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Call for PapersThe Point Cloud Library (or PCL) is a large scale, open project for 2D/3D image and point cloud processing. Since 2011, PCL grew with an exceptional trend and became a reference library for 3D processing, providing numerous state-of-the art algorithms for filtering, feature estimation, surface reconstruction, registration, model fitting and segmentation and drivers for the most diffused 3D sensors. Moreover, complete pipelines needed for solving a number of complex robot perception problems are also present, such as object recognition and tracking, people detection and large-scale 3D reconstruction. PCL is the backbone of most of perception algorithms for robots equipped with RGB-D sensors, also thanks to its integration with the Robot Operating System. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers presenting novel 3D perception algorithms and 3D systems for mobile robots building on the Point Cloud Library, in order to create a forum to discuss advances in 3D Robot Perception and the role that the Point Cloud Library had, has and will have in robotics research and industrial applications.
Submissions are encouraged on the following topics:
- 3D data filtering
- 3D keypoint and feature estimation
- segmentation and surface modeling
- point cloud registration
- 3D reconstruction
- 3D object recognition and pose estimation
- people detection and tracking in point clouds
- 3D sensors and drivers
- point cloud compression, streaming and visualization
- 3D robot perception
- 3D data processing in industry
- other applications of the Point Cloud Library
Selected contributions will be presented at the workshop as talks and/or posters. Accepted papers will be inserted in a CD-ROM containing all papers of all conference workshops (tentative title "IAS-13 Workshop Proceedings") with page numbers for each paper and unique ISBN code.
Papers must be written in English and submitted through the EasyChair portal. Please click this link to start the submission process. Authors that do not have an EasyChair account should create one in order to access the submission procedure. Papers must be prepared according the following guidelines:
and must be generated using the Springer templates:
- Latex template – please use llncs.dem as a paper example;
- Microsoft Word template.
Latex is the preferred format. Please follow the instruction included in the zip archives provided. Submission of multimedia attachments showing experimental results is encouraged; accepted file formats are: avi, mpg, wmv.
Important Dates
|Submission open
|March 27, 2014
|Submission deadline
|May 10, 2014 (11:59pm PST) (**extended**)
|Acceptance notification
|June 03, 2014
|Camera-ready due
|June 17, 2014
|Workshop date
|July 15, 2014
Invited SpeakersJuergen Sturm, Technical University Munich, Germany
Scanning and Printing Objects in 3D Abstract: The advancements in 3D printing technology have led to a significant breakthrough in rapid prototyping in recent years. However, generating detailed, printable 3D models is still a cumbersome process and represents a significant amount of work even for a skilled graphical designer. In my talk, I will present our recent work on dense visual odometry and 3D reconstruction that allows us to quickly scan rooms, persons and objects in 3D using an RGB-D camera. To demonstrate this, I will scan a person during my talk and show how the model can be printed as a small figurine. Bio: Dr. Jürgen Sturm worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition group of Prof. Daniel Cremers at the Department of Computer Science of the Technical University of Munich. His major research interests lie in direct localization and mapping techniques for RGB-D cameras. In 2011, he obtained his PhD from the Autonomous Intelligent Systems lab headed by Prof. Wolfram Burgard at the University of Freiburg. He won several awards including the TUM TeachInf best lecture award 2012 and 2013 for his course "Visual Navigation for Flying Robots" and the ECCAI best dissertation award in 2011.
|08:45 - 09:15
|Dirk Holz
|Approximate Reconstruction and Registration of Surfaces using PCL
|09:15 - 09:45
|Sergey Alexandrov
|Geometrical Segmentation of Point Cloud Data using Spectral Clustering
|09:45 - 10:30
|Juergen Sturm
|Invited talk: Scanning and Printing Objects in 3D
|10:30 - 11:00
|Mauro Bellone
|Road Surface Analysis for Driving Assistance
|11:00 - 11:30
|Coffee Break
|11:30 - 12:00
|Matteo Munaro
|OpenPTrack: People Tracking for Heterogeneous Networks of Color-Depth Cameras
|12:00 - 12:30
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pault20 brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 28 Designs von 8 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
This is a fun project to redesign http://twrivia.com which is a trivia quiz game played via Twitter. The PHP script that powers Twrivia is being redeveloped to add a scoring system and make the game a bit more interactive.
There are a few elements to the contest:
1) A new logo, which should include a Twitter-like bluebird character that personifies Twrivia.com – the logo should also contain the word 'Twrivia'. We would like a large version of the logo (layered PSD or EPS) on a transparent background that can be used for print, merchandise, etc. Think: cartoon, twitter, character, trivia, knowledge, quiz, fun
2) A new home page (details below)
3) A new page that lists the previous questions (the current one is at http://twrivia.com/trivia/list.php). The new page should have pagination links at the bottom. This page is just a list of questions, but we want it a bit more interesting than the current version.
4) A new page for the (Hall of Fame) Leaderboard, which lists the people who are answering the question correctly (the current one is at http://twrivia.com/fame.php). The new leaderboard will also include a rank number and points score for each user, as well as their Twitter username and picture. The new page should have pagination links at the bottom. This page is just a list of Twitter users, but we want it a bit more interesting than the current version.
We need layered PSDs of all three pages
Home Page
There is a rough wireframe of the home page at:
The wireframe is just to show roughly all the elements that need to go on the page – the relative sizes and final positioning / layout is up to the designer.
This strapline should appear in the header: 'The daily trivia quiz on Twitter'
The navigation links are shown in the wireframe, also the footer links, copyright notice and 'Powered by Twitter' button - please note the nav links and footer links in the wireframe are not the same as those on the current website
We need some graphical elements to be designed, as per the wireframe. These are:
- A 'Follow Twrivia on Twitter' button
- An RSS button
- A 'Learn more' button
- An ' Reveal Answer' button – the answer is hidden until the button is clicked, then the button fades away to reveal the answerThere is a sidebar down the right-hand side of the page for displaying ad banners of various sizes - the sidebar / ads should be dispalyed on all three pages (Home, Leaderboard, Previous Questions)
There must be a 'Share This' button for the question.
As you can see from the wireframe there are three main content areas: The Question, Leader Board and How To Play. These are not necessarily straight rectangles as in the wireframe. Maybe they could be clouds, in keeping with the Twitter theme, or something else – be creative.
We'd like some nice graphics in the 'How to Play' section, maybe some icons and arrows between the steps
Designs we like:
http://be-a-magpie.com/customer/how-it-works diagrams on this page might provide ideas for the 'How to Play' section)
Please remember this should be fun and we want it to have strong associations with the Twitter brand.
Feel free to ask as many questions as you need.
- Fun, lively design
- Twitter-like color scheme (but not necessarily sky blue!)
- Large Web 2.0 fonts
- Original graphics for the buttons
- Boring, corporate style
- Limits on your imagination

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If you're ever wondering what a pit stop should not look like, here you go. IndyCar driver Scott Dixon managed to drive into a rival team's mechanic while shooting out of his garage.
Dixon got a drive-through penalty for crashing into one of Will Power's pit crew in today's Sonoma race, which is apparently controversial since Dixon was leading the race and is second in the championship. Being punished for pit lane accidents shouldn't really be limited to drivers out of the running for the championship, so the call seems more than reasonable.
As Deadspin reports, the struck mechanic appears fine.
That other open-wheeled automobile racing series that a few people watch called Formula One also had a big-time pitlane incident this season, but that was when a loose wheel struck a pitlane cameraman. Do not expect wild calls for pitlane safety to follow this IndyCar accident, like they did in F1.
UPDATE: When interviewed after the race, Dixon said it was the mechanic's fault and a "dick move."
Maybe spend less time complaining and more time not driving into other human beings, Scott.


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I've managed to trace back to a marriage between Isaac and Amelia Lawrence in 1830, is it possible to get a certificate for this or is it merely an entry within a parish record? also I'd like to go back a further generation so identifying births around
circa 1805 -1810 for Isaac and Amelia and therefore parent identification, how do I go about finding this information, is it held centrally somewhere or locally, can somebody advise please?
On an 1851 census, my ancestors were living at 69 Charnham St, with the Sun Inn recorded as 67, on visiting Hungerford I noticed the pub was number 36 has it been renumbered or moved, could someone confirm please?
on the same census a family member was living at 12 Eddington, Eddington Village, would that be the same property thats listed as 12 Oxford Street or a property no longer there on the main road, again can somebody confirm please?
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Click this link if you are having problems filling out the form to submit your artwork. It shows a step-by-step tutorial.
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In this video, I explain how to re-size your image by changing the number of pixels in the document. This is also known as resampling. In a future video, I'm going to explain how to re-size images specifically for print. In the process, you'll also learn why saying a web image needs to be 72 dpi or 72 ppi no longer makes any sense (and why it did some 15 years ago)."
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New map made by [UJE]Niek.
Axis objective map
Axis forces are planning an assasination on the Allied General in his Factory.
They have to get inside the guarded factory to get the special dagger
to assasinate The General in his bedroom.
To get to the factory they have to steal the tank first to gain acces to the Factory.
Then they have to steal a key to open the gates to the dagger and The Generals bedroom.
The allied forces have to stop the Axis and prevent assasination of the General.
Axis objective:
*Blow the damaged garage side wall to access the tank!
*Escort the tank through the Town to secure advance spawns!
*Blow the Sewer Door Side Entrance and the Stair Well Door Side Entrance to progress!
*Capture the Old Village spawn for 7 seconds!
*Build the North and South Assault Ramps, the Neutral Command post, and blow the Trench Side Wall!
*Blow the Main Factory Door to access the Key and Dagger and capture the forward tower spawn!
*Steal the Gate key to open the Gates that guard the Dagger to unlock them!
*Steal the Dagger and run it to the General to assasinate him!
Allied objective
*Prevent the Axis from blowing the damaged garage side wall!
*Prevent the Axis from repairing the tank and snare or damage it to prevent their progress!
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*Primary Objective: Defend the Gate Key and prevent the Axis from using it to unlock the Dagger to assasinate the General!
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Gawker (and the rest of America) is trying to figure out the who/what/where&whys of local "Inhabitants of Burque" Facebook magnate Leo York and his being in Ferguson, MO.
APD is hiring a professor at UNM's Institute for Social Research to find out what the hell is up with those lapel cams that rarely seem to work.
The US Defense Department's "1033" program, which unloads military surplus to police departments around the country, is under scrutiny as citizens wake up to the fact that local police departments are extremely militarized.
APS has instituted a social media policy in the wake of superintendent Brooks' resignation.
Burning Man was rained out, man.
Burger King and Canadian doughnut institution Tim Horton's are merging and some Canadians are kind of upset about it.
This non-Swede has been living as an artist in Sweden, unable to be deported for nearly 10 years because he has amnesia and no can figure out his nationality.
The Emmys were last night and people are surprised that comedian and babe Sarah Silverman was probably high. No, really.
There's a device for sale that will prevent the airline seat in front of you from reclining and also can start fights.
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Game #124: A's at Jays pregame
There's a very "cool" Web site that uses a pile of data to calculate every team's chance of making the playoffs, taking into consideration the clubs' performance this season and in the past. As of right now, the Blue Jays have a sickly 0.8 percent chance of playing baseball in October. Sorry, guys. According to the site, Toronto has just a 0.7 percent chance of capturing the Wild Card. On the site, you can click on Toronto to see more in-depth data. Is there any good news? Well, the Jays DID have a 58.7 percent shot at making the playoffs…..on April 9. Ah, the good ol' days. Here's today's pregame:
Oakland (61-64) at Toronto (63-60)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Today's lineups:
Shannon Stewart, LF
Nick Swisher, 1B
Jack Cust, RF
Mike Piazza, DH
Mark Ellis, 2B
Jeff Davannon, CF
Marco Scutaro, SS
Jack Hannahan, 3B
Kurt Suzuki, C
PITCHING: RHP Joe Blanton (10-8, 3.94 ERA)
Reed Johnson, LF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Troy Glaus, 3B
Russ Adams, 2B
Curtis Thigpen, C
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Shaun Marcum (10-4, 3.31 ERA)
NOTES: The dog days of summer are certainly upon us. The recent pregame scrums with the manager have provided ample evidence. The news continues to be slow and the pregame discussions have dwindled down to standing around and offering a question here and there. I guess that's what happens when a team's hopes of contending are also disappearing with each day. But, I digress. … The big news today at Jays camp was Adams' start at second base. As expected, Jays skipper John Gibbons gave second baseman Aaron Hill the rare day off. The last time Hill started a game on the bench was on July 8, when Howie Clark manned second. In fact, Hill has made 121 starts this year and he's appeared in 122 of Toronto's 123 games. The July 8 game, when Hill had a slight knee injury, was his only complete day off. … Could Hill's heavy workload be wearing on him? The sure-handed second-sacker has made three errors in his past seven games. Hill committed eight errors in the previous 116. … The question of how Gibbons' has been dictating the starts of Johnson and Matt Stairs also came up. Gibbons said it's not a strict platoon situation. He's simply weighing each match up each game and he wants to continue to get Stairs steady at-bats.
entering Monday
1. Boston 74-50 (–)
2. New York 70-54 (4)
3. Toronto 63-60 (10.5)
4. Baltimore 57-65 (16)
5. Tampa Bay 47-76 (26.5)
entering Monday
1. Seattle 69-52 (–)
2. New York 70-54 (0.5)
3. Detroit 67-57 (3.5)
4. Toronto 63-60 (7)
5. Minnesota 62-61 (8)
TICK, TOCK…Since 1995, the runner-up in the AL Wild Card race has finished with an average of 89 victories. The Blue Jays would need to go 27-12 over their final 39 games to reach 90 wins.
NEW HAMPSHIRE BEWARE: From today's New York Post's Weird But True briefs — "Rhode Island pet owners are on alert now that nasty "fisher cats" have reappeared in the state after an absence of 200 years. The creatures, part of the weasel family, can weigh as much as 12 pounds. They recently attacked two dogs in West Greenwich." … No word yet if any of Toronto's Double-A players are involved
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Jordon-thanks for the update on Purcey
Another pitcher Toronto can't hit.
Why does this idiot Gibbons keep puting Wells in the 4 hole he belongs in the 3 hole.
i didn't see the purcey update,
continuing from last post discussion: i think that bulldog is a fitting name too and i am happy to say that i was wrong when i said that marcum isn't a number 3 guys he is a 4-5 person. He certainly proved me wrong hopefully mcgowan and litsch can prove me wrong too when i say that they are 4-5 guys. (they will prolly stay there even if they do better)
Halladay certainly has a chance and i think marcum might too if he gets his wins from now on. i think that 0.8% should be good enough (i'm way too optimistic) atleast it's not 0% like the royals and the devil rays.
Plus i believe that the offense should start hitting soon and pitching should continue so there is a slightly good chance of us going 27-12.
garry-I agree
Wells should hit 5th or 6th-Thomas should hit 4th
i think that wells should prolly be batting 6 even though he is making 128 million big ones. thomas at 4 and hill at 5 (not today ofcourse)
gsummer- great minds think alike
Harry-The update on Purcey is in Jordon's mail bag
I think next year-after Halliday, the decision on who goes 2,3 or 4th will be made by showing a similar and different look.
Marcum has said he loves to follow Halliday since they're so similar-and he gets to see how Halliday pitches to a lineup-which is perfectly understandable.
McGowan should follow AJ-since they're also so similar-so it might be Halliday, Marcum, Burnett, McGowan and then either Jessie or Chacin.
Nice to see Hill finally getting a day off. I think he needs two to three days-he's worn down
Of course in New York the rotation next year will be determined on the availability of wheel chairs for particualr evenings.
sorry but where is the mail bag again
nice one sumner-jordan isn't there anything you can do to block certain e-mail addreses or ip addresses from this site?
anyways i am going to go watch the game have fun i'll post later
harry-home page
harry-don't worry about semigod-just remember when you post to him to keep your words down to single syllables-his intelligence is limited
Well, Da Bulldog needs ome run support tonight
Maybe they never fed spot tonight he looks a little off.
It looks like we are going to need offence tonight.
When is that idiot Gibbons going to realize Marcum stuff is not there tonight.
TO LATE game over way to go Gibbons you puke.
Poor Marcum.
We can't brag about our starting pitcher before his game I think we jinxed him.
No Towers I think it's to early fo frasor.
Garry we didn't jinx him, he just didnt have it tonight
Nice outing from Frasor-maybe Gibby will start using him more.
And maybe the hitters will wake up and realize they can't expect every starter to go out, pitch seven innings and only give up one run.
I would like to see Frasor in more games, I think it is a shame to have such talent sitting on the bench. He has pitched better then his ERA shows of late.
Why pull Frasor after 2 innings?
Frasor has had 4 or 5 poor outings where he gave up a couple of runs each time. A number of these were at the start of teh year when he was thrust into the role of closer-and not ready for it. That's what got his era out of line.
He should be used more.
Jordon, are you sure those two dogs weren't from Portland?
Frasor going two innings tonight was enough but he should get into more games.
As for the offence the lineup has a lot to do with it…Overbay in the 2 hole is just plain stupid he runs like a beached whale and he has a sore hand and can't hit.
One thing I'm sure of there will be some changes in managment this winter Gibbons wont be here next year.
We will only win 78 games or less this year mark my words on this.
I hope JP is gone to.
I'd bet they win between 85 and 90. I agree with you on Gibby but not JP-I think Jp's done a good job-he's not the one running the team during games
Did gibbons seriously just put McGowan in to pinch-run? Wouldnt Olmedo do better? Even if he was saving him incase he needed to play in the field, shoudnt there be a pitcher NOT starting tomorrow he could put in
I think Gibby put in McGowan just in case they turned the lineup over in the 9th and needed McGowan to hit. He sure can't be any worse than the rest of the lineup.
He just decided to put in the DL hitter a bit sooner than normal-thats all.
How can a manager justify putting your next day starter in to pinch run why all the pinch hitters adams and MacDonald both had hits leave them in the game they did better than the pinch hitters.
If anyone still thinks Gibbons has a brain ??????.
Ya, if he was going to use a pitcher, he should have put in Halliday.
Only an idiot would put in next days starter or any starter-he should have put Hill or Ormedo in.
Did any one believe Oakland were picking up signs from Thigpen as pointed out by the telecast crew?
The thing I found interesting about their comment is we have three catchers on the bench with Gibby, Ernie and Zaun.
It did look to me that Thigpen was definately setting his hand too low.
So the question is, if it was noticeable by the TV crew-why didn't any of our catchers on the bench catch it, take Thigpen aside and tell him-they're reading your mail, lad.
I used to be an Expo fan a few years ago the manager put rogers their no 1 starter in to pinch run and guess what hurt sliding into 2nd out for the season another bright manager.
Whitt and Gibbons can't see that far and why would zaun say anything he's always afraid of loseing his job It's better that thigpen looks bad in his eyes.
The guy that should have picked up on it was Whitt, like what does he do on that bench every night-sleep?


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The next phase of construction on a high-speed rail route between Chicago and St. Louis will begin next month, a high-stakes transportation project similar to those that other states have rebuffed, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced Tuesday.
"Illinois has always been a strong railroad state and we always will be," Quinn said at an Amtrak rail yard near downtown Chicago.
Quinn and Durbin took swipes at other states for turning back money for high-speed rail, including Florida, which rejected $2.4 billion that had been earmarked for rail projects in that state because new Republican Gov. Rick Scott was worried taxpayers could get socked with the bill for any overruns and operating subsidies. Illinois has said it will try to get a part any money that other states return.
"The governors of these other states that have given up their money can stand by and wave at our trains when they go by. We're going to move people, we're going to freight, we're going to set a standard for America. It starts right here in Chicago," Durbin said.
But not everybody in Illinois is gung-ho about fast trains. Freshman Congressman Joe Walsh said the government can't afford to spend the money and he doubted their cost effectiveness because Americans love their cars. He said governors like Scott in Florida had the right idea by giving up federal money for rail projects.
"I respect the governors who have done that, that clearly is not what Pat Quinn is about," Walsh, whose district is in northern Illinois.
Illinois' other senator, Republican U.S. Mark Kirk, supports high speed rail including federal funding and believes it should be a private-public partnership so that trains move with the speed and reliability to serve consumers who would otherwise would fly, Kirk spokesman Lance Trover said.
When high-speed trains are eventually traveling up to 110 mph, the trip between St. Louis and Chicago could be cut by 90minutes to less than four hours.
Illinois has been awarded $1.2 billion in federal money to expand passenger rail and the state has promised to kick in another $42 million. Last year, Quinn and Durbin debuted the first $98 million in upgrades to a 90-mile stretch of track from Alton, just northeast of St. Louis, to Lincoln for the high-speed route.
The latest $685 million section of the construction project is scheduled to start April 5 and includes building new rail track using concrete ties between Dwight and Lincoln and between Alton and the Mississippi River. A modernized signal system will also be installed between Dwight and Alton, Quinn's office said. Officials estimate the work would create more than 6,000 direct and indirect jobs, such as construction and manufacturing work. Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman Guy Tridgell said job numbers are typically devised using formulas based on the amount of money being spent on a project.
Trains traveling at 110 mph on the 284-mile Chicago-to-St. Louis corridor could debut between Dwight and Pontiac as early as next year, Quinn's office said. Upgrades to the Dwight-Alton portion of the corridor are expected to be finished by 2014.
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The next phase of construction on a high-speed rail route between Chicago and St. Louis will begin next month, a high-stakes transportation project similar to those that other states have rebuffed, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced Tuesday.


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Oh haha, sorry, I am not that familiar with this site yet, but no I have not started one on there. I wish I could just upload what I have in my phone into that, would make life so much easier haha.
Well guys, it has been a few days and I wanted to check in. The reason it has been a few days is because I was going hard 4-5 days a week at the gym and decided to give myself three straight days off and just stretch for about a half hour every night. I gotta tell you, I feel amazing! I will be doing a p90x tonight and back to the gym first thing in the morning. I will also update my weight and body fat as I bought one of those bowflex bfi scales, pretty excited to use it to keep my stats. Hope all is well with you guys, talk to you soon!
Sounds like it's going really well. Rest is important - it can be as valuable for growth as the exercise in the first place!!!
I'm resting today because I am really sore.
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yeah Dave, I have not since the beginning of december just taken a few days off and just stretch.. I really do feel relaxed and ready to go again. I am excited to get back into it tonight. One thing I can not get into for some reason is Yoga, I try and do the yogo in the p90x and I can't stay into it. I mix those p90x exercises in with the ones I have made for myself via the JEFIT app just to confuse the muscles a little bit. Any advice on what people do to stay connected with yoga, it is a supposed to be a great stretching and relaxing exercise and I just dont see that to be the case haha.
Well, I wanted to post in here again seeing how it was a few days since my last post. I was away for family the last week or so and unfortunately my workouts suffered because of that. I did however do a P90X workout last night and did a pretty good cardio and ab workout at the gym this morning to get myself back into the swing. Both times I had the stack as I have said I have been taking it and still feel great. How is everyone else doing?
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I would suggest checking out this thread [url]http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121703981[/url]
I found it a bit of a head f*ck at first as there is quite a bit of information but I stuck with it and gained some amazing knowledge on nutritional goals. I not long into using my new nutritional goals based on the info from the thread and I'm already seeing benefits the biggest of which is growing without putting on body fat and not feeling fatigued.
I use myfitnesspal.com to ensure I am hitting my correct daily nutritional goals.
Anyway you are clearly much more experienced and I am not implying anything other than you might find some valuable information in that thread to help with your target of growing but maintaining a low body fat percentage.
Good luck bro
PS great advice from Dave. I wished I had someone like that giving me advice when I first started, I would not have wasted 2 years of training.
Thanks Jason, I am really not that experienced so I will def take a look at that info and see what it is all about. I want to finish this rotation with the products I have and see what I think I want to replace depending on other products reviews. For the most part, I am pleased with the products that I am using, but could be talked into trying different things. Thanks again!
Just an update! According to my new bowflex and information that I have received from Dave (OptikaNET), I have updated readings on my body fat percentage. According to the Bowflex Body Fat Scale last night I was 170.2 lbs and 14.9% body fat and I will be using this to track future progress. Thank you for your support and information!
I have been slacking, I haven't been going as strong to the gym and just doing minimal things at home to get by. Have not had the motivation this last week for some reason. Not happy with myself and will try hard to get back at it with updates tomorrow. Thanks for the support
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The euro's parachute drop has no end in sightMay 25, 2012: 12:57 PM ET
So much for the euro currency holding up well versus the dollar. The euro has plunged 5% in the past month. That's like a 50% move for a stock. Sleepy currencies don't often move that sharply in such quick fashion.
It wasn't that long ago that the euro was hanging in around the $1.30 level. But it's now down near $1.25, having briefly dipped below it Friday morning. Worries about Greece needing to leave the eurozone and bring back its drachma currency have been the main spark for the euro's recent slide.
If the euro is unable to stabilize around $1.25, it's not a huge stretch to think that it could fall below $1.20 and approach the Europe debt crisis low of about $1.18 from the summer of 2010. And that was just the start of the European mess. Nobody was talking Grexit yet.
"A target of $1.18 for the euro might be normal given all the problems. The situation in 2010 is nowhere as bleak as it is now," said Ashraf Laidi, chief global strategist at City Index, a London-based research firm. "There is no more kicking the can down the road."
And if the euro slips below $1.18? Well, we shouldn't necessarily be talking about the euro achieving a word that rhymes with clarity just yet.
Laidi does not think that a Greek exit from the euro would lead to euro/dollar parity, partly because the European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund might be forced to step in to prevent the rest of Europe from unraveling. In fact, he said that a continued slide for the euro depends more on what happens in the United States.
"Anything below $1.10 would only happen if there is a decent improvement in U.S. fundamentals," said Laidi.
Sure, the dollar looks mighty against the euro right now. But it's all relative. Investors may be seeking safety in the greenback and Treasury bonds on the notion that America's economy is "less bad" than Europe's. But what if next week's jobs numbers are truly dreadful ... say under the 100,000 jobs added in May? That's not likely. But it's not out of the realm of possibility.
Neither are concerns that our nation's least and dimmest in Washington will once again fail to act in the best interests of the nation later this year. Congress seems hell-bent on taking the economy to the edge of the fiscal cliff. Let's hope that they watch where they step or America may go splat like Wile E. Coyote! (For more about the tepid U.S. recovery and other global concerns, watch my Buzz video below.)>
Still, this is not to suggest that the dollar is destined to start sliding against the euro anytime soon. The U.S. still has time (for now) on its side. Europe, on the other hand, not only needs to figure out if Greece is worth hanging onto ... it must also soon decide if it can salvage the euro currency period.
If a Grexit leads to bank runs throughout the continent and even higher interest rates for the likes of Spain, Italy and France, then no amount of German-forced austerity will be able to prevent Europe's nasty cold from turning into a full blown bout of financial pneumonia.
"Greece is not the biggest concern. The biggest concern is that the process has become more dysfunctional.," said Axel Merk, president of Merk Mutual Funds, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based money manager specializing in currency investments. "Bad news is better than no news. Europe doesn't know where it wants to go."
Merk said his funds have been selling euros, mainly due to worries about the lack of tangible progress in solving the continent's many woes. But he added that ripping the Band-Aid off and allowing Greece to leave in a disorderly, chaotic way might be the best thing for Europe in the long-term.
He argues that if Greece gets too much help and still winds up leaving the euro, that might make it easier for the likes of Portugal, Italy and Spain to say "adeus," "ciao" and "hasta la vista" as well. Goodbye euro and welcome back escudos, lire and pesetas!
That would probably be a very bad idea. But there still doesn't seem to be any urgency to try and prevent such a nightmarish scenario from unfolding. Europe is kind of like the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) or Yahoo (YHOO) of continents. It's still trying to figure out on the fly what the best business model is.
But until it can decide if it really wants to be a true fiscal union -- and that probably means eurobonds no matter how opposed Angela Merkel may be to them -- then Europe (and the euro) will remain in free fall.
The next time the EU has one of its many dinners and summits, somebody needs to pull a Jack Shephard from "Lost" and tell everyone that if they can't live together, they are going to die alone.


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So im looking for the most affordable chocolate shaking table that actually works.. does anyone have experience with the ones from AliBaba or china in general?
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Perhaps the food-related question I get asked most through my blog is "What's it like for vegetarians and vegans in China. The same question came up recently on another thread, so I put this together. Hope it's useful. It would also, be great to hear other people's experience and solutions.
For the sake of typing convenience I'm going to conflate 'vegetarians and vegan' into just 'vegetarian' except where strictly relevant.
First a declaration of non-interest. I am very carnivorous, but I have known vegetarians who have passed through China, some staying only a few weeks, others staying for years. Being vegetarian in China is a complicated issue. In some ways, China is probably one of the best countries in which to be vegetarian. In other ways, it is one of the worst.
I spent a couple of years in Gorbachev-era Russia and saw the empty supermarkets and markets. I saw people line up for hours to buy a bit of bread. So, when I first came to China, I kind of expected the same. Instead, the first market I visited astounded me. The place was piled high with food, including around 30 different types of tofu, countless varieties of steamed buns and flat breads and scores of different vegetables, both fresh and preserved, most of which I didn't recognise. And so cheap I could hardly convert into any western currency. If you are able to self-cater then China is heaven for vegetarians. For short term visitors dependent on restaurants or street food, the story is very different.
Despite the perception of a Buddhist tradition (not that strong, actually), very few Chinese are vegetarian and many just do not understand the concept. Explaining in a restaurant that you don't eat meat is no guarantee that you won't be served meat.
Meat is seen in China as a status symbol. If you are rich, you eat more meat. And everyone knows all foreigners are rich, so of course they eat meat! Meat eating is very much on the rise as China gets more rich - even to the extent of worrying many economists, food scientists etc. who fear the demand is pushing up prices and is environmentally dangerous. But that's another issue. Obesity is also more and more of a problem.
Banquet meals as served in large hotels and banquet dedicated restaurants will typically have a lot more meat dishes than a smaller family restaurant. Also, the amount of meat in any dish will be greater in the banquet style places.
Traditional Chinese cooking is/was very vegetable orientated. I still see my neighbours come home from the market with their catch of greenery every morning. However, whereas meat wasn't the central component of dinner, it was used almost as a condiment or seasoning. Your stir fried tofu dish may come with a scattering of ground pork on top, for example. This will not usually be mentioned on the menu. Simple stir fried vegetables are often cooked in lard (pig fat) to 'improve' the flavour.
Another problem is that the Chinese word for meat (肉), when used on its own refers to pork. Other meats are specified, eg (beef) is 牛肉, literally cattle meat. What this means is that when you say you don't eat meat, they often think you mean you don't eat pork (something they do understand from the Chinese Muslim community), so they rush off to the kitchen and cook you up some stir fried chicken! I've actually heard a waitress saying to someone that chicken isn't meat. Also, few Chinese wait staff or cooks seem to know that ham is pig meat. I have also had a waitress argue ferociously with me that the unasked for ham in a dish of egg fried rice wasn't meat.
Also, Chinese restaurant dishes are often given have really flowery, poetic names which tell you nothing of the contents. Chinese speakers have to ask. One dish on my local restaurant menu reads "Maternal Grandmother's Fluttering Fragrance." It is, of course, spicy pork ribs!
Away from the tourist places, where you probably don't want to be eating anyway, very few restaurants will have translations of any sort. Even the best places' translations will be indecipherable. I have been in restaurants where they have supplied an "English menu", but if I didn't know Chinese would have been unable to order anything. It was gibberish.
To go back to Buddhism and Taoism, it is a mistake to assume that genuine followers of either (or more usually a mix of the two) are necessarily vegetarian. Many Chinese Buddhists are not. In fact, the Dalai Lama states in his autobiography that he is not vegetarian. It would be very difficult to survive in Tibet on a vegetarian diet.
There are vegetarian restaurants in many places (although the ones around where I am never seem to last more than six months). In the larger cities such as Beijing and Shanghai they are more easily findable.
Curiously, many of these restaurants make a point of emulating meat dishes. The menu reads like any meat using restaurant, but the "meat" is made from vegetable substitutes (often wheat gluten or konjac based).
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Wowotou buns ( 窝窝头 wō wō tóu), also known more simply as wō tóu are originally from northern China. The name means "nest" and they come in many forms. These are the ones I use. As you can see, they are usually stuffed with whatever the cook decides. These are stuffed with spicy pork and pickled greens, but I've also served them with a seafood stuffing.
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This arose from this topic, where initially @Anna N asked about tea not being served at the celebratory meal I attended. I answered that it is uncommon for tea to be served with meals (with one major exception). I was then asked for further elucidation by @Smithy. I did start replying on the topic but the answer got longer than I anticipated and was getting away from the originally intended topic about one specific meal. So here were are..
I'd say there are four components to tea drinking in China.
a) When you arrive at a restaurant, you are often given a pot of tea which people will sip while contemplating the menu and waiting for other guests to arrive. Dining out is very much a group activity, in the main. When everyone is there and the food dishes start to arrive the tea is nearly always forgotten about. The tea served like this will often be a fairly cheap, common brand - usually green.
You also may be given a cup of tea in a shop if your purchase is a complicated one. I recently bought a new lap top and the shop assistant handed me tea to sip as she took down the details of my requirements. Also, I recently had my eyes re-tested in order to get new spectacles. Again, a cup of tea was provided. Visit someone in an office or have a formal meeting and tea or water will be provided.
b) You see people walking about with large flasks (not necessarily vacuum flasks) of tea which they sip during the day to rehydrate themselves. Taxi drivers, bus drivers, shop keepers etc all have their tea flask. Of course, the tea goes cold. I have a vacuum flask, but seldom use it - not a big tea fan. There are shops just dedicated to selling the drinks flasks.
c) There has been a recent fashion for milk tea and bubble tea here, two trends imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively. It is sold from kiosks and mainly attracts younger customers. McDonald's and KFC both do milk and bubble teas.
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d) There are very formal tea tastings and tea ceremonies, similar in many ways to western wine tastings. These usually take place in tea houses where you can sample teas and purchase the tea for home use. These places can be expensive and some rare teas attract staggering prices. The places doing this pride themselves on preparing the tea perfectly and have their special rituals. I've been a few times, usually with friends, but it's not really my thing. Below is one of the oldest serious tea houses in the city. As you can see, they don't go out of their way to attract custom. Their name implies they are an educational service as much as anything else. Very expensive!
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I am the director of a small company in Australia producing a small exclusive range of handpoured natural soy wax scented candles. (Bougie being the french word for candle) Our focus is on classic scents inspired by my travels throughout France. You will not find scents such as "creme brulee" or "new car" in our range. Each scent captures a moment and tells a wee story. Pomander Bougies are made from only the finest natural soy waxes & fragrances, poured into quality crystal glass containers. They now require delightful, memorable packaging which is where you come in.
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My Prime has a blue Ion Cannon not a black or gray one, he has the short American stacks, but his paint isn't battle damaged at all. In fact it's all clean and nice except where it has worn with age. He also has a blue head with no silver painting on it as the American versions seem to have as well as his lights over his cab are all one solid color with no bronze on the tips. Last but not least there's not a stitch of Chrome on him and he doesn't have silver painted hydraulics near the vents on his shins. Seems odd to me. Can anyone place this one? I bought him and two more just like him decades ago on a closeout isle at WalMart of all places. Sold the other two on on eBay back in the day but kept him. Another note, in reading the descriptions of all the other primes there was some complaining that the base with the recorded clips weren't actually Cullen. I can tell you that the base on mine sounds EXACTLY like Cullen and I believe it came directly from the movie.
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ScienceDaily (June 14, 2011) Cancer is crafty. When one avenue driving its growth is blocked by drugs targeting that path, the malignancy often creates a detour, finding an alternative route to get around the roadblock.
In a study at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, researchers found that when a common type of prostate cancer was treated with conventional hormone ablation therapy blocking androgen production or androgen receptor (AR) function- which drives growth of the tumor — the cancer was able to adapt and compensate by activating a survival cell signaling pathway, effectively circumventing the roadblock put up by this treatment.
The findings could have important clinical implications as this type of prostate cancer, in which the PTEN tumor suppressor gene is inactivated, accounts for about 40 to 50 percent of primary prostate cancers and 70 to 90 percent of cancers that become resistant to hormone therapy, called castration resistant prostate cancers. Based on this study, these prostate cancers could be more effectively treated using a combination of drugs that target the AR cell signaling pathway and the compensating survival pathway, called the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, said study senior author Dr. Hong Wu, a professor of molecular and medical pharmacology and a Jonsson Cancer Center researcher.
The study appears in the June 14, 2011 of the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Cell.
"The most significant take home message from this study is that certain prostate cancers can resist androgen deprivation therapy by activating an alternate pathway to drive its growth," Wu said. "We found that these two pathways are talking to each other, almost like regulatory circuitry, and helping each other get around attempts to kill the cancer. When we suppress one of these pathways, it essentially feeds the other."
Wu characterized the findings as surprising. What they discovered, she said, bucked conventional wisdom about the way PTEN negative or PTEN null prostate cancer operates.
"Most of the hypotheses have suggested that PTEN regulates the function of the androgen receptor pathway, which is opposite of what we show here," said Wu, who also is a researcher with the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA. "We had thought that when PTEN was lost, it activated the androgen receptor pathway, driving cancer growth. What we've found suggests that if PTEN is lost in cancer cells, then the cancer cells become androgen receptor-independent and rely on the PI3K pathway for growth and survival."
Wu's study showed that PTEN loss suppresses AR signaling and that leads cancer cells to become less dependent on the androgen receptor for survival. This is important, Wu said, because it addresses a key mechanism of resistance. Certain prostate cancers may resist hormone therapy and if you withdraw androgen as treatment, it enhances the activity of the PI3K pathway, which then takes over driving cancer growth. Both pathways must be hit to stifle growth of the cancer.
The study has important implications for those prostate patients with late stage disease, who often become resistant to hormone ablation therapy, said David J. Mulholland, a postdoctoral fellow in Wu's lab and first author of the study. Men who die of prostate cancer are those that become resistant to therapy and, as a consequence, their disease can spread or metastasize to other places, most often the bones.
"What we've shown here is a mechanism that could explain why anti-androgen therapy may fail in some patients," Mulholland said. "Their cancer cells adapted to the low androgen receptor function and compensated by activating a survival pathway. It was a surprising result to show that these cells could continue to live without the androgen receptor signaling. Combining drugs that hit both pathways will be much more effective than using one drug alone."
The study was modeled in a mouse model created by the Wu laboratory in which PTEN and AR are absent in the epithelium. The findings were replicated using samples from cancerous prostates removed from patients, work done in collaboration with researchers at UCLA and the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in prostate cancer.
"We found similar result in both cases," Wu said. "The human cancers may behave the same way as the mouse models."
There are new generations of AR inhibitors that are potentially more effective than their predecessors being tested now in clinical trials. There also are drugs being tested that inhibit the PI3K pathway, which is commonly activated in a variety of cancers. Clinical trials currently are being designed at UCLA that will combine these types of drugs to cut off both the primary path and escape routes that prostate cancers use to survive.
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This is one of those unforgettable weddings: full of wonderful emotions, many tears, lots of laughter and a long evening of dancing and partying… Anna & Sergio traveled down from Russia to have their very intimate dream wedding at one of Europe's most beautiful castles – the historic Castle Hluboka. Or as we call it here Castle Hluboka nad Vltavou. The castle situation several hours south of Prague is one of Czechia's most beautifully preserved and iconic fairy tale castles – picture perfect for our couple who dreamed of such a fairy tale wedding.
The day started off with Anna being prepared with her mother & sisters attending to her every needs. While Sergio, the very serious business man was still conducting business as he was getting prepared and doted over by his always smiling mother.
Though the weather started off quite nice, it did turn quite gray and seemingly threatened to rain, but luckily it did not. The only issue, keeping the many tourists (with their prying lenses) away from out couple during their wedding ceremony which took place outside overlooking the castle down below.
One of the highlights of their wedding took place before their wedding. The 1st look. Seeing the smiles on their faces when they faced each other for the first time in their wedding attire was simply priceless. Thankfully our video guy stepped in quick enough with his wide angle to become the centre of attention causing Anna who was about to tear up to focus on the camera lens stuck in her face… as we say, it is what it is…
And then, it was time to marry…
As a trained photojournalist I always strive to capture those real moments that are shared between people – especially on their wedding day. Another such beautiful moment was Anna tearing up standing underneath a gorgeous floral arch and Sergio tearing up as well as he gently and very sweetly wiped away her tears. After they exchanged their 'I do's' it was time for the official announcement of Mr & Mrs. It was quite beautiful. After some group pictures, champagne toasts and watching the video guy leading them around – I simply asked if they wanted to get away from everyone and for a few moments to simply enjoy the moment.
Truth be told, those few moments when a couple spend time with each other and not being told how to pose and be art directed I feel are very important. As many wedding days become overly art directed it just seems like the right thing to do to allow them some time to each other – after all it is their wedding day.
No sooner did these two arrive at a nice spot (without both the video guy and myself) Sergio's phone rang and he was back to being the businessman. Anna who was all smiles took it in stride and one of my favorite images is Sergio looking away (trying to hide the phone call) as Anna smiled with the 'business as usual' look. But Sergio made it up to her a few moments later and those moments captured here are fantastic.
After a few more drinks it was time to drive back to Prague (Maybach of course) and have a very small photo session. As Anna spent most of her day being art directed she asked me 'if it was my wedding day where would I wish to go for one very special picture?' Naturally I knew just the place and we went straight there.
Just as we arrived something beautiful happened, the sun finally came out and broke the dull grey sky and as it did the energy level of these two rose just as much leading to some impromptu dances and many smiles and hugs of happiness. Though we traveled to their wedding dinner & reception (a very lavish gala was ordered for the evening) one of my favorite images of these two – just being themselves and enjoying the view overlooking Prague as a Golden colored sunlight filtered through the trees and lighting up their smiles.
Sometimes the best images are those that are totally off script and unplanned such as these two dancing as the sun flared around them above Prague on that gorgeous summer day.
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In my front page write-up of the Chapterhouse Window from the Convent of Christ built by school children in a project organized by Projecto Construir, I alluded to another ongoing project, the Castle of Guimarães. This project involves over 120 children and will be built of over 80.000 elements. They expect to finish it very soon and it will go on public display, in Guimarães, Portugal (and will probably be at some AFOL events in the next year as well). Here are some pictures in progress:
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Am breaking a long hiatus from blogging to report a really sad news :: Kenneth Gonsalves, (lawgon on IRC), a long time Free/Libre software (especially INPycon) contributor is no more. When I first saw this mail in my inbox, I could not believe it was true.
My first interaction with Lawgon was via the LinuxChix mailing lists. Back then, I was surprised to see posts from a "nilgiris" domain name and I assumed he was an USA-NRI actively posting on their lists. Later, via the Mumbai-LUG list when I had tried to install his "avsap" accounting software ~ it would not work on my machine and I wrote him a mail with the gory error details. Finally, in 2007, I met "lawgon" on IRC, ##linux-india. I was never an IRC person but when he got banned from the channel, I had a long argument with Devdas (f3ew on IRC) about it - mostly because I felt that the rules were not clear, and even more importantly, felt that rules ought to be implemented uniformly, sans cronyism.
A few moons later, I met him in real life for the first time at the first formation meet for Fosscomm and sat next to him through the whole meeting. In my eyes, he was like a father-figure, a person you can talk to freely, someone who didnt see IT and FLOSS as the road to self-publicity, fame and riches. Rather, he saw Libre software as I did - of, for and by the people. It was nice talking to him and hear the stories via the work he had done at NRC-Foss/AU-KBC.
He was someone I respected because unlike some FOSS people, he actually wrote and released his code publicly: https://bitbucket.org/lawgon, and worked within the community, had no illusions or superiority complex about himself. Most of us in the FLOSS community were his kids age and in my interactions I didnt find him patronizing nor elitist in "demanding" we respect his age. Quite the opposite, he never hesitated to ask for technical help from people younger than him, quite ego less. His fiery rants on his blog (http://lawgon.livejournal.com/) always made me chuckle. There are very few blogs I follow and thusfar, I've read every post of his - strong opinions peppered with character. His own!
In his mailing list communication, he could be quite blunt in his comments, and I've had my moments sparring with him on the lists, but if you take a moment to look behind the scenes, his honesty and sincerity towards Libre software showed. I remember his mail asking me not to leave the Mumbai LUG list and my response on the kind of Libre community (the lack thereof) we foster, which, to my surprise, found an echo with him. I remember his long email rant (about someone which I wont get into in public) where he mentioned "...and I'm scared of you" ~ yeah, I too scrubbed my eyes and smiled at his droll sense of humor, as I typed out an apology.
I remember his IRC comment that he wanted his daughter to meet me and my curiosity piqued ~ this was long before I had met him in real life but after meeting me in his blog he used the word "legendary Svaksha" and I was surprised that it was not "fiery Svaksha" given my frank replies. Going by the stereotypical Indian fathers attitude, I very much doubted if they would want their daughters to be like me - Or maybe it was his sense of humor - I'll never know!? Some moons later an email asking for some information on "legal rights of women in India" for her coursework, IRC discussions on virtualenvwrapper (he asked me why I wanted to use it and for a moment I thought he was testing me -- I could not imagine a long-time Python developer (atleast a lot longer than me) asking me that, unless he was pulling my leg or if it was an interview question?), discussing a recent Python workshop he held at Kerala, and so many other interactions... {Edit1:: His recent mail on the open source business model has some excellent advice for wannabe entrepreneurs.}
I was hoping to meet him at InPycon this year but now the conference wont be the same without him. I hope and pray his family finds the strength to carry on without him and may his soul rest in peace! You will be missed Lawgon..and try not to kickstart a "GPL Vs. BSD" argument in heaven!


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