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Earlier, i discussed FIRST_VALUE() function. FIRST_VALUE() returns the first value from an ordered set of records. Similarly LAST_VALUE() returns the last value for an ordered result set, but you are in for a bit of a surprise if you aren't familiar with the enhancements to the SQL windows functions.
I'll use the same example data i used earlier.
CREATE TABLE Customers
(CustId INT, OrderDate DATE, OrderAmount MONEY) ;
INSERT Customers VALUES
(1, '2011-12-03', 12500)
, (1, '2011-10-07', 15000)
, (1, '2011-09-12', 16000)
, (2, '2011-07-11', 900)
, (2, '2011-09-13', 18000)
, (2, '2011-11-03', 7000)
, (3, '2011-01-29', 19000)
, (3, '2011-04-19', 1000)
, (3, '2011-07-09', 12000) ;
We wrote a query using FIRST_VALUE() to calculate the date of first purchase for each customer.
c.CustId, c.OrderDate, c.OrderAmount
, FIRST_VALUE(OrderDate) OVER(PARTITION BY CustId ORDER BY OrderDate) CustomerSince
Customers c
Now, let's say we want to know the recent purchase date for each customer. Similar to FIRST_VALUE(), there is a LAST_VALUE() function. LAST_VALUE() allows you to return the last value from an ordered result set.
I'll follow my killer instincts and replace FIRST_VALUE() with LAST_VALUE() in the above query. It should work. Right?
c.CustId, c.OrderDate, c.OrderAmount
, LAST_VALUE(OrderDate) OVER(PARTITION BY CustId ORDER BY OrderDate) CustomerSince
FROM Customers C
Result Set:
… but, oops, this is not the result i was expecting.
There are two points to note here. Window and Frame.
A window is a set of records that are defined by the OVER() clause. Because of the PARTITION BY Custid, you can safely think records for each Custid form a window in this example.
A Frame is a range of rows within a window; a subset of a window in other words, defined by the ROWS clause. A range has boundaries – a begin position and an end position.
Look back at the query using LAST_VALUE(). You'll notice there wasn't a ROWS clause. We haven't defined a frame. In this case SQL Server uses the default frame which is, between the first row without any boundaries (first row of the window partition) and the current row. Last value from this default frame will always be the current row.
Correct usage of the function should instead be:
c.CustId, c.OrderDate, c.OrderAmount
, LAST_VALUE(OrderDate) OVER(PARTITION BY CustId ORDER BY OrderDate ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING)
FROM Customers C
Given all this, FIRST_VALUE() is providing expected results even with the default frame because the first row in the default frame is the first row of the window partition.
Here is an interesting article from Jeremiah Peschka (blog) for further reading: Leaving the Windows Open.
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Rex Brothers stood a few feet from where the journey started and reflected. A year ago, he was preparing for the Arizona Fall League, the big leagues just a dream. As the Rockies' season culminated in San Francisco, Brothers stood out as one of the few players not to disappoint or regress.
It started here in the visiting clubhouse at AT&T Park on June 5.
"Spring training, that whole experience was good. But my favorite memory of this season was coming back to the clubhouse,'' Brothers said. "You form relationships in spring, but there is a bit of a distance. But walking back in that room, knowing you have earned the right to be part of their team, that was the best moment.''
With newspapers and blogs pushing for his promotion for weeks, Brothers lived up to the type. In 48 games, the left-hander posted a 2.88 ERA in 48 games. Even more impressive, he struck out 59 batters in 40 2/3 innings and held hitters to a .217 average.
"No longer is the worry, 'Is he going to throw enough strikes?' He's always had great stuff, but we've seen the growth. He began consistently getting into good counts,'' Rockies pitching coach Bob Apodaca said. "He's earned the right to be in key situations, and that will continue going forward.''
Brothers evolved from a luxury item, used in pressure-free situations to a weapon needed for high-leverage outs. His workload was similar to a year ago, but…
"But it's a lot different in the big leagues,'' he admitted. "I didn't know what to expect. My arm and body feel fine.''
Now comes the hard part for the prized prospect: Repeating success. Brothers has mapped out his winter, that even without the Arizona Fall League, will have one goal in mind.
"The Fall League prepared me for the longer season. I told myself last year that I wasn't going to be behind when I got to spring training. It will be the same this year,'' Brothers said. "I will make sure I represent myself in the way I want to. I will be ready to rock and roll when spring training begins.''
Few pitchers have risen faster in the Rockies' minor leagues than Brothers, who grew up throwing fastballs in his front lawn in Tennessee to his father and little brother Hunter Brothers, a pitcher for Lipscomb University. To keep his edge this offseason – and it's razor sharp when you have a 98-mph fastball and nasty slider – Brothers will continue a challenging training regiment at Lipscomb and Middle Tennessee State with other professional players.
Those in the group include: Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Minor, Red Sox outfield prospect Bryce Brantz and Nationals left-handed pitching prospect Robbie Ray.
"We are all kind of from the same area. We get together, and it gets really competitive,'' Brothers said. "We really push each other and have become friends. You always need someone to play catch with, so that helps. But there's a camaraderie there as well.''
Those who know Brothers won't be surprised that big league fame hasn't changed him. Asked if he made a big purchase this season, he said humbly, "I was wearing a sport coat and slacks in Triple-A, so I had to buy a couple of suits for traveling (in the major leagues). Other than that, I have been putting the money away.''
Brothers will return to his roots this winter. He plans to live with his college roommate so he can be closer to his brother. Hunter, a right-handed pitcher for the Bisons, is healthy again after recovering from an elbow injury in football (a helmet smashed it into as he was tackling a ball carrier).
"I want to hang out with him as much as I can,'' Brothers said. "I've always missed a lot of his games because I was playing. I enjoy watching him play as much as I enjoy playing.''
It's been a remarkable year for Brothers. He's earned some down time, which means he will get in some deer hunting. But during those quiet moments, he will think back to walking in the clubhouse in San Francisco and wanting to never leave.
"It's about getting better at this level,'' Brothers said. "I know that. I will continue working hard.''

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(Reuters) - British actress Camilla Luddington has played a doctor, a fairy and Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, but in her latest role she portrays virtual gaming icon Lara Croft in one her most physically demanding roles.
Luddington, 29, known for her roles in U.S. television series "Grey's Anatomy" and "True Blood," spent three years portraying Croft in video game developer Crystal Dynamics' "Tom Raider" reboot, which was released this week by Square Enix.
Croft was brought to life for the first time in the franchise with performance-capture technology that tracked Luddington's movements and facial expressions.
The actress spoke to Reuters about playing a video game icon and working with the technology to make Croft more human.
Q: What was it like to have played "Tomb Raider" when you were younger and then later to portray Lara Croft?
A: It gave me instant street cred from my brothers. What was really cool for me is that because it was a redo, I felt like I wasn't stepping into anyone's shoes and I could have that conversation with Crystal Dynamics about scenes, where their vision was going and work with them to create something new ... it's almost like the rebirth of the character.
Q: The old Lara Croft was very well known for her Barbie-doll figure. Can you talk about how this reborn character is physically different?
A: In the previous games she looked disproportionate, if you want to put it that way. She was in these tiny little bootie shorts and she looked fantastic, but they wanted to make her a human being and realistic in this game. So her proportions are more normal now.
Q: What else is different with Croft this time around?
A: It almost seems like in the previous game that Lara was like a superhero and she couldn't get hurt. But in this game you very quickly see that Lara is bloody and covered in mud and bruised and stabbed, and that is completely different to any of the other games we've seen. We see her get hurt. We see her have self-doubt. We see her fear.
Q: What has made her such an enduring figure, not only in gaming but with Hollywood films?
A: There's something to be said about a beautiful woman kicking butt. There's something obviously attractive about that. She's lethal and she's gorgeous being lethal, but I also think that Crystal Dynamics has listened to what the new generation is wanting.
When you see the Batman reboot and the James Bond reboot, those heroes are less of a stereotype and they're more real and more human. That's what audiences are responding to right now, being able to recognize and adapt with that is something that keeps Lara standing. Lara has become part of pop culture. Even my grandma knows who Lara Croft is.
Q: What was the motion-capture process like?
A: I spent three years doing motion capture, in between any gig that I was doing. ... I spent hours upon hours really being beaten up. I'm not really exaggerating. ... She gets her butt kicked and so it was exhausting. It was emotionally exhausting too because this is just a young girl who has been put into some extraordinary circumstances.
Q: How was it to play the game after acting it all out?
A: I've never been a character that goes through such drastic, extreme, horrifying things, and to witness that and to hear myself and even see all my facial expressions, it's hard to play it and not get even more involved than I probably normally would. ... My friends tell me I need to relax when they see me playing this game. I get way too involved playing it, but maybe that's a good thing.
Reporting By John Gaudiosi; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy, Eric Kelsey and Leslie Adler


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Saving Pennies or Dollars is a new semi-regular series on The Simple Dollar, inspired by a great discussion on The Simple Dollar's Facebook page concerning frugal tactics that might not really save that much money. I'm going to take some of the scenarios described by the readers there and try to break down the numbers to see if the savings is really worth the time invested.
Ron writes in: Does it really save a lot to ride a bicycle around town instead of driving? I have a Ford pickup that gets about twenty miles per gallon If I were to drive to the post office and the grocery store, it would be a four mile round trip. From what I can see, that bicycle ride would only save me about sixty cents in gas.
This is a lot trickier than it sounds. The biggest reason is that the cost of using your truck for this excursion is much greater than just the cost of gas. So let's start by running through these expenses.
Gas If gas is $3.50 a gallon and your vehicle gets 20 miles per gallon, that's $0.18 per mile just for gas.
Prorated cost of the vehicle Let's say you bought this truck for $15,000 and intend to drive it for 100,000 miles. That means that the cost per mile for the vehicle itself is $0.15.
Oil If you can get your oil changed for $30 every 3,000 miles, you're adding $0.01 per mile to your drive.
Other maintenance This varies so much from vehicle to vehicle that it's difficult to estimate, but I'd put it at at least $0.03 per mile.
There's also the fact that some number of failures are going to happen while you own the vehicle, which has to be prorated into the cost. If you have three repairs of $1,000 each, you're going to be spending $0.03 per mile to effectively cover those repairs.
Insurance Insurance needs to be prorated into every mile that you drive it, too. If you drive it 1,000 miles a month and insurance costs you $80 a month, you're spending $0.08 per mile to cover insurance.
That's $0.48 per mile, right there.
If your trip to the post office and the store requires four miles of driving, then you're burning $1.92 in that short trip.
Now, what about that bicycle? The bicycle I own cost less than $100 and requires no upkeep other than air, which I get for free at the gas station. I've ridden on it for thousands of miles by now, which gets me down well below $0.10 per mile in cost.
Riding that trip, for me, would cost about $0.30 on my bike, give or take.
Clearly, riding a bike for simple errands is less expensive than using a vehicle. However, the vehicle is going to be quicker than the bicycle. How much quicker depends heavily on where you're at. For example, I can get to many destinations within my town almost as quickly on a bicycle as I can in a car because I can take shortcuts through parks, utilize bike lanes, and so on. This varies a lot depending on your community.
There's also the fact that bicycle riding is far better for your health than driving a car. The exercise you get while riding a bike has health benefits in the long term and energy benefits in the short term, a value which is again hard to calculate but leans toward the bicycle strongly.
Is riding a bike around town going to save you a mint? No, but it will save you a little and it'll improve your health at the same time without adding too much time to your day.


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Tonight, December 13, at 7:00 the Eastwood Neighborhood Association (ENA) will hold their quarterly Open House at Blessed Sacrament Church.
The keynote speaker tonight will be Diane Eggert, Executive Director of the Farmers' Market Federation of New York, who will give a presentation on starting a community farmers' market. The Eastwood Neighborhood Association is organizing a Steering Committee to study the feasibility of a regular farmers' market in Eastwood and all neighbors/members are invited to join. This is an effort that will further the aim of a more walkable Eastwood!
From the Farmers' Market Federation of New York website www.nyfarmersmarket.com:
Our mission is to support and promote the viability of farmers' markets through innovative services, programs and partnerships that maximize the benefits of markets to sellers, buyers and communities.
Check out the Farmers' Market Federation publications page for some fascinating information, including a downloadable "Guide to Developing a Community Farmers' Market" and a summary of "The Value of Farmers' Markets".
Tonight's ENA meeting is Open to the Public.
To become a member of the Eastwood Neighborhood Association and join this effort contact the organization via e-mail at www.eastwoodneighbor.com/contact or donate on the organization's website at www.eastwoodneighbor.com/donate.


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You will be expected to work in a multidiscipline team environment where the overall success of the project is paramount. Amec Foster Wheeler is looking at a right first - time approach and as such, we are looking for candidates who can rise to a challenge and are interested in being part of an innovative and driven team.
Amec Foster Wheeler (www.amecfw.com) designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors. Employing around 35,000 people in more than 55 countries and with 2016 revenues of £5.4 billion, the company operates across the oil and gas industry - from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products - and in the mining, power and process, pharma, environment and infrastructure markets.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $22 million fund for startups at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. The city contributed $3 million to the fund; the rest came from FirstMark Capital, which will be managing it. The fund is for early stage, NYC-based companies.
Its first investment was $600,000 in MyCityWay, a platform for city-centric mobile apps. The Fund had invested $6.2 million in 181 loans as of the second quarter of 2010.
The NYC BigApps Competition rewards developers of the best and most impactful applications built with city data available on NYC.gov Data Mine. The prize is $20,000 in cash. The event was considered a success with 85 apps entered.
NYC angel investor Fred Wilson was one of the judges last year and wrote that it was "a thrill to see the mayor up there on stage with NYC entrepreneurs. He's the most successful tech entrepreneur in NYC but we don't see him very much in the tech scene." The second BigApps contest will be in February.
The city started this international program to help successful entrepreneurs scale and create jobs in New York City. It was established by NYCEDC with partner Fordham University. The goal of the program is to encourage international and non-NYC entrepreneurs to open offices in NYC.
Each year, 20 to 30 entrepreneurs from New York City and around the world are selected through a competitive nomination process. Fellows get mentorship, office space and access to networking events.
Current fellows include Dennis Crowley of Foursquare, Alexis Maybank of Gilt Groupe and Rob Kalin of Etsy.
This event, held at the IAC building in December, was designed to provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn about NYCEDC initiatives and network with entrepreneurs from the startup, financing, and corporate sectors.
Partners from VC firms including Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Owen Davis (NYC Seed), Lawrence Lenihan (FirstMark Capital), and Arrun Kapoor (SJF Ventures) participated in investor bar discussions.
A website for connecting entrepreneurs to resources around the city, including a directory of companies, fact sheets about the benefits to being in New York, news, an event calendar, legal and marketing resources and real estate info.
"Find all the tools you need to help you get started and grow your business in New York City," the site says.
NYU-Poly and the City of New York launched the Varick Street Incubator at 160 Varick in July 2009. The incubator is open to any freelancers or startups but is targeted toward cleantech, biotech, cybersecurity, digital and social media, financial technology and IT.
The EDC has also given grants to coworking spaces including Hive at 55, which opened in December 2009 at 55 Broad Street in Lower Manhattan.
The semifinalists have been selected for this international competition, now in its second year. Undergraduate students from around the world submit ideas for a business plan.
The prize is a week-long trip to New York City in April 2011, where they will attend a networking event with New York City-based investors, entrepreneurs, professors, and government officials and be evangelized to move here and start the business.
Mayor Bloomberg and the EDC announced that the city is hunting for a university, applied science organization or related institution to develop and operate an applied sciences research facility in New York City.
The City has promised as much as $100 million for the project and will also help with real estate (the City suggested the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Roosevelt Island, Governor's Island, and the Farm Colony on Staten Island). "A new, state-of-the-art applied sciences research school would be a major asset for New York City as we develop a 21st century innovation economy," Bloomberg said.


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Using Mobile Broadband USB Modems With Vmware
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These days you can really access the internet more places that ever. The latest flavor is mobile broadband which is becoming more readily available as of late. Sprint now offers unlimited data service plans through their Mobile Broadband USB Modem lineup and others like Verizon Att/Cingular and many more are close to follow with similar plans of their own.
Today i want to show you how to set up the Sprint Mobile Broadband USB Modem so that it can be used as the VMware internet connection source. You can do this by configuring the Windows network connection associated with your USB Modem so that it allows for other network users access the internet using the same connection.
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4K 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher w/Remote Control in 32x32 Chassis
HDTV Supplys 4K/30 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher switches both audio and video signals. Because it is a matrix switcher, it allows any input to be routed to any output; or the same input to be routed to all outputs, or any combination. The WolfPackLite 4K/30 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher is designed to allow the switching and distribution 8 HDMI inputs to 16 HDMI outputs. The 8x16 Matrix is field expandable to up to 32 HDMI inputs & 32 HDMI outputs (additional cards are required).
The WolfPackLite 4K/30 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher is a top of the line digital matrix switcher made for the demands of todays HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) routing. Created to route your systems HDMI signals to go to 16 outputs from 8 inputs, this 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher delivers high performance.
The Card Cage chassis has 8 - input slots and 8 - output slots. The HDMI input and HDMI output cards are 4 - port HDMI cards having 4 - HDMI connectors on each card. If one populates the complete chassis it configures to a 32x32 HDMI Switcher. Shown below is the configuration for this 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher.
4K/30 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher Configuration:
- 1 - 8 - card in and 8 - card out card cage with 32-HDMI in and 32-HDMI out capacity
- 4 - 2 - port HDMI input cards = 8 - female 4K/30 HDMI inputs
- 4 - 4 - port HDMI output cards = 16 - female 4K/30 HDMI outputs
HDTV Supplys WolfPackLite 4K/30 matrix switchers can be used at Restaurants, Bowling Alleys, Fitness Centers, Sports Bars, Malls, Places of Worship, Data Centers, Casinos, Conference Rooms, Schools, Home Theaters or any application requiring HDMI switching.
8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher Features:
- 4K/30 Switching of up to 8 HDMI sources to 16 displays
- 16-Presets to save for often used configurations
- HDCP 1.4 and HDMI backwards compatible
- LCD front panel for status
- Supports 3D pass-through
- Supports High Speed HDMI 1.4 Specifications
- Supports full 4K/30
- Supports DDC transmission
- Supports Dolby Digital-True HD and DTS-HD
- Control via its remote control, RS-232 and front-panel buttons
- Full RS-232 control for incorporating third party control systems
The WolfPackLite 4K/30 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher provides full HDCP internal management for todays integration in commercial A/V market, ensuring HDCP key authentication and administering the handshake internally. Our WolfPackLite 4K/30 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher comes with a full HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) internal management system that will eradicate any interception of your digital data.
Streaming between the source and display units is easily controlled through our HDMI 8x16 Matrix interface. HDCP key authentication will no longer be an issue when using our switcher. Control for our unit is varied and easily accessible. Enabled RS-232 commands is provided for advanced user control management.
Why not buy this 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher today?
8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher Specs:
- I/O card board: 4 - HDMI ports/card
- Input Connector: HDMI A female; T.M.D.S. 2.9V/3.3V, 75 ohms
- Video Output: HDMI A female; T.M.D.S. 2.9V/3.3V; 75 ohms
- Gain: 0 dB
- Resolution: Up to 4K/30 4:2:0 chroma
- Control Options: Buttons, IR remote & RS232 (9-pin female D connector)
- Worldwide Power Supply: 100VAC ~ 240VAC, 50/60Hz; 50W
- Temperature: -10 ~ 50 degrees C
- Working Humidity: 10 ~ 90 degrees
- Regulation: CE, FCC and CCC
4K/30 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher Specs:
- Gain: 0 dB
- Video Signal: HDMI (or DVI-D)
- Resolution Range: Up to 4K/30 4:2:0 chroma
8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher Input:
- Inputs: 8 HDMI
- Input Connector: HDMI
- Input Level: T.M.D.S. 2.9V/3.3V
- Input Impedance: 75 ohms
8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher Output:
- Outputs: 16 HDMI
- Output Connector: HDMI
- Output Level T.M.D.S. 2.9V/3.3V
- Output Impedance: 75 ohms
Other 4K/30 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher Specs:
- Input cable distance: ~25 feet AWG24 HDMI 1.4 high speed cable
- Output cable distance: ~35 feet AWG24 HDMI 1.4 high speed cable
- HDCP Management: Compliant with High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) using DVI and HDMI 1.4 standards. The built-in HDCP management technology can analyze HDCP key authentication and realize the handshake internally.
- Serial Control Port: RS-232, 9-pin female D connector with a pin configuration of 2 = TX, 3 = RX, 5 = GND
- IR Remote: Yes
- Front Panel Control: Buttons
Why not buy this 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher today?
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HDTV Supply has successfully installed our WolfPack, WolfPackLite and our other HDMI Matrix Switchers in Sports Bars, Restaurants, Bowling Alleys, Fitness Centers, Malls, Places of Worship, Data Centers, Gaming Rooms, Nail Salons, County Clubs, Casinos, Factories, Conference Rooms, Schools, Home Theaters or many other installations requiring HDMI matrix switching. The reason, we are told by the users, is the number of features we offer compared to other companies they looked at.
These modular HDMI matrix switcher can usually be integrated with many third party control systems using the RS232 port on the back of the matrix.
For experienced hardware & software professionals who want to write their own drivers for 3rd party control systems from:
- Control4™
- Creston™
- DTVGameControl™
- Elan g!™
- Media switcher™
- OnControls™
- Savant™
- SimpleControl™
- SwitchItUp™
- SAVI Control™
- URC Control™
EXAMPLE: If you want to switcher input 8 to output 1, 8, 16, the RS232 command would be 8V1.8V8.8V16 . See the RS232 section in this WolfPackLite Modular Matrix Switcher User Manual if you want to write your own drivers.
How to use the info:
END USER: If you are an end user and want to have a whole-house control system from any of the above 3rd party control houses but your budget can't support the price you were quoted, do the following:
- Call us for a quote
- Once you get our quote call a 3rd party control reseller or installer in your area and tell them "Here is the hardware I want to use, please give me a quote on writing the software and installing all of the hardware at my location." You usually can save $1,000s on larger systems.
Why not buy this 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher today?
Why not buy this 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher today?
WolfPackLite Modular Matrix Switch User Manual
WolfPack Modular HDMI Matrix router Comparison
Don't use EZ45 Connectors
CAT5 Installation Tips (Don't Use Patch Panels)
HEX Codes for the Remote Control
Why not buy this 8x16 HDMI Matrix Switcher today?
HDTV Supply is a leader in supplying 3D equipment for the 3DTV market. Our test lab includes the latest equipment for designing, testing and supporting 3D video equipment. The chips sets we use support many of our 4K, HDMI 1.3 and HDMI 1.4 compliant devices. The 3D viewing results were awesome in our lab and did not have any picture or audio degradation. The normal and standard (2D) results equally exhibited a superb picture quality.
We not only test this device with lab equipment we also test many of our 3D devices with 3D products you are likely to use. The products used for the test are:
- Sony PS3 with the 3D 3.41 firmware
- Samsung model PN50C7000YF 3DTV
- Samsung model BD-C6900 3D Blu-ray player FORCED to 1080p
- Samsung model SSG-P2100T 3D glasses
- DirecTV models HR21-100 and the HR24 high definition receiver.
- HDTV Supply's true HDMI 2.0 4K & 3D cables
- It works with all HDMI devices including the new 3D units.
Q: Do you have an upgraded remote control.
A: Yes, see the above options for a learnable remote. The remote is not programmed for the matrix but it is easy to teach the furnished remote to it.
Q: What is the IR frequency?
A: 38KHz
Q: Are the HDMI cards on the WolfPackLite chassis all the same and can be interchanged within an 8x8, 16x16 and 32x32 chassis?
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Sushi Rolls Recipes
Spicy Tuna Maki Sushi Roll Recipe
We're having a houseguest this week. Mimi is Daddy's childhood best friend's daughter. She mentioned that she adores sushi, so I thought we would have a sushi party. Making your own costs less than the ones at your local sushi bar and you'll definitely know exactly how fresh the ingredients are. You can apply some of those savings and go overboard in choosing exquisite fish.
I made tuna maki rolls and served salmon sashimi to gain a little time. I filled the maki rolls with blue fin tuna (hon maguro toro tuna). Even though it was a little pricey, I couldn't resist when I saw the quality and the abnormally high level of marbling of the fish. I also added seaweed salad, fish roe, a few pieces of avocado and Granny Smith apple matchstick pieces, which add a pleasant, slightly sweet and tart flavor.
The result was fabulous and as less than you would pay at a restaurant to get this kind of sushi!
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California Sushi Rolls and Tuna and Salmon Sushi
If you love football as much as my husband Lulu does, and also happen to be a 49ers fan, you were probably frantically jumping up and down and screaming for joy as they made it to the Super Bowl last week. Lulu has been looking forward to this since they lost in overtime in last year's NFC Championship game. To be honest, I have no clue what any of those words mean, but I've heard Lulu say them on several occasions.
What I do know is food and I've concocted a week's worth of recipe ideas in honor of the Superbowl and the San Franciso 49ers. I may not know a first down from a field goal, but preparing fun party food for friends and family is a great way for me to get involved.
To kickoff our week of SF-friendly Super Bowl foods, here's a combination of California rolls (avocado crab cucumber) and tuna (freshly caught by our neighbor Tom) and salmon sushi. It's super easy; all you need is fresh ingredients and ready-cooked sushi rice. You can make several rolls in advance, and cut them throughout the party as your guests work their way through them. The other nice thing about sushi as party food is that you can easily make different fillings depending on you and your guests' preferences and dietary restrictions.
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Caterpillar Roll (Avocado Sushi Recipe)
Lulu and I recently went to a Japanese sushi bar and enjoyed platters of delicious rolls. When I came home, I was determined to serve the same gorgeous-looking sushi for the family. I reinterpreted the caterpillar sushi with a combination of hoisin sauce and kaffir lime sauce. The caterpillar outer layer is imitated with thinly sliced avocados. Unlike most of the "fancy" sushi rolls you'll find at restaurants, this one's vegetarian.
I have to admit I was very proud of how they turned out. And to my surprise, it wasn't that complicated. Sometimes, improvisation ends up with beautiful results!
Don't forget to enter your name and email address to be able to participate in my Haute Potato Cookbook contest. I will pick one winner next Monday. And if you already have a copy, I would greatly appreciate it if you could leave a review on Amazon. Thank you!
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Octopus Sushi (Cooked Sushi Recipe)
We've been setting up my little sis-in-law's school lunch menu as she's about to enter 1st grade tomorrow. She participated in the entire process. The little munchkin mentioned that she loves sushi and wanted to have some for lunch this school year. It's a fast and easy way for her to have a quick lunch, so I was happy to oblige. She also mentioned she loves baby octopus but she doesn't want to scare her friends away with weird food so I coarsely chopped them and used them as the filling along with other vegetables. I cooked each ingredient separately, let them cool completely and then combined then into sushi rolls. The sushi got an "A" from my sis-in-law, so I'll definitely be packing them for her this school year.
Involving children in preparing their own food encourages them to eat with more enthusiasm. Cooking in a fun environment is also a way to learn. If your kids aren't adventurous enough for octopus, you can try some of my other school lunch recipe ideas.
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California Sushi Rolls
Making sushi is a lot easier that it seems. The real key to well-presented sushi is having good utensils, such as a sushi mat and a sharp knife. Each ingredient can be prepped in advance and assembled when you're ready to serve, and when you make it at home, it's a fraction of the cost!
Though there are many wonderful forms of traditional makizushi, or rolled sushi, feel free to experiment with the ingredients you have on hand. I got my inspiration for the sushi pictured above from ingredients native to California; I used Hass avocados, goat cheese and baby Persian cucumbers. I wrapped these ingredients in the traditional combination of nori sheets and Japanese rice.
In standard California roll fashion, the rice is on the outside of the nori. If you've ever wondered why this is the case, the story goes that Japanese immigrants who came to the US turned the sushi inside out to hide the nori from culinarily unadventurous Americans. I don't know if that's true, but it's the story a sushi chef told me once. It certainly is a great tale!
I served the sushi rolls with wasabi paste, homemade pickled ginger and soy sauce. It may seem daunting, but a sushi dinner is really as easy as 1-2-3.
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Semaphore has received another favourable review, this time by Street press Australia. It appeared in Melbourne's Inpress magazine a couple of weeks ago. Read it here.
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Junior Riley Baxter (Groton, Mass./Groton-Dunstable) snapped a 5-all tie with 5:47 remaining in regulation and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth defense held off a late charge to earn a 6-5 victory over intra-state rival University of Massachusetts Boston this evening in the first round of the 2014 Little East Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament at Cressy Field.
The Corsairs (13-4) advance to the semifinal round at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 2, when UMass Dartmouth travels to second-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University. The Beacons complete their season with an overall record of 8-10.
The visitors scored three unanswered goals between the third and fourth quarters to forge at 5-all tie with just under eight minutes left on the clock. Junior Donny Delpha (Walpole, Mass.) sent freshman Nick Tangherlini (Cohasset, Mass.) in behind the Corsair defense for the game-tying goal.
Riding the momentum, Tangherlini nearly gave the visitors their first lead of the contest at the 6:37 mark, but senior goalie Nick Thayer (Chelmsford, Mass.) was able to stop the attempt and spark the transition into the attacking zone.
Following a timeout, UMass Dartmouth began to work its cycle behind the net and found Baxter along the near post. The junior unleashed his 24th marker of the season into the back of the net for the game-winner.
Baxter paced the Corsairs offensive attack with two goals and an assist for three points. Seniors Jordan MacPherson (Westwood, Mass.) and Adam Niden (Walpole, Mass.) each scored two markers. Classmate Todd Davis (Sandwich, Mass.) collected a game-high six ground balls, while sophomore Dan Brown (Beverly, Mass.) was 5-for-8 at the X.
Junior John Powers (Marshfield, Mass.) tallied two goals, while Delpha handed out a pair of helpers to lead the Beacons. Senior Dom Fichera (Scituate, Mass./Boston College HS), sophomore Noah Ellis (Hingham, Mass.) and Tangherlini each penned a goal into their ledgers. Sophomore Phil Troung (Quincy, Mass.) won half of his restarts (6-for-12), while classmate Michael Durocher (Marion, Mass./Old Rochester) caused four turnovers.
Thayer stopped nine UMass Boston attempts to earn his 13th win of the season, while sophomore Craig Frehil (Norwell, Mass.) reached double digits in saves with 11.
UMass Dartmouth held the advantage in shots (32-24) and ground balls (35-25), while commiting two less turnovers than the Beacons (20-22). The Corsairs were able to convert two of their six man-up opportunites, while hosts held the visitors scoreless on their seven extra-man chances.
UMass Dartmouth tied the program's single season record for wins with 13, matching the standard set by the 2011 squad.


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Hark, for I'm going to tell you a tale of olden times. Back in the days of yore, when our lives were little better than those of the cavemen, there were no podcasts. In those days, all we had for entertainment on long drives was an archaic device known as "The Radio." On this radio, I used to listen to a lot of Christian shows, with my favorite being "The Bible Answer Man" with Hank Hanegraaff.
In these more enlightened times, I have so much regular entertainment to choose from that I can easily fill all my driving time and more with shows which confirm my own personal beliefs and prejudices, and much of the time I do. But when Beth asked her Facebook friends what fundie podcasts she could listen to last week, it reminded me. How is Hank doing? I really should start listening again.
And I'm so glad I did. Because if I hadn't listened to the August 1 episode, I never would have run into this great article by Jerry Coyne. It's titled: "As atheists know, you can be good without God."
To put it mildly, Hank did not like this article.
Here are a few excerpts.
…[I]t's clear that even for the faithful, God cannot be the source of morality but at best a transmitter of some human-generated morality.
This isn't just philosophical rumination, because God — at least the God of Christians and Jews — repeatedly sanctioned or ordered immoral acts in the Old Testament. These include slavery (Leviticus 25:44-46), genocide (Deuteronomy 7:1-2; 20:16-18), the slaying of adulterers and homosexuals, and the stoning of non-virgin brides (Leviticus 20:10, 20:13, Deuteronomy 22:20-21).
Was God being moral when, after some children made fun of the prophet Elisha's bald head, he made bears rip 42 of them to pieces (2 Kings 2:23-24)? Even in the New Testament, Jesus preaches principles of questionable morality, barring heaven to the wealthy (Matthew 19:24), approving the beating of slaves (Luke 12:47-48), and damning sinners to the torments of hell (Mark 9:47-48). Similar sentiments appear in the Quran.
Should we be afraid that a morality based on our genes and our brains is somehow inferior to one handed down from above? Not at all. In fact, it's far better, because secular morality has a flexibility and responsiveness to social change that no God-given morality could ever have.
Sentiments I think most of us can get behind, but that's no big surprise, right? Most of you readers are on Jerry Coyne's side, as I am.
Now I don't know if you've ever heard Hank Hanegraaff, but he's got this very calm, very soothing voice, with what I would describe as almost a Jim Henson-like quality. He sounds reassuring, authoritative, certain of his facts. Most of the time.
On this particular occasion, as he talked about the terrible injustice of Coyne's article, he just kept getting more and more agitated. He didn't actually refute these claims about the Bible, mind you — he threw them out there, dismissed them by saying they were "out of context," and then said he'd go over them in depth on another day. Which I loved, because there's no more effective way to stoke an opposing argument than to repeat it without refuting it properly.
By the time he was done with the subject, Hank was doing a passable impression of Yosemite Sam, bringing up the usual red herrings like Mao Zedong and Pol Pot (even implying that Pol Pot was just a humanist trying earnestly to set up an "egalitarian society," which made me say "WTF?")
The best line of the show, however, was when Hank said in a voice of grave and sorrowful concern: "The thing that I find particularly troubling about this article… is that when you read it without discernment skills, you can end up believing it."
Dead on, Hank. Of course, with proper analysis, it's even more plausible. But I think Jerry Coyne should graciously accept the compliment that his rhetoric is so good that people without discernment skills are more likely to accept his reasoning than the Bible stories that they usually take as a given.
That's what bugs evangelists about the internet in general. They're used to stating their case in a vacuum. When someone like Hank Hanegraaff says, as he did to a caller later in the show, "God loves you so much that He sent His son to die for you," he's counting on the assumption that some rude and dickish atheist isn't going to pop up and ask something like "How do you know that?" And when they solemnly proclaim that only God makes you moral, they hate it when you point to passages where Jesus endorses beating your slaves.
Similar sentiments abound these days; just a few weeks ago, Josh McDowell was saying that "The Internet has given atheists, agnostics, skeptics, the people who like to destroy everything that you and I believe, the almost equal access to your kids as your youth pastor and you have… whether you like it or not."
Equal access? That's what we're gaining that's so terrifying? Apparently religion can only thrive if they can muzzle the atheists, shut them up, shame them into not making a peep while we're being slandered.
Keep on scaring them, folks.


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This post discusses Release Candidate software which may or may not reflect the final shipping version.
With the recent release of Exchange 2010 RC1, I threw it into a new sandbox to see what its schema and Forest/Domain Prep steps were like.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
After the PrepareAD steps have finished, AdminSDHolder has several new ACEs added to it. I've highlighted the most inappropriate ACE: Write Property for member, granted to the new Exchange Windows Permissions group. This makes it possible for an Exchange Organization Administrator to elevate themselves to Enterprise Administrator with two actions (left as a simple exercise to the reader).
AdminSDHolder exists to protect the critical security groups, such as Enterprise Admins, from inadvertent or accidental tampering by periodically setting the ACEs on those objects to known good values. Since those values were originally defined by the authors of the AD code, they probably know a thing or two about what values are needed to protect AD. With the new ACE on AdminSDHolder, AD itself now dutifully ensures that the new Exchange group can manage group membership for the Enterprise Admins group (along with Domain Admins, Account Operators and all other groups that were supposed to be "protected").
Beyond AdminSDHolder, PrepareAD also throws down identical ACEs on the domain head, including ACEs like Write DACL inherited to all objects. But from a controls perspective, none are needed beyond the initial Write Property for member.
If your organization has any rules for separation of duties between Exchange Admins and Enterprise Admins, the ACEs introduced by Exchange 2010 RC1 make that very difficult to enforce, if not impossible.


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Gauge Link NXA20 scans parameters from tank gauges with TRL/2 protocol from Emerson Rosemount or BPM protocol from Honeywell Enraf and converts the signal to Modbus RS485 as one part of Tankvision, which is a dedicated tank inventory system. For a step-by-step site upgrade, the Tankvision Gauge Link together with the Tankvision Tank Scanner allows legacy protocol management as well as gradual upgrades for more flexibility. It is ideally suited for small depots as well as bigger tank farms.
Legacy protocol management
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Higher system availability
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Scans parameters from tank gauges. Suited for tank farms with various protocols used for communicating with the installed field devices.
Provides data to the Tank Scanner NXA820 via Modbus
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Part I of the series introduced the type-level functional language with the notation that resembles lambda-calculus with case distinction, fixpoint recursion, etc. Modulo a bit of syntactic tart, the language of the type functions even looks almost like the pure Haskell. In this message, we show the applications of computable types, to ascribe signatures to terms and to drive the selection of overloaded functions. We can compute the type of a tree of the depth fib(N) or a complex XML type, and instantiate the read function to read the trees of only that shape.
A telling example of the power of the approach is the ability to use not only (a->) but also (->a) as an unary type function. The former is just (->) a. The latter is considered impossible. In our approach, (->a) is written almost literally as (flip (->) a)
This series of messages has been inspired by Luca Cardelli's 1988 manuscript ``Phase Distinctions in Type Theory'' http://lucacardelli.name/Papers/PhaseDistinctions.pdf and by Simon Peyton Jones and Erik Meijer's ``Henk: A Typed Intermediate Language'' http://www.research.microsoft.com/~simonpj/Papers/henk.ps.gz which expounds many of the same notions in an excellent tutorial style and in modern terminology.
I'm very grateful to Chung-chieh Shan for pointing out these papers to me and for thought-provoking discussions.
- data Prop'
- type Prop = Rec (F Prop')
- type Prop2 = E (F Prop :< N2) r => r
- data StrangeProp
- oddand4t :: E (F StrangeProp :< ((F FSum :< N2) :< N2)) r => r
- data Ntimes
- data ATC1 c
- type PropN' n = E (((F Ntimes :< F (ATC1 ((->) Bool))) :< Bool) :< n) r => r
- data ATC2 c
- type SPropN' n = E (((F Ntimes :< (F (ATC2 (->)) :< Bool)) :< Bool) :< (F Fib :< n)) r => r
- data Flip
- type SSPropN' n = E (((F Ntimes :< ((F Flip :< F (ATC2 (->))) :< Bool)) :< Bool) :< (F Fib :< n)) r => r
- data Node v els = Node v [els]
- type TreeDN v l n = E (((F Ntimes :< F (ATC1 (Node v))) :< l) :< n) r => r
Our first example comes from Cardelli's paper: defining the type Prop(n), of n-ary propositions. That is,
Prop(2) should be the type Bool -> Bool -> Bool Prop(3) is the type of functions Bool -> Bool -> Bool -> Bool
Cardelli's paper (p. 10) writes this type as
let Prop:: AllKK(N:: NatK) Type = recK(F:: AllKK(N:: NatK) Type) funKK(N:: NatK) caseK N of 0K => Bool; succK(M) => Bool -> F(M);
let and2: Prop(2K) = fun(a: Bool) fun(b: Bool) a & b;
Here 0K and 2K are type-level numerals of the kind NatK; recK is the type-level fix-point combinator. The computed type Prop(2) then gives the type to the term and2.
In our system, this example looks as follows:
data StrangeProp Source
We can compute types by applying type functions, just as we can compute values by applying regular functions. Indeed, let us define a StrangeProp of the kind NAT -> Type. StrangeProp(n) is the type of propositions of arity m, where m is fib(n). We compose together the already defined type function Prop2 and the type function Fib in the previous message.
We introduce the combinator Ntimes: |NTimes f x n| applies f to x n times. This is a sort of fold over numerals.
type PropN' n = E (((F Ntimes :< F (ATC1 ((->) Bool))) :< Bool) :< n) r => rSource
We can then write the type of n-ary propositions Prop(N) in a different way, as an N-times application of the type constructor (Bool->) to Bool.
The comparison of ATC1 with ATC2 shows two different ways of defining abstractions: as (F x) terms (`lambda-terms' in our calculus) and as polymorphic types (Haskell type abstractions). The two ways are profoundly related. The more verbose type application notation, via (:<), has its benefits. After we introduce another higher-order function
type SSPropN' n = E (((F Ntimes :< ((F Flip :< F (ATC2 (->))) :< Bool)) :< Bool) :< (F Fib :< n)) r => rSource
we make a very little change
and obtain quite a different result:
*TypeFN> :t test_sspn4 test_sspn4 :: ((((Bool -> Bool) -> Bool) -> Bool) -> Bool) -> Bool
In effect, we were able to use not only (a->) but also (->a) as an unary type function. Moreover, we achieved the latter by almost literally applying the flip function to the arrow type constructor (->).
Using the type inspection tools (typecast), we can replace the family of functions ATC1, ATC2 with one, kind-polymorphic, polyvariadic function ATC. This approach will be explained in further messages.
We can use the computed types to drive overloaded functions such as read and show. The specifically instantiated read functions, in particular, will check that a (remotely) received serialized value matches our expectation. Let's consider the type of trees of the depth of at most N.
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MN Prosecutor Tackles Escaping Drug Offender
FOLEY, Minn. (AP) — The Benton County Attorney put his high school football skills to the test when he chased down and tackled a man who was trying to flee the courthouse.
Philip Miller tells the St. Cloud Times he was in the courtroom Thursday during the sentencing of a man who faced a lengthy prison in a drug case.
Miller noticed the man seemed agitated, so he went to get another bailiff as a precaution. Then, he saw the man run out of the courtroom and come toward him in the hallway.
The defendant was headed toward the exit when Miller says he "took him out at the knees."
Miller's eyeglasses broke during the incident, but he wasn't hurt.
He says his old coach at Apollo High School would have been proud.


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Last week, we hosted our IGNITION: Future of Media conference in New York.
To kick off the conference, our BI Intelligence team--Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Eleanor Miller, Alex Cocotas, and I--put together a deck on the current trends in the digital media business. We looked closely at advertising, access, and content.
You can flip through the deck below (click on the link).
(BI Intelligence, by the way, is a new industry research service for executives and investors. We're launching it soon, and we hope you'll all become members. You can check out some early content here and sign up for the free beta here.)


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I am sitting at an inservice at my job and breakfast was prepared for us. As we were all about to get up to eat one of the employees stands up and asks if we could have Mr. ________ say a prayer before we eat. She also "excused her feeling of necessaty for the prayer because some people don't like it but she just had to." So, Mr. __________ asked everybody to bow there heads in prayer. Everybody did that I could see except for me looking around the room at all the followers and thinking this is terrible.
I have a question. Has there been any laws that prevents this type of "at work" display of social behavior towards spiritual direction? It is a lot different when a person performs their own personal direction of spirit, asking the entire group of employees to take part in their defined social behavior toward spiritual direction is another. This should be illegal. Can my fellow Atheist Nexus members shed some ideas on how to fight this?
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Lyman Frank Baum, the author of the many books about the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was born today – May 15, 1856 – in Chittenango, Madison County, New York.
When he died obituaries appeared in newspapers around the country like this obituary that appeared in the Duluth (MN) News Tribune (8 May 1919).
It was written from the perspective of his sister-in-law Helen Leslie Gage (1845-1933) who lived at the time in Duluth.
Over the years there were many articles about L. Frank Baum in the newspapers.
Less well known is that late in his life he began to serialize his books and short stories in newspapers across the country under the title the Wonderful Stories of Oz.
Here is an ad for this series that appeared in the Salt Lake (UT) Telegram (7 January 1919).
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Today: Major Silicon Valley companies make changes in their services that could cost them with consumers. Also: Wall Street ends week on an upswing.
The Lead: Google ads, Instagram videos and Facebook search to change
Google (GOOG) and Facebook have faced down several controversies regarding their use of customer info and other privacy snafus, but the Silicon Valley tech giants don't seem to be scared to make moves that could turn off some users.
Google announced Friday that it would begin placing users' activity and photos into advertisements and recommendations seen by the account-holders' Google+ contacts, similar to Facebook's "Sponsored Stories," which led to a class-action lawsuit that cost the Menlo Park company $20 million and forced it to offer members an option to opt out of such uses.
"For example, your friends might see that you rated an album 4 stars on the band's Google Play page. And the +1 you gave your favorite local bakery could be included in an ad that the bakery runs through Google," the Mountain View search giant said in Friday's announcement of the change.
Google is offering its users the option of opting out, and will not use information from users younger than 18, noting in bold in its statement, "On Google, you are in control of what you share." The change in Google's terms of service will take place Nov. 11, though the company did not give an indication of when it will begin placing the new ads.
Google completely overhauled its terms of service in early 2012, but is still facing a fight over its revamped privacy policy in Europe, where the company is also attempting to stave off antitrust charges. In a speech Thursday, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said that European regulators and Google just seem to disagree about privacy standards and "we'll let it play itself out."
"It seems to me that we have said very clearly what we do with the information, and … that we have to be respectful of people's privacy. And if we were to be disrespectful of your privacy, you'd go somewhere else or you wouldn't use us," Schmidt said.
Facebook made its own move Thursday, announcing that users would no longer be able to block people with whom they are not connected from seeing their profile when searching the social network, a change that could boost the Graph Search feature CEO Mark Zuckerberg championed in a launch event earlier this year. The company said in a blog post that a "small percentage of people still using the setting" would lose it soon, after Facebook stopped offering to block searches for anyone who had not already chosen the option earlier this year.
Facebook was not as open about a change in its Instagram photo-sharing service: The Next Web reported that an update to the popular app takes away the option of not allowing videos to play automatically when a user visits the timeline. The move follows the announcement earlier this week that Instagram would begin to serve advertisements in users' streams, the first revenue-generating attempt by the San Francisco company since Facebook committed $1 billion in a 2012 acquisition.
Tossing the anti-autoplay option ensures that users who do not opt out of the service — and all users on Wi-Fi networks — will have video advertisements begin immediately when they pop into their stream, Next Web reported.
Possible consumer backlash from these moves did not scare investors Friday: Google increased 0.4 percent to $871.99 while Facebook gained 0.1 percent to $49.11 after Mercury News staff writer Brandon Bailey reported that Zuckerberg had bought up properties surrounding his Palo Alto house in order to avoid a developer doing the same.
SV150 market report: Wall Street ends week on upswing as SolarCity skyrockets
Wall Street's volatile week came to a close with gains on Friday, as Silicon Valley stocks were propelled by a huge gain from San Mateo solar installer SolarCity.
SolarCity, which fell lower than $30 last month after hitting highs of more than $50 earlier in the year, zoomed 23 percent higher to $47.18 Friday after announcing that it expects to hit targets for installations this year and nearly double them next year. The company's fresh guidance predicted that SolarCity would hit its goal of deploying 278 megawatts of solar energy systems in 2013, while predicting for the first time that it would deploy 475 to 525 megawatts in 2014. Friday's huge jump arrived at a serendipitous time for SolarCity: The company filed for a secondary stock offering that will sell 3.4 million shares at quite a premium from its IPO price of just $8 a share, with Chairman Elon Musk and his cousin, CEO and co-founder Lyndon Rive, committing to buy more than half a million of the shares. SolarCity also plans to raise $125 million in a debt offering.
Musk's other Silicon Valley company, Tesla Motors (TSLA), gained 3.3 percent to $178.70 ahead of the opening of a store in its hometown of Palo Alto. Apple (AAPL) gained 0.7 percent to $492.81 after sharing plans for its new Cupertino campus and reportedly soliciting BlackBerry employees for a move to Silicon Valley, though the tech titan faces issues with reports of problems with its new iPhones and mobile operating system. Cisco (CSCO) gained 1.2 percent to $23.28 after Pacific Crest analysts suggested picking up the San Jose networking giant's stock, and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) resumed the upswing it began Wednesday after CEO Meg Whitman's optimistic meeting with analysts, gaining 2.2 percent to $22.80.
Headed the other way was Fremont hardware maker SGI, which was the first Silicon Valley tech company to announce financial issues stemming from the government shutdown Thursday. After announcing that it would miss revenue forecasts, the company's stock suffered the biggest tumble in the SV150 on Friday, falling 9.8 percent to $14.75.
Up: SolarCity, SunPower (SPWRA), Tesla, Zynga, HP, Adobe (ADBE), eBay (EBAY), Intuit (INTU), Yelp, Symantec, Cisco, VMware, AMD, Juniper, Yahoo (YHOO), Oracle (ORCL), Pandora
Down: Electronic Arts (ERTS), Netflix (NFLX), Salesforce, Nvidia, LinkedIn, Workday
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Up 9.67, or 0.73 percent, to 1,341.39
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 31.12, or 0.83 percent, to 3,791.87
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 111.04, or 0.73 percent, to 15,237.11
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 10.64, or 0.63 percent, to 1,703.2
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/jowens510.


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For more than 150 years, our highly qualified, dedicated and compassionate educators have been serving the children and families of this great community. We have a long standing tradition and legacy of cultivating the talents of our students so they may achieve their greatest potential and go on to change the world. We have produced astronauts, U.S. Senators, Mayors, movie stars, nuclear scientists, famous authors, a Nobel Peace prize winner, professional athletes, Civil Rights leaders, industrialists, and a First Lady of the United State of America, just to name a few.
This is because of our deep rooted belief that all children can reach their academic potential through effort, high expectations, and strong support systems. GRPS has more than 1,400 highly qualified teachers who rank among the best, most dedicated, hard working educational professionals in this entire state. This includes more than 170 highly qualified, bilingual teachers and support staff that help set this district apart from the rest in serving English Language Learners. Just recently, the State Superintendent named one of our Ottawa Hills High School teachers the 2012-2013 Michigan Teacher of the Year. I believe this speaks volumes and is truly symbolic of the tremendous talent we have in this district working to support the success of our students.
In addition to our remarkable educators, our strength as a school system lies in the diversity of the very students and families we serve. Our student population is highly reflective of the real world and global economy with more than seventy countries represented, fifty different languages spoken, and a myriad of different cultures and ethnic backgrounds -- a value added educational benefit that truly sets the GRPS educational experience apart from other school choices in the region.
To meet the needs of our students and families, we proudly offer the largest selection of school choices, programs and services in all of West Michigan. We are one of very few districts in the region that can honestly say we have schools, programs and services to serve all children regardless of age, income, disability, and native language. We are home to:
-the top performing school in all of West Michigan, one of the best in the state – City High-Middle School;
-the region's first and only International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Programme – City High / Middle;
-the region's first and only PK-12 Montessori school – Grand Rapids Montessori. We also the PK-6th grade North Park Montessori Academy;
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-ten "community schools" with social services, health/dental services, and family support services embedded within the school;
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The Oregon Buyer Advisory and the Oregon Seller Advisory were created by the Oregon Association of REALTORS® to present valuable information about many aspects of buying and selling property in Oregon.
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This event was the second in a series of stakeholder workshops assessing the benefits and challenges of MSP for specific maritime activities. The workshops aim to draw conclusions on the specific needs and best practices on cross-sector cooperation. These conclusions will feed the work of the Commission to support the deployment of MSP in Europe.
The current popularity of MSP is linked to the growth of particular sectors – especially planning for offshore wind development is an important MSP driver. Other space-demanding maritime activities such as shipping, coastal tourism and the protection of marine areas are also growing significantly. While the growth potential of the EU's Blue Economy will help to create jobs in coastal communities, the workshop aimed at discussing a crucial question: where does that leave traditional maritime activities and especially fisheries?
The event was chaired by Andrew Lipsky, Director of Science and Policy at SeaPlan and former Ocean Policy Adviser at the White House. Mr Lipsky highlighted the importance of involving fisheries into the planning of other maritime activities. Industry to industry dialogue is essential to understand the possible trade-offs between sectors and consider synergies and mitigation. In terms of knowledge, much cooperative effort is needed to develop, execute and interpret studies jointly. Mr. Lipsky also stressed the importance of climate change, which makes proper planning key to the long-term development of fisheries.
The discussions between stakeholders mainly focused on the coexistence between economic activities in Europe's sea basins. The fisheries industry in the North Sea stressed its concern that fishing areas were reducing. Strong support was expressed for MSP as a tool to recognise fishermen user rights. As one representative put it: "if you are not at the table, you are on the menu!".
The cost of collecting and harmonising data to be used for cross-sectoral dialogue was recognised as a major hurdle to cooperation. Especially, little data exists on effort displacement due to new activities – this is crucial in cross-border contexts.
Stakeholders also explored how MSP can facilitate synergies between sectors and the multi-use of marine space. In Lyme Bay, UK, fishermen and conservationists work through agreed code of practice on the protection of the reefs and the provision of high added-value sea food. In Germany, multi-usage of areas and structure will help develop the aquaculture sector in already crowded sea. Coherence of planning, timing and licensing between aquaculture and wind farms facilitate multi-usage considerably.
More information on the workshop, as well as the presentations, can be found on the website
The next workshop will take place in May 2014 in Greece and will be focused on shipping and ports. The following one will discuss tourism during the Italian Presidency. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you wish to be kept informed.


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text: A report issued by Quartz after the market closed on Tuesday suggested Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) board was actively discussing the possibility of breaking the company apart. The site claimed a breakup was one of several options the board was discussing in order to ensure maximum return for shareholders. According to a follow-up from AllThingsD, which has sources at HP who have regularly been proven accurate in the past, no such discussions are taking place. "No, HP's board of directors is not actively studying a plan to break the company up," wrote AllThingsD's Arik Hesseldahl. This jibes with HP CEO Meg Whitman's comments from this past summer — when asked by the reporter if HP might eventually break apart, Whitman replied, "No. As I see it, everything stays. Each of the pieces fit together."


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Victor Conte sees MLB drug-test loophole
Victor Conte, of BALCO infamy, has been in the news lately, now an antidoping crusader decrying what he sees as a massive loophole in Major League Baseball's drug testing.
The loophole, in a nutshell:
MLB subjects players to a test called the T/E Ratio Test that costs about $150 and measures the ratio of an athlete's testosterone to epitestosterone. The normal ratio is 1 to 1, but MLB rules allow the player to go as high as 4 to 1. This test cannot differentiate the body's natural testosterone from the synthetic testosterone that Conte says is the current performance-enhancing drug of choice in sports.
Players can microdose with the synthetic testosterone because it clears the system quickly.
"You finish a game, your ratio is 1 to 1, you rub the (synthetic testosterone) cream on your arm and your ratio can go up to 10 to 1, or 15 to 1. Six hours later, your T/E ratio is below 4 to 1. You've had the benefit of tissue repair, healing and recovery, and it promotes muscle growth. It makes muscles bigger, fresher, faster."
Conte says there is a test called the Carbon Isotope Ratio (CIR) test that identifies synthetic testosterone, even in small amounts and as long as two weeks after last usage. The CIR test costs about $400.
Conte points out that current MLB testing for human growth hormone is also expensive, and "growth hormone is not nearly as powerful as low-dose testosterone. It's not a performance-enhancing drug. To an extent, it might help heal a tendon and burn body fat, but it will not make you stronger. ... You've got two fires, growth hormone and synthetic testosterone. Why not jump on the biggest fire first?"
Conte points out that MLB does use the CIR test, but only as a confirming test if the T/E Ratio Test shows a ratio above 4-to-1.
"They refer to the CIR test as the 'nail in the coffin test,' " Conte said. "Why not use that nail first?"
One reason baseball doesn't, Conte speculates, is that the testing program is run by MLB, rather than an independent agency, and thus there is a conflict of interest. If testing nabs too many players, that would be bad for business.
Nab an occasional player - a Melky Cabrera - and it looks like your testing is doing its job.
If MLB were to use the CIR as a first test, Conte said, "it would be a simple fix to a very big problem."
The players' union fights increased testing, especially blood testing, calling it an invasion of privacy. The CIR is a urine test.
Scott Ostler is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.


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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - For the second year in a row, MIT and Tufts University battled to a 1-1 double-overtime tie in men's soccer on Wednesday afternoon. The Engineers' and the Jumbos' records now stand at 1-0-1 on the season.
Tech controlled possession of the ball for most of the first half, eventually getting on the scoreboard in the 31st minute. A yellow card issued to Tufts resulted in a free kick taken by Dan Griffith. His 40-yard pass was headed in by Robert Pilawa for the goal.
In the second half, MIT continued to dominate on the offensive end, out-shooting the Jumbos, 8-2. However, Tufts mounted an attack of its own and tied the game on a goal by Mike Guigli with 1:55 remaining in regulation. Both squads had several opportunities to win the game in overtime, but outstanding defensive play maintained the deadlock.
In the goal for MIT, Morgan Mills collected three saves. For the Jumbos, Matt Sullivan had three saves in the first half while Scott Conroy finished the game with nine saves.
The next game for MIT will be on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 1:00 p.m. when it hosts NEWMAC foe U.S. Coast Guard Academy.


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Last Thursday night in Miami the Knicks played a complete game from start to finish, without star and 27.5 PPG contributor Carmelo Anthony, and blew out defending Champion Miami Heat at United Airlines Arena 112-92, in what may have been their best regular season performance in the new millennium. Since then, the Knickerbockers went toe to toe with the Bulls in Chicago and lost, and posted wins over Denver and NJ…um, "Brooklyn" that is, 2 games that have been labeled by some as a Carmelo revival tour of sorts. Tuesday's victory over New Jersey, as must a win as there can be in mid December, was made possible by Anthony's 45 pts, and was delivered by a 3 pointer by new team leader Jason Kidd (shown above) in the final minute which was also the game's final tally.
Prior to the South Beach business trip, the Knicks played a mostly lackluster game in Charlotte, looking ahead to the Heat, in all likelihood. While Anthony put up 20 in the 1st half, he had zero field goals in the 2nd. But his low output did not hinder his effort. With only a few minutes to play, Anthony followed a loose ball into the Knicks' bench, lacerating his finger, and causing him to miss the next two games.
Without Anthony on the floor for the final minutes in Charlotte, the Knicks capped the impressive comeback (8 down with 6 minutes to play) win with a 5 man unit consisting of Chandler, Novak, Smith, Felton, and Kidd. Felton and Smith teamed for a huge steal in the final minute and swarming team D led to a 5 second violation for another key turnover, in part aided by a mental error by city product and NCAA champ Kemba Walker. The pride of UConn failed to present himself on the inbounds pass, as he was the likely option on the throw in. Felton scored with approximately a minute to go on a sweet drive, which gave the Knicks a 98-98 tie, and then JR Smith, after failing to go hard to the rim for a layup that would've won the ball game, instead called a TO and then promptly won it with a fall away from behind the elbow as time expired.
The Knicks performance last week, marked by strong defense and execution, have been hallmarks of the team this year–especially 2nd half defense–traits notably absent during Mike D'Antoni's failed tenure, but traits once again associated with the Knicks under Mike Woodson, now 35-12 as HC of the NYK. Another refreshing quality the Knicks now have in spades, which was noticeably absent during the D'Antoni era is effort, which, to a man, has improved under coach Woodson.
It couldn't have hurt to have added so many serious veterans with winning predigees, like Rasheed Wallace and "rookie" Pablo Prigioni, who, in 13 minutes against the Heat, recorded 7 pts and 6 boards. Prigioni has a serious nose for the ball via the steal and the long rebound, a perfect reserve on a club that shoots so many 3s (last night the Knicks made 14-28 3PFGAS). Kidd has also shown a knack for loose balls and long rebounds, but to be honest, what hasn't he shown a knack for since coming to NY's real team?
Walt "Clyde" Frazier, who truly puts the color in color commentary, recently discussed Kidd's impact on the Knicks this year. In doing so, Clyde recalled Kidd led NJ teams that went to the finals, along with players like Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin, who 'have been practically nothing without him.' It's easy to understand why Kidd's departure so enraged Dallas owner Mark Cuban. In fact, we were even apoplectic that Kidd was out for the 1st game the Knicks played against the Nets in Brooklyn. Something tells us the Knicks finish that business off with Kidd on the floor to steady and martial the troops. We're pretty certain that Knicks point guard Ray Felton would be the first guy to cite Kidd's impact, as Felton is enjoying a career season with Kidd as his 2.
In that game against Miami, Felton made 6 3s, led the team with 27 points, and turned it over only 3 times, and only once through 3 quarters. Felton's play against Miami prompted one local beat man (props to Steve Popper) to Tweet, "Feltonsanity." Too bad Jeremy Lin didn't stick around, as he would have greatly benefitted from Kidd's tutelage, as opposed to Houston, where he shares the ball handling duties with, wait for it…Toney Douglass. Oh, the hand of fate!
Even if Kidd is not showing up on the score sheet, his contributions are great. In Miami, Kidd was a staggering +31 in his minutes. Kidd has taken charge of most huddles and is perfectly suited to, for what player on the Knicks or in the league anywhere, for that matter, would not defer to Kidd's wisdom in a crunch situation? When JR Smith failed to go in for that layup to beat the Bobcats, Kidd was visibly irate with Smith, but then appeared to instruct Smith to shake off the play. So Smith went out and made the buzzer beater, all net, no rim, splash.
Having 2 point guards on the floor, one being Kidd, has manifested itself in another winning attribute: TO ratio. This year the Knicks have a +5.5 TO margin, which, at the moment is not only tops in the league but is also on pace for an NBA team record.
Back to the +/- stat for a moment, a stat which is also distinguishing the Knicks as an elite regular season team. The Knicks 5 man unit of Chandler, Novak, Smith, Felton, and Kidd is the top +/- group in the NBA. The 4 man unit of Chandler, Felton, Novak, Kidd is the top foursome in the league, and the 3 man unit of Novak, Felton, and Kidd is the top 3 man unit, at a staggering +19 avg.
Novak has been worth every penny of his 20+M/4 yr deal so far. Even last night, when he recorded zero points, he was a +12 in his minutes, which indicates that he plays sound ball regardless of his stroke and scoring numbers.
As presently constituted, the Knicks sit atop the Atlantic at 16-5. They should be wired on Thursday when they play the Lakers, a struggling team, now coached by Knicks' castoff Mike D'Antoni, a questionable hire, especially considering that Phil Jackson was set to return to LA when D'Antoni agreed to take his woe is me act to SoCal. Only time will tell as to D'Antoni's success in LA, though not only aren't we counting on it, but we're actively rooting against it. The Knicks would be wise to jump all over LA at MSG, where Kobe usually puts up immense numbers.
The Knicks should be further buoyed by the imminent return of Amar'e Stoudemire, who looks to be in great shape right now, and who is expected back around Christmas. And when Iman Shumpert returns, hopefully in January, the Knicks will have the defensive presence to throw at quick guards like Rondo and Deron Williams, which should further boost the play of Raymond Felton, an absolute bargain at 3M per, and taken with Kidd's approximate 3M salary, the winning pair come in at the same approximate salary as former Knicks' savior Jeremy Lin.
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Phil Jackson may or may not be the answer for the New York Knicks.
But if you're a Lakers fan, you better hope he accepts the challenge of remaking the Knicks into a relevant franchise.
Considering the mess the Knicks are in, I'm not so sure Jackson is up to the task. But the best thing that can happen to the Lakers is he takes the job.
There, I said it.
Crazy, right?
Not really.
The Lakers need a clean break from Jackson once and for all. And that's never going to happen until his heart, soul and focus is 3,000 miles away with another team.
Jackson didn't step down from the Lakers four years ago, he merely stepped aside. And from that moment on, he's cast a shadow every bit as large as his 6-foot-9 stature and imposing as all those championship rings he's collected.
It hovers over everything the Lakers do, their every fault magnified by the presence of their former coach and the possibility of him returning to wave his magic wand and fix all their problems.
That isn't his fault. He's earned every bit of esteem and respect after guiding two franchises to 11 NBA titles.
And it's only natural Lakers fans would pine for his guidance considering the trouble the franchise is in and his proximity as the fiance of Lakers vice president Jeanie Buss.
After all, he was the coach during a magnificent Lakers run in which five championship banners were hoisted at Staples Center.
And as long as Jackson stays unemployed lounging around the beach here in Southern California, he will remain the go-to answer for Lakers fans unhappy with the current state of affairs.
The problem is he isn't the right man for this Lakers task, neither as the coach nor the executive in charge of overseeing a rebuilding job.
The Lakers require patience at the moment, their long-range success requiring prudent decisions affecting the next five years and beyond, not just next season or the one after that.
It's hard to imagine a coach who openly showed disdain for young players, and doesn't have a history of developing them, suddenly acquiring an appreciation and understanding of a rebuilding process that relies heavily on the construction of a young foundation.
Jackson didn't build great teams over his illustrious career. He assumed control of ready-made championship contenders and elevated them.
That's no easy task, and many have failed where Jackson succeeded.
But the Lakers require so much more at the moment, and nothing about Jackson's past suggests he is sufficiently wired to orchestrate the arduous process of building a championship team virtually from scratch.
And whether fans want to accept it or not, general manager Mitch Kupchak and vice president Jim Buss have a history of remaking the Lakers, lest we forget the bridge they built between the trade of Shaquille O'Neal and the rebirth with Pau Gasol.
Those were tough times, and there was loud and open criticism of Buss and Kupchak while the Lakers rebuilt.
Not unlike the anger and doubt Lakers fans are currently expressing.
If fans would take a moment or two to reflect, they would remember the Lakers are essentially in the same spot now as they were in 2005.
Buss and Kupchak successfully navigated the Lakers back to contention. And while the late Jerry Buss certainly had a role in that process, his son's voice and influence were growing louder and greater.
Point is, Kupchak and Jim Buss have shown they are up to the task of building a championship team.
It just takes time.
I know, I know. Nobody wants to hear about patience or process or long-range development.
Especially Lakers fans accustomed competing for NBA titles every season, not rebuilding periods.
They want it immediately.
So does Jackson, and therein is the problem.
Jackson's sense of urgency might conflict with the long road facing the Lakers.
And where there is urgency, sometimes long-range mistakes are made.
Just ask the Knicks, who had a boatload of money to offer LeBron James four years ago. When he declined, they foolishly dropped it on Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire.
The Knicks didn't have the discipline or patience to pocket the money and wait to spend it more wisely.
And it cost them.
The Lakers presently have the salary-cap space to sign a max free agent this summer, but they're probably better off waiting until the following summer to fill it.
Frustrated Lakers fans might not want to hear that, knowing it might mean another long, difficult season in 2014-15.
Jackson likely shares that feeling.
And that's why it's best Jackson moves on from the Lakers, officially and once and for all.
That isn't to doubt his greatness.
It's understanding his skill-set and the task ahead of the Lakers are not a good fit.