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The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Review
Third person shooter, Action, Adventure
Single Player, Online
Amazing Graphics, Great Single player, Online was a nice addition, No loading screens during campaign
Shooting in close quarters can be challenging.
Naughty Dog released the original Uncharted: Drakes Fortune back in 2007 and it was a big release for Naughty Dog, and the PS3. It has since sold over one million copies. Since then, they have been working on their next big title, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Uncharted 2 has sold over 3.5 million copies as stated in the February NPD.
It is just like Christmas, you have opened the case, and out pops that brand new Uncharted 2: Among Thieves disc, you let your PS3 devour the disc, and get ready to go, When you first choose your difficulty level in the campaign however, It takes a good 5 minutes to load. Once you get it going though, you really start to admire the graphics this game really has. This game has the best graphics I have ever seen on a console; they are even comparable to Crysis's graphics!
The starting scene to this game is amazing, you are not just watching a cut scene, you are playing in one, you wake up in a half destroyed train hanging over the edge of a cliff, Nate is badly injured and you have to guide him to safety, it is a much better introduction technique than seen in some video games. Rather than having to play through a boring side level, the level itself is the introduction, and what an introduction it is, they start it off like Star wars, you play through a part in the middle, and then you have to play through it again, except its much faster and there are more fighting scenes.
Uncharted's game play mechanic is a much more refined version of Uncharted: Drakes fortune, the climbing, combat and puzzles all just seem to flow and work together much better, the climbing isn't as finicky, and there are some parts in the game where I had to ask a friend what exactly I had to do, that is the level of difficulty and determination Naughty Dog put into this masterpiece. As I pointed out earlier, the combat is good, but a little bit tricky in close quarters, the movement is heavy, and
This can restrict your ability to kill an enemy in time, this can translate into you dying quite often if you are playing on Crushing difficulty, thankfully, the game has fairly good checkpoints, and will never save in a bad location.
The campaign in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves takes you all over the world from the mountains of Nepal, to the lush jungles of Borneo on your fight to stop the main villain Zoran Lazarevic from gaining ultimate power by getting access to the Cintamani stone, it is said in the game that rulers like Genghis Khan only had a sliver of the Cintamani stone, and even he had great power. The Campaign is about 10 hours long, and will have you on the edge of your seat the whole time. It also has lots of replay value, because of the many trophies, and treasures you can collect.
Once you beat the campaign, you should definitely head over to the multiplayer, the online in this game is intense, and is noteworthy, Naughty Dog could sell this game for the single player alone, but adding online is frosting on the cake. It has a ranking system, and instead of earning experience, you gain cash, you can also have 2 Perks, and may choose your favourite villain and hero to use for each game.
This game looks and feels absolutely awesome, from the time you put the disc in, until the time you take the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves disc out, your jaw will be on the floor the graphics are that good. The graphics from the cut scenes to the actual gameplay do not change at all, creating an amazing cinematic feel to this game. All of the Cut scenes from this game were acted by the voice actors and it all blends very well. I hope that someday, graphics like these will be the standard set for video games.
As mentioned in the last paragraph, all of the voice actors did the acting, and it turns out really well, this game has sound almost as good as the graphics. The soundtrack in Uncharted was done very well with many of the scores being done by Greg Edmonson, the sound greatly affects the game, and it makes it very powerful.


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Fancy a haircut and colour for $35? A soothing massage at a day spa for $45? How about a case of wine for $29? Or perhaps a three-course dinner worth $150 for just $30? It sounds like a pretty good bargain, especially in these cash-strapped times.
These are just some of the deals offered by the retail phenomena sweeping Australia - group buying. A few years ago group buying wouldn't mean much to the average punter but now Groupon, Scoopon, LivingSocial, Spreets, Cudo, OurDeal,Ouffer, and Jump On It are the major players offering group buying vouchers that give consumers products and services that are heavily discounted.
Group buying: Who runs the show and how does it work?
Products and services are offered by retailers at significantly reduced prices, usually on the condition that a minimum of buyers make the purchase. Most group buying sites offer a deal of the day, with the deal kicking in once a certain number of people agree to buy it.
Customers print off a voucher that allows them to claim their discount with whoever is supplying it. It should be win-win. The customer gets a big discount and the retailer gets a bunch of new customers and hopefully repeat business down the track. And of course the group buying site negotiates a percentage of the sale price to boot.
It's a concept that has been a hit if the numbers are anything to go by. A recent forecast revealed group buying in Australia will grow to a $400 million industry by the end of 2011. In the US, Groupon, the big daddy of all group buying companies, recently listed publicly on the market for more than $12 billion.
Group buying: Saving money and bagging bargains
For the savvy bargain shopper group buying can be an Aladdin's cave of temptation arriving in your inbox every day, with offers ranging from weekends getaways, spa and massage services, hair and beauty treatments, as well as actual products such as cupcakes, wine and even shoes.
It's "first in, best dressed" as the emails (and the websites) urge you to snap the deal ASAP before it's gone forever as most deals are only on offer for a day or two. For bargain hunter Sarah, group buying sites are her first port of call when shopping. She says she's snapped up everything from great meals for next to nothing, heavily discounted wine and even six months of beauty treatments for just $99.
Group buying: Pitfalls and reading the fine print
Yet for every good experience there is a rapidly rising tide of complaints, from restaurants that never answer the phone, to hairdressers that continually tell you that they are booked out, to flip flops that, despite being ordered months ago, are unlikely to arrive before the end of summer if at all.
Another problem is the difficulty some consumers have had when they attempt to contact the buying site in question if there are problems - if they can find contact details in the first place that is. In fact, there have been so many complaints that recently the Australian Direct Marketing Association has developed a code of practice to help better protect consumers.
As the sites are put under the spotlight, we have our fingers crossed that the experiences become more positive and we can all benefit from the power of the group buy.
Group buying: 7 essential tips before you buy
1. Check that the company you are using is signed up to the new buying code of practice.
2. Do your research before you agree to buy. Check that the item or service isn't available elsewhere for a similar price – a quick internet search should tell you. The group deal may not be quite the bargain it first seems, especially if it comes with a heap of restrictions.
3. Read the fine print, if it's a service or experience check the times you are able to book. A cruise that's only available on Tuesday mornings might not really be that much of a bargain, nor is the haircut you need right now that via a group discount could see you waiting for eight weeks.
4. Who is providing the service? As a rule if it's a large, well-known company or establishment, they should have the capacity to deal with the increased demand. For smaller places – buyer beware. Can a single spray tan salon with just two rooms really provide 400 spray tans deals in two months without going into meltdown? Do an internet search on the company in question, look for reviews or find their phone number and make some enquiries.
5. Not all services are safe. Plenty of sites advertise laser hair removal, laser skin treatments and even Botox and injectables for heavily discounted prices. These are dangerous treatments in the wrong hands; you should always get a full consultation in person before agreeing to go ahead. There's no point buying six months of laser hair removal treatments if you are not a suitable candidate for it in the first place.
6. If you find the temptation of endless offers pouring into your inbox too much and you've blown your budget and maxed your credit cards, set up a separate email account and check it only when you want. Or unsubscribe to the daily emails and visit a site such as allthedeals.com.au which collates deals from most major group buying companies.
7. If you do have a problem, put the details in writing and know that, in many cases, you should be entitled to a full refund. If you have no success with the company in question, contact the Fair Trading or Consumer Affairs department in your state for further assistance and advice.

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French, Advanced course
French, Advanced course
Learn French – the brain-friendly way
Use the advanced course to improve and to perfect your current language skills. If you have already done the basic course, you will very quickly reach a professional level of proficiency. Previous knowledge is very quickly reactivated. If your current knowledge of a language permits you to ask for directions or to book a hotel room, then this course is ideally suited to you. Including the basic course, this will give you an active vocabulary of around 2,200 everyday words.
You can find more about vocabulary and learning technique here.
Topics of Advanced course:
Taking orders in a restaurant, Alfred Korzybski and language as a map of reality, general semantics as well as linguistics, variations of a language, misconceptions due to linguistic diversification, history of language, adjectives and adverbs as a fascinating aspect of language, slave trade and its relevance for language.
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Benj Edwards at The Atlantic just published this beautiful piece about a man's quest to rebuild Prodigy, the ancient web service dead since 1999. As the net has grown and changed, no doubt you've lost a favorite site or two. Say you've got a genie and all your other wishes fulfilled. Which website do you revive?
If you're over, say, 25 years old, you've probably got a whole list of long-dead (or just really heavily neglected) sites that you'd love to see working again. Maybe it's your old Geocities page, the one with the dancing baby GIF and a list of your best friends' initials from the eighth-grade lunch table. Maybe it's a defunct forum where you wrote a really well-thought-out takedown of someone's political ranting that totally should've gotten more attention.
Maybe it's the free webhosting site where, in the summer of 2003, you posted a bunch of grainy digital photos from a road trip you took with your friends, the first time anybody's parents would let them hop in a line of cars with a bunch of other unsupervised teens and patch out for the water park. Maybe you're feeling nostalgic, because it's summertime and that smell in the air always takes you back. Maybe there's a dull, aching thought in the back of your mind that makes you wish for one more glimpse at mix CDs long tossed in a landfill; first cars long ago wrecked, sold, or crushed; friends that are gone.
That's mine. What's yours?


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Summit Up 12-9-12: Rock-hard and salty
Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that's wondering how long the food in our vending machine has been in there.
How fresh could those Doritos be? Especially when we've noted the same, old bag teetering between the metal clamp for months now.
It's a faint memory at best, but we lost a dollar in the attempt to taste its stale saltiness eons ago – our unperfectly, absurdly wrinkled bill was accepted then rejected. Accepted, then rejected… Accepted… you get the point. Finally the darn machine took the bill and then the bag of chips became stuck on the rickety, old metal arm. What agony!
But for the better, we say! Our vending machine is geological – as in, the food is so old that it's petrified. A salted nutroll that we ate last month was hard as a rock. We almost broke a tooth on it!
We were so frustrated and infuriated with the monstrosity that truly, it took us a good 20 minutes to calm down before we threw the rest of the disgraceful candy bar in the trash.
So there it is, we've given up on the convenience of the vending machine and the food within, that no doubt dates back to the days of M. John Fayhee at the Summit Up World Headquarters.
There's no plan for the snack foods and little thought lingering on the expiration dates ticking like time bombs in the break room, so if you don't mind eating geological food dating back to the Mesozoic era then by all means, the food supply is abundant! We out.
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I designed this quilt at the same time as 'Through the Arched Window', when I was playing with variations on my beach scene designs, looking for a suitable one to turn into the pattern.
I have now made five of these (click on the links to see them: Seaside, Breakfast on the Beach, Footsteps, Through the Arched Window and this one) since my first Beach quilt which was made using 2in squares and some small foundation-pieced sections. I find good sand fabrics hardest to come by, and deliberately designed this quilt without a beach section.
I off-set the rising sun, and marked portions of the water foundations where I wanted lighter fabrics, to represent the sun reflecting on the water.
In hindsight, I didn't pull this off too well (I needed more fabrics, narrower and more horizontal strips, and more contrast to achieve the look I wanted) but managed to give some of the effect with the quilting - this area of the water was quilted with yellow thread, in wavy lines ending on points while the rest of the water was quilted with blue and aqua threads, in curvy lines and swirls.
I quilted the sky in a cloud pattern using some super-fine (100wt) Wonderfil thread I bought at AMQF. It's a little darker than I had really wanted, but is beautifully fine. I did have breakage issues with it, too, but I will blame the backing rather than the thread for now. I really didn't want to go with an even bigger needle for that; on most things I would have used a 60 or 70 needle with such fine thread, and the 80 was leaving big enough holes already!
My new challenge is a variation on the theme. I have always loved snow and snowflakes (funnily enough, I don't actually like the beach!), and have a substantial collection of snowflake prints. Now I have started collecting snowy scenes etc, with the plan of making some snow-scene quilts.
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Long considered sacred by the Apache and Mimbres tribes of southern New Mexico, the natural, mineral rich water of Riverbend Hot Springs has been relaxing and rejuvenating warriors and peace-seekers alike, for centuries. Now we bring you these legendary waters from our gorgeous riverside locale in the historic downtown district of Truth or Consequences (formerly Hot Springs, NM).
Come soak by the hour or fully retreat and stay the night. In order to maintain a meditative, zen-like ambiance, we limit groups and can not host children under 12 years of age. Pool areas are Whisper Zones and our springs closing hours are Silent Hours to help you unwind in blissful peace. Our views of Turtleback Mountain and the Rio Grande river, as well as its abundant wildlife, are gloriously unmatched. Whether it's a romantic getaway or a quiet, healing retreat you seek, Riverbend Hot Springs is your enchanting refuge from the daily stresses of life.
We were recently featured in New Mexico Magazine, Trailer Life Magazine, and AAA New Mexico Journey Magazine. Follow us on our Blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, ReverbNation, TripAdvisor, and Yelp pages too!
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Feinstein, Durbin ask Obama to halt Guantánamo forced-feedings
Two leading Democratic senators on Wednesday asked President Barack Obama to order the Pentagon to stop routinely force-feeding hunger strikers at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo and adopt a model that feeds out of medical necessity, like in the federal prison system.
The letter by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who toured the detention center last month, and Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin directly challenged a U.S. military claim that the so-called "enteral feedings" at the remote prison in Cuba were both humane and modeled after the federal Bureau of Prisons.
The senators invoked a judge's ruling Monday that called Guantánamo's forced feedings "a painful, humiliating, and degrading process."
Prison commanders have defended Guantánamo's policy of hunger-strike management through forced feeding as a system designed to deny captives the ability to starve in U.S. custody.
Rather than wait until a hunger striker is seriously ill, Navy medical staff use a calculus of weight lost and meals missed to decide when to recommend a feeding to the prison camps commander. The commander, who is not a physician, then orders Army guards to walk a shackled captive to a restraint chair where a Navy nurse snakes a tube up his nose, down the back of his throat and into his stomach.
This is done up to twice a day, for up to two hours each time, to pump a can of Ensure into the captive's stomach.
As of Wednesday, the military said, 106 detainees were on hunger strike — and 45 of the captives were designated for the feedings. Not all get the tube treatment each time, said Navy Capt. Robert Durand, because rather than undergo it some captives drink the nutritional supplement.
The senators letter asked Obama "to direct the Department of Defense to stop conducting such large-scale force-feedings and, where force-feeding is medically necessary to save a detainee's life, to observe the protections required at U.S. Bureau of Prisons facilities. It is our understanding that the U.S. federal prison guidelines for force-feedings include several safeguards and oversight mechanisms that are not in place at Guantánamo Bay."
A Defense official said Wednesday, there was currently no Pentagon consideration of changing Guantánamo's hunger strike management strategy. "Until we are ordered to do so, there is no discussion on revisiting the policy," said a Defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss policy.
Last month, Feinstein challenged the policy in a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. "Hunger strikes are a long known form of non-violent protest aimed at bringing attention to a cause," she said, "rather than an attempt at suicide."
Wednesday's letter from Durbin and Feinstein didn't fault the troops at Guantánamo but U.S. policy that left captives in long-term legal limbo.
U.S. forces in Cuba "are doing an excellent job under difficult circumstances," they wrote. But, "they are being asked to carry out an unsustainable policy of indefinite detention because Congress and the Executive Branch have failed to resolve this problem."
At the prison, Army Lt. Col. Samuel House, a spokesman, said the combined guard and medical force had managed to carry out all forced feedings overnight after sunset and before dawn because it's Ramadan, when Muslims shun food and drink during daylight hours for a month of prayer and reflection.


text: Exmocare's released emotion-monitoring watches before, but this BT2 model seems to be directed at the service industry, meaning that bosses can use these wristbands to monitor their employee's emotional states. The control panel (screenshot after the jump) displays a summary of each person's heart rate, location, body temperature and skin moisture levels reported by an individual's device. If you thought your boss didn't know when you were looking at porn while you were supposed to be working, well, think again. And in our case, the watches would probably break from overuse, thanks to our constant state of arousal. [Exmocare via io9]


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Before I joined the JLL team in March 2015, I worked in the regional Corporate Real Estate Services department of a leading multinational bank. For the 8 years I headed the department, I was on the "customer" end of industry service providers that included JLL.
I articulated the property needs of the business teams in the bank to third party service providers who would work with us to create solutions. Many times our expectations would be tempered by market realities.
Key example of the gap between realities and expections:
My region participated in a network wide initiative to dispose of non-core property assets. The timelines on the project were 30-60 days between execution of the letter of offer and closing of the transaction. In Kenya, the reality is that, even in a perfect scenario, you would expect a sale transaction to run for a minimum of 90 days from execution of the letter of offer to the close of the sale. We had to adjust the project timelines in Kenya and vary some of the standard sale procedures and documentation to try and facilitate faster closing of the transactions. I used my technical expertise to translate the facts and figures to the business teams, but I often found that the inflexibility of some aspects of the market wasn't easily appreciated by my primary customer, stakeholders in the Bank.
Fast forward to today and my role servicing customers, especially global corporates, brings to light a new reality. Features taken as the "norm" in the Kenyan property market which were previously dealt with by adjusting expectations aren't easily accepted by global corporates who are often quick to point out comparisons with other markets. It falls on us the third party advisor to not only try and implement best international practice locally, but to also craft alternative solutions for our clients. For a more permanent solution, the real estate industry has been lobbying to change the legal framework that governs landlord and tenant relationships in Kenya. This process has been painstakingly slow with few notable gains.
Below is a list that provides a view on some of the issues that have come up when dealing with tenants in the Kenyan market.
- The law on commercial leases is set out in a 1965 legislation with a broad definition of controlled tenancies and a strong bias which favours controlled tenants. On account of this legislation, Landlords are unwilling to give any concessions to commercial Tenants that would see them become controlled tenants*, for instance:
- having a terminination clause in a commercial lease leads to a controlled tenancy.
- any commercial lease for less than 5 years creates a controlled tenancy. Most commercial leases have a minimum term of 5 years and 1 month.
- Sub-letting/assigning -in Kenya, sub-letting is not generally allowed in commercial leases, unless they are long-term leases (at least 21 years). In most instances the consent of the Landlord is required before the tenant can sub-let the premises.
- Termination, by notice– termination by notice is not typically permitted or provided in the leases. This in essence is because it would create terms shorter than 5 years which would result in a controlled tenancy. Where tenants may require the option to terminate/exit a lease, we have market practise options that we use to guide our clients.
- Currency – leases are largely local currency denominated with some developers having a preference for USD$ denominated leases .The USD$ denominated eases are largely as a result of developers funding their projects on USD$ funding/loans. I note that the currency of lease is at this point not legislated.
This list is not exhaustive on the issues, but it provides a view on some of the issues that have arisen consistently in the last 11 months.
Thankfully, by leveraging on our local market knowledge and our global network expertise, we continue to provide bespoke solutions to our clients.
*Controlled Tenants: The principal reason Landlords do not wish to create controlled tenants is that the Landlord/Tenant relationship is in several respects not the typical market driven relationship but one governed by the legislation with a Business Rent tribunal oversight. The tribunal is bureaucratic and often inefficient.


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Mariusz Pudzianowski
Paul Anderson
H. Razazadeh
Bill Kazmaier
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Kaz won two IPF powerlifting titles back when the IPF was pretty much the only fed that the strongest powerlifters competed in. He also only competed in 2 IPF worlds, he would have won several more had he continued with powerlifting. From 1980-82 he dominated WSM by such a wide margin that the owner of WSM (David Webster) did not invite him to participate again until 1988. He wanted a more competitive WSM figuring it would attract more viewers if the competition was closer. Webster was a Scot and was rumored to have wanted to see British Geoff Capes win the WSM, something Capes never would have done had he continued to compete against Kaz. The WSM was invite only at the time. Kaz was also the first man to bench press 660 in competition and was rumored to do triples with that weight in the gym before tearing his pec. Had he focused on powerlifting he would have easily attained a 900 plus raw deadlift and squat. Dorian Yates has also been quoted as saying Kaz was by far the strongest person he has ever seen when DY observed him at Temple gym back in the day. When it came to explosive strength events Kaz dominated everyone, the only events he could be beaten in were the endurance events. A man with the amount of fast twitch muscle fiber that Kaz had would be very hard to beat in any lift, especially if he had taken the time to perfect his form.
There was a man called Maximinus Thrax, who was a Roman Emperor from 235 to 238 AD. His father was a Goth and mother was an Alan. Wikipedia says he was over 8' tall. This is not correct, the Romans weighed him at 500 lbs., but there is no record of them measuring his height. At that weight, he was probably around 7'8". He participated in many strong man contests before becoming emperor. And participated in Greco-Roman wrestling. Super heavyweight class no doubt. LOL At his size and weight, with training he probably could easily win the present World's Strongest Man contest. He led the Roman army in battle for 3 years. But his soldiers were tired of the constant battles and killed him in his sleep when he was around age 62.
i would say Samson. honorable mention, Paul Anderson because he was natty


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On Tuesday, Canucks GM Mike Gillis did an interview with Hockey Central, ostensibly to talk about the Canucks' new 10-year deal with Sportsnet, which hosts the show. Unsurprisingly, the discussion soon turned to Vancouver's goaltenders, with the bulk of the focus falling on Luongo, who has been a staple in trade rumours for most of the last year.
Buyout for Bobby Lou?
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Doug MacLean, the former general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets, asked Gillis to confirm that he had no plans to use a compliance buyout on Luongo. Both MacLean and Gillis agreed that buying out Luongo was a terrible idea, and Gillis expressed wonderment that the concept had any traction at all in the media:
A lot of the things that get said are so unrealistic, and I don't know where they come from. Maybe it's social media now, some guy in his mother's basement has the same voice as mainstream media guys, but who knows? A lot of the stuff that's out there, it's just absurd.
The "guy in his mother's basement" comment is likely a reference to bloggers, as it has often been used pejoratively as a generalization for new media. It's a silly phrase that tars a broad and diverse group of individuals, but perhaps it's understandable – the Canucks goaltending situation has been a subject of incredible scrutiny over the last few years at all levels of the media, and it would be extremely surprising if the organization wasn't occasionally frustrated by the coverage.
In this particular case, it isn't hard to find bloggers speculating confidently that the Canucks would choose to buyout Luongo (though at this site, Thomas Drance scoffed at the notion in early January). Take for example this quote from a December post on The Canuck Way, a Canucks blog affiliated with the FanSided network (Fansided is a group of 230 blogs, and is well-regarded enough to have a partnership with Sports Illustrated):
Holding onto Luongo could create a distraction for the team as it has gotten to a point where everybody knows his tenure as a Canuck is over. If he is not traded prior to the start of the season, it would be clear they are setting up for a buyout in the summer.
On the other hand, neither is it difficult to find members of the mainstream media indulging in identical speculation. Five days after the post quoted above, the Ottawa Sun's Bruce Garrioch wrote a piece listing candidates for an amnesty buyout with the following quote:
Roberto Luongo, goalie, Vancouver Canucks: He is signed through 2021-22 with a cap hit of $5.3 million. If the Canucks aren't able to deal him to Florida or Toronto, he'll definitely be sent packing.
It wasn't just national writers who spoke of Luongo as a "buyout candidate," local reporters like Iain Macintyre of the Vancouver Sun discussed the possibility in early January as well.
But perhaps Gillis isn't wrong to blame bloggers and users of social media – or at least the shift toward new media – for the speculation. It's a fascinating time in the evolution of media coverage, as the internet affords new voices an opportunity they never would have had before. More than that, though, it has democratized the way sports is covered: average fans commonly interact not only with bloggers, but with beat writers and even players.
In hockey, the democratization of coverage has led to an ever-increasing focus on trade rumours. Few things are more exciting for a fan than the possibility of a big move, and feeding that interest hasn't solely been the domain of the anonymous charlatans that spread rumours by the truckload. Even mainstream media organizations go where the money is – and much of the time the interest (and therefore the money) is in stories about trades and possible trades, signings and buyouts. Certainly this site has covered the Luongo trade-saga from just about every angle imaginable.
So there's always going to be a frenzy of interest when a situation like the one in Vancouver arises, and the media – both new and mainstream – is going to tweet and talk and write about it a lot. With such volume, there are bound to be exceptional pieces of analysis or reporting, but there are also bound to be the "absurd" stories that bother Gillis.
It's not ideal for a team that would like the story to die down, but it's healthy. And while the Canucks may not particularly like the distraction, the reality is that the increased attention is good for both the team and the league.
(For more on this wide-ranging interview with Mike Gillis, check out Thomas Drance's post from Tuesday)
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CCTV footage of hooded man in station Photo: NSW Police CCTV vision shows a car driving along Bardo Circuit in Revesby Heights about the time Mahmoud Hamzy was shot dead. Photo: Police Media
Police have released CCTV vision detailing the moments before the shooting death of Mahmoud Hamzy in Sydney's south-west last October and possible vision of one of the gunmen afterwards.
The vision from October 29 shows three people getting out of a white Nissan Tida on Bardo Circuit in Revesby Heights before they are seen creeping along the street in dark hooded jumpers and pants.
The three then run into a driveway and out of sight of the camera, which is installed in another home.
Police say that, at that point, a number of people were sitting in a garage at the end of the driveway, including Mr Hamzy, 25, and a 24-year-old man who was later treated for serious gunshot wounds to his leg and stomach.
"The three gunman have fired bullets at the people inside the garage; two of them have been hit," a NSW Police pokesman said.
The vision shows a fourth person driving the car down Bardo Circuit before the three gunman jump back in.
"The three gunman then run out of the garage and have got into the car and the CCTV depicts what appears to be a gun being fired from the car, like a passing shot back towards the garage," the spokesman said.
Emergency services were called about 12.30am.
Both injured men were taken to Liverpool Hospital where Mr Hamzy was pronounced dead.
Shortly before 1am, CCTV shows a person walking into a deserted Hurstville railway station wearing a dark hooded jumper and tracksuit pants, white shoes and carrying a small plastic bag.
NSW Police say they believe this person can help with inquiries and that "they may be one of the people involved in the shooting".
Commander of the Homicide Squad, Detective Superintendent Mick Willing, said members of the public had already provided some important information to detectives from Strike Force Roxana, which was formed to investigate the case.
"We want to thank the community for the support they have provided on this case to date, and ask them to contact us again – either via the anonymous Operation Talon phone and SMS lines or through Crime Stoppers," Detective Superintendent Willing said.
"The community play a crucial role in helping us investigate serious crimes and we need their continued assistance to ensure we track down the people responsible for this cold-blooded murder."
The Nissan Tida was found burnt out in Jamison Park in Penrith a few hours after the shooting, and investigators have also have two firearms that have been forensically linked to the incident.
A third gun is yet to be recovered.
Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers (1800 333 000), the anonymous Operation Talon phone (1800 802 980) or SMS (0448 990 101).
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Lebanese authorities tie attacks on mosques to pro-Assad political party
Lebanese military prosecutors this week charged seven men linked to a political party with strong ties to the Syrian government's intelligence services in a double car bombing in August that killed scores of worshippers as they left two mosques known for supporting the Syrian rebellion.
In issuing the arrest warrants, a military court judge also linked the men, all residents of a pro-Syrian neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli, to a mysterious Syrian intelligence official who's said to have directed the attack.
Judge Saqr Saqr charged the men with organizing and directing the Aug. 23 car bombing of two Tripoli mosques just as the best-attended prayer service was ending. At least 57 people were killed.
All seven men have personal or family ties to a pro-Syrian political party, the Arab Democratic Party, authorities said. The party dominates life in the central Tripoli neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen, whose residents are predominantly Alawites, the branch of Islam followed by Syrian President Bashar Assad and much of the Syrian regime's military and political elite.
Although Jabal Mohsen and the nearby Bab al Tabbeneh neighborhood, which is dominated by Sunni Muslims, are the scene of sectarian militia clashes, many Lebanese saw the mosque bombings as a response to two earlier car bombings in Hezbollah-dominated neighborhoods of southern Beirut, where support for the Syrian regime is strong. The Aug. 15 bombings, which killed more than 20 people and wounded hundreds, shocked much of Lebanon for having penetrated the militant Islamist group's legendary security apparatus.
Only three of the men charged are in custody. The arrest of one suspect last Friday sparked a confrontation between the Lebanese military and gunmen suspected of belonging to the Arab Democratic Party. Two soldiers were wounded.
Rifat Eid, the party's head, didn't respond to requests for comment from McClatchy, but in an interview Tuesday night with the Beirut Daily Star newspaper, he denied that the accused men were guilty and said that only one of them belonged to his party. He warned Lebanese authorities not to try to arrest any more suspects.
"Today, I advise the (Police) Intelligence Branch not to enter Jabal Mohsen because the second time will not be as easy as the first," he told The Daily Star.
A Lebanese security official, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media, told McClatchy the men were involved either directly with the Arab Democratic Party or had family members in important positions in the party.
"They're all Jabal Mohsen guys," he said, using a pejorative Arabic term for underemployed young men common to militia activity. "It's not a big place up there."
Local news outlets identified the Syrian military intelligence officer reportedly involved as Capt. Mohammed Ali. It wasn't clear whether he'd been detained.
That a major politician would threaten the government's security forces to warn them not to arrest multiple suspects in a mass murder is another example of the deterioration of Lebanon's politics and security as the Syrian civil war approaches its third anniversary.
The political and sectarian agreements that keep Lebanon operating despite being one of the most religiously and politically divided countries in the region have come under tremendous pressure as much of the country takes sides in the Syrian conflict. When Hezbollah, a movement of Shiite Muslims, acknowledged that it had sent troops to Syria to fight for Assad, it said that one reason was Sunni support for the rebellion in Syria.
Since Hezbollah's announcement that it had fighters in Syria, militant Sunni groups in Lebanon have threatened it, as have Syrian rebels. For the first time since Lebanon's own civil war ended in 1990, attacks on Shiite areas by rival factions have taken place regularly.
Much of the country expects more violence, which was borne out Monday night, when the Lebanese military, acting on a tip from Hezbollah, intercepted a car rigged with explosives, according to the security official and local news reports. Hezbollah arrested the driver.


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Coyotes Promote Bernhardt to Director of Amateur Scoutingby Staff Writer / Arizona Coyotes
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
GLENDALE ARIZONA --- Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have promoted Tim Bernhardt to Director of Amateur Scouting. Bernhardt, along with Maloney, will oversee the Coyotes Draft at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft in Philadelphia on Friday, June 27 and Saturday, June 28. The Coyotes currently own the 12th overall selection in the 2014 NHL Draft. The Coyotes also announced today that Jeff Twohey has been promoted to Assistant Director of Amateur Scouting.
"We are pleased Tim has agreed to become the leader of our amateur scouting staff," said Maloney. "He brings experience and a proven track record. In addition, with Jeff Twohey rejoining our amateur scouting staff, we believe we have become a much stronger organization."
Bernhardt joined the Dallas Stars as an amateur scout in 1993 and was named Director of Amateur Scouting in 1998. He left the Stars in 2011 after 18 years in the organization. He was the Stars' Director of Amateur Scouting for 14 years. Bernhardt, a native of Sarnia, Ontario, was a key player in the Dallas Stars organization and was responsible for drafting players such as Steve Ott (2000), Mike Smith (2001), Jussi Jokinen (2001), Trevor Daley (2002), Loui Eriksson (2003), James Neal (2005), Matt Niskanen (2005) and Jamie Benn (2007).
"I am very excited about this opportunity," said Bernhardt. "I look forward to working with Don Maloney and his staff to help the Coyotes achieve their goals."
Prior to his scouting career, the 56-year-old Bernhardt played 67 games in the NHL as a goaltender with the Calgary Flames and the Toronto Maple Leafs. In total, Bernhardt played 12 seasons of professional hockey in the NHL, AHL and CHL.
The 53-year-old Twohey recently re-joined the Coyotes after serving two seasons as the General Manager of the Oshawa Generals (OHL). Prior to that, Twohey worked 30 years (1980-2010) with the Peterborough Petes (OHL) where he served as the General Manager for 17 seasons and led the team to two OHL titles (1996 and 2006).
Before he was the General Manager for the Petes, Twohey, a native of Lindsay, Ontario, served as an assistant general manager and assistant coach for Peterborough, helping the team win four OHL Championships in 1989, 1993, 1996 and 2006. Twohey also worked 10 seasons as an amateur scout for the Dallas Stars and previously served as an amateur scout for the Coyotes from 2010-2012.
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A Whimsical, Watercolor Wedding at the Bonnet Island Estate in Manahawkin, New Jersey
Alexandra (Ali) Venables (25 and works in medical sales) and Joshua (Josh) Gray (26 and a business consultant) steered clear of traditional nautical décor for their beach wedding, opting to outfit their elegant waterfront day in shades of pink and ivory and whimsical touches.
The envelopes for the letterpress invitation suite featured custom floral watercolor liners and were addressed with matching calligraphy. "The custom envelope liners were really my inspiration for the whole day," Ali says of the blush and berry hues that were included in the design.
To ensure she felt comfortable and still looked like herself, Ali did her own hair in loose curls.
Each bridesmaid wore a different blush dress. "They all looked beautiful together," Ali says.
A number of hand-painted signs and directional items were used to point guests toward the ceremony and reception areas. The signature drink sign showcased original illustrations of the Moscow Mule and Hollywood cocktails. The sign now hangs behind the couple's home bar.
For her duties as flower girl, Ali's niece wore a crown of fresh greenery and an ivory dress with a heart cutout in the back.
Hand-painted elements were used throughout the day, including the custom illustration of the ceremony chapel on the menu cards. "Have the day reflect you, have fun and when the day finally comes, enjoy every single moment because it's over in a blink of an eye," Ali says.
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USA: First Data Comes on Great Lakes Wind
The first direct measurement of wind over the Great Lakes at the height of commercial turbines comes from a six-ton buoy loaded with scientific equipment. The buoy was deployed at three locations in the lake: two points near the Muskegon shoreline and about 35 miles off shore.
The project was led by Grand Valley State University's Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center and funded primarily by the US Department of Energy and the Michigan Public Service Commission.
To analyze the data streaming from the buoy, the Grand Valley State researchers called upon Guy Meadows, formerly of the University of Michigan and now the director of Great Lakes initiatives for the Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Technological University.
"We've been carrying on that analysis at the Michigan Tech Research Institute," Meadows said. "It's very complex."
The buoy shoots three laser beams up into the air that sense wind speed and direction. They take measurements 1,000 times a second at six elevations, from 20 meters to 175 meters above the water. The data are averaged at one-second intervals and stored on the buoy. Then every 10 minutes, it sends a report out via a cell or satellite connection.
The buoy is solar and wind powered and has a backup diesel generator. It can run fully automated for almost a year.
"This is really quite an instrument," Meadows said, "and the results have been very interesting."
"In particular, winds measured close to the shoreline were very turbulent, because of the presence of land. But the farther the buoy was from shore, the more the fluctuations were reduced."
That's important for wind generation, because the less turbulence, the more efficient the wind turbine and the less stress placed on its support structure. But that doesn't necessarily mean new wind farms will sprout up tomorrow.
"The Great Lakes in general are very wind rich, second only to the Pacific Northwest," Meadows said. "The question is, how do you capture that energy in an environmentally conscious way? And from an engineering standpoint, how do design equipment that will capture it and survive our most severe weather? These are big challenges."
The next phase of this research aims to answer those questions. Michigan Tech and Grand Valley State are seeking funding from the US Department of Energy for the initial engineering and design of floating turbine technology. Energetx Composites LLC, a wind turbine blade manufacturer based in southwestern Michigan, is among the partners in the project.
The idea is to design wind turbines and advanced floating platforms that could be installed miles out in the lake, a location that offers two advantages: it's so far from shore that it should have little or no environmental impact on the coastal zone, and the wind out there is wonderful for power generation.
"We want to know, 'Does it make sense to harvest this from all perspectives?'" Meadows said. "Michigan Tech's role will be as provider of unbiased data."
Whatever the outcome, the scientific implications go well beyond evaluating the feasibility of commercial wind development.
"The Great Lakes behave just as the oceans do, but with one major difference: we drink the water," Meadows said. "The buoy gives us a tremendous ability to forecast winds and weather, which means we would be much better at telling cities when they need to shut down water intakes because of pollutants."
And with better wind measurements also come better wave and current prediction, important for navigating not just Lake Michigan, but all the Great Lakes.
"This has been so successful that Michigan Tech is leading an effort to acquire a second buoy for Lake Superior," Meadows said. If anything, the results should be even more promising than in Lake Michigan, he added. "Throughout the Great Lakes the wind speed increases as we move farther north."
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Giuliana Rancic Returns to E! News After Double Mastectomy [VIDEO]
E! News correspondent Giuliana Rancic, who bravely went public with her recent breast cancer diagnosis and decision to undergo a double mastectomy, was back on set Tuesday.
Although she didn't want to rush her recovery, she was clearly anxious to return to her hosting duties — only two weeks after having surgery — but said it felt "great" to be back.
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Day 5 of Ride The Rockies sacks two mountain passes en route to Breckenridge
BRECKENRIDGE — Under a cloudless sky and with temperatures in the mid- to upper 40s, Day 5 of the 29th annual Ride The Rockies bicycle tour departed Avon on Thursday morning for a 74-mile journey over one iconic bridge and two mountain passes to Breckenridge.
The route opened with 16 miles of climbing — this tour's watchword — through Minturn along the Eagle River, over Battle Mountain and across Red Cliff Bridge. Next, the registered 2,000 cyclists gained approximately 1,675 feet of elevation over a dozen miles to reach the summit of Tennessee Pass while passing the Camp Hale site, where the legendary 10th Mountain Division trained during World War II.


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Hi, recently I started a course at University in programming.
The chosen language was Java which I have no experience in.
Though I do have some basic knowledge of C++.
One of the most basic programs we are asked to write is the standard
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This is quite easily accomplished in both languages.
I decided I would try and extend myself into not only posting to the I/O stream but reading from it.
Though this seems remarkably more difficult in Java then it is in C++. With some googling however I came up with the following code.
import java.io.*; public class GetUserInput { public static void main (String[] args) { System.out.print("Enter your name and press Enter: "); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); String name = null; try { name = br.readLine(); } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("Error!"); System.exit(1); } System.out.println("Hello, " + name); } }
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One of the programs which I have learned to write in C++ is a program which reads the stream and wraps what is written in Asterisk , is pulls the size of the input and then adds as many asterisk as needed to surround the word in a frame.
// ask for a person's name, and generate a framed greeting #include <iostream> #include <string> int main() { std::cout << "Please enter your first name: "; std::string name; std::cin >> name; // build the message that we intend to write const std::string greeting = "Hello, " + name + "!"; // build the second and fourth lines of the output const std::string spaces(greeting.size(), ' '); const std::string second = "* " + spaces + " *"; // build the first and fifth lines of the output const std::string first(second.size(), '*'); // write it all std::cout << std::endl; std::cout << first << std::endl; std::cout << second << std::endl; std::cout << "* " << greeting << " *" << std::endl; std::cout << second << std::endl; std::cout << first << std::endl; return 0; }
The program would then run like.
So, is there anyway easier way to mirror the function of std::cout and std::cin in java?
And what function is needed to create new strings then get the size of the string and rather than outputting it as an int. Using that size to post asterisks in a box around the outputted text.
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Oscar will let the stars sing — even Russell will crow
James Bond fans might still be lamenting the news that there will be no reunion of the seven actors who have played the secret agent onscreen during a 007 tribute on Sunday's Oscar show.
But movie musical mavens are likely singing a happier tune knowing that many of the big names behind the past decade's revival of the genre will perform during the broadcast.
Besides a reunion of the cast of 2002's best-picture winner Chicago — Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere and Queen Latifah, along with such special guests stars as Daniel Radcliffe and Channing Tatum — the current nominee, Les Miserables, will be represented by acting nominees Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway as well as Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit, Amanda Seyfried and Helena Bonham Carter.
Alas, Russell Crowe will have a chance to avenge his oft-bashed vocalizing as Javert on live TV.
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Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet announced Thursday that Frisco-based Advocates for Victims of Sexual Assault has received a $508,000 loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Rural Development. The funds will be used to buy a new site for an emergency shelter that can accommodate between 15 and 18 victims at a time.
"Organizations like Advocates for Victims of Sexual Assault make our communities safer and stronger by supporting survivors of sexual assault," Bennet said in a release. "This new permanent emergency shelter will give victims in Summit County a place to find help and begin the healing process."
"This loan will provide us with a much nicer and larger shelter to better serve the needs of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault here in Summit County," said Amy Jackson, executive director of Advocates for Victims of Sexual Assault. "In the past, we've had to make do with what we've been able to piece together with rental properties. The USDA loan will allow us to purchase our own shelter, which is a huge and exciting endeavor for our organization."
For more than three decades, Advocates for Victims of Sexual Assault has supported victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trauma. It opened its first safe house in 1996 for women and children seeking refuge from battering and abuse. It also provides safe housing to men in local hotels.
Last month, Bennet joined his Senate colleagues to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which advances efforts to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking through a combination of victim services and prevention and education programs. VAWA contained Bennet's SAFER Act that will help reduce the backlog of rape kits by helping state and local governments conduct audits of rape kits in law enforcement storage facilities by increasing available funds for crime labs to process those kits. The bill was signed into law earlier this month.
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The line of 1/2 inch impact sockets, like the 3/8 inch line, is used primarily for automotive maintenance and general mechanical work. They can handle higher torques and require more work space, with wider application ranges. Socket hex size: 3/8 inch - 1 1/2 inch. Torque applications for sockets, handles, and accessories: 1,100 - 5,000 in-lbs. Any URREA product which has not been altered, misused, or abuse, and fails during its normal useful life, will be replaced or repaired at no charge.
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by Robert J. Avrech In 1939, Joan Fontaine, twenty-one years old, was slowly making her way up the Hollywood ladder. MGM signed Fontaine to play a small part in the high profile production The Women, directed by George Cukor, starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell and Paulette Goddard. For [Read More]
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WAG's Jazz on the Rooftop Goes Country
There's no campfire on the WAG's rooftop sculpture garden but Red Moon Road will make you think there is. Inspired by the lake, campfires, outdoor living, and kitchen party jams, this down-home, acoustic folk and roots band will wind up the WAG's 34th Jazz on the Rooftop concert series on Thursday, August 25. Doors open at 6pm, with the concert starting at 7:30. Tickets are $21 for WAG members and $25 for non-members, and allow free Gallery admission the day of the concert. There is also a cash bar and an optional dinner by Storm Restaurant for $20. Tickets are available in person at the WAG or through their website at wag.ca.
Red Moon Road is a Winnipeg-based, touring songwriters' collective. The band is driven by the reckless abandon and disarming beauty of vocalist Erin Propp, the songwriting of power-house multi-instrumentalist Daniel Jordan, and the sweet harmonies and banjo/mandolin playing of Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner.
With a powerful and honest live delivery, the band has been winning hearts and fans at festivals (Trout Forest, Fire N' Water, Harvest Moon), house concerts, and venues (Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club, West End Cultural Centre) throughout Manitoba and Ontario since its 2010 inception.
"Red Moon Road is comprised of a very talented group of musicians that have emerged from Winnipeg's remarkable roots music scene. They are sure to find success both at home and on the road throughout Canada. Highly recommended". John Scoles, President/Janitor of the Times Change(D) High and Lonesome Club, Winnipeg Manitoba.
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DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored 3:27 into overtime after P.A. Parenteau tied the game late in regulation, helping the Colorado Avalanche rally for a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night and a 3-2 lead in the first-round series.
MacKinnon poked the puck past Darcy Kuemper's glove with two defenders all over him. The rookie also had two assists.
Parenteau scored with 1:14 left after Avalanche coach Patrick Roy pulled goaltender Semyon Varlamov with 2:22 remaining. The strategy worked out yet again.
The series switches back to Minnesota for Game 6 on Monday.
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Due to its unique micro-pyramidal optic (MPO+), LIGHT FIELDS evolution always fascinates users on account of best possible glare control and perfect, brilliant lighting quality. Even at high luminous flux, luminance is consistently reduced, providing pleasantly distributed light even at steep radiation angles. This means that LIGHT FIELDS evolution can easily be used directly above task areas with flat tablet PCs as well as above vertical displays. A major benefit for the creative design of rooms: the luminaires can be positioned in the room completely flexibly and independently of the task area. Available with various different wattages, the luminaire also performs a wide range of lighting tasks without any problem. The smooth surface of the MPO+ ensures that it can be easily cleaned and prevents the accumulation of dust.
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These Building Information Modeling (BIM) objects allow users to choose firestopping solutions from cast-in place devices. Available via the company's website at www.us.hilti.com/BIM or on Autodesk Seek at www.seek.autodesk.com, the objects require minimal storage space and are supported by more than 1,000 field resources in North America, according to the company. To simplify the process, users can choose between Revit and Autocad files.
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It's HERE!!!
Join me this month on my tour with Great Escapes Book Tours!
I'm celebrating the release of book #2 in my Geek Girl Mysteries series and there will be PRIZES!
It's been three months since Jake Archer rolled into town, accused Mia Connors of murder and stole her heart. She hasn't heard from him since. So when a man collapses at the fall Renaissance Faire, she's surprised to see the US marshal arrive on scene. And shocked when he points the finger at her—again. Mia would sooner be able to resurrect the poor fellow than poison him.
Jake Archer's career has been rising fast, but it's about to come to a crashing halt. The Ren-Faire victim was in protective custody—Jake's custody—and they were painfully close to nabbing a major crime boss. If Jake doesn't solve the murder soon, he'll be fetching donuts instead of protecting his nation. A difficult enough task without the alluring Mia Connors in the way.
Working with Jake to catch the killer might push Mia into crazy-cat-lady territory. But with a murderer on the loose—and Mia's reputation on the line—they'll have to work fast to find the killer before the killer finds them.
Book two of the Geek Girl Mysteries
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Parade around this Mardi Gras-themed pool area where King Neptune sits astride a giant sea serpent. Scale "Scales," as he's affectionately known, and slide down his tongue for a splash landing. Jazz-loving gators and clamshell water features add more poolside panache while a hot tub and the nearby Mardi Grogs pool bar let the good times roll.
Learn more about recreation at Disney's Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter.
Sip on a hurricane as you groove to the smooth sounds of a one-man jazz band on select evenings.
Clip-clop up and down the scenic Sassagoula River in a carriage seating up to 4 adults. Fee applies.
Make your vacation more unforgettable with a personalized in-room celebration—featuring gifts, treats and décor.
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge will be included during Extra Magic Hours at Disney's Hollywood Studios for Guests of Disney Resort hotels. From September 1 to November 2, 2019, the Extra Magic Hours benefit is being offered every morning at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Valid theme park admission and Resort ID required.
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- Page 1 Sony NEX-6 Review
- Page 2 Design and Performance Review
- Page 3 Image Quality – ISO Tests Review
- Page 4 Image Quality – Real World Tests Review
- Page 5 Image Quality Summary and Verdict Review
- Operational speed
- Large and bright viewfinder
- Tiltable LCD screen
- Fast write times
- Inconsistent white balance under artificial light
- Recessed buttons can be fiddly
Key Specifications
- Review Price: £820.00
- 16.1MP APS-C CMOS sensor
- 1080/50p Full HD video capture
- 2.44m-dot OLED EVF / 3in, 921k-dot LCD screen
- Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity
Having entered the compact system market in 2010 with the (long discontinued) NEX-3 and NEX-5, Sony has spent the past couple of years refining its NEX range with a new model appearing roughly every six months. During the same period Sony has also ceased to manufacture traditional DSLRs in favour of its Single-Lens Translucent (SLT) range of fixed mirror interchangeable-lens cameras. More recently Sony has finally entered the advanced compact market with the launch of the RX100 – it's certainly been an interesting couple of years for the company, with plenty of innovation on show.
The NEX-6 is the latest model to grace Sony's compact system camera range and neatly slots in between the flagship NEX-7 and the more consumer focused NEX-5R. Taking elements from both models, the NEX-6 shares the high-resolution electronic viewfinder of its more expensive sibling and combines it with the Wi-Fi functionality of the NEX-5R to produce a mid-range compact system camera that looks to have plenty to offer.
That said, the compact system market is stronger than ever and the NEX-6 certainly has its work cut out if it wants to stand out from the crowd. With competing models such as the Olympus OM-D E-5, Panasonic Lumix G5, Nikon V2 and the much cheaper Samsung NX11 all vying for position within the same segment of the CSC market, can the NEX-6 rise above the competition? Let's take a closer look and find out.
Sony NEX-6: Features
Whereas the NEX-7 employs a 24.3MP sensor, the NEX 6 houses the same 16.1MP APS-C CMOS sensor that is found in other current NEX models, including the NEX-5R/5N and NEX-F3. Still images can be captured in either JPEG or lossless Raw (.ARW) format with a maximum resolution of 4912 x 3264 pixels when used at full resolution in the default 3:2 aspect. You can, of course, lower the resolution if required (say, for example, when shooting non-critical photos destined solely for web use) and the NEX-6 also offers an alternative 16:9 aspect should you want to shoot widescreen images.
Working alongside the CMOS sensor is Sony's latest generation of Bionz image processor that allows the NEX-6 to reach a maximum continuous shooting speed of 10fps as well as facilitating video recording at a maximum quality setting of 1080/50p Full HD. Sensitivity ranges between ISO 100-25,600 which is pretty standard for a camera of this type and price.
In keeping with other NEX models the NEX-6 eschews internal sensor-shift anti-blur technology in favour of the company's proprietary SteadyShot stabilisation that's built in to most of the E-mount lenses designed specifically for use with the NEX series. Thankfully, the new E-PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS power zoom that's supplied as a kit option with the NEX-6 benefits from the inclusion of SteadyShot technology too, which will help to ensure sharper pictures at slower shutter speeds and longer focal lengths. One useful practical feature of the new PZ (Power Zoom) lens we rather like is that users can opt to control the focal length manually via a zoom control ring on the end of the lens barrel. This ring actually serves two purposes, as it's also used to control focus when the camera is being used in MF mode.
Exposure options offered by the NEX-6 include Program, Aperture-priority, Shutter-priority and full Manual modes for the enthusiast, neatly complemented by an Intelligent Auto scene recognition mode and a Superior Auto mode that can automatically shoot and then blend multiple exposures to improve results in tricky lighting conditions. Rounding things off are a selection of individually selectable Scene modes and Sony's excellent Sweep Panorama ultra-wideangle capture mode.
As with most high-end Sony cameras released in the past couple of years the NEX-6 features an extensive range of options for high definition video recording including the choice to record in either the HDTV-friendly AVCHD format or the more computer friendly MP4 format. Disappointingly though, the NEX-6 lacks an external microphone input, which means that the camera's built-in stereo microphones remain the only way of recording audio – a potential problem when recording video in quiet settings where operation of the power zoom or of the camera's physical controls could be inadvertently picked up.
In terms of connectivity the NEX-6 comes with USB and HDMI outputs, however a much bigger selling point is the camera's built-in wireless functionality, which largely renders the need for cables unnecessary – at least should you be trying to connect to a smartphone or tablet. You will, however, need to install the PlayMemories Mobile app on your device first though.
The camera's Wi-Fi functionality is further enhanced by access to Sony's recently launched PlayMemories 'app' service that allows you to download apps to the camera to further its abilities. At present there are only a handful of these apps on offer and they're not all free either, however Sony promises that to make more available in the coming months. One existing app that many may well find useful is the Direct Upload app that allows you to upload your images straight to Facebook or to Sony's PlayMemories cloud servers. Again, Sony promises that more social networking options will be made available in the coming months.
Turning to the back of the camera, you'll find a 3in, 921k-dot LCD screen and while this lacks the NEX-5R's touchscreen functionality and vari-angle flexibility, it's nonetheless pin-sharp and can at least be tilted up or down to assist with shooting from extreme angles. Should you prefer to hold the NEX-6 at eye level then the good news is that the 2.4million-dot OLED electronic viewfinder it 'borrows' from the NEX-7 is one of the best examples of its kind on any digital camera presently on the market.
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This project must target a Unix platform and execute properly on our Unix apache server.
The project must be written in C, C++, or Java.
If using C or C++, you must use a Unix fork to create child processes and a Unix pipe for communication.
If using Java, you must use the Runtime exec method to create child processes and use streams for communication.
Any other method requires instructor approval.
Problem Overview
The purpose is to demonstrate a reduction in elapsed time by dividing a problem between two child processes running in parallel versus a single child process. To magnify the difference, a slow O(N^3) algorithm will be used to find the maximum subsequence sum of a list. In this case, a list half as large should take around 1/8 as long to process. So, the approach will be to measure the time using one process working on the entire list, versus two processes each working on half the list and demonstrate the time reduction.
Because the maximum subsequence sum could span across the two lists, the center-spanning sum must also be found by the parent process, but this is done in O(N) time so it will not noticeably affect the overall results.
The user will provide a filename containing data to process and how many processes should be used (1 or 2) as command-line inputs. The program will read the data from the file into a list. The list is then divided among the number of child processes. Each child process will use the maximum subsequence sum algorithm to process its portion and write the result to a separate pipe (or stream in Java). The parent will read from the pipes (streams) to get the results. The parent will then compute the center-spanning sum (in the two-child case) and print the maximum subsequence sum to the screen.
Other Details
The data file will contain integer data, one integer per line. It will be a Unix file, with only a newline at the end of each line. The data file provided is an example. Your program should support files as large as 500 numbers.
The filename and number of child processes to create must be command line arguments where the first argument is the filename and the second argument is the number of processes.
To get the running time, follow the examples posted in eLearning. The elapsed time should exclude the time to read the input file.
The maximum subsequence sum code can be found at: http://users.cis.fiu.edu/~weiss/dsaa...axSumTest.java
Can anyone please help me and let me know how i start doing this program.
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Saturday February 23 2008 10:00:00 AM
Session's Rate:
Wind direction: Offshore
Wind Strength: Light
Nb waves ridden: 12
Length of the surf session: 90 min
Surfboard ridden: 6'8"
Weather and water temp: Air: 9°C Water: 12°C
Waves height: 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft
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I first went to Lacanau but when I arrived: the swell was already too big to surf. Long lines crashed all on the outside banks.....
So I decided to go to Le Gurp. And it was a good decision: the swell was really easy to surf. Waves were around 1,5 m not too powerful , sometimes at 2m. It was easy to paddle outside. And the waes were hollow but not too fast: I caught 3 tubes ! At the end, the tide wa too low. It was time to came back home.
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For centuries, people have been coming to the shores of the Dead Sea in search of a new life for their skin. Bathing in the revitalizing, mineral-rich waters of this unique salt lake, one emerges with a sense of renewed energy and vitality. The effect seems almost mystical but indeed…
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Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon – Hamburg, Germany
This event offers a number of competitions for athletes to choose from: The sprint distance (0.5km/22km/5km), the Olympic distance (1.5km/40km/10km), or the relay, which athletes can do with friends, family, or colleagues. The spectacular and highlight-packed course through Hamburg leads athletes through the city center along Alster, Elbchaussee and Rathausmarkt.
We recommend that you have a look at the official website regularly in the next months so you don't miss out on any important information. We will also be updating the site with training and race tips that will help you reach a new peak.


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Obama, Mexico's leader link trade to immigration
President Barack Obama won the strong support of Mexico's new president Thursday to control the flow of migrants and strengthen border security, measures that may give momentum to a pending overhaul of U.S. immigration laws before Congress.
Obama and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pena Nieto, set a common goal of making North America "the most dynamic and competitive region in the world," and portrayed controls on migration as vital for sustained joint economic growth.
"Our success is shared," Obama said at a joint press conference with Pena Nieto hours after he set off on a three-day trip that also will take him to Costa Rica Friday. "When one of us prospers, both of us prosper," Obama said.
On other issues, Obama pledged to fight on for gun control legislation despite a defeat in Congress last month and said he is "comfortable" with a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to allow 15-year-old girls to obtain emergency contraception over the counter. On Syria, he said his administration would "look at all options," including providing lethal aid to the opposition, with the goal that "every step we take advances the day when (Syrian President Bashar) Assad is gone."
And in a move to bolster Central American nations embattled by heavily armed drug gangs, Mexico and the United States also agreed to harness some programs on issues such as economic growth, disaster management, and governance and rule of law in the region.
Meeting in the ornate National Palace, Obama and Pena Nieto said they had focused heavily on economic and trade issues in afternoon talks.
Matters of public security and cooperation in fighting organized crime, which dominated U.S.-Mexico relations for the past half decade, took a secondary role at the behest of Pena Nieto, who since coming to office five months ago has vowed a different approach on security issues even as he capitalizes on a new image of his nation as a rising economic power.
The two nations agreed to hold regular high-level economic talks. Vice President Joe Biden will lead the U.S. side in the first round later this year, while the Mexican side will contain all Cabinet-level secretaries involved in trade, finance and development.
Pena Nieto emphasized that the vigor of the economy of Mexico, which is the No. 2 market for U.S. exports after Canada, has a direct bearing on U.S. workers.
"When Mexico has greater economic growth and the capacity to export more, it has an impact on the development of the United States," he said.
Trade between the two countries totals about $1.4 billion a day, directly or indirectly supporting six million jobs in the U.S.
Pena Nieto said his government would work with U.S. authorities to strengthen security along the 1,960-mile border.
"We have the aim of building more secure borders that facilitate and ease the transit both of persons and goods," Pena Nieto said.
"Our shared border," Obama added, "is more secure than it's been in years."
Obama and Pena Nieto met later Thursday at Los Pinos, the Mexican version of the White House, for a working dinner.
Pena Nieto, who took office five months ago and brought the once monolithic Institutional Revolutionary Party back to power after 12 years, has voiced eagerness to shift ties with the United States away from an overwhelming emphasis on fighting crime.
Capturing the changed mood in the country, former Mexican ambassador to Washington Arturo Sarukhan tweeted that Obama's visit "will help (the) narrative of Mexico as a big economy with a security challenge instead of a big security challenge with an economy."
Yet the return of the PRI, as the ruling party is called here, has caused some unease in Washington as Mexico has reshuffled its public security apparatus and ended a practice of allowing U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies to interact directly with their Mexican counterparts. Now, those U.S. agencies must go through a single gatekeeper, the powerful Interior Secretariat.
"When he arrived in power, Enrique Pena Nieto took away the 'all access' badge. The United States misses the era of (former President Felipe) Calderon," Carlos Loret de Mola, a prominent newspaper columnist, wrote Thursday in El Universal.
White House officials downplayed frictions over security, saying it is natural that Pena Nieto would want to evaluate how U.S. cooperation is implemented.
Obama said he expected "strong cooperation" with Mexico on security matters, and that a reorientation by Pena Nieto's government toward reducing violence affecting Mexicans is one that he supports.
But Obama warned against letting security matters overshadow other aspects "of the largest and most dynamic relationship of any two countries on Earth." He hailed Pena Nieto for launching sweeping reforms in education, telecommunications and other areas.
"He tackling big issues, and that's what the times demand," Obama said.