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Nurturing the Imagination in a Fast-Forward World
It's all about freedom, argues Kephart in this book about encouraging children's interests and imaginations. Using her 14-year-old son, Jeremy, as a model, she shows how parents can cajole reluctant learners into embracing creativity, leading to greater happiness and well being. Jeremy, for example, wasn't so fond of reading as a child, but Kephart—instead of pressuring her son—offered him imaginative stories like Harry Potter. He slowly embraced literature, joined a reading/writing group, and imagined his future. The message? In today's hyper-competitive culture of high-school sports and college entrance exams, not to mention the everpresent influence of TV, don't force your children to conform. Instead, give your children the freedom to discover their own sense of wonder and passion in the world.
Norton. 192 pages. $23.95. ISBN: 0393058824
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"It is a beautiful word picture of a relationship between a mother and child who have been through a great deal together but who can still give each other the emotional space in which to stand up straight and walk around. It is deft and graceful writing that will captivate even those without." Susan Reimer
Chicago Tribune
"She gifts us with whole passage—be they the ones on reading aloud, or the power of story, or the one on what intelligence really is, or where imagination can take us—that you want to fold up and tuck away in your linen closet, to pull out and wrap around you on days when your soul feels blustery and chilled, and you crave the comfort of perfectly woven prose." Barbara Mahany
Critical Summary
Kephart, author of an award-winning memoir trilogy and the National Book Award nominee, A Slant of Sun (also starring Jeremy), is no typical mother. And Seeing Past Z is no routine child-rearing book. What distinguishes it from all the other "how to" books on the shelf is its gorgeous depiction of the relationship between a mother and child—not always easy, never perfect, but always emotionally honest. With sharp, evocative prose, Kephart explores how imagination not only lets us relate to others, but also creates a blueprint for our futures (Jeremy wants to follow in Steven Spielberg's footsteps). She also provides suggestions for how to inspire your own children's imaginations. So, dump those other child-rearing books, let your children play, and wait and see where Jeremy ends up!
Also by the Author
A Slant of Sun (1999): Jeremy's story begins here: early in his life Jeremy was diagnosed with a mild form of autism. Kephart offers an examination of Jeremy's journey from his diagnosis and a mother's challenge to both help her son and accept those things out of her control. Named a Best Book of the Year by | Beth Kephart Salon.com.

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PageRank time machine predicts the future of programming languages
At the last APSP python school, I showed the entry about the "X for Y developers" book data to Stefan van der Walt, and he immediately went "we can predict the programming language of the fourth millennium". Now, that's what I call thinking!
The idea is to interpret the numbers on each column of the X for Y table as the probability for a developer to transition from programming language Y to programming language X, and then project into the future to find the final, stationary distribution of programming languages. Those are the languages we're going to use on Mars!
We need to take care of three things:
1) Remove the diagonal entries ("X for X developers"), which are entries for books like "Enterprise Java for Java developers", and are just noise for the purpose of this analysis;
2) Replace "dangling nodes", i.e., dead ends in the transition graph. There are none in this case, but in general, if there is no entry to transition from language Y to any other language, we add a constant value to all entries of the column. This means that developers of that language have a small probability of choosing another language at random;
3) Give a constant probability for each entry on the diagonal, corresponding to the probability of a developer to continue using the same language. Here I used P=0.9, but the final result does not depend on this parameter.
It turns out this is the same algorithm used by Google to rank web pages, a.k.a the PageRank algorithm.
So what is the Language of the Next Millennium?
Python and Javascript will power our robots and flying cars!
By reversing the order of the edges in the transition graph we can answer another questions: from which language Y did the developers for X come from? This is equivalent of transposing the table, and run the PageRank algorithm again.
Let the PageRank time machine take us back to languages used at The Origins:
Ah, the good old times... Somebody hand be a punch card!
[As usual, the code for this post is available on the github repository.]
Cobol for LISP developers
Given the proliferation of "X for Y developers" books, I decided to collect some information to help me find a niche for my own book!
This table shows the number of combined Google hits for "X for Y developers" and "X for Y programmers", with a selection of Xs and Ys (e.g., the first rows shows the hits for "BASIC for BASIC developers", "BASIC for C++ developers", etc.):
It looks like we're missing a good "Cobol for BASIC programmers" book: I'll start typing right away!
Note that the matrix is highly asymmetric: apparently, Perl programmers are more interested to switch to Python than vice versa. We can turn the entries of the matrix into weights in a directed graph, that can be loosely interpreted as the relative number of people that would like to switch from a programming language to another. Below you can see the graphs for six of the languages (the size of the arrows correspond to one of 6 bins of equal size on a logarithmic scale; no arrow means zero results):
In case you were wondering: yes, there really is a successful "Java for Cobol programmers" book!
Update 1 Apr 2012: Added values for Fortran to the table.
Open-ended evolution in ALife
The concept of "open-ended evolution" in artificial life is mostly misunderstood. In many cases, "open-ended" is taken to mean that the final solution can take any shape, however complicated. Instead, a stronger definition of "open-ended" would require that the fitness function itself is changing. For example, Genetic Programming would be defined as open-ended in the first sense, since the evolved programs can solve and computable problem (provided that the instruction set is Turing-complete), but is not in the second sense, as the programs are selected according to one, immutable fitness function. This is more akin to adaptation than evolution.
In my opinion, an important but neglected goal of ALife should be that of identifying a minimal set of conditions that is able to sustain this stronger kind of open-ended evolution.
What would it take for an artificial system to display "real" open-ended evolution? It is possible that there may be multiple answer to this question, but co-evolution of agents seems to be a good candidate. A minimal example might involve populations of agents trying to predict each other's output. The output of a population should be tied to the process of predicting the response of the others. To initiate a runaway evolution process, predicting a simple output should require a simple algorithm, which however would produce a slightly more complex output by the laws of the artificial world. In such a scenario, the fitness function is given by the combination of prediction algorithms in the population, and each evolutionary step changes it in a way that requires increasingly complex behaviors.
Warning: time sink! Or: the latest Google AI challenge
It's that time of the year again... the word spreads, I download it, and my nights fly by. It's time for the new Google AI Challenge: http://aichallenge.org/ ! This time we will be writing multi-agent systems, as we program cyber-ant-colonies fighting against each other for bread crumbs.
The road to javascript
I wanted to learn javascript and wrote a small game with an old school look using textareas, that I'm glad to share:
I haven't tried the game on Safari or Opera, please let me know if it works!
Games with extensible AI
Some computer games offer the possibility to extend their Artificial Intelligence with external scripts, or are explicitly designed to be played by bots. Such games are a great resource to develop, test, and teach AI algorithms.
I have been looking for a list of this kind of games, but could find very little information, often outdated. This is my own, annotated list; let me know if I missed something, and I'll make amend. I included only decently active projects:
Games for bots:
- Robocode (Java, .NET): AI bots control tanks equipped with cannon and radar on an square arena. A game with a long tradition, descending from the classic AI games RobotWar (1981) and crobots (1985). This is a very active project, with tournaments organized regularly all over the world. The strategical possibilities are quite limited, though.
- Tron challenge (any language): This is the first AI competition organized by the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club and sponsored by Google. The AIs control the "snakes" in a variant of the popular game Snake (or Nibbles, of QBasic fame) on a number of boards with symmetric walls. Although the competition is closed, the code is open source and perfectly usable. A nice game, but there seems to be one dominating strategy: using minimax. Entries in the competition differ in their cleverness in coming up with various approximations to prune down the huge tree of possible moves, and in handling the endgame.
- Planet Wars challenge (any language): Second AI competition, again organized by the University of Waterloo CS Club. The inspiration is the galactic conquer game Galcon. Bots controls fleets of spaceships to control planets for resources. Unlike the first competition, the optimal strategy is far from obvious, and the game offers a lot of space for experimenting with different approaches. Not as visually fun as other games, though.
- PacMan capture the flag (Python): The CS department at Berkeley offers a very popular Artificial Intelligence course that requires students to code up classical AI algorithms to control agents in a PacMan-like environment. The course concludes with a tournament in which PacMan agents compete to eat each other's dots. The game is extremely fun as I wrote about in previous posts. The code is available online (although somewhat messy). Unfortunately (but understandably, since the game is used in a course), the authors don't want the code of developed agents to leak online.
- Grid-Soccer (Mono, .NET): This is a multi-agent soccer-like game played on a grid board. I haven't tried this one yet... According to the authors, it was originally conceived as a testbed for multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithms.
Scriptable games (games that expose an interface for external clients):
- Starcraft Brood War (any language): This is your one chance at writing AI bots for a commercial game! 😉 Starcraft has been hacked to allow to control any aspect of the game through a user-written client (building construction, units movement, the full monty). Since 2010 there have been a few AI competitions open to the public (two of them still accepting entries!). Here's a video from last year's AIIDE tournament:
- XBlast (potentially any): A free version of Bomberman. The game has not been used to develop AI agents... yet. It is built with a server-client architecture and it's begging to get bots running on it.
Evolve a Dune Buggy
Natural selection is the algorithm Nature uses to maximize the probability of reproduction of organisms. With Genetic Algorithms (GAs), engineers imitate this process in order to optimize a set of parameters in an engineering problem... or a dune buggy! The great application at boxcar2d.com uses simulated physics to evolve 2D cars that are optimally fast and stable.
GAs tie the ability to solve a problem to the likelihood of reproduction of a set of parameters: first, one creates a population of possible solutions to a problem, evaluates the solutions, and then forms a new generation by allowing the most successful ones to pass their parameters to the next generation, after small mutations and parameters swapping.
My general feeling about GAs is that in most cases other optimization algorithms will give similar or better results with less evaluations of the fitness function (which is typically the bottleneck). In Chapter 30.2 of his classic book on information theory, David McKay gives a very interesting interpretation of GAs as a Monte Carlo sampling in the space of parameters, and discusses the relation with efficient sampling methods, of which we have a better formal understanding.
Fight the machine at NYT
Perhaps inspired by the victory of the artificial brain Watson against humanity, the New York Times is offering today an interactive feature that allows to play a series of Rock-Paper-Scissors games against the computer.
The prediction algorithm seems to be a simple Bayesian estimator like the one I implemented for the Karate A.I. game. The interesting twist is that in "Veteran mode" the AI will make use its interaction with previous users to define a prior over possible move sequences. It surely works against me...
Join us at the Advanced Scientific Programming in Python summer school in Scotland
If you're interested in learning more about scientific programming in Python, and want to compete in a Pacman capture-the-flag tournament, join us for the next Advanced Scientific Programming in Python summer school in St. Andrew, UK!
The faculty line-up includes developers of well-known scientific libraries for Python (e.g., Francesc Alted of PyTables fame). The program covers advanced topics in numerical programming (advanced NumPy, Cython, parallel applications, data serialization, ...) and modern techniques for writing robust, efficient code (agile programming, test driven development, version control, optimization techniques, ...). Most of all, the school is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and have fun writing Python code together! Participation is free of charge, and you can apply online.
You can see a few picture from previous summer schools on our Facebook group.
Tracking down the enemy (2)
I never got the chance to show a working agent based on the Bayesian estimator for the enemy position in the PacMan capture-the-flag game. In the previous PacMan post, I wrote about merging a model of agent movements with the noisy measurements returned by the game to track the enemy agents across the maze. Clearly, this information can give you an edge when planning an attack (to avoid ghosts) or when defending (to intercept the PacMen).
For the traditional faculty-vs-students tournament at the G-Node scientific programming summer school this year, I wrote a PacMan team made by a simple attacker, and a more sophisticated defender that tries to intercept and devour enemy agents.
Both agents plan their movements using a shortest-path algorithm on a weighted graph: before the start of the game, the maze is transformed in a graph, where nodes are the maze tiles, and edges connect adjacent tiles. Weights along the edges are adjusted according to the estimated position of the agents:
- Weights on edges close to an enemy ghost are increased (starting value is proportional to the probability of the enemy being there, and falls off exponentially with distance)
- Weights on edges close to an enemy PacMan are decreased
- Weights on edges close to a friendly agent are increased
An agent navigating on such a maze will tend to avoid ghosts, chase PacMen, and cover parts of the maze far from other friendly agents. My attacker does little else than updating the weights of the graph at every turn, and move toward the closest food dot.
On the other hand, defending is quite difficult in this game, so I needed a more sophisticated strategy. While the enemy is still a ghost in its own part of the maze, the defender moves toward the closest enemy agent (its estimated position, that is). When the enemy is a PacMan in the friendly half, the chase is on! Since ghosts and PacMen move at the same speed, it would be pointless to just follow it around, one needs to catch them from the front... Once more, the solution was to modify the weights of the maze graph, making weights behind the enemy (i.e., opposite to its direction of motion) very high, and lowering the edges in front of it.
The combination of estimator and the weighted graph strategy can be quite entertaining:
Sometimes the defender only needs to guard the border to scare the opponent shitless:
Another useful thing to keep in mind for the future: it is better to base strategies on soft constraints (weighted graphs, probabilities). Setting hard, deterministic rules tends to get you stuck in loops. Soft constraints and some randomness give you more flexibility when you need it but are otherwise just as good.


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Just a few days after Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of the Philippines, a production of the Broadway musical The Addams Family opened for a two-week run at the Meralco Theater in Manila. To help in the relief efforts, Addams Family writers Rick Elice, Marshall Brickman, and Andrew Lippa, as well as the show's licensing agent Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW), are donating their production royalties to the Red Cross.
"Once in a while in this business we have an opportunity to reach out and help," stated Sean Cercone, the director of professional and international licensing at TRW, "and this is a time when we can see that borders and oceans may separate us, but this is one world. We're doing what we can."
Philippine actor Arnell Ignacio, who plays Gomez in The Addams Family, stated, "We are truly touched by the generosity of the writers of The Addams Family and Theatrical Rights Worldwide. It is heartwarming to see the world extend us a helping hand as we go through this gargantuan test to our nation.
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April 11, 2014
Jet-Like Banking Abilities Of Flies Help Them Avoid Predators
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online
If you've ever wondered why it can be so gosh-darned hard to swat a buzzing fly, you're not alone – researchers from the University of Washington used an array of high-speed video cameras in an attempt to solve the mystery.Thanks to equipment capable of operating at 7,500 frames per second, postdoctoral researcher Florian Muijres and his colleagues captured the wing and body motion of the insects after they were presented with an image of an encroaching predator.
According to Wired.com's Matt Simon, their video revealed that the fruit fly or Drosophila hydei is capable of banking as quickly as a fighter jet and changing course in just one one-hundredth of a second. While fruit flies typically flap their wings roughly 200 times per second, their evasive maneuvers can be accomplished in just a lone wing beat, he added.
The study, which appears in the April 11 edition of the journal Science, involved the use of three high-speed cameras and 40-50 fruit flies in an enclosed area, the researchers explained. Two lasers were pointed at the exact center of the location, and when any of the fruit flies hit the intersection of those beams, it triggered an expanding shadow which forced the insect to protect itself by taking evasive action.
[ Watch the Video: Escape Maneuver Of A Flying Fly ]
"Although they have been described as swimming through the air, tiny flies actually roll their bodies just like aircraft in a banked turn to maneuver away from impending threats," co-author and UW biology professor Michael Dickinson said in a statement Thursday. "We discovered that fruit flies alter course… 50 times faster than we blink our eyes, and which is faster than we ever imagined."
"They process this information so quickly, as anyone who has tried to swat a fly will have noticed," he told BBC News. "You might imagine that when a fly is doing such a crazy maneuver that there would be a big change in how it flaps its wings. But it is actually remarkably subtle. It shows the flies' nervous system and muscles are able to control movements to a very, very fine scale."
Perhaps even more remarkable is the fact that the ability appears to be innate, as Dickinson told the BBC that the flies are capable of pulling off this difficult maneuver as soon as they are born. He compared it to "putting a newborn baby in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft and it knowing what to do." The next step, the professor added, is to determine how the insect's muscles and brain are able to control these extremely fast, accurate movements.
Since the fruit fly's brain is only the size of a grain of salt, understanding how these mechanisms work could be useful in the development of tiny flying robots capable of avoiding obstacles, said National Geographic reporter James Owen. Similarly, the study authors believe that the changes in the creature's wingbeat could also lead to new insights into flight control methods for robotics experts working on micro-scale vehicles that flap.
Image 2 (below): Time lapse images from a high speed video shows how a fruit fly startled by a looming shadow (off camera at the bottom right) performs a rapid roll to bank away from the threat. Credit: F Muijres/U of Washington


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I'm curious on what y'all are thinking regarding the rules as written of the "Monsoon of Destruction" special rule for the Heavy Retribution Cadre. It neglects to mention turbo-boost, explicitly preventing only run and flat-out moves. I'm wondering if this was deliberate.
As written, it's pretty clear: bikes and jetbikes are in the clear. This would be to my chagrin as I believe my upcoming match against a Ravenwing Command Squad/Iron Hands/Company of the Great Wolf Deathstar list -- all mounted, turbo-boosting 4D6 every turn, usually culminating in a turn 2 charge -- is hinged on the cadre's ability to slow the star's movement.
I would contend that, as intended, this form of shooting-phase movement would too be stopped by the formation; why would bikes and jetbikes specifically be protected when all other unit types are affected, simply because their shooting-phase movement is labeled differently? It seems sensible to me that GW intended to preclude all varieties of shooting-phase movement.
Then again, I'm dismayed they didn't include this in the recent FAQ draft...
Have any of you encountered this dilemma?


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Super Bobby signs new deal
Great news for Reds fans as defender/midfielder, Bobby Hassell signs a new deal until the Summer of 2012.
Speaking to barnsleyfc.co.uk, Hassell said: 'Simon Davey has shown a lot of faith in me during the last three seasons and working with him and the opportunities he has given me, I believe has made me a much better player. I think I have improved after spending time in midfield and my awareness of the game is a lot better now.'
The Olympics will be in London by the time Bobby Hassell's new deal runs out, and with a bumper-crowd at Oakwell tomorrow, his new deal will certainly delight the masses:
'I am over the moon to have signed a new deal here at Barnsley. We have been talking for the last six weeks and to sign a three-and-a-half year deal is brilliant. I did have a few offers on the table from other clubs and they were more attractive deals financially but this is where I want to play my football.
'I am very happy being here. I have always been happy at Barnsley Football Club and this is where I see my future. I have had nothing but success during my five years here at the Club. We were down in the bottom half of League One when I arrived and we have gone on to win promotion through a memorable Play Off Final at the Millenniums Stadium; enjoyed three years in the Championship and been to Wembley for a FA Cup Semi Final'.
Bobby has clocked up 180 appearances for the Reds since Paul Hart brought him from Mansfield in 2004:
'It has been a great time for Barnsley Football Club over the last five years and I think we have had more success on the pitch than many clubs when you look at going to Cardiff and Wembley'.


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David Rothenberger wrote:On 3/3/2008 11:47 AM, Gergely Budai wrote:Package location: ================= http://home.arcor.de/thuffir/cygwin/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.8-1-src.tar.bz2
This doesn't build for me, but maybe that's because I already have GPG installed? Only the tests fail.
Making all in checks
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/gnupg/tmp/gnupg-1.4.8/.build/checks'
echo '#!/bin/sh' >./gpg_dearmor
echo "../g10/gpg --no-options --no-greeting \
--no-secmem-warning --batch --dearmor" >>./gpg_dearmor
chmod 755 ./gpg_dearmor
./gpg_dearmor > ./pubring.gpg < /usr/src/gnupg/tmp/gnupg-1.4.8/checks/pubring.asc
make[2]: *** [pubring.gpg] Error 57
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gnupg/tmp/gnupg-1.4.8/.build/checks'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gnupg/tmp/gnupg-1.4.8/.build'
make: *** [all] Error 2
Details please! All I tried so far was
$ ./gnupg-1.4.8-1.sh all
and that build fine after adding Gergely Budai's public key into my keyring. Yes, you need a cygwin gnupg installed to build it that way.
Did you use the build script from the source package?
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You're all familiar with the Global Atheist Convention 2012, right? It's a massive event being held at the Melbourne Convention Centre from April 13th-15th, featuring both international and local speakers – philosophers, scientists, writers, comedians, and more – who will all be discussing various topics surrounding atheism or non-belief in religion. My good friend Kylie Sturgess (along with Australian comedian Lawrence Leung) will be MC-ing it. What, you've never heard of it? How curious.
Anyway, whether or not you've heard of it is beside the point – all you need to know it that it exists: because various Christian organisations have come together to organise a series of events – the Reason for Faith Festival – as a counter to the 2012 GAC's presence, on various aspects of religion, faith, spirituality and disbelief in the weeks afterwards.
One such event, on Monday, April 16th (the day after the GAC), is a screening of part of a documentary called "Test of Faith", followed by a panel discussion centred around the interaction of science and religious/Christian belief, discussing questions such as:
- What are the limits of science?
- Can theistic belief be rational?
- Does evolution preclude theistic belief?
- Are science and religion in conflict?
The panelists include:
- Professor Graham Oppy, an atheist philosopher from Monash University
- Emeritus Professor John Pilbrow, former President of the Australian Institute of Physics
- Associate Professor Alan Gijsbers, a neuroscientist and specialist in Addiction Medicine at RMH
- Dr Bruce Yabsley, a high-energy particle physicist, involved with the Large Hardon Collider
…and me, little "Mr" Jack Scanlan!1
Besides Graham Oppy, all of the other members of the panel are Christian scientists2 – and academically esteemed ones, too. They're big names! I'm just an undergraduate science student, with views on the relationship between religion and science uninformed by graduate study and many years in academia.
I feel rather inadequate.
But anyway, it should be fun and hopefully somewhat educational. My thoughts and ideas on science and religion are complex, so I'll probably need to write them down on here sometime to get them in order before the event. I might more/less sympathetic to the theistic scientist's position than you might think! Stay tuned!
Of course, if you're in Melbourne around the time of the GAC, please come along if you can. A good audience is a diverse audience and I have a feeling that the organisers of the festival have been advertising primarily through theistic communities and channels. Skeptics need to get in on this!
- What: Test of Faith – Screening and Panel
- When: April 16th, 7pm until 9pm
- Where: State Library of Victoria, Village Roadshow Theatrette (Melbourne)
- Cost: $10 per person (no prior registration required – just turn up on the night)
There's also a Facebook event page if you're so inclined.- - - - - - - - -
- I'm described on the event's page as being "editor of 'The Pseudo Scientists' podcast, founding member of Young Australian Skeptics". Probably the most impressive things they could say about a person such as I, really. ↩
- Scientists who happen to be Christians, not members of the Church of Christ, Scientist. ↩


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Archive for August, 2000
JR's Journal – Clinic Journey
At official yearling status…exactly one year of age, JR attended his first clinic at Pine Dell. It was his first time to ride in a trailer by himself, to be in a barn, and to be in an indoor arena. He was just a LITTLE upset when we arrived at Pine Dell. I heard a lot of yearling whinny during the first part of the day…most of it right in my ear.
BUT, he did just great! He had the least problems of any horse in the clinic. Of course he hasn't had the time to develop many opposition reflex habits. We played all the games. I discovered he knows how to follow the feel of the rope and he moves when he feels pressure. At the end of the day, we had many barrel and pole obstacles to walk, trot and canter across, over or go between. We finished all the tasks before anyone else and we were in our stall eating our late lunch. The bigger horses got to stay and be rode for another hour.
About a month later, we went to another beginning clinic. He did even better this time. He certainly didn't whinny like he did the first clinic. He grew up a lot that first clinic and bonded with me. After the second clinic was over, I felt like JR and I shared the same skin. His general inclination is to stay close, no matter how many times I shoo him back.
So why am I paying to take JR to a clinic when he is too young to ride? Easy Answer! These two clinics got him in an arena with nine other horse…all running around with their humans. He certainly got used to being in a crowd. He hasn't had a chance to develop opposition reflex yet, so I was easily able to do all the tasks assigned. He is easy to convince to do what I ask of him. I feel that I'm developing a much better horse by taking him to these clinics. At a delicate time in the building of his personality, I'm in an arena with an expert trainer…my safety net.
Besides, we had a good time!!!


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The Autarky equilibrium is the condition of the equilibrium between the two countries when they are producing the goods by using the similar conditions and the technology. Suppose that the two countries, the United States and the France, have the exactly the same number of the wine makers and cheese makers. This means that L −C =L − ∗ C and L − W =L−∗ W. We also suppose that the United States has the absolute advantage in the production of the cheese, while the France has the absolute advantage in the production of the wine. This means that the LC <a ∗ LC and the a ∗ LW <a LW. The preferences for the two goods in both the countries are identical.
For the simplicity, let the aggregate preferences be represented by the homothetic utility function. These homothetic utility functions have the property that for the price ratio, the ratio of the two goods consumed is equal to the constant. One function with this property is the Q D W Q D C =P C P W , where the Q D C is the aggregate quantity of the cheese demanded and the Q D W is the aggregate quantity of the wine demanded. This homothetic utility functions says that the ratio of the quantity of the wine demanded to the quantity of the cheese demanded must equal the price ratio.
Now suppose that the consumers face the price ratio PC/PW = 2 gallons of the wine per pound of the cheese. In this case, the consumers will demand wine to the cheese in the same ratio: two gallons per pound. Suppose the price ratio rises to the PC/PW = 3. This means that the cheese becomes more expensive than the wine. At the higher price ratio, consumers will now demand three gallons of the wine per pound of the cheese. Thus as the relative price of the cheese rises, the relative demand for the wine rises as the consumers substitute less expensive wine for more expensive cheese. Similarly, as the price of wine falls, the relative demand for wine rises.
In the autarky equilibrium, the quantity demanded of each good must equal to the quantity supplied. This implies that the ratios of the quantities must also be equalized such that Q D W Q D C =Q W Q C .
Substituting from above yields the autarky price ratio in the United States:
(P C P W ) Aut =L − − W /a LW L − − C /a LC =a LC a LW L − − W L − − C .
Similarly, France's autarky price ratio is the following:
(P ∗ C P ∗ W ) Aut =a ∗ LC a ∗ LW L − − ∗ W L − − ∗ C .
Since by assumption the two countries have identical labor endowments, the United States has an absolute advantage in cheese production, and France has an absolute advantage in wine production, it follows that
(P C P W ) Aut <(P ∗ C P ∗ W ) Aut .
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In the Paladin part of this forum there is a really good Weak Aura for tracking Eternal Flame:
On of the things this group of auras does is that it tracks if reapplying it early will make it heal more then the current one. As for en example if its healing for 110K and reapplying it will make it heal for only 80K that value is displayed in red text warning you from reapply it. But on the other hand, if reapplying it will make it heal for 160K the color instead changes to green telling you to reapply it even if the old one still is up.
Does anyone have an aura like this for the mage bombs? Telling if it worth reapplying them early or not. As for an example if your bomb is ticking for 70K and refreshing it would make it tick for only 50K display that in red as an warning but if it's going to be ticking for 110K display that in green telling you to refresh it early.


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It is truly an honor to have so many school reform advocates from across the country come together with one common goal, how do we make sure all children receive a quality education.
Lake Worth, Fla. (PRWEB) November 12, 2013
The Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (Hispanic CREO) will be hosting the school choice education summit: Educate. Empower. Achieve. at the InterContinental at Doral Miami on November 14-16, 2013.
The summit is the premier national gathering of education reformers on Hispanic education issues and school choice options. Every year the summit feature urgent discussions and topics on Hispanic children disparities within K-12 education and brings to light the power and influence of school choice - giving Hispanic students in low-performing schools an opportunity to choose a better learning environment and the chance to succeed academically.
Julio Fuentes, president and CEO of Hispanic CREO, is looking forward to welcoming attendees in Miami. "It is truly an honor to have so many school reform advocates from across the country come together with one common goal; how do we make sure all children receive a quality education?"
Hispanic CREO expects more than 200 parents, students, educators, elected officials, and business leaders to attend. The goals of the event are to:
- Raise awareness of the low academic achievement of Hispanic youth and why this is an issue of national implications with guests such as Darrel Bradford, Director of a Better Education for Kids, Cynthia Hudson, CNN en Español Senior Vice President, and Cristina Allan, CEO of AlphaStaff
- Identify how the community can find a transformational path to solutions to this crisis with guests such as Kenneth Campbell, President of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, Ron Matus from Step Up for Students and Jason Crye, Director of Hispanics for School Choice
- Discuss the needs of children today, and what the schools of the future need to look like with guests such as Gabriel Zinny, founder of KUEPA learning and Giovanni Rodriguez, Advisor to the White House on Science and Technology
- Learn about the role of grassroots in the mobilization of citizens to address education issues with Latino activist Jackie Reyes, "Dreamer" Daniel Leon and FL Director of LATISM Nastascha Otero
- Discuss the role of public officials with leaders such as N.J. Senator M. Teresa Ruiz, FL. Senator Anitere Flores, Commissioner Luz Urbaez-Weinberg, School Board Member Raquel Regalado and former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty.
Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a discussion about the dire state of academic achievement of Hispanic kids in the United States and what they can do about it. Education organizations will be on-hand to distribute information to attendees, and networking receptions will be held on Thursday and Friday nights.
As Americans, we unite around the shared goal of making our children's future bright and prosperous. The education of our youth is an American issue that impacts everyone. Graduating from high school is no longer enough. Our youth need access to schools that prepare them to compete nationally and globally. With the right preparation, our kids will join the workforce ready to innovate, create jobs and solve the nation's most important problems.
Media interested in covering the event must register online here. For more information on the summit, please visit http://bit.ly/GNrJ1Q, and follow us on Twitter @HispanicCREO for the #FUTURO2020 updates on the event.
Hispanic CREO thanks the following organizations for their support of this year's 2013 Summit: Sponsors: Step Up for Students, Alliance for Catholic Education, American Federation for Children, ConnCan, Ford Motor Company, The Walton Family Foundation, The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, The Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation Partners: Infinite Scholars Program, Dynamic Network Results, Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Zambrano Foundation, Black Alliance for Educational Options, P.A.L.s, Foundation for Florida's Future, Community Networker.
The Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options' mission is to create awareness of the educational crisis that exists within the Hispanic community nationally by empowering Hispanic parents to become advocates for their children. Hispanic CREO believes that education is a civil right for every child in this great nation and by advocating for parental and school choice, it ensures a better future for our children.


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Fantasy Football Weekly Podcast: Week 9
A day earlier than usual (and perhaps the new norm), Dan Yanotchko and I recorded our Fantasy Football Weekly podcast as we discussed some players that we like (or dislike) for the rest of the Week 9 games.
You can listen to the archived version of our podcast here.
With our podcasts, we discuss players we like and dislike at each position. Some of the players we discussed included Jake Locker, Zac Stacy, Denarius Moore, Harry Douglas and more.
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Feel free to send your start/sit questions to us via Twitter: @EDSFootball (Kevin) and/or @TheTipDrill_Dan (Dan ... obviously, but in case the Twitter handle didn't give it away).
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By Mike Rehome, Project Spurs.com
During the San Antonio Spurs eleven point victory on Wednesday night against the visiting Boston Celtics, Manu Ginobili was up to his usual tricks. There are times that we sit back and watch Ginobili doing his flashy passes, unorthodox shots, bone-headed plays, okay let me stop there before I get to carried away.
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Modern Practical Studio with WiFi
Size20 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Lockable room
- Family/child friendly
- Elevator in building
- Washer/dryer
- Disabled access
- Towels
Accommodation summary
There is a brand new comfortable L shape double sofa-bed with pillows and clean bedding set. This can be set up to provide a very comfortable double bed. The comfort surpasses that of a normal standard bed. TV and DVD player with Sky box with over 300 Sky channels free and DVD movies.
Wireless internet is available as well as a computer with internet ready and pre-installed Microsoft office and all-in-one printer/copier/scanner for all your business works with printer (you bring your own cartridges and paper). Skype is ready and connected webcam with headset with microphone for video conferencing. Ideal for the business class who want to stay connected wherever they are. Phone line for receiving calls.
Fully functional kitchenette with kitchenware, tableware, Microwave, fridge with freezer compartment, portable mini-washing machine. Spotless neat bathroom with shower cabin and WC. There's also central heating.
The location is excellent. You are within walking distance to all amenities, fast food outlets, supermarket open 24 hours a day, 15 minutes by bus 142 to the iconic Brent cross shopping center, the first large enclosed shopping center ever built in the UK in 1976 or 10 minutes to Edgware shopping center or Burnt oak town center catering for all other international food needs (including Asian, European or afro-Caribbean)
The apartment is 5 minutes walking distance to Colindale station and 20 minutes tube journey from Colindale to the heart of London Tottenham Court Road tube station. Even at night you don't have to worry about how to get home. At night, 2 NIGHT BUSES N5 & N16 run all night from Trafalgar square and Victoria. Day buses include 303, 204, 142, 324, 142, 192, 32 run all day from bus stops outside.
House rulesCheck-in and release of keys are done at the property itself and nowhere else. Please ensure to confirm with me a check-in time before you come to the property. No one will be there to check you in if you just turn up.
Check-in time and check-out time are by agreement. It is not fixed but flexible. You can usually check in or check-out at your convenient time if there is no guests checking out before you or in after you.
Otherwise they are both dependent partly on guests before or after you. Usually check-out time agreed does reasonably allow guests to have a good sleep before they leave unless they want to leave early. Then I discuss with you the best check in time available. I may not be able to give you a time until the guest before you has checked in. So please do expect a final checking time 5 to 3 days before your arrival. However once you know your best check-in time, let me know as it will allow me to work around it.
Please ensure you have my number available on the day of check-in. You will need to contact me at least 30 minutes before arrival at the property to confirm you are on your way or for any delay. I will not be at the property until you confirm, you are coming. Feel free to do that when you are at the property if you are prepared to wait that extra 30 minutes.
The flat is in a block of flat completely gated with no access to outsiders. I will be waiting for you but please let me know when you arrive so that I can come and let you in.
UK numbers always have a 0 at the beginning like 0794...., 0208...., 0195.... You only dial with the first zero if you are using a UK phone. If you have a foreign phone dialing a UK number always dial +44 followed by the number without that zero.
Strictly No smoking anywhere inside the flat to ensure it is always suitable for non-smokers as well and child friendly. You may smoke outside in open air.
If you would like direction to the property, the best and even cheapest transport connection from any airport, please ask me. It is not acceptable that on the day of check-in, I am being delayed because guests get lost going the wrong direction or because they left things till after arrival before starting to work out how to get to the property. You must work out your travel plans before you leave your house. I will only be delayed if it is not your fault.
Return the house as you have found it, reasonably clean and tidy.
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We were very pleasantly surprised. The apartment was in a relatively new apartment complex and had everything you could imagine for a nice stay. A very well equipped kitchen, a large flat screen TV with Sky, as well as enough space for us to sleep as extended family. A large shopping center and the tube was within walking distance. To the city, it was about 30 min., Camden Town even closer. Only the main street was quite noisy but not a problem thanks to earplugs. The handover with Oliver was very straightforward. As a tip paid the deposit in Euros, then you have no conversion losses.
Wir waren sehr positiv überrascht. Die Wohnung was in einem relativ neuen Mehrfamilienkomplex und hatte alles, was man sich für einen schönen Aufenthalt vorstellen kann. Eine sehr gut ausgestattete Küche, einen großen Flatscreen mit Sky sowie genügend Platz für uns als Großfamilie zum schlafen. Ein großes Einkaufszentrum sowie die Tube waren nur wenige Gehminuten entfernt. Zur Innenstadt waren es ca. 30 min., nach Camden Town sogar etwas näher. Einzig die Hauptverkehrsstraße war ziemlich laut aber dank Ohropax kein Problem. Die Übergabe mit Oliver war sehr unkompliziert. Als Tip bezahlt die Kaution in Euro, dann habt Ihr keine Umtauschverluste.
Value - Value is true, well located, very good tube connection, size of the apartment suitable for max 4 adults and 1-2 children.
Preis- Leistung - Verhältnis stimmt; gut gelegen; sehr guter tube-Anschluß; Größe der Wohnung gut geeignet für 4 Erwachsene sowie 1-2 Kinder max.
Great apartment for four of us and Oliver was a very flexible host in terms of checking in and out. Very fair rates and conditions. Takes about an hour from the front door to central London on the underground, but this was fine for sightseeing all day and safe neighbourhood to return to late at night. Clean and comfortable, thanks for having us!
It 'a nice apartment, small but with tuuti the services needed, in 10 minutes you arrive at the station, with which you can reach central London in 20 minutes. Nearby (about 500 meters) there is a 24 hour supermarket. I would say the value is more than good.
E' un bell'appartamento, piccolo ma con tuuti i servizi necessari, In 10 minuti si arriva alla metropolitana, con la quale si raggiunge il centro di Londra in 20 minuti circa. Nelle vicinanze (circa 500 metri) c'è un supermercato aperto 24 ore. Direi che il rapporto qualità prezzo è più che buono.
clean apartment, spacious and extra sleeping on sofa in living room. Nice owners. disadvantage is that the bed slightly sagging. That it is on a busy road with lots of traffic. Inside the apartment is a separation made by additional hiring of a smaller room as studio.Via shaky door with lock is closed this apartment. We had no problems with other tenants, share no toilet or shower. but I felt shaky door as security a bit poor. There is still a common good solid door with lock.
schoon appartement, ruim en extra slaap mogelijkheid via slaapbanken in huiskamer.
Aardige eigenaars.
nadeel is dat het tweepersoonsbed iets doorzakt. Dat het aan een drukke weg ligt met veel verkeerslawaai. Binnen het appartement is een scheiding gemaakt door extra verhuur van een kleinere kamer als studio.Via wankel deurtje met slotje is dit appartement hiervan afgesloten. Wij hebben geen last gehad van andere huurders, deelt geen toilet of douche. maar ik vond dat wankele deurtje als beveiliging een beetje slecht. Er is nog wel een gemeenschappelijke stevige buitendeur met goed slot.
Highly recommended apartment! What we liked was great, the proximity to the city. In 25 minutes you are right in the city. In addition, we could easily stay with 5 people and it would really have been room for 2 more. Unfortunately, it is from the street really noisy, but thanks to earplugs no problem :-) We would stay here again anytime!
Sehr empfehlenswerte Wohnung! Was uns toll gefallen hat, war die Nähe zur Stadt. In 25 Minuten ist man mitten in der City. Außerdem konnten wir problemlos mit 5 Personen übernachten und es wäre wirklich noch Platz für 2 weitere gewesen.
Leider ist es von der Straße her wirklich sehr laut, aber dank Ohropax kein Problem :-)
Wir würden jederzeit wieder hier wohnen!
Everything was great! The flat is very clean, modern, very well equipped with tv, internet, nice kitchen and etc. The Underground Tube station and Asda supermarket were very close. Oliver is a fantastic host, very friendly! I would recommend everyone to stay here!
Very nice and beautiful apartment with all the facilities. Highly secured with many doors before one can access to the apartment. Quite far from Central London but underground train is available at 10 minutes walking distance.
All was great! Oliver is fantastic host! The flat is clean, modern, very well equipped with all you may need. Only a loud noise comes from the street, but after the first day it is no longer interfere. Next time we definitely will stay at Oliver`s place again. I recommend stay here to everyone!
The apartment is very well equipped, especially the kitchen (even with freezer, washing machine, toaster, sandwich maker, ...).
Die Wohnung ist sehr gut eingerichtet, vor allem die Küche (sogar mit Gefrierfach, Waschmaschine, Toaster, Sandwichmaker,...).
- Quality assured accommodation
- Every host is verified by telephone
- Secure payment via SSL encryption


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Welcome fellow video game enthusiasts to GameZone's News Update. Want the latest breaking news, delivered in a quick, easy to digest way? Then look no further, and enjoy these latest headlines from the day.
3DS-focused Nintendo Direct set for tomorrow
A Nintendo Direct presentation has been announced for tomorrow, November 13th. The broadcast will begin at 8:00am PT (11:00am ET) and will features updates on already announced 3DS games set to release through "early 2014."
PS4 takes about 17 seconds to boot, according to new video
With the PlayStation 4 set to release this Friday (November 15), more and more videos are beginning to trickle in from people who have received their console early. The latest comes from YouTuber "CJ Cool" who has not only been posting photos of the system's menu, but also uploaded a video of the PS4 performing a cold boot-up.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor announced for Xbox One, PS4, and current-gen
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, a new third-person action game set in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth, has been announced by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Developed by Monolith Productions, the studio behindGuardians of Middle-Earth,Shadow of Mordor will be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.


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Preparing Your Home for Showings…and the Sale!
First impressions are typically important to buyers. Play up your home's best points and keep it tidy for last-minute showings. A small investment in time and money can give your home an advantage over competing homes in your neighborhood. Here are suggestions and a check list for preparing your home for showings and ultimately, the sale!
Curb Appeal
- Keep curbside and driveway free of parked cars, if possible.
- Cut lawns.
- Trim hedges and shrubs.
- Weed and edge gardens.
- Pick up litter.
- Clear drive and sidewalks of snow and leaves.
- Repair and clean soffits, gutters, and spouts.
- Clean out garage.
- Touch up exterior paint.
- Put out new doormat.
At the Front Door
- Clean and tidy porch and foyer.
- Make sure the door bell rings.
- Check that door hardware is in good shape.
- Is the air fresh?
Make it Roomy
- Clear halls and stairs of clutter.
- Store surplus furniture.
- Clear kitchen counters and stove.
- Make closets neat and tidy.
- Consider holding a garage sale to clear out "used items" from garage and basement.
Cleanliness Counts
- Kitchens, bathrooms, and utility rooms get close scrutiny.
- Clean and freshen bathrooms.
- Clean refrigerator, stove, and counters.
- Clean washer, dryer, and laundry tubs.
- Vacuum and clean flooring.
Well Maintained
- Repair leaky faucets and toilets.
- Clean furnace and replace filters.
- Tighten door knobs and cupboard latches.
- Repair cracked plaster.
- Touch up chipped paint.
- Clean and repair windows, screens, and storm doors.
- Repair seals around tub and sinks.
- Replace burned out light bulbs.
- Oil squeaking doors.
Create Buying Mood
- Turn on lots of lights and burn scented candles throughout the house.
- Open curtains and blinds in the daytime.
- Set the thermostat so it is cool or warm enough for a comfortable showing.
- Light fireplace in the fall or winter.
- Play quiet background music; no blaring TVs or radios.
Valuable Considerations
- Keep jewelry and valuables out of sight or locked safely away during showings.
- Take precautions to ensure property (such as collectibles, vases, figurines, mementos) is safely situated, or out of reach, or packed away so it can't be accidentally broken.
Pet Alert
- Consider best arrangements for pets, preferably taking them away from the home during showings.
- Remove all pet odor if possible.


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How to Unlock Samsung Galaxy S & S2, and Galaxy Note by USB [6a]
This guide describes how to unlock the following phone models by USB. If your phone is not listed below, you are on the wrong page — click here to find your model.
This guide applies to: Captivate, Captivate Glide, Fascinate 3G, Fascinate 3G+, GT-N7000, GT-N7000B, GT-P1000, GT-P1000L, GT-P1000M, GT-P1000N, GT-P1000R, GT-P1000T, GT-P6200, GT-P6200L, GT-P6201, GT-P6800, GT-P7100, GT-P7300, GT-P7300B, GT-P7300L, GT-P7500, GT-P7500D, GT-P7500L, GT-P7500M, GT-P7500R, GT-P7500V, GT-P7501, GT-i9000, GT-i9000B, GT-i9000L, GT-i9000M, GT-i9000T, GT-i9001, GT-i9003, GT-i9003B, GT-i9003L, GT-i9010, GT-i9020, GT-i9020A, GT-i9020T, GT-i9023, GT-i9100, GT-i9100G, GT-i9100L, GT-i9100M, GT-i9100P, GT-i9100T, GT-i9103, GT-i9220, Galaxy R, Galaxy S, Galaxy S Captivate, Galaxy S Fascinate 3G, Galaxy S Fascinate 3G+, Galaxy S Giorgio Armani, Galaxy S Glide, Galaxy SL, Galaxy S Plus, Galaxy S Super Clear LCD, Galaxy S Vibrant, Galaxy S scLCD, Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Tab 3G, Galaxy Tab 7.0, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus N, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus NTT DoCoMo, Galaxy Tab 7.7, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 10.1 N, Galaxy Tab 10.1v, Galaxy Tab 620, Galaxy Tab 680, Galaxy Tab 730, Galaxy Tab 750, Galaxy Tab NTT DoCoMo, N023, N024, N7000, N7000B, Nexus S, P1000, P1000L, P1000M, P1000N, P1000R, P1000T, P6200, P6200L, P6201, P6800, P7100, P7300, P7300B, P7300L, P7500, P7500D, P7500L, P7500M, P7500R, P7500V, P7501, SC-01C, SC-02D, SGH-N023, SGH-N024, SGH-T849, SGH-T859, SGH-T869, SGH-T959, SGH-T959D, SGH-i777, SGH-i896, SGH-i897, SGH-i927, SGH-i927R, SGH-i987, T849, T859, T869, T959, T959D, Vibrant, i777, i896, i897, i927, i927R, i987, i9000, i9000B, i9000L, i9000M, i9000T, i9001, i9003, i9003B, i9003L, i9010, i9020, i9020A, i9020T, i9023, i9100, i9100G, i9100L, i9100M, i9100P, i9100T, i9103, i9220
How do I know if my phone is network locked?
- Insert a SIM card from a different network and power on your phone.
- If the phone is network locked, it will display one of the bellow messages
- If your phone says different message do NOT purchase unlock service
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Locked Android-powered Phone
What do I need to unlock my phone by USB?
Apart from the network locked Samsung phone, you will need:
- USB cable
- Internet
- Windows 7 or 8 or 10
- MicroSD Memory Card (Android 3.x and 4.x devices only)
How do I purchase an unlocking service on FastGSM?
- Go to the detail page for your phone on FastGSM.com
- Select from available services
- Click Buy Now and follow the instructions.
- You will be asked to create an account or sign into your existing account.
Ready to unlock your phone?
- Select your phone manufacturer and model bellow to see available services
Install the device driver
- Close all applications
- Disconnect phone from USB
- Download and install the drivers
- IMPORTANT: Install the drivers again even you already installed Samsung drivers before!
Check your phone Android version
- Go to Applications > Settings > About phone
- Check Android version
Android 2.3.6 only: Update phone software
- If your phone Android version is 2.3.6 you need to update it to the higher version or root your phone
- Use Update software in your phone menu or Kies software to update your phone
- Do not proceed with unlocking by USB if you are unable to update your 2.3.6 device or root phone yourself prior unlocking
Android 3.x/4.x only: Insert MicroSD Memory Card
- Insert the MicroSD card into your phone
- The SD card must be formatted and have at least 5MB of free space on it
- You can format your card and check the free space available by going to Applications > Settings > Storage
Enable USB debugging
- Enable USB debugging on your phone — instructions here
Download and start FastGSM Samsung Client software
- Download FastGSM Samsung Unlock Client software and save it to your Desktop or Downloads folder
- Once download is completed, run the client software
- Click Install. The software will start automatically
- When prompted for your login and password, fill in your FastGSM account email and password
- Select your phone model and press Next
- You can find your phone model on the box or on the sticker under the battery (e.g. for SM-A123 or GT-A123 or SGH-A123 select A123 model)
- Connect the phone to your computer using the USB cable
- Wait until phone drivers are installed
- Press the Next button in the FastGSM Samsung Client
Complete the unlocking process
For Android 2.x
- When you see Congratulation, your phone is unlocked!, your phone is successfully unlocked
- You can disconnect it from the MicroUSB and start using it on a different network
For Android 3.x and higher
- Go to My Computer
- Click on your phone/tablet icon, e.g. GT-I9100 / GT-N7000 / SGH-I777 / SGH-I927 / GT-P6200 / GT-P6800 / SGH-T869 / SC-02D etc.
- Click on Card
- Drag or copy root2.zip file from the FastGSM Samsung Client folder (the place where you extracted the client software on your computer) and place or paste it onto your phone's card
- Wait until the client says: RESTARTING PHONE : [OK]
- Disconnect the phone from USB
- Use the Volume up and Volume down keys on your phone to select the Apply update from external storage option and press the Power button
- Use the Volume up and Volume down keys to select root2.zip
- Press the Power button
- Wait until the rooting process is finished
- Select ../ (if you see this option on your phone) and confirm by hitting the Power button
- Select Reboot system now and confirm by hitting the Power button
- Wait until the phone restarts and goes to the home screen
- Connect the USB cable back to the phone
- When the Congratulation, your phone is unlocked! message appears, your phone is successfully unlocked
- Disconnect your phone from USB
Disable USB debugging
- Disable USB debugging on your phone — instructions here
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With an electronic-log mandate rule long in the works and expected to be publish fairly soon, we want to know: What's your likely course of action when it's fully implemented?Read More
Wendy details losses incurred directly as a result of the new hours of service changes: "As of the 10th, we've lost approximately $300 due directly to the new laws."Read More
Mobile communications technology stands to transform the way truck inspections take place, with big implications for the CSA program and owner-operator businesses.Read More
Hard truths: European trucking technology tends to lead adoption in the states. Dash-mounted video cameras, EOBRs, breathalyzers as required equipment can be expected here.Read More
The mandate for interstate carriers in the United States to use electronic onboard recorders for hours of service tracking that is in the Senate's two-year highway bill proposal -- S. 1813, currently in conference with a House six-month temporary reauthorization and experiencing no shortage of debate -- got a little push from a few big players in trucking legislation yesterday. Namely, the American Trucking Association and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, along with the American Automobile ...Read More
Jeffersonville, Ind.-based owner-operator Perry Famularo says he "was one of those guys who said, 'If you make me go to electronic logs, I'm out of here.'" Leased to Dart Transit, though, he was presented with the opportunity a couple years ago to try out one of the PeopleNet eLogs units the mostly owner-operator carrier was beginning to test and offer its contractors. As Famularo tells it, "Dart asked me would I want to experiment with one. I said, 'Well sure, I'm willing to ...Read More
In my research for the cover story of the current edition of Overdrive, "Getting on board," about the growing use of electronic onboard recorders for logging among many major carriers throughout the United States, I had a conversation with expediting husband-wife team Bob and Linda Caffee about curiosities of their electronic logging system. "We drove to a military base," Bob said of a particular pickup, "stopped and went on-duty not driving. We had to go to another ...Read More


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National Transportation Safety Board - Aviation Accident Preliminary Report: http://app.ntsb.gov/pdf
CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION INC: http://registry.faa.gov/N52265
FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA St. Louis FSDO-62
NTSB Identification: CEN16LA379
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, September 18, 2016 in Chesterfield, MO
Aircraft: CESSNA 172S, registration: N52265
Injuries: 1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On September 18, 2016, at 2006 central daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N52265, impacted terrain during a go-around from runway 26R at Spirit of St Louis Airport (SUS), Chesterfield, Missouri. The airplane descended after it entered into a right nose-down turn while turning downwind for runway 26R. The airplane was destroyed. The commercial pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was registered to Christiansen Aviation Inc and operated by Air Associates of Missouri under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight that was not operating on a flight plan. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident for the flight that originated from SUS.
CHESTERFIELD, MO (KPLR) – A Chesterfield pilot is expected to recover after the single engine plane he was flying crashed near the Spirit of St. Louis Airport Sunday night.
Authorities believe he may have been doing "touch and go" maneuvers when the plane stalled. He was the only person on board.
The U.S. Air Force has credited the Missouri Civil Air Patrol with both a "find" and a "save", as in finding the plane and saving the pilot.
Their training and a search beacon led the way to the overturned plane and the injured pilot, Ranakrishna Vallurutalli, 70.
He was still trapped in the wreckage, hidden by the late night darkness and waist high soybeans.
"What we could see from the fence line when they actually found the airplane was just one of the wheels sticking up," said Lt. Col. Keith Monteith of the MO Civil Air Patrol.
The plane went down not far Spirit Airport around 8:00 last night.
Helicopter searchers were picking up the plane's emergency beacon, a steady radio tone activated by impact. Still, they could not see the plane. Their initial search focused on the Missouri River and Howell Island west of the airport. But the handheld direction finder used by in civil air patrol's ground search team locked onto the beacon and pointed them just north of the area where the helicopter searchers were looking.
"When we showed up with the direction finder, we got a bearing that said it was actually a lot close to the outlet mall, than Howell Island," Monteith said. "When the needle (of the direction finder) centers up then we just look straight ahead, that's where the bearing should be to the airplane that we're trying to find … so (we) directed the helicopter to relocate and search the soybean field that was just to north of the airport. Within two passes he had lit up the crash site with his powered spotlight…we train for years to go out and find and hopefully rescue downed air crew before they are in too severe straits. Many times you don't find them in time. It's awesome if you find someone in time to make a difference."
Shortly after 10:00, the search was over. The FAA is investigating the incident but there is not yet any definitive word on what caused the crash.
Story and video: http://kplr11.com
A pilot of a small single-engine airplane that crashed near Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield on Sunday night reportedly suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Chesterfield Sgt. Keith Rider identified the pilot as Ramakrishna Vallurupalli, 70, of Chesterfield. Vallurupalli was found conscious and alert inside the upside down plane about two hours after the crash, according to Monarch Fire Protection Agency officials. He was extricated from the plane and hospitalized at a local hospital.
The investigation of the crash now is largely up to the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA], Rider said. Vallurupalli was the only person in the plane.
Roger Herin, a spokesperson for the Monarch Fire Protection District, said about 8:07 p.m. on Sunday night the control tower at Spirit reported the plane had gone down somewhere to the west of it. Tower officials couldn't immediately pinpoint the location of the plane, A police helicopter found the plane after 10 p.m.
It was thought that the plane may be on the riverbank of the Missouri River in the Howell Island Conservation Area. The plane turned out to have landed in an area near airport property, south of Rombachs Farm in the 18000 block of Olive Street Road that shielded by high grass and difficult to see, particularly with darkness setting in, Herin said.
The pilot actually was able to call his wife via cellphone to tell her to call 9-1-1 but the call was dropped before he could give a better location, Herin said. Herin said another agency was in cellphone contact and responders were able to pinpoint his positions from the pilot's cellphone signal.
Herin said the plane was upside down when responders came on the scene. He said fire fighters had to literally cut the pilot out of the plane. The pilot was then transferred to a local hospital.
Herin said plane crashes aren't common. "It does happen," Herin said.
Source: http://westnewsmagazine.com
Monday, September 19, 2016
Cessna 172S, Christiansen Aviation Inc., N52265: Accident occurred September 18, 2016 near Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS), Chesterfield, St. Louis County, Missouri
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Here's the deal...
This site is a place for me to indulge myself by 'experimenting' while I learn how to use some of the really inovative things one can do with:
- HTML (hyper text markup language) - the language of the web.
- CSS (cascading style sheets - a place to put - on one web page - all your information about what fonts, sizes, colors, etc that you want your HTML code to use for all (well almost all) of your web pages). That way if you want to change a font or something - you just change it once on the style sheet instead of having to comb through all your web pages.
- Flash - allows one to include complex animations on your website - among other things.
- javascript - makes possible some quite complex manipulations, interactions and animations on your web pages
with just small snippets of code. There is a growing library of downloadable code which enables
wondrous things to be done with a minimum of code and effort.
- For example:
- Code enabling input from the viewer.
- Those annoying, to some, 'tooltips' that pop up to tell you something about the text or symbol the mouse is hovering over.
- An array of libraries - some of which seemingly by magic - take some photos and put them into the form of an album or slideshow.
This is also a place where I can evaluate the ease of use and versatility of some of those special websites now available for uploading videos, photos, text and slideshows:
- YouTubeGoofy Stuff
- Picasa Example
- Flickr
- Facebook - Jim Nelson introduced me to this site. It is still a major puzzle to me although I have managed to upload some pictures that are formed into an album viewable by other Facebook aficionados. Example
- Twitter - it appears to be the internet equivalent of those kids that always have a cell phone plugged into their ears. What is it useful for? - I haven't a clue.
- Photodex - a true 'streaming' website for display of high resolution slideshows.
I am slowly learning how to generate some Google Earth 'flyby-like' material for use in slideshows.
You can check out my initial efforts by clicking the 'Highest Peaks' or the 'Fly-By Tour' links in the yellow box.
My apologies to those who don't get their kicks by puttering around with this sort of stuff.
This past year I put a lot of my effort converting my PowerPoint presentations to slideshows using Photodex Pro Show Gold.
Photodex has recently upgraded their online slideshow sharing website to allow streaming of high resolution material.
If you would like to see how some of my stuff looks on their streaming website.
After a one-time download of the Photodex Viewer (if you have a problem with the download - pause your anti-virus/firewall for a couple of minutes) you may have to wait a bit for enough data to download for the slideshow to start. When it starts you can run the mouse over the bottom of the screen to get some controls. Click on an icon at the right side to see the show with full screen.
Below are links to a couple of my slideshows if you want to check them out.
A Trip to Ice Lakes in Golden October - 18 minutes
The ski ascent of Seance Peak starts out as a fiasco - 23 minutes
Also on the Photodex site you can see one of my 'goofy' productions - an imaginary ride down a world-class zipline by Eli, a second grader, who lives in Stehekin. The zipline runs from the summit of Tupshin Peak (8320' elevation) to the new Nielsen 'straw' house - a drop of 7100 feet in about 4 miles.
Other Fun Stuff
I'm using the following link to learn some Flash... Morphing etc (be warned - this spoof is a little goofy!
It is a 'SWF' file so it make take a bit of time to download enough material to start.
Dumpster Diving - Climber Style)
At present I am spending a good deal of time seeing what I can do with javascript to enhance my web pages. An example of one of the many interesting things that can be done with javascript - check out this page turn code that flips the pages of my 1953 High School Yearbook. This example also uses some Flash to put some unauthorized words in the mouths of my senior classmates (which puts this stuff in the goofy category).
And these are future projects... websites I am slowly pecking away on.
A place to gather some of my alpine pictures and stories
It's time to talk about where we are going with our wilderness areas. How do we balance the desire of some for turning certain wilderness areas into 'Sanctuary Wilderness' while still maintaining the broadest possible support for wild places by allowing all Americans the widest access possible to our precious wilderness?


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DIY Venue The Fold Will Host Massive Indiegogo Party This Saturday
Rockville, Maryland-based DIY venue The Fold will celebrate the launch of its Indiegogo campaign by throwing a massive party this Saturday.
The event will feature several great DMV area DJs along with artwork by Kelly Towles, who has designed for businesses like U St Music Hall, Toki Underground, DC Brau and Graffiato.
Doors open at 9 p.m. and it's free to get in! If you're looking to drink, it's encouraged for everyone to BYOB.


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Duran Duran flashes substance
By GREG HAYMES
Staff writer
ALBANY – During Duran Duran's early-1980s heyday, they were on top
of the pop world. A bunch of good-looking guys leading the new romantic
movement into the pop mainstream with a succession of high-fashion music
videos that helped make MTV the power that it was. The band redefined
rock stars for a new generation. The young girls loved them, although most
critics offhandedly dismissed the band as a textbook case of style over
 But judging by the exciting, upbeat concert that Duran Duran delivered at
the Palace Theatre on Monday evening, I'd have to say that the critics …
myself included … got it wrong.
 On Monday, singer Simon Le Bon uncorked "Hungry Like the Wolf" to
open the show, and the band kept charging forward for the next hour and a
half. The hits kept coming … the slinky dance-floor funk of "Union of the
Snake," the pensive drone of "Come Undone," the sweeping ballad
"Ordinary World" … and there was nary a weak link. The songs had
staying power, and it wasn't merely the power of nostalgia, although there
was plenty of that in the air, too.
 No, the songs are full of catchy pop hooks, driven with a thumping dance
beat or arena-rock power chords. While Roger Taylor certainly isn't a
particularly flashy or fancy drummer, he packed a mean wallop on the
rave-like "(Reach Up for the) Sunrise" and "The Reflex." Bassist John
Taylor fueled the funk on nuggets like the Power Station's "Some Like It
Hot" and the churning disco of "Notorious." Looking particularly cool and
collected, keyboardist Nick Rhodes added plenty of spice to the
proceedings, especially during "Hold Back the Rain" and the sprawling "A
View to a Kill."
 New guitarist Dom Brown acquitted himself nicely, too, considering that
he just took over the guitar slot in the band two weeks ago when original
guitarist Andy Taylor and the band unceremoniously parted ways. He
packed plenty of arena-rock wallop on "Wild Boys" and aced the Chic-like
dance rhythms on the "Serious/Nice" medley.
 But of course it was frontman Le Bon who drew the loudest cheers, and
rightfully so. He still possesses a winning, boyish grin and his voice was in
great shape all night long, even during the falsetto sections of "What
Happens Tomorrow."
 Sure, there were a few missteps along the way. They probably didn't need
to tack a lackluster rendition of Sly and the Family Stone's "I Wanna Take
You Higher" onto the end of "Notorious." And the saxophonist sideman
blew a little too long during the final encore of "Rio." But those are
relatively minor quibbles.
 There's more music in those old Duran Duran records than you might
think. And the band can still play them with a enough genuine urgency that
they haven't fallen into the only-in-it-for-the-money syndrome just yet.
 And while I certainly don't long to relive the '80s, I've got to admit that it
was a real kick to hear those pinging synth-drums once again on "Hungry
Like the Wolf."
Greg Haymes may be reached at 454-5742 or by e-mail at
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  When: 7:30 p.m. Monday
Where: The Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany
Highlights: The slinky "Union of the Snake," the sweeping "Ordinary
World" and the encore of "Girls on Film"
The crowd: About 2,000 fans, primarily female, many of whom had
posters of Simon Le Bon on their bedroom walls once upon a time
Length: 95 minutes


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The top 20 performers from last week's relative strength list.
The bottom 20.
There were 3 reports from the earnings spreadsheet. APSG and CVGW reported quarters of decelerating earnings growth, and CMED reported a quarter of negative growth.
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Yusif Abubakar facing Berekum Chelsea sack after damaging defeat
Yusif Abubakar could be sacked by Berekum Chelsea following his sides' 4-1 defeat to Ebusua Dwarfs.
The Blues were heavily embarrassed at the Robert Mensah stadium as goals from Francis Attuquaye, John Arthur and Asiwone Fumador condemned them to their heaviest defeat in the top-flight.
The future of the former Wassaman United coach has since been hugely speculated with reports suggesting he could be axed from the club.
Officials are believed to be unhappy with his tactical approach to the game and are demanding a swift response against All Stars on Wednesday.
Another slip again the Wa-based side could be his last game for the 2010 Ghanaian League champions.
Chelsea have been knocked out of the top-four after the heavy defeat.
CommentsThis article has 2 comment(s), give your comment
GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:November 26, 2012 11:58 pmTHE ONLY COACHING THIS FOOL KNOWS IS TO COACH IN HIS BIG DRUM LIKE BELLY. LOOK AT HIM POINTING UPWARDS WITH HIS LEFTHAND. KWASIA, U DO TAXES OR ACCOUNTING BEFORE? sk the americans who does their banKING, ACCOUNTING AND TAXES FOR THEM? THE CANADIANS.....U DUMMY! U HAVE A BRAIN IN YOUR HEAD UPSTAIRS, USE IT
Kay says:November 26, 2012 05:54 pmwhy do you take away the white coach after reaching semi-final at the CL? It doesn't make any sense to remove your top coach and replace him with a rookie.


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Breaking into possibility
Are you sure you see as much as you could? Can you connect to what you see around you, and do you recognize the opportunities for growth when they appear before you?
Are you feeling separate within yourself; at a distance from what you see around you? Do you keep repeating the same challenges, and do similar kinds of people appear to be drawn to you?
Do you experience . . .
A sense of holding back? Not feeling good enough? Getting overwhelmed? And feeling that we are simply accepting second best? A fear of the unknown and an over-attachment to familiarity?
Do you feel movement inside, sometimes pushing you up against the very perimeters of your comfort zones? It can get tiring trying to hold it all together.
Perhaps it's time; time for movement? And if we start walking we might find that there is already a path underneath our feet . . .
Our world is shifting dramatically, but change first begins with us, then it begins to ripple out . . .
Are we ready?


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