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Ashland Keeps Shutout, Plays Saginaw Valley To Scoreless Draw
Saginaw Valley (11-3-3, 5-2-2) 0 0 0 0 0
Ashland (9-3-5, 4-2-3) 0 0 0 0 0
Sh: 2 Players (#8, #27) - 4
Sv: Alyssa Watts - 7
Sh: Makenzie Kelly - 3
Sv: Abby Lampe - 6
The Ashland University women's soccer team played Saginaw Valley State to a scoreless draw on Friday (Oct. 26) evening in the regular season finale at Ferguson Field.
With the 0-0 tie, the Eagles (9-3-5, 4-2-3 GLIAC) fell to the No. 5 seed in the GLIAC Tournament and will travel to No. 4-seed Michigan Tech for the quarterfinal round on Tuesday (Oct. 30). Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.
On Friday, the Eagles were not able to get their attack going in the first half as the Cardinals (11-3-3, 5-2-2 GLIAC) controlled play and held a 9-0 edge in shots going into halftime.
The Eagles remained organized defensively and sophomore keeper Abby Lampe made six saves in the first 45 minutes.
The game turned in Ashland's favor in the second half. The Eagles mounted opportunities and maintained possession in the SVSU half for long stretches, but were unable to nab a goal.
The Eagles led in shots, 5-1 in the second half before a flurry of activity in the overtime periods nearly led to goals by both teams. Alyssa Watts made two tremendous saves for the Cardinals in overtime and redshirt-junior Sydney Wright got in front of a shot to keep SVSU off the board in the second OT period.
It was a credit to the AU possession and defense that Saginaw Valley did not have a shot on goal in the second half or overtime periods.
Ashland had a 10-2 edge in corner kicks and SVSU led 12-10 overall in shots.
Lampe kept her clean record on the season, having not allowed a goal in 327 minutes, while Watts made seven saves to keep her clean sheet.
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Places are not just singular objects; they have their own grammars and horizons of possibilities; they provide meaning for items revealed within them. But places are not just meaning givers; they too take on meaning within wider webs of action and wider social grammars.
Too much theorizing treats places as if they were unlocated locators, giving meaning to what lies within them but themselves closed and final horizons of meaning.
Such discussions of place often make reference to anthropological descriptions of primitive tribes whose social rules and grammars structure their world as if they were natural facts. These natives do not perceive either the horizon or its closure, but only the items classified and located within it.
Whether there ever were such tribes could be argued, but we moderns are not like that. Our locales, locations, social grammars, and places are revealed to us as in contrast with others actual and possible: the horizon is open. This liberates us from a confinement we imagine in our ancestors or in ourselves as children, but it also enforces a homelessness -- if, that is, we define what it means to be at home according to that closed model.


Water usage averaged about 4,000 gallons a day, about what a typical household of four uses in a month, Campbellsport deputy clerk said.
MADISON – A Campbellsport couple must pay the Municipal Water Utility for the 284,100 gallons of water used at their house between December 2017 and March of this year, the Public Service Commission determined Thursday.
In denying William and Teresa Whitney's disputed $2,512 quarterly water bill, the PSC said there were no plumbing leaks found at their North Helena Street residence, the utility charged them the correct rate and their meter functioned properly.
The Whitneys complained to the Campbellsport water utility after being billed earlier this year for more than three times their typical quarterly water usage.
The utility double checked the meter reading device it used and in mid-March offered to inspect the home's plumbing for leaks. Instead, William Whitney declined, saying he could do it himself, Shelby Sarauer, Campbellsport Village deputy clerk/treasurer, said.
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The next day, the utility sent an employee to the residence, at Teresa Whitney's request, and found no plumbing leaks.
"There were no running toilets, or water softeners inside the house. It was March and things were frozen outside but there was no water puddled there." said Sarauer.
The plumber the Whitneys hired on March 31 also found no leaks. The couple ruled out the outdoor water faucet as the source of the leak as it had been shut off.
The water meter was removed, taken to the utility's shop and tested with the Whitneys present. The meter functioned at 100 percent at low, medium and high flow levels, said Sarauer.
Absent any error on their part, the village's utility commission told the Whitneys that they are financially responsible for the water used at their property and state law requires the utility to bill for it.
The utility commission also rejected Whitneys' allegations that the meter had been tampered with, could be remotely manipulated or that it was failing. Meters only register when water passes through them and typically register less usage when failing not more, said Sarauer.
In April, the Whitneys appealed to the PSC but their staff came to the same conclusion. Although the amount of water was much higher than the couple's previously highest amount of 8,500 gallons, the utility accurately determined how much water went through the Whitney's meters and it must bill for them for it.
In a June 5 letter to the PSC, the utility noted that after the leak and meter checks were conducted the Whitney's water usage returned to normal levels.
On Wednesday, the commissioners voted not to further investigate the Whitneys' complaint finding no evidence the utility did anything wrong.
"What happened with the Whitneys is rare but it happens. According to statutes, if the meter is accurate, the customer pays for what's on it otherwise, the cost is dispersed to the other ratepayers," said Matthew Spencer, a PSC spokesman.
Attempts to contact the Whitneys Thursday for comment were unsuccessful.
Where the water went may never be determined as utilities are not required to find where water goes after it passes through a meter.
The PSC advises water customers to avoid excessive bills by periodically checking for leaks and promptly repairing them once there are found.
A faucet leaking at 100 drips per minute adds up to 350 gallons a month. More than 21,600 gallons can pass through a toilet when it leaks one-half gallon per minute, according to the PSC.
However, a few leaking faucets and running toilets still doesn't come close to the 284,000 gallons of water that passed through the Whitney's water meter.
Sarauer said the water usage at the Whitneys averaged about 4,000 gallons a day, about what a typical household of four uses in a month.
"There could have been a toilet constantly running on overflow or a water softener recharging too often, which they denied. But you can't know what goes on the other side (of the meter)," Sarauer said.
The village will allow the Whitneys to pay down their $2,500 bill at $50 per month, which would take about 10 years, said Sarauer, unless they sell the property then the balance is due at closing.


Words containing PRETZEL. With this 7 letter combination (P R E T Z E L) you can create 16 anagrams that contain all the same letters. We found partially matching words lists! We searched for words in our database of more than 182 000 anagrams.


90 cards – 45 duplicate pairs covering shapes, colours, objects, food and animals. Ideal as a 'Starter' box for labelling and receptive identification as well as matching.
Picture Matching Card Box. 90 cards – 45 duplicate pairs covering shapes, colours, objects, food and animals. Ideal as a 'Starter' box for labelling and receptive identification as well as matching.


Fun office, for serious business Coworking is a new and internationally proven business model that responds well to emerging markets as it implants the idea of sharing and making offices small community matter.
We were asked if we could implement the vision of coworking thru installations and graphic pieces. Our idea was to provoke and encourage young entrepreneurs to think different and feel motivated with everyday challenges, so we developed various installations thru out the office to achieve that goal.


A new year is unfolding, like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within. Very Very Happy New Year 2015!
You and i welcome the new day with smile embrace the joy and happinesss enjoy our day to fullest!!
"May each day of the coming year be vibrant and new bringing along many reasons for celebrations" Happy New Year 2015!


In part one of this blog series, I described the basic definition of the typical packaging process and how many processes runtime actually get broken down and defined. In this second part of vision sensors in packaging, I will specifically describe how vision is used to reduce planned and unplanned downtime and compare discrete versus the use of vision to achieve the same goals of error proofing a process and runtime improvement.
Planned downtime can encompass many planned activities. These might include time needed for changing over to another product type or package, performing routine maintenance, sanitizing the line, and operator breaks. For the sake of this investigation, we will only consider procedures that affect changeover or maintenance on the line, such as routine calibration or verification of discrete sensors and their fixturing during product changeover. A vision sensor can replace the discrete sensing method, reducing the changeover time to only the time needed to switch to a new software program and adjust any lighting (if required). In most vision applications, lighting and fixturing don't usually require adjustment, so the total time for a product changeover with a vision sensor would be the time required to change the electronic program, which is typically less than one second.
Unplanned downtime occurs when the line is shut down due to a run time error in the packaging process. This time is usually accrued in minutes, unless a line configuration process was improperly followed. If jamming occurs, unplanned downtime may take several hours to correct the improper setup configuration. Unplanned downtime is usually caused when a process jams or improperly packaged products are detected without dynamic or inline rejection. For every occurrence of unplanned downtime due to jamming, an amount of product might have to be discarded. That discarded product must also be included in the overall operating costs. By using a vision sensor, this type of unplanned downtime can be prevented or detected right away, thus increasing actual runtime and reducing waste costs. Both of these cost savings can be directly factored into the return on investment of the vision sensor.
There are two key ways that implementing vision-based sensors can improve the scheduled line time. The first is reducing planned downtime during product changeover that requires fixturing changes. This is the area that vision sensors can have the greatest effect on improving the scheduled line time. This is a repeatable benefit that can dramatically reduce operating costs and increase the planned runtime. The other way is to decrease unplanned downtime by catching errors right away and dynamically rejecting them or bringing attention to line issues thereby preventing large amounts of waste. Examples of this include line jams that occur because of incorrectly fed packaging materials, miss-aligned packages, or undetected open flaps on cartons. Other examples could be improperly capped bottles that cause jams or spills and improper adjustments, or low ink levels that cause bad labeling. Implementing vision-based sensors in any of these examples can improve scheduled line time.
Cost and reliability of any technology that improves the packaging process should always be proportional to the benefit it provides. Unlike the older, more expensive vision systems, today's vision-based sensors can replace an entire discrete sensor array, and in many cases the fixturing as well. They do this at or even below the cost of the sensor array while also providing greater flexibility. They can significantly reduce manual labor costs for inspection, in addition to reducing planned and unplanned downtime thereby providing longer actual runtime during scheduled operation for greater product throughput. A vision sensing solution can typically be installed for under $2500, including fixturing, lighting and labor. (See Cost Example below.) The vision sensor can also be changed over in functionality for the next package or product type within a matter of seconds with little or no manual intervention.
In the cost example shown above, there is no significant cost impact to the machine builder to install a vision based solution, yet the impact on the time for product changeover is a significant and repeatable time benefit in reducing the user's planned downtime. Moreover, the vision-based solution provides significantly greater flexibility to add additional product packaging types in the future on the same line with little to no additional sensor modification.
In the last part of this series, I will show some specific examples of how vision sensors have been used in packaging and show two case studies exemplifying the benefits customers achieved using vision sensors.


Last Day To Status Match To Hilton; What Airline, Hotel, And Car Statuses Have You Matched?
Hilton doesn't normally match status that you hold at competing hotel chains, but until today they will via this form.
If you do have airline or hotel status, then status matching is a nice way to maintain status in another program. SPG Platinum is easy to achieve with the help of Starwood Consumer AMEX and the Starwood Business AMEX and I matched that to Hilton Diamond and Hyatt Diamond. One DDFer got SPG Platinum without any stays after I pointed the way for him to do it via the elite nights awarded by the SPG cards.
StatusMatcher.com is a good resource for recent reports on successful matches. Many programs only offer a challenge rather than an outright match so you have to actually make a certain amount of stays or flights to get status. United will offer you this challenge depending on your status in another program.
But some programs, like Alaska and AirBerlin, will match you outright without needing to pay or fly. Mid-tier status on a program like AirBerlin is more valuable than mid-tier status on a program like American as American won't give lounge access to its own mid-tier elites on domestic itineraries, but they will to mid-tier elites of partner airlines like AirBerlin.
What have you been successful at matching? Hit the comments!
22 Comments On "Last Day To Status Match To Hilton; What Airline, Hotel, And Car Statuses Have You Matched?"
I status matched a while ago to Hilton I got the confirmation email that I've been matched to Diamond. However it only shows me blue when I login online. Anyone else seeing this?
How do you get platinum without any stays? I thought you could only have one consumer and one business version of the card for a total of 10 nights? Am I wrong about that or missing something?
Yes, I get that on the mobile site.
What status will I get for marriot silver? Would it be worth doing now because I've read that it's allowed only once a lifetime?
What would IHG Gold match to?
I applied for match using my IHG platinum online membership card screenshot, after I saved it as a jpg, then after submitting I noticed the jpg saved version is a blank IHG card without my name and account number, when I tried again it refused saying this Is a duplicate. Now I'm stuck. Any suggestions plz?? Time is running out. Thanks.
I got my worthless El AL Silver matmid matched by British Airways to THEIR Silver…was a great move! And I haven't flown LY since!
How long does status obtained by Status matching last? Forever or from then on I have to stay 85 nights a year, fly X amount of miles, rent a car X amount of times in a year etc?
Will SPG gold get me anything?
What matches can I get with ElAl Silver Status? Anything worthwhile?
And, how do I do it?
Anyone know if Marriott/Ritz Carlton ever do a status match?
@Anonymous: Not nough info given on how to move forward.. Nothing to get too uptight about.
I just got hhonors diamond with ihg platinum elite that I have from my ihg chase card.
I have Amex Platinum so I have SPG Gold, how do I get it up to Platinum w/o credited stays?


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Q: Discover JPA annotated classes when using Spring 3+Hibernate JPA I have a web application using the Spring 3 + Hibernate JPA stack.
I would like to know if there is a way to have Hibernate to automatically discover @Entity annotated classes, so that I don't have to list them in the persistence.xml file.
My @Entity annotated classes "live" in a separate jar, located in the WEB-INF/lib of my web application.
This is a snippet from my Spring configuration file:
<bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
   <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="mypersistence"/>
   <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
   <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
       <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
           <property name="showSql" value="true"/>
           <property name="generateDdl" value="true"/>
           <property name="databasePlatform" value="org.hibernate.dialect.DerbyDialect"/>
       </bean>
   </property>
</bean>

<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
    <property name="driverClassName" value="org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver"/>
    <property name="url" value="jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/library;create=true"/>
    <property name="username" value="app"/>
    <property name="password" value="app"/>
</bean>

<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
</bean>

<bean id="persistenceAnnotation" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor"/>

A: You can put the persistence.xml file inside the jar where your entities live. Don't need to specify anything then, it works automagically.

A: you can also specify your  @Entity annotated classes in applicationContext.xml like this

<property name="packagesToScan">
     <list>
        <value>com.vattikutiirf.nucleus.domain</value>
        <value>com.vattikutiirf.nucleus.domain.generated.secondtime</value>
     </list>
  </property>

A: The separate jar files to scan for entities are specified using <jar-file> elements in persistence.xml. So, if you entities are located in /WEB-INF/lib/entities.jar, you need
<jar-file>lib/entities.jar</jar-file>

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Q: Internet Connection frequently dropping on Ethernet My internet connection is frequently dropping on Wired Lan (Ethernet) but the wireless works fine without any problem. It's not an issue of Internet Speed as Internet works fine in Windows.
ifconfig output
$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 44:1e:a1:db:95:d9
          inet addr:192.168.28.127  Bcast:192.168.31.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:31254 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1922 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2729623 (2.6 MiB)  TX bytes:228959 (223.5 KiB)
          Interrupt:41 Base address:0x4000

ethtool output
$ ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                            100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                            100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
    Speed: 100Mb/s
    Duplex: Full
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: internal
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: pumbg
    Wake-on: g
    Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
                   drv probe ifdown ifup
    Link detected: yes

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lspci output
$ lspci -kd 10ec:8136
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1670
    Kernel driver in use: r8101

dmesg Output
http://pastebin.com/5rWAuFkH
I tried:

*

*Disabling IPv6 mentioned here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6#How_to_turn_off_IPv6 and http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=105485

*Reinstalling the driver.

*Changing LAN Cable.

But the problem persist. Can anybody help me with this.

EDIT
Full ifconfig output
$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 44:1e:a1:db:95:d9
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:153899 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:10625 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:16405299 (15.6 MiB)  TX bytes:3355393 (3.1 MiB)
          Interrupt:41 Base address:0x4000

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 94:39:e5:51:81:49
          inet addr:192.168.235.102  Bcast:192.168.235.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:59354
          TX packets:4797 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2795494 (2.6 MiB)  TX bytes:712585 (695.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:16

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1400 (1.3 KiB)  TX bytes:1400 (1.3 KiB)

vmnet1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:01
          inet addr:172.16.222.1  Bcast:172.16.222.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

vmnet8    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:08
          inet addr:172.16.31.1  Bcast:172.16.31.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

EDIT2
VmWare Network Configruations
Note: These were the default configurations, I didn't changed them. I just added VM.
vmnet0

vmnet1

vmnet8

A: My suspicions are raised by the follwoing lines in your dmesg output:
[  112.906696] bridge-eth0: disabling the bridge on dev down
[  112.906765] bridge-eth0: down
[  112.906779] bridge-eth0: detached
[  113.106574] userif-3: sent link down event.
[  113.106584] userif-3: sent link up event.
[  114.910231] r8101: eth0: link up
[  114.910591] /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 3068 (vmnet-bridge)
[  114.910628] /dev/vmnet: hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
[  114.910697] /dev/vmnet: port on hub 0 successfully opened
[  114.910724] bridge-eth0: up
[  114.910759] bridge-eth0: attached

I would try the following: it is just a try, if it does not produce the desired results, just turn the pc off and on again, and you have the same situation as before the trial.

*

*Block the VM, kill VMWare completely.

*Block netwwork manager (sudo service network-manager stop);

*Connect manually (sudo dhclient eth0).

*Try navigating for some time, and see whether the same problem resurfaces.

Let us know.


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Gender equality applies (partially) to STEMI too
Introducere: Myocardial infarction (MI) represents a major public health problem. Despite the mortality rate decreased considerably over the years, many studies suggest significant differences in evolution and survival after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) between the genders.
Objective: To evaluate gender differences in-hospital evolution after STEMI and to identify the substrate of these differences.
Methods: Data regarding patients age, gender, medi-cal history, cardiovascular risk factors, clinical, he-modynamic, electrocardiographyc (ECG), echocardio-graphic, angiographic status and blood parameters at hospital admission were retrospectively assessed from 672 patiens with STEMI who underwent primary per-cutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). Arrhythmic, hemodynamic complications and in-hospital mortality were also evaluated for each patient. A comparative analysis between female and male patients was performed.
Results: Of the 672 patiens, 204 (30.4%) were females. Similar rates of arrhythmic complication were found in both men and women (all the p values >0.05), but a hi-gher percentage of female patiens developed cardiogen shock (12.7% vs. 6.6%, p=0.01) and more frequently required intropic agents (17.6% vs. 11.9%, p=0.04) and diuretic treatment (38.7% vs. 25.6%, p<0.001). In-hospital mortality was higher for females (RR 1.76 [IC95% 1.27-2.45], p<0.01). There was no differences between males and females regarding Killip class, ECG, echocardiographic, angiographic status (all p- values >0.05), but females were older (66±11 vs. 59±12 years, p<0.001),were more frequently hypertensive (70.5% vs. 61.7%, p=0,02), diabetics (31.3% vs. 18.1%, p<0.01), with medical history of congestive heart failure (16.1% vs. 6.1%, p<0.001), with longer time of presentation (6 [4-9] vs. 5 [3-7] hours, p<0.01). However after correc-tion factors, female gender was not found to be an in-dependent predictor for in-hospital mortality (p=0.12).
Conclusions: Despite females represented less than a third of STEMI patients underwent pPCI, these pre-sented more frequently complication and had higher in-hospital mortality. These differences could be en-tirely explained by higher cardiovascular risk factors burden in females, while the female gender per se was not identified to affect the prognostic impact immedi-ately after STEMI.


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Colorado Rockies: Would you take the over or under on wins?
By Ben Macaluso
DENVER, CO - JUNE 15: Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger sprints ahead of the Comfort Dental mascot race during a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field on June 15, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. The Rockies beat the Phillies 10-5. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /
Unless your name is Jeff Bridich or Dick Monfort, your over/under for the 2021 Colorado Rockies win total probably doesn't start at 90 games.
If you were around for the last 30 years (or really in the last 30 seconds), you'd know that if the Rockies don't lose less than a hundred games, it will be a miracle. The Rockies have never lost 100 games in the history of their franchise. It's not for a lack of trying though with a history of Todd and the Toddlers in 2002, or in 2012 when there was a four-man pitching rotation that panned out just as effectively as that sounds. The year 2022 doesn't bode much more success for this club.
But Rockies brass somehow topped the worst moments in league history last month, trading arguably the best player in franchise history in Nolan Arenado for absolutely nothing and gave the St. Louis Cardinals $50 million for the privilege. At least when Rockies fans were upset in 2008 when they traded Matt Holliday, CarGo and Huston Street came to Denver and made the playoffs in 2009. Now all fans have is a message that players on one of the worst rosters assembled in baseball on top of one of the most underwhelming farm systems in MLB need to step it up. By comparison, Rockies management make Dinger and the Tooth Trot look more of a competent collective to run an organization.
So what do the win estimates look like for the Colorado Rockies in 2021?
That all leads us to the Rockies having the second-worst odds to make the playoffs in 2021. According to Betonline, the Rockies' expected win total for this season is 63.5 games. The only one to "beat" Colorado for the dubious honor for the worst in baseball is the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have been rebuilding for more than half a decade. The Pirates number at 58.5 is the fourth-lowest according to the site since 2005. To rub salt in the wound, the Dodgers have a 103.5 win total, which is projected to be the most according to the site since the same year. At least the Pirates have a history of winning at some point with five championships under their belt.
No one needs a reminder how terrible it's going to be at 20th and Blake for quite some time. And if we can somehow cope with the heartache, that might be one of the best things that ever happens to this franchise. Kiz in The Denver Post has a great Op-Ed on this point. The only thing that will change the minds of the Rockies management is if people aren't showing up at Coors Field. That won't happen this year. The moment we are allowed back to Coors Field, fans will show up in droves to the best bar in Denver. To get change, the Rockies will need to lose 100 games in multiple seasons for the effects to show up in the Monforts pocketbooks. Only then, maybe (and it's a big maybe) will they take winning seriously.
Honestly good for Nolan. I hope Chuck, Trevor, and the Gray Wolf all get paid next offseason for playing well and admirably in a tough situation in 2021. That's about as much as we can hope for. This team is good about every seventh year of every decade it's been in existence. Larry Walker won MVP in 1997 in an above .500 season just a couple years off from a playoff run. In 2007, they went all the way to the World Series. In 2017, they had their first playoff game since and was the beginning of their first back-to-back playoff appearances.
Next. Colorado Rockies roster: Predicting their Opening Day roster. dark
For the Rockies management telling the fans that somehow they are looking to compete when they are the only team to not guarantee any money to any free agent this offseason, here's to looking forward to 2027. At best.


Deportation proceedings can be stressful so it's a good idea to be well informed and seek the best legal advice.
Being arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or placed in removal proceedings by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can be intimidating for you and your family members. Removal proceedings determine whether an immigrant will be removed or deported from the United States. There are several types of reliefs that may be available to you, if you are placed in removal proceedings.
Before the alien is placed in deportation proceedings, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must serve the alien with a charging document, called a Notice to Appear (NTA). The alien in removal/deportation proceedings is called the "respondent". NTA orders the respondent to appear before an immigration judge and provides notice of the removal proceedings, the alleged immigration law violations, the ability to seek available free legal attorneys, and the consequences of failing to appear at scheduled hearings.
DHS must file the NTA with an immigration court having jurisdiction over the respondent's location. There are currently 29 immigration courts located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. Each immigration court handles cases for its geographical area, which sometimes encompasses several states.
When the immigration court receives the NTA from DHS, the court schedules a master hearing with an immigration judge. Typically, there are two hearings: a master hearing and an individual hearing. But there may be more than one hearing, depending on your situation.
Typically, an alien arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be placed in removal proceedings. Depending on the circumstances, the detained alien may be released on bond before the hearing. The alien must be duly notified that he or she must attend a removal hearing in the immigration court having jurisdiction over their area. There are two types of immigration hearings: a master calendar hearing and individual hearing.
This article will explain how the removal or deportation proceedings work and answer some of the basic questions about what happens at a master calendar hearing. We encourage you to talk to an experienced lawyer directly about your specific case in order to avoid any potential problems or complications.
Take pleadings, i.e. the respondent goes through the NTA and admits or denies the allegations, and pleads for some form of relief from deportation, e.g. asylum.
Advise you of the right to appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
When the master calendar hearing begins, the immigration judge records the hearing except for off-the-record discussions. The immigration judge verifies basic identity and contact information as well as details of the proceeding.
If your primary language is not English, you must request an interpreter before the master hearing begins. Interpreters are free because they are provided at government expense.
If you do not have an attorney ("pro se") at a master calendar hearing, the immigration judge advises you of your hearing rights and obligations, including the right to be represented at no expense to the government. You may waive the right to be represented and choose to proceed without an attorney. Alternatively, you may request that the immigration judge continue the proceedings to another master calendar hearing in order to give you an opportunity to obtain an attorney or representation. There is no right to a free attorney in deportation/removal proceedings.
If you have an attorney, your attorney should file Notice of Appearance, any routinely submitted documents such as the Alien's Change of Address Form, advise you of your eligibility for a form of relief, prepare your applications for reliefs and timely file with the DHS and Immigration Court, prepare you for your individual hearing, find experts and additional evidence in support of your case, and attend your individual hearing to present your case and to make arguments or file briefs in support of your case.
You (and your attorney) must arrive at the immigration court prior to the set time for the master calendar hearing. Once you have arrived at the immigration court, you should check in with the immigration court staff and sign in, if a sign-in sheet is available. Please keep in mind that you may encounter delays in passing through mandatory security screening prior to entering the court.
You must attend all your master calendar hearings in person unless the immigration judge has granted a waiver of appearance for that hearing.
In certain circumstances, you or your attorney may appear by telephone at some master calendar hearings, at the immigration judge's discretion. You can request an appearance by telephone either by a written or oral motion. Once your request is approved or granted by the immigration judge, then you may appear by telephone. Otherwise, you must attend all your master calendar hearings in person. Telephonic appearances are liberally granted to attorneys, but very rarely to respondents.
To request an interpreter for the respondent and witnesses, if needed.
designate or refuse to designate, a country of removal. Typically, if you are applying for asylum, it is recommended to refuse to designate the country of your claimed persecution for removal.
if you intend to ask for relief from removal (e.g. asylum, cancellation of removal, etc.) then state the form of relief you are seeking.
confirm that you will file any additional documents or evidence at least 15 days before the individual hearing. Note that some judges require 30 days or earlier.
confirm that you knowingly and voluntarily waive the oral notice regarding limitations on discretionary relief following an in-absentia removal order, or authorize you to waive such notice.
After you attended the master calendar hearing, the immigration judge will schedule your "individual calendar" hearing. At the individual hearing, both parties (you and/or your attorneys and the attorneys from the DHS) present the merits of the case to the immigration judge. The merits of the case refer to the facts of your case and the law to support your arguments. It is important to remember that the outcome of your removal proceedings depends on whether you are eligible for relief from removal.
Every year, thousands of immigrants are placed in what is called "removal proceedings", meaning that they are in the process of being removed (deported) from the United States, unless they can make a convincing case for staying here. The individual placed in removal proceedings is called a "respondent".
When someone is facing deportation (removal) from the United States and has no legal means of remaining in the country, there may be an option to request voluntary departure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or an Immigration Judge. This option can help the respondent avoid possible future immigration consequences, such as having a deportation order and not being able to return to the US for many years.
Typically, a respondent requests voluntary departure at the first immigration court hearing, also known as a "Master Hearing". However, a respondent may also request voluntary departure at the end of the immigration court proceedings if the respondent has been present in the US for one year or more. An immigration judge has the authority to either grant this request or deny it. The immigration judge may also order a voluntary departure bond. The respondent can get up to 120 days to voluntarily depart the United States. If the respondent fails to depart within the allowed time, the immigration court will automatically order removal.
If you are placed in removal proceedings, you should consult with an immigration attorney regarding your options. You may be eligible for various forms of relief from deportation such as asylum, relief under the Convention Against Torture, cancellation of removal, prosecutorial discretion, and relief under the Violence Against Woman Act (VAWA), adjustment of status, deferred action, and other types of relief. The consequences of being deported (removed) from the United States can be severe. You may not be able to return to the US for many years. Sometimes, if you are not eligible for any other relief, voluntary departure can be the only option to prevent a deportation order against you. It is important to remember that, if you are in removal proceedings, you must be formally granted voluntary departure. If you just leave on your own, you may be considered to have self-executed an order of deportation (removal).
Attorney Ismail T. Shahtakhtinski has successfully represented numerous respondents in immigration courts all over the United States. We have successfully secured grants of asylum, adjustment of status, and other forms of relief to our clients in immigration court proceedings. If you or your loved one faces deportation or is in removal proceedings, contact attorney Ismail T. Shahtakhtinski at +1-703-527-1779 or via e-mail: [email protected].
Short Description: Deportation proceedings can be stressful so it's a good idea to be well informed and seek the best legal advice. Being arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or placed in removal proceedings by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can be intimidating for you and your family members. Removal proceedings determine whether an immigrant will be removed or deported from the United States. Attorney Ismail T. Shahtakhtinski has successfully represented numerous respondents in immigration courts all over the United States. We have successfully secured grants of asylum, adjustment of status, and other forms of relief to our clients in immigration court proceedings.


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Q: C# Batch File Not Running Correctly i am trying to run an ffmpeg command using c# and CMD.
I am creating and then executing a .bat file to do this. The .bat seems to create correctly, but when executed within c# it does not run correctly - It cannot find the image names. However when i exit the debugger and run the .bat the debugger created manually it works fine.
The images have just been created by the debugger, could this have something to do with it?
 string command1=  "ffmpeg -r 1/5 -i " + projectPrefix + "image-%%02d.bmp -i music.mp3 -qscale:v 2 -shortest -codec:a copy " + projectPrefix + "output.flv \n ffmpeg -i "+projectPrefix+"output.flv -vcodec wmv1 -acodec adpcm_ima_wav " + projectPrefix + ".wmv";

      // Write the string to a file.
     System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(@"C:\Users\Scott\desktop\"+projectPrefix+".bat");
     file.WriteLine(command1);

     file.Close();
     Thread.Sleep(10000);

     System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\Users\Scott\desktop\" + projectPrefix + ".bat");
     psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
     psi.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
     psi.UseShellExecute = false;
     System.Diagnostics.Process listFiles;
     listFiles = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi);
     System.IO.StreamReader myOutput = listFiles.StandardOutput;
     listFiles.WaitForExit(2000);
     if (listFiles.HasExited)
     {
         string output = myOutput.ReadToEnd();

     }

Thanks

A: Initialize a StartInfo for your process and pass your parameters accordingly:
Process ffmpeg = new Process();

ffmpeg.StartInfo.FileName = path + "//" + "ffmpeg.exe";
ffmpeg.StartInfo.Arguments = " -f image -i frame.jpg -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1200k test.avi";
ffmpeg.Start();

A very similar case is described here: process.start() arguments