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Neighborhood Watch
A growing number of city dwellers are building glass houses—just a stone's throw from the street. Such homes allow in lots of light, but also curious looks from passersby; beware neighbors brandishing telescopes.
Every so often, Grant Risdon looks out his living room window and sees a stranger staring up at him, waving. Mr. Risdon isn't a celebrity—he is a consultant at a biotechnology company. But his house has a very public persona: Its second floor is almost entirely encased in glass, making it look like a transparent box floating above the more traditional homes in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.
Mr. Risdon says he wanted to feel connected to the outside but didn't want to leave the city. He says he and his wife don't use blinds—even at night. "I don't feel exposed. I don't worry about it. We have nothing to hide," Mr. Risdon says.
Glass walls and floor-to-ceiling windows have become hallmarks of many modern architects. But typically, high-glass homes are built in rural areas, on properties hedged off from the street, or many stories up in high-rise condominiums.
Now glass is entering its final frontier: street-level homes in urban neighborhoods. Architects say clients want all the benefits of a city—its energy, diversity and walkability—without the drawbacks of a traditional street-level city home, which is often starved for light. All that glass makes for great people-watching for the inhabitants. But it also provides great inhabitant-watching for the people outside the house.
As a result, architects are doing what they can to minimize the fishbowl effect. Some use subtle elevation changes so that it can be hard to see more than a few feet into a room unless the viewer is standing in the middle of the street. The glassiest parts of the home are put on the second floor, where the more-public living spaces are, while the bedrooms are put in back or downstairs.
Advancements in reflective glass are also allowing architects to construct glass walls that maximize the view out and minimize the view in. Architect David Hertz, of the Studio of Environmental Architecture in Venice, Calif., used reflective glass in designing what he calls the Panel House, a three-story, four-bedroom, 3,600-square-foot glass house on a small lot located right up against the boardwalk in Venice, in the heart of a nonstop pedestrian parade. The whole front of the house, which faces the boardwalk and the ocean, lets the owner look out but is like a mirror to people outside. ("In Venice, people flex in front of the glass and do their makeup," says Mr. Hertz.)
"It's about not being disconnected from the outside world—knowing what the weather's like without having to open a window," Mr. Hertz says.
Even when the windows are opened, the glass acts as a privacy barrier. On the first level, a special gear system opens the window by lowering it into a slot below—but the glass doesn't go down all the way. It stops at 3 feet, just enough to make it hard to see inside. The sides of the house are made from the same material as refrigerator panels, helping to counteract the heat generated by all the sunlight entering the home.
The owner of the Panel House, Thomas Ennis, an inventor of carwash equipment, says he wanted a full view of the ocean with no obstructions. He likes the openness of the house, which took about three years to build and cost about $1.6 million: "It makes me feel like I'm on a yacht in St. Tropez at the dock where people are walking by."
Still, two years after he moved in, Mr. Ennis has made some adjustments, including adding several large planter boxes in front of the windows to stop passersby from randomly yelling up at him. Now, if he sees tourists outside taking photos (his house is listed as a sight-to-see in several travel guides), he can choose to speak with them or not. He plans to put in blinds that open from the bottom instead of drapes, allowing him privacy at night but still letting air in.
In Chicago, physician Pravin Patel and his wife, Mojgan Laghaei-Patel, loved the light and views they had when they lived on the 42nd floor of a high rise with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. After they had their kids—now 10 and 13—they moved to a single-family house, which was very dark, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The couple didn't want to decamp to the suburbs—they liked the city's diversity and its proximity to work. So when another house next door went on sale, they decided to buy it and tear it down to build a five-bedroom house with an all-glass front on three of its four stories.
Since the lot was so narrow—24 feet wide by 119 feet deep—and pushed up against other houses, the only way to get a lot of light was to open up both ends with lots of glass, says architect John McCarthy of Osterhaus McCarthy, the firm that designed the house. A skylight in the middle and an open stairwell let even more light inside. Completed in 2011, the house has a two-story living room and dining room that faces the street with an all-glass front, which allows passersby to see in. Their daughter's room is also all glass in front, but the desk was placed by the window, with the sleeping area put in back. "I don't mind if neighbors see her doing homework," says Ms. Patel, who adds she isn't any more concerned about privacy and security than she would be in any other house.
In order to keep such a modern, glassy house from sticking out too much, the architects used materials and colors for the first-floor brick facade that mimic the neighboring houses. Big trees in front of the house act as natural heaters and coolers, with the leaves blocking the sun in the summer and the bare branches letting it in during the winter. The "backyards" are landscaped terraces, one of which is on the flat roof, next to an all-glass top floor that has views of the city but is too high for anyone to see in. That's where Mr. Patel reads and Ms. Patel grows the seeds for her garden.
Some believe that more glass means exposure to jeopardy. Julie Rochman, president and CEO of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, a Tampa, Fla.-based nonprofit supported by the property-insurance industry, says large uncovered windows could be viewed as creating a greater risk for burglary, theft and vandalism, while windows without shutters or extra thick glass could be viewed as a greater risk for natural hazards like heavy winds or fires. While different insurance companies evaluate homes differently, in general "unprotected large potential openings are not going to be looked upon favorably," she says.
Glass houses aren't new. Two of this country's most famous examples—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's see-through Farnsworth House in Plano, Ill., and Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Conn.—date back to the middle of the last century. But some architects aren't as comfortable with the idea in cities. Daniel Piechota, a partner of the San Francisco-based firm Sagan Piechota, says he uses glass all the time in less-crowded neighborhoods but not downtown in cities. He argues that glass is tricky enough when there's lots of space, with issues including birds, flying tree limbs and the generation of additional light pollution, which can mar the nighttime scenery. In cities, a glass house "doesn't seem appropriate," says Mr. Piechota. "The people inside become on display."
Others say it's part of the city experience to see and be seen. "If you're going to live in an urban area you might as well embrace it," says architect Kevin Angstadt of QB3 Studio in Philadelphia. His firm designed a roughly 3,000-square-foot, four-story glass house in downtown Philadelphia that boasts an all-glass three-story entry, living and dining area. On the second floor, the dining room almost looks like a 9-foot-high stage for the audience in the street. There's so much glass on so many levels that inside occupants can see through to the exterior of the house and back through to the interior of the house's other rooms. On the top floor is the glass-box master bedroom surrounded by a terrace, which sports a sunken wood hot tub, a grill and lawn chairs.
Mr. Angstadt says that with the exception of the dining room, the view into the home was slightly fragmented by putting the windows at different angles in different parts of the house, and by pushing the glass inward at the corner. "When you are in the living room you might see a pair of legs walk by or a head float by," he says. The house cost about $350 a square foot to build.
In 2008, Barry Alan Yoakum moved into his 2,600-square-foot, two-bedroom house, which has a white brick base and an elevated glass box angled toward the Mississippi River, in a dense urban neighborhood in Memphis, Tenn. Shortly afterward, he found himself the subject of interest of a teenager with a telescope across the street. (Mr. Yoakum spoke with the parents to get the kid to stop.) Then he noticed tour buses, en route to somewhere else, would frequently stop in front of his house, discharging camera-wielding occupants who wanted to photograph his unusual house. The crews of the tugboats and barges that float by along the river often peer into his bedroom with binoculars.
And it isn't just humans he needs to watch out for: Mr. Yoakum had only started to get used to the birds hitting his windows when one day there was a noise that sounded like a rocket. It turned out to have been a full-grown hawk that slammed against the glass, leaving feathers. He found the large bird stunned outside and watched it fly away five minutes later.
Still, Mr. Yoakum, a partner at architectural firm Archimania, says he usually sleeps with all his drapes open. "I have friends who drive 2½ hours away to a lake house on weekends," he says. He is five minutes from work and can walk to restaurants, movies, and grocery stores—and can still gaze out from bed to see flocks of birds swooping up the river and the moon tracing its way across the sky. And he doesn't worry about security because when the alarm system goes on, so do all the lights, making it very easy to see a thief from anywhere in or out of the house. "People are so used to living in caves with punched holes," he says. "That doesn't feel good to me."
Mr. Yoakum used what's called "smart glass," which is coated with a material that blocks heat and keeps out ultraviolet rays. Some have double or triple panes, gas between them for maintaining heat and coatings that can keep dirt and water spots from ruining the views. For Mr. Yoakum's house, which cost about $400,000 to build, the window packages cost $53,000; Mr. Yoakum estimates that it would have been about $40,000 if he'd used regular glass.
Other architects prefer to stick with clear glass for houses, saying such "smart glass" interferes with the quality of the natural light, distorting the view to the outside, and tends to cost too much. Chris Pardo, founder of Elemental Architecture, who designed Mr. Risdon's Seattle home, used standard windows but with thin supports between them to give a "storefront" look.
Getting the houses past neighborhood design review boards is growing easier, architects say. Mr. McCarthy's firm had extensive opposition when he built similar looking glass houses in Chicago in 2007, but found mostly enthusiasm when the plans for the Patels' house came up for review a few years later in a different Chicago neighborhood.
Mr. Yoakum built his house in a planned community dedicated to mimicking architectural styles of the past—like Charleston, S.C., sideyard houses and simple shotgun cottages—yet he had no trouble getting his home approved. He even passed off the all-glass box attached to the house as a "bay window." "I couldn't do hundreds of years ago. It's not today," explains Mr. Yoakum.
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Michigan lawmakers gave final approval to historic anti-union legislation on Tuesday as thousands of workers and activists joined in rowdy protests at the state Capitol in Lansing.
The Republican-led House passed a bill by a vote of 58-51 that would make payment of union dues voluntary for public workers such as teachers even though unions advocate on their behalf. The House went on to pass a similar bill for private-sector workers by a 58-52 vote.
Democratic lawmakers attempted to have both votes reconsidered, but their efforts failed.
Meanwhile, about 10,000 protesters gathered outside government offices in the state Capitol, chanting "shame on you" and demanding that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder show his face.
Snyder, a Republican, is expected to sign the legislation into law this week, making Michigan the 24th state to adopt so-called "right-to-work" laws and dealing a major blow to the labor movement in a state steeped in rich union history.
Republicans and right-to-work proponents argue that workers should not be required to pay union dues, but labor advocates point out that all workers benefit from collective bargaining on their behalf regardless of whether they pay dues. Unions and President Obama have referred to right to work as "the right to work for less money."
"This is historic, and enormous at that," said Wendy Thompson, the retired president of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 235 in Detroit. "How much more do we have to take? This has been going on forever."
Michigan is the birthplace of the historic UAW, but the union has lost membership and prominence as auto manufacturing has declined in Michigan and nearby states in recent decades.
Thompson called the Michigan legislature "anti-democratic" for pushing the anti-union bills through during a lame-duck session.
Protests and rallies have raged in the Capitol for days, and on December 6, police blasted demonstrators with pepper spray and arrested eight protesters after they attempted to rush the Michigan state Senate while lawmakers were pushing the anti-union legislation.
Similar clashes erupted on Tuesday, and the Michigan State Police reported on Twitter that pepper spray was used to "gain compliance" when a crowd grabbed a trooper and would not release its hold.
Police threatened to pepper spray a crowd attempting to rush a government building but did not use the spray after the crowd complied, according to the state police. Two individuals who entered the building were arrested, but it remains unclear if they face charges.
Liz Rodriguez, a spokesperson for a graduate student employees union under the American Federation of Teachers, described the mood of the protests as "feisty."
Rodriguez said that, considering Lansing is not Madison, Wisconsin, where labor protests shut down the Capitol for weeks last year, Tuesday's protests were "pretty amazing."
"There is a huge sense of solidarity," Rodriguez said. "We're not optimistic about the bills, but we're optimistic about fighting in the future."
Thompson is also looking toward the future.
"There has to be a discussion occurring about where we are going from here," Thompson said. "Unions have to become stronger on the shop floor, in the workplace."

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Serves 4
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, lightly beaten
3 tsp ginger, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup onion, sliced
1 cup lup cheong sausage, finely sliced
1 1/2 Tbsp shao hsing wine
1 tsp caster sugar
4 cups cooked cold long grain rice
2 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1/3 cup spring onions, sliced
Oyster sauce and fresh coriander to serve.
1 Heat a wok. Pour in half the oil. When the oil begins to shimmer, add the eggs.
2 Gently cook for 1 minute then remove and let drain on paper towels. When cool, slice.
3 Add the remaining oil to the wok. Stir fry the ginger and onion for a few minutes until soft. Add the sausage and stir fry for a further 3 minutes.
4 Add the wine and sugar, continue cooking for 2 min. Add the rice and toss with a spoon while adding the soy, sesame and spring onions. Cook until golden then add the slices of egg and spoon into bowls. Serve with oyster sauce and coriander.


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Anyone out there?
Posted 11 September 2004 - 11:58 AM ( #1 )
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Posted 11 September 2004 - 12:45 PM ( #2 )
I'm just going to make it easy on everybody and reply to everything here:
- Every Tama gets sick during their first hour. Thats normal, you did nothing wrong. Also, restarting just because you didn't like how a Tama turns out is rather cruel. Trying playing with it to lower it's weight and give it less snacks instead.
- A Tama won't play games if they're at their minimum weight. Try feeding it a snack or two first.
- Meals are for raising Hunger, and Snacks are for raising Happiness. I suggest switching off between snacks and games to raise happiness though... say every 2-3 games maybe a snack.
- First hour as a baby, a day as a toddler, 3-5 days as a teen, then adult until 16 years if you don't mate it before then.
- Bouncing is normal.. it's just an animation.
- They start out slow on the hurdles game, but pick up speed as you go on.
- tamagotchis can mate when they're adults for atleast 48 hours.
- Rolling is like bouncing.. just an animation.
- You're right: if you pause tamagotchis, they do not age. The only thing you can do is take care of it.
- Play games with it whenever a heart empties.
- Here's a good chart: http://www.tamatalk....?showtopic=1421
Ok, that should do it. Instead of asking a ton of questions, you might try reading the manual or using the search feature and browse through posts. Most, if not all, of these questions have been answered before.
Posted 11 September 2004 - 12:49 PM ( #3 )
Posted 11 September 2004 - 12:57 PM ( #4 )
*shrugs* Maybe it's just me. Most boards consider it spam. Ahwell... it's up to the admin.
Posted 11 September 2004 - 01:11 PM ( #5 )
Think of me as a new parent asking serval questions bc you dno't know what's right or wrong? I already killed one and I don't know why he died. I don't want that to happen again.
Posted 11 September 2004 - 01:32 PM ( #6 )
Posting questions is fine. But dont you think 13, in a row, is a bit excessive?
I'm just asking several questions as they happen. Other boards that I've been on (not really that many) let you do it. I mean the topics aren't related exactly.
Think of me as a new parent asking serval questions bc you dno't know what's right or wrong? I already killed one and I don't know why he died. I don't want that to happen again.
Maybe if you would spend some time reading some of the questions and sections about Tama care, you wouldnt need to post so many times. (:
Posting questions you have about tamagotchis is fine! Lots of people love to help others out! But it just seems like youre not even putting effort into reading some of the previous posts, and you just want us to do the asnwering/researching for you. :| Check things out, you can find a lot of the answers to your questions on this forum in different threads.
Posted 11 September 2004 - 01:51 PM ( #7 )
Posted 12 September 2004 - 08:09 AM ( #8 )
you don't have to get so upset.We're just saying that you shouldn't post so many different topics.Maybe that's why nobody's answering your questions.
I am asking questions in the help section bc that's what I'm looking for. The topics were different. Some of it was from what was happening at the moment that I was unsure of. No body else was posting anything...had others been posting in this section, mine would not hav been all in a row. I have researched this and have read other posts but I'm not going back through days worth of posts. Several topics have been repeated. If you think that it's excessive, that's your opinion. you have the option of NOT reading them! What's the big deal here?!


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I love classic. I love mixing trends with classic pieces. I love non-fussy-ness (totally a word). I'm NOT the girl who dresses up in tutus, shoulder pads, and hot-pants for the sake of a blog post. I post what I actually wear. I never like to look like an outfit is too planned and I definitely never like to look like I've tried too hard. Because with personal style, you shouldn't have to.
I like to keep it real.
I dress in what makes me comfortable and I'll never step out in something that I feel ridiculous in. I dress for myself in a way that reflects my personal style. I never dress for the sake of shock value for others. If something strikes me as fun, I'll wear it. If something makes me feel good, I'll wear it. You'll often find me removing an accessory before I decide to take photos or leave the house. I just go for what feels right to me.
Fashion and personal style doesn't have to be in your face or something that absolutely blows your mind. It just has to feel and look right to me, simple as that. So simple outfits like this are sometimes the absolute best in my book (and often, the ones that draw the most compliments!).
...metallic Birkenstocks never hurt anyone either. ;)
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So my point is, do what makes YOU feel good! Dress for yourself. Establish a personal style, get inspired, and go your own way with your fashion choices. Never feel like you can't wear something because "so and so" wouldn't wear that. Let's face it, "so and so" isn't you and doesn't really look all that great anyway. ;) So feel good and be happy this week, Loves!


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No comparison what-so-ever with one exception. They are both what is known as "floating floors".
The Avaire is a thicker than average quality porcelain ceramic tile with an absorption rate of less than .05%.
Porcelain tile is very difficult to scratch if it can be scratched at all. Porcelain tile has a wear rating that is exponentially greater than any laminate flooring surface that has a micro-thin coating of aluminum oxide for a wear surface. The co-efficient of friction is greater than laminate flooring and thereby offers a greater slip resistance. Porcelain tile will not dent from impact and can easily be cleaned with water without fear of getting moisture into the junctures between the units. Avaire has a solid sound when walked on unlike the hollow sound you get when walking on laminate floors.
Porcelain is the real thing whereas laminate flooring is merely a photographic process depicting various surface designs.
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Date: 3/10/2008 6:37 pm EDT
I have just started looking at this material for an entryway--how does this compare to the formica fast floor system? any information you can provide would be great.
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Over the years, the idea of establishing a podcast has continued to remain in the back of my mind. There were many obstacles in the way. For one, I lacked the technical expertise. I really don't want to half-ass stuff and that's why I never tried to go for it. I didn't have the time to really learn about how to produce a really awesome show. It wasn't until recently that those factors have been resolved and I found someone who can give me a hand with that aspect so that additional focus can be placed on the cooler stuff: Content creation. Brian Hough former co-host of Raid Warning and current co-host of The Creep will be handling the producer and moderator duties.
Well, what's it going to be about?
Think of it as a further extension to the blog. I won't be discussing as much about news or anything. There's enough news podcasts out there as it is. The fact is, this blog has evolved to its current point where the team writes about 3 things: Healing, raiding and leadership. The podcast I'm envisioning will contain topics related to those 3.
One of the ideas that came up is where we'd take feedback and comments from a post earlier in the week and air it on the show. We'd like to get additional interaction in that regard and give you, the readers, a "voice".
Granted, I don't know if it's going to work. I don't know if it's going to catch on. I don't know if it'll be well received either. All I know is, I won't know unless I try.
Looking for another host
The current plan is to present a more conversational style show. Brian will be directing the discussion and acting as moderator. The potential third person and myself will do the heavy lifting.
I'm looking for someone who has a focus on the three topics of the blog. Someone who is an independent thinker and can carry a conversation. Namely, someone who shares the same passion and work ethic I do about the game.
How do I apply?
Interested applicants can submit a 2-3 minute mp3 sound file. Spend the first minute introducing yourself and why you want to do this. Go ahead and come up with one topic about healing, raiding or leadership and talk about it for a few minutes. Remember, try to be conversational.
Stuck for ideas? Try one of these.
- What do you think of guilds establishing their own PvP divisions?
- Do you give second chances to players who leave your guild? Why or why not?
- Do you find 10 or 25 player raiding more appealing? Give a couple of reasons why.
What about the Circle of Healing podcast?
Good news! It'll be coming back out of hiatus in early December. I have no intention of leaving but I also need to see what how the workload will be like. You can expect to hear the same, cool healing stuff in the first half of the season. Pretty sure I can pull it off. Keep an eye out for it!
Edit: For a better idea, listen to the How Stuff Works Podcast: Stuff You Should Know


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Lucky Labrador Brewing Co.
915 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
This dog-friendly brew pub has a Labrador retriever as their mascot and on their beer labels. Some of the offerings from this pub include a warm rustic atmosphere, a variety of fare including fresh salads, veggie choices, a daily soup, salads, and deli sandwiches. They also offer a variety of specials, free WiFi, and alfresco dining. Among their many draught and signature beers, beer lovers may want to try their ales like the Black Lab Stout, the Dog Day India Pale Ale, and the Top Dog Extra Special Pale Ale. Their calendar is also worth a check for special events – including dog events. Dogs are welcome at their outside gathering area; they must be leashed.
DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it's Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while intended to highlight top places that are especially pet-friendly, is not designed to be the absolutely top 200 places that we could find, but a sampling of the top places so that all regions, types of attractions, hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, parks, beaches, shopping and more can be considered. No doubt each of you will find many other places not on this list or our full list of dog-friendly places at http://www.dogfriendly.com. Please let us know about them by commenting on the blog or emailing us at email@example.com. You can also let us and our readers know if you agree or disagree with the selections, or your experiences there. Please keep in mind that places often change their policies regarding dogs and thus may have different policies at any time in the future.
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(23) Mati, June 24, 2013 11:48 PM
I think you should because I would want to be
It may or may not be selfish, but I think you should wake the person up because I would want that myself. Hospital visits are boring and I would end up sleeping myselft to make the time go by faster. I would hate to miss ANYONE who was there and left because I was asleep. That being said I also think that consulting with the nurse/doctor on the issue must be done. And of course the "Jewish rule" is an issue, but in the same respect that we "live by the Torah" not die, we should LIVE by our sages, not SLEEP by them. (lol)
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If it's good enough for Rabbi Auerbach..........
(21) Lynne, June 19, 2013 8:27 PM
Do Good
I have to disagree with Selfish. It's not selfish to wake someone up (unless they are in critical condition) Because as Rabbi Salomon shared that man would have been full of regret if he had missed seeing his visitors. Which is more selfish, to wake someone up or to leave someone full of regret because their visitor didn't wake them up? The Mitzvah is to do Good in all things, visiting the sick etc. and what greater pleasure is there for a person who is confined than to have a visitor (it definitely relieves the boredom) to brighten their day. It doesn't rob them of their sleep, it robs them of their visitor. They can always catch up on their sleep a little later on.


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Kelly Karlis of Montini drives to the hoop during their victory over Crane in the girls Class 3A supersectional basketball game Monday, February 27, 2012 at Hinsdale Central.
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How does Montini coach Jason Nichols approach November basketball?
Allow him to channel his inner amateur chef to explain.
Its like you want to cook a meal and dont how how to prepare it, Nichols said. Its going to look ugly at times, and you just hope it tastes good when it comes out of the oven. Either were going to enjoy the meal or were going to throw it out.
Nichols and the three-time defending Class 3A champion Broncos get their first taste of the new season, and a new tournament, when they tip off at the Schaumburg Tournament at 6:40 p.m. today against Glenbrook South. Wheaton Warrenville South-Rockford Boylan will follow that game.
Montini played at the Geneva Tournament in recent years; when that folded last spring, Nichols was fortunate to find an opening at Schaumburg. Glenbrook South will be a good test right off the bat, and on Saturday No. 1 Montini will hook up with No. 2 Wheaton Warrenville South and Montini transfer Diamond Thompson in a delicious early-season barometer.
You get bored with the same schedule, Nichols said. Making a change is pretty exciting to see teams we never really see. It keeps things from getting stale. Were excited about it.
A few health concerns have compromised Montinis readiness a little.
Junior Kelly Karlis is dealing with a hip flexor and freshman Leah Kerstein pulled a groin. Both are questionable for tonights opener, particularly Karlis. Juniors Kateri Stone and Sara Ross both missed a couple practices with sickness but are back now. Montini has only had three practices at full strength.
Well go out and get our feet wet, Nichols said. My kids will play hard. If they dont theyll have a very loud 40-year-old man yelling at them.
Familiar face, new place:
West Chicago coach Kim Wallner will see a familiar, friendly face on the other bench when her team hosts Nazareth tonight.
Wallner and new Nazareth coach Kim Connell played three sports together in high school at Schaumburg.
Connell, laid off as an English teacher at Waubonsie Valley because of budget cutbacks after guiding the Warriors to a 75-11 record and three regional titles, accepted the job at Nazareth in April. Wallner and the Wildcats played Connells Rockford Boylan teams in the past before Connell went to Waubonsie.
Wallners dad and Connells parents will be at the game tonight.
Its always fun, Wallner said. My parents were really good friends with her parents growing up. We had a lot of experiences together athletically, and we both have a lot of respect for each other. Were both competitive people, so its fun to get together.
A juggling act:
Forgive Mike Hofland if hes in a bit of a daze these days.
Glenbard Wests girls basketball coach is also the running backs coach for the schools Class 7A semifinalist football team.
That means hes pulling double duty lately.
Football practice goes right after school, with basketball starting at 5 or 5:30. Hofland routinely got home around 9 or so last week. On Monday night after football he was firing up the GPS to head to Crete-Monee to scout for girls basketball.
Last week honestly I had no idea what day it was, Hofland said. It was that crazy.
Fortunately, Hofland has a solid coaching staff to lean on, young and old. Veteran assistant Ed Boddy is back, and ex-Hinsdale Central standout and coach Morgan Kasperek joins the staff this year while teaching special education in Glen Ellyn.
Hilltoppers hoops gets started Saturday at the Rachel Bach Memorial Tournament. Coincidentally, three of the school there also have football teams alive in the playoffs. Hofland will get to coach the girls at 10 a.m., then quick change and get to Duchon Field for a 1 p.m. kickoff.


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FULTON, Mo.-- The GC women lost to Rhodes College, but redeemed themselves with a win over Hendrix in the Westminster Tip-Off Classic.
The first game proved to be a tough one for Greenville, with the women falling 46-73 in their first regular season game. They allowed the loss to fuel their fire and came ready to play the next day, defeating Hendrix 86-50 to bring home a win.
In their first game of the weekend, GC lost 46-73 but Coach Mulholland said the score did not accuractely reflect the effort the women gave.
"We played well against a very good team," Coach Mulholland said. "They got us the first half but we played better in the second half and I am prod of the team."
Ieisha Adams led the team in scoring, with 13 points total in the game. GC recorded 36 rebounds, with Coley Baker getting 6 and Emily Gundy and Laura Hobbie each adding 5. The team had a 76% free throw average.
In their second game of the tournament, he Panthers had a team average of 83.3% in free throws and grabbed 49 rebounds. Baker and Hobbie led GC in scoring on Saturday, both recording 16 points in the game. Baker also was credited with 14 rebounds and went 8 for 8 in free throws. Adams was impressive in the second game as well, scoring five out of her six field goal attempts and recording 14 points for the Panthers.


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The Louisville City Council voted Tuesday night to move forward on negotiations with an Arvada-based firm to stabilize and redevelop the city's historic grain elevator.
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The council, in a 6-1 vote, approved a motion that authorizes the city staff to work with The Olde Town Group LLC in coming up with a plan to salvage the century-old structure south of downtown. The city bought the dilapidated building late last year after it was nearly demolished by its previous owner.
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Louisville's historic preservation commission couldn't commit to proceeding with either firm at a meeting March 18, despite a recommendation by the city staff to team up with Olde Town.


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Naptime in Kenya
The idea seemed so simple, "just help get the kids down for a nap" he said. Of course we couldn't say no! We had just spent the morning falling in love with these 25 orphaned children at the Karibu Centre in Thika, Kenya and were excited by the fact that we were asked to help out so that the house [...]Read more ›


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The following walkthrough will show how topics and subscriptions can be used to implement a simple publish-subscribe messaging channel. The next walkthrough will build on this sample and explore the use of filters on subscriptions.
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This walkthrough will use a basic example to show how to create a queue, send a message, and receive a message from an AppFabric service bus queue using the direct programming model. You can either read through to get an idea of the concepts, or implement the solution using Azure AppFabric and Visual Studio. Note that this code is based on the September 2011 release of AppFabric service bus and will not work on the May or June CTP releases due to changes in the service bus API.
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Riding waves: Correll enjoying sport of watercross, while having experiences of a lifetime
At age 41, Derek Correll is riding the biggest waves in his life.
Correll, a Sherrills Ford native, has been involved in the sport of watercross since 1987.
He initially became active in the sport by spending time with friends who were interested in jet skis as well.
"I started working on jet skis," Correll said. "I met up with some guys who were doing the same thing I was doing at the time. They also did their own maintenance work. I got involved with them a little bit and started learning things from them."
Watercross is similar to motocross. Racers compete on a closed course against each other on jet skis. The machines reach a top speed of over 90 mph. Most tracks are one-half mile to three-quarters of a mile.
Laps are usually around 90 seconds and riders will be involved in both left and right hand turns.
Derek's passion for the sport ran deep and he wanted to pursue it even further. However, it was going to take some extra effort to become involved.
"When you first start racing, you don't have a mechanic," Correll said. "When you race, you have to fix it yourself if you plan on racing. I kind of took a liking to it and next thing I knew, I was racing."
Correll immediately became hooked and competed for a while, but he took a 10-year hiatus from competing in the sport after a friends passing. However, he never lost the spark he had for the sport.
"I was still going to all the major events, but just as a spectator," Correll said. "I just didn't race for those 10 years, but I kept up with the sport."
Correll eventually returned to compete and has been a member of the Jettribe USA race team based out of Moorpark, Calif. for two years.
During his time in watercross, Correll has achieved numerous accolades. Among these include multiple regional championships.
However, one of Derek's biggest accomplishments was racing in the King's Cup World Grand Prix in Pitsanulok, Thailand on Dec. 1-5, 2010.
Derek competed in the Amateur Veteran Runabout Open Class at the event and rode a Team Racing Seadoo RXPX. He finished tenth overall after qualifying amongst some of the best watercross racers in the world.
The experience at the King's Cup tournament was something Correll said he will never forget.
"Going overseas 13,000 miles away from home was definitely the experience of a lifetime," Correll said. "Their customs are totally different. It is a completely different world. We not only went to Thailand, but my sponsor has a business in Vietnam. We went there for a week. We went on vacation in the South China Sea. It was a very interesting trip."
Correll is planning to make the trip again this year and will leave on Thanksgiving Day and return on Dec. 13. His team has also scheduled other events around the world.
"We have four venues we are looking at," Correll said. "The plan is to race China, Dubai, the Cayman Islands and back to Thailand, which is the big event. I am planning to put a lot of time into that trip. It takes about three weeks. You have two days of flying, but the jet lag will kill you."
As for his future in the sport, Correll says he has no immediate plans in the future to park his jet ski for good.
"I work out three times a week and keep up my cardio," Correll said. "The sport keeps me young and active. I've seen a lot of people my age that have let themselves go. I don't want to be that kind of person. You aren't promised another breath, so I live my life like there is no tomorrow."


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A government task force has some new advice regarding breast cancer that flies in the face of the guidelines most women have been instructed to follow by their doctors. Here's the gist of it:
- Most women in their 40s should NOT routinely get mammograms. (This guideline is for the general population, not those women who are at high risk of breast cancer because of family history or gene mutations.)
- Women 50 to 74 should get a mammogram every other year until they turn 75.
- The value of breast exams by doctors is unknown. And breast self-exams are of no value.
These new guidelines conflict with the long-standing position of the American Cancer Society, which has been recommending annual mammograms beginning at 40. The guideline addressing breast self-exams is less contentious; medical groups including the cancer society have recently backed away from encouraging women to perform self-exams because there is little evidence showing such exams to be successful.
The reasoning behind this new advice is that screening too early "leads to too many false alarms and unneeded biopsies without substantially improving women's odds of survival." In other words, there is no evidence that screening women in their 40s cuts the risk of dying from breast cancer; moreover, the harms for women of early screening (unneeded biopsies, expense, and worry) outweigh the benefits.
I'm conflicted here: The numbers in the article make sense to me; at the same time I know lots of breast cancer survivors whose lives were saved because of early screening.
Are you comfortable waiting until you turn 50 to have a mammogram? What's your opinion on these new breast cancer guidelines?
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just got a brand new 3.3 today my first time using a pull start and the thing is fighting me very hard to crank is it normal i haven't even been able fire it up yet its so hard to pull any advice i'm using the ez-start wand to heat the glow plug but idk if that matters i need help!
Typical for a new engine that needs break-in.
The Super Derecho
so it not gonna start cause i spend about 25mins on thing and nothing the 2.5 rustler just fired up and run when i did the break in on it?
well it started but and i got to the 3rd tank of fuel but then again trying to start it back up i ended up ripping the plug wire right out of truck on the last pull so now i can't start it i wanted to!!! i can't do nothing for this truck every time i do something good for it the thing spits right in my face and i can't even use the appropriate words to to express my current feelings about this truck the thing runs like a champ for 9 months then it gives me nothing problems!!!
okay i'm making progress............ since all i got was busted up fingers i took the ez-start motor off the other 3.3 and put it on the new one now it will start but the idle wont go down at all and it creeps forward on me and does not respond to any tuning what so ever if i even adjust either screw one bit it dies and as i said the idle screw does not do anything but increase the idle and the current temps out side is 60*F if that makes a difference
gotta leak what it sounds like. also loosen ur slipper clutch up a bit. thats why its creepin on u. my maxx did the same thing. i pulled the motor and sealed it, and my throttle linkage had a slight bend in it, and the servo was bad. fixed all that and now it idles alot better. check ur linkage out, loosen slipper clutch until it stops creepin on ya, and check for leaks in ur motor, fuel lines, gas tank. u can check for leaks by starting it and sprayin wd 40 around motor. but i like to hook up a fuel line to carb inlet, and blow into while brushing soapy water on parts of motor that are problem areas of leaking. i use black RVT to seal my motors.
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Sounds like a tuning issue or a leak causing the high idle. Don't loosen the slipper clutch to keep it from creeping forward, the problem is most likely tune, leak or linkage related.
No slipper/tall gearing/power = broken parts.
New engines really should be preheated with hair drier to help loosen them up prier to starting.
You need to reset the idle gap since you messed with it, once set there is no need to fool with it.
Needs to be set at 1mm, a #60/#61 drill bit will work to set the idle gap, use the shank of the bit.
Look out for the tree/crunch!
LiPo? Naw NITRO!!
If it is creeping forward don't loosen the slipper cutch to stop it. That will not work at all.
"I like rc cars"....."WHAT? YOU'RE KIDDING!"
hhmmmmthanks guys when got the engine it came with the little air filter like on my 2.5R rustler so i put the old dual stage from the old 3.3 on it but when i did the after run maintenance i looked at the big air filter and seen quite a large tear so i'll be ordering a new air inlet and some fuel line since mines about a year old thanks guys my neighbors where getting a little scared with me in seemingly one of the worst rages they have ever seen lol
yea thats the one i have but the base where it attaches to the carb is torn a bit so i think thats the leak problem
okay so the first thing this morning after realizing my the base of the air filter had a hole in it i put the one that came with the engine on it and walalala it runs and doesn't creep granted i am running a little lean but thats because its 44*F and the engine wouldn't get over 140*F without leaning it out just a bit but the engine runs like a champ wheelies and everything. though i have to say using a pull start for a break in has ruined my fingers so naturally i'm back with the good ol' ez-start
You need to put a sock or some aluminum foil around the cooling head when running in cool temps to keep the engine temp 200°F or higher (especially with a new engine that is still being broke in).
No slipper/tall gearing/power = broken parts.
yea i put a bit of aluminum on it but its getting about 60*F today so i don't think i need it
Just FYI, the leak in the air intake wouldn't affect your mixture. The carb meters the fuel/air mixture, so any leak before that wouldn't affect the mixture. Now, if the leak was after the carb, that woud affect the mixture.
No Honey, I have had this one for a long time....
the results speak for themselves it works with the new air filter but not with old, and even the old engine which i though was gone works now with the new air filter so i actually have a good 3.3 and a new 3.3 cause one of an $15 air filter.
thats because the air intake does have a lot to do with how the motor runs. thats why they have different air filters for rc cars, trucks, motorcycles, or anything else with a motor. anyone ever wonder what performance filters are made for? or why your filters need to be cleaned to run right? it can make a difference whether you car runs lean/rich. you did the right thing. also that tear could let dirt in that your filter is suppose to stop.
Actually, different filters allow more air, or restrict air, when compared to others. However, they have nothing to do with metering the air/fuel charge. With the exception of having to richer/lean the fuel to match the air flow. You could take a filter off, and run with out it. You would have to adjust the carb to increase fuel (richer). The carb does the metering. A leak between the carb and engine would affect the air/fuel charge, as it would lean it out.
Your right in correcting it, though. The unfiltered air would wreak havoc on a motor.
No Honey, I have had this one for a long time....
okay but all i know is the air filter with the tear won't work on either engine where the one w/o will work on both i guess i'll just put the old 3.3 in my rustler for a bit of extreme over kill
just solved all of my problems it was the mip clutch the one with two settings one setting for more take off power (way to much causes the truck to creep forward) and a lesser setting to ease the take off (way to much slip, lets the engine rev way to high and over heat as a result) http://www.amazon.com/Clutch-Kit-TMX...rds=3.3+clutch so long story short i'm keeping my drivetrain stock it runs best that way


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If you really don't know much and want a fun and easy read, I'd suggest reading Moneyball first if you haven't already read it. It gives you a good grasp of the basics (OBP, WHIP) while also showing you a bit if the battle between old school baseball guys and a new way of thinking. Almost everything in the book is obsolete in the sense that every team is using those stats in scouting, so they aren't as advantageous (is that even a word?) as they used to be. But its successful in giving you an idea of how advanced stats are used in picking diamonds from the rough and assessing player value differently.
Those who suggested Baseball Between the Numbers are right on. It will change the way you think about the game and does so in ways that keep you interested. Before I read it, I understood stats a bit but never really bought into how valuable advanced metrics could be. After reading the chapter on Bonds vs Ruth, it flipped a switch in the baseball cortex of my brain and made me realize how this stuff could meaningfully break down the game. For me, I was always interested in baseball history and arguing about players from different eras...knowing that you can create a baseline to compare players from a historical standpoint is what completely reeled me in.


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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Syria's warring sides must seize this week's peace conference in Switzerland as a chance to allow humanitarian aid workers access to nearly 3 million people who have been under siege or cut off by fighting, the World Food Programme (WFP) says.
WFP's Syria Country Director Matthew Hollingworth urged combatants to call a ceasefire in order to enable aid workers to reach trapped civilians, bring in aid and medical help, assess needs and carry out evacuations.
"The very least that these different fighters can provide is a pause to allow the humanitarians to get in and provide that emergency relief," he said during a trip to London.
Hollingworth said the WFP had received credible reports of malnutrition-related deaths in besieged areas, but could not verify them without access. Some communities have been cut off for more than a year.
An international conference to find a political solution to the conflict is due to begin in Switzerland on Wednesday. The talks, known as Geneva 2, are seen as the most serious international effort yet to end nearly three years of civil war, which has killed some 130,000 people and displaced millions.
"Although humanitarian assistance is not part of the political discussions, part of this peace process has to look at improving the lives of Syrians affected by the crisis - both inside Syria and seeking refugee status in neighbouring countries and beyond. Humanitarian issues need to be part of that Geneva 2 discussion," Hollingworth said in an interview on Friday with Thomson Reuters Foundation.
In its biggest ever appeal, the United Nations has asked for $6.5 billion for Syria to meet humanitarian needs in 2014.
"$6.5 billion is the price of failure to find a political solution. If that doesn't happen following Geneva 2, for how long can the international community continue to support that scale of response? It becomes unsustainable and we can't let that happen," Hollingworth added.
"Every member of the international community needs to be recognising the importance of getting (Geneva 2) right."
Hollingworth said access was a huge problem for the WFP. Some 2.5 million people are stuck in hard-to-reach areas in the north where aid operations are severely compromised by fighting between government and opposition forces and between different rebel groups.
Another 250,000 people are trapped in besieged areas. Opposition forces have surrounded two areas in the northwestern Aleppo region, while government forces have encircled 38 neighbourhoods around Damascus.
On Friday, the front page of Britain's Independent newspaper showed a picture of an emaciated toddler trapped in Yarmouk Palestinian district of Damascus which is besieged by the Syrian army. The paper said the girl had died after the photo and reported that people were surviving on animal food, leaves, grass and water with spices.
In what appeared to be a conciliatory move ahead of the peace talks, Syria over the weekend permitted some aid to reach Yarmouk, where 15 people are reported to have died from malnutrition.
"The longer people are forced to live in this kind of situation, the longer fighters on both sides fail to recognise and respect the lives of civilians caught up in this tragic war, the more likely these things are to happen because people's resilience can only last so long," Hollingworth said.
He said reports of malnutrition-related deaths reaching the WFP were isolated, but added: "Even if it's one child… it's something that's truly shocking in the 21st century and something we need to take action on."
Hollingworth condemned besiegement as an indiscriminate tactic with appalling consequences for civilians. A few areas are tightly sealed with nothing going in. In others, limited supplies are getting in through tunnels or when troops allow controlled movement in and out, Hollingworth said, but he stressed the amount getting through was insufficient.
The WFP has asked for an end to besiegements, but he said they were unlikely to stop any time soon.
Hollingworth, who previously oversaw WFP operations in Afghanistan, said the Syrian crisis was "testing us as much as we've ever been tested before".
This year Syria and neighbouring countries hosting refugees will account for about a third of the WFP's entire budget.
Hollingworth said the WFP needed to raise £24 million ($41 mln) every week to help 4.25 million people inside Syria and more than 2.9 million who have fled to Jordan, Lebanon and elsewhere.
"One-third of the original population of Syria is homeless… and many have been displaced three, four, five times. The more people run from terror, war and frontlines, the more their ability to continue to survive is challenged. Families have very little left to sell. Their livelihoods don't exist anymore," he said.
In addition, inflation has skyrocketed since the crisis began. In some areas, Hollingworth said the price of bread had gone up 350 percent, dairy products and eggs cost six times more, and meat was now beyond the means of most people.
Hollingworth said everywhere you went you could see people camping in factories, warehouses or building sites with no electricity or water. Some are sharing apartments with 30 others. Many are surviving on what they can grow in back gardens or on rooftops.
"Everybody in Syria today is facing a crisis. There are parts of Syria that I would imagine look very similar to Dresden in 1945. They are shells of what they once were," he said, referring to the German city destroyed during World War II.
He said Syria's population would be affected far into the future and reiterated U.N. warnings that the country could see "a lost generation" of children who had grown up on a poor diet and without an education.
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The Ideal of Freedom, Paid for in Blood
On Memorial Day, we remember both our fallen warriors and the ideas that they championed
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Manchester City's shortcomings in recent transfer windows has been cruelly exposed in recent weeks, as they trail city rivals Manchester United by 12 points in the race for the Premier League title, thanks largely to a lack of genuine quality in their ranks.
With the exception of starlet Matija Nastasic, sources have suggested as many as 11 players could be heading for the Etihad exit this summer, with Carlos Tevez, Edin Dzeko, Samir Nasri and Gareth Barry at the head of the list.
Whilst Tevez, Barry and Joleon Lescott all have a year remaining on their contracts, Kolo Toure, Wayne Bridge and Roque Santa Cruz will all be out of contract and look set to be plying their trade elsewhere come the beginning of the 2013/14 season.
Reports have suggested that Maicon and Scott Sinclair could be set for a premature exit, despite only signing for the Manchester outfit in 2012.
Roberto Mancini has blamed City's failed attempt to defend their Premier League crown on the club's inability to land his primary transfer targets.
Eden Hazard, Robin van Perise, Daniele De Rossi, Daniel Agger and Javi Martinez have all been on Mancini's wishlist in windows gone by, yet all secured high-profile moves to the Citizens' rivals - with Van Persie arguably the difference between the two Manchester clubs this season.
Brian Marwood, City's former director of football, shouldered the blame for their transfer failures, with Mancini publicly criticising the Premier League champions' transfer committee.
Speaking last August, Mancini said: "After four months, I don't know what to say. You need to ask Brian Marwood. I am not the sporting director. I can't say anything about players."
When asked if he was content with Marwood having the final say on the club's overall transfer policy, Mancini replied: "I am not happy - but I don't know what to say."
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THL Toolbox > Audio-Video > Cataloging Audio-Video > Cataloging Audio-Video Titles in Mediabase
Cataloging Audio-Video Titles in Mediabase
Contributor(s): Bradley Aaron
THL uses the new Mediabase audio-video platform for the storage and cataloging of all Audio-Video materials. After new titles have been created, they must be uploaded to Mediabase and then cataloged using the system outlined below. For instructions on how to upload media to Mediabase and for more information on the many functions of Mediabase, see the documentation here.
Cataloging Procedure
After the title has been uploaded, login to Mediabase and navigate to the title.
Click the "Edit" tab on the title view and you will see the following:
Enter cataloging metadata according to the following guidelines for each section:
For all THL work, we want to catalog material in three languages as often as possible: Tibetan, English, Chinese
Enter a title in the Title field for the primary language (the language of the audio-video title) and select the title type. If the audio-video title is in a series, select 'Series' otherwise, select 'Episode'.
Make sure to select the Title Language for this entry (if the title of the title is in Tibetan, then select Tibetan, if Chinese, select Chinese, etc.)
Click Add another Item and enter a translation of the title and follow the same procedure as above for selecting Title Type and Title Language. Repeat these steps for the third language (English in our example here)
Enter the description of the title in the primary language (the language of the A-V title) and select the most appropriate description type. Select the title Language for this entry (if the title of the title is in Tibetan, then select Tibetan, if Chinese, select Chinese, etc.)
Click Add another Item and enter a translation of the description and follow the same procedure as above for selecting description Type and description Language. Repeat these steps for the third language (English in our example here).
The Details section is where we will enter Subjects (kmap category) and the location of the subject matter of the a-v title. We will only be using these two fields at this time, so you can ignore the other fields.
Subject (Kmap Category)
Click the 'Filter' drop down list to see a list of subject category headings, choose the one that seems most appropriate for the a-v title and then either enter a search term in the box below or click "Browse Categories" to be given a list of subjects to choose from. Repeat this process to select as many subjects as are relevant to the subject of the title.
This field is to catalog the location related to the a-v title. This is NOT necessarily where the material was recorded, but the location of the subject matter of the a-v title. For example, the title could be an interview by an elder in Repgong who is telling a history of Lhasa. In this case, the 'location' should be Lhasa, and NOT Repgong (you will be able to enter the recording location later in a different field)
Enter the name of the location in THL phonetics and click the "Search the Place Dictionary" button, this will give you a list of possible matches. Select the correct match and hit enter.
You should ONLY select the most specific location possible. For example, if the subject of the title is the barkhor in Lhasa, you only need to select Barkhor and NOT Lhasa.
For each a-v title, we want to record the rights and licensing information so that viewers will know how/if they can redistribute or use the material.
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It seems current phones like the two mentioned in TFS are approximately the same resolution as our vision. For an adult human, 400-600 is about the limit of what we can detect.
I guess screen resolution is now at the point cameras have been for a few years - any resolution higher than about 4 megapixels is wasted unless the photo is enlarged considerably. (Or one portion is enlarged aka "zoomed in").
For an adult human, 400-600 is about the limit of what we can detect.
For most average human adults, the limit is about 300 dpi.
Speaking as a graphic designer with over two decades of experience, there is a reason that graphic designers have always targeted a print resolution of 300 dpi for colour images.
How 400-600 entered the conversation is beyond me. The percentage of people who can visually tell the difference between a 300 dpi output and anything higher than that is very, very small. The number of people who can spot the difference at 400+ is not even a consideration for discussion. I'm sure there are some who can but don't even vaguely think that they in any way represent the norm.
Any manufacturer who targets a screen resolution above about 350 or so is just targeting big numbers for the marketing benefit - the average user will never be able to tell the difference.
Sometimes people use their phones closer than 1' from their eyes, especially when trying to see detail (i.e. the times when high resolution helps). With that said, I really don't see any use for 538PPI. That thing has the resolution of my 27" monitor! Yeah, I'd like the monitor's resolution to be higher, I guess, but it's not needed. Meanwhile, that's 4x the resolution of my still-somewhat-large (4.8") phone. Now, I *would* like the phone's resolution to be a bit higher (it's just over 300PPI, but text vanishes into jumbled pixels before it gets too small to read) but most of the time I don't need it and probably wouldn't notice... aside from the higher power draw and worse framerates in games.
It's an aside point, but I don't think OpenGL games render in 1920x1080 on phones with that resolution, based on what I can tell by looking at my Nexus 5 it looks like games render in a much lower resolution and use FSAA and other filtering to smooth out the artifacts.
I don't think having a higher res screen would slow down games much, unless the game you're playing chooses it's rendering res based on the screen res rather than on how powerful the GPU is.
While 538PPI might be a bit overkill on a classical phone, those same screens are also used in the latest round of virtual reality headsets and they have still a long way to go before they get anywhere near human vision limits. And to go even further, Nvidia has demoed some microlens lightfield glasses a while a go and those need even more resolution then a classical headset display and who knows, if resolution keeps growing, having a lightfield display in your phone might actually start to become viable (
It is the pixel angle that makes the difference. 300DPI at two feet away is not the same as 300DPI at six inches. Whether you can see the difference in resolutions has a great deal to do with how you use a device, and how far away you hold it. Print media typically expects to be viewed at arm's length -- about 18 inches. I see many, many people holding their cell phones far closer than that.
I must be some of those lucky super-humans then because I can clearly see a difference between my old Galaxy S3 (305 PPI) and Nexus 5 (445 PPI). I wear glasses and think I need to go get a new prescription soon, BTW.
Your experience as a graphic designer has mislead you. What you say might be true for print, but not for LCD/AMOLED screens. That's why ePaper displays often have relatively low PPIs but still look like paper - they have real ink blobs in them. It's to do with the slightly fuzzy edges of the spots in print, the slight bleed into the paper etc. smoothing the printed image out. Screens have hard edges to every pixel.
The human eye does not work the way a lot of people seem to think it does. 300 DPI is not some kind of ultimate limit, and printer manufacturers know this which is why they usually interpolate up to at least 600 DPI and most people can tell that it looks better for small text.
I must be some of those lucky super-humans then because I can clearly see a difference between my old Galaxy S3 (305 PPI) and Nexus 5 (445 PPI).
I wonder if that has anything to do with PenTile, the odd way they count "pixels", and color fringing around text. Maybe when an RGBG quad is considered 2 pixels, you need twice as many (at least in one axis) for text to have a really clean appearance.
300dpi for print is actually a lot lower than 300ppi for displays. Each dot for print is, depending on your technology, either black, cyan, magenta or yellow, or one of a very small (typically 4-16) shades of these colours. For a display, you have at least 2^16 shades of colour for each pixel. This is why the output from a 300dpi inkjet looks a lot worse than a 70dpi monitor. For print, you typically use 2400dpi, which comes close to approximating 300ppi.
Personally, I find you hit diminishing returns
300dpi for print is actually a lot lower than 300ppi for displays. Each dot for print is, depending on your technology, either black, cyan, magenta or yellow, or one of a very small (typically 4-16) shades of these colours.
You are confusing DPI (image resolution) and LPI (effectively printer resolution). They are not the same thing.
If you look a black and white print, there is no dithering and 600dpi is still clearly better than 300dpi. Try looking at printed text for instance. There is no visual improvement at 1200dpi or higher though, that only matters for dithering as you say.
Speaking as a graphic designer with over two decades of experience
Anybody who starts a phrase with "Speaking as a...." usually has no clue.
The difference between 300dpi and 600dpi dithered images on monochrome laser printers is easy to see.
there is a reason that graphic designers have always targeted a print resolution of 300 dpi for colour images.
Maybe the problem is with your printers and/or the medium you print on.
Printer resolution (LPI) and image resolution (DPI) are two different things.
That is, of course, why 1200 DPI printers look no better than 300 DPI printers.
If you're BLIND, that is.
You're talking about desktop grade printer resolution which is not the same as commercial grade printer resolution (measured in LPI - lines per inch) and neither are the same as image resolution (DPI) which is a totally different thing.
image resolution is measured in Pixels Per Inch (PPI) not DPI. Feel free to open any image authoring package to confirm this. DPI is Dots Per Inch. Dots are something bubble jet printers drop onto a sheet of paper and haven't nothing to do with the size of the pixel currently being printed. You did get the LPI bit right though.
DPI, PPI, and SPI are common terms for the same thing. Only the pedantic nitpick over any one of them being right or any being wrong when referring to image resolution.
I hear Monster Cable is coming out with a line of gold-plated bifocals that allow the discriminating visualphile to be able to take full adcantage of the quality offered by 400 to 600 DPI.
For an adult human, 400-600 is about the limit of what we can detect.
For most average human adults, the limit is about 300 dpi.
Speaking as a graphic designer with over two decades of experience, there is a reason that graphic designers have always targeted a print resolution of 300 dpi for colour images.
How 400-600 entered the conversation is beyond me. The percentage of people who can visually tell the difference between a 300 dpi output and anything higher than that is very, very small. The number of people who can spot the difference at 400+ is not even a consideration for discussion.
When I was a graphic designer, I was told 300 dpi --- unless the image had type, in which case, 600. I've found some corroboration:
1. Experiments with Pixels Per Inch (PPI) on Printed Image Sharpness by Roger N. Clark [clarkvision.com]
2. Guidelines for Author Supplied Electronic Text and Graphics [ieee.org]
3. Digital Art Guidelines [pnas.org]
Apparently the eye is more forgiving when looking at photographs than at text.
The rule of thumb is 300 dpi for colour images, 600 dpi for greyscale, and 1200 dpi for bitmap. The less information per dot means more dots per inch are required to maintain the same effective resolution.
A monitor two feet away with a 300dpi image has roughly the same angular resolution as a phone one foot away.
If that doesn't make sense intuitively, think of a billboard made up of 1/4 dots - from 50 feet away, it won't look pixelated. Compare looking at the same billboard from 1 foot away - the pixelation will be obvious.
To convert accurately requires geometry that I don't feel like thinking about right now, but you get the point - the closer the viewer, the more easily they can detect pixelation, so you
This is a stupid race for the higher number. Unfortunately they will find people that buy this thing because of this completely meaningless "feature". Unless people start carrying around large magnifiers, this will not even be visible in direct comparison.
It is ridiculous to put a such a high resolution display on a tiny screen. I just recently upgraded from a 720 Nexus 4 to a 1080 Nexus 5. I have great vision and side-by-side, I can't tell the difference between the two screens for fine text or pictures. While this phone is a great value, the battery life is terrible and the games run no better than their predecessor. If I had a choice, I'd much rather have the N5 with my old N4's 720p screen.
I hear you. LG's G2 is pretty much the same device as the nexus 5 but has a ~25% larger battery to accomodate the humongous display. It seems that pretty much the only companies not shooting for the highest specs possible today are Apple and Motorola, and they are both making pretty solid devices nevertheless. I also own a Nexus 4, and I'll hold out on upgrading until I see a Moto X2 or something like that. In fact, I was thinking about "upgrading" to a less powerful phone, like the Moto G, because shit, my
Second this. It feels like the number race of PC's of years ago: "This one has more pixels", "This one more GHz", "This one more MBs". But nobody seem to care about more autonomy.
Did they bring in all the marketing guys from the 90s? I guess is what all those tech reviews with meaningless astroturfing performance tests have given us. "Hey this phone can decode and re encode 4k videos on the fly! while you play angry birds!" WHO CARES if it's going to get hot as hell and die in 1.5 hours?
I'll reserve judgement until I have seen it, because I'm one of those freaks who can tell the difference between 1080p and 4k, but I do tend to agree with you. 1080p on a screen that small looks fantastic and adding more pixels would just seem to be wasting GPU power (although games could use 1080p and simply scale up). I'm not ruling out that it looks nice though, as again I'm one of those people who can see the ugly anti-aliasing on iPad "retina" displays, so maybe this will finally be like a real printed
They won't be happy before they put a 4K screen on a 5" unit.
Then they'll aim for 6K or 8K, just because the number is larger.
Perhaps so in regards to the PPI of the display, however the 4G / LTE features discussed in the summary are quite impressive, a proper worldphone.
Also, sooner or later, we'll reach a point where the PPI doesn't need to increase, I'd hazard a guess that 450+ PPI is going to be completely exceptional. I doubt you're going to see them focusing on going much higher than what this one has attained.
After Apples "Retna" display DPI their isn't much of a reason to go much higher. For conventional displays.
That said I am not saying we shouldn't be making higher res displays. But the application of the technology should go to different areas. Such as smaller projectors.
I have an old iPhone 4. And the display is as sharp as any of the newer phones.
What they need to focus more on now is speed,battery life and if you are going to make the GPU better we need more 3d acceleration features. But we don't need t
God dammit when will these resolutions be available on normal-sized desktop screens? If they can pack 2560x1440 into a 5" screen for $600, why does it have to cost more than that to get any desktop monitor with that many pixels? It shouldn't have to be 27". All kinds of laptop screens are racing towards 4K-like resolutions, but you simply cannot get the same 3200x1800 resolution at any size on the desktop you can in 14" laptops. At least until you get to 4K TVs.
2560x1440 or even better, 2560x1600 is a magic
Okay, what about battery? Does it last a few weeks on a charge like a good old Nokia? If not, why not? Why this incessant focus on processing power? Having to charge my phone daily (or more frequently!) is where the pain is if you ask me.
C'mon, charging your phone once per day is hardly a pain and for the vast majority is a completely insignificant cost compared to the benefit of the increased functionality that a power hungry smartphone has over an old Nokia dumb phone.
I didn't study technology because I wanted to be satisfied with the status quo. Right now, you cannot eat your cake and still have it, but what if you could?
I upgraded my phone because I wanted greater functionality. (Actually, I upgraded because I wanted the very cheap monthly plans on Republic Wireless. [republicwireless.com]) I now have to plug my phone in every night instead of two to three times a week. The Moto X already has compromised specs to get very good battery life, and I only ran out of battery once after doing a 2-
So why not just buy last year's phone that fits that criteria? Something like a Galaxy Note perhaps, since they have massive batteries.
Get yourself a Moto G - the battery is good (although not astonishing: 1-2 days, rather than "oh shit, running out at 6pm"), the build quality and specs are excellent for normal usage (web, general communication), and they're dirt cheap compared to the competition.
Unfortunately, not for a phone with this kind of a screen.
> Unfortunately, not for a phone with this kind of a screen.
Fortunately, Oppo listened to the feedback from people who saw the Find 5, and wisely gave it a removable battery (as well as LTE and microSD). So, you'll be able to buy a nice, big, beefy 6,000-8000mAH+ aftermarket battery for it. Or buy a half-dozen spare regular batteries from someone on eBay, and swap them out as needed throughout the day and night.
Okay, what about battery? Does it last a few weeks on a charge like a good old Nokia? If not, why not? Why this incessant focus on processing power? Having to charge my phone daily (or more frequently!) is where the pain is if you ask me.
How many people do you know today that do NOT charge their cell phone nightly, regardless of battery type or strength?
Yeah, I thought so.
Basically everyone I know does this. And I have a feeling manufacturers have basically given up on battery life because of this shift in mentality.
Regardless of battery type, design, or claims to last weeks, we're basically ALL in this same situation within 6 months of owning any new cell phone. Charging nightly now is the only way I am all but guaranteed to not run out
I don't remember flip phones having that great of a battery life.
I know I charged my StarTAC nightly (IIRC, I had two batteries and the morning routine was to swap the spare into the phone). The early digitals I had after that weren't great, either, and I seem to remember buying the "extended" batteries for them, too. as well as always charging them over night.
I don't really think my iPhone 5s is really that bad in terms of standby or even talk time battery performance. Maybe it is just "overnight charge"
I don't remember flip phones having that great of a battery life.
I know I charged my StarTAC nightly (IIRC, I had two batteries and the morning routine was to swap the spare into the phone). The early digitals I had after that weren't great, either, and I seem to remember buying the "extended" batteries for them, too. as well as always charging them over night.
I don't really think my iPhone 5s is really that bad in terms of standby or even talk time battery performance. Maybe it is just "overnight charge" mental conditioning but I feel pretty good about 12 hours of light usage during the day and having 50%-ish battery left. I'm in the car a lot, and a ProClip holder with a charge cable/aux-in setup is as much about ease of use (making/taking calls, aux-in audio, not losing the damn thing between seats) as it is "needing" to charge it.
But then again, I've always been an "overnight" charging/fresh batteries every day mentality since the 1980s using NICADs and NiMH AAs with cassette Walkmen. Always owned at least for rechargeable cells, always swapped fresh cells into the Walkman every morning and put yesterday's into the charger.
I was specifically talking about flip phones of today, the one area within the cell industry that was actually able to take advantage of newer battery tech to offer real battery life without having to sacrifice it for 273 features we didn't want or ask for. Unfortunately, demand will make them obsolete.
And your mentality since the 1980s only further concretes my point about user mentality towards charging. This is why battery specs will likely remain static. People don't care anymore about multi-day batt
Most smartphones can last as long as an old Nokia, just turn mobile data / wifi off and don't use much screen time. Seriously without it constantly downloading emails in the background they last for ever.
Most smartphones can last as long as an old Nokia, just turn mobile data / wifi off and don't use much screen time. Seriously without it constantly downloading emails in the background they last for ever.
In other words, turn your "smart" phone back into a "dumb" Nokia, and it'll run just as long.
Unfortunately, for those addicted to [random social media du jour app], being offline for more than 45 seconds isn't an option.
> Why this incessant focus on processing power?
Because modern webapps depend on Javascript for everything, and Javascript completely sucks on most current mobile platforms. Like it or not, a webapp that uses Javascript to render itself into an empty [body/] tag's DOM needs a metric shit ton of ram and a fast, multi-core CPU. Unfortunately, that description now includes a large plurality of the web sites that we use today.
The solution isn't to make our phones slow and laggy to maximize battery life. The
https://xkcd.com/1204/ [xkcd.com]
You would doubt incorrectly. As someone who hangs out with a lot of people who have jumped on the "phablet" bandwagon, there are much larger phones that comfortably fit into pockets. Even your typical skinny jeans holds a Galaxy Note II without issue.
I am kind of surprised to see that the majority of posts are railing against this phone, mostly over the display resolution being so high. I'm thinking most people never made it past the summary. On top of what the summary lists, it has 3 gigabytes of ram, 32 gigabytes of internal storage, micro SD that can handle 128 gigabyte cards, 5 megapixel front facing camera, 50 (sorta) megapixel rear camera, 3000mAh removable battery. Rapid charging technology - going from 0 to 75% charge on a 3000mAh battery is pretty sweet.
At a $599 retail price point? That's pretty remarkable. The only thing the article does not discuss in the graphics chip set but I'm willing to bet it's nothing to sneeze at.
There were no pictures of the thing in the TFA and no easily visible links so in case anybody wants to know what the thing looks like:
http://en.oppo.com/products/fi... [oppo.com]
It's a nice minimalistic design. Dunno why I'd want a 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution in a phone that size but I'd still consider buying one too.
I have DK1 and ordered DK2.
DK1 is cool as a prototype, but the lack of positioning gets annoying at times, and the resolution is horrible.
DK2 fixes that, but it sounds like the resolution still needs improving.
This is the kind of thing I'd love to have in there. The Rift as it stands right now won't work well with many UIs, as it's too low res to render the details, and it seriously breaks immersion to see things pixellated.
So the more the better I say, if it's overkill for a phone then there are other uses
Hopefully we'll see more about it on Slashdot once it starts shipping.
Now slap a friggin' hardware keyboard on it and we'll talk. What's the point of yet another stupid buttonless bar phone? It's got a lot of pixels and a big fat processor so it has miserable battery life and absolutely zero usability improvement. It's like putting a solid gold screen door on a submarine, then. Put a Wacom style digitizer on the thing like the Galaxy Note while you're at it, please, so we can accurately poke at hilariously tiny controls and icons on the screen. I don't care if doing so makes the damn phone
Am I the only one who's noticed that our culture has seemingly started to revolve around SMS and Twitter yet somehow at the exact same time everybody started dropping keyboards off of phones? What's the deal with that?
I think it's a conspiracy. (Okay, okay, so the only 'conspiracy' is copycattingthe buttonless design popularized with -- but not invented by -- the iPhone. But still.)
Show some cojones! Have the courage to do something different for a change. I'd love a phone with a billion and three pixels available on the display, but I'd also like a phone that I can actually type on, select things, draw on it, etc. with all those pixels. If all you're doing is tapping and sliding and swiping and poking ineffectually at a million-pixel-wide but only physically 2-inches-across virtual keyboard the damn thing may as well be 320x240.
Zero latency is impossible due to both the speed of sound in air and the speed of light (which indirectly governs the speed of information-conveyance by electrons over a wire. For the sake of being pedantic, the actual electrons travel along the wire at a relatively slow speed).
Imperceptible latency is impossible with anything besides analog modulation schemes like FM, or uncompressed PCM. By the very definition of stream and block compression, you have to buffer SOMETHING.
That doesn't mean there's no room
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The shares of Microsoft should help sustain its value.
The shares of Microsoft should help sustain its value.
Microsoft is considerably down, too. [google.com] And with the Yahoo deal, both profit and cash on hand would plummit as well. [thestreet.com]
I suggest sticking with insurence and drug companies.
We hope.
They're dead. This is old news.
Leave SCO alone right now! I mean it! Anyone that has a problem with them you deal with me, because them is not well right now.
Utah's local tech industry had a bit of a boom during 2005-2007 (I lived there up until early 2007), so it's not like they didn't have a choice.
If an employee stuck with them for this long, pity is going to be kind of hard to come by, IMHO.
I'm looking forward to the liquidation auction of the SCO assets. I'd like to put in a bid for Darl's ego but I'm afraid the shipping costs would be a fortune.
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_10-K [wikipedia.org]):All they have left is ten thoudand bucks? Dammit Jim, I'm a nerd, not a banker!
We have filed a post-effective amendment to a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which has been declared effective, covering the potential resale by two of our stockholders of up to 923,019 shares of common stock, or 4.3% of our outstanding common stock. The selling stockholders are bound by certain selling limitations, which limit the number of shares of our common stock that may be sold at one time.
We have this story every freaking quarter (and I post the same comment every freaking quarter): 10K's are always written that way, stuffing any imaginable disaster into the text to ward off liability.
For heaven's sake, nerds, if you don't believe me, at least believe Neal Stephenson's lengthy explanation in Cryptonomicon!
That trial restarts in April, by which time the SCOundrels will have probably burned through as much money as possible just for spite.
The trial will not restart in April because the SCOundrels will file for Chapter 7 protection the day before it starts. But you're right that they will give as much of the remaining cash as possible to their cronies before that date, because they will lose control of the company after it.
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