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Read on to relive The Fifth Down's commentary and live analysis of Saturday night's N.F.C. wild-card game between the Minnesota Vikings (10-6) and the Green Bay Packers (11-5). The best part? You can enjoy the game snuggled up next to your favorite source of warmth while 73,000 fans at Lambeau Field were left to wonder what their toes used to feel like.
11:05 P.M. That's a Wrap in Green Bay: Packers 24, Vikings 10
After a punt and a midrange completion on first down, the Vikings spike the ball at the Green Bay 38 with one second left, valiantly striving for one last positive play (or a back-door cover).
But Webb decides that instead of throwing into the end zone, he'll find his tight end 10 yards from the sideline at the 20. How he was expected to get in from there is anyone's guess.
A fitting end to a forgettable night.
Packers 24, Vikings 10. Green Bay heads to San Francisco next weekend for an old-school (and by that I mean 1990s) second-round game with the 49ers. Let's hope the Niners put up a better fight.
10:49 P.M. The Vikings Steal One; 24-10 Now
Michael Jenkins lines up in the slot and cuts past linebacker A.J. Hawk, where Webb finds him with what seems to be his first on-target ball of the night. Jenkins is open because Hawk has released him into the loving coverage of the safety. Unfortunately the safety was not in on this plan, and is nowhere to be found.
Jenkins jogs up the right sideline for a 50-yard touchdown. Packers 24, Vikings 10 with 3:38 left.
"It's not over yet," someone in the office yells.
Yes, it is.
10:47 P.M. Six Days Ago Was the Good Old Days
It's hard to believe these teams combined on a 37-34 thriller that was decided on the final play in their regular-season finale. The fact that that game was played indoors does not explain everything about what we're seeing tonight.
10:33 P.M. Rodgers Quietly Outstanding
As Rodgers trots out with just over 10 minutes left, it's worth mentioning that's he has been excellent: 19 of 28 for 260 yards and a touchdown. He has completed passes to nine receivers, but only one of those catches covered more than 30 yards.
To quote every soccer crowd in Britain: he scores when he wants.
10:22 P.M. So the Vikings Force a Punt …
… and fumble the ball right back. This is getting hard to watch.
I thought the Jets had missed the playoffs.
10:17 P.M. And Webb Throws It ….
… and the Packers intercept it at the 8.
Webb finally hit someone in stride. Sam Shields.
The ball was so overthrown that the receiver couldn't have knocked it down if he was running with a broomstick in his hand.
10:15 P.M. Is This a Winning Strategy?
The Vikings keep pounding Peterson, which would be a good strategy if they were the ones ahead by 24-3, or if this were a five-day cricket test match. Unfortunately, time is not on their side.
In their defense, it must be noted, the alternative is having Joe Webb throw the ball, so, you know.
10:05 P.M. Fun Fact on Webb
Did you know Joe Webb was selected with the 199th pick in the draft, just like Tom Brady?
Well, not just like Tom Brady.
9:54 P.M. Packers 24, Vikings 3 (and Kicking Themselves)
The Vikings will be kicking themselves over that 9-yard touchdown pass to John Kuhn, his second score of the game.
After Green Bay drove the length of the field, the Vikings stiffened to force a field goal. But Minnesota was flagged for having 12 men on the field as the Packers lined up for kick, giving Green Bay a first down at the 9. Rodgers found Kuhn just over the line and he ping-ponged in off the last defender.
Packers 24, Vikings 3, 9:25 left in the third quarter.
Joe Webb, by the way, hasn't done anything to persuade anyone he can lead a comeback. He was 3 for 12 for 22 yards in the first half.
9:33 P.M. ESPN crew at Favre's house, seeing if he'll unretire
Just kidding about Favre, but you know watching this must be killing him.
A bounce pass to end the first half. Ok, then.
— Judy Battista (@judybattista) 6 Jan 13
With Ponder inactive, the Vikings backup quarterback is the rookie McLeod Bethel-Thompson. The key line on his Vikings biography says it all:
9:22 P.M. Packers Punish Vikings Before Halftime
The Vikings punt from deep in their end just after the two-minute warning, giving Rodgers the ball at his 38 with 1:48 left in the half.
That, as all fans know, is more of a challenge than a situation, and Rodgers responds as an M.V.P. would: 22 yards to Jordy Nelson, 14 yards to Jennings, 23 yards to Nelson, handoff to John Kuhn at the 3 — TOUCHDOWN!!
Sixty-six seconds it took him. Dominant. Devastating. Packers lead, 17-3.
9:19 P.M. True to Form
Every time the Packers run or the Vikings pass, I keep thinking 'huh?'
9:11 p.m. Packers 10, Vikings 3
The Packers settle for a short field goal after a long gain to Greg Jennings, who took a short pass and raced down the sideline. He was pushed out of bounds at the Minnesota 2, and the Vikings held from there.
8:41 P.M. Packers 7, Vikings 3
Rodgers is killing the Vikings with passes to DuJuan Harris and Ryan Grant out of the backfield. On the last play, Harris appeared to be stopped at the 3 on a burst up the middle, but he never went down and instead lunged forward and reached over the goal line with the ball.
The officials had to review it, as they had originally called him down inside the 1, but the video evidence was pretty clear. TOUCHDOWN!! For the record, it's a 9-yard run for Harris.
With 28 seconds to go in the first — wow! fast quarter — the Packers are in front, 7-3.
8:26 P.M. Wondering
Why does it feel like we're watching Green Bay-Navy in some obscure hybrid bowl game?
8:24 P.M. Quick Series for Packers
In contrast to the Vikings, Green Bay opens pass, run, pass — and punt.
Fancier, sure, but also less effective.
8:21 P.M. A Clash of Styles, or Eras?
This game feels like a battle between a team from the '70s and from 2012. Or like every Jets-Pats game.
8:15 P.M. Ohhhhh, Now We Get It
After the Vikings run seven straight running plays to open the game, the Packers wise up: Charles Woodson bursts into the backfield and hauls down Peterson for a 2-yard loss.
Frazzled, the Vikings promptly call timeout.
"Coach, I think they're on to us," Webb whispers to Leslie Frazier.
"Well, we can't throw," Frazier counters, "so just keep giving it to 28."
"But it's third and 7, Coach."
"O.K., but just once," Frazier agrees.
Webb takes the snap, drops a step, hops forward — and then fires a grounder 3 yards behind his receiver.
Figuring they'll take what they can, the Vikings send Blair Walsh out for a 33-yard field goal. He knuckles it through, and the Vikings lead, 3-0.
8:11 P.M. Vikings Ball to Start
If it's possible to breath fire in frozen air, then the crowd at Lambeau is doing it.
Their first two plays are two Peterson runs and a 17-yard scramble on a busted play by Webb. Certainly not what they drew up, but the Vikings are quickly in the Packers' half.
8:03 P.M. Squeaking In Statistical Nuggets Before Kickoff
Including 409 yards in 2 games this year, @VikingsFootball RB Adrian Peterson is averaging 120.2 rush yds in 12 career games vs the Packers
It's been about 200 years since someone looked as dominant on frozen ground as Peterson has this winter, but we all know how that ended up. If the Packers get a couple of early scores, it's going to fall on Webb — not Peterson — to get them out. If Webb can't throw, that won't make it any easier on Peterson to run.
Stats also helpfully notes that Aaron Rodgers led the league in passer rating for the second year in a row (108) and set career highs for attempts (552) and completions (371).
8:00 P.M. Our Other Man in Green Bay
First time at Lambeau: Awesome. Sound system playing Arcade Fire 20 minutes before kickoff: Awesomer.
7:58 P.M. Two last tweets on Webb before kickoff
Two last pregame tweets on Webb from Dan Wiederer, who covers the Vikings for the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Joe Webb was on the field for all of 3 plays in reg. season. One kneel down and two handoffs to Matt Asiata. Tonight he starts.
Joe Webb's last start: Week 13 of 2011 vs. Denver. As a WR. Last start as QB: 2010 finale in Detroit.
7:49 P.M. Texans 19, Bengals 13
The Texans beat the Bengals in Saturday's first game, the second playoff victory in team history. Arian Foster ran for 140 yards and a touchdown.
Houston will go to New England next week, so feel free to not expect their third playoff win real soon.
7:35 P.M. Oh yeah, Joe Webb could jump over a car if he had to.
If Adrian Peterson has trouble running around the Packers defense tonight, Webb does give them a backup plan. He might be able to jump over them.
The video, from 2010, was from Webb's predraft workouts and circulated widely on the Internet. Since he wasn't invited to the scouting combine either as a receiver or as a quarterback — the positions he played in college and has subsequently played in the N.F.L. — one can imagine the clip helped him attract the Vikings' attention.
7:30 P.M. Vikings CB Josh Robinson is cold already
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7:24 P.M. Ponder update from Green Bay
Pat Borzi, who is covering tonight's game for The Times, checks in from Green Bay:
All week, the Minnesota Vikings insisted the injured right elbow Christian Ponder suffered last Sunday against Green Bay was minor and would not keep him from starting Saturday night's game. But 90 minutes before kickoff, the story changed.
The Vikings listed Ponder among the inactives and named Joe Webb, who did not throw a pass all season, as
the starter.Safety Morgan Burnett hit Ponder's elbow on a second quarter blitz last Sunday at the Metrodome. Ponder finished the game, completing 16 of 28 passes for 234 yards while posting his highest quarterback rating of the season (120.2). That, and Adrian Peterson's 199 yards rushing, helped the Vikings make the playoffs with a 37-34 victory.
But Ponder was limited in practice all week, and the Vikings listed him as questionable throughout. Coach Leslie Frazier said Thursday,"He's doing a lot more stuff mentally than physically right now, but he should be
fine."On Saturday, Ponder briefly played catch with Webb on the field about three hours before kickoff.
Webb, a versatile third-year pro from Alabama-Birmingham who has also played wide receiver, made three quarterback starts his first two seasons while appearing in 12 other games.He set a Vikings record for quarterbacks by rushing for 109 yards at Detroit on Dec. 11, 2011, with 65 coming on a touchdown run.
Frazier never gave in to fans' clamoring for him to bench Ponder for Webb whenever Ponder struggled. On Dec. 2, after Ponder threw two interceptions in a 23-14 loss to the Packers here, Frazier found Ponder afterward and told him to bank on being the starter the following week, a move Ponder appreciated.
Now, Vikings fans finally get their wish.
7:14 P.M. News already! Ponder is out!
Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder (elbow) is inactive for tonight's game. His status had been in question since he was hit hard by Packers safety Morgan Burnett during the Vikings' win last week.
Joe Webb, who took most of the practice snaps this week, will get the start. The A.P. reported that Ponder took only about a dozen soft throws in warmups, so maybe his playing had been a pipe dream (or a bit of sandbagging) all along.


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Local Projects collaborated with the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. on the film portion of their exhibition "House & Home", open from May 2012 to May 2017. On view is a large-scale film installation titled "Welcome Home", which takes visitors on a virtual tour of the different types of homes that Americans find themselves living in today. These architect-designed living spaces that span economic, social, and geographic lines include a Michael Maltzan apartment building for ex-homeless residents in Los Angeles, a pre-fabricated home designed by Charles Lazor in Callicoon, New York, and an 84 square foot Tumbleweed home in Olympia, Washington. The viewer is given a look into a "day in the life" of these homes and their residents in order to further understand what "home" means to Americans today.


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Leobardo Espinoza Jr., a student at Topeka High School in Kansas, is one of eight high school seniors around the world blogging about their college searches.
Choosing schools has become the hardest task I've ever had to face. I don't know how I'd research schools without the Internet, but I find that even with its existence, I can only go so far.
The only school that I've visited outside the state of Kansas has been Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Me., and that was only because I was selected to have my expenses paid for. The experience was unusual, because we weren't forced to listen to someone tell us how the school operated and what its students are like. Instead, we were free to choose to attend any of the listed events on an itinerary. The weekend stay allowed us "prospies" (prospective students) to get a feel for what college life could be like as student at Bowdoin.
During my visit I was interviewed by an admissions officer, who asked me whether or not I could see myself at Bowdoin. I happily said that I could, but I also confessed that I was having difficulty deciding whether I could see myself living in Maine. I told her that Bowdoin would be perfect if I could pick it up and move it a little closer to a larger city.. Of course, that isn't possible.
I loved Bowdoin's small, amiable campus, but I'm not sold yet. Although I've visited only a few schools so far, I'm beginning to think that one of the reasons I can't seem to find my dream school is because I've been too critical. But I can't blame myself for wanting certain things in a school, can I?
I've thought about perhaps becoming more lenient about what I'm looking for, but then I remind myself that college is four years of my life that I won't ever get back. I have to make the right choice as to where to spend that time. but the problem has been that the schools I've liked either have perfect campuses in no-so-great locations, or these wonderful locations have schools that haven't captivated me. I can't find the perfect in-between.
I also think that my situation presents another problem. I've always considered myself adaptable, and though that's usually a good thing in real-life situations, it's become a hindrance in this college admissions process.
I've been asked whether I prefer a small or large campus, one with large lecture halls, or a smaller, more personal environment where I can get to know a professor much better. I say I prefer a smaller campus but I honestly feel that I wouldn't have a problem with either type of environment. I've been to the University of Kansas — where there are nearly 30,000 students — and I've been to Bowdoin, which has fewer than 2,000, and the size of the school hasn't really mattered to me. Whether large or small, I imagine myself making the best of the situation that I find myself in.
This has become a problem. I have no real preference, which leaves me with a large number of schools on my list that I just can't make up my mind about:
• American University (D.C.)
• Amherst College (Mass.)
• Bowdoin College (Me.)
• Brown University (R.I.)
• Columbia University (N.Y.)
• Johns Hopkins University (Md.)
• Rice University (Tex.)
• Stanford University (Calif.)
• Swarthmore College (Pa.)
• Tufts University (Mass.)
• University of Richmond (Va.)
• University of Southern California
• Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.)
• Yale University (Conn.)
• Georgetown University (D.C.)
• University of Kansas
• Wichita State University (Kan.)
I might have been able to narrow my list if I knew what I wanted to study, but I have far too many subjects that I enjoy and not enough subjects that I dislike. I find each subject interesting in its own way, which inevitably makes choosing a career to go into much harder. I haven't found the subject that's struck me like lightning. I have yet to find a true passion.
After reading the comments on my post regarding my experiences at the nearby hospital, I've gone back to considering medicine as perhaps something I'd like to pursue. But once again, I've realized that I enjoy science but don't necessarily have a passion for it, at least for right now. I don't know if the passion will develop in the future, but for now, that's remains a problem.
I also have to make up my mind about whether I want to leave Kansas. I know I want college to be a new experience. I want the environment to be new and I want it to have everything that college is meant to have: new people to meet, new places to go to, new opportunities to take advantage of, and even new hardships to overcome.
There will be no problem making that change happen; I haven't applied to a school within the city that I live in, which guarantees at least some sort of a new environment. Then again, the in-state school to which I've applied (the University of Kansas) is only 20 minutes away.
I didn't expect to run into these problems when I started this process. I thought I had everything set out for me. I thought I had my list set, but day by day, the list changes for one reason or another.
Today I don't know where exactly it is I want to go, but I'm hoping that once I'm accepted, or rejected, hopefully the process of choosing which one to attend will become easier. I'm not leaving it entirely up to the admissions officers to decide because I'm applying to these schools as if they're all dream schools.
I feel as if I have no other choice.
Mr. Espinoza, a student at Topeka High School in Kansas, is one of eight high school seniors around the world blogging about their college searches for The Choice. To comment on what he has written here, please use the comment box below.


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We have two changes that we're making today that are very small. However, so many people asked for this over time that I wanted to make sure we got the word out, so I'm devoting a discussion to it here on Creators.
Profile Question limit raised
One big request people have asked about is to increase the limit of profile questions you can ask when new members sign up for your network. The limit has been 12 profile questions for a long time, but we're increasing that to 20. That should give those of you who want to collect a lot of up-front information from new members more opportunity to do so. Of course, we would caution you that asking for too much information can be tricky. If you ask for too much information up-front, some people will inevitably abandon a sign-up form. The more you ask, the higher the abandonment rate. But, some networks need the extra questions, so we're giving you that option.
Removing standard Broadcast Message header
Another request that we've heard over time is to remove the header that appears in a typical Broadcast Message. In fact, our most recent Ning Superstar SweetPotato opined about this (among many other people). We're happy to make this change.
This is the simple message that has appeared in every Broadcast Message you send that has a bit of branding for your network. It previously looked like this:
Some people understandably don't want that message to appear. They've created a nice flashy HTML newsletter template that already has a nice text or logo treatment, making this little swatch of text or HTML superflous. Still want that little identifier of your network? You can always insert your own piece of HTML or text or an image.
I've included a text document attached to this discussion that you can use to reproduce the old version if you want. Or — even better — modify this simple snippet to match your network's color, font, etc.
These aren't groundbreaking changes, but they're ones that you've given us here on the Creators Network. So, thanks for the suggestions!
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Tibetan is a syllabic alphabet of the abugida kind (with an inherent vowel that is only changed when indicated by diacritical marks). Tibetan has 30 consonants and 5 vowels: a, i, u, e, o. The inherent vowel is »a«, but it\'s only audible when the consonant is syllabic, which is marked by a tsheg ་. It separates all syllables, and since many Tibetan words are monosyllabic it works almost like a wordspace. Consonants can build clusters, and clustered consonants get stacked vertically within the word (also called ligatures or conjuncts). That happens most frequently with Sanskrit texts and foreign words. The characters U+0F4A,U+0F4B, U+0F4C, U+0F4E and U+0F65 are only needed for Sanskrit loan words. The form of the script used for printing which is encoded here is called »u-can« (Dbu-can, with a head) where as the cursive (connected) handwrittenform is called »u-mey« (Dbu-med). |
The Tibetan script is a member of the Indic family of scripts descended from Brahmi, but it is not clear which specific Indian script was used as a model. The original Brahmi letter shapes can still be clearly discerned in Tibetan, although some letters were removed and others added. The script was created aound 650 AD, probably for administrative purposes, and apart from that mainly used to write religious texts and Tibetan translations of Buddhist literature. Tibetan Buddhist tradition states that the script was created by Minister Thon mi Sambhota in northeastern India by order of the Tibetan King Srong btsan sgam po, but sinceno minister of that name appears in any of the old Tibetan texts this is deemed a myth. The writing system has remained unchanged since its creation and today, written words often differ very much from the spoken word. Alas, the existence of a high number of dialects makes it impossible to change that. |
The Tibetan script is used to write several languages including Tibetan (in Tibet, India and the worldwide Tibetan community) a Sino Tibetan language spoken by about 6 million people, Ladakhi (in Northern India) and Dzongkha (in the Kingdom of Bhutan), spoken by about 500,000 people. |
The Tibetan script is used in the Chinese provinces Tibet und Qinghai, in India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Ladakh and Nepal, also, until recently, in Mongolia for the teaching of religious texts. |
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That they both love Bob (Murray Head) seems a conundrum. But
Daniel and Alex are of an age when there might be no one else,
save Bob, who is one of those curious, mercurial people who can
go from person to person, without caring one bit, beginning,
during, after. He literally feels nothing, save the rudimentary ( the
word is full of them) but he is perhaps seen by Daniel and Alex as
what they want him to be. Such is love. They recreate him from his
vagueness. And of course they must not be jealous of Bob's other
lovers. Such as Bob always require that, and consider otherwise to
be so bloody selfish.
He doesn't intentionally hurt anyone. He uses people as things, so,
to him, they are replaceable. When he is the replaceable one, if only
they could see it. He is not worth their integrity, and intelligence
and complexity of heart. Yet, when one loves, one cannot think of
him or her without making them, perhaps, mythic. To someone
else, they would be just another person, for others see them as
ordinary. This, the film explores with such finesse and grace.
Daniel has a monologue, told to us personally, the words of which
are beautiful and touching, that just about rips your heart out. Finch
adds to the words, so seemingly somewhat matter of factly saying
them, ( a person has to comport themselves properly after all)
though from deep inside, with such thought and honesty, and
searching still in these later years, and with no apology. You see the
worth and goodness of the man most especially then. You want to
put your arms around Daniel and Alex and hug them, for their love
is doomed, as they know too well. They are having to deal with the
loss, the void, to reconcile themselves to it, even during Bob, and
learning how to get through the day, routinely, like everyone else
pretends to.
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" is a film that one feels honored to see. Its
ad line-- "This is a story about three decent people. They will break
your heart." Indeed.
When this movie first came out, it had that wonderful aura that many of the pictures of that era did: the essence of the forbidden--the promise that new and undiscovered worlds and situations would be examined that had never been dealt with in film before. I remember the same feeling accompanying "Cries and Whispers", "McCabe and Mrs. Miller", and "Women in Love", movies which have stood the test of time. "Sunday, Bloody Sunday", though not without its flaws, has also held up. Its a perfect time capsule of a certain period of time and change for working-class Londoners still woozy from the Sixties and not anywhere near ready for what would be the Eighties. Its also a remarkable document of a brilliant actress at the height of her estimable powers. Highly recommended.
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After another short while of walking, the girl finally spotted the church that indicated the graveyard to be close by. A few moments later she finally found the entrance and stepped into the graveyard's boundaries, the stones cracking beneath her soles. "Hello?" she called out as she walked past the graves and deeper down the cemetery. Fiinally she spotted a large, dark figure in the distance and made her way towards the person, expecting him to be the master she was looking for.
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Picodrive Vsync
Posted 10 March 2011 - 06:59 PM
On the Caanoo, especially when playing a sonic game, it seems to be a little on the choppy side, like the VSync is turned off.. It's not tearing, but it's like frames are being skipped.. My Caanoo came with firmware 1.6.0 btw if that helps..
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Posted 11 March 2011 - 04:10 AM
I have noticed this while using Temper on the Pandora too. The scrolling gets choppy. I know it isn't the emu.Just got the Caanoo, and am notcing that PicoDrive doesn't VSync very well.. On the Wiz it was amazing, be it a 60 or 50Hz game it played silk smooth even with VSync off.
On the Caanoo, especially when playing a sonic game, it seems to be a little on the choppy side, like the VSync is turned off.. It's not tearing, but it's like frames are being skipped.. My Caanoo came with firmware 1.6.0 btw if that helps..
Is there a way to fix or set something to fix that?
Posted 11 March 2011 - 07:42 AM
I wouldn't know how to do that. Isn't the LCD in the Caanoo 60Hz? That's what I was told and was one of the reasons I purchased this console. Only to find now that PicoDrive (my main intent emulator) doesn't even sync to the screen.On Wiz the LCD refresh is set to multiple of game refresh (100/120Hz), on Caanoo it's not. I haven't searched for such timings, and nobody else did at the time of release. In case those timings are known (haven't seen them yet), they can be set in PD launch script.
Posted 15 March 2011 - 07:06 AM
Does that mean then that the LCD refresh rate can't be changed then from what I understand above since no one has timings?
Posted 15 March 2011 - 01:47 PM
I made an interesting discovery. PAL games nearly run silk smooth, only skipping a frame every half second. So, that makes it seem that the LCD is more closely tied to 50Hz it seems.
Does that mean then that the LCD refresh rate can't be changed then from what I understand above since no one has timings?
The refresh rate on a TFT display can't be compared to a refresh rate on a CRT Monitor, because it is generated in a completely different way. On a CRT, the picture is generated by a beam, that "paints" it a certain ammount of times on the screen, on a TFT every pixel of the display can change it's appearance a fixed number of times per second. This means, the picture generation takes exact 1/60 second, while on a CRT the picutre is generated from the upper left to the lower right by the ray and the effect of a stable picture is supported bei the time the cathode tube emmits light after the beam hit it.
On an OLED display like the Wiz it is different as well, as far as I know, black pixels on an OLED display are indeed not active, other then on an TFT display, where they have a black "color". As far as I know a TFT always has a fixed refresh rate, that can't be changed and it's usually 60 Hz.
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 11:11 PM
That's not true, as I have worked in a repair shop for computer electronics. LCD's can in fact change refresh rates, in the means of changing their phase inversion speeds to co correspond to the refresh rate the incoming signal is. It's usually a range of 50-75Hz they are capable of taking.
Interesting, I didn't knew this, I always thought, they run with a fixed frequency, but you are right, even in Windows XP, I can change the refresh rate of my TFT and the info panel shows then the new refresh rate.
Posted 16 March 2011 - 05:18 AM
I wish people knew about this more often. Sure a CRT has a beam that refreshes, but LCD's got phase inversion. On old LCD's, phase inversion was actually done in the same way of interlacing.. Those are "row phased" types.
As for the Caanoo though, I'm not sure if it can be changed, but by default, it seems to be close on the 50Hz side, and is stuck there.. Even in Quake, if you turn on FPS counter, and look at a wall, it maxes out at 50fps which backs it up even more..


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So Scott Pioli is on the job for only a few months and he's one-for-two. Since this isn't baseball, that's not very good.
The trade for Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel was a great deal.
The trade of Tony Gonzalez to Atlanta for a 2010 second round pick is either a joke or ignorance. I keep hitting "re-fresh" on every website to make sure I'm missing something. I'm assuming it's not possible for someone to blindside themselves.
The guy is the third greatest tight end in the history of the game. He's still competing at a very high level. You've already lost your 2009 2nd-round pick and you didn't get one back for Saturday's draft?
Atlanta went to the playoffs last year! The Falcons have a young QB who's work ethic is second to only Peyton Manning for a QB straight out of college. Now you're giving him a weapon like Tony Gonzalez? That means you're getting a second-round pick in 2010 that will feel much more like a third than it will a 1st.
Sure, trade TG to the other side of the state for a second-round pick. You'll be drafting 34th overall next year so it's like a first-rounder without the price. Don't trade him to an up-and-coming franchise that now has Ryan throwing to TG and Roddy White with a massive offensive line leading a running game behind Michael Turner. Do you really think there are going to be 60 players in the 2010 draft better than Tony Gonzalez? Because that's how late your pick will be.
Making this trade even better for Atlanta is they keep their picks this year and then free agency clears some room next year. That's code for compensatory picks. Atlanta won't be drafting very far behind the pick they gave to the Chiefs with a new pick of their own from the NFL.
This obviously brings up another question. If this is all the Chiefs wanted for Gonzalez, why isn't he a Cardinal? If the Cardinals keep heading in the right direction, they won't need a second-round pick next year as much as they could use one of the greatest TE's ever playing for a team with average to poor TE's.
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With these guidelines, The National Women's Studies Association Field Leadership Working Group intends to both aid candidates in navigating these barriers while calling for change in institutional practices.
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Jose Esmael Perez, 27, Cartwright, was charged Thursday with second-degree burglary. According to a report by Deputy Arnold Bentley, Perez was captured Wednesday morning after Jerry Inman caught him leaving a house in the 100 block of Cedar Street in Cartwright.
Inman told Arnold he was checking on a relative's house when he noticed a man later identified as Perez leaving a house across the street from there. Inman told the deputy he knew the property owner and was aware that no one should have been at the house.
Arnold arrested Perez and placed him the back seat of the patrol car and according to the report, Perez said, "Yeah, I screwed up."
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The investigation revealed that a man later identified as Stair had been seen carrying a large roll of wire that matched the description of the stolen wire, the affidavit states.
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As we hit the last few days of 2012 so starts the annual round up of blog content. Today we re-visit the finest videos of 2012. This isn't a comment on the music, but the vehicle in which they're delivered. Ever since it's humbled 80s birth, which saw Buggles' debut single, Video Killed The Radio Star, upon the new channel they called MTV, we've all enjoyed an ever-increasing collection of music videos year on year.
The list is in no particular order, but every entry is noted for being outstanding. They have to be to shine above the multitude of ever-increasing quality and budgets. These days music videos are mini-films, utilising advanced technology and teams of skilled people, but what really makes them stand out is not just the exceptional execution but the idea from which they initially originated. Here we celebrate the imagination as much as the budget. Enjoy, and please let us know which are your picks of 2012?
The debut album from Woodkid, The Golden Age, isn't due out until 2013, but with videos of this much quality and of this much invention we couldn't get much more excited. Almost as much of a high-end stage production as it is a music video, shot mostly entirely side on, in a dramatic sequence that matches the thousand drummers with every step the boy takes in his stride. We shouldn't be surprised by it's quality, as the musician behind Woodkid, Yoann Lemoine, is actually best known as a music video director for major label artists – see his exceptional big-budget productions for the likes of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey. With his own short film, which takes equally from the wonderful fantasies of Where The Wild Things Are and Shadow Of The Collosus, he may just have produced a video that beats all his major label clients to the punch.
Following Romain Gavras' work on MIA's controversial Born Free video back in 2010, this director gained notoriety and some lucrative contracts involving Adidas commercials and Jay-Z/Kanye West videos. His juxtaposed work continues with this extraordinary, award-winning video for MIA's Bad Girls. Is there any other artist better placed than her to capture an underground Middle-Eastern culture? Like all the best music videos, MIA delivers a four-minute wonder that you cannot take your eyes off. There are familiar images of burning oil fields and Hi-jabs, but there's also bling in the gold chains and loosely-executed dance routines, although almost everything else is entirely and brilliantly unfamiliar. Cars are joy-ridden around the dusty landscape, racing BMWs on two wheels in a repeatedly impressive stunt, exacerbated by MIA leaning out the window filing her nails. Bad girls exist everywhere it seems. This video fucks with stereotypes as if its a microcosm of MIA's image. It's dangerous, it's adrenaline-fuelled, it's slick and it's a shit-load of fun, something all young people desire, no matter where they're from.
CLOCK OPERA – LESSON No.7
Almost any of Clock Opera's videos from 2012 could have been selected, but as we strive to separate the music from the visual art form we have only selected one. Although Lesson No.7 is indeed a powerful song, Aloife McArdle's video nails Guy Connelly's underdog appeal to perfection. Her ability to create fictional British narratives that are all too familiar, showing us the gritty underbelly of our sink estates in a manner not seen since her last wonderful video for the track Isles by Little Comets (which made our previous Recommender video lists in previous years), or indeed since Shane Meadows' film This Is England, which seems a clear inspiration. If you're looking for the tone of the music and of the video to match, then you won't get many that marry it up better than this.
Slow motion seems a reoccurring feature of modern music videos, to the point of it becoming a little cliche. Slow something down to a silly number of frames per second and it will always look interesting, right? Wrong. The real trick is in how you utilise it. Here we have a video that plays with the slower frame rate in a masterful direction that mixes up the wonderful slow motion with something as simple as fucking about in your house. As Mikhael prances about in his underwear we get understated flashes of slow motion that you don't expect. This gets an entry onto our list for it's invention alone.
They seem to have had an entry upon every year of our annual video round-up, having been teasing us for over two years with a long viral Youtube campaign. It eventually led to the eventual release of their debut album, Kin, which finally arrived this year. The trail of videos they left in the over-long run up were all a wonder to the eye, seeming to challenge the mind as much as their budget with grand ideas and cinematic productions. Although this isn't the very final video of theirs, we think it's one of the best to arrive in 2012 as their campaign drew to it's conclusion. This is where the weird met the wonderful.
This eclectic French producer has provided one of the most NSFW videos of all time. With naked people, sexual acts all over the place and Ku Klux Klan iconography, this isn't just not safe for work, this isn't safe for anywhere. It gets onto our list for it's shock value, for being full of bat-shit-bonkers ideas, and for it's decent production. Only Sebastien Tellier could come up with this and only Sebastien Tellier could get away with this.


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By: Alex Hayes
Updated: January 6, 2012
Hailey was nominated by Meagan Kirk, who describes her friend as "caring, genuine, compassionate, and loving."
Kirk says, "as a foster parent, I can say she has every quality to make a good case manager. She genuinely cares for all the children she is responsible for and is available to us twenty four seven."
According to Kirk, Hailey often takes on responsiblities that most people wouldn't, on top of the everyday challenges of raising her seven year old son. She responds to abused and neglected children in foster care, and even works to partner with new foster parents to help make the process easier.
Her job alone is evidence that Hailey is an selfless worker, who's main priority is her children, both biological and in spirit.
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My cliche shot in the weird Chicago blob thing
Aww, Weird Chicago Blob Thing! That's definitely something that they need to look into in terms of renaming it.. lol
And you're wearing the Collingwood scarf! While I am so proud and happy right now that you're wearing your scarf from Australia, next time I think we need to buy you one representing a better team :P


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22 Jul 2010
Sanzar has done the right thing by rejecting a proposed 20/20 pre-season rugby competition, writes SIMON BORCHARDT.
Sanzar CEO Steve Tew on Thursday said the ARU, NZRU and Saru had discussed the concept with their Super Rugby teams and the feedback was overwhelmingly negative due to the potential impact on their preparations in 2012. Sanzar is also concerned about the impact on player welfare given the period identified for the competition is the main rest and conditioning period for the All Blacks, Springboks and Wallabies players.
In the latest issue of SA Rugby magazine, WP senior professional coach Rassie Erasmus and former Stormers commercial manager Frikkie Erasmus explain why the launch of a 20/20 rugby competition would be good for the game. (Interestingly, Rassie said that while they would like to have the backing of Saru and the IRB, they don't need it.)
According to their proposal, which was leaked to the media in June, the eight-team, two-week tournament (three, if you include the week for preparations) would involve the world's top 200 players, who'd earn more in that time than they do in a year for their provinces or clubs. The matches, played at Cape Town and Durban's new World Cup stadiums, would be 20 minutes a half, with the rules tweaked to restrict the amount of kicking and encourage running rugby. The franchises would be privately owned, but most of the money would be generated from sponsorships and broadcast rights.
The Erasmuses claim that the tournament would help to keep South Africa's top players in the country (and away from big-spending European clubs) as they could supplement their current income. They insist 20/20 rugby wouldn't contribute to player burnout, as it would take place in January when our Super Rugby sides usually play warm-up matches, and that the game's simpler rules would attract a new audience that currently finds rugby too difficult to understand.
What they haven't admitted, though, is that this tournament would be nothing more than a crass money-making venture that makes a mockery of the sport. Apart from boosting the players' and organisers' bank balances, what would be the point of it?
In sevens, which will be part of the Olympic Games from 2016, rugby already has an abbreviated version of the game. It doesn't need another. More importantly, there is already far too much rugby being played (just ask Prof Tim Noakes) so why would we want to increase our players' workload?
A 20/20 tournament would also disrupt the preparations of our Super 15 franchises (who traditionally play warm-up matches in January to test new combinations and build some momentum), and in case the Erasmuses have forgotten, the regional tournament and Tri-Nations will earn Sanzar $437 million over the next five years.
How would the broadcasters react if players missed the Super 15 because they'd been injured while playing (meaningless) competitive rugby in January? And how could someone like Rassie Erasmus be fully committed to the Stormers if he had other rugby interests taking up his time? Surely his WP employers would consider his involvement in the 20/20 tournament to be a major conflict of interest?
The Erasmuses say this new competition would be rugby's equivalent of cricket's Indian Premier League, but IPL matches are often remembered more for the tacky off-field entertainment (cheerleaders, fireworks, loud music, beauty pageants, etc) than for the quality of the cricket. IPL cricketers also care far more about their pay cheques than they do about the franchise badge over their hearts. Is that what rugby wants?
While IPL franchise owners have pumped big money into their teams, would businessmen be willing to do the same for a 20/20 rugby tournament considering their sides would only be in the spotlight for two weeks a year? How long would it be before they demanded an extended tournament, to be played in December and January, that would give their 'brands' more exposure? That's what has happened in the IPL, with next year's tournament set to expand from eight to 10 teams, and from 60 to 94 matches.
No, rugby definitely does not need an IPL equivalent.
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22 Jul 2010, 08:59 amgreedy erasmii dragons
22 Jul 2010, 09:01 amSanity prevails…
22 Jul 2010, 09:03 amErasmii the plural of Erasmus? Hahahahahaha! good on ya Transie.
The only good thing about this comp would be that we could then keep our best players in the country. The Frans Steyns of this world would get enough cassh in Jan to play in SA with a calm heart. He says he wants to experience a different culture etc etc but common now. It's always about money.
I'm probably 40% for the idea and 60% against… it has its merits.
22 Jul 2010, 09:03 amNo no no no no no no!!!!!
Simply put………..NO!!!!
22 Jul 2010, 09:11 amIt was doomed to failure from the get go. Players need the off season to recuperate and prep for the S15.
Also if PlanetRugby is to be believed South Africa may have their Kings team in the Super comp in 2013. To accommodate another team it would entail South African teams commencing their conference a little earlier, so the 20/20 Erasmovision would possibly get in the way.
22 Jul 2010, 09:13 amJa, bad idea but let's give the Rassies their due for putting their ***** on a bl0ck. IMO this idea is 5-10 years ahead of its time..kinda like Harry Viljoen was at the Boks.
22 Jul 2010, 09:14 am"but IPL matches are often remembered more for the tacky off-field entertainment (cheerleaders, fireworks, loud music, beauty pageants, etc) than for the quality of the cricket. IPL cricketers" – SIMON BORCHARDT.
Okay this is the dumbest statement on this website.
22 Jul 2010, 09:19 am@Boks should grow moustaches for RWC(Kid_Senekal)-6: I may be mistaken but hasnt this been done before, as a 10 man rugger game?
22 Jul 2010, 09:20 amAgain………
When Brandon McCullum hit 150 for the Kolkata Knight Riders can you tell me what the cheerleaders were wearing, what music was playing and who won the beauty pageant? I can't, all I remember is that on that day it rained sixex……..
Still a dumb idea to try to bring this to rugby.
22 Jul 2010, 09:21 am@Ezee-23(Ezee-23)-7: Yes, most do miss the turbo-tub on the sideline.
22 Jul 2010, 09:21 amGood, didn't see it working anyway. And blessing in disguise. Erasmus could have lost a lot more if it was approved and turned out to be a flop anyway.
22 Jul 2010, 09:24 am@Boks should grow moustaches for RWC(Kid_Senekal)-3: hahaha dude i picked up that word here on the blog, around the time when frikkie was trying crack mossie's contract
22 Jul 2010, 09:35 am@RugbyRulz(RugbyRulz)-10: The what?? In india???
22 Jul 2010, 09:50 amI love lamp!!!!!
22 Jul 2010, 09:54 amConsidering that Rassie was promoting this as being for the WORLDS best 200 players and positioning it in the middle of the 6 Nations, it's not surprising this fraud was turned down. It looks as if the idea was never presented formally to the IRB first.
22 Jul 2010, 09:56 amGood !!! May it never resurface as well !
22 Jul 2010, 10:26 amThis does not mean it is over – it all now depends on if Rassie wants to make a proper power play for the league to become a rebel league and see if he can entice players away from their national or franchise contracts.
Rassie does not need the consent of the IRB, SARU or SANZAR for the tournament to run.
This could become messy – we saw it with world series cricket, Packer tried world rugby corporation in 1995 and there have been similar splits in league in Australia.
It all now depends on what rassie decides to do.
22 Jul 2010, 11:20 amErasmus(both)=underhand,greedy,sleaze.Would never spend a cent on anything they have their grubby paws on.If they were cats they would lick themselves to death.Dumb idea to.
22 Jul 2010, 11:43 amGood piece of journalism! Well motivated.
22 Jul 2010, 12:45 pm@David(David)-15: Good point, haven't thought about that!
22 Jul 2010, 14:57 pmGreat News.
Does anyone have details about the suggested rules/format of this comp?
Sure it was a farce
22 Jul 2010, 18:47 pmThis is great news, just another one of old disco lights Erasmus's bright ideas gone sour
23 Jul 2010, 10:34 am200 of the worlds best players???
lets see now.. if you take 40 from SA, Aus and NZ each, thats 120 players… where are the other 80 players supposed to be coming from??
surely not from Europe, as that would make a mockery of the "200 of the best players in the world" statement…
23 Jul 2010, 13:10 pmBunch of rubbish.
Typical Rassie move. Only cares about money, like when he turned his back on the Bokke before the RWC 2007 to go to the Stormers.
He is a garbage human that must eff off and join his rubbish buddy Puke Twatson overseas.
All these trash people must stay overseas and die there.
We don't need their kind. Let them rot in the island of mud, then dump their corpses in the Thames.
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