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Democrats and the IRS
Chuck Schumer wanted the agency to probe tax-exempt political groups.
President Obama fired acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on Wednesday, two days after claiming it was an "independent" agency. That was certainly a rapid re-education. But Mr. Miller shouldn't be the only fall guy, because the 54-page report released Tuesday by the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration makes clear that the tax agency tried to quash the political speech of groups opposed to Democrats during a Presidential election.
Beginning in early 2010, the report says, IRS officials in Cincinnati began using "inappropriate criteria that identified for review Tea Party and other organizations applying for tax-exempt status based upon their names or policy positions instead of indications of potential political campaign intervention." The Cincinnati workers also developed a spreadsheet that was dubbed "Be On The Look Out" with key words to target conservative groups.
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Over the next 18 months those groups found their applications delayed, and they were served with aggressive and burdensome questionnaires as part of the process of applying for tax-exempt status. Of the 170 groups that got requests for extra information, the Treasury report finds that 98 or 58% of the requests were unnecessary.
IRS defenders have said in recent days that the operation wasn't really partisan because tea party and similar groups only made up a third of all groups flagged for additional scrutiny. But according to the report, "all cases with Tea Party, Patriots, or 9/12 in their names were forwarded to the team of specialists" (our emphasis). Of the 296 applications that were selected as "potential political cases," 91 of them, or 31%, were selected for scrutiny even though they showed no evidence of major political campaign activity.
Once they were selected, the report confirms they were slow-tracked: While a few applications got attention, the vast majority sat interminably as the 2012 campaign rolled on. According to the report, "No work was completed on the majority of these applications for 13 months." And "all applications that were forwarded to the team of specialists experienced substantial delays in processing." The political cases took the IRS some 574 days on average to process compared to 238 days for other nonprofit applications.
Those delays effectively sidelined the political activity of groups that would have opposed the re-election of President Obama and other Democratic priorities. The report acknowledges that "For I.R.C. § 501(c)(3) organizations, this means that potential donors and grantors could be reluctant to provide donations or grants. In addition, some organizations withdrew their applications and others may not have begun conducting planned charitable or social welfare work."
It's no surprise, then, that Democrats have been angling to blame all this on the Supreme Court's 2010 decision to allow more independent campaign spending. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi responded to the scandal by saying that "We must overturn Citizens United, which has exacerbated the challenges posed by some of these so-called 'social welfare' organizations." So a Supreme Court decision justifies selective tax enforcement?
Ms. Pelosi's remarks are revealing because they underscore that Democratic agitation to restrict political speech may have driven this IRS dragnet. In a September 2010 letter to then-IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman, Montana Senator Max Baucus encouraged the IRS to investigate the use of nonprofit status by conservative groups. Noting media reports on conservative groups like Crossroads GPS, American Action Network and Americans for Job Security, Mr. Baucus wrote that there are "serious questions about whether such organizations are operating in compliance with the Internal Revenue Code."
In March 2012, New York Senator Chuck Schumer and six other Democrats signed a letter demanding that the IRS put a "cap" on spending by nonprofits or face legislation. In the meantime, they wrote, the groups should be forced to "show their math" to prove that they deserve the tax-exempt status they are applying for. "The IRS should already possess the authority to issue immediate guidance on this matter," the Senators wrote.
Before he was fired Wednesday, Mr. Miller, the acting IRS commissioner identified two "rogue" Cincinnati workers as the puppeteers behind the overly "aggressive" enforcement. But don't be surprised if they thought they were merely following the direction of Senate Democrats.
Whether these T-men were dumb or ambitious, count us skeptical that the buck stops there. The report blames much of the debacle on inefficient management or inadequate oversight of low-level workers. But IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner has years of experience that include 20 years at the Federal Election Commission, including as Acting General Counsel.
The report also lobs some softballs that deserve follow-ups. On page 7, the report notes that "We asked the Acting Commissioner, Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division; the Director, EO; and Determinations Unit personnel if the criteria were influenced by any individual or organization outside the IRS. All of these officials stated that the criteria were not influenced by any individual or organization outside the IRS." So, that's it? Let's get that one answered under oath.
An IRS culture of politicized enforcement has shown up elsewhere too. The ProPublica website said recently that in 2012 the Cincinnati IRS gave it the confidential nonprofit applications of nine conservative groups, of which ProPublica later published six. The ProPublica reports were exploring the theme that Ms. Pelosi and Democrats sounded on tax-exemptions and political spending.
These leaks are an abuse of power. By all means let's hear from the folks in Cincinnati, but the idea that conservative group tax-exemptions should be targeted also has a Washington pedigree.

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text: Guide to Choosing Heart-healthy Snacks By Kary Woodruff April 10, 2014 Earlier today I had the opportunity to host a webcast on heart-healthy grocery shopping and dining out. One of the questions submitted by one of the MyHeart Challenge: Play at Home Edition contestants was, "During the week I often grab granola bars, crackers, pretzels for snacks. I'm realizing that I'm eating too many carbs. What are some healthy alternatives I can buy to grab when I'm on the go?" Here are some great tips for snacking on the go. Read More


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This script at openstreetmap shows how one can use google's Satellite view as a layer on top of others.
I noticed that to do so, one does not need to supply any
API key. Does that mean that there are no limitation to the number of satellite views requests one can do?
In my case, I would like to use leaflet to display layers from both mapbox and google's Satellite view. But the cost of using the later is unclear!
I hope I made my point clear enough!
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Now that people can barely even remember anything that happened during the London Olympics, the world is ready to start getting excited about spending 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Accordingly, the Brazilian Olympic Committee has just released the theme song for the Rio Games.
The Hollywood Reporter describes the song as "a samba-funk anthem." It's titled "The Gods of Olympus Visit Rio de Janeiro" (Os Deuses do Olimpo Visitam o Rio de Janeiro in the language of supermodels).
The music video apparently depicts Apollo, Poseidon, Hercules, and Aphrodite just hanging around Rio because they love it, though the actors portraying them only resemble gods in as much as normal Brazilians resemble gods. No one is wearing gladiator sandals.
All in all, the tune is way more chill and fun than Muse's terrifying "Survival" anthem for London, just like how everything that happens in Rio de Janeiro is way more chill and fun than anything that happens in London. (Except for favela violence.)


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In addition to an outdoor pool, Boulan South Beach provides a private beach club, a health club, a spa tub, and a fitness facility. High-speed wireless Internet access is available at a surcharge. This Art Deco condo property also offers a rooftop terrace, valet parking, and a concierge desk. Limo/town car service, wedding services, tour/ticket assistance, and translation services can be provided. Onsite parking is available (surcharge). The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
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- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
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- Deposit: USD 150.00 per day (for stays between 1 January - 31 December)
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Oral Diseases, Dental Emergencies, and Patient Education
Oral Diseases, Dental Emergencies, and Patient Education
Event Date: Friday, March 28, 2014 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
HRSA/HAB is convening a two-part webinar series to support its curriculum Integrating Oral Health Care in HIV Primary Care Settings: A Guide to Oral Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS. The curriculum is designed to assist primary care providers—including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and case managers—with the information they need to recognize and manage oral health and disease for people living with HIV/AIDS. The curriculum has five chapters: oral health and oral screening; oral diseases; dental emergencies; dental management and patient education.
Part 2: Oral Diseases, Dental Emergencies, and Patient Education
Learning Objectives
- Recognize common oral diseases seen in association with HIV disease.
- Understand the difference and significance of emergency dental needs vs. routine dental care.
- Be aware of when and what dental care could be started in the medical office.
- Discuss oral health education with patients.
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- Part 1: Introduction to Oral Health: Oral Screening and Dental Management
- March 7, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET
Following the presentations, the webcasts will be archived on the TARGET Center website for future viewing. For more information, please contact CDR Mahyar Mofidi, DMD, PhD.


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Oklahoma May Jettison Common Core
School Choice Weekly #39
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has until Saturday, June 7 to sign or veto a bill to pull the state from national testing and curriculum mandates. If she does nothing with it, the measure will be effectively vetoed.
The governor, once a strong public supporter of the Common Core mandates, has been subject to public and private pressure regarding the bill. Reports say she's met privately with emissaries on Common Core's behalf from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and with folks who have opposed it nationwide. Grassroots activists in Oklahoma and across the country delivered an 8,000-signature petition asking the governor to sign the bill.
The moms and dads who demanded that Oklahoma reject mediocre academic benchmarks also learned from Indiana's Common Core rebrand: The legislation on Fallin's desk requires the state to compare its new academic benchmarks to Common Core to ensure they are substantially different. It also requires the replacement standards be approved by the state legislature. These people aren't taking any chances.
They're right to be wary of the wily education establishment, which co-opts almost every reform idea thrown at it. That's why removing Common Core is just a first step towards education freedom. If power over education remains concentrated in the hands of a few powerful people, coercive, nonsensical initiatives like Common Core will continue to roll down the pike. If that power is diffused and relinquished to thousands or millions of people--such as parents and teachers--it will be far less easy for Common Core 2.0 or 3.0 to spawn, and far less likely to consume so much of education so quickly.
MORE INFORMATION: Oklahoma Watchdog, Washington Post
- COLORADO: The state supreme court has heard the first oral arguments in a case against the nation's first district-run voucher program. The ruling could come as late as next spring.
- ALABAMA: A judge rules that kids zoned into failing schools cannot leave for better schools using vouchers.
- MISSOURI: The governor says he will veto a bill that would, among other things, let kids trapped in St. Louis's unaccredited schools take their education money to non-religious private schools.
- LOUISIANA: In New Orleans, the remaining five traditional public schools have closed for good. Starting this fall, it will be the nation's first all-charter-school district.
- CHOICE: School choice laws increase government interference in private schools, a new report finds. Private school regulations also increase each subsequent year after enacting a choice program.
- NORTH CAROLINA: A bill to replace Common Core has passed the House Education Committee 27–16. The bill would require the state to study alternatives and preclude Common Core remaining as-is.
- ARIZONA: The state will drop national Common Core tests because it adopted them in violation of a state law requiring open bidding for government contracts. It will consider national Common Core tests during the bidding process.
- NEW YORK: Sixth graders want to be paid for being forced to take a Common Core test that doesn't benefit them.
- DATA: Federal regulators seek to stop a bankrupt company from selling student data. Currently, students have few such privacy protections.
- PENSIONS: Most teachers receive less in pension benefits than they paid in. The contributions they made but don't get go to administrators and career teachers.
- CALIFORNIA: A lawsuit to get poor kids better teachers is a bad idea because it would make precedent for anyone to force schools to do almost anything.
- HANDWRITING: Writing by hand helps you learn better than if you type on a computer, studies say. Cursive is especially good, particularly for kids with disabilities such as dyslexia.
- SCHOOL LUNCH: Michelle Obama's new school lunch rules have become a fiasco, the Wall Street Journal says.
Thank you for reading! If you need a quicker fix of news about school choice, you can find daily updates online under the Ed News Roundup at http://news.heartland.org/education.


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STEUBENVILLE -The statewide director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence said this morning comments made by tennis star Serena Williams are typical in today's culture where blame is often placed on victims of sexual assault.
Williams was interviewed by a Rolling Stone magazine writer in March when the trial was taking place for two teens who had been charged in an August rape of a 16-year-old Weirton teen.
Trent Mays, 17, of Bloomingdale and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, of Steubenville were found delinquent of rape following a trial in March before visiting Judge Thomas Lipps. Mays also was found delinquent of possessing a naked picture of the victim and sending it to others on his cell phone.
Williams said during the interview that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape case, "she shouldn't have put herself in that position."
The comment was made in one paragraph of a lengthy story posted online Tuesday about Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam title winner who is ranked No. 1 heading into Wimbledon, which starts next week.
Katie Hanna of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence said the attitude still exists today that it is appropriate to place blame on the victim of a rape or sexual assault.
"We need to keep the focus on the perpetrators. It is a crime. She wasn't responsible for what happened," Hanna said.
Hanna said the victim was drinking and it is wrong to place the blame on her.
"You can't continue to place blame on the victim for a crime committed against her," Hanna said.
She said more education needs to be done to show support for victims of sexual assault. Without that, it will be difficult for the victims to come forward, she added.
According to the Rolling Stone story, Williams said the perpetrators of the crime "did something stupid," and she asks: "Do you think it was fair, what they got?"
She adds, "I'm not blaming the girl, but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like that, your parents should teach you: Don't take drinks from other people."
Williams also is quoted as saying: "... she shouldn't have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that's different."
Williams is in England preparing for Wimbledon. Her agent, who also is in England, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday night.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)


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Second Thoughts: How to Follow Your First Bottle
FIRST IMPRESSIONS matter the most. According to college recruiters, corporate executives and humorist Will Rogers (among others), "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." But what may be true about life is not necessarily true about wine. In fact, I'd argue it's the second bottle that counts most of all (unless it's a second bottle of the same wine—but more on that later).
The first wine prepares the palate—its responsibility is pure refreshment. It's more vinous entertainment than vinous enlightenment. Or as Michael Madrigale, sommelier of Boulud Sud and Bar Boulud, says: "The first bottle is the overture, the second is the crescendo." (That's the way sommeliers talk when their restaurants are located across from Lincoln Center.)
I almost always start with a white wine that doesn't have too much weight, in terms of fruit and oak, but has plenty of acidity. That's why a Chablis is so often my default choice. I might also opt for a minerally Chenin Blanc, or maybe a dry Riesling or Grüner Veltliner. Other common options include that Spanish mainstay, Albariño, as well as Soave, Verdicchio and Vermentino (Italy is particularly fertile ground for first-bottle whites).
If the first bottle is sparkling, it almost always has to be Champagne—most often a simple nonvintage, though occasionally a tête du cuvée (the prestige bottling of a Champagne house). I'll rarely start with a cheap sparkling wine, as it seems like too great a leap to the second, inevitably much better, bottle. It would be like risking the vinous equivalent of the bends, the decompression sickness of deep-sea divers who ascend too quickly from the bottom of the ocean.
When it comes to rosé, I'm of two minds. Many people I know dislike rosé—they think, as one friend of mine does, that rosé signals "cheap." (Never mind how fashionable rosé has become.) But I also find that if I order rosé first, I often want to keep drinking it—there's something so seductive about a good rosé that I've even committed the sin of ordering a second bottle of the same wine.
And it is considered a sin of sorts to order a second of the same. People who drink the same wine twice over the course of a meal are not only displaying a lack of imagination and missing a chance to try something new, they're also probably doing a disservice to the meal. After all, how likely is it that the wine will go as well with the second course as it did with the first?
I feel like there should be a warning posted on wine lists: "Ordering the first bottle twice may be injurious to your wine education." Alas, there are plenty of people guilty of this particular sin. At Tony's in Houston, which happens to have a really good wine list, the restaurant's general manager, Scott Sulma, told me that his customers ordered the same bottle "about 50%" of the time.
Has he noticed any particular patterns? "Cabernet drinkers tend to stay with the same Cabernet more often than anyone," Mr. Sulma said. The people who tended to be the most adventurous were adventurous with both their first and second wines, he noted.
And what about that second wine? What sort of qualities should it possess? According to Aldo Sohm, chef sommelier of Le Bernardin in New York, the second wine should build on or maintain the qualities of the first. Mr. Sohm believes that first and second bottles are equally important, though he noted that the second wine should "evolve" from the first in terms of both complexity and price. My friend Mark, a collector, believes much the same thing—although the last time I ate dinner at his house, he served two wines that I consider second-bottle types, 1998 Soldera Brunello normale and 1998 Soldera Brunello riserva. Both are rare, and both are great wines.
Not that a great second bottle always has to be a great wine. As Mr. Sohm noted, it can also be the proper evolution from the previous bottle. That was the case at a recent dinner with friends at I Trulli restaurant in New York. I asked one of my dining companions, a rosé-avoider, to choose the first bottle. "I like to start with a nice, crisp dry white. I think it should be something that people are comfortable with," my friend opined. "Maybe a Vermentino or a Soave."
Just then, I Trulli's owner and wine director, Nicola Marzovilla, appeared. He suggested starting with a light red. "Why does everyone start with white?" he asked. He had a section of his wine list, entitled Chillable Reds, for this very purpose. Alas, we were all fixed on a white. "Then try something different," said Mr. Marzovilla. "Order a Nosiola instead."
The Nosiola, a Vermentino-like white wine from Trentino, was delicious—light, bright and charming—and a perfect start to the meal. (It also came with a perfect first-bottle price tag of $39. That's another of my first-bottle rules: It should be inexpensive enough that the second bottle can cost a bit more.) We complimented Mr. Marzovilla on his choice.
Did many people order the same wine twice at his restaurant? I asked. Mr. Marzovilla looked horrified by the idea and practically threw up his hands. "Why do people do this?" he asked, addressing the world at large as much as our table. "You wouldn't have salad salad salad for your meal!"
The Nosiola was so delicious and so drinkable, it soon disappeared—too soon, in fact, as our appetizers had just arrived but the bottle was empty. We had two courses to go—would a second bottle see us through, or would we need to plan for a third?
A third bottle presents an altogether different dilemma—and it puts the second bottle into a different category as well. The second bottle, instead of being the crescendo, becomes more of an intermezzo. My friends and I discussed our dilemma. What should the price and character of the second bottle be? Should it be another white or should it be a red? We thought it should be pricier than the first wine but not that much more expensive since we now had to budget for a possible third.
We pored over the wine list, weighing our options. There were attractive Barberas, Dolcettos and other light reds that would pair well with our pastas and provide a good transition to our next possible wine. Mr. Marzovilla reappeared and suggested a Tuscan wine made with grapes grown on his own estate, the 2010 Massoferrato Sangiovese. You'll love it, he said—and at $39, the price was certainly right for a wine that might not be the last of the night. We quickly agreed, and Mr. Marzovilla returned with the wine.
He poured us a taste and we all concurred it was delicious—marked by bright red fruit and a lively acidity. My friend the rosé-hater loved it so much that he declared it was a "Sangiovese by way of Morey-St. Denis," a reference to a famous wine village in Burgundy. As Mr. Marzovilla began filling our glasses, I noticed he wasn't pouring from a regular wine bottle but a liter—a third larger than a standard-size bottle. Our problem was solved. Sometimes a perfect second bottle isn't a matter of evolution, complexity, color or price—sometimes it's simply a matter of size.
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text: Before I crawl into code and start hacking, I thought I'd post a problem I've run into and see if it is currently being addressed. I have build swish-e from CVS on Windows using Cygwin. The good news is that it Just Works: 1. ./configure 2. make (I'm sure "make install" would work too, but I haven't needed to yet). The problem I run into is when I try to spider a site. My swish.conf contains: IndexDir ../prog-bin/spider.pl When I run swish-e under Cygwin, I get: Indexing Data Source: "External-Program" Indexing "./spider.pl" .spider.pl: not found The problem seems, from my brief browse of the code, to be in extprog.c line 161: /* -------------------------------------- */ #ifdef _WIN32 make_windows_path( cmd ); #endif /* -------------------------------------- */ I'm pretty sure that what is happening is that "./spider.pl" is getting converted to ".\spider.pl", which interpreted by the Cygwin environment (a true BASH shell) becomes ".spider.pl" [\s is simply an "s"]. I'm happy to provide a patch, but before I do I want to find out if: (a) I'm on the right path, (b) is anyone actively working on this particular code and (c) does anyone have a solution other than adding more to the #ifdef As for (c), by adding __CYGWIN__ to the #ifdef we create an executable that is usable by Cygwin *or* one that is usable outside of Cygwin. Another option would be to build one executable for WIN32 and offer a flag (or runtime detection) for deciding on whether to convert paths. greg_fenton. ===== Greg Fenton email@example.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.comReceived on Sat May 31 06:20:25 2003


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Is there a technique or software (referably text-based) for tracking a list of side projects?
Side projects, unlike things that "need to be done" or small pleasures, makes a long and complex list. There is never enough time to work on them, and more than often they wait months (or even years) before "the right time comes". In the meantime, often a list of sub-ideas is gathered, or some research is done.
My main goal is to write down projects, so:
- I can release some burden of thinking,
- I won't forget,
- I will see how it works or if there is a progress,
- I will be able to share the list (some, all?).
Their initial stage may vary, as well as importance, and the amount of work that need to be done.
I was thinking about using notes in MarkDown and putting them on Git, but this solution does not allows to sort quickly with respect to importance or freshness (and does not allow to filter, with respect to tags).


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I've created an HTML5 Canvas and JS game that runs great on a desktop or laptop in Chrome (30fps), but on mobile Safari I only get around 8 fps. Are there any simple tips or tricks to increase the framerate?
Unfortunately, the answer is to draw less. I've found the bottleneck with canvas based applications (on any platform, really) is the time it takes to actually draw pixels.
Here are some things to try:
The thing with developing on Chrome is that a) its JavaScript engine (V8) is fast as hell and b) the newest versions (7,8,9) all have some GPU acceleration when it comes to canvas rendering. That coupled with the fact that mobile hardware just isn't as powerful as your desktop/laptop means that it'll be really difficult to get anywhere near the same performance on mobile safari.
I think, for the time being, the best approach might be to target your game at mobile safari from the get go and try and build a game that's not as redraw intensive.
This is a bit of a long shot, but can your game operate on DIV sprites with CSS transforms instead? I say this because I'm getting some wonderful performance with moving things around on iOS devices with CSS transforms and transitions.
These appear to be properly hardware accelerated, with the bizarre caveat that you must use the 3D form for the transforms (i.e. translate3D, rather than translate) for the acceleration to kick in. It's really really buttery smooth, and the iOS browser implementation supports the form where you just set a 16 element float matrix directly, which is very convenient for me.
I'm so impressed with how smooth it ends up being, that I've been meaning to try a simple game project written this way.
In case of line drawing, combine as many lineTo commands before calling stroke.
This and some other tips: http://dt.deviantart.com/blog/38471599/
everything @Gosub said plus:
look at whatever math you're doing, see if there's anyway to use more efficient algorithms.
use smaller images. try making the dimensions of the image powers of 2
see if you can get rid of alpha blending on the canvas or dont use CSS opacity property.
please post back your results. would be interesting to know what things helped most.
I'd hate to add an answer to an old thread - but I'm surprised nobody mentioned this.
When you're writing your first games, just write them how you would expect them to work performance wise. The techniques above are good starting points to keeping performance high - but the real trick is the profiler. If you profile your application in Chrome or Firefox (hint: use lots of methods so you can see exact bottlenecks; so you don't have to move stuff later - you should be doing this anyway.), you get the added benefit of seeing exact timing results. In my case, I saw constantly redrawing the background took 80% of the browser time. After I moved that out of the way, I saw other calls taking up 40% and more respectively. After an hour or two, I saw a substantial FPS gain.
I would also like to hear from your results. I've been trying to do the same thing. I found that doing lots of math is fine but soon as you put a canvas in there its goes mental and frame rates fall.
I had an foreground overlay that displayed effects. It was a very high quality image but the alpha stuff slowed it down so much that I dropped it completely in return for more frames per second.
Another thing I did was to use PHP to work out some of the heavy maths. I had large datasets but rather than get JavaScript to compute and show the data, i decided to let PHP do the work and let JavaScript show results. This didn't save much time because JavaScript is "sehr gut " with maths.
I take it your whole site is in HTML5 so try playing with the background worker.
Hope I helped and please share your results.


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I saw 火信 tattooed on a gentleman's neck. I looked up the words, but couldn't make sense of their combination...
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I saw 火信 tattooed on a gentleman's neck. I looked up the words, but couldn't make sense of their combination...
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Update: It seems that it is most likely that the person who created it was intending a Chinese word. However, since the kanji is valid Japanese kanji, and since this is a forum about learning Japanese, I'm going to form my answer based on the perspective of "what if they meant it to be Japanese?"
It is not a standard Japanese compound. However, that doesn't mean it therefore can not be Japanese, and must be Chinese, or a mistake by the person who wrote it.
If the two kanji were incorrect in the way they were drawn, or had extra strokes only found in Chinese, then it could not be considered Japanese in any way. However, both those kanji are standard Joyo kanji.
Japanese kanji can be combined to make new words, and is done frequently as a part of the evolution of the language. People who are native or fluent enough have the freedom to create new words, and when done right, people who have never seen it before can catch the meaning. We do this all the time in English with prefixes, suffixes, portmanteau, and other ways.
Or, in this case, one could import the word from its Chinese origins, maybe because they thought it was a cool concept that the Japanese language didn't have yet.
So, that said, assuming someone wants the word to be Japanese, forget the fact that this isn't in the dictionary. It's a new word, but still can be a Japanese word nonetheless.
The kanji mean "fire" and "belief", respectively, and from there we can extrapolate that it means something like "burning faith". We're factoring a bit of poetic license in, because of the context of a tattoo, where that kind of sentiment is expressed.
After testing it on some Japanese friends, it would definitely be read かしん, and half I tested on guessed what I think is the intended meaning of "burning faith". The others guessed "belief in fire". No one guessed "firewire", or anything to do with the "transmission" definition of 信.
But that's what happens when you make up new words. You don't necessarily get perfect comprehension right off the bat. So you have to say "well, to me it means...". Which is also a pretty common conversation people have when they are talking about their tattoos.
So, in short, I think the consensus is that this is probably a Chinese word that happens to use kanji that are commonly used in Japanese. However, if we wanted it to be a Japanese word, that would be perfectly valid.
Cultural observation: I believe that if the gentleman with the tattoo was visibly identifiable as non-Japanese, it's very likely a lot of Japanese would probably tell him his tattoo was not a real word, assuming he made a mistake. If the gentleman was Japanese, then it would be assumed he was at play with the language.
It's an extension of the unfortunate belief held by many Japanese that the Japanese language is particularly inaccessible to non-Japanese people.
It is not Chinese either. 火信 doesn't make any sense in Chinese. But we Chinese have a phrase 火蛇吐信.
But 火信 won't mean "Fire tongue", 信 will only mean "tongue" in limited cases such as 火蛇吐信.
So 火信 doesn't make any sense in Chinese. You guys can discussion the other possibilities.
I don't find them combined as 1 word in Japanese dictionaries I referenced, but if you google them you get many hits on Chinese sites. So I assume it means "burning faith", but it's Chinese, not Japanese.
Firewire (火-fire, 信-communication/transmission)??? Nothing in Japanese anyway. Not to say it doesn't mean something in Chinese. Maybe 当て字 for his name or something. But chances are it's just one of those tattoos that's supposed to look cool, but doesn't mean a dang thing and ends up looking stupid.
May be, you could be reading it reverse.
That could be 信火 from Buddish word 信火行煙, which means
Some years ago there used to be a web site called "hanzismatter.com". (Hanzi is Chinese for kanji.)
This site was a blog where there were regular postings of photographs of people's really dumb Chinese character tattoos.
For instance, one guy wanted to have the word "tank" (probably a military man). But the kanji that were used actually gave rise to a meaning more like "septic tank", not the armored vehicle.
Another guy ended up with something that meant "fried chicken".
Tattoos are often wrong. Some are plain incorrect, like missing or incorrect strokes, or outright mirror-image reversals. Some have silly meanings pulled from some literal translation, or a juxtaposition of characters that individually mean something, but accidentally create a bad compound.
So the point is, there isn't always a meaning.
This person probably just pulled two nice characters out of the tattoo artist's "catalog", which probably had some possibly incorrect meanings next to them. That person liked the meanings, and was probably given a "2 for 1" special, so had two characters "done".
Oh, look that blog is up again, on blogspot:
Wow, this could be the world's first post of a blogspot link that isn't spam. :)


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6 Moments in Video Game Adaptations That Improved the Movie
#3. The Godfather -- Sonny's Assassins Get Whacked
In the Movie ...
Sonny Corleone, heir to the Corleone family empire, blazes out of hiding to avenge the black eye his sister was dealt by her husband, Carlo. Unfortunately, this domestic violence episode was merely bait meant to lure Sonny out into the open, and he gets boxed in at a toll booth and shot with every bullet that had ever been manufactured up to that point in American history.
Who was aiming at the clock?
When Michael Corleone takes over at the end of the film, he has everyone responsible for ordering Sonny's murder carried into the next world on a carriage made of shotgun blasts and garroting wire. However, the actual assassins who pulled the trigger (a lot) on Sonny are never dealt their share of the retribution.
But in the Game ...
When EA Games made The Godfather: The Game in 2006, they wanted to ensure that they captured the essence of the classic film. So, they retooled Sonny's death scene to add a backup driver who witnesses the assassination and chases the gunmen down to an abandoned warehouse, where he stomps them out of existence with a righteous mix of gunfire and Molotov cocktails. Because that's the essence of what happened.
Although as Sonny's bodyguard, he's probably still going to get a stern performance review.
Rather than having the hit men simply disappear after clipping Sonny (the movie never even clearly shows their faces), the game sends you barreling through the city after them like The French Connection until you ultimately storm their secret hideout and kill every last one of them in the face with hate bullets.
Press "X" to fist-bump Don Vito.
#2. Pinocchio -- The Child-Enslaving Coachman Gets Tossed Off a Cliff
In the Movie ...
For those of you who have never seen it (or, more likely, forcibly removed the memory from your brain to prevent yourself from growing into an adult with an irrational fear of leaving your house), Disney's Pinocchio has some of the most terrifying, child-predacious villains in the history of cinema. Possibly the worst of them is the Coachman, a burly human walrus in a Rosie O'Donnell coat who uses alcohol to lure young boys to a place called Pleasure Island, because nobody in the Disney boardroom saw a problem with that sentence.
Just ... just wow.
Employing some magic that is never explained, he turns all of the children into donkeys, packs them in cages, and sells them into a lifetime of slavery.
He has a very specific set of customers.
Pinocchio manages to escape only half-donkey, but he has to abandon all the others in the clutches of the Coachman. And he never comes back for them. The Coachman, a grotesquely evil human trafficker specializing in little boys, doesn't get any form of comeuppance whatsoever. Instead, he gets to ride off into the sunset with boxes full of slave children like he just won a raffle at Gary Glitter's house.
But in the Game ...
When Sega Genesis released its adaptation 56 years later (to satisfy a demand that cannot possibly have existed), they decided to include a sequence wherein Pinocchio scales the craggy peaks of Pleasure Island, forces the Coachman into an ultimate showdown, and beats his ass right off a goddamn mountain.
Via devastating shin-fu.
The Coachman barely even puts up a fight, seemingly knowing that he deserves what's coming. He just stands there looking fat and evil, taking incredibly slow, telegraphed swings with his riding crop until Pinocchio finally delivers a whirling Patrick Swayze Roadhouse kick and sends the bastard flying off the cliff into oblivion.
"Revenge is a dish best served by soulless puppets."
Pinocchio stands there motionless with a creepily earnest smile on his face, listening to the Coachman's rapidly receding death howl as it fades into the churning ocean below. Then the Blue Fairy appears to give him his next mission.
"Pinocchio, you have remained truthful and unselfish, and ... um, did you just murder somebody?"
#1. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -- Frodo and Sam Beat the Piss Out of Gollum
In the Movie ...
When Frodo and Sam finally reach Mount Doom, Frodo gets completely taken over by the One Ring and refuses to destroy it, slipping it on to turn invisible and leaving Sam sweating chubbily in the dust. However, before Frodo can run off into the wastes and live out the rest of his days in gibbering lunacy, Gollum leaps onto his back and bites his freaking finger off, reclaiming the Ring with murderous glee. As Gollum hops around doing an "I just ate a man's finger" end zone dance (as one does), he loses his balance and falls into the boiling heart of the volcano, taking the Ring (and 12 hours of our lives) with him.
Peter Jackson preferred to avoid CGI wherever possible, so Weta just shaved a drifter and dropped him into a real volcano.
But in the Game ...
In the 2003 game, the scene plays out pretty much the same up until the finger biting, but rather than have Gollum mirth-twirl his way into his own destruction, Frodo comes back to his senses and teams up with Sam for a cataclysmic final battle.
Gollum doesn't go gently, either. He races around the edges of the cliff like the Amazing Spider-Man, leaping out to deliver emaciated missile dropkicks that send the two hobbits reeling on the precipice of scalding liquid ultra-death. Meanwhile, fireballs of lava explode all around them, heightening the already desperate situation to an absurd intensity.
"... uh, this is getting pretty serious, maybe we should go get Gandalf."
They finally manage to beat Gollum enough that he loses his balance and topples over, barely catching the rocky platform. Frodo stabs the absolute dicks out of him one last time, sending Gollum and the Ring sailing off into fiery nonexistence.
Ironically, this is also how we wish The Good Son ended.
Drake Marsh's spell check now proudly recognizes the words "light saber," "Corleone," and "Gollum." Catch some of his terrible old parody news headlines (and post some of your own) at The Leaky Wiki.
For more on why video games will always kick ass, check out 6 Moments That Make Video Games Worth It and The 5 Ballsiest Easter Eggs Hidden in Video Games.


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The cookbook I'm using tells me how to make a sourdough starter, but not how to feed it after I take out what I need for the bread. What do I do with the starter once I've used some? I don't think I'll use all of it at once.
I feed starter with a 50-50 mix of water and flour. Usually 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup flour for a small container. You can eyeball the ratio. It isn't critical to get it perfect.
If you keep the starter in the fridge you can get away with feeding it twice a week depending on your yeast strain. You can do this by eye…if the starter starts to look ugly when you take it out to feed, you should feed it a little more often.
One thing I will say is that you can resurrect a starter that seems long past edible. The starter will get a cloudy fluid on top of the batter and develop a really strong smell if you let it go too long. My personal experience is that you can pour off the watery fluid and some of the batter if need be. Then add a good feeding of flour and water. It will take a little longer than usual to build up again. Yeast is a very durable critter.
When I've made and used starters in the past I've generally fed it 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup flour every other day. The challenge with sourdough starters is that you need to be using them regularly as the volume obviously grows if you're just feeding it and not using it regularly. Of course a friend, family member, or neighbor might be thrilled for you to share it with them but then again...it's kind of like having a pet - you have to keep it fed!
You just have to add more flour and water periodically so your yeast doesn't die. You can add more to replace. You don't have to feed the starter as often if you leave your starter in the fridge but then you have to let it warm up before you use it.
This video is awesome for showing how to make and maintain your starter.
I don't do sourdough in warm weather, it wastes too much flour. In the cooler months I use half the starter once a week and then add 1 cup flour and one cup water and watch the mix, when bubbles stop appearing (use a ceramic bowl with at clear glass top), will either make up another batch of bread or pour out half the starter and add the 1 cup of flour and one cup water. This refreshing of the starter is temperature related; the warmer it is the faster the yeasts work and the more often it must be renewed. I keep mine on the floor in a cool part of the kitchen. If you see pink in your starter, toss it and start over.


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Do you still have Bio-diesel? I fueled on it every trip to Laredo! It was high quality!!
- A driver learns from the past to lead the future
- A driver builds up his own trucking business
- Father and son share a love of life on the road, even if it makes visits rare
- This driver always makes time to mentor the next generation — whether at home or on the road
- This driver helps rookie truckers learn the ropes
- Home-schooling in a truck means the country is a classroom
- This driver sees the world through Google Glass
- A career trucker brings his tales of the road to people in hospice
- How driver Paul Sedlak finds motivation to reach his fitness goals
- I Love Trucking: More than a job, driving is a way of life
New Attitude
The new Petro in Texas has some real star quality. The Carl's Corner location was previously co-owned by singer Willie Nelson and it has a distinctive history. When Petro came in, the intent was to magnify the specialness of the place, while bringing everything up a notch. A $1.5 million makeover did the trick, with improvements throughout.
"There's an "it factor" at Carl's Corner," says Ingrid Hamid, restaurant field manager. "Everyone is super excited about the new place and can see the positive changes that have been made."
Seven new tiled showers have been added, complete with oversized showerheads, comfy towels, good water pressure and plenty of hot water. The restrooms have been redone as well.
The 2,600-foot travel store was refreshed to make shopping fast and convenient for drivers. And a 16-seat drivers lounge was added, complete with La-Z-Boy® chairs. All new landscaping was added to the exterior.
A new Iron Skillet™, with plenty of seats and an outdoor patio, completes the transformation.
Word has spread quickly, and having a Petro in such a convenient location has made an impact. More drivers can use it as an authorized fuel station.
"There are a lot of drivers coming in, the place is definitely never empty," says Jeff Promes, lead fuel desk cashier, who has been working at the I-35 location for four years.
Neighborly mayor
When you visit the new Petro site, you might meet the mayor of Carl's Corner, Carl Cornelius. He actually founded the small town near Hillsboro, Texas, and previously co-owned the truckstop with Nelson.
He still regularly visits the Petro for a morning coffee or just to say hello to the old place. He's happy to reminisce about the location's history and may even tell you the story of the time that the Prince of Monaco stopped in.
Star-studded history
Cornelius actually built the community of Carl's Corner around the truckstop in the 1970s. The stop was named Willie's Place, and it welcomed such famous guests as Merle Haggard, Mickey Gilley, Charley Pride, Billy Bob Thornton and of course, Nelson himself.
Dancing frogs
That's right, dancing frogs. A whimsical sculpture stands just across the street from the Petro. These graceful amphibians are legendary in the area. Originally the tangoing pair sat atop a dance club. Cornelius bought the frogs after a zoning ordinance in Dallas led the club to take them down.
Now the display is a popular tourist attraction, but even the folks who see them every day are amused. "The frogs are strange, but everyone loves them," says Promes. "We just like to have them around."
Stay tuned
While the Carl's Corner Petro has made some major renovations, keep an eye on the place. There is still more to come. Drivers can look forward to additional dining options in the near future. Plans are in the works for many more positive extensions to the location.
A big welcome
The one thing that remains constant is the wonderful Texas welcome that everyone gets when they walk in the door.
"It's just a great place to be, we've already had a lot of compliments," says Sheryl Henry, store general manager. "It's beautiful and the customer service is the best. We believe in going overboard to make people feel welcome."
What You'll Find
Carl's Corner at a glance
Where: I-35 East, Exit 374, North Side
Phone: (254) 714-3000
Fax: (254) 714-3002
Truck parking spaces: 119
Showers: 7
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March 17, 2009
New hotels open in Cape Town
The Grand Daddy, photo courtesy The Grand Daddy Hotel website
In the lead-up to 2010, there is a growing demand for accommodation in Cape Town. The Mother City has added 1 100 new hotel rooms in the past five years, which means a 45% growth in capacity. At least nine more new hotels will open by 2010.
New hotels
• The Grand Daddy – a playful, contemporary four-star hotel in Long Street
• The Penthouse Aistream Trailer Park – this unique collection of overhauled vintage Airstream Trailers is housed on the rooftop of the Grand Daddy
• Cape Diamond Hotel – a four-star hotel with an art deco-style Theatre Cafe in the east city, near Parliament
• The Fountain Hotel – situated in Lower St George's Mall
• The North Wharf Protea Hotel – situated in the Foreshore
• Five-star serviced apartments at Mandela Rhodes Place close to Greenmarket Square
• Protea Hotel Colosseum – mid-market and central
• Cape Royale – a boutique hotel in Green Point, near the Waterfront
• Asara Wine Estate & Hotel – an indulgent getaway in the Winelands
• The Kings Hotel – boutique and stylish, in Sea Point
• The Harbour Bridge Hotel and Suites – excellent for work or play, on the fringe of the V&A Waterfront
• Majeka House – a new luxury offering in the winelands, Stellenbosch
• Dock House – luxuriously appointed boutique hotel in the heart of the V&A Waterfront
Planned V&A hotel developments
• The Grain Silo Complex will be developed into a mixed-use building and is planned to include a 160-room four-star hotel, retail and appropriate ancillary services.
Ultra-luxury hotels
In 2009 two extreme luxury hotels, or six-star hotels, will be opened in Cape Town:
• Sol Kerzner's One & Only hotel in the V&A Waterfront, which will boast a Cape Town arm of the internationally acclaimed restaurant, Nobu
• Taj Palace Hotel in St George's Mall, near the Mandela Rhodes Place
Other hotels due to open in Cape Town
The Coral International Hotel, Cape Town's first dry hotel has commenced construction on the corner of Buitengracht & Wale Street.
The five star Oscar Pearse Hotel on the corner of Burg and Castle Street in the inner-city began construction at the end of 2007.
Recently opened in the tranquil Constantia Valley (a suburb of Cape Town), Nova Constantia Boutique Residence is a new hotel offering just eight exclusive suites to ensure utter privacy
15 On Orange is an upmarket hotel opening at the end of 2009.
Rezidor Hotel Group is opening ten new hotels in Africa in 2009, including The Blaauwberg, which opens in Milnerton on the West Coast.


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STEUBENVILLE - The story remains the same.
The Catholic Central softball team continued to use some late-inning magic to pull out a victory. The Crusaders ended up scoring the game-winning run in the fifth inning for the second-straight day to pull out a 1-0 victory over city-rival Big Red at the Steve Zamana Softball Field.
The late-inning heroics enabled Catholic Central to remain perfect on the season.
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THAT'S A BASE HIT — Steubenville Catholic Central's Alex McComb connects for a single as Steubenville Big Red catcher Mytia Barker awaits the pitch during the Crusaders' 1-0 win over Big Red Thursday at Steve Zamana Field in Steubenville. McComb struck out six as the winning pitcher as well.
-- Fred Younce
"We battle," Catholic Central (4-0) head coach Jim DiCarlo said. "I knew it was going to be a good game. We are not playing as well as we are capable of playing. It's early. Once we get everything put together we will be fine.
"Give credit to Big Red. It was a rivalry game. I knew it was going to be a dogfight. It was a great game. Games that end up 1-0 always are.
"Our girls are a little tired. The girls played three games in three days in the cold weather. I'm sure it is the same thing with the Big Red girls. It was nice to play in warmer weather. It was not as warm as I had hoped."
The win was the Crusaders' third close victory of the week. Catholic Central opened the season by scoring a run in the seventh inning to defeat Magnolia, 4-3, Monday at home. Wednesday, Catholic Central plated three runs in the in the top of the fifth to record a 6-3 win against Bishop Donahue at the 1-470 Complex.
The loss drops Big Red (3-3) down to .500 on the season.
"It was a great game," first-year Big Red head coach Gus DiMarzio said. "Alex (McComb) pitched a great game as a freshman. I tip my hat to her. She is a good kid. She comes from a good family.
"In a 1-0 game, you can't complain. It could have been different if we could have gotten some timely hits, but we didn't. The girls will learn from this."
McComb earned the win for the Crusaders. She struck out six, walked four and limited Big Red to four hits.
Offensively, Catholic Central was able to muster four hits. Individually, Ashlynne Daley doubled, and Micca Mirabella, Tori Knight and McComb all contributed base hits.
Brooke Carroll took the loss for Big Red. Carroll did not record a strikeout while walking three batters.
"Brooke pitched well," DiMarzio said. "She was hurt. She played before, but she took a year or two off. She threw really well. They have a good lineup. They have one of the best lineups in the area."
Offensively Casey Gentile tallied a single and a double, and Carmie Biasi and Abbey Taylor each collected singles.
In the bottom of the fifth, Mirabella led off with a single. She then stole second base before moving up to third on a wild pitch. Sammi Giannamore, the team's No. 2 hitter, lofted a sacrifice fly to left field scoring Mirabella to put the Crusaders out in front 1-0.
"Give credit to Big Red," DiCarlo said. "Give credit to their coaches. It was a tussle. It was a dogfight.
"I think one of the things that helped us today is we believe in what we do. We have played some close games, and we have found a way to win."
Trailing by one run, Big Red did not go own without a fight in the seventh. Gentile doubled with two outs, but McComb struck out Taylor Young to end the game.
"We competed the whole game," DiMarzio said. "The girls played hard until the end."
Catholic Central had a golden opportunity to score in the bottom of the third. The Crusaders loaded the bases, but Carroll got Maddy Gulan to ground out to short to end the inning to keep the game scoreless.
"Jimmy is a great coach," DiMarzio said. "His girls are disciplined. They play well.
"I am really proud of my girls. They didn't fold. They had a chance to score when they had the bases loaded, but our girls did not fold. They have folded before. They stepped up and didn't let them score."
Through the years, Catholic Central has had the better of things on the field, however, the Crusaders do not look past their city rivals.
"It is the city rivalry," DiCarlo said. "I knew it was going to be a dogfight. I knew it was going to be a close game. It was a tight game. It could have gone either way. Our players don't just go through the emotions against them. They get excited to play Big Red."
Both teams play again today on the road. Big Red travels to take on Indian Creek, while Catholic Central heads across the river to take on Weir.
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BIG RED (3-3): Carroll (LP, 0K, 3BB) and Gentile; Biasi S; Gentile S, D; Taylor S.
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In one of June's missions, Nyla tracked a bounty stowed away on Zuko's ship. He bit into the metal deck, tearing a large piece out to reveal the stowaway. Zuko hired June to track down the Avatar using the shirshu. When Zuko tracked and attacked Aang, Nyla fought Appa and paralyzed him with his tongue, although it took several hits to bring the flying bison down. Katara defeated Nyla by confusing him with perfume which she bent out of pots in the abbey. Nyla 'blindly' lashed out and paralyzed Zuko and June successively before running wildly away.[1]
Months later, when Aang went missing, Zuko and Team Avatar traveled to the Earth Kingdom, where they found June in a tavern.[3] Outside, Nyla and Appa seemed to have befriended each other. Katara handed Aang's staff to June so the shirshu could sniff it. He turned in circles before covering his nose, unable to find Aang. Zuko decided to track down Iroh instead, and he handed June his uncle's sandal. Nyla sniffed it and led them to the walls of Ba Sing Se, where he and June departed from them.[4]
After the Hundred Year War, June and Nyla were hired again by Zuko, now Fire Lord, to track down Ursa, his long-lost mother. However, the search turned up no results.[5]
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Book One: Water (水)
- 115. "Bato of the Water Tribe"
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- Nyla was able to track scents that were hundreds of miles away. According to June, he could smell a rat a continent away.[1]
- Nyla was named after a pet dog owned by Lisa Yang, a writer for the series.[6]
- Nyla appeared briefly in the animated short "School Time Shipping" along with a few other familiar creatures.
- Nyla has the same characteristics as Wildmutt in the series Ben 10, as both creatures rely on their sense of smell to navigate and are powerful enough to rip through metal to find their target. Additionally, they were both voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wilcox, Ian (writer) & Volpe, Giancarlo (director). (October 7, 2005). "Bato of the Water Tribe". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 15. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com (link). No longer updated.
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante (writer) & Spaulding, Ethan (director). (July 19, 2008). "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 3. Episode 18. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ Ehasz, Aaron (writer) & Volpe, Giancarlo (director). (July 19, 2008). "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 3. Episode 19. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan; Yang, Gene (writer), Sasaki of Gurihiru (penciling, inking), Kawano of Gurihiru (colorist), Heisler, Michael; Comicraft (letterer). The Promise Part 3 (September 26, 2012), Dark Horse Comics.
- ↑ Avatar Extras for "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters" on Nicktoons Network.


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At the end of the first Diablo game, the hero pushes Diablo's soulstone in his forehead.
If I recall it correctly(many years have passed since I played Diablo) he did that "to contain its evilness".
Was it really necessary, especially given the fact that there is an effective way to destroy the soulstones? Or was it just a small part of Diablo's bigger plan?
At the end of the first Diablo game, the hero pushes Diablo's soulstone in his forehead.
If I recall it correctly(many years have passed since I played Diablo) he did that "to contain its evilness".
The Soulstones were created by Tyrael to contain each of the Prime Evils - Baal, Mephisto, and Diablo. It seems the original thought was to contain their souls in the Soulstones, so "the hero" was following the plan in Diablo I. You can tell, because of the lore regarding the Binding of Baal (from the Diablo II manual).
So, you can see that Tal Rasha did the exact same thing with Baal, even with accomplices. The main differences being that the Baal's soulstone was damaged, and Tal Rasha's posse knew it wasn't going to hold him. "The hero" thought the Soulstone would hold Diablo. What he didn't know was that the three Prime Evils had been taught how to corrupt the Soulstones by a lesser evil. You learn this as the "new hero" in Diablo II. Per wikipedia:
That sucks, doesn't it? So you can't really fault "the hero". It seems he was just playing from Tyrael's playbook and got the short end of the stick. It wasn't until Diablo II where the "new heroes" learned that the corrupted Soulstones could be destroyed at the HellForge.
As I understand the lore, he was already being influenced by Diablo. Stole this link http://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/Diablo#Freedom from Michel at http://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/64648/16350
When I first saw that cut scene, I thought that it was a combination of arrogance and greed. Something along the lines of "I can contain and channel this power without being overwhelmed by evil!" 15 year old me thought that the result was inevitable but that the reasoning made a lot of sense.
So, to answer your question: Yes, it was unavoidable. Someone has to count all that money, and Blizzard decided they were the folks for the job.


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Does any one know were can i find the schematics to put together the M1-L ?
The quality is incredible the rotor clicks on the spot and the M1 L is supreme.
Does any one know were can i find the schematics to put together the M1-L ?
The quality is incredible the rotor clicks on the spot and the M1 L is supreme.
Or, for anyone reading this who is also attending Palmela 2011 - you might want to read up on this before tomorrow....
Hello Nick
I love the head but in my case i use Canon EF 24-105 F4 and when i try to take the zenith the QRC 40A knob hits the lower rail, it will be the right length if i could be able to rotate the QRC-40A knob to the opposite side. that give me 25mm more and that is all i need in my case.
I am waiting to the QRC-40B i hope this will let me put the know to the side and flip the QRC-40A to the opposite side, do you have a photo of that piece to know what is coming?
What is inside the knob? do you think i could open it from the top and remove it and put a nut ?
Thank you
I appreciate your help.
I was thinking that to do a complete modular head, you should do in stead of your vertical rail a vertical clamp that can hold any rail. and discard the vertical rail that have the clamp atached, this can be screw as will be the most important support. Like this we could buy a head to our length needs, but all the other parts screw the same in any rail. This will be the ultimate head as people will buy only more rails if they want 30cm or 10 cm.
Do this before some one else does.
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Hi. Great idea! Is the extra rotator FANOTEC make? Is it at least 3cm thick, so I could shoot zenith with nikon 14-24mm?I have the extra rotator on lower rail for a little more height and it makes for a nice nadir adapter.
Thank you.
OK, Nick - looks good. You think you can get it out by the end of summer?
I recognize everybody is eager to have a look at the M1 Nadir Adapter.
A tiny nice little block, rock solid, easy to use. It raises the vertical rail by 35mm and gives enough space for zenith shots.
And at this moment a great thx to all of the Nodal Ninja Guys and Nick himself to go on and on to develop the Fanotec lines and get the hardware to your customers.
I used the big boys: D3, Nikkor 14-24 @zoom 14 with an URS=upper rail set 143, D3 with curved camera plate with an LRS = lower rail set of 25.
Be aware the I use a very early Pre Production M1-Model, so the numbers on the rail are changed in the newer versions!!
To help Nick to get pictures, I took some pictures in between this afternoon.
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Hope this helps a little bit, I would not order an M1 without the M1 Nadir Adapter.
I feel this is a good solution to get enough vertical hight for Zenith shots by using a shorter vertical rail on top of the Nadir Adapter. A longer vertical rail for Zenith Shots to be used on top of the Nadir Adapter would add a lot more torque to the system. I feel this is a very good solution of Nicks design.
Nick, you should be aware to have the same number of M1 as of M1-NadirAdapters in stock.
Cheers and till soon,
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Some Info about the use of the Nadir Adapter:
Principally the same for NN3, NN4, NN5, M1. You have to measure PD = Pivot Distance. This is the distance between Rotation Center of the Rotator RD8, RD16, NN3 MKII and the Pivot Point of the Nadir Adapter which is placed in LRS = Lower Rail Setting. "The Point where the Adapter is turned around".
You shoot Nadir1 in closed position of the Nadir Adapter. When you open up the Nadir Adapter, the Lens Axis has been moved by DPD = Double Pivot Distance. To take Nadir2, you have to bring back the Lens Axis into the position of Nadir1. Consequence: you have to move the tripod sideways in direction of the third leg by minimum DPD to shoot Nadir2.
Safe workflow: shoot Nadir1, move Tripod by DPD, now open Nadir Adapter for Nadir2, shoot, close Nadir Adapter to bring back the camera in "safe" position. If moving tripod by DPD does not create enough free space between tip of third leg of Nadir1 and corner of Nadir Adapter in Nadir2, you have to move further on.
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Thank you Nick and Heinz. Looks like the nadir adapter solves the 14-24 problem :) I wonder if it also solves the problem for 24-70 ?
What camera body do you use? Since the 210mm rail is on the way since yesterday from my favorite reseller Vincen / SkiVR FR close to NL, I will test it specially for you when it arrives and I will take Pics from the setup for you. Why?
"You have specially been chosen from the database and you are lucky to be the person to receive the response with number 1000. Response will be for free to make you happy with Nodal Ninja Products"
Hey, just a joke, but I like to say that I am quiet happy to take my private time to try to help NN Friends on the road to use great quality products at state of art as quick as possible.
I myself am a type of "buy, plug and shoot type". Conclusion, the forum tries to get you on the road as quick as possible.
" You'll get a definite response for free cause you are response number 1000 "
Thx to everybody of Nodal Ninja, specially Bill, and of course to Fanotec, it is Nick as" the one and only" who listens and designs new hardware, as well as our European Distributors Andrew, Mauro and last but not least Vincen for helping the customers far beyond normal support.
Kind regards.
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The music is almost always pretty catchy and if a musical is really good, I�ll be singing the songs for weeks after seeing it. Sometimes a song or two is even better than the entire movie. It may just be me, but the songs in a musical are almost always better at telling a story or expressing a feeling than songs on the radio. Hopelessly Devoted anyone?
Seeing characters dealing with these same issues combined with powerful and uplifting music makes it feel more real to those of us in the audience. Sure, we are all excited when a girl feels pretty, but we can live the feeling with her when she shows us her true emotions through song.
It must be something about the songs that make the good feelings last. A regular movie will stay with me for a few hours (unless it�s something really freaky), but a musical can stay with me for years. Even older musicals like Annie make me feel happy � and it�s not just the happy ending that almost all of them have. High School Musical or Les Miserables � I don�t care so long as the songs are powerful and I get that good musical feeling.


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OK, I keep going around in circles. In Dresden Files RPG, how do you work out punching someone vs using a knife/sword/weapon vs using a gun?
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I sense that an example is in order.
Let's say we've got Bonnie Green, local occult investigator, cornered in an alley by a couple of purely-mortal thralls of a local Red Court baddie. The thralls are there to deliver a warning in the form of a beating - not to kill her, but they've each got one of those telescoping club things. Bonnie's got only her fists.
The thralls have: Weapons - Good (+3), 3 Physical Stress slots, and Weapon:1 clubs.
Bonnie has Fists - Great(+4) [it turns out that knowing how to handle yourself in a fight is useful for an occult investigator], 4 Physical Stress slots, and a couple of Fate points.
I forget the real Initiative rules at the moment, but I'm gonna let the thralls go first because there are 2 of them and they have her cornered.
Thrall 1 swings his club at Bonnie. He rolls a -1, so his total is +2. Bonnie dodges the blow with her Fists, rolling a -1 also. Her total is +3 - she sidestepped the thrall's blow. Thrall 2 aims a blow at her knees - rolling a +2 for a total of 5. Bonnie rolls Fists again, getting +1 for a total of 5 - she's hit. The difference between the totals is zero, but the Weapon:1 means she takes 1 physical stress. She has some Fate points that would let her change that, but she's saving them for offense. Bonnie's player marks off the first stress box in her physical track.
Bonnie wants to even the odds here so she decides to maneuver instead of attack, raking the eyes of one thrall to put the "Blinded" Aspect on him. She rolls her Fists and gets a total of 4 (rolled a 0). The thrall rolls his Weapons to block and gets a 4 - her Maneuver succeeded, she rakes her nails across his eyes and the thrall now has the Aspect "Blinded". The thralls get to go again.
Undamaged thrall gets a total of 4, Bonnie gets a 2 - she's hit again. With the bonus from the weapon, she takes 3 stress, marking off the 3rd box in her physical track. The blinded thrall swings wildly, getting a total of 5, and Bonnie rolls a 4 - another hit she can ill-afford. But she tags the "Blinded" aspect she put on the attacker (tags are the 1 free invoke you get from placing an Aspect) and uses it to add 2 to her roll - 6 is plenty and she dodged the thrall's wild, blind swing, but she used up the free invoke she had hoped to use to turn the tables.
She decides to maneuver again. She wants to move so that the two attackers are in a line, with only one able to reach her and she wants the close one to be the blinded one. She's going to try to put the Aspect, "In each other's way" on both attackers. This is a common fighting tactic when outnumbered, so the GM rules that Fists applies. She rolls a total of 5. Each thrall rolls Weapons against her (again, it's a common fighting thing). The blinded one gets a 4, the other a 7(!). Bonnie decides to spend a Fate point and invoke her "catlike grace" aspect for +2 to get the other thrall tangled up. Now both attackers are in each other's way.
They attack again, rolling a 3 that Bonnie defends against, and a 6 that she doesn't, defending with only a miserable 1. The thrall cracks her across the temple with the club, her forearm block inadequate against it. Along with the Weapon bonus, she's got 6 points of stress to deal with (6-1+1 = 6). She decides to mark off the 4 in her stress track (leaving only the 2) and take a mild consequence "Seeing double" from the blow.
Things are looking grim now, so Bonnie decides to try take one of them out and see if that will let her escape. She aims a swinging elbow at the head of the blinded attacker and rolls 0, for a total of 4. The thrall rolls a +1, which gives him 4. Since the Weapon bonus of fists is 0, Bonnie won't hurt him at all. But she tags his "in each other's way" aspect, gaining +2 on the roll. And she hands her final Fate point over to the GM to invoke "Blinded" again. Now, unable to see and tangled in his buddy's weapon arm, the thrall couldn't defend himself and is due 4 points of stress from Bonnie's elbow. That's more than he's got, so he goes down.
The odds have evened, but Bonnie is hurt and the remaining thrall isn't. And he's armed. And she handed him a Fate point to get him tangled up in the first place. If she has to fight, she's probably going to get hurt further. So she tags the "in each other's way" Aspect on the remaining thrall (1 tag is free, remember?) - invoking it for effect and declaring that other guy took him down when he fell. The GM accepts it and Bonnie runs out of that alley as fast as she can - hopefully to someplace where she can rest her poor head!
I tried to address the question of Bonnie putting an aspect on two foes with one roll in the comments below, but I ran out of characters! So here's my reply to SevenSidedDie's concern:


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Just out of the Eastman School of Music in 1970 with a PhD in music education, Daellenbach headed to Toronto, Canada and co-founded the ensemble that has put brass quintets on the musical map. Within seven years the group was picked by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to represent Canada in China, virtually re-opening China to Western music. Two years later Daellenbach oversaw the ensemble's defining appearance: the first brass ensemble to perform on the main stage of Carnegie Hall.
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The Trojan men will square off against Queens at 7 p.m. at the Abney Athletic Center, while the AU women's team will travel to Harrogate, Tenn. to square off against Lincoln Memorial at 6 p.m.
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Following campus-site quarterfinals on Wednesday, the SAC Championship will move to Timmons Arena in Greenville, S.C. for Saturday's semifinals and Sunday's title game.
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Despite falling in its regular-season finale at Queens on Saturday, Anderson finished tied with Lenoir-Rhyne for third in the league's regular-season standings, one game behind Carson-Newman and one game ahead of Newberry in the SAC standings at 15-7. AU is 20-8 overall, marking the Trojans' fourth 20-win season in the past five years.
Regular-season champion Lincoln Memorial will be the top seed in the tourney after finishing the regular season 24-2 overall and 20-2 in conference play.
LMU's SAC title was its second-straight and third in four years, with Anderson claiming the 2012 championship and eventually making the Trojans' second consecutive appearance in the NCAA's Southeast Region title contest. The Railsplitters were ranked 13th in the nation this week and second in the latest NCAA Division II southeast region poll, while the Trojans were fifth in the regional rankings.
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Carson-Newman won at Newberry on Saturday to clinch the bracket's No. 2 seed. The Eagles, 19-7 overall and 16-6 in the conference, will host seventh-seeded Coker in the quarterfinals. Coker and Wingate finished tied for seventh in the SAC standings at 11-11, but the Cobras earned the tiebreaker over WU for the No. 7 seed by virtue of their 2-0 head-to-head record.
Anderson and Lenoir-Rhyne both finished 15-7 in the SAC and split their head-to-head meetings. Anderson claimed the event's No. 3 seed, however, because of its 1-1 record against LMU, while Lenoir-Rhyne went 0-2 against the Railsplitters and will be the No. 4 seed.
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No. 8 Wingate at No. 1 Lincoln Memorial, 8 p.m.
No. 7 Coker at No. 2 Carson-Newman, 8 p.m.
No. 6 Queens at No. 3 Anderson, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Newberry at No. 4 Lenoir-Rhyne, 8 p.m.
Semifinals – March 8
No. 1/No. 8 vs. No. 4/No. 5, Noon
No. 2/No. 7 vs. No. 3/No. 6, 2:30 p.m.
Final – March 9
Semifinal 1 winner vs. Semifinal 2 winner, 1:30 p.m.