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the AMA is all drs so that wont go anywhere...I once called an attorney who said I had a case but no damages other than horrific pain when a dr told me my back wss fine, even though it turned out I had 5 herniated disks
i get ythe impression that reporting a dr to anyone is like reporting bernie madoff to the sec...ie a waste of time
I am not a medical Dr, please keep in mind that this answer is for information purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or replace sound medical advice from your physician or health care provider.
Well I am not going to go the lawyer route for several reason #1 being I dont have the money. Gonna try and stir up a little trouble for him being so incompetent by reporting him writing me a Rx for a med not FDA approved for use in males. I am just really upset over this situation.
Sounds more like Off-label prescription if that's the only complaint. Malpractice is a huge difference and usually requires some kind of loss on your part... And pretty much any laywer would take a valid malpractice case with them only taking money that you were awarded.
its a bit off topic but on 4 occassions this year alone, my mother has gone to a DR, had him prescribe some type of medication then ended up in the emergency room hours later. i truly believe they will kill her at some point because she is a believer and trusts them, taking all of their various poisons without question or complaint...
matrix i really hope you do not believe "death or comotose" are the only scenarios that merit damages.........if you do believe that you should re think your career choice.
Watch this video and tell me this young beautiful girl whose life has been all but ruined by Drs...does nt deserve damages:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCccUyxDrA"]YouTube - FLU SHOT Permanently Disables Washington Redskins cheerleader with Neurological Disorder[/ame]
Physician abuse/ malpractice in older adults...
My late mother had "end-stage" COPD. She never smoked a cigarette in her life, had a Master's Degree (MS) in Nursing, so usually knew more than her pulmonologist, epidemiologist, and internist on her "case." She spent most of her last three years in acute care at what is suppposedly the *best* hospital in our metropolitain area of SoCal, listening to a prognosis of up to three months. They told her that for FIVE YEARS.
SHE directed her health care, told her docs which experimental antibiotics to put her on... she finally came to stay with us, since she had been out of the hospital for over a month, and was afraid to be home alone, even with a caretaker. It was great to have her there, and she was sharper and more lucid than I'll ever be.
One night, she was really struggling to breathe, even though she took o2 24/7, and breathing treatments 6x/day. She asked me to call her pulmonologist around 11PM; she wanted to be admitted into the hospital via the ER. She had almost a sixth sense about this stuff, and felt it would only be about a week or so. My mother hated the hospital, even though all the staff knew her personally and treated her well (she was always in the same floor/section, etc). She always fought to get out ASAP.
My mother struggled for every breath she took. Her lungs were 90% scar tissue. She was too weak to walk on her own. She was not old/elderly. (The Cleveland Clinic, about the best in the world, and where the heart/lung transplant was pioneered, felt she was a candidate for a lung transplant. If she had received only one lung, she would be here today. But her physicians here managed to convince her that the the docs at Cleveland Clinic were WRONG, and that she wouldn't make it out of surgery. The alternative? To die.)
Called the doc's answering service.... doc on call was the pulmonigist in same group she USED to have before switching a few years back, out of dissatisfaction. He treated her very poorly, right in front of me even. I put the SOB on speakerphone; my mother struggled to speak but made her request. He very curtly said if she was still struggling to breathe in the morning to call the office and arrange to be admitted, then SLAMMED the phone on his end. A few hours later, my mother fell into a coma. I called 911, we raced two miles to the hospital, but she didn't make it. I stood by helplessly as I watched her die.
Five days later, the phone rang. It was the kid from the answering service... he was maybe 18, and apologizing all over the place, but went on to explain that after the doc had spoken to my mother, he called the service, told him (the operator) that if he even thought of *disturbing* him again that night, the on-call doc would ensure he got fired. Then he paused, and asked "Your Mom's okay, isn't she?" I was getting dressed for her funeral when he called.
Later, I sopke to an attorney, who explained to me that unless I could prove this murderer affirmatively caused my mother to lose INCOME by dying, I didn't have a case. Apparently, only income matters for malpractice, or so I was told. He added that her age would be a detriment (mid-60's); that the Court would consider her to have lived a full life (WTF?). He concluded that the actions of the *doc,* while negligent and reprehensible by his standards, wouldn't mean anything given her age and the fact she didn't work/was relatively wealthy.
Anyone out there know if this is accurate? If she had another month, another week, even another DAY, as far as I am concerned.... then who is a physician to decide when another human being's life ends? My mother's illness was terminal. She had lived with it for many years, and took excellent care of herself. She found special meaning and quality of life when trapped in a body that most of us would consider a living death. She made the most of every single day, and she had that opportunity violently snatched from her. She was afraid of death, afraid she would suffocate to death, and she died as she feared.
As someone with many physicians in his family, I find the idea that going to med school, plus any amount of work subsequent to that DOES NOT give one the right to play GOD.
If anyone out there can advise me, I'd sure be grateful, for my mother's sake. I'm not looking to make money here, but I wonder how many other lives this guy has ended prematurely, given that he deals with acutely ill patients. I don't believe he should be practicing medicine.
Sorry again for such a long post.
You take a certain responsibility and understood risk while taking any medication. Did you ever wonder why they state EVERY side effect found during the study? Because when you cry about this or that... they can simply point to the study and say "**** Happens... not often, but it happens." It is NOT the fault of either the MD or the pharma company when it occurs. Unless they are both covering up facts to the contrary, bad outcomes or unwanted side effects will NEVER win in court. AND THEY SHOULDN'T. It would shut down medicine.
People have died because they took Aspirin... should they take aspirin off the shelves? Hell... people die because they drink too much water... What then with the whole 8 glasses a day thing?
But... if you want to complain... go to the State Medical Board. They are the ones who will look into it.
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I am terribly sorry for your mother's loss. However, you had a phone and could have called 911 yourself. You saw her, you knew her, you thought she should be admitted, and yet you relied on someone who DID NOT KNOW HER... hadn't treated her (at least for years)...
I don't want to sound crass, but this was not the doc's fault. I really feel for you, I truly do, and being a doc myself, this is not about 'old boys club'. It is a simple fact that your mother had a terminal illness (90% lung scar tissue, 6 breathing treatments, continuous O2, etc etc etc.) I know how hard it is to lose someone and the thought is that there has to be someone at fault. But the truth sounds to me, in your case, is that it was her time. Medicine MIGHT have had some heroic measures to keep her around a few more days or a few more weeks, but the fact is, your mother's health was not conducive with her living for long.
I would not pursue this legally, because you will get nothing but frustration and MORE resentment.
Not so. Gross negligence is considered acting in reckless disregard of the safety or well-being of another. That's a pretty high bar.
Medical negligence is distinguished form ordinary negligence, but the test is similar. Was the physician's care "reasonable"?
In order to determine if the physician's care was reasonable, the standard of care first needs to be established. If the physician's care did not meet the standard of care, it is "unreasonable."
Having established that the physician was negligent, the plaintiff still needs to establish that the physician's treatment proximately caused the plaintiff's injury - meaning that the plaintiff's injury was a natural, uninterrupted consequence flowing from the physician's treatment.
I could make so much MORE money being a full time expert witness, but I didn't spend 16 years after HS so I could sell out my abilities.
I absolutely despise the legal system.
my earlier post may of been wrong re the redskins cheerleader but others were fooled too. I really do feel it is not long before my mother dies from a lethal combination of drugs
perhaps your majesty will let the courts do their job if, or when, she dies.
I really did not seek to beat you up but you scare the hell out of me.
not to highjack, but
dadnatron for being a Dr and the way you totally missed the point in my thread about Evista in my opinion you are by no means qualified to be an expert in any medical situation.
Playing God...
I appreciate your response to my post. I very much appreciate your sensitivity. I understand where you're coming from. And the only Expert Witness authority I can offer is in achitecture -- a far cry from the human body. But this isn't about attempting to pursue a malpractice claim; it never was. My point was only what I perceive as the gross injustice of the system...and I am trying to reconcile at least some of this.
Let me fill in a couple of gaps in my previous post... then tell me if you're still in exactly the same place, please:
This individual, this pulmonogist, saw and examined my mother at least once a week AFTER she dismissed him as her chief pulmonologist. He WAS part of the same group until very recently. My mother spent the bulk of her final three years here in acute care on the pulmonary floor, and he was on call often. She had no choice. He knew her case well. And I now know being on call to him meant making rounds, but NOT taking telephone calls for true emergencies after hours. (?)
After he hung up on her, I tried calling back myself, through the service. The operator said he was not allowed to connect ANYONE, not even other physicians. It made sense when he phoned and explained himself the day I was getting dressed for her funeral. Should I have immediately turned around and phoned 911? ABSOLUTELY! But I didn't, and I'll never be able to forgive myself for that. I turned her concentrator up as high as it would go, and didn't think to call for a couple of hours... by which time she was anoxic, I suspect....now.
But the physicians she knew ammd she trusted ALSO convinced her NOT to listen to the specialists at the Cleveland Clinic, [B]who had reviewed her medical records, and were encouraging me to bring her for in-person evaluation for the lung transplant program.[B] I've went to the Cleveland Clinc with the records -- they don't have time to play games there. They have a small city to run, as I'm sure you know better than me.
I may not be able to forgive myself, may have no legal recourse against the individual "physician" who hung up on her instead of admitting her... but HE chose when she died, and I would like to make some sense of it. I cannot understand how what he did was okay... like I said, it is not about legal recourse.
But look at some of the other posts here. Should this pulmologist, or any human being, have the right to decide when another person's life ends... or how? (non-rhetorical)
We place both our trust, but our very lives, in our physicians hands. The only ones that have ever trusted me have been related to me. Most people are afraid of their docs.... this goes beyond biomedical ethics, to the simple matter of pragmatics and moment-to-moment choices. Do you disagree?
I merely make a determination on how I view the case, and decide whether I will testify or not. If I do not believe the individual or I disagree with a proposition, I do not testify. It is that simple. I am not deciding the OUTCOME of the case... I am deciding whether MY TESTIMONY and therefore MY WORD is condusive with my belief. You can say whatever you want to whomever you want, however, I will always say what I believe or be silent.
If the lawyers don't like it, there are MANY MANY hired guns/MDs out there who will 'state' whatever the lawyer needs in a way to 'pursue' their case. I won't have my words twisted, merely to fit a case.
Concerning Cleveland Clinic... It is overrated concerning so very much, and yet it still gets such incredible kudos... you know why? Because if you take all the cases which are referred to TCC and all the outcomes, they have a success rate of about 3-6% via relatively heroic measures over the general pupulation of medicine. The hospitals within your own city will have a 'success rate' which varies greater than TCC. However, when people 'go to TCC or Mayo' they feel they are getting the ultimate care. I am NOT knocking them, they are excellent, however, they practice medicine in a kind of vacuum. Not in the real world. They see the 10 oddest cases in the country, and 4 of them might live longer than their 'home town' physician thought they would. ALL the credit for that time is given to TCC/MAYO. The other 6 are lost, because no one hears about the 'usual' cases. ALSO, they rely upon Heroic measures in order to get to those 3-6% far more often than the general population. That is fine, however, the world can't all have lung transplants. And usually, it is the MOST INVOLVED people, who go to TCC/MAYO and therefore, are the MOST ACTIVE in their own care.
I am just saying that the numbers at these facilities are skewed, and unfortunately generally overly so, by the general population. You shouldn't necessarily ignore them, but realize the source and what is available in general.
And finally, concerning your question about when/if anyone should have the right to say how long someone lives? My answer is no, absolutely not. No physician has the right nor the responsibility nor the power to make that statement.
I am sorry for you and your loss... but I see this sort of thing almost weekly. There is almost ALWAYS something which could have been done differently somewhere along the line. There is almost always something which could have been done better.
But eventually, it all comes down to the fact that EVERYTHING which was done, prolonged and improved the life of the patient more than doing NOTHING would have. Without medical care as it is today, probably half the people reading this board, wouldn't be here for one reason or another. I would not... I had a ruptured appendix at age 20. I had a reaction to the antibiotics, and was in the hospital for 7 MORE days than I would have without the abx. Was I upset??? NOPE... because I wouldn't have been around had those docs not done what they did.
People might think that I am putting myself above the law, however, I will tell you, the lawyers in my city send me things SPECIFICALLY because I pull no punches. They trust what I have to say, because they have learned that what I say is truth, not looking for a paycheck. They listen to my thoughts because I can save their client alot of time, money, and frustration. If I tell a lawyer I won't testify, they certainly have the option of finding someone who will. If they didn't think my thoughts weren't valuable to their case in the manner in which I present them, there wouldn't be 3 cases sitting in my 'to do box' at this moment.
I can tell you are wasting your time, and you are just going to become more disappointed as you become entrenched. Bleed your heart to your friends/loved ones, and then just let go of it. Life's too short to suffer, and that's what you are doing.
Keep on keepin' on.
Given that the 3rd leading cause of death is malpractice, DRs have and will continue to get away with murder, literally.
on 4 separate occassions my mother has been to the DR, been given medication, then spent the next 15 hours in the emergency room after the inevitable interactions.
Dadnatron has inspired me to begin looking for malpractice attorneys to overcome the apologists like him. I really do think Drs will kill my mother at some point, then walk away blameless.
this is all for the treatment of restless leg syndrome, which seems to be treatable with vitamin b supplements, but Drs keep giving her weird chemicals so they can get a bigger kickback.
Take care.
When have I continued asking how to pursue malpractice. That talk was ended a long time ago basically I wanted to try and humilate the doc. Get your head out your ass and stick to less complicated subjects that you might have the chance of understanding.
A doctor is the last person in the world whose opinion you should seek if you think you have a malpractice claim. Quite naturally, the doctor will have a defendant's perspective. And, in matters of the law, the doctor is a lay person (admittedly, a well-informed lay person). Just as you wouldn't seek medical care from a lawyer, it is a bad practice to seek legal advice from a doctor. If you think you have a malpractice claim, look for a plaintiff's attorney who has plenty of medical malpractice experience.
Do you think damages are always going to just slap you in the face? What about the fees the mapracticeor charges....every time I see a Dr it costs $1000 when you add in lab fees etc?
What about having your dieing father tell your mother that you are lazy and will take advantage of her for the rest of your life....when your free t3 count is .7 range 1-5 and testosterone is 180 range 250-850? and every Dr you see says you are "just depressed and need prozac"?
I tried not to reply to this thread because i hate it but people (sheep) like you are the reason prozac and lipitor pushing drs are bankrupting the entire country while enriching themselves.
and cpelll dadnatrons apparent blind defense if any and all actions committed by a dr is the definition of "whore".
Bigironkiller, a second opinion may be wise to get. Another doc may want to treat your pituitary tumor with medication to shrink it without waiting a year.
Why hold off on armor because of cortisol? Is he concerned that treating your thyroid will stress your adrenals? If your cortisol is too low, there are docs that are able to treat that while also treating your thyroid.
He wanted to wait on Armour until he confirmed my low cortisol b/c if my Cort is low stimulating my thyroid could cause even more stress to my body. I know of the medications that treat the growth, but can they wipe out the growth or just shrink it to a certain point? We also talked about possible use of hydrocort if test show again low cort and he will be treating with Armour once and if the cort needs addressing. I really want to treat this the right way so I wil take it slow and cover all bases with doc.
I'm not up to speed on pituitary meds, but some may be able to get rid of tumors.
Why is your doc waiting on cortisol testing? Ask for 4x saliva test if you haven't done it yet.
Pregnenolone and Siberian Ginseng can help support adrenals. Ask you doc about them.
I see him again the 1st wk in Dec. and will discuss what the pituitary meds can do and I suspect he will be ready to move forward on the cortisol and thyroid since new bloodwork will be ready.
Revenge and being vendictive are very self destructive weapons.
Remember my freind what comes around goes around.
Continue on that pathway it will come back to haunt you I have seen in many patients and clients. I am truly sorry for what you are going through and I could only imagine what it could be like. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Just choose the proper pathway not the destructive one.
I am not a medical Dr, please keep in mind that this answer is for information purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or replace sound medical advice from your physician or health care provider.
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And I hope that my words, actions, and life can inspire others in certain ways.
I hope that by seeing my beautiful, amazing, totally rocking family, that others will be aware of the millions of children in the U.S. and around the world that do not have families, and will be inspired to consider adoption as a way to add to their family. Adoption has blessed Josh and I nine times, and each time it was just as much a miracle as it was the times I gave birth. (November is National Adoption Month!)
I hope that by sharing my love for our sweet Noah, the fun and special spirit that he brings to our family, and the amazing progress he continues to make every day, that I can inspire others to consider adopting a special needs child, or at least change the way they look at and think about people with disabilities. Noah was a baby that the world had given up on, but he is so very much more than a bunch of labels (cerebral palsy, epilepsy, cortical vision impairment, feeding disorder, developmental delays, blah blah) and the challenges he faces. He is pure joy and it is a privilege to be his mom. He is truly a miracle, a blessing, and an inspiration.
I hope that by sharing basic, factual information and living the way that we do that others will learn that HIV is a chronic but manageable disease, that people with HIV can live long, healthy lives and that HIV can not be transmitted in any casual/household contact. It has been proven that HIV and AIDS can only be spread through sexual contact, birth, breastfeeding and blood to blood contact (such as sharing needles). (Two of our children are HIV+ and I am an adoption coordinator for HIV+ kids and kids with other special needs. Fighting the stigma that surrounds HIV is something I am passionate about).
I hope that by the choices I make, the priorities I have set, the way that I treat people, and the life that I live, that my faith in Jesus Christ and my Heavenly Father is evident. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and my faith is an extremely important part of who I am, how I live, and all that I do. I hope that the true happiness I have in my life may inspire others to seek out that happiness.
This week I have two fun opportunities to inspire others to get active and get running. Tomorrow, the elementary school that three of my kids go to is having a Turkey Trot. Each grade is having their own race and prizes. I will have Solomon in the Kindergarten race and Marcus and Belane in the second grade race. I have not pushed my kids into running at all. With 12 kids, they ALL are very unique and have their own talents, interests, and passions. I want all of my kids to be active and healthy, but we encourage them to pursue their own "thing" whether it be sports, art, music, etc.
It has been SUPER fun though to see these three kids be so excited about the race. They want to "run like Mom" and "race like Mom". I love it! And I can't wait to go cheer them on.
And then I decided to throw together a very informal Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. It will be a simple 5K course fun run. There will not be any timing or prizes, it is just about getting family, neighbors, and friends out and active on a holiday morning. The response has been really great though and I am excited to share my love of running with my community, even in a very small and simple way. (I am hoping to build on this next year into a more official event). It should be a lot of fun and a great way to start Thanksgiving Day.
This week of Thanksgiving (and always) I am thankful for much, but tonight I am especially grateful for all of the people in my life who have inspired me with their words, actions, and lives. I am blessed to be surrounded by wonderful people who inspire me in endless ways.
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3. Personally not a huge fan of Devin Taylor. But when all is said and done, William Gholston is such a physical specimen with such a nasty playing demeanor I do expect him to end up 1st round.
4. I think Swope might be a little more well rounded than Shipley and I don't see him as slower, but I also don't see him as a 1st or 2nd rounder.
5. One tailback that you'll really want to keep an eye on in the mid to late rounds is Arkansas RB Dennis Johnson who is absolutely terrific talent-wise but not a very mature or durable player. He could be perfect as a change of pace back and even though he's built a lot more heavy and stout he always reminds me with his quickness and short stride of Darren Sproles. He can be that dynamic on the field. For that matter if you're looking for a guy like that, can't go wrong with Onterio McCalebb either.
6. I mentioned Denard Robinson as a receiver prospect you're going to want to look at as early as the 3rd round. I think he could be special.
7. With the move the Dolphins are making to this style of defense, Kenny Tate is worth taking a look at as a Will backer. Lengthy, explosive, good in space, a former safety that moved down because he's physical enough for the position, and I think he's got upside as a blitzer.
8. There are rumors at the moment that Vaughn Telemaque might be demoted but I tend to doubt it. He's very solid at safety, built strong and big, can make big hits, and for years he's always just looked very solid mentally and usually in the right position. He's one of the safeties on my list for mid to late rounds.


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Step 1: Learn how CDs and CD-Rs work
How do you arrange the 1s and 0s? It helps to know that the data is written along a spiral that starts from the center of the CD and spirals outward in a clockwise direction. The length of each bit is a fairly precise value (more on this later), and the pitch of the spiral, or the distance between successive spirals, is also a fairly precise value. Thus, using some math and some guesswork, it is possible to create a mapping from the nth bit in your data to an x,y coordinate.
Now we really have to look under the hood of CD data storage to figure out how to tell the CD writer to write a 0 or 1 for the nth bit. Data is organized as a sequence of sectors, each of which is 2352 bytes long. The data within each sector is organized in a particular way depending on what type of CD your are dealing with (data, audio, etc...). The most "raw" type of organization is known as "mode 2." Mode 2 does away with many of the nice things about CDs like error correction, but it gives us the most control over the bits. In a mode 2 sector, the first 12 bytes contain "syncing" data and the next 4 contain specific information about the sector. These bytes cannot be changed at the software level. (Maybe it is possible to write a driver that could change these?) The next 2336 bytes are free to be anything though. If this were all that happened to the data, our job would be easy. Unfortunately, there's a lot more data manipulation before the data actually gets written to the CD.
First, the data in each sector is "scrambled" by which we mean it is run through some math function which is supposed to "whiten" the data (i.e. keep the average height of the data on the CD half-way between pit and no-pit).
Second, the data is sent through a CIRC encoder, which applies some error correction codes.
Finally, the data is sent though an eight-to-fourteen modulator (EFM). This maps each 8-bit byte to a 14-bit sequence. This is to prevent long sequences of 0's (no change in height) which are hard for the CD drive to read.
The point is: drawing pictures on CDs is possible, so it should be done.
For a more complete (but still at some times cryptic) explanation of CDs, check out the freely available ECMA-130 specification.
That sounds amazing. The fact the people figure out how to do some things are sometimes more fascinating than the projects themselves.
This sounds like a very fascinating project.
If I could find out details about how DVD data is written, i could probably hack out something in Python that will convert an image to a data file that can be written to a DVD, since a DVD might give better resolution than a CD (my excuse is i got a bunch of blank DVDs on hand but no CDs). I would love to see this project pursued more.
if FF is white, 00 is black, and 01 means to go to the next line,
represents a small image of the letter A. This only indicates lines of black and white, so what you see here is already being used by the program.
P.S. That string of numbers works as follows:
which becomes this when splitting bytes apart with spaces:
then, converting 01 to a new line, 00 to #, and FF to a space:
# # ##### #and you should be able to read the letter in that.
octave:1> img2cd('logo.gif')
n128sec = 1
error: invalid row index = 83
error: invalid column index = 142
error: evaluating binary operator `<' near line 176, column 25
error: if: error evaluating conditional expression
error: evaluating if command near line 176, column 5
error: evaluating for command near line 174, column 3
error: evaluating for command near line 156, column 1
error: called from `img2cd' in file `/home/pabs/img2cd.m'
Any idea how to fix this?
octave:1> img = imread('sohv.jpg')
octave:2> img2cd(img)
Talking about a C/C++ ver, this code is easy to read and understand to a c++ programer(noob or pro!). It would be easy to convert it.(open in free SCITE to read it first!)
C++ Code simplified (I am a noob at C!)
< Start >
/* Simple C++ code convertion for matlab code */
This is the base of the C code you would need. You would have to xor the data. Note: Looked for C++ BITXOR/XOR function but could not find any!
"this sequence of bytes is xored with the bytes of sector to "scramble" the data" --matlab code
Then setup the calabration for the type or brand of CD used. Get the center radius and other things. The comments were not clear in the program!
There was picture adjustment code to make the picture as it was on the computer screen.
"i came up with these fudge factors to attempt to straighten my picture. they work OK for my CD-Rs.they probably won't work for yours" --matlab code
Then write the image to 1/0 bits as a file. The matlab code tried to write at 128 sectors( A second?)
>>>>> NOTE: Most of the code in the MATLAB is math! The C++ code would be much better to read and less lines! <<<<<
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
FILE * CDfile;
/* First lines of the MATLAB code I can't get about the Xor :( */
char code[] = { The Code };
/* State the variable || (Below) open the file on the CD to be writen to. */
CDfile = fopen ( "f:/temp/CDHOLOGRAM.data" , "wb" );
/* Write the data (file) to the CD */
fwrite (code , 1 , sizeof(code) , CDfile );
Sorry! I don't know how to write it to the CD (fwrite?). . Close the file (below code).
fclose (CDfile);
return 0;
/* This takes much more time to read, then to load http://www.3-z.net (My website) ! */
< End >
I hope that C++ pro will take this on!
error: syntax error before '=' token
img2cd.c:7:1: warning: "RAND_MAX" redefined
In file included from img2cd.c:3:
stdlib.h:29:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
img2cd.c: In function `main':
img2cd.c:53: error: `PICTURE_X' undeclared (first use in this function)
error: `PICTURE_Y' undeclared (first use in this function)
error: `f1tof2Frame' undeclared (first use in this function)
At last... Have I to put something after {(at the end)?
static unsigned char picture[PIC_HEIGHT][PIC_WIDTH] = {
Don't kill me XD
A lot of CD/DVD burners nowadays have the ability.
mechanically, at amasci.com or google "hand-drawn holograms",
and also some instructables on it. If you can do the math AND
burn the curves with this instructable's way, you can Make all the
holograms you want.
Suggestions: Holographic and/or digital sundial CD!
or, CD clock with 3D numbers and hands, using a quartz movement.
WIth c being enough points between 0 and 2 x pi, and radius r
x= r cos(c) ; y=r sin(c) makes circular fresnel curves,
and r determines the depth or projection distance of the image.
This then has to be remapped onto the CD using similar math,
converting voxel coordinates to pits bit and byte addresses.
A second conversion is needed to try to find the tracks and bytes
of every hologram pit burnt on the surface of the disc relative
to the center, using polar coordinates instead of x,y.
"for" all x and y that x2+y2=r2 is the pythagorean theorem way
to do the same thing... both maths are useful for triangles and
circles also. I hope you know a good geometry teacher if you
need help.
Don't fear the math, it just does what you can easily do by hand
with a coaster and a double pointed circle making compass,
when you make "hand drawn holograms". And if you can doodle
a video game on graph paper, that's related too, to where your
pixels are when you're laser burning your own hologram coaster.
??? Attempted to access img(83,142); index out of bounds because size(img)=(1,9).
Error in ==> img2cd at 176
if img(ny(k), nx(k))<128


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Imagine seeing—with your family—a hundred Thomson's gazelles springing across a dirt road or majestic elephants leading their babies to a watering hole! Join us on our family safari and create memories to last a lifetime! Traveling in custom designed four-wheel drive Land Rover vehicles and accompanied by local guides, you'll experience unbelievable wildlife viewing in Tanzania, the only place on earth where the "Big Five" all live in one place. Each day, head out to explore the back roads and dusty tracks of the African wilderness in search of new wildlife, landscapes, and experiences.
You'll also travel off the beaten path to meet with local craftspeople and Maasai elders, and visit a local school where the kids can meet their pen pals. After a night in Arusha, spend five amazing days exploring the expansive Serengeti and an adjacent private nature refuge, looking for gazelle, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, and more. Stop at Olduvai Gorge for a tour before visiting the Crater to spot the "Big Five"—buffalo, elephant, leopard, the black-maned lion, and the endangered black rhinoceros. Plus, you'll enjoy the perfect balance of luxury and sustainability at your private Nyumba camps (comfortable mobile-tented camps appointed with verandahs and private bathrooms) and at Gibb's Farm, a historic working coffee estate, organic working farm, and luxury spa. Take your family on an exceptional vacation this year—a family safari—for the thrill of a lifetime! This is an exciting safari for families with children ages 8 and older.
Days 1 & 2 — Depart home and arrive in Tanzania
Upon arrival in Arusha, you and your family will be met and transferred to your lodge. Rest and relax after your long journey—the real adventure begins tomorrow! Mount Meru Game Lodge
Day 3 — Arusha to Eastern Serengeti Ecosystem
Rise and embrace the day! Fly to the tiny outpost of Wasso, and meet your guide, who will be your community liaison, wildlife expert, and Tanzania ambassador along this wonderful journey. Take a short drive to a private nature refuge deep in the eastern Serengeti eco-system.
Have lunch at camp and then spend the afternoon exploring the area by Land Rover in search of your favorite animals. Nicknamed Giraffic Park, this portion of the Serengeti ecosystem will give you a glimpse into the past. The vast expanses of wilderness, diversity of species, and the warm welcome you'll receive from the local Maasai people will harken back to the days when Teddy Roosevelt first went on safari near this area.
Take a hike before sunset tonight, and then return to your Nyumba in time for dinner. Eastern Serengeti Nyumba (B,L,D)
Day 4 — Eastern Serengeti Ecosystem
Start the day with a hot drink and a light snack before heading out for a pre-breakfast guided nature walk. This afternoon, visit a Maasai women's cooperative to learn how these women have paired their own skills as artisans and homemakers with their desire to help their families, as well as their own communities.
Later in the day, a special visitor will join you in camp. Meet Nekaaki Kioki, respected Maasai elder, feisty grandmother, and fantastic storyteller. She knows hundreds of Maasai folktales and tells them in a truly dramatic fashion. Relax over dinner in the bush. Afterwards you may opt to go on a night drive through the bush. Eastern Serengeti Nyumba (B,L,D)
Day 5 — Eastern Serengeti Ecosystem to Serengeti National Park
Visit a school, where children can meet their Tanzanian peers in an informal setting (children who have written ahead to a pen pal can meet him or her here). Exchange stories, talk about your favorite music, or teach a team sport—whatever feels fun and interesting to the group.
Continue west to the Serengeti where you will explore for the next three days. As you travel further into the African wilds, look for giraffe, lion, ostrich, zebra and warthog. Late this afternoon you can settle into your Nyumba, throw a Frisbee, play some games or have a cool drink before joining folks in the dining area for your evening meal. Afterwards, gather round the campfire for some stargazing or stories with your guide before heading off to bed. Serengeti Nyumba (B,L,D)
Day 6 — Serengeti National Park
Spanning nearly 6,000 square miles, the Serengeti has even more to offer you today. Take a picnic lunch and your camera as you head out in your trusted Land Rovers. Roll down the windows, or stand up to take advantage of the customized roof hatch, feeling the fresh air rush past as you navigate the winding park roads in your pursuit of interesting wildlife sightings. With this perspective, you have unhindered views. The possibilities for what lies ahead are endless!
When you return to the Nyumba this evening, you can indulge in a few tasty snacks while watching the brilliant equatorial sun dip below the horizon. Head into the dining tent where the tempting aromas of homemade soup and fresh bread beckon you to dinner. Serengeti Nyumba (B,L,D)
Day 7 — Serengeti National Park
Families with advanced reservations will awaken early (approx. 4 a.m.) for the sunrise hot-air balloon ride, then meet up with the group after a bush breakfast. (Extra costs and advance reservations apply. Participants must be at least 4' tall and seven years old.) Travelers who opt to skip the balloon ride will wake up to hot drinks and a hearty breakfast at camp. Then hit the trail in your trusty safari vehicle for wildlife viewing with your guides. You'll meet up with ballooners later this morning.
Continue wildlife viewing in the heart of the park today, stopping for a picnic lunch. Enjoy more exploration of this remarkable place, with stunning landscapes, jaw-dropping sunrises and sunsets, and amazing wildlife.
Return to camp with time to relax after a busy day. Under your dining tent, hot soup, fresh bread, main courses, and a scrumptious dessert await. Serengeti Nyumba (B,L,D)
Day 8 — Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
On the way to the Ngorongoro Crater, stop at Shifting Sands, a crescent-shaped mound of sand, called a barkan, that has been wandering for thousands of years, moving at an average 225 feet per year over flat plains. After, visit Olduvai Gorge to view some of the incredible finds of Drs. Louis and Mary Leakey before moving onward to our camp, which sits atop the eastern rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. At this camp, you'll have a special opportunity to try some traditional Tanzanian dishes. Local cuisine here is known for its fresh, flavorful ingredients, diverse culinary influences, and masterful use of spices. (Please note that this does not include game meat.) Your expert camp chef will share some tasty treats with you tonight! Ngorongoro Nyumba (B,L,D)
Day 9 — Ngorongoro Crater
Spend the full day today exploring the Crater floor. The area is famous around the world and very small in its scale, so you will see other safari goers. Don't let that distract you from the beauty of the place or from the fact that this remains one of the only places on earth where you may see all of the "Big Five" at once: lion, leopard, African elephant, Cape buffalo, and rhinoceros.
After a picnic lunch, your journey continues throughout this tremendous landscape. Animals move to and fro in search of pasture, water, or prey. You will have ample opportunities to see numerous giraffe, zebra, warthog, jackal, hippo, hyena, and more. Continue to Gibb's Farm, a historic coffee estate and eco-lodge. Countless activities await, including naturalist-led hikes, tours of the organic farms and gardens, spa treatments, or spending an afternoon with the artists-in-residence. Tonight relax by a Tembo Fire, an open-air sitting area nestled at the foot of the organic gardens. The tradition of the nightly campfire began as a purely practical measure to ensure that elephants – or "tembo" in Swahili – are not tempted to feast in the organic gardens at night. Gibb's Farm (B,L,D)
Day 10 — Ngorongoro Highlands
Today go on an hour and a half bike ride throughout the Ngorongoro Highlands and into quaint Tloma village. Savor lunch at Gibb's Farm, where nearly every ingredient comes fresh from the estate's organic farm. In the afternoon, enjoy one of two unique farm-to-table learning experiences. Learn how to make bread in the kitchen or engage in vegetable harvesting in the garden. At tonight's farewell dinner, you'll have the opportunity to taste-test your work! Gibb's Farm (B,L,D)
Day 11 — Ngorongoro Highlands to Arusha
After breakfast, drive back to Arusha for a bit of shopping and a farewell lunch at River House with your new safari friends. Day rooms are provided for your family to take an afternoon swim, rest, repack, and have a snack before your early evening transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport, where you'll check in for your departing flight to Amsterdam. Day Room: Mt. Meru Hotel (B,L,Snack)
Day 12 — Arrive U.S.
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The story of a Wyoming range war is elevated to near-mythical status in George Stevens' Western classic Shane. Alan Ladd plays a mysterious drifter who rides into a tiny homesteading community and accepts the hospitality of a farming family. Patriarch Joe Starrett is impressed by the way Shane handles himself when facing down the minions of land baron Emile Meyer, though he has trouble placing his complete trust in the stranger, as his Marion is attracted to Shane in spite of herself, and his son Joey flat-out idolizes Shane. When Meyer is unable to drive off the homesteaders by sheer brute strength, he engages the services of an evil hired gun.
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St. Mary's public schools will ramp up employee conduct training at the start of next school year after several educators were dismissed or resigned amid allegations of improper actions in recent weeks.
Superintendent Michael Martirano said an increased level of accountability and reporting contributed to the relatively high number of incidents made public this year, and emphasized that it is important to report incidents of child abuse or harassment.
"Everybody in our community has a role in keeping our children safe," Martirano said.
Arturo Vicente Leon II, 29, of California through his lawyer said earlier this month that he planned to contest charges filed in Baltimore that he sexually solicited a police detective posing as a child and unlawfully displayed obscene material.
Leon taught social studies at Esperanza, and coached sports at Great Mills High School. His employment with the school system ended on June 12. Martirano said there were no indications of wrongdoing involving Leon and any students from St. Mary's public schools.
In May an assistant principal from Great Mills High School was terminated and earlier this month a teacher from the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center resigned following allegations of improper conduct.
"Both of those individuals are no longer employed by the St. Mary's public school system," Martirano said last week. Law enforcement has brought no charges against either of these former employees.
Christopher Cardin, an assistant principal at Great Mills, was terminated May 23, according to the school system's human resources department. Cardin had worked with St. Mary's public schools since August 2006.
Ernest Laurel, a former teacher at the Forrest center, resigned on June 14 after a separate investigation, the superintendent said. Laurel was listed on the school's website as a computer networking teacher who also worked with the Tech Connect program, which brings in select ninth grade students who struggled in middle school to expose them to the Forrest center's programs.
Laurel began work with St. Mary's public schools the same day in August 2006 as Cardin, according to the human resources department.
In both cases "members of the community" brought forward concerns about the employees, Martirano said.
"Both were under investigation for concern for misconduct in office," the superintendent said.
Martirano said he would not discuss any other details related to either employee.
On June 17, former Great Mills High School teacher Lowell A. Johnson, 65, of Lexington Park acknowledged in court that there was evidence to support a charge of sexually abusing a girl in his home. Johnson's 36 years of employment with St. Mary's public schools ended Sept. 21, 2012. He had been on paid administrative leave for about two weeks after he was arrested.
Martirano said the community should maintain its trust in teachers and others in schools, despite the improper conduct by a few.
The school system has a confidential reporting hotline that anyone can call, or suspicious incidents can be reported directly to him or school principals, he said.
When a teacher or other school employee is accused of improper conduct with a child, investigations can involve law enforcement authorities as well as school administrators, including the department of safety and security.
All school employees go through background screenings prior to being hired.
"These people had no history of wrongdoing" that would have showed up in a criminal background check, Anna Laughlin, president of the Education Association of St. Mary's County, said of those who were dismissed or resigned.
School employees are required to annually participate in child abuse and sexual harassment training, called CASH.
That training outlines inappropriate relations between school employees and students, including levels of fraternization up to child sexual abuse.
Social media has created even more challenges in terms of communication between school employees and students, Martirano said.
He said instructors will ramp up training for all school employees at the beginning of the school year in August and make expectations and consequences as clear as possible.
Violating those policies can lead to disciplinary actions including being fired and losing a professional teaching certification, Martirano said.
School employees, through their training, are also told that they must report suspected child abuse and neglect. Martirano said anyone can come to the school system's central office to review the CASH training.
The topic of mandatory reporting is reinforced when the Education Association of St. Mary's County brings in a lawyer at the start of each year to talk to members about their legal rights, what to do if accused of wrongdoing and the importance of reporting suspected child abuse or inappropriate relationships, Laughlin said.
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Excerpted from Doukeshi no chou, published by Kodansha (2012). By permission of EnJoe Toh and Kodansha.
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Sim Yee Chiang is a contributing editor at Asymptote. He was born in Singapore, received an undergraduate education and a master's in English from Stanford University, and researched issues of English-Japanese and Japanese-English literary translation under the auspices of the University of Tokyo, where, seduced by the praxis itself, he now hopes to contribute to the exponentially growing mass that is world literature.
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"This is great for turkey leftovers. Simple, quick and flavorful. This is a good one for substitutions too. I've used white wine in place of lemon, sour cream in place of yogurt, chicken in place of turkey and Indian naan in place of the pita. Enjoy!"
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2 tablespoons
olive oil
1 cup
sliced onion
2 tablespoons
lemon juice
1/2 pound
cooked turkey, cut into chunks
1 tablespoon
curry powder, or to taste
1 medium
apple, cored and thinly sliced
pita bread rounds
1/2 cup
plain yogurt
Very tasty! My hubby and I loved these flavourful pita wraps... I served them with some spiced up sweet potato wedges which I found went really well with this recipe. I used Red Delicious apples for this recipe, I find their flavor mingles best with curry- mmmm so good!
It was still only average after I doctored it up a bit. Unremarkable, to say the least. On the bright side, it did remind me how wonderful pita bread is! I will not make this again.
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Loved this recipe. I added sliced grapes and celery to add more flavor and nutrients. I would definitely make this again.
I used canned chicken intentionally to make this simple to make for sandwiches to carry to work. I couldn't be more pleased with the results. What a great sandwich! Thank you.
My family has snubbed curry dishes in the past, but I thought I'd try this anyway (I'd eat it). Suprisingly, they all really liked it! The curry is mild, but flavorful, and it gives the sandwich a great color my kids loved: "How'd you do that?" (I should think of some funky name for the color of curry dishes...maybe they'd eat more.) Anyway, a fun and unique recipe--good way to mix up the blahs of leftover turkey!
I did this the first time with leftover turkey loin, then the second time with curry marinated extra frim tofu. It was amazing both times!!!! enjoy...
I LOVE this stuff. I eat it every year. Nice job!
Wonderful! My husband even liked this and he isn't a pita fan. The curry and apple mix really makes this pita special!
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Amount Per Serving
Calories: 428
Calories from Fat: 102
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A lot of people are not very happy with Dan Le Batard's decision to turn his Hall of Fame ballot over to Deadspin readers. His fellow ESPNers, Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon, made that clear enough yesterday on air. Here's what some writers have had to say.
Bruce Hooley, ESPN Cleveland:
Instead of, "Dan LeBatard is Highly Questionable," a more appropriate name would be, "Dan LeBatard is Petulantly Arrogant."
By handing his Hall of Fame vote to the internet site, Deadspin, which polled its readers and then voted with LeBatard's ballot, LeBetard resorted to tactics beneath even the most spoiled child on the playground.
Rather than take his ball and go home, LeBatard brought a whole bunch of kids along to disrupt the game by playing with a completely different set of rules.
Hall of Fame voting is the exclusive privilege of 10-year-and-up members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Fans don't get to vote, and it's a different argument as to whether they should. Theoretically, reporters who cover the game on a daily basis are better-informed than fans who follow the sport from afar.
Whether that is correct or incorrect isn't the issue here.
Ed Sherman, The Sherman Report:
I have known Dan Le Batard for a long time, and I hardly think he is a "scumbug," [sic] which was my initial label for the voter who turned over his ballot to Deadspin.
Why? Well, it will gain Le Batard a ton of publicity today, drawing attention to his various ESPN shows. Sorry, Dan, but that had to factor into your decision.
Also, Dan, if you are so disturbed about the process, why did you use Deadspin as a vehicle? Surely, you have plenty of your own platforms to get out your message.
All in all, it just seems to me by undermining the process, Dan, you sold out your fellow members of the sportswriting fraternity. Yes, the process is flawed, but your stunt also reflects poorly on people you've shared the press box with for years. There are better methods if you truly wanted reform.
Bottom line: The whole thing just doesn't strike me as something a serious journalist would do. And I've always thought of you as a serious journalist.
Ed Sherman (again), The Sherman Report:
Again, serious journalists don't do something like this, which is disappointing because I consider LeBatard a serious journalist.
@aarongernes @LeBatardShow I'm a rules guy, I guess, so yes, it was wrong.
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 8, 2014
@aarongernes @LeBatardShow There's right and wrong. This was wrong.
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 8, 2014
Ken Rosenthal, Fox Sports:
The website obtained one vote — one out of 571 — in an effort to make "a farce and mockery of the increasingly solemn election process." Further, it likened some BBWAA voters to "attention-seeking trolls."
Well, then, what exactly is Dan Le Batard, who turned over his ballot to Deadspin and got plenty of attention for explaining that his vote has "gotten pretty worthless in the avalanche of sanctimony that has swallowed it."
What exactly is Deadspin, for that matter?
If Le Batard no longer wanted to vote, he could have resigned from the BBWAA and spared us his sanctimony.
Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe:
The wildly talented Dan Le Batard of ESPN turns out to be the voter who chose to mock the system by turning over his vote to a website that exists solely for the purpose of embarrassing people.
A lot of hard-working men and women have been involved in this process for 75 years, and like the rest of us, Le Batard was fortunate to be included in the process.
Effecting change from within is difficult. Anonymous betrayal and ridicule is easy. A stand-up guy would have recused himself.
Gregg Doyel, CBS Sports:
By giving his vote to Deadspin, Le Batard picked the most outrageous way he could to join a protest that has been raging for years. Too important to cast a single, pointless vote at the ballot box like the other schmucks, Le Batard joined the army of picketers outside the BBWAA doors — but he didn't put on a sandwich board. Instead he took off his clothes, set his hair on fire and ran around naked, screaming something we already know:
The BBWAA vote is broken!
Thanks Dan. We knew that, so what was your goal?
Besides our attention?
Greg Cote, Miami Herald:
Two quick thoughts: 1) I love, love, love that Deadspin today refers to some voting writers as "attention-seeking trolls," a blindspot in self-awareness by a website that leads the league in self promotion. 2) I love that my buddy Dan must now act as if he'd have preferred none of this get out when in fact this is publicity gold, effing gold, for somebody with a daily radio show who fancies himself a cutting edge establishment-tweaker.
Joe Posnanski, joeposnanski.com:
I think the fans should have a say in the Hall of Fame. I don't think the fans should have the WHOLE say — like a fan vote for the Hall of Fame — but I do think there should be fan input into the thing. I also think there should be broadcaster input. I also think some of the people who have spent their lives studying and playing the game should have input. I mean, seriously, Bob Costas and Bill James and John Thorn and Tom Seaver and Brian Kenny and Tom Tango and Keith Olbermann and George Will couldn't add to this process?
I'm not sure "The people should have a say" was really the point of the Deadspin experiment or if it was more a way to kick and mock the BBWAA while getting some attention. Either way, that point pushed through for me.
Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle, his Sulia page:
I have zero problem with a Hall voter asking fans to pick his ballot. Last year, on a much smaller scale, I
asked fans on their opinions of Biggio because I was on the fence for that particular ballot. I voted for Biggio in large part because of what you guys told me. This year, I asked for your opinions on Kent as a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and it was a fan who actually pointed out to me that Kent might be at risk of falling off the ballot because of how stuffed it was this year. And that really swayed me into voting for him regardless of how I felt about him as a first-ballot guy. There's a difference between that and handing your ballot to a website whose principal purpose is to ridicule the work of others — and somehow do something important once in a blue moon. LeBatard this year was the classic example of LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!! And to hide behind the whole charity thing. Amazing.
THIS is a "look-at-me" act. RT @JeffPassan: For those wondering, it was @LeBatardShow who gave his ballot to @Deadspin.
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) January 8, 2014
Tracy Ringolsby, MLB.com:
LeBartard pulls ultimate look-at-me act. http://t.co/2WE9wbCyMm
— Tracy Ringolsby (@TracyRingolsby) January 8, 2014
If I had respect for Dan LeBatard I don't anymore. If he didn't want HOF vote should have declined it, not give away to non-qualified voter.
— Tracy Ringolsby (@TracyRingolsby) January 8, 2014
Mike Harrington, Buffalo News:
Really good tweet. RT @BNHarrington Tard is a perfect way to end the name of the look-at-me specialist who sold his HOF vote to @Deadspin.
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) January 8, 2014
Apologies for the last tweet as a couple point out. Frankly, never heard that context until a link was sent. Point was about the name.
— Mike Harrington (@BNHarrington) January 8, 2014
Jon Heyman, CBS Sports:
Shame on the santimonious attention seeker who turned his vote over to a website. #sad
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) January 8, 2014
Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
@PoaPratensis I think it's safe to say that both Lebatard and Deadspin were in it for the publicity. I will leave it at that.
— Tom (@Haudricourt) January 8, 2014
Matt Swartz, Fangraphs:
Why let Deadspin readers decide ur HOF vote? Its not a sports site- just for ppl too insecure to admit they'd rather watch Access Hollywood.
— Matt Swartz (@Matt_Swa) January 8, 2014
Jeff Schultz, Atlanta Journal Constitution:
I don't care how messed up the Hall of Fame voting process is. Dan LeBatard is a clown for giving his vote to @Deadspin @LeBatardShow.
— Jeff Schultz (@JeffSchultzAJC) January 9, 2014
Ed Sherman (again), The Sherman Report:
Latest — Why? Disappointed that it was Dan Le Batard who gave Hall of Fame vote to @Deadspin @LeBatardShow http://t.co/XxNjksF0lt
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 8, 2014
Always thought of Le Batard as serious journalist. Serious journalists don't pull stunts like he did with @Deadspin. http://t.co/XxNjksF0lt
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 8, 2014
Curious to hear reaction to what Le Batard did, especially from sportswriters, BBWAA members. I'm not pleased. http://t.co/XxNjksF0lt
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 8, 2014
Why? Disappointed that it was Dan Le Batard who gave Hall of Fame vote to Deadspin | @lebatardshow http://t.co/XxNjksF0lt
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 9, 2014
My view of Dan Le Batard's stunt. Wrong to give Hall of Fame vote to Deadspin http://t.co/XxNjksF0lt
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 9, 2014
Second-guessing from @LeBatardshow? Miami Herald sports editor, Wilbon, Kornheiser scold him for Deadspin stunt http://t.co/8AYNnHhBEe
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 9, 2014
Fallout: Miami Herald SE on @LeBatardshow stunt: "we do not condone misrepresentation of any kind." http://t.co/8AYNnHhBEe
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) January 9, 2014


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Henry's Crime
Sleepwalking his way through life, Henry gets an unexpected wakeup call when he becomes an unwitting participant in a bank heist. Rather than give up the names of the real culprits, he takes the fall and discovers his true calling. Having done the time, Henry reasons he may as well do the crime. Discovering a forgotten tunnel connecting the bank to a nearby theater, he recruits his old cellmate Max to aid in the robbery, all the while playing the lead in the theatre's current production where he finds himself falling for his leading lady, Julie.
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Directed by: Malcolm Venville
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Information from the National TPP calls
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Each team hosts a monthly conference call. Calls feature legislators, staffers and other policy experts. On these calls we determine PDA legislation to support as well as actions and future events.


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Managing Spam Settings in McAfee Security Center Console
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Learn to set anti-spam options for email and the Web.
What is the McAfee Security Center console?
The Security Center on your computer desktop is part of your free Cox Security Suite Powered by McAfee®. It is a powerful security solution that allows you to monitor the security status on your computer and to know instantly whether virus, spyware, email, and firewall protection services are up-to-date.
How can it help me?
You can use this tool to set anti-spam levels and manage how spam is handled when it arrives in your inbox. To begin, click the McAfee Security Center icon in your taskbar or on your desktop.
For help with any Security Center feature visit the McAfee Community. Click Home and Home Office, then under Communities on the left, click Security Center.
Knowledge level recommended for this article: Advanced
|Set anti-spam levels
|Manage spam messages
|Use the anti-spam toolbar
|Set up custom filtering
On the Security Center console look under Features then expand Web and Email Protection.
Click Anti-spam: On. If it says Off then it is not set up.
Click Spam Protection Levels.
After reading the descriptions, choose from one of the following options.
- On the Security Center console look under the Features section and expand Web and Email Protection.
- Click Anti-spam.
- Click Email Processing.
|If you want to...
|Choose where to put spam and phishing mail
Under After marking email as spam, choose one of the following:
|Change the subject line of the spam email
Under Label: enter: [SPAM] for spam
|Change the subject line of the phishing email
|Under Label: enter [PHISHING] for phishing
|Change the maximum email size to filter
|Decide how often to update the spam filtering rules
Under Web and Email Protection click Anti-spam.
- Expand Anti-spam Toolbar.
- Uncheck the email program you use.
- Click the Apply button.
- Under Web and Email Protection click Anti-spam.
- Expand Custom Filtering Rules, as shown below:
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|Manage email containing your filtered words and phrases
|Under Action: choose Allow or Block
|Choose which part of the email to filter
|Under Field: choose either Recipient, Sender, Subject, Header or Body
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|Under Condition: choose contains or doesn't contain
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My name is Jim, and I have spent most of my adult life swindling people out of money — big money. I worked in 30 fraudulent business operations over a 10-year period, pitching everything from gold coins to time-shares to oil and gas leases and other business opportunities. These scams took in millions of dollars. No matter how much money we made or how far-fetched the deal was, I never got caught. That is, until Sept. 30, 2004.
See also: Speak out on the Scams & Fraud message board.
That was the day 40 U.S. postal inspectors and FBI agents with gold badges and guns burst into my office. This was on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. We occupied two full floors of a nondescript commercial office building. The place housed numerous other scam boiler rooms I had worked in, but you would never have known that from the outside.
"Hang up the phones — it's over!" one agent yelled.
The particular scam here was an Internet-kiosk business opportunity. We'd been running TV ads claiming that investors could make thousands of dollars from computer kiosks placed in high-traffic areas like airports and shopping malls. For a small fee, passersby could use these kiosks to check their email or surf the Web. Back in the early 2000s this was a hot idea. We told people they could earn a minimum of $30,000 to $35,000 per machine each year. This was pure baloney — the machines didn't generate anything close to that kind of income. And we sold them at huge markups. We took in $17 million from 700 unwary investors in about eight months. At least 100 employees were in the building at the time of the raid, including secretaries and other clerical staff. A lot of them didn't even know that the business was a fraud.
The agents gathered everyone in a big open area we called The Pit — where, moments earlier, dozens of salesmen had been pitching prospective victims over the phone — and started calling out people's names. They were handed letters explaining whether they were targets of the investigation, material witnesses or something else. When they called my name, things got quiet. I was the manager of the room; people wanted to see how I would react. As I walked over to retrieve my letter, my cellphone went off. The theme from The Godfather (my new ringtone) filled the room. People couldn't help but laugh.
The next thing I knew, a postal inspector took me into a side room and told me, "Your day just got shitty, and it is going to get shittier."
That was the end of my last scam. The Feds sent a dozen guys to prison. I did 37 months, and it probably should have been longer.


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Dynamo host Sporting Kansas City in Reserve League
Game kicks off at 10 a.m. at Houston Amateur Sports Park
August 14, 2012
The Houston Dynamo will host Sporting Kansas City in Reserve League play at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Admission to the game, to be held at Houston Amateur Sports Park, is free to the public.
The Dynamo are 4-1-1 (13 points) in the Reserve League in 2012 and in second place in the Central/Mountain division, three points behind Colorado. Forward Cam Weaver leads the Reserves with four goals while Colin Rolfe has added three. Goalkeeper Tyler Deric has started all six Reserve games and has recorded three shutouts.


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I'm trying to find the best way to transfer maps form ArcGIS to AutoCad Map. In ArcGIS map model is separated from it's representation. View is created by applying symbology and representation rules to underlying model. As far as I know this approach could be achieved in AutoCad Map using object definition classes. So I looking for a way to create complex topographic map symbology(like in ArcGIS) using AutoCad Map object classes. Official AutoDesk help describes this very poor. Is it really possible? Could someone provide links to some articles, how-tows about this issue?
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We have faced similar problem during conversion of some ArcGIS data to MapInfo. MapInfo's common practice is to store representation together with geometry data.
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Disputes over property are all too common. It's quite easy to share a cake, but how do you share out indivisible goods, such as houses or cars, without causing resentment? Here are two easy methods.
Patterns and structures lie at the heart of mathematics, some even say they are mathematics. But how do they help us do mathematics?
Many materials around us are oxides – such as rocks, window glass and some of the materials used in your computer. These materials may seem hard and rigid, but mathematics reveals a hidden flexibility that can explain many of their properties.
The paths of billiard balls on a table can be long and complicated. To understand them mathematicians use a beautiful trick, turning tables into surfaces.
Physicists love symmetry, but they get even more excited about symmetry breaking. They even believe that many of the features of the world we live in are a result of it. What do they mean by that?
Mathematics is incredibly good at describing the world we live in. So much so that some people have argued that maths is not just a tool for describing the world, but that the world is itself a mathematical structure. Does his claim stand up to scrutiny?