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Electronic drum sets have been available since the mid-1980's and have evolved considerably from the sample and special- effects trigger complements of acoustic drums that they were when they first appeared.
As both sampling and modeling technologies have advanced at a seemingly logarithmic pace, so has the physical and ergonomic design of the electronic drums themselves. The result is a truly enjoyable (and healthy) playing experience, combined with an often-astonishing sonic realism and fidelity to the acoustic originals being reproduced with each stroke of the stick and push of the pedal.
This article will address the curiosities, concerns, and needs of professional drummers, project and commercial studio owners, dedicated hobbyists, parents and relatives, and other "civilians" interested in purchasing an electronic drum kit for themselves or a loved one. We'll also have the opportunity to review a selection of electronic drum kits available at B&H that we've chosen according to their value and performance within their price ranges.
Please note- This article is an overview of many of the electronic drum kits we offer at B&H, and is meant to serve as an educational tool for selecting the best product for your needs and/or budget. Due to heavy holiday demand, some of the products discussed in this article may not currently be in stock, though most can be easily drop-shipped directly from the manufacturer when you place your order. If you have any questions about availability, please feel free to contact us via telephone or email.
An electronic drum kit is comprised of a sound module, or "brain", from which the sounds emanate, drum and cymbal triggerpads to which the sounds are assigned and played, foot pedals (usually optional) for the hi-hat and bass drum triggers, and a stand upon which the trigger pads are mounted and positioned.
The original electronic trigger pads usually contained a hard rubber playing surface capable of causing some nasty injuries to the hands and feet if played for significant periods of time. I know this because I've played on nearly every electronic drum kit ever made, both owned and rented.
Thankfully, those days are long gone. Most electronic drum kits in production today, whether they're designed for professional or home applications, use triggers with actual drum heads, either smooth or mesh plastic that look — and more important feel — like the heads on acoustic drums.
Many pad triggers are also equipped with what is called a "dual-zone design", meaning that separate sounds may be assigned to the head and the rim. For example, the trigger's head may be assigned a tom-tom sound, while the rim may be assigned a cowbell. Your kit might contain only 4 drum pads, but those pads are capable of producing 8 different sounds. Life just got better.
The heads are adjusted and tightened with tuning lugs and a drum key, just like an acoustic drum, but they're "tuned" not for pitch but rather for response to the individual's playing touch, and maximum sensitivity from the drum pad's internal sensor. You can play today's snare, tom, and bass drum pads for hours on end, so good is the feel and response.
Cymbal triggers have also undergone a remarkable transformation. Basically rubber-coated metal, some companies have introduced metal alloy finishes to the top of the cymbal so they feel more like the real thing in performance, and look more like the real thing on stage. Cymbal triggers typically mount on cymbal stands and react with the familiar swishing motion of their acoustic counterparts.
However, even the uncoated variety of cymbal trigger exhibits the same motion, response, and (usually) shape of an acoustic cymbal, and most also offer a dual-zone design, so that the bell/bow and rim may be assigned separate sounds. Two different crash cymbal sounds, for example, may be assigned to the same cymbal trigger.
The hi-hat and bass drum triggers are played with pedals, and some companies offer dual hi-hat triggers that mount on a hi-hat stand. If you're used to playing double bass drums on an acoustic drum kit, or you use a double bass drum pedal, you can use the same technique on an electronic kit, using the same pedal.
Now that we have a better perspective of the various playing components of an electronic drum kit, let's take a look at the magic box that produces the sounds we're playing, and how they're made.
The sound module that accompanies an electronic drum kit, also known as the brain, is really the heart and soul of it. The programmable brain is loaded with the kit's sound library, contains the trigger inputs from the assorted pads, analog-and sometimes digital-audio outputs, a headphone output, MIDI inputs and outputs, and footswitch inputs. The brain is also often equipped with an internal sequencer for recording patterns or full song arrangements, internal mixing, often with faders and knobs, and sound assignment capabilities. The level of programmability will vary from unit to unit according to price (and hence sophistication of features) and the technology deployed for sound delivery engineered into the unit, which these days means either sampling or sound modeling technology.
Sampling basically describes the recording of a sound as an event in time and space that can be played back on a variety of triggering devices � a keyboard or guitar controller, for example, or in the case of an electronic drum kit, a drum pad or trigger cymbal.
The sound is an actual recording and for the most part, it is what it is. Even if the recording has been properly edited and well recorded, there really isn't much possibility for modification apart from external-effects processing such as equalization, reverb and ambience application, etc. It's a permanent recording of a specific instrument as it sounded in a particular room with a particular microphone.
Sound modeling, or virtual instrument technology, is not sampling - it's the magic of mathematics: a series of algorithms programmed to accomplish the simulation, emulation, and recreation of an instrument's behavior, character and sound.
Sound modeling has been around for a while in the world of keyboards and electric guitar and bass � think of some of those amazing simulations we hear of classic synthesizers, amplifiers, and speaker cabinets. Sound modeling technology has been successfully invoked for recreating drum and percussion sounds, most notably by the Roland Corporation in their V-series drums, with pretty astounding results.
Sound modeling offers everything you may love about sampling � clean, realistic, life-like sound and playability � combined with amazing control over the physical details of an instrument, in this case a drum.
You can program anything from the depth and material of a drum's shell to the type of drum head (clear or coated) being used. You can program the type of bass drum beater material you'd like to use (felt, wood, or plastic) regardless of what you're real bass drum beater is made of, and also the type of sound-damping material you'd like to use for that bass drum (tape or a blanket, for example). The changes you can affect in the overall drum sound by adjusting the various virtual parameters are really significant.
The ability to control so many virtual details is nothing short of amazing, allowing for the creation of completely unique custom instruments and drum kits that can be called up with the press of a button. In the acoustic world you may have one or two great-sounding drum kits to choose from; with an electronic kit you may have 50 to choose from, while taking up less than half the space.
Here's a selection of electronic drum kits we carry at B&H, arranged by price, from low to high.
The Yamaha YADD65 is an extremely compact digital drum kit comprised of 8 touch-sensitive polymer pads you can play with your sticks or your hands. The pads are ergonomically arranged on a futuristic trapezoidal tray that serves as sound module, control surface, and monitoring center with built-in stereo speakers and amplification. The unit is equipped with a large library of high-quality percussion samples culled from Yamaha's digital drum collection, and features 50 drum kits, internal effects processing, and 100 onboard songs to play along with. Under $220, pedals and sticks included.
The Yamaha YADD65-DK65 is the YADD65 mentioned above, packaged with a snare stand, a drum seat, and both a kick drum tower and hi-hat tower from Yamaha's professional DTXPRESS electronic kit. It's a great package, and it's under $520.
The Alesis DM6K is an 8-piece electronic drum kit with 5 pads and 3 cymbals, touch sensitive and rubber-coated. The snare pad features dual-zone triggering for separate head and rim sound assignment. The brain is stocked with 108 clean, usable samples and 15 programmable drum sets, a built-in metronome and sequencer, a USB/MIDI output and an internal play-along song library. This kit is a great low-cost alternative for practice and recording purposes. Stand, kick, and hi-hat pedals included. Under $500.
The Roland HD-1, also known affectionately as V-drums Lite, is an ultra-compact electronic drum kit featuring 3 quiet, cushioned tom pads, a mesh head for the snare, and a highly-responsive kick pad/beater unit. The crash and ride cymbals look and sway like the real thing, and the intense little brain features 10 kits culled from Roland's fabulous V-drums sound modeling library. Great starter kit for the kid, great practice kit for Dad or Mom. Custom stand and pedals included, under $800.
The Roland HD-1 PAK is the HD-1 packaged with the PM-01 personal amp/speaker drum monitor and the DAP-1 V-drums accessory package, which includes a drum stool, sticks, and headphones. Under $1000.
The Roland TD4S is Roland's entry level pro electronic kit, and the TD4 brain brings Roland's proprietary COSM (Composite Object Sound Modeling) technology into play with 25 drum kits and some cool virtual editing possibilities including tuning, muffling, and cymbal choke capabilities. The natural rubber pads and cymbals are dual-trigger configured, and the snare pad features an adjustable mesh head with a natural playing feel. Pedals, stand, and mounting hardware included. Under $1000.
The Alesis DM10 Pro Kit is a professional electronic drum kit featuring adjustable Mylar heads for the pads and a brass alloy coating for the hi-hat, crash, and ride cymbals. The brain is loaded with an astounding 1,047 preset sampled sounds, varying from studio-quality drum sets to classic drum machine, electronic drum sounds, and world percussion. Useful internal sequencer and USB output greatly enhance recording capabilities. Classy look, feel, and sound for under $1320.
The Roland TD4 SX features adjustable multi-layer mesh pads, a dedicated hi-hat cymbal with custom hi-hat trigger pedal, cross-stick functionality for playing on the snare rim, and a 9000-note internal sequencer. The kick drum tower is wide enough to accommodate the double-pedal of choice. Excellent low-cost professional alternative for live or studio performance. The TD4 brain offers 25 drum kits and 125 percussion instruments along with a useful complement of virtual parameter editing. The ergonomically designed stand and all mounting hardware are included and easy to adjust. Sounds great, plays great. Under $1600.
The Roland TD12 SVB, known as the V-Stage Kit, is Roland's elite professional stage alternative, although it's a way more than capable recording kit as well. It's equipped with 3 dual-zone cymbals, 4 dual-zone pads with adjustable mesh heads, and a dedicated hi-hat trigger cymbal you can mount on a hi-hat stand for exceptionally realistic performance. The kick drum trigger is wide enough for a double-pedal and features a super-accurate sensor. The TD-12 brain offers a huge 500-sound library with 50 programmable drum kits, a variety of effects processors, additional trigger inputs for additional pads and cymbals, and the highest level of virtual parameter editing we've seen so far. This is one of the best-sounding electronic kits out there. Under $3300.
In conclusion, let's briefly review the benefits of electronic drum kit ownership:
Play on drummer, and Happy Holidays!


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Excited About Moodle
Information Technology Services started piloting a new Learning Management System (LMS) in Fall 2012 called "Moodle". (What is an LMS, you ask? Our current LMS is Blackboard, so an LMS is anything that is "Blackboard like").
We're quite excited by it, for a number of reasons:
Reason #1: it is built with pedagogy in mind
Moodle was built around a social constructivist pedagogical principles, in which "people actively construct new knowledge as they interact with their environments". Moodle's creator comes from an educational background, and has explicitly laid out its learning philosophy.
Reason #2: it's open source
...and yes, "open source" does mean "free to download", although that is amongst the least significant aspects.
"Open Source" also means that the product is meant to be tinkered with and modified. It is a design aesthetic that blurs the distinction between users and developers, which leads to a strong community of users (see Reason #3).
Reason #3: the community
The open-source aspect means that there is a huge community around Moodle -- community to build, modify, discuss. While commercial products can also attract a community, open source projects tend to create stronger communities, because the users see participation as an important factor in the survival and improvement of the product.
Moodle has a great community, built of faculty, educational technologists, and developers -- all thoroughly grounded in education. In short, the community around Moodle fits the Coastal Carolina community quite nicely.
Moreover, for small institutions like Coastal Carolina, having an open-source community is akin to pooling our efforts in support of each other.
Reason #4: it's flexible
Moodle is built to allow for "plug-ins", which are small customizable components that you can load. You want a convenient way to email your class as a whole? There's a plug-in for that. You want to include a flashcard assignment? There's a plug-in for that. You want to include concept maps in your course? There's a plug-in for that.
As plug-ins are relatively easy to make, the Moodle community is creating these plug-ins and (in the spirit of collaborative open-source) posting them for others to download for free.
Here's the list of community-developed plug-ins
Reason #5: it incorporates many of the exciting things that are happening on the web right now
The web is rapidly becoming a platform for collaboration rather than simply publishing. This is a rather huge paradigm shift, and forms the foundation for Moodle's "constructivist" approach to building knowledge.
Wikis? Moodle's got them built-in. Blogs? Moodle's got them. Collaborative databases? Yes. Collaborative glossaries? Yes. There are many ways to distribute, collect, and collaborate through Moodle.

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-Is the hub the same as another GM model, like a vette? Can't find a CTS specific adapter. Spline count?
-Airbag resistor? Not a deal breaker, but not having a light on the dash is nice.
-Ideas for switch relocation? I may move the cruise control to ashtray, but I don't really use the left side buttons. I can always turn off TC from the glove box, yes?
I've seen V1's with roll bar/aftermarket seats, so I hope someone has done this already and knows this stuff. Thanks!


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This is a full-frame view of the minimum ISO setting.
At 80 ISO the image quality is pretty much perfect, with accurate colours, good detail and no noise at all.
Virtually no difference at 100 ISO.
There is a small amount of noise visible at 200 ISO, but not enough to worry about.
As usual with Canon cameras, the more damaging chromatic noise is well suppressed, leaving only a little grain-like luminance noise at 400 ISO.
Noise is a lot more noticeable at 800 ISO, but there is still a good level of detail and the shot is printable.
Image quality does break down somewhat at 1600 ISO, with visible colour distortion in the darker areas.
This is the full frame at 1600 ISO.
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Bought this camera in January 2008. Always looked after it in the case and never dropped it. Had the lens fail on this camera 3 times and had it repaired 3 times. Could not get a replacement. Thought I was on a good wicket when I bought this camera, but obviously not.
Bought mine 1 year ago.It has developed serious focussing problems in all lighting conditions and I have returned it to my UK supplier under their 2-year warranty. It has been sent on to Canon for repair but I don't have much confidence that the repair will be permanent as I have read of other owners with the same problem. Have advised the supplier that if it fails again after repair I will be seeking a full refund or replacement with the later updated 870 is model. Will report back!
Bought in September 2008, and it has been faultless - a great little camera for travel. Good lens, tough body, small size, fast switch on. The capacity to do some basic manipulation of images (Vivid, Sepia etc) in-camera is fun.
Reporting back a year after the focus problems with my 860is and have to say that this gem of a compact has behaved perfectly ever since the repair. I have 2 other more versatile, but bulky, long-zoom cameras but this one lives permanently in my car ready for that once-only chance shot!
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Make the most of the golden days of autumn, our pick of the best short breaks in Scotland.
Rugged Romance – Ardanaiseig Hotel, Loch Awe
Third in Conde Nast Traveller's list of Best Leisure hotels, ahead of Le Manoir and Gleneagles, Ardanaiseig is everything you would want in a grand, Highland country house hotel.
An imposing Scots Baronial exterior with ground rolling down to the shores of Loch Awe, fires that roar vigorously throughout, enormous four poster beds and richly coloured interiors filled with collectables and the occasional flourish of eccentricity. The dining room holds 3 AA Rosettes, an accolade almost as rare as hen's teeth and you can bet on a heady, gourmet menu featuring seasonal game and local delights.
Good to know: In addition to the sumptuous rooms within the hotel there is a secluded Boat Shed for two, and Rose Cottage, a self-catering two bedroom cottage.
More info: Ardanaiseig Hotel, tel: 01866 988164.
Go Golfing – Ogstons Boutique Hotel, St Andrews
If the Ryder Cup has put you in the mood for sinking a few balls of your own, then head to the home of golf. There are seven public links courses in St Andrews and playing in the crisp autumn air, after the Dunhill carnival packs up and leaves town (final day of play 5th October), has to be one of the truest pleasures of the sport.
Stay at Ogstons, a small boutique hotel on North Street, to get the best of both town and golf. The rooms are comfortably decorated in soft charcoals, the welcome is warm and the bar a cosy nook in which to sink a few post putting pints.
Good to know: St Andrews Links is a central reservation system for all St Andrews courses, you can even enter the ballot for a time on the Old Course from the website. And if you're taking off last minute and can't get a time, you can still turn up on the day and play the 9-hole Balgove course, without booking.
More info: Ogstons on North Street, tel; 01334 473387.
Family Adventure – Comrie Croft, Perthshire
Seven miles west of Crieff lies one of the best kept family adventure secrets in the land – though we suspect not a secret for long. Comrie Croft is more than a glamping centre, though you can camp here, and if you do camp, your pitch will be car free with spectacular views and it's own fire pit.
But as it's getting towards the chilly season you may choose to stay in the farmhouse, steading or one of the Nordic Katas, a teepee-ish construction mid-way between a hut and tent with wood-burning stove. The highlight for adventurous sorts is a fantastic bike skills park to keep adults and kids entertained, and 6km of blue, red and black mountain bike trails in a truly magnificent setting.
Good to know: There is a cute, vintage teashop and café on site, a shop selling firewood, camping gear and basic groceries, a great bike hire shop that also sells kit and bikes, woodland trails and links to over 87+ km of beauitiful walks and bike routes in the Crieff – Comrie paths network. Very friendly staff.
More info: Comrie Croft, tel: 01764 670140.
Blissful Bolthole – Ardtorna, Oban
Ardtorna is a multi-award winning B&B just north of Oban. The success of this secluded hideaway appears to be down to the charm and effort of the hosts. They've created a perfect bolthole that brings simple, Scandi charm to the West Coast of Scotland.
Very often though the downside of being tucked up in a remote idyll is the lack of evening dining opportunities, but not here, transport, described as being a snip compared to local taxis, to a number of famed local eateries such as the Creaggin Inn, at Appin and the Isle of Eriska Hotel, on Eriska can easily be arranged.
Good to know: The breakfasts are legendary so don't overdo it at dinner and make sure to get out and walk it all off.
More info: Ardtorna, tel: 01631 720125.
Festival Fun – Cowal Festival, Cowal and Bute
The main focus of the Cowal Festival 5th -14th October is a series of walks, runs, canoeing and bike rides around Argyll and Cowal Penninsula. There are over 80 organised walks and also cultural events, including tours of Benmore Botanic Gardens, pop up restaurants and bread making courses, open studios, ceilidhs and music. The programme is packed.
Base yourself at the Colintraive Hotel, where you will lap up lashing of good ale and atmosphere in the bar, fantastic fresh food in the dining room – local langoustine and hand dived scallops and then, when you're all done in after your day of walking and outdoor fun, you can flop into one of the big comfy beds in the light, stylish bedrooms.
Good to know: All details for the Cowal Festival including detailed brochure are available online: Cowal Festival. There is something for all ages and abilities.
More info: Colintraive Hotel, tel: 01700 841207
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Hawkblogger Week 19!
Its week 19..otherwise known as the NFL divisional round of the playoffs. Hawks took care of Washington, now its off to Atlanta. What are the keys to victory against the Falcons? Whats important? Whats not? Time for our weekly visit with Brian Nemhauser from hawkblogger.com Click below to find out what the gang thinks will happen this Sunday!


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Learn about how Pacific Northwest Adult & Teen Challenge can help...
God is not through with you yet! The best is yet to come! People go through different stages and seasons in life. Even death is not the end... for those who believe in Him. If you need help or looking for help for a loved one, give us a call or email. Seize this very moment and take that first step. God will not do for you what you can do for ourselves, but he promised to complete it if you simply obey and respond to his Word. Teen Challenge is one ministry God has used over the years to help those with life controlling problems.
Nothing is beyond God's ability to restore. Miracles are happening at Pacific Northwest Adult & Teen Challenge everyday. Many have completed the program and are now either serving or working with us or in Bible colleges across the state. Others have moved on and are living productive lives.
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Danny Roberts (The Real World)
Danny Roberts (born July 19, 1977; Rockmart, Georgia) is best known for appearing on The Real World: New Orleans in 2000. Prior to beginning the show, he had recently begun a relationship with Paul Dill, a US Army captain stationed in Vicenza, Italy. Because of the U.S. Military "Don't ask, don't tell" policy toward homosexuals, Paul's face was obscured on TV and much national attention was brought to the issue.[1] In early 2004 MTV aired a special where Paul (then out of the military) revealed his face for the first time and the policy and its effects were discussed. In November 2006, Roberts announced in The Advocate magazine that he and Dill had split up.[2]
Roberts made a few post-Real World appearances on television such as Dawson's Creek, Netflix's DTLA, and hosted the DVD collection of gay-themed short films, Boy's Briefs.
Roberts spoke at schools across the country on diversity in sexuality, coming out, public policy, and the military's "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy for several years after his first TV appearance in addition to other LGBTQ advocacy work. After spending 10 years in New York and Seattle, Roberts returned to Atlanta, Georgia, where he works in human resource recruiting for an email software company called MailChimp.[3]
TV appearancesEdit
- Reality TV Secrets Revealed (2004)
- MTV News: Out in the Real World (2003)
- Boys Briefs 2 (2002)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons (2002)
- Dawson's Creek - Episode: Coming Home (2000) French Exchange Student
- The Real World: New Orleans (2000)
- ^ Tipton, Nathan G. (2004), "American Television, Reality Shows", glbtq.com, retrieved 2007-10-25
- ^ http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2006/11/real_worlds_danny_roberts_sing.html
- ^ Top 15 Gay REality Stars After Elton, April 5, 2009
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Auschwitz anniversary a reminder of the danger of staying silent
By Christian Lowe
WARSAW (Reuters) - Next month's 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp is a reminder, at a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise again, of what happens when the world stays silent about persecution, the president of the World Jewish Congress said.
Ronald S. Lauder told Reuters in an interview anti-Semitism had reached levels not seen since World War Two, driven by Islamist extremists using hatred of Jews as a way to attack Israel, and by far-right nationalists in Europe.
He said the commemorations on Jan. 27 to mark the day Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz in 1945 would be the last major anniversary when survivors would be able to attend in numbers. The youngest are now in their 70s.
"I believe it is a good reminder to people of what happens when we remain silent, and the world was silent when Hitler was starting, the world was silent when Jews were taken away, the world was silent at Kristallnacht and in many ways, although many people knew what was happening in the concentration camps, it was not publicized," Lauder said.
"After World War Two, into the 50s, 60s and 70s, the type of anti-Semitism we see today, nobody would ever have thought of happening. But as time has gone on and generations have passed, we see the rise of anti-Semitism."
"Hopefully this commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the freeing of Auschwitz, and the ceremonies that will take place, may remind the world what it is happens when anti-Semitism is allowed to run wild, so to speak."
At the Auschwitz camp, in southern Poland, the Nazis killed some 1.5 million people between 1940 and 1945, most of them Jews.
Lauder, who has helped fund conservation efforts to preserve artifacts at Auschwitz including inmates' hair and shoes, said the World Jewish Congress would this year bring about 100 survivors and their families to Poland to take part in the commemorations. Continued...


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I was reading the snort manual and it talked about the ability to replace matched content in packets before they are sent on the network.
Code:alert tcp any any <> any 80 (msg: "tcp replace"; content:"GET"; replace:"BET";)Windows equivalent of it would be I think WPE Pro with it's packet filters.Additionally, Jed Haile's content replace code allows you to modify packets before they leave the network. For
alert tcp any any <> any 80 (msg: "tcp replace"; content:"GET"; replace:"BET"
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These rules will comb TCP port 80 traffic looking for GET, and UDP port 53 traffic looking for yahoo. Once they
are found, they are replaced with BET and xxxxx, respectively. The replace pattern and content can be of different
lengths. When the replace pattern is longer than the content, the replace pattern gets truncated and when the replace
pattern is shorter than the content, first few bytes of the content (equivalent to the length of the replace pattern) are
I was wondering what (assuming it there is something out there I haven't heard of) that does this without a full blown install and config of snort. I seem to get a lot of bittorrent traffic on my tor relay node and was hoping to just find a way to either drop or malform the packets to stop torrents from running on my node.
---Answered my own Q: ettercap filters?
Now to figure out how to get it to play nice with my running tor relay node.
Anyone have insight on how to do this?
Essentially it's like me running a proxy, but before the proxy sends stuff out to the world, I want to have be looked at by ettercap filter and then sent out.
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Dear friends,
I am trying to export a 30*30 matrix (M) with entries function in x and y
to a txt file in order to use it by another program. I am using:
Export["filename.txt",M]. I have two problems:
1. I want to reduce the precision of the coefficients of x & y. When I use
N[M,n] or SetPrecision[M,n], the precision is reduced within the Notebook
but not in the exported file. How to reduce the precision in the exported
2. Some entries look like "5*x + 3*y", which leaves spaces around the plus
or minus signs. Is there a way to tell Mathematica not leave these spaces
because the other program assumes that this is a new column?
I also tried to write M//InputForm and just copy and past it, but I get a
lot of expressions such as 1.935*^-6 which the other software cannot
understand. Is there a way to write it in the form: 1.935e-6?
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Wherever you find a demolition or renovation project in New Jersey, you're likely to find a rental dumpster nearby. However, many of the building materials that make it into a rental dumpster can actually be diverted from landfills and into new, interesting building applications. Recycling old building materials for new construction is a great way to lower costs, protect the environment, and repurpose perfectly useable materials.
Repurposed and Revitalized
You can usually tell that a renovation is happening in your NJ neighborhood by spotting a huge rental dumpster brimming with old building materials. Everything from cabinets and sinks to appliances make their way to the dump, but many people would actually love to reuse these materials for their own rebuilding projects. In some cases, these materials can be used as is. In other cases, a little creativity is required to use these old materials in new ways.
Green Building
"Green building" enthusiasts look for salvageable building materials that can be reapplied in new or interesting ways. For example, wood pallets are often tossed in dumpsters after a large shipment of shingles, lumber, or other materials are delivered. However, pallets are a favored material among do-it-yourselfers who use them to build garden boxes, furniture, shelving, and more. Scrap metal can be reused as metal paneling around the home's exterior. With enough of it, you may be able to build an eco-friendly and energy-efficient roof. Recycled materials like old boards, rubber, and bamboo can be turned into flooring for any home.
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new X5 - the Ultimate Mommy Machine
By JOSEPH B. WHITE
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October 23, 2006
BMW Focuses on Cupholders: X5 SUV Is Redesigned to Widen Its Appeal; Offers Look at Road Ahead for Luxury Cars
Seven years ago, BMW AG launched a vehicle based on a concept that sounded then like an oxymoron: An SUV with the handling of a sports sedan.
So concerned were BMW marketing executives that people wouldn't get it, they invented a new name to describe their machine: "Sports Activity Vehicle," or SAV.
Fortunately for BMW, affluent consumers world-wide looked past the clunky euphemism -- and certain other shortcomings -- and embraced the BMW X5 for what it was, namely, a manly family wagon with the refined blend of crisp handling and exhilarating engine performance that is as much a signature of the BMW brand as the blue and white propeller logo. In a business where the half life of most new models is measured in months, BMW got away with selling the first generation X5 for seven years. Sales even increased in 2005 over the year before.
BMW hopes its new X5 will have a broader appeal
Now, BMW is starting to build an entirely new X5, which will be shipped to more than 100 countries from its big factory near Spartanburg, S.C. The new X5 represents BMW's most overt effort yet to expand its appeal beyond driving enthusiasts with Y chromosomes.
Capable of carrying up to seven passengers in three rows of seats, the new 2007 X5 is a technological marvel whose most noticeable feature, for many buyers, will be the decidedly un-Bavarian Big Gulp-ready cup holders designed into the center console just in front of the shift lever.
Call it the Ultimate Mommy Machine.
The driver's seat of the new X5 offers a commanding view -- and not just of the twisty mountain roads between Greenville S.C. and Asheville, N.C. You can see a lot about where the luxury vehicle business is heading, too.
Let's start with those cupholders. They are a symbol of just how much competitive pressure now confronts even elite brands such as BMW. Albert Biermann, the project director who led the new X5's development, says one strong request from BMW's U.S. marketing team was "please demonstrate that BMW can execute a cupholder" to U.S. tastes.
Not so long ago, BMW engineers -- like their counterparts at other German luxury brands -- blew off cupholders as just another American vulgarism. Not anymore.
Cupholders are just one way in which the new X5 represents a new level of effort by one of Europe's proudest auto makers to cater to American tastes. Another is that optional third row of seats, which most X5 owners will never sit in unless they are being punished by an angry spouse. Perhaps, in a different world, BMW would have stuck with a five-seat configuration for the X5, rather than add weight and body structure to a vehicle that's supposed to be agile. But the social reality is that well-to-do Americans have to ferry their kids and their friends to soccer practice or school just like everybody else. One of the biggest complaints about the old X5 was that it had less cargo space than one of BMW's 5 series wagons.
Cargo space? In an "ultimate driving machine?" Well, yes. Once you decide, as BMW and its rivals have done, to redefine the luxury vehicle not as a life's reward but as a lifestyle, you have to make room for the kids.
Managing the tension between domestication and self indulgence is what the X5 is all about. The new X5 is 7.4 inches longer than its predecessor to accommodate those optional extra seats and the extra bags. But designer Pierre Leclercq and his colleagues labored over the size and placement of the rear roof pillar so that the presence of a third row of seats would be largely concealed when you looked at the X5 in profile.
Despite weighing more than three tons, the X5 still drives like a sporty sedan, thanks to an array of technology.
The X5 weighs more than three tons. So BMW engineers brought an impressive array of technology to bear on the problem of getting a vehicle this big and heavy to behave like a sports sedan. Mr. Biermann, the project leader, is a suspension expert, with credits that include work on BMW's high performance M cars and race cars. The new X5 is a metal merchant's dream, with a magnesium and aluminum engine block, and big aluminum pieces in the suspension, all designed to cut weight.
BMW will offer on the X5 a package of "active" handling systems under the name "AdaptiveDrive" that will use electronics to minimize side-to-side swaying in corners and absorb bumps in the road. A computer controlled active steering system, a $1,250 option, can automatically help a driver avoid losing control by countering extreme steering moves. BMW's case for this hardware is as much about safety as it is high performance driving, although Mr. Biermann made a point of saying that the X5 can lap the famed Nurburgring race course 10 seconds faster than its predecessor.
On the road, most of this high-tech hardware is invisible. And most people would want it to stay that way. I drove a X5 4.8i with a 350 horsepower V-8 engine but without the AdaptiveDrive technology on rain-slicked highways and byways in the Carolina hills. The X5 is quiet and sure handling while cruising. Hit the accelerator and that BMW V-8 growl swells up to make you feel good about the more than $55,000 it will cost. Just once, I engaged the vehicle's anti-skid brake and traction control system -- and that was because I took a clumsy arc through a tight turn.
The V-8 I drove gets similar gas mileage to the 2006 model with the same size engine. The 3.0 liter six-cylinder engine in the standard X5 is rated at 17 miles per gallon in the city, 23 on the highway -- slightly better than the previous model despite the greater power and weight. BMW says the engines require premium unleaded gasoline.
BMW hasn't surrendered completely to American whims. Teutonic quirks like a shifter that demands you to move the lever forward to go into reverse remain to perplex the uninitiated.
But perhaps the most striking thing about the new X5 is just how crowded the segment it defied convention to create has become.
In 1999, the X5 was a segment of one. Today, even the Internet barely affords space to list all the luxury brand crossover wagons on the market that make claims to sports sedan performance and luxury sedan comfort. Why even Volvo, that brand founded on "safety," last week announced a new XC90 "Sport" model with a V-8 engine and a "sport tuned" suspension at a base price of $49,300 -- nearly $6,000 less than the new X5 V-8 model.
Just a few weeks prior to BMW's launch program for the X5, Honda Motor Co.'s Acura brand rolled out a redesigned version of its popular MDX. Where the original MDX was essentially a minivan that had undergone a gender transformation, the new MDX comes with a 300 horsepower six-cylinder engine -- compared to the 260 horsepower six offered in the standard X5 -- an all-wheel-drive system that varies driving force from side to side and front to back and lots of other techno-goodies. And where does Acura say it tested this vehicle?
Why the Nurburgring, of course.
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So Nubs has never been a picky eater in him life. There has only been one time he's snubbed his food and that was the first few days after he came home with us and snubbed his Science Diet that the shelter gave us (I was easing him over to his new food) so I switched him cold turkey and he was good.
About a week ago I found that he wasn't enjoying his food as much as he use to, but I had chalked it up to the new supplement (Missing link) I started adding to his food. 2 days ago I opened a new bag of TOTW HP and all was done, he refused to eat. So I stopped adding his new supplement and just fed him his food. Still refused.
Luckily I keep a can of dog food around just in case I need it, and he ate that mixed with his normal dog food just fine. Next meal I try again, and again it's a no go. I do a different brand of dog food and all is well in the world of Nubs.
So I decided I must have gotten a bad bag of dog food and went out and brought a smaller bag of TOTW HP and TOTW PS for back up. Brought them home, and he eats both of the new bags without issues so I figure it's just a bad bag, and life is good again.
This morning I get up and get him a cup and a quarter of the new bag of TOTW HP, and we are back to stage one, no eating. He's drooling like mad, you can tell he is starved and wants to eat but is refusing to eat this. I switch things around a few times seeing if it's something, but nope, nadda. Finally I grab a snacky and toss it into his food dish, and he eats the whole thing!
Ok, so now he's just being picky, and that makes me mad. WTH? Anyone had this happen to them? I'm going to just start letting him starve himself until he decides he eats what I tell him to. I'm not playing this game. His appetite is just fine, he's just picky as heck out of nowhere!


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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
This was coming for quite a while, with my first thoughts originating somewhere around 2006 when I really started mix-taping again. The content itself was produced in bits and pieces between mid-2007 and mid-late 2008, with the final collation happening on the morning of the TINA zine fair in October. Unlike my previous releases, which have received little positive responses, this one seemed to strike a chord with people. Also, it signaled my zine-making re-ignition, and helped convince me this really is my art-form of choice.
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By Lewis Krauskopf
July 29 (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit as the company's biggest division that serves banks and financial institutions showed underlying revenue growth for the first time since 2011.
Revenue at its Financial & Risk segment rose 1 percent in the second quarter when excluding currency and acquisitions.
"It was very encouraging to see organic growth in F&R," said Jefferies analyst Dan Dolev. "Everybody has been waiting for it. They delivered it."
Thomson Reuters shares, which had been down more than 6 percent in 2015 through Tuesday, rose 4 percent after the results, their best one-day move in about four years.
The news and information company posted underlying revenue increases across its four main divisions.
"The quarter and the first half just confirms the momentum that is building inside the business," Chief Executive Jim Smith said in an interview.
Thomson Reuters has struggled to expand since Thomson Corp acquired Reuters Group Plc in 2008, a $17 billion merger that was completed just as the financial industry crisis started. Continued...


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levy noun (plural levies) 1. a raising or collecting, as of money or troops, by authority or force. 2. that which is raised, as a tax assessment or a body of troops. verb (t) (levied, levying) 3. to make a levy of; collect (taxes, contributions, etc.). 4. to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imported wines. 5. to raise or enlist (troops, etc.) for service. 6. to start, or make (war, etc.). verb (i) 7. to make a levy. 8. Law to seize or attach property by judicial order. [ME , from F levee, from lever raise. See LEVER].
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Sapelo Island is an incredible place to be during fall migration. The isolated beaches are excellent for viewing a variety of shorebirds, gulls and terns with the possibility of seeing red knots and long-billed curlews. Migrating raptors – particularly peregrine falcons and merlins – may also be seen on the beach. Sapelo is the only place in the United States outside of Texas to see the plain chachalaca which was introduced to the island in the 1920s. You will also see fall migrants, wood storks, bald eagles, white pelicans, and possibly roseate spoonbills. Painted buntings may be found in scrubs areas on the island. On October 9, an optional kayak trip is available to participants interested in spending more time on the island. (See pdf on the right.) Historic Reynolds Mansion Lodging: Double Room with Twin Bed - $299 Single Room: $599 Optional Extensions: $250 per person for a double $599 per person for a single room
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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 973074, 7 pages
Decomposition of China's Carbon Emissions Intensity from 1995 to 2010: An Extended Kaya Identity
Department of Economic Management, North China Electric Power University, No. 689 Huadian Road, Baoding 071003, China
Received 18 November 2013; Accepted 7 December 2013
Academic Editor: Tadeusz Kaczorek
Copyright © 2013 Wei Li and Qing-Xiang Ou. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper employs an extended Kaya identity as the scheme and utilizes the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI II) as the decomposition technique based on analyzing CO2 emissions trends in China. Change in CO2 emissions intensity is decomposed from 1995 to 2010 and includes measures of the effect of Industrial structure, energy intensity, energy structure, and carbon emission factors. Results illustrate that changes in energy intensity act to decrease carbon emissions intensity significantly and changes in industrial structure and energy structure do not act to reduce carbon emissions intensity effectively. Policy will need to significantly optimize energy structure and adjust industrial structure if China's emission reduction targets in 2020 are to be reached. This requires a change in China's economic development path and energy consumption path for optimal outcomes.


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Track: Autocross Jul 21st (56k go to the bathroom)
I went to my first autox yesterday and it was a blast!!! I was the only focus out there, but I still had fun. The cars most closely related to the focus were a Protege 5, RSX-S and a Scion xA (which was doing really well!). My fastest time was a 53.9 something (I will post video of my in car ride when photobucket decides to accept video uploads.....been trying all day....)
It was a fast course, but never went out of 2nd gear. The asphalt had a very slick tar coating which made traction issues for everyone. I was understeering like crazy....stupid bfg g-force sports...
There were close to 70 cars out there. 427 s/c Roush Mustang, 281 s/c Saleen Mustang, Mach 1, couple of fox body mustang's. There was a z06..he was having trouble with power and keeping it glued. Couple of subies, a 92-x saab, over a dozen miatas, a bunch of s2000, one rx-8, one race ready crx. Bunch of Pics so take a look! For all of them...check out my album:
1st vid: Mazdaspeed 3 that showed up. quick and very flat in the corners
2nd Vid: Mazdaspeed Miata. This guy usually races r-compund tires, but with track conditions, he decided on street tires. First run he was drifting all over the place, this 2nd run wasnt so bad. Pics of this car are at the bottom of this post.
3rd vid: Solstice GXP that was there.
Almost 3 wheeled this fox mustang.....
Race ready CRX
This Miata only had Tein Flex and r-compund tires for mods and cut some of the fastest times....did I mention 200k miles on the odometer??
This is a sweet Mazdaspeed Miata...sick BOV (will have vid of this one as well)
Stayed on even during the autox......
nice pics.....where is the fofo?
in my album....i have an in car video of the fastest lap i did....just waiting on photobucket. in my album there are some pics of my car and others i didnt post
looked fun... hopefully when FAST comes back to st pete my car will be more than ready and all in my family will be more than ready and maybe my bride will be able to come also.
yeah boi!
Nice white marks on the tires. To monitor the tire roll?
yessir! They were actually getting about 3/8" roll even though the traction was horrible...maybe more than 40psi would help. Next time the autox cross will be in brooksville on an airport runway and traction will be better.
bump! videos added up top
man those videos make me wish even more i could have made it... maybe next time when FAST comes back to st. pete my car will be ready and so will my dad.
Theyre gonna be in Brooksville come Sept 9th. This track is supposed to be better cuz its an airport runway with super grippy concrete (not the slick asphalt like the St. Pete site)
Wow, nice vids...that freakin GXP was moving!
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am in process of getting CWP in SC.
have been recommended to get the Utah permit (which supposedly allows reciprocal carry in a large # of states).
1. anybody in SC? Any recommendations on the folks in W. COlumbia who teach? Or the fellow (Curry?) who teaches a course?
2. Thoughts on the Utah permit (in addition to SC permit), as opposed the SC permit only?
I'm new to this but am not new to guns. have a handful of various semiautos (P95, XD9, MarkII,etc) as well as plenty of long guns....
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welcome from the upstate!!! neither the course or class should be a problem for an experanced shooter. you might want to check into classes in other areas. we had several from cola in our class.they said there was a long wait for local classes.
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I took my South Carolina CCW course from these folks. I think they were pretty good.
The Utah permit allows a lot of states. The only catch is you have to take a class from a Utah certified instructor. There are a lot of these in other states, so you can probably find one here in SC. The Florida permit is honored in a similar number of states allows, and it allows a lot more latitude in fulfilling their training requirement (including NRA courses) so it's a little easier to find an instructor. The fellow I took the SC CWP course from also taught us an NRA basic pistol course, which qualifies for the Florida permit.
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Aug. 31, 2002
The University of Tennessee Lady Vol volleyball team surrendered no more than 21 points in a little over an hour, as they cruised to a 3-0 (30-19, 30-15, 30-21) triumph over Iona in the first of their two matches at the Fordham Rose Hill Classic on Saturday. The match was played at Rose Hill Gymnasium in Bronx, N.Y. With the win, UT remained undefeated on the year at 2-0, while the loss dropped Iona to 0-2 for the season.
In a reversal of yesterday's match with Cal State Fullerton, the Big Orange wasted no time in building a sizable lead in the first game, the largest of which came on game point at 29-17 when senior outside hitter Janelle Hester recorded her first and only service ace of the match. UT went on to win game one by a 30-19 count. Hester paced the Lady Vols' offensive attack with seven kills in the frame, followed by senior outside hitter Kelli Scott and freshman middle blocker Kristen Andre with five kills each. Hester also led the defensive efforts with 11 digs.
The Lady Vols did not let up in the second game, as Hester and Andre added five more kills to their total in the second frame. Andre finished the contest with 12 kills for her first match with double-digit kills. Through game two, UT had recorded 42 kills and committed only 8 hitting errors for an impressive .447 hitting percentage. The Orange and White finished off the Gaels by a score of 30-15 in the second frame.
Iona kept the third game relatively close early on, eventually cutting the Lady Vols' leads to three points on a number of occasions. UT's relentless hitting and defense, however, pushed them to a 27-19 advantage after Scott inspired her teammates with her powerful jump serving. The Big Orange went on to take the match at 30-21 for the 3-0 win.
Hester finished as the Lady Vols' leader in kills and digs with 15 and 12, respectively. It was her first double-double of the 2002 season. Scott recorded her second straight double-double with 11 kills and 11 digs. Sophomore middle blocker Michelle Piantadosi picked up career-bests of 14 kills and eight digs. The Boca Raton, Fla., native also tied her career-high for attacks with 24. On the back row, freshman libero Morgan Miltner posted her second consecutive match of 10 digs. Freshman setter Julie Knytych bested yesterday's 45 assists performance with 48 on the afternoon as well.
The Lady Vols will conclude their participation in the Fordham Rose Hill Classic with a 7:30 p.m. match-up with host Fordham this evening. After a day off on Sunday, UT heads to South Orange, N.J., on Sept. 2 to face the Pirates of Seton Hall at 3:30 p.m.


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Submitted to: American Dairy Science Association Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/26/2000
Publication Date: N/A
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Technical Abstract: Nearly 2 million Holstein lactation records from calvings during 1990 through 1997 (a 10% sample of Holstein data) that were acceptable for USDA genetic evaluations were used to determine age and genetic differences in predicted transmitting ability for milk (PTAM) and productive life (PTAPL) between surviving and culled cows. Only records from cows in herds that remained on test long enough to provide those cows with an opportunity to calve again were included. Cows sold for dairy purposes were excluded. Annual mean PTAM for surviving cows ranged from -145 kg for cows that calved in 1990 to 246 kg for cows that calved in 1997; corresponding mean PTAM for culls ranged from -234 to 170 kg. Annual mean PTAPL for surviving cows ranged from -.01 mo for cows that calved in 1990 to .74 mo for cows that calved in 1997; corresponding mean PTAPL for culls ranged from -.44 to .34 mo. Differences between survivors and culls ranged from 76 to 94 kg for PTAM and from .40 to .44 mo for PTAPL. Annual trends were 49 kg for PTAM and .09 mo for PTAPL for survivors versus 50 kg for PTAM and .10 mo for PTAPL for culls. Mean PTAM for grade cows across years (67 kg for survivors and -10 kg for culls) were higher than corresponding mean PTAM for registered cows (54 and -19 kg). Mean PTAPL for grade cows across years (.23 mo for survivors and -.18 mo for culls) were lower than corresponding mean PTAPL for registered cows (.69 and .32 mo). Mean age of cows that left the herd ranged from 65.2 mo for grade cows and 64.8 mo for registered cows during 1990 to 76.8 and 65.1 mo, respectively, during 1997. Trends were similar for surviving and cull cows, and surviving cows were genetically superior for yield and longevity. Age of cows that left the herd increased for grade herds over time.


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Apollo-Ridge boys begin quest for rare playoff berth
After getting experience as freshmen last season, Apollo-Ridge sophomore guards Tre Tipton and Alex Smith are set to help the Vikings jump back into playoff contention.
Apollo-Ridge, which finished 10-12 overall and 2-10 in Section 1-AA last season, has made the WPIAL playoffs just once in the past nine seasons and hasn't won a playoff game since 2003.
But fourth-year coach Matt Gourley said he believes the Vikings have the ingredients to be a contender in a wide-open playoff race, with Tipton and Smith manning key roles.
"Those two are going to complement what we think is a real nice senior group this year," Gourley said. "Tre can play anywhere and Alex is can play inside and out; he's very versatile."
Among the seniors the Vikings are counting on are the frontcourt twins, 6-foot-4 Cody and 6-5 Connor Billingsley, and third-year starter Josh Reynolds.
"We're looking for a leadership role in Josh," Gourley said. "He can play different positions and he's a good penetrator."
The section has a different look. Freeport is gone, and Burrell and Deer Lakes have moved down from Class AAA. Summit Academy also is a newcomer.
"I'm happy with the section we're in," Gourley said. "I think it's a very equal section — anybody can beat anybody on any night. It should be pretty interesting."
Adding depth to the Vikings this season are seniors Luke Burrell, Matt Hazi and Evan Davis. Juniors Dom Schrecengost and Mitchell Johnston also are expected to contribute.
Gourley will be assisted again by Eric Andring, former head coach Gary Davis, Roger Gourley — the coach's father — and Ted Faber.
But Matt Gourley feels one of the most important people coming into the program is Bruce Yard, who will handle the players in grades 3-6.
The Vikings will open the season Dec. 7 in the Leechburg Tip-off Tournament against Winchester-Thurston. They begin the section schedule Dec. 14 against visiting Summit Academy.
George Guido is a freelance writer.
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Justin Bieber Makes a Trip to "The X-Factor"
Posted Monday August 27, 2012 10:52 PM GMT
Fans of "The X-Factor" are in for a treat this season as Justin Bieber was spotted filming scenes for the upcoming show in Los Angeles, CA on Monday (August 27).
The 18-year-old pop star joined judge LA Reid and his new team on the rooftop of the talent competition's studio to prepare for the exciting episode.
There's no denying that the "Boyfriend" singer's fans are obsessed with him and his opinions. In a recent interview, Bieber was asked what his favorite body part is on a female.
A fan asked Justin if he liked boobs or butts better and after looking a bit shocked, he replied, "I like both."
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Pine Ridge Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California
Winemaker's Notes
This elegant ruby-purple wine enchants the nose with an array of rich fruit aromas of cooked Bing cherries, ripe raspberry and strawberry reduction enveloped by touches of briar, espresso spice and dried violets. The delightfully supple palate exhibits unparalleled balance, silky tannins and deep flavors of dark cherry and boysenberry alongside touches of caramel, baking spice and sugared cinnamon toast that continue long through the velvety finish.
Velvety and opulent, this wine is a perfect partner to a dish based on a tender meat like lamb. It would be well-matched to pan-seared lamb loin with a shallot and porcini crust over wilted endives and a tomato confit vinaigrette, or simply with a mild and smoothly-textured cheese such as Petit Basque.
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Vinous / Antonio Galloni - "The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District is a gorgeous wine. Black cherries, spices, licorice and mint are some of the notes that first take shape in the glass. There is a lovely white flower note that runs through the wine that adds freshness and vibrancy. Plums, tar and smoke wrap around the firm finish. This is one of the few 2009s here that could use another year or two in bottle. It is a fine effort. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2024."
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In 1978 , a remarkable vineyard took shape alongside a deep pine forest that climbs the western hillside of Napa Valley's storied Stags Leap District. Today, nestled in a small valley along the Silverado Trail, the carefully maintained and terraced slopes of Pine Ridge Vineyards blend gracefully with the natural rise and fall of the land. Year after year, the wines of Pine Ridge carry a sense of this place and its history. Continuity, balance and meticulous craftsmanship are inherent in the wines and deeply embedded in the winery's heritage. Each vintage reflects the distinct characteristics of the appellation and a focused commitment to refinement that reaches across the years, from the founding of the winery to today. View all Pine Ridge Wines
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It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
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An anniversary is coming soon. It marks a decision that affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, caused untold suffering, and may – or may not – have been the right, moral and legal choice.
The United States National Security Council decided not to invade Iraq or attempt to topple Saddam Hussein almost 22 years ago, on the 27th February 1991.
Probably, most of us in the west, if we think of this decision at all, think of it as a wise, pragmatic recognition of the limits of Western power.
Had the USA invaded Iraq in 1991, it would likely have overthrown Saddam Hussein's regime, but also would have been charged with going beyond the UN Security Council Mandate for the liberation of Kuwait. Further, it would have damaged western relations with regimes as varied as Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, who had their own reasons to oppose regime change, from fear of Iran or Kurdish nationalism to concern at the after-effects of deposing a dictatorship.
Finally, there was the fear of the US being sucked into another "quagmire", a fear that lay behind President Bush's repeated re-assurance to the American people that the Gulf war would not be another Vietnam. These are not insignificant concerns.
Yet the decision not to invade Iraq and not to meaningfully support the overthrow Saddam Hussein's Baath regime had terrible short and long-term consequences.
Uprisings against the regime were put down brutally in both Kurdistan and the south of Iraq1.
We can't know precisely how many died in the post-Gulf War repression, but one Human Rights Watch report suggests Iraqi government sources acknowledged a figure of around a quarter of a million deaths. In Baghdad in 2007, the prosecutors of those alleged to be responsible suggested between 60 to 100,000 Shia alone were killed in the repression.
Although we will never know how many died in the repression, we do know that there were millions of refugees, that there were massacres, mass graves, and later a deliberate ecological disaster inflicted on the Marsh Arabs:
As Faleh Jabar, director of the Iraq Institute of Strategic studies wrote after the uprisings were put down:
"The uprisings were drowned in blood. The scenes of brief, mass executions exhibited before the eyes of the world an Iraq that still is a wonderland of terror. Yet Arab leftists and philanthropic liberals turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the cries of a nation victimized…
… the passivity of the Arab and, by extension, the international left was incomprehensible. Their fatal error was to neglect the longing of the Iraqi people for democracy. This left the cause of peace and democracy to the hypocritical manipulation of the US and other Western powers. The rightful condemnation of US schemes and hidden agendas should have been complemented by a defense of the Iraqi people's legitimate right to democratic freedoms and their right to decide matters of peace and war."
Could a different path have been taken?
In terms of direct intervention, there flowed a remorseless logic of passivity and reaction from the decision not to invade. Once Iraq had agreed to the UN ceasefire, and as long as it did not breach the conditions of UN resolutions 686 and 687, then, in terms of the liberation of Kuwait, it was Mission Accomplished.2 Further, supporting the confused and disparate rebellions of the Kurds and Shia carried grave risks – from the break up of Iraq to shifts in the regional power balance. Who exactly would the west aid, domestically? What were their agendas?
Fundamentally, if the UN and the Coalition had recognised Iraqi territorial integrity and agreed a ceasefire after the evacuation of Kuwait, on what basis was further intervention justified? Even when violations of UN resolutions did occur, the UN could even then only act reactively.
Such action was justified only for humanitarian purposes, it was decided.
So, on 5 April 1991, the UN security council condemned the repression of the Iraqi Kurds, doing so in the now familiar terms of recognising Iraqi territorial rights, seeking an open dialogue, and requesting humanitarian access. In one of the painful ironies of this history, the UN did the two days after the last major Kurdish town fell to the Iraqi forces.
That same day, Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council announced "the complete crushing of acts of sedition, sabotage, and rioting in all towns of Iraq". The UN was too late. The main uprising had already been crushed. In Southern Iraq, the story was the same. In the years after the Gulf war, Iraqi forces carried out- in the words of Human Rights watch –
"Murder of thousands of unarmed civilians following the abortive March 1991 uprising, through summary execution and the indiscriminate bombardment and shelling of residential areas in towns and villages in the vicinity of Basra, al-Nasiriyya, al-'Amara and across the marshes region"
After both these campaigns began the US, UK and France established a no fly zone, first over Northern Iraq in April 1991, and in Southern Iraq in August 1992.
Yet this intervention for humanitarian reasons was both limited and confused.
The limitations were obvious. Neither No Fly zone prevented ground campaigns As Human rights Watch pointed out about the Southern No Fly zone:
"Except when it violated the terms of the 1991 ceasefire agreement by using fixed-wing aircraft within the zone, Iraq was essentially left to conduct ground operations backed by helicopters (which were not prohibited under the ceasefire agreement) with impunity."
The humanitarian confusion was more subtle, but perhaps more deadly.
As the Iraqi regime secured its domestic power in the early nineties, this raised the question of what should be done to restrict a state that had been twice willing to launch wars of aggression and still showed little scruple about using chemical weapons, supporting terrorism, assassination, and violent repression to secure its aims.
The response was a sanctions system intended to limit the Iraqi regimes ability to launch any further wars of aggression or to develop supplies of weapons of mass destruction.
The result of the sanctions was child mortality, disease, and in all likelihood, hundreds of thousands of deaths.
That the sanctions regime caused massive humanitarian harm is beyond doubt. The international sanctions regime inflicted on the Iraqi people a price not paid by the regime itself, who, thanks to first illicit trade and later, the corruptibility of the oil-for-food programme, found ways of insulating themselves from its effects.
Any and all of the actors here can be blamed.
After all, if the Baath regime had dissolved itself, or complied fully with the UN, ceased domestic repression, and not sought to evade the sanctions, the sanctions themselves would have been lifted, as they were in 2003.
Equally, the global community found that the desire to restrain Iraq's aggression and to comfort Iraq's people were in direct conflict.
All these consequences can be attributed to the pragmatic decision that it was best to 'contain' Iraq, both in terms of domestic repression and external threat. One could argue that this approach worked, in real-politik terms. The Iraqi people effectively paid the human price for a policy of international security by containment.
Perhaps we could wish that another, better approach could have been followed, one that would not have seen the Iraqi regime repress domestically, not seen such a severe sanctions regime with such awful consequences and which did not entrench the regime as the distributor of resources under oil-for-food.
However, as the Iraqi military was substantially intact after the first Gulf war, the Iraqi regime was not to be directly threatened, the UN coalition was not prepared to destroy the Iraqi military as a fighting force, and any sanctions regime effective against arms and chemical and biological weapons would also inflict severe hardship on the Iraqi people,3 it's not clear what that better path might have been.4
The decision not to invade Iraq in 1991 created a political and diplomatic situation where the Iraqi regime was permitted to re-establish itself domestically through severe repression, led directly to the direct deaths of an untold number of people in the early 90s, caused the environmental and human catastrophe of the Marsh Arabs, and = because it was deemed essential that the preserved Iraqi regime be contained militarily =, to the humanitarian catastrophe of a sanctions regime that was the only apparent way of preventing Iraq reaching beyond its borders, (and which, a decade later, appeared to be badly failing at even that task.)
In other words, the domestic repression in Iraq and the sanctions regime were the humanitarian consequences of the decision to contain, not overthrow, the Iraqi government.
This was a choice with hard, painful consequences. Was it the right choice? After all, the arguments against invasion were real and meaningful.5
Today, we are see the echoes of choices about intervention in Syria.
Would it be worse to intervene directly? Would a sanctions regime end up preserving the Assad government as it slowly regains authority? If we choose to intervene indirectly, are we allowing the continuation of a civil war that will kill tens of thousands?
Over the next few weeks, we'll also hear a lot about the consequences of the decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
That is proper. As someone who supports that decision, I know that choice had horrific consequences.
I only hope we recognise that a policy of inaction also has consequences, and that they too can be terrible.------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- In part because the coalition powers allowed the Iraqi military to use helicopters, but largely because the decision was taken not to enter Iraqi territory [↩]
- As Paul Wolfowitz has said:"Saddam Hussein flew helicopters that slaughtered the people in the south and in the north who were rising up against him, while American fighter pilots flew overhead, desperately eager to shoot down those helicopters, and not allowed to do so. [↩]
- and, that when oil-for-food was established, the Iraqi regime proved adept at manipulating it to generate income to fund illicit trades in military resources, weapons and components, [↩]
- The obvious alternative would have been a looser sanctions regime which would have enabled the Iraqi government to pursue its domestic and regional aims with far less restraint. To put it mildly, this would not have been risk-free, for the Iraqi people or the wider region. This is why the Baghdad government sought the lifting and relaxation of sanctions and apparently deployed resources to encourage those making those arguments around the world. [↩]
- For a good setting out of the case against, see General Schwarzkopf's account here:
In the Gulf War we had great international legitimacy in the form of eight United Nations Resolutions, every one of which said "Kick Iraq out of Kuwait", did not say one word about going into Iraq, taking Baghdad, conquering the whole country and hanging Saddam Hussein. That's point number one.
Point number two, had we gone on to Baghdad, I don't believe the French would have gone and I'm quite sure that the Arab coalition would not have gone, the coalition would have ruptured and the only people that would have gone would have been the United Kingdom and the United States of America. And, oh by the way, I think we'd still be there, we'd be like a dinosaur in a tar pit, we could not have gotten out and we'd still be the occupying power and we'd be paying one hundred percent of all the costs to administer all of Iraq.
Thirdly, I don't think we could have found Saddam Hussein if we'd done that. We forget the lessons of Panama. We had ten thousand Americans on the ground in Panama before we went into that very small country, we still couldn't find a fellow named Noriega, so what makes you think that we would go into a nation the size of Iraq and be able to find one person who has all the ability in the world to escape and hide and fly out of the country.
But I think, more importantly, there's a strategic consideration. Saddam Hussein portrayed that war from the very beginning as "This is not a war against Iraqi aggression against Kuwait. This is the Western colonial lackey friends of Israel coming in to destroy the only nation that dare stand up to Israel that is Iraq". Had we proceeded to go on into Iraq and take all of Iraq, I think that you would have millions of people in that part of the world who would say Saddam was right, that was the objective. Instead we went in, we did what the United Nations mandate asked us to do and we left and we didn't ask for anything. We didn't leave permanent military forces over there , we didn't demand territory, we didn't demand bases, and the Arabs became convinced that the West was willing to deal with them even-handedly which has led directly, in my mind, to the progress that's going on at the peace table and between Israel and the Arabs and the Palestinians. It never would have happened if Desert Storm hadn't occurred. So the bottom line, as far as I'm concerned, is that sure, emotionally I would have loved to have gone to Baghdad and grabbed Saddam Hussein, but this was not an emotional decision, it was a strategic decision, and strategically we were smart enough to win the war and win the peace"
Seen from the perspective of today -after the 9/11 attacks that used the 1991 war and the presence of US troops as their emotional justification, the failure to make progress in Israel/Arab relations, this analysis seems variously perceptive, credible, wrong and sadly over-optimistic [↩]


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