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If we're going to take people's freedom away and treat them like criminals, then why the fuck does America exist?
If we're going to act like some police state or other oppressive regimes, then America is dead.
And if you really think we need this kind of monitoring to be safe, I'd like to point out that even the most monitored states around the World aren't any safer - if anything they're LESS safe because it allows for the abuse by the watchers.
If the FBI gets away with this, I'll consider America and Her values to be completely dead as opposed to mostly dead because of the PATRIOT Act.
If we're going to take people's freedom away and treat them like criminals, then why the fuck does America exist?
ohh, oooh, call on me! I know the answer!
"to enhance the power and profit-making of big business?"
(did I get that right?)
We're so friggin' afraid to die that we don't mind living in a golden cage. Even if it's just spray paint. Everyone's crying for more protection, more safety, no matter the cost. It's not just the whole police state thing running rampart. When was the last time you have seen kids play outside, climbing trees and skinning knees? Everything has to be "safe and sane", cotton-wrapped from cradle to grave. And that's what people want, it seems! That's what you get in a sue-happy environment, where people refuse to think for themselves and instead blame everything happening to them on everyone else. If you're stupid, someone else is to blame for your accidents. You used a rotating chair as a makeshift ladder and broke your leg? Sue the manufacturer, he didn't tell you that it's a STUPID idea.
People seem to think that they are not responsible for anything, at any time. We're just far too happy to delegate every kind of responsibility to
9/11 was traumatic for the US. For the first time, in decades, if not centuries, the US were attacked by someone on their own home ground. And so suddenly too. Unprepared you get hit in your own home. It's about as traumatic as a sudden burglar breaking in and beating you up. Now multiply that by a few 100 million. This is how the US population felt after this event. And much like people who survive such a burglar situation, they start calling for more security. You can see alarm systems sales skyrocket when a burglary series runs rampart across town. But not with people who want to prepare and protect against it, it's usually people who HAVE already had a "visit" who are buying, despite the fact that the horse left the barn, it's not that they'd expect the burglar to return, it's simply a psychological reaction to it. It's this traumatic experience that leads to this behaviour.
And the fact that you cannot protect from such attacks is no deterrent from trying either. It is impossible to make the US "secure". Are you kidding? Yes, you can monitor everything that gets in and out of the US, but how do you want to avoid people mixing up bombs? We're talking about some 200 million people, do you think NONE of them has the ability AND the willingness AND access to the materials to bomb something? The odds are slightly against you there.
But, people, it's been a decade. It's time to shake it off. Yes, remember and never forget, but you have to live again. The US were the epitome of freedom, liberty and the ability to make your own way without interference from state or government, for almost all of its existence. People went there from countries that suppressed their strive for self-realization and happiness. This US of today is not anymore what we saw in it. I want my US back!
Read your anthem, people. Read those last lines. "Land of the free. Home of the brave". It's time you act like it again!
More people die from automobile accidents than from terrorists. But you don't see everyone so scared that they'll slow down to the actual speed limit.
Do you know how the FBI has operated since its inception? Google the FBI and MLK Jr. , the FBI and communists, the FBI and 1960s radicals. I don't know why people don't realize this is business as usual.
why the does America exist?
For the same reason as always, to line the pockets of the richest 5% while subduing the people with fantastic lies about "Freedom". The easiest early example would be The Sedition Act of 1798, which effectively made anti-government speech treasonous. We are a nation of hypocrites; our leaders rule under the principle of doublethink, whereby "Freedom" enjoy supreme lip-service, but truly must it exist only to keep the masses docile and in servitude.
American "Freedom" as you are taught in school is A LIE; it is pandering and idealistic. It ignores the fact that our founding fathers decreed that "All men shall be created equal" while holding slaves. It glances over the MANY instances of genocide of American Indians. You'll never read about the times that people have been imprisoned or worse for practicing freedom of speech. America is a great country, but you must understand that the common notion of a worsening state of affairs is a product of ignorance.
If they can't find it, it is clearly useless. Or am I missing something?
As usual you are missing something
This guy would succeed in suing the absolute shit out of them, and the agents responsible would be fired (all the way up the chain). The FBI has repeatedly spit on the cornerstone of our legal system which supposedly guarantees a man to be innocent before proven guilty. They have turned it around once again and forced this man to prove his innocence.
Now let's see just how free this country really is.
Don't you know? This is the land of the free (unless you're suspected of something). Guilty until proven innocent by a jury of people that you have nothing in common with. Uh, I mean, peers.
OTOH, he did make some comments about blowing up a mall. Not that he was planning to do so, but about how easy it would be. He probably had some other profiling flags, too.The thing with the FBI is, they don't really have to justify anything if they don't feel like it.
To be the devil's advocate - gathering evidence IS the attempt of proving guilt.
To be the devil's advocate - gathering evidence IS the attempt of proving guilt.
No... gathering evidence is the attempt to establish guilt.
It is a well known fact that everyone is guilty of something. Especially due to the vast vague laws on the books. If an officer searches you enough they will be able to find some law you have broken, even if you are an upstanding citizen. There are a massive enough obscure laws on the books to do so.
Hell, 95% of the population can be jailed on the streets at will for the so-called crime of "disorderly conduct".
You ever take a quiet stroll in the park? Disorderly conduct!
You ever take a walk in the woods? Disorderly conduct!
You ever use the bushes outdoors as a bathroom? Disorderly conduct, public indecency, littering.
We live in a country, where you have liberties. Even if you are guilty of something, the government is not allowed by the constitution to harass you or go on a fishing expedition to figure out what laws you have broken, obscure laws or not
Yes and infringing on your freedoms while gathering evidence is inevitable. To prevent abuse, though, law enforcement is traditionally required to obtain a warrant. This means they've gone in front of a judge, argued why infringing on this person's rights is so important and got the judge to agree. In practice, it is a rubber-stamp in many cases, but at least it is some form of a check and balance system. Recently, however, law enforcement has been whining that getting warrants are too hard and take too long and we'd all be safer if we'd just let them do whatever they want to do whenever they want to do it. After all, like the old saying goes: Absolute power guarantees absolute safety doesn't corrupt at all. (That *is* the saying, right?)
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a post he made in which the FBI cite as a reason(probably the only one)
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ciiag/so_if_my_deodorant_could_be_a_bomb_why_are_you/c0sve5q [reddit.com]
actually that's a post his friend made.
the guy who got bugged didn't even post that.
If it were me I would have called the bomb squad and made sure all the TV crews were there to see them pull the tracking device off. I think the government and friends have granted themselves far too many powers since 9/11 etc and all of which wouldnt make a damn difference had it all happen again. Its a convenient justification to make it easier for which ever department has the resposibilities to do something that could be a bit easier if they were able to spy on you, read your emails, listen to your calls, check your bank transactions, etc, etc and now track your every movements. None of which is going to stop a guy with a cash plane ticket and a box knife is it now? I think the balance between privacy and security has now long been broken and ever day it seems to be getting worse. Its only when people like this guy stand up and make a point that it shouldnt be happening that something might ever possibly change.
Just "notice" it in the middle of big-city downtown, where a controlled explosion would also knock out a quarter million dollars of glass. Besides I was googling the numbers off the device and Utah has put out bids to purchase two of these mechanisms. It's pretty likely that these thingys aren't FBI-only and most bomb squads would very likely recognize them at once. Then they would remove it with much fanfare and theatrics and transport it for a controlled detonation in the FBI property room; maybe even sen
and left it at that.
I mean, what are they going to do to you?
Too bad you could not get it onto a plane. I wonder how much trouble you would get into taking it or trying to take it on checked luggage?
Should just DHL it to the Iranian embassy or even overseas to China or something.
I mean, what are they going to do to you?
I don't know, like say you are a terrorist and a Unlawful combatant [wikipedia.org], as such you don't have any rights and put you in to Guatemala Bay prison [wikipedia.org], torture you there and release you after a few months [wikipedia.org]. If he tries to sue, the Obama administration will pressure the courts to not hear the case and to drop the charges. [commondreams.org] Oh wait, that was the CIA, o.k. never mind.
The question surrounding GPS tracking has been a topic for discussion for a few years now. Last year when this took place, I believe that a California court stated that it was equivalent to an officer tailing an individual, and a vehicle that was on public property could have the device attached to it without a warrant. According to the article, a Federal Appeals court over ruled this and claimed it unconstitutional.
From the article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110303/ap_on_re_us/us_gps_tracking_warrant
Some balls.
Subtlety is clearly their middle name, and also their first and last name.
I don't believe a warrant is needed to tail someone, but the act of putting a tracker on the person's physical property is what is in contention.
With a tracker, you are followed everywhere you go in the vehicle, but with actual man power, the agent could follow you in a store and observe first hand if your motives are suspicious or just a daily routine.
One can hardly defend against an electronic accuser. Ie: if the tracker info is used against you in a court of law, it's a simple fact and there's no way t
Talk about gall.
By the way, is it also OK to "attach" a tracker (trojan) to a computer system?
And then when you're caught, demand "your property back"?
The federal appeals court in the Washington circuit where Afifi's case was filed ruled in August that the collection of GPS data amounts to a government "search" that required a warrant. The Obama administration asked the court to change its ruling, calling the decision "vague and unworkable" and arguing that investigators will lose access to a tool they now use "with great frequency."
So the FBI admits they're doing a lot of GPS tracking without warrants.
They demanded it back? So that's an admission that it's theirs. Idiot move #1. They need to write that sort of stuff off.
The proper answer should be: "My attorney has it. He's having it analyzed by experts."
Next time, have some fun. Stick it to a police car parked at the doughnut shop. Then, make an anonymous call to the cops and report a rumor that some gang members in a couple of black SUVs are looking to knock off a cop to make their rep in the neighborhood.
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It reminds me of a line from Hoosiers where Cletus says to Gene Hackman's character (Norman Dale), "Norm, I'm trying hard to believe you know what you're doing here."
Even as an eternal Orioles optimist- especially on April 1st– even I'm having to try hard to believe Dave Trembley knows what the hell he's doing.
If I'm not mistaken, the Orioles play exhibition games today, tomorrow and Saturday in Florida. I would imagine they fly to Baltimore on Saturday night, get a day at home on Easter Sunday, stretch it out at OPACY on Monday morning, and then head to Tampa to open the season on Tuesday night.
Keeping that schedule in mind, why in God's name did Dave Trembley send Jason Berken out there to start yesterday's game? Better yet, why is he sending Jake Arrieta out there to start today? At this point shouldn't the starting five be in their regular rotation?
Brad Bergesen made his last outing of the spring on Tuesday. If he is indeed the number 4 starter, he would next pitch a week from Friday in the home opener against Toronto. On Tuesday he got roughed up for 6 ER in 5 IP. He gave up three homeruns.
So instead of keeping his guys in rotation, Trembley is going to let Bergesen sit on THAT outing for a week and a half?
I understand they got rained out on Sunday and everything got pushed back, but having Jake Arrieta pitch against Tampa Bay today is just a waste of innings.
Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm sure there is some grand plan here to make sure everyone is well rested for Opening Day and the stretch of 16 consecutive games that the Orioles open the season with, but I'm just not getting it.
According to the MASN website, Brian Roberts, Adam Jones, and Cesar Izturis have stayed behind in Sarasota today rather than make the trip to Port Charlotte to get some AB's against the Rays.
Today's lineup includes lineup against the Rays includes Scott Moore and Brandon Waring. Ty Wigginton is batting second and playing second base. Craig Tatum is catching. Felix Pie is leading off. Nolan Reimold is hurt and hitting fifth.
In years past, it seemed that guys were champing at the bit to get the hell out of Florida and on with the regular season. This year it seems like they could use another three or four weeks down there.
It really is starting to feel like they're crossing their fingers and just hoping that the pieces of the puzzle all magically come together by Tuesday. Or maybe there's some magical switch that they flip when the calendar turns to April.
Don't count on it.
I mentioned that 16 game stretch to open the season. It's really a pretty brutal stretch. After nine divisional games with Tampa and Toronto, the Orioles wing out west without an off day, for a seven games in seven days stretch with Seattle and Oakland. Rest for the weary? Nah, after that they get twelve, yes twelve, straight against the Yankees and Red Sox.
The point is that trying to make adjustments on the fly is going to be hard in April. They can't simply figure it out as they go. Unless, of course, they don't really care about winning this year.
They don't have the luxury of being able to string 8 or 9 wins in a row together like the Yankees do. The Orioles simply don't have the pitching for those kinds of streaks.
The pitching matchups in Tampa are not favorable. The Rays send Shields, Garza, and Niemann. The Orioles counter with Millwood, Guthrie, and Matusz.
Starting slow out of the gate could be devastating to this team. If the Orioles come out of that 16 game stretch something like 6-10, things could get really ugly in a hurry.
In my estimation, March was a fiasco for the Orioles. Maybe it'll come together in April. Just pray it's before 7:05 Tuesday.

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Aussie Stuart Brown leaves AYSO, passes ball to Kiwi Stuart Reed
Stuart Brown, the affable Aussie who for four years has served as the regional commissioner of AYSO youth soccer, announced this week he is leaving his post.
"Hopefully, you're leaving something in better shape than when you started," he said.
Brown, 46, served two terms and earned respect and kudos from the players as well as the AYSO Board of Directors.
"We believe that he has demonstrated unparalleled leadership abilities, compassion, problem solving capacity, love for the community and volunteerism that exceeds our most model Mammoth citizen," said board member Lou Margulies.
"His love for the game of soccer and desire to see the Mammoth program develop and grow to one of excellence is recognized by the fact that under his leadership we have become the largest youth participation sporting opportunity in Mono County."
Brown passes his post to Stuart Need, proprietor of Lakanuki and a native New Zealander.
A send-off party for Brown will be at Lakanuki on Wednesday, Dec. 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Margulies said.


text: A contractor hired to plow city streets has defended his actions after two Lawrence city councilors questioned why his company was clearing the driveway of Mayor William Lantigua immediately following the recent blizzard. Juan Mateo, who runs S&W Paving, said the mayor paid the full $75 hourly rate to have his driveway plowed with a small front-end loader. Acting Public Works Commissioner John Isensee added that the city's contract did not call for use of the front-end loader, meaning no equipment was diverted from city streets to do the job. City Councilor Marc Laplante, who photographed the plowing and was the first to question it, is said to be considering a run against Lantigua when he seeks reelection next fall.


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The new Sim City has issues. I'm not calling them problems because to some people they are not problems at all. To some they are.
I have not purchased the game, nor have I played it in beta. I've read a good deal about it. I don't like the fact that I will not be able to save my game, or that I will have to be connected to EA's server to play.
I want to be able to play on a laptop when I don't have a connection, and I want to be able to save and then throw disaster after disaster at my city to see how it copes, and then have the option to return to my save. I also don't want to be limited by size or pop, but that can be an option for a challenge mode.
I came across this kickstarter city sim - Civitas. It looks promising, but so far it's nothing but talk. The devs are supposed to be putting up some videos of the features. Read the comments.
I gave them $10 and told them I would give them more if they show something concrete. I'd love a deep city sim that has the features they are talking about.


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Lynn Haven, FL---Safe to say the process of hing a new head football coach at Mosley is well under way.
I had a conversation Tuesday with Mosley Athletic Director Danny Nagy who told me they began officially advertising the opening just after Thanksgiving. The vacancy created with coach Perry Brown finished his drop and had to retire from the positon.
Coach Nagy says that advertising will continue until the end of this week. He says the resumes are rolling in, and estimates between 40 to 50 have been sent to the school at this point.
So he's confident they will have at least 50 qualified applicants to choose from. Without naming them, Nagy says he'll lead a 7 person committee made up administrators, boosters and others who have a vested interest in Mosley High School.
And that committee Nagy says, will start combing through the resumes next week, working to narrow a list of possible interviewees and go from there. The hope Danny says, is to have a new head coach in place by February.


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Greinke, Ishikawa lead Brewers over Mets
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ryan Braun had a fresh pink welt on his left triceps, where he was hit one pitch after Rickie Weeks launched a long home run in the seventh inning.
He barely felt it.
Zack Greinke's seven stellar innings and Travis Ishikawa's two homers and five RBIs in the Milwaukee Brewers' 8-0 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday night were quite the pain reliever for the NL MVP.
''It's fine,'' Braun said of his arm.
Greinke (4-1) was more than fine for his second straight outing. He allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked none while extending his scoreless streak to 15 innings.
''Control's been good, the last two starts. That's the main key,'' Greinke said. ''It's mainly just being able to throw quality strikes.''
Weeks' drive to deep left snapped an 0-for-21 skid and touched off an ugly moment. Mets reliever D.J. Carrasco then hit Braun with his next pitch and was immediately ejected by plate umpire Gary Darling.
''I didn't like it. I don't understand it,'' Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said.
Mets manager Terry Collins pinch hit for David Wright leading off the bottom half. Wright had two of the Mets' hits off Greinke, a double and a broken-bat single in the fourth inning -- a shard of wood whirling past Greinke.
''It was interesting what that shows,'' Roenicke said of Collins lifting Wright -- and also David Murphy two batters later.
Collins and Wright had a discussion in the dugout before he was due up. Wright wanted to bat but Collins was not going to put his .408-hitting star in a dangerous position.
''He said, 'If somebody should be hit, I want it to be me,''' Collins said. ''I said it's not going to be you.''
Braun understood both sides of the argument.
''I respect the fact that he wanted to stay in the game,'' Braun said. ''I don't fault them for making that decision at all.''
Tim Dillard worked the eighth and John Axford gave up a hit in the ninth while finishing the six-hitter. It was Axford's first appearance since his string of 49 straight saves ended Friday night and he left a note of apology to the media in the clubhouse when he went to be with his wife, who was having contractions.
Ishikawa led off the fifth with his third homer of the year and connected for a three-run shot in the sixth, both drives coming on the first pitch of the at-bat against Dillon Gee (2-3). He also had a run-scoring groundout in the second inning as fog started rolling in, a misty haze that hung over the outfield for the remainder of the game.
''He's been throwing a lot of strikes,'' said Ishikawa, who has been platooning at first base since Mat Gamel tore a ligament in his right knee in early May. ''I didn't want to get deep into the count.''
The Mets had a chance to move six games over .500 for the first time since July 18, 2010, but managed little against Greinke.
The Mets did not make an out to the outfield against Greinke. Only Wright and pinch-hitter Mike Baxter, who doubled to left in the sixth, reached second.
Greinke came in 30-46 away from home -- he is 80-74 overall. His only poor start this season came at the Chicago Cubs, when he gave up eight runs.
''I'm just trying to keep the same mindset,'' Greinke said about pitching on the road as compared to home. ''I'm trying to make that better. You're just a little more comfortable at home.''
The Brewers gave Greinke an early lead on Ishikawa's groundout and Cesar Izturis' RBI single. Ishikawa homered off the ''Wise Snacks'' sign above the New York bullpen in right-center on the first pitch of the fifth inning.
Braun and Aramis Ramirez singled off Gee to start the sixth. Jonathan Lucroy had a one-out RBI single before Ishikawa hit another long ball for the first multihomer game of his career. Ishikawa added a third hit in the eighth, an infield single.
Weeks returned to the Brewers' starting lineup after being limited to one pinch-hit at-bat in three games because of a bruised hand. He struck out twice and grounded to shortstop before getting his first hit since May 6.
Gee was very upset after giving up 10 hits and four runs in 5 2/3 innings in his previous start. This one was worse. He matched a season high by allowing seven runs and yielded eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. Gee has not won in three starts.
''Mistakes that he makes are in the middle of the plate,'' Collins said.
NOTES: Brewers OF Carlos Gomez (strained left hamstring) is set to begin a rehab assignment with Class-A Wisconsin on Wednesday. Roenicke said he should be back Sunday. ... Major League Baseball will officially name the Mets host of the 2013 All-Star game at Citi Field with a ceremony at City Hall on Wednesday morning. ... Murphy singled in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games.


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Hormel Foods Donation Helps Fight Hunger
NEW BERLIN, Wis. May 28, 2014
Mexican Accent, the local manufacturing facility owned by Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL), announced today that it will donate $10,000 to the Muskego Food Pantry. This donation is part of the Hormel Foods Plant Community Donations Program, which gives employees the opportunity to assist local hunger relief organizations and strengthen the communities where they live and work.
"We are thrilled to partner with the Muskego Food Pantry and contribute to their efforts to feed the families in need in our area," said Stephen Moxley, plant manager, Mexican Accent. "Our employees and the company are excited to continue fighting hunger in our community."
For the fourth consecutive year, Hormel Foods is giving funds to U.S. manufacturing facilities to share with nonprofits in their respective communities to fight hunger. In 2013, Hormel Foods donated $220,000 to local hunger relief organizations in more than 20 U.S. communities where it has manufacturing facilities. In 2014, the company will provide 39 plant locations with funds to help local organizations fight the hunger needs specific to each community.
"Hormel Foods has been able to help our plants relieve hunger in their local communities for the past three years," said Julie H. Craven, vice president of corporate communications at Hormel Foods. "Because of the success we've had with this program, and as part of our ongoing commitment to helping fight hunger in the areas where we live and work, we are further expanding these donations to a total of 39 locations."
Hormel Foods is helping those in need both in the United States and internationally through its On Our Way to Ending Hunger program. The company collaborates with retailers, nonprofits and the government on hunger relief efforts; nourishes the hungry in the U.S. and abroad; and motivates individuals and corporate partners to take action to fight hunger.
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Submission + - In 2011, Fracking Was #2 in Causing Greenhouse Gas in US (businessweek.com)
eldavojohn writes: According to Bloomberg, drilling and fracking results in greenhouse gases second only to coal power plants in the United States. From the article, 'Emissions from drilling, including fracking, and leaks from transmission pipes totaled 225 million metric tons of carbon-dioxide equivalents during 2011, second only to power plants, which emitted about 10 times that amount.' According to Mother Jones, we now have more giant methane fireballs than any other country in the world and we can now see once dim North Dakota at night from space.


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Smedins and Samoilovs one win away from winning World Tour ranking
Durban, South Africa, December 13, 2013 – Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs are one win away from becoming the World Tour ranking winners in Durban. The Latvians had a narrow escape against Polish youngsters Dawid Popek and Pawel Pelka (21-11 18-21 15-13) in their last pool match at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Durban Open, but survived and reached the last 16 on Friday.
The quarterfinals will be enough to stay ahead of Brazil's Pedro Solberg and Bruno Oscar Schmidt to secure the overall World Tour title. Besides Pedro and Bruno two more Brazilian teams made the second round: Alison/Vitor Felipe and Thiago/ Brandao.
In the women's competition Austria's 24th seeded Sabine Swoboda and Bianca Zass surprised friends and foes by reaching the last 16. As did U19 world champion Eduarda Santos Lisboa and her partner Thais Rodrigues Ferreira from Brazil.
The Brazilian youngsters will play compatriots Fernanda and Elize Maia for a quarterfinal spot. The Austrians are up against Thailand's Radarong/Udomchavee.
Brazil's Alison/Vitor Felipe top the pool with straight wins
Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Vitor Goncalves Felipe topped their pool on Friday at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Durban Open with three straight wins. More
France's Rowlandson wants a proper farewell present for his partner
France's Edouard Rowlandson is determined to give his partner Andy Ces a proper farewell present this week. After thirteen years on the World Tour 31-year old Ces is saying goodbye to beach volleyball and the FIVB Durban Open will be his last event. More
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Everyday, 350 people die worldwide
due to low visibility conditions while driving*
HUDWAY is a unique application for smartphone users that allows drivers to focus on the road, keep their hands on the wheel and mind on driving.
Now drivers don't have to interpret audio commands or complicated maps and symbols.
Current navigation systems are inherently unsafe by distracting a driver's attention away from the road. This is especially true when driving in low visibility conditions — rain, fog, heavy snow or darkness.
Just put the phone on the dashboard. Does not require any projectors,
works fine without special film on windshield
In addition, HUDWAY provides you with useful information — current vehicle speed, distance to the next sharp curve, and where it is best to slow down.
All dangerous turns are displayed in red and prior marks on the road help to visually measure the distance. Distance between each marks is equal to 50 meters (or 200 feet).
Hudway brings a fundamentally new approach of voice assisting in navigation systems.
Besides main road intersections, Hudway Voice Assistant alerts you on every dangerous curve on the road ahead, creating an audio-image for the next one-two turns in your head. Hudway Assistant works like a professional co-driver on your phone.
Chances of getting lost on an unknown route are high, especially in low visibility conditions
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An Internet connection is required to build the route.
Pre-load all desired routes. If the route is already built or pre-loaded — you can use HUDWAY offline.
This is especially handy when you go into the countryside, where there may be no connection at all.
Increases driver safety by anticipating twists and turns on the road
HUDWAY is always with you on your smartphone
Just tap HUDWAY and start driving without any additional equipment
HUDWAY interface is created based on user's behavior and experience
Similar HUD systems in premium cars can cost more than $1,500
HUDWAY looks cool, will surprise your friends, share tracks, follow and compete your friends
Looks awesome, and it's surprising that no one came up with this kind of app before. HUDWAY can do what others can't.lifehacker.ru
Who needs a Rally co-driver? Pretty cool app uses an iPad instead.David Heinemeier Hansson (Twitter @dhh)
Smartphones can enhance driving by acting as GPS systems, but Hudway takes the concept to the next levelautoblog.com
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It won't be replacing your GPS any time soon, but for a maximum of $2, with no need to buy extra map packs, it's a pretty sweet deal.CNet
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1. Real Time Gross Settlement or RTGS
2. National Electronic Funds Transfer or NEFT
3. Immediate Payment Service Systems or IMPS
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Technically, IFSC is an 11 character alphanumeric combination in which the first 4 characters are usually alphabets and represent the name of the Bank participating in the transaction. The fifth character is numeric 0 (zero) and is reserved for future use only. The last six characters can be numeric or alphabets that represent the name of the participating Branch.
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Ryan O'Neal Shares Sorrow Over Farrah Fawcett's Losing Battle
Ryan O'Neal Shares Sorrow Over Farrah Fawcett's Losing Battle
Source: E! Online
Thu May 07, 2009, 5:26 am EDT
Farrah Fawcett may be gearing up to show her strength in an NBC special, but Ryan O'Neal is breaking down about his longtime partner's battle with cancer.
"It's a love story," he tells People magazine. "I just don't know how to play this one. I won't know this world without her. Cancer is an insidious enemy."
The actor admits his angel has lost her trademark tresses and her treatment has neared its end.
"She stays in bed now," he says. "The doctors see that she is comfortable. Farrah is on IVs, but some of that is for nourishment. The treatment has pretty much ended."
Those facts may have accounted for son Redmond O'Neal's recent temporary release from prison to see his mother. Despite his visit in a jumpsuit and handcuffs, his struggling mother has been kept in the dark about his latest drug and legal troubles.
"Farrah doesn't know Redmond's in trouble, and Redmond is terrified for his mother. 'I don't want to be in jail and have some guard tell me she is gone,' he said to me. I told him, 'She's rebounding.' I lied to him. I lie to her. It's the best thing," says the elder O'Neal.
The May 15 television special, Farrah's Story, began when the Charlie's Angels star took a handheld camera to the devastating doctor's appointment during which she found out her cancer had returned, friend and producer Alana Stewart tells People.
The two-hour documentary follows the star through personal moments, highs and lows, and several trips to Germany for treatments not available in the United States.
"At about the halfway point in our trips the news started to get darker and darker and darker," O'Neal says. "The hope started to fade. But not for Farrah. She continued fighting. There was always a courage there, and a quiet dignity. Farrah never changed. I fell in love with her all over again because of how she handled this."
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UPDATE: On Friday, Indiana State Police said Rachael Savanna Woods, 20, of South Bend, died of her injuries late Thursday. No other information was released.
A woman traveling from Chicago to Indianapolis was found severely injured along an Indiana highway early today, and state police are asking for the public's help in the investigation into when, where and why she was hurt.
The woman was with a number of companions in a white 2002 Buick SUV that was pulled off the side of Interstate 65 about 4 miles south of the Rensselaer exit about 4:30 a.m., according to a release from the Indiana State Police.
When police arrived a male companion was doing CPR on the woman, who had sustained life-threatening injuries at an unknown location, police said. She was air-lifted to Saint Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis, where her name was being withheld until positive identification can be made and her family notified.
Police were releasing few details of the preliminary investigation, including the nature of the injuries or the number of companions in the vehicle traveling between Chicago and Indianapolis.
One of the people, identified by ISP as Nathan Huey-Dingle of Chicago, was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail on an outstanding warrant. No details on the warrant were released.
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ROCKFORD — The woman found dead Sunday in the Kishwaukee River — Beverly Janet Gritzmaker, 46 — was most likely the victim of a homicide, Winnebago County Sheriff Deputy Chief Dominic Iasparro said Tuesday.
"She did have some trauma to her body," the deputy chief said. "I can only categorize it as trauma to her upper body. It's not a gunshot wound or a stab wound, but trauma to her body."
Iasparro said he could not say how long Gritzmaker's body had been in the water, or whether it was a matter of days or months.
Gritzmaker had a minor criminal history.
"We're speaking to friends, family," Iasparro said, "(and) looking at her life to determine where she was at."
A male kayaker discovered Gritzmaker's body about 3:46 p.m. Sunday in the river inside the Kishwaukee Gorge Forest Preserve, 4643 Blackhawk Road.
Gritzmaker's death remains under investigation. The coroner's office will perform further forensic testing. Toxicology reports should be available in about two weeks.
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2004-05 Men's Basketball
Bluffton University 70, Mount St. Joseph 60
Beavers pick up HCAC win at Mount St. Joseph
By Ben Risinger, sports information director
January 19, 2005
CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team (9-7, 2-3 HCAC) defeated Mount St. Joseph (9-6, 3-2 HCAC) 70-60 on Jan. 19.
The Beavers started off the evening very well as they led the game 22-11 with seven minutes left in the first half. Mount St. Joseph gave a good run for the remainder of the period as they squeezed Bluffton's lead and found themselves down by only three points, 28-25 at halftime.
The score remained tight for in the second half as the Beavers found their lead diminished to one point, 48-47 with nine minutes left. Coach Guy Neal then called a quick thirty second timeout to calm his team's nerves. After the timeout Bluffton went on a 7-1 run to regain the lead 55-48 and never looked back. The Beavers would work the floor for the final six minutes to come away with the win 70-60.
Leading both teams in scoring on the night was junior Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) with 23 points, five rebounds and three assists. Sophomore Michael Anthony (Ohio City/Delphos St. John's) ended the Beaver double figure scoring with 17 points. Freshman P.J. Juenger (Loveland/Archbishop Moeller) pulled down a team-high five boards in the contest.
The Beavers shot 49 percent (26-of-53) for the contest compared to the Lions 38 percent
(20-of-52) shooting. Bluffton won on the battle of the boards with 36 rebounds to
the Mount's 31.
Bluffton University will be back in Founders Hall this Saturday, Jan. 22, against Anderson University. Tip off for the Heartland Conference contest is scheduled for 3 p.m.


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El Cirque du Soleil ofrece kits de prensa de sus diferentes espectáculos e información acerca de la compañía.
René Richard Cyr is one of the most versatile and prolific creators on the Quebec cultural scene. For 20 years, this acting graduate from Canada 's National Theatre School has pursued simultaneous careers as an actor, director, writer and producer in theatre, television, film and music. He has participated in over one hundred productions—both on stage and behind the scenes—with notable success in all fields.
This is Cyr's first creative alliance with Cirque du Soleil, where he is working in tandem with long-time collaborator Dominic Champagne on the writing and directing of Zumanity. In the past, the two have repeatedly teamed up to design the huge outdoor event celebrating La Fête Nationale, Quebec 's national holiday. They are also credited with the creation and artistic direction of Le plaisir croît avec l'usage, a TV program broadcast on Télé-Québec and hosted by Cyr. The program has won two Gémeaux (an award for excellence in Canadian French-language television production) for best variety show. The ongoing success of this dynamic duo stems from a natural affinity between two good friends—who also happen to be creative masters.
A man of many talents, Cyr is as eclectic as he is productive. As a theatre director, he frequently spotlights new works while staging memorable versions of well-known classics. He has also (among other things) directed numerous comedies, variety shows and theatre galas, and has even lent his lustre to musical theatre.
"I've put rock 'n ' roll into my theatre productions and theatre into my rock shows. But one recurring theme marks my artistic choices: the desire to give a voice to new talent," says the director. Since 1998, Cyr has been artistic director and managing co-director of Montreal 's Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui, an institution committed to producing Quebec drama.
The variety of awards showered upon this virtuoso testifies to the quality of his work in diverse cultural milieus. In 1985, 1986 and 1991, Cyr was honoured by the Quebec music industry association (ADISQ) for three different shows—one of them a Céline Dion production which netted him the "Director of the Year" award. In the 1990s, he twice won the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde's best direction award, while two more prizes (one awarded in Quebec , the other in Italy ) recognized his excellent acting in Michel Tremblay's Hosanna. The Quebec arm of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television also nominated Cyr for a Gémeau in two different categories: best direction on a short film debut, and best host of a televised series.
More recently, his accomplished directing of the play The Man of La Mancha, by Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion, and Mitch Leigh, earned him two prestigious awards from the public and his peers at the 2003 Gala of the Académie québécoise du théâtre.
René Richard Cyr was born in Montreal in 1958.


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QTJ Audioby Chris Adamson
QuickTime Java can be the heart and soul of cross-platform video players and editors. As you will see in this article, QTJ is also well-suited to be the engine of audio-only applications, such as MP3 players. This article will develop an audio player, QTBebop, that displays song metadata, band levels, and current time, all of which help introduce the useful audio-related tools provided by QuickTime to the Java developer. We'll also look at QuickTime's "callbacks," which are critical to all kinds of QT apps.
Too Good, Too Bad
We tend to think of audio and video applications as separate realms
— iTunes and WinAmp are one kind of application, while
iMovie and RealPlayer are another — but this separation exists
at the application layer, not the media framework layer. QuickTime
treats sound the same way it treats video or any other kind of dynamic media. In fact, there's nothing special
to opening and playing a sound file in QuickTime: you create an
OpenMovieFile to reference a file in a supported format
(MP3, AAC, WAV, etc.), hand that to
Movie.fromFile(), and
Movie.start(). The
qtj61-player code
from the last article in this series will play audio files with no code changes. As far as QuickTime is concerned, imported audio files are just movies
with a single track of audio media.
Given that, it's quite easy to write a bare-bones, GUI-less audio player. In fact, it seems like it should consist of simply opening a file, making a
Movie from that, and starting the
Movie. We could express this as the following code with only
a single caveat ... it doesn't work:
try {
//this does not work
QTFile qtf = new QTFile (args[0]);
OpenMovieFile omf = OpenMovieFile.asRead(qtf);
Movie movie = Movie.fromFile (omf);
} catch (QTException qte) {
With Java 1.4 on Mac OS X, this returns immediately, without playing any music. On Windows 2000 and XP, it seems to play a few seconds and hang. Either way, chances are you're not happy with the result. What has happened?
The problem has to do with tasking, the arcane art
of giving a QuickTime movie enough cycles to actually play itself.
Typically, when we build a QTJ application with a GUI, we pick up
the tasking calls automatically, and thus don't have to worry
about, or even know about, the need to periodically call
Movie.task(). In this case, we haven't picked up any
automatic tasking calls, nor set up any of our own.
On Windows, the side effect is that after getting time to play a
little bit of its buffer, the Movie is never given another chance to
decode and play the audio. The Mac OS X case is a little stranger -- I
believe what we're seeing is that our MP3 is handed off to a native
library, not actually played by Java, so the
main() method
returns and the JVM, seeing no non-daemon threads running, decides to
shut down.
In any case, we need to provide regular callbacks to the
task() method to give our movie a chance to decode and
play the data. Fortunately, QTJ provides a class called
TaskAllMovies, which runs a thread that provides
tasking callbacks to all active movies. So we can solve our problems
on Mac and Windows by adding the two highlighted lines below after the
Movie object is created:
try {
//this version works
QTFile qtf = new QTFile (args[0]);
OpenMovieFile omf = OpenMovieFile.asRead(qtf);
Movie movie = Movie.fromFile (omf);
movie.setActive (true);
} catch (QTException qte) {
Call Me, Call Me
At this point, when the selected audio is finished, the application will just sit around forever. We'd like it to do something a little more sensible, like terminating the app at the end of the song. A kludgy approach would be to spawn a thread to periodically poll the movie and see if the current time has reached the end.
A better approach is to register to be notified when the movie is finished playing, using one of the callbacks that QuickTime provides. We can provide a small piece of code and tell QTJ to call this code at the end of the movie.
In the included sample
CloseOnCallbackAudio.java, we
simply extend the simple player to register a callback that will be
called when the movie (the audio) finishes playing. This registration
is done with the
callMeWhen() method:
callback = new ShutdownCallBack (movie);
ShutdownCallBack is an inner class that extends
ExtremesCallBack. In its constructor, we
indicate what Movie we're interested in (specifically, the
TimeBase of the movie), and provide flags to indicate on
which events we want to be called:
public ShutdownCallBack (Movie m)
throws QTException {
super (m.getTimeBase(),
callMeWhen() call does the actual registration
of the callback. This may seem a lot like registering a listener in
various Java APIs, but there's a big difference:
callMeWhen() only registers code for one
callback, as opposed to listeners that get called over and over until
they're specifically removed. To get that kind of behavior in QTJ,
we'd need to issue a new
callMeWhen each time the
callback is executed.
When the callback is called, its
execute() method is
called. Here's our simple implementation:
public void execute() {
System.out.println ("ShutdownCallBack.execute()");
Note: The
cancelAndCleanup() call is a
required call to disassociate our callback from QuickTime when we're
done using it. As the name suggests, there are two parts: a
"cancel" that cancels any pending callbacks from occurring,
and a "cleanup" that cleans up system resources. A separate
cancel() method exists to just cancel pending
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The 2012 peanut production season was literally one for the record books, with growers throughout the U.S. making record-high yields and production. Having accomplished such a feat, many in the industry are asking, "What's next?"
For the answer to this question, it's important to take a look at what is in the peanut research pipeline — those problems, issues and initiatives currently being addressed that will lead to even more efficient and profitable peanut production.
Beginning today, and continuing for the next several days, we'll take an in-depth look at some of the peanut research which will help improve the bottom line for growers in future years.
While some think U.S. peanut production may have peaked in 2012 — with an average U.S. yield of more than 2 tons per acre and a crop topping 3 million tons – others believe it was only a preview of things to come.
"There are varieties currently in the pipeline that show even more promise than the ones currently available," says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory and advisor for the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards.
It's no coincidence that a steady rise in average U.S. peanut yields has followed the release of new and improved varieties, reaching a new height in 2012 of 4,192 pounds per acre.
U.S. peanut producers have seen a steady improvement in average yields in recent years, sometimes even despite non-ideal weather conditions, owing in no small part to improved genetics, says Lamb.
"We have a great team of scientists working on improved varieties, and if we can keep them funded, we're on the verge of some major breakthroughs that'll solve some big-time problems for the industry," he says.
The genetics and biotechnology program at the National Peanut Lab, in collaboration with Auburn University and with plant breeders at the University of Georgia and University of Florida, is in the midst of exciting work, says Lamb.
"Conventional lines will be coming out that are comparable to GA-06G," he says.
"Some have a lower outturn, which we need to get back to as an industry. We've gone way overboard with the kernel sizes on some of these new cultivars.
Will save on seed costs
"This will not only save money for producers on seed cost, it will also give shellers a more uniform outturn. That's important, enabling them to sell to multiple markets instead of having a lot of jumbos to deal with."
High-oleic oil chemistry is another focus as researchers move forward with developing new varieties, says Lamb.
"Charles Chen looked at the mini-core germplasm collection to try and see if there were ways we could isolate certain properties within that," says Lamb.
"This germplasm collection within the min-core offers us the opportunity to identify markers that we might could then bring back into the breeding program to have better properties for peanuts."
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Some within the collection had 50-percent oil, extremely high relative to the traditional mean of 48 to 49 percent, he adds.
"Our genomic research takes us all the way through a variety release, or we can use biotechnology within that system and into a variety release. It is a long process," explains Lamb.
"We're dealing with the biological organism for peanuts, and it takes awhile to get these cultivars developed."
In an attempt to focus on something that would have an immediate agronomic impact, Lamb says researchers have set their sights on tolerance to early and late leafspot disease.
"One of the things growers spend a lot of money on each year is early and late leafspot. They're spraying every 10 to 14 days, spending a lot of money on fungicides, fuel and labor.
"Anything we can do to reduce or eliminate leafspot will save growers' money and help us environmentally from a sustainability viewpoint. We looked at leafspot screening for transgenic and non-transgenic peanuts in our greenhouse."
Genes have been found in the public domain that offer a certain level of leafspot resistance, says Lamb, and one of the genes was inserted into peanuts very successfully.
"We used a molecular biology tool that allows us to do gene amplification so it would measure the expression genetically. We were able to propagate these genes into the tissue of living plants. It was verified visually and through molecular techniques.
"Once we have these transformed peanuts, we hand them off to pathologists, and Auburn University pathologists are looking at these now."
Elite varieties
Crosses will then be made with transformed peanuts into elite varieties like GA-06G or a newer line — one that shows very good agronomic production practices, he says.
The old variety AgraTech 271516 has been released as a germplasm, and it has proven to be a very good transforming peanut, says Lamb. "It has a very high success rate, so we are making some crosses with some high-yielding, high-grading varieties."
Researchers then have to check for a gene's stability and continue the backcross, he says.
"This is the part that takes time. We're dealing with a biological organism, and we have to make sure that once we come up with a line, that over several generations, it is breeding true, and we make selections to keep it breeding true.
"Then, there's the process of going to the field and testing for release.
"We made crosses between the transgenic peanuts that are showing extremely high levels of leafspot resistance into conventional lines.
"This cross-pollination was completed this past January. In our environmental control facility at the lab, we built a greenhouse so that we could overwinter these peanuts here instead of sending them to Puerto Rico. We can heat soil, saving us a year in getting these crosses made."
Auburn University pathologists will be inoculating the peanuts that have been transformed, and they'll be testing them rigorously for resistance to leafspot, he says.
"I won't use the word immunity, because I don't know if we'll have immunity, which is 100 percent, but we're trying to reach a very high level of resistance."
Scientists also are identifying drought regulating gene markers, says Lamb.
"Even though we're blessed this year with a lot of ponds and creeks full of water from good rainfall this winter, our water use issues are not going away, and we've got to keep looking at ways to reduce irrigation and to empower dryland growers to withstand drought periods a little bit longer.
"We're trying to buy a little time until we get a rainfall. This is not genetic modification. This is part of the genomic initiative to identify markers within peanuts that we can then get into other elite varieties. Breeding and biotechnology is "a numbers game, and we've been able to have success."
Peanut rust, aflatoxin
Peanut rust and aflatoxin contamination also are getting attention from researchers, says Lamb.
"We had samples sent to us from experiment stations we thought were purely rust samples. But there was bacterial feeding on the samples.
"We amplified them within the lab and found out this bacteria was very aggressive and possibly could be used as a bio-control. We're looking at the activity of this same bacteria on other pathogens as well."
The goal with aflatoxin, he says, is to identify which genes, through genetic expression, are responsible for overcoming the defense mechanism within peanut plants.
"We're talking about genes in the aflavus mold that secrete the aflatoxin. The plants produce phytoalexins for protection — just as do the white blood cells in our bodies.
"The plants send out the phytoalexins to wherever the aflavus mold is located, the aflavus mold detects the phytoalexins, and then it has a genetic expression that creates enzymes that it secretes to phytoalexins, breaking them down.
"Our scientists have identified the three genes that are in aspergillus and the two potential phytoalexins that are being broken down. This is a big breakthrough."
Lamb says he expects some of these improved varieties to be released or available for seed increase soon.
He emphasizes there are no transgenic peanuts in edible markets today, that the varieties "are only in the experimental stage, and it will be years before any transgenic varieties will even be considered for release."
Other articles in the series:
X-ray vision points to more efficient peanut grading system
Early-season disease control keeps peanut yield foe at bay
Water-use efficiency becoming priority for peanut producers who irrigate
Lack of nematicides slows use of variable rate application in peanuts
Taking guesswork out of determining peanut maturity


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Great news!
TBH, i didn't think DEEN did a bad job first time round. Granted, i've never played the games, but watching the Anime on it's own, i was able to follow it with fair ease most of the time. However, I would have said it needed another couple of episodes to include things that were in the TIPS (Much thanks to Sushi-Y, Kanji, and Lost Blue for all their hard work in those, and translating the last arc!), in order to enhance the story.
However, what the series really lacked was explanation. There seemed to be little explanation of what was going on in terms of the arcs/Rika's signicance in the proceedings, and what had to occur in order for the different events of each arc to happen. It seemed to me like all of that was kind of pushed into the ending moments of the last episode. Also, the arc with that guy from Tokyo meeting little Rika (Akasaka?), seemed incredibally random, without the TIPS. It probably would have been better for that to have been in the second season at the beggining, rather in the first season.
The animation wasn't that bad. Sure, it's not up to Kyoani's standard, but that's not saying it's a munter, either. The only qualm i have is the face-putty thing that goes on occasionally, and the odd distorted perspective shots of faces.
All in all, what i would like DEEN to do for this season is:
Higher quality animation
More explanation on events
A final conclusion.
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the 2nd arc, watanagashi-hen was explained by the 5th, meakashi-hen
The third arc is like a "standalone" : it explains the link between rika's death and the hinamizawa great disaster.
Should they explain this, they would need to uncover the whole truth, which would be the 7th arc, Minagoroshi-hen.
as for the PS2 version, there isn't really a "9th" arc, they add 1 question arc, Taraimawashi-hen, and its answer counterpart, Tsukiotoshi-hen, and a third arc, Miotsukushi-hen which take the place of matsuribayashi-hen (since they didn't have the time to create it for the PS2, and Ryukishi07 decided to create a "true end" with this version)
Currently, we have no information about which arcs they will follow. they will most likely animate Minagoroshi-hen, but they could be able to create their own end, so an original arc as well. (that would be a third end)
|2007-01-14, 16:44
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ok, whoever said less horror plot is a dumba55. come on, the games had a horror focused plot, well also suspense, and tahts what made it stand out. now, personally, if it doesnt include the same characters i aint watching. you cant have a new higjurashi, you have to use the same people!
|2007-01-18, 08:20
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Location: where Grudge is Greatest, Rancour Endless and Malice Eternal(at school^^;;)
While it'll be somewhere in between impossible and impossible for it to reach the heights of the games, I still think it'll be good. To be fair, I thought the first series was pretty good by itself after rewatching it a few times and I have high hopes the second one will be entertaining as well.
*crosses fingers for more ebil Rena USODA*
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Hey, I was just wondering... As I can't translate the pages, but has there been any mention of new opening and ending themes yet?? As much as I love the old ones I am curious if there will be some new ones.
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I still loop the opening theme ^_^' It's like I'm waiting to see if they can top it... The ending theme I like, it's beautiful and sort of haunting, I just wish it had been done so you could hear what was being said better. That's the only aspect that sometimes pokes at the back of my mind. To be honest if they just did a tasteful remix the original songs I think that would be interesting too...
Keiichi's Seiyuu was awesome, I liked all of them more or less.. I can't remember any actually annoying me at any point, Takano gives me the creeps but thats what she is supposed to do right...?
|2007-01-26, 04:45
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Hmm, on Keiichi's seiyuu I believe he's done good but sometimes how he says things seemed too weird, like her conversation with Shion in Watanagashi (after the ladder scene), the yelling part isn't quite logical even for anime and in that situation (before the magnificent laugh). Well, just like someone posted before, Rena and Mion/Shion's seiyuu is far superior in Higurashi and it might made other seiyuus feel somewhat "weaker".
Chibi_Faerie: How dare you say Takano is creepy her voice is what made me fall in love with her, especially the conversation in the car.
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Gains: SHE IS O.o If I met her on the road on a dark and stormy night I think I'd run like heck in the opposite direction... Doesn't mean you can't love her though. Just remember her friend Tomitake Jirou dies frequently *nod nod*
To me the yelling part may be how the script was written and what was called for, so we can't really blame Keiichi's seiyuu on some things I think. At least that's how I see it.
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Souichiro Hoshi, isn't that bad, IMO. Just don't make the him cry. I mean, after hearing Kira Yamato crying in SEED... God that was the most horrible crying I've ever heard.
I do agree that the others stand out better than him. Satsuki Yukino and Mai Nakahara owns.
Simply put it, I have no problems with the VA selection. Just make the animation better...
|2007-01-27, 22:11
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Western WA, USA
What, exactly, was wrong about Keiichi's seiyuu? I thought everyone did great. The animators should've done as great a job as the actors!
A great series overall, that deserves a second! What? A second series coming soon? OMG!
|2007-01-31, 02:00
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Location: Shameimaru's lap
Honestly, I've also never seen any official info as to when the second season starts. And I've thoroughly scanned oyashirosama.com for it.
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Strathmore is having free workshops again. If you want to join go here. Traci is up first but I haven't really done anything yet. I guess I'm not in a doodling kind of mood just yet. :)
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In the mean time, can someone possibly provide examples of any popular theories or situations that this discovery may have thrown off? I just want something more substance than "it changed a lot".
The most exciting thing I can see using AFM is using it in Micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS), which are pretty much just printed onto a chip like your ordinary integrated circuit. I just want to know: will this help or hinder AFM devices?
its got to help, right? i mean, the flaw is a flaw in the sense that they were using an un-optimised detector, now ths guy has just said how a different shape will increase performance. I dont know how much i believe him though... i mean, the guy does design and ship these things around the world (see last paragraph of the article), and if he plays his cards right, he will have every user buying tips from HIM this year
anyone know what these 'well known mechanical principles' are? i cant see a detialed enough paper on those... if they are 'classical' principles, then this guy is talking out of his arse, as classical mechanics breaks down at this scale. but he is a mathematician, not an engineer, so he will know better (i hope); not knocking engineers or anything... its just you dont get taught quantum mechanics in an engineering profession, but applied mathematicians definitely do.
ok, cool, then this may be a very real observation by the ozzy dude... but, how come orignal users of the device found better results with the V-shape than with a flat top?
With AFM, the finger is a little beam with a probe (often times a carbon nanotube) hanging down, running along the surface. On the top of the beam there is a mirror that reflects a laser beam onto a detector. As the surface height increases, the tip moves up, forcing the beam to flex just a little bit. This flex changes the mirror and thus the laser beam reflects to a different part of the detector. Raster scan a sample, and you get an x,y, and now z (height) value, so you have a 3d image of the sample.
If I read this correctly, the discovery is that the shape of beam that holds the tip, which is currently a V shape, works better when it is flat. The V-shape makes a beam stronger, and less likely to twist...or at least it was thought to. Intuitively, this makes sense. Fold a rectangular piece of paper into a V along the long axis. It seems stronger and more stable than if you just hold the unfolded paper out. Apparently, though, this is not the case with AFM cantilevers. Why this is the case is not mentioned, nor do I have any idea.
The reason this was not discovered is likely many reasons. First, it is obvious that a V-shape is stronger and more stable. That this is an incorrect assumption was probably not really even considered. It's as if you were building a computer, and everyone knows that a faster processor makes a faster computer. So you use the fasted one you can find. Except, in this certain circumstance a slower processor works better.
As for the effect of this, it really likely does not invalidate many experiments. It is a technical issue, not a new theory. It just means that you were not getting as much information as you could have from your machine.
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In order to resolve individual atoms you still need STM and even then obtaining good atomic resolution images requires a lot of work, luck and know-how.
All you need is a laser
Why should these microscopes cost alot ??
Repeat after me: the smaller the volume of production, the higher the unit cost.
I guess dealing with atoms at room temp will always be difficult.
Well perhaps, but that's because it's on a bigger scale, with more complex structures. Imaging a crystal surface or individual atoms (eh, need an STM or a TEM here) won't be quite as "interesting" to you in an "artistic" or "cool" sense, but is of equal scientific "beauty" and importance.
That the shape of a cantilever beam changes the angle of twist (the number of degrees that the end twists through) of the beam due to an applied torque is a well known mechanical/civil engineering fact. Basically a beams angle of twist (all else being equal) is inversely proportional to something called the polar moment of interia, which is just the distance of each differential piece of the beam shape from some central point squared and added up for all differential pieces. For the same order of magnitude size of a V shape versus say a flat shape there is no question in my mind that the V shape would twist more under the same torque. In this case the torque could be provided by the force differing in direction or magnitude on each side of the cantilever.
I have no experience working with AFM so I do not know whether the torsion is significant enough to change measurements.
So there... it definitely does not need to be verified experimentally since this fact is well known amongst engineers. Just consult any sophomore level text on mechanics of materials.
Does somebody know why twist is a problem? I tried to look up the RevSciInstr article, but couldn't find it.
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I brought those same flavors into my bread pudding 'bars' by using chocolate graham crackers, homemade marshmallows and milk chocolate chips. I call these bars because I like my bread pudding to be on the firm side and after spending some time in the refrigerator they are easy to cut up into squares. If you prefer a looser, more 'custardy' pudding use less bread.
1. Grease a 9×13 baking pan. Toss bread, graham crackers and marshmallows together and arrange evenly across bottom. Scatter chips over top.
2. In a large mixing bowl whisk half and half, eggs, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon together.
3. Pour over bread mixture. Refrigerate at least two hours or overnight for dense bread, press down on the bread and make sure it gets soaked by the egg mixture.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Allow the pan to come to room temperature before baking. Bake for 45-50 minutes until top is golden and middle is set. Serve warm or cold with whip cream. Store in refrigerator.
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Greg Jones, who lives on Daphne Street, said his daughter, MacKenzie, spotted the moose and they watched as police drove the animal down the bike path toward Broomfield Heights Middle School.
After a brief stop at the school's football field, the moose moved on to the Ruth Roberts open space north of 136th Avenue and Kohl Street, said Broomfield Sgt. Brendan Sullivan.
The public or the moose were never in danger, he said.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife did not respond to the report of the moose, Sullivan said. The Enterprise has not received a return call from CPW to see if the moose made his visit because he was displaced by last week's flooding.