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a threesome which involves two men and one female ... named after the city of buffalo which has more men and women. a buffalo threesome is inevitable if one lives in buffalo for more than 10 years.
I think Mike just had a buffalo threesome with Jim and Jim's girlfriend.
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Gather baskets full of plump, sweet blackberries without encountering a single thorn. Eat them fresh as a topping for pancakes, yogurt or ice cream, or turn them into delicious jams, pies and cobblers. The berries are rich in antioxidants and vitamins C and A.
Apache: Produces bigger berries, and more of them, than other thornless varieties. Fruits in late June to July.
Arapaho: The earliest ripening of the thornless blackberries, Arapaho bears large, firm berries with especially small seeds. Fruits in late May to early June.
Triple Crown:
This blackberry plant offers great flavor, high yield and exceptional vigor. Its thornless, semitrailing vines are laden with large, firm berries in August, just when other varieties are slowing down.
- Apache: Zones 4–8; Arapaho and Triple Crown: Zones 5–9
- Grows 3'–6' high and 3'–5' wide.
- Suitable for container or ground planting.
- Requires full sun.
- Yields approx. 1 lb. of fruit at maturity (1 1/2 to 2 years).
- Grown in California.
- Agricultural regulations prohibit shipment to AZ, CA, OR, WA, Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
- Apache: Zones 4–8; Arapaho and Triple Crown: Zones 5–9
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- Trees are approx. 1 1/2 years old, 2 1/2' high at shipping.
- Arrives in a 1.65-gallon pot.
- Self-pollinator; does not require another blackberry plant nearby to bear fruit.
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- Planting: Plant in full sun at same depth as container (approx. 6"–8" for 2gal. container). Space 4'–6' apart.
- Watering: Water plant well as soon as you plant it, and then at least once a week for the first year after planting. A slow, root-saturating, one-hour trickle once a week is recommended for a new plant. The watering schedule should be adjusted accordingly if it rains or is very dry. Water twice weekly during dry spells.
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This question is motivated by my discussion (via comments) with @fedja regarding this earlier question. In any case the question is whether there is any concise characterization of finite dimensional subspaces of $L^1.$ I found some papers by our own Bill Johnson on finite dimensional subspaces of $L^p$ spaces, but they appear to (a) be for $p>1$ and (b) use a lot of language hard to understand for us troglodytes. In the meantime, the question is very concrete: I give you a centrally symmetric convex body in $\mathbb{R}^d,$ and I ask whether this is the unit ball of the sup norm of the linear combinations of some $d$ functions $f_1, \dots, f_d.$
EDIT As @Fedor points out, I asked a different question from what I intended: I had meant to ask about $L^\infty,$ but the answers to this are very interesting, so I will let it stand, and I guess will ask a different question to avoid (or increase) confusion.


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Once again it is time for Carmi-White County High School's annual One Niter. This year, the theme for the event is "British Invasion" and the performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 in the high school auditorium. Ticket prices will be $8 for adults and $4 for students. Emcees for this year's event will be seniors Jessica Bovenkerk, Tangela Grant and freshmen Hailey Winkleman.
Although it isn't normal for a freshman or even an underclassman to be an emcee it does happen on some occasions. Tangela Grant says, "I believe change is a good thing. I've got to admit Hailey wasn't my first choice due to the fact that she is a freshman, but our first choice didn't work out at the time. Choosing a freshman turned out to be a great choice and I enjoy working with her."
This year there are a lot of students with some very great ideas. In the show there will be vocal solos, duets, skits, dances, and even some instrumental solos. The vocal and instrumental solos this year include students Tabitha Mick, Carlie Gee, Allison Haley, Monica Brand, Zach Clark, Ashley Cross and James Lin. Along with solos the students have some duets and group pieces. Logan Pugsley and Hailey Winkleman, Luke Allen and Caitlin Martin, and Tangela Grant and Jessica Bovenkerk are all singing duets and have done such an exceptional job. The groups include the combination of Singing Six (Cheyenne Mann, Rachel Fleming, Caitlin Martin, Monica Brand, Lizzie Cribbs, Jessica Bovenkerk, Allison Haley and Allyson Worlds) and Singing Frosh (Hailey Winkleman, Emma Bryant, Carlie Gee, Tabitha Mick, Logan Pugsley and Faith Hohman) singing a nine and one-half minute Adele medley and also the group called Wannabe, which includes Rayann Midkiff, Lizze Cribbs, Jordan Jones, Hailey Winkleman, and Logan Pugsley.
Not only are there several solos, duets, and groups, but there are also a lot of skits. The students in these include Jordan Jones, Lizzie Cribbs, John Lamp, Shane Trail, Allison Haley, Hailey Winkleman, Logan Pugsley, Luke Allen, Kelli Newman, Jody Abell, Seth Gross, Jessica Bovenkerk, Tangela Grant, Eric Arnold, Hunter Welch, Jasmine Tschida, Sammie Arnold, Hannah Gowdy, Cheyenne Packer, Sydney Clark, Sara Wilson and Arwen Aylsworth.
The Kickers for the show this year are Cassie Mick, Cheyenne Packer, Macy Pesavento, Sara Wilson, Dayna Burnett, Sammie Arnold, Karissa Siegel and Shania Miller. Even though there are several students on the stage, the group has several students behind the scenes as well helping move sets, keeping microphones in working order and making sure that transitions between acts go smooth and quick.
The stage crew includes Hannah Templeton, Payton Tibbs, Joshua Pierce and Bailey Chapman. This years' stage manager is Taylor Evans and the production assistant is Holly Porter. The sound tech is Spencer Coe and light tech is Kristian Newman.
Page 2 of 2 - "The 49th One Niter should prove to be an entertaining evening of talent once again this year," says Hyla Lamp. "As a vocal music instructor, I am somewhat partial to the vocal acts in the show. However, there is something for everyone."
In addition to Lamp, Ryan Preci serves as the director and Sherry Passmore is an assistant director.
The cast and crew are hoping that everyone will come out and enjoy the show at least once this coming weekend.
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Microsoft's new CEO is Satya Nadella, Bill Gates to become 'technology advisor'Written by: / / No Comments
After a lengthy search for a new CEO to take over from Steve Ballmer, Microsoft has appointed Satya Nadella (46) as the companies new chief executive.
– Satya Nadella, Microsoft's new CEO
The India-born computer engineer most recently held the position of executive vice president of the Cloud and Enterprise group at Microsoft, but has been with the company for over twenty years working in the business division and research and development, with his most recent work contributing to Microsoft's push towards cloud computing and integrating this technology into other services including Skype and Xbox LIVE.
You can learn a lot more about Nadella in his own words in a pleasant interview below:
Satya Nadella – His first interview as CEO of Microsoft
Microsoft's founder, long-time chairman and previous CEO, Bill Gates, has been called up to take on the role of 'technology adviser,' but will step down as chairman. Gates said of Nadella's appointment in a video address (below):
"I'm thrilled that Satya has asked me to step up, substantially increasing my time at the company. I'll have over a third of my time available to meet with product groups and it'll be fun to define this next round of products working together."
Watch Gates' full video address below:
Bill Gates welcomes Satya Nadella as Microsoft CEO
How do you think the appointment of Satya Nadella to the position of Microsoft CEO will affect the Xbox business, and the future of Xbox One in particular?
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iphone 4 verizon no contract for $179.99
this is a amazing deal 179.99 for a used Iphone 4 or a refurbished iPhone 4 for 229.00
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Not bad, but keep in mind unless you JB the iPhone 4 is still Siri-less.
my mom has the iPhone 4 and fyi it does have seri. she uses it all the time.
@greennixon00: then your mom does not have the iPhone 4. It definitely does not have Siri. You're likely talking about the 4S
lol yes you are right
Seri is a slut.
@randomtom: Ask her to tell you she loves you... she never does.
So then shes prude.
Obligatory comment about how third-party refurbs are never as good as official Apple refurbs. Apple replaces the outer shell and the battery, and gives you a warranty. Most third-party refurbs have the original shell, likely scratched, and original battery, likely already thru several hundred charge cycles.
Not to poo poo the deal or anything but in my way of thinking there probably aren't a whole lot of people looking for a two year old CDMA phone costing 180 bucks. Only people I could see wanting this would be someone who broke/lost their old Verizon iphone but isn't eligible yet for an upgrade and can't fathom the idea of using anything other than an iphone until they are and people looking to play on an iphone. I can understand the utility of a 2 year old GSM iphone with a SIM card for someone looking to go to monthly service but not this.
@idontkn1: There will soon be a lot of Verizon customers coming to a decision: get a subsidized phone and loose the unlimited data plan, or get an older phone and keep the unlimited data.
This phone (or others like it - i.e. older technology) is an option.
One way to look at this is you're getting a touch with GPS and front facing camera.
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FORT HOOD (October 19, 2012) --- The only movie theater on Fort Hood reopened Friday after being closed down for more than six months because of damage from a fire.
The fire broke out earlier this year causing damages that cost more than $300,000 to repair.
It was later determined that a popcorn warmer in the lobby caused the fire.
The theater now seats more than 750 guests in upgraded stadium seating.
The first show in the renovated theater begins at 7 p.m. Friday with the movie 'Frankenweenie.'


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September 01, 2013
Put an Unexpected Spring into your step with the V&A Waterfront in #lovecapetown
It's the season of new beginnings, romance, burgeoning sunshine and thrilling adventures in gorgeous #lovecapetown and where better to experience of all these amazing things than at our top seaside shopping and lifestyle destination, the ever popular V&A Waterfront?
A world of pleasure and fun awaits at the Waterfront and there is something for everyone: from a plethora of clothing, jewellery and homeware stores to please any shopaholic and fascinating historical walks for the history boffs to delicious high teas for those with a sweet tooth and exciting family activities to entertaining nights out for the young and young at heart.
Come and enjoy their refreshing Unexpected Spring activities at your leisure or stand in line to win an experience of your choice with their daily online competition on Twitter and Facebook.which runs until Sunday 27 October, 2013.
Which experience would you like to try this Spring?
Unexpected Shopaholic
Start your day at Topshop and enjoy a personal shopper experience, followed by a manicure at the Nail Factory, then finish your perfect pamper day at Vovo Telo by indulging yourself with baked camembert and a glass of wine. Enter online from Monday 2 to Sunday 8 September and stand a chance to win this wonderful prize, valued at R 780. You'll also receive a 15% discount on all items purchased at Topshop
Unexpected Child's Play
Start the day with a fun and educational harbour tour aboard the Jolly Roger Pirate Ship where the kids (and mom and dad) will learn about the Table Bay Harbour. After building up an appetite you'll enjoy a family lunch at Primi Wharf where the kids can busy themselves making pizzas at the Primi PODS corner. Let the kids indulge in some messy sticky fun at Pimp Your Biscuit at the Market on the Wharf, where they can make their own dessert.
Enter online from Monday 9 to Sunday 15 September and stand to win this amazing family prize valued at R 2500.
Unexpected Healthy Living
Health and fitness enthusiasts are not forgotten and can get their endorphin fix at the new Kranking Fitness Studio at Portswood Square, or they can enjoy a run along the scenic running route that circles the property and weaves its way past some of the famous sites.
Runners can choose between a 2.2km or a 5km run, the newly built boardwalk along the Breakwater side of the property forms part of, offering magnificent views of both mountain and sea. The route starts and finishes at the V&A Waterfront Information Centre where a free route map is available. Soothe tired muscles at the Urban Beauty Spa with a relaxing massage, after which you can enjoy a made-to-order health juice from Dr Juice at the V&A Market on the Wharf.
Enter online from Monday 16 to Sunday 22 September and you could win this healthy prize, valued at R 3150.
Unexpected Harbour Life
What better way to celebrate the arrival of Spring than with a boat trip around the most beautiful harbour in the country?
Take in the breath-taking sights and fresh sea breeze on one of our harbour cruises before heading to lunch at Fisherman's Choice. After that take a stroll over to the Chavonnes Battery Museum where you can travel back in time to see the origins of the Waterfront and how the harbour developed over time.
Enter online from Monday 23 to Sunday 29 September and you could win this scenic prize, valued at R 320.
Unexpected Top Chef
If you're looking to up the ante in the kitchen then a visit to the Demo Kitchen at the Market on the Wharf is a must. Nadege is a regular feature offering authentic French cooking classes. Why not spoil yourself and your partner with a delectable lunch at the Queen Victoria Hotel's Dash restaurant. This exclusive bar and restaurant offers fine dining in a relaxed - yet sophisticated – setting; serving only the freshest locally sourced seasonal ingredients.
Enter online from Monday 30 September to Sunday 6 October and you could win free cooking classes for two to the value of R600 at the state of the art Market on the Wharf Demo Kitchen and a sensational lunch for two with a Dash voucher to the value of R400.
Unexpected Explorer
If you're up for trying new things then taking a scenic drive to Blouberg in the City Sightseeing Side Car tour might be just the thing for you. After working up an appetite in the fresh morning air many sumptuous delights await at the Market on the Wharf. Once refuelled, you can take in the rich history of the V&A by visiting some of the 22 historical landmarks on the property. Stroll down memory lane with the self-guided historical walking tour, free maps are available at the Information Centre. A series of numbered boards bring history back to life through interesting facts, anecdotes, and visuals.
Enter online from Monday 7 to Sunday 13 October and you and your partner could win a tour in the City Sightseeing Side Car to the value of R600. The Market on the Wharf will make sure you're well fed afterwards with a R200 voucher for two people. Self-guided historical walks and maps are free.
Unexpected Tea Connoisseur
If you appreciate the finer things in life and are partial to a fine cup of tea, head over to the One&Only Hotel for their traditional high tea. Once you've satisfied your taste buds, take a gentle stroll to the craft market where the Tea Bag Project is sure to amaze you when you see the beautiful crafts that can be created from used tea bags. If you're feeling inspired after your afternoon of tea finery you'll probably want to pop into the Tea Merchant store to purchase some exotic teas - or stunning teapots and cups.
Enter online from 14 to 20 October and you could be in line to win an afternoon tea experience from the One&Only Hotel to the value of R330. You'll also be in line to win a beautifully crafted square tea tray and two cast iron tea pots to the value of R800, along with eight tins of tea also to the value of R800.
Unexpected Nightlife
Whether you're on a date or just enjoying being social with your friends, the V&A has many lively night spots to choose from. To get you in the mood, start with drinks at the trendy Beuna Vista Social Club before heading off to the popular Madame Zingara for a colourful night of entertainment accompanied by a delicious meal.
Enter online from Monday 21 to Sunday 27 October and you could win a voucher for two to the value of R250 which will get you a plate of your favourite nachos and two drinks. Madame Zingara will treat you and your partner to a fanciful evening which will include welcome drinks and a four-course meal.
Go online to enter the draw for your favourite Discover Unexpected V&A experience and you could be one of the lucky weekly winners. Visit www.waterfront.co.za for more information.
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The cake recipe is calling for a vegetable oil. I have refined sunflower oil, and refined soyabean oil.
Do they qualify for flavourless oils? I haven't noticed any taste in any oil by now! Taste buds problem, perhaps.
Both refined sunflower oil and refined soybean oil are generally considered flavorless.
Also included among these are:
The most reliable method of course is to taste the oil :). I'm sure you can actually taste the flavor of extra virgin olive oil.
Most refined oils have little to no discernible flavour. It's the unrefined oils (think EVOO or dark sesame oil) that do.
I wouldn't hesitate to use refined sunflower oil or soybean oil in a cake; nor canola, peanut, grapeseed, or safflower. They're all pretty bland.
Really, the best way to know for sure is to taste it.
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Nonpublic Special Education Programs
What's New (2/29/16)
Renewal or in-between packets are being mailed to all programs. Completed renewal application or in-between updates and 2016-2017 calendars are due on or before April 15, 2016. If you do not receive the renewal or in-between packet by March 23, 2016, please call 312-814-5560.
Amendments to the 2015-2016 calendar must be submitted on or before June 1, 2016 to Pam Solomon at firstname.lastname@example.com. Make sure you send your approved amended calendar to each district that contracts with your program.
Nonpublic special education programs provide educational, therapeutic and/or residential services to students with disabilities. In the continuum of services for eligible students, federal and state laws allow programmatic options for students who may require exceptional educational and/or clinical intervention to meet their needs. Nonpublic programs approved under Section 14-7.02 of the School Code help serve and promote the continuation and improvement of Individualized Education Program (IEP) services for these students with disabilities.
Typically, students placed in 14-7.02 programs have such severe and perhaps complicated clinical and educational needs that school districts may opt to refer their students to outside district placements after exploring other least restrictive options. These placements can last anywhere from short periods of time (i.e. one semester), up to longer stretches (i.e. multiple years).
Placement - District versus Parent(s)
Parents who may be considering a nonpublic program for special education services should know the following:
- Unilateral parent placement – If a parent unilaterally places their child in a nonpublic special education program, educational services will be provided to the child at parental expense. The school district will not be required to accept financial responsibility for the service costs associated with such placement.
- District placement - ISBE Approved Nonpublic Special Education Programs are used when the IEP team from the public school has determined that the services the student needs can only be provided in a nonpublic setting. The public school district then pays the tuition for all special education and related services provided by the nonpublic school program. All the information on this page is related to these types of schools.
Educational Environment (Least Restrictive Environment)
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) requires that, to the maximum extent appropriate, students with disabilities aged 3 through 21, in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not disabled [34 C.F.R. §300.550 (b)(1)]. Placements by which students with disabilities are removed from the general education environment should occur only if the student's IEP team determines that the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in a general classroom setting, even with the use of supplemental aids and services, cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
Implementation of Services
Once a placement has been made, the nonpublic program assumes responsibility to implement the entire IEP and collect/analyze data on progress. Although nonpublic schools will provide the necessary special education services as dictated by the IEP, the placing school district is ultimately responsible for their student(s) placed at these programs and ensuring that the student receives services appropriately.
Further, the placing school district is responsible for development, review, and revision of the IEP. Nonpublic schools and their professional and certified staff will provide educational, clinical, and when appropriate, vocational programming to students. The nonpublic school is responsible for developing a curriculum appropriate to the needs of the enrolled students that teaches the branches of education taught to children of corresponding age and grade in the public schools. Transcript credits are agreed upon at the IEP meeting and are accepted by/awarded by the placing public school district.
An initial application for approval is made by contacting the Special Education Services Division by telephone or email (see contact information at the bottom of the page). If it is determined that the program may be eligible for approval, application materials and other information will be forwarded. Please use one of the following checklists to determine if your program may be eligible for approval.
Each 14-7.02 nonpublic program is approved for specific categories and ages of special education programming dependent upon their program description, educational/clinical milieu, and staff credentials. Schools must also identify programmatic outcomes and how success toward these goals will be measured.
To find a list of approved programs, their subsequent rates, and to determine what those programs are approved for, please visit the Harrisburg Project private facility search.
Funding (12/23/15)
The approved Nonpublic Special Education Programs are privately run, yet are publicly funded through a referral process from school districts. A district will receive no reimbursement for students who are placed in a program that is not approved by ISBE. Additionally, a district is not financially responsible if a parent unilaterally places their child in a nonpublic special education program.
- ISBE Funding and Disbursements Division
- Illinois Purchased Care Review Board (IPCRB)
- Illinois Purchased Care Review Board (IPCRB) Rates - Behind the Scenes PowerPoint Presentation (11/15)
For additional information on funding contact Larry Smith at (217) 782-5256.
- Illinois State Fire Inspection Request
- Nonpublic Facility Placement Contract Form (19-83)
- Nonpublic Special Education Program Calendar
- Nonpublic Classroom Roster
- Application Update Instructions
- Administration of Medication in Schools: Guidelines- Under Revision (expected release by August, 2016)
- Court and Public Agency Residential Placements
- Criminal Background Check
- ISBE Non-Regulatory Guidance Page
- Residential Treatment for Youth with Mental Health Needs: A Guide for Parents and Guardians
- School Enrollment and Placement Guidelines for Children and Youth in DCFS Care
- Special Education Guidance Page
- Special Needs Student Transportation
- Vehicle and Driver Requirements for Transporting Students
- USDE Guidance Letter - Clarification of FAPE and Alignment with State Academic Standards
- Non-Public Special Education Invitation for Task Force
- Taskforce Meeting Minutes
- Taskforce Subcommittee Meeting Materials
Questions regarding 14-7.02 Nonpublic Special Education Programs should be directed to (312) 814-5560 or email Viver Ballard or April George.


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I have an idea for a web app, and I want to make it a freemium service. Those who sign up will have the ability to create 3 pieces of content for free and will be required to pay a premium to obtain the ability to create further content.
Provided that the two account types will have identical behaviors except for the quantity of content, what is the best way to prevent these users from circumventing my pricing plan and creating tonnes of trial accounts?
Have you thought about this before? What do you do on your web app?
I could monitor email addresses, IP addresses, phone numbers, etc., but all of these are easily circumventable.


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I have read somewhere and heard from so many friends and people that if we leave bodybuilding after certain years it might bulge or body and etc. Is it true?
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I think what you may be referring to is that when you build extremely large muscles, and then fail to maintain them (so they shrink back to normal), the skin around them may appear stretched. The same happens for pregnant women, or obese people who lose a lot of fat. Obviously the skin will appear stretched afterwards, and may never become as tight as it once was.
That said, you only have to worry about this phenomenon if you plan to grow your muscles to positively gigantic proportions. If you simply build your body to look strong and masculine, but not exactly like the Hulk, you won't have anything to worry about. If you do want to look like the Hulk, I fear you'll have to live with some sagging if you ever abandon your training completely.
If by "bulging" you mean "getting fat", I think it only happens if you stop bodybuilding and neglect to adjust your diet to your new lifestyle. In this case you end up eating far too much for what your body really needs, so you can get fat because of that.
But muscles cannot "transform" to fat. They are totally different types of cells.


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5 Giant City-Wide Parties You Won't Believe Are Real
Look, we don't want to come off as ignorant of other cultures here. Are the celebrations below involving fire and dicks and animal shit any stranger than, say, New Year's Eve, or Mardi Gras?
Actually, yes. We're pretty damned sure they are.
#5. Ottery St. Mary's Burning Tar Barrel Festival
It couldn't be simpler: Every year around Guy Fawkes Night, the townsfolk of Ottery St. Mary, England, soak barrels in tar, light them on fire and carry them through the streets of the town on their shoulders.
Then, just to drastically up the danger of some innocent bystander getting set ablaze, observers crowd around the barrel carrier like a horde of zombies trying to devour his flesh. Everyone in the crowd wants a chance to carry the barrel, you see. So we have a massive crowd of people fighting for control of a heavy flaming barrel that is suspended over their heads. What could possibly go wrong?
TNT Magazine
The reasons behind the festival are uncertain, but there are a few theories. Since it's on Guy Fawkes Night, it could be symbolic of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Or, it could have something to do with the traditional use of burning barrels to fumigate cottages. It's also possible that it originated from pagan rituals to avoid evil spirits (because everyone knows that spirits can't see you if you're carrying fire on your head).
Simon Davis
Hey, has anyone seen Gary?
It's a moot point, because we're guessing that approximately none of the people involved know why they're doing it. Each pub in the village sponsors a flaming barrel, with 17 in all. The 17 portable bonfires make their way around the crowded town full of people, each barrel weighing up to 65 pounds. But don't worry, there are smaller barrels so children can get involved in the fun, too!
BBC News
We can't tell if that's fire or hair on his head.
Sadly, the future of the festival is uncertain because of a recent incident in which a few spectators were injured. "Some punk kid" tossed an aerosol can into one of the barrels and it exploded in a giant fireball, giving people serious burns. Who could have predicted there would be shenanigans at the drunken burning-barrel carry?
#4. Kanamara Matsuri, the Boner Workshop Extravaganza
Huh. Turns out blurring a giant penis doesn't make it less obviously a giant penis.
We've been to college, and we know how funny it is for guys to draw dicks on other guys' foreheads, or to make snow dicks in winter, or to sculpt mashed potato dicks in the cafeteria. But that sort of thing eventually stops being amusing after a decade or so. But don't tell that to the people of Kawasaki, Japan, where the Kanamara Matsuri festival is basically a dicktacular penis celebration, featuring dongs, with a special guest appearance by Boner McWiener.
It's penis decorations and souvenirs as far as the eye can see. The entire city of Kawasaki gets into it -- yes, the kids, too.
Avax News
Look closely.
Yep, that little girl is enjoying a penis-shaped Popsicle. This isn't the sort of thing you do halfway -- Kawasaki makes everything penis-themed for the weekend. Everything. You'll find not only those penis Popsicles for sale, but other dong-shaped delights, everywhere from peoples' faces ...
Avax News
Have you ever seen something and instantly realized your life is incomplete without it?
... to improvised benches ...
Avax News
That bin next to her had better be filled with lube.
... to the highlight of the festival: a giant parade featuring dance beats, whistles and (you guessed it) giant penises on floats:
For many people who are just visiting, this all may come as a bit of a shock, but it's actually very reasonable once you hear the back story. So, the legend goes that a long time ago, a sharp-toothed demon crawled inside a woman's vagina and castrated her husband. Understandably very pissed off, the couple sought out a blacksmith to make a large iron penis with which they would trick the demon and break his teeth. See? You people judge Japan for what they do, but when you hear their reasons, they always make perfect sense.
Anyway, the mythical iron penis is now paraded around every April alongside another giant pink dong, and the people of Kawasaki enjoy their festival of dicks. However, while it is still mostly a religious festival celebrating fertility and STD-free prostitutes, today the festival helps raise money for HIV research, and the tourists' fascination with this festival only helps to raise more.
Japan Photo Guide
And because those giant wooden dicks aren't going to ride themselves, kiddies.
#3. El Colacho Baby-Leaping Festival
El Colacho seems innocent at first. The town's children are taken and laid on a mattress in the street for what seems like a nice nap. Their parents gather on the sidewalks and take pictures of their baby's first street "sleepy time" when, out of nowhere, a man in a ridiculous yellow suit runs up and vaults over them.
"In retrospect, cleats were a poor choice today."
Whereas a good (read: "normal") parent would chase that guy down and spear-tackle him to the ground, the parents of these children just cheer him on. He proceeds to run farther down the road, and after a short distance, jumps over another mattress loaded with babies. And another. And another.
And yet, whenever we play games with the lives of children, it's somehow "wrong."
For, you see, El Colacho is how the Spanish village of Castrillo de Murcia celebrates the festival of Corpus Christi: a nationwide festival that normally has nothing to do with threatening to kick infants right in the face. We swear. The men in yellow represent the devil (which is what "Colacho" roughly translates to), and as they jump over the children, it is said that they cleanse them of their sin.
One of the fathers in the documentary above jokingly says, "I'm really glad my baby's on the front of the mattress, because if the devil wipes out, he'll just take out the last three kids," and this seems like an innocent jest at first ... until you realize how factually accurate it is. We're now curious about what the practice for this ceremony looks like. Do the yellow-suited "devils" do dry runs with dolls or something? So you fall a bunch of times and accidentally crush a fake baby with your elbow, then finally you get to where you can make the jump and say, "All right, I'm ready to try it with real infants now!" Seems like you'd have to be pretty goddamned confident in your leg muscles.
This might be the only situation where a charley horse could be fatal.
Anyway, the devils also spend the first half of the day terrorizing the townsfolk. You know, so that everyone is equally scarred by the festival.
And, in case you were wondering, in all the years this festival has been celebrated (since the 1620s), there haven't been any reported injuries to the babies.
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I have and HP Officejet 6500 Wireless printer and I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 32bit. I want to print CD covers, what kind of software can i use to do that? I already tried glables, Gimp, and Image viewer.
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The default cd-burn application in Ubuntu, called Brasero, actually has a build-in CV Cover printer.
It will fill the cover with the data from the project. For music this would be the tracklisting. For files this would be the file-listing, etc.
There's also Kover, disc-cover, and CDcover that might work for you. They're all in the repos.
What was the problem with glabels ? Any specific feature you're looking for ?
You could also try Koverartist


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Ozark, AL - Police have been investigating this robbery for about a week and a half. Now they are releasing surveillance video with hopes someone will recognize the suspect.
The robbery happened Saturday, December 22 around 8 p.m. Police say a black man entered the Shell Station at that intersection of Deese Road and Highway 231 in Ozark.
The cashier said he tried to purchase a piece of candy, and when the cash register was opened he pulled a gun out and demanded money.
The suspect is believed to be in his early to mid 20's. His face was uncovered.
A couple of things to notice on the suspect: he was wearing a long gold chain and hat with ear flaps. Police say these types of details usually help identify a suspect.
This case is a priority to the Wiregrass Violent Crimes Tax Force.
"Not only just to solve the crime, but you had an innocent person who had a gun put in their face. Not only that, but you have a lot of businesses that get nervous, especially this time of year," said Captain Marlos Walker.
Although no one was inside, there was someone at a gas pump. That person saw the suspect leave in a tan or beige 4 door sedan traveling towards Dothan.
A reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest.
if you have any information you are urged to call theWiregrass Violent Crimes Tax Force at 334-774-5111.


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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 is a mobile phone operating system. Questions having this tag refer to the User Experience of the Windows Phone 7.
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There are five areas which this resource supports.
The resource recognises that you, the pupil, are a 'Digital Native' and probably have the highest level of IT skill within your family group. This resource should be able to help you teach some of those great IT skills to your family members.


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Taking tori in symmetric products and "miraculously" proving that the Floer homology is independent of choices always seemed, well, miraculous. Some time ago Max Lipyanski explained to me the origins of this construction from gauge theory on surfaces, a la Atiyah-Floer conjecture, which I have then forgotten. What is the origin of Heegard Floer?
I think the crude answer is that there is (or maybe just should be) an extended 4 dimensional TQFT that assigns the Fukaya category of a symmetric product to a surface, and the usual Heegard-Floer Lagrangian to a 3 manifold. So, the usual definition of Heegard-Floer is the gluing formula for a Heegard splitting, and invariance is no miracle at all.
From Szabo's delightfully understated response (pdf) to receiving the Veblen prize:
Of course, if one believes that Heegaard Floer homology is somehow the limit of monopole Floer homology as one degenerates the metric in some way that depends on the Heegaard diagram, then the independence of Heegaard Floer homology from the Heegaard diagram would fall out from the metric-independence of monopole Floer homology. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find references that give any sort of precise picture of how Ozsvath and Szabo came to think that this should be the case (though it might have been a baby analogue of the picture in this paper (pdf) by Yi-Jen Lee, written a few years later).
It perhaps bears mentioning that Heegaard Floer homology wasn't the first invariant that Ozsvath and Szabo constructed based on thinking about the interaction of the Seiberg-Witten equations with a Heegaard diagram--these papers, which extract an invariant from the theta-divisor of the Heegaard surface, appear to have been based on thinking about what happens to the Seiberg-Witten equations when one has a neck Sx[-T,T] (S is the Heegaard surface) with the metric on S at t=-T itself having long cylinders over the compressing circles for one handlebody, while the metric on S at t=T has long cylinders over the compressing circles for the other handlebody.
I'm far away from being an expert, but I think the Heegaard Floer homology was invented by Peter Ozsváth and Zoltán Szabó, so I would recommend the following link to you: click me
If this Introduction is not enough, you should perhaps read "the original work" (in fact the Heegard Floer homology was developed in a long series of papers): P. S. Ozsváth and Z. Szabó. Holomorphic disks and topological invariants for closed three-manifolds. To appear in Annals of Math., math.SG/0101206.
EDIT: Perhaps the Introduction of the book Floer homology, gauge theory, and low-dimensional topology is useful if you are interested in the motivation of Heegard Floer homology.


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I have two HDDs.
- First HDD has four partitions with Windows XP in the first partition
- Second has two partitions and 15GB unallocated space.
I tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in the second HDD by using Unallocated space.
I tried for 6 times. Each time it got installed, but after first restart, it directly boots Windows XP in the first HDD and no boot options appear. Every time I found that the Ubuntu installation used unallocated space and made two partitions one EXT3 and other Linux swap.
I don't know what went wrong. During Installation, Ubuntu detected Windows XP. Can anybody help me?


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Soccer Programs Earn NSCAA Team Academic Award
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MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University men's and women's soccer programs have been recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America with the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 2012-13 academic year.
This marks the fifth consecutive year both programs have been honored and the 16th time overall that the women have earned the award.
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In the past, SharePoint development has been a scary proposition for developers with complex concepts, onerous machine requirements & ad hoc processes for end-to-end development. Times have changed with the release of SharePoint 2013, which introduces a new app model built on open web standards so that your team doesn't need to be SharePoint experts. With Office 365 developer sites, your team can now develop directly against the cloud. In this session, you will learn the key concepts needed to develop apps for SharePoint and how to integrate these into your existing Dev-Ops cycle whether it is on-premises or in the cloud.
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Samsung sets record-high profit on mobile momentum
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(AP) SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung Electronics Co. says its first-quarter net income jumped 42 percent over a year earlier to a record high thanks to robust smartphone sales even during a typically slow season for the electronics market.
The world's largest smartphone maker said Friday its net income reached 7.2 trillion won ($6.5 billion) in the first three months of 2013, compared with 5 trillion won a year earlier.
The figure marks a 2 percent increase from the previous quarter and a surprise. Analysts expected Samsung to report lower profit than the fourth quarter because demand typically slows.
Samsung says demand for the Galaxy S III smartphones and the Galaxy Note devices shored up profit.
Sales rose 17 percent to 52.9 trillion won. Operating profit was up 54 percent to 8.8 trillion won.
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2010 City of Woodland Engineering Standards: Design Standards, Standard Details, and Construction Specifications Last updated December 2011
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PDF version is available below for download:
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Use the following file if you have the 2010 version plus Addendums No. 1 & 2 and desire to swap out changes:
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Quillen's original definition of a model category included noncanonical factorization axioms, one being that any map can be factored into a cofibration followed by an acyclic fibration. More recent references have strengthened this axiom by assuming that this is actually a functorial factorization.
If you take a "classical" model category (not exactly in Quillen's sense - I would still like to assume that it has all small limits and colimits), it becomes natural to ask whether it has such a functorial factorization. More, one might wonder how canonical this factorization is, even just on the level of objects.
So in this situation, let's say that we have either:
- a very large category whose objects are "factorization functors", and whose morphisms are natural transformations between them (of necessity natural weak equivalences), or
- a very large category whose objects are functorial cofibrant replacements for objects, and whose morphisms are again natural weak equivalences.
Are there easy examples where these categories are empty?
Are there examples where they are nonempty, but the functorial factorization is "noncanonical" in the sense that the category of factorizations is noncontractible? Does this category of factorizations become contractible under stronger assumptions (such as cofibrant generation)?
Added later: It turns out that the question of homotopy type has a boring answer (and, embarassingly, one answerable by the standard techniques). Let's suppose we have one factorization functor $F$, so that any arrow $g:x \to y$ factors canonically as $$x \stackrel{c(g)}{\to} F(g) \stackrel{f(g)}{\to} y.$$ Then, naturally associated to any other such functor $G$, we get a third replacement functor abusively written as $G \circ F$, obtained by applying $G$ to the map $c(g)$; this gives a factorization $$x \to (G\circ F)(g) \to F(g) \to y$$ and the first map, together with the composite of the latter two maps, gives a new factorization.
There are natural transformations of factorization functors $F \leftarrow G \circ F \rightarrow G$, and this is natural in $G$; this provides a two-step homotopy contracting the space of factorization functors down to the constant $F$.
(However, the responses to the first question have already informed me quite a bit!)


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Is there any work on defining something analogous to a generalized function for functions whose domain is a Hilbert or Banach space? Is there an extension of the notion of Frechet/Hadamard/Gateaux derivatives that somehow resembles the theory of distributions? I am hoping to take something like a Taylor expansion of a non-differentiable function from a Hilbert space to the real line.
There is a substantial literature on spaces of distributions on infinite dimensional spaces, in particular function spaces, so much so that there is a subsection of the AMS classification scheme devoted to it (35R15). This might be relevant for your question. Related subjects can be found in 46G. This work is mainly motivated by questions in quantum theory, especially quantum field theory. A possible starting point would be the work of Y.M. Berezanskii, e.g., his monograph "Self-adjoint operators in spaces of functions in infinitely many dimensiona".
Yes there is a notion of generalised function in infinite dimensions, see http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/White_noise_analysis and the references contained therein. These functions are called "Hida distributions".


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Is there a way to set the default Mathematica version? I would like to run both versions 7 and 8 (on a Win7 PC), but when version 8 is installed it takes priority. Clicking on a notebook automatically opens in version 8. What can I set to make version 7 the default?
Yes, you can. There is undocumented FE command-line option
Before proceeding, I should point out that modifyng the system registry is potentially dangerous operation and doing it in a wrong way may cause damage of your system.
I do not have MMa 7 installed but the following is the contents of a .reg file which associates MMa files with Mathematica 5.2 installed in the default location (I used it and it works perfect):
Copy the cited text, paste it into Notepad and save with "reg" extension, then run it. Choose "Yes" to apply changes when the dialog window appear.
For switching backward to MMa 8.0.4 you can use the following .reg-file:
As for changing .nb-files association to Mathematica 7.0.0 (note that for version 7.0.1 it should be changed accordingly), the following .reg-file should work (but I cannot check it because have no version 7 installed):
Note also that it is recommended to set the global FE option
For anyone who wish to switch Mathematica's files associations between installed versions 8.0.4 (188.8.131.5215665) and 9.0.0 (184.108.40.20668239) here are two ready-to-use Windows .reg-files. (They also disable the splash screen and make launching of Mathematica faster.)
For switching to the version 184.108.40.20615665:
For switching to the version 184.108.40.20668239:
The only difference between the above two files is replacement "184.108.40.20615665" with "220.127.116.1168239". Checked under Windows XP SP3.


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- This course will provide rehabilitation sciences students with the opportunity to thoroughly examine the structure and function of the human nervous system with emphasis on functional considerations related to clinical practice. This course will include a study of microscopic and macroscopic anatomical components of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems with emphasis on the organization of functional systems. The neurophysiological principles which are related to neural transmission and function of the various structures and systems will also be examined. Signs and symptoms related to various pathological conditions affecting the nervous system will be emphasized and students will be expected to correlate the clinical manifestations with the anatomical location of the pathology. This course requires a password to enter. For more information, please contact the course instructor (Ms. Lisa Saladin).


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This might sound vague, but I think the question is pretty simple:
If I have never had a habit of reading books in my life (as some people grew up with) and I am now in my twenties, how can I start to develop a book reading habit? I'm smart, I love ideas, and I was an outstanding student in school. But even in school I didn't do much reading.
To be more specific just as an example, let's say I would like to read books on Chinese philosophy, environmentalism, and communitarian architecture (a la Christopher Alexander)...
How can I avoid all the distractions that take me away from reading start to finish? The most successful strategy I've found thus far is to: read the text out loud to myself.


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aka Ice Man
Founder, Cake Man Raven Confectionery
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Raven Patrick De'Sean Dennis, III, grandson of the late Mrs. Evelyn Nowlin Murrelle, son of the late Raven Dennis, Jr. and Mrs. Ruth Murrelle Dennis, currently resides in Linden, New Jersey.
A native of Harlem, New York, a young Raven "Cake Man" Dennis, III, dreamed of going south to grandma's house and soon his dreams were fulfilled. At the age of four, he wanted to do everything he could to stay outside. Striving to be like grandma, Raven grew flowers and vegetables, and made mud pies and mud cakes, while his grandmother baked and cooked family dinners. At nine, he made his first cake and at 13, sold his first creation: two coconut pies to his elementary school teacher Gloria Bowman for $5.00, which currently sell for $16.00 in his Brooklyn Confectionery.
During his years in high school, his talents in pastry arts allowed him to win cake shows and compe¬titions all over South Carolina. Soon his high school teacher introduced him to Marketing & Distributive Education Clubs of Americas, where he competed in the area of entrepreneurship. His business plan won the top state award in 1984 and 1985.
While holding the title of Mr. South Carolina, he then went on to the national competition in Kansas City in 1984, and received honors in the San Francisco finals in 1985. Raven returned with top hon¬ors and a scholarship.
After graduation from Mt. Pleasant High School, he carried the name "cake boy," later maturing to Cake "Man" Raven, a name given to him by the local newspaper, The Lee County Messenger.
He continued his education at Johnson & Wales University and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Holding his South Carolina business cards in pocket, which simply read "All Occasion Cakes," he aspired to go to Cornell University for graduate school, but when his grandmother died in December 1989, his plans were shattered. He returned to Johnson & Wales in 1998 to pursue a Masters Degree in Education while working as an Admissions Officer for Johnson & Wales and as an undergraduate advisor of the Lambda XI chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
During this period throughout college, Raven worked at the New York Hilton Hotel as a room service waiter and later became night captain. During the dayshift, he worked at Georgeson's on Wall Street in a stock brokerage firm. After finding that numbers were not his forte, he returned to making wedding and special occasion cakes.
In addition to his travels in "Cakedom," there is yet an untold story; he is also called "Ice Man." He has carved ice in the historical World Trade Center's Windows on the World. He created ice carvings for the Grammy Awards from 1986 to 1988. He also worked with International Management Group as a corporate dining room manager. Amidst the turmoil, Raven decided that he would bake full-time in his apartment until he was able to rent a storefront or purchase a building.
In December of 1991, a reporter wrote an article on the Cake Man calling him "Harlem Cake Man Raven." Within the same week, CBS Weekend news called, and filmed a program on the cakes called "The Rage in Harlem." Raven's experiences in the south created the training that enabled him to travel the world with his cake creations. He has created cakes in eighteen states and four countries worldwide. The year 2000 brought tragedy to "Cake Man's" life when his father died. However, the darkness soon turned to light. Raven transitioned into his life's goal of owning a full-service bakery and confectionery, obtaining a space at 708 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, which has been the official home of "Southern Red Velvet Cake," a thriving business for the past four years. The signature cake, the Red Velvet, has been sent to Japan for Thanksgiving; Manchester & London for Valentines Day; and Hong Kong on tour with a local dance company. The Grammy Awards, Espy Awards, Daytime Emmys, Apollo Hall of Fame and Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, have all been the back drop for his creations.
Cake Man prays that God will continue to bless him in his business, community and life endeavors.
Greatest Cake Moment
When Patti Labelle licked her purple shoe-shaped 50th Birthday Cake.
Greatest Accomplishment
Celebrating his 20th Year Anniversary at Florence Civic Center on October 7, 2001, and thanking his first customers one-by-one.
Worst Moment
Receiving the news of the passing of his grandmother while serving the late vice president Spiro Agnew's planning committee luncheon.
Cake's Motto
"If I can help somebody along the way then my life shall not be in vain."
Word to the Wise
Hold on to your senior elders in life. Their lessons will be your homework to answer life's greatest question: "How shall I live?"
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Low Rider of Young Buck Quinti
Christian Dior Bag for Mary J. Blige
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Columbia University's Lowe Library
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David Dinkins' 77th Birthday
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I want to use the
beamer package with a white on black style to create presentations. I included a simple switch to choose black on white for printout. Is there any possibility to also invert the colors of included graphics (maybe only black on white) or define some substitution rules for colors in included graphics?
I want to use the
If you use PNG or another bitmap file, you can preprocess your file with Imagemagick.
This also works for PDFs. However, the vector data is rasterised and that's not what you aim for.
You can preprocess the file with inkscape. Load the pdf file, then select Extensions → Colour → Negative, and the paper size of the size of your imported PDF. This yields a non-rasterised, inverted PDF.
If you use METAPOST to generate graphics, then you can use metafun to change the color. See Section 8.5 of the metafun manual, which has an example of converting a colored image to black and white at the end of the section (on page 205).
Not a LaTeX solution but AFAIK FoxIt Reader can change colors at the preferences:


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Advantage Hunting 4-Man Condo Deluxe Full Door Blind
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The Advantage Hunting 4-Man Condo Deluxe Full Door Blind features a patented scent-proof design great for gun/bow hunting on the ground or platform. This lightweight blind offers a through-bolt design with interlocking corners, weather and bug resistant, tinted polycarbonate window, tinted corner viewing windows for 360 View, gasketed full-size door with keyed locking door handle and carpeted 3/4" pressure-treated plywood floor.
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Hi Nick, I don't know if is in dvelopment a such panohead but I think worth posting here some considerations, kind of wish list, maybe other to contribute as well.
I think a panohead ring lens type but to allow arbitrarry and with detent plungers tilting preserving the NPP and arbitrary and dettent plunger rolling (i.e.) to allow rolling quick from portrait to landscape but with dettent plunger for 0¬? 30¬? 60¬? 90¬? positions.
Personally I hope for a camera with round sensor but I saw that you are lessen way better than the camera manufacturers and the rolling on the fly will be very good way to use the 8 .. 10 mm fish eyes on crop cameras and even on FF (zoom fish eyes) according with the scene or technique.
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Amici - A Man for all seasons
With bolts of lightening and teeming rain, race two was started under the Safety Car as the conditions at the hot and humid Spa circuit quickly changed in the minutes prior to the start. After two laps, the race proper got underway as the Safety Car left the track, with Andrea Amici, Adrian Zaugg and Leonardo Geraci edging away from the rest of the field in the first few racing laps.
The form followed much the same initial course as race one, with the two leading cars opening up a gap, albeit this time it was Amici in front, with Zaugg making the chase. Visibility in the spray was forcing drivers to keep gaps, but Zaugg, keen to employ his race strategy of taking a decent time advantage to the pit window, was urgently trying to find away past Amici for the lead.
Behind the leading pack, a man on the march in the wet conditions was another Imperiale driver, Andrea Palma, who was clearly relishing the blend of the weather and the demands of the 7km Spa circuit. Having started the race in 9th, within a handful of laps had found his way into fifth place with a series of audacious overtaking moves.
Leonardo Geraci held station in third, but all eyes were on Richard Chlad, who after a confident job in race one, was holding fourth place in spite of the conditions. Immediately behind was the ever-present Cédric Leimer and Fabian Hamprecht.
With a shortened first stint as a result of the Safety Car, Zaugg eventually found his way past Amici on lap 5 to take the race lead, but one lap later, the pit window opened. Consistent with the different strategies they employed in yesterday's race, Amici elected to box early, while Zaugg pressed on, eager to build a cushion to pass on to his team-mate.
As the race approached the halfway stage, a brightening horizon suggested drier conditions might prevail, especially with warm ambient temperatures that would allow the track to dry quickly. In the event, however, it was a brief interlude as more rain arrived and remained falling until the end of the race.
By the time the pit window had closed, Zaugg's team-mate Federico De Nora emerged in the lead, but only by a small margin of around 3 seconds. Amici immediately set about closing down the advantage and by lap 10, the Italian was once again at the head of the field. De Nora progressively slipped into the grasp of Geraci, Chlad and Leimer in the challenging conditions.
Behind the leaders, Composit Motorsport's Alberto Viberti was also having a storming race in the wet, having advanced six positions to 6th overall as the clock counted down the final ten minutes of race.
The focus turned to the midfield just behind Viberti, with a closely bunched tussle between Palma's team-mate, Roberto Tanca, series leading amateur driver, Laurent Jenny and Fabian Hamprecht.
As the flag fell, Viberti held a comfortable lead amongst this group to finish 5th, followed by Fabian Hamprecht who had also managed to pass De Nora for 6th, and Laurent Jenny finished in 8th. The #27 car of Palma/Tanca was unable to sustain its early form and succumbed to Fran Bugliotti, who took 9th place.
However, the racing was not concluded as in the final stages of the race Cédric Leimer had been pressing Richard Chlad hard for the final podium place. On the last corner of the last lap, Leimer spun as a mark of his strenuous efforts to overcome the young Czech driver. Amici took a double race win at Spa, followed by Leonardo Geraci and Richard Chlad was third and winner in the Amateur category, with Leimer in fourth place.
Cédric Leimer, with 92 points, takes an 11 point advantage into the final pair of races in Germany, with a further 30 points available in the two races at the Nürburgring in September. Andrea Amici has 81 points, and Leonardo Geraci's second place today means that he is tieing with Adrian Zaugg/Federica De Nora on 74 points. All three crews retain title potential.
In the Amateur championship, Laurent Jenny retains a healthy 24 point lead over Bonaldi Motorsport's Mirko Zanardini and AutoVitesse Garage R. Affolter lead both teams' points tables, although they only hold a solitary one point lead in the PRO-AM team series.
The final round of the 2013 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo European season takes place at the Nürburgring on the 21st & 22nd of September.
Driver Quotes
P1 Andrea Amici #54, Autocarrozzeria Imperiale
"It was a great race today, it all started well and I managed to stay ahead of Adrian, but he got the better of me just before the pit window, but I pitted very early and came out at the front. In the second stint, Geraci was on my heels all the way to the flag, which was a little unnerving, but I managed to stay ahead, thank God. The result has taken me to 2nd in the championship , just 11 points behind."
P2 Leonardo Geraci #69, Touring Auto 2000 SRL
"The weekend didn't start so well with qualifying, but the race this morning was very good. Amici and I were very close, especially in the second half of the race and I really enjoy battling with him on a great track like Spa. So hopefully we can progress another stage and move to a win at the Nürburgring."
P3 Richard Chlad #99, Gravity Charouz Team (1st Amateur)
"Today was even better than yesterday, it feels amazing. It's my first time in Spa, but I really enjoyed driving in the wet, I actually find it more relaxing than racing in the dry as with the rain you get that extra possibility of moving to the front. I can see why this track is legendary because after you have driven here, you will never see other tracks in the same way again."
P5 Alberto Viberti #47, Composit Motorsport (2nd Amateur)
"It is my first podium and my first race driving on my own and I'm thrilled. Race 1 didn't go so well for us so it is great to end the weekend on such a good note. It was very emotional to race here on this track, but it took some time to get to know the circuit for the first time and find the finesse it demanded, but ultimately it was fantastic."


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(CBS News) Not getting a good night's rest may be negatively affecting your love life.
A UC Berkeley study shows that poor sleeping habits may lead to couples feeling unappreciated. Often times, not getting the required amount of shut eye can leave people "too tired to say thanks."
"Poor sleep may make us more selfish as we prioritize our own needs over our partner's," Amie Gordon, a UC Berkeley psychologist and lead investigator of the study, said in a press release.
The National Sleep Foundation said that adults need at least seven to nine hours of sleep. Lack of sleep can lead to increased risks of motor vehicle accidents, obesity, diabetes, heart problems and psychiatric conditions. It can also decrease a person's ability to pay attention, remember or react to stimuli.
More than 60 couples between the ages of 18 to 56 were enrolled in two experiments for the study. In the first task, couples were asked to keep a journal about their sleep patterns and write how they thought the quality of their sleep affected how they felt about their significant other. The second task required couples to be video taped while they did problem-solving tasks.
Both experiments showed that people who had a bad night's sleep the day before were less appreciative towards their partner. The study did not prove that sleep had any affect on attitude, but just that the two events were associated with each other.
In order to combat the bad mood, Gordon suggested that people should make a conscious effort to show gratitude.
"Make sure to say 'thanks' when your partner does something nice," Gordon said. "Let them know you appreciate them."
The study's findings were presented on Jan. 19 at the Society for Personality and Social Psychologists annual meeting in New Orleans.
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The Esri help topic on this is incomplete. From the number of threads I found troubleshooting this I'm not the only one experiencing difficulties. I've opened a tech support issue, but am still waiting for a response. Perhaps GIS.se is faster?
I have installed the VBA sdk kit from
%install_media%\ArcGIS Desktop 10\SDK_VBA.
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Under Desktop > Availability VBA is listed as installed but not authorized.
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Ten Lectures on the Use of Formulas from the Personal Experience of Jiao Shu De (9780912111759)
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Ten Lecutures on the Use of Chinese Formulas, like Prof. Jiao's Ten Lectures on the Use of Chinese Medicinals is read by virtually every student of Chinese medicine in China. Prof. Jiao is not only a nationally-recognized master but also a teacher and author whose works are considered essential for the aspiring Chinese physician. Jiao Shu-De's theories and extensive knowledge of Chinese medicinals culminate in these lectures on formulas. Here Prof. Jiao moves beyond theory and provides us with the most practical and obtainable information for use in everyday clinical situations. Those who apply Jiao's knowledge to their own patients find the results to be outstanding. His work is an essential guide for answering the questions and solving the problems that clinicians face in everyday practice.
Jiao has compiled over 200 commonly used traditional formulas and has further added several dozen formulas from his own experience. This information is set out as ten Lectures, which follow this outline: Lecture 1 covers issues that one must pay attention to in clinically applying formulas. Lecture 2 discusses formulas that treat the qi, rectify the blood, and supplement and nurture. Lecture 3 discusses dispersing formulas, harmonizing formulas, and formulas that simultaneously treat the exterior and interior. Lecture 4 discusses wind-expelling formulas, cold-expelling formulas, and damp-expelling formulas. While Lecture 5 is about formulas that clear fire, disperse summerheat, and moisten dryness, Lecture 6 discusses phlegm-eliminating formulas, abductive-dispersing formulas, and offensive-precipitation formulas. Lecture 7 discusses ejecting formulas, astringing and securing formulas, and insect-killing formulas; Lecture 8 discusses heavy-settling formulas, toxin-resolving formulas, and cancer-preventing formulas; and Lecture 9 discusses commonly used gynecological and pediatric formulas. Lecture 10 introduces a few of Jiao�s own empirical formulas.
As you read this book you feel as though murky clouds of miscomprehension have been pulled from your mind. The cogency of the information and the clarity with which it is presented make it a remarkable resource for student, clinician, and instructor alike.
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