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Projects for public buildings and infrastructure must always ensure the best possible forms of access and connection with the surrounding streets, particularly regarding access routes for pedestrians. However, some architects have managed to overcome the pragmatic aspect of this connection between architecture and the streets, when designing projects that have a strong duty to provide public space, by using this bond as the core of the design concept.
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With the War on hold Wednesday at Pennsic, armored combatants still flocked to the field for pick-up fighting, and tournaments. One of these was the charity tournament organized in support of Mikkel the Builder, which saw Sir Osgkar of the East and others organized. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit Mikkel, who was recently involved in a motorcycle accident where he was struck by a drunk driver.
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Greybeard Tournament
Any fighter copping the excuse "I'm too old to fight!" had no leg to stand on Wednesday morning as the Greybeard Tournament returned. The tournament was open to all fighters over the age of 50, and 23 of the Known World's wisest fighters joined in the fun.
The tournament was a double elimination affair. In the finals, Sir Corby de la Flamme met Sir Mordain of Ealdomere. Sir Corby took the final and a scroll with the victory.
Put Up of Your Dukes Tournament
The Shire of Silver Rylle hosted the Put Up Your Dukes Tournament, a new tournament open to all past or current royalty.
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The tournament was a round robin affair, which ended with HRM Lochlan finishing with a 6-0 record, one win ahead of Duke Edmund of the Midrealm. HRM Lochlan was given a small banner for his victory.
Warriors of History
The Order of the Cataphract hosted the annual Warriors of History Tournament on the Blue list Wednesday. The tournament requires warriors to present themselves in as close a representation as possible to period armor. A total of 14 gentles took up this challenge and impressive armor kits were on display.
After opening the tournament with its traditional century vs. century open melee, the warriors engaged in a round-robin tournament.
In the end, two men were awarded a $25 gift certificate to Raymond's Quiet Press. The first went to the tournament winner — THL Havoc of the Wild, who wore an 11th century Anglo-Saxon armor kit.
The second award for best armor kit was given to Baron Vladimir of Eztergom, who wore an 11th century armor kit based on the Varangian Guard, a group of Vikings in service to the Byzantine Empire.
Mooselodge Open Tournament
The Kingdom of Atlantia hosted the Mooselodge Open Tournament Wednesday on the west side of the battlefield. This tournament was open to all gentles, regardless of rank or age. A total of 37 joined the tournament, which, naturally, was conducted a double-elimination Atlantian speed tournament.
The finals came down to Sir Douglas Henry of the East and Sir Aradd Ffestiniog of Atlantia. Sir Douglas won the fight, claiming his second tournament title of the War.
Battle of Hastings
History repeated itself Wednesday on the Blue list as a horde of about 30 "Saxons" and "Normans" assembled for the Battle of Hastings. All of the warriors came in full chain mail armor, as was common in the period.
Sir Steve Grandchamp played the role of Duke William the Conqueror in the melee and sought to press his claim to the English throne. Opposing him was King Harald, played by Lord Owen Claerwyn, who was determined to keep his crown.
The two sides met in a series of melees with goal of killing the opposing king. The side that won the best of five fights would claim the Crown for their leader.
It came down to the final battle as the teams split the first four melees. However, for the second straight year, the Saxons reversed history as they slew Duke William to claim a 3-2 win.
The losing Normans then took turns presenting the Saxons with different tokens in honor of their victory. The sides also celebrated with "Saxon mead" and "Norman cider" after the fight.
Thursday's Big Battle: The Bridge Battle
It's back to the War on Thursday as the Bridge Battle returns at 10 AM. This year, the two Grand Armies will fight over five bridges in three 30-minute battles. Each battle is worth one War Point. Victory will be claimed by holding three of the five bridges or by sweeping the field. There will be no resurrections.


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COCAINE: HISTORY BETWEEN THE LINES – 8:00PM (History Channel) I'm a sucker for any and all drug-related programming. This two-hour doc takes a look at the history of cocaine, which dates all the way back to 3000 BC. Imagine doing cocaine in 3000 BC and having NO nightclub to go to afterwards. That would be hell. ANTICIPATION: HIGH!
QUIRKY – 10:00PM (Sundance Channel) This new reality show features young inventors and engineers trying to come up with cool new gadgets. Can they invent something that makes independent movies about 70% less twee? Because there would be so many different applications for that kind of device. ANTICIPATION: MAKE A SIDE MIRROR DIMMER!
MTV PRESENTS: SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE'S PRETTY AMAZING CONTEST – 8:00PM (MTV) Five young gals who probably listen to way too much Pitbull vie to become a cover girl for Seventeen magazine. Ah, Seventeen. Is there anyone who is 17 years old who actually reads that magazine? Shouldn't it really be called Fifteen and Under? By age 17, you're already on to US Weekly and Cosmo. ANTICIPATION: AWKWARD!
9/11 - WHERE WERE YOU? – 10:00PM (NatGeo - an NBC/Universal Network) The glut of tenth anniversary 9/11 programming continues with this show featuring firsthand accounts from rescuers who answered the call on the day of the attacks. Watch it with your heart in your throat. ANTICIPATION: SAD!
CHOPPED CHAMPIONS – 10:00PM (Food Network) Returning champs vie for an even bigger cash prize. Tonight's mystery ingredients include Antelope and stinging nettles. Someone will make a very unfortunate Napoleon out of the two. ANTICIPATION: DON'T MAKE FRENCH TOAST!
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Carrie Underwood's New Single 'Good Girl' Not Making Its Debut This Weekend
When you think about TV highlights for this weekend, the first thing that undoubtedly comes to mind is the Super Bowl. But country fans everywhere can also look forward to Carrie Underwood's special episode of 'CMT Crossroads.'
Keepin' It Country first reported hearing on Sirius XM's The Highway that Underwood might debut her upcoming single 'Good Girl' on the show. However, that rumor has since been debunked. "As of right now, she is not scheduled to sing her new single on the show," a CMT spokesperson clarified for USA Today.
Nevertheless, fans are still in for a good episode of 'Crossroads,' as Underwood will be teaming up with 'American Idol' judge and rocker Steven Tyler. The pair previously brought a joint rendition of Underwood's 'Undo It' and Tyler's 'Walk This Way' to the stage of the 2011 ACM Awards.
Underwood and Tyler's 'Crossroads' episode — long title being 'CMT Crossroads: Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood Live From the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam' — will air on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 11PM ET, just one day before crowds descend upon Indianapolis, Ind. for the biggest football event of the season.
While we won't get to see the country starlet giving a sneak peek at 'Good Girl,' this weekend, it won't be much longer before it goes public. The single, written by Underwood, Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley, isn't set to hit radio until Feb. 23.


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'Night Sky Stories' May 25-July 10 at Planetarium; summer camp July 7-11
- Author: Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Night Sky Stories Over a Summer Campfire, the summer constellation show at WKU's Hardin Planetarium, will open on May 25.
Show times are 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 2 p.m. Sunday through July 10.
About the show: Summer, more than any other season of the year, is a time for stargazing. Whether you are lucky enough to observe from a rural setting or find yourself looking skyward from a brightly lit town, this show is designed to help you become more familiar with the star patterns visible in the summer evenings. Share the glory of the celestial sphere as we look for ways to help identify them and remember the patterns they make.
The show is free and suitable for all ages. Note: The show will begin on time, with no late entrance permitted.
Show times and dates are:
- Sunday, May 25, 2 p.m.
- Tuesday, May 27, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, May 29, 7 p.m.
- Sunday, June 1, 2 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 3, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, June 5, 7 p.m.
- Sunday, June 8, 2 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 10, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, June 12, 7 p.m.
- Sunday, June 15, 2 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 17, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, June 19, 7 p.m.
- Sunday, June 22, 2 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 24, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, June 26, 7 p.m.
- Sunday, June 29, 2 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 1, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, July 3, 7 p.m.
- Sunday, July 6, 2 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 8, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, July 10, 7 p.m.
Note: The current show, When the Universe Was Young, ends on May 22.
Planetarium, Confucius Institute hosting summer camp July 7-11
The Hardin Planetarium and the Confucius Institute at WKU will host Chinese Discoveries that Shaped our World, a full-day summer camp for students in grades 3-6 on July 7-11.
The camp will begin at 8 a.m. at the Chinese Learning Center in Helm Library where campers will engage in Chinese art, Chinese paper cutting, Chinese brush-painting, learning Chinese language, practicing Chinese Kungfu and Taichi, Chinese calligraphy, and painting Beijing Opera masks.
Each afternoon, camp will move to the Hardin Planetarium, where the SCI (Science Curiosity Investigation) camp will include such topics as kite making, comets, the solar wind, paper making and natural dyes, constellations, the compass, Moon phases, eclipses, musical scales, and wind chimes.
Registration is limited to 20 students. Registration may be completed online at http://www.wku.edu/hardinplanetarium/camp.php or in person at the Hardin Planetarium. Registration fee is $195 and includes project materials and daily snacks; campers bring their own lunch.
Contact: Hardin Planetarium, (270) 745-4044.
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- Pantheon was designed by Shurelia.
- Pantheon's name is directly from the Greek word 'Πάνθεον', referring to the collection of gods in ancient Greek mythology.
- Pantheon's dance is a reference to the dance from the "Jailhouse Rock" music video. A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Pantheon's lore had previously stated that he was of the tribe "Stanpar" (an anagram of "Spartan"). But when Leona was introduced to the game, his lore had been re-written to replace all mentions of his tribe's name "Stanpar" with "Rakkor."
- Many of Pantheon's quotes reference the movie 300.
- Pantheon's taunt references a scene in which King Leonidas kicks a Persian messenger into a well.
- Pantheon's jokes are a reference to when King Leonidas asks his Spartan soldiers what their professions are.
- One of his quotes, "They will not enjoy this!" refers to when the Queen Gorgo kills Theron during the council meeting near the end of the movie.
- Pantheon's classic appearance is most likely inspired by the Spartans.
- Myrmidon Pantheon is a reference to Myrmidons, who were among the fiercest warriors in all of Greece, led by Achilles in Homer's Iliad.
- Perseus Pantheon skin is a reference to Perseus from the Greek mythology.
- The picture on his Perseus shield resembles the head of Cassiopeia (more specifically, the head of her Classic skin). This is most likely an allusion towards reflecting the gaze of Medusa, seeing as both Medusa and Cassiopeia have a Petrifying Gaze.
- Cassiopeia is also the name of a queen in Perseus's adventure who disrupts his adventure.
- Ruthless Pantheon is a reference to the He-Man cartoon series.
- Full Metal Pantheon was given away during a G4/X-Play Facebook and Twitter event, with a limited number of skin codes released.
- Glaive Warrior Pantheon is a commemorative skin created to celebrate the launch of League of Legend's Romanian servers.
- This skin is an homage to the Dacian soldiers of ancient Romania who halted Roman conquest of the region. His shield sports the Dacian dragon [1]
- Pantheon was childhood friends with Leona.
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USA.gov, Federal Citizen Information Center Make Government Easy
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GSA's long history of applying innovative technology to help forge a more transparent and accessible federal government was on display Oct. 14, as two of the agency's programs celebrated notable milestones.
USA.gov, the U.S. government's official website, marked a decade of helping explain government programs, benefits, and services. The Federal Citizen Information Center has been using multiple channels to simplify access to government information and services for 40 years. Both are part of GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies.
The renewed emphasis on expanding the effort to serve the public through technology reflects the Obama administration's commitment to transparency in government, GSA officials said.
"OCSIT and its programs and initiatives are pushing the government to be ever more innovative, creative, and fluid," said GSA Administrator Martha Johnson during a celebration of the milestones.
The Open Government Initiative focuses on empowering people, and USA.gov is an innovative tool to help improve public awareness and engagement.
"From its origin, it put the consumer first," said White House New Media Director Macon Phillips during the celebration.
The recent redesign of USA.gov makes it even easier for visitors to explore topics ranging from jobs and product recalls to travel advisories. The site contains live Web chats, customized e-mail updates and RSS feeds, as well as an active social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Mobile device apps provide practical information, such as an alternative-fuel locator app.
In 1994, GSA's launched one of the first government websites, Pueblo.GSA.gov, named after the Government Printing Office's Pueblo, Colo., facility. The site immediately offered online versions of government publications.
Six years later, Internet entrepreneur Eric Brewer offered to build a robust search engine for the government for free. President Clinton asked GSA to coordinate this initiative, resulting in FirstGov.gov — later renamed USA.gov — going live just 90-days later in September 2000.
For the first time, the public could find federal, state, and local government information at one online location.
GSA went on to launch USA.gov's Spanish-language counterpart website, GobiernoUSA.gov; ConsumerAction.gov and its Spanish-language counterpart Consumidor.gov; and Kids.gov.
There's more to come. In coming months, the public will be able receive answers to questions via text message and read government publications on electronic readers.
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February 26, 2019Political History and Theory
Benn Steil, the award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods, reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan—told with verve, insight, and resonance for today.
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Max Boot recounts his extraordinary journey from lifelong Republican to vehement Trump opponent. From the isolated position of a man without a party, Boot launches this bold declaration of dissent an…
October 1, 2019Conflict Prevention
Paul B. Stares proposes a comprehensive new strategy, "preventive engagement," for how the United States can manage an increasingly turbulent world and reduce the risk of costly military commitments.
October 11, 2016Monetary Policy
In this biography of Alan Greenspan, Sebastian Mallaby brilliantly explores Greenspan's life and legacy and tells the story of the making of modern finance.
October 15, 2013Pakistan
The story of the tragic and often tormented relationship between the United States and Pakistan, and a call to prepare for the worst, aim for the best, and avoid past mistakes.
January 2, 2013Financial Markets
A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn.
July 27, 2011Terrorism and Counterterrorism
I Heard the Sirens Scream offers new insights into the period, presenting its profound implications for public health, mass psychology, governance, scientific integrity, social resilience and cohesio…
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Read an excerpt of The Icarus Syndrome. In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks—a story about the seductions of success. Beinart describes Washington on the eve of …
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The first authoritative history of hedge funds; from their rebel beginnings to their role in defining the future of finance.
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Drenched by torrential rain over a period of four days, creeks swelled to forceful rivers, dams burst and walls of water cascaded from the foothills all along the Front Range in Colorado. 18.44 inches of rain fell in South Boulder alone, but surrounding areas recorded 14 to 16 inches. Thousands have been evacuated to shelters. 3 died in Boulder County.…Continue
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I'll admit it. I have never done it. It was way too risky for me. Lack of protection and the aftermath if compromised has kept me from the experience. But, I am finally ready. The idea of trying something new is pretty exciting. It will be my first time and then I'll no longer be a Cyber Virgin.
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Wisconsin's attorney general on Friday appealed the overturned conviction of Brendan Dassey, the man accused of helping his uncle kill a women in a case profiled in the popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel filed a notice of appeal 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, keeping the 26-year-old Dassey behind bars, according to a release from the DOJ.
"We believe the magistrate judge's decision that Brendan Dassey's confession was coerced by investigators, and that no reasonable court could have concluded otherwise, is wrong on the facts and wrong on the law," Schimel said in the release. "Two state courts carefully examined the evidence and properly concluded that Brendan Dassey's confession to sexually assaulting and murdering Teresa Halbach with his uncle, Steven Avery, was voluntary, and the investigators did not use constitutionally impermissible tactics."
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"The Halbach family has been notified of the appeal and fully supports the State's decision to seek justice on behalf of their daughter," he added.
Judge William E. Duffin ruled in August that investigators tricked Dassey into confessing that he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005. The judge ordered that Dassey, who was 16 at the time of the killing, be freed within 90 days unless prosecutors appealed or decided to retry him.
Dassey and Avery were sentenced to life for Halbach's murder. was killed on Halloween 2005, after she visited the Avery family's salvage yard in Manitowoc County to take pictures of a minivan. Investigators allege Avery lured her to the junkyard by asking her to take the photos.
Dassey's attorney, Steve Drizin, said he was disappointed in Schimel's decision to prolong Dassey's case by appealing.
"We look forward to continuing to defend his rights in court," Drizin said. "Like Brendan, we remain grateful to his many supporters for their continued loyalty and strength."
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The Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth legal team, based in Chicago, first took Dassey's case to federal court in Wisconsin in 2014 in hopes that he would be granted a writ of habeas corpus, which would have forced the government to examine his case and rule whether he has been imprisoned illegally.
Avery, a Wisconsin man who was imprisoned for 18 years for sexual assault before DNA evidence exonerated him in 2003, was accused of Halbach's murder as he was suing Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, the former district attorney and the county sheriff for wrongful imprisonment, seeking $36 million in damages.
Most recently, the show's filmmakers said a juror from Avery's murder trial claims he was not proven guilty, but the juror had voted to convict him out of fear for his/her personal safety. The two filmmakers have not yet contacted other jurors to independently verify the claim, they said. NBC News has not independently verified the allegation with any jurors.
Drizin said the team investigated Dassey's case for two years before filing an appeal in 2010. The appeal was ultimately denied by a state appellate court and the Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to hear the case.
The habeas petition was filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 2014.
"We're hopeful is what I would say," Drizin said at the time. "The deeper you go into this system, whether it's in the state court system or the federal court system, the harder it is to win. We've won cases in federal court before and we're hoping that this is another one that we'll win."
Drizin said the petition focused largely on Dassey's original public defender, Len Kachinsky, who was ultimately removed from the case.
"A lot of our appeal has to do with the actions that Brendan's original attorney Len Kachinsky took, which demonstrated his disloyalty to Brendan and his willingness to work with the prosecution to try to get Brendan to plead guilty and testify against Steven Avery," Drizin said.
He also maintains that Dassey's confession was coerced "by [investigators] feeding him facts."
"To me, this case is a classic example of how not to interrogate juvenile suspects and the tactics that were used during Brendan's interrogation are a recipe for false confessions," he said.
In a brief filed last year, the state argued Dassey failed to show that the appeals court's decision was unreasonable.
"[Investigators] merely stated, in calm tones, that they 'already knew' what happened and allowed Dassey to confess that he had raped Halbach, and was involved in her murder," the brief reads. "Dassey's confession was not coerced, and the state court's decision on Dassey's voluntariness claim did not involve an unreasonable application of clearly established Federal law."
Former Calamut County District Attorney Ken Kratz, who prosecuted Dassey and Avery, recently told People magazine that he has "a great bit of sympathy" for Dassey, who he said "never would have been involved in this except for his uncle."
Dassey would have been out sooner if he had taken a plea bargain, Kratz said.
Drizin said while "Making a Murderer" has put Dassey's case in the national spotlight, he didn't believe it would have an impact on the judge's decision.
"I don't think that the Netflix movie is going to influence a federal judge, but at the same time, judges are human beings and the Netflix film has created a context for Brendan's case that didn't exist at the time of his trial or his appeals," he said.


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Flysurfer News:
Kite lines - a science of its own
Flysurfer Kites are technically very complex products. Over 1000 single parts must optimally function together on a Speed3, for instance. And whoever has adjusted the mixer of a Flysurfer kite, knows how small adjustments make a huge difference in the way a kite flies. It is not for nothing that our kites are tested up to three times before they reach the hands of their new owner. And that is exactly why we, as manufacturer, put a lot of thought into each and every part. At this point we would like to share some background information from our development on a very important part of each Flysurfer kite: the lines.
Whoever has first laid out their Flysurfer kite for the first time will probably have some respect for the many bridles which are attached to the kite. If you know at least a little about the Materials, you will notice quickly that the system is not too difficult, and in the end you have to do a lot less sorting or untangling than with a kite that has to be separately attached to the bar before every session.
For this reason, we will introduce every component from the chicken loop to the canopy.
The first line that you have in front of your nose when flying the kite: the depower line.
The depower line carries the entire load of the kitesurfer and if it breaks, serious consequences can be the result. For this reason, Flysurfer kites have a very abrasion-resistant depower line, just to play it safe.
It still does not hurt to replace the depower line when it starts to disintegrate.
We put a lot of effort into making this component as reasonable priced as possible, since it gets the most wear and tear of all the components. Additionally, all of our kites are delivered with a replacement depower line.
The use of tubes as a cover around the depower line is currently not under consideration, since they break in low temperatures and then the bar can get hooked on the areas of breakage, making it impossible to depower.
For Flysurfer as All-Terrain-Kites, often put to use in the snow, this is naturally a no-go. Additionally, using tubes could lead to problems with our fully untwistable bar system. The next line that you often have contact with is the front line, a somewhat thicker and easily accessible line needed, for example, when relaunching.
However, as a kitesurfer, the flight lines are the most important, which truly provide an amazing function. They should provide the most optimal compromise of tensile strength, diameter and stiffness and long product life at the same time. As a general rule, woven Dyneema lines with a breaking strength of 250 – 300 daN (with almost the same load capacity in kilograms) are used. Our front lines, in new condition, can take somewhat more load – over 400 daN.
Gliederung der Waage eines Flysurfer-Kites
In the Mixer, the pulley construction above the flying lines, the steering commands and tractive forces are distributed to the bridle lines and thus to the kite. Most of our kites have four levels of bridle lines. The very back one is the brak (BR) as well, also called the Z-level. The others are numbered from front to back with A, B and C. Some paragliders have an additional D-level, but this is not necessary on kites.
In the long run, it is our goal to use the very minimum of lines. To reduce drag and the danger of getting tangles, there are main lines for every level (A-Main, Z-Main, etc.), which divide once again towards the kite.
There are small line parts about one centimeter long at the connections, the so-called little connection lines or LCLs.
These serve to facilitate the replacement of defective bridle lines and at the same time as a predetermined breaking point at excessive load. For example, when a wave breaks on a kite and the kiter is still hooked-in, this small innovation has saved one or another cost-intensive repairs.
An amazing Material
Different constructions enable a line to fulfill its function. Basically, there are two major types of lines: covered and uncovered.
While the uncovered lines consist of a hollow woven structure, the covered lines have a woven core with a cover over it. The advantage of an uncovered line is a smaller diameter and thus, less drag, as well as the smoother workmanship. In contrast, covered lines are especially constant in length and the cover protects the line core, which carries the load. Exactly because of that, our increasing tendency is to use covered lines for the bridle lines. It is not recommended, however, to use covered lines for the flying lines, due to one very simple reason: Since these lines are coarser, it could happen that the kite could no longer be controlled after a double rotation.
For lines that go through pulleys, nothing else can be considered, since these lines are constantly bent and diverted and would shrink too quickly. The neon yellow spare part lines of the mixer (the lines which run over the pulleys) are a special development made exactly for this purpose: constant length over a long period of time and high abrasion resistance.
For the requirements that we place on our lines in our sport, two materials in particular have turned out to be particularly suitable: Polyester and Dyneema. Dyneema is a high-strength polyethylen fiber, produced in a special process (a so-called gel-spin process). Along with an unbelievably good tensile strength, Dyneema also offers a good abrasion resistance and resists dampness. Additionally, it is resistant to numerous chemicals. Not only is the production patented, the term is a brand name. Thus, most kite lines find their origin in a Dutch company.
Spektra is another high-strength Polyethylen, which is only seldom used in the kiting sector. Polyester can not compete with the unbelievable tensile strength of a Dyneema fiber. But it does offer another advantage: It is very abrasion- and UV resistant. For this reason, line covers are usually manufactured from polyester. How the fibres are manufactured depends upon the experience of the line manufacturers. And there is an enormous difference. Flysurfer has been working, with regard to flying lines, together with the German manufacturer Liros for many years now and has played a part in numerous new developments.
The basic manufacturing procedure is always identical. The fibers must first be spun into a yarn and this must be woven in turn. There are various weave patterns and finish processes, so a whole lot of variables that can be adjusted. At the end of the production, the lines are once again prestretched, heated and waxed at high temperature and close to the breaking load. This guarantees that the lines will not stretch over time. And also when many may believe otherwise: They really do not stretch.
Ends good, everything good?
How the lines end is usually a decision of the kiting company itself. The simplest variation is a knot. However, this can reduce the breaking load of a line by more than half, since you bend it around a very narrow radius and the fibers are thereby subjected to different load. For this reason, you will seldom find knotted lines on kites. It is more common to simply sew the lines, as we do with all of our covered lines. On many kites, the flying lines are provided with a cover on a short piece before sewing. This is advantageous where the connections are opened more often and tied. You will not find this variation on our kites, since the most elegant and most effective variation with regard to breaking load is the splice. A splice means pulling one line end through the line and sewn, so that a loop results. A very clean end is produced, which cannot get caught and holds extremely well. However, this option is only for uncovered lines, like our flying lines. Furthermore, splicing is handwork and therefore relatively complex and expensive.
Aging means shrinking – Or: the properties of a line over time
If you have ever compared the lines of an older kite, then you have most likely noticed that the frontlines have lengthened over time in comparison to the backlines. If you took the time to measure, you would notice that it is actually the back lines which have shortened, whereas the front lines have hardly changed at all. Confusing, at first, but enlightening if you take a closer look.
You have to have it in the back of your head that the lines are extremely prestretched and cured before delivery. Bending the lines (e.g. while winding) or abrasion (e.g. after rotations), the coating of a line fractures. In addition, sand or dust can get into the lines over time. Both have an effect: the line gets thicker and therefore, shorter. This is almost and sometimes entirely reversed by the frontlines, by the high load that must be carried while kiting. Still, while the back lines are subject to only a little load, they shorten remarkably, sometimes up to 20 centimeters. In order to balance this, there is a small black line, the depower leader line, above the adjuster, which can be simply adjusted in length. Under normal use, the lines should be readjusted after one year, earlier under frequent use.
Whether the lines are correct can be easily checked. Fix all the lines to a point, open the adjuster and tension the lines on the bar. Frontlines and backlines should now be tensioned to exactly the same degree. At a certain time, even readjusting will no longer help: Just like you, the life of every line will eventually come to an end.
Exactly how long this will take depends highly on the amount of use. For most kiters this means many years, yet it does not hurt to replace a part once you no longer trust it. First the depower line, then the spare part lines in the mixer, followed by the flying lines.
It is also important to replace paired lines (Mixer, flying lines, bridle lines), because as we noted before, aging causes shrinkage – and if you do not replace them it could lead in certain conditions to the kite flying inconsistently.
Here, summarized once again, what you should do so that your lines last as long as possible:
- Rinse off with freshwater and allow to dry in the shade before storing over long periods of time
- Do not bend or knot the lines
- Avoid UV-exposure (do not let the kite lay around on the beach)
- If the lines get caught on an obstacle (tree, rock), untangle them carefully if possible. Pulling with excessive force can result in permanent damage to the lines and can negatively influence the symmetry (lines are subsequently different lengths).
You should check your lines for damage every time you lay them out. Replacement is recommended if you notice any clear signs of wear and tear. Always replace symmetrically to avoid negatively influencing the kite geometry, since in the end it will only effect your fun if the kite flies badly.
All replacement lines can be found in our Online Shop


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Furniture After the Fire
A couple of months ago a fire destroyed the home of the Ochana family in the northern city of Kiryat Ata, claiming the life of one of the children and seriously wounding the other.
This tragedy pulled at the heartstrings of everyone in Israel. While nothing could be done in regard to the bereavement and physical suffering, there was something that could be done to enable the surviving family members to return to their apartment after all their belongings had been reduced to ashes.
The Association of Furniture Manufacturers sent out an SOS appeal to its members asking them to contribute some of their products to the Ochana home. One company quickly responded with new beds, another with closets and others with complete kitchen and dining room sets. The Ocahanas were able to leave the hospital and enter a newly furnished home which offered some important relief from their agony.


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Thed Björk secured his and Volvo Polestar Racing's third straight victory on home grounds in Gothenburg during a chaotic race in front of more than 10,000 spectators.
"It is among the hardest things for a racing driver to drive on slicks on a wet track, but our strategy payed off! To take my third straight win at the home circuit of Volvo and Polestar feels great, I am overjoyed," said Björk.
Thanks to a strategic choice of slick tyres on a drying track, Björk was able to secure a decisive win together with Volvo colleague Robert Dahlgren in second position. The Volvo duo lost a lot of ground in the first part of the race when the track was wet, only to quickly gain on the drivers ahead in the second part of the race and getting past to the cheer of the spectators.
"I was pushing hard in the question to chose dry tyres and it wasn't many laps until the choice felt obvious. Unfortunately I got a slow puncture during the race which made the car hard to drive. But another podium feels great, our plan to be on the podium in each race continues to work well!" said Dahlgren.
Changeable weather conditions with sudden downpours that were combined with sunshine made it difficult for the STCC drivers and teams to chose the settings and tyres on the car. Fredrik Ekblom chose wet tyres and dropped to ninth.
"There isn't too much to say about the race, we chose the wrong tyres and lost a lot of time. I am already deep in the thoughts for the coming race," said Ekblom.
Prince Carl Philip Bernadotte had a strong race to finish tenth and secure his first ever STCC points.
"I am really pleased! It was challenging to drive on slick tyres on the wet track at the beginning of the race. But the feeling was great when I started to gain ground and extra nice to claim my first points on such a challenging circuit and weather conditions," said Prince Carl Philip Bernadotte.
Linus Ohlsson impressed in qualifying by securing the second fastest time overall, just 85 thousands of a second from pole position and a mere thousand of a second ahead of Björk in third. But the tyre choice and a penalty made Ohlsson drop to 11th position.
"It was unfortunate as things went so well in the first part of the race. But the tyres didn't last when it got dry and my penalty after my battle with Larsson is something I don't agree with. We were alongside each other for several corners and he went past me. But, anyhow, there is a new race in two weeks!" said Ohlsson.
Björk has extended the championship lead to 21 points over Richard Göransson and Volvo pulls away from BMW with a lead of 36 points in the manufacuters' championship.
"Once again Volvo Polestar Racing has delivered on the very top level despite challenging weather conditions and hard pressure from BMW. Thed, Robert and everyone in the team has done an excellent job this weekend," said Derek Crabb, Motorsport Director of Volvo Cars.
STCC continues in two weeks at Falkenberg on July 13th.
Results - Gothenburg
1 Thed Björk Volvo S60 40 laps
2 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 +10.307
3 Robin Rudholm BMW SR +32.637
4 Richard Göransson BMW SR +47.283
5 Mattias Andersson Dacia SE +1 lap
6 Fredrik Larsson BMW SR +1 lap
7 Daniel Haglöf Saab 9-3 +1 lap
8 Jocke Mangs Citroën C5 +1 lap
9 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 +1 lap
10 Carl Philip Bernadotte Volvo S60 +1 lap
11 Linus Ohlsson Volvo S60 +2 laps
12 Alexander Graff Saab 9-3 +2 laps
13 Niclas Olsson Citroën C5 +7 laps
14 Roar Lindland Saab 9-3 +9 laps
15 Tomas Engström Honda Civic DNF
Drivers' championship
93 Thed Björk
72 Richard Göransson
68 Robert Dahlgren
44 Fredrik Larsson
35 Linus Ohlsson
33 Fredrik Ekblom
27 Robin Rudholm
18 Daniel Haglöf
15 Mattias Andersson
12 Jocke Mangs
6 Roar Lindland
3 Niclas Olsson
1 Carl Philip Bernadotte
1 Tomas Engström
Manufacturers' championship
164 Volvo
58 Saab
42 Citroën
26 Dacia
6 Honda
Calendar STCC 2013
04/05 Knutstorp**
08/06 Solvalla*
29/06 Göteborg*
13/07 Falkenberg**
10/08 Östersund*
24/08 Karlskoga**
07/09 Tierp Arena*
21/09 Mantorp Park**
* = One race
** = Two races
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From HCSO:
On 2-24-2014, at approximately 10:45 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office was notified of a trespassing in progress occurring on Spears Avenue, Eureka. A property owner reported he owned a small cabin on Spears Road and a neighbor called the property owner reporting trespassers were on his property. The neighbor said they were entering and exiting his cabin. The neighbor said it was a male and female that was associated with a red 2001 Honda Civic.
When the first deputy arrived in the area he saw the property owner speaking with the two suspects who were seated in the Honda. The Honda drove away as the marked patrol car approached. The deputy saw the front and rear license plates of the Honda had blue painters tape covering them as the Honda drove by the deputy. The deputy turned his patrol car around and conducted a traffic stop on the Honda. After the Honda yielded to the deputy, the male driver suddenly jumped from the vehicle as if he were going to flee. The deputy exited his patrol car and grabbed the driver by the wrist at which time a plastic baggie fell out of the bottom of the drivers pant leg onto the ground. The deputy could see the bag contained what appeared to be methamphetamine and heroin. The driver was handcuffed and detained. The deputy spoke with the property owner who told the deputy they were the suspects. The property owner told the deputy the man and woman told him they learned of the cabin from an on line ad and thought they could rent it to store items. The property owner told the investigating deputy he did not wish to pursue trespassing charges.
Deputies searched the Honda and located and seized 21 pounds of processed marijuana in the Honda along with a scale. The methamphetamine was weighed and determined to weigh approximately 1 gram. The heroin was weighed and was approximately 6 grams.
The deputies arrested the driver who was identified as William Duane Hillegeist, 30 years old from McKinleyville. The 26 year old female passenger was detained and released. Both Hillegeist and the female passenger had medical marijuana documentation and claimed the marijuana was for their medical use.
Hillegeist was arrested for possession and transportation of a controlled substance and was transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. His bail was set at $50,000.00.
The female was released at the scene. The investigating deputy referred possible charges against Hillegiest and the female for possession, and transportation of marijuana to the District Attorney's Office for review.
Anyone with information for the Sheriff's Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.


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Today is Memorial Day, originally Decorations Day, a day for the dead from both sides of the Civil War.
Thanks to my brother, who runs Geographic Travels, I know I have ancestors who died on both sides. The Virginian died the day after the Battle of Seven Pines. At the same time, the history of the town where our direct male line lived during the Civil War records numerous deaths in my family from the fighting.
The Civil War killed more Americans than any more in American history. Following the end of major combat operations and the subsequent military occupation and guerrilla war, the situation was similar to before it began: broad home rule for the South, and Union control of foreign and military policy. Slavery was ended, though "slave-like" conditions persisted, and civil rights would not be enforced in the South until the 1950s, then a far less bloody method was found.
May our leaders have the wisdom to know when to fight, and how to fight, and what the costs will be.


text: Our church is trying to raise money to build a 6000sq.ft. Youth and Children's facility to aid the preaching and teaching of God's word. We are working on building this dept free, so in efforts in doing this The Crazy Race is one of many ideas for this. In the theme of the Amazing Race, contestants will be racing around the Russellville area on June 29, 2013 in search of the next clue and avoiding elimination in hopes of being the grand prize winner of $1000.00 worth fireworks and prizes. If interested conatact Steven Schlinker at 479-849-5111. It is $50.00 per two person team adn that also includes a t-shirt. Look forward to seeing you at the finish line.


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After finally getting accustomed with David Buller's writing style, it's hard to go back to Ridley and Pinker. Imagine reading Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, and then… something not quite so good but more accessible.
Anyway, from today's reading (Chapter 3, "The Last Wall to Fall," from Pinker's "The Blank Slate" and Chapter 2, "A Plethora of Instincts," from Ridley's "Nature via Nurture") I started picking out bits and pieces to use in a final topic.
In response to a similar thought of mine on another post, Phil Jones of Synaesmedia asked
Erm, how many generations of controlled breeding were you thinking of, exactly?
While such an A-Z Ruleset would not necessarily be bad, the readings seem to present more boring options…
Topic: SysAdmin
"The megalomania of the genes does not mean that benevolence and cooperation cannot evolve, any more than the law of gravity proves that flight cannot evolve. It means only that benevolence, like flight, is a special state of affairs in need of an explanation, not something that just happens." (Pinker 53)
"Worse still, if our minds were truly malleable they would be easily manipulated by our rivals, who could mold or condition us into serving their needs rather than our own. A malleable mind would quickly be selected out." (Pinker 54-55)
"Margaret Mead's description of peace-loving New Guideans and sexually nonchalant Samoans were based on perfunctory research and turned out to be almost perversely wrong. As the anthropologist Derek Freemen later documented, Samoans may beat or kill their daughters if they are not virgins on their wedding night, a young man who cannot woo a virgin may rape one to extort her into eloping, and the family of a cuckolded husband may attack and kill the adulterer." (Pinker 56)
"Counting societies instead of bodies leads t equally grim figures. In 1978 the anthropologist Carol Ember calcuated that 90 ercent of hunter-gatherer societies are known to engage in warfare, and 64 percent wag war at least once every two years." (Pinker 57)
"I doubt even then I could make [a woman] love a donkey [with oxytocin]. but I might stand a fair chance of making her feel attracted to the first man she sees up making… Blindly, automatically, and untaught, we bond with whoever is standing nearest when the oxytocin receptors in the medial amygdala get tingled.' (Ridley 47-48) (SysAdmin applications?)
"An instinct is designed to be triggered by an external object or event… [Benson Ginsberg] was soon able to breed a new strain [of mice] that had the coat color but not the aggression streak: proof enough that aggression was somewhere in the genes. His colleague Paul Scott also developed aggressive strains of mice; but, bizarrely, Ginsburg's most aggressive strain was Scott's most pacific." (Ridley 49-50)
"All attempts to design society by reference to one narrow conception of human nature, whether on paper or in the streets, end in producing something much worse." (Ridley 67) (also good on the limitation of modernism)
Topic: Timeline
"But beginning int he 1950s with the cognitive revolution [it became] possible to make sense of mental processes and even to study them in the lab." (Pinker 31)
"William's Principles of Psychology, must of which was first published as a series of articles in the 1880s, contained a manifesto for nativism — the idea that the mind cannot learn unless it has the rudiments of innate knowledge." (Ridley 39 (see also talk of East-West pole common ground below)
"In the 1920s the very empiricist ideas that James ha attacked, embodied in the notion of the blank slate, swept back not just into psychology (with John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner) but in anthropology (Franz Boas), psychiatry (Freud), and sociology (Durkehim). Nativism was almost totally eclipsed until 1958, when [East Poler] Noam Chomsky once again pinned its charter to the door of science…. Chomsky argued that it was impossible for a child to learn the rules of language from examples the child must have innate rules to which the vocabulary of the language was fitted." (Pinker 40)
"In the early 1980s … scientists suddenly realized that vospressin and oxytocin had a job to do inside the brain as well as being secreted from the pituitary gland in the bloodstream. So they tried injecting oxytocin and vasopressin into the brains of rats to see what the effect would be. Bizarrely, a male rat injected with intracerebral oxytocin immediately begins yawning and simultaneously gets an erection… On the other hand, without oxytocin, mice cannot form social memories, so perhaps they simply keep forgetting what their spouses look like" (Ridley 42-46)
"… scientists use viruses to turn up the volumes of genes in one part of the brain of a rodent. Even 10 years ago such an experiment was unimaginable." (Ridley 44)
Sometime before the year 1900 a retired schoolteacher in Granby, Massachusetts, by the name of Abbie, took up the "mouse fancying" hobby…. She also noticed that some strains got cancer more often than others; this hint was picked up by Yale Universities and became the basis of early studies of cancer." (Ridley 50)
"Such a modular view of the mind was first enunciated by the philosopher Jerry Fodor in the early 1980s and later developed by the anthropologist John Tooby and the psychologist Leda Cosmides in the 1990s (Ridley 63)
"Noam Chomsky in the 1950s… argued that the universal features o f human language, invariant throughout the world, plus the logical impossibility of a child deducing the rules of a language as quickly as it does merely from the scanty examples available to it, must imply that there was something innate about language." (Ridley 63-64)
Topic: Universal Man
"The common kinds of [grammatical] heads and complements can be ordered in 128 logically possible ways, but 95 percent of the world's languages use of two: either the English ordering [as in, "from the bottle"] or its mirror image the Japanese origin [as in, "the bottle from"]." (Pinker 37-38)
"The moral, then is that familiar categories of behavior — marriage customs, food taboos, folk superstitions, and so on — certainly do vary across cultures and have to be learned, but the deeper mechanisms of mental computation that generate them may be universal and innate." (Pinker 39)
"Behavioral geneticists estimate only half of the variation in most psychological traits within a given environment correlate with the genes." (Pinker 48)
Topic: Particular Man
"Identical twins think and feel in such similar ways that they sometimes suspect they are linked by telepathy. When separated at birth and reunited as adults, they say they feel they have known each other all their lives. Testing confirms that identical twins, whether separated at birth or not, are eerily alike (though far from identical) in just about any trait one can measure… Many of these conclusions came from massive studies in Scandinavian countries where governments keep huge databases on their citizens, and they employ the best-validated measuring instruments known to psychology… "Virtual twins" are the mirror image of identical twins raised apart: they are unrelated siblings, one or both adopted, who are raised together from infancy. Though they are the same age and are growing up int he same family, the psychology Nancy Segal found that their IQ scores are barely correlated." (Pinker 47)
"Most boys reassigned as girls declare themselves boys at adolescence. And a recent study of people born with ambiguous genitalia found that hose who escaped the surgeon's knife had fewer psychological problems than those who had been operated on in childhood." (Ridley 58)
"[Jennifer Connellan] gave 102 24-hour-old babies two things to look at: her own face, or a physical mechanical mobile of approximately the same size and shape as a face. The baby boys slightly preferred to look at the mobile; the baby girls preferred the face." (Ridley 59-60)
"If Asperger's people are good systemizers and bad empathizers, with extremely-male brains, the thought arises that there are probably people who are good empathizers and poor systemizers, with extreme female brains." (Ridley 62)
Topic: Modularity
"Descartes was thus wrong when he said that "the mind is entirely indivisible"… (Pinker 42)
"Besides, even a language module is hardly likely to be isolated from other functions. It needs fine discrimination of hearing; finer control of movement in the tongue,, lips, and chest; greater memory, and so on… Almost nothing is known about the mechanisms that are not modular." (Ridley 66) (also a good point on the limitation of knowledge)
Topic: Horizontal thinking
"[Evolutionary Psychology] can give the phenomena of culture their due without segregating them into a parallel universe." (Pinker 31)
Topic: Brain Anatomy
"The brain does have supervisory systems in the prefrontal lobs and anterior cingulate cortext… but those systems are gadgets with specific quirks and limitations; they are not implementations of the rational free agent traditionally identified with the soul or the self." (Pinker 43)
"[When] surgeons cut the corpus callosum joining the cerebral hemispheres, they literally cut the self in two, and each hemisphere can exercise free will without the other one's advice or consent. Even more disconcertingly, the left hemisphere constatnly weaves a coherent but false account of the behavior chosen without its knowledge by the right." (Pinker 43) (Lovecraftian!)
"… differences in the amount of gray matter in the frontal lobes are not only genetically influenced, but are significantly correlated with differences in intelligence [but] becoming stronger in math or motor coordination or visual discrimination does not bulk up the brain the way becoming stronger at weightlifting bulks up the muscles… And convicted murderers and other violent, antisocial people are likely to have smaller and less active prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs decision making and inhibits impulses.." (Pinker 44-45)
Topic: Definitions
"Here are five ideas from the cognitive revolution.. : the mental world can be grounded in the physical world by the concepts of information, computation, and feedback … the mind cannot be a blank slate, because blank slates don't do anything … an infinite range of behavior can be generated by finite combinatorial programs in the mind… universal mental mechanisms can underlie superficial variation across culture… the mind is a complex system composed of many interacting parts." (Pinker 31-39) (this talk of complex adaptive systems also mentions sub-modules again)
"The computational theory of mind … explains how processes can be intelligent [because if] a sequence of transformations of information stored in a hunk of matter … mirrors a sequence of deductions that obey the laws of logic, probability, or cause and effect in the world, they will generate correct predictions about the world." (Pink 32-33)
"Fans located [Jerry Fodor and Noam Chomsky], which originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at the East Pole [and] locate … connectionists, including Rumelhart, McClelland, Jeffrey Elman, and Elizabeth Bates, who build relatively simply computer models and train the living daylights out of them … which originated at the Universality of California, San Diego, at the West Pole … But here is why the East Pole – West Pole debate is different from the ones that preoccupied philosophers for millennia: neither side believes in the Blank Slate… Cognitive scientists at the East Pole suspect that the content-based modules are differeniated largely by genes; those at the West Pole suspect they begin as small innate biases in attention adn then coagulate out of statistical patterns in the sensory input" (Pinker 35,40)
"Behavior … comes from an internal struggle among mental modules with differing agendas and goals." (Pinker 40)
"Or, as Ginsburg said, the road from the "encoded genotype the mouse inherits to the "effective genotype it expresses passes through the process of social development." (Ridley 50),compare to:
"The operational adaption consists of the anatomical structures, physiological processes, and psychologicla processes that develop because of interactions with the environment… the innate adaptions is the information encoded int he genes that mediates the development of the operational adaption." (Buller 78)


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State Prostate Cancer Coalition Funds Cancer Center Research
November 22, 2011
Norris Cotton Cancer Center has received a generous donation of $5,000 from the New Hampshire Prostate Cancer Coalition (NHPCC) to help support a unique, collaborative research project designed to help clinicians distinguish between men who need to be treated for prostate cancer and those who do not.
The donation is the first and largest research gift by any state prostate cancer coalition in the U.S., said Steve Ladew, president of the NH organization. The gift comprised 25% of NHPCC's assets.
"Our mission is to help reduce the number of New Hampshire men dying of prostate cancer. A major problem is that the medical community is unable to differentiate between prostate cancers that will kill a man and cancers that will never harm him," said Ladew. "We hope our gift to this program will encourage others to also give."
Prostate Cancer and Bioimpedance
The grant will help fund a collaborative research project, being conducted by Ryan Halter, PhD, of Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and the Cancer Center that uses electrical bioimpedance to distinguish dangerous prostate cancers from those that pose little threat to a man's health. According to Dr. Halter, "Electrical bioimpedance measurements of tissue provide significant levels of contrast between benign and malignant pathologies due to the vastly different morphologies occurring between tissue types. Focal sensing or mapping of these properties can provide clinicians useful information regarding the extent and severity of diseases like cancer."


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Hello, I have been developing a simple server that can recv some data via POST method, but there's something that I can't get clear, referent to url encoding/decoding. On a script about 'ISO-8859-1 (ISO-Latin) Character Set Encoding - Decoding' says (that's only a line, if someone want's to take a look at the entire script I can post it)
That means from ascii 32 to 47 are unsafe characters that should be encoded on the before send and should be decoded after received. Ok.Code:32-47 -> Reserved Characters -> ' '!?#$%&'()*+,-./ -> Unsafe
My question is about the '+' character and the url query. That last script also explains de encode/decode keys, that for '+' is
If the browsers follow those codecoding rules, why my nsn7 sends something like that?Code:+ Indicates a space (spaces cannot be used in a URL) %20
As says the rules, doesn't it should send 'my%20name' to encode 'my name'? or is that the query is encoded using another rules? I suppose that no because all other (well, I haven't tested all the unsafe characters) are encoded using those rules; but why the space character is encoded using an unsafe character instead it's hex equivalent?Code:url?name=my+name
Thank's in advance


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Nearly two-thirds of IT professionals have admitted that they do not encrypt data stored on portable storage devices.
According to a survey of 106 delegates at IP Expo 2012 by iStorage, 64 per cent admitted to not encrypting data held on portable storage devices, while fewer (than those surveyed in 2011) believed that data loss was a serious concern.
In its 2011 survey, 99 per cent of respondents said that data loss was a serious or growing concern, but this reduced to 96 per cent this year.
The number of IT professionals who admitted to losing a portable data storage device also decreased slightly from 40 per cent in 2011 to 39 per cent. The same question asked at this year's Infosecurity Europe event found that one-third (34 per cent) admitted to this.
John Michael, managing director at iStorage, said: "The results of this latest iStorage survey to be conducted at a major UK information technology event reinforce the notion that IT professionals are putting company data at risk.
"However, what is more alarming is the reduction in those believing data loss to be a serious or growing concern, suggesting many are becoming increasingly complacent. This comes at a time when IT professionals should act as guardians of digitised corporate data, especially as the Information Commissioner's Office can fine offending organisations up to £500,000."


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Despite dining at Pick n' Brew numerous times, the place has never failed to impress me with its cozy dining ambiance and an admirable range of Italian and Asian cuisines. With such an attractive atmosphere and food fare, one would never expect to find such a fine restaurant situated in the sprawling industrial zone of Hicom Glenmarie. Indeed, Pick n' Brew is located at the left wing of the CNI (a multi-level marketing company) building which is another surprising factor for me.
Apart from the food which I will talk about later, Pick n' Brew serves Graffiti Latte (RM 10) which is a cup of coffee with hand-drawn patterns on the foam.
Apparently, Graffiti Latte has been around for decades. What started from pouring simple pattern on the foam has evolved into a work of art in every drink. The Graffiti Latte comes with two pieces of Biscotti that can be dipped into the coffee.
While RM 10 is expensive for a cup of coffee, the opportunity to witness something as unique as this is really worth paying for. It was a good cup of coffee and the artful design certainly was a bonus to me.
Food at Pick n' Brew is certainly not cheap but for what it is worth, the food presentation and taste makes up for it. First up is the Crispy Skin Seabass (RM 30).
According to the menu, the seabass is cooked with asparagus, mixed vegetables and tomato salsa sauce. Preparing this dish does require a fine balance between cooking the skin till it is crispy without over drying the fillet meat.
The salsa sauce has a light taste to it and complimented the fish well without overpowering the taste of the fillet.
The Grenobloise Salmon Fillet (RM 28) which was complimented with potatoes, lemon butter and spinach cream was equally good.
The salmon tasted fresh and goes well with the cream and herbs. The taste was light without too much of creamy taste which brings out the flavour of the fresh salmon.
Pick n' Brew is certainly a good choice for food (and coffee). Despite its unconventional location, the cozy ambiance and great food were more than enough for me to take a slightly longer drive to dine there.
Pick n' Brew
No. 2, Jalan U1/17
Hicom Glenmarie Industrial Park
40000 Shah Alam
Tel: 03-5569 1216
Fax: 03-5568 5561
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Strange question this :)
Basically I have a website whereby lots of the loading/posting to a database is done with ajax.
At the moment there are no loading screens. As such if something breaks the user has no idea that anything was even registered as being submitted. Likewise if their connection is slow, it looks like nothing is being done until it is done.
People may because of this resubmit forms etc. So I need some loaders.
My initial idea was to just replace the content on the page with an animated gif. THis however looks a little boring.
Then whilst playing I had another thought.
Elsewhere on my site, if data cannot be found a lightbox is loaded which explains why nothing could be found. I have done this because it is a complex process, yet it is important that the user understands.
This looks really good so why not use it for all loading screens - blur out the screen, place a lightbox there containing the loader gif and some information to keep the user entertained.
I implemented this and it looks good, BUT if the user has a very fast connection for example, the lightbox appears and before they know what has happened it is gone again.. they cant read any of its contents.
My thinking was as follows.. regardless of how quickly the content loads, show the lightbox for 2 seconds such that even if it is only very briefly, they know exactly what was happening. This functionality would be consistent across the site, and 2 seconds really is not a lot.
In my opinion waiting longer actually adds to the user expereince.. THoughts?


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These special behaviour of SoftReference and WeakReference makes them useful in certain cases e.g. SoftReference looks perfect for implementing caches, so when JVM needs memory it removes object which have only SoftReference pointing towards them.
On the other hand WeakReference is great for storing meta data e.g. storing ClassLoader reference. If no class is loaded then no point in keeping reference of ClassLoader, a WeakReference makes ClassLoader eligible for Garbage collection as soon as last strong reference removed.
In this article we will explore some more about various reference in Java e.g. Strong reference and Phantom reference.
WeakReference vs SoftReference in JavaFor those who don't know there are four kind of reference in Java :
- Strong reference
- Weak Reference
- Soft Reference
- Phantom Reference
Now as soon as you make strong reference counter = null, counter object created on line 1 becomes eligible for garbage collection; because it doesn't have any more Strong reference and Weak reference by reference variable weakCounter can not prevent Counter object from being garbage collected. On the other hand, had this been Soft Reference, Counter object is not garbage collected until JVM absolutely needs memory. Soft reference in Java is represented using java.lang.ref.SoftReference class. You can use following code to create a SoftReference in JavaCounter counter = new Counter(); // strong reference - line 1 WeakReference<Counter> weakCounter = new WeakReference<Counter>(counter); //weak reference counter = null; // now Counter object is eligible for garbage collection
Counter prime = new Counter(); // prime holds a strong reference - line 2 SoftReference<Counter> soft = new SoftReference<Counter>(prime) ; //soft reference variable has SoftReference to Counter Object created at line 2 prime = null; // now Counter object is eligible for garbage collection but only be collected when JVM absolutely needs memory
Phantom reference is third kind of reference type available in java.lang.ref package. Phantom reference is represented by java.lang.ref.PhantomReference class. Object which only has Phantom reference pointing them can be collected whenever Garbage Collector likes it. Similar to WeakReference and SoftReference you can create PhantomReference by using following code :
DigitalCounter digit = new DigitalCounter(); // digit reference variable has strong reference - line 3 PhantomReference<DigitalCounter> phantom = new PhantomReference<DigitalCounter>(digit); // phantom reference to object created at line 3 digit = null;
Apart from knowing about WeakReference, SoftReference, PhantomReference and WeakHashMap there is one more class called ReferenceQueue which is worth knowing. You can supply a ReferenceQueue instance while creating any WeakReference, SoftReference or PhantomReference as shown in following code :
ReferenceQueue refQueue = new ReferenceQueue(); //reference will be stored in this queue for cleanup DigitalCounter digit = new DigitalCounter(); PhantomReference<DigitalCounter> phantom = new PhantomReference<DigitalCounter>(digit, refQueue);
That's all on Difference between WeakReference and SoftReference in Java. We also learned basics of reference classes e.g. Weak, soft and phantom reference in Java and WeakHashMap and ReferenceQueue. Careful use of reference can assist Garbage Collection and result in better memory management in Java.
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Japan. No problem.
Many people in Hawaii have been to Japan many times, know their way around. This story is not for them.
(page 1 of 5)
It's for the rest of us for whom Japan seems very far away, the language difficult, the culture, customs, even much of the food unfamiliar.
It's enough to make you nervous. What if you get stuck and can't communicate? What would happen?
Here's my story: It was my second morning in Japan, ever. I'd never been to Japan before, never to Asia.
That second day, I awoke to torrential rain. Unknown to me, a typhoon was brewing off the Japanese coast.
To complicate matters, I was in Hakone-en, a mountain resort off the usual track even for Japanese sightseers. I was there to see Mount Fuji, which I couldn't, because of the rain and overcast skies. Despite the weather, Hakone-en had an austere beauty, with the rain dripping down the tall pines, the mountain a dark mass against the mist and out on Lake Ashi, a solitary fisherman in a small boat. Still, as I stood drinking a cup of green tea on the lanai of my hotel room, the rain, implausibly, grew heavier.
"Get out of here now," I thought. I wasn't scheduled to go back to Tokyo until that evening, but it seemed dumb to hang around. Hakone-en was no place to get stuck in a storm.
I'd arrived here in the first place by local bus from the train station in Odawara—an hour-and-a-half journey up the mountain past tiny towns, steaming hot springs, the occasional resort. There was a kiosk where the bus stopped, Hakone-en being, literally, the end of the line.
I hurried to buy a ticket on the first bus out. "No basu." The old man at the bus kiosk spoke hardly any English, but I got it finally: The road back to Odawara—winding, impossibly narrow in spots—was closed. "No basu, no Odawara."
No one could be less prepared to deal with this than I. My Japanese was limited to four phrases: good morning, excuse me, thank you and I like my sake cold. I'd hardly had time to even open a guidebook until I got on the plane.
That was the whole point of this experiment. I had a rough itinerary, hotel reservations, a rail pass for the bullet train. But by myself and armed with virtually no knowledge of Japan, I was supposed to find my way around by public transportation, not spend much money, discover how easy it was for a foreigner to navigate. "It'll be no problem," I was told.
Oh yeah, I thought, as the rain poured down in sheets, "No basu, no Odawara" sure sounds like a problem to me.
I was wrong. If you're going to get stuck somewhere with a typhoon on the way, somewhere far off the beaten track, where you can't speak the language, where you can hardly recognize the place names, your best bet is Japan.
Here's what happened …
Stuck in Hakone-en, I longed to be back in Tokyo. My first night in Japan was spent in Akasaka, a quite cosmopolitan district of the city. At the Akasaka Prince Hotel, where I'd stayed, I'd felt well-taken care of. The staff would, as a matter of course, speak English to foreign guests. Just as you were about say, "Ohaio gozaimasu," to a waiter at breakfast, he'd say, "Good morning, sir."
The English-speaking concierge in Akasaka made it possible for me to get into this mess in the first place. She'd patiently given me written instructions on how to catch the subway to Tokyo Station, the bullet train to Odawara, the bus to Hakone-en.
That trip turned out to be no problem at all. Everything in Japanese train and subway stations is color-coded and numbered, with directional signs in both kanji and English every 10 feet.
I was a little slow and tentative, it was my first day. However, by the time I got from the subway to my seat on the Shinkansen, the bullet train, I was embarrassed that I'd been worried in the least.
On the Shinkansen, a recording would announce upcoming stops in Japanese. Then a woman's voice would repeat the information in English. No problem.