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42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 4601, 5304, and 12705(b).
This subpart applies only to CDBG grants under 24 CFR part 570, subparts D, F, and I (Entitlement grants, HUD-Administered Small Cities, and State programs); grants under 24 CFR part 570, subpart G (Urban Development Action Grants), and Loan Guarantees under 24 CFR part 570, subpart M; and assistance to State and local governments under 24 CFR part 92 (HOME program).
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(1) Meets the criteria of 49 CFR 24.2(d)(1) through (6); and
(2) Is available at a monthly cost for rent plus estimated average monthly utility costs that does not exceed the "Total Tenant Payment" determined under § 813.107 of this title, after taking into account any rental assistance the household would receive.
(i) Used for nonhousing purposes;
(ii) Used for housing purposes, but no longer meets the definition of lower-income dwelling unit; or
(iii) Used as an emergency shelter.
(2) A housing unit that continues to be used for housing after completion of the project is not considered a "conversion" if, upon completion of the project, the unit is owned and occupied by a person who owned and occupied the unit before the project.
(1) After notice by the grantee to move from the property following initial submission to HUD of the consolidated plan required of entitlement grantees pursuant to § 570.302; of an application for assistance pursuant to §§ 570.426, 570.430, or 570.465 that is thereafter approved; or an application for loan assistance under § 570.701 that is thereafter approved;
(2) After notice by the property owner to move from the property, following the submission of a request for financial assistance by the property owner (or other person in control of the site) that is thereafter approved; or
(3) Before the dates described in this definition, if HUD or the grantee determine that the displacement was a direct result of conversion or demolition in connection with an activity subject to this subpart for which financial assistance has been requested and is thereafter approved.
(2) A unit of general local government receiving funds from the State must certify to the State that it has in effect and is following a residential antidisplacement and relocation assistance plan, and that it will minimize displacement of persons as a result of assisted activities. The State may require the unit of general local government to follow the State's plan or permit it to develop its own plan. A unit of general local government that develops its own plan must adopt the plan and make it public.
(2) The plan shall provide for relocation assistance in accordance with § 42.350.
(3) The plan shall provide one-for-one replacement units to the extent required by § 42.375.
A displaced person may choose to receive either assistance under the URA and implementing regulations at 49 CFR part 24 or assistance under section 104(d) of the HCD Act of 1974, including:
(1) The person must relocate temporarily because continued occupancy of the dwelling unit constitutes a substantial danger to the health or safety of the person or the public; or
(2) The person is displaced from a "lower-income dwelling unit," none of the comparable replacement dwelling units to which the person has been referred qualifies as a lower-income dwelling unit, and a suitable lower-income dwelling unit is scheduled to become available in accordance with § 42.375.
(1) Each person must be offered rental assistance equal to 60 times the amount necessary to reduce the monthly rent and estimated average monthly cost of utilities for a replacement dwelling (comparable replacement dwelling or decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling to which the person relocates, whichever costs less) to the "Total Tenant Payment," as determined under part 813 of this title. All or a portion of this assistance may be offered through a certificate or voucher for rental assistance (if available) provided under Section 8. If a Section 8 certificate or voucher is provided to a person, the recipient must provide referrals to comparable replacement dwelling units where the owner is willing to participate in the Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance Existing Housing Program (see part 982 of this title). When provided, cash assistance will generally be in installments, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 3537c; or
(2) If the person purchases an interest in a housing cooperative or mutual housing association and occupies a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling in the cooperative or association, the person may elect to receive a payment equal to the capitalized value of 60 times the amount that is obtained by subtracting the "Total Tenant Payment," as determined under part 813 of this title, from the monthly rent and estimated average monthly cost of utilities at a comparable replacement dwelling unit. To compute the capitalized value, the installments shall be discounted at the rate of interest paid on passbook savings deposits by a federally insured financial institution conducting business within the recipient's jurisdiction. To the extent necessary to minimize hardship to the household, the recipient shall, subject to appropriate safeguards, issue a payment in advance of the purchase of the interest in the housing cooperative or mutual housing association.
(1) The units must be located within the recipient's jurisdiction. To the extent feasible and consistent with other statutory priorities, the units shall be located within the same neighborhood as the units replaced.
(2) The units must be sufficient in number and size to house no fewer than the number of occupants who could have been housed in the units that are demolished or converted. The number of occupants who could have been housed in units shall be determined in accordance with applicable local housing occupancy codes. The recipient may not replace those units with smaller units (e.g., a 2-bedroom unit with two 1-bedroom units), unless the recipient has provided the information required under paragraph (c)(7) of this section.
(3) The units must be provided in standard condition. Replacement lower-income dwelling units may include units that have been raised to standard from substandard condition if:
(i) No person was displaced from the unit (see definition of "displaced person" in § 42.305); and
(ii) The unit was vacant for at least 3 months before execution of the agreement between the recipient and the property owner.
(4) The units must initially be made available for occupancy at any time during the period beginning 1 year before the recipient makes public the information required under paragraph (d) of this section and ending 3 years after the commencement of the demolition or rehabilitation related to the conversion.
(5) The units must be designed to remain lower-income dwelling units for at least 10 years from the date of initial occupancy. Replacement lower-income dwelling units may include, but are not limited to, public housing or existing housing receiving Section 8 project-based assistance.
(1) A description of the proposed assisted activity;
(2) The location on a map and number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than for lower-income dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted activity;
(3) A time schedule for the commencement and completion of the demolition or conversion;
(4) The location on a map and the number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement dwelling units. If such data are not available at the time of the general submission, the submission shall identify the general location on an area map and the approximate number of dwelling units by size, and information identifying the specific location and number of dwelling units by size shall be submitted and disclosed to the public as soon as it is available;
(5) The source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of replacement dwelling units;
(6) The basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain a lower-income dwelling unit for at least 10 years from the date of initial occupancy; and
(7) Information demonstrating that any proposed replacement of dwelling units with smaller dwelling units (e.g., a 2-bedroom unit with two 1-bedroom units) is consistent with the needs assessment contained in its HUD-approved consolidated plan. A unit of general local government funded by the State that is not required to submit a consolidated plan to HUD must make public information demonstrating that the proposed replacement is consistent with the housing needs of lower-income households in the jurisdiction.
(2) The recipient must submit directly to the HUD field office the request for determination that the one-for-one replacement requirement does not apply. Simultaneously with the submission of the request, the recipient must make the submission public and inform interested persons that they have 30 days from the date of submission to provide to HUD additional information supporting or opposing the request.
(3) A unit of general local government funded by the State must submit the request for determination under
A person who disagrees with the recipient's determination concerning whether the person qualifies as a "displaced person," or with the amount of relocation assistance for which the person is eligible, may file a written appeal of that determination with the recipient. A person who is dissatisfied with the recipient's determination on his or her appeal may submit a written request for review of that determination to the HUD field office (or to the State in the case of a unit of general local government funded by the State). If the full relief is not granted, the recipient shall advise the person of his or her right to seek judicial review.


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Bird calls of different pitches and pace echo around Harry Pappas' property as dusk falls; hungry and injured birds are waiting to be fed. Harry walks around the cages and points out a boobook owl, its pupils growing wide when it catches sight of us. "Hit by a car," Harry explains. Meet the man who's spent 15 years caring for injured wildlife, and observing the severe increase in roadkills during Spring.
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Harry Pappas has been working as a wildlife carer for 15 years in West Gippsland, he specialises in caring for birds.
"This time of the year is the beginning of the breeding season for most of our indigenous animals and as a result you get youngsters that are not streetwise and they'll get run over by the nearest motorcar zipping along," he says.
As Spring heats up, wildlife begin to roam around and onto roads.
The most common types of birds Harry sees being hit by cars and brought into his wildlife shelter are lyrebirds, kookaburras, galahs and black cockatoos.
Harry says animals maimed and killed by cars at this time of the year aren't limited to birdlife, there are also a lot of marsupials.
"They take so long to get themselves up and out of the way and then it's too late they're whacked," he says.
Numbers of wildlife carers who look after these injured animals are decreasing in Gippsland, Harry says.
"It's a little bit like a farm, you've got no way you can dump it, you can't go on holidays, you can't knick off... you have to be fairly dedicated to the job, plus the fact that it's self funded," he says.
However all these obstacles won't stop Harry looking after injured birds.
"There's nobody else going to step in so you hang on," he says.
Kevin Pitt deals with the other side of animals being hit on the road during Spring.
It's his job to clean up the animals that are killed on road sides in the Baw Baw Shire, he's been doing it for 40 years.
"You'll see a lot of birds, a lot of wombats, the odd kangaroo, wallaby... we just get a phone call that leads us to the location and then we deal with it," he says.
Kevin says it's his job to see that animals are dealt with humanely; he will usually take an animal off a road and leave it in bush nearby for nature to take its course.
"Then the roads clear again, safe for us all to use," he says.


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Author Notes: I often find amazing mushrooms, both wild and cultivated, at our local farmers market. I've made this soup with cremini, shitake, button, hen of the woods, oyster, chanterelle, and many other local wild types. This soup is velvety and satisfying. —MrsWheelbarrow
Food52 Review: With this recipe, MrsWheelbarrow takes a classic home cook recipe and elevates it to elegant dinner party fare. First, she has you make a reinforced stock by simmering the mushroom stems in chicken broth. Then, in a move that evokes the fastidiousness of culinary school, she instructs you to "beautifully and precisely chop" 1 1/2 pounds of mushroom caps into a 1/2-inch dice. Halfway through, you will likely be cursing both her and us, but trust us: It's worth it. And that's really the bulk of the work. The chopped mushrooms slowly cook down with shallots, thyme and rosemary, and then you deglaze them with a generous swig of Cognac, combine the mushrooms with the reinforced stock and finish with a swirl of cream and a heap of freshly chopped chives. The resulting soup is a lovely balance of delicately creamy and intensely mushroomy, with layered undertones of herbs and Cognac. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 6
pound mixed mushrooms, cleaned, stems separated from caps
pound cremini mushrooms, cleaned, stems separated from caps
cup minced shallot
tablespoons olive oil
sprigs thyme
sprig rosemary
Salt and pepper, to taste
cup Cognac
cups rich homemade chicken stock
cup whipping cream
cup chopped chives
- Roughly chop the mushroom stems and simmer them, covered, in the chicken broth for about an hour.
- In the meantime, heat the oil in a large skillet, and sauté the shallots until transparent. Add the herbs and salt and pepper liberally.
- Beautifully and precisely chop the mushroom caps into a 1/2-inch dice. Add them to the shallots as they are chopped. Keep the heat very low and cook gently until the mushroom liquid is released and reabsorbed. Shake the pan so they don't stick. Remove the thyme and rosemary.
- Turn up the heat and add the Cognac. Flame it if you're feeling really chef-y. Cook the mushroom cap/shallot mixture down (after Cognac) until well-reduced and starting to turn a little golden on the edges.
- Strain the mushroom stems from the chicken broth.
- Add the beautiful mushroom cap and shallot mixture to the strained broth and heat gently.
- Swirl in the cream and chives and serve. Or serve in small sipping cups topped with chives and lightly whipped cream, if you want to get fancy.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG men's basketball coach Wes Miller announced the addition of transfer forward Ben Dickinson (Alexandria, Va./Loyola Marymount) to the roster.
"We are excited to have Ben join our program," Miller said. "He will bring added depth and experience to our already strong frontcourt. He comes from a winning high school program and has already proven he can play at the Division I level."
Dickinson, a 6-9/230 forward, spent the 2013-14 season at Loyola Marymount playing in 19 games, including 10 starts. He averaged 8.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game for the Lions, while shooting 53.4 percent (71-of-133) form the field and 65.5 percent (19-of-29) from the free throw line. He scored in double figures nine times during the year, including a season-high 22 points against South Dakota State. He sat out the 2012-13 season at LMU due to NCAA transfer rules.
Prior to Loyola Marymount, Dickinson was a standout his freshman season at Binghamton where he earned America East All-Rookie accolades before transferring during a coaching change. He averaged 13.5 points and 6.1 rebounds for the Bearcats as he posted three double-doubles on the year while leading the team in scoring 15 times. His 405 points scored set the Binghamton freshman scoring record, while his 184 rebounds was second all-time for rookies.
Dickinson led the America East in rebounding among all freshman and ranked eighth overall on the glass while also checking in second in rookie scoring and 11th overall. He scored a season-high 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds in his first career America East Tournament game and followed that up with a 20-point effort in the America East quarterfinals.
Dickinson was a standout at Gonzaga High School in Alexandria, Va., where he helped his team to a 25-7 record as a senior, while averaging 4.8 points and 5.0 rebounds on a loaded team. He is the son of Kathleen and Tim Dickinson, who both played collegiate volleyball.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG men's basketball coach Wes Miller announced the addition of transfer forward Ben Dickinson (Alexandria, Va./Loyola Marymount) to the roster.


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"The mountain's greatest asset is its sense of community. It's a wonderful place to live."
- Mayor Greg Brown
Location: Eastern tip of Lookout Mountain, just west of downtown Chattanooga
Population: 1,894
Geographic area: Lookout Mountain is a nearly 100-mile-long extenuation of the Cumberland Plateau, south of the Tennessee River.
Date founded: 1890
Landmarks: Ruby Falls, one of the the nation's deepest caves and largest underground waterfalls accessible to the public, as well as the Incline, the world's steepest passenger railway.
Government: Greg Brown heads a town commission form of government. There are four other commissioners.
Unique characteristics: The median income for a household in the town is $100,782. The per capita income for the town is $60,938, the third highest in the state.
Schools: Lookout Mountain Elementary School is the only public Hamilton County school in the town.
Most famous residents: Adolph S. Ochs, whose first newspaper was the Chattanooga Times, went on to buy the then-failing New York Times, which he carried to great influence and prosperity. Jack Lupton, who succeeded his father, Cartter Lupton, as the owner of the world's largest Coca-Cola bottling company. Jack Lupton left a large legacy in Chattanooga as co-founder of the Tennessee Aquarium.
Best-kept secret: Natural Bridge Park, part of the town's earliest history, has rock formations and trails. The area was once was the site of a hotel and a nationally recognized spiritualist campground.
Fun fact: According to the late Chattanooga and Tennessee historian Zella Armstrong, the Creek Indian name for Lookout Mountain was Chat-a-nu-ga, meaning rock coming to a point or end of the mountain.


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Melissa G. Meiselman 3/31/2010 7:53:15 AMFantastic close up taken with sharp detail and vibrant color, Richard!! #1253912
Patricia Seidler 3/31/2010 8:11:29 AMGreat closeup Richard. The detail in the bee is fantastic. Just a little too close for me! #8500236
Tammy M. Anderson 3/31/2010 10:20:33 AMWonderful details, colors and capture, Richard. Excellent work. #8500526
Rona L. Schwarz 3/31/2010 10:32:34 AMTerrific macro capture, Richard! The bee is super sharp and very detailed - I love the selective focus, too! Great job! #8500565
Karen Bacon 3/31/2010 10:39:31 AMAn incredible macro shot Richard! Awesome! #8500589
Richard B. Hallick 3/31/2010 1:01:15 PMThank you all for your comments on the honey bee macro photo. I feel lucky to have gotten the plane of focus in the right spot without my tripod. #8500777
Freddy Bland 3/31/2010 1:52:51 PMFantastic macro shot, Richard!! Super fine details!! #8500846
Anita Hogue 3/31/2010 5:55:53 PMAbsolutely fabulous details and perspective, Richard! #8501223
R. J. Laudenbacher 3/31/2010 6:02:15 PMOutstanding Macro shot Richard, with amazing sharp detail. Great job! #8501247
Amanda J. Tanner 4/1/2010 9:56:06 PMA wonderful macro! The Clarity and details are magnificent. Great Work Richard! #8504088
Dick W. Wyatt 4/2/2010 1:26:07 AMGreat macro. The details are outstanding. #8504216
Jean-Pierre Ducondi 4/2/2010 4:34:05 AMFantastic details. Well done Richard.
Richard B. Hallick 4/3/2010 7:08:46 PMThanks to everyone for the compliments on this photo. There was a bit of luck involved, too. #8508491
Marilyn K. Lincecum 4/6/2010 10:17:38 PMWOW...fantastic macro. Beautiful comp, lighting,colors and detail. #8516011
Mick Burkey 4/9/2010 9:52:48 AMAmazing macro work, Richard! And great colors. #8522370
Kathy Salerni 4/18/2010 8:52:57 AMWow! What an outstanding macro image, Richard! The detail on the homey bee is amazing!60mm? Way too close for me !!! #8543132
Carol Eade 4/18/2010 5:57:29 PMCongratulations on your deserving finalist, Richard, best wishes in the next round! #8544159
Melissa G. Meiselman 4/18/2010 6:44:59 PMCongratulations on your outstanding finalist!!! Amazing shot!!! #8544680
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Rona L. Schwarz 4/18/2010 7:55:55 PMCONGRATULATIONS on your wonderful finalist, Richard! I knew we'd see this again! Good luck in the next round. #8545360
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Sherran Andersen 4/18/2010 8:02:20 PMCongrats Richard... wonderful macro of this bee. #8545422
Karen Celella 4/19/2010 8:40:04 AMCongratulations on your wonderful finalist Richard! #8549121
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Numerous honey bees were feeding on this plant. Hand-held at f10, 1/800 sec, Nikkor 60 mm Micro Lens, Tucson Botanical Garden, Tucson, Arizona
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Ramos close to Dortmund move, says agent
Hertha Berlin striker Adrian Ramos is on the verge of agreeing a deal to join Borussia Dortmund, according to his agent.
The Colombia international has previously spoken of being open to a move to Signal Iduna Park following a season where he has scored 15 goals from 27 appearances in all competitions.
Having helped Hertha to promotion from the German second tier last season, Ramos has been repeatedly linked with Dortmund - who will lose star striker Robert Lewandowski to Bayern Munich at the end of the campaign.
And the 28-year-old's representative, Helmuth Wennin, claims there is a strong chance that his client will be linking up for Dortmund next season.
"There is a great possibility that Adrian goes to Dortmund," he told Colombian news agency Colprensa.
"I prefer it when the official announcement comes from the clubs."
Ramos scored in a 2-1 victory against Dortmund back in December.


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At a time when opiate addiction rates were beginning their skyrocket ascent in one of the hardest-hit counties, in a state that would see the greatest rate of painkiller use in the country, Ann Gilmore was trying to protect her son. But it was too late.
"I have a son who's an addict," Gilmore, 55, of Machias, said. That statement comes with the guilt of being a parent unable to perform magic. It comes with shame. It comes with anger, sadness and worry.
Her son is now 30, and the family has been struggling with his addiction for about 10 years. Gilmore calls it "hell on Earth," especially because of the feeling of hopelessness associated with trying to protect someone she loves. "I can't do anything," she said.
But she could do something to ease her own pain and perhaps help others. So last April, she started an informal group for families of people struggling with addiction. They meet every Wednesday in her doctor's waiting room to simply share their battles.
"I just knew as a parent the struggles I went through, and I just wanted to give these people an opportunity to say what they've been through. It just sort of all fell into place," she said. "People don't understand how horrible this is for the families."
Gilmore and two other women meet regularly. They know there are many families in Washington County affected by substance abuse and invite them to stop by Dr. Cynthia Sammis' office at 53 Fremont St. in Machias from 6 to 7 p.m. They may call ahead at 255-3530.
Opiate addiction affects more than the person using drugs. Families bear much of the pain. Between 2006 and 2009, the number of outpatient hospital visits related to opiate abuse nearly doubled, increasing to 35,950 from 19,739, according to the Maine Office of Substance Abuse. Adult prescription drug misuse is greatest among those ages 18 to 25.
Gilmore said she and her husband first learned of their son's addiction problems when she received a call from their bank. Their account had been overdrawn. He had been using their checks and forging their signatures, she said.
They covered the loss but asked him to leave their house. In the coming years, Gilmore said she tried to provide for her son — such as getting him a vehicle, so he could get to work — but he always asked for more. He sometimes told her he would be attacked for not paying what he owed. She didn't want to fuel his addiction, but she didn't want to see him hurt, either.
"This is how they get you: 'They're going to beat me up,'" she said.
Eventually, he and others did time in prison for breaking into a camp and stealing drugs. When he got out, he violated probation and ended up spending more time behind bars, she said.
"Sometimes I could just roll up in a ball and die or go to sleep," Gilmore said. At the time, she thought, "I don't have anybody to talk to who feels the same way I do."
After running the idea of starting a group by her doctor, though, she decided to give it a try. She put an ad in the Machias Valley News Observer, and every week she and her husband waited in the doctor's lobby in case someone showed up. After about three weeks, a woman came and poured out her story to Gilmore. Later, other women called to say they would come.
"There was a lot of crying when we first got together," she said. "We hadn't had anyone to talk to … The addicts have all these things available to them, but the family members have nothing to just get the stress out."
They've been meeting for about 10 months now and have finally come up with a name: Circle of Hope. It represents the family circle, Gilmore said. It also represents the idea that as long as there's life, there's hope.
Gilmore knows how addiction turned her boy who was "a loving, giving child" and "wouldn't hurt anyone for anything" into "someone who you really and truly don't recognize." She dreads having him walk into her home to ask for food or money because he's spent his all on drugs.
But she does hope he will recover one day. Her eyes well up at the thought: "How wonderful it would be if he could step through our door and say, 'Mom or Dad, how are you doing today?'"


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Integrated buy-side treasury management solutions provider Hazeltree has published a new whitepaper that explores the trends and benefits of active treasury management and the increased interest among buy-side firms in implementing a formal treasury function.
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The white paper analyzes the historical trends and the changing regulations leading to the increased focus on active treasury management. Leveraging knowledge gained from years of experience serving buy-side firms, Hazeltree cites several factors affecting the buy-side, particularly hedge fund managers, that are driving the trend toward a much more strategic and active treasury function, like counterparty diversification and exposure, increased cost of financing, and generally increased regulatory demands.
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Currently: Cash Looking to: Short @ $65.80As of 4/14/19 at 10:56pm EST: $63.65LAST WEEK: We suggested selling longs at $63.96 and shorting up at $65.80 with stops on a close above $66.50 and with a target of $51.UPDATE: Crude oil futures are pulling back modestly after breaking through the lower edge of projected resistance at $63.96 last week. Crude should still have some more upside in store after a modest pause. We would, however, be out of longs now that the lower edge of resistance has been reached. We are now in wait mode until the upper edge of that resistance is tested. At that level – which is still $65.80 – we would be shorting. We will honor stops on shorts on a close above $66.50 and will still use $51 as the downside target.
Currently: Cash Looking to: Short @ $65.80
As of 4/14/19 at 10:56pm EST: $63.65
LAST WEEK: We suggested selling longs at $63.96 and shorting up at $65.80 with stops on a close above $66.50 and with a target of $51.
UPDATE: Crude oil futures are pulling back modestly after breaking through the lower edge of projected resistance at $63.96 last week. Crude should still have some more upside in store after a modest pause. We would, however, be out of longs now that the lower edge of resistance has been reached. We are now in wait mode until the upper edge of that resistance is tested. At that level – which is still $65.80 – we would be shorting. We will honor stops on shorts on a close above $66.50 and will still use $51 as the downside target.


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Building Starts on School Expansion, Residential Hall
Jindal School Seeks Support as it Increases Footprint by Approximately 50%
July 8, 2013
The Naveen Jindal School of Management will increase physical capacity when the 108,000-square-foot space is added to the existing 204,000-square-foot building in 2014.
Work starts this month to make the Naveen Jindal School of Management's new addition a reality, providing 50 percent more space for the University's largest school.
The start of construction for the addition as well as a new residence hall was celebrated during two groundbreaking ceremonies held on May 1. The University community, including administrators, faculty, students, members of the Office of Administration and its Facilities Management group, officials from the city of Richardson and community well-wishers gathered for the groundbreaking events. University of Texas System representatives, including Regents Printice Gary and Brenda Pejovich, and staff from the Office of Facilities and Construction Planning, also participated.
Dr. Hasan Pirkul, dean of the Jindal School, spoke at the event to launch construction of the school addition.
"The new building will allow our students the space they need to grow and be successful, and empowers our faculty to enrich their innovative teaching and advance their research to new levels of success," said Dr. Hasan Pirkul, dean of the Jindal School and Caruth Chair of Management.
With an emphasis on room for student services, the four-story facility will feature high-tech trading and sales labs, three executive education classrooms and meeting space for student organizations. A courtyard will incorporate green space for outdoor gatherings while a sweeping, two-story walkway will connect the current building to the new addition. The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2014.
"Behind every name on a building, classroom or faculty office is the story of an individual who desired to make a difference in the lives of UT Dallas students."
As crews begin staging the grounds for construction, the Jindal School's development team is working to build support for the addition. Naming opportunities are available for many of its features, from classrooms to the greatly expanded Career Management Center to faculty offices.
Gifts of any amount made in support of the new space are welcome. Larger naming opportunities create endowments that will generate income for the Jindal School in perpetuity.
"Behind every name on a building, classroom or faculty office is the story of an individual who desired to make a difference in the lives of UT Dallas students," said Erica Yaeger, assistant dean of development and alumni relations for the Jindal School. "Oftentimes, this story starts with a gift in honor of, or in memory of, a loved one.
"Naming a space in the management expansion, such as the courtyard, trading lab or even the building itself, is an especially effective way of providing a lasting declaration of support for the Jindal School and a vision of future success."
Visit the addition website to view some of the available naming opportunities. To discuss naming opportunities or other gifts to the Jindal School of Management, contact Erica Yaeger at 972-883-5855.
Media Contact: Karah Womack, UT Dallas, (972) 883-5890, [email protected]
or the Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected]


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When a group bought the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this year for $2.15 billion, it certainly raised a lot of eyebrows. Well, according to Bloomberg.com, the Dodgers had a secret deal in place with Major League Baseball to limit how much of their television revenue they would have to share with the other 29 teams, thus increasing the franchise's value to prospective owners.
According to the deal, the amount of television revenue that would be subjected to MLB's revenue sharing each year would be capped at $84 million. That's a lot. But then consider that the Dodger's next TV deal could be worth over $250 million per season. That means the Dodgers could potentially skim nearly $200 million off the top every year before having to share a dime with their fellow teams.
According to Bloomberg, the deal was put into place to help get the Dodgers out of bankruptcy in 2011. And while MLB claims they briefed other owners, it is unclear how much of this deal they were aware of and if anybody yet knows the extent of the protection from revenue sharing.
When Mark Cuban bowed out of the bidding for the Dodgers, he said the other suitors were more interested in purchasing the TV deal than in buying a baseball club. And this secret deal now makes it clear why the Dodgers sold for a price 75 percent above what Forbes.com had estimated the team to be worth.
And as Michael Kramer, the former president of the Texas Rangers told Bloomberg, a lot of other teams are going to be asking, "where's mine?"


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1. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1jaikiran pai Apr 26, 2012 7:05 AM (in response to Klaus Benary)
Looking at the code I can see a possible improvement. But is this really a leak? Do those instances stay behind after the application is undeployed? I understand 5 million interceptors shouldn't be around (and there's a way to improve that), but I want to understand the extent of this issue.
P.S: Can you also check this against latest nightly build https://community.jboss.org/thread/167590
2. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1Klaus Benary Apr 26, 2012 7:30 AM (in response to jaikiran pai)
Yes, it is a leak. If I read another 12000 beans I have 10 millions of them and so on. Eventually the AS goes OOM if I jut keep it going long enough. And they stay in memeory even after undeploying the applcation. So, IMO it looks serious.
I will try to check this against the latesr build asap and post the results here.
3. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1Klaus Benary Apr 26, 2012 12:36 PM (in response to Klaus Benary)
Now I managed to run the test on the latest 7.1.2 build. Unfortunately the situation has not changed. I used jmap with a preceeding full GC for counting the Interceptor arrays:
190762 (after startup and deployment)
5507902 (after reading 12000 beans)
10790063 (after reading the same 12000 beans again)
At exactly the same magnitude there are java.util.Arrays$ArrayList instances growing. Some interceptors follow behind. Here are the top scorers:
num #instances #bytes class name
1: 10790299 258967176 java.util.Arrays$ArrayList
2: 10790063 244139632 [Lorg.jboss.invocation.Interceptor;
3: 7059524 112952384 org.jboss.invocation.WeavedInterceptor
4: 3517332 84415968 org.jboss.as.ee.component.ManagedReferenceMethodInterceptorFactory$ManagedReferenceMethodInterceptor
5: 3517332 84415968 org.jboss.as.ee.component.interceptors.UserInterceptorFactory$1
6: 227890 64023408 [Ljava.lang.Object;
7: 3730539 59688624 org.jboss.invocation.ChainedInterceptor
4. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1Michael Nielson Apr 27, 2012 11:10 AM (in response to Klaus Benary)
This looks strikingly similar to this (not mine, just helped me out): http://lists.jboss.org/pipermail/jboss-jira/2012-February/208418.html
In my application jsp tags were holding references to my objects long after they were no longer being used.
The fix is to add this to your system properties.
<property name="org.apache.jasper.Constants.USE_INSTANCE_MANAGER_FOR_TAGS" value="false"/>
This is just a guess since you don't mention anything jsp tag related. The jmap results just look very similar to my own symptoms.
5. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1Klaus Benary Apr 27, 2012 11:39 AM (in response to Michael Nielson)
I am afraid this is not the point.
Firstly because this is no Servlet/JSP container issue, but en EJB container one. Second, the issue you mentioned was solved with AS7.1.0 Final.
Thanks anyway
6. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1jaikiran pai Apr 30, 2012 10:03 AM (in response to Klaus Benary)
Klaus, I haven't been able to get to this yet. But please file a JIRA https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7 so that we don't forget about this one.
7. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1Klaus Benary Apr 30, 2012 10:35 AM (in response to jaikiran pai)
Done. https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-4675
Besides: There is another issue coming from EJB2.1 CMP/CMR which is completely blocking us: https://community.jboss.org/message/731706#731706
There is no qualified answer to this so far. Should I file an issue for that too?
8. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1fredfrancisco Aug 21, 2013 5:33 AM (in response to Klaus Benary)
This is marked as resolved, and the fix is in my version 7.2.0.Final, but I am hitting this big time.
I am calling a session bean (tx required) that fetches a lot of data, 45000 rows, using read-ahead. In less than a minute my old generation is exhausted and begins a cycle of Full GCs. I tried running on EAP 6.1.0, the result was the same.
I did a heapdump, debugged Jboss7 code and jprofiled There is an enormous amount of interceptors being created, for every getter I call on my bean 500 are created, that hold the memory for the duration of the transaction so no space can be freed. Why are so many interceptors being created? Can anyone give me any pointers?
Am am running Jboss-7.2.0.Final after migrating from Jboss-4.0.4.GA and the performance regression is significant but still acceptable. This problem, however, kills my server. My plan is to move away from ejb2 but that cannot be done at the moment.
In Jboss 4, from what I understand, transation synchronizations and certain interceptors where bypassed if we called a get* method. Is this possible in Jboss7?
OS: Fedora 18 (x86_64)
Jboss: 7.2.0.Final
9. Re: Serious memory leak in AS7.1.1fredfrancisco Aug 21, 2013 6:11 AM (in response to jaikiran pai)
Hello jaikiran pai.
Could you elaborate on the improvements you mentioned?


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Film director probed for ruse at Taiwan naval base
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A celebrated Taiwanese director could face criminal charges over a ruse that let an award-winning Chinese cinematographer use false papers to visit a Taiwanese naval base to scout sights for a new feature film.
Niu Chen-zer has apologized for his "negligence" in not paying attention to the law barring mainland Chinese from entering sensitive military establishments.
In August, Niu is set to begin shooting "Military Paradise," which tells the story of a group of Taiwanese soldiers stationed in the offshore island of Quemoy during the protracted 1958 Chinese bombing campaign against that isolated target.
"I might have gone overboard in order to make a better film," Niu said on his Facebook page.
On Thursday, the Defense Ministry said Niu risked endangering military security by violating the law against "unauthorized entry into military establishments," and affirmed it will hand over the case to prosecutors to consider bringing charges.
The ministry said it expected prosecutors to charge cinematographer Cao Yu as well. Violating the law carries a maximum five years in jail.
A Defense Ministry statement said it regretted the director had misused the military's good intentions to support the movie industry.
Atom Cinema, which is to produce "Military Paradise," refused to comment on the fate of the feature film if Niu is charged. China's Huayi Brothers is a main financier of the $8.3 million movie.
Cao visited the Tsoying Naval Base with a local film crew on June 1, carrying the identity card of a Taiwanese man, according to the Apple Daily newspaper.
Niu did not provide details on how Cao gained access to the base. The ministry said it had rejected a request for Cao to visit in May but he did so subsequently using false papers.
Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949. While relations have improved dramatically under the China-friendly government of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, China still threatens the use of force against the democratic island, and the Taiwanese military remains committed to maintaining strong defenses against a possible Chinese attack.
Cao twice won photography awards from Taiwan's Golden Horse movie festival, where Chinese success has underscored the close cinematic ties between Taiwan and the mainland.
It's unclear if he was to be the main cinematographer for "Military Paradise," which stars Taiwanese actor Ethan Juan.
"Military Paradise" was to be filmed on the base, and the military had agreed to assist the filmmakers, but spokesman Yan Chen-kuo told Taiwanese media the navy would back off its promise to provide sailors to assist in the filming.


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Career: Played in 65 games, starting 63 of those … Finished his career with eight goals and 17 assists for 33 points … Had two game-winning goals … A three-time All-ACC selection … A two-time All-South Region choice … Named the team's Most Valuable Offensive Player twice and the Most Valuable Player once … A three-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree and four-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection.
2014: Started all 16 games in which he played … Duke's leader from center midfield … Voted as the ACC Midfielder of the Year … All-ACC first team … Selected to the All-South Region first team … Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI first team … Earned College Soccer News All-America third team honors … Led Duke and the ACC with a career-high 10 assists … Ranked second on the team with 12 points overall … Registered a goal and the game-winning assist in Duke's 2-1 win over No. 1 North Carolina (9/19) … Earned ACC Player of the Week, Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week and College Soccer News Team of the Week recognition after his performance against the Tar Heels … Registered a pair of assists in Duke's 3-2 comeback victory over NC State in the ACC Championship first round … Posted three assists in Duke's 8-2 win over Stetson to earn MVP honors at the John Rennie Nike Invitational … Equally as successful in the classroom … A CoSIDA Academic All-America first team choice ... Named to NSCAA Scholar All-America Team … All-ACC Academic Team selection … Signed a homegrown contract with New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer.
2013: Started all 19 games at center midfield … Team Captain ... All-ACC second team pick and NSCAA All-South Region second team honoree … Voted the team's Offensive MVP … Was the engine to Duke's offense with a career-high six goals and three assists for 15 points … Tied for first among field players in minutes played ...Registered a career-high two goals in 3-0 win over Elon (10/22) … Scored the game-tying goal in 1-1 draw with N.C. State (10/11) … Tallied a free kick goal at Maryland (9/6) … Delivered assists in tie with Virginia Tech (9/13) and win over Wright State (9/24) ... All-ACC Academic Team ... ACC Academic Honor Roll ... CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... Received a Top 6 for Service Award for his service to both the Duke and Durham communities.
2012: Started all 18 games in the midfield … All-ACC second team … registered three assists for the year … had helpers against Santa Clara (8/31), Presbyterian (10/23) and SIU Edwardsville (11/2) … ranked third among field players in minutes played (1,645) … went the distance in all but three contests … voted team's Offensive Player of the Year … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2011: Played in 12 games and started 10 at center midfield ... missed the first part of the season due to injury ... earned his first career start at No. 3 Maryland ... registered his first collegiate goal against the Terrapins ... provided the lone assist in Duke's 1-0 win over Georgia State in the NCAA Tournament first round ... went the distance in eight of his 12 games...ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep: Is a member of the New York Red Bulls Academy team ... Named a NSCAA Youth All-American in 2009 and 2010 ... Selected to the Parade All-America Team in 2010 ... Rated as the No. 3 recruit nationally by TopDrawerSoccer.com and the top recruit out of New Jersey ... Spent three semesters in the U.S. Soccer U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Fla. ... Has international experience with various U.S. National Teams ... Played for the U-15, U-17 and U-18 U.S. squads ... A member of the Olympic Development Region I Team that traveled to compete in Italy ... Played one year of high school soccer at Holmden High School ... Earned the team's Most Valuable Player award and was named all-conference as a freshman ... Currently has started all 14 games for the Red Bulls ... Team has a 9-1-4 overall record in 2010-11 ... Was a member of the National Honor Society while training at Bradenton Prep.
Personal: Born Sean Akira Davis on Feb. 8, 1993 in Long Branch, N.J. ... son of Keith and Lynn Davis ... has one brother, Tim, and two sisters, Hannah and Becky.


text: On Dec 9, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Eric Shook wrote: > Not to diverge this conversation, but has anyone had any experience > using this pxe boot / nfs model with a rhel variant? I have been > wanting to do a nfs root or ramdisk model for some-time but our > software stack requires a rhel base so Scyld and Perceus most > likely will not work (although I am still looking into both of them > to make sure) I haven't made any announcements on this list about Perceus yet, so just to clarify: Perceus (http://www.perceus.org) works very well with RHEL and we will soon have some VNFS capsules for the commercial distributions including high performance hardware and library stack and application stack pre-integrated into the capsule (which we will offer, support and certify for various solutions via Infiscale (http:// www.infiscale.com). note: Perceus capsules contain the kernel, drivers, provisioning scripts and utilities to support provisioning the VNFS into a single file that is importable into Perceus with a single command. The released capsules support stateless provisioning, but there is already work in creating capsules that can do statefull, NFS (almost) root, and hybrid systems. We have a user already running Perceus with RHEL capsules in HPC and another prototyping it for a web cluster solution. Also, Warewulf has been known to scale well over 2000 nodes. Perceus limits have yet to be reached, but it can natively handle load balancing and fail over multiple Perceus masters. Theoretically the limits should be well beyond Warewulf's capabilities. Version 1.0 of Perceus has been released (GPL) and now we are in bug fixing and tuning mode. We are in need of testers and documentation so if anyone is interested please let me know. -- Greg Kurtzer gmk at runlevelzero.net


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The COM Object Browser is used view COM objects for the classes implemented by Lisp. To start the tool, choose Tools > Com Object Browser from the LispWorks podium.
The Active COM Objects list shows all the Lisp objects that are known to the COM runtime system. Selecting objects from this list will list the COM interface pointers that have been queried for these objects. Double clicking on either list will inspect the data. Use the Works > Object menu or the context menu to perform other operations on the selected COM Objects.
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Lee Brice Earns First No. 1 Single With 'A Woman Like You'
Well, it's about time — Lee Brice has finally topped the country singles chart as a recording artist with his latest single, 'A Woman Like You.' Though, being No. 1 is nothing new for Brice, who has already topped the charts as a songwriter on two occasions, both with Eli Young Band's 'Crazy Girl' late last year and Garth Brooks' 'More Than a Memory' back in 2007. Brice came close to having a No. 1 as an artist in 2010 when his mega hit 'Love Like Crazy' peaked at No. 3 on the charts.
Brice heard about 'A Woman Like You' going No. 1 shortly after midnight on Sunday (April 8), and immediately took to his Twitter page to share the news with his faithful followers. "Cheers y'all," he wrote. "My first number one single … Can't believe it, hope y'all are having one with me tonight."
'A Woman Like You,' penned by Phil Barton, Jon Stone and Johnny Bulford, is the lead single from Brice's highly-anticipated sophomore album 'Hard 2 Love,' which will hit stores on April 24. The song marks each of the writers' first chart-topping hit as well. Congrats to everyone involved!


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Police: Father-and-son deli workers on NY's Long Island stole customer's $1M lottery ticket
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Police on New York's Long Island say a deli owner and his son are under arrest for scamming a customer out of a $1 million lottery ticket.
Nassau County police say a 34-year-old man bought the ticket Thursday, scratched it off and saw that he was a winner.
Authorities say he then handed it to 26-year-old Karim Jaghab to collect his winnings.
Police say the ticket was worth $1 million, but Jaghab gave the man $1,000 in cash and kept the ticket.
The customer went back Friday. Police say Jaghab and his 57-year-old father Nabil Jaghab tried to give him $10,000.
The Jaghabs were arraigned Saturday on grand larceny charges. According to Newsday, their attorney said it was a simple mistake on a payout on a lottery machine.


text: Mumbai - India's tennis authorities have agreed to accept most of the demands made by its regular Davis Cup players who had threatened to boycott next month's home tie against South Korea. Eight top players, excluding Leander Paes, submitted a list of requirements to the All India Tennis Association (AITA) with a veiled threat to snub the regional first round tie in New Delhi from February 1-3 if no action was taken. On Sunday, AITA agreed to their demands for a new coach, a higher share of prize money and the players' involvement in the choice of venues for ties. In a letter addressed to the players, which was also made available to the media, AITA said it has asked the government to appoint a qualified doctor and a fulltime physiotherapist for the players. The governing body, however, rejected a request to change the captain and decided to retain SP Misra to lead the team.


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Alert 2007-11
Subject: Counterfeit Official Checks
Date: March 1, 2007
Description: AMCORE Bank, N.A.
Counterfeit Official Checks of AMCORE Bank, N.A., Rockford, IL
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that at least two variations of counterfeit official checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 022000868 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with various lottery and Internet purchase overpayment scams.
The first variation of counterfeit items may be identified by the following traits: the checks are blue and white in color with a blue border. The following statement is located in the top border of the item: "THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS A BLUE GRADUATING TINT (BLUE-WHITE-BLUE) BACKGROUND ON WHITE PAPER." An abbreviated routing number of 19-86/220 is printed in the top-center portion of the check, the words "Official Check" are located in the upper-right portion of the instrument, and the following statement may be printed in the lower-left section of the check: "Issued by Integrated Payment System Inc, Englewood, Colorado Citibank (New York State) Buffalo, NY." The bottom border of the item contains the following security statement: "THE BACK OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A REFLECTIVE SECURITY MARK – HOLD AT AN ANGLE TO VIEW."
The second version of counterfeits received to date may be identified by the following traits: the checks are blue in color with a marbled background and contain a dark blue border. The following statement is located in the top border of the item: "THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS A COLORED BACKGROUND ON WHITE PAPER AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENT SECURITY SCREEN ON BACK WITH PADLOCK SECURITY ICON." The bottom border contains a Web site address of: "[www.LaserPrinterChecks.com]," and the right border contains a Padlock icon along with a security statement of: "Security Features are Included. Details on back." These items contain an abbreviated routing number of 16-86/220 in the top-center portion of the check directly beneath the words "OFFICIAL CHECK."
Items presented to date have been made payable in various amounts and may contain remitter names of Suzanne Freeman or John Sprader.
One example of lottery correspondence accompanying the checks may contain the letterhead of "Citadel Financial Trust Services, P.O. Box N-4093, Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas, Sponsor: Lotto, Reader's Digest, Publisher's Clearing House, Sweepstakes." The letter alerts the recipient that he or she is the winner of an unclaimed prize and should contact the office immediately. The recipient is advised to keep all information confidential and is encouraged to act by a specific date or the winnings will be forfeited. Recipients are to contact claims agents Mr. Henry Diop at 1-613-255-3295 (Canadian telephone number) for further instruction. The correspondence may be signed by Andrea Klein, Director Claims & Credit Control.
Due to the constant variation of appearance, it is suggested that AMCORE Bank officials be contacted to verify authenticity of the bank's official items.
For additional information and guidance and to verify the authenticity of AMCORE Bank, N.A.'s official checks, please contact Wendell Craft, Security Manager, AMCORE Bank, N.A., 501 Seventh Street, PO Box 1537, Rockford, IL 61110-0037, by telephone at (815) 961-4990, by fax at (866) 237-4287, or via e-mail at [email@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies:
Consumers who receive a counterfeit item associated with scams originating via the Internet should also file complaints with:
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Fraud Complaint Center:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud resource at: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.
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text: Manu Abraham wrote: > John Goacher wrote: >> Tony Grant wrote: >> >>> Le vendredi 14 décembre 2007 à 13:49 +0000, John Goacher a écrit : >>> >>>> Your success with Das Erste prompted me to >>>> temporarily re-align my dish (Sky minidish) to point to 19.2E to see if >>>> I could duplicate your results. The good news is that I get a >>>> perfect recording from Das Erste. I recorded about 15 minutes of data, >>>> then >>>> ran it through TSReader Lite to check for errors. There were absolutely >>>> no >>>> errors of any kind indicated ! I double checked this by viewing the >>>> recording in DVBViewer Pro under XP. >>>> >>>> This is interesting because the signal strength from Das Erste (as >>>> displayed >>>> by DVBViewer Pro under Windows XP) is much lower than I'm getting from >>>> Astra >>>> 28.2E (I'm based in the London area). Das Erste displays a signal >>>> strength >>>> reading >>>> of 41%, whereas the BBC channels at 28.2E (on which I'me seeing high >>>> error >>>> rates) >>>> show signal strengths of around 65%. I think this probably rules out >>>> signal >>>> quality as >>>> the issue, and suggests the problem is somehow related to the channel >>>> parameters. >>> I have issues with 28.2E compared to 19.2E and always have had. 19.2 >>> just works whereas 28.2 is much more finicky. Last week a big storm >>> cloud over the Pyreneans blocked all signal for about 10 minutes - BBC2 >>> just stopped and it is one of the better signals. During thunder storms >>> on 19.2 you have some artifacts but I have never lost the carrier. >>> >> >> Hi Tony, >> >> I take your point, but the fact that I can receive the 28.2E channels >> perfectly with the PCTV under Windows XP, but not under linux (with the >> same >> hardware and feed), strongly suggests the problem is not signal quality. >> Similarly, the fact that I can receive Das Erste perfectly under linux, >> despite the signal from 19.2E being much weaker at my location, also >> suggests this. >> > > When i looked at the pctv452 driver it was based on a older stb0899 driver > snapshot. > It still is based on the same ? There were many issues fixed in newer > changesets, so > i don't know whether the issue that you see is really a stb0899 driver > issue which has > been fixed already or maybe that the pctv device requires some specific > settings ? I > don't know.. I don't have much info on this device. > > Regards, > Manu > Hi Manu, I was using an older snapshot, but I've now rebuilt and re-installed the driver following the instructions in the wiki entry at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_Sat_HDTV_Pro_USB_%28452e%29 I'm using what I believe to be the latest snapshot of STB0899 which is revision 5882 at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~manu/stb0899/rev/5b19ac1cddb5 Unfortunately, I still get the packet loss problem with this snapshot. regards, John


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England soccer legend Gary Lineker once quipped: "Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win." But lately, the Germans haven't been winning when it counts. In fact, their national team hasn't won a World or European Cup since 1996. That's a streak of zero for eight.
For many a proud soccer nation, that streak wouldn't be a problem. Portugal is zero for forever; Holland, zero for twelve; England, zero for 23.
But in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, West Germany/Germany never went more than four tournaments without triumph. During this stretch they won it all in 1972, 1974, 1980, 1990, and 1996. And they were runners-up in 1976, 1982, 1986, and 1992. Since 1996, the Germans have been runners-up only twice, 2002 and 2008. And, as I said, they haven't won a tournament.
What happened?
Let's start with what we know didn't happen. Germany's talent pool didn't dry up. There's talk these days about "genius clusters" – periods in which genius (or in this case talent) flourishes in a particular nation or region. I understand that the great Bill James has written on the subject.
In soccer, this phenomenon is referred to as a "Golden Generation." Austria had one just before World War II. Hungary had one in the 1950s and Poland in the mid-1970s. Uruguay won two of the first four World Cups. It then proceeded to stink out World Cups for decades before a Golden Generation emerged to shine at the 2010 World Cup and at Copa America the following year.
But Austria, Hungary, and Uruguay all have populations of less than 10 million, and Poland, at around 40 million, has less than half the population of Germany. Lack of talent is not the problem with German soccer. The squad that just crashed out of Euro 2012 in the semi-finals was loaded with top quality players. It was at least as talented as the German teams that grinded their way to victory at Euro 1980 and 1996.
To be sure, those teams didn't have to overcome Spain, perhaps the best national soccer team ever, and the team that bounced Germany out in 2008 and 2010. But Spain didn't bounce Germany this time; that deed fell to a good but hardly great Italian side.
Moreover, the Greek team that won Euro 2004 was probably the weakest team ever to win this competition, and the Italian team that won the World Cup in 2006, on German soil, was one of the lesser sides to have claimed that crown. Germany has had golden opportunities to win tournaments; they just haven't delivered.
A second theory that can be dismissed is the racialist one that sometimes gets bandied around. This theory is based on the fact that German teams are no longer exclusively Germanic. The 2012 squad featured three starters with racial/ethnic minority status – Mesut Ozil (Turkish origin), Sami Khedira (half Tunisian), and Jerome Boateng (born in Ghana, but raised in Germany by an émigré father). At Euro 2012, none of the three sang the German anthem during that pre-match ritual. A fourth starter, Lucas Podolski, was born in Poland but moved to Germany at age two. His father is Polish; his mother German. Podolski sang the German anthem, along with the other seven usual starters.
There is no reason to think that the German national soccer team suffers from being less "Germanic" than in the old days. The great French teams of 1998 and 2000 were poster children for what racially and ethnically mixed teams can accomplish. And I have heard no reports of the kind of racial tension within the German team that reportedly helped derail certain Dutch national teams during the 1990s.
The fact is that Ozil and Khedira were probably Germany's two best players at Euro 2012. Germany would have been worse off without them.
German re-unification shouldn't be a suspect either. If anything, it increased the German talent pool.
But perhaps the German ethos has changed for some reason. I sometimes hear that during the past 15 years or so, Germans have become less intense and driven. But this is anecdotal evidence of the least reliable kind. One would have to live in Germany to make this sort of assessment.
Nonetheless, two sports-related anecdotes stick in my mind.
In June 1993, on a sweltering day in Washington, DC, Germany took on Brazil in an exhibition match. This sort of match normally is considered meaningless; the two teams were here mainly to see what it's like to play soccer in the summertime in the U.S., where the World Cup was to be staged the following year.
However, Germany was the defending world champion and Brazil was generally considered the team to beat in 1994 (they would eventually win the tournament). So the match was not completely meaningless.
In the first half, Brazil, playing "samba football" to the hilt, thoroughly dominated. By half time, they had a 3-0 lead.
The second halves of "friendly" matches are usually halting, passionless affairs, as multiple substitutions mar the play. With the temperature near 100 degrees, I expected the two teams to clear their benches, kick the ball around for 45 minutes, and hustle back to the dressing room for beer.
The Germans had other ideas. Unwilling to accept defeat even in this exhibition match, they launched perhaps the most spirited fight-back I can recall in 55 years as a sports fan. 45 minutes later, Germany had achieved a 3-3 draw. At the final whistle, four or five German players collapsed where they were standing.
Now flash forward to the 2006 and the World Cup staged on German soil. The Germans, under Jurgen Klinsmann (now the U.S. coach) produced attractive football and eventually finished in third place. According to reports, this was sufficient for Germans to view their team's performance as a success.
To me, it seemed astonishing that Germans would consider anything less than first place to be a success in a tournament they hosted. Something changed in Germany between 1993 and 2006.
This is not to suggest that Germany is finished winning championships. Its Euro 2012 team was the youngest squad in the tournament. I expect that, before this decade is over, Germany will win a World or European Cup. But Gary Lineker's definition of soccer may well be permanently obsolete.