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Scandal hurts Lance Armstrong's image, but it won't destroy it
It's not so much that the Lance Armstrong story was too good to be true. Now it might just be too good to let go.
Even after investigators unveiled a scathing report portraying him as an unrepentant drug cheat, Armstrong continues to confound his public with rivaling images: a rapacious, win-at-all-costs athlete or a hero who came back from cancer.
We've all heard his story before: An up-and-coming cyclist gets stricken with testicular cancer at age 25. He's given less than a 50 percent chance of surviving. Instead, he fights it off and comes back stronger. He wins the Tour de France seven times. Hobnobs with presidents. Dates a rock star and pretty much becomes one himself. Uses his fame and success to raise millions to promote cancer awareness.
Even if it all really is the impossible fairy tale it sounds like — one built on a brittle mountain of drugs, deception and arm-twisting — it's the narrative the world has happily listened to for nearly 15 years.
More than 1,000 pages of finely detailed evidence from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency are now in the open, supporting its decision to ban Armstrong for life from cycling and order his titles stripped for using performance-enhancing drugs. Yet while other sports stars who have faced drug-induced downfalls — Marion Jones, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens — fade from memory or become objects of scorn, Armstrong keeps rolling along.
You can see it in social media. Sure, negative comments dot the landscape — people have put an "X" through the "v" on their Livestrong wristbands to make it read "Lie strong". But the tributes also keep coming: a few dozen new posts on a Facebook page titled "Lance Armstrong Supporters," either vilify USADA or tell Armstrong they've got his back.
You can see it from the sponsors — Nike is one example — that are sticking with Armstrong. You can see it in the donations to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which have spiked since August, when Armstrong announced he wouldn't fight the doping charges.
And it also shows in the way Armstrong steadfastly goes about his business. On Thursday, the day after the USADA report came out, he was at his foundation headquarters in Austin, Texas, looking for a place to hang a picture. On Friday, he linked to his Twitter account a shiny new slide show touting the top 15 things his foundation has accomplished since it was founded, 15 years ago this month. Star-studded anniversary celebrations are in the works.
"His whole story kind of falls into the category of, sometimes good people do bad things, or, conversely, sometimes bad people do good things," said Stan Teitelbaum, author of "Athletes Who Indulge Their Dark Side." "In a way, it's the 'Whatever Syndrome.' There used to be a strong sense of indignation at things like this. How could my hero be this way? But when we the people, we the public, get disillusioned so many times, we shrug our shoulders and we just say, 'Whatever."'
But because of the cause Armstrong represents, the hope he's given and the money he's raised, it could be more than that.
His story, to say nothing of those 84 million yellow Livestrong wristbands he's sold, speak to a larger truth: A good number of the more than 25 million people fighting cancer worldwide look for inspiration to gain the strength to keep going. Armstrong showed them it could be done, while raising more than $500 million to help their cause.
His critics give him credit for raising the money but say he did a disservice to cancer patients by giving them false hope. One takeaway from the report could be that it really does take more than will, moxie and hard work — which is all Armstrong said he needed — to beat cancer and return better than ever.
"The problem believers are facing now is that the thing that made him remarkable, the thing that made them love him, is that he always won," said Daniel Coyle, author of "Lance Armstrong's War" and "The Secret Race," which he wrote with Tyler Hamilton, a former teammate and witness against Armstrong.
"Now, we're getting an accurate X-ray of how that happened and people have a choice. They can look at these facts and decide it was too good to be true. Or close their eyes and keep believing."
Gregory De Respino, whose wife, Gail, died of cancer in 2009, is among the legion of Armstrong fans who aren't as interested in USADA's version of the truth. De Respino said he pays virtually no attention to news of the investigation, the testimony or the evidence because, he says, "you don't get anywhere damning people for their past."
"My opinion of him as a man has not changed. His pro career is past and that's where it stays for me," said De Respino, who lives in the New York City area and gives regularly to Livestrong. "He's a cancer survivor and his entire story revolves forward from that. If you want to take one piece of his life and make that the only story, that's your choice. But I think that's one reason he chose not to fight anymore. He's got bigger fish to fry. He's got a foundation that needs his full-time attention."
The fervent support the 41-year-old Armstrong still engenders, in the wake of such damning facts and testimony from nearly a dozen ex-teammates, is a sign of the emotion his story still holds. That's an element missing from the stories of Jones, Bonds, Clemens, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and others who've been tainted by the cloud of performance-enhancing drugs.
None of them overcame what Armstrong did.
That point was driven home in a blog written in August, after Armstrong gave up fighting the sanctions, by Dr. Leonard Lichtenfeld, the deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society. Lichtenfeld watched Armstrong give a passionate presentation to the Texas state Legislature years ago in support of a multibillion-dollar funding bill for cancer research. The legislation passed, with no small credit to Armstrong, Lichtenfeld said.
"I will tell you hands down I have never witnessed anything so powerful as I witnessed that night," Lichtenfeld wrote. "He created a mission that will live long past him, and will survive whatever people choose to make of the events surrounding him. He has taken the message of survivorship to the world with a power that no one else possesses."
Lichtenfeld declined an interview request but said his feelings haven't changed.
Jay Kornegay, race and sports book director at The LVH casino, has watched his industry profit when emotion, at times, trumps logic in decisions made through the prism of sports. He sees how that could happen with Armstrong, even as his story plays to an increasingly savvy and more cynical public.
He guesses the resilience of Armstrong and his brand is as much a sign of steroid fatigue as anything else.
"I think this is just a simple case of people saying, 'We've heard the story before. Everybody does it,"' Kornegay said. "He's a great humanitarian who helps so many others, and he continues to do so. So, they say, 'Hey, we're going to give him a mulligan on this one."'


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New Deficit Reduction Plan: Is it the Last Straw?
WSJ's David Wessel explains the likelihood that a new deficit-reduction plan from Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will lead to a budget compromise in Washington. Photo: Getty Images.
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... the the ... the beest live this is the news that good morning everyone I'm Kelsey Havre ... but we've been down this road before Republican Alan Simpson and Democrat Erskine Bowles have joined forces again ... to propose a new t tell plan for tax reform and deep spending cuts ... in hopes of offering a path to compromise for lawmakers in the face of this sweeping sequestration cuts ... set to kick in on March first ... then let's take a look at them the de tails of that plan it proposes to reduce the federal budget deficit by two point four trillion over ten years ... that includes a six hundred million in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid changes ... six hundred billion in cuts ... to curb an anthem tax breaks ... and one point two trillion in lower caps than discretionary ... spending so let's bring in our Global Economics Editor David Wessel from our Washington bureau this morning to help us ... break this all down good morning and David do you see anything different in this proposal that might make it more likely ... to gain traction in Washington ... no I don't think there's anything in here this make it more likely to gain traction ... you know I know they're described is the tale but a really isn't deatails ... it's basically a set of principles that what they're trying to do ... is change the conversation Washington ... these guys have a lot of credibility ... because they had a plan to reduce the deficit ... that would of gotten somewhere ... and they're trying to change the subject away from this across the board spending time ... which is supposed to take effect March first ... which they call in their statement this morning mindless ... and instead focus on the next decade ... what they see it needs to happen over the next decade which as you said ... requires ... some tax increases largely by tax reform ... and restraining spending on benefit programs that sickly and health care ... which is not gonna happen as a result of the ... across the board spending cuts ... and this fabric with all its is two point four trillion in cuts over ten years that that would reduce the federal budget deficit ... that to one point five trillion or more ... then that the president said Danny deficit cutting package psychiatry will require ... on wild how effective Rincon depriving get behind this on the or is it something that is too far apart ... from where he had stood before ... well the ... Bowles and Simpson think that President Obama is not ambitious enough ... skimming the president's plan ... which will see fleshed out with but said his budget ... is to reduce the deficit by about one a half trillion dollars over the next ... decade ... that would stabilize that day ... as a percentage of gross domestic product ... but ... Olson Santa say that's not enough they won or reduce the debt as a percentage of GDP to below seventy percent because that's a safer ... to what the president would say fine ... that's a good goal ... but guys if we can get one point five trillion over the next decade that would be better than getting nothing ... and so they would still I think it just kind of ... keeps the pressure on politicians ... to look at the piano to set ambitious goals for deficit reduction ... and both sides have quite a bit of visibility so people pay attention ... but they can't break the political logic ... and thinking about logjam it seems that a line has been trying to stand for quite some time ... for the Republicans would accept any tax increases as part of a package for deficit reduction ... and the president says he won't accept any sort of proposal but did not include tax increases there anything in Mr. the planet Simpson and Bowles will putting forward ... that will help ... bring a compromise together on that front would seem to be a major hurdle in the ... right ... well they played out in their statement that ... House Speaker John painter a Republican and actually propose more tax increases ... there were actually enacted in the beginning of the year ... and they basically in time said come down with the president ... they say it needs to be one part taxes ... in three parts spending cuts ... I'm so I'm in concept they're closer to the president's position ... of those I said earlier there much more ambitious about how much spending cuts they want the president has been preparing to go so far ... so did what it ... Apple rose this goes from here aam de think this whole bag and I'm bringing them closer together of the people who are watching this ... up from outside Washington are wondering on how this progresses as the clock ticks down a March first ... well I think that they're trying to expose the sand said and they have a lot of friends in the business community ... trying to keep the pressure on politicians forgot states do something about the real problem ... to get away from these petty fights over ... the sequester which takes effect March first ... but the politicians really are listening ... and so for the next couple of weeks will see a lot of jockeying for position ... over this year's budget the current fiscal year and next year's budget ... whether the spending cuts take effect when first reading is in Washington that they will how long will they be implants ... what will happen in March twenty seven when the government's authority to spend runs out will we have another government shutdown ... what will the president saying his budget which we expect in March well the Senate the House and their budget which is both to be presented ... in April fifteen tracks are they don't get a softening are a lot of talk about that ... and it's not all clear whether at the end of it we will make any significant progress on long term deficit reduction ... or whether we'll just be fighting about how much money will be spent in the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year because of parties is so far apart it's hard to do anything ... big about the launch ... and bounced on to give up what I'd take a look now at the stock market how you think ... it might react all this is so far it's been a holding up pretty positively but do you think the clock is ticking as to when ... that might change it to get close to my person if no deal is reached ... well I can't really explain what makes the stock market so giddy ... it certainly isn't anything going on in Washington but I've noticed that the economists on Wall Street ... are now expecting ... that the across the board spending cuts will hit eighty five billion dollars to take a ... shot at a federal spending over the next seven months ... so it seems to me that that the stock market is unconcerned by addition Aikens a Washington ... they expect the across the board spending cuts they don't expect him to take the economy ... they must be focusing on other things a favorable signs on housing ... the fact that the Fed is to remain easy policy ... Europe is an apparent in every crisis at least not before four o'clock this afternoon ... and so forth ... aam but it's a it's really strange I don't see how the stock market and keep being so strong ... unless the economy catches up with it ... so related these lines are going to meet matter which one economy where ... time David thank you so much for bring in up to us this morning antagonists for information on this puzzle ... in Simpson Bowles the pre CNN ... but of ... course everybody can get continuing coverage on Mr. out


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By Mary Kincy
The walls of the classroom have widened for Jennifer Foster, a sophomore majoring in musical theatre at Texas State who is set to star in an off-Broadway musical starting next month.
Foster, 21, won a place in the ensemble cast of "Fat Camp" after a New York City audition she rearranged last semester's finals to attend. She says the ability to participate in the musical without jeopardizing her academic career is part of what makes the musical theatre program at Texas State special.
"At most universities, they don't have a head of department who is still a professional, working actress and who has been on Broadway and off-Broadway," Foster says of Kaitlin Hopkins, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance. "To have Kaitlin is so rare and so special. She knows what we're going through because she's been through it." Continue reading


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My Blue Skies Dress
Added May 22, 2011
Zagreb, Croatia
When I saw this pattern http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/springtime-frock the other day I went totally nuts and made this dress for my friends b-day party. It was a "whole week" job but it payed off. I´m very pleased with the result. I was a little afraid it won´t suit me because of my big,khm, back but it looks ok, doesn´t emphasize it at all. :)
Material Notes
cotton linen, invisible white zipper
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Jan 30, 2015, 07.13 PMby mmaldonado
Beautiful color! I'm using this same pattern for my wedding dress :D
Aug 17, 2014, 07.28 AMby SassyT
Is it alright for me to share your creations on SSB linking and letting you know when?https://facebook.com/sassysewingbees
Dec 3, 2012, 11.17 PMby carajess
Gorgeous! It looks lovely on you :) I'm just tackling this pattern which I'm very excited about but as others have said the instructions are not so good. Did you have to put in a centre front seam or a seam anywhere in the front panel for the skirt? It said to buy fabric 140cm wide but the way it is it looks like I would need to have 160cm wide fabric for it to work? any help would be appreciated!
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Dec 6, 2012, 09.36 PMby BlancheOfArts
Hy! Skirt is made out of three parts. It has an insert in the center front. I worked with a 140 cm wide fabric. Hope it makes any sense to you. :)
Aug 13, 2012, 12.22 AMby hbar
I love your version of this dress!! I'm making it right now and have the problem that the sleeves are veru tight and I can't lift my arms over my head. Did you have this problem?
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Aug 13, 2012, 01.48 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thanks, yes I had the same problem, they are really tight. :)) After a while, I got bored of that so I removed them. :))
Aug 14, 2012, 01.31 AMby hbar
I am going to try shortening the sleeve cap to that the sleeves stand out a little from my arms and ease them into the armscye so that there is a little more room in them. I hope I don't have to remove them too since they are very cute.
Jul 8, 2012, 03.49 AMby MsHicks
Great job! It looks very nice on you.
Feb 13, 2012, 12.06 PMby anna agyekum
so lovely :)
Jun 14, 2011, 04.17 PMby silvermink
May 29, 2011, 06.26 AMby paintedlady89
It's a great dress, I really want to try it!
May 27, 2011, 02.29 PMby leahfranqui
This is so lovely. You look like springtime, all fresh and gorgeous!
May 27, 2011, 01.03 PMby Lolarayne
Hi! Based on your gorgeous version, I am going to make this dress. I have bought and printed the pattern but its my first time using a burda pattern and Im finding teh instructions to be challenging! Can I ask, did you make a tulle underskirt or just a normal lining? I dont want my skirt to be too poofy! Also how much fabric does it use? I cant find this anywhere in the instructions…. I cant wait to get started so hope you can help me out! Thanks so much
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May 27, 2011, 01.34 PMby BlancheOfArts
Hy, I´m glad you find my dress inspiring. I had this fabric in my stash, about 270 cm but here: http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns/102010-full-skirted-dress-with-cut-out-bustline they say you need 310 cm. I didn´t follow any instruction, I rarely do. :)
I was also a bit afraid about the skirt but it turned out ok. Didn´t make any lining for the bottom part, just double layer for the upper part as it is in the BMag.
Hope this was of any help, sorry for my bad english. :)
May 27, 2011, 03.36 AMby secondbedroom
I love the neckline on this dress, gorgeous.
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May 27, 2011, 01.35 PMby BlancheOfArts
Me too, it emphasizes the bust. :)
May 26, 2011, 07.27 PMby aleah
This looks great! I especially love the bodice… I have the same pattern as well, just not sure what to do with it. I gotta do something with that skirt, but it looks great on you. :)
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May 27, 2011, 01.36 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thanks, you should definitely have it a go! :)
May 26, 2011, 03.11 PMby lennert
Amazing! Really love the colour…The fit suits you perfectly!
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May 27, 2011, 01.37 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thank you, the fitting was really easy to do. :)
May 26, 2011, 01.31 PMby daughterfish
Really beautiful! Nice job!
May 25, 2011, 09.28 AMby Dee Durrant
This dress is beautiful – I saw the same dress but in a flowery material but I have to say the block looks even better in this style. Gorgeous!
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May 27, 2011, 01.38 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thank you, I really liked that version too, in fact that version inspired to make one for myself! :)
May 24, 2011, 06.26 AMby frkbustad
Your version is much nicer than the Burda's! The blue colour suits you well, and the fit looks very good. I really liked this pattern from the first time I saw it, but your version make me even more determined to sew this some day.
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May 27, 2011, 01.44 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thank you! I was a bit suspicious about the final result because of this colour but it turned out great. :)
May 23, 2011, 09.37 PMby sewtake2
Absolutely beautiful-it's lovely
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May 27, 2011, 01.45 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thank you, I really loved your dress too. :)
May 23, 2011, 08.26 PMby baka-pepica
joooj suuuper, puno bolje nego sta u burdi izgleda! super ti je isplala!! i super ti stoji
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May 27, 2011, 01.45 PMby BlancheOfArts
Hehe, hvala! :D
May 23, 2011, 08.50 AMby aggelicat .)
gorgeous result!!
May 23, 2011, 05.36 AMby Ralf Schmitz
that looks so great on you and i love the colore very very much! great job!
May 23, 2011, 03.50 AMby cantare
I love this one too! I especially love your cute doggie in the photo.
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May 27, 2011, 01.47 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thank you! Well I couldn´t move him, he was so persistent in his stay. He enjoys to be photographed. :)
May 23, 2011, 12.22 AMby mollykatherine
May 22, 2011, 08.02 PMby janene
This is gorgeous. The blue suits you so much. I have only just realised how good blue looks on girls with dark hair. Looks particularly good with red lips and toes!
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May 27, 2011, 01.51 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thank you, I kinda went crazy this year with red & blue combination, from decorating my apartment to outfits. :)
May 22, 2011, 07.32 PMby aluckmann
Looks just lovely on you. I really like the color you chose.
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May 27, 2011, 01.51 PMby BlancheOfArts
Thank you, I appreciate it. :)
May 22, 2011, 05.25 PMby Irina Schwab
May 22, 2011, 04.54 PMby mokosha
sjajno je ispala :) ne bih se nikad setila ove boje i odlicno ti stoji .. jesi li i ti imala problem sa rukavima? zapravo, sa objasnjenjem kako da se prisiju .. ja sam nasla neki svoj nacin ali ih mozda i skinem, posto se malo cudno ponasaju kad podignem ruku :)
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May 27, 2011, 01.55 PMby BlancheOfArts
Hvala! Imala sam ovaj materijal u zalihama i sto kombinacija šta bi mogla s njim. Super mi je boja, baš osvježava. Nisan uopće gledala upute nego san radila po sistemu nekakve logike. Kako je cijeli gornji dio uskić, a i rukavi s njim, nije baš sad za preveliko dizanje ruku, al je ok. :D
May 22, 2011, 03.58 PMby tanitisis
I love this pattern, too. Your version looks lovely!
May 22, 2011, 03.55 PMby Mandy A
Another lovely dress. :)
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Staff members show participants what they need to know in order to use the 3D printers at Toronto Public Library's Digital Innovation Hubs, including:
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A San Francisco Bay Area favorite for more than three decades, Sweet Things bakeshop is famous for its tempting takes on classic American desserts, including this irresistible butter pecan rum Bundt cake. Its rich homemade flavor comes from best-quality ingredients: fresh butter, eggs, pure vanilla. Tender and moist, with a tempting caramel topping, the pecan-studded cake is drizzled with a vanilla-rum glaze and showered with baked crunchy pecans for a rich, nutty flavor.
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Rated 1 out of 5 by Peggy from dry dry dry. Very unpopular with my guests. We threw 1/2 of it away. Expensive disappointment.Date published: 2018-12-18Rated 1 out of 5 by DCLady from Ho Hum Not Rum Cake I really wanted to like this cake, love it in fact. When it arrived and I opened the tin I was expcting to smell the rum but no rum smell, only sugar. I figured maybe once it came to room temperature it would blossom. Room temp but no rum smell. OK, when I taste it, right? Still no rum taste. It was a boring pound cake with a too sweet butter pecan icing. I wanted rum cake, a real rum cake, so I was very disappointed. Can I get my money back?Date published: 2012-12-29Rated 5 out of 5 by FoodFinder from Hit of the Party Not often when the dessert is the most talked about at one of my lunches but this took the cake(no pun intended). Moist, buttery cake with just the right amount of Rum flavoring making me think of a wonderful pastry in France. The combination of cake to nut's makes each bite a sensory explosion. Order this for your next brunch/lunch and make a hit!Date published: 2012-10-30


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Sony readies itself to tackle the mid-market with the Sony Xperia T3
Sony looks like it is readying itself for an attack on the mid market of the smartphone world, after lifting the lid this week on its newest device, the Sony Xperia T3.
The Japanese firm is pitching the phone at a lower price point than its flagship handset, the Sony Xperia Z2, but buyers will still get a lot for their money with the rather nifty device packing some decent specs and a very impressive build quality.
The biggest selling point being pushed to the fore by Sony is the 5.3-inch 1280 x 720 TRILUMINOS display with a pixel density of 277ppi, which it is showing off as a best in class.
But for buyers, one of the best factors to consider will be the quality of the phone itself. While other manufacturers tend to pitch their mid-market devices with plastic cases and a build quality that is not quite as impressive as their flagships, this is not the case with Sony.
The company said that the Xperia T3 will come with an aluminium trim reminiscent of that on its high-end siblings.
It also feels good to hold, with a slim and light body coming in at 150.7 x 77 x 7mm and 148g.
Inside, the phone also packs a number of decent specifications, with the device looking at being one of the big players in its own area of the market.
According to Sony, it will come as standard with 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and 1GB of RAM.
It will also be home to an 8MP camera, and although this will not live up to the 20MP camera on the flagship devices, it will still make for a nice little point and shoot snapper.
The phone also runs Android 4.4 and supports 4G and NFC, while it will come with 8GB of internal storage and a micro SD slot.


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Our three winners this month were: Marsha Squier, a certified permit technician I with Glenn County Building Department in Willows, Calif.; Scott Bitzer, a designer with High Voltage Maintenance Corp. in Dayton, Ohio; and Gary Hill, a master electrician in Baileyville, Maine. Here's a list of the Code sections they noted as being violated.
230.28 Service Masts as Supports. "Where a service mast is used for the support of service-drop conductors, it shall be of adequate strength or be supported by braces or guys to withstand safely the strain imposed by the service drop. Where raceway-type service masts are used, all raceway fittings shall be identified for use with service masts. Only power service-drop conductors shall be permitted to be attached to a service mast."
810.12 Supports. "Outdoor antennas and lead-in conductors shall be securely supported. The antennas or lead-in conductors shall not be attached to the electric service mast. They shall not be attached to poles or similar structures carrying open electric light or power wires or trolley wires of over 250 volts between conductors. Insulators supporting the antenna conductors shall have sufficient mechanical strength to safely support the conductors. Lead-in conductors shall be securely attached to the antennas."
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We are the Rice exporters based in India, We are selling under the brand name "PARI" LOGO WITH ANGEL , We are the most premium basmati rice available.
The Design should have elements and effect of royalty and elegance embedded in the color combination and packaging design and to immediately exude the same feeling to the eye.
Sales are predominantly through supermarkets, so our packaging needs to be top notch, as many consumers will have not heard of the brand and selection will be largely based off packaging appeal
Our Basmati Rice is a high quality and the price reflects this, so packaging look needs to look like a premium product
The Current design is too old and needs to catch up with times maintaining the royal touch , Class , Clean ,Neat Design, Flair as required .
Local competitor's current product looks like this,Tilda, India Gate, Kohinoor Heritage Select basmati rice. So needs to be something different.There are also numerous basmati brands available in the UK , Middle east , India which may provoke interest.
We are looking for a new label and Bag design for the front of these 2 products. We would then like to work with winning design to develop tie-in's with other products and the back of the bags.
We have already a clientèle mostly ladies , young girls soon to be married and be in kitchen for husbands , In Mostly South Asian ( Middle eastern , Indian ) communities Men are looking to have great taste for Rice , Extra Long grain , Aroma , Exotic . The Image of the product is attached to the lifestyle , Premium Image using PARI BRAND in their Kitchens .
We are already using the packaging need to put new variant in the market with new variety of rice which is extra long so we called it PARI " GOLD 1121 " BASMATI RICE , Our earlier variant is very Premium "PARI " ORIGINAL PURE BASMATI RICE ,
So far we have the Illustration based background ,
Logo of PARI is attached ,
We have to have this logo as this is the main element people recognize
PARI means Angel , Fairy , in English , In French PARI means angel and the Name of PARIS is named after The land of Fairies "PARIS". PARI is Perisan, Punjabi and Hindi Word .
Front label design for a Basmati Rice label. Dimensions of your choice. We have a logo based of "PARI BRAND ' to go with the words of "GOLD 1121 BASMATI RICE " , and the technical details of 5 KG . Product of INDIA.
Extra Long Grain , From the Foothills of Himalayas ,
Specimens attached ,
1. Pari 1121 in use for the one of the variants ie Parboiled rice
2 Pari Gremse- A Jute / Burlap Bag Design which is traditional
3. PARI Orginial Pure Basmati rice - green pack
4. INDIA Gate " a competitor"
5. TILDA " a competitor"
6. Kohinoor " a comeptitor"
7. Heritage Select " a nice packaging "
8. Mani "Like the Color Combination and Packaging Finish"


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Beyonce's 'Bow Down/I Been On' - Listen Now!
Check out Beyonce's newly released song "Bow Down/I Been On," posted to her Soundcloud account on Sunday (March 17).
The 31-year-old entertainer also posted a promo pic on her Instagram to celebrate the new song, which was produced by famed producer Hit Boy!
"I took some time to live my life, but don't think I'm just his little wife," Beyonce sings on the track. "Don't get it twisted, get it twisted, this my sh-t, bow down b-tches."
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Pressure Therapy: Does it work?
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Introduction: Pressure therapy, usually applied as pressure garments, is used for at least three decades and is accepted as a first-line therapy to affect the maturation rate and to modify the appearance of hypertrophic burn scars [1]. So far, the explanation of the working mechanism of pressure remains merely hypothetical and the question of the efficacy and the benefits of the garments unanswered. Also the optimal level of pressure required remains controversial [2].
Recent publications however show some evidence in vitro that cell apoptosis of fibroblasts are induced and scar forming wound healing mediators are down regulated in models were fibroblasts are compressed for at least 18 hours a day with 20 mmHg pressure as a minimum [3], [4].
With regard to the clinical assessment of the effect of pressure on burn scars Anzarut in 2008 conducted a literature review and found 6 publications that were randomized controlled trails showing evidence for thickness of the scar [5]. Only one of these articles did use only objective assessment tools (e.g. colorimetry for erythema) and monitored the pressure during treatment [6]. This last study is discussed hereafter.
Material and methods: In a prospective randomised controlled trial 76 spontaneously healed scars in 60 patients (mean age: 37,5y, mean TBSA: 8,5%) at the forearm or calve were randomly assigned to a lower (15mmHg) or higher (20mmHg) pressure group. Pressure garment therapy was assessed as a preventive measure.
Assessment of the scars was done on a monthly basis for three months using the Minolta Chromameter CR-300 for erythema and Dermascan C (high frequency ultrasound measurement) for thickness. Measurement of pressures was done in an indirect way by measuring the pressure of the stockings in a textile lab before and after use.
A multiregression model was used to analyse the differences between groups and the limit of significance wa set on p<0,05.
Results: A significant difference was found between both groups from the first month of application of the garments in favour of the higher pressure group for thickness of the scar. This advantage was maintained after three months of therapy (p=0.027).
The study revealed that a strong correlation was present between erythema and thickness of the scar over time as well as at every test moment.
Discussion: This study shows that erythema is a predictor and indicator of hypertrophic scarring and that pressure garment therapy as a preventive measure is effective with regard to thickness of the scar. In this study, it accelerates scar maturation.
Conclusion: Although the optimal amount of pressure is not defined yet, pressure garment therapy with a pressure of at least 20 mmHg pressure is an effective measure in the prevention of thickening of a burn scar. Therefore the use of pressure can be recommended on the basis of some clinical findings as long as the amount of pressure is closely monitored in clinical circumstances and the assessment is done with objective instruments [7].
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- Ward RS. Pressure therapy for the control of hypertrophic scar formation after burn injury. J Burn Care Rehabil. 1991;12:257-62.
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- Mann R, Yeong EK, Moore ML et al. Do custom fitted garments provide adequate pressure? J Burn Care Rehabil. 1997;18:247-9.
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- Reno F et al. In vitro mechanical compression induces apoptosis and regulates cytokines release in hypertrophic scars. Wound Rep Reg. 2003;11:331-6.
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- Liang-Wey Chang, Deng WP, Yeong EK et al. Pressure effect on growth of human scar fibroblast. J Burn Care and Research. 2008;29:835-41.
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- Anzarut A, Olson J, Sing LP et al. The effectiveness of PGT for the prevention of abnormal scarring after burn injury:a meta-analyses. J Plast Rec Aesth Surg. 2009;Jan 62(1):77-84.
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- Van den Kerckhove E, Stappaerts K, Fieuws S et al. The assessement of erythema and thickness on burn related scars during pressure garment therapy as a preventive measure of hypertrophic scarring. Burns. 2005;31:696-702.
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- Van den Kerckhove E, Fieuws S, Massagé P et al. Reproducibility of repeated measurements with the Kikuhime pressure sensor under pressure garments in burn scar treatment. Burns. 2007;33:572-8.


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The last of the presentations in the Columbia Gorge Earth Center's Sense of Place lecture series will take place March 19 with Arthur Babitz, "Visible Change: The Transformation of the Hood River Valley As Seen in the Photographic Record."
Babitz is an electrical engineer and the mayor of Hood River. His interest in photography extends back to childhood hours in the darkroom, and his interest in history extends almost as far back.
He is currently helping The History Museum of Hood River County digitize and organize its entire collection of photographic images. He has seen most of the roughly 10,000 images in the collection.
Many of these images can be seen on The History Museum's photo blog at historichoodriver.com.
The final lecture will take place at Springhouse Cellar Winery, 13 Railroad St. in Hood River. Doors open at 6 p.m.; lecture begins at 6:30. Come early to enjoy a glass of wine or beer, save a seat, buy a book on the lecture's topic from Waucoma Bookstore and meet others in your community.
Whether it is recreation, resource extraction or farming, most people who live in the Gorge are here because of some connection to the land. As the Gorge becomes increasingly popular for both locals and tourists, conflict over how best to manage this unique place becomes elevated. Ideas about how to use and live on this land that connects us can quickly become an issue that divides communities.
Through monthly speakers who represent a variety of industries and perspectives, the Sense of Place lecture series seeks to explore the cultural and natural history of the land so that together we can uncover what ties us all to this place and to each other outside of times of conflict.
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Here's a way to stack cabinets and store more tools nd parts without wasting floor space.
After we published a story about space-saving, industrial-style Vidmar cabinets (January 1997 issue, page 68), our readers voted them one of the top products of 1997.
If you bought a few of those cabinet and once again find yourself short on floor space, Stanley Storage introduces the next level in storage called the Mini-Mezz.
This new configuration lets you stack your Vidmar cabinets and add storage without adding floor space. Two rows of cabinets are placed back to back to create a base. A second level of cabinets is placed on top of one side of the base; a non-skid mat, placed on the top of the other side, creates a mezzanine. Stairs bolted to the first level give access to the second level. Stanley provides all components for around 5% of the cost of the cabinets, plus shipping.
"One was put up at a dealership so it could avoid building a new building," says Tibor Egervary, marketing services manager for Stanley Storage Systems. "Farm equipment has a huge number of different parts, and every year there are more models, so the dealer needed more cabinets."
How do you know if you need a Mini-Mezz? "In practical terms, when people get to around 15 cabinets and run out of horizontal space, that's the point it makes sense," says Egervary. "But I've seen as few as nine cabinets and you could stack as few as two cabinets. It is all a function of space available."
Two Vidmar cabinets can store the equivalent of five industrial shelves. Each cabinet costs $800 to $1,000 and ranges in height from 27 to 59 in. It can hold up to 17 fully extendible drawers, each with a capacity of 400 lbs. Contact Stanley Storage Systems, Dept. FIN, Box 1151, Allentown, PA 18105, 800/523-9462.


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The week's final practice ends under the midday Houston sun, and the setting immediately changes. As a roof-less open field is traded for the cool tunnels of Reliant Stadium, Texans players stream through in waves. Quarterback Matt Schaub hops off a golf cart and quietly walks into the locker room. Coach Gary Kubiak stays on track, heading into the media center Friday for another round of Ed Reed and Tennessee Titans questions.
Then laughter's heard. It's high-pitched and joyous, growing louder as voices approach. Then there's a deeper sound: large rolling wheels speeding along smooth concrete. Finally, the sight: two fast-moving Segways ridden by two Texans running backs, both of whom are jawing, teasing and cackling like good friends who have known each other for years.
"They've shown me nothing but great friendship and camaraderie. … It's so competitive because everybody's been great throughout their careers," said Chick Harris, who has 32 years of NFL coaching experience and has guided eight backs to the 1,000-yard mark. "Everybody wants an opportunity. When you're on top, you have to stay …
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has filed a new lawsuit in his attempt to retain the team and derail a potential $2 billion sale.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court names estranged wife Shelly Sterling, the NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver, saying they committed fraud and violated corporate law in their attempt to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
The suit lists many arguments already being heard in a probate court trial on the legality of the Ballmer deal.
They include Sterling's assertion that he's the team's sole owner, that his wife deceived him in persuading him to get mental examinations and that the NBA and Ballmer colluded to deprive him of his rights as owner.
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Seriously, if you spent 40 minutes talking to a woman who does color design for various low-level TV series (as I did a few weeks ago), you'd probably be horrified by the repercussions of fansubs and scanlations.
I'm not assigning blame or attacking anyone...just saying that the actual work of animation and manga art is tough, thankless work...and people are leaving the industry in droves because of it.
So yeah...scanlations of the Sheryl comic (for example) give the work more exposure...but if people don't end up buying the book, then all that exposure is a waste at best, and kills the sales of the comic at worst.
Okay...rant over. We now return you to Guilt-Free Free Anime, already in progress.
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Location: Hamburg, Germany
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Well, I already responded to that point in-depth before, but let's have another stab at it. At least it raises my post-count.
First off, if I had any actual money to spend on stuff I could not understand ( which means, if I suddenly won the lottery or got any other kind of impressive financial boost ), then I would buy the products. I don't download to snub my nose at the work and livelyhood of those people, I do it because I can't spend the needed money.
Secondly, to this is added the problem that Macross really isn't available in some sort of translated fashion, outside of scanlations and fan-subs. I blame Harmony Gold for being insufferable greedy dicks.
As to other anime, there are few which have made as much of a lasting impression to be considered "buy" material. Record of Lodoss War, Full Metal Panic, Escaflowne, Hellsing TV, Utawarerumono ... all of them are good, but not to the point I'd want them as DVD's. I mostly buy books, because re-reading them tickles my imagination more than re-watching a series. Macross Frontier is a notable exception to that.
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Well, you'd be completely flabbergasted about some people's views on the correlation between sales and the actual continuation of works like anime and manga. Suffice it to say that some even go so far as state that direct sales figures are an illusion and hold no meaning over such decisions by the companies.
All very esoteric to me, as I've always believed that sales of the actual product + merchandise are what keep these companies churning out more stuff, but hey... What do I know?
As for actually buying stuff... I'm kinda compulsive to a point. Ever since buying a PS3, I haven't purchased a single DVD - other than the continuation of some anime series being released locally, simply to "complete the sets" - and I bought a good volume of Blu-Rays... Surprise, surprise, lots of anime. But I only buy stuff I can understand (and I can understand a good deal of portuguese, spanish, english, italian and french), so japanese-only stuff is difficult. Nonetheless, I do have some japanese imports, like Princess Mononoke on DVD (which has portuguese dub and sub tracks) and some music shows/collections (stuff like May'n and some Megumi Hayashibara). TV shows and OVA's/movies, however, are a big no-no - I enjoy understanding what everyone's shouting about.
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credits to Lavender88 for translation.
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So, the manga is different in continuity than the series and the movies. By this point, I begin to ask myself if we are to consider all of them the official continuity.
Many thanks for the translation, AlaAlba! Are the even more interview pages?
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will do that maybe in a few hours
|2010-09-25, 10:00
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now i understand more about kawamori way of thinking...
at first...SDF : female singer, M7 : male singer, MF : 2 female singer
the next macross should be : 2 male singer
the next after : 3 female singer....(YURI!! HELL YEAH!)
next after after : 3 male singer (,.....)
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This image shows the precise arrangement of atoms that form a bridge between two gold crystals. Until yesterday, you would not have been able to see that image — at least, not with such clarity and color. It's the product one of the world's most powerful transmission electron microscopes, installed yesterday at UC Berkeley, which can deliver crisp images of objects that are less than half the diameter of a hydrogen atom. Want to see the microscope?
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This month the iconic British motoring series Top Gear stumbled into a fantastic idea for automakers to pursue on future vehicles.
The Luddite trim level.
The comedy show's presenters argued -- quite reasonably -- that automobiles stuffed with modern electronic cabin gadgets had grown too complex for an aging population whose eyesight and manual dexterity was in natural decline.
Miniature joystick controllers, center stack touchscreen climate controls, phone-based Bluetooth navigation systems, even thinly padded seating -- all were noted as symptoms of vehicles designed by the young, for the young, and without regard for the technologically challenged.
Their solution, for comic effect, was to transform an already-ugly Fiat Multipla into the functional equivalent of a padded nursing home sitting room.
It was funny TV, but the underlying premise is not without some merit.
According to the Federal Office of Highway Policy Information, about 43 percent of the nation's 212 million licensed drivers in 2010 were over 50 years of age, and a quarter of all drivers were over 60. Almost 23 million licensed drivers were 70 or above, and 3.4 million were over the age of 85.
Older drivers buy cars, but most have little use for six screens of performance data or touchscreen climate controls. In fact, some undoubtedly feel overwhelmed or intimidated at the complexity of current cabin design, even as those designs appeal to younger purchasers.
Older buyers may be more attracted to a trim level that offers extra comfortable seating paired with familiar, analog-based control settings -- what normal people would call knobs.
These are broad generalizations, of course. There are plenty of people over the age of 50 who are quite comfortable with technology and embrace its advantages. But I would argue that there are lots of automobiles aimed at the tech-savvy buyer right now, and far too few that place basic automotive function over form.
The Luddites, a 19th century collection of workers and others in England who railed against industrialization, were unsuccessful in their bid to slow modernity.
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Alexander Skarsgard is Laughing at Lunch
Alexander Skarsgard shares a laugh with fellow Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman during lunch at Joan's on Third on Wednesday (March 10) in Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old True Blood actor recently spoke to the LA Times about not being an Entourage-type actor.
"I'm not a 'Hollywood' actor," Alexander shared. "I am a social guy, but I'm not one of those actors who will show up to a shoot with 15 agents and managers and publicists.
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- DWS-3024: 24-Port Gigabit L2+ Unified PoE Managed Switch including 4 x Combo 1000BASE-T/SFP ports (supports 48 access points)
Compatible D-Link Unified Access Points include:
- DWL-3500AP: Unified Wireless G PoE Access Point
- DWL-8500AP: Unified Wireless G Simultaneous Dual-Band PoE Access Point
- DWL-8600AP: Unified Wireless N Simultaneous Dual-Band PoE Access Point
D-Link's DWS-3024/3024L L2+ Unified Wired/Wireless Gigabit Switches are optimised for wireless network deployment in business environments. With these devices, businesses can create a high-performance, secure, manageable and scalable unified wired/wireless LAN switching infrastructure. Equipped with a combo SFP, Power over Ethernet (PoE), and redundant power supply (RPS) support, these switches provide enterprises with an easy upgrade to next-generation 802.11n wireless LAN, simple deployment of wireless devices regardless of physical locations, and centralised management/policy enforcement of wireless mobility.
Core Units Controlling Entire Wireless Network
The DWS-3024/3024L switches are the core units that consolidate the security, manage the bandwidth, and maintain the integrity of an entire wireless network. In addition to monitoring users' identities and maintaining their authentication as they roam, these switches can configure and control all aspects of the wireless access points, including their RF channel/power management, wireless traffic segmentation, AP roaming/AP load balancing, rogue AP detection, and AP access security.
The DWS-3024/3024L switches are the core units that consolidate the security, manage the bandwidth, and maintain the integrity of an entire wireless network. In addition to monitoring users' identities and maintaining their authentication as they roam, these switches can configure and control all aspects of the wireless access points, including their RF channel/power management, wireless traffic segmentation, AP roaming/AP load balancing, rogue AP detection, and AP access security.
Designed for Easy Deployment of High-Performance Wireless LAN
Designed for distributed deployments in the wiring closet, each switch can support up to 24 or 48 wireless access points. AP connections can be made directly to the wireless AP switch ports, or indirectly through any LAN switch. With 802.3af PoE integrated into every port, the switch allows for the placement of APs in areas with limited access to AC power sources. Gigabit transmission ensures future compatibility and hardware protects investments when the network is installed with next-generation higher-speed 802.11n wireless standard devices.
20 Gigabit Ports, No Restriction on Port Usage
Each switch has 20 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit ports and 4 combo SFP slots. Each of the 10/100/1000BASE-T ports can be connected to a wireless access point, or to a wired LAN device such as a server, a network storage device, or another LAN switch. The combo SFP allows for flexible fibre connection.
Scalable Expansion & Unified Wired/Wireless Deployment
Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) may begin with only one switch to manage their AP or to use for mixed wired/wireless LAN purposes. When the number of APs is augmented, up to 4 switches can be combined to form a large mobility domain. The switch's many features such as easy expansion, Gigabit speed to support next-generation high-speed APs, and packet routing to support enterprise-wide inter-subnet roaming, lets it providesan architecture that unifies and simplifies an otherwise complex WLAN environment, and readily prepares an existing network for future upgrades.
RF & Power Management
To minimise the need for intervention from IT personnel, the switch provides automatic selection of unoccupied or least-used Radio Frequency (RF) channels for each wireless access point to avoid interference with other AP and RF devices. For each AP, it also sets a transmitter output power strong enough for RF signals to reach wireless clients, yet weak enough to minimise interference with other wireless devices' RF signals. The switch auto-adjusts the RF channels and transmitter output power of all wireless access points every time an AP is added to or removed from the network. This automatic adjustment can be programmed to take effect at a certain time or at specific intervals, minimising the need for network administrators to manually intervene.
Self-Healing and Load Balancing
The "self healing" process and AP load balancing functions increase the resiliency of a wireless network. To make up for a sudden RF signal vacuum created by any "dead" AP (AP with DC power failure, for example), the switch automatically increases the transmitter output power of all neighboring APs to expand their RF coverage, thereby "healing" the network "wound." To ensure a continuous connection for current clients, the switch performs load balancing across access points when network traffic reaches a certain threshold, while rejecting new client-to-AP associations to avoid bandwidth overcrowding.
Simplified Configuration & Deployment
The process of network maintenance and configuration have been made more efficient through the implementation of a centralised management platform. By running an Internet browser on any PC connected to the network and typing in the IP address of a managed switch, administrators can view the topology map and pinpoint the locations of the AP and the switch itself. The map uses AP icons which administrators can click on to select, and which show different colors to differentiate the different RF channels used by the AP. For quick replacement of a failed AP, administrators can easily locate the AP on the map, swap it with a new one, and apply the same configuration profile to the new unit.
Maximised Wireless Connection
The DWS-3024/3024L switches can effectively manage the wireless bandwidth to optimise WLAN traffic using centralised RF policies, auto-selection of the least utilised channels, and AP load balancing. The switch maintains a centralised database of wireless users' access information such as their MAC addresses and authentication keys. On a network site deployed with multiple peer switches, this information is also shared among the switches themselves. As wireless users roam around the office using wireless equipment, they may change their connection from AP to AP. By constantly monitoring the APs' status, the switch can establish an AP-to-AP roaming for these users without re-establishing authentication keys. This fast roaming process results in disruption-free, reliable wireless connectivity crucial for mobile applications such as Wi-Fi IP phone and wireless PDA connection.
Adaptable Wireless
Most of the current wireless LAN controllers' architecture requires wireless traffic to return to the controller for centralised processing, causing unnecessary traffic delay. The DWS-3024/3024L switches offer administrators additional options. Depending on the wireless application, wireless traffic can either be tunneled back to the switch for better security control, or locally forwarded at the access point for optimal performance. This device offers administrators maximised flexibility with options to tunnel guest traffic to the switch for centralised security control, or forward VoIP traffic directly from the access point for optimal performance.
Maximised Network Security
Each client connecting to the wireless network goes through a strict authentication process to ensure maximum security. Whether the client is an assigned user, a visiting guest, or a client with only departmental access, the switch protects the entire network infrastructure with numerous security mechanisms. These mechanisms include WEP data encryption, 802.1X user authentication, 802.11i standard WPA/WPA2 security, Captive Portal, and MAC Authentication. The switches provide a means to define and detect rogue APs to prevent illegal intrusion into the internal network. It provides user-based services such as virtual private group (SSID) membership, encryption type, authentication, and associated network statistics. Authorisations stay with users wherever they roam because all deployed DWS-3024/3024L switches share stored information, ensuring secure access and connectivity to the right services. In addition to checking the identity of a connecting user from the switch's local database, user authentication policies can be sent to an external RADIUS server for complete verification. This offloading capability ensures that the switch will not be overloaded when numerous clients simultaneously connect to the network.
Maximised Flexibility
In addition to acting as the controller unit in a wireless switching system, the DWS-3024/3024L switches can also function as advanced L2+ wired switches. Complete with packet routing, ACL security features, multi-layer QoS, 802.1q VLAN traffic segmentation, IGMP snooping for IP multicast streams, 802.3ad redundant load-sharing Gigabit links, the switches allow businesses to totally integrate their enterprise wireless networks with their wired network infrastructure.Businesses contemplating upgrading their current 10/100Mbps desktop connections to Gigabit capability can deploy the DWS-3024/3024L to take advantage of their ability to flexibly act as a wireless controller, a dedicated, full-featured multi-layer LAN switch or as a dual-role device.
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Number of 10/100/1000BASE-TX ports
- 20 ports
Number of Combo 1000Base-T/SFP ports
- 4 ports
RS-232 Console Port
- Yes
PoE Support (Standard(s)/Number of Ports/Maximum Power Budget)
- 802.3af/24 ports/370W
Switch Capacity
- 48 Gbps
64-Byte Packet Forwarding Rate
- 35.7 Mpps
Packet Buffer
Physical & Environmental
- 174,272 hours
- <52.4 dB
Heat Dissipation
- 1664.08 BTU/hr
Power Input
- 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60Hz Internal Universal Power Supply
Power Consumption (maximum)
Dimensions (W x D x H)
- 441 x 389 x 44 mm (17.32 x 15.31 x 1.73 inches)
- 5.42 kg
- Operating: 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
- Storage: -10 to 70°C (14 to 158°F)
Operating Humidity
- Operating: 10% ~ 90% Non-condensing
- Storage: 5% ~ 90% Non-condensing
- C-Tick, CE, EN60601-1-2, FCC Class A, ICES-003, VCCI
- CB, UL/cUL
Software Feature
WLAN Management Capability
- DWS-3024L: Up to 24 APs (Directly or indirectly connected through LAN switch)
- DWS-3024: Up to 48 APs (Directly or indirectly connected through LAN switch)
- Up to 2,048 Wireless Users (1,024 Tunneled Users or 2,048 Non-Tunneled Users)
- Fast Roaming
- Intra-Switch/Inter-Switch Roaming
- Intra-Subnet/Inter-Subnet Roaming
Access Control & Bandwidth Management
- Up to 32 SSID per AP (16 SSID per RF Frequency Band)
- AP Load Balancing based on the number of users or utilization per AP
Managed AP
AP Management
- AP Auto-Discovery
- Remote AP Reboot
- AP Monitoring: List Managed AP, Rogue AP, Authentication Failed AP
- Client Monitoring: List Clients associated with each Managed AP
- Ad-hoc Clients Monitoring
- AP Authentication Supporting Local Database and External RADIUS Server
- Centralised RF/Security Policy Management
- Automatic AP RF Channel Adjustment
- Automatic AP Transmit Output Power Adjustment
WLAN Security
- WPA Personal/Enterprise
- WPA2 Personal/Enterprise
- 64/128/152-bit WEP Data Encryption
- Wireless Station and AP Monitoring on RF Channel, MAC Address, SSID, Time
- Rogue and Valid AP Classification based on MAC Address
- Encryption Type Support: WEP, WPA, Dynamic WEP, TKIP, AES-CCMP, EAP-FAST, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, EAPMD5, PEAP-GTC, EAP-MS-CHAP v2, PEAP-TLS
- Captive Portal
- MAC Authentication
- Station Isolation
- Rogue AP Mitigation
L2 Features
- MAC Address Table Size: 8K entries
- IGMP Snooping: 1K Multicast Groups
- Spanning Tree:
- 802.1D Spanning Tree
- 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree
- 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
- 802.3ad Link Aggregation:
- Up to 32 Groups
- Up to 8 Ports per Group
- 802.1ab LLDP
- Port Mirroring:
- One-to-One Port Mirroring
- Many to One Port Mirroring
- Jumbo Frame Size: Up to 9 KB
- 802.1Q VLAN Tagging
- VLAN Groups: Up to 3965
- 802.1V Subnet-based VLAN
- MAC-based VLAN
- Double VLAN
- Voice VLAN
L3 Features
- IPv4 Static Route
- Routing Table Size: Up to 128 Static Routes
- Floating Static Route
- Proxy ARP
- RIP v1/v2
Quality of Service
- 802.1p Priority Queues (Up to 8 Queues per Port)
- CoS Based on: Switch Port, VLAN, DSCP, TCP/UDP Port, TOS, Destination/Source MAC Address, Destination/Source IP Address
- Minimum Bandwidth Guarantee per Queue
- Traffic Shaping per Port
- WMM (WiFi Multimedia)
ACL (Access Control List)
- ACL Based on: Switch Port, MAC Address, 802.1p Priority Queues, VLAN, Ethertype, DSCP, IP Address, Protocol Type, TCP/UDP Port
LAN Security
- RADIUS Authentication for Management Access
- Authentication for Management Access
- SSH v1, v2
- SSL v3 , TLS v1
- Port Security:
- 20 MAC Addresses per Port
- Trap Violation Notification
- MAC Filtering
- 802.1X Port-Based Access Control and Guest VLAN
- Denial of Service Protection
- Broadcast Storm Control in Granularity of 1% of Link Speed
- Protected Port
- DHCP Filtering
Management Methods
- Web-Based GUI
- Telnet Server: Up to 5 Sessions
- Telnet Client
- TFTP Client
- SNMP v1, v2c, v3
- Multiple Configuration Files
- RMON v1: 4 Groups (Statistics, History, Alarms, Events)
- BOOTP/DHCP Client
- DHCP Server
- Dual Images
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|DWS-3000 Series datasheet
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|DWS-3024L/DWS-3024 user manual
|DWS-3024L/DWS-3024 user manual
|DWS-3024L/DWS-3024 configuration guide
|DWS-3024L/DWS-3024 configuration guide
|DWS-3024L/DWS-3024 CLI manual
|DWS-3024L/DWS-3024 CLI manual
|DWS-3024L/DWS-3024 firmware 188.8.131.52
|DWS-3024L/DWS-3024 firmware
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara men's water polo players Mark Knudtsen, Michael Machado and Stefan Partelow were named to the 2006 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Academic All-Conference Team, it was announced today by the conference.
In order to receive all-academic honors the student-athlete must have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average, must be a sophomore academically, must have completed one full academic year at the institution prior to the season for which the award is being received and must have competed in at least fifty percent of the games played by their team.
Knudtsen, a business economics major at UCSB, competed in all 35 of the Gauchos games this season, posting 16 goals and handing out 19 assists for 35 points on the year. The Los Altos, Calif. native collected eight steals, seven earned ejections or penalties and was tied fourth on the team with nine field blocks. The 6'0" driver posted a seven game streak during the fall with at least one goal scored culminating with a season-high two goals against Pepperdine on September 17.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 113 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
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Compass Online Marketing (Compass is the Name, Online Marketing the descriptor) specializes in Online marketing.
José Cabrera y Charro is the main integrant. Compass/Jose specializes in Marketing Strategy, in particular in Online Strategy. I am 40-years and a very senior consultant (with a good name in Holland and consulting at board room level in mid-sized to larger companies).
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Summit Consulting is looking for motivated full time entry level applicants who are looking to train and advance into leadership opportunities in a retail setting! This entry-level full time position will be filled with applicants who are enthusiastic, driven, and work well in a team environment. Our Retail Sales Consultant position will interact one on one with customer's full time. This is an entry level, full-time RETAIL sales position. Applicants must be looking to train in: Retail Sales, Campaign Development, and Business Operations from Entry Level.
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I have known Mark Terbeek and Bret Maxwell over the past ten years, and have worked with them as an entrepreneur in two separate ventures. I have known them to be reasonable, humble, supportive, knowledgeable and open-minded - unfortunately not common traits in the venture capital community. Their own spirit of entrepreneurship has led them to found MK Capital. They have a sense of commitment and pride that is hard to find in VC brands that have been passed on through multiple partnership generations. The partnership is also a significant investor in the fund which ties them even more directly to their successes and failures. Mark has been co-founder of a start-up in an operational role and has much in common with the entrepreneurs that he now backs as an investor. I highly recommend MK Capital to other entrepreneurs looking for financing.PRIVATE: Members Only
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In the fund raising process, you hope to find the right investors to help you take your business to the next level. You hope for professionals with the skills, experience and culture to foster growth and maturity of your business model. I've known many of the MK Capital team for nearly a decade and thru two business ventures. I've found them easy to do business with and supportive of management's philosophies and helpful in taking the business to the next level. Bret, Mark and Karen are great and I would highly recommended them for consideration.PRIVATE: Members Only
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This month's Sugar High Friday #25 is hosted by the lovely and talented Johanna of the passionate cook. Anyone who knows me, knows that I love good quality chocolate. Since Johanna's idea for SHF was brilliant, I knew that I needed to participate. My quick and simple recipe for black sesame truffles is inspired by my recent trip to New York where I had some amazing black sesame truffles from Kee's chocolates. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did.
18 ounces of good quality dark chocolate
1 1/4 cups whipping cream
toasted black and white sesame seeds
*I suggest using chocolate like Valrhona, Scharfenberg, Callebaut or Lindt, somewhere around 60% cocoa content. If you use a chocolate with high cocoa content, it will compete with the flavour of the sesame seeds.
*Toast sesame seeds at 325ºF for approximately 10-15 minutes.
Black Sesame Truffles
1. ) Always use the best chocolate you can
2. Chop chocolate into small chunks or bits. I like to chop my chocolate or use chocolate chips and put them in the food processor to create a fine powder.
3. Heat whipping cream on the stove to a boil or in the microwave to a boil.
4. Pour hot cream onto the small chocolate pieces or powder.
5. Stir until it is well blended and incorporated.
6. Let it cool in a bowl or tray in the refrigerator until it becomes firm ,like the consistency of fudge.
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