy quality of Gabriel's vocals are mesmerizing. I would compare it to changing from standard NTSC television broadcasts to HDTV. The TGIV was able to handle all of the information required to pull this delivery off in an effortless way, so that you want to hear more. I guess that is the point, eh?
Todd Rundgren's Liars (Silverline Records) DVD-Audio was next on my hit list. I really like "Sweet.†The tune starts off with bongos and a seesaw bass line that sounds as if he is playing in a large space. The space allowed the instruments to sound set back behind the front speakers, defining the depth and ambience of the recording. An underlying organ fill that I had heard on other set-ups became its own well-defined entity, along with other elements of the song that wove in and out with clearly defined paths. The air around the vocals and instruments were more apparent with the TGIV than I've heard with other preamp/processors, such as the soon to be discontinued Classe SSP30 MKII. The Classe sounded a bit more electronic, but faired better in high frequency definition. The TGIV sounded warmer, with better midrange presentation, layering and a more relaxed presentation.
I wanted to get a feel for female vocals so I turned to Sheryl Crow's The Globe Sessions (DTS Entertainment). This recording was done in DTS ES and sounds great. "Riverwide†with Crow's acoustic guitar and adds vocals as the song progresses. I could hear the body of the guitar resonate as she slid her fingers up and down the strings. I hadn't heard this quite to this level prior to the TGIV being in my system. The decay of the notes did not sound edgy or clipped, the way I've heard on a good receiver I have been using, the B&K AVR 307. The B&K tended to truncate the natural decline of a note prematurely, whereas the TGIV sustained this effect in a way that makes it sound live. Crow's voice was laser focused in between the front main speakers and was warm and detailed, capturing the nuance of her vocal style and providing a compelling reason to sit down and listen.
Nightcrawler's antics in the beginning of "X2: X-Men United†(20th Century Fox) seemed like a good place to test the TGIV's ability to hand off information from speaker to speaker. If you remember, Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming) is a teleporting mutant who wants to give the president a message to leave the mutants alone, and do this in a most unique way. The noise he made when he disappeared and re-appeared in another place traveled all around me, giving the impression that he was flitting around the room. But the source started off in one speaker and traveled to the next in a way that allowed you to easily trace the movement. I've previously heard this effect sound as if he was at one speaker, then the next, without the audible transition on other gear. The TGIV allowed me to hear the transition as well. When the shooting started in the Oval Office, the TGIV gave a rousing dynamic rendition of bullets hitting objects, shells hitting the floor and Nightcrawler transporting hither and yon. The TGIV did a good job of keeping all of this information from merging into just a lot of noise. Pretty impressive. The cathedral scene where Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and Storm (Halle Berry) were trying to trap Nightcrawler had some interesting effects where he was transporting like crazy trying to scare them off. The reverberation in the big cathedral was taking the transport effect and adding a holographic resonance to it. The TGIV played the subtle aspects of this nicely.
I wanted to stretch the legs of the TGIV, so I chose "Saving Private Ryan†(DreamWorks Home Entertainment). This DVD has been my reference for many aspects of sound reproduction, from subtle and discreet to dynamic and in-your-face sound reproduction. This movie is not for the faint-of-heart, as is depicted in the Omaha Beach landing. From the first bullets striking the amphibious boats and the solders in them, you couldn't help wanting to duck and run. Whether it was ricochets or mortar explosions, it didn't seem to matter much what you threw at the TGIV. Its ability to sort out the cacophony of sound and keep it coherent was never more apparent than when Tom Hanks' character is making his way from the beach to the rally point further inland. Bullets plinking off of the steel structures he was hiding behind made me blink. The leading edge transients cut through you as the bullet whined away, to be followed by explosions and screaming. The music soundtrack also sounded rich and detailed, underscoring and adding detailed effect to the action.
The Downside
As I mentioned earlier in the review, there are a few things that didn't appear to add to the benefit of owning the Theater Grand IV. One was the inclusion of one IEEE-1394 Firewire port. This has dubious use for anything other than maybe updating the software in the TGIV, which already has the ability to do that via a CD. I would have preferred HDMI and DVI video-switching, but in Sunfire's defense, HDMI was likely not the format du jour when they were working up the TGIV. Nevertheless, having digital video-switching would make an easy to use AV preamp even easier to use. Now you've got to hope your HDTV has enough inputs for your HD-DVR, D-VHS and other HD sources. If not, you'll need a switcher or you can run your HD sources through the TGIV via component video without noticeable video degradation.
The lack of bass management when you're in direct analog mode for DVD-Audio and SACD is still an issue, but the TGIV isn't the only product that lacks this ability.
The OSD is mandatory if you want to make configuration changes to the TGIV. The display on the front panel will give you an idea of where you are at in the menu structure, but some words are abbreviated and I soon became lost without the ability to see the OSD. And it would be nice if you could call up the OSD while watching a movie and have it overlay the image. A small LCD screen in your rack can help alleviate this problem at a few hundred dollars' cost.
The TGIV component-sensing feature didn't work for me as well as I thought it would. It would sense my Denon universal player, but could not tell the difference between CD, DVD-Audio or SACD, which I had to manually select. Also, it would not sense my turntable, which leads me to believe that the TGIV will only respond to a digital signal.
The level of performance that the TGIV gives its owner is staggering. The sonic characteristics alone are worth the price of admission. The TGIV's transparent music presentation and neutrality will win over even a jaded audiophile, and to get this performance with movie soundtracks puts the TGIV up at the top of its peer group. The fact that it decodes all of the current formats and is easy to set up speaks leagues about the engineering involved to make a product interact with the user in this way. The remote gives you a nice interface for interacting with your TGIV, with a nice look and feel that gives the owner a feeling that the money was well spent. Despite the few issues I mentioned earlier, like the lack of bass management for DVD-Audio and SACD, the OSD requirement, component sensing and the side axis channels, the TGIV performed very well and was a snap to integrate into my system.
The real endorsement for the Sunfire TGIV comes from dealers who sell not just Sunfire but other more high-end brands of AV preamps. While the Sunfire can cut it with the big boys in terms of audio chops, it is Sunfire's reliability that makes it the installer's choice. The TGIV is a rock solid, great-sounding AV preamp that can hang with the best of the best for a fraction of the cost. Mark another one up for Bob Carver – this preamp rocks.
The current MSRP for the Sunfire Theater Grand IV is $4000.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — If the 10-year Treasury yield rises to 5%, gold will fall to $471 an ounce.
And if that yield rises to just 4%, from its current 2.8%, gold will still plunge — to $831.
Those sobering forecasts come from an econometric formula based on the last decade's relationship between gold and interest rates. Assuming this past is prologue, the only way for gold to make it back to its all-time high above $1,900 an ounce is for the 10-Year Treasury yield to fall to 1%.
To be sure, a comprehensive model of gold's price needs to include more than just interest rates. But, according to Claude Erb, who conducted these statistical analyses, we should not be too quick to reject his simple "behavioral" model relating gold's price to the 10-Year Treasury yield. Erb is a former commodities portfolio manager for Trust Company of the West and the co-author (with Campbell Harvey, a Duke University finance professor) of a recent National Bureau of Economic Research entitled "The Golden Dilemma."
Erb says we should not blithely dismiss his simple gold-interest rate model because it has had impressive explanatory power in recent years. Consider a statistic known as the r-squared, which reflects the degree to which fluctuations in one thing predicts or explains changes in another. The r-squared ranges between 0 and 1, with 1 indicating the highest degree of predictive power and 0 meaning that there is no detectable relationship.
In the case of the gold-interest rate correlation over the last decade, Erb told me in an interview, the r-squared is a very high 0.78. (Click here for a summary of his findings.)
Most correlations on Wall Street don't come anywhere close to being that high. Indeed, many of the drugs that get FDA approval have lower r-squareds between their use and positive medical outcomes.
Imagine using Erb's model one year ago to forecast where gold would be trading when the 10-year yield rises to 3%. At the beginning of 2013, of course, that yield stood at 1.76%, and gold bullion stood at nearly $1,700. He told me that the model at that time would have predicted bullion's price would be $1,196.70 when the 10-year yield hit the 3% point.
That point was reached on Dec. 26 of last year, and the London Gold Fixing price on that day stood at $1,196.50.
That counts as hitting the bulls eye.
Impressive as his simple model has been, however, Erb stresses that he is not recommending that gold traders focus only on interest rates when determining whether they should be in or out of the gold market. Nevertheless, he reminded us, the gold bulls shouldn't now be claiming that bullion responds to lots of factors besides interest rates. That's because it was the gold bulls who were quick — so long as interest rates were declining — to claim that the impressive gold-interest rate correlation justified a higher gold price.
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What factor or factors does Erb suggest that gold traders focus on? The one that he and his co-author Campbell Harvey suggested in their NBER study is the ratio of gold's price to the level of the consumer price index. Since that ratio historically has averaged 3.4-to-1, a rule of thumb could be that gold is overvalued when the ratio is above that level and undervalued when below.
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United States presidential election of 1948, American presidential election held on Nov. 2, 1948, in which Democratic Pres. Harry S. Truman defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey.
Historical background
The roots of the 1948 election date to 1940, when Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to run for an unprecedented third term as president. He was challenged unsuccessfully by his vice president, John Nance Garner, and eventually chose as his running mate Henry A. Wallace, Roosevelt's secretary of agriculture. In 1944, when Roosevelt decided to seek a fourth term, party conservatives, especially Southerners, opposed Wallace's renomination. Truman, a respected U.S. senator from Missouri who was admired by the public at large, was nominated to take Wallace's place. On April 12, 1945, just 82 days into his fourth term, Roosevelt died. During that period, Truman had met with the president only twice, and Roosevelt, apparently unaware of how ill he was, made little effort to inform Truman about the administration's programs and plans, such as the program that would soon produce the atomic bomb.
Truman successfully concluded the war against Germany, brought the United States into the United Nations, and engineered the surrender of Japan through the deployment of the atomic weapon. As his term progressed, however, his popularity diminished, as did that of the Democratic Party, and by the time the 1948 election was on the horizon, he was about the only politician in the United States who thought he had a chance to win election. The Republicans had triumphed in the congressional elections of 1946, running against Truman as the symbol of the New Deal. That electoral victory seemed to indicate that the American people had tired of the Democrats and had grown weary of reform. Some Democrats, believing Truman had no chance, tried to tempt Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to seek the Democratic nomination, but he demurred. They also tried to persuade Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas to run, but he also declined. Still, Truman was confident in his position. In February, at the Jefferson-Jackson day dinner in Washington, D.C., which many Southerners boycotted because of his civil rights program, he declared, "I will tell you who is going to be the next president of the United States. You are looking at him right now!"
The conventions
The Republican National Convention met in Philadelphia, June 21–25, 1948. It was a relatively tranquil affair, particularly in comparison with what would take place in Philadelphia the next month at the Democratic convention. The Republican convention, the first ever to be televised, nominated New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (also the party's nominee in 1944) as its presidential candidate and California Gov. Earl Warren as Dewey's vice presidential running mate. The Republicans adopted a platform that called for the ending of segregation in the military, an equal rights amendment for women to the U.S. Constitution, support for the recognition of Israel (which had declared independence earlier in the year), abolition of the poll tax, and strong enforcement of anticommunist regulations.
The Democratic National Convention convened in Philadelphia, July 12–14, 1948. The convention was marked by intense conflict, particularly over civil rights. Though a stronger civil rights plank was rejected, the Democratic platform did call for the desegregation of the military, enraging Southerners particularly. (Truman would issue Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military on July 26.) The Mississippi delegation, along with more than a dozen members of the Alabama contingent, left in protest. Still, Truman was nominated on the first ballot, beating Richard B. Russell, a U.S. senator from Georgia, who received the overwhelming backing of the Southern delegates who remained in the hall. The keynote speaker, Alben Barkley, a U.S. senator from Kentucky, was nominated as Truman's vice presidential running mate without opposition. Particularly notable at the convention was the address by Hubert H. Humphrey, the mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., who made a passionate plea in favour of a stronger civil rights plank and whose city had adopted the country's first municipal fair employment law, arguing:
To those who say we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172 years late. To those who say that this civil rights program is an infringement on states' rights, I say this: The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights.
Within a few days of the convention's end, a group of Southerners met in Birmingham, Ala., and formed the States' Rights Party, popularly labeled the Dixiecrats. The delegates nominated South Carolina Gov. Strom Thurmond as their candidate for president. Worsening Truman's chances for reelection was also the defection of liberal Democrats, who broke with the president over his hard-line opposition to the Soviet Union. Many of these liberals supported the candidacy of Henry A. Wallace, who ran as the Progressive Party candidate for president.
The campaign
Dewey was widely tipped by pollsters to win the election easily. Indeed, the New York Times claimed that Dewey's election was a "foregone conclusion," and Life magazine had run a caption several months before the election declaring Dewey the "next president of the United States." In early September 1948 Elmo Roper, of Roper Research Associates, reported that Truman trailed Dewey by about 13 percent in the polls.
Nevertheless, Truman refused to believe he stood no chance. He launched a cross-country whistle-stop campaign, railing against the "do-nothing, good-for-nothing Republican Congress."In more than 300 speeches in more than 250 cities and covering some 21,000 miles (34,000 km), Truman hammered away at Republican support for the antilabour Taft-Hartley Act (passed over Truman's veto) and other conservative policies as crowds responded with "Give 'em hell, Harry!" With three other candidates in the race, Dewey waged a noncommittal campaign, purposely designed to avoid offending any segment of the electorate. The excitement generated by Truman's vigorous campaigning contrasted sharply with Dewey's lacklustre speeches.
Election night
As the returns rolled in on election night, Truman took a narrow lead, but political commentators still believed that Dewey would ultimately win. Emblematic of this was the Chicago Daily Tribune's decision to distribute a paper with the famous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." The Tribune was not alone that night in its error. NBC radio commentator H.V. Kaltenborn reported, "Mr. Truman is still ahead, but these are returns from a few cities. When the returns come in from the country the result will show Dewey winning overwhelmingly." Truman would soon go to bed, convinced that he would win. In the early hours of the morning, Truman was awakened to hear that he led by two million votes but that Kaltenborn was still claiming that Truman would not win. By mid-morning Dewey had sent a telegram to Truman conceding the election. Dewey, clearly dumbfounded, said in a news conference on November 3, "I was just as surprised as you are."
When the final votes were tallied, Truman had won by a comfortable margin, capturing 49.4 percent of the vote to Dewey's 45.0 percent. In the electoral college Truman amassed 303 votes by winning 28 states, while Dewey captured 189 electoral votes by winning 16 states. Thurmond drew the votes of only 2.4 percent of the public, though he garnered more than one million votes; because his supporters were concentrated heavily in the South, he was able to win four states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina) and 39 electoral votes (one Tennessee elector cast his electoral vote for Thurmond rather than Truman, the state's winner). Wallace won only 13,000 fewer popular votes than Thurmond, but with diffuse support he came close to winning no state.
For the results of the previous election, see United States presidential election of 1944. For the results of the subsequent election, see United States presidential election of 1952.Michael Levy
Results of the 1948 election
The results of the 1948 U.S. presidential election are provided in the table.
|presidential candidate
|political party
|electoral votes
|popular votes
|Source: Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.
|Harry S. Truman
|Thomas E. Dewey
|Strom Thurmond
|States' Rights Democratic (Dixiecrat)
|Henry A. Wallace
|Norman Thomas
|Claude A. Watson
|Edward A. Teichert
|Socialist Labor
|Farrell Dobbs
|Socialist Workers
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Frinavale, on 09 July 2012 - 06:20 PM, said:
I'd make it more positive some how...but upon trying to rephrase it I realized that I'm not sure what you're trying to get at here.
High tendency to finish what I start? Meaning I don't give up on a program when I get stuck. I don't know how else to say that.
Thanks for looking at it. My objective sounds silly, I'll have to change that too.


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We've been eating a lot of take out recently. A lot. A disturbing amount even. Little B eats well. He still gets real cooking. In an attempt to get back on track, I'm going to attempt menu planning again! Maybe I will occasionally get to take some pictures and post some food too! My love of Pinterest is helping this effort as well. I'm sure I'll be making my own version of plenty of these dishes.
So here is what we have for this week:
Saturday Chicken Paprikash
Sunday Sunday Sauce Rigatoni
Monday Quinoa Salad
Tuesday Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala
Wednesday Leftovers
Thursday Celery Soup
Friday Leftovers
Saturday Tiffin with friends!
Today our grocery bill was ~$140. Chicken was on sale, so we got a lot. Most will go in the freezer. Since I'm hoping to avoid getting takeout 7 nights, I consider that breaking even. I'd much rather make the food. Most of the time.


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The John Jay Institute, a politically conservative civic leadership organization whose mission is to "to prepare principled leaders for faith-informed public service," is considering moving to Chestnut Hill.
Alan Crippen II, president of the institute, said the organization, which is currently based in Bala Cynwyd, is looking for a new permanent home.
"We love Chestnut Hill," Crippen said. "We think it's a choice location for the John Jay Institute. It's an ideal setting for the nature of our programs and the kinds of students we attract – the top tier students from around the world.
"Our programs involve leadership training, ethics, exploration of the animating ideals and values of the American founding."
He said it was just one of the reasons the institute is planning to move to Philadelphia, pointing out that Chestnut Hill is an ideal location because the community "is committed to historic preservation, walkable sustainable communities, friendly to academic enterprises and [promotes] cultural events."
"All of these commend Chestnut Hill for our institute, its mission and its students," he added.
The site of the proposed development is 9002 Crefeld St., which is currently zoned as R1 for single- family homes. The house, built in 1928, has approximately 20,000 square feet. To relocate there, the institute must obtain a special use variance.
"Ideally, we want to be in the city – we are committed to human flourishing and leadership training," Crippen said. "We want to inspire leaders in government at every level from local to state to national."
He said the institute wanted to come to Philadelphia, to educate students, not only in the government sector but in nonprofit and business as well.
He said the organization is looking forward to working with the Chestnut Hill Community Association to address any issues or concerns. In preparation for its meeting with the CHCA's Land Use Zoning and Planning Committee, the institute held a community meeting on Sept. 15 to get input from near neighbors.
While the John Jay Institute is discussing the feasibility of the site, Crippen said the organization was committed to its "continual beautification and preservation."
"The John Jay Institute hopes to be a viable part of the diversity that is Chestnut Hill," Crippen said.


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ACA tougher to launch than Medicare
President Barack Obama says he's not worried that all the Obamacare fights will kill the law — because people fought the creation of Medicare and Social Security too, and now they're more popular than ever.
Democrats have always wanted to believe Obamacare would follow the same pattern: Opponents tried to block passage of the new programs, but once they became law, the public saw the benefits and the opposition faded away.
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But this time there's a difference. Political opposition to Obamacare is still as strong as ever, more than three years after it was signed into law.
That means the administration's task in launching the health care law — the biggest new social program since the creation of Medicare in 1965 — is harder than anything its predecessors had to face.
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
Between now and Oct. 1, the Obama administration has to get ready to enroll millions of people, just as Lyndon Johnson's administration did during the rollout of Medicare. And it has to put the infrastructure in place and make sure the health care industry is ready to participate, just as Johnson's people did.
But on top of all that, Obamacare has a huge extra layer of political hurdles LBJ didn't have to worry about like battling Congress for money, persuading Republican governors and legislatures to go along, and quieting the well-funded outside groups.
Republicans insist that this is what Obama and the Democrats signed up for when they decided to push ahead without Republican votes. "It's very short-sighted to think you can do something this big on a partisan basis," said Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas). "At some point, you're going to need bipartisan support for the implementation."
Democrats insist that they tried to win GOP support — especially Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, who spent months trying to negotiate a compromise with Senate Republicans — and they wouldn't bite.
( Also on POLITICO: TOP 5 complaints about Obamacare)
They also say it's hardly the first time a major health program was created by one party. The Medicare prescription drug program, created under the George W. Bush administration, passed Congress in 2003 almost entirely with Republican votes, including a pre-dawn House vote that was held open for nearly three hours while GOP leaders twisted arms.
And Obama administration officials don't buy the comparison to either program. The real model for Obamacare, they say, is the Massachusetts health reform law — the one signed by Mitt Romney. It inspired the structure of Obama's health care law, and it's now so popular in that state that repeal isn't even a remote possibility.
But at least one veteran of the launch of Medicare — Joseph Califano, one of LBJ's top domestic aides at the time — isn't too surprised with the fallout of the decision to move ahead on Obamacare without GOP support.
Even though LBJ had huge Democratic majorities in 1965, he insisted that "we have to shoot for half the Republican votes, because if we don't, they'll drive us crazy — they'll kill us on appropriations, they'll kill us with the Republican governors," recalls Califano, now the founder and chairman emeritus of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. It was a different GOP back then, but LBJ still managed to win half of the House Republicans and nearly half of the Senate Republicans.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama: GOP trying to 'gum up' ACA)
"I don't know if Obama's problem was the incalcitrance of the Republicans or his inexperience — probably both," said Califano. But whatever the reason for the failure to get Republican buy-in, he said, "they've got a hell of a difficult couple of years ahead."
One Obama administration official acknowledged that the ongoing Republican resistance is "unprecedented, and it creates new challenges." But the political mood is very different in the states that are trying to implement it, the official said, and there will be "enormous successes" in the states that give the law a genuine effort — "and there will be many of those," citing California, Maryland, New York and Nevada.
But former administration officials acknowledge that the Obama administration never anticipated the battles would drag on this long. One said the view within the administration was that, once the Supreme Court upheld the law last year, "it would be a new environment" and the law would become more accepted.
The congressional fights are an enormous problem. Obama needs Congress to drum up money for the Department of Health and Human Services and the Internal Revenue Service for next year. He's has asked for $1.5 billion for staffing and other needs. But the Republicans are facing strong pressure within their ranks — including the high-profile voices of Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz — to cut off the funding even if it means a government shutdown this fall.
( Also on POLITICO: Liberal groups fight anti-Obamacare tour)
But that's only the beginning of the problems. House Speaker John Boehner has promised to hold more votes to chip away at the law, even after the House has already held 40 votes to roll back some or all of it. And the investigations and hearings will continue in the House, pouncing on everything that goes wrong with the law — including the latest problems with the "data hub" for checking people's eligibility for coverage, which has had so many delays it's not clear it will be ready for prime time on Oct. 1.
The data hub, which is supposed to allow real-time checks of an Obamacare customer's income and other information, is one example of a logistical problem that will get an even harsher spotlight because of the ongoing Republican resistance. A recent report by the HHS inspector general's office said that because of all the delays, the official security authorization for the hub is now expected on Sept. 30 — one day before enrollment begins.


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It's a pretty minimal way of being prepared for an emergency, although you'd probably want to store some water, canned food, and Playboys as well. That's right, you're not going to be able to access the internet when your power's out, smart guy. Always plan ahead.
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Think I'm nuts?
Always fun to speculate I always say...
If anyone did escape it was minimal at best.
I'm pretty sure the only guys left by the time Luke blew the place up was Tarkin, a couple lackeys, and that poor S.O.B. who kept saying "Stand by."
*And of course, I say "really" knowing fully well none of this really happened anyway.
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in order to their research, they are proper science and their results are just as valid as any
other scientific investigation. Remote viewing has been proven by the standards of science.
Move on and embrace it.
I agree with you on the first part of this paragraph. The problem is paranormal researchers don't use proper scientific methodology.
I hate to bring this up again, so for those of you who already know this, I apologize, but the National Academy of Science declared 20+ years ago that there was no evidence of parapsychology and no further research needed to be done. As such, remote viewing HAS NOT been proven by the standards of science. You are flat-out wrong Indigo.


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Evan Williams Single Barrel Bourbon Vintage 2001, 43.3% abv (86.6 Proof), $26-29/bottle
Color: Medium Amber
Nose: Sweet notes of deep vanilla, rich caramel, butterscotch, maple, and banana are spiced with cinnamon, all spice, and toasted oak.
Palate: A reasonably thick viscosity at this proof. A caramel and maple syrup entry are followed early with intense dry spice (cinnamon, allspice), baked red apple (cider-like), and fairly heavy oak, resin, and char.
Finish: Warm spices and dry, toasted oak dominate this long finishing whiskey.
Overall: For my tastes, the Evan Williams Single Barrel 2000 Vintage was probably the best sub $30 whiskey released last year. While extremely complex and flavorful, it was also elegant, dancing on the tongue as you sipped. Stylistically there is definitely a family resemblance, but the 2001 vintage delivers it's flavor in a very different manner. It's thicker and stickier in mouth feel, richer and bolder in flavor (both sweet and spice), and tasting more of the wood. You might say it lacks a bit of the 2000's balance and tact, but it makes up for it in other ways. Think of the 2001 as more rock and roll to the 2000's symphony orchestra. Even though it's different, it's still an outstanding whiskey in it's own right. Therein lies the reason I feel the Evan Williams Single Barrel is one of the best products from Heaven Hill. Each year is distinct and truly a "vintage" expression of grain, oak, and time. Highly recommended.
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Wabash College alums will again spend part of their weekend living humanely and making their communities a better place to live.
The seventh-annual Wabash Day will feature community service projects in cities ranging from Oakland, California, Atlanta, Georga, and Washington D. C.
Wabash Day is short for Wabash Alumni Benefiting And Serving Humanity. It is the national day of community service organized by Wabash alumni and carried out by alumni, families, friends, and students.
Wabash men will clean park trails, work in food banks, and assist charitable organizations in many different ways.
There will be 34 different work sites across the country.
"Wabash Day has become another of the College's great annual traditions," said Director of Alumni Affairs Tom Runge. "Wabash men take the College's mission statement seriously and incorporate 'living humanely' into their daily adult lives.
"It does the College proud to have these men out in their Wabash sweatshirts and tshirts displaying her honored name on one fall Saturday morning each year."
The Montgomery County Wabash Day will be held Oct. 29 to take advantage of having student on campus. This week is fall break at Wabash. More information on the three projects below and other possible projects will be shared with students prior to the 29th


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Fan's that were excited to see Hunt headline two nights, will have to wait - the festival has now been canceled.
A message posted on the festival website said, "Due to unforeseen circumstances, The Nashional Music Festival at Bi-Centennial Capitol Mall is cancelled. Although disappointed to share this news, we hope to find a future date to continue the prospect of a multi-genre, inclusive festival for the City of Nashville. Refunds are available at point of purchase."
We'll share more information behind why the festival was canceled as it's released.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Israelis on Thursday joined millions around the world in mourning the passing of celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, but likely for a different reason than most of his admirers.
Most people remember Sassoon for his "wash-and-wear" haircutting technique that revolutionized women's hair fashion, as well as for his famous line of haircare products. Fewer know that before he became a household name, Vidal Sassoon was battling Nazi anti-Semitism and defending the newly reborn Jewish state against invading Arab armies.
Sassoon was born to a Jewish family in London, but was sent to a local Jewish orphanage at age 3 when his father left. Sassoon left the orphanage at age 14 and became an apprentice hairdresser. It was around this time that Sassoon said his mother declared he was to become a career hairdresser.
But he had other business to attend to first.
With World War II winding down, Sassoon joined a Jewish veterans' group that combatted anti-Semitic fascist activity in London. A few years later, at the age of 20, Sassoon joined the Hagannah (the precursor to the Israel Defense Forces) and headed off to help defend the newborn Jewish state.
"That was the best year of my life," Sassoon later said of his time in Israel. "When you think of 2,000 years of being put down and suddenly you are a nation rising, it was a wonderful feeling. There were only 600,000 people defending the country against five armies, so everyone had something to do."
Upon his return to London, Sassoon resumed a hairstyling career that would eventually see him reach the pinnacle of the fashion world. But he never forgot what he was ultimately fighting for, nor the threats continuing to face his people.
In 1982, Sassoon returned to Israel to establish the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. The Center continues to produce in-depth studies and surveys of global anti-Semitic trends. The Vidal Sassoon Foundation also regularly supports educational and cultural projects in Israel.
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