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Nintendo has released a WiFi USB dongle for the Nintendo DS. It appears that it will be shortly available in Japan and arriving state side not too long after.
It works by connecting the Nintendo DS to your computer (DS has built in WiFi), which then connects you to the Internet. Users will also be able to access WiFi at 1000 stores and 3000 locations in Japan.
To make matters even simpler, users aren't required to enter user name and password. After your first connection an ID and password is saved serve side which automatically logs you in for future use. WiFi play start November 23rd with the release of Animal Crossing and quickly followed by the beloved Nintendo 64 game Mario Kart DS on December 29th.
Nintendo America has said that US WiFi connection would launch by the end of 2005.
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"Delegates to the U.N. climate talks adopted a significant agreement Sunday setting nations on a new path toward an international accord by 2015 to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
The outcome of contentious negotiations taking place in Durban — punctuated by finger pointing among the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters and heckling by activists — reflected a fundamental shift in the geopolitics behind global environmental disputes.
Developing countries have long been a unified bloc, demanding that industrialized nations take most of the responsibility for cutting global greenhouse gas emissions. But faced with the fact that a handful of emerging economies — led by China and India — are helping drive carbon emissions to new heights, the world's smallest nations joined forces with the European Union to demand decisive action from their former allies as well as the United States.
The Durban agreement provides countries with the latitude to forge something that would apply to all nations, called an "agreed outcome with legal force," a last-minute compromise that creates a less stringent alternative to a traditional treaty. Several experts said such an agreement would be stronger than the voluntary accords reached last year in Cancun, Mexico."
"What will happen when the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period expires at the end of next year?
This paper for the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements analyzes the options going forward, including adoption of a legally-binding second commitment period, a "political" second commitment period, or no new commitment period.
It considers the legal implications of a gap between the end of Kyoto's first commitment period and the adoption of a new legal regime to limit emissions, the prospects for the Clean Development Mechanism in the absence of a second Kyoto commitment period, and the relationship between the Kyoto Protocol negotiations and the emerging regime under the Cancun Agreements.
It concludes that a transitional regime, involving a second commitment period that is politically but not legally binding, represents a possible middle ground that could complement efforts under the Cancun Agreements to develop a flexible, evolutionary framework of climate governance."
Source: SSRN
Laying the groundwork to renew the Kyoto Protocol.
"International climate negotiators are meeting in Panama from October 1 -7 in a final round of talks prior to the next Conference of the Parties ("COP") meeting in Durban, South Africa.
The meeting, formally known as the third part of the 16th Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 16) and the third part of the 14th Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 14), will set the stage for the larger meeting in Durban.
Negotiators in Panama are hoping to make progress on a variety of issues that they hope will pave the way for additional progress and formal agreements in Durban. In particular, negotiations in Panama are expected to focus on developing a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol, developing a framework for a tax on the use of bunker fuels in international shipping to finance adaptation costs in developing countries and enhancing measurement, reporting and verification ("MRV") guidelines and procedures.
Reports from the opening days of the conference indicate that negotiators are focusing on "transitional arrangements" that would bridge the gap to a comprehensive climate regime to begin in the next 3-7 years. There appears to be a tacit recognition on the part of the negotiators that there are currently too many significant political and legal issues standing in the way of reaching a comprehensive agreement in Durban, and thus an interim agreement will be necessary to ensure further progress.
The UNFCCC's official, daily guide to the meetings in Panama can be found at http://unfccc.int/conference_programme/items/6109.php."
Source: Climate Law Blog
If the name looks familiar, it's because Nobelist Stavins was lead author of the IPCC's 2nd and 3rd reports. He's is current lead author on the section covering international negotiations for the IPCC's forthcoming 5th assessment. (emphasis below are not mine).
"It's unlikely that the U.S. is going to take serious action on climate change until there are observable, dramatic events, almost catastrophic in nature, that drive public opinion and drive the political process in that direction," Stavins, director of Harvard's Environmental Economics Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said today in an interview in Bloomberg's Boston office.
President Barack Obama failed to get legislation through Congress that would have established a cap-and-trade system of pollution allowances to control greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming. Instead, the administration is pushing regulations for carbon pollution through the Environmental Protection Agency, a far inferior approach, according to Stavins.
Source: Bloomberg
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WASHINGTON — The US Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid to strip President Barack Obama of his power to regulate greenhouse gases, a move that could have thrown US efforts against climate change into chaos.
The Senate, where Obama's Democratic Party holds a majority, voted 50-50 on a bill to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from setting standards on greenhouse gas emissions blamed for the world's rising temperatures.
The measure required 60 votes for passage. Four Democrats broke ranks to support the measure, while a sole Republican backed the efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: Rawstory


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METRO's acting president and CEO officially took over the transportation authority today.
And metro is getting down to dealing with the budget crunch.
METRO's board of directors named George Greanias to run the agency today.
Greanias plans to continue the agenda he started at METRO as its interim leader.
He takes over an agency trying to balance budget issues while at the same time, expanding its light rail system.
While the agency is hoping to avoid layoffs, various roles at metro will be reviewed.
'We don't keep a position unless you need it, so over time, over the next year I'll be looking at every position and saying, 'Do we need that position? And is the person who's holding that position the right person for it?' Greanias said. "That's a good question any good manager would do."
Greanias will earn a base salary of $235,000 a year.
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Chapter 34 Reviews
I could tell that Gerard knew there was something wrong with me, but he was just too damn polite to ask. Either that or he knew I would be uncomfortable telling him.
Emma's POV.
I sighed to myself contently as the door to my new, pristine bedroom swung shut, clicking securely into place as I sat down lazily on the little old window seat on the right-hand wall. I settled Jinx onto my lap carefully, beginning to tune him up as I stared intently into the drizzly grey haze that was Belleville, New Jersey.
Countless cars were chugging down the polluted, grey, seemingly endless roads, chucking out smoke from their grimy exhausts as they dawdled along behind the other cars that lay in their path.
Rain pelted relentlessly at my window, the icy tears from the churning, steely sky slipping and sliding aimlessly down my new, slightly clouded window pane. I breathed onto the cool glass gently, raising a shaky hand gently off of my beloved guitar to draw a picture on the clouded pane.
I drew a line down the steamed-up glass with the tip of my index finger, sweeping the finger around the pane some more before I let it flop gently back onto my guitar.
I had drawn a small, wobbly smiley face in the centre of the hazy window pane. A circle for a head, lines for eyes, a 'U' for a mouth… Like I would have drawn as a kid. Like I would have drawn before my whole world crumbled to rubble and ash before my naïve little eyes.
I sighed, gently scrubbing away the little face with a sad smile and fumbling around in my pocket for a guitar pick. I produced one easily and aligned my fingers, strumming away the thoughts of my childhood quickly as I submerged myself into my music.
Gerard's POV.
I drifted out of my darkened room in a zombie-like state when I heard my step-mom yelling for me, stumbling up the wooden stairs and blinking against the harsh hallway light that was invading my retinas. I managed to reach the top of the staircase without blinding or injuring myself, so preceded to find Donna.
"Donna?" I asked wearily as I entered the messy kitchen, scratching the back of my head absently as I looked around. The whole room smelled of pizza, which made me smile wearily. I loved it when Donna made pizza.
"Gerard honey, would you collect Emma and Mikey for me? I'm just about to serve up," Donna asked me with a smile as she dropped some seemingly home-made breadsticks into a small, pristine white jar. I just nodded, leaving the kitchen to summon Mikey from his pit first.
"Mikes!" I called to him as I entered his room, looking around with a small smile still sat on my lips.
He was sat on his bed, headphones in, scribbling away at a piece of wrinkled paper. He appeared to be writing music.
"Mikey," I murmured, pulling out one of his headphones gently. I could hear the music that was blasting from them from the doorway.
"Shit, Gerard!" Mikey yelped, stuffing the paper hastily out of my view and jumping up.
"Whatever, Mikes. Dinner's ready," I chuckled, ruffling his hair affectionately and walking towards Emma's room. I heard him huff and mumble profanities aimed undoubtedly at me as he shuffled his way down the stairs.
I paused outside of Emma's door momentarily, listening to her playing her guitar.
She was amazing. She definitely had a gift for playing, but... wow.
Just wow.
I knocked on the ivory door after a moment, hearing the music stop hastily and a scuffle of feet on carpeted floor. The door was yanked open, revealing a smiling Emma half-hidden behind a bright red fringe.
"Hey, Gerard," She grinned, fiddling with the little black guitar pick that she was holding in her right hand as she smiled. Her guitar, Jinx, had been laid on her bed carefully.
"Hey, dinner's ready. Donna told me to come fetch you," I smiled back, watching as she pocketed the pick quickly and walked out of her room to stand beside me, shutting her door softly behind her.
"Let's go," She grinned, following me eagerly as I sloped off towards the stairs.
"I'm telling you, Emma, you have a gift for playing that damn guitar!" I laughed as Emma blushed violently and tried to disappear behind her fringe once again, telling me that I needed to get my ears checked.
"He's right, I heard you playing from my office," Dad butted in, laughing softly. "It sounded amazing,"
"Thanks," I heard Emma mumble from behind her fringe as she took a nibble of pizza. "But you're my family. You're biased,"
I snorted.
"Me? Biased? You must be mad!" I laughed, grinning when Emma shook her head, a small smile visible behind her fringe.
"But seriously… wow. Do you play anything else?"
"I used to play drums, but it just wasn't the same as playing guitar. My mom got Jinx for me a few birthdays ago," She answered, fiddling with the slice of pizza she was holding. She seemed uncomfortable with talking about our mom.
I nodded as I picked up my last slice of homemade pizza and stuffed some into my mouth, dropping the subject quickly. I knew how she felt, really. When you didn't want to talk about something, the worst thing someone could do was go on about it.
"Gerard! Manners!" Donna scolded me as I smirked around my full mouth.
"Sorry, Mom," I laughed, gulping down the mouthful and taking another, more reasonably sized bite.
"Alright, you kids all have school tomorrow. It's 8pm now, I want lights out by no later than 10," Donna told Mikey, Emma and me with a small smile. "I'll do the dishes for you tonight,"
"Thanks, Donna," I grinned, hopping up and giving her a hug before dashing back down to my basement.
I flicked on the light by my door, letting my eyes adjust to the faint light that had flooded my messy, cluttered bedroom before walking fully into the room.
"Time to draw," I grinned to myself, all but throwing myself at my desk.
~ The Next Day ~
Emma's POV.
The little alarm clock that sat on my desk blared loudly; the raw sounds on Black Flag pummelling my eardrums as I rubbed my tired, puffy eyes and stretched.
I hit the snooze button on the little device, switching it to my iPod and blasting some Smashing Pumpkins as loudly as I thought was acceptable first thing on a Monday morning.
I dressed quickly, throwing on some black skinnies and a studded belt, a Smashing Pumpkins tee and a Misfits hoodie. I pulled on a pair of fingerless skeleton gloves that I had received for my previous birthday, looking out of my grimy window.
The weather was as dismally grey as it had been when I arrived, rain pelting down on my new home mercilessly.
As I pulled on my gloves, I began to think about yesterday, and how open I had been to my new family.
I mean, yeah, they were family, but I never really opened up to people that quickly. I usually just go all quiet instead of throwing myself at them and hugging them…
I guess it was because they looked like they understood me, Gerard and Mikey at least, and they wouldn't judge me. They looked like they were outsiders.
Like me.
I could tell that Gerard knew there was something wrong with me, but he was just too damn polite to ask. Either that or he knew I would be uncomfortable telling him.
Which I would be.
I didn't plan on telling anyone about my life, really. I'm more of a suffer-in-silence type. Nobody really understood my problems anyway. I doubted anyone here would.
I sighed, shaking my head and coming back to the present.
I was used to this kind of weather anyway, they churning grey skies and dull light.
Generally shit weather.
England was never sunny.
I quickly brushed my teeth, combed my hair and put some purple eyeliner on my eyes before hopping down the stairs, my old checkerboard backpack –filled with my school necessities - over one shoulder.
Luckily, I was starting my new school a week into term, or semester, as Gerard had called it. I wouldn't have much to catch up on.
Maybe Karma was in my favour today.
I switched on my thousand-megawatt smile as I entered the kitchen - the thoughts from earlier pushed into one of the smallest corners of my mind - hugging Donna.
"Morning!" I sang, drifting away from her and giving her a huge smile.
"Morning, darling," She laughed, handing me a large, sticky plate of waffles. "Here's some breakfast,"
"Thanks, Donna!" I grinned, tearing into a waffle and stuffing it into my mouth. It was delicious!
"No problem, honey. Coffee?" She laughed, pointing to a sleek looking coffee machine that sat on the spotless kitchen surface.
"Oh, yes please! I have it black, no sugar or milk," I laughed as I made my way to the sleek little breakfast bar that sat in the corner of the kitchen.
"Sure thing," Donna smiled, pouring me a mugful of the steaming black liquid that I was so hooked on.
"Thanks," I sighed, inhaling the thick, calming scent of the black coffee and chugging it down quickly in a few large gulps. It burned my throat, but I didn't care in the slightest.
"Morning," A tired Gerard mumbled, stumbling into the kitchen dozily and grabbing a batman mug off of the spotlessly clean counter, pouring some coffee from the machine into it hastily and grabbing a seat next to me at the breakfast bar.
"Morning, Gerard," Donna and I chimed as Gerard took a gulp of his coffee, looking up at the kitchen clock.
"Shit, we're gonna be late! Donna, could you drop us up to the gates? I'm gonna grab Mikes," Gerard babbled, springing up - his coffee forgotten – to go and grab Mikey from his room.
"Sure thing, honey. C'mon, Emma. I'll go get the car started," Donna sighed, slipping on a pair of shiny, black leather ankle boots and walking out of the front door swiftly.
I blinked once, kicking my brain into gear and finishing off my waffles quickly, hitching my bag over my shoulder and setting off grudgingly into the grey New Jersey drizzle.
"Bye, Donna!" Gerard called as Donna's old, beaten up car pulled away from the grimy curb. He, Mikey and I all waved to the car until it went out of sight.
As we lowered our hands, we started up the steely grey, chewing-gum spattered steps onto school campus, chatting quietly.
"Alright, Emma. Seeing as it's your first day, you're gonna have to go up to reception and grab your stuff. We're early, so I'll tag along with you, if you'd like," Gerard murmured to me, dodging around huddles of people and hiding behind his ebony fringe. Mikey was doing the same, so I followed their example.
I tried not to inspect the people around me as we walked, which proved slightly difficult as I shrunk behind my freshly-washed red fringe. It unnerved me not to be able to look at people. I guessed it was kind of a precaution I had unknowingly started using when I was younger. My childhood wasn't exactly perfect.
"Thanks, Gerard," I muttered to my brother, dodging around a scary looking jock with bleached-blonde hair that was laughing boisterously at a really shit joke.
Maybe I might not want to look at these people anyway…
"No problem. Mikes, do you wanna come? Or are you headed somewhere else?" Gerard murmured to Mikey, hiding further behind his fringe and trying not to catch anyone's attention as the three of us walked across a grey, chewing-gum riddled pavement.
He reminded me of myself, trying to disappear behind that fringe of his. The reason that I hid behind my fringe was because of all of the scars and wounds that covered my pale skin. I hid behind it to conceal the stories behind them, but nobody really knew that. Nobody knew why I tried so hard to hide my face from every human being within sight. Nobody understood.
My mom was the cause of most of them, the scars and bruises that were scattered painfully and obviously across my face - what with her becoming abusive and unreasonable when she was drunk. I always took her blows on the chin – sometimes quite literally - and tried to forget about her, forget about the world and its obscene ugliness, but sometimes it just wasn't enough.
I had tried other ways of forgetting, like playing Jinx and drawing, but those blades seemed to like biting into the fine skin of my wrists… Those blades liked to scrawl out the words 'Fuck Up' on my wrists and bleed the words away, leaving marks in various stages of healing on my skin. I hated myself for doing it, I really did. I just didn't know how to stop. Nobody around me really did either, nor did they really care.
I hated people seeing the wounds on both my face and wrists. I didn't need their sympathy. I didn't need their help. I was fine, I just masked the darkness with a bright personality that everyone thought was the real me.
"I'm meeting Suke, actually. I'm just gonna head off to form and meet her," Mikey whispered, pushing his geeky glasses up his nose with his index finger and glancing about nervously as I came out of my thoughts abruptly.
Who was Suke?
"I'll see you later, Gee," Mikey sighed, splitting away from us uncertainly.
"Bye, Mikes. Be careful," Gerard muttered, turning his attention to me as Mikey steered is way through the throng of early school students.
"Girlfriends, huh?" Gerard joked to me half-heartedly.
Oh. Suke must be Mikey's girlfriend. Insert mental face-palm here. I just nodded, giving him a meek smile from behind my fringe.
There were so many cliques scattered through this school, and it didn't look like I'd fit in anywhere at all so far.
"C'mon, here's reception," Gerard murmured to me with a sigh as he shoved the door that stood ominously before us and walked into the little room. I coughed nervously as I entered the room behind him, making sure that my face was well and truly covered as Gerard shook his hair out of his face.
"Can I help you?" A receptionist barked irritably, making me jump slightly and flatten my fringe with one hand automatically.
"Uh… yeah. My Name's Emma Hayes – I'm starting today?" I said quietly, the way my voice trailed off made the statement sound like a question. The woman smirked at me – probably finding my accent amusing - and opened her mouth to speak before Gerard cut her off.
"Actually, this is Emma Way, Miss Rolfe. She should be in Miss Cherrison's form," Gerard corrected me with a small smile. The receptionist nodded, her sourly puckered mouth turning downward as she began rifling through some paper that was sat in a little wicker basket on her wooden desk.
They'd registered me as Emma Way? Huh?
"Alright, here's your timetable," The receptionist named Miss Rolfe grumbled to me, shoving a piece of paper my way and breaking me from my thoughts. "And here is a temporary homework planner. You'll receive a permanent one soon,"
"Thank you," I muttered from behind my vibrant fringe as I scooped up the papers and followed Gerard hastily back out of the building.
"Hey look everyone, emo boy's got a friend!" some twat guffawed as the old door swung shut behind me, pointing towards myself and Gerard with a cruel, gnarled finger and a sickening smirk on his cold, disgusting face.
Gerard seemed to visibly shrink into his own skin, hiding behind his raven-black fringe again and steering us hastily away from the group of taunting Jocks.
"Yeah right! She's probably a fuck buddy," Another voice laughed, making me squeeze my eyes shut momentarily and spin around, gaining a look of terror from Gerard as I glared at the people that were humiliating him.
I detested bullies, and knowing that a brother of mine that I didn't know existed a few days ago was bullied made me want to scream at the top of my lungs.
Someone as sweet as Gerard didn't deserve to be bullied. I mean, come on, I completely dropped my usual careless, teenage attitude and hugged him and Mikey like we were the best of friends on day one. I suppose that they're my brothers, but it was still pretty odd… It was kind of alien to me.
"I'm his sister, you twats," I hissed as I broke out of my thoughts sharply, giving them all a steely glare before catching up with Gerard who had began slinking away from the scene hastily.
"C'mon, Gerard. Ignore them. Let's go to home room," I whispered to him urgently, shaking his shoulders quickly to bring him back to the present as we began to walk away again.
"Quickly, watch your back," Gerard whispered in a strained tone, taking my arm and briskly walking me towards a music room before he was abruptly pulled away from me.
"Gerard!" I yelped as someone grabbed my arms from my sides, pinning them behind my back harshly. I made sure my face was still hidden behind my fringe quickly before becoming extremely pissed off and bitchy.
"Fuck off, you jerk! Let me go!"
"Don't waste your breath, Emma," Gerard ushered me as we were bustled into a precariously empty corridor.
"They're not worth it,"
Sorry about the cliffhanger, I couldn't resist haha! I'm writing the next chapter as we speak!~


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2013-01-15 15:46:42.532266-08 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
This came across the Personal Clouds mailing list, and I felt compelled to respond to it. David Siegel: Personal Data Locker (vimeo video):
I think there's some silly SciFi there that hasn't been thoroughly thought through, and because of that his presentation isn't a metaphor that helps me better see how to better implement these things. And I don't have a single control panel for all of those things, but I can do most of those things right now.
And very few of them interest me.
Maybe I'm too stuck in concrete thinking, but a few random notes:
Yeah, it's subtle, and that description can be interpreted both ways, but I feel like Siegel is biasing his presentation towards the companies that want to exploit this.
Also, why is it up to her to list things for sale? Why is it not up to the purchasers to say "I want..."? Someone browsing my art collection feels downright creepy, frankly. Sure, his discussion talks about it being anonymous, but abstractions leak.
So I'm not sure what "personal cloud" means to everyone, but this seems like free association without critical thinking. Too much "magic happens" and "everything is under Maxine's control". It's kinda like saying "we're gonna have flying cars!" without thinking about overhead utilities and trees around our driveways, backyard privacy, downwash from the rotors blowing kids off their tricycles...
... let alone the lack of a power source.
And I don't find that sort of thinking useful. Except in staking out overly broad patents so I can profit off of other people's actual innovation.
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Swimmer Dara Torres On a Quest to Join Her Sixth Olympic Team!
Written on December 19, 2011 at 1:04 pm , by Karla Walsh
Dara Torres has been one of our heroes here at FITNESS for years. She even appeared on the cover a couple times in the '90s! But this 44-year-old fit mom is out to prove that age is just a number and is training to compete in her sixth—yes, sixth—Olympic Games.
We had to ask: Will there be seven? "This will be my last try at the Olympics, no matter what. Going back to 1984, I had always thought that would be my last swim, but I mean it this time," says Torres, who was in town as a BENGAY Brand Ambassador.
As she prepares for her final quest for Olympic hardware (she already has twelve medals), we sat down with Torres to learn more about her training, her hobbies and the other swimmer in her house.
You recently had surgery—how are you feeling?
I took a year off after the 2009 World Championships to have a cartilage transplant in my knee. It really helped with my quality of life—I can now walk without pain and train again. But I never completely stopped. I would do pull-ups with my crutches resting against a nearby bench! Being fit is so important to me. Exercises relieves stress, gives me energy and I like the way I look because of it.
Speaking of that training, what does a typical week look like for you?
I train five days a week while my daughter is in school and take Thursdays and Sundays off. I swim for two hours, spend 60 to 90 minutes in the weight room and do 45 minutes of leg rehab, including Ki-Hara resistance stretching for recovery.
So the 2012 Olympics are in seven months! How do you feel?
The trials are at the end of June and beginning of July. I'm training for that now, or as I like to say, "I've been training for this since I was eight!" My Olympic prep really began in August 2010. I'll be 45 by the Olympics, so tapering before trials is important, but I can't rest quite as much as I used to because I lose muscle quicker at my age.
For Dara's pick for the next great swimmer and her favorite pool-free activities, How is your training different this time around compared to your previous five Olympic Games?
Yardage isn't as important as it was. My team and I are looking into the science of swimming more to find the most efficient times and methods to train. Recovery is such a big thing for me. I'm not as pliable as I was when I was younger, so I use BENGAY for long-lasting and quick pain relief.
If you could pick just one athlete who you think is going to leave her mark on the swimming world, who would that be?
Missy Franklin is on top of the world right now. She's such a cool, cute girl!
What do you like to do when you're not in the pool or at the gym?
My daughter is my highlight and biggest accomplishment, so I love spending time with her. I also like movies, shopping and sleep!
Is your daughter showing any interest in swimming?
She's enrolled in tennis, dance and swimming, and loves ice skating. She loves the pool and recently swam in a meet, but I'd be OK with whatever she decides she wants to do. I think it's important to get kids active after school, even for 30 minutes or an hour.
What advice do you have for those who want to improve their swimming skills but feel they are too old for lessons?
Join a masters swim team. Build each week distance-wise to ease into it. Outside of the pool, try strength moves that incorporate different parts of your body at the same time since you use all of your muscles in the water when swimming.
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(aka BiQuad)
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A biquad is a fairly powerful antenna which is relatively easy to construct, with impressive performance for their size. A link greater than 5 miles can be made with a pair of these as a stand-alone antenna and a Prism2 100mW card, provided you keep coax short, and your line-of-sight is clear.
The fairly wide beamwidth of a biquad makes it ideal for stumbling, and also makes p2p links easier to setup, as the alignment isn't as critical. The 3dB beamwidth of a biquad is typically about 40-50 degrees.
They can be used as a feed for a dish, or can be used stand-alone.
See also: the homebrew SardineCanAntenna design.
http://trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm - theory and some pics
http://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/ - detailed construction info and pics
http://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/double.cgi - increase the gain by making a double biquad
http://www.xaviervl.com/Antenne/Bi-quad/index.html (in french)
* http://www.xaviervl.com/Antenne/Bi-cercle/index.html (around a 'D' battery, in french)
http://reseaucitoyen.be/?BiQuad (in french)
There's also the homebrew SardineCanAntenna design.
A bi-quad like this fits perfect in a Deep Dish Glad container.
There is enough room in there to fit a small Belkin F5D6050
-Eric h.
btw: What type of wiring did you use?
Standard RG-58U coax. There is less than 10 in. on this antenna. -Eric h.
ru: Could you possibly tell me how you solder the cable to the Belkin usb? did you need any additional component as a smd condenser? what did you do with the second antenna? thanks
What is the typical gain for this design?
The biquad has a gain of 11dBi, but these are the best for mounting onto a dish for extra gain. For a higher gain version, have a look at the double biquad, which has a gain of approx 13dBi.
Can i use BNC Connectors or PL-259 Connectors used in hamradio? I cant find any N connectors available here in our country.
You can, but BNC's and PL-259(UHF?) will be very lossy at 2.4Ghz. TNC's are a good bit better, Type-N are the best bang for the buck. Connectors should be pretty easy to import. Just order them from a US mail order company.
Will a double biquad design for the element work better on a dish rather than just a single?
I think the double biquad has a wider divergance on the long axis (although this is a guess) - if this is the case the beam may be wider than the dish used. This "overflow" will cause a lower SNR due to any interfering signals/noise sources behind the dish. The double biquad does, however, offer a larger on-axis signal, however I think you will be better off investing your time on a stacked design (there are a few floating around online, however I don't have any links handy, sorry :-s). I hope this helps
Is there a need for N connectors at all ? What about connecting the quad to 2-3 meters long coax (terminated by RP-SMA) directly ?
No, there is no need for a N connector.


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When Piggy Bank can extract "pure" information from a web page, it shows a "data coin" icon in the bottom right corner of Firefox's status bar. Click on this icon to command Piggy Bank to collect the "pure" information.
Piggy Bank can collect "pure" information in the following cases:
- The web page has invisible link(s) to RDF data (encoded in RDF/XML or RDF/N3 formats).
- One of Piggy Bank's "screen scrapers" matches the current URL.
A screen scraper is small Javascript program that you can install to extend Piggy Bank's ability to collect information from web pages. In order to re-structure the information denoted within a web page, a screen scraper might need to load related web pages. For example, in re-structuring a search results page, a screen scraper will load subsequent search results pages to collect all search results. If each search result is only presented in brief but can be explored in detail by clicking on it, the scraper might also automate such clicking in order to gather as much information as it can.
A screen scraper might also make use of web services to augment the information it collects from within a web page, e.g., to look up latitude and longitude of a street address.


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The community of Holy Names University is profoundly grateful that no person was overtly threatened or physically harmed during yesterday's events on campus. We are very thankful for the prompt and thorough action by the Oakland Police. We will be conveying our thanks directly to the Police Chief, the City Administrator, and the Mayor.
The police were impressed by the lack of panic and the spirit of cooperation at HNU. Some of our undergraduate students even helped keep our Raskob elementary and middle schoolers calm by playing with them while our Athletic Department opened their secret candy stash!
HNU recently initiated an emergency alert system that will allow students, staff, and faculty to receive emergency communications in a timely manner. We are alsoabout to begin a discussion of our revised and expanded emergency plan. This latest experience makes us all that much more conscious of the importance of being fully informed and prepared for future emergencies.


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DETROIT (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings edged the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in overtime on Wednesday to pick up their first win in three games on the way to regaining top spot in the Western Conference.
Henrik Zetterberg scored the winner with his second goal of the game, an angled snapshot that beat Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo on the short side.
"It was nice to do that, see a change-up go in," Zetterberg told reporters. "It wasn't the hardest shot but it found a way home."
The victory lifted the Red Wings one point clear of the Dallas Stars at the top of the Western Conference and ended a four-game winning streak for the Canucks.
"You look at the standings, everything's gotten pretty condensed here, so every point matters right now," Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard said. "We battled hard, we never gave up. We wanted to win this game. It was a great win."
Zetterberg sparked the Red Wings, who overcame one-goal deficits twice in the third period. He leveled the score at 3-3 with a backhand shot before setting up Nicklas Lidstrom's tying goal with 3:54 remaining to force overtime.
Power-play goals by twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin, both set up by Ryan Kesler, drew the Canucks level in the second period and former Red Wing Mikael Samuelsson's goal in the final minute of the period gave Vancouver their first lead.
Following Zetterberg's first goal early in the third period Jeff Tambellini again gave the Canucks a lead with 7:50 remaining.
Dan Cleary opened the scoring for Detroit in the first period and Valtteri Filppula scored in the second period.
Red Wings star center Pavel Datsyuk fell awkwardly late in the first period and suffered a broken right hand. The injury does not require surgery but Datsyuk will wear a cast and miss four weeks.
"It's unfortunate, there's nothing we can do about it. We got to find a way to dig in, just like we did tonight to get the game done," Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock said.
"More opportunity for someone else. We know Pav's a good player and we know he's coming back. He gets a little bit of vacation so he's ready for the playoffs."
(Reporting by Mike Mouat in Windsor, Ontario; Editing by John O'Brien)


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CLARIFICATION: If your child was enrolled in Chickasha Schools last year, they DO NOT NEED to enroll. You will need to attend Open House on August 18, 2014. See below for more information.
Pre-Kindergarten enrollment will be Tuesday, July 29, at Bill Wallace Early Childhood Center, located at 2301 S. 16th Street, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please bring birth certificate, shot record, social security card, and proof of residency. (BWECC ph: 405-222-6544)
Only NEW STUDENTS to Chickasha Public Schools in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade will enroll at the Administration Office, located at 900 W. Choctaw, Chickasha, OK from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning on Wednesday, July 30th thru Friday, August 15th. You must bring birth certificate, shot record, social security card, & proof of residency. (Ph: 222-6500 ext 1029)
New students to the district in Middle School (7th & 8th) and High School (9th-12th) must wait until August 18th to see a counselor for class scheduling. Scheduling for new students will be August 18th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and August 19th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at both Chickasha Middle School, located at 1000 S 9th and Chickasha High School, located at 101 John P. Cowan. (CMS ph: 222-6530/CHS ph: 222-6550)
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Parents and supporters of Chickasha Public Schools - now you can keep up with what's happening at our school anywhere, anytime right from your smart phone with School Connect. School Connect is a free mobile app that enables you to stay connected to your student's school and have school information sent directly to you, wherever and whenever you need it. School Connect is the best way to get connected, and stay connected to everything that's happening at Chickasha Public Schools. Download it from your app store today. If you are reading this from your mobile device, click on the appropriate tab.
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Newsletter #91
Mending Bones to a Healthier Future
Chaim Puthna is from Kompong Speur province, located approximately 60 km from Phnom Penh. The population of Kompong Speur consists primarily of poor farmers however most of the inhabitants are forced to immigrate out of the province to search for jobs. Puthna lives in a small 3m x 5m house with his wife, and two children, ages 5 and 3.
As the head of the family, Puthna does not want to be employed far away from his family who depends heavily on him. His family has a small rice field however their main source of income comes from selling charcoal. With an old motorcycle that carries both him and his charcoal, Puthna works more than eight hours a day alongside different roads to earn enough money to support his wife and their two growing children. As his kids continue to grow, Puthna knows that there are many needs that his children have that he will not be able to provide. More than anything, however, Puthna works his hardest in order to provide his children with an education when they are old enough to go to school.
One day, while picking up the charcoal with his younger brother, Puthna was involved in an motorcycle accident that left him in extreme pain and shock on the side of the road. His younger brother was able to get an ambulance to take him to the local hospital's emergency room. When it became clear that the local hospital didn't have the means to treat Puthna's condition, he was rushed in an ambulance to a private clinic in Phnom Penh for x-rays. It was discovered that the accident had left Puthna with pelvic and sacral fractures. After being sent back to the local hospital, Puthna's condition worsened causing the doctors to send him back to a Phnom Penh hospital. At this point the family had spent $600 on the treatments done by the local hospital, which the money they acquired through a loan from the MFI, but still Puthna was only getting worse and options were running out.
In Phnom Penh, Puthna was delivered to the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE (SHCH) with his younger brother, wife and friend by ambulance after hearing about the hospital through a friend. At the SHCH, the pain increased so he was sent to the Emergency Department (ED) for diagnose. After being examined at the ED, the extent of Puthna's condition was discovered and he was immediately rushed into surgery. After surgery, Puthna's condition improved but was still serious so he was sent to the surgical ward to continue the doctor's evaluation.
"[After the accident] I suppose, I was dead at that time because I was in pain and swoon on the road" he said.
At the SHCH, Puthna received free treatment and advanced care. The doctors kept a close watch on his condition and everyday Puthna continued to improve.
"I feel warmly with SHCH, I never met before; the doctor, nurse and hospital staff are friendly to the patients" he explained. With a smile, he added that; " I am so happy when I saw the hospital give free treatment for the poor people like us, especially good care with high quality treatment. I am grateful and thankful to the SHCH that give me a new hope and life".
When he goes back to his province he will return to work to support his family, but Puthna is grateful for the second chance that he received from the SHCH. Although life back home might not be easy upon his return, he is looking forward to going home to see his dear children and to begin working hard again for his family and his children's future.


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Ynysfach Engine House. Courtesy HERIAN
Community groups in South Wales are to celebrate the region's industrial past by transforming a former engine house into a heritage centre and resource facility.
Ynysfach Engine House, Merthyr Tydfil, once housed the beam engine for the blast furnaces of Cyfarthfa Iron Works, founded in the 18th century and the site played a key role in making Merthyr Tydfil into the iron capital of the world in the early 19th century. Now a £273,000 investment will allow the transformation of the engine house into a heritage centre.
The organisation HERIAN (Heritage in Action), which works to promote awareness of the industrial heritage of South Wales and harness its unique legacies, is spearheading the project along with the Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Trust. Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council and the Gellideg Foundation – a Community First group – are also actively involved.
The plan is to create not only state-of-the-art interactive displays, but also provide volunteering and lifelong learning opportunities for local people.
"Involving local people in the telling of the story of industrial South Wales delivers far reaching benefits," said Jeff Pride, Director of HERIAN's Partnership Coordinating Team, "not only for the community but also for visitors, businesses, and people seeking employment in the area. We're keen to create that real sense of ownership of our unique cultural assets that everyone can be proud of and feel part of."
Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Trust will be working to make the project community driven. Once the building is open, it will be used for storytelling, family history research, reminiscence workshops and lecture programmes. Other activities will include volunteer training, functions and meetings, whilst external landscaping and community inspired artworks are planned.
"We're really excited at the prospect of helping local groups lead the way in creating a facility in and for their community," said Glyn Bowen of Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Trust. "It will provide a valuable resource to improve skills, learning and wellbeing in the area and we will be encouraging people of all ages and interests to make use of it."
The restored building dramatically floodlit. Courtesy HERIAN
As well as the exhibition in the main part of the Grade II-listed building, Ynysfach will house a HERIAN Information Point – a touch screen device allowing visitors to find out about other heritage sites in the vicinity and across South Wales. The idea is to bring together the region's history, and show how communities built the industries that shaped South Wales.
HERIAN's vision for the future is to have similar community driven heritage projects across the whole of South Wales, with the Ynysfach Engine House project being a model to encourage other similar groups.
Gellideg Community First will be one group to benefit from the restoration project.
"We have been working hard in the area to help people become proud of where they live," said Ian Benbow, Gellideg Community First Coordinator.
"Using the past to help the future is an ideal way to engage with people of all ages and this project has qualities that will contribute to the social, economic and environmental regeneration of Merthyr Tydfil and its communities."
Funding for Ynysfach Engine House has come from EU Objective 1, the Welsh Assembly Government, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, British Steel Enterprise and HSBC. Find out more about HERIAN at www.herian.org.


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Sioux Falls, SD (KWSN) - Multiple outlets, including Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, have reported that Sioux Falls Skyforce head coach Pat Delany has accepted an assistant coaching position with the Charlotte Hornets under head coach Steve Clifford.
Delany served as head coach of the Force for one season and lead the team to a 31-19 record and a berth in the D League semifinals. Delany also served as a scout with the Miami Heat and spent time with the Boston Celtics.
Clifford and Delany are both products of St Anselm College an NCAA Division II school in New Hampshire, and head coach Keith Dickson. Clifford began his coaching career at the school in the 1980's while Delany played for the Hawks from 1998-2002.
Delany was hired as coach of the Force shortly after the team entered into a hybrid affiliation partnership with Miami, which means the HEAT will be responsible for finding Delany's replacement.


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The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded 20-year old forward Stefan Legein to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenceman Michael Ratchuk.
Legein was an alternate captain for Canada's World Junior team and won gold at the 2008 tournament, but surprised the hockey world in August, 2008 when he announced that he was quitting hockey at the age of 19. Legein cited having lost his passion to play the game as the reason. By December of last year, he changed his mind, resumed skating, and eventually joined Columbus' AHL affiliate in Syracuse.
This season in the AHL, Legein has scored two goals and one assist in six games. Legein was originally a second-round choice (37th overall) of the Blue Jackets in the 2007 draft.
Ratchuk, 21, has also been playing in the AHL with the Flyers' affiliate in Adirondack. He was selected by Philadelphia in the second round (42nd overall) of the 2006 draft.


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We exist to educate all students to be college and career ready, and to develop a lifelong love for learning.
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Stride Academy is now accessible and ready for use. This piece of software is one of many used throughout Tate County School District. Stride Academy is a cross-platform adaptive learning solution for PreK - High School that quickly accelerates learning with engaging curriculum engineered to address critical learning standards. Click below to access Stride Academy and for more information. This link is also available from the top menu as well as the "Student Resources" link to the left.
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Students in Tate County School District utilize the Accelerated Reader product. Students read books based on their current reading level and advance to higher reading levels as they pass tests on the books they read. This new dashboard is updated in realtime and gives the current number of books read by our district as well as each school site. The first guage displays number of books are read for the current month while the second guage displays books read for the year.
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Tate County Schools Child Nutrition Department is NOW offering a state-of-the-art online service that provides you the convenience and information you need to manage your student's meal account. This system speeds up serving lines in the cafeteria, eliminates the need to send checks to school or worry about lost or forgotten lunch money, and ensures that your child will receive a nutritious meal.


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All men's underwear should be sheer and this small! Case in point. Fantastically small briefs, with no room for his hard cock!
So, there's underwear with built-in stuffers in the shape of a cock to make guys look bigger.
What does this insert look like if I woman throws it in her panties? Because if it's even semi-believable this is like, the best rape deterrent ever ever ever. Also, hilarious prank times for people with a really fucked up sense of humor who don't mind messing with another person's sexual identity. Hellooooo fellas ;*


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I finally broke down and purchased some organic neem oil to use against pesty houseplant pests. I have known about neem oil as organic pest control for some time, but didn't purchase it before because it can be expensive. This bottle cost me around $32.
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In years past, I had chronic issues with houseplant pests like spider mites, whiteflies, scale, aphids, soil gnats and mealy bugs. But I haven't had many problems with these pests since I started debugging and cleaning my houseplants before bringing them indoors for the winter.
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Last year, we decided to try growing a pepper plant hydroponically. I've tried overwintering pepper plants in the house before, and I found that no amount of cleaning them would keep the aphids away. Pepper plants are serious aphid magnets. Since aphids multiply very quickly and I didn't want to spend my winter fighting them again (and risk a large outbreak like I had in 2009, ugh!), I decided to give neem oil a try.
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Neem Oil as Organic Pest Control:
There's no way I'm using chemical pesticides, so the fact that neem oil is a natural, organic product is awesome. According to the label "Neem oil is pressed from the seeds of the Indian Neem tree". The label doesn't say how it works to kill pests. From what I've read elsewhere, it messes with the brains of the pest insects, so they stop eating and mating and eventually die off. Neem oil won't kill all of the the pest insects on contact, so it might take a few days for pest infestations to disappear.
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The directions say to mix the neem oil with a little Ivory soap, which helps it mix with water. The soap has the added effect of killing the pest insects on contact, so you should see an improvement right away.
Neem oil also has a residual effect, so you don't have to spray the plant every day like you would with other organic methods. I spray it on the pepper plants every month or so in the winter just to keep the aphids in check. You could wait until you see evidence of pests before spraying the plant again, because the infestation might go away completely after applying neem oil.
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I am happy to report that our pepper plant has been aphid free since we started using neem oil as organic pest control. I also tried in on the whiteflies that have been plaguing my hibiscus for five years, and it worked like a charm. No whiteflies in my house this winter, woohoo.
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I would recommend using neem oil as organic pest control if you are tired of fighting pest infestations on your houseplants. It sure has made my life a lot easier. You can purchase neem oil here. But if the price tag of neem oil is too large for you, don't worry, there are several inexpensive methods of organic pest control that you can try, and they work quite well.
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Mod Note (WhatWould-ArianneWear): How Martell is this gate?! Not only the giant sun on the gate, but even the little spear points on the top! I saw it while driving through Upper Fell's Point in Baltimore and had to snag a picture! Totally crazy.
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Mr President Restore Veterans Benefits
The President
Re: Restore Expansion of Concurrent Receipt
Dear President Obama:
As your voting constituent, I write to strongly protest the Senate's action to eliminate the restoration of concurrent receipt from the HR 4213. This elimination continues to deny concurrent receipt to almost 500,000 military retirees retired for medical disability with less than 20 years of retirement service.
Even though the elimination of concurrent receipt was included in the President's Budget, the excuse given was that other money could not be found. Where did all the money for the stimulus and bailouts come from? As a full half of the stimulus money has yet to be squandered, I suggest a portion of these uncommitted taxpayer dollars be the source of the dollars necessary to fund the restoration.
I strongly urge you to initiate legislation to restore the concurrent receipt of military retired pay that is currently offset by disability compensation.
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Trimble announced today functionality updates to its integrated GNSS survey receiver portfolio, which includes the Trimble R4, Trimble R6, Trimble R8 GNSS systems and is rounded out by the recently released Trimble R10 GNSS System (pictured at right). The updates include increased satellite tracking and real-time kinematic (RTK) performance. These improvements modernize the integrated receiver portfolio to add functionality, flexibility... read more


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Checking Out the Neighborhood
Submitted by fyl on Sat, 2009/07/04 - 06:39.
This is a few hundred meters from the CoolTop property. On one side it is owned by our neighbor Don Rosa whose father's house was about 3 meters from where I am typing right now. (Note that Don Rosa is about 80 so there is some history here.)
There are not a lot of places in Nicaragua where you can take a cool, quiet stroll through an oak forest.
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Forrest Hamer (born 1956) is an American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst. He is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Rift (Four Way Books, 2007). His first collection, Call & Response, (Alice James Books ) won the Beatrice Hawley Award, and his second, Middle Ear (Roundhouse Press), received the Northern California Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the California Arts Council, and he has taught at the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshops.
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As announced a few days ago all 6 Star Wars films are coming on Blu-ray in September. Amazon is already taking pre-orders for this highly anticipated Blu-ray release. Fortunately Lucasfilm is playing nice: "The complete six-movie saga is available in one boxed set of nine Blu-ray discs, plus the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy each are available as three-disc sets."
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When deciding about tax increases, I think it is unfair to tax some business more why allowing others to pay little tax. That is hardly "Equal" rules that makes Capitalism work the way it's suppose to.
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FAA G350/450 AD Addresses Test Malfunction
The FAA published an Airworthiness Directive December 12 on the Gulfstream G350/450 after what is described as routine maintenance testing by the manufacturer uncovered a fault in one of the aircraft test systems—the flap/stabilizer electronic control unit—used during normal checks by pilots before the first flight of the day. The test that failed normally confirms the operational readiness of the hydraulic brake used to stop the pitch trim motor in the event of a runaway of that system.
A Gulfstream spokesman told AIN that neither the pitch-trim motor nor the brake is in question, only the software that is used to test the system each morning. While a software fix is being developed, Gulfstream has issued an Alert Customer Bulletin, as well as a Maintenance Operations Letter that outlines a manual procedure for crews to guarantee the pitch-trim brake is actually functioning correctly. Gulfstream says the manual procedure adds only a few more steps to each morning's cockpit checks.
The Gulfstream spokesman told AIN that the company notified the operators of 97 percent of the 260 aircraft in the field about the problem and the fix before AD 2012-NM-219-AD was issued. No G350s or G450s have experienced any pitch-trim problems stemming from this issue, Gulfstream said.
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im not crying i just have "Billie and David confirmed for Doctor Who 50th anniversary" in my eye.
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Sometimes I get so tired of people talking around me that just want to stand up and shout them to shut up.
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the companions that could have been
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Last part of the "Doomsday" commentary with David Tennant and Billie Piper.
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Did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there…
First words… Last words
The first time we kiss, it wasn't really me…
The second time we kiss, it wasn't really you…
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CHICAGO - AUGUST 21: Brian Urlacher #54 of the Chicago Bears smiles on the sidelines during a preseason game against the Oakland Raiders at Soldier Field on August 21, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. The Raiders defeated the Bears 32-17. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Brian Urlacher
A cantankerous veteran in decline, Urlacher fills the 'face-of-the-franchise' role in myriad ways. He's mean and marketable, but probably beyond championship form.
The former Defensive Player of the Year has something to prove after injuries prevented him from suiting up for the 2009 season. The question is, Will he regain his form or suffer another setback?
Urlacher, a one-time Rookie of the Year, has been something of a hero to Chicago since 2000, when he stepped into the Middle Linebacker position once filled by Mike Singletary, Bronco Nagurski and Dick Butkus. But the city may be ready to embrace a new Bear if Urlacher and the defense don't roar back to monstrous form.


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The extremely wide-angle lens. Used to produce a sense of disorientation. The lens in a door's peephole is a fish-eye, so this lens is used when a visitor is viewed outside an apartment. Makes anyone look ugly. May also be used from a low angle to spice up long-winded dialogue sequences in anime. Also frequently used when shooting skateboarding and other extreme sports, as it can make big air look bigger from the appropriate angle. Since less-expensive security camera set-ups are often fitted with wide-angle lenses to allow one camera to cover more area, the resulting footage may show a fisheye effect. Simulated security-camera footage, therefore, is also often shot with a fisheye. Note that when seen in an animated format it is often a False Camera Effect, although a technique for drawing this way exists independently and can be used for the same sense of disorientation.


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Raging Bull Reviews
Martin Scorsese makes pictures about the kinds of people you wouldn't want to know.
For those who think Rocky is the greatest boxing movie ever made: think again.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Chicago Sun-Times
It's the best film I've seen about the low self-esteem, sexual inadequacy and fear that lead some men to abuse women.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
There's no room for romanticism in the ring with inky black blood staining the canvas. During fight sequences, the director also uses a number of point-of-view shots designed to show the world, however briefly, from La Motta's perspective.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
Arizona Daily Star
Scorsese and De Niro built up such a rapport that the actor became an extension of the director's vision.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
Slant Magazine
Scorsese might never again find a subject as ideal as Jake LaMotta, the Bronx-based boxer whose public bouts and private demons Raging Bull chronicles with such bruising acuity.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Jake's inner struggles dovetail with his performance in the ring, and the film
| Original Score: 5/5
Heckler Spray
Interesting, rewarding and, at times, surprisingly episodic.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
| Original Score: 3/5
Robert De Niro's metamorphosis into boxing legend Jake La Motta (AKA the Bronx Bull) is one of the most impressive acting transformations on celluloid.
Full Review | Original Score: A-
Combustible Celluloid
The boxing sequences have little to do with reality, but cinematically they explode.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
| Original Score: 5/5
Flick Filosopher
The true story of championship prizefighter Jake La Motta, this is unmannered, unpretentious filmmaking that tells its story with startling authenticity, but it's a movie that leaves you feeling as beat up as one of La Motta's opponents.
Full Review | Original Score: 9/10
Apollo Guide
Filmed in a gritty, naturalistic style in luminescent black and white, Martin Scorsese's tortuous film is a fascinating exploration of a diseased man's soul.
Full Review | Original Score: 93/100
| Original Score: 5/5
Spirituality and Practice
Raging Bull is a screen biography of Jake La Motta, a searing look at the sport of boxing and a riveting drama revolving around grand passions.
Shadows on the Wall
a masterpiece
| Original Score: 5/5
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin turn in a soulful and intelligent screenplay, one that has blood dripping off the pages.
Full Review | Original Score: A
Cinema em Cena
Um estudo psicol�gico brutal sobre um homem dominado pelo ci�me, a inseguran�a e a paran�ia e que traz, al�m da dire��o inspirada e expressiva de Scorsese, tr�s atua��es formid�veis por parte de De Niro, Pesci e Moriarty.
| Original Score: 5/5


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UFC 153 Gifs – Head Crushing Choke Causes Blood Squirt – Demian Maia vs Rick Story Fight
Maia was going to take that head home with him and mount it on his wall…
Now Story has a horror story for his children
Kinda like a horror story
Gnarliest moment of last night. I immediately belted out an "Oh s*** he's going to pop his f****** head!"
Just in time for Halloween
Maia, top 5? where does he squeeze in?
St. Pierre
cant wait to see the Gracie boys go nuts over this breakdown
I say Maia v Fitch next but I am worried that Fitch will turn chicken and refuse to go to the ground with Maia. Can you imagine that?!: Fitch insisting on standing up?!
But thats ok cuz Maia will eventually take him down and put him into the darkness.
trick or treat!
im glad his cocky punk a!#$ got humbled
Maia looking like a real threat at 170.
His ground game is death for almost anyone in the game.
He should fight Koscheck.
The experience and knowledge he gained from his wrestling phase will really help him out now that he has re-focused on his ridiculous BJJ. Dropping down a weight class doesn't hurt either.


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Big, Beautiful Staghorn Ferns
Staghorn ferns are epiphytic plants just like orchids or bromeliads. That means they typically live on trees or tree limbs, but do not take nutrients from their host plant. They are wonderfully self-sufficient and even have symbiotic relationships with beneficial insects. They love the growing conditions in Southwest Florida and can often grow quite large – in some cases as large as 8' or more in diameter. One of the most frequent questions gardeners at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens field are from homeowners wondering what to do with an unwieldy staghorn ferns. Good news is they are quite easy to divide up into smaller ferns and they can also be easily displayed in a tree to provide many years of enjoyment.


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All New: Xbox 360 Special D-Pad Controller! Ready. Set. Play.
Every year, Microsoft never fails to impress gamers with its brilliant new ideas and products. From the fresh new dashboard, to the release of Xbox Kinect, comes the all new: Xbox 360 Limited Edition D-pad controller. This sleek new product includes an adjustable d-pad, to give a more classical feel with the traditional + sign, rather than have the somewhat "annoying" diagonals. Another new improvement is the concave design on the analog sticks, giving a more comfortable feel. This sleek n' sexy silver, white, and black controller will run around $64.99 at your local retailer. Release date: Nov. 9th ( of this year of course) Release in Europe is said to be in Feb. 2011.
Now I know what most of the readers are thinking. "Om nom nom, I'm a troll and I see everything wrong with this product", "Why spend $64.99 for a new pad and craters in my sticks?", "Why?". I'll tell you something that comes deep from within the confines of my thoughts: Why not? Why not of course, if you're made of money and have sensitive thumbs. I'm not shooting the product down, by all means it is a beautiful new controller with minor but helpful improvements. However, it is JUST a new product, not your last chance to beat the final boss in 10 seconds for that achievement. If you need a new controller: GO FOR IT! Want a new play toy and have the money: Why not? There's a plus and minus with every new thing and frankly I say give it a chance, try it out at a friend's house, see if you like it.
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I give this new controller an 8/10. The design is new and smooth. The metallic gray is absolutely crisp, the d-pad is improved for all your mashing desires, and the concave design on the analog sticks seems to look promising. Though $65 seems a bit pricey for a new wireless controller, I see no reason not to get it if you need a new toy. Just hope you don't get the red ring of death.
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When only the "best" will do, this collection of best selling toys has something for children of all ages! Whether you're looking for cool construction toys or lovable dolls, these customer favourites are sure to please!
This game is an excellent way to have fun with words! Play it by yourself or with up to 8 players, but any way you play, you can be sure you'll have fun. Very similar to Scrabble, this game works without a board to allow for lots of spacial freedom. This highly addictive game will have you and your friends shouting, "Banana!" in no time!
Includes: 144 letter tiles, one quirky banana-shaped zipper bag, and a set of instructions.
Each piece measures approximately 0.5" long.
Winner of the "Parent Tested, Parent Approved" Media Award, 2010.
Red alert! The Micro Manager is firing his triple flick missiles at a passing jogger. Use your creativity to rebuild the ice cream van into a supersonic flying Ice Cream Machine. Jump into the cockpit, soar into the sky and target the robot with the adjustable giant cone gun on the roof and wing-mounted flick missiles. There's no time to lose!
Includes 3 minifigures: Ice Cream Mike, Ice Cream Jo and Cardio Carrie.
Contains 344 pieces.
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