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If you saw the screenshot, you know I took a brief dip back into Arch Linux yesterday. Already I'm craving Ubuntu again.
I like Arch a lot, and I want to like it more. But the fact of the matter is that I'm always installing and reinstalling things, breaking them and tweaking them, and the time it takes me to set up an Arch build is not exactly conducive to that.
I've heard people make the same complaint about Gentoo, and I can understand it: Sure, once the machine is built it's phenomenally fast, but until you reach that point, you're spending extra time configuring and tweaking — and in the end, you don't lose anything over a preconfigured distro. Ubuntu might run slower than Arch, but Ubuntu is up and running while I'm still trying to get sound working in Arch.
Nevertheless, what seems like a quirk or a defect in one distro is a perk in the other, and depending on what I prefer at any given moment, neither one is likely to go away anytime soon.

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From the very outset, the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé allows its ambitions to be clearly felt: thrilling sports character, high-precision handling and optimum ride comfort unite to produce an experience of exhilarating performance for the driver – with perfect roadholding and cornering. In combination with the intelligent lightweight construction technique, the final result is a maximum degree of dynamics and agility in the sportily elegant four-door vehicle.
BMW TwinPower Turbo inline 6-cylinder petrol engine.
BMW TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder petrol engine.
The optional 8-speed sport automatic transmission ensures maximum levels of dynamics, efficiency and ride comfort. Short shifting times improve the acceleration values while the fine spacing of the eight gears permits barely noticeable gear changing. At the same time, the engine is maintained at the ideal level of revs for optimum power development while noise level is reduced. The eighth gear reduces the revolutions of the engine at high speeds and hence fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
There is just one word for the driving characteristics of the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé: breathtaking. After all, the typical BMW rear-wheel drive, low centre of gravity and perfect axle load distribution are an absolute guarantee of sheer driving pleasure. Support for this sensation comes from the standard-feature variable sport steering with Servotronic and the optional Adaptive M suspension. They excellent roadholding particularly when a sporty driving style is adopted and on winding roads.
50:50 axle load distribution
An ideal axle load distribution of 50:50 helps ensure great directional stability, agile handling and a precise steering response. While at the same time, a lower centre of gravity and shorter overhangs further improve driving characteristics.
Adaptive M suspension
The Adaptive M suspension can be electronically adjusted at any time to suit the road and driving conditions. The driver can also adjust the suspension characteristics via the Driving Experience Control to enable their preferred driving style at the time – from comfortable to extremely athletic with markedly agile handling.
Variable sport steering
The Variable sport steering with Servotronic creates a direct and agile steering response and ensures that less physical effort is required to turn the wheel. It reacts to the angle of the steering wheel with varying steering ratios. This improves handling when driving more dynamically and reduces the effort needed to steer when parking and turning. The selectable SPORT+ mode is a further feature of this package.
Less fuel consumption, more driving pleasure: That is BMW Efficient Dynamics. It covers an array of different technologies that affect the drive system, energy management and the vehicle concept. The result is lower fuel consumption and fewer CO2 emissions with more dynamics and driving fun at the same time. A standard feature in every BMW – and of course in the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé as well.


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Rising Postal Rates Squeeze Small Record Labels
Prices on mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service increased this week — the price of a first-class stamp now costs 46 cents, up a penny. But for small businesses that ship products overseas, like many independent record labels, the costs could be much larger.
Brian Lowit, who has worked at Washington, D.C.'s Dischord Records for 10 years, says that while a postage rate hike is a familiar bump in the road, "I've never seen one this drastic."
Dischord, the label started and run by Ian MacKaye of the local band Fugazi, has long been known for selling moderately priced records. A copy of Fugazi's 1991 album Steady Diet of Nothing still costs just $10 on CD and $11 on LP. When a customer in Europe or Asia buys a record, though, the label has to add in the cost of shipping. And for those customers, that cost is now much higher.
Dischord also distributes releases by many other labels. Lowit says that on Saturday, it cost $13.17 to ship a record to the U.K. Today, it costs him $18.60. For a label that ships several hundred LPs overseas every week, that's a lot of money.
Last year, the USPS posted record losses — nearly $16 billion — and the rate increase is intended to help the agency generate revenue. In a statement earlier this year, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the USPS is currently losing $25 million per day.
By law, the Postal Service is only allowed to raise the average price of its services at a rate equal to or less than the rate of inflation, which is currently 2.570 percent. On Sunday morning, rates rose across the board, but the distribution of those increases was different for different services. The cost of postcard and first-class stamps increased by a penny. Domestic first-class packages are up around 3 percent. Express mail went up about 6 percent.
"The domestic [increase] is real minimal, but I am concerned about the international," says Jeremy Bible, who runs Experimedia, a label, retailer and distributor. Think about everything that goes into the final LP before it gets shipped, he says, from the paper sleeve to the circle glued to the center of the disc: "the labels for when they're manufacturing, and supplies, probably even up to the manufacturers such as the pressing plants, who have to have stuff shipped to them."
Bible says the biggest hit will be taken by small labels who rely on direct orders from consumers to stay in the black.
"In some of these cases, the shipping is becoming more expensive than what the people are actually buying," he says. "I'm really not sure what the Postal Service is thinking, because they're making people look into other options."
The best option for small labels who ship overseas may be to avoid the postal service altogether. Ron Morelli, who runs a record label called L.I.E.S. Records, says he ships a majority of his music internationally via a distributor who has long used a freight shipping company rather than the Postal Service. Morelli says that so far, the price hike hasn't affected him.
Other options for labels could include pressing their vinyl overseas, assuming they can find a plant. Or they could do what Jeremy Bible does and ship large amounts of albums — before they're purchased — to a middle man.
"Like for the U.K., I have a friend over there, and when we have new releases I send him a large box, so then they'd hold onto the stock and then when they need to fulfill an order for that country, they'd fulfill that," Bible says.
Despite these workarounds, he says, rising shipping costs will make selling physical copies of music more difficult.
The United States Postal Service has cut staff, proposed eliminating Saturday delivery and has just announced higher postage rates, all in an effort to offset record losses. Now, while the rate increases are in most cases really small, they could have a big effect on small business.
NPR's Sami Yenigun reports the increases are already affecting independent record labels and distributors.
SAMI YENIGUN, BYLINE: A postage hike is a familiar bump in the road for small labels. Brian Lowit, who has been working at Dischord Records in Washington, D.C. for 10 years. He says this time it's different.
BRIAN LOWIT: We've gone through a lot of increases in the postal rates before, but I've never seen one this drastic.
YENIGUN: Dischord is home of the hardcore pioneers Fugazi.
FUGAZI: (Instrumental)
YENIGUN: Dischord Records' Brian Lowit says about a quarter of his mail orders come from overseas, so to ship that Fugazi P to London...
LOWIT: It's about $5.50 more than it was on Saturday.
YENIGUN: Lowit says on Saturday, it cost him 13.17 to send a record via U.S. Postal Service to the U.K. Today, it costs him $18.60. For an independent label that ships several hundred records overseas every week, that's a lot of money.
JEREMY BIBLE: The domestic is real minimal. I am concerned about the international.
YENIGUN: That's Jeremy Bible, who runs Experimedia, a label retailer and distributor of CD's and LP's.
And the domestic increases are minimal. First class letters and postcards rose a penny. First class packages rose around 3 percent. And Express mail rose about 6 percent.
But Bible says think about everything that goes into the final LP before it gets shipped, from the paper sleeve, to what gets glued to the center of the vinyl.
BIBLE: The labels for when they're manufacturing and supplies, probably even up to the manufacturers, such as the pressing plants who have to have stuff shipped to them.
YENIGUN: The biggest, says Bible, will be on small record companies that rely on direct orders from their fans.
BIBLE: In some of these cases, the shipping is starting to become more expensive than what the people are actually buying.
YENIGUN: In other words, that Fugazi record that cost almost $20 to send to London only cost about 11 bucks to buy from Dischord.
YENIGUN: The Postal Service says it has to raise rates, and 46 cents to send a letter is cheaper than just about anywhere else in the world. Earlier this month, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said USPS is losing average of $25 million a day.
In an email, a spokesperson said that the postal service is waiting for Congress to enact what she called, comprehensive long-term legislation that creates a more flexible business model for the agency. For now, the best way for small record labels to ship overseas might just be to avoid the postal service altogether.
Ron Morelli runs the label L.I.E.S. that sends a majority of its music abroad.
RON MORELLI: My distributor pays for all the shipping costs. They get a lot better rates from shipping in bulk with a freight shipping than they would having to ship everything through the USPS.
YENIGUN: Experimedia's Jeremy Bible is already shipping in bulk himself.
BIBLE: Like for the U.K., I have a friend over there, when we put out new releases I send him a large box. So then they'd hold onto the stock and then when we need to fulfill an order for that country or a wholesale order to the store, then they would handle the fulfillment of that.
YENIGUN: But, he says, rising shipping costs don't bode well for the future.
BIBLE: We're probably in the last great era of the physical music media.
YENIGUN: Of course, some would say that era has already passed.
Sami Yenigun, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Irondale Youth Hockey Association Board Meeting Minutes
IYHA Board of Directors Meeting: May 20, 2010
Meeting called to order at 6:41 pm by Vice President Chris Drews
Board Members Present: Chris Drews, Brent Eilefson, Steve Krahn, Beth Soberg, Kara Chamberlain, Rick LaPorte, Cyndi Olson
Board Members Absent: Kevin Bourassa, Dan Marcouiller, Mike Nundahl,
Guests: Torri Johnson
Minutes: The minutes of the last Board meeting were read.
Beth Soberg movedto approve April meeting minutes as read. Rick LaPorte second. Passed without debate.
Board Roundtable:
President: No real report other than anticipate internal meeting to discuss Lake Region tournament split proposal from Mounds View.
Vice President: Mounds View wants to split tournaments. Need more information from IYHA tournament directors. Assume that we would lose 8 teams from the November tourney, and otherwise compete with the January tourney. Fundraising, the FRC should consider an opt-out, allow parents to pay to not participate in a particular fundraising event.
Secretary: No report.
Treasurer: Met with Theresa last evening. Balance sheet and income statement being worked on. Computer and books will follow before June board meeting.
Boys Program Coordinator: Absent no report.
Girls Program Coordinator: Absent no report.
Initiation Program Coordinator: Absent no report.
District Representative: Attended D10 presidents meeting, all good. Happy to see us. Won't need to provide ice for district tournament. Prefer to stay away from SuperRink due to cost. D1 meeting, amendment passed to D1 constitution to allow associations to be "bought out". We will get roughly $3k, pending IRS blessing. We are paid up with D1. Need team level declarations to D10 by 9/15.
Ice Commissioner: Warmups and tryouts scheduled. October 25-29 (boys tryouts), October 4 (warmups start); 2 goalie-only warmups; girls start 9/12.
Registration Coordinator: Big question is around registration fee. Do we include a "late fee" or graduated sign-up tiers? Do we need registration to open prior to parades? Stepped-up fee is necessary to ensure that we get people registered early in order to make level assessments.
Beth Soberg moved to approve same registration fees (with separate tryout fee if applicable) as last season, with increased fees of $50 as of September 10, increased fees not applicable to initiation program and U8s. Rick LaPorte second. Motion passed without debate.
Equipment Manager: Has key to equipment locker. Cleaned up equipment room with Tom. Sock orders in process.
Standing Reports:
Player and Coach Development Committee: No report.
LakeRegion: Three scholarships awarded—Tom Welty received one. Congrats!
Fundraising Committee: Bob Gabler report (via Secretary): Looking to focus on two big fundraising efforts: 5k run and Diamond Discount program. FRC to present plan at June meeting. Bob please call Chris Drews. Picture contract is up—Chris Drews likes Nake It Big packages and the fact that MIB donates money to the association. Photos should go on next month's agenda.
Potential Partnership Committee: Dormant.
Website Update: Ginny LaPorte and Dave Cheney. Report, via Rick LaPorte. Welcome to new coordinators. Have met with Torri, who has been great (as usual). Need schedules for fall ice, parades, free skates. Coaching information form is available online, please use this to submit interest in coaching. Survey will close May 31. Survey results to Secretary and get results to coordinators, then post on website. 5K fundraiser info needs to get posted. Need stronger position during registration regarding no tryout unless player is paid current. Next month agenda item—unpaid persons and tryout this year.
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Status Report - May 16, 2002
Hey there, pretty good week. Work continues on increasing product group
participation. I'm off to San Francisco for the weekend - hope there's a lot
of sun. <g>
I'd really be interested in hearing of any common scenarios that you find
difficult in VB.NET. Let's narrow it down first to Winform based apps. Look
forward to hearing from you! To keep it interesting and allow for feedback,
please post your messages here online so others can see them.
The highlights for the week:
1. Coding continues on the new VB community website on GotDotNet. Current
target is mid-June. I really hope that it becomes a place where people can
get information about all the great things going on around VB .NET.
2. Lots of work on getting people online and more user group support. Amanda
from our group spoke at the local VB User Group this week on inheritance,
multithreading and calling back and forth to/from VB6 apps. Great session.
3. Work on the next version of VB .NET
4. Continuing planning for the next set of chats (mid-May thru end of
June) - if you have any topics you'd like covered, let me know!
Upcoming chats (http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats):
Working With Data at Design Time in Visual Studio .NET
Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)
Talk about the tools available at design time for incorporating data access
into your Visual Basic or Visual C# application, as well as working with
your database from within the Visual Studio Environment (IDE).
Whitepaper: Design-Time Data Tools in Visual Studio .NET
Exception Handling in Visual Basic .NET
Tuesday, May 28, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)
Join us for a chat covering the things to keep in mind and best practices of
exception handling in Visual Basic .NET applications.
Whitepaper: Introduction to Exception Handling in Visual Basic .NET
Windows Forms Controls
Tuesday, June 4, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)
The Visual Studio .NET ToolBox comes with a great deal of Windows Forms
controls that enable your applications to accomplish all manner of tasks.
Bring your questions about the Windows Forms controls, and we'll see what we
can do about getting you some answers.
Working with Windows Forms DataGrid Controls
Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)
Learn how to get the most out of the DataGrid! Join us for an open
discussion of programming with the Windows Forms DataGrid control.
White Papers
Exception Management Application Block Update for VS.Net RTM
Summary: The Exception Management Application Block provides a simple yet
extensible framework for handling exceptions. With a single line of
application code you can easily log exception information to the Event Log
or extend it by creating your own components that log exception details to
other data sources or notify operators, without affecting your application
code. The Exception Management Application Block can easily be used as a
building block in your own .NET application. (18 printed pages)
Data Access Application Block Overview
Summary: The Data Access Application Block is a .NET component that contains
optimized data access code that will help you call stored procedures and
issue SQL text commands against a SQL Server database. It returns
SqlDataReader, DataSet, and XmlReader objects. You can use it as a building
block in your own .NET application to reduce the amount of custom code you
need to create, test, and maintain. The download provides full C# and Visual
Basic .NET source code and comprehensive documentation. (15 printed pages)
Yair Alan Griver
Lead PM/Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Level-5 rented a big space at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but then got cold feet and missed the biggest TGS ever. Doh.
Instead, Level-5 is holding its own event, which is called Level-5 World. It will run from Oct. 15 to Oct. 16 at Tokyo Big Site. Admission is free.
Honestly, I cannot ever remember seeing a commercial for a gaming show. Maybe they exist! If they do, please tell me. But if they don't, dammit, more of them should.
You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at email@example.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.


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Brand Jo Ghost
Lace-up shoes
Upper leather, suede
Inner leather
Sole leather
Comfort Rubber sole
Handmade shoes
Country of Manufacture Italy
Sohoboots.co.uk offers shipping for delivery within the UK, as well as international shipping across the globe.
All domestic orders placed and verified after 1:00 PM UK Time will be processed and shipped out the next business day.
All domestic orders placed on Saturday or Sunday will be processed and shipped out the next business day (Monday-Friday).
International shipments are processed and shipped within the next business days.
Keep Track of your Order
Shipment Tracking is available for all orders. You will receive an e-mail upon the shipment of your order that will include your order's tracking information.
You may be subject to import duties and taxes which are levied once the package arrives in your country. Additional charges for customs clearance are the customer's responsibility. We do not mark any shipments as "Gifts". We have no control over these charges and cannot predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely depending on the country. You should contact your local customs office for further information if you are concerned about this issue. Additionally, when ordering from Soho Boots, you are considered the importer of record and must comply with all laws and regulations of the country in which you are receiving the goods.
Return Terms:
You must notify us within two days, for any manufacturer defects, and within seven days, for any other reasons, of the delivery date of your order, as reported by the shipping company, to receive a Return Authorisation for your order. Return without Return Authorisation code will be delayed to process your exchange or refund, therefore we strongly advise to contact us for Return Authorisation code.
We do not accept any returns of merchandise that show any signs of wear or use. We highly recommend trying on any merchandise on carpet avoid hard floors at all costs. Any damage to the item will not be accepted for return or exchange.
Customers are prohibited from using our products for advertisement/promotional purposes without the consent of our company. We do not accept a return from customers/ purchasers who use our product in any form of advertisement including filming, shooting, theatrical performances, Instagram, social media platforms and magazines. If you fail to perform the obligation above under our Terms, we have the right to take legal action against you.
Please note, if you use your personal address/ personal credit card to buy products from our website for promotional/advertisement purposes for another company you will both be held liable. Should we notice that you have used a personal account to return products used for promotional/advertisement purposes, we retain the right to take legal action. If you buy products from our website with the intent to promote the product on behalf of another company we will not accept any return of the product.
After Return is Authorised
Once your return has been authorised by our Customer Service Department, you have seven days from the original delivery date, as reported by the shipping company, for our Returns Department to receive the package. We strongly advise customers to return the item via register postage or recorded delivery and forward us Shipment ID and Tracking Number.
The client is responsible for the return of the item back to Soho Boots. This means all shipping fees and tools required to return the merchandise are at the expense of the client.
All returns will be subject to inspection. All merchandise must be returned unused, with all original packaging, contents (boxes, dust bags, tags, certificates, in-soles, security tags, and etc. if applicable). All merchandise must be returned in the same exact condition as received. After your merchandise pass inspection, please allow seven business days for your refund to be processed, however, we do our best to refund your funds on the same day, this process also depends on your bank or credit card issuer.
Either the original or a copy of the receipt or the printed e-mail of your Return Authorisation, with your Return ID#, clearly showing, is required to be included in the package containing your return. If this is not included it may cause delays in the processing of your return and refund/credit.
Please do not apply anything (such as tape, staples, or any other adhesive tools) onto the merchandise and/or the merchandise's boxes, bags, and etc.
unfortunately, we do not provide the return shipping label.
Once an order has been shipped, we do not refund shipping fees in the event of order cancellation.
Important Notice
Custom made orders are not acceptable for RETURN or EXCHANGE, Therefore we kindly ask customers to contact our sales department to get advice before place a custom made order.
Repair Eligibility
This fully depends on the product as well as the nature of the item and its issue. Therefore, we will do our best to assist you with any possible repair, if and only if the damage seems to be not due to use or wear.
Once the refund has been processed on our end, there is nothing else that we can do to speed up the funds arriving in your account, Refund is excluded from shipping charge.
We will honour any new sale prices that occur within five days after your purchase.
Thank you
Soho Boots
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Richard Stallman's blog
June 2013 - Torreón, Mexico - At the Museo Arocena
On June 13th, 2013, RMS was at the Museo Arocena, in Torreón, Mexico, to give a speech hosted by the GULAG (the La Laguna GNU/Linux User Group) for their seventh Free Software Conference, to students, professors, and the general public.
August 2013 - Berlin, Germany - Induction into the Internet Hall of Fame
On August 3rd, 2013, RMS was at the InterContinental Hotel, in Berlin, Germany, where he was inducted in the Internet Hall of Fame, in recognition of his contributions as an innovator and for founding the Free Software Foundation.
Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?
It can be a good thing, "when the use of the nonfree software aims directly at putting an end to the use of that very same nonfree software."
The World Wide Web consortium is considering a proposal to specify standards for HTML extensions to implement Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). The proposal is supported by Netflix, Microsoft, Google and the BBC.


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Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Fox News recently displayed a piece of artwork by Pablo Picasso, and their producers decided to censor and blur out the nipples! We discuss the unnecessary censorship as well as the reaction from people across the world – and how it all ties in to the #FreeTheNipple movement.
Our Craniumelody band this episode is Hollowshell.
Topics Discussed:
- #FreeTheNipple
- Toddler Critically Burned During SWAT Raid in Georgia
- Hollowshell
- The Last Starfighter II
- Xora
- Zombie Apocalypse
- WTF: Man sneezes out toy dart after 44 years
- WTF: Fatal Wedgie
BlendoveR is the "trendover" podcast, bringing you the news that the news isn't covering. Presented by Greg Davies and Aaron Ciavarra, we focus on topics that are not trending across the web and in the mainstream media, and have a knack accurate predictions of coming events, trends, and media coverage.
Breasts on record-breaking Picasso painting blurred out by Fox news station
Fox news station blurs out breasts on record-breaking Pablo Picasso artwork
Toddler Critically Burned During SWAT Raid in Georgia
Cops Who Flash Banged Infant's Crib Are Blaming the Baby
SWAT Team That Maimed 'Baby Bou Bou' Phonesavanh Blames The Toddler
Toddler critically burned during SWAT raid
Hollowshell @ Encyclopaedia Metallum
The Last Starfighter II
The Last Starfighter Sequel In The Works
How it works: Xora GPS app tracks employees 24 hours a day
Woman fired for deleting app which let employer track her movements
Worker fired for disabling GPS app that tracked her 24 hours a day [Updated]
Zombie Apocalypse
Anthrax from military lab mistakenly shipped across USA
Found: 9 Mysterious, Well-preserved Brains
George A. Romero's 'Empire Of The Dead' Is Coming To Television
May is Zombie Awareness Month!
Mother found pushing dead 3-year-old in swing at Maryland park
Terrifying zombies on the subway may be taking things a bit too far
WTF: Man sneezes out toy dart after 44 years
So long, sucker: man sneezes out part of toy dart after 44 years
WTF: Fatal Wedgie
Oklahoma man pleads guilty in underwear slaying
Recommended Listening:
- "Hopeless Return" by Hollowshell from Imperfect Design


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Questions for Steve and Bill: The Four Seasons Edition
While Walt and I will come up with our own questions for Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Steve Jobs, who will be appearing in an historic joint interview at our D conference Wednesday night, I was curious what others–some tech folks and some not in the industry–would ask the tech legends if they could in this post.
This weekend, I had the tough job of staying at the luxury hotel, the Four Seasons Aviara, where we have held the conference every year since we started in 2003. So, naturally, I asked the staff here what they would ask. Surprisingly, no one was interested in gadgetry or the latest Web 2.0 hype and, instead, asked some real questions. Frankly, it was refreshing.


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PanoTools Anti Aliasing Filters
Since version 2.7.10 the PanoTools library contains several interpolation filter that avoid aliasing. Those filters use a dynamic kernel size where the size of the filter kernel is calculated for each pixel.
There are two theoretical types of kernels that have an equal right for existence. Kernels based on the Gaussian distribution and kernels based on the Sinc function. Both kernels have an infinite width so a windowing function is used to limit the kernel size for practical reasons. Gaussian based kernels do not contain negative values, sinc based do.
The values in the plot describe the contribution of a pixel depending on the distance from the center. A wider kernel in the center means a more blurry image but if it is to narrow it tends to produce aliasing. If the kernel contains negative values the images also gets sharpened. Some examples: If you look at the plots you can see that a Hamming Filter produces blurrier image then the Blackmann Filter. The Lanczos2 Filter introduces more sharpening then the Mitchell Filter because of the larger negative areas.


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Face: Too Faced Beauty Balm in Vanilla Glow, Smashbox blush in Chiffon
Lips: MAC Prep + Prime lip, MAC Half-Red lip liner, AERIN mini lipstick in Dahlia (not as dark as it looks), Urban Decay deluxe shadow in Honey.
The next look is focused on the eyes, and I'll have it for you a little later this week. Until then, let me know if you try out this easy to replicate look!


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Best 2011 Venice Film Festival Red Carpet Fashion [Pictures]
16 Showstopping Venice Film Festival Dresses
Keira Knightley
>> The past Labor Day weekend may have been long and lazy for some, but for the past week in Venice, the Film Festival red carpet has buzzing with jaw-droppingly good dresses. Natasha Poly made an appearance or two, Gwyneth Paltrow turned up in custom pale pink Prada, and Keira Knightley brought printed Mary Katrantzou to the game. Our favorites so far in the slideshow.


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I am planning to run A Cal's Last Stand Scenario based on the idea that after he was defeated and captured he escaped and did so in such a way that his last stand could lure in and allow him to kill his enemies
It will have 2,800 credits of Cal's Retinue, with the option of East Meg Forces helping to weaken Megacity One from within before they invade, against 1,600 credits each of Judges, Street Punks and City-Death Squads, all with the option of Fattie, Sky Surfer and Mercenary help, and all heroes on both sides, even special 1's and promoted 1's, start at +2D2 levels and can purchase up to 4 more levels for 50 credits per level
Can I have suggestions for what would be balanced yet powerful forces. I'm in way over my head
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In some prominent corners of the liberal media, the grousing has begun about President Obama's habit of hitting the golf course during crises without any concern for looking cavalier. Everyone knows he joyfully hit the links at Martha's Vineyard five minutes after a nationally televised address expressing his disgust at the horrific execution of American journalist James Foley by ISIS extremists in Syria. He played nine rounds during this most recent vacation in a year filled with vacations.
On the front page of The New York Times, they reported "a firestorm of criticism erupted over what many saw as a callous indifference to the slaughter he had just condemned." Their columnist Maureen Dowd mocked him with a faux-Gettysburg Address of golf. When Dowd hits a liberal like this, something serious is amiss.
And yet even this won't shake the TV networks' support for this man. They have worked overtime to dismiss the fuss as just GOP "politics as usual," and an imposition on Obama's need for rest and relaxation. On NBC, morning co-host Tamron Hall asked, "Does the optics of this matter, or is it just politics as usual in that town?" NBC political director Chuck Todd replied "Yes, it's politics as usual, but in this case, this is optics. This was stuff they should have seen coming. This is not new to them." In other words, it was OK to do it, just not to show him doing it.
Todd noted that ex-Obama aide David Axelrod expressed regret that maybe they were too hard on George W. Bush's summer vacations in Crawford, Texas. Democrats also loved mocking his dad's cigarette-boat rides as elitist when he vacationed in Maine. They also ridiculed President Reagan for chopping wood in California. So what's the difference? So did the networks, bobbing along with the Democratic attack line of the day.
If picking on vacation optics is cheap "politics as usual," then journalists should look at themselves as serial offenders, at least when the president's a Republican. With Obama, and before him Bill Clinton, the vacations were virtually romantacized by the press. Remember that silly photo of the Clintons awkwardly dancing on the Dominican Republic beach? Media outlets have had trouble finding anything elitist-sounding about the Obamas (or the Clintons) hanging out with the upper crust at Martha's Vineyard, even after they depart Washington, D.C., with jabs about the excesses of the greedy rich.
It's obvious at this point that Obama simply does not care about the optics of his golf obsession. George W. Bush gave up golfing in 2003 to avoid the optics during wartime. Obama seems to have doubled down, petulantly.
If the TV networks are ignoring this president's scandalous behavior, others aren't.
The New York Times also reported that "Nearly six years into his term, with his popularity at the lowest of his presidency, Mr. Obama appears remarkably distant from his own party on Capitol Hill, with his long neglect of would-be allies catching up to him."
In interviews with the Times, "nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers and senior congressional aides" suggested Obama's distaste for schmoozing with Democrats "has left him with few loyalists" to help him manage his "legacy" as his term winds down. He's even refusing to golf with members of Congress.
Even with these few press reports, the national media's optics police are still mostly lounging around.CNSNews.com noticed that Team Obama sent three representatives to the funeral of Michael Brown -- underscoring his victimhood status, which is a disgraceful activity for the federal government when the investigation is far from complete -- to assuage the enraged black activists across America. But the White House sent no representative -- not even a former press secretary like Jay Carney -- to the funeral of slaughtered journalist James Foley.
L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.


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JamPlay.Com would like to welcome former guitarist for Megadeth and Testament, Glen Drover. His Artist Series will provide a wide array of solo and rhythm ideas accompanied by backing tracks. He will also dive into the techniques used for a complete entertaining and learning experience.
Taught by Glen Drover in Glen Drover Artist Series seriesLength: 1:57Difficulty: 1.0 of 5
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Former guitarist for Megadeth and Testament, thrasher Glen Drover presents his Artist Series and will touch on subjects such as speed, rhythm, and solo creation.
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JamPlay.Com would like to welcome former guitarist for Megadeth and Testament, Glen Drover. His Artist Series will provide a wide array of solo and rhythm ideas accompanied by backing tracks. He will also...Length: 1:57 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Glen takes a quick look at a diminished solo idea that utilizes 3 notes per string as well as the legato technique.Length: 3:25 Difficulty: 4.5 Members Only
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Staying within the legato technique, Glen utilizes another backing track to help demonstrate another unique solo idea in the key of B minor.Length: 4:50 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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It's all about feeling the music, and Glen demonstrates ideas he may come up with when put on the spot for a solo. These ideas will influence your melodic and creative thinking.Length: 4:45 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen utilizes a new backing track to help demonstrate another legato style melodic solo.Length: 3:11 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen utilizes a heavy backing track to demonstrate a great 3 note per string lick that will really help with increasing speed between your fretting and picking hands.Length: 4:50 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Utilizing another fast and heavy backing track, Glen demonstrates a 2 note per string lick that is yet another great exercise for improving your right and left hand communication.Length: 3:51 Difficulty: 4.5 Members Only
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How about another quick little exercise offering a multi-octave ascending run followed by an up tempo phrase ending?Length: 2:52 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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This exercise is meant to help produce speed with the picking hand. Start this exercise off slow. Over time, the right hand will get faster and faster with practice.Length: 2:35 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen demonstrates a great walk down exercise that will help synchronize both left and right hands together.Length: 3:47 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Combining a pentatonic riff with a harmonic minor riff, Glen introduces an exercise that utilizes a large portion of the guitar neck.Length: 3:51 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen presents a mysterious walk down exercise and explains how it can be used to improve both alternate picking and legato movement.Length: 4:34 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen will present an exercise that is a walk up utilizing nearly the entire fret board. There is a lot of movement in this exercise, so make sure those hands are stretched.Length: 4:50 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen presents a fast paced walk up and walk down routine that again will utilize a large portion of the fretboard.Length: 4:10 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Utilizing all 4 fingers on the fret hand, Glen demonstrates a great exercise that can be used to help strengthen those fingers and improve communication with the picking hand.Length: 5:20 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Heavy metal music offers plenty of opportunity for the guitarist and drummer to work together to create a certain emotion or effect. Glen demonstrates a piece that matches the double kick pattern provided...Length: 6:48 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Heavy metal music pulls influences from all different genres of music. Watch as Glen demonstrate a great heavy metal / blues influenced exercise that can help broaden the creative aspect of understanding...Length: 5:12 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Even though solo and lead techniques rule the rock and heavy metal world, rhythm parts are the backbone for creating a full supportive sound. Glen demonstrates his first rhythm example.Length: 4:42 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen presents his second exercise within his supportive rhythm segment. This idea uses lead techniques to help demonstrate how supportive rhythms function within a metal solo.Length: 5:04 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen demonstrates a unique tuning that allows certain special notes to ring out, creating a mysterious alternate picking exercise.Length: 7:59 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Utilizing all the techniques taught so far, Glen now presents a simple rhythm exercise and a solo to accompany it.Length: 7:39 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Glen presents another supportive rhythm exercise followed by a nice solo idea that can be overlaid to create a full heavy metal sound. Enjoy!Length: 11:27 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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It's time to change up the tuning. Glen uses drop C tuning and demonstrates a metal riff that helps with down-picking technique.Length: 9:38 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Here's another drop C riff. This time, Glen demonstrates fretting hand techniques that can help with speed.Length: 8:56 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Lesson 25 from Glen presents a detailed exercise that firmly builds up fret hand dexterity for both speed and accuracy.Length: 10:13 Difficulty: 4.0 FREE
Lesson 26
Glen presents an inspiring solo packed full of techniques. This solo is very melodic and allows the player to put a lot of emotion into it.Length: 16:01 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Welcome to a lesson that offers a very chunky rhythm pattern with palm muting!Length: 9:26 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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The Herd is a special White House 2012 series covering the obvious and not so obvious potential choices to be selected as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. Each day, White House 2012 will introduce you to one the of the many Republicans which we believe will be at least considered for for the vice presidency by the now inevitable presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.
In addition to a biographical information and a brief assessment of each potential nominee and their chances of being selected by Mitt Romney, White House 2012′s coverage also includes each potential nominee's voting records, as well as a listing of their public statements and links to their web sites.
Today White House 2012 takes a look at New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez.
|(1959-07-14) July 14, 1959 (age 52) El Paso, Texas, U.S.
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Martinez is a strong, Thatcher-like, conservative, woman who in 2010 handily won her election and became the first female governor of New Mexico, and the first female Hispanic governor in the United States. Beyond both the appeal of the balance she would bring to the G.O.P. as both a Hispanic and a woman, Martinez is simply a strong conservative leader with solid conservative positions and a powerful conservative agenda that translates into the type of solutions that New Mexico and in many ways, the nation requires .
Martinez has pursued an aggressive approach to the problem of illegal immigration in her state, and as a four term district attorney, Martinez she has a powerful law and order agenda. She has sought to repeal state laws that provide illegal immigrants access to driver's licenses and to deny children of illegal immigrants access to higher education through the New Mexico Lottery Scholarship Ironically Martinez has admitted that her paternal grandparents were illegal immigrants. While that may become a laughing point for the left, it does however give Martinez a unique ability to lead on the issue.
Governor Martinez has also been a leading "good government" advocate who has pushed for transparency in government every step of the way. This probably stems from her years as a prosecutor in which she focused on cases involving public corruption. And when it comes to fiscal conservatism, Martinez is a trim, female version of Chris Christie. While far more attractive than Christie, she shares his approach to budgetary matters and has proposed to reduce New Mexico's debt without increasing taxes, and by proposing state spending reductions and agency budget cuts. Martinez has also called for pension reforms, that have reduced the state's pension contribution and required their beneficiaries to pay an additional 2% into their pension funds. In other areas Martinez has promised to revamp the state's education plan by investing in private education
Martinez is pro-life and is opposed to elective abortion. She supports parental notification laws for minors under 13-years-old who seek an abortion. She is also opposed to same-sex marriage. Martinez supports a balanced budget and lower government spending. She also favors putting taxpayer money into a rainy day fund, and refunding taxpayers to attempt to stimulate growth.
One area where Martinez may be seen as wandering off the conservative Republican ranch. While the Party line generally focusses von cutting services, the opposition often attempts to use that as a way to paint the G.O.P. as out to decimate programs aimed at helping the sick and poor. But such charges can not be used against Martinez. She goes out of her way to make it know that she believes in providing services to adults and children who can't take care of themselves. That belief even prompted Governor Martinez to wrest an additional $6 million in Medicaid money out of the New Mexico legislature during her first year in office, despite inheriting a a $450 million deficit. This may earn Martinez some sharp criticism from fiscal conservatives on the right, but in the general election, it could a long way in compensating for the harsh image that the Obama and the pro-Obama media will create for Republicans when it comes to the most vulnerable in our society.
In many ways, Martinez is shrewd or to put it in a more accurate and less ominous way, she is politically savvy. She knows that her political future is bright and so she has been very carefull in her political decision making. She has avoided any of the political landmines that often eventually blowup in the faces of other politicians. In many ways, you can say Martinez is pacing herself. She offers bold conservatives solutions that are designed to address the problems of her state but she as avoided getting heavily invested in anything that would anger one segment of the electorate or the other. This may not be seen as a profile in courage but from a political standpoint, New Mexico governors are limited to two terms and if Martinez does a job that is good enough to get reelected, her second term could be the one in which she uses to shoot for more bold, sweeping reforms.
In the meantime, Martinez has one of the highest approval ratings of all the governors in the nation and she is in a perfect position to bring that type of popularity to the Republican presidential ticket.
If tapped for Vice President, the left will surely try to palinize Martinez. Like Palin by the time of the 2012 election she will have served only half a term as Governor and many will draw comparisons between Palin and Martinez. But such comparisons would be a mistake. The two are very different people, with similar conservative solutions but with distinctly different personalities and approaches. Martinez could be a strong running mate for any presidential nominee. But her willingness to accept the VP slot if asked is in great doubt. Voters of New Mexico were not very happy with their last Governor when he briefly ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. Governor Bill Richardson was term limited and could not seek reelection but New Mexicans were still not happy with the time he spent running for office instead of running the state.
Which might be one reason why Martinez claims to be dead-set against running as Romney's Vice President. Another reason could be her dislike of the Republican establishments approach to immigration and appealing to Hispanic voters. In regards to Romney's call for policies that promote illegal immigrants to self deport, Martinez sate's "'Self-deport?' What the heck does that mean?" She also adds that Martinez "I have no doubt Hispanics have been alienated during this campaign. But now there's an opportunity for Gov. Romney to have a sincere conversation about what we can do and why."
Martinez has many of her own ideas on how to do that. One of them includes reminding Latinos that President Obama promised to pass comprehensive immigration reform by the end of his first term year in office and to make them aware that as it turns out, he "didn't even have the courage to try." Another suggestion is for Republicans to come up with their own, very real, multi level approach to immigration. An approach that includes a guest-worker program for people who want "to go freely back and forth across the border to work"; increased border security; a visa (coupled with a "penalty" or a "tagback") that allows rest of the illegal population to remain in the U.S. while they follow standard naturalization procedures. deportation for criminals; and a DREAM Act-style pathway to citizenship, through the military or college, for children brought here illegally by their parents.
But with such strong opinions and an obviously bright future of leadership, it is very possible that Martinez could be convinced that by joining the Republican presidential ticket, she might be able to accomplish these things. With Republicans needing close to at least 40% of the vote if they wish to win the White House, there is no good reason for Mitt Romney to adopt the ideas of Martinez and unleash her on the nation to campaign for the their implementation.
Given the reality of it all, Martinez is by far the best choice for Mitt Romney. Like Marco Rubio, she appeals to Hispanics, but as a Latina she also appeals to women, and not just Hispanic women. Martinez also comes from a state that if Republicans win, could make it impossible for President Obama to hammer together the 270 electoral college votes that he needs to win reelection. Martinez is also a top notch campaigner whose natural people skills goes a long way in compensating for Romney's robotic personality. In that area, what Romney lacks, Martinez more than makes up for.
Although Martinez's record is not blemish free, her placement on the G.O.P. ticket as Romney's running mate could make all the difference in a close election. While the selection of some potential vice presidential running mates like Marco Rubio of Florida and Rob Portman of Ohio may be essential to winning one or the other of those two states that are critically needed for Republicans to win in November, Martinez could change the electoral equation of all the states by cutting in to the Democrat's traditionally reliable strength among women and Hispanic voters.
- Is solid enough on most conservative issues to satisfy and energize the Republican base that Romney is on shaky ground with
- She comes from a state that Democrats can't afford to lose
- She has regional appeal in the Southwest
- As a Latina, Martinez who speaks fluent Spanish, can appeal to both Hispanics and women in ways that no other potential running mate can
- Martinez's position on Medicare and other government entitlement programs can help counter the left's harsh rhetoric that tries to paint the G.O.P. as heartless
- Martinez is a very strong Thatcher-like figure who connects with people and is an excellent speaker and campaigner
- Her personal story is a quintessentially American one that can help voters relate to her and appreciate her
- Will be able to address the issue of comprehensive immigration reform quite convincingly
- Open to criticism from fiscal conservatives on issues like Medicaid
- Will have been governor for two years and will initially have to contend with comparisons to Sarah Palin
- Will have to contend with rumors about her grandparents having been illegal immigrants
- Will face sharp criticism for the handling of a mentally ill man who was held without a trial for two years at a county prison while she was D.A andfor being briefly fired in 1992 when her boss accused her of bringing in a case her husband had investigated.
- The left will try claim that Martinez participated in patronage by awarding casino contracts and energy appointments to campaign donor
General Assessment:
While there are several other favorites of my own such as Mitch Daniels, Bobby Jindal, Allen West, Marco Rubio, John Thune, and Jeb Bush, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez is another contender I am cheering for.
Martinez is a strong, convincing conservative voice with a compelling story and powerfully confident record on conservative issues and as a state executive. Her Thatcher-like strength goes a long way in providing a sometimes sexist male electorate with confidence in her and her ability to relate to women and Hispanics is unparalleled by any other figure on the national stage today. Those latter two points can have a major effect on the election, especially among those Hispanics and women who are independent voters.
From my perspective Martinez is a perfect choice not just for Mitt Romney but for anybody. She is right on the issues and is better suited than any other potential Romney running mate to articulate the Party's position positions on those issues than most others, and when it comes to women voters and Hispanic voters, she is better than any other national figure especially when it comes to adding diversity to the ticket. The only way Martinez could add a more perfect angle of diversity to the ticket would be if she was a lesbian. Could you imagine the frustraqtion of the left having to contend with a conservtive Latina lesbian? And contrary to what you might think, they do exist.
But I am not the presidential nominee. Mitt Romney is and I do not think he is likely to select Martinez as his running mate for several reasons. Martinez is probably not the non-controversial choice that is safe enough for his comfort level and he will probably want to avoid the distraction that the media will cause with inevitable comparisons of his campaign to John's Mc Cain's losing 2008 campaign and the selection of Sarah Palin, another woman and freshman Governor selected to be Vice President.
Another possible reason for not selcting Martinez is her prior criticism of Romney and her demonstrated disatisfaction with some of Romney's polcies.. That is addition to her indicating that she will not consider accepting the position if it was offered. I hope I am wrong about Romney's thinking though, and I would hope that Martinez would reconsider her earlier protestations because I truly believe she is one of the best 5 men or women for the job.
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Q. Ever notice those spider webs stretched between a shrub and a tree? How do spiders get across to put up the first string to start the process? –E. B. White
A. It's a breeze! Orb-weaving spiders release a strand of sticky silk from their spinnerets, letting it blow in the wind until this "bridge thread" sticks to something perhaps quite a distance away– the arachnid equivalent of throwing a grapnel, says University of California-Riverside entomologist Doug Yanega. This is essentially the same trick spiders use to get airborne, called "ballooning," except that they don't let go.
Q. Baseball great Joe DiMaggio's amazing 56-consecutive-game hitting streak has stood as the record since 1941. What are the chances of someone breaking it? –B. Bonds
A. Consider: The 10 highest lifetime batting averages are all around .350, and these players averaged close to 4 official at-bats per game and typically played about 2,000 games. Running .350 through a computer simulation for an entire career of 2000 games and then doing this for a million such careers show the likelihood of a 56-game-or-more hitting streak to be only 3 chances out of 10,000. Put another way, you would need 2,500 such careers to reach a 50-50 chance of repeating Joe D.'s streak. For players with averages more like .325, this falls to around 1 in 25,000, with 17,000 careers needed for even-money.
There have been only 35-40 players in the 100+ years of baseball with lifetime averages of .325 or better (DiMaggio himself had a .325 lifetime average, batting .357 for his miraculous 1941 season). So unless the gods of chance hurl a thunderbolt, you can bet it will be many thousands of years before some hot-hot-hotshot steps to the plate a few hundred times and bests Joltin' Joe's "streak of streaks," arguably the most improbable record in all of sport.
Q. Armies throughout history have "let loose the dogs of war." When the Nazis stationed along the Maginot Line did this during World War II, hoping to use dogs as messengers, were they successful? –R. Tin Tin
A. Fleet and silent, the dogs proved almost impossible to shoot by French soldiers trying to staunch the information flow. Then one French dog handler tried an experiment, releasing a small female messenger dog who had just gone into heat, says University of British Columbia psychologist Stanley Coren in What Do Dogs Know?
As per her training, she returned to her post later that evening– trailing behind her a dozen normally obedient German Army dogs "who had discovered something much more powerful than their military training."
Q. Doing good things for other people is obviously good for them, but how about for you? Is there a concrete answer to this sort of question? –M. Teresa
A. See if this is concrete enough: One study of 2,000 Presbyterians showed better mental health for the help- givers than for the receivers, says Stephen Post, professor of bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in Case Magazine.
Also, when reviewing essays nuns had written in the 1930s, neurologists found that those nuns who had expressed positive emotions outlived the others by an average of 10 years and suffered less dementia.
A third study showed that volunteerism reduces depression among young people, and that the volunteers did better in school and got into better colleges. "With generous behavior," says Post, "people have fuller lives, deeper self-esteem, and a more creative engagement of their capacities. It's paradoxical but true: It's good to be good."
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If you are laboring to figure out which is the best wine to serve with your roasted turkey and looking for a little direction, let us help you with a few simple and less dogmatic pointers about what to consider and what not to worry about before you delve into the world of ratings, scores and blog advice.
How to Choose Wine for Your Holiday Table
Wine Dinner or Holiday Dinner
Unless your holiday meal is just a festive backdrop for a gathering of wine enthusiasts intent on testing your wine acumen, there really is no best single wine per se. Second, if your family and friends find their way to your table every year because your menu and cooking are the main attraction, let the wine share the same purpose and status as a good side dish. Save buying or pulling out the best bottles for dinners that are intended to be about the wine as much if not more than the food.
A Veritable Feast for the Senses
If you build your dinner around the bird like the rest of us, with all the fruits of your labor laid out at one time, your holiday spread is likely a feast of tantalizing aromas and tastes, not to mention textures and temperatures all begging and worthy of attention. Forget about the turkey for a minute, because almost any wine, save for a few overpowering reds, will go nicely with it. Think instead about all the wonderful elements that you assembled to complement it; like the earthy black truffle bits and salty, buttery goodness in the mashed potatoes; the fragrant apples, almonds and woodsy sage of the wild boar sausage in the dressing; the roasted Brussels sprouts with ventrèche, savory chanterelles sautéed with shallots, and the rich, velvety brown pan gravy. All followed closely by yams in brown sugar and bourbon under toasty marshmallows; ginger and orange peel in your mother's tart cranberry sauce and the heady spices in your vegan sister-in-law's curried tofurkey loaf.
Take Note of the Notes
Now, just relax and don't drive yourself crazy trying to even think about pairing to all of those elements individually. For the complexity of this kind of holiday fare a single white wine, with some structure, balance and acidity is the best ticket. For the simplest solution, just read the flavor notes, think fruit forward and pinot noir grapes first. Look for descriptions of fruit aromas and tastes with bright acidity at the front end of the description that you feel are pleasantly complementary much in the way you put together your menu. Keeping to fruit notes and prominent acidity will help to balance out the components of the wine and the meal.
For a white, consider an aromatic and bright Pinot Gris or a medium bodied Pinot Blanc.Some think that champagne is too delicate for a meal, but a rosé Champagne has the fruit, high acidity yet savory elements from the red grapes that make for a festive and delicious pairing. A good sparkling wine also has the high acidity and one made of Pinot Noir grapes, or even a good Pinot Noir Rosé would also be a great choice. Prefer a different grape; a dry, fruit forward Riesling or less assertive, more citrusy Sauvignon Blanc without the oak would also fill the bill. For a good red choice instead or as a second offering, you guessed it, a fruit forward Pinot Noir or Syrah.
One more thing to keep in mind, if your holiday is really about breaking bread in the company of family and friends, the more friends and family that you are serving, the less ambitious your choice of bottle should be. Just remember that you get about five 5-ounce servings per bottle and then do the math.


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The staff at Wired remembers 1983 and produced a YouTube video showing how useful the "lightweight" computer was in those days:
Remember When a 29-pound Portable Computer was Light?
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Don't forget the HP (thinkpad???) of the same era; came with a 80×10 (IIRC, touchscreen) display.
I had an Osborne Executive, with a double disc drive !! But it wasn't IBM compatible, the standard at the time.
Ran my business from a Compaq Portable by day. Then took it home and used it to work on genealogy after dinner, including some lively discussions on the old mailing lists. There was a list concentrating on New England with several wonderful people who seemed to live at either NEHGS or the Essex Peabody Museum. In any event they knew these places so well they could tell you what shelf the item you needed was to be found. The Nova Scotia list was full of people with invaluable knowledge of the local history and family lore of all the tight knit small towns and rural areas who knew which Smith belonged to which Smith family in which village and how they related to the other Smiths elsewhere (or not). I was just thinking about them all the other day and realizing how lucky I was to have been mentored by so many good teachers. Gee, I must be getting old.
Ahh, those were the days. I had an Osborne and Kaypro, both CP/M systems. I lugged the Osborne on many plane trips; it was a behemoth compared to today's laptops, Chromebooks, and smart phones.


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The Good Housekeeping Cookbook: 1,275 Recipes from America's Favorite Test Kitchen (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks) [$35.00]
For 125 years Good Housekeeping has made a name for itself by offering quality tips on cooking, well now they have their own cookbook. The Good Housekeeping Cookbook is an expanded version of their indispensable kitchen companion in magazine form. With 1,275 recipes, this cookbook has something for every occasion.
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