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Posting a link to my thoughts about Shou Shu in general:(http://www.bullshido.net/forums/show...=100673&page=2)
And about the claims that any martial artist or street fighter can take on multiple opponents... Its a little silly to say, "You can't take on multiple opponents no matter who you are!"
Most martial arts were designed for fighting potentially hundreds of people on the battlefields of India, China, Korea, Japan, and so forth, using both armed and unarmed combat. On the battlefield, you can't just run away, and you can't take one person to the ground until he taps out. You're stuck there fighting multiple opponents on the foot and on horseback - all of whom are using various types of weapons - until your commanding officer calls off the attack. Military men in China used to advance based upon their capability to survive bloody close-in combat against large armies, which inevitably involved fighting more than one *highly trained* person simultaneously!
Various martial arts systems have trained and still involve training in defending against multiple attackers including but not limited to:
Shou Shu
Shaolin Kung Fu
Kyokushin Karate
Many, many more.
In any case, this link shows some semi-trained individuals taking out multiple opponetns:
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Quickly off the bat..
The youtube description for the Aikido "randori" video reads:
aikido randori ryokukai dojo practice uke complying with nage
Whoever said it was 7 vs 1 on the video can't even count. Hell, at the end it looked like that one guy still had some buddies in there.
In the 4 vs 1, that was a grown-up Mike Valley vs some kids who didn't even look determined to fight.
The Boxers vs 4 guys was more of an example of being able to keep your distance from your enemy, and not being able to *finish off* four guys.
Btw, those Shou Shu videos were multiple attacker demos, do you have any undeniable proof of multiple attacker randori?
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Right before the new year's eve, I promised myself to work less, update the blog more, work out more and eat less junk. Let's see. My work hours have been about the same due to our release being a bit late, blogging has been almost non existant, working out rate dropped due to the long hours, but I am eating a whole lot better and drinking less - so there's that. And speaking of food - below is the last wednesday's dinner.
My buddy picked up a skirt steak in jersey, which I marinaded in some chinese barbecue store that I bought at a local asian market. I wasn't sure what to expect when I took the meat off the grill, as it was marinading for two whole days, but it came out great - tender and flavorfull! A bottle of 2003 San Giuseppe Chianti went great with it.
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Yunel Escobar eye black: Blue Jays player said it was supposed to be a joke
- Escobar said that the perceived slur on his eye black was supposed to be a joke. Photo: Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Yunel Escobar insisted he meant no insult, reiterating that the words he wrote were supposed to be "just a joke."
The Toronto Blue Jays had a different read, suspending their starting shortstop for three games on Tuesday for wearing eye-black displaying a homophobic slur in Spanish during a game last weekend against Boston.
Escobar apologized to his team and "to all those who have been offended."
"It was not something I intended to be offensive," he said through a translator. "It was not anything intended to be directed at anyone in particular."
Escobar said he wrote the message 10 minutes before Saturday's home game on his eye-black, a sticker players wear under their eyes to reduce sun glare. The 29-year-old Cuban said he frequently puts messages there - usually inspirational, manager John Farrell offered - and had never previously written that specific slur.
Escobar insisted the word is often used within teams and by Latinos and "I didn't see it as something bad at the time."
"For us, it doesn't have the significance to the way it's being interpreted now," he said. "It's a word without a meaning."
"I don't have anything against homosexuals," he said, adding he didn't mean for the term to be "misinterpreted" by the gay community.
The suspension - issued after input from Commissioner Bud Selig, the players' union and team management - was to have started Tuesday night. The game between Toronto and New York was rained out and a day-night doubleheader was set for Wednesday.
The penalty was announced in a 26-minute news conference at Yankee Stadium. Escobar wore a jacket and jeans and was joined by Farrell, Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos, coach Luis Rivera and translator Robbie Guerra, a lawyer from the players' union.
Escobar's lost salary during the ban - about $82,000 - will be directed to two advocacy groups, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and You Can Play.
Escobar also will take part in an outreach initiative to promote tolerance to others based on their sexual orientation, and participate in a sensitivity training program.
Pictures posted online showed Escobar with the message written during the Red Sox-Blue Jays game. Farrell said Escobar's notes are often to the effect of "Let's go today." They draw so little attention that nobody caught the change.
"There was no reason to think it was something derogatory," Farrell said.
Farrell said the slur was written in small letters and "if someone had seen it, I would suspect someone would have said something."
Major League Baseball regulations prohibit derogatory words and symbols on uniforms. Writing something of that nature on eye-black would fall under that category, MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said.
The NFL and college football have banned eye-black messages. The college ban came after stars including Tim Tebow, who wrote Bible verses, and Reggie Bush, who put his hometown area code, began to use the eye-black to send messages.
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From the age of 7, he was raised by foster parents.
That might explain why Chapdelaine would risk his liberty if he couldn't see his children. "He loved his kids. His daughter is devastated by this," Carl said.
But he seemed to settle down in the mid-1990s and earned a reputation as a reliable appliance delivery man, first at Sears, then at Bernie's.
Still, Spears said, when the polite, soft-spoken, hard-working man drank, he could get loud and nasty.
His troubles, his attorneys say, picked up in 2005 when he and his daughter's mother, Helen Ramirez, split up. At the time, he was living in a house in East Hartford, which he sold that October.
"Ramirez didn't want Chapdelaine to go to jail, but she wanted to be left alone," said Spears, who saw his client arrested four times over a five-month period, beginning in June.
At the time, he and Ramirez were battling in Superior Court over child support, with each party ordered to stay away from the other.
Chapdelaine found himself caught between violating a criminal restraining order and seeing his daughter. He chose the latter. Both he and Ramirez violated the "no contact" order when they met in the parking lot of the Food Bag in Wethersfield, where he picked up his daughter. When he returned the girl to her home, in April 2006, a Wethersfield police officer arrested him for violating the restraining order.
As Chapdelaine was being booked, his cellphone rang, according to the police officer's report. Ramirez was on the phone trying to arrange another visit for their daughter. Chapdelaine handed the phone to the officer, who warned Ramirez that the no-contact order also applied to her. She then became argumentative, telling the officer "when it came to her daughter she didn't care what the order said," according to the officer's report.
Last year Chapdelaine was facing prison when he met Hartford attorney William Horan, whom he had hired after firing Spears. He had violated his probation four times in Hartford and Wethersfield, and his cases were consolidated at Superior Court in New Britain.
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Horan negotiated a deal with prosecutors: 90 days in prison and three years of probation. Chapdelaine rejected that deal, fired Horan and returned to Spears.
Horan never saw Chapdelaine as a possible killer. He was the guy who politely fired him over the telephone. He said he had to read the newspaper story about his death three times because he couldn't believe it was the man he affectionately called "Chappy."
After selling his East Hartford home, Chapdelaine moved to Bolton Street, where he began a relationship with Williams, the daughter of his neighbor, feisty and young enough to be his own daughter.
Unlike Ramirez, Williams hit back when Chapdelaine lashed out at her.
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They had been dating for five months in December 2006 when, during an argument, he threw a lit cigarette at Williams and she threw it back. "She became enraged. He became enraged and hit her in the face and neck," the police record says.
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For much of the 2012-13 season, it appeared as though the Boston Celtics might be able to hang on to their spot among the Eastern Conference's elite, that no longer seems to be the case. Not on the NBA moneyline, at least, where their odds of winning the NBA championship have dipped to 30-1. This, we'll remind you, is a team whose been a mainstay within the NBA futures' top five for the past half decade. The truth is, with the amount of uncertainty there's been in Boston all year long, a season-ending injury to Rajon Rondo makes all the difference. Yes, Celtics fans, if you've been trying to shield yourself from the news, sadly it's true. The superstar point guard will miss the remainder of this season due to the torn ACL. Suddenly, the made-for-TV movie plot of a bold young man stepping up for his company when it mattered most and guiding his wise but withered colleagues to surprising success seems a little out of reach. As a result of the news, the buzz around Beantown has shifted to the rest of the Celtics roster. More specifically, the talk is all about whether Paul Pierce's and Kevin Garnett's days in Massachusetts are numbered or not. While Pierce has reiterated a desire to finish his career in Boston recently, that hasn't stopped the brigade of trade rumors that have him heading out of town, perhaps to a team like the Los Angeles Clippers not far from where he grew up. There may be nothing to the onslaught of possible swaps, but the fact the Celtics find themselves in their current position does suggest that it wouldn't be entirely out of the question. If Danny Ainge and company play their cards right, the franchise could salvage one last run at the Eastern Conference playoff bracket. With the NBA trade deadline fast approaching later this month, pay special attention to how the Celtics fare in their first days post-Rondo. If things start to spiral out of control, we may see one of this generation's legendary Celtics packing his suitcase. Bet on the NBA at its most unpredictable at Bovada now.
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Valley City High School senior Brandon Larson completed his second North Dakota triple crown April 27-28 at the Betty Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks. A Triple crown is winning state championships in wrestling in all three styles: Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco Roman. He won the 195 pound folkstyle championship Feb. 18 in Bismarck, the 220 pound Greco Roman on April 27 in Grand Forks and 220 pound Freestyle on April 28.
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Just as the title says... GS3 LTE has 16gb storage, with 11gb available. Go to transfer a 3.4gb concert in wav format.. 400mb too big. Why?? I shouldn't need an sd card just for music.. I should be able to utilize more than 3gb of that 11gb.. no?
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I still think one of the most standard features for 98% of the cell phones is still lacking in the iPhone. I along with you have used Email as my alternative to MMS because I had a T-Mobile Sidekick which also didn't support MMS. Its not the sending of pictures that is the MAJOR flaw in the iPhone in my opinion. Its receiving pictures. I have idiot friends that take a picture of everything they find interesting and it's like pulling teeth to get them to understand how to send a pic via email on their phones. They just shoot, select a contact and send! Simple enuf, but we have to find a desktop PC/MAC or a pen and a piece of paper to view the pics because of the idiotic AT&T site they make you go to, to be able to see the picture. The site itself always seems to be bogged down or unresponsive which doesn't help the matter at all! hahaha U would think AT&T and Apple would have come up with a better solution for retrieving photos that are sent to iPhones. At the least a direct link from ur text message that autofills the login and password for you so u don't have to memorize or write down the random generated login info! Just my two cents.
Flutter: MMS Alternative... Maybe?
One of the biggest complaints I hear regarding the iPhone? You guessed it! Where is the picture mail (MMS)?! A while back I started a forum thread that told readers how to send a picture with a email attached to any cell phone, to any network, from the iPhone. But the truth of the matter is, MMS is really not all that it is cracked up to be. (it is convenient though, I will give it that). I'm used to not having MMS on my Sprint Windows Mobile devices so when I made the switch to an iPhone it was never a big deal. But for some, it's a major deal.
Well now there is a nice little MMS alternative called Flutter, available on the App Store. It allows you to send pictures to any cell phone number in your contacts app. And it's free, which is always a bonus.
For more information and pictures head on over to The Boy Genius Report or visit Flutter's home page.
While Flutter does have some potential in it, email is still the way to go. I will however, be paying close attention to future updates... like the ability to receive pictures maybe?
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Flutter: MMS Alternative... Maybe?
I'm a happy iPhone 3g user, but why do people keep saying email is the way to go over MMS?that's like saying email is the way to go over text messaging....they're all different things. Email....to send to people's home machines, laptops or mobile email devices (blackberry, iPhone etc). SMS/MMS to send directly to people's cell phones.
My mother has a basic nokia that receives pics n not emails n so do many othet peopke so PLEASE stop trying to make out like Apple did the right thing...just pure laziness and arrogance on their part.
@avt, That is not true. The person on the receiving end do NOT need to have a iPhone. I've tested it myself. They do need a data connection though.
@iks, Email is the way to go if you care about quality. And frankly it is the only way to go if you have a iPhone. You can easily email a picture to any cell phone by using the persons phone email@example.com for a example. Of course it depends on the carrier.
Yeah Jeremy, unfortunately the email work-around also has its flaws for some mobile device users. For instance, check out this story, was at a BBQ over the weekend and a friend couldn't make it so we are txt'n each other, and I say, the chick you like is here and she looks good man!
Friend: Oh really, snap a pic and send it to me.
Me: Ok gimme a second and I'll email it to you.
Me: Who is your carrier again?
Friend: Why? Just send me the pic!!
Me: I am, who is your carrier?
Friend: Verizon
Me: Ok Sent!
Friend: What? I didn't get it!
Me: I emailed it to you
Friend: No, don't email it to me, just send me the picture
Me: (sigh) I emailed it to your phone
Friend: I don't have email on my phone, just MMS. I dont want an email, I just want the pic man!!
Me: You have driven me to DRINK! Go Away Please!
Unfortunately, even now, so people do not have data plans or email service for their phones, so that is just another unnecessary hoop Apple and ATT are making us jump thru. Receiving pics is still my NUMBER ONE irration with all this nonesense.
What I did is put a pic address in every single one of my contacts. Time consuming? Yes... but then you don't have to fumble back and forth like in your example. I'm just trying to make the best for other people. Again if anyone missed it, check out this thread. Gives you a picture mail address for each carrier.
Jeremy email is the way to go with other smartphone devices yes, but here in Britain where MMS is I guess more common than in the States many people have normal none email devices. Not every1 is interested in a superphone. There is no MMS solution like u mentioned here.
Look, for a device of this calibre there are far too many missing 'phone' features that's an embarrasment. Can't receive or send MMS, can't forward an SMS, can't send a vcard. This isn't even a copy/paste issue. This just BASIC phone stuff.
Why settle for an MMS alternative when you can have the real thing? SwirlyMMS 1.2 is now out, and it's available for firmware 2.x.
I have several friend who do not have smart phones of any kind that I email pics to. For example when I send a pic to someone on AT&T with a Sony Ericson flip phone they get it like a normal mms msg. email@example.com&T.com and it works with vzw and tmobile too. I don't know why people have such a hard time with it.
I have repeatedly asked to obtain password, but never received one - there are now approximately 14 days and still no password???
PS! I have thought of country code in front phone number.
New here. Need some help Well, actually Ms. Boots had five kittens.
My wife gave all but one away. According to her she names it., I say I do because I clean out the liter box. haha
Any good websites for finding cat names?


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Want to spend less time in the gym? Do multitasking moves that work many muscles at the same time. Here are 14 of the best
Courtesy of Ramona Braganza
1. Sprawl
This martial arts move is like a burpee but your chest and stomach touch the ground. "Going deeper gives the move a greater range of motion and forces you to lift more of your body weight in the pushup portion," says Ramona Braganza, celebrity trainer and creator of the 321 Training Method. It targets all major muscles—including the legs, glutes, chest, back, arms, and abs—and will get your heart rate up. (For more challenging new moves, try these Best New Exercises You Haven't Tried.)
1. Begin standing.
2. Squat down so hands touch the ground.
3. Jump feet back and land softly on your chest and stomach with your feet wide and your head looking at the floor.
4. Push yourself up into a plank pose.
5. Jump feet into squat.
6. Stand up. Repeat 10 times.
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WPF & Silverlight are well known for their unmatched graphical capabilities. Less is known about their architectural benefits. Utilizing newly adopted best practices, and more specifically MVVM architecture, we'll see how developing efforts and time can be cut down, by removing dependencies between the developers and designers while making is much easier to create the best User Experience possible.
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|Artist: Various
Learn more about Summer Of Love: Hits Of 1967 (w/ Bonus DVD):
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
Sku: 204713893
Release Date: 6/19/2007
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie ~ Various Artists
2. Happy Together - The Turtles ~ Various Artists
3. Windy - The Association ~ Various Artists
4. Creeque Alley - The Mamas & The Papas ~ Various Artists
5. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group ~ Various Artists
6. Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock ~ Various Artists
7. Little Bit O' Soul - Music Explosion ~ Various Artists
8. 59th Street Bridge Song, The (Feelin' Groovy) - Harpers Bizarre ~ Various Artists
9. Letter, The - The Box Tops ~ Various Artists
10. Heroes and Villains - The Beach Boys ~ Various Artists
11. Reflections - Diana Ross & The Supremes ~ Various Artists
12. Let's Live for Today - The Grass Roots ~ Various Artists
13. Darling Be Home Soon - The Lovin' Spoonful ~ Various Artists
14. I Was Made to Love Her - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists
15. Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees ~ Various Artists
16. Carrie-Anne - The Hollies ~ Various Artists
17. Talk Talk - The Music Machine ~ Various Artists
18. Sunday Will Never Be The Same - Spanky & Our Gang ~ Various Artists
19. Kind Of A Drag - The Buckinghams ~ Various Artists
20. Whiter Shade Of Pale, A - Procol Harum ~ Various Artists
Disc 2
Song Title
1. I Feel Free - Cream ~ Various Artists
2. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star - The Byrds ~ Various Artists
3. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane ~ Various Artists
4. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes ~ Various Artists
5. Get Together - The Youngbloods ~ Various Artists
6. I'm A Man - The Spencer Davis Group ~ Various Artists
7. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison ~ Various Artists
8. Friday on My Mind - The Easybeats ~ Various Artists
9. San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon & The Animals ~ Various Artists
10. (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet - Blues Magoos ~ Various Artists
11. Season Of The Witch - Donovan ~ Various Artists
12. Wake Me, Shake Me - The Blues Project ~ Various Artists
13. Down On Me - Big Brother & The Holding Company ~ Various Artists
14. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge ~ Various Artists
15. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - Country Joe & The Fish ~ Various Artists
16. Paper Sun - Traffic Entertainment Group ~ Various Artists
17. Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds ~ Various Artists
18. It's a Happening Thing - The Peanut Butter Conspiracy ~ Various Artists
19. Mary, Mary - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band ~ Various Artists
20. Stroll On - The Yardbirds ~ Various Artists
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info
|This two-disc set (there is a DVD disc entitled My Generation: The History of Rock 'n' Roll also included in the package) from Time-Life is split into two parts (arbitrarily labeled AM and FM), both of which are centered on the pivotal year of 1967, the year in which rock went psychedelic and widened its scope into the political and social arenas, a cultural explosion that added flower power to the menu and a good deal of depth and substance (and a fair amount of foolishness) as well. For all the fine music that is included here, ranging from the Beach Boys, the Box Tops, and the Byrds to Cream, the Music Machine, and Traffic, it is what is not included that most defines the year that was: the Beatles. Of course, 1967 was the year the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's, the first and probably best volley in all of this, and nothing from that album has been licensed for this collection, a thought listeners should keep in mind while wading through this otherwise fine compilation. ~ Steve Leggett
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|DVD includes:
|A Communal Experience
|The Human Be-In
|An Interactive Event: the Grateful Dead
|Getting Real Experimental
|Going Against the Grain
|Cream: Challenging Musical Landscapes
|The Who: A Distinctive Sound
|Images of Woodstock
|Rock 'n Roll's Power
|Crosby, Stills & Nash Add a Fourth
|Bad Vibes at Isle of Wight
|The Pressures on Janis Joplin
|All My Friends Are Dead
Technical Info
|Release Date : 06/19/2007
|Original Release Date : 2007
|Catalog ID : 19337
|Label : Time/Life Music
|Number of Discs : 2
|Studio/Live : Studio
|Mono/Stereo : Stereo
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The EU reinforced its sanctions against the Syrian oil sector today when it added several governmental oil trade and oil-field discovery entities to its sanctions list. The new sanctions will target the General Petroleum Corporation (GPC) and Syria Trading Oil (Sytrol), in addition to 9 more entities and 12 regime figures. Royal Dutch Shell announced it will pull out of the GPC joint venture Al Furat Petroleum Company, and added it will suspend all its activities in Syria. On the other hand, France's Total SA oil, which produces three times more oil than Shell used to in Syria, continues to operate in a joint venture with Syrian Petroleum Co (SPC). SPC, an affiliate of GPC and Sytrol, is the last major Syrian company that needs to be targeted to efficiently cut off Syria's dwindling supply of foreign reserves used to buy arms and finance mercenaries. Many reports of the regime's inability to make due on payments to oil companies have already surfaced.
The EU has imposed sanctions on the Syrian oil sector in September, but those were only partially applied due to pressures from Italy. The new European sanctions come within the framework of new joint-efforts and coordination between the EU, US, and Arab League, to pressure the Assad regime.
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Anyone who has been a part of the SOLIDWORKS community for any length of time probably knows of Mike. Some of us remember when he was just a humble blogger before he was beamed up to the SOLIDWORKS mothership to join the certification team. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was jealous of this, not that I'm holding a grudge. I mean he deserved it, I guess. It's not like I was in the running for the position. Hell, I didn't even know about the position. You'd think, though, that I would have at least been asked if I was interested…oh, look, a butterfly. […Read More…]
I'm sitting at gate C9 at Seattle-Tacoma international airport waiting to board my red-eye flight to Orlando, and the magical time that is SolidWorks WorldThis yearbit more special for two reasons. One, I missed last year due to family reasons. Two, is a personal, but highly important reason. Important enough that I brought a button down shirt. No, it has nothing to do with a job.
Moving on…I only have one employee interview lined up, but I'm meeting with a few vendors with my sights set on a few more. I'll be attending some breakout sessions this year as well, which is something I haven't been able to do as often as I'd like. I'mreally looking forward to seeing Richard Doyle's presentation on surfacing.
I have to admit that I feel a bit out of touch this year. It's like missing a year through me off somehow. Relationships that I'd developed with DS employees, with the partner channel and with fellow users and bloggers didn't get recharged last year. There will be excessive amounts of handshakes this year to make up for last year.
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoy people watching at the airport. The cross-section of humanity that you get to see never ceases to amaze me. I'm just hoping the couple with the two young, screaming, children know about benedryl, or I'm going to be a zombie tomorrow when I'm driving to Vero Beach.
If you're on twitter, be sure to follow me for my incessant tweets from Orlando. You can find me @jeffmirisola. I'll be blogging as often as possible, too. And, if you're going to be there, be sure to say hi if you see me!
While he never mentioned anything about Vegemite sandwiches, there's no doubting Michale Lord's roots. He was born in Fairfield, New South Whales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney, so one can only assume that said sandwiches are part of his daily caloric intake. I mean it's either Vegemite or shrimp on the barbie in Australia, right?
By his recollection, he started building things around the age of 9 or 10. He was always modifying bikes or building billy carts (what we Americans call soapbox cars). He also enjoyed damming up the creek by his house and then blowing it up with fireworks. Like so many of us, Michael also enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked, such as clocks. Also like many of us, they never went back together. There were also the mandatory experiments with electricity (240V, not our wimpy 110V). By 'experiment', I mean he removed switch covers and then got zapped by it. Isn't that how we all learned?
Michael figures his interest in design came about because of the era he grew up in (late 60's/early 70's). Couple the lunar landing with a neighbor who had stacks of Popular Mechanic magazines and another young boy was sucked into the glamorous world of design.
I'm a bit confused by the Australian education system, but what I am able to figure out is that Michael left school at 15 and got an apprenticeship in Carpentry and Joinery. It was assumed that he'd go on to college, having come in first in mathematics, technical drawing and woodwork, so his decision left many scratching their heads. However, Michael has no regrets. His career path eventually brought him (back) to Trakka Ply Limited, an Australian RV customizer, where he brought them into modern times by introducing them to AutoCAD and then to SolidWorks.
The switch to SolidWorks was, and I quote, "the start of the greatest change in both how we designed but also how we manufactured". They used to have to wait for a vehicle to show up before they could begin measuring, etc. With SolidWorks, they're able to get the vehicle files from the manufacturer and design everything prior to the vehicle arriving, saving tons of man hours in the process. They've also realized savings of floor space, in marketing costs and in build time.
In 2011, Michael made the trip to SolidWorks World as the winner of the SolidWorks World Correspondent Contest. It was something he absolutely didn't expect as his entry was meant to entertain himself by ribbing his American friends. Well, Michael, the joke was on you…sort of.
Aside from traveling to SolidWorks World, Michael enjoys being the father of 20-year old triplets, playing around with SolidWorks, some chess and road trips. Sounds like a great life!
Picture stolen from http://blogs.solidworks.com.
If you were to close your eyes and imagine what the stereotypical New Englander sounds like, there's a good chance you'd hear a voice similar to Joy Garon's. Every time I get the opportunity to talk with her, I'm immediately whisked home to Andover, where I grew up. She has enough "Boston-ness" to offset the fact that she, a die-hard Red Sox fan, married a Yankee fan. Well, mostly anyway. So, in honor Joy, and her awesome New England accent, I'm going to write this interview with a New England accent.
Joy stahted her design careeah at the tendah age of seventeen as a draftah/designah. At eighteen, she joined GE Aircraft Engine group as a tool designah, while continuing her education at night. (Side note: you'll just have to affect the accent yourself now. It's too difficult type) It was here that she was first exposed to CAD/CAM. They used ComputerVision and Joy was quick to realize the value of 3D design. It was her love of 3D, coupled with her love of computers that propelled her to jet a job at ComputerVision. While working there, she spent time dealing with large automotive companies domestically and internationally. Becoming involved with data management was a necessity at this point of her career. She also met some of the founders of SolidWorks while at ComputerVision.
Joy left ComputerVision and went to work at SmarTeam, becoming more involved with data management. She started realizing the the challenges of implementing data management and PLM at smaller companies. In 2001, she left SmarTeam to join SolidWorks as a Product Manager for data management.
When she first joined SolidWorks, she was more of a technical product manager, which is where her passion lies. As the position evolved into more of a business management position, she decided to join the training team so she could continue to remain a techie and prepare herself for a teaching career when she retires.
The training department as SolidWorks is responsible for writing all of those wonderful books that the VARs use to teach all those lucky enough to go to training. Much of Joy's time is spent working with pre-release software, creating all those cool exercises in the books. Then, of course, all those books need to be translated into umpteen languages.
What Joy failed to mention was the fact that she travels all over the world to provide training from one of the best. Asia, Australia, Eastern Europe. Joy is all over the map. (Strangely, I can't seem to get her out here for a SASPUG meeting…) Joy is also a fixture at SolidWorks World and her PDM sessions are always well attended. Should she ever make it to your neck of the woods, you'd be doing yourself a favor to let her learn ya.
Picture stolen from SolidWorks.com
Another SolidWorks employee that got to suffer through my attempt at being a journalist at SolidWorks World 2011 was Rick Chin, Director of Product Innovation. A Mechanical Engineer by education, Rick is another shining star in the SolidWorks Universe. He holds no less than five patents, has worked for McDonnell Douglas and Pratt & Whitney, spent some time with PTC before joining SolidWorks as its 17th overall employee. He then ventured out on his own for a few years before returning to (his senses) SolidWorks in 2006 in his current role. Rick invented eDrawings, FilletXpert and DraftXpert, just to name a few of his great ideas.
As the Director of Product Innovation he spends his time trying to think up new ideas for SolidWorks. However, rather than identifying new technology and building a product around it, Rick prefers to focus on customer frustrations and come up with ways to alleviate them. This doesn't pertain to features, though. Rick's job isn't to fix, say, angle mate issues, it's to come up with new products that can help various segments of the customer base. Where SolidWorks' customer base is so diverse, he has to choose a segment and then discover what gets them worked up. By surveying and visiting, he finds the things that don't just annoy people, but get an intense, vein popping reaction. Why? because he, in particular, and SolidWorks, want you to be emotionally invested in the product. If he solves a minor annoyance, you'll say "thanks", and move on. If he gives you a tool that decreases your daily vein popping time, you're going to be nominating him for the CAD industry equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize, brag to your friends about the wonders of SolidWorks, and name (or re-name) your first born after him. So, in a nutshell, Rick finds a segment, discover what pisses them off, conceptualizes and then delivers the next greatest thing since sliced bread.
How does Rick do this, you ask? Easy. He looks for the "absurdly ideal" solution. He "gives himself permission" to come up with any solution, as impossible or insane as it may be. It's from there that he can look around and see better where he actually needs to be. He then pares down from impossible to probable, followed by searching for technologies that fit into the probable category. It's through this process that add-ins like Sustainability are borne. Actually, 'adopted' may be a more apt term. Ideally, Rick will be able to find an existing technology that will work rather than to have to develop something in-house. It's just the nature of the beast. Companies, or individuals, are always coming up with new things which, ultimately, end up out there for public consumption. Why recreate the wheel when you can just modify it to fit your application?
One thing to understand about Rick, and his duties, is that he works off to the side of the main product. While he was involved with Sustainability, nothing he's worked, or working, on will be in 2012. After the release of Sustainability, he went through another investigative process but nothing came to fruition. After hearing this, I asked him what he was working on now. I was surprised when he answered, on the record.
What, you want to know what's going on behind the curtain? Well, it's probably not too Earth-shattering, but he's investigating new ways for CAD, users and hardware to interact. Somewhere between where we are now, with mice and keyboards and monitors, and 'Iron Man'. While Rick doesn't envision a designer waving his or her arms about for 8 hours a day, they're looking at multi-touch and gesture hardware. The goal is something that will enhance the user experience, while being easy to use, productive and, perhaps most importantly, cost effective. There's no point in coming up with something that's going to cost $20,000. Further to the point, the hope is that you'll be able to stop thinking about the user interface and just do it, that it will become more of a right-brained activity. As of right now, they've identified some technologies and are developing prototypes. Some time in the next few years, you may be interfacing with SolidWorks in a completely new, but totally cool way.
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During SolidWorks World 2011, I sat down with Asheen Phansey, Sustainability Product Manager of SolidWorks, to find out a bit more about him and what drives him. I've enjoyed giving Asheen a hard time about being a tree hugger, among other things, but all of it in jest. For one, I think sustainability is important. Two, the passion that Asheen has for his job, and how it can help make the world a better place, is incredible. About the only thing that makes him even more lively is when he talks about his new-born son.
First off, Asheen is a smart guy. His undergrad is in Chemical Engineering and he spent much of his time in bio-tech, with some time in Aerospace and Software. He came to the realization that while he really enjoyed hi-tech, his values were in sustainability. Having seen all the steps from R&D, through manufacturing and out to market, he wondered about making each of those steps more sustainable. He went back to school, got his MBA and opened his own consultancy business. It's this sustainability "street cred" that attracted SolidWorks to Asheen. Even though he lacked the CAD background, he is the ultimate sustainability evangelist. With 400,000 commercial customers available, Asheen has his work cut out for him in bringing sustainability to all. They (should have asked for clarification on who 'they' are, but I'm a lousy journalist) did some calculations and figured out there are 1,000,000,000 physical objects that are designed (in SolidWorks), manufactured and sold each year. He figures if there was a 5% energy reduction across the board, that would be enough to take a power plant offline. It's these kind of things that gets him excited.
Delving further into the murkiness that is Asheen's mind, I discovered that he is an Eagle Scout and it is in his scouting days that his sustainability addiction is rooted. All the nights spent under the stars gave him a love of nature and the want to keep it around. He also sees sustainability as a business advantage, which isn't hard to understand. With so many people (read: consumers) trying to do their part to help the environment, businesses that can advertise that they're shrinking their carbon footprint can help increase their bottom line.
It was at this point in our conversation that I had to ask Asheen to give me an overview of Sustainability in SolidWorks, as I haven't really looked at it. He calmly explained where the data came from and how it was used. He also explained that SolidWorks' philosophy was that designers wouldn't want to go elsewhere for the info, it had to be seamlessly integrated. By filling in a few parameters in the Sustainability Dashboard, you can find out the carbon footprint of your design, lifecycle energy, etc, and will then automatically update as you change your design. It will also help you to find alternate, more green, materials. Ones that have the same properties as what you need/want, but that won't have as much of a negative impact on the environment.
While no one industry appears to be leaning more towards sustainability than another, he has seen more of the companies at the end of the value chain moving towards it. Those companies are the ones that are feeling the consumer pressure to be more environmentally aware. Suppliers of those companies are starting to feel the pressure as well. Wal-Mart actually scores their suppliers and gives the high scorers preferred vendor status. McDonald's, IBM and P&G were also mentioned.
Asheen loves what he does. His passion for sustainability is almost palpable. Once you get him started on the subject, he'll talk forever. This, in my opinion, is an excellent quality in a product manager and can only lead to success for SolidWorks Sustainability. He has me convinced, now I just need to convince the powers-that-be.
Last two thoughts: I need to stop interjecting my little sidebars into conversations; I end up sounding foolish. I don't like the sound of my own voice.
Photo stolen from the SolidWorks Blog.
Currently, I'm in a plane 37,000 feet above the ground on my way to SolidWorks World 2011. This will be my 6th time attending SWW, and I'm just as excited for this one as I was my first one in 2006. For me, it's a reunion, a learning experience and a vacation all rolled up into one trip.
As a wide-eyed newbie in 2006, I was unprepared for the size of SWW. I really didn't know anyone and felt a bit lost. Over the years, as my blog picked up readers, and I met my fellow bloggers, other users and SolidWorks employees, traveling to SWW took on much more importance to me. My need to be there was greater.
Even though I know that those who read this blog also read other blogs, I still like to be able to share my experiences, my views. I think that where I'm fortunate enough to be able to attend SWW, it's my duty to share it with as many as possible.
Then there's the learning experience. While much of my time will be taken up with some interviews, as well as lining up new reviews, I still hope to be able to attend a few sessions. Learning the nuances of SolidWorks, from actual users, is a treasure trove of info that you won't find in a manual or video training or from an AE. These people are like you and I, sitting in front of their computer figuring this stuff out.
Then there's the Humanus SolidWorkus factor. While there are hundreds of thousands of SolidWorks users, it seems that only a small percentage of them are as enamored with it as I am. Being able to be surrounded by like-minded individuals helps to provide a sense of normalcy to my geekiness. I only wish it were more than once a year.
So whether you're reading to learn more about SolidWorks, its partner products, or to experience SWW vicariously through me, I hope you enjoy the upcoming posts from San Antonio. I know I'm going to enjoy the experiences that will provide their content.
And so it begins, the annual migration of the Humanus SolidWorkus. These creatures, a subset of Humanus Geekus, come together once a year in a feeding frenzy known as SolidWorks World. They come from all over the world to gorge themselves on each other's knowledge of SolidWorks.
To the uninitiated, the sight of thousands of these creatures can be a bit daunting. However, the vast majority of them are quite harmless. (There are a few who suffer from Gremlin Syndrome, where they become quite mischievous if they drink after midnight.) Unlike most species that migrate to the same locale each year, Humanus SolidWorkus changes it's location each year. This year they are descending upon San Antonio, Texas. Are you migrating?
It�s like it�s the day after Christmas; all the toys have been played with, food and drink consumed and the relatives have left. Now, I just have this weird empty feeling. Not as bad as losing your best friend, though. Close, but�
As I�ve come to expect, SolidWorks put on a great show. I really liked the layout of the Anaheim Convention Center. I didn�t feel like I had to walk miles to get to wherever my destination was. Which isn�t to say I didn�t do a lot of walking, �cause I did. I�m quite confident that I lost a couple of pounds. Well, extremely hopeful anyway. As has become the norm these past few years, I spent more time observing than attending with most of my observing taking place in the Vendor Fair. It�s here that I thank those companies that have given me the opportunity to try out their products, while meeting with new companies. The amount of partner products out there is pretty impressive. There are times when I want to say �there�s an app for that�, then look over my shoulder to be sure the Apple police aren�t coming after me for copyright infringement. This year�s Vendor Fair was well attended by vendors from all segments of the industry: rapid prototyping, CMM, CAM, PLM, PDM, etc. Need a model of a human body for your Weird Science experiment? Zygote has your back (and front�left foot). Design automation? DriveWorks or TactonWorks will duke it out for your business. How about a new computer? Boxx, HP and Dell will regale you with stories of why there PC kicks the other guys� butt! What about a cool 3D model of your completed Weird Science experiment? Zcorp, Objet or Solido would be more than happy to impart their wondrous knowledge of all that is 3D printing upon you.
One of the greatest things about SolidWorks 2010 was the arena where the general assemblies were held. Rather than a large conference room where the people in back had to stand to see, the Anaheim convention center had an arena with 2nd and 3rd level seating. I think this helped to get everyone �close� to the stage. It also seemed to lessen the running of people to get to the front of the venue. A lot of people seemed quite happy to sit in one of the upper levels. James Cameron was a great choice as the keynote, too. Much better than Wozniak a few years ago.
I�d say my biggest complaint was the Tuesday night event, a complaint that is being voiced by many. It was held in the same huge room that we ate breakfast and lunch in and was really a step down from previous years. An Aerosmith cover band was the entertainment and BBQ was the food. For a 3D software conference event, it was rather one dimensional. Too loud, too dark, too few seats, too few food choices. I�m trying to find out why there was such a deviation from years past. If I get anything, I�ll let you know.
Would any of the above stop me from going to San Antonio next year? Hell no! I think the plusses way outweigh the negatives and wouldn�t miss it for anything. I hope to see you there.
Wow, what a day its been; not that its actually over yet. I just returned to my room to relax a little bit before heading over to Jon Hirschtick's room. He was kind enough to invite the Twitterverse over and Im not one to turn down such an invitation.
Right now, this is turning out to be the best SolidWorks World I've been to yet. Why? Honestly I can't put my finger on why. Maybe it's the venue. Maybe it's the people. Maybe it's James Cameron. Maybe
All I know is that I've woken up each day raring to go. Looking forward to seeing what the day has in store. Part of it could be the fact that I've remained sober every night, but I think that's a small part of it. I've just felt really comfortable this year, almost like I'm at home. Whatever it is, I'm lovin' it!
Let's get into the nitty-gritty, shall we? Today was the day for James Cameron. Much like Sir Richard Branson last year, Jim was interviewed instead of just speaking to us. Jon Hirschtick had the honor and did a damn fine job. I was simply amazed at Cameron's grasp of engineering, among other things. The guy is brilliant. We got to see an 8-minute behind-the-scenes video of the making of Avatar. I was really impressed with the technology they used. Each actor had a small camera, attached to a small boom, recording their every facial move. I remember talking about how realistic the facial expressions where after seeing the movie, now I know why. The innovations that were created before, and during, the making of Avatar will probably change movie-making, as well as TV. I think it will be a good thing. Imagine being able to feel immersed in every show like you did when you saw Avatar. If you haven't seen it, what the hell are you waiting for?
I spent more time in the vendor pavilion, lining up more products to review for all of you. Coming in the not-too-distant future will be DriveWorks Solo and ElecWorks. Ill be meeting up with SolidNEST tomorrow to, hopefully, line something up with them as well. Ive had conversations with the guys from igetit.com and will be loading up their software soon as well. I'm also keeping my fingers crossed that Dell might be sending toys my way, too. All-in-all, the review cycle looks to be heating up.
My very first solo presentation went well, I believe. I'm optimistic that SolidWorks Crashes & Slowdowns was well received. I was damn nervous at the beginning, and admitted as much to the audience which, by the way, was much larger than I'd thought it would be. The session was also on a live feed, so there were people watching me that I couldnt see. (Hmmm, thats actually kind of creepy when you think about it.)The bonus to it being broadcast is that I'll get a recording of my session. I'm sure my boys will love watching it with me once I get it. It'll provide plenty of material for a pick-on-dad session.
Next came Stump the Chumps II. So far, we've been hearing nothing but good things so far. However, I'm waiting for Mr. Doyle to weigh in. We're also thinking of a format change for STC III. It'll involve coolers of beer and the movie Animal House. I dont want to give up all the details though. Just keep an eye out when they release next year's agenda.
Every year there's plenty of shwag to bring home to the kids. I have to say, though, that this year's haul is the best yet. First, Ill never be short handed again thanks to Solido:
Next, from Julie at Z Corp, is my new friend, Jane:
Today is the last day of SolidWorks World 2010. Bummer.


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Musicians Macklemore and Ryan Lewis stopped by "Chelsea Lately" Wednesday night (Aug. 28), where they talked about their song "Same Love," which just won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Social Message Song and the fact that they are both straight.
"It was an issue that I wanted to tackle but as a straight man, I'm like what is my vantage point on this issue? I tried to write it from the perspective of a gay, bullied kid. Brought it back to the studio, Ryan heard it and was like, 'That's not your story to tell. You have a story here, talk about your experience' and I started there," says Macklemore, of the gay rights "Same Love" song.
They go on to address their sexuality --
"Regardless of what the internet thinks, yes [we are both straight]. ... If you type in Macklemore, [the first Google search choice] is 'is Macklemore gay?" says Macklemore.
Then when the audience can't believe Macklemore and Ryan Lewis met on MySpace, Mack just throws up his hands and goes, "Fine, we're gay!" (He's kidding.)
Mack also talks about how he loved the musical "Cats" growing up, which made him think he might be gay. What made him realize he's straight? "I started using my penis," he cracks.
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September 9, 2013 "Imagine the largest ballroom in downtown LA filled to capacity with people engrossed in hearing the teachings of [Paramahansa] Yogananda — and then meditating together. This is the setting of the annual Self-Realization Fellowship Convocation. It's the type of setting that demonstrates how people filling a place can create sacred space, even in what may seem like an unexpected location for the deep practices." So wrote LAYoga editor, Felicia Tomasko, in a July issue of the eNewsletter edition of the magazine, after attending the Wednesday evening talk on "Achieving Your Spiritual and Material Goals."
This year's event, held August 4–10 at the Westin Bonaventure, drew nearly 4,000 people, from 42 countries and all 50 states of the U.S. During the week, SRF monks and nuns led satsangas (informal talks), group meditations, kirtans (devotional chanting), Kriya Yoga ceremonies, and classes on the meditation techniques of Paramahansa Yogananda and his "How-to-Live" teachings.
The highlight of the week was a "surprise" informal talk by SRF President and sanghamata Sri Mrinalini Mata—one of Paramahansaji's foremost disciples. Reminiscing about her years in the company of the great Guru, she encouraged the attendees to live in the consciousness of the omnipresent Divine Spirit. With deep insight and delightful humor, she counseled Convocation participants that the only way one can get away from the manifestations of negativity in the world is to look beyond "these circumstances to the vibratory love of God."
"Achieving Your Spiritual and Material Goals" was the focus of a class presented by Brother Chidananda. It emphasized the great power of the science of yoga in enabling individuals to attain the universal goals of humanity—to reclaim our forgotten divine nature. In addition to the techniques of the Kriya Yoga science, maintaining a right attitude is paramount in this endeavor, as is the focus of our attention, according to Brother Chidananda. "We become what we concentrate on. It's impossible to overestimate the importance of this in achieving one's goals."
Brother Ishtananda, during a class entitled "Meditation: The Soul-Satisfying Journey to Spiritual Freedom," spoke about bringing awareness of deep peace and happiness into daily life. "You are pure perfect awareness," he said to Monday evening's audience. He conveyed that, through troubles and challenges, it is wise to remember that though "the consciousness is aware of the circumstances, it is not the circumstances."
Brother Vishwananda opened the week's classes with an introductory talk. On subsequent days, evening classes included (in addition to those mentioned above) "Allowing God to Be a More Meaningful and Personal Friend" by Brother Satyananda, and "The Guru: God's Perfect Reflection" by Brother Sevananda. The closing class, "Spiritual Happiness: Tapping into the Soul's Storehouse of Love, Peace, and Joy," was given by Sister Preeti.
A special screening of a new film about our late beloved leader Sri Daya Mata's first trip to India —just several years after assuming the SRF presidency in the mid-1950s (a position she held until her passing in 2010)— was held on Wednesday evening. The film features Sri Daya Mata's year-long journey to sacred sites in Kolkata (Calcutta), Varanasi (Banaras), Dakshineswar, Ranchi, and other places of significance during Paramahansa Yogananda's early years, and her meetings with some of India's great saints and yogis.
During the week, SRF Convocation participants joined pilgrimages to spiritual sanctuaries established by Paramahansa Yogananda in southern California, including (above, left to right): the Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades; the international headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship on Mt. Washington near downtown Los Angeles; the SRF Hollywood Temple; and the SRF Retreat and Hermitage in Encinitas, where Yoganandaji wrote much of his inspiring life story, Autobiography of a Yogi. Pilgrimages were also made to Paramahansaji's crypt at Forest Lawn in Glendale.
We hope to see you at next year's SRF World Convocation, which takes place August 3–9, 2014.


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Whoa: Check Out Pauly D's Massive Back Tattoo! (PHOTO)
Jersey Shore star Pauly D gave some all-new meaning to the Throwback Thursday hashtag (#TBT) when he posted this Twitter picture of his own back positively covered in tattoos!
By our count, Pauly's sporting a whopping seven pieces of ink in the shot, including his own name in Old English script on his chiseled lower back.
While his shoulder tribal design is far and away the biggest, his love for the big boot takes center focus with his tattered Italian flag.
Lookin' good, Pauly D!
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Investigators say a driver asleep at the wheel caused a crash near Eastview Mall. Now, a Rochester man is facing several charges. We're told the driver didn't have a license and had a suspended registration.
Investigators say this happened at 5 p.m. Monday on Route 96 at Commons Boulevard -- which is the entrance to the mall.
Deputies say 20-year-old Jose Lugo slammed into the back of an SUV stopped at the light. The impact forced the SUV into a guard rail. A 23-year-old passenger in that vehicle was taken to Rochester General Hospital for neck pain.
Lugo was ticketed for following too closely, unlicensed operator, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operating without insurance, operating with a suspended registration and improper license plates.
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Origin PC EON17
SpecificationsNotebook: Origin PC EON17 (EON17 Series)
Processor: Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 990X EE
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Display: 17.3 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 5.5kg
Price: 5100 euro
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In its company overview, custom PC builder Origin claims to deliver the "best gaming experience, period." That's a pretty bold statement and one that gets tossed around quite a bit these days. Simply put, the Origin EON17 is the fastest gaming notebook we've ever seen. However, you'll need very deep pockets and broad shoulders for this behemoth of a desktop replacement.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/08/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M:
High-end mobile GPU based on a the GF114 chip with all shaders enabled.
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
990X EE: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
17.3": Meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. The DTR-laptops can't be carried easily, need much energy but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
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5.5 kg: This laptop is heavy. Especially desktop replacements with 19 inch display fit in this class of weight. This class is too heavy, even for 17 inch DTR.
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Swimming Hosts TCU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University swimming and diving teams will host TCU on Friday, January 18, at 5 p.m. at the WVU Natatorium. The meet will serves as WVU's first-ever Big 12 dual meet.
The Mountaineers look to rebound after both the men's and women's squads fell to Pitt last Saturday. The Horned Frogs are coming off a strong showing at the San Antonio Classic in December, with the men's team placing first and the women's team placing second in the event.
Several West Virginia swimmers look to continue their strong season in the final meet before the Big 12 Championships. For the women, Rachael Burnett looks to continue her success after winning the 200 free and 1000 free against Pitt, while Mandie Nugent placed first in the 200 fly against the Panthers. For the men, Julien Vialette looks to continue his consistent top finishes. He placed first in the 50 free and second in the 100 free in the last meet.
The WVU diving squads will also take their impressive season into Big 12 competition. Haily VandePoel has shown consistency all season, which continued with first-place finishes on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards in the last meet. Christian Parker placed second on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at Pitt.
A live stream of the action, as well as live results, and a full recap following can be found on WVUsports.com.
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Weekend trip to Stockholm!Berlin, Spring 2011
On February 4th a group of us from IES Abroad Berlin took a weekend trip to Stockholm, Sweden. It was the vision of Europe that I see in my head. It was right by the water with long, narrow, cobblestone streets that led right to the harbor. In the newer part of the city there are the higher end shops such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton but the old town European charm is never lost. Although Stockholm is one of the most expensive cities in Europe, it is well worth the visit.
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We noticed each other. I left her a note. She replied nagging. Then started a rat-race till all others contenders were eliminated. It took 6 years. The we got engaged. Another rat-race started and continued for 5 years.<br />
At last we got married, had two girls. Life is going on and isn't much different than the previous races.
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I would tell you that but that guy hasn't arrived into my life yet. I'm sure he's just around the corner....
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We met when we were both 10 at a holiday. We discovered we lived kinda near each other. We e-mailed each other, met up and kept it touch for ages and ages. Our friendship slowly changed into love, and he asked me out. Now we're still together and happy. :)
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