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In 1984 he created his Lattice paper mixed media series of prints which are represented in the National Gallery's collection. To create this series Shields used highly unorthodox practices: he designed 11 different paper varieties—two of which featured window–like openings, and six of which were lattice shaped—created nine different printing elements, and used at least four different printing methods. Each work consists of three layers of paper, glued, stitched or tied together after printing.
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New rumor, the police won't be able to get Hernandez on obstruction because NE's TEs don't block anything.
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First he killed a guy, then he destroyed evidence, this is not funny.
Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentations of their women.
Come on flip, there are perfect people in the world. They will not see the humor in this post. They will also let you know about it.
It's no different than after the NASA Challenger explosion, asking what color the astronauts' eyes were? They were blue. One blew this way, the other blew the other way. People with blue eyes died that day...tragic.
The more taboo the topic, the funnier it is sometimes. It's possible to laugh and feel bad about something simultaneously. At least that seems to blend well in my head.
Guys, my contribution was a Hernandez Haiku! just wasn't too good...let me try again...
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As prices rise, many countries must spend larger portions of their budgets on essential resources from abroad, often forgoing expenditures on health, education, infrastructure or other productive capacity building. People find it more difficult to make ends meet. The socio-economic impact of ecological overshoot, including climate change, disproportionately affects the most vulnerable.
Rising commodity prices have increased the import bills of many countries. For example, the FAO estimates that sub-Saharan African countries' food import bill has increased to U.S. $39.6 billion in 2011, a nearly 30 percent increase from the previous year. In 2012, the IEA estimated that the world's total oil import bill was heading toward a record U.S. $2 trillion
The increasing import bills will be a particular challenge for poor countries that are net food and fuel importers. Indeed, the total cost of food and fuel imports in 20 low-income countries is already greater than total exports. Increasing prices for essential food and fuel imports in these and other low-income countries will necessarily translate into reducing expenditure in other areas such as basic infrastructure investments.
Even as many low-income countries pay more to import more, or as they consume more of their natural capital, they are still unable to meet domestic demand. While these countries' total Footprint is growing, the average per person Footprint is declining—evidence that the most vulnerable are getting a smaller share of essential resources.
This further demonstrates how adverse socio-economic impacts of ecological deficits are overwhelmingly borne by the world's most vulnerable populations. Another is the effects of climate change, widely acknowledged to be particularly severe for low-income countries. The World Bank estimates that the consequences of a global warming of 2° C, which is now seen as almost unavoidable, will cause a 4–5 percent permanent reduction in annual incomes in Africa and South Asia.
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In short: Brilliant race!In full: Completed this as my first marathon. Really good organisation, frequent water stations, lovely scenic course and friendly runners. If only all events could be run like this.Date of review: August 12, 2013
In short: Mud, and more mud.Date of review: December 29, 2012
In short: Hard work, but a lovely downhill finishIn full: 3rd time I've done this race and once again, thoroughly enjoyable. Friendly crowd and encouraging marshals. Haven't enjoyed a race this much for ages!Date of review: August 29, 2011
In short: Challenging but fun!In full: Organisation good, lots of hills, not too muddy, and good cake selection at the end. Not for the faint hearted though and no chance of a PB.Date of review: April 2, 2010
In short: Muddy but funIn full: Huge hill to start with, then the puddles began...good fun for my first off-road race. Thank you to a fellow runner who pulled me out of the muddiest section when I fell over!Date of review: August 27, 2008
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For those (most of us) who aren't accustomed to recreating outdoors au naturel, the thought of running unclothed might sound painful or embarrassing. "Many bare-buns participants have never been naked in front of 100 people, so stripping down and racing takes a lot of guts," says Ron Horn, director of the Bouncing Buns 7K Clothing Optional Trail Run in Sunny Rest Resort just north of Allentown, Pennsylvania. His race drew upwards of 100 runners in only its second year.
With nude events spanning the United States, the only excuses for not partaking are the ones in your head. Sue and Gary Butts (no joke!), directors of the North Carolina-based B.A.R.E (Butts-A'Runnin Race Enterprises) series, which boasts eight clothing-optional events from South Carolina to Vermont, have seen participation in their eight events double since 1999.
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Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said that it had released to manufacturing (RTM) its Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" operating system for smartphones. The company's partners among makers of handsets and operators may now begin to tailor the OS for their devices and services. The world's largest developer of software hopes that the new operating system will help it to finally strengthen its positions on the market of smartphones.
"The Windows Phone development team officially signed off on the release to manufacturing (RTM) build of "Mango" – the latest version of the Windows Phone operating system. This marks the point in the development process where we hand code to our handset and mobile operator partners to optimize Mango for their specific phone and network configurations," said Terry Myerson, a spokesman for Microsoft.
The "Mango" release will be available for free to Windows Phone 7 customers and will come pre-installed on new Windows Phones.
Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" will deliver more than 500 new features, including app multitasking, Internet Explorer 9 with HTML5 support and hardware acceleration, deeper social network integration, built-in voice-to-text and text-to-voice support and so on.
The new update to Microsoft's mobile operating system means a lot for Microsoft as it badly needs to improve its positions on the booming market of smartphones. At present Microsoft Windows Phone platform is believed to command from 2% to 4% of the smartphone market, down the its share a year ago. Nonetheless, the amount of applications designed for the operating system has increased to 20 thousand, according to Microsoft.
Last year the software giant imposed strict guidelines for smartphones powered by Windows Phone 7 operating systems. Manufacturers have to install certain processors, certain amount of memory and flash as well as use screens with no less than 480*800 resolution. As a result of such demands from Microsoft, there are no truly affordable Windows Phone 7-based handsets at the moment.
This year the company plans to finally let manufacturers release Windows Phone-based smartphones in different form-factors, including those with QWERTY keyboards. Among the manufacturers that plan to launch their Windows Phone "Mango"-based smartphones this fall are Acer, Fujitsu, HTC, Samsung, ZTE and, perhaps, Nokia, if the latter and Microsoft are lucky enough. In fact, the success of Windows Phone "Mango" will determine the future of Nokia in general.


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Meat isn't the only thing that tastes great on the grill, veggies are even tastier from the grill. Marinate chopped or halved veggies ahead of time in a favorite marinade or vinaigrette and depending on the size, either place directly on the grill or thread on bamboo skewers and cook to desired doneness.
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Instructions: Cover the potatoes with a couple of inches of salted water in a large pan. Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat until the potatoes are tender enough to pierce easily at the center but still completely hold their shape. The cooking time will vary with the size of the potatoes. Drain, then return to the pan and turn the heat back on to medium for 1 minute. Remove from the heat, and then cover with a doubled clean dishtowel and the pan lid. Let sit for about 5 minutes while the towel absorbs the potatoes' steam.
Fire up the grill to medium heat.
Place potatoes on a baking sheet and, while warm, lightly squash each with the heel of your hand or a meat pounder. The potatoes should split apart at both their ends and show cracks throughout, but mostly still hold together. Spray potatoes thoroughly with oil, then sprinkle with paprika and salt to taste.
Place potatoes on the grill and cook for several minutes on each side as needed to crisp and brown a few edges. Arrange in a serving bowl, top with chives, and serve hot. Serves 6.
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2 zucchini, about 6 ounces each, cut lengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices
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2 tablespoons flavorful extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon finely minced fresh rosemary or sage leaves, optional (do not substitute dried)
Instructions: Fire up the grill, bringing the temperature to medium. Spray the onion and zucchini with oil spray. Sprinkle them with salt. If you wish, skewer the onion slices on soaked bamboo skewers to hold them together as they cook. Grill the vegetables, about 10 to 12 minutes for the zucchini and 12 to 15 minutes for the onion, turning so that each faces the fire twice on each side. After grilling and when vegetables are cool enough to handle, cut veggies into neat small dice. Meanwhile, cook the orzo in salted water according to the package directions. When done, toss with the grilled vegetables, extra-virgin oil, and if you wish, fresh herbs. Serve warm. Serves 6 to 8.
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Grilled Apple Slices with Brown Sugar Butter
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
4 large baking apples, such as Rome Beauty
Instructions: Fire up the grill, bringing the temperature to medium. On the edge of the grill, melt the butter with the brown sugar in a small saucepan.
Peel, core, and slice the apples, cutting each into 1-inch thick wedges. Thread the apples onto thin metal skewers. Brush the apples with about half of the butter. Grill the apples uncovered over medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes, until tender, turning to cook on all sides. In the last couple few minutes, brush again with butter. Slide apples from skewers and serve warm as a side dish or light dessert. Serves 6 or more.
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Matt has the inside line and tremendous knowledge on a lot of pizza things mixers,dough, ovens.... Hence a beautiful new restaurant, A great value to this forum for sure ! With that said send me the info on these ovens and sizes available .John
bill, you should be very proud of that first bake. It really looks amazing! Do me a favor and if you can, try to let us know the final weight of this oven. Im glad you weighed the trailer before you started building the oven, as we can get a nice accurate number here. The reason I ask is that I have been about to pull the trigger on one of terry's ovens myself, but I have been hesitant because I really want to put it partially inside my house. My plan has been to be able to build a support for about half of the oven weight on the outside of the house, so im really only going to be putting about 1/2 the weight on my foundation. Still, I have been nervous that it will weigh too much once its all done. Getting that final weight will certainly help me with my planning.
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Gulfstream announces its biggest jet
Ending protracted speculation about how it would address the aging fuselage cross section of its large-cabin business jets, Gulfstream Aerospace last month unveiled the G650. The model will topple the G550 from its perch as the biggest Gulfstream business jet when it enters service in the first half of 2012. (At least initially, however, the G650 will not replace the G550.)
Compared with its predecessor, the G650 will have a longer, taller and wider cabin with lower cabin altitude, a larger baggage compartment, a larger main entry door and new cabin windows that dwarf even the already impressive portholes that have distinguished Gulfstreams ever since the GI turboprop made its debut.
Contrary to much pre-launch speculation, the new Gulfstream retains the metal primary construction of its forebears, although metal bonding will be used in place of rivets in the fuselage. Composites will play the secondary role they have already filled in the G500/550.
Performance targets include a 7,000-nautical-mile range at Mach 0.85 and 5,000 nautical miles at Mach 0.90. Top speed of Mach 0.925 will displace, by 3.31 knots, the Mach 0.92 Cessna Citation X from its title as world's fastest business jet. With the G650, Gulfstream intends to regain its right to claim "biggest, farthest, fastest" among dedicated business airplanes (as opposed to converted airliners). The company has committed to the project without launch customers and will start taking orders in mid-April.
Gulfstream has worked hard to distance the G650 from the "tubular-er" feel that attended each stretch of the original cross section. The new cross section has four radii, with a flattened lower portion to provide more room inside while minimizing what aerodynamicists call "wetted area"-the amount of structure around which the air has to flow while the airplane is in flight.
At a project briefing recently, journalists were invited to sit inside the cabin mockup. Recalling a couple of intercontinental trips in the existing large-cabin Gulfstreams, I can attest to the Savannah manufacturer's success in greatly improving the spaciousness of the breed with the G650's cabin. The added width and bigger windows alone make a significant difference.
Underscoring the clean-sheet origins of this project, the G650 will be certified under an all-new type certificate. The last time Gulfstream (then Grumman) tackled an all-new certification program was for the GII in the 1960s; every Gulfstream large-cabin jet since, through the G550, has been certified on the basis of the GII.
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The Mathematical Sciences Department had eleven majors graduate on April 27, 2003. Nine of the eleven students graduated with honors and five graduated Summa Cum Laude. Two of the graduates, David Brubaker and Christopher Noll, received the coveted Cords of Distinction honor awarded to ten students in the graduating class of 2003. The graduates were:
Jesse Blosser (Mathematics, Secondary Education Licensure): Jesse will student teach this fall and is interested in graduate studies.
Benjamin Browand (Mathematics; Minors: Camping, Recreation & Outdoor Ministry and Physics): Ben plans to travel the US/Canada/Mexico by motorcycle this summer with his grandfather.
David Brubaker (Computer Science & Mathematics — Honors Program): David is planning to spend a year with the voluntary service program of the Mennonite Church before pursuing graduate studies.
Kevin Burnett (Computer Science & Spanish, Minor: Mathematics — Honors Program): Kevin is planning to spend a year in Africa with MCC.
Welby Lehman (Mathematics; Minor: Art): Welby will be in VS short term and is interested in being involved in some aspect of environmentally friendly housing.
Christopher Noll (Mathematics, Secondary Education Licensure; Minor: Theater — Honors Program): Christopher will be teaching Mathematics locally at Turner Ashby High School.
Adam Nolley (Computer Science — Honors Program): Adam has been working in the Information Systems Department at EMU since graduating in December.
Drew Roynon (Mathematics & History): Drew will be back at EMU in the fall completing his double major.
Timothy Shoemaker (Computer Science; Minors: Mathematics & Psychology): Tim will be staying at home in Harrisonburg and is job hunting.
Gregory Sachs (Computer Science & Mathematics — Honors Program): Greg is getting married and then spending about 6 months traveling in Europe; his long range goal is to work in the area of hardware design.
Kristy Janae Waltner (Mathematics): Kristy is working at a camp this summer and then perhaps voluntary service in the fall and eventually maybe teach in middle school.
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Three EMU Mathematics Teams Participate in the 19th Annual International Mathematical Contest in Modeling
The 2003 MCM began at 8:01 PM. on Thursday, February 6, and officially ended at 8:00 PM. on Monday, February 10, 2003. During this extended weekend the following teams spent long intensive hours on an open-ended problem. Each team reserved a room in the Suter Science Center for their headquarters. Pizza, music and even sleeping bags carried them through the long hours. A total of 638 teams from institutions worldwide participated.
Team #603: Jesse Blosser (Mathematics Education), Erik Frankenfield (Pre-engineering), and Weldon Miller (Mathematics); and Team #608: Zachary Kurtz (Mathematics), Lydia Ramer (Mathematics Education), and Gregory Sachs (Mathematics and Computer Science) worked on a discrete mathematics problem. The problem dealt with the use of a Gamma Knife in the treatment of tumor cells in brain tissue. Teams were asked to design a model to provide the fewest and most direct doses in order to treat the tumor without going outside the target tumor itself.
Team #605 consisted of Laura Hershberger (Mathematics), Joshua Leland (Pre-engineering), and Clinton Miller (Pre-engineering). They worked on a continuous mathematics problem in which teams were asked to determine the size, location, and number of cardboard boxes needed to cushion a stunt person's fall using different combined weight's (stunt person and motorcycle) and different jump heights.
All three of the teams received the rating of Successful Participant.
EMU has had a total of twelve teams that have participated in the MCM beginning in 1994. Stop by and visit the display on our departmental bulletin board outside the physics lab.
— John L. Horst and Charles Cooley, advisors
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"Clinical Trial Design Issues in Cancer Research" was the topic discussed by Dr. Sally Hunsburger from the National Cancer Institute on February 7. The talk focused on the role of mathematics is research design.
Jesse Blosser created a very nice bulletin board display featuring the departmental faculty and student majors.
Major Field Exams:
In April, EMU had eleven seniors take the Major Field Exam in either Computer Science or Mathematics. Overall, the seven students taking the math exam averaged 167 out of 200, which placed them in the 91st percentile of all colleges and universities taking the exam. Jesse Blosser scored a 191, which placed him in the 97th percentile of all students taking the math exam. The four EMU students who took the Computer Science exam averaged 158 out of 200, which placed EMU in the 83rd percentile. Adam Nolley received the highest EMU score (169 points, 85th individual percentile). Congratulations to all students!
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Problem Corner
The Fall problem elicited many correct responses. Ellis Detwiler, Françoise Marchat, Jesse Blosser, Jeb Swartzendruber, Roy Heatwole, Blake Tanon, Aaron Trimble, Jon Byler, and Kevin Nafziger all correctly determined that 480 husbands were both taller and heavier than their wives. Congratulations to all!
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A mouse has three rooms to go into. If it goes into Room 1 it will find the cheese in 3 minutes. If it goes into Room 2 it will look for cheese for 4 minutes, won't find it, and then will go out. If it goes into Room 3 it will look for cheese
for 5 minutes, won't find it, and will go out. The mouse will not remember that it was in rooms 2 and 3 after it goes out of them, and it will continue going in and out until it finds the cheese. (It can go into the same room again and again.) What is the average time for the mouse to find cheese?
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Editors' Choice: September Blog Symposium on overcrowding at trail races
Too many runners on the trails? Photo by BigStockPhoto
Editor's Note: The original version of this piece appeared at Sometimes I Run and is our top pick among entries into the September Trail Runner Blog Symposium: "As trail running grows in popularity, how should races adapt to prevent overcrowding on the trails?"
The popularity of trail running has exploded over the past few years, and along with the increased popularity has come a larger number of overcrowding complaints. (Ironically, some of these complaints are about races that, by virtue of their storied positions in trail-running history, have themselves contributed significantly to the larger number of trail runners who want to race.)
Overcrowding is a Real Issue
It's important to understand that these overcrowding complaints aren't just coming from runners who are frustrated that they're shut out of a particular race, or who are angry that they aren't having the same types of racing experiences that they did 10 or 20 years ago.
The bigger overcrowding issue arises because complaints are also coming from other trail users, and from local residents of the areas in which these races are held.
Sure, a number of these complaints can probably be discounted as the sourpuss sentiments of folks who don't want to share "their" trails with anyone else. But a lot of the complaints are valid. All it takes for friendly land managers to become unfriendly are too many racers who aren't mindful of their empty gel packs, who don't go far enough off the trail before taking a "natural break," or who simply aren't willing to keep up good trail etiquette simply because they happen to be racing (remember … most trail races aren't "closed course").
The fact that we're talking about "our trails" doesn't change the fact that they're other people's trails, too. Like it or not, there are rules we have to follow, which means we don't always get to do whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, with however many other people we want.
Only when we frame the issue properly can we work towards a solution.
Overcrowding Matters Because Race Permits Matter
Remember that the issue is overcrowding during races. We can run on nearly all of the same trails alone or with a small group of friends any time that suits us. We can even put on unofficial "Fat Ass" events from time to time. But if we also want to be able to race in organized races, then we need to pay more attention to overcrowding and its external impacts. Simply put, running may be a well established trail use, but organized racing isn't.
In fact, the continued existence of organized trail racing doesn't depend on big money flowing in, having high-profile sponsors, or even the participation of the fastest runners. The singular thing that's absolutely, 100% required for a trail race to happen is having the proper permits.
And we'd be wrong to assume that the race organizers are always going to be able to get those permits. Increasingly frequent rejections have been happening over the past few years in other trail sports (mountain biking, most notably), and even for some regional trail running event organizers. Think it wouldn't happen for one of our marquee running events?
Do we really want to push it and find out?


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Oregon Senator Ron Wyden will be making a stop in Medford Tuesday, July 3rd, to meet with local elected officials and advocates for a roundtable discussion on the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act. Enacted in 1994, the act is credited with helping women escape domestic violence. Its renewal is currently stalled in Congress, Wyden's office says.Read More »
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a one year extension of county payments that he helped secure in the transportation agreement. Oregon 2nd District Representative Greg Walden applauded the vote.Read More »
Portland-based Nike says its 4th quarter net income fell 8 percent as restructuring charges and higher raw material costs offset price increases that helped boost its revenue. In a rare circumstance for the world's largest athletic shoe and clothing company, the results missed expectations, and Nike shares sank almost 10 percent after hours.
The operator of Oregon's first geothermal plant near Vale says it will start generating electricity this summer. In an update Wednesday to Malheur County officials, U.S. Geothermal environmental manager Scott Nichols said the first of three power plant units will start on July 6. The second will follow later in July and the third by the end of the summer.
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Our hair cover story this week is your guide to who's hot, what's not and where to get locks to love in this town. To supplement, we thought we'd embarrass our staff a little bit. Following, brave members of the Alive staff's worst – which in some cases means best – hair moments.(Click on their names to see them now.)
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Let Alyse explain. "I guess back in 1999 I didn't know how layers could make all the difference in the world. I think this may have been an extremely cheap haircut (I hope so, at least). There was a good span of time in my adolescence when my hair would curl in on one side and curl out on the other (like the picture). I think after this hair cut I gave up on short hair until a few years ago. It turns out shorter hair is better for my face shape. It just needs a good cut and style to keep it in line."
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2) Lauren said she had this cut because she didn't want to grow her hair out because she was on swim team and it would slow her down. So serious.
3) That's not a JCPenney photo studio back drop. It's Colorado.
BRAD IS A BLOND?! I ask with such disbelief because the second photo is the same haircut Brad has now.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (181 votes).
In short: I ran the first one in 1983 amd will run it whenever I can in the future 1In full: Great weather, fantastic challenging course, 3 great drink stations and a long sleeved technical T shirt, all For £11.00A bargain folks, please come back next year, it will be just as good.Date of review: September 1, 2012
In short: Good but not easy raceDate of review: September 26, 2011
In short: The best race in lincolnshire!In full: Great race, everyone should do this at least once in their lives.Date of review: September 14, 2011
In short: An enjoyable and social event for runners and spectators.Date of review: September 14, 2011
In short: Great day, great organisation, lovely environment - I need to train more!In full: This was a really good day, and I now wish I had brought the family, as it would have been a good day out for us all. The race itself was hard, but satisfying to finish. Definitely one to try to better in subsequent years (this was my first). I think the organisation was excellent, with great marshalls, good parking and a really nice atmosphere throughout. (Lincoln 10k take note - this is how to do it:)I recommend the race to anyone, though do not expect a pb! Thanks Wolds Vets.Date of review: September 13, 2011
In short: Challenging course but satisfying if good pace judgement used.Date of review: September 13, 2011
In short: The standard just gets better every year.Date of review: September 12, 2011
In short: well organised, friendly, fast results and pictures, tough but good course. will definatey be back next year.Date of review: September 12, 2011
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In short: will be back next yearDate of review: September 12, 2011
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Today, Secretary Clinton visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), after which she issued this statement:
"This is my first visit to the DMZ, to Freedom House, to the UN Armistice Headquarters. And as we were at the Observation Post looking out at what is a thin, 3-mile separation between the North and the South, it struck me that although it may be a thin line, these two places are worlds apart.
"The Republic of Korea has made extraordinary progress. It has leaders who care about the well-being of the people. It has an economy that is growing and creating jobs and opportunities. It has a commitment to common values of democracy and freedom.
"By contrast, the North has not only stagnated in isolation, but the people of the North have suffered for so many years.
"I am grateful to the men and women from the Republic of Korea, the United States of America and the multinational force, who today are standing watch for freedom and who are in a long line of those who came before over the last six decades, who have helped to protect South Korea.
"At the same time we continue to send a message to the North. There is another way. There is a way that can benefit the people of the North.
"But until they change direction, the United States stands firmly on behalf of the people and government of the Republic of Korea, where we provide a stalwart defense along with our allies and partners."
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how cool
Eric in New Mexico writes:
If Lil' Kim starts a war, does that mean we get to send China a bill like we've done to BP, since they've propped up this tin horn dictator for decades while he's starved his people?
What about dismantling the Frankenstien they've created don't they realize to be in their own national interests? When the American public all by ourselves can bankrupt them with an eternal boycott of anything made in China?
The political probabilities of just that reaction occuring as a result of allowing this war to happem through a mindset that claims to appreciate stability to the point of inaction in the face of blackmailing the UN Sec. Council via North Korea's threats to go to war over a direct and unified unmistakable condemnation...well...I hope folks understand why I ask the question.
Lil' Kim seems to think he's gotten away with murder. A "great victory" indeed.
I surely hope the Chinese foreign minister will take a deep breath, because I very much doubt that all the Yuan in China would cover the bill we send them in the aftermath.
Whatever good working realationship we've both built as nations would not survive under these circumstance.
When the odds are something hovering 'round 50/50 that 'lil Kim will do something really stupid during the upcoming excercise.
I just don't want to see China make a blind mistake here and have it cost them needlessly on 'Lil Kim's account.
'cause chickens have a way of coming home to roost.


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A methodology is developed to facilitate improved valuation and resource planning for pumped storage and conventional hydropower projects. The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) is modeled, including capacity, load and resource balance, transmission, renewable portfolios, unit cycling, commodity prices, emissions, and ancillary services. Results of this project include: (1) analysis results from a validated, large scale power and market systems model; (2) a series of scenarios analyses using multiple tools to understand and quantify the benefits of the projects to the transmission system, including the integration of other renewables; (3) a data base of current and projected cost elements for alternative pumped storage and conventional hydropower development options.


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About the Author: Alberto Rodriguez serves as a Spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan.
On November 27, 2010, nine police women graduated from a special training course that taught them how to work with victims of crime and handle the psychological and physiological damage throughout the investigation. The U.S.-sponsored training program, which occurred during the 16 Days of Activism to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence, is part of the U.S. government's broader commitment to working with the Government of Pakistan to protect women's rights.
Senior Law Enforcement Advisor for the U.S. Department of Justice in Pakistan Mr. Chuck Bennett and Superintendent of Police Head Quarters Mr. Abdul Ghaffar Qaisrani congratulated the graduates at a ceremony at the Islamabad Police Lines.
"Crime is a serious issue for all citizens, and crimes against women are a part of that problem," said Mr. Bennett. "By working collaboratively with our partners in the Islamabad Police, we are increasing the skills and effectiveness of women in the police service. This will make Pakistan a safer place for all its citizens."
The U.S. Embassy's police training program is part of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) of the United States Department of Justice, which works in collaboration with the Department of State's Narcotics Affairs Section to partner with Pakistani law enforcement agencies to develop their capacity to combat crime and terrorist threats.
Launched in 2002, the ICITAP program works with provincial and federal police to increase leadership, management, and investigative skills. Since 2002, ICITAP Pakistan has provided training to almost 13,000 Pakistani law enforcement and security personnel.


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Dreyer's Lost Passion
Today in 1928, Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer was in Paris for the premiere of The Passion of Joan of Arc. Written from actual trial transcripts, the film dramatizes the famed French teen's emotional and spiritual ordeal at the hands of church fathers through a series of close ups, mostly of the film's star Marie Falconetti. While it was Falconetti's second and last film performance, it would be remembered, as New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael wrote, as maybe "the finest performance ever recorded on film." Beloved by some, banned by the British for many years, the original film was lost when its master negative was burned in a fire (a fate not unlike that of its heroine). Despite fruitless attempts to reconstruct the original film from outtakes, Dreyer went to his grave, believing his masterpiece was lost forever. And then, miraculously, in 1981 a complete print was found in an Oslo mental institution's janitor's closet.


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I find that I like sweetener in cheaper supermarket bought English teas. I also have these with milk. But everything else I have straight.
Here I can't keep milk because our fridge isn't cold enough to keep milk fresh and also my in-laws have a habit of taking things out of the fridge and leaving them out in the tropical heat all day. So to counter this if I want to use milk and sweetener I use condensed milk. But only in supermarket bought English teas.


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text: This case study is an examination of Southern California Edison's (SCE) "SmartConnect" Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), or smart meter program, to date. The report presents key findings stemming from the Division of Ratepayer Advocate's (DRA) review of cost requests thus far. DRA supported the use of AMI to the extent that it can provide net benefits to customers as projected when approval was granted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). DRA intends for this report to alert the CPUC to the challenges of tracking AMI costs and benefits and recommends regulatory actions be taken, if necessary, to ensure AMI systems statewide provide a net benefit to customers.


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With The Beatles
November 22, 1963 Parlophone Records
Side A (LP)
1. It Won't Be Long (Lennon/McCartney)
2. All I've Got To Do (Lennon/McCartney)
3. All My Loving (Lennon/McCartney)
4. Don't Bother Me (Harrison)
5. Little Child (Lennon/McCartney)
6. Till There Was You (Wilson)
7. Please Mr. Postman (Holland)
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8. Roll Over Beethoven (Berry)
9. Hold Me Tight (Lennon/McCartney)
10. You Really Got A Hold On Me (W. Robinson)
11. I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon/McCartney)
12. Devil In Her Heart (Drapkin)
13. Not A Second Time (Lennon/McCartney)
14. Money (Berry/Gordy/Bradford)
The first pop album to sell over a million copies, With The Beatles was recorded over a three month period. While the Beatles had five years to prepare for their first album, they had only five months to prepare for their second. Whereas before, songs were written at Paul's home where the boys rehearsed, Many of the songs written for With The Beatles were written in hotel rooms or on planes or buses. Also, the Beatles began writing more personal songs, using the word 'you' in the title, to connect more with their mostly female audiences.


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Ryan's length was cut into layers and flicked on the side. Hair is parted in the middle, front layers are on either side. For a more "manly" look, beard and mustache are added. If you want to look clean, this may not be the haircut for you. However, if you want to see some change. This might work.
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Donations also gratefully | // // | GPL FAQ: http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html | // // | | // // | Donations are gratefully accepted from happy | // // | users :) See http://phpthumb.sourceforge.net | // // | | // // | If you like phpThumb(), please consider | // // | writing a review at HotScripts.com: | // // | http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/25654.html | // // | | // // | If you do use this code somewhere, send me | // // | an email and tell me how/where you used it. | // // +-----------------------------------------------+ // // /// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ============ Description: ============ phpThumb() uses the GD library to create thumbnails from images (GIF, PNG or JPEG) on the fly. The output size is configurable (can be larger or smaller than the source), and the source may be the entire image or only a portion of the original image. True color and resampling is used if GD v2.0+ is available, otherwise low-color and simple resizing is used. Source image can be a physical file on the server or can be retrieved from a database. GIFs are supported on all versions of GD even if GD does not have native GIF support thanks to the GIFutil class by Fabien Ezber. AntiHotlinking feature prevents other people from using your server to resize their thumbnails, or link to your images from another server. The cache feature reduces server load. ======== Support: ======== First, read this file. Then read phpthumb.faq.txt Then run /demo/phpThumb.demo.check.php If you still think it's a bug, or can't figure it out, please go to http://support.silisoftware.com ====== Usage: ====== Call phpThumb() just like you would a normal image. Examples:   See the "demo" link on http://phpthumb.sourceforge.net for more usage examples). Parameters that can be passed are listed below under "URL Parameters". NOTE: It's recommended you use the local image filename wherever possible (rather than http://) because performance is much better, less (or no) use of temp files, and the last-modified check for cached files doesn't work for remote files. To access files over a LAN with Windows share names you must use the network name (or IP) and not a mapped drive name, for example: //othercomputer/file.jpg - good //192.168.2.1/file.jpg - good z:/file.jpg - won't work This is a PHP limitation (see www.php.net/file-exists) Note: you may want to use "/" slashes instead of "\" if you have magic_quotes_gpc enabled to avoid stripslashes problems, although either slash should work if magic_quotes_gpc is disabled ================================ Alternate PATH_INFO-style Usage: ================================ phpThumb.php can also be called by passing parameters not after the usual "?" but like this: phpThumb.php/<params>=<values>;<w>x<h>;<image> For example: phpThumb.php/100;pic.jpg phpThumb.php/100;images/pic.jpg phpThumb.php/100;/images/pic.jpg phpThumb.php/100x200;pic.jpg phpThumb.php/x200;pic.jpg phpThumb.php/f=jpeg;q=50;100x200;pic.jpg phpThumb.php/fltr[]=usm;100;pic.jpg <image> must be the last item. Dimensions must be the second- last item. As many key/value pairs for parameters can be passed before those last two items, with each pair joined by equals ("=") and seperated by semicolon (";") ============================================== Calling as an object (not using phpThumb.php): ============================================== NOTE: most people don't need to and should not do this. If you just want to display resized images, please just use phpThumb.php, not the object mode. To render output to one (or more) files instead of the browser, you should skip phpThumb.php and instantiate your own object. Please take a look at /demo/phpThumb.demo.object.php for details. Note: phpThumb.php is where the caching code is located, if you instantiate your own phpThumb() object that code is bypassed and it's up to you to handle the reading and writing of cached files. ============== Configuration: ============== There are some configuration options you may (but are not required to) change. Most configuration options can be set when you call phpThumb() - see list below), but default configuration options (such as cache directory) are in phpThumb.config.php - this is the only file you should ever modify. IMPORTANT: The configuration file is distributed as phpThumb.config.php.default to prevent accidental overwriting of old configuration settings. Please migrate your old settings to the new file (if upgrading), or delete your old config and rename the default to phpThumb.config.php The amount of memory required for phpThumb depends on several factors: the dimensions of the source image, the dimensions of the output image, whether unsharp masking is applied, whether watermarks are applied, etc. The auto-detection of memory limits works as a general "safe" value. You may be able to exceed the auto value by a small or large amount, depending on whether you apply watermarks and/or sharpening, and the output size of your thumbnails. I do not currently have a reliable formula for calculating such things, but I will attempt to craft one for future versions of phpThumb(). Until then, set "max_source_pixels" in phpThumb.config.php to a value that works well for you (or leave it alone if the defaults give you no problems). The configuration options you should maybe modify are: * cache_directory - thumbnailing is slow and processor- intensive. Enabling caching will dramatically speed up future thumbnail serving * max_source_pixels - This should be auto-detected, but if auto-detection fails and you get an invalid image from large source images, set this to about 20% of your available PHP memory limit. * imagemagick_path - If the source image is larger than max_source_pixels allows, but ImageMagick is available phpThumb() will use it to generate the thumbnail. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Note: High-Security mode is recommended enabled if possible. Set $PHPTHUMB_CONFIG['high_security_enabled'] in phpThumb.config.php to enable it. Each call to phpThumb needs to be made through the function supplied at the bottom of phpThumb.config.php which create the hash: require_once('phpThumb.config.php'); echo ''; /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// =========== Parameters: =========== src = filename of source image new = create new image, not thumbnail of existing image. Requires "w" and "h" parameters set. [ex: &new=FF0000|75] - red background, 75% opacity Set to hex color string of background. Opacity is optional (defaults to 100% opaque). w = max width of output thumbnail in pixels h = max height of output thumbnail in pixels wp = max width for portrait images hp = max height for portrait images wl = max width for landscape images hl = max height for landscape images ws = max width for square images hs = max height for square images f = output image format ("jpeg", "png", or "gif") q = JPEG compression (1=worst, 95=best, 75=default) sx = left side of source rectangle (default = 0) (values 0 < sx < 1 represent percentage) sy = top side of source rectangle (default = 0) (values 0 < sy < 1 represent percentage) sw = width of source rectangle (default = fullwidth) (values 0 < sw < 1 represent percentage) sh = height of source rectangle (default = fullheight) (values 0 < sh < 1 represent percentage) zc = zoom-crop. Will auto-crop off the larger dimension so that the image will fill the smaller dimension (requires both "w" and "h", overrides "iar", "far") Set to "1" or "C" to zoom-crop towards the center, or set to "T", "B", "L", "R", "TL", "TR", "BL", "BR" to gravitate towards top/left/bottom/right directions (requies ImageMagick for values other than "C" or "1") bg = background hex color (default = FFFFFF) bc = border hex color (default = 000000) fltr = filter system. Call as an array as follows: - "brit" (Brightness) [ex: &fltr[]=brit|<value>] where <value> is the amount +/- to adjust brightness (range -255 to 255) Availble in PHP5 with bundled GD only. - "cont" (Constrast) [ex: &fltr[]=cont|<value>] where <value> is the amount +/- to adjust contrast (range -255 to 255) Availble in PHP5 with bundled GD only. - "gam" (Gamma Correction) [ex: &fltr[]=gam|<value>] where <value> can be a number >0 to 10+ (default 1.0) Must be >0 (zero gives no effect). There is no max, although beyond 10 is pretty useless. Negative numbers actually do something, maybe not quite the desired effect, but interesting nonetheless. - "sat" (SATuration) [ex: &fltr[]=sat|<value>] where <value> is a number between zero (no change) and -100 (complete desaturation = grayscale), or it can be any positive number for increased saturation. - "ds" (DeSaturate) [ex: &fltr[]=ds|<value>] is an alias for "sat" except values are inverted (positive values remove color, negative values boost saturation) - "gray" (Grayscale) [ex: &fltr[]=gray] remove all color from image, make it grayscale - "th" (Threshold) [ex: &fltr[]=th|<value>] makes image greyscale, then sets all pixels brighter than <value> (range 0-255) to white, and all pixels darker than <value> to black - "rcd" (Reduce Color Depth) [ex: &fltr[]=rcd|<c>|<d>] where <c> is the number of colors (2-256) you want in the output image, and <d> is "1" for dithering (deault) or "0" for no dithering - "clr" (Colorize) [ex: &fltr[]=clr|<value>|<color>] where <value> is a number between 0 and 100 for the amount of colorization, and <color> is the hex color to colorize to. - "sep" (Sepia) [ex: &fltr[]=sep|<value>|<color>] where <value> is a number between 0 and 100 for the amount of colorization (default=50), and <color> is the hex color to colorize to (default=A28065). Note: this behaves differently when applied by ImageMagick, in which case 80 is default, and lower values give brighter/yellower images and higher values give darker/bluer images - "usm" (UnSharpMask) [ex: &fltr[]=usm||<r>|<t>] where  is the amount (default = 80), <r> is the radius (default = 0.5), <t> is the threshold (default = 3). - "blur" (Blur) [ex: &fltr[]=blur|<radius>] where (0 < <radius> < 25) (default = 1) - "gblr" (Gaussian Blur) [ex: &fltr[]=gblr] Availble in PHP5 with bundled GD only. - "sblr" (Selective Blur) [ex: &fltr[]=gblr] Availble in PHP5 with bundled GD only. - "smth" (Smooth) [ex: &fltr[]=smth|<value>] where <value> is the weighting value for the matrix (range -10 to 10, default 6) Availble in PHP5 with bundled GD only. - "lvl" (Levels) [ex: &fltr[]=lvl|<channel>|<method>|<threshold> where <channel> can be one of 'r', 'g', 'b', 'a' (for Red, Green, Blue, Alpha respectively), or '*' for all RGB channels (default) based on grayscale average. ImageMagick methods can support multiple channels (eg "lvl|rg|3") but internal methods cannot (they will use first character of channel string as channel) <method> can be one of: 0=Internal RGB; 1=Internal Grayscale; 2=ImageMagick Contrast-Stretch (default) 3=ImageMagick Normalize (may appear over-saturated) <threshold> is how much of brightest/darkest pixels will be clipped in percent (default = 0.1%) Using default parameters (&fltr[]=lvl) is similar to Auto Contrast in Adobe Photoshop. - "wb" (White Balance) [ex: &fltr[]=wb|<c>] where <c> is the target hex color to white balance on, this color is what "should be" white, or light gray. The filter attempts to maintain brightness so any gray color can theoretically be used. If <c> is omitted the filter guesses based on brightest pixels in each of RGB OR <c> can be the percent of white clipping used to calculate auto-white-balance (default = 0.1%) NOTE: "wb" in default settings already gives an effect similar to "lvl", there is usually no need to use "lvl" if "wb" is already used. - "hist" (Histogram) [ex: &fltr[]=hist||<c>|<w>|<h>||<o>|<x>|<y>] Where  is the color band(s) to display, from back to front (one or more of "rgba*" for Red Green Blue Alpha and Grayscale respectively); <c> is a semicolon-seperated list of hex colors to use for each graph band (defaults to FF0000, 00FF00, 0000FF, 999999, FFFFFF respectively); <w> and <h> are the width and height of the overlaid histogram in pixels, or if <= 1 then percentage of source image width/height;  is the alignment (same as for "wmi" and "wmt"); <o> is opacity from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque) (requires PHP v4.3.2, otherwise 100% opaque); <x> and <y> are the edge margin in pixels (or percent if 0 < (x|y) < 1) - "over" (OVERlay/underlay image) overlays an image on the thumbnail, or overlays the thumbnail on another image (to create a picture frame for example) [ex: &fltr[]=over|||<m>|<o>] where  is the image filename;  is "0" (default) for overlay the image on top of the thumbnail or "1" for overlay the thumbnail on top of the image; <m> is the margin - can be absolute pixels, or if < 1 is a percentage of the thumbnail size [must be < 0.5] (default is 0 for overlay and 10% for underlay); <o> is opacity (0 = transparent, 100 = opaque) (requires PHP v4.3.2, otherwise 100% opaque); (thanks raynerapeØgmail*com, shabazz3Ømsu*edu) - "wmi" (WaterMarkImage) [ex: &fltr[]=wmi|<f>||<o>|<x>|<y>|<r>] where <f> is the filename of the image to overlay;  is the alignment (one of BR, BL, TR, TL, C, R, L, T, B, *) where B=bottom, T=top, L=left, R=right, C=centre, *=tile) *or* an absolute position in pixels (from top-left corner of canvas to top-left corner of overlay) in format {xoffset}x{yoffset} (eg: "10x20") note: this is center position of image if <x> and <y> are set <o> is opacity from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque) (requires PHP v4.3.2, otherwise 100% opaque); <x> and <y> are the edge (and inter-tile) margin in pixels (or percent if 0 < (x|y) < 1) *or* if  is absolute-position format then <x> and <y> represent maximum width and height that the watermark image will be scaled to fit inside <r> is rotation angle of overlaid watermark - "wmt" (WaterMarkText) [ex: &fltr[]=wmt|<t>|<s>||<c>|<f>|<o>|<m>|<n>||<O>|<x>] where: <t> is the text to use as a watermark; URLencoded Unicode HTMLentities must be used for characters beyond chr(127). For example, the "eighth note" character (U+266A) is represented as "♪" and then urlencoded to "%26%239834%3B" Any instance of metacharacters will be replaced with their calculated value. Currently supported: ^Fb = source image filesize in bytes ^Fk = source image filesize in kilobytes ^Fm = source image filesize in megabytes ^X = source image width in pixels ^Y = source image height in pixels ^x = thumbnail width in pixels ^y = thumbnail height in pixels ^^ = the character ^ <s> is the font size (1-5 for built-in font, or point size for TrueType fonts);  is the alignment (one of BR, BL, TR, TL, C, R, L, T, B, * where B=bottom, T=top, L=left, R=right, C=centre, *=tile); note: * does not work for built-in font "wmt" *or* an absolute position in pixels (from top-left corner of canvas to top-left corner of overlay) in format {xoffset}x{yoffset} (eg: "10x20") <c> is the hex color of the text; <f> is the filename of the TTF file (optional, if omitted a built-in font will be used); <o> is opacity from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque) (requires PHP v4.3.2, otherwise 100% opaque); <m> is the edge (and inter-tile) margin in percent; <n> is the angle  is the hex color of the background; <O> is background opacity from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque) (requires PHP v4.3.2, otherwise 100% opaque); <x> is the direction(s) in which the background is extended (either 'x' or 'y' (or both, but both will obscure entire image)) Note: works with TTF fonts only, not built-in - "flip" [ex: &fltr[]=flip|x or &fltr[]=flip|y] flip image on X or Y axis - "ric" [ex: &fltr[]=ric|<x>|<y>] rounds off the corners of the image (to transparent for PNG output), where <x> is the horizontal radius of the curve and <y> is the vertical radius - "elip" [ex: &fltr[]=elip] similar to rounded corners but more extreme - "mask" [ex: &fltr[]=mask|filename.png] greyscale values of mask are applied as the alpha channel to the main image. White is opaque, black is transparent. - "bvl" (BeVeL) [ex: &fltr[]=bvl|<w>|<c1>|<c2>] where <w> is the bevel width, <c1> is the hex color for the top and left shading, <c2> is the hex color for the bottom and right shading - "bord" (BORDer) [ex: &fltr[]=bord|<w>|<rx>|<ry>|<c> where <w> is the width in pixels, <rx> and <ry> are horizontal and vertical radii for rounded corners, and <c> is the hex color of the border - "fram" (FRAMe) draws a frame, similar to "bord" but more configurable [ex: &fltr[]=fram|<w1>|<w2>|<c1>|<c2>|<c3>] where <w1> is the width of the main border, <w2> is the width of each side of the bevel part, <c1> is the hex color of the main border, <c2> is the highlight bevel color, <c3> is the shadow bevel color - "drop" (DROP shadow) [ex: &fltr[]=drop|<d>|<w>|<clr>|] where <d> is distance from image to shadow, <w> is width of shadow fade (not yet implemented), <clr> is the hex color of the shadow, and  is the angle of the shadow (default=225) - "crop" (CROP image) [ex: &fltr[]=crop|<l>|<r>|<t>|] where <l> is the number of pixels to crop from the left side of the resized image; <r>, <t>,  are for right, top and bottom respectively. Where (0 < x < 1) the value will be used as a percentage of width/height. Left and top crops take precedence over right and bottom values. Cropping will be limited such that at least 1 pixel of width and height always remains. - "rot" (ROTate) [ex: &fltr[]=rot||] where  is the rotation angle in degrees;  is the background hex color. Similar to regular "ra" parameter but is applied in filter order after regular processing so you can rotate output of other filters. - "size" (reSIZE) [ex: &fltr[]=size|<x>|<y>|<s>] where <x> is the horizontal dimension in pixels, <y> is the vertical dimension in pixels, <s> is boolean whether to stretch (if 1) or resize proportionately (0, default) <x> and <y> will be interpreted as percentage of current output image size if values are (0 < X < 1) NOTE: do NOT use this filter unless absolutely neccesary. It is only provided for cases where other filters need to have absolute positioning based on source image and the resultant image should be resized after other filters are applied. This filter is less efficient than the standard resizing procedures. - "stc" (Source Transparent Color) [ex: &fltr[]=stc|<c>|<n>|<x>] where <c> is the hex color of the target color to be made transparent; <n> is the minimum threshold in percent (all pixels within <n>% of the target color will be 100% transparent, default <n>=5); <x> is the maximum threshold in percent (all pixels more than <x>% from the target color will be 100% opaque, default <x>=10); pixels between the two thresholds will be partially transparent. md5s = MD5 hash of the source image -- if this parameter is passed with the hash of the source image then the source image is not checked for existance or modification and the cached file is used (if available). If 'md5s' is passed an empty string then phpThumb.php dies and outputs the correct MD5 hash value. This parameter is the single-file equivalent of 'cache_source_filemtime_ignore_*' configuration paramters xto = EXIF Thumbnail Only - set to only extract EXIF thumbnail and not do any additional processing ra = Rotate by Angle: angle of rotation in degrees positive = counterclockwise, negative = clockwise ar = Auto Rotate: set to "x" to use EXIF orientation stored by camera. Can also be set to "l" or "L" for landscape, or "p" or "P" for portrait. "l" and "P" rotate the image clockwise, "L" and "p" rotate the image counter-clockwise. sfn = Source Frame Number - use this frame/page number for multi-frame/multi-page source images (GIF, TIFF, etc) aoe = Output Allow Enlarging - override the setting for $CONFIG['output_allow_enlarging'] (1=on, 0=off) ("far" and "iar" both override this and allow output larger than input) iar = Ignore Aspect Ratio - disable proportional resizing and stretch image to fit "h" & "w" (which must both be set). (1=on, 0=off) (overrides "far") far = Force Aspect Ratio - image will be created at size specified by "w" and "h" (which must both be set). Alignment: L=left,R=right,T=top,B=bottom,C=center BL,BR,TL,TR use the appropriate direction if the image is landscape or portrait. dpi = Dots Per Inch - input DPI setting when importing from vector image format such as PDF, WMF, etc sia = Save Image As - default filename to save generated image as. Specify the base filename, the extension (eg: ".png") will be automatically added maxb = MAXimum Byte size - output quality is auto-set to fit thumbnail into "maxb" bytes (compression quality is adjusted for JPEG, bit depth is adjusted for PNG and GIF) down = filename to save image to. If this is set the browser will prompt to save to this filename rather than display the image // Deprecated: file = if set then thumbnail will be rendered to this filename, not output and not cached. (Deprecated. Disabled by default since v1.6.0, unavailable in v1.7.5 and later. You should instantiate your own object instead) goto = URL to redirect to after rendering image to file * Must begin with "http://" * Requires file parameter set (Deprecated. Disabled by default since v1.6.0, unavailable in v1.7.5 and later. You should instantiate your own object instead) err = custom error image filename instead of showing error messages (for use on production sites) (Deprecated. Disabled by default since v1.6.0, unavailable in v1.7.5 and later. You should instantiate your own object instead) ============== General Notes: ============== * Always use the local image filename wherever possible rather than a full http:// URL because performance is much better, less (or no) use of temp files, and the last-modified check for cached files doesn't work for remote files. For example: good: phpThumb.php?src=/images/nicepic.jpg bad: phpThumb.php?src=/home/httpd/example/images/nicepic.jpg worse: phpThumb.php?src=http://example.com/images/nicepic.jpg * Thumbnails will be scaled proportionately to fit in a box of at most (width * height) pixels (unless "iar" is set) * Thumbnail caching for URL or database sources requires an absolute directory name for $config_cache_directory Physical file cached thumbnails will be recreated if the source file changes, but remote/database files cannot (modification time isn't readily available) * If you need a GUI interface to phpThumb(), or for a user to specify crop settings, or something like that please see the list of known programs in /demo/readme.demos.txt * Cropping images can be specified with either exact pixel values for sx/sy/sw/sh parameters, or if those are set to a value >0 and <1 then these are interpreted as a percentage of the source image width/height. For example, to crop 25% off all sides, you would specify parameters: phpThumb.php?src=pic.jpg&sx=.25&sy=.25&sw=.5&sh=.5 * phpThumb() may have tempfile access issues on servers where Safe Mode is enabled, specificly when accessing a file over HTTP, or when a non-bundled version of GD is in use. Specifying "config_temp_directory" may help * Properly resolving /~user/ style filenames requires apache_lookup_uri(), which is missing or broken in Apache2, or if PHP is not installed as an Apache module. phpThumb() does try and work around this if it is unavailble, but you may have to specify a full filename for "src" if you encounter problems. * phpThumb() should work with PHP v4.0.6+, but seems to have a few quirks before v4.1.0 EXIF thumbnail extraction requires PHP v4.2.0+ Image rotation requires PHP v4.3.0+. There have been reports of problems with PHP older than v4.3.3 Partial transparency for overlays requires PHP v4.3.2+ Some image filters require PHP v5.0.0+ Run /demo/phpThumb.demo.check.php to examine your server * phpThumb() works better and faster when ImageMagick is available. Most functions will work with only GD2, but speed is much faster with ImageMagick, and much larger images can be processed with ImageMagick than GD. * phpThumb() works with GD v1.x, but works better with GD v2.0+ because of the true-color image support and ImageCopyResampled(). Also, there appears to be a bug in ImageCopyResized() which is used with GD v1.x where the bottom and/or right line of pixels is set to the background color (due to a rounding error?) NOTE: Please use the bundled version of GD if at all possible (with PHP v4.3.0+) because the non-bundled version has bugs which may cause PHP to crash: * http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=21518 * http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=24174 phpThumb() has a workaround for the above bug but there may be other bugs, and the workaround is slow. Alpha transparent output requires GD >= 2.0.1 and PHP >= 4.3.2 Most (if not all) filters require GD v2.x to function at all. But many filters can be handled by ImageMagick instead of GD. * Filters handled by ImageMagick or GD: - brit;cont;ds;sat;gray;clr;sep;gam;neg;th;rcd;flip;edge; emb;lvl;blur;gblr;usm;wb; * Filters handled only by ImageMagick: - none yet * Filters handled only by GD + PHP5: - sblr;mean;smth; * Filters handled only by GD2: - bvl;wmi;wmt;over;hist;fram;drop;mask;elip;ric;bord; * Some browsers, notably Internet Explorer (before v7.0), have problems with PNG transparency. See description: http://www.silisoftware.com/png_alpha_transparency/ http://trific.ath.cx/web/png/ There are some work-around fixes for this IE problem, eg: http://www.twinhelix.com/css/iepngfix/demo/ =============== Thanks & Links: =============== * Original image used in phpThumb logo provided by Mark James: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/ ======================================== == phpThumb Commercial License (pTCL) == ======================================== See /docs/phpthumb.license.commercial.txt for details on the terms of the license. Current list of pTCL licensees: 1) Accomplish Hosting, LLC http://www.accomplishhosting.com effective 2007-Apr-28 (lifetime license)


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Topic: Efficient looping?
I've got a situation where I need to loop through a fairly large dataset (250 or so) for matches on two criteria ie x =5 and y = 9. I have been doing this with .detect in a loop and I tried a manually constructed loop, both seem around the same speed. Is there any particularly efficient looping technique Ruby-wise?
I looked at deleting the each element after it was used (they only need to be accessed once) but it didn't seem to noticeably affect speed not could I find a particularly straightforward way of doing it. Ideas?


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Topic: REST and smarter user interfaces
All the recent buzz about REST is causing me to re-examine it. I've been rather anti-REST in the past because it seems like it tends to promote very fine grained user-interfaces, where I tend to need to use more powerful UIs.
For instance, lets say you are making a reservation system for a vacation service. You're likely to have to collect information on the people attending, if they want their meals included in the package, or if they want more flexibility to eat on their own. You'll need to collect information on all the little side "excursions" or various other extra cost items.
Now you could have a ton of page views for all of this and make it RESTful, but that would be rather un-friendly. You could have a plethora of forms on each page (so that each form is still interacting the the appropriate REST controller), but that's still a little unfriendly -- if people fill out the whole page and don't realize that you have to submit each item separately, etc
If you have a single more sophisticated form, the action handling it is going to have to break apart the request and chain it through many other controllers:action pairs, which seems workable on the surface, but it doesn't look like actions are designed to really chain that way.
Of course its highly likely that even with the more involved form there might be a need for the more simple REST controllers/views for tweaking things after the initial (wizard-like) creation.
Has anyone else starting exploring how REST and UI interact and can offer some advice?