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Nate Berg is a freelance reporter and a former staff writer for CityLab. He lives in Los Angeles.
They're in the ground all over the country, in parking lots and city streets. They're small and unobtrusive little guys, like small discs flat on the ground or the reflector bumps like you might drive over when crossing lanes. These are simple devices with a straightforward task, and they're about to have a huge impact on the way drivers in U.S. cities park, just by knowing when cars are parked over them and when they're not.
"It's an industry that's been completely overlooked from a technology perspective," says Zia Yusuf. He's the CEO at Streetline, a company that specializes in implementing what are being called intelligent parking systems. These are wirelessly connected networks of sensors and computer systems that accurately track the availability of parking spaces and enable variable pricing that changes with demand. The idea is to better inform drivers about where they can find parking to help reduce congestion on streets, up to a third of which has been blamed on drivers searching for open parking spaces.
"The impact on all of us and the impact on cities is pretty profound," says Yusuf.
On a regular street, drivers can circle around and around looking for a spot, which means one more car on the road (and driving slowly, at that), and one more combustion engine emitting greenhouse gases into the environment. The goal of intelligent parking systems is to know where parking is available and to let the driver know as well, making it easier for cars to find their way into parking spots.
Another goal is to understand just where parking is in demand and when. For cities, this information can be extremely useful.
"This is a piece of real estate that isn't priced appropriately, that isn't allocated appropriately," says Yusuf. "Parking is generally the second or third largest source of revenue for a city. So there's a significant financial impact to this."
With connected metering systems and the embedded ground sensors in parking spaces, cities can, in real time, know which streets are packed with parked cars and which streets have plenty of empty spaces. Knowing this can help the city change pricing on the streets to encourage drivers to either avoid high-priced (and highly congested) areas, or, it's also hoped, to consider a transportation option that doesn't require parking in the first place.
This system is based on the ideas of UCLA professor Donald Shoup, laid out in his well-known urban planning tome The High Cost of Free Parking. San Francisco recently became the first major city to act on the advice of Shoup, implementing its SF Park system. On-street parking spaces and city-owned garages are equipped with meters so the city can track occupancy rates and adjust pricing throughout the day. The city installed the system in 2010 and began varying its pricing last summer. The goal is to redistribute the demand for parking throughout the city. Web and phone applications make it easy for drivers to locate parking spots that are both open and at the desired price point.
The system is currently in a test phase in 7,000 of the city's on-street parking spaces, and more than 12,000 spaces in city-owned garages, part of a pilot phase that runs through the summer. The project was largely funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, and it's expected that more of the city's metered spaces and garages will fold into the system after the pilot.
Other cities have been paying attention to San Francisco, and now a handful have implemented their own intelligent parking system pilot projects. Streetline is behind many of these projects, including pilots in Boston, Fort Worth, New York, and Washington, D.C. [Streetline recently launched another pilot program in Indianapolis, a city we recently covered for its parking privatization efforts.] These are mainly small implementations, with a few hundred parking spaces linked up in each instance. But later this spring, Streetline will unveil its largest program yet, an intelligent parking system in downtown Los Angeles called ExpressPark made up of 6,000 on-street spaces and 7,500 spaces in city owned parking facilities. Most of the sensors are already in the ground, and the city is getting ready to start turning the dials on this newer, smarter way to control parking in its downtown core.
Like SF Park, L.A.'s system is part of a federally subsidized program aimed at reducing congestion. With $15 million in federal funds and $3.5 million in local money, the project is expected to begin operations in May. Just a few weeks ago, crews could be seen drilling on streets in downtown, leaving a string of little holes down the side of the road like an unpleasant golf course. The implementation of the sensors is the easy part. Changing parking habits is a tougher knot to untie.
"Our goal is similar to SF Park," says Peer Ghent, ExpressPark project manager at L.A.'s Department of Transportation. "It's a combination of two things: demand-based pricing and improved parking guidance. We're trying to get better utilization of the downtown parking spaces."
The pricing has been a sore point for drivers who worry that meter fees will skyrocket as soon as the switch is turned on. Ghent says the city passed an ordinance related to the project that limits any meter price increases or decreases to 50 percent. If officials decide the pricing needs to shift more than that, they'll have to get city council approval.
But Ghent insists it's not about making the city more money. Rather, it's about using pricing to encourage parking in underutilized areas and discourage parking in high demand areas – and maybe even convince some drivers to leave the car at home and hop on a comparatively cheaper bus. But in Los Angeles, as in many cities, many people will still choose to drive. Another key part of intelligent parking systems like these is making it easier to park for those who need to.
ExpressPark will be linked up with the mobile phone application Parker, which will help direct drivers to nearby parking options, with details about pricing, availability of spaces and even deals offered by parking facilities. The app also allows users to re-up their meters or set timers. Eventually, Yusuf says, users will be able to use the app to reserve a parking space along with their dinner reservations. [There are a number of other such applications aimed at helping drivers find parking. The Atlantic Cities recently published this list of five great parking apps.] Yusuf says Streetline is currently in talks with auto manufacturers and navigation providers about integrating the Parker app into in-car navigation systems.
"Our intention is to make this part and parcel of your daily life, so you don't have to think about it," Yusuf says.
The other intention is to get other cities to follow on the heels of San Francisco and Los Angeles in installing these large scale systems. Streetline is already partnering with IBM, which includes the system in its smart city product line. But for now, most cities are likely waiting to see how well intelligent parking systems actually work.
L.A.'s ExpressPark is a one-year pilot program, solely located in a 4.5-square mile section downtown. Ghent says the system may be spread to certain other parts of town, but they'll have to wait until they see how the first year goes.
"The thing that we're going to have when we're all done with this is either a validation of Don Shoup's work or evidence that it doesn't work. We have to consider all possible outcomes of this thing," Ghent says. "Right now, we're very confident, otherwise we wouldn't be spending all this time and energy on it."
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We give an analytical and geometrical treatment of what it means to sepa rate a Gaussian kernel along arbitrary axes in Rn, and we present a separation scheme that allows to efficiently implement anisotropic Gaussian convolution filters in arbitrary dimension. Based on our previous analysis we show that this scheme is optimal with regard to the number of memory accesses and nterpolation operations needed. Our method relies on non-orthogonal convolution axes and works com- pletely in image space. Thus, it avoids the need for an FFT-subroutine. Depending on the accuracy and speed requirements, different interpolation schemes and methods to implement the one-dimensional Gaussian (FIR, IIR) can be integrated. The algorithm is also feasible for hardware that does not contain a floating-point unit. Special emphasis is laid on analyzing the performance and accuracy of our method. In particular, we show that withot any special optimization of the source code, our method can perform anisotropic Gaussian filtering faster than methods relyin on the Fast Fourier Transform.


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Democrats have taken issue with President Trump's proposed spending cuts, and some Republicans have serious concerns as well. "We never anticipated the kind of pushback we would have in our own conference on this rescissions package," conservative Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) told Politico.
As a result, the Trump administration is looking to make tweaks t0 the $15 billion rescissions package in hopes of winning Republican votes, Politico reports: "The White House is already in talks about canceling cutbacks for a wastewater treatment program at the EPA, according to two Republicans familiar with the discussions. The administration might also scale back cuts for Ebola funding and disaster relief, the aides said."
The EPA has told the White House it has plans to spend the money in the $10 million wastewater program targeted for cutting. And, despite CBO's finding that the proposed $7 billion in CHIP clawbacks would not affect the program, the politics surrounding the proposal remain treacherous.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy had at one point said that the bill could get a vote this week, but it has been pushed back until after the Memorial Day recess as Republicans work to build support. If the legislation can pass the House, it would likely need just a simple majority to get through the Senate.
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Original Trinity Hymnal, #206
Low in the grave he lay
Jesus, my Saviour,
Waiting the coming day
Jesus, my Lord.
Up from the grave he arose
With a mighty triumph o'er his foes.
He arose a victor from the dark domain,
And he lives for ever with his saints to reign.
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
Vainly they watch his bed
Jesus, my Saviour;
Vainly they seal the dead
Jesus, my Lord.
Death cannot keep his prey
Jesus, my Saviour;
He tore the bars away
Jesus, my Lord.
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1. I had a bacon cheeseburger and fries with fry sauce yesterday for lunch. I have since craved it for every single meal
2. I cooked with onions at 6:45 this morning. Lesson learned.
3. I'm going on a date tonight. Husband and I are still in the "I don't know, what do you want to do?" Well I don't know, what do you want to do?" stage. At this rate, we're bound to think of something brilliant
4. I think it's really cute how bus drivers wave to each other as they pass on the road every morning. I think we should do that for everyone who drives the same car as us. Like, "oh! another chevy!! WAVEEEEE!"
5. So far, four people have petted me today. I guess I deserve it.
6. I'm going snowmobiling with my mom and cousins this weekend. And I am so ready to vroom my little heart out. {demonstration: vrooooooo-oooooom.}
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Designed with smaller dogs and cats in mind, Lupine 1/2" width Dog Leads and Dog collars are designed to fit small breeds and puppies. The lighter weight of the materials, while still very strong, ensures each animal's comfort.
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Ideal as a first puppy Lead, or for tiny dogs and toy breeds,
All 1/2" Dog Leads are available in many different patterns as well as in 5 plain colours,
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You may have noticed over the last couple of months that we've showcased a veritable display of French Weddings. From Cecile and Kevin's chic Parisian soiree to Olivia and Marc's dreamy provencal do, we've really been a little bit spoilt with all this loveliness.
Spoilt and inspired too…
Which is why this week's inspiration post is inspired by the chic nation that is the French.
Rather than taking the luxurious route reminiscent of Versailles fashion, the moodboards below are suggestive of a simpler, more understated provincial charm.
Les Belle Dames
Lighthearted and bright, 'Les Belle Dames' is all about adding a modern twist to elegant classics. Simpler silhouettes are the watchwords here with the look less about the volume and more about finely crafted materials and tailoring.
French brides prefer freer flowing fabrics with silk and crepe being the most popular materials of choice. Add a touch of lace draped softly over the shoulders and down the back and the look is pure elegance.
One or two key accessorises are all that's needed to compliment the look. I particularly love a knotted veil, a string of small seed pearls knotted down the back or a delicate headpiece. Beauty looks are simpler too with a soft rosy hue and neutral eyes being the order of play.
Top off the look with a soft chignon or a loosely woven fishtail plait.
Campagne Chic
Campagne chic is all about looking as if you've spent a lazy Sunday afternoon at a Paris flea market and picked up a a few glorious finds in the process.
From forgotten watering cans to flaking washbowls and loved, worn tables, it's all about finding understated charm in simple everyday objects. If this is your style then it's so easy to integrate these props into your home decor after the big day is over too making them a real investment for your married future.
Props always help to really bring a theme to life; scrawl French phrases onto decadently shaped blackboards, prop up village bikes complete with baskets full of baguettes or opt for calligraphried invitations in a style similar to French script.
Channel Marie Aintoinette by creating salon styled seating areas for your guests using elaborate chairs, French cushions and sweet love seats. Finish the look like stringing reclaimed chandeliers from the ceiling or even from nearby trees.
I particularly love the idea of gifting padlocks to coupled up guests as wedding favours inscribed with their initials and finished with a ribbon flourish. Leave them a key so they can secure their love locks somewhere close to their hearts.
Les Jolie Fleurs
Did you know that it's a French tradition to offer sprigs of lily-of-the-valley to your loved ones on May Day. Now that's exactly the kind of tradition I adore so I couldn't resist including a sweet posy of this flower as part of this moodboard.
If lily-of-the-valley doesn't float your boat or if you're looking to inject a bit of colour into your day then Lavender just screams French provencal charm. Try adding it to your table centrepieces to add both a visual punch as well as a beautiful scent to your surroundings. Alternatively why not place a few stems at each guest's setting for them to take away as a keepsake of the day.
Try thinking outside the flowerbox when it comes to housing your beautiful blooms. Sourcing antique milk churns, bike baskets and old planters or even wrapping plant pots in brown paper and string are all fantastic ways of achieving this look. I particularly love the idea of a 'flower table' pictured in the moodboard above full to bursting with a myriad of different jugs, pots and vases. You can just smell those blooms from here can't you.
Lastly, why not wrap the ends of your bouquet in antique French velvet ribbon as a subtle nod to your 'something old'.
Sur La Table
This concoction of pretty was influenced by an image that I've been cultivating in my imagination for some time. You see for me, a French wedding revolves mostly around the culinary delights offered at the reception so I wanted to recreate a scene that I feel epitomises a perfect Gallic knees-up.
Think rustic chairs and tables scattered outside under the trees adorned with mismatched plates of cheese and wine. Candles or festoon lighting providing the perfect amount of illumination and the prettiest of napkins to lay on your lap.
If you're after a more luxurious feel opt for opulent chairs, exquisite tableware and lots and lots of flowers. Leaving gifts at guests' settings adds to the luxe look too – squares of dark French chocolate, a exquisitely wrapped mini baguette or handmade soaps all work equally well.
More than anything it's about creating an atmosphere rather than a specific look. If you've got the right ambience then nothing else really matters.
La Patisserie
If there's a nation that raise cakey treats to an art form then it's the French.
You name it, they've made it – macarons, fruit tartlets, gateaus and the piece de resistance – the croquembouche. There's literally something for everyone.
Why not serve small portions of gateau for dessert or even small fruit tartlets with a pot of lavender infused cream and a rustic napkin. If you're looking for something that pushes your feminine buttons then choosing a sweet cake stand piled with macarons in candy shades topped with a bow is a surefire way to tick that box.
Presentation is just as much a key to this look as the savoury delights of your treats so allocate a portion of your time to styling the look. Garnishing the cakes themselves as well as their surroundings with florals in keeping with your wider theme is one way to do this; sourcing antique French cake knives and slices is another.
I love the idea of sourcing vintage cake knives for each of your tables, allowing guests to serve themselves whilst engendering that community feel at the same time.
So folks, what do you think?
Does the Gallic way of doing things float your boat?
Interestingly, I read an article not so long back written by the BBC which discussed how the French were looking to the Brits for inspiration for their big day. Apparently they like the fun and light-hearted elements that British brides incorporate into their nuptials and are beginning to emulate it themselves.
Who knew? If the beeb says it's true then who are we to disagree…
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"Wolff's sensuous treatment of shape and surface brings the art of sculpture back to nature and the most elemental sources of inspiration. Her sculptures are elegant, as well as erudite, thus becoming treats for the eye as well as the mind."
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"Wolff's small table sculptures possess an intimacy and accessibility that compel the viewer to become part of them: to touch and caress physically and investigate intellectually both their surface and their interior. Integral to the sculptures are the pedestals that she has created for each piece. Not only do they present the work at the right height and environment to fully appreciate them, a problem that is inherent in small sculpture but the pedestals enhance the spiritual presence of the work. Like shrines or alters, these tables compliment and complete the overall intent of the artist."
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"Wolff eschews power tools, utilizing instead the more traditional mallets and chisels, for this method yields an intimate understanding of, and relationship with, the material. Even the investment in time required with hand tools adds to the finished character of the artwork, the experience of executing the piece, and to the artist's skills. The collector is assured a unique acquisition.
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A wetsuit creates a barrier against the elements utilizing the insulating properties of closed cell neoprene. Neoprene is a closed cell foam made up of thousands of tiny air bubbles known as cells. The air within the cells creates an insulating barrier which slows down the conduction of heat and cold and allows body heat to be retained.
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It's been ages since I cook cashew nut chicken.This dish is a popularActually cashew nut,almond nut and peanut(kong pau) cooking style and technique are similar especially the taste of the sauce .To make this easy and simple dish, I used Lee Kum Kee ready pack Kong Pau sauce to make this cashew nut chicken.Beside that I used one of my favorite vegetable: chayote.I like the crunchiness texture of this vegetable.It's up to the individual cook to use their own desire vegetable or meat to make this kind of easy dish at home.
1 lb chicken tender,cut cube + 1tbsp chicken bouillon powder
1 chayote,diced ( vegetable look like pear shape)
3 serrano pepper,diced
1 large onion,peeled and diced
3 broccoli stalks,peeled and diced
10 dried chili pepper*optional*
1 pack Lee Kum Kee Kung Pau sauce (8 oz)
salt or soy sauce to taste
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 cup roasted cashew nuts
2 tbsp oil
1:Heat wok with oil at medium high heat with garlic and dried chili pepper.Stir-fry for 30 seconds before add in chicken.Stir the chicken for 1 minute ,add in the kung pao sauce.
2:Add in all the diced vegetable,increase heat to high.Keep stirring all the ingredients well.Check the seasoning if salt needed.
3:Dish out ,top with roasted cashew nuts.Serve warm with rice.


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Since being unceremoniously dumped by USC in late September, Lane Kiffin has kept a relatively low profile as he looks to find his next coaching gig. Monday, Kiffin resurfaced and did so in, of all places, Tuscaloosa.
ESPN.com's Brett McMurphy is reporting that Kiffin "is visiting Alabama this week to evaluate the Crimson Tide's offense." It's unclear what bet Nick Saban lost that brought Kiffin to the Tide.
Kiffin was the head coach at Tennessee in 2009, infamously jumping ship for USC after just one season with the Vols. While Kiffin engaged in verbal fisticuffs with just about every coach in the SEC during his brief tenure on Rocky Top, there was very little bad blood between Kiffin and Saban, at least publicly.
Shortly after his hiring at UT, Kiffin did poach top recruiter Lance Thompson off Saban's coaching staff. That move caused a bit of sniping between the two programs, although not nearly to the extent of Kiffin's tiffs with Urban Meyer (Mike Slive put an end to those hostilities) and Steve Spurrier (Alshon Jeffrey, gas station attendant) and, well, pretty much the rest of the conference.
With Tide offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier's name being tossed about on the coaching rumor mill, could Kiffin be setting himself up as a potential replacement? That seems highly, highly unlikely, although I would pay good money to witness the spectacle that would be Saban and Kiffin working together for an entire season.


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- 1.6.1 beta 2
On this release, all code of file moving/copying processing are reviewed. So definately the time used on file processing is reduced. And new code provides better compatibility for some very rare cases.
The new code needs more tests to confirm it works as expected. (5eraph and I have done some, thank 5eraph for his testing.) This, is why i'm naming this as a beta. We need stability.
However, more code needs to be reviewed, especially those process an INF file. It's too slow. This will be done in my next release.
- 1.6.1 beta 1
This release deals with some known bugs, with minor improvements.
This is just the first step. More improvements is planned.
Tests are done mainly pointing the sections I've made change for and the sections may be affected on. Thus this release is a beta. For future beta release of 1.6.1, more sections will be involved, therefore I need some people to help me. - as I am a sophomore so i may only have time at weekends and I'm living in China, with a timezone of GMT+8, this will be a little bit difficult.
Some work of code maintenance has been compeleted in this beta, and will be further worked on. I personally think this series of changes will make future updating easier.
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- Driver.cab updating issue reported by YumeYao. (For Chinese Windows XP source, Have been confirmed by others.)
- unattended MCE integration may be hanged due to asking for CMPNENTS directory.(need confirmation)
- I had a glance at "ReCompress Update/AddonPacks" codes, it must be broken due to my code rewriting.
I never played with it, if you want to use this feature plz use RVMi 1.6.0 or 1.6.1b1.
This will be fixed before final release.
- New bug tracker link, I want you to view This Issue.
- 1.6.1 beta 2.1 - Current release. (yumeyao)
- Fixed a bug I created in beta 2 that mmssetup.cab cannot be processed.
- Typo fix & Log Minor fixes.
- Localization files need updating.
- Added 006 & 007, 0541 & 0542 & 0543 & 0544, 2360 & 2370 variables.
- Added 0334 & 0344 variables. - beta1
- UI Changes:
- New UI elements from File menu:
- Save Settings On Exit, with this option on:
- When you hit "Cancel" button(which is beside "Integrate" button), the Integrator executes "exit" directly.
- When you hit "close" button("x" on the title bar) or File -> Exit from menu, if this option is on, the Integrator saves settings, then executes "exit".
- Exit
- Save Settings On Exit, with this option on:
- "Shifting Stuff Around" has a progress bar now.
- When one and more processes are running:
- File Menu -> some items disabled.
- When you hit "close" or File -> Exit, a prompt window shows.
- Command Line Switch for Audible Alert on Completion: "/Alert:+" OR "/Alert:-"
- Other minor changes.
- New UI elements from File menu:
- Kernel Changes:
- Code changes for file processes done.
- This is why I release this as a beta version. Although 5eraph and I have done some tests, I still want everyone to have a try.
Another reason is now the Integrator handles INF parsing(especially txtsetup.sif since it's very large) very slowly. This is addressed in next release.
- Known Action Changes(This one is intended):
- Shifting Stuff Around - If uncompressed and compressed versions both exist in @DESTINATION, and you also have 2 versions in your updatepack, the Integrator used to remove the uncompressed version, but now the uncompressed one is remained.
- Shifting Stuff Around - If uncompressed and compressed versions both exist in @DESTINATION, and you have the uncompressed version in your updatepack, the Integrator used to keep both in @DESTINATION and update compressed version, now the compressed version is removed and uncompressed version updated.
- This is why I release this as a beta version. Although 5eraph and I have done some tests, I still want everyone to have a try.
- Code changes for file processes done.
- Functional Improvents:
- [i386_compress] - [i386_compress] now can be used to compress files located at directory other than one of subdirs of @WinRoot or @WinRoot itself, use absolute paths(%path% variables are accepted) or internal variables to specific a directory such as @DESTINATION, @PLUGINS.
- for [dosnet_files] and [txtsetup_files], "_2000" and "_2k3" are supported along as "_pro" and "_home".
- Log File
- "Source Drive" & "Destination Drive" are now properly named "Source Location" & "Destination Location".
- "Invalid Addon. Addon must be either a *.exe, *Entrie*.ini, *AddonPack*.7z, *AddonPack*.zip, *AddonPack*.cab or *AddonPack*.rar file." is corrected with "*Addon*.xxx".
- Some localized strings were written in log. we should use English instead of localized one.
- Some other improvements.(esp. for advanced debug on)
- Issue Fix
- Add svcpack to [OptionalSrcDirs] of dosnet.inf automatically if svcpack directory exists in i386\.(though it's claimed fixed before but not really worked!)
- Service Pack Level Check - Fixed an issue
Consider such a situation:
User integrates SP2UpdatePack on a SP0 source, when asked for slipstreaming SP2, he selects SP3 instead of SP2.
The Integrater tended to continue the progress after slipstreaming.
- 1.6.1 Beta 1 (yumeyao)
- Localization files need updating.
- Added 0334 & 0344 variables.
- Bug #12 - Proper handle naming for cabbed file with underscore. (code65536)
- Bug #15 - Svcpack.inf editing is processed correctly now if no *.cat file is added to the source. (code65536)
- Bug #13, Bug #17 - Sound Scheme changed.
- If an error happens, a SystemExclamation will be produced instead of SystemAsterisk. (code65536)
- When the Integrator finishes its jobs, the sound alert is optional now. (yumeyao)
- [CreateCab] syntax changed. (yumeyao)
- This override any existing bugs.(bug first reported by elrico here)
- New Usage:
- Code: Select all
- parameter1 is the directory to be cabbed, whereas parameter2 gives an output filename/filepath.
If parameter2 is empty: Output file is named follow the directory name, and is located at its parent directory.
If parameter2 is a single filename without path: Output file is named as parameter2, located at its parent directory.
If parameter2 is a full filepath: Create output file at the exact location as parameter2.
- Examples:
- Code: Select all
- first entry archives i386\LANG\MSPY2003 to i386\LANG\MSPY2003.cab;
second entry archives cmpnents\MCE2k5wRoolUp2 to cmpnents\mediactr.cab;
third entry archives @PLUGINS\elextra to @DESTINATION(i386 or amd64)\Elextra.cab
fourth entry archives cmpnents\TabletPC to i386\TabletPC.cab.
- [ExpandCab] Syntax changed. (yumeyao)
- Like CreateCab, parameter2 is optional now.
- New Usage:
- Code: Select all
- parameter1 is the cabinet to be extracted, whereas parameter2 gives an output directory.
If parameter2 is empty: Output directory is named follow the cabinet name, and is located at its parent directory.
If parameter2 is a relative path or absolute path: Output directory is parameter2.
- Localization files need updating.


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Work on my McFadyen family has revived, but as with other branches of my family history, it proceeds at caterpillar speed. Before I winged off into genealogy, family knowledge about McFadyens was pretty well limited to their more recent days in Manitoba. My initial attempts to pinpoint where in Nova Scotia they had settled seemed impossible. In those early days, dearest Auntie B (featured in "Who's For Dinner?" 12 February 2008 blog) was my sole and desperate source of potential information. After all, she was the only remaining family member with hands-on experience of her granny, the dread Isabella Campbell McFadyen. The best Auntie B could do was "Well, dear," with a deep sigh indicating her intense effort to recall, "the place seemed to end in an ish."
Ish? The best known ish is Antigonish on mainland Nova Scotia. It took me months of correspondence with city officials before discounting it as one of my ancestral homes. The Neil McFadyen who was executed for murder and buried on the beach there in 1848 was secretly exciting but certainly not one of my relatives. We don't have Neils in our family ... what other reason did I need for discounting him? Folks, these were the dark ages of my personal investigation skills. Now of course it would be gratifying to find even a mild black sheep.
Then came the time for a family trip to the Maritimes and look, the map shows an Ingonish on Cape Breton!
See? There's Ingonish way up there on the northeast coast with a tiny umbrella.
Map from Listings Canada, http://listingsca.com/Nova-Scotia/cbmap.asp.
Looked good to me until we got there when local lore disavowed any McFadyens in the area. Ever. I was learning to trust that these "Capers" have long race memory, inherited from their Scottish homeland.
Ish was not to be. But I'm still grateful that Auntie B tried. As it turned out later, Inverness County south of Bras d'Or Lake was the actual area. Perhaps Auntie B heard Isabella pronouncing Inverness when her false teeth were removed, as was her custom any time of day. Another fascinating Isabella habit.
Later, quite a bit later, J.L. McDougall's compiled History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia would provide me with an introduction to Donald McFadyen the soldier and open doors to his family history.
12 August 2008
McFadyens Part 1: Early Days
Labels: Cape Breton, McFadyen, Nova Scotia
1 comment:
- Lisa / Smallest Leaf said...
If I could pick an additional home for one of my ancestors (just so I could have the fun of researching the place), it would be Cape Breton.
Hope you have continued success in finding your family history there!
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Archaeologists Dig Up New Uses for GIS19 Sep, 2012 By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin
Tech Trends: Researchers apply modern technologies in search for ancient relics.
Archaeology demands patience, perseverance, and often, a strong back. Like their predecessors, modern archaeologists still labor with shovels, trowels, and brushes. In the past decade, however, they have made some notable additions to the toolbox. The khaki-clad figure that once captured aerial photographs from a hot-air balloon now studies detailed imagery collected by satellite-borne sensors. Crates of dusty field notebooks have given way to notebook computers; dog-eared paper maps have been replaced by GIS (geographic information system) maps that provide spatial context to diverse datasets. Digital 3D models give new life to ancient buildings and artifacts, offering revelations that pen-and-ink drawings never could.
These technologies help researchers make new discoveries, collect data with greater speed and accuracy, and effectively share their findings with fellow scientists and the public.
They can also enable research that is completely nondestructive, in contrast to archaeological excavation, said Tom Paradise, professor of geosciences and historic preservation at the University of Arkansas. "Once a site has been excavated, [the effects of the work] cannot be truly undone. The site is exposed and requires conservation, restoration, maintenance, and monitoring. Digital geographic technologies, however, permit us to study, measure, scan, and assess the structures, landscape, and environments in a completely nonintrusive manner."
Paradise and his team use GIS and 3D modeling in their ongoing study of Petra, an ancient Nabataean city in Jordan. "Rather than physically reconstruct a temple or tomb facade, we can digitally reconstruct it for further research and the visitors' enjoyment and education. This astounding architecture then ... may be digitally studied and observed until all other reversible technologies have been exhausted; only then are nonreversible technologies used."
Main photo: Christopher Angel, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, uses a handheld Trimble GPS unit to take latitude and longitude measurements in Petra, Jordan. Image courtesy of Tom Paradise.
Inset, right: A LIDAR sensor was used to produce very accurate 3D images of findings at an historic cemetery excavation site in Tucson, Arizona. Image courtesy of Pima County Arizona Cultural Resources.
Stephen McElroy, chair of the GIS program at American Sentinel University, tapped this capability during the excavation of an historic cemetery in Tucson, Arizona. The research team used a laser scanner to create a 3D model of human remains at the site. Recording the bones once they were partially uncovered ensured that researchers would have a record of the fragile remains as they were found, in the event that some were later damaged during removal from the earth. The team also used photogrammetry to document the excavation, but 3D models offered the additional benefit of allowing researchers to rotate images and view them from different angles, McElroy said.
The University of Arkansas Petra Geoinformatics team poses in front of al-Khazneh, a tomb made famous in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The fragile sandstone architecture in Petra can be damaged by tourists leaning, sitting, and walking on it. Image courtesy of Tom Paradise.
Devon Cancilla, dean of business and technology at American Sentinel University, explained that 3D models can also tell a more complete story about the specific location and history of remains than photographs can. "3D gives you a greater sense of perspective," he said. "It provides some context relative to where those bones were found, and how they ended up there."
In addition, 3D models can provide precise measurement data. At the Tucson excavation, McElroy said, researchers laser-scanned specimens of interest to gather craniometric data. Such scanning is probably more accurate than measuring a skull's dimensions manually, said McElroy. It's also faster, requires much less effort, and yields a better representation of the specimen than a simple list of measurements can provide. A researcher on the other side of the country can verify the distance between the eye sockets, for example, simply by placing digital markers on the 3D model — eliminating the need to locate and handle the actual skull.
Whole New Perspective
Collecting archaeological data digitally has become much more feasible in recent years, as laser scanning and location equipment become more affordable, accurate, and user friendly. "GPS technology now is the size of a pack of cigarettes," Paradise noted. "In the old days, we had to carry big backpacks of equipment, but now it's easy." Last year, Paradise's team collected 70 GPS-based measurements of centimeter-level accuracy in just two weeks. It's a dramatic improvement over 1997, when that task took a team two months, and yielded only meter-level data.
In a parallel development, satellite imagery has become more useful in archaeological applications as its resolution increases. "We've always had aerial images, but they have been low-resolution and poor-quality photographs," said Paradise. In contrast, multispectral satellite imagery of 0.3–0.5 meter accuracy, acquired by his team last year, has illuminated inaccessible areas of the ancient city. "We can see human-scale features you don't see from the ground. ... There are literally staircases climbing up cliff faces that we didn't know existed."
Identifying previously unrecognized archaeological sites can help to protect them. McElroy cited an example of a highway construction project: In the past, all that archaeologists could do was make guesses about whether hidden treasures might lie in the bulldozer's path. Today, satellite imagery and subsurface remote-sensing techniques, such as ground-penetrating radar, can reveal areas of importance before construction begins. "With these newer technologies, you can make better-informed decisions. You could change the design of the freeway ahead of time [to circumvent a potentially valuable site]," said McElroy. "It's managing preservation through better knowledge."
Putting It All Together
Whether it comes from a GPS station, laser scanner, or satellite-based sensor, data must be stored, managed, and — for maximum analytical value — combined with other datasets. That's where GIS comes in.
"This ability to collect information and archive it spatially is a very big deal," said Paradise. In the past, he explained, researchers indicated data points with pins in a paper map; now they are creating massive GIS "powerhouses" for storing and manipulating data. "It's an amazing repository of information: data, imagery, field notes. It's an archive that people can tap into in the future. We can keep adding layers of data and still preserve the baseline data."
Paradise's team works with myriad datasets related to Petra, examining connections among weather, geology, hydrology, road networks and other infrastructure, architecture, GPS points, topography, and even the paths tourists take as they wander through the site. "In the old days, it would have been hard to understand how they were related," said Paradise. His team relies on multiple software applications to process, combine, and analyze all that data, including ESRI ArcGIS, AutoCAD, IBM SPSS Statistics, and Surfer, a contouring and 3D surface mapping package from Golden Software.
Currently, Paradise is attempting to attach solar and climatic data to ground-based data for a better understanding of deterioration factors. The findings will ultimately support more effective conservation practices as well as better touristic and heritage management. "I can't imagine doing these projects without GIS," he said.
Once they've gathered data about a culturally important site or artifact, researchers need to share their findings with peers, clients, and the community. Paradise explained that Jordanians have used his team's 3D models of Petra for presentations at the Parliament level, although they don't yet have the facilities to share that data with the general public. In the future, he hopes all visitors to Petra will get to watch a video incorporating 3D images of the site, similar to an IMAX presentation that educates tourists about the Grand Canyon.
The impact of tourism on the fragile sandstone structures of Petra is a growing concern, said Paradise, as the annual number of visitors has climbed from 30,000 in 1990 to 1 million today. With GIS, his team can draw conclusions about how the weather, synoptic visitor numbers, and other factors contribute to weathering and erosion of the ancient architecture. As a result, researchers were able to quantify the threat to Petra's renowned al-Khazneh tomb, and work with the Petra National Trust to close it to the public.
The red squares on this map indicate high-resolution GPS points marking the locations of primary tomb facades in Petra. At ±2–4 cm accuracy, it is the most accurate location data ever collected in the valley. Image courtesy of Chris Angel.
Mastering the Tools
The arrival of new technology is not, of course, enough to transform a field of study; practitioners must learn how to apply it. American Sentinel University teaches students to apply GIS in archaeology and cultural resource management, as well as other fields.
In the GIS program, students learn how to collect, manage, and analyze geographic and related data. And because easier, cheaper data collection is turning what was once a scarce resource into an overwhelming surfeit, they also must learn how to separate the wheat from the chaff. "As educators, part of our role is to help people evaluate the quality and usefulness of data, not just acquire data — they have to be better interpreters," said McElroy.
American Sentinel students use ArcGIS software extensively, said McElroy. And although the GIS program does not focus on AutoCAD, it too has a role. "In a practical sense, students need to learn how to import and export CAD data into a GIS so that they can share this data with clients that only use AutoCAD," he explained.
Rise of Citizen Scientists
Looking ahead, Cancilla predicts that these technologies will also engage nonprofessionals who are interested in archaeological research. Crowdsourcing, as the practice is known, allows members of the general public to contribute to projects via web-based interfaces. In the case of archaeological investigations, Cancilla noted, citizens can provide information ranging from genealogical records to data about local water quality. He pointed to the Ushahidi platform, a web interface that maps data reported by the public regarding ongoing crises around the world. Named after the Swahili word for testimony, Ushahidi was initially developed to map incidents of violence as well as peace efforts in Kenya, based on reports submitted via the web and mobile phones.
"If you look about 10 years into the future, [archaeological applications] are going to become readily available on the cloud, and the power of the crowd is going to help solve some bigger archaeological questions," said Cancilla. "We're going to watch a tremendous change in how science is done."


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Hillary Supporters Are Mad and They're Not Going to Take It Anymore!
If further evidence was needed, a report by Politico's Ben Smith confirmed that all is not well within the Democratic Party. It seems that Democratic supporters of Hillary Clinton are attempting to secure her right to a roll call at the Convention by emailing members of the DNC. The hostile and sometimes threatening emails these Democrats have received back from DNC officials have been posted at the blog of Puma PAC.
And they are not alone in feeling the wrath of the Obama contingent. Susan Estrich, life long Democrat and former Michael Dukakis campaign manager, described the vicious hate mail she received when she warned in a recent column of the "hubris" phenomenon in the Obama camp.
As for the Puma PAC, this is a group founded by former Hillary Clinton supporters who declare as their goals:
- support Clinton "throughout this election cycle"
- lobby and organize for changes in leadership in the DNC
- critique and oppose the misogyny, discrimination, and disinformation in the mainstream media, including mainstream blogs and other outlets of new media
- support the efforts of those political figures who have allied themselves with Hillary Clinton and who have demonstrated commitment to our first three goals.
I spoke with the founder of Puma PAC, Darragh Murphy. She's not, as Obama supporters have claimed, a closet Republican or a John McCain plant. She's a 39-year-old, mother of three from Massachusetts who was a small Hillary Clinton donor and who knocked on doors for Hillary in Philadelphia with her then 16-year-old daughter. She acknowledges that she did give money to John McCain in the 2000 primary because she "wanted him to beat George Bush."
She started the blog on June 3, 2008 and got 35,000 hits in eight hours, As of now she has had over 1.2 million hits and 65,500 comments. The PAC raised $23,000 in June and she estimates an equal number in July. The PAC has approximately 5000 members.
What does her group want? She replies: "We have short term goals and long term goals. Our short, short term goal is to do everything we can to make sure the process is respected for Hillary at the Convention." Murphy explained that just as Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson had the chance, they are making sure Hillary's supporters get a chance to show their support. She says, "We are phoning and emailing and lobbying to make sure there is an open roll call and vote and her name is placed in nomination."
One of Murphy's members, William Kronert, is a Democrat from California. He tells me, "Never in the entire history have any two candidates come to what amounts to a tie in the primaries yet Senator Clinton has been ask over and over to drop out of the race. Surely others have taken their case to the convention and with far less pledged delegates as Senator Clinton."
Murphy also believes that Hillary's delegates need to "get a chance to shape the platform. They are being shut out of the process which is run by an official of the Obama campaign."
On this score, Estrich confirms that the Obama team is playing hardball with supporters of his former rival. She confides:
There are stories kicking around about how African-Americans in at least two states (South Carolina and New York itself) who supported Hillary Clinton ended up with primary opponents in their own races for re-election to punish them for being pro-Clinton. This is not the way to win. There are stories kicking around that the reason (or one of them) that the highly effective Hillraisers are not raising the kind of money for Obama that they raised for Clinton is because they have been told that no matter what they do, they will never be the "equal" of the Obama fundraisers.
And what will the Puma members do after the Convention? Murphy concedes, "We're realists. ... We know the DNC is committed to the path of nominating their chosen candidate." In November she explains, "We are protesting the election." Members will sit home, write in Hillary's name or vote for John McCain. She explains, "That up to them. That's part of our whole philosophy."
Kronert says that he won't be voting for Obama and thinks "Obama is running his campaign on the 'Change, Hope, a new kind of Politics' marketing gimmick." He also is one voter who thinks experience matters ("Obama is a two year senator with one year of that being on the campaign trail.")
Shanon from Maryland, another Puma member who donated to Hillary and voted Democratic in five straight past elections won't vote for Obama, listing his lack of experience, qualifications and track record among her concerns. She says, "I will vote McCain, third-party, stay home or write Hillary Clinton in. At this point, Ichabod Crane is looking better than the choices I have. But make no mistake, I have a choice." Eli, a self-described "Clinton Democrat" from Massachusetts, says he's not voting for Obama because "Quite simply, he is not qualified."
Particularly galling to Murphy's members is the treatment of the Florida and Michigan Democratic primary votes and the conduct of caucuses in Iowa, Texas and Nevada. As for the disputed primaries, Murphy explains, "You expect your vote will be counted. You expect your vote will matter." And in the caucuses, she contends there are ample instances (documented in the case of Texas caucus for the Dallas election office) of "astonishing" instances of chaos, fraud and intimidation.


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The state of the union is … gluten-free?
By Catherine Getches
Guest Commentary
President Obama is likely to declare tonight that the state of the union is strong. That word, "strong," has become a ritual element of the annual address to Congress, intoned by President Obama and his predecessors over the last 30 years — even when things were not going that well.
— The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2013
Here are some of the other options for tonight's speech. (Obama is also expected to capture the moment with a selfie.)
The state of the union is …
Pretty, pretty, pretty good
Outlook hazy, try again later
May cause indigestion, mild pain or discomfort, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, irritability, and nausea.
Can you hear me now?
Mission Accomplished
According to an anonymous source who will not be named because they were not authorized to discuss the matter of the state publicly …
Has been leaked
I've got some good news and some bad news
… really just a coined "statement"
Not "meant" to be about one "state"
stated live from D.C., which is not even a state
Depending on what the meaning of the word "is" is
#trending topic
Trick or Treat
Twerking It
Leaning In
Make no mistake
Time for a selfie?
As long as a waiting in line for a Cronut
Jumping the Sharknado
As strong as a Bitcoin
Get er done
Done is better than perfect.
Catherine Getches lives in California.


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|"Are you a wizard or not?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
- "Wenlock first scribbled down her ground-breaking theorem on the magical properties of the number seven at breakfast one day apparently on the back of an envelope, using her usual invisible ink. She then proceeded to send her cousin a letter, using what she later believed to be the very envelope concealing the theorem."
- —Miranda Goshawk, Book of Spells[src]
This individual (fl. 13th century) was a Scottish witch and the cousin of Bridget Wenlock, a celebrated Arithmancer. She lived in John O'Groats, Caithness, Scotland.[1]
Bridget Wenlock once throught she had mistakenly sent an envelope (on which she thought she had scribbled the theorem that led to her discovery of the magical properties of the number seven in Invisible Ink) to her cousin. After chasing the owl that brought the letter and after casting a Revealing Charm, Wenlock found out that the envelope contained no more than a cake recipe, and that she had, in fact, scrawled her calculation on a sugar packet that she had left at home.[1]
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells (First appearance)
Notes and references
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My NY Mets sketchbook. I create an entry after each Mets game or commentary on the crazy stuff going on around the team.
If you're wondering why I don't mention the actual Grand slam or about how Fat boy shut down the Mets bats... I give no credit to them for anything. Let's Go Mets!
I almost feel bad for Ollie, stuck in that box. Almost.


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Heidi Montag officially filed for a divorce from reality villian hubby Spencer Pratt last month. Now, Pratt is firing back by writing a tell-all targeted at his soon-to-be ex-wife.
Pratt, 26, told Us Weekly that in his new book he is planning on detailing his relationship with Montag, 23, and her troubles with estranged mother, Darlene Egelhoff.
"My last book, How to be Famous, didn't make the New York Times best-seller list because it was in the self-help section," Pratt said. "This one is going to be totally different, I'm not holding anything back."
U.S. & World
Montag is reportedly furious about Pratt's latest move and is looking into legal action against him, at least according to TMZ.
"Speidi," as they used to call themselves, appeared together on several seasons of MTV's "The Hills." After marrying in November 2008 in Mexico with no friends or family present, the couple tied the knot again in April 2009 in a lavish ceremony in Pasadena, California.
In June, people were skeptical after Montag filed for legal separation. She proved that the breakup was for real, citing irreconcilable differences in the divorce filing in July. According to MTV, their divorce is expected to be finalized by Valentines Day 2011.
"Both Heidi and Spencer are in agreement to settle their divorce as quickly as possible without the need of a court appearance," Montag's lawyer Jodeane Farrell told MTV.


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The biggest threat to two Democratic state lawmakers facing recall elections hasn't come from Republicans or even Libertarians.
It was launched by a retired truck trailer company executive in Aspen.
Marilyn Marks, who is actually unaffiliated, was once called "a royal and unapologetic pain in the ass who wastes buckets of money making everyone's life miserable" by a Huffington Post blogger. And that was just for her activism in Aspen.
Now Marks, who runs a group called Citizen Center that has involved itself in multiple election issue lawsuits, has thrown a huge wrench into the Sept. 10 recall elections against Sens. John Morse of Colorado Springs and Angela Giron of Pueblo. Or more precisely, she handed the wrench to the Libertarian Party and told them where to throw it.


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Just in case you are inclined to sympathize with the Church's recent offensive pity party, it's probably a good thing to remember that the Church's malfeasance goes much further than sexually abusing deaf children and then covering it up. The Church also has a shameful past in Africa, an in particular the Rwandan genocide:
If you are an Irish Catholic, and have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a priest, you were recently read a letter from Pope Benedict that tells you: "You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry. I know that nothing can undo the wrong you have endured. Your trust has been betrayed and your dignity has been violated."
For any practising Catholic in Rwanda, this letter must be unbearable. For it tells you how little you mean to the Vatican. Fifteen years ago, tens of thousands of Catholics were hacked to death inside churches. Sometimes priests and nuns led the slaughter. Sometimes they did nothing while it progressed. The incidents were not isolated. Nyamata, Ntarama, Nyarubuye, Cyahinda, Nyange, and Saint Famille were just a few of the churches that were sites of massacres.
To you, Catholic survivor of genocide in Rwanda, the Vatican says that those priests, those bishops, those nuns, those archbishops who planned and killed were not acting under the instruction of the church. But moral responsibility changes dramatically if you are a European or US Catholic. To the priests of the Irish church who abused children, the pope has this to say: "You must answer for it before almighty God and before properly constituted tribunals. You have forfeited the esteem of the people of Ireland and brought shame and dishonour upon your confreres."
The losses of Rwanda had received no such consideration. Some of the nuns and priests who have been convicted by Belgian courts and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, respectively, enjoyed refuge in Catholic churches in Europe while on the run from prosecutors. One such is Father Athanase Seromba, who led the Nyange parish massacre and was sentenced to 15 years in jail by the tribunal. In April 1994, Seromba helped lure over 2,000 desperate men, women and children to his church, where they expected safety. But their shepherd turned out to be their hunter.
One evening Seromba entered the church and carried away the chalices of communion and other clerical vestments. When a refugee begged that they be left the Eucharist to enable them to at least hold a (final) mass, the priest refused and told them that the building was no longer a church. A witness at the ICTR trial remembered an exchange in which the priest's mindset was revealed.
One of the refugees asked: "Father, can't you pray for us?" Seromba replied: "Is the God of the Tutsis still alive?" Later, he would order a bulldozer to push down the church walls on those inside and then urge militias to invade the building and finish off the survivors.
At his trial, Seromba said: "A priest I am and a priest I will remain." This, apparently, is the truth, since the Vatican has never taken back its statements defending him before his conviction.


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Minnesota stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in federal medical research funds this year as a result of the congressionally mandated budget cuts known as sequestration.
And while research directors at the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic say they'll muddle through the rest of the year, they warn that funding shortfalls will stunt some ongoing medical experiments and may derail promising projects that could save lives and alleviate suffering in the years ahead.
"Sequestration is a problem," Dr. Stephen Riederer, the Mayo Clinic's chairman of research finance and a professor of radiology, said flatly.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that it will cut spending by 5.1 percent in fiscal year 2013, which ends Sept. 30. That translates into a nearly $20 million annual cut for Mayo, which gets about 40 percent of its $600 million in annual research funding from NIH.
Mayo anticipated the cut by creating "bridge" funding to support projects for six to nine months while the project leaders seek more money, Riederer said. Most of the bridge funding would go to existing projects rather than start-ups.
"It's harder to create new projects, psychologically, if the funding for them is declining," Riederer said. "We are philosophically very reluctant to terminate what would otherwise be a very successful program or reduce funding for it. … You know, it could literally take up to a decade or more to build up a steady state of research productivity."
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology released a report in late February predicting that sequestration would take a devastating toll. It noted that at least 75 percent of grant budgets go to salaries, and said the effect on jobs and local economies "will be immediate and severe."
About 400 full-time-equivalent employees direct Mayo research projects or laboratories. Roughly half are full time, and the rest are clinicians who spend between 20 and 40 percent of their time in research. Riederer said bridge funding would keep many of those projects going. The clinic has found jobs for about eight out of 10 of those whose funding will dry up. Most of the remainder opted to retire, he said.
Riederer said Mayo has made up some of the funding. "But it's at a fraction of what the NIH grant would have provided — maybe 25 percent or so," he said.
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"The number of new grants that will be available will be decreased. And only somewhere between 5 and 10 percent of those grants that are now submitted for review for funding will get funding," Herman predicted.
Herman said he expects the budget cuts to affect the U's Masonic Cancer Center when it applies this year for what's called a "competitive renewal grant." The government's National Cancer Institute is funding ongoing research at roughly half of its initial awards in an effort to spread its money around, he said.
The U and Mayo were among more than 200 members of an Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research that sent letters to Congress in December saying they were "gravely concerned" about pending cuts to NIH and the "negative consequences it would have for the health of all Americans."
Medical research makes up between 40 and 45 percent of the U's research budget, or $320 million to $360 million. Herman said that while funding for the NIH has been relatively flat for a decade, with the exception of a small bump from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act a few years ago, inflation has gouged its purchasing power.
But medical research is just one of the concerns at the U, which ranks eighth in funding among public research universities.
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"We've calculated initially that this could mean a $30 million to $50 million loss out of an $800 million research enterprise here at the U," Herman said.
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I was so excited to read the three books of The Strain series, which was a collaborative effort by director extraordinaire Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, author of the very entertaining The Town. All of the books came equipped with the full endorsement of the friends of mine who'd read them, and hell, the series was presented as a science-based horror yarn about a biological strain of vampires taking over the world! Take I Am Legend and combine it with a modern retelling of The Andromeda Strain and voila!—perfection!
Or so I thought.
The first book, The Strain, moved along quickly and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Sure, there were parts I rolled my eyes at, but the story was so entertaining that I could easily forgive them. Then came The Fall, which started out well enough. But then halfway through that book, something happened. The storyline became laughable. It all went to hell. And by the time I finished The Night Eternal, my opinion was set in stone.
The Strain series sucks.
And here are my top three reasons why, completely filled with spoilers for those who haven't read the books.
#3: Bad Science
There are really only two glaring instances of this throughout the entire series, but trust me, these instances are HUGE.
First of all there's the more minor affront. One of the man characters is Abraham Setrakian, who's a Romanian Jew and who's well over eighty years old. The text makes constant reference to his severely crippled hands and his bad heart, and yet he is constantly able to not only duke it out with the vampires, but all it takes is a single swing of his silver sword to sever head from neck. Seriously? I mean…seriously? Even guillotines, with their 45- to 50-pound blades, did not always succeed in hacking through the tissue and spinal column. And yet this ancient professor was able to do so every time with relative ease. Completely unbelievable, and we won't even get into the fact he screams, "My sword sings of silver," every time he executes a vamp, because that's just plain dumb.
"Get off my lawn, dammit!"
The second and most egregious affront to science just so happens to be the conclusion of the second book, which completely sets the stage for the third book and forwards the vampire master's plan. This plan includes exploding a series of nuclear power plants built by another rather unbelievable character in order to block out the sun with ash. Once this is finished, there will be a world that has only three hours of muted sunlight a day, which is of course vampire paradise.
The problem? Nuclear power plants don't explode. They melt down.
"Wait, does anyone know how these things work?"
"Eh, never mind, no one cares."
A nuclear explosion requires a catalyst and weaponized atomic fuel, which are quite lacking in reactors built to supply the public with electricity, because to have a reactor that could incinerate miles of prime real estate if anything went wrong would be just plain stupid. No, reactors melt down. When the core overheats, the fuel and fission products seep out and radiate the environment—which is of course really bad. Now, while it is true that hydrogen explosions from superheated steam can most certainly occur, those detonations wouldn't be in any way large enough to create an ash cloud big enough to blot out Chris Christie, never mind an area of the sky. Even if it could, and the place did go up in a giant mushroom cloud, there's no way that the main characters of the story, who weren't even a mile away from one of the explosions when it occurred, would remain fine and dandy and drive off into the no-sunset.
Now, I know what you're saying. These reactors were all built by one of the baddies from the books. He probably added explosive materials into his reactors to allow these nuclear blasts to occur, right? Well, I guess that's possible…however, during the laughable back story (more on that later), it's said that when Chernobyl melted down, one of the Ancient Ones (more on them later too) turned to dust. But wait…Chernobyl melted down, it didn't explode! In other words, the authors are setting up the finale by rewriting a scientifically historical fact and hoping no one notices. Which of course no one does, because to most folks nuclear power is like Merlin, David Copperfield, and Ric Ocasek's love life—it's magic.
That being said, this sin is nowhere near as bad as…
#2: Good (Fake) Science Ruined By Bad Mythology
The vampires in The Strain are brilliant. They truly are. They're created by parasitic (capillary) worms that burrow into and then change the biology of the host. Human traits are nullified, the skin becomes opaque, the digestive systems are simplified and fused to allow for quick absorption, and a stinger is formed where the voice box would be, which is the tool the creatures use to feed. Brilliant. Also, the effectiveness of silver is explained in a scientific way, given the metal's antiviral/bacterial qualities, as is the sensitivity to UV light. In a less impressive addition they all share a hive mind, which might not be truly scientific, but then again all one has to do is look at the legions of Beliebers in order to say, "Okay, wow, this is actually a frightening possibility."
Talk about getting your red wings.
And then the authors go and ruin all this groundwork by instituting one of the dumbest origin stories I've ever read.
According to the series, when God sent his angels to Sodom and Gomorrah, there were three, not two. One of the archangels, Ozryel, apparently developed a taste for killing and drinking blood. Why an all-knowing God didn't step down and stop this, I have no clue. Instead, Ozryel is hacked into seven pieces and deposited around the globe, and it's when the blood from those seven pieces seeps into the ground that the worms are formed, the Ancient Ones come into being, and vampirism begins. Goodbye, science!
What was once a thought-out and researched plot then goes on to be explained in the worst way possible. Vampires can't cross moving water because they're bound to their origins, but they can if they're invited, which allows the Master, the renegade Ancient One, to cross the ocean and enter New York. Not a very well-thought-out fail-safe by an omniscient deity. It's about on par with Darth Maul taunting Obi-Wan while the Jedi's lightsaber, and certain death, is within easy Force-grabbing reach. The method, and the mythology, is just downright silly, not to mention lazy. And worst of all, it leads directly to…
1: An Insulting Ending
After all this plotting, after characters are left rummaging through a darkened world that shouldn't in reality be changed in the slightest, our racially stereotypical heroes (no, I won't get into that here, it's just piling on) end up on some islands in Lake Ontario with a nuclear bomb in tow. (There's that magic nuclear power again!)
It seems that all our heroes have to do is gather the ashes of the six Ancient Ones who had died because of those impossible nuclear explosions, lure the Master there, and then detonate the bomb. Then the whole shebang would end and the world would go back to normal. Yippee!
So they all arrive, the Master's there (though he should have known their plan all along and stayed far, far away), and finally, after some eye-roll-inducing action, the bomb goes off. Let's take out the fact that the main character and his young son go up in flames, which would be an emotional sticking point in the plot if not for the fact they were so damn annoying, and the added element that another couple of major characters are stationed on an island quite close to the one that blows up and they walk away completely unscathed after that magical nuclear blast. Instead, let's focus on the direct aftermath of the explosion.
The sky opens up. A beam of light shines down on the detonated island. Two angels appear from heaven, and a third flies up from the ashes. The three angels then soar around together like fairies and then all three shoot upward and disappear into the clouds.
Um, huh? Did I just read that?
That's right. The angel Ozryel, who was the reason the globe was thrown into chaos and that millions upon millions of people died, was just escorted back up to heaven after his body was reassembled. Talk about a massive crock of shit. It seemed his only penance was to kill shit-tons of innocent people and then get all blowed up without ever showing an ounce of contrition. It is without a doubt the most imbecilic and indolent ending to a serious work of fiction I have ever read. I literally slammed the book shut and mumbled curses to myself for a good five minutes after reading it. Sure, his entire strain was obliterated and humanity was saved from vampiric rule, but still…why the fuck was the angel let back into heaven? It makes absolutely no sense. It's insulting. I can't believe talented folks like del Toro and Hogan created it.
Just like eviscerated remains, heaven is pretty!
And just think…The Strain was optioned to be a series on FX! Ha! Will I watch it? Of course! And will I enjoy it? Probably. Why?
Because I'm an idiot.


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PES: Pro Evolution Soccer pulls four stars with latest release (review)
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Color me impressed.
The Pro Evolution Soccer series is finally making up ground against its rival FIFA with this years iteration.
Now. some will still argue FIFA, by EA Sports, is king. But thanks to the progress made over the last couple of entries in the series, Konami's latest "fútbol" game has something its predecessors did not: a clear sense of direction.
In other words, Konami seems to be done experimenting and has finally found its own direction.


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SAFC 2017-2018 Sky Bet Championship Season Review
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Sunderland AFC finished 24th at the end of the 2017-2018 season scoring 52 goals, conceding 80 with a goal difference of -28.
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Lewis Grabban contributed the most goals in the 2017-2018 Sky Bet Championship season, netting 12 (0.26 goals per game). With a goalscoring average of 0.88 goals per game the Black Cats netted a total of 23 goals at the Stadium of Light conceding 39 (-16), away from home scoring 29 and conceding 41 (-12) with an away goalscoring average of 1.59 and an overall goalscoring average of 0.88 goals per game.
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