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Review: HTC One Video and Audio Measurements

As I discussed in my review of the HTC One, the hardware is generally quite impressive. From the big 4.7-inch 1080p screen to the surprisingly good built-in speakers, it's every bit the high-end phone it claims to be.

We put it through our normal series of bench tests, just like it was a TV, amp, or set of speakers. Video measurements are below. Audio measurements are on page 2.

So how good is it, really?

There are no picture modes, or, in fact, any picture adjustments at all other than a backlight control. So in its "on" mode, the HTC One measures fairly cool with dark images (8088 kelvin), and warmer, but still cool (7364 K), with brighter images. It averages 7635 K across the grayscale range.

Color points are impressively accurate. The primary colors (red, green, and blue) are all pretty much spot on. Yellow is good, but the other secondaries are a little off. Both cyan and magenta are somewhat blueish. Gamut luminance levels are all close to accurate as well. In all, its better than many HDTVs for color accuracy.

Gamma is 2.29, which is in line with many televisions.

With the Brightness control set at max, the HTC One produces 150 footlamberts with a 100% white image, and 0.173 with a 0% black image, for a contrast ratio of 867:1. With the Brightness control set to minimum, these numbers are 2.843 and 0.0026, for a contrast ratio of 1,094:1.

Impressively, the HTC One can actually resolve a 1 pixel on/off 1080p pattern, though you really have to stick your nose to the screen to be able to tell. It's doesn't seem to have any overscan.

HTC One screen measurements by Geoff Morrison


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3rd Annual SBCC Golf Classic set for March 10

Are you ready for a day away from the office to relax and have some fun? Then we are ready for you! The 3rd Annual Golf Classic, presented by Ascend Performance Materials, is set for March 10 at Craft Farms – Cotton Creek. A portion of the proceeds from this 4-man scramble will benefit the Hattie Little Smith Free Enterprise Scholarship fund. All golfers will receive a tournament bag, lunch & two drink vouchers. There will be some fun and friendly competition including longest drive, closest to pin, split the pot and a raffle for a 3-night stay in a gulf front condo, provided by Meyer Vacation Rentals. Individual and top team prizes will be awarded. So grab your clubs, golf balls and some friends for the 3rd Annual Golf Classic! Register online by visiting our website,, or give us a call at 251-943-3291.

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Clashes in jihadist-held Iraq city halt after residents seized
By Salam Faraj
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 21, 2016

Clashes between Iraqi tribesmen and the Islamic State group in Fallujah have halted after the jihadists detained dozens of residents of the city west of Baghdad, officials said Sunday.

The fighting between the Sunni Arab tribesmen and IS in Fallujah, one of two cities it still holds in Iraq, challenges the jihadists' ability to maintain control.

But officials said tribesmen were running short of supplies on Saturday, and IS, which is known for its extreme violence, has already executed a large number of opponents elsewhere in Anbar province.

Tribesmen in three areas of Fallujah "withdrew from the clashes (with IS), fearing for the fate of the detainees", an army lieutenant colonel told AFP on condition of anonymity.

"The clashes stopped because of the imbalance of power and fear that the detainees would be executed," said Issa Sayir who was appointed by the Anbar governor to administer the Fallujah area.

Sayir said IS was likely to execute Fallujah residents for their alleged "cooperation with the security forces".

Raja Barakat, a member of the provincial council in Anbar, where Fallujah is located, said: "We now fear that the (IS) organisation will carry out a massacre in the city."

Sayir estimated the number of detainees at around 60, while the lieutenant colonel said the figure was over 110 and a tribal leader said more than 100.

Sheikh Majeed al-Juraisi, a leader in one of the tribes fighting the jihadists in Fallujah, said IS had seized the residents over the previous two days.

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"We hold the prime minister responsible for any massacre carried out against the people of Fallujah," Barakat said, calling for the launch of a military operation to retake the city.

Both Sayir and the army officer said a military operation would be launched in the Fallujah area in coming days, but it may come too late for the detainees in the city.

Officials said the clashes began Friday as a fight between tribesmen and Al-Hisba, IS members charged with enforcing the religious strictures of the Sunni extremist group in the city.

The fighting escalated into gunbattles involving members of several tribes.

IS launched a sweeping offensive that overran swathes of Iraq in June 2014, but security forces and allied fighters have pushed the jihadists back with US-led air support.

Fallujah, 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Baghdad, is the only Iraqi city apart from IS's main hub, Mosul in the north, still under jihadist control.

The militants also hold other areas, including large towns such as Tal Afar and Hawijah.

Anti-government fighters seized Fallujah in early 2014 during unrest that broke out after security forces demolished a protest camp in western Iraq, and it later became an IS stronghold.

The tens of thousands of civilians in Fallujah are facing increasingly dire living conditions, and officials say IS is preventing people from leaving the city, which has largely been cut off by security forces.

There are an estimated 300 to 400 IS fighters inside Fallujah, but the jihadists have repeatedly seized areas and defended others for extended periods despite being heavily outnumbered.

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This enjoyable fiesta forms part of the programme of events for the Spring Fiestas in the city of Murcia.

The "Entierro de la Sardina" (Burial of the Sardine) is a traditional parade which normally closes the Carnival celebrations. In Murcia, this event stands out for certain characteristics that make it highly original. One thing that makes it unusual is the late date it is held, after the Easter celebrations - right at the end of the following week. These festivities date back to 1850, when a group of students decided to form an entourage presided over by a sardine, symbolising fasting and abstinence, to relive the fiesta celebrated at Carnival.

Thirty or so "sardinero" groups make up the enjoyable "Entierro de la Sardina" parade. These groups also liven up the city with street entertainment on the days before the parade. The night before, the Testament of Lady Sardine is read from the balcony of the town hall. It takes a humorous look at current political and social issues.

The following day is the big cavalcade, which has two different parts: the "cabecera", with "giants and big-heads", carnival groups and brass bands; and the floats, dedicated to the gods of Olympus, where thousands of toys are thrown out into the crowd. They all accompany the sardine to the place where it is burned, with a firework display and a huge people's fiesta that lasts into the early hours.

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Wow, all those small changes are adding up. Not only did the scale go down, but my energy went up. Yesterday was my resting day and I was pretty active with my little one. I still felt like I needed more activity before I went to bed, which m... Read more
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I know that 9.5 lbs is 5% of my body weight which I plan to drop in 8 very sensible weeks. I'd also like to lose 5% of my inches in those 8 weeks, here is the math so I don't forget it. Waist 41"-5%=39 Hips 45.5"-5%=42.75 Thigh 2... Read more
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Speech Therapy Z App

Speech Therapy Z App can help if....

  • Your child is having trouble saying Z
  • Your child has a lisp
  • Your child been attending speech therapy for a long time and progress has been slow

We created this app to help you help your child at home!

Remember, if your child is working on S, most likely he/she needs to work on Z too. Sometimes working on Z first is a good technique.

It is available on Amazon and Google Play. I wanted to make something that is affordable and easy to access for everyone.

About Speech Therapy Z App

How This App Works:

This app is much different then the apps you are used to, and I did that on purpose. If you are new to this site, before reading on, you should know that there aren't any tricks or gimmicks here! Instead, this site promotes real speech and language learning learning in a natural environment. That is the ONLY way communication skills are learned.

Speech Therapy Z App is a tutorial full of learning, tips, and games. It is a comprehensive app that describes how to say Z and then how to teach it to your child. You will learn how to systematically practice Z with your child using research proven techniques in the comfort of your own home. All the needed materials are provided as well as game ideas for every level of practice. There is also a bonus section of photo flashcards that you can bring up on your device for a quick practice.

Tip: Many children who have trouble saying S, will have trouble saying Z as well. The tongue placement, teeth spacing, lack of lip rounding, and jaw stability are the same for each sound. The only difference is voicing. SOMETIMES, it is easier to start with Z and the move to S. Just an idea from the expert ;)

What's Included:

  • Explanation on how to say Z
  • Tips on how to teach Z to your child
  • Cues that speech therapists commonly use
  • Word lists
  • Picture Flashcards
  • Practice ideas at the syllable, word, sentence, and conversational level
  • Functional games that don't require flashcards and really increase chance of carryover
  • Online Z flashcards in all word positions

What you can expect:
This app is a tutorial which includes explanations, teaching materials, functional games, and flashcards all wrapped up into one app! You can expect to do a bit of learning at first, and then, carve out a few minutes each day to practice with your child. It only takes a few minutes, seriously!

Who should use this app:

  • Motivated parents whose children are having difficulty saying Z
  • Children who are already in speech therapy and need to work on carryover
  • Children who don't qualify for speech services even though they have trouble saying Z!
  • Speech language pathologists who want word lists, teaching techniques, and flashcards at their fingertips

Who made Speech Therapy Z App:
This app was created by, ME, a practicing, speech language pathologist who understands how much practice is needed for articulation (speech) therapy and knows how parents really have all the power to make the biggest difference. However, parents don't always have access to everything they need. Speech therapy can also be expensive and this is frustrating for everyone!! To reach more families, I made this app for a VERY affordable price so everyone can get learning today.

This app is a supplemental, home program. If you have concerns about your child, we recommend a consultation by a speech language pathologist before beginning any home program.

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Long road for Martin Stamatis ahead of Sydney Top Fuel return

Wednesday 31st October, 2012 - 9:14am

Martin Stamatis will return this weekend after two years away from the 8,000 horsepower saddle

Martin Stamatis will return this weekend after two years away from the 8,000 horsepower saddle

2010 ANDRA Top Fuel Champion, Martin Stamatis is sweating with every minute that ticks by ahead of this weekend’s second round of the national Top Fuel Championship at Sydney Dragway as he prepares for his return to the sport.

West Aussie Stamatis has been out of the seat for two years, but is preparing a full blown return having purchased the car he took to the Championship win from Jim Read.

Stamatis – the Managing Director of a software company – has elected to come back to the sport but with his own equipment rather than a lease drive.

“We’ve always said we would return to drag racing,” said Stamatis. “We have acquired the car that I won the championship with off Jim (Read) but unfortunately just having a car doesn’t mean you can go racing. There are a lot of things involved in setting up a team like the workshop, inventory and transportation.”

Critical to Stamatis’ return has been upgrading the equipment to 2012 specifications. In the fast paced world of Top Fuel, being at the leading edge of a sport that is determined by thousandths of a second in excess of 550kph is critical.

“We have got a fairly strong inventory but the equipment we are running is aged technology so there is that refresh of technology that we’ve had to put into play,” Stamatis explained. “It’s not cheap and it’s like starting again with all the ancillaries you need, but we are excited to be making a return this weekend at The Nationals.”

His team has been flat out getting the car together ahead of this weekend’s long awaited return.

The welcome mat won’t be too comfortable for the West Aussie among his Top Fuel competitors. He will be up against Darren Morgan and Phil Lamattina who have the advantage of racing just two weeks ago in Adelaide. Add into the mix the always cagey Alan Dobson, strong local Terry Sainty and Luke Shepherd – who’s always capable of a surprise and its a very strong Top Fuel field for the Nationals.

Morgan currently leads his Title defence after taking out round one in Adelaide event and Lamattina will be keen to take the Fuchs/Elders machine to victory lane in Sydney. This weekend also represents a return to full 400m (quarter mile) action after the 1000 feet (300m) racing in Adelaide.

The Australian Nationals begins on Friday at Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek, with eliminations to be held on Sunday.

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Yes, freedom of speech should be absolute

Yes, freedom of speech should be absolute

This fundamental liberty shouldn’t be killed with qualifications.

Imagine if the Founding Fathers had conceived of liberty and freedom in contemporary terms, as problems to be managed, as sources of risk and harm. Imagine if Thomas Jefferson had penned the Declaration of Independence now, with the assertion that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable rights coupled with the get-out ‘except when said pursuit causes ill health’. Imagine if the American Constitution and, subsequently, the Bill of Rights had been drawn up today, complete with a set of sub-claused qualifications and caveats about offending people on grounds of race or religion. As for the First Amendment, so crystalline in its protection of free speech and press freedom, it just could not have been formulated today in the way that it was. ‘Congress’, it runs, ‘shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.’

It doesn’t say ‘Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech except when a person uses threatening, abusive or insulting words likely to stir up hatred’. It doesn’t say ‘Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech except when it is necessary to protect health or morals, or the reputation or rights of others’. In short, it doesn’t contain caveats or exceptions. In the eyes of the Founding Fathers, people’s freedom to think what they choose to think, to believe what they choose to believe, and to say what they want to, was absolute - it brooked no compromise.

And why were there none of the exceptions, or the caveats, or the famous ‘limits’ to free speech that we’d no doubt find if a Bill of Rights was drawn up to today? Because, quite simply, freedom of thought and speech was seen as something too important to be bounded or qualified. It wasn’t that someone like Thomas Jefferson, or Tom Paine, or Voltaire, not to mention the many others who breathed in the radical, liberty-thirsting air of the time, were unaware of malicious speech, or abusive speech, or even just plain idiotic speech. Not everyone was dead smart during the Age of Enlightenment. It’s just that at that moment freedom, and free speech, was seen in its positive aspect, as something that benefitted humankind, a principle that prevented a government from slipping towards tyranny, that allowed the ‘better angels of our nature’ to flourish, that aided the pursuit of truth. See, for instance, Madison’s criticisms of the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1800 in which he drew on the First Amendment to defend the press’s right to be ‘seditious’, and made a case for ‘the intent to excite… unfavourable sentiments against those who administer the government’. For Madison, then, the freedom to lambast public figures, to excite others’ antagonism towards those figures – something that today would be classed as ‘incitement to hatred’ – was far more important than protecting those figures from emotional harm. The emphasis always fell on freedom of speech, and never its restriction.

Today, the Founding Fathers, and later the likes of John Stuart Mill, whose defence of free speech was, at points, equally as stalwart as his liberal predecessors across the pond, are implicitly assumed to have underestimated the harm in free speech. They were naive; they didn’t know what we know now; namely, that freedom of speech is never absolute, that there must be limits.

Just think of the number of people who proclaim their support for free speech before reeling off a list of reasons why its exercise must be limited. In the UK, for instance, the head of civil-liberties group Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, is seemingly more concerned with the problems of free speech than its benefits – hence she once talked of ‘respecting freedom of conscience, thought and religion and free speech within such proportionate limits as are necessary to protect others’. Little wonder she ended up sat on the ‘panel of experts’ at the press-freedom-quashing Leveson Inquiry.

Or take an even more prominent example: article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of expression’, it says, before stating that this freedom ‘may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary’. Whatever this ‘fundamental right’ is, given the volume of restrictions on it, it is not freedom of speech in any true sense; rather, it’s speech within given limits.

Indeed, it’s very difficult to find anyone who will defend free speech as an absolute. Sure, virtually every figure in public life will say they support free speech, but that’s usually just a prelude to a statement saying why it must be limited.

Of course, if you defend freedom of speech absolutely, this does not mean defending the freedom to commit perjury, for instance. That’s an act which undermines the principles of a justice system and makes it unworkable – there is no freedom to lie under oath. Likewise, telling someone to kill someone, while pressing a gun into the palm of their hand, is not an act of free speech; it’s incitement to murder. Incredible as it might seem, it is possible to defend free speech absolutely without defending perjury or incitement to murder (clue: these are not issues of free speech). Hence the architects of the Bill or Rights felt no need to add in caveats to that effect – because neither they nor the citizens they represented were idiots.

But the majority of those who accompany their profession of support for free speech with a whole raft of anti-free-speech qualifications do so for subtler reasons. They emphasise the harm that speech can do. They talk, as one columnist did recently, of ‘issues of security and personal safety, of the value of truth and honesty, the need to treat others with respect’. Or, as another columnist did, they warn of the dangerous influence of certain speech: ‘The fractional loss of liberty entailed in penalising the expression of neo-Nazi views or Holocaust denial seems a small price to pay compared to what can follow if the far right is shielded all the way into power.’

What becomes clear is that all those who determinedly qualify freedom out of speech don’t really believe in free speech at all. They pose as reasonable and moderate. And they act as if their worries over unfettered free speech are born of a concern for others. But in reality, their problem is that they can only see freedom of speech in negative terms, as something that can cause harm or damage. Which is another way of saying that they see the freedom of other people, their freedom to think and speak for themselves, as a problem, as a source of potential harm. Their putative concern for the welfare of people, then, is really a profound mistrust of people – we’re not deemed capable of handling free speech, and the hustle and sometimes abusive bustle of public life. This is what sets the contemporary pseudo advocacy of free speech, complete with qualifications and caveats, apart from a real belief in free speech of the type that animated the authors of the First Amendment. The Founding Fathers had faith in people’s capacity to act and think for themselves; that is singularly absent today.

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Soul-funk boss Sharon Jones makes a triumphant return to the limelight in the video for “Stranger to My Happiness.” The new song hails from her forthcoming album with the Dap-Kings, Give the People What They Want, which is now due out January 14 on Daptone Records. The 10-song set was originally due out last August, but Jones took some time off to focus on her health after receiving the news that she’d developed a curable form of cancer. Filmed in November by directors Rob Hatch-Miller and Puloma Basu, the clip above finds the band-leader bald following chemotherapy — an intentional choice. “Not wearing a wig and just being bald was an easy decision for me,” Jones said via statement. “I’ve always been me, and that’s not going to change now.” Fittingly, the song is about reclaiming one’s verve, and the clip is pure celebration.


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It’s a big week for Spokane jazz fans, as two big-name performers plan gigs at Spokane Falls Community College.

First up is guitarist Bill Frisell (above). The Bainbridge Island resident is practically a cottage industry of collaboration, having worked with everyone from Ginger Baker and Elvis Costello to Norah Jones and Laurie Anderson. This Grammy winner, called a “wizard of touch and harmony” by the New York Times in January, has recorded nearly 40 albums, the most recent of which is 2013’s “Big Sur.” His appearance at SFCC on Friday will include Eyvind Kang (viola) and Rudy Royston (drums), with whom he recorded the 2010 album “Beautiful Dreamers.”

The trio will be in the performing arts auditorium (Building 15) from 1 to 2:30 p.m. today. And oh, yeah. The show is free.

Then on Thursday, jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas hits campus with a free master class in the afternoon and a concert that night. Douglas has released more than 20 albums since 1993.

As the Times noted in 2012, Douglas is one of the busiest trumpeter/composers in jazz, and his “body of work reflects an inveterate engagement with the world, taking inspiration from literature, politics, dance and film, as well as jazz and new-music traditions.” No kidding. He once, with his trio Keystone, released a CD of music inspired by silent film star Fatty Arbuckle. “The Infinite,” from 2001, featured music inspired by Thom Yorke (of Radiohead) and Rufus Wainwright. (His guest star on the 2004 record “Strange Liberation”? Frisell.)

The free master class will be held in the Building 15 auditorium from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Thursday. The evening’s concert will be held in the same space, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 general, $10 for students, available at the SFCC cashier’s office, Amend Music Center, Hoffman Music, or through any TicketsWest outlet.

SFCC is located at 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive. For information on the Douglas show, call (509) 533-3757. For details on the Frisell show, call (509) 533-3741.

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Skookum’s Bartholdt Joins HBO Blogroll

Put your hands together for one of my favorite North Idaho journalists Ralph Bartholdt (shown above in Iraq), who joins the HBO "Local Photographers" blogroll today. Not only is Ralph a fine photographer, but he's the only journalist I know that has covered the story of post-war Iraq. He did so with the blessing of the Publisher Dan Hammes at the St. Maries Gazette-Record, where Ralph works as the editor. His articles capture the old Ernie Pyle style of telling the story of the soldiers in the line of fire. You'll find some of those on the link I'm about to provide you. I'm thrilled that Ralph is joining Doug Fredericks, the two Phils and Sandpoint In Pictures to make this a growing repository of beautiful North Idaho photography. You can find Ralph's Web site by clicking on the link under "Local Photography" or by clicking here. And you can find a story by Ralph this week interviewing a WWII vet from the St. Maries area here.

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The Idaho State Patrol reports that 29-year-old Spokane Valley resident Luis M. Schiaffini-Pineiro was injured in a car crash on I-90 in Post Falls late last night. An ISP press release says he was driving east in a Mazda pickup "at a speed too fast for icy road conditions" when he lost control, went off the road to the right and rolled his car "numerous" times. The accident ocurred at 10:26 p.m. Schiaffini-Pineiro was taken to Kootenai Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.

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Eagles offense opens up Monday Night Football with bizarre play (watch)

September 10, 2013 12:39am EDT The Philadelphia Eagles opened up their 2013 season against the Washington Redskins with a crazy play on their opening drive.

It didn't take long for new Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly to make a statement in the team's season opener at Washington.

His hurry-up offense racked up 10 plays in 3 minutes, 6 seconds during the team's opening drive, but that was quickly overshadowed by a mistake from running back LeSean McCoy that cost the Eagles points.

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Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was under pressure in the pocket and threw across his body to McCoy, who thought he was ahead of the line of scrimmage.

McCoy didn't try to cover the pass after it was knocked down by Redskins defensive lineman Ryan Kerrigan. Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall scooped it up and jogged 75 yards for a touchdown.

Officials ruled a backward pass, and the call was upheld after video review.

Philadelphia bounced back quickly, though, notching a field goal and then a touchdown to take a 10-7 lead with 8:59 remaining in the quarter.

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March 5, 2013 2:08pm EST Patrick Kaleta's five-game suspension for his hit on Brad Richards is simply not enough, writes Jesse Spector. The latest round of NHL discipline speaks to a broken system that must be more proactive to protect its players.

Things were supposed to be different this season. With an appeal system in place for players to state their case, Brendan Shanahan and the NHL’s Department of Player Safety could be stricter with disciplinary decisions, and really crack down on dirty, dangerous, dastardly plays.

Patrick Kaleta’s hit on Brad Richards on Sunday night was all that. Plus, as a top-notch recidivist, having been suspended two games for boarding in 2009 and four games for head-butting last season, it was time for the Buffalo Sabresagitating winger to find himself on the business end of Shanahan’s gavel, with a penalty harsh enough that maybe it would be time to give that appeal system a go. This was a notoriously reckless player not only crossing the line, but pouring gasoline on the line and setting fire to it.

Kaleta has been told to take a seat twice in the past by the NHL, and has not gotten the message to clean up his act. Why would a five-game suspension, the ban that Shanahan handed down to Kaleta on Monday, be any different?

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As the puck skittered toward the boards, Richards went to chase it, a step ahead of Kaleta, who delivered a two-handed shove right to the numbers on the Rangers center’s back and sent him flying into the wall. Fortunately, Richards was able to extend his left hand to make that his first point of contact with the boards, followed by his left shoulder, and then his head. Had the 32-year-old Richards been a split-second slower in bracing himself, he may have needed a stretcher to get off the ice. Instead, he was able to continue playing, although Richards did sit out New York’s practice on Monday.

The most ridiculous part of the NHL’s disciplinary system remains that Kaleta’s five-game suspension would have been longer if his victim had been a player with inferior reflexes to Richards, and there had been a severe injury on the play. Shanahan noted in his video explanation of the suspension (the best thing Shanahan has done on the job is bring transparency to the disciplinary operation)that Richards was shaken up on the play, but returned to the game soon after, and completed it.

Of course, if Richards develops concussion symptoms in the days to come after the impact of his head against the boards, it’s too late for Shanahan to change his decision.

So, Kaleta gets a veritable slap on the wrist, losing $76,219.25 in salary while he sits out before being allowed back on the ice to continue creating mayhem. That’s the way the system has worked in the past, and the way it appears it will continue to work.

Spector: League must toughen up to prevent 'frontier justice'

Among the NHL’s rogues gallery, the only exception to date has been Pittsburgh Penguins winger Matt Cooke, who was suspended for 10 regular-season games and the first round of the 2011 playoffs for an elbow to the head of Ryan McDonagh. It took that ban, the fifth of Cooke’s career, to see the destructive path he was on.

”In the past I’ve been very defensive and have argued my point (in disciplinary hearings),” Cooke said then. The (NHLPA) talks, they argue their point, and your agent gets on and defends you a lot. I realize and understand more so now than ever that I need to change.”

Cooke did change. He cut his penalty minutes from 129 in 67 games in 2010-11 to 44 in 82 games last season. This season (entering Monday’s action), Cooke has been assessed 22 PIM in 22 games; six minor penalties and a 10-minute misconduct that basically amounted to officials protecting him from the Ottawa Senators by removing him from the game after his skate blade accidentally sliced Erik Karlsson’s Achilles tendon.

For other players, a suspension can send the right message. Philadelphia Flyers winger Brayden Schenn had to sit out one game in January for charging Anton Volchenkov of the New Jersey Devils. Schenn, who had 34 penalty minutes in 54 games as a rookie last season, has been whistled only twice in 19 games since his suspension, for a pair of tripping minors.

Schenn messed up with his hit on Volchenkov, did his time, and learned his lesson. Kaleta had that chance already. Twice. Now a third time. How many more?

For the Department of Player Safety to actually promote safety, Shanahan cannot be afraid to rule with an iron fist. The point is not merely to punish infractions, because the damage is already done. It’s about preventing repeat incidents, the kind that Kaleta keeps finding himself in the middle of.

The Rangers, smartly, did not retaliate after Sunday night’s incident. Up in Boston, the Bruins did, as Zdeno Chara earned himself 17 penalty minutes for delivering vintage-style justice to Alexei Emelin’s face for a cross-check on Tyler Seguin. With their best defenseman sequestered, the Bruins let the game, and the Northeast Division lead, slip away to the Montreal Canadiens.

Emelin did not even receive a penalty for what he did to Seguin, which highlights a further problem with how the NHL handles safety.

When the officials on the ice miss cheap shots, and the league office lets repeat offenders off lightly, it’s no wonder many players feel they have to take matters into their own hands. That only increases the level of risk in a sport that is dangerous enough when it’s played the right way.

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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Stone Mountain Tennis Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Date Started: July 25, 1996
Date Finished: August 3, 1996
Format: Single-elimination tournament.

Gold: USA United States
Silver: CZE Czech Republic
Bronze: ESP Spain

The defending champions were the American team of [Mary Joe] and [Gigi Fernandez]. Originally it did not look like they could play as Mary Joe did not make the American team, but as defending champion, the International Tennis Federation awarded her a wildcard entry. Their victory was quite easy, as they won four matches, all in straight sets.

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1 United States USA Gold
2 Czech Republic CZE Silver
3 Spain ESP Bronze
4 Netherlands NED
5T Great Britain GBR
5T Switzerland SUI
5T Thailand THA
5T Canada CAN
9T France FRA
9T South Africa RSA
9T Hungary HUN
9T Belgium BEL
9T China CHN
9T Croatia CRO
9T Belarus BLR
9T Indonesia INA
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Energy booster suggestions?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Cansportschick, Sep 28, 2007.

  1. Cansportschick

    Cansportschick Active Member

    I am feeling really lifeless right now (which is abnormal) but I am in need of someything to pick me up today.

    Does anyone have any suggestions for energy boosters?

    (This should be good...)
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    Cocaine's a helluva drug.
  3. Cansportschick

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    So I've heard.
  4. Songbird

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    Red Bull.
  5. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    chocolate is a great short-term energy booster
  6. Songbird

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    Also, those 5-hour energy boost bottles. They work, believe me. But don't take them at night if you want to sleep. I took one at 5 p.m. last week and didn't crash till 7 a.m. It doesn't rocket-propel you, just keeps you awake.
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    A giant plate of fetuccini alfredo.
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    A lot of women are borderline anemic. It could be your iron levels. Have a big steak with an orange -- no dairy. Tomorrow have a big spinach salad with a grapefruit -- no dairy. (Vitamin C helps iron absorption; calcium blocks it.) See if you feel better.
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    Eat carbs. Carbs = energy.

    And work out.
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    When I'm feeling sluggish, I usually go for some Turkish black tar heroin...
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    A shot of Andrenalin[/umathurman]
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    Meth always gives me a little pick me up.

    But there are consequences:
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Rudy II: Stock Scamaloo

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, Dec 16, 2011.

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    Just a story about a dreamer who scrappily (and allegedly) bilked investors out of $11 million.

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    He must have learned that at Holy Cross, right? Right????????????
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    You're five-foot nothing, a hundred and nothin', and you have barely a speck of business acumen. And you hung in there with the best stock scammers for the past three years. And you're gonna walk out of here with $11 million in illicit profits. In this life, you don't have to prove nothin but a stock price. And after what you've gone through, if you're not sippin champagne, it aint' never gonna happen. Now go pay your fine.
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    I've never liked Notre Dame fans. Now I can make fun of them for cheering for a scammer.
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    Damn. Now the SEC is beating Notre Dame off the field too.
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Sports writer, Clayton, Ga.

Discussion in 'Journalism Jobs' started by Drip, Feb 2, 2009.

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    From Journalismjobs.com

    The Clayton Tribune, an 8,000-circulation weekly newspaper in the northeast Georgia mountains of Rabun County, needs a versatile general assignment reporter with a passion for learning the business. Beats will include outdoors, recreation and sports. We demand excellence, but we specialize in training young journalists. We offer a competitive entry-level salary, paid vacation, 401(k), health insurance and travel allowance. Send a resume with three of your best clips and three business references to Steve Meadows, Publisher, The Clayton Tribune, P.O. Box 425, Clayton, GA 30525; fax, 706-782-4230; e-mail: smeadows@theclaytontribune.com
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    Deliverance country!
  3. deskslave

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    Not that it would necessarily affect one's pursuit of the job, but if there's a sport Rabun County High is good at, I don't know what it is. Football team last year allowed Towns County to break a 36-game losing streak.

    FWIW, Google Maps says it's two hours from Atlanta, but I'm not sure I believe that. It's closer to Greenville and Asheville than it is Atlanta.

    ETA: Huh. What do you know. A quick look at their Web site tells me the girls basketball team is 17-2. Also, the publisher appears to be covering the sports beat, and he actually appears to know at least something about sportswriting. It's nothing earth-shattering, but not bad for a weekly.
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    Perfect...sounds like my old high school. 6-35 in my four years on Varsity. This is the perfect gig for me.
  5. Yeah, looks like it'd be 2 1/2 hours to Atlanta. Charlotte is only about 70 miles further than Atlanta from Clayton.
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    Anyone heard anything about what they've done with this one?
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    VB3man New Member

    yeah i havent heard anything. anyone else got any info here?
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    Yes, Deliverance was filmed on the Chattooga River, which flows through Rabun County. I've been to Clayton (I stopped there to buy food at the Winn-Dixie on the way to hike the Appalachian Trail years ago), and you're definitely in a remote area. But quite scenic. And for the record, no locals walked up to me while I was there and told me, "you've got a purty mouth." Probably 2.5 hours from Atlanta.
    I worked for the Clayton publisher, Steve Meadows, several years ago (at a daily, not in Clayton). He expects a quality product, but he's a good guy to work for. He's one of the few publishers I've known that comes from the editorial side instead of finance or advertising. He has a solid knowledge of sports, too, and a young journalist would probably learn a lot working for him. In that area of Georgia, you'll probably do a lot of coverage of fishing, camping, kayaking and hunting, in addition to high school sports.
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From the 10th minute to the 75th, the Colorado Rapids dominated the Columbus Crew, racking up double digits in shots. Funny thing, though — they only put a couple of those shots on frame, never seriously testing backup Columbus keeper Andy Gruenebaum aside from the well-taken goal, which left Gruenebaum with no chance.

Random thoughts:

– Crew sub Kevin Burns nearly earned himself quite a bit of play on SportsCenter tomorrow with a looping header from outside the box that clanged off the right post.

– Burns’ shot was one of three great chances for the Crew, all in the second half. Andy Iro pounded a shot off a corner kick right at Matt Pickens, and Guillermo Barros Schelotto put one well over the net.

– Colorado had three forwards on the bench, a testament to their offensive depth, but Mac Kandji was clearly the wrong call. He didn’t have the defensive poise he needed.

– The Crew defense had all sorts of problems. Frankie Hejduk misplayed several balls. Iro struggled with Omar Cummings, who undid the defense with a diagonal run into space where rookie Shaun Francis probably should’ve been.

– Colorado’s dominance came from the midfield, where Mastroeni and Jeff Larentowicz ran over Brian Carroll and a rotation of Eddie Gaven and Emmanuel Ekpo in the center. Carroll committed what you might call a frustration foul, sliding very hard into Cummings.

Second-leg projection: It’s 50-50. After the final 20 minutes, Columbus has the momentum. The game is in Columbus. Colorado counters with a one-goal advantage and the best defense of all — a strong offense.

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The first two months will define how things are going to go this season for the Raptors.

With a new front office in place, there’s a common line of thinking that the team may scrap 2013-14 with an eye towards the future. Just a few weeks on to the job, general manager Masai Ujiri dealed franchise staple Andrea Bargnani, acquiring future assets and financial flexibility, and Rudy Gay may not be that far behind him.

Gay was acquired last season, by former GM Bryan Colangelo, and his contract is inflated compared to his production. With him signed through 2015, his salary could hold back any effort on the Raptors part at rebuilding. If the Raptors start slow, Ujiri may pull the plug.

The only likely reason Ujiri has not moved Gay would be to see how the team performs early – especially considering their positive finish to the 2012-13 campaign – but if the team starts slow he might very well be on his way out.

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Walking Softly to Heal: The Importance of Community Readiness

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In collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Tribal and Technical Assistance Center (SAMHSA TTAC), SPRC has developed resources to help suicide prevention practitioners understand and measure a community’s readiness to address suicide, and use that knowledge to stimulate change. They include a video, a list of recommended resources, and next steps for community success.


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N THE DAYS OF ELI the word of the Lord was precious, and there was no open vision. It was well when the word did come, that one chosen individual had the hearing ear to receive it, and the obedient heart to perform it. Eli failed to tutor his sons to be the willing servants and the attentive hearers of the Lord's word. In this he was without the excuse of inability, since he successfully trained the child Samuel in reverent attention to the Divine will. O that those who are diligent about the souls of others, would look well to their own households. Alas, poor Eli, like many in our day, they made thee keeper of the vineyards, but thine own vineyard thou hast not kept. As often as he looked upon the gracious child, Samuel, he must have felt the heartache. When he remembered his own neglected and unchastened sons, and how they had made themselves vile before all Israel, Samuel was the living witness of what grace can work where children are trained up in God's fear, and Hophni and Phineas were sad specimens of what parental indulgence will produce in the children of the best of men. Ah, Eli, if thou hadst been as careful with thine own sons as with the son of Hannah, they had not been such men of Belial, nor would Israel have abhorred the offering of the Lord because of the fornication which those priestly reprobates committed at the very door of the tabernacle. O for grace so to nurse our little ones for the Lord, that they may hear the Lord when He shall be pleased to speak unto them.
    Samuel was blessed with a gracious father, and what is of even more importance, he was the child of an eminently holy mother. Hannah was a woman of great poetic talent, as appears from her memorable song—"My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies, because I rejoiced in Thy salvation." The soul of poetry lives in every line; a brave but chastened spirit breathes in every sentence; even the Virgin Mary, the most blessed among women, could do no other than use expressions of a similar import. Better still, Hannah was a woman of great prayer. She had been a woman of a sorrowful spirit, but her prayers at last returned to her in blessing, and she had this son given her of the Lord. He was very dear to his mother's heart, and she, therefore, to show her gratitude, and in fulfillment of the vow which in her anguish she had vowed unto the Lord, would consecrate the best thing she had, and presented her son before the Lord in Shiloh—a lesson to all godly parents, to see to it that they dedicate their children unto God. How highly favoured shall we be if our children shall all be like Isaac—children of the promise! What blessed parents should we be if we saw our children all rise up to call the Redeemer blessed! It has been the lot of some of you to see all your children numbered with the people of God: all your jewels are now in Jehovah's casket. In their early childhood you gave them up to God, and dedicated them to Him in earnest prayer, and now the Lord has given you your petition which you asked of Him. I like our friends to hold little services in their own houses when their family is increased; it seems good and profitable for friends to assemble, and prayer to be offered that the child may be an inheritor of the promises, that he may be early called by mighty grace, and received into the Divine family. You will perceive that as Samuel was put under the care and tuition of Eli, Eli had instructed him in some degree in the spirit of religion, but he does not appear to have explained to him the peculiar form and nature of those special and particular manifestations of God which were given to His prophets; little dreaming, I dare say, that Samuel would ever be himself the subject of them. On that memorable night, when towards morning the lamp of God was about to go out, the Lord cried, "Samuel, Samuel," the young child was not able to discern—for he had not been taught—that it was the voice of God, and not the voice of man. That he had learned the spirit of true religion, is indicated by his instantaneous obedience, and the habit of obedience became a valuable guide to him in the perplexities of that eventful hour. He runs to Eli, and says, "Here am I, for thou didst call me;" and though this is three times repeated, yet he seemed nothing loath to leave his warm bed, and run to his foster-father, to see if he could get him any comfort that his old age might require during the night, or otherwise do his bidding—a sure sign that the child had acquired the healthy principle of obedience, though he did not understand the mystery of the prophetic call. Better far to have the young heart trained to bear the yoke than to fill the childish head with knowledge, however valuable. An ounce of obedience is better than a ton of learning.
    When Eli perceived that God had called the child, he taught him his first little prayer. It is a very short one, but it is a very full one—"Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth." Let the Christian parent explain to the child what prayer is; tell him that God answers prayer; direct him to the Saviour, and then urge him to express his desires in his own language, both when he rises, and when he goes to rest. Gather the little ones around your knee and listen to their words, suggesting to them their needs, and reminding them of God's gracious promise. You will be amazed, and, I may add, sometimes amused too; but you will be frequently surprised at the expressions they will use, the confessions they will make, the desires they will utter; and I am certain that any Christian person standing within earshot, and listening to the simple prayer of a little child earnestly asking God for what it thinks it wants, would never afterwards wish to teach a child a form, but would say that as a matter of education to the heart the extemporaneous utterance was infinitely superior to the best form, and that the form should he given up for ever. However, do not let me speak too sweepingly. If you must teach your child to say a form of prayer, at least take care that you do not teach him to say anything which is not true. If you teach your children a catechism, mind that it is thoroughly scriptural, or you may train them up to tell falsehoods. Teach him nothing but the truth as it is in Jesus so far as he can learn it, and pray the Holy Spirit to write that truth upon his heart. Better to supply no sign-posts to the young traveller than to mislead him with false ones. The light of a wrecker's beacon is worse than darkness. Teach our youth to make untruthful statements in religious matters, and Atheism can scarcely do more to corrupt their minds. Formal religion is a deadly foe to vital godliness. If you teach a catechism, or if you teach a form of prayer to your little ones, let it be all true; and, as far as possible, never put into a child's mouth a word which the child cannot truly say from his heart.
    We must be more careful about truthfulness and correctness in speech. If a child looked out of a window at anything going on in the street, and then told you that he saw it from the door, you ought to make him tell the tale over again, so as to impress upon him the necessity of being truthful in every respect. Especially in things connected with religion, keep your child back from any form until he has a right to be a partaker of it. Never encourage him to come to the Lord's Table unless you really believe that there is a work of grace in his heart; for why should you lead him to eat and drink his own damnation? Insist with all your heart that religion is a solemn reality not to be mimicked or pretended to, and seek to bring the child to understand that there is no vice more abhorrent before God than hypocrisy. Do not make your young Samuel a young hypocrite, but train up your darling to speak before the Lord with a deep solemnity and a conscientious truthfulness, and let him never dare to say, either in answer to a catechismal question, or as a form of prayer, anything which is not positively true. If you must have a form of prayer, let it not express such desires as a child never had, but let it be adapted to his young capacity.
    It is said of the Rev. John Angell James, "Like most men who have been eminent and honoured in the Church of Christ, he had a godly mother, who was wont to take her children to her chamber, and with each separately to pray for the salvation of their souls. This exercise, which fulfilled her own responsibility, was moulding the character of her children, and most, if not all of them, rose up to call her blessed. When did such means ever fail?" I beseech you, the teachers of the Sunday-school—though I scarcely need to do so, for I know how zealous you are in this matter—as soon as ever you see the first peep of day in your children, encourage their young desires. Believe in the conversion of children, as children; believe that the Lord can call them by His grace, can renew their hearts, can give them a part and a lot among His people long before they reach the prime of life.

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Set your Warehouse Database to Read Only

In most environments new data is added to the data warehouse daily, weekly or even monthly.  Even further, these changes typically occur during the ETL process.  This means that most of the activity is read only.  As a result, you may be able to set your warehouse database to READ_ONLY.  When you set your database to read only SQL Server does not bother to acquire any locks, meaning that your SELECT statements should never be in conflict with any other activity.  Therefore, you should get better performance because your queries will produce less overhead.

You can set your database to READ_WRITE just before starting your ETL process. Once the process is complete you can set your database back to READ_ONLY.  These steps could be automated as part of your ETL process using a couple of T-SQL statements.  The process would be similar to the following:

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Quickest way to change the location of a log file in SQL Server

The quickest way to move the log file to a different location is to Detach the database, Move the .ldf and then Attach the database

Step 1: Detach the Database:

Use this command to detach the database

sp_detach_db 'YourDBName'

Step 2: Move the log file (.ldf):

Move the log file to a different location. For eg: Move it from 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\YourDBName_Log.ldf' to 'D:\Logback\YourDBName_Log.ldf'

Step 3: Attach the Database:

Once the file has been moved, attach the database again

sp_attach_db 'mydb','C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\YourDBName.mdf','D:\Logback\YourDBName_Log.ldf'

Note: To find out the current location of your database files, use the command 'sp_helpfile'

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How to Partition Tables of the AdventureWorks Database

A SQLServerCurry viewer contacted me to find out if there was an easy way to create partition tables on the AdventureWorks database. He wanted to study it for educational purposes.

For all those who are looking out for an existing partition script to partition tables of the AdventureWorks database, follow these steps:

Go to and download the ‘PartitionScript’ of the SQL Server database version you have installed. I have SQL Server 2008 and I have downloaded the script from here (SQL2008.Data_Engine_Admin_Script.Samples.x86.msi)

Double click and install the .msi. Once the installation is over, look out for PartitionAW.sql in “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Samples\Engine\Administration\Partitioning\Scripts” . This script partitions the AdventureWorks tables -- TransactionHistory and TransactionHistoryArchive.

As given in the MSDN documentation:

TheTransactionHistory table contains sales records for the current year. This table is used primarily for inserting new records and updating them as required. The TransactionHistoryArchive table contains sales records older than the current year. This table is used primarily for SELECT queries and as a staging table for moving data into a data warehouse. For more information about the partitioning design of these tables, see Planning Guidelines for Partitioned Tables and Indexes.

After running the query, the output is as shown below:

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May 29 2012

Shimadzu’s New Triple Quadrupole LCMS-8040 Combines Ultra High Speed with Enhanced Sensitivity for an Expanded Range of Applications

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the LCMS-8040, a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer, which combines newly improved ion optics and collision cell technology with proprietary ultra-fast technologies. This significantly expands the application range and ensures high-sensitivity, high-throughput analysis at lower levels of detection.

The LCMS-8040 features the world’s fastest polarity switching at 15 msec and a high-speed scanning rate of 15,000 u/sec for maximum analytical throughput. The LCMS-8040 achieves MRM transition speeds up to 555 MRMs per second with UFsweeper™ II collision cell technology. UFsweeper II features high-speed ion transport technology that maintains sensitivity and suppresses crosstalk, even for high-speed or simultaneous multi-components analyses.

The LCMS-8040 incorporates newly improved ion optics (UF-Lens™), which integrate two multi-pole RF ion guides, and UFsweeper II technology to provide higher multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) sensitivity. A five-fold increase in sensitivity (reserpine, S/N ratio) has been achieved by improving ion focusing and minimizing ion losses between multi-pole lenses. These improvements also yield higher sensitivity for scan mode measurements. The combination of speed and sensitivity expands the potential range of LC/MS/MS applications and makes the 8040 the ideal platform for Qual/Quant analysis.

LabSolutions LCMS software offers a variety of data processing features, including a Quantitation Browser, which processes multiple analytes, and a Data Browser, which allows users to analyze and compare multiple sets of data in the same window. Users also can easily optimize MRM parameters with LabSolutions software by utilizing automated flow injection analysis.

For improved performance, Shimadzu provides a variety of method packages to eliminate the need for MRM determination and chromatographic method development. Additionally, the LCMS-8040 features a robust, user-friendly interface; compatibility with LCMS-8030 MRM parameters for easy method transfer; and easy maintenance to ensure maximum instrument operation.


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40 V, 3.5 A quad power half-bridge digital audio amplifier

The STA518 is a monolithic quad half-bridge stage in multipower BCD technology. The device can be used also as dual bridge or reconfigured, by connecting the CONFIG pin to the Vddpin, as a single bridge with double current capacity.

The device is particularly designed to make the output stage of a stereo all-digital high-efficiency (DDX™) amplifier capable of delivering an output power of 24 W x 4 channels @ THD = 10% at VCC30 V into a 4 Ω load in single-ended configuration.

It can also deliver 50 + 50 W @ THD = 10% at VCC29 V as output power into an 8 Ω load in BTL configuration and 70 W @ THD = 10% at VCC34 V into 8 Ω in a single paralleled BTL configuration.

The input pins have a threshold proportional to the VLpin voltage.

Key Features

  • Multipower BCD technology
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Visitors to the museum 2011

Tension mounted towards the end of the season when it seemed possible that visitor numbers would exceed 5000 for the first time in many years. Helped by several group visits we did indeed achieve a magnificent 5151 visitors, 552, or 12%, more than last season.

Undoubtedly the publicity from our winter refurbishment helped, with a further publicity boost in July with the presentation of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, and of course, in these difficult financial times, admission to the Museum and all our children’s activities remained free.

We welcomed visitors from all over Cornwall, from all parts of the United Kingdom, and from 21 different overseas countries including Latvia, Denmark, Japan and Singapore.

From the signatures in our Visitors’ Book the most overseas visitors came from Australia (50) with Germany in second place (28), the USA third (23) and New Zealand fourth (15). Of our American visitors most (6) came from California. Many who came from Australia and the USA were seeking information on their St Agnes ancestors and found our Family History section invaluable.

There were as always some lovely comments in our Visitors’ Book:

Lovely collections and staff

Light and bright, and clear displays

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Records were a big help

Muy interesante (our one visitor from Spain)

A little gem of a museum

Fun for the kids

Thoughtfully laid out for families

Two stewards, Jean Bunt and Pat McWalter, had the distinction of welcoming the most visitors in one session (80+) on a day when we had more than 100 in total.

The season closed with a “Coffee Extravaganza” at the Museum to thank all the stewards for their hard work.

Museum friends at the Coffee Extravaganza

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Glencore Xstrata’s Las Bambas sale raises payout hopes

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The mammoth Peruvian copper mine Las Bambas has finally been sold by Glencore Xstrata for $5.85 billion (£3.5 billion), raising the prospect of a windfall for investors.

Glencore offloaded the mine to a consortium led by Australian-based miner MMG, which is controlled by China Minmetals. The disposal was a stipulation of Chinese regulators as part of Glencore’s mega-merger with Xstrata last year. The business has hinted that many of the proceeds could be put towards a share buyback or special dividend and Glencore said yesterday that “any surplus capital” would be returned to shareholders.

But Ben Davis at Liberum poured cold water on hopes of a mammoth payday, saying: “At present commodity prices and considering its own target gearing levels, returns are likely to be limited versus the likes BHP and Rio Tinto.” Glencore Xstrata rose 1.7p to 313.27p.

Pawnbroker H&T has pulled out of buying any assets of collapsed rival Albemarle & Bond, amid reports that former Bank of Scotland boss Sir Peter Burt could be poised to take over the High Street chain. Administrator PwC said yesterday that negotiations with a preferred bidder are in “an advanced stage”. H&T was flat at 179.62p.

With the Easter long weekend looming, activity on the markets was subdued amid weak volumes. Investors are reluctant to take any strong positions ahead of results from a string of big corporations including Citigroup, IBM and Google later this week. Disappointing results from JPMorgan pushed Wall Street lower on Friday.

Flaring tensions in Ukraine also weighed on sentiment — Russian-focused conference organiser ITE Group saw relatively strong volumes, falling 0.6p to 206.8p, and Ukrainian iron ore producer Ferrexpo was down 4.1p to 150.45p, ahead of a management statement on Thursday.

The FTSE 100 was off 50.55 points at 6511.15. Big tobacco benefited from the switch into steady-performing stocks, with cigarette-makers adding 5.5 points to the blue-chip index.

Struggling online dating group Cupid was dealt a further blow today, as influential Toscafund sold its 16% stake in the business, offloading 11.2 million shares in the Uniform Dating owner. Its shares have lost more than £16 million in value since it announced a £2.8 million loss at the start of the month. Cupid was flat at 45.75p.

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Dog walker could win £100,000 damages after vicious Rottweiler attack in Beckenham left him needing surgery

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A dog walker is set to win up to £100,000 damages after he was badly injured wrestling a nine-stone Rottweiler that snatched up a “Chihuahua-sized” pet in its jaws.

Peter Viner, 47, intervened when he heard screams and saw the tiny dog dangling limply from the mouth of the bigger animal near Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham.

The Rottweiler — named Buddy — dropped the other dog and lunged at him, forcing him to grab its collar and wrestle it into a headlock. He got it under control but injured his shoulder and needed extensive surgery.

Mr Viner sued Buddy’s owner, Christine Glover, of Beckenham, and has now been awarded damages at Central London county court.

Peter Viner has claimed for £100,000 but the exact settlement is still to be decided

He told the court he heard Mrs Glover and the owner of the other pet — a  Griffon named Dylan — screaming “in panic”. She contested the claim, insisting Buddy was just “playing” and that she had seen him interact gently with cats and dogs in the past.

She claimed Mr Viner brought trouble on himself by grappling with the Rottweiler. However, Judge Heather Baucher found she had been in “a state of abject panic” during the incident in February 2012 because she had let her dog off his lead and could not control him.

The judge said Christine Glover (pictured outside court) was in a 'state of abject panic'

“Buddy was snapping and snarling but Mr Viner managed to get him in a headlock using both hands, during which Buddy kept struggling,” said the judge.

“Mr Viner was able to get the dog to the ground by using his body weight, controlling him so Mrs Glover could put a collar and lead back on Buddy. It was sheer good fortune he wasn’t bitten.”

The judge found Dylan — who escaped injury — had been in the Rottweiler’s mouth for about two-and-a-half minutes and Mrs Glover “was negligent in allowing her dog to run free when he wasn’t sufficiently trained to respond to her commands”.

Mr Viner, a cabinet maker of Tatsfield, Kent, will be compensated for his suffering and financial losses. He has claimed for £100,000, though the exact settlement is still to be decided.


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'He's killing me', victim told police

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For four minutes helpless police listened to a "frenzied and savage" murder taking place, a court heard today.

The victim, translator Lise Marie Weisberger, 39, dialled 999 as she heard her crazed former lover breaking in to her flat through the skylight, the Old Bailey was told.

Sallie Bennett-Jenkins, prosecuting, described the shocking transcript of what was heard over the phone as Miss Weisberger was slashed and stabbed 75 times.

The victim, 39, was heard pleading for her life as Kenneth McDonald, 50, attacked her with three knives screaming: "You'll die."

Finally she let out a gasp of "He's killing me" as McDonald of Langdale Avenue, Mitcham, slit her throat twice at the flat in Samuel Lewis Gardens, Camberwell.

Jailing designer McDonald, who admitted murder, for life, Judge Neil Denison told him: "This was a ferocious killing."

The court heard that because of his violence Miss Weisberger obtained a court injunction banning him from molesting her. But on 26 September, after taking drugs, he smashed his way in to her home "intending to kill her". When police broke into the house, Miss Weisberger was dead and McDonald gave himself up.