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Leveling the Playing Field
Most stone quarries are created by starting at ground level and excavating down into the earth. Nonetheless, there are a small number of quarries that are started high above ground level on a mountain or hill. On these sites, mining advances toward the base until it is level or below the level of the surrounding grade.
Such is the case at a quarry in Avondale, Pa., that is 30 miles west of Philadelphia and 12 miles northwest of Wilmington, Del. Avondale is a well-established residential community with 1,100 residents. Near the center of the town, there is a hill about 110 feet high and 20 to 25 acres wide at its base. While there were some minor excavating activities carried out in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was of little significance. One contractor stripped some overburden, and another quarried some rock.
In 2006, TechniVate Co. was contracted by the property owner, Limestone Properties, LLC, to remove a complete section of the hill to make it level with Avondale's street grade for the purpose of building a residential area and a commercial buildings park on site. As a diversified site improvement company, TechniVate was up to the task. It employs 120 people and has a fleet of 100 pieces of major equipment. Services offered include preparing turnkey building sites and specific project activities that range from erosion control and underground utilities installation to road paving.
The Avondale project was started in April 2007, and by the beginning of November, 632,000 tons of rock and sand had been excavated and processed through two onsite portable crushing and screening systems. There is at least 2.7 million tons of rock yet to be quarried in order for the hill to be brought to the specified grade.
Challenges and opportunities
TechniVate subcontracted the rock drilling and blasting to a local contractor. Three Sandvik down-the-hole drill rigs are being used for blasthole drilling. The blasthole pattern is 8 feet by 10 feet by 30 feet, which is within the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) specified drilling-for-blasting parameters. TechniVate considers this blast design to be acceptable; however, the rock fragmentation has resulted in oversize rock jamming the jaw crushers.
Most of the rock excavated at the top fourth of the hill is mica and mica schist. Both rocks are relatively soft and are suitable for structural fill such as certain sections of berm construction as found on sanitary landfill projects. For construction purposes, the rock is classified as structural fill and is marketed as such to contractors, mostly for private construction applications, and to the Cherry Island Landfill facility in New Castle County, Del. Owned and operated by the Delaware Solid Waste Authority, the landfill is currently increasing capacity through added vertical waste containment. To that end, a berm is being built around the perimeter that is one mile in circumference and 60 feet high. It will require approximately 3 million cubic yards of fill. TechniVate anticipates supplying most of the project's aggregates needs for the berm.
Fortunately, as the mining descends, better quality, more usable rock including sandstone, quartz, and schist is found. It is the sandstone (sedimentary) and the quartz (metamorphic) stone that has the best physical characteristics for a variety of construction applications. None of the rock types is overly abrasive. In fact, a recent Los Angeles abrasion test shows an average of 45 percent for the best rock. This degree of abrasiveness is within acceptable limits as outlined in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) specifications. Both the sandstone and quartz are classified as granular fill so it can be used effectively for many different construction applications such as road base, where the structural fill cannot be used.
It is projected that the quarrying phase of this project should be completed within three years. That timetable is based, in part, on the projected quantities of both structural and granular crushed/screened fill that is to be shipped to the Cherry Island Landfill.
Versatile crushing and screening
Throughout the Avondale project, six portable crushing and screening plants — including three different brands — are being used. Having supplied four of the six plants, Extec Screens and Crushers Limited (which is now fully owned by the Sandvik Mining and Construction Group of Sandvik AB) is the primary equipment vendor.
There are two crushing and screening systems, each including a primary jaw crusher, a secondary cone crusher, and a double-deck screen linking the two crushers. The reason for having three different brands of equipment within the two systems is one of pragmatics. The cone crusher for System I was selected because it could meet TechniVate's required short delivery schedule. Rounding out System I is an Extec C12 jaw crusher (48- by 28-inches) and an Extec S-5 screening plant (double-screen box assembly, 60- by 90-inches each). System I would be sufficient for all production needs if it were to be operated in double shifts on weekdays and possibly on Saturdays, however the DEP has placed time restrictions on when crushing and screening is allowed.
With a greater throughput capacity than System I, System II was added to meet the market's demand for aggregates. It includes the Extec X44 SBS cone crusher, a 48- by 32-inch jaw crusher, and an Extec S-6 screening plant (double-screen box, 60- by 120-inches each). The bigger jaw crusher was added to this system because too many occurrences of oversize (30-inch plus) rock pieces were causing crusher jams.
Although the System I jaw crusher is designed to be used in rugged applications, greater-than-normal rock fragmentation generated more oversize than typically seen in such sites. Improving rock fragmentation wasn't a viable alternative due to the site's urban location and the DEP's tight blast-design parameters. Although Will Mains, TechniVate's quarry manager, and Alistair Parker, Extec's dealer technical services manager, both said they thought the jaw could handle the oversize material, a bigger machine seemed to a good option. Under such blasting limitations, they reasoned that a larger capacity jaw crusher would help to minimize the occurrence of oversize rock jamming. "It reduces the occurrences of jamming to only a day," Mains says. "Before, there were two to three jams taking place each day."
With the bigger jaw crusher's higher price tag, the company decided to rent it rather than buy it. However, TechniVate bought all of the Extec equipment outright, and it will remain in the fleet as the company builds its recently launched recycling venture. Future quarrying beyond the present site is dependent on the availability of other sites. "If we find another quarry like this one, all the equipment — including the big jaw crusher — will be used there," says Donald Taylor, vice president for TechniVate. "Nevertheless, we are starting the asphalt paving and concrete recycling business, and we certainly need our Extec jaw crusher for doing onsite recycling."
Despite its smaller size, the C12 jaw crusher is capable of crushing typical quarry-size rock, asphalt paving, and concrete pieces. According to Taylor, the difference in throughput between the two crushers is not exceptional. He says that while the big jaw is very good in processing oversize rock, it is too time-consuming and expensive to move it from recycling jobsite to jobsite. Simply put, it is not as versatile as the Extec jaw crusher is, he says.
Versatility is an issue because Taylor is considering setting up a crushing and screening yard where contractors can dump their concrete and asphalt paving. However, he realizes that many times the contractors will want the portable plants brought to their sites for crushing. The current trend is for onsite crushing and with good reason — fuel prices are high and continue to increase so the contractors do not want the expense of hauling the blasted rock to a crushing/screening yard and then hauling crushed stone back to the construction site.
Mains agrees with Taylor's assessment as to what equipment is best assigned to the combined quarry and recycling activities. "In my opinion, the big jaw is very good if it is kept in a quarry. Otherwise, it costs too much to move it from one site to another," he says. "Many recycling projects have small quantities to crush, and we could not justify the mobilization costs. For instance, the C12 plant just returned from crushing only 2,500 tons of concrete, which is a small project. Nevertheless, our price was competitive."
According to Mains, the smaller jaw crusher requires only 1.5 man hours of preparation before transport, as well as the use of one road tractor. A lowboy is not needed because the plant has its own bogie. At the site, the same crew member can have the plant production-ready in less than 1.5 hours. Mains says by comparison, it takes three men a day to prep the big jaw crusher to make it transport-ready. The time to haul it to the site must be accounted for, and finally, three men and another day are needed to make it production-ready.
That is not all that is involved, however. It requires the use of either a crane or a large hydraulic excavator to help reduce the plant into three major transportable components and three tractors with lowboy trailers to transport the three components. Once delivered to the site, a crane or large hydraulic excavator is again needed to help reassemble the plant.
Central to both crushing and screening systems at the quarry are the portable screens. The double-box design provides high-throughput capacities despite each screen's compact size and each plant's small footprint. Each box screen can be independently adjusted to a specified slope. The vibration rate, amplitude, and speed also are adjustable. This enables the operator to control the rate of undersize material that is removed upon its first impact on the screen, so the near size goes to the secondary screen box that is set at a gentler slope. The gentler slope efficiently screens out the remaining undersize material.
Plant optimization options
An efficient production layout is used for the crushing-screening systems. The jaw is fed the blasted rock, which in turn sends the crushed rock to the screen where the undersize (sand) is stacked with the side-delivery conveyor. The main conveyor stacks the desired aggregate size while the oversize is sent to the closed-circuit cone crusher for re-crushing. Lastly, the cone's crushed material is sent back to the screen.
The big jaw crusher (at System II only) is fed rock sizes 36-inch minus and the smaller jaw crusher (at System I or System II) is fed 30-inch minus. Occasionally, the smaller jaw crusher replaces the bigger jaw at System II. Despite the big jaw crusher's superior capacity, the Extec jaw crusher's throughput is only 50 tons per hour less. The smaller jaw crusher substitutes at System II when the big jaw crusher must be serviced. "We use the jaw crushers interchangeably with the S-6 screen and X44 SBS cone crusher because it is more important to keep the higher producing System II running," Mains says.
With the S-6 screen's bigger capacity, System II's production is said to be outstanding using either jaw crusher heading the system. The screen can more than handle what it is being fed. To illustrate, the bigger jaw crusher's throughput rate is 450 to 550 tons per hour and the smaller jaw crusher's throughput rate is 450 to 500 tons per hour. The crushing rates fluctuate depending on what ratio of rock to sand is fed the jaw crusher. Crushed rock fed into the Extec X44 SBS cone crusher from the screen is 2 to 6 inches, which is in turn reduced to 2-inch minus. The throughput for that cone crusher is 200 to 250 tons per hour, and the screened-products throughput delivers 450 to 550 tons per hour, which include a 2-inch minus aggregate and 1/4-inch sand.
The System I throughput is not as high because the cone crusher production is only 100 to 140 tons per hour, even though the crushed rock fed it is 5-inch minus instead of the 6-inch minus fed the cone crusher in System II. "The reason we feed a smaller size rock to the [System I] cone is that the throughput rate was too low when feeding it 6-inch minus," Mains says.
Despite, the bottleneck of the smaller cone in System I, it has a finished-products throughput ranging from 250 to 300 tons per hour. The Extec S-5 screen throughput of 375 to 475 tons per hour is fed from the jaw crusher crushed rock and the recirculated crushed rock fed from the cone crusher.
According to Taylor, the portable crushing and screening equipment used at the quarry has been quite satisfactory, although he says he prefers the quality service he receives from the Extec dealer, Extec Eastern of Trainer, Pa. "All the equipment has been performing well, but the services we receive from Extec Eastern have been outstanding. We will continue our business relationship with Extec Eastern because of the services experienced and their products," he says. "We lose practically no production downtime using Extec equipment because the dealer responds immediately to any plant issues. The high-quality services offered by this company are as important to us as the quality product it is selling."
Rodney Garrett, a freelance journalist and photographer, specializes in the construction and mining industries.


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Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished runner-up, just 0.8 seconds behind the Finn after reeling him in with a string of fastest laps, to close the gap with Vettel to 10 points with two races remaining.
On an evening with a huge crash, two safety car interludes and a string of retirements including McLaren's Lewis Hamilton while leading from pole position, the floodlit Yas Marina circuit hosted one of the sport's great races and kept the stewards busy.
The victory was Raikkonen's first since 2009 when the 2007 world champion won in Belgium, the 19th of his career, and made him the eighth different driver to triumph in 18 races so far this season. He stopped just once.
Vettel, who had to start from the pit lane due to a fuel irregularity and finally set the fastest lap of what he called a 'crazy race', now has 255 points to Alonso's 245 and can clinch a third successive title in Austin, Texas, in two weeks if results go his way.
"I went to see Sebastian before the race and he said 'I'll see you on the podium'," said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner of a race in which Vettel's run of four successive wins come to an end but added considerably to his reputation as a true champion.
"I think it's one of the best of his career. He really went for it. To go from pit lane to podium is phenomenal."
Red Bull could have clinched the constructors' championship for the third year in a row on Sunday but were made to wait after Australian Mark Webber crashed out. They now have 422 points to Ferrari's 340 with 86 remaining to be won.
Vettel, who had led every lap of the last three races, and Alonso are the only drivers still in contention for the title with Raikkonen third overall but 57 behind Red Bull's 25-year-old German.
Raikkonen, a man who has always done his talking on the track, swigged from his bottle of fizzy non-alcoholic rose water on the podium as the other two sprayed theirs at him.
Asked in front of the crowd by retired McLaren team mate David Coulthard what it was like to win again, the 33-year-old Finn replied in the deadpan fashion his myriad fans have come to love: "Not much really.
"Last time you guys were giving me grief because I didn't smile enough but I'm happy for the team. It's been a hard season and not easy times lately," he added. "Hopefully this will give everyone belief and turn the tables so we can win more races, if not this year then next year."
Raikkonen, who had signed a contract extension before arriving in Abu Dhabi, had seized second place at the start and inherited the lead after Hamilton slowed and pulled over after 20 of the 55 laps.
McLaren said a mechanical fuel pump had failed.
When the team advised Raikkonen of the gap between him and his rivals, the Finn was typically blunt: "Leave me alone, I know what to do," he told his engineer.
"Yes, yes, yes, I do it all the time," he added later on when they reminded him to warm the tyres.
The win was the first since 1987 by a car racing under the Lotus name, although the new Lotus is effectively the old championship-winning Renault outfit that Alonso took his two titles with.
Vettel's performance matched Raikkonen's for emotion, with Red Bull changing the 25-year-old's gearbox and suspension to more aggressive settings before the race.
His was a roller-coaster evening, forced to pit for a new front wing after he hit a trackside marker board while weaving behind Toro Rosso's Australian Daniel Ricciardo with the first safety car on track.
The safety car was deployed on the ninth lap following a dramatic flying smash when Germany's Nico Rosberg piled into the back of Indian Narain Karthikeyan's HRT that had suddenly lost hydraulic pressure.
Rosberg's Mercedes was pitched into the air and over the Indian before plunging backwards into the safety barriers. Both drivers walked away unhurt with debris strewn across the track.
The second safety car period, which set up Vettel's final chase, followed a multi-car collision that ended Webber's race along with that of Raikkonen's unfortunate French team mate Romain Grosjean.
McLaren's Jenson Button was fourth, sealing the team's record 56th successive race in the points, ahead of Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado for Williams. Japan's Kamui Kobayashi took sixth for Sauber with Brazilian Felipe Massa seventh for Ferrari and Bruno Senna eighth for Williams.
Britain's Paul Di Resta took ninth for Force India, despite colliding with team mate Nico Hulkenberg and Senna on the first lap, while Ricciardo bagged the final point. DM
Photo: McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain drives during the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit on Yas Island November 4, 2012. Finland's Kimi Raikkonen won an accident-strewn and thrilling Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix for Lotus on Sunday. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished second, just 0.8 seconds behind, with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel a close third to retain the overall championship lead after a race with two safety car interludes. REUTERS/Steve Crisp
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No-Knead 100% Whole Wheat Bread
If you've never baked yeast bread, but want to learn how, this is the loaf to start with. Unlike most yeast breads, this one isn't kneaded; instead, the soft dough is simply beaten in a bowl for several minutes, then scooped into a bread pan. An hour later, it's ready to pop into the oven. The result: A dense, moist, easy-to-slice loaf, ideal for sandwiches. Or spread thin slices with flavored cream cheese; the extra fiber in the bread will assuage any guilt you feel about the richness of the cheese!—Taste of Home Cooking School
Total TimePrep: 10 min. + rising Bake: 40 min. + cooling
Makes1 loaf (12 slices)
- 1 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup melted butter or vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons molasses
- 3 cups King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour
- 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1-1/4 teaspoons salt
- Additional melted butter, optional
- Generously coat an 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pan with cooking spray; set aside. In a large bowl, combine water, orange juice, melted butter, molasses, flour, dry milk, yeast and salt; beat on high for 3 minutes (dough will be sticky). Spoon dough into prepared pan.
- Cover pan with lightly greased plastic wrap; let rise 60-90 minutes or until dough rises to the top of the pan.
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Deadmau5 has recreated the soundtrack to Stranger Things from scratch using analog synths.
The show is Netflix's latest hit series. A supernatural science fiction horror series set in 1980s Indiana, it is written and directed by The Duffer Brothers and executive produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. It's already expected to return for a second season.
The EDM producer and DJ has filmed himself creating his own version of the show's theme song using just analog equipment.
The video, which shows each step of the process, runs for a whopping two hours and 44 minutes. Watch it below, via Billboard.
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CRS: Taiwan's National Development Conference: Proposed Policy Changes and Implications for the United States, February 24, 1997
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Title: Taiwan's National Development Conference: Proposed Policy Changes and Implications for the United States
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Author(s): Robert G. Sutter, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division
Date: February 24, 1997
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- Taiwan's National Development Conference of December 1996 set forth policy changes important to Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, and the United States. If implemented, these changes could exacerbate cross-Strait tensions and complicate U.S. efforts to develop constructive engagement with the PRC while sustaining close ties with Taiwan. Prospects for Taiwan's implementing the changes are mixed. U.S. Options for dealing with the emerging situation range from quiet diplomacy to direct U.S. mediation of Taiwanese-mainland differences.
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The recent archive on osnews.com by Eugenia Loli-Queru has created quite a stir, revealing that camera licensing from MPEG-LA (for MPEG2 and AVCHD encoding) is for "personal use and non-commercial" applications despite the professional nature of the cameras for which this restriction seems to be attached. This was then picked up by Matthew Jeppsen at FreshDV.com. In both articles CineForm is mentioned, fortunately in a positive light, so I decided to have a go at the subject.
We (CineForm) are an MPEG LA licensee (just like everyone else in the video business) as we decode MPEG2 and AVCHD (H.264) sources when converting them into our format. These decoder licenses are straightforward, and are not expensive - after all decoding of distribution formats is to be expected and widely available. Yet a video camera that encodes to a distribution format seems to be burdened by an ill-fitting license model (wasn't it already burdened by ill-fitting compression ;) .) An MPEG2/H.264 encoder can be used for one off encodes (non-commercial use) or for producing a bit-stream that is going directly out cable or satellite (which we should expect to have a greater license fee.) When patent holders joined MPEG-LA (a good idea to have one licensing clearance house) they were thinking of an asymmetric system, one encode per million decodes (satellite to cable box.) Cameras changed that by introducing many more encoders, and this model emerged after MPEG-LA was established (we were all shooting analog or maybe DV back then.) If you wanted a truly professional camera-friendly license, MPEG-LA would have to go to all the patent holders to re-negotiate -- that is not likely to happen. The camera vendors chose a license from the existing MPEG-LA agreements that is the least onerous to them.
Well that is my total guess on the subject. I'll extend that guess as I believe that camera owners/shooters are not what MPEG-LA was setup to seek licensing from, and those users are not likely to be a source for additional licensing fees in the future.
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Camera licensing for compression
The recent archive on osnews.com by Eugenia Loli-Queru has created quite a stir, revealing that camera licensing from MPEG-LA (for MPEG2 and AVCHD encoding) is for "personal use and non-commercial" applications despite the professional nature of the cameras for which this restriction seems to be attached. This was then picked up by Matthew Jeppsen at FreshDV.com. In both articles CineForm is mentioned, fortunately in a positive light, so I decided to have a go at the subject.
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- Rob:-] said...
Could you guys be a contender for THE standard codec on cameras and the Internet? It seems like a wavelet based codec has many advantages such as fast decoding of lower resolutions that could make dynamic bandwidth adjustments.
I think Matt's article said that you own all your IP. That would put you in a good position for this.
Just thinking outside the box (Steve Jobs is trying to put us in).
- David said...
Unfortunately we do go down to the H.264 bit-rates, as we targeting the other end of the quality spectrum. The distribution market is just a curiosity for us, we are focusing our compression for acquisition, post and mezzanine archive.
- lordtangent said...
That could change really fast if Canon woke up and started recording RAW on their HD-SLRs. Given that you already have a totally working system in place, you guys are perfectly positioned for that stuff David! Now would really be the time to push the issue with Canon again.
- hazydave said...
This seemed like big news when the report first came out, but it's not really a big deal. Or a change over many previous cameras. I have several AVCHD and AVCCAM camcorders, and I read the license.
The first thing to realize is that the license is buried in the manual. It cannot have any direct effect on the usefulness of the product as intended -- you didn't sign anything.
In fact, the point of the license is additional use. The camera manufacturer has licensed the AVC/H.264/MPEG Part 10 CODEC for recording and playback on-camera. They don't grant, and in fact, can't grant, use of that CODEC for other things.
Which is actually no big deal. If you transcode AVC, the program decoding your AVC file is already paid up on the ability to do that. If you schelp your video over from the camcorder, it has the license to do that. Transcoding into Cineform or some other CODEC leaves behind any AVC/MPEG-LA involvement.
The main point of the licence is that recording in AVC (or, for that matter, MPEG-2) doesn't give you a licence to use that AVC recording for other things. You can't drop that file onto television, as-is, or onto a Blu-Ray, and expect to escape the otherwise normal MPEG-LA fees that may be involved with that activity. You still have to pay the MPEG-LA fees, just as if you had shot in DV, DVCPro, RedCode, VP8, or some other non-MPEG-LA CODEC.
The mis-interpretation have people believing that the MPEG-LA is claming some control over your video, regardless of any future form it may take. They're not.


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Position Changer Add-In updated for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2
Today, the Media Center team released Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (you may have heard of the update referred to previously as "Emerald"). Update Rollup 2 includes a plethora of modifications to improve the stability, reliability, and functionality of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. A new SDK to match was also released, available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1D836C29-ABD5-4FDD-90C5-5C5ABAE97DB4&displaylang=en.
One of the problems users of MCE 2005 experience is poorly written add-ins and HTML applications hosted by MCE. In MCE 2005, add-ins are hosted in-process in ehShell.exe (the main MCE application), so when something goes wrong in one of these add-ins, the entire MCE experience can be affected.
To address this reliability issue in Update Rollup 2, MCE has moved to an out-of-process hosting model. When an add-in is run, a new hosting application, ehExtHost.exe, loads the add-in rather than ehShell.exe loading it (take a look in task manager after an add-in loads and you'll see an instance of the application listed). That way, if MCE detects that the add-in is being a bad citizen, it can tear down the whole hosting process. A named pipe remoting channel is used to provide communication between ehShell and the add-in loaded in ehExtHost. Since ehShell previously loaded add-ins into a separate application domain, remoting was already necessary for add-ins to communicate with the hosting code in the primary application domain, so this change for Update Rollup 2 shouldn't affect the functionality of any existing add-ins. Or, at least not those that play by the rules...
As I mentioned in my article Time Travel with Windows XP Media Center, while developing the Position Changer Add-In, I made several assumptions about Media Center and the environment that would be hosting the add-in. Most of these assumptions are still valid for Update Rollup 2 (for example, I had assumed that, while watching a recorded video, the arrow keys served no purpose, and that remains the case in this update). However, if you recall from the article, my add-in uses a keyboard hook in order to intercept and handle certain remote control interactions. The keyboard hook requires that the add-in be running in the same process as the GUI thread handling the keyboard commands issued by the remote. But as I've just outlined, with Update Rollup 2, add-ins are no longer hosted in ehShell, and thus the version of the add-in I posted with my article no longer works once you upgrade to Update Rollup 2. It won't cause anything to crash; rather, the add-in will just fail to load, a message will be written to the event log detailing that the keyboard hook couldn't be installed, and the add-in will exit silently.
Have no fear, though. If you've come to rely on the add-in (as I have), you'll be comforted to know that I've updated the code so that it is compatible with the new version. You can download the source code and installers for both versions here. Just uninstall the version you currently have installed, install the new version, and you should be good to go.
For those of you who are just interested in getting this functionality back, you can stop reading now. For those of you who are interested in the changes I had to make to get this to work, keep reading.
First and foremost, I had to abandon the type of keyboard hook I was using in the previous version. My add-in is now running in a separate process from the thread that I want to hook, and thus I would need to use a global hook. However, if you read Knowledge Base article 318804, you'll discover that global hooks are not supported in the .NET Framework:
Except for the WH_KEYBOARD_LL low-level hook and the WH_MOUSE_LL low-level hook, you cannot implement global hooks in the Microsoft .NET Framework. To install a global hook, a hook must have a native DLL export to inject itself in another process that requires a valid, consistent function to call into. This behavior requires a DLL export. The .NET Framework does not support DLL exports. Managed code has no concept of a consistent value for a function pointer because these function pointers are proxies that are built dynamically."
Ah, but there's a glimmer of hope. The KB article mentions that WH_KEYBOARD_LL can be used to implement global hooks. What is WH_KEYBOARD_LL? From the documentation:
The LowLevelKeyboardProc hook procedure is an application-defined or library-defined callback function used with the SetWindowsHookEx function. The system calls this function every time a new keyboard input event is about to be posted into a thread input queue. The keyboard input can come from the local keyboard driver or from calls to the keybd_event function. If the input comes from a call to keybd_event, the input was "injected". However, the WH_KEYBOARD_LL hook is not injected into another process. Instead, the context switches back to the process that installed the hook and it is called in its original context. Then the context switches back to the application that generated the event."
Perfect! This means that from the hosting process, I can use a low-level keyboard hook instead of a standard keyboard hook to intercept the remote control commands routed to ehShell. Doing so required only minor modifications to my KeyboardHook class, which you can examine by downloading the source code I've made available. There is a downside to this approach, of course. This is now a global hook, which means that every keystroke to be handled by any application on the machine will cause a context switch to the hosting process so that my add-in can determine whether it wants to handle it. To minimize this impact, when the add-in starts up, it retrieves the process ID of ehShell.exe and caches it away. When the hook callback executes to process keyboard input, the handler first checks to see if the process responsible for this input is ehShell (it make an educated guess about what process is responsible by retrieving the ID of the process that owns the current foreground window). If it's not, it immediately returns in order to minimize the amount of time spent processing in the hook (of course, we also only want to handle ehShell input, so this is necessary anyway).
With that change in place, the new version of the add-in is almost fully functional. However, if you attempt to use the bookmarking functionality, you'll find that it is partially broken as it's unable to associate bookmarks with a particular DVR-MS file (if you read the article, you'll remember that this was one of my goals, to be able to set a bookmark per file). The reason for this becomes clear if you look at the event log after attempting to set or jump to a bookmark, as you'll see a message like the following in the log:
Unable to access filter graph for current show. System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8001010D): An outgoing call cannot be made since the application is dispatching an input-synchronous call. at System.Runtime.InteropServices.UCOMIRunningObjectTable.GetObject( UCOMIMoniker pmkObjectName, Object& ppunkObject) at Toub.MediaCenter.AddIns.MceGraph.GetGraphForProcess(Int32 pid) at Toub.MediaCenter.AddIns.MceGraph.GetCurrentMediaInfo(Int32 pid)
In order to figure out the current DVR-MS file, I access the running object table (ROT) in order to get at the current playback filter graph used by MCE. This allows me to iterate through the filters in the graph looking for the source filter that will reveal to me the path to the current DVR-MS. In order to retrieve a filter graph from the ROT, I need to make a call to the ROT's GetObject method. However, this is a call on a COM component. A quick look at Knowledge Base article 131056 reveals the following:
A synchronous OLE call made by the recipient of an inter-process/ inter-thread SendMessage fails with RPC_E_CANTCALLOUT_ININPUTSYNCCALL(0x8001010D).
It explains why if you're interested in the nitty gritty. A slightly more relevant explanation is available from Knowledge Base article 198996:
COM does not allow normal outgoing COM method calls from a thread that is currently servicing a SendMessage request.
And another look at the documentation for LowLevelKeyboardProc reveals this:
This hook is called in the context of the thread that installed it. The call is made by sending a message to the thread that installed the hook. Therefore, the thread that installed the hook must have a message loop.
Aha. "The call is made by sending a message". Thus, our hook callback is the result a message being sent. Our hook then attempts to make a normal outbound COM call from the same thread. And boom: RPC_E_CANTCALLOUT_ININPUTSYNCCALL.
To get around this, I simply do the work to access the filter graph on a separate thread. And with that, Position Changer Add-In should work just like it did prior to Update Rollup 2. The only thing you might notice is a slightly sluggish response to keystrokes, as each one requires that the hosting process handle it.
I hope you enjoy it.


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When I decided to pursue my love for makeup, and that was when I enrolled in makeup school, my concern back then was what are the good makeup brands out there. I read reviews or asked makeup artists who have been in the business for a long time. Well, there was a time (there still is) when I went thru trial and error just to try out the product/s myself and find out whether it's good or not.
After investing on makeup, I then realized the importance of having a good set of brushes. Gone are the days when I would think that tools don't matter. They really do. And back in those days, the good brushes that I know (and most people do recommend), don't come cheap. Good thing there's Charm brushes nowadays! (wink) And so, apart from making sure that my makeup would stay bacteria-free, I also have to make sure that my brushes would not only stay bacteria-free, but also in tip top shape!
And so, the hunt for a good makeup brush cleaner began!
I've tried a lot of makeup brush cleaners, but my favorite is still the J and J Baby Milk Wash! I love how it gently cleans my brushes, and of course, the delicate milky scent. But I don't always have access to water to clean my brushes most especially when I'm out in gigs. And besides, I don't have all the time to wait for my brushes to dry when my next clients is already sitting on my makeup chair waiting for me to start working on her. I can't just say, "Sorry dear, my brushes are still wet...wait lang ha!?" (laughs) Of course, I have a few extra brushes, but what if it's one of those days when my brain failed me and just forgot to bring them all? Patay na! So it's just great to know that there are brush cleaners that can help you spot clean your precious brushes. I've tried a number of brands already, but it certainly won't hurt to explore new products. Besides, it's always good to have options...tama!?
So here's my newest companion during my makeup gigs that certainly doesn't fall short of my expectations whenever I need my brushes to get cleaned...fast!
J&C Super Clean Solutions Makeup Brush Cleaner
It's a no-brainer makeup brush cleaner that cleans your brushes without the need to rinse with water. It's quick-drying too! And geesh, with its spearmint scent, I am absolutely addicted to it! The first time I've used it, I wanted to use it as a gargle na! (laughs) To some, the scent might come too strong, but for me, it's absolutely LOVE!
It comes in a sturdy, plastic bottle so careless people like me won't have to worry. It has an easy-to-use spray pump (I've tried some which can be a pain to use and I hate it!) that dispenses the right amount of product..so no wastage too!
It does have alcohol but my brushes remain soft after. I've used some that left the brush hairs so stiff that I had to wash my poor babies again with my milk wash. But with this cleaner, brushes are ready to rock in no time!
It does get rid of cream-based makeup, but it does take a bit longer to do so. We all know how cream-based stuff can be such a pain to get rid of. So what I do is I wipe the brush with wet wipes then use this cleaner after.
spot-cleaned my Charm brushes!
The (beauty and) brains behind this product are the superwomen of ARC PR, Jenny Yrasuegi and Celine Gabriel-Lim. With their busy schedules, they are always on the lookout for stuff that will not only deliver good results, but will also work in a snap! This makeup brush cleaner is just the beginning, as they will be coming up with more products soon.
For Php395 per 120ml bottle, I think this has got to be the cheapest brush cleaner I've tried that works.
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What will agriculture look like in 2043?
Driverless tractors! Weed-zapping robots! Data-transmitting crops! Forecasting what farms will be like 30 years from now might seem an exercise in science fiction, but imagine how alien today's farms might appear to someone from the early 1980s. Imagine pulling a farmer aside from that era and trying to explain telematics or precision ag technology. Imagine explaining what your smartphone can do.
Making a multi-decade forecast is a challenge, admits David Nicholson, head of research and development at Bayer CropScience.
"I always say we can look 10 years into the future because that's how long research and development projects take," he says. "We know what's going to happen because it's in our labs and our pipelines today."
Anything beyond that window is trickier, says Nicholsen, who foresees a more localized precision ag experience.
"It will be precise," he explains. "That seed in that bit of the field is working well. That same seed in that other bit of the field isn't. Why? What's different? We will have the tools to do plant-by-plant analysis."
Noted futurist Jim Carroll takes the idea a step further. Plants might someday be able to analyze themselves, through genetic coding or embedded computer chips, he says. Do your plants need a nitrogen boost or a drink of water? They'll send alerts directly to your computer.
"It's not farfetched to think of intelligent plants with connectivity," Carroll says. In fact, connectivity is a concept that will drive agricultural advancements as the next generation moves in.
"The farmer of 2043 is five today," Carroll says. "He or she has never known a world without mobile devices and mass connectivity."
Another driving force comes down to mathematics, says Ron Restum, vice president of North America sales with Koch Agronomic Services.
The generally accepted equation is a world population of 9 billion people by the year 2050 with a dwindling amount of available arable land. Therefore, Restum says farmers must produce more bushels per acre, or the numbers won't pencil out.
Technology Driven. "Progress will have to be tech-driven," Restum says. "We have to continue to be on the forefront of R&D." Some technologies that sound far-flung should be staples before 2043, but technology and human concerns must be balanced before a product can be integrated.
The autonomous tractor is a prime example. Several companies have developed prototypes. John Deere has been working on driverless tractors for 5 to 10 years, according to Bob Dyar, a product manager with the company's Intelligent Solutions Group.
"The real hurdles aren't technological ones—they're social ones," Dyar says. How comfortable would you feel driving down the highway and seeing a driverless car alongside, he asks. A similar comfort level for driverless tractors will take time to develop, he says.
"It's quite easy to make a tractor autonomous where it can drive itself," Dyar says. "The challenge is making it perceptive, so you trust it not to hit a tree or the family dog."
If farming goes "robotic," will a farmer's role fundamentally change? The farmer becomes the general, and the office serves as the command center where the troops (remote-controlled tractors, robots armed with lasers that identify and zap weeds and insects) are sent into battle each day.
What the farm of the future will look like is anybody's guess, says Craig Ratajczyk, Illinois Soybean Association chief executive officer. "Significant changes are inevitable," he says. "Thirty years from now, farming won't look anything like it does today."
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I'm a big iTerm user with 3 split panes on a 30" monitor. The only issue is that I sometimes want to add a Safari window as the left most pane. I can achieve this by using any of the window sizers out there and setting the window to float on top. However, this means that I have to Command ⌘-Tab to get to the Safari window while I ⌘+arrow to switch between the panes.
Is there a program that not only uses a grid for positioning/sizing, but also provides directional navigation between panes?


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I'm wondering how I can find out the size limits of __private memory.
I can already query the device for maximum __local and __global memory,
but I cannot seem to find what parts are split into private memory.
I need to know because I want to load some sets of data from global
memory (each thread loads a different data set), and then each of my
threads will search it's own data set. Because each thread is independent
from each other, I cannot use a common __local memory to store it in.
(I already filled this space actually ;))
So I need to know how big chunks I can load from __global to
__private memory without causing problems. I understand this is
probably specific to what hardware I am using, so I am looking
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A survey in Washington, D.C. has found that area homebuilders are avoiding "master suite" when describing their homes, because some are uncomfortable with its racist and gender-biased connotations, reports The Baltimore Business Journal.
Replacements for the word include "owner's suite" or "owner's bedroom", or in one case, "mastre bedroom." These homebuilders don't seem to mind that "owner" is basically synonymous with "master," and "mastre" is just awful.
U.S. & World
But perhaps it will be only a matter of time before "master suite" is totally phased out, and we will find ourselves browsing "owner's suites" or any other new word we can think of.
Dictionary.com, however, pinpoints 1925 as an origin date for the word, a date long after slavery was abolished, so maybe it's not as politically incorrect as some are led to believe.
Until then, let's say it together, "owner's suite." Do you think there's a need to change real estate terminology?
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"As soon as I read the script...it was a no-brainer for me that I had to do it. There were some people in my life that were saying: 'You really want to do that? You really want to do that scene? I mean, honestly, that's going to stick in people's minds.' And I said, 'Exactly. I want to do things that stick in people's minds. I think Steven Russell was a man who's on a journey of love, trying to prove his own worth to himself and the world,. He's a rather obsessive character in his approach to things. What I loved about him was that he was relentless when it came to love. He would do anything to get what he needs. He's broken out of prison several times." - - Jim Carrey in the Chicago Tribune
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A Developer.com Site
An Eweek.com Site
Noboby else is using this data.
I'm kinda out of ideas for you. You could kill the session and retry the job, but as they say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
John Doyle
How do you know that, it is not doing anything. Open another SQL session and count the number of rows in that table. If it is still hanging, may be you need to kill the session. You will be able to see those rows if you are committing for x number of rows.
Kishore Kumar
Assuming that you are running archivelog mode:
Check to see if your archive log directory is full. (df -k .)
make sure you have enough space available to create additional files.
The view v$log_history should tell you the frequency of log switch
if you are generating too many log files it is possible that your archiver
process is unable to keep up with the load. If you check the v$log
and see all of them as active or current you should consider either
increasing the size of your redo logs or create more redo groups.
Hope it helps.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Palatine Farmstead
The house dates back to about 1770. It's one of the last surviving buildings from the Palatine German settlers, who came to the region after being uprooted by the Thirty Year's War and lured to the New World by the British crown.
Until about a decade ago, a very old woman lived in the house with no plumbing or electricity. After her death, the house was donated to a historical society. A careful restoration project is underway to repair the damage from water, fire, rot, and bees. The back of the house, shown in this view, had to be almost totally reconstructed.
I wanted to do a present-day view with a retrospective flavor, so I turned to a monochrome treatment, using sepia watercolor and water-soluble colored pencils. It is 6 x 9.5 inches (15x 24 cm) on a large size (about 8 x 11") Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.
After drawing the lay-in with pencil, I covered the whole surface with a light wash of tone, leaving only the sunlit white planes of the house on the left. Then I drybrushed and detailed as much as I could with sable brushes, switching over to the colored pencil for the finer lines.
Here's a closeup showing how the pencil and the watercolor combine to describe details like the chipping paint, the clapboards, the shutters, and the branches.
Photos of the house and restoration.
Moleskine sketchbooks
6 comments:
- Ernest Friedman-Hill said...
Boy, that's nice.
- April 19, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- MrCachet said...
I really like your 'mixed media' approach with this one.
- April 19, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Steve said...
I love the feel of these all sepia images.
Sometime I'd like to watch your version of "drybrush" technique. This past week I had the opportunity to see several Andrew Wyeth paintings that were here in Michigan and, of course, some were listed as "watercolor" while others were called "drybrush." I've read Wyeth's description of his technique -- using his fingers to squeeze moisture out of the brush and spread the bristles -- and I've tried working that way -- but I'm pretty sure there's something about this method I'm not getting.
- April 19, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- John Fleck said...
Gorgeous - i cannot imagine it looking better or more evocative in a full color treatment.
- April 19, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- Daniel Best said...
This is beautiful! The shadows of the tree make it real. I'm sure I could stroll down the lawn to the back of the house!
- April 19, 2011 at 8:39 PM
- Ravi Gupta said...
i really liked the compostion taking eyes to the centre window
- April 21, 2011 at 5:52 AM


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Tyndale's Fall Festival a Breakthrough
On Saturday September 28th, Tyndale celebrated its 2013 Fall Festival. The Fall Festival has been taking place informally over the past 6 years and has typically included 50-75 University College students coming out for a barbeque and 'festival-type' games. This year was different. In many ways it was a breakthrough year. For the first time in the event's history, the crowd included people beyond the student community. According to Matt Murray, Student Activities Coordinator in Student Life, there "has never been anything of this scale where the whole Tyndale institution and others from outside the community were part of the event." Approximately 350 people were in attendance, including 125 Tyndale alumni and their families.
The reason this year's festival had such a large scope was because of a coordinated planning effort by Tyndale's student councils, the Student Life department, and the Alumni office. Not only were there students who came this year, but there were also alumni, faculty, staff and community residents, including a 9-year old boy, Albert, and his dad who found out about the event from a Tyndale advertisement.
On the same day as the festival, the Alumni office hosted a class reunion for 1985-1995 Tyndale graduates, giving them an opportunity to connect with fellow alumni and the unique experience of interacting with current students. "We had alumni coming and saying that it was wonderful to be able to connect with students whom they could one day be hiring," says Matt. On top of integrating with Fall Festival activities, the alumni reunion included a chapel service as well as a tour of the Bayview campus.
The reviews have been exciting. "Alumni are raving on Facebook about how amazing it was and are already looking forward to next year," says Matt. "Tyndale's President, Dr. Gary Nelson, thinks it's fantastic and wants to have it on the front lawn at Bayview next year."
The hope is to continue to grow the Fall Festival into a tradition – a kind of 'homecoming' for the Tyndale community.
The opportunities are endless. Future Fall Festivals could include sporting events and 10km runs/walks, coupled with festival activities (including the possibility of drive-in movies), a barbeque and alumni reunions. The hope is to integrate the entire community.
"That's part of the excitement of the Bayview campus. There are more possibilities to utilize the green space and to bolster Tyndale's profile as it becomes more visible on Bayview," says Matt.
The plan is to start a Fall Festival planning committee for future years to make sure the entire institution is represented in the planning process
"It was an integration of an entire community. This year has set a precedent and done the groundwork that has shown us that it is possible to get us all together and have a great time. I think that's encouraging for everyone," says Matt.
The purpose behind the event is to build the Tyndale community from within as well as to integrate people into Tyndale's community from the local neighborhood. "Our intent is to serve the community and make the Fall Festival available to the local community. Any profits made are given back to the community through local and city-wide outreach events.
Look for the Fall Festival next year towards the end of September.


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P.J. Hairston, the No. 13 senior in the country, according to people who believe in the mostly arbitrary rankings of high school students, announced over the weekend that he would attend the University of North Carolina. The 6'4" swingman, who finished up his prep career at the Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., told the Greensboro News-Record that he'd chosen UNC over Dook in part because they'd often misspelled or simply improvised his name in their literature:
The thing about Duke was, every time they sent me a letter, they wouldn't spell my name right. They would have 'T.J. Harrison' or something like that. And I'm like, 'OK. How can I go here? You can't even spell my name right.' It's only two letters and HAIR and STON. I'm trying to figure out how that's so hard.
Win won for the Heels and proofreaders everywhere. Hairston allowed that "Duke is a great school," and that his decision didn't rest in the typos. But he added that he doesn't feel he's "a Duke-type player, because they have a crazy system. It's like mechanical." We thought that might damage the Dookies' sense of self, but then we remembered that none of them really have one — so look for this to inspire some signs and chants at Cameron next season.
Photo via the News & Observer.
UNC basketball signee P.J. Hairston: Duke 'couldn't spell my name right' [News-Record]


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Team Contact information will be kept current on each individual club's website.
As a courtesy, GCF will post team contact information (that was originally submitted at declaration time) on this webpage.
GCF CONTACT INFORMATION - Current Posting as of 9/16/2009 2:00 am
What you see, is what has been submitted by those clubs that sent in information to the webmaster.
What you see, is what has been submitted by those clubs that sent in information to the webmaster.
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Clubs (not individual teams) can send in their team contact information to the GCF Webmaster in the correct format (Sample form) as an Excel attachment.
NOTE: If your team and/or teams in your club are NOT listed, then you should send your contact information to your club (using the sample form) and urge them to compile their team information and submit it to the GCF webmaster (as stated in the paragraph above). They have been asked and informed to do so at the past several GCF meetings.


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You can now add one more product to the growing number of off the grid solar powered products available to help save you money by cutting down on your electricity costs and dependence. The HomeSelects HS4204 Solar LED Lamp, Silver, is a completely self-sustaining multipurpose lamp that does not use any electrical connections to power it. Instead, this lamp has a removable solar panel which stores and uses sunlight to power 3, 1.2-volt rechargeable AA batteries which power it for hours. Not needing an electrical connection gives this solar lamp the ability to be ultra-versatile and used where ever and whenever you need it. Use it in outdoor settings such as camping, hiking and barbecuing or in traditional indoor settings such as a dorm room, bedroom or desk lamp. The adjustable gooseneck makes sure that you can direct light where ever you need it most. The use of LEDs keeps this lamp cool to the touch while also making it more durable as LEDs last up to 10 times longer than traditional light bulbs. One constant, regardless of the application you choose to use it for, is that by using the free energy of the sun you will not have any additional operating costs associated with this lamp.
To get a full battery charge the solar panel will need to be exposed to about 6-8 hours of direct sunlight either by removing the solar panel and placing in the sun or leaving the solar panel attached and placing the entire lamp in the sun. The LED lamp will have about 4-6 hours of operating time when fully charged so even if you aren't able to get a full days charge a few hours of sunlight can still get you an hour or two of lighting time. Makes a great gift for kids heading off to college to live in dorms where space and electrical outlets are limited. This Solar LED Lamp is also available in black, blue, green and pink all sold separately.
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This product comes pre-charged which is nice because it allows you to use it right out of the package. I was very impressed with how clear and bright the actual beam of light was that this lamp produced. I didn't expect it to be as bright as it actually was. It does a very good job of lighting up whatever area you have the beam focused on making it ideal for someone using it as a desk lamp, reading lamp or for use outdoors while camping or I would think even just barbecuing. The goose neck is strong so it will let you mold it to point the light where ever you need it. After a week of use I didn't notice any wear in the strength of the neck after moving it from various positions. Aesthetically I felt that it looked very sleek and clean. There is only one button on it which is flush with the base for turning the light on and off. It's a nice look not having a cord running out of the back of the lamp which only increases clutter, limits where a lamp can be used and takes up a wall outlet and subsequently power. This lamp is completely off the grid and is powered solely by its removable solar panel and rechargeable battery. What this means to its user is that it has zero operating costs after purchase. The solar panel removes very easily by simply pushing up from underneath the panel.
I wanted to test how well the lamp would work after it had been drained and charged a few times to make sure there wasn't a difference. I drained the battery twice, recharged and times 2 and 3 worked just as good as the first in my experience. HomeSelects says the battery will last 4-6 hours and in my experience that was spot on. Both times it went for about 5.5 - 6 hours before completely dying. As the battery started reaching its end the light output does fade so that acts as a warning that the lamp is dying due to the fact there is no other way of knowing. The thing that I probably enjoyed most is that I was able to charge the solar panel simply by removing it and placing it on the dash of my car. Since I work in an office I was wondering how I could best charge the panel since I would not have access to direct sunlight. That was an easy solution to an issue that I thought could be a potentially big flaw. All in all I thought this was a very cool product that is more functional than a regular lamp and would make a great gift for someone.
Jason T - Smarthome employee
Specifications Manufacturer HomeSelects International Manufacturer Product No. HS4204 UPC 854451003048 Dimensions L 15in x W 11in x H 2in Weight 2 lbs Charge Time 6-8 hours for full charge Usage Time 4-6 hours of light when fully charged Power Source Solar panel and 3 rechargeable, 1.2V AA batteries Solar Panel Removable (unscrews from lamp base) LEDs 16 Lamp Neck Adjustable On/Off Push button on lamp base Color Silver w/ silver neck
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OpenSSH server and client version 5.1 has just been released and available for download. New features in OpenSSH 5.1:
=> Introduce experimental SSH Fingerprint ASCII Visualisation to ssh(1) and ssh-keygen(1).
=> sshd now support CIDR address/masklen matching.
=> Added an extended test mode (-T) to sshd(8) to request that it write its effective configuration to stdout and exit.
=> ssh(1) now prints the number of bytes transferred and the overall connection throughput for SSH protocol 2 sessions when in verbose mode.
=> Added a MaxSessions option to sshd_config(5) to allow control of the number of multiplexed sessions supported over a single TCP connection.
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Las Vegas drivers that fail to yield to pedestrians should expect to get a ticket of at least $190 today -- from a leprechaun.
Ahead of St. Patrick's day this weekend, police officers were dressed as leprechauns and manning crosswalks, Fox 5 Vegas reported.
Police were also targeting jaywalkers, UNLV Safe Community Partnership chief Erin Breen told The Associated Press.
With pedestrian deaths up 50 percent in Clark County so far this year, according to Breen, authorities in Vegas continue to test innovative ways to expose unsafe drivers.
In November, police officers dressed up as turkeys. The next month they donned beards and hats as jolly old Saint Nick.


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|Movie title
Trading Places
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|Adults only!
|One for the whole family
|Best enjoyed with pizza
|Best enjoyed with popcorn
|A movie to relax to with wine
|A movie to guzzle a few beers to
|Feet up with a cup of tea movie
|Nope. It's a turkey. Best left alone.
|Lost in Translation
|Saving Mr. Banks
|Silver Linings Playbook
|Something's Gotta Give
|Trading Places
|Under the Tuscan Sun
|Big Eyes
|Ed Wood
|Princess Bride, The


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Discover Artsmark - 19 January 2016
Our two-hour briefings give you a step-by-step guide to all the stages in the Artsmark process.
Picture credit: Comber Grove Primary, photographed by Roger Brown for A New Direction
You will have an opportunity to explore the rationale behind the new award, find out about the benefits for your school and look at the essential documents (including the self-assessment tool).
Discover Artsmark is free to attend - scroll down to see our upcoming sessions.


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Pair of UH Mānoa honor societies win national recognition for public serviceUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU - The UH Mānoa chapters of Mortar Board and the Golden Key International Honour Society have achieved top recognition from their respective national organizations for outstanding community service.
The Hui Po'okela chapter of Mortar Board was presented with the Silver Torch Award and Project Excellence Award for the 2006-2007 academic year - one of 51 chapters to be selected for timeliness and dedication while exemplifying the ideals of scholarship, leadership and service. Chapter President David Pesquira accepted the award.
The chapter also received a Project Excellence Award for its Angel Tree Coin Drive, which collected more than $500 to buy Christmas gifts for children on the Salvation Army Angel Tree. The Hui Po'okela chapter was one of only 24 to receive the Project Excellence Award.
Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Since its founding in 1918, the organization has grown from the four founding chapters to 223 chartered collegiate and 25 active alumni chapters with nearly a quarter of a million initiated members across the nation. The Hui Po'okela chapter at the University of Hawaii was founded in 1965.
The UH Mānoa Chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society has won "Gold" status — the highest level of achievement in the global organization — in recognition of outstanding volunteer service activities. The announcement was made in August at the Society's 2007 international conference of 335 chapters from around the world.
"I am incredibly proud of these young people who volunteer to make their world a better place on top of maintaining excellent GPAs (all members fall within the top 15% of juniors and seniors here at UHM), work, and family obligations," says UHM Assistant Dean of Students Lori Ideta, co-advisor of the Chapter. Ideta has been selected International Golden Key Advisor of the Year 2006-07.
Among the Chapter's activities this year are peer mentoring, campus and Ala Moana Beach cleanups, donation drives for Hawaiʻi Foodbank and American Red Cross, feeding homeless at the Institute Human Services, and weed eradication at the Hawaiʻi Nature Center.


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Riesling Report: Johann Wilhelm Schild Ürziger Würtzgarten Spätlese, 2007
We're celebrating the Summer of Riesling by trying a different bottle every weekday. Got a favorite riesling? Recommend it in the comments!
If you see it, buy it. The 2007 is particularly gorgeous, but I'd happily explore any vintage of this wine. The name of the winemaker is written quite small on this bottle (perhaps he's humble) but you can't miss the vineyard—Ürziger Würtzgarten, the 'spice garden' of the Mosel, known for its old vines on steep hills of slate and bright red, iron-rich sandstone. Wines from this vineyard tend to be spicy, and this one really captures that; it's roiling with flavor.
Up front, there's a ton of sassafras and lime leaf, then plump, juicy red-fleshed plums and fragrant, sweet peaches, crisp Macintosh apples (including the skins) and a dusting of pollen. It seems gilded, gleaming and fresh, with an orangey acidity and a intense splash of bright peppermint. Your mouth tingles cleanly after each sip.
Drink this wine on its own, or serve with delicate salmon or arctic char crudo, crab cakes (don't go crazy with the seasoning), or darker poultry like turkey or quail.
Around $18, sample provided for review.
More German Riesling
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Weingut Immich-Batterieberg C.A.I. Riesling 2009 »
S.A. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2006 »
Günther Steinmetz Riesling Trocken 2009 »
Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Spätlese, 2009 »
Eugen Müller Forster Mariengarten Riesling Kabinett, 2010 »
Strub Riesling "Im Taubennest" Niersteiner Oelberg, 2010 »
Markus Molitor, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Riesling Spätlese 2008 »
Gunderloch Riesling Kabinett, "Jean Baptiste" 2010 »
Schlossgut Diel Riesling Kabinett 2009 »
Von Buhl Armand Riesling Kabinett 2010 »
Clemens Busch Riesling Trocken 2009 »
Carl Loewen Klostergarten Riesling Kabinett 2010 »
Klaus Meierer Kestener Paulinsberg Kabinett 2008 »
Von Hövel Oberemmeler Hütte Riesling Spätlese 2009 »


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I am new to Pinterest, (I know! I'm way behind the curve) but I have to say, I love it. I actually joined because my little sister found so many creative ideas for her wedding this past September and she continues to show me all these cute decorating ideas. She actually made a fall wreath using some ideas from Pinterest so I thought I would document her craftiness and post it here! I love the idea of a more modern wreath as opposed to the traditional flower wreath. This wreath uses vines and felt rosettes. I also love the big burlap letter in the middle. It adds a great focal point to the wreath. My sister got her vines from the vineyard where she got married (so sweet) but you can find a pre-made wreath like this at your local craft store. Or, if you are really resourceful, you can find them in your backyard and secure them with a little hot glue and floral wire! The rosettes are actually quite easy to make. You cut a circle out of felt, then cut the felt circle in a spiral. Wind the felt tightly and glue the edge and the bottom of the rosette with hot glue to secure. The key is to scallop the edges (make them look wavy) so you get that appearance of a bunch of petals. To make rosettes with a center of a different color, cut a small circle of felt for the center, wind and secure that. Then cut another circle out of a different color felt and wind around the small rosette.
You can purchase a pre-cut letter at your local craft store, or stencil one on foam core and cut out with an x-acto knife or box cutter. You can paint the letter, cover it in rosettes, or cover it in fabric. My sister used burlap to give it a rustic look. She also hung the wreath using the burlap and added a little extra around the wreath. Love it! Great job sis 🙂
Here are a few more photos of wreaths I love from Pinterest. These all have a modern twist and make a bold statement… and I love the use of different materials. Click on the image to go to the original site to learn how to make these.


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Hythe Youth Autism Club
Fridays: 5:30 - 8pm and every 2nd Saturday 10.30am - 12.30pm
Hythe YC Disability Club
Tonbridge Youth and Children's Centre - Bold Steps
Tuesdays, 4.00 - 6.00pm
Bold Steps at Tonbridge & Malling Youth Hub
Street-Based Youth Session - Elham
Tuesdays, 6pm - 8pm
Youth Club @ Elham
Street-Based Youth Session - Cheriton
Thursdays, 5pm - 7pm
Street based youth work at Cheriton Park Please note this does run during the summer holidays.
Session @ Methodist Church, Gravesend
Fridays: 18:00 - 21:00
Session @ Methodist Church, Gravesend
Shepway Street Outreach (Salus)
Wednesdays, 1pm - 3pm
Salus believes in giving access to community based facilities and a diverse range of activities to improve young people's social skills, emotional health and wellbeing. We work hard to offer both a universal and targeted approach to our youth provision and recognise the value of…
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Sheerness Vision Shop
Mondays and Thursdays 5-8pm
Got an idea for a trip, activity or project? Come along and make it happen.
HOUSE in the Basement - Under 18s Gig Night
1st Friday of the month, 7pm - 9pm
U18s Gig Night (1st Friday of Month)
HOUSE in the Basement - Open Mic Night
2nd Fridays of month, 7pm - 9pm
Open Mic Night (2nd Fridays of Month)
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Youth information and advice drop-in sessions @ Sk8side Youth Centre Mondays & Thursdays: 1pm - 6pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays: 1pm - 9pm
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text: I'm implementing the area lighting that was used in Unity's Adam demo at GDC this year. You can read more about them here: https://eheitzresearch.wordpress.com/415-2/ These are fully calculated in real time so they work on dynamic objects, no baking required. For now it will just be a quad that you can scale/rotate/etc and set color and intensity on.


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Give the Gift of Tuna this holiday season! Hot Tuna starts their winter tour on January 2, 2014 with a show at the Iron Horse Music Hall. What better way to start the new year! Hot Tuna is coming to a town near you! They play 29 shows! The winter tour starts in the northeast and winds its way south through Florida, Texas and Arizona before it shoots up the west coast making stops in California, Oregon and Washington State. That includes 2 shows at McCabe's Guitar Shop, always a favorite spot to see Hot Tuna. Now that's a lot of touring!
Special guests Leon Russell and David Lindley help open some of the shows. Be sure to check out the Sunshine Music and Blues Festival where Hot Tuna will share the stage with the Tedeschi Trucks Band and a host of others! Hope to see you at one of the shows.
01/02/14 Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA
01/03/14 Westhampton Beach PACWesthampton Beach, NY
01/04/14 Flying Monkey Performance CenterPlymouth, NH
01/05/14 The Opera HouseBoothbay Harbor, ME
01/07/14 Ridgefield PlayhouseRidgefield, CT
01/09/14 Wilbur TheatreBoston, MA also Leon Russell
01/10/14 Keswick TheatreGlenside, PA also Leon Russell
01/11/14 State TheatreState College, PA
01/12/14 The BirchmereAlexandria, VA also Leon Russell
01/14/14 Neighborhood TheatreCharlotte, NC also Leon Russell
01/15/14 Variety PlayhouseAtlanta, GA also Leon Russell
01/16/14 Plaza LiveOrlando, FL also Leon Russell
01/18/14 Mizner ParkBoca Raton, FL Sunshine Music and Blues Festival. Also Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell
01/19/14 Vinoy ParkSt. Petersburg, FL Acoustic Hot Tuna Sunshine Music and Blues Festival. Also Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell
01/21/14 One World TheatreAustin, TX
01/22/14 House of BluesDallas, TX also Leon Russell
01/24/14 Talking Stick Resort – ShowroomScottsdale, AZ also Leon Russell
01/25/14 Rialto TheatreTuscon, AZ also Leon Russell
01/26/14 Belly UpSolana Beach, CA
02/08-09/14 McCabes Guitar ShopSanta Monica, CA
02/11/14 Tower TheatreFresno, CA also David Lindley
02/12/14 Freight & Salvage CoffeehouseBerkeley, CA
02/13/14 Crest TheatreSacramento, CA also David Lindley
02/15/14 Humboldt BrewsArcta, CA
02/16/14 Rogue TheatreGrants Pass, OR also David Lindley
02/17/14 McDonald TheatreEugene, OR also David Lindley
02/18/14 Aladdin TheatrePortland, OR also David Lindley
02/20/14 Triple DoorSeattle, WA also David Lindley
02/21/14 The Egyptian TheatreBoise, ID


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Latest News
Report: Operation Reindeer Games (2002-12-17)Having just returned from Operation Reindeer Games in Texas, USA, RedWolf takes a few moments to reflect on the exciting events that transpired - and to tell all that airsoft in the Lone Star state is a serious matter! The 1.5 day operation was held in the rolling meadows of Maypearl, just outside of the greater Dallas Fort Worth area. Lots of cool props and a real fighter jet fly-by makes this event one of the best of the year.
Check out the full report here.


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They are only high on their own inflated egos. I wouldn't compare them to any dope smokers that I know. Crackheads and pill poppers maybe.
hell yes--it is OK cause they know what is best--
Obamma never toked--he was set up by whitie
oh no--he been burnt out for decades!
no persident have ever served high--just ask NBC!
only the congress get high daily
only the white house gets high--
they only smoke/snort on the weekends and vacation
Obamma don't smoke and supports fed dope laws
Obamma smokes between snorts every day
why arn't these dope-head a-holes arrested!
ask any sheriffs deputy or local PD. you get these tokers and dopers running around passing hot checks , kiting checks, depositing hot checks to cover hot checks--
there everywhere--
now their in the white house smoking dope, skipping rope, snorting crack and jumping jacks--
hell it is known that Obamma in his younger days was the "brain" for a dope pushing street gang in hawaii--
and biden --hell his middle name is "blow"--as in joe the blow biden. sounds like a bad episode of starskey and hutch or maimi vice--
now imagine the penalty for a navy captain in a ship or sub with atomic weapons smoking and snorting dope at the helm?
or an air-force pilot flying a b2 bomber full of smack?
some of the things that Obamma does look like a thing a 12 year old would try to get away with --
like the internet trolls spamming the house and twitter with all those fake calls for gun control, the fake website for gun stories and so on--
i guess all those stupid ideas look better --if you high at the time.
why is it the white house and the congress can be as high as a kite all day and every day --
yet a guy that sweeps the floor has to be tested for dope?
the poll question for today
is the white house and the congress high on illegal substances?
PS you can vote for more than one poll answer --
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They are only high on their own inflated egos. I wouldn't compare them to any dope smokers that I know. Crackheads and pill poppers maybe.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference- they deserve a place of honor with all that is good. George Washington
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."
George Washington
They are high as hell, but it's not from smokin crack, they are high on power from smokin blunts rolled in the Constitution filled with our liberties.
They have one of those 6 foot hookas that the ragheads use. It has a bowl at the top big enough to grow a tomato plant and they just keep shoveling US tax dollars into it and passing it around.
They do not inhale...
God so loved the world He gave his only Son...
...Believe in Him and have everlasting life.
John 3:16