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When is the first time a game truly blew you away with its graphics?
Videogame visuals have come a long way since the days of dungeons and dragons being represented by letters and numbers, all the way to today with multi-million polygon models and layers of shaders to realistically recreate people, plants and objects in the virtual world.
When is the first time you thought, even for a brief second, that the game you were looking at was 'photo realistic?'
Half-Life and Unreal had very cinematic moments, but for me it was Doom 3 that fooled my brain into thinking I was looking at something 'real' – for a few split-seconds, but the effect was dramatic.
What about you? Which games have truly impressed you with their graphics over the years?
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I would like to know the benefits and drawback relative to form design of "dependent fields". For example, in my form I have a Marital Status field, and depending on it's value, I need to know the partner document number and partner name.
- What would be the benefits/drawbacks to not show the partner fields, and show it on the fly, depending on the selection of the Marital status?
- What would be the benefits/drawbacks to let the fields disabled on the form, and enable it on other fields selection?
Also others solutions for the problem would be apreciated.
The form is a Web form for a business Web Application, not a web site.

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WARSAW - Big Red rode some two-out lighting to build an early lead then held on for dear life in grabbing a Division II District baseball championship Thursday.
Anthony Zorne was an absolute warrior on the hill and Kai McClurg delivered a clutch two-run single as Fred Heatherington's club won a 5-4 nail-biter over John Glenn at River View High School's Ron Tisko Field.
With the victory, Big Red, now 23-4 and winners of 13 straight, advances to next week's regional event at Zanesville's Gant Municipal Stadium. Steubenville will face the other Warsaw survivor, either Dover or Minerva. Those clubs are scheduled to collide on Saturday.
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ROLL RED ROLL — Members of the Steubenville baseball team pose for a photo after defeating John Glenn 5-4 in an Ohio Division II?Eastern District Co-Final on Thursday.
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"We jumped out early and held on thankfully," a relieved Heatherington said after guiding his squad to Big Red's 21st district crown. "After the sectional championship, we said who would have thunk it. Coming out here today, we thunk it and our kids deserve this."
Big Red, which now has a 9-1 record in tournament games played at the Tisko facility, got two unearned tallies in the home half of the first. Zorne was hit by a pitch with outs and Niko Petrides followed with a double to left center.
They both touched home following a wild pitch by John Glenn starter Parker Evans and an error charged to the Muskie catcher.
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Big Red 5, John Glenn 4
Big Red 2 0 3 0 0 0 0-5 4 2
John Glenn 1 0 1 0 0 2 0-4 10 2
Big Red (23-4): Zorne (WP, 3BB, 4K) and McClurg. McClurg S, 2RBI; Pierro S; Zorne S; Petrides D.
John Glenn (22-5): Evans (LP), 2BB, 3K, 1 HBP) Roberts (4, 3BB, 9K, 1 HBP) and Corder. Klinehoffer D, S, 2 RBI; Warne 2S; Devoll 2S; Vanway S, RBI; Larson S; Wilson S; Corder S.
John Glenn made it 2-1 in the home half of the frame. Ben Vanway beat out an infield grounder for a lead-off single. He swiped second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored via Luke Klinehoffer's base knock.
Heatherington's team scored the rest of its runs in the third, again after two were gone.
Bryan Pierro's hard shot to the left side launched the rally. Dimitri Collaros worked Evans for a walk. Pierro stole third after Zorne went down swinging and raced home thanks to an overthrow.
Petrides and Branden Jones both drew free passes to load the sacks. McClurg followed with his seeing-eye single down the third base line, Collaros and Petrides both crossing the dish.
"I was just looking for something over the plate," McClurg, Big Red's senior catcher, stated. "I just wanted to do anything I could to help my team. At first, I thought I was out, then I saw the ball go by the third baseman and I got pretty excited.
"It feels great to win a district championship. We've been wanting to do this for a while."
As Heatherington pointed out, McClurg's hit was "big."
"The runs early helped us," he noted. "I think they calmed us then the calm just took over the rest of the game."
Evans gave way to Cameron Roberts in the fourth and the Muskie lefty silenced Big Red's offense the rest of the way. In four innings of work, he recorded nine punch outs and allowed just one hit, a seventh inning single by Zorne.
"That's a good team," Heatherington said of John Glenn. "The lefty they brought in shut us down but our kids remained calm and that is one of the good things about this bunch. We've come from behind a lot this year and in this game, we had to hold on. I believe the calmness helped us."
Big Red entered the one-game district event ranked third in this week's Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association D II poll. The Muskies, who drop the curtain at 22-5, were sixth.
John Glenn's second run came in the third. Vanway drew a lead-off walk, moved up on Luke Larson's single and scored when Klinehoffer laced a double to left center.
The Muskies added two more in the sixth, Vanway getting a RBI and a Big Red throwing error allowing the other tally. John Glenn had two runners in scoring position with one out before Zorne retired a pair to escape further damage.
Zorne went the distance on the hill, fanning four and allowing 10 hits. In every inning but the seventh, the John Glen lead-off hitter reached base. The Muskies strained seven runners as Zorne worked his way out of several jams.
"They were hitting me pretty good but I just stayed tough and focused," Big Red's sophomore lefty said. "They're probably the best hitting team I've faced. I knew coming in they weren't going to strike out a lot and they were going to put the ball in play. I knew we just had to make the plays.
In the John Glenn seventh, Zorne induced two routine fly balls before sealing the deal with a strikeout.
"In the seventh, I felt the best out of all the innings," he stated. "It feels great to win a district championship."
John Glen outhit Big Red 10-4.
"Anthony battled the whole game," Heatherington pointed out. "He didn't have this curve ball and he got by on two pitches. But that was good enough for us. He just gets out there and competes."


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Were the Muslims viewed as barbarians similar to the Mongols, and as a people who only specialized in war? Or, were Muslims advanced enough to teach Europe scientific advancements? Did they invent any new science? Did they help world civilization progress?
Did the Moors and Arabs, "Muslims," who invaded Europe, ie "Spain," help the evolution of civilizations of Europe?
Moors were more advanced than Europe during the Dark Ages (a period that represented a low point in European civilization). Moors had knowledge of algebra, geometry, and other forms of mathematics several hundred years ahead of the Europeans. As such, they also had more advanced trade practices, as well as access to more trade goods such as silks and spices via the Middle East.
Moors occupied and made their mark particularly in Spain. Their knowledge (including navigation) seeped out into that country (and Portugal) giving those countries a lead in the race to the New World. Until the Spanish persecution, Moors also handled much of the trade of Spain, which is why that country prospered in the 15th century (relative to the rest of Europe), but lagged behind in the 16th century (after the Moors were driven out).


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Frictional force between solids operates even when they do not move with respect to each other. Do we have viscous force acting between two layers even if there is no relative motion?
No. From the Wikipedia article on viscosity:
When the fluid is stationary, there's no velocity gradient, hence no shear stress.
There's a little confusion here. Force doesn't operate. It's either applied or not.
Suppose my car, which weighs about 2000 lb, has its brakes locked, so it can't roll. Suppose the friction coefficient of the rubber tires on the pavement is about 0.5. What does that mean?
That means if I want to shove it forward I need to push it forward with more than 1000 lb force, to overcome friction. If I only push with 500 lb force, then only 500 lb force is applied (and it won't move). If I push with 0 lb force (i.e. not push), then 0 lb force is applied (and of course it won't move).
So when solids do not move with respect to each other, it does not mean that frictional force is operating.
That might help you to understand viscosity a little better.
The fundamental reason why solids and fluids are different in this respect is broken symmetry. The fluid doesn't break translational invariance, so that there is a continuous notion of conserved momentum in the fluid, which can vary arbitrarily slowly from point to point. In a solid, the translation invariance is broken to a discrete subgroup, so you need to move the entire solid with a given velocity to give it momentum, there are no statistical states where part of the solid is moving with one speed and another part is moving at a slightly different speed (since this will break the solid lattice).
The result is that when you have two solids on top of each other, either they are both acting as one big solid (the static friction case), or else one is sliding on top of the other with a boundary between the two velocities which is only a few atomic spacings wide. This is the fundamental difference between solid and fluid.
As dbaseman mentions in fluids the viscous forces are present because of velocity gradient. At molecular level in fluids viscous forces are present due to transfer of momentum between two layers as there is exchange of molecules (with unequal velocity) between the different layers. This happens when there is relative motion between the two layers. Therefore when the fluid is at rest there is no relative motion and hence no net transfer of momentum and therefore no viscous forces.
In case of solids the friction forces are present due to intermolecular forces between the surfaces of two solids. This is does not require any transfer of momentum and hence are observed even when the solids are at rest relative to each other. You can think of static friction as the force required to break intermolecular bonds at the surface. If you apply less than required force, the bonds will not break and hence the observed resistance.
Note that the friction and viscous forces are different but they have same effect i.e. to resist any relative motion and, in presence of any motion, dissipate kinetic energy by converting it to thermal energy (heat). So it is often convenient to think of them as the same thing.


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I'm looking for a documentation page where wordpress action lifecycle is explained. Does it exist?
I can't understand if init is called before admin_head or viceversa (even if the name is auto-explenatory in this case)
The order and appearance of actions depend on the page and the loaded files.
The only way to really know which actions are available is to look at them on different pages. There is a magic action
On the front page of a simple blog, there are ~2300 actions – including filters which may be used as actions too.
Here you can find a list (in order) of the actions that get run during a typical page request in WordPress: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference#Actions_Run_During_a_Typical_Request
Note that many actions are called multiple times at various times in the code. There is no such thing as a "one true linear action chain".


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Probably this is very elementary but I don't have enough background to answer that question. In particular I am struggling with the following statement: "the collection of all finitely generated projective modules over a ring $R$ is not a set, but the collection of isomorphism classes of this kind of modules is a set". So, how can one prove that? Which is a procedure to decide whether something is a set or not?
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|Game 1: Saturday, October 19th
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Coverage: NBATV
7:30 PM ET, October 19, 2013
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SA: K. Leonard 17 Pts, 2 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl
Mia: D. Wade 25 Pts, 4 Reb, 7 Ast, 3 Stl
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UPGRADE COMPLETE -- But Customizations Coming
Posted 29 June 2010 - 12:23 PM
It will take a while for me to find all of the things that have been customized in the new code apart from the design, and you'll be seeing those changes gradually as I find them. Just so you know:
1. The "friends" feature will eventually disappear.
2. Photo avatars will not be supported.
I didn't realize quite how extensive the changes would be, and I'll be working on learning to read and follow the new code. The design, though, is the least priority.
Posted 29 June 2010 - 12:26 PM
1. "Watch this topic" is the old "Subscribe to this topic".
2. "Recently added topics" is a subset of "View new topics" results, displayed at all times. Underneath that is the list of subscribed forums or topics, if the "Topics" tab is clicked.
3. "View new content" = "View new topics"
4. "Search" is no longer a link, but a permanent edit box to the right.
5. All of the little icons on posts that confused everyone are now text: "Multiquote", "Edit", "Reply", etc.
Posted 29 June 2010 - 12:31 PM
1. If you're subscribed to a topic (i.e. "watching" it), you can "unsubscribe" by clicking the "Stop watching topic" button at the top right of the page.
2. The default for "edit" is "Quick Edit" -- there's a button to "Use Full Editor" if you want more features.
3. The default for "post options" -- signature checkbox, enable emoticons, and post icons (not emoticons in the post) -- is "closed"; to open, click the green "+" or the "click..." text. There is no re-close option.
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wow, what a job Helene!!!!!
Seconded. Thanks for all your hard work maintaining and improving this site for the benefit of all of us.
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Third-ed (is that a term?). Thank you so much, Helene. It's a little hard to let the old, familiar look and terminology go. As Cristian says, it's a bit like "moving into a new apartment," but also like moving OUT of one that has become a kind of home.
wow, what a job Helene!!!!!
Seconded. Thanks for all your hard work maintaining and improving this site for the benefit of all of us.
This new look, however, is smashing.
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I'm very sorry you have so much work to do, though.
Posted 29 June 2010 - 03:17 PM
The home page means more scrolling, though, because of the two info boxes (subscribed threads and new threads) to the right that take up horizontal real estate. It looks optimized for iDevices, though, where scrolling is the flick of a thumb!
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I'm trying to find where I can reinstate the link.
Do the blogs still exist? I can't seem to find mine.
Posted 29 June 2010 - 05:01 PM
I feel I need to wander around the grounds and get reacquainted with it. How do we get the iphone app? What does it do? Make BalletTalk available in an iphone friendly format? If so, that sounds lovely.
Thanks for this lovely work!
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James Anthony Greiner, 53, of Grand Rapids passed away after a short battle with cancer, Oct. 6, 2012 in Grand Rapids. He was born Sept. 13, 1959 in Ionia, the son of Percy and Eileen (Allen) Greiner.
He graduated from Saranac High School class of 1977. James went on to earn his BA from Aquinas College in 1981. He was employed at Novo I in Holland, and he attended St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Saranac. He was a loving son, brother, uncle and godfather.
James is survived by his brothers and sisters, Mary Greiner of North Carolina, Joseph (Sue) Greiner of New Buffalo, Kathleen Greiner of Grand Rapids, Jerome Greiner of Kentucky, Patricia Bailey of Grand Rapids and Nancy (Tim) Cahoon of Southfield; nephews and nieces, Angela VanderHulst of Grand Rapids, Christian (Erin) Greiner of Chicago,Claire (Jonathan) Max-Somer of Maryland, Adrienne (Billy) Stathan of Kentucky, Alex (Farrah) Greiner of Kentucky, Jessie Cahoon of Southfield, Ted Cahoon of Southfield, Patrick Cahoon of Southfield and Steph Cahoon of Southfield; and five grand nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Saranac with Father Tom Boufford Celebrant. Interment Saranac Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 a.m. Thursday until time of service at the church.
Arrangements by Lake Funeral Home of Saranac. Anyone wishing may make contributions in James's name to St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com.
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A section of the Bronx that can be considered in between Kingsbridge and Yonkers. Decent neighborhood, if you are a fan of the Irish and the Jewish. Most of the guys are the Yankee loving-beer chugging-not afraid of nothing type. Unfortunately for them, most of the girls are extremely easy and extremely unattractive.
Ex: That girl must be trash if she lives even remotely close to Riverdale.
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where the kids are high and the grades are low and all the parents hangoutin Viggs
I am going to Riverdale to get wasted
by anonoymus April 15, 2004
A neighborhood in the Bronx with nice, upper-middle class people who just DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN MANHATTAN. Really stinks for reputation because it's in the BRONX and everyone thinks of the BRONX as a horrible neighborhood. I bet Riverdale is as nice as most of the neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Riverdale is actually perfect because you very close to the city (10 minutes by car, 20 - 40 minutes by subway) but your not overcrowded into apartments like Manhattan and you have some nature and air to BREATHE. GOSH.
Wife - "umm so we want a house thats nice but I still wanna go to my favorite restaurant in Manhatten."
Husband - "LETS MOVE TO RIVERDALE!!"
Husband - "LETS MOVE TO RIVERDALE!!"
by PERSON WHO LIVES IN RIVERDALE February 21, 2011
Best known as the Home of Ciara, Waka Flocka, and TI. A lower class suburb of Atlanta, Located in Clayton County Ga, home to the Largest amount of African Americans in one compact space, and part of Hartsfield Jackson Airport. Riverdale- little achievement moderately high hopes.
Waka Flocka-Oh lets do it
But that happen often off in riverdale georgia
You gone pay the life you live off in riverdale georgia
But that happen often off in riverdale georgia
You gone pay the life you live off in riverdale georgia
by PrettyNerdy&Cool March 22, 2011
One of the best schools in Oregon. Everyone is part nerd in some field or other. The teachers are amazing, the classes are extremely rarely over 30 students and very informative. Most of Dunthorpe went to either the Grade School or High school. The school team is the Mavericks. The varsity soccer team won the OSAA 3A 2A 1A soccer championship in 2012, and the snowboard team also won the OSAA championship.
Guy 1: Hey, see that guy reading the book on physics while playing soccer?
Guy 2: yeah, he must go to Riverdale.
Guy 2: yeah, he must go to Riverdale.
by Zor'thak April 01, 2013
The hometown of Archie and his gang.
Archie: Gee Betty! I sure love our hometown, Riverdale!
Betty: Yes! And we have to school tomorrow, Riverdale High!
Veronica: Get away from Archie or I'm going to kick you out of Riverdale!
Betty: Yes! And we have to school tomorrow, Riverdale High!
Veronica: Get away from Archie or I'm going to kick you out of Riverdale!
by Rabbo April 29, 2007
One of the three of the independent hill schools in the riverdale area, the other two being horace mann and fieldston. Riverdale is considered the school where you go if you don't get into Fieldston or Horace Mann. Their sports are mediocre as well as their academics, but more importantly, they are all assholes, especially that bitch who previously defined the three hill schools. She clearly has no idea what she is talking about, most likely because she is a riverdale student. peace bitchh
I go to Riverdale, i'm a stuck-up pussy bitch with no life and no future.
by fieldstoner January 19, 2008
A neighborhood in the Bronx. Yes, THE BRONX. Anybody who says Riverdale is more like Westchester than the Bronx doesn't know their head from their ass. I would know because I grew up in Westchester and just transferred into Manhattan College, in Riverdale. It's in fact very much the Bronx in my opinion. Riverdale is nothing like where I grew up, which isn't even that far into Westchester County (Eastchester to be exact.)
Though Riverdale may not be a hardcore ghetto, it's not the only kinda nice neighborhood in the borough; last time I checked I wasn't looking over my shoulder in Woodlawn or Throgs Neck.
Though Riverdale may not be a hardcore ghetto, it's not the only kinda nice neighborhood in the borough; last time I checked I wasn't looking over my shoulder in Woodlawn or Throgs Neck.
If a street with a 30-story apartment building and 5 small houses with no yards isn't the Bronx, then what is it?
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MUSC Bulletin | Academic Policies
Academic Policies and Information
The Medical University Bulletin is the document of authority for all students. Provisions contained herein may be amended, altered, or changed without prior notice when mandates from the South Carolina legislature or when conditions otherwise beyond the control of the University necessitate revision. Changes to university-wide academic policies are viewed and approved by the Education Advisory Committee and the Deans' Council. At the Provost's discretion, substantive changes are also submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval. Documentation of changes are maintained by the Office of Enrollment Management and the Provost's office. The Bulletin should not therefore be relied upon as a contract but is intended solely as a guide for the student and is subject to change with the needs of the University.
Academic integrity relies upon an atmosphere among faculty, students, and administrative staff characterized by faithful adherence to standards which are conducive to the learning process. Policies and procedures are established and maintained to ensure that these standards are supported. Violation of these standards may result in sanctions against the student with appropriate entries placed on the student's academic record. Guidelines that describe rights and due process are provided under "Student Complaint Procedures" and within each college's section of this Bulletin.
The Medical University, pursuant to the English Fluency and Higher Education Act, requires all faculty members with teaching responsibilities whose first language is not English to possess adequate proficiency in spoken and written English. Should a student believe that an MUSC faculty member fails to meet the requirement of this Act, the complainant should meet with the designated official in the Dean's Office to discuss the nature and circumstances of the issue involving English fluency. The designated official will conduct an independent informal inquiry by calling witnesses and gathering whatever information is necessary to reach a determination concerning the merits of the allegations in an expeditious manner. The designated official will provide the Dean with a written report detailing his/her findings and advising the Dean on recommended actions. The Dean will be responsible for acting appropriately on the recommendations and will notify the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of the complaint and its disposition for CHE reporting purposes. The complainant may appeal a Dean's decision or action to the Office of the Vice president for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Student academic records are established and maintained in total compliance with University, State, and Federal regulations governing enrollment, completion, and permanent archiving. Academic records considered to be official are maintained by Enrollment Management for all students at the Medical University. This office acts as custodian of these records. Access to student academic records is governed by federal and university policy intended to protect the privacy of students. In the interest of preserving student privacy to the fullest extent, the University minimizes the use of social security number and will substitute another nine-digit number if social security number is not provided. However, students receiving government financial loans and grants and/or wishing to claim tuition credit for federal income tax purposes must disclose their social security number to the University to ensure accurate reporting.
In general, access to electronic computer student files is further guarded by a University assigned MUSC Network Account (NETID) in combination with a personal password. The NETID information is sent to the student via their non MUSC email address on record. The password is sent to the same email address 48 hours later. Web-based information is fully encrypted. In general, access by non-University persons is allowed only upon prior written authorization by the student. However, MUSC routinely releases directory information at any time to anyone unless the student in writing requests Enrollment Management to prevent access to name, address (postal and e-mail), telephone number, digital images, dates of attendance, field of study, degrees received, and most recent previous educational institution attended. Students may examine their own official records either by viewing or receiving photocopies, under this provision: contents of the file may be viewed and/or hand-copied by the student except for confidential letters and recommendations written before January 1, 1975, and/or confidential letters and recommendations for which the students have waived their rights to inspect, and for parental financial information. Students may request contents of the file to be photocopied by Enrollment Management staff at the published fee (delivery within 45 days, by law), except for materials submitted in support of the admission process (e.g., transcripts from other institutions, DAT/MCAT/PCAT/GRE/SAT/etc. scores) and those contents which neither can be viewed nor hand-copied. Federal and state agencies may receive confidential information when it is needed in times of national emergency and when it is used to audit, review, and evaluate publicly supported educational programs. Students challenging content of records or provisions of access policy should contact Enrollment Management or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Office, U. S. Department of Education, 330 "C" Street, Room 4511, Washington, DC 20202. For persons in the status of applicant, privacy of information is guarded carefully by the University even though State and Federal law do not apply in the same manner as for enrolled students.
It is the policy of the University to retain permanently in hard copy, on microfilm, or electronic form an academic record of each student which reflects the unabridged chronological academic history of that student as well as official memoranda pertaining to grades and academic achievements and evaluation. The only permanently archived student academic documents retained at MUSC are under the custodial care of the Office of Enrollment Management (OEM) and will include the following:
- MUSC transcript of academic record;
- Final grade rosters as submitted by faculty;
- Grade change authorizations;
- Dean's letter, College of Medicine.
All admission materials for persons not matriculating will be destroyed one (1) year after the close of the applicant's filing cycle, except for the quantifiable data stored in the OEM computer database (such as prerequisite analysis, entering GPA's, test scores, interview ratings, state/county of legal residence, gender, prior colleges attended, prior degrees earned, licensure, birth date/place, ethnicity, social security number, term/year/program for which admission was sought).
All admission materials for enrolled students will be destroyed five (5) years after graduation or last date of attendance, except for the quantifiable data stored in the OEM computer database (See examples of data given immediately above).
All enrollment information other than the four types defined above will be destroyed five (5) years after graduation or last date of attendance, except for the quantifiable data stored in the OES computer database (such as residency reclassification, date and reason for withdrawal, last known address and telephone, national board scores, prior name[s], "hold" placed on the file, advisor assignment, course drops/adds, non-resident tuition waiver and reason, deceased, military status, class rank, graduation honors, honor society, and the like).
These records will be kept confidential, and the same policies and regulations will apply to access as those which apply to the records of current students. Once filmed or electronically stored, all hard copy documents will be destroyed in a manner that ensures confidentiality of information.
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QB Drew Barker of Hebron, KY attended Kentucky's junior day Saturday and will make two visits to USC this spring. "It was a good visit," he said of his time in Lexington. "The basketball game was fun. They are towards the top." Barker has had USC and Tennessee at the top of his list but he's wiped the slate clean for now. "No favorites," he said. "I'm taking visits this spring and then will narrow it down." He also has offers from Louisville, Purdue, Tennessee, North Carolina, Illinois, Cincinnati, Indiana, Ole Miss and Miami. He will visit USC for a junior day March 22nd and will stay thru the 24th. And he plans to return for the Gamecocks' spring game weekend April 12-14. Barker is the only quarterback USC has offered thus far for the 2014 class. Another quarterback who plans to attend USC's March 23rd junior day is Tyler Harris of Blackshear, GA.Tweet
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Team effort puts Southington into 'LL' semifinals
SOUTHINGTON — Team unity best describes the surging Southington High football team.
When junior defensive lineman Matt Koczera was asked about his three quarterback sacks in the Blue Knights' decisive 52-14 win over Norwich Free Academy Tuesday night in the Class LL quarterfinals, he said he didn't have a clue that he had that many and added that individual statistics didn't matter to him.
"What matters to me is that we had a team victory," said Koczera. "Everyone played hard and together."
That's a very fair assessment when you consider the many contributions by the fourth-seeded Blue Knights (10-1), who will advance into Saturday's 2 p.m. semifinal against eighth-seeded Ridgefield at West Haven High.
For openers, Southington senior running back Thomas Hyde scored four rushing touchdowns, the latter two on 39-yard runs.
"The offensive line did an amazing job and our defense did, too," said Hyde. "They gave us great field position to work with."
Yale-bound quarterback Stephen Barmore threw for three touchdowns of 50 yards to Zach Maxwell, nine yards to Alex Jamele and 21 yards to Joe Daigle.
And not to be lost in the mix was placekicker Kyle Smick, who booted a 30-yard field goal, his seventh of the season, just 48 seconds into the game.
Smick also connected on all seven PAT kicks, giving him 58 out of 59 attempts for the season. Smick also helped the Blue Knights win the field-position battle with his punts and kickoffs.
"Kyle did an incredible job for us," said Barmore. "We played a great football team, but we just played really well."
Southington middle linebacker Zak Jamele intercepted a pass in late the fourth quarter to put the finishing on the victory. Jamele credited his defensive front line.
"The defensive linemen played like wild bandits," said Jamele.
The Blue Knights were focused on the Wildcats' potent running game and contained junior Khaleed Exum-Strong from the outset. Boston College recruit Marcus Outlow, slowed by a recent shoulder injury, was limited to just a couple of carries in the first quarter.
The Blue Knights' defense never eased up on the pressure on NFA quarterback Alexander Beaudreault.
"We wanted to come out strong and we really were focused on what we had to do," said Southington junior linebacker Steven Hamel, who had a couple of sacks. "This was our best game of the season, defensively."
Southington coach Mike Drury definitely liked what he saw from his unit.
"We had to play physical and fast and we did that," said Drury, who noted it was Southington's first playoff win since 2006, the year it lost in the final. "We played great in all three phases of the game."
Even with a 24-0 halftime lead, the Blue Knights weren't satisfied, recalling a 21-0 halftime lead to Hall of West Hartford at midseason. Southington would lose that game, 49-37, the only one so far this year.
Since then, the Blue Knights have won six in a row. including four games where the they have scored more than 50 points.
"We knew that we had to keep going strong and continue to battle hard with a big halftime lead," said Koczera. "We never let up."
To which Hyde said, "We are moving on and still have a chance for a state championship ring. It's a great feeling."
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On Tuesday, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the Kentucky State Police received a call for assistance from McLean County Officials regarding an escaped inmate.
A McLean County deputy jailer was in the process of transporting inmates from McLean County District Court in Calhoun back to the Daviess County Detention Center in Owensboro.
While traveling on Keller Road (south of Owensboro) inmate Danny Benningfield advised the deputy jailer that he is feeling ill and needs to vomit.
As the deputy jailer opened his vehicle door, Benningfield ran from the transport vehicle into an open field.
The deputy jailer was unable to give chase as he was transporting multiple inmates.
As multiple agencies were conducting a sweep of the area, Benningfield was found hiding in an empty hot tub behind a residence on Fisher Road.
They arrested him without incident.
It is unclear as to how Benningfield managed to remove his handcuffs prior to the escape; however, the investigation is being conducted by the Kentucky State Police.
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For Immediate Release: December 12, 2010 Contact Chief Greg Butler
Shooting Hitching Post Bar
Montpelier, Idaho--A 34-year-old male was arrested early this morning after firing a round from a rifle into the Hitching Post Bar located at 839 Washington Street.
Steven Michael Stewart was arrested after firing one round from a rifle into the bar after having been kicked out of the bar earlier in the evening. Stewart fired one round from the back parking lot just before 1 am this morning. The round penetrated into the bar and lodged in a wall. According to Chief Greg Butler the bar had approximately 15 customers still inside. "We're very fortunate nobody was hit by the round," said Chief Butler.
According to Chief Butler the suspect fled the scene after the shooting. Officers located the suspect approximately 90 minutes later when he returned to his home where officers were keeping surveillance. He was taken into custody after a brief struggle. A rifle was recovered and the suspect was booked into the Caribou County jail.


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The 6 Most Unlikely Partners in the Animal Kingdom
#3. The Oklahoma Brown Tarantula Keeps Toads as Pets
To a spider the size of a hairy, mutant child's hand, soft little frogs and toads are just another tasty meal that can do nothing to fight back. And to a soft little frog or toad, a baby spider is just as appetizing as a fly. This equation of mutual destruction is presumably no different for the Oklahoma brown tarantula, and the the Great Plains narrow-mouthed toad. Which makes it so strange that in the wild, Oklahoma brown tarantula burrows are often home to one or more of these inch-long toads. The two species manage to ignore the sign that blinks "Prey! EAT!" every time they pass one another in the hall, grudgingly respecting one another's fatal vulnerabilities much like the relationship between you and your cat.
What the Huh?
The little froggies devour any tiny bug other than freshly-hatched Oklahoma spiderlings, and are in turn left in peace by the monstrous momma spider. Why? Because narrow-mouthed toads are primarily adapted for eating ants, and a giant arachnid can defend its home from ants about as well as you can punch out bacteria. So the toad eats the tarantula's enemies, and in return it gets an armor-plated, venom-drooling roommate most frog-eating things would rather not mess with.
So we weren't just making a lame cat joke up there. It really is literally the same relationship; these spiders have learned to tolerate a tiny amphibian for the exact same pest control service that first brought together humans and felines. There's no word on whether or not aging, barren spinster spiders just surround themselves with toads and let them piss all over the ottoman, so we're going to go ahead and assume they do.
#2. The Sea Anemone Poisons Everyone But Nemo
It's hard to imagine anemone as predators, because they mostly just sit around looking like acid-trip flowers, wowing hippies and maybe occasionally squirting water at stick-wielding students on field trips to the beach. But they're really killers. Those pretty petals/tentacles are covered in cells that literally explode with poison when triggered, paralyzing prey and directing its inert body to the anemone's mouth. And as if getting gobbled up by a space-hippy flower wasn't bad enough, the whole thing looks like somebody exploded a butthole--it's just downright embarrassing to get killed by that.
Unless the animal wandering among the tentacles is a clownfish. Because the clownfish and the sea anemone have devised a diabolical partnership, the likes of which hasn't been seen since Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat tackled "Opposites Attract."
What the Huh?
As babies, clownfish work up an immunity to anemone poison by rubbing against their tentacles. Scientist think the anemone mucus and fish mucus mingle, until the poison flower eventually just thinks the fish is part of its own gross, undulating body. So the anemone provides the clownfish with a poisony hiding place, and Nemo returns the favor by bringing its friend scraps of food, fighting off anemone enemies or luring bigger fish to their lair to be murdered.
He's waiting for you.
Yeah, the movie didn't show you the whole "luring into murder" thing. Probably because it's hard to relate to the endearing father/son dynamic if their chief bonding activity is essentially the undersea equivalent of murdering hobos in a van together.
And speaking of anemone...
#1. The Boxer Crab and his Anemone Gloves
FACT: The ocean is crazy as crap. You need look no further than the relationship between the boxer crab and the anemone for proof of that. The anemone isn't just an anus mouthed magic-eye painting, at least not in the hands of the boxer crab. To the crab, the anemone is the perfect sidekick against predators and prey alike. There have been plenty of classic sidekick relationships: Batman and Robin, Kirk and Spock, Holmes and Watson; but the relationship between the anemone and the boxer crab is less like Ed McMahon to Johnny Carson, and more like Rob Schneider to literally anybody that will pay attention to him. See, this sidekick desperately grapples onto the host's body, permanently attaching to its claws like toxic mittens.
What the Huh?
Little Mac up there isn't just carrying those pompom anemones; they're actually growing on him. And he wants them there. He has straight up weaponized another animal. Because those precious mittens aren't just for flair, they're going to kill that crab some food. And for their services, the pompoms get some scraps and mobility. The only equivalent we can imagine would be if a whole race of people grafted angry toddlers to their arms, then walked around swinging those babies at would-be interlopers. This analogy especially works if the toddlers are dripping in poison and have dreadlocks.
Like this, but gloves.
The boxer crab just wanders around the ocean, knocking motherfuckers out with its poisonous predator fists. So when you lay your head on your pillow tonight, just before you close your eyes, remember this: You live in a world where things that look like a cross between a deep-sea spider and a cobra team up with venomous tentacled sphincters to uppercut poison into all that oppose them.
Sleep tight!
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KILLEEN (November 22, 2012)-- A Killeen man who had posted bond and been released from the Bell County Jail after he was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child has been returned to the lock up after his arrest Wednesday on a second child sex charge.
Timothy Colt Castleberry, 29, who shows an address on Stagecoach, In Killeen, was listed Thursday on the Bell County Jail log where he was being held in lieu of $200,000 bond.
Documents show Castleberry was arrested on a warrant charging sexual assault of a child after a second victim came forward and named him as an assailant.
Killeen police initially arrested Castleberry on October 2 on a warrant after a witness saw inappropriate pictures of a young girl on a cell phone.
The photographs were found on Sept. 13.
An arrest affidavit signed by Bell County Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke says police were able to identify the young girl and in an interview she said she was sexually assaulted several times beginning in the spring of 2012.
The original affidavit says at least one of the assaults was by force.
The second arrest affidavit says a 10-year-old girl told police told officers beginning when she was only 5-years-old, a man forced her to have sex with him.
Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke set Castleberry's bond.


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Accessible OpenSolaris 2008.11
By Peter Korn on Dec 18, 2008
A couple of weeks ago Sun released OpenSolaris 2008.11. For the last year or more, Sun's Willie Walker has led the OpenSolaris accessibility effort, and this recent release shows all of the tremendous work done by Willie and a host of engineers on the OpenSolaris team. Particular attention was paid to accessible install (leading one blind OpenSolaris user to say "it was the smoothest operating system install that I have ever performed"). Leveraging the Sun-led open source GNOME accessibility work, OpenSolaris includes the latest in assistive technologies like Orca and GOK and Dasher, as well as a host of other accessibility enhancements that have been developed in the open source GNOME community.
Using the occasion of this release of OpenSolaris, Sun's Bill Vass wrote movingly about Dismantling the Digital Divide in his blog last week. In my meetings with Bill, I've always been impressed with his passion around technology accessibility, and the focus he brings to accessibility within Sun Federal which he leads.
Willie put together a great set of videos which demonstrate the accessibility features available in OpenSolaris 2008.11. I encourage you to check them out!


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The Gray Pack, Book 3
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Adopted brothers, Rafe and Ryley dream of having a family and a legacy of their own. They've found their destined mate, but she's human and dealing with a gut wrenching past heartbreak. A strange twist of fate brings a new wolf to the pack, and she will either tear the trio apart, or cement them together.
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[4.1.0-B3] `getEditorParent` is ignored - nested cell editing is not possible
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- In 4.1.0 the `getEditorParent` method of the grid is ignored and not used for setting the `parentEl` property of the editor. You can search for `getEditorParent` in 4.0.7 codebase and 4.1.0-b3 codebase to see the point.
- This makes certain advanced use cases not possible, like performing nested cell editing.
- Under nested cell editing I assume the following scenario: Grid1 has an Ext.form.field.Picker editor for some column. Picker in turn, opens another grid and user can edit the cells of the second grid.
- This used to work fine in 4.0.7
- Problem is that editors are now always rendered in the `document.body`, and because of that picker will be closed on any click on the secondary editor.
- Download the attachment, remove the *.txt extension and put it in the /ext-4.1.0-beta-3/examples/grid/ folder
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Well... that's about it. D strings (on acoustic nylon guitars at least) break way more often than the others. I guess there's a physical explanation but I wasn't able to found anything on the Internet. Do you guys know why this happens?
First, I agree with the question, when talking about nylon-stringed guitars - in nearly a half-century of playing classical and flamenco instruments, I find that the D string, the poor thing, breaking more frequently than any the others (other answers and comments are probably based on steel-stringed experience). I've asked luthiers, and even one of the D'Addario sons :-) about this, and there are a number of causes (besides flaws in the guitar itself):
Of course, replacing your basses frequently will usually save you the embarrassment of changing strings on stage (I had to do it twice with a D string recently, because I botched the first stringing job - oh well). The goal is to keep them from breaking, until they finally "wear out" - the basses start to sound like rubber bands. So what can you do about that?
Good luck, and may your bass strings always maintain their composure when you are playing for people...
IMO frequently broken strings indicate a mechanical problem. I never break strings and I haven'tt broken one for maybe 30 years.
etc, etc...
From m practice, This is definitely true for nylon strings and this happens because of structure of D-string. The first 3 (E,B,G) are solid, and next 3 (D,A,E) consist of thin nylon fibers wrapped around one more think string. For the D-string the number of fibers is much less then for A and E (because it needs to vibrate in certain range) and this makes it the weakest.
When I would buy strings, I'd always buy couple of spare D-strings...
How often is "often"? If you find that your D string is breaking a lot, there could be an issue with the guitar. Does it break near the tuning post? If so, there could be an issue with the nut slot. If it is near the bridge, it could be something in that area - something sharp that is compromising the integrity of the string.
I think most guitarists would say the 1st and 2nd strings are the most common strings to break in the course of regular playing.
A couple of things could be at issue.
Since it's always the same string, my guess is that there's some tiny discontinuity at either the nut or the bridge (whereever it's breaking) where the string is snagging (unless it's a "locking" system, the string should slide freely). Fix: Whenever you change a string, take a pencil and scribble all over the path of the string (at the nut, bridge, and tuning post. NOT the fretboard or the top!). The graphite will work like a permanent lubricant.
Tuning issues. It may not seem relevant, but have you ever taken a steel spoon at school or camp and bent it back and forth until you can snap the head off? Little mistreatments of the strings can add up quickly.
One more thing. There could be something in the atmosphere that interacts badly with the metal of the string. Trying a different metal (bronze, steel, nickel) or a different alloy (the ratio of metals) might help.
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Where should I go for casual (online) gaming?
I spend most of my free gaming time on kongregate.com, which I got to from playing the recommendations on jayisgames.com. Someone have another good alternative time-waster?
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@woothulhu: Robot Unicorn FTW!
I've tried a few but always end up going back to armorgames.com
Maple story? Lol.
bigfishgames.com for me, too.
I was about to suggest jayisgames.com, then I actually read your question. They really get most of the good ones from all around the web. Pretty sure they have people checking Armor and Kongregate regularly.
Hello there,
Well, I usually play online games on http://www.bgames.com/sniper-games
, zapak and gamesheap. But the one site which I frequently use is bgames.com; as it has awesome racing games and I love this gaming category.


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The 6 Deadliest Animals Too Adorable to Run Away From
As we love to point out, Mother Nature's favorite gag is giving vicious predators the bodies of harmless fuzzballs. As part of our duty to make sure you don't judge an animal's lethality by its appearance, we'd like to remind you that ...
#6. Roadrunners Eat Rattlesnakes
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When someone mentions roadrunners, you probably think of a tall, skinny bird that runs really fast, goes "Meep meep" and routinely outwits cartoon coyotes. And while Warner Bros. did get some things right (the birds are capable of flight, but choose to just run around really fast), cartoons are rarely accurate sources for the aspiring ornithologist.
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Top speed: 17 mph.
Real roadrunners are smaller (upward of 2 feet long from beak to tail) than their cartoon counterparts, and they're far more likely to be doing the murdering than running from it.
Wait, What?
Roadrunners are almost exclusively carnivorous. The diet they follow is not the wimpy "small furry things" sort, either. Try rattlesnakes.
A snake lunging at a roadrunner's face is the same as you punching at a mugger's gun.
The roadrunner just sinks its beak into the snake (or whatever abomination it happens to be facing), promptly lifts it high into the air and repeatedly smashes it into the ground until it is tenderized enough to swallow whole. This technique, according to scientists, "subjects the prey to an outward force away from the center of rotation, in this case, the center of rotation being the roadrunner's face." More importantly, it does it like a boss.
That there, friends, is a goddamn finishing move. It even has a name: the Centrifugal Slam.
Oh, and the roadrunner also eats other birds. It doesn't even fly after them -- instead, it just jumps in the air and snatches them as they pass. And then: the Centrifugal Slam.
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If that doesn't work, its manager distracts the ref and throws in a chair.
Roadrunners are the only known predator of the tarantula hawk, a 2-inch insect hellspawn that fights tarantulas into submission and lays eggs inside their living bodies. Roadrunners also eat the horned lizard, a spiked monster that shoots blood out of its eyes when threatened.
"Meep meep, motherfucker."
Once the prey is dead, the roadrunner swallows it whole. Well, attempts to. The snakes in particular are usually too long to swallow entirely, so most of the meal ends up just sort of dangling from the roadrunner's mouth. But don't think that the bird gives a damn. It just goes about its business with a dead snake hanging flaccidly from its throat, slowly swallowing more as its stomach digests the meal.
#5. Giant Otters Murder Piranha and Alligators
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Otters are some of the cutest, most innocent-looking animals on the planet. Statistically speaking, 102 percent of what they do is adorable. Giant otters are the same, only more so.
At 6 feet, the giant otter is physically the largest member of his family, and even though he's a bit on the big side, we would totally name him Buster and take him rafting. Come on, look at the big fella.
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Well hi there!
Giant otters even have a cute nickname:
"River wolves."
Wait, What?
Giant otters live in South America, where they primarily feed on perch, large catfish and characins, such as piranhas. They hunt in packs (hence the nickname), corraling fish into shallow water for easy pickings. When feeding cubs, they beat up the fish within an inch of its life but leave it hanging -- so that the cute otter babies can have fresh food.
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His sadism is matched only by his adorablism.
But no matter how much of a fish-mutilating dick the giant otter may be, it's still just a cute and furry mammal. It has to be wary of other predators that haunt the Amazon River -- such as the local member of the alligator family tree, the caiman.
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Also known as the "poor man's dinosaur."
Oh, wait -- it's the other way around.
When a pair of giant otters see a caiman basking on the shore, they might start pawing at the reptile's tail, apparently just for shits and giggles. Maybe the caiman takes the hint and pisses off, but more likely it will turn around and attack. The otters will dodge, then have a go at the tail again. And again. Until the caiman is too tired to fight back. Then they calmly eat the caiman alive. Starting with the damn tail.
If there are more otters around, they'll skip the tail biting, gang tackle the caiman and start chomping away. A pack of giant otters can devour an entire caiman, bones and all, in 45 minutes.
Another delicacy on the giant otter menu is the anaconda, which you may remember as the largest damn snake on Earth. A small group of giant otters will swim up to and grab the snake, then start biting and clawing it. They will bash the anaconda against tree trunks and, if they feel particularly badass, employ a technique described by a biologist as "tug-of-war with an animated fire hose." Yes, giant otters can reduce the most powerful snake on the planet to a mere plaything.
Not bad for an animal that sounds like a squeak toy.
#4. Long-Tailed Weasels Are Dancing Spree-Killers
Oh, come on now. Weasels? They do probably hunt mice or something, like pretty much every small carnivore. But a long-tailed weasel on a list of ferocious killers? No way. Look at that little fella -- it's just a fluffy hot dog with legs.
Well, the long-tailed weasel isn't just one of the most horrible serial killers in nature; one of its many methods of mayhem involves break dancing.
Wait, What?
The long-tailed weasel likes to kill by wrapping its body around its prey, then crushing the prey's skull by biting it. If the victim tries to escape into its burrow, the weasel's slender body allows it to run in after the prey to deliver the skullcrusher. If the victim tries to run out of its burrow, the weasel crushes its windpipe instead, because variety is the spice of life.
Via Itsnature.org
Sweet mousestache!
But what if the teeny tiny predator feels like attacking larger foes, such as, say, snowshoe hares, which are routinely three to six times the size of the less than 10 oz. weasels?
Enter the "weasel war dance," an intricate series of movements performed by the weasel to charm the bunny with the power of dance:
Here's a step-by-step guide for rocking those moves at home: run right really fast; run left really fast; right; right; left; left; jump; hop; roll; roll; kill.
Somehow, it gets nastier still. Long-tailed weasels are genetically hardwired to commit mass murder. They kill whenever they can and store the food for later, but rarely visit their corpse stashes because they prefer their food "alive and quivering." They also lap the blood from the wounds they inflict, and as the icing on the serial killer cake, they make their nests out of the fur of their victims.
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Awww. We'd name him Hannibal and make him wear a skin mask.


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US activity will be led by LNG liquefaction and export terminals, along with new and expanded fractionators, ethylene crackers and other petrochemical infrastructure.
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A lingering question for the US, and one that could
determine the nations energy future, is what to do with
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In US environmental impacts evaluations and plant safety considerations shall become the main elements driving the design, as they are doing in other countries, like Australia. Technology will have to become safer to allow a real improvement.
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New facilities will also allow buyers and technical decision makers to consider new technology and methodologies, rather than traditional incumbent approaches. One example is the alternative to gas chromatographs for hydrocarbon composition monitoring. Now there are all-optical, fast-response, low-maintenance analyzers that require no carrier gas (i.e. no helium or hydrogen tanks), no calibration gases (i.e. not a relative method but a direct absolute concentration measurement), and no consumables (i.e. avoidance of lead-acetate, GC columns and the most expensive aspect of a GC is the technical personnel operating and maintaining the system). New facilities opens the door for new and more efficient technology to be adopted.
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That means, will be job for many workers
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What is the most used Algorithm/Technique in Steganography? I made some research about the algorithm/technique and I think Least Significat Bit(LSB) is the most used algorithm, is there any more efficient algorithm/technique that can be use for Steganography aside from LSB?
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Your question is really too general - and perhaps off-topic, as steganography is quite a different field to cryptography.
That being said, the answer to your question really depends on many things. Steganography is the art of hiding information in plain-sight. This information could be hidden in either; analogue or digital media, on the internet or in a newspaper, text or photos (or many other file-types like audio or video files, to name a few).
Information can be encoded into the pixels of an image, hidden in the metadata of a file, published in the classified-announcements section of a newspaper, etc.
You're asking about efficient techniques, but efficiency is relative to requirements. What are you trying to achieve? How much data are you trying to hide? In what medium? Might the people you're hiding information from know your protocols?
Encoding information in the least significant bit of pixel data is a common approach, yes, but keep in mind that Steganography works because it's esoteric. It provides (perceived) security because the information being hidden is not apparent to the majority of people who see it. Using the most common techniques might result in the easy discovery of your protocol. Unlike cryptography, you don't really have to play by the rules when using steganography, so you should get creative and experiment with your own protocols.
One alternative to LSB is to encode a hex encoded message into the alpha channel of a PNG image. Assuming the alpha value of all pixels in a png file is 255 (fully opaque), offsetting this constant value by a value between 0 and 16 (possible values in hex encoding) would not be perceivable by the human eye, but is a clean and deterministic approach to hiding data.
I'm assuming you're referring only to static image manipulation, as that's the common fear these days (terrorists are hiding data in eBay images!) But it's a mistake to think that images are the only potential carriers of hidden data. Data can hide wherever information moves, including audio files, DNS requests, TCP port knocking, error codes, URLs, Unicode, spam, anywhere.
LSB is often used in stego demonstrations because it's a simple and understandable example of the idea, but it has a lot of weaknesses that make it less than perfect for real world use. For one thing, it works directly on bitmaps, but not compressed images. If the message is short and modifies only the first half of the picture, the top of the image will have a "static" appearance that magically cleans up in the bottom half. Also, BMPs may themselves be suspicious, as most people use compressed formats such as JPG or PNG.
Using LSB on an ordinary GIF would give you crazy incorrect colors, but you could use a modified palette with 128 duplicated colors to hide the data invisibly.
Both of these are easy experiments to perform and demonstrate to an audience. You can show them a before and after picture. You can show them a photo of a clear blue sky over the ocean, then mar the top third with an LSB stego message. Then show them how a photo of a forest of autumn leaves or a field of wheat makes the effects of LSB stego almost invisible. Show them how LSB messes with GIF images, then show them a reduced palette image followed by the same image with an LSB stego message.
Messing with JPEG and TIFF formats is technically much more difficult, but in the real world would probably do a better job of remaining hidden. But they're still detectable to someone looking for them. Each camera and image manipulation software package uses a custom "quantization table" that says how a block of pixels will be encoded. Canon's are distinct from Nikon's. Both are distinct from Adobe's, GIMP's, ImageMagick's, etc. If your image has some quantized blocks that match those from Canon, but others that aren't recognizable, an eavesdropper might determine it was tampered with. For a start to more information, see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/quantize/
A long time ago, the program OutGuess did a good job at spotting steganographically altered images encoded in many different image formats, but as far as I know the author never released the source.


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I have a small example program which simply
fopens a file and uses
fgets to read it. Using
strace, I notice that the first call to
fgets runs a
mmap system call, and then read system calls are used to actually read the contents of the file. on
fclose, the file is
munmaped. If I instead open read the file with open/read directly, this obviously does not occur. I'm curious as to what is the purpose of this
mmap is, and what it is accomplishing.
On my Linux 2.6.31 based system, when under heavy virtual memory demand these
mmaps will sometimes hang for several seconds, and appear to me to be unnecessary.
The example code:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
FILE *f;
if ( NULL == ( f=fopen( "foo.txt","r" )))
printf ("Fail to open\n");
char buf[256];
And here is the relevant strace output when the above code is run:
open("foo.txt", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb8039000
read(3, "foo\nbar\n\n"..., 4096) = 9
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xb8039000, 4096) = 0


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"If it was not for Al-Manar, the victory would not have been achieved."[i]
- Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah commenting on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Southern Lebanon in May 2000
One of the most important weapons that the Lebanese terrorist group Hizbollah has in its arsenal for its struggle against its adversaries is not a rocket launcher or an anti-tank missile or a suicide bomber. It is a TV station called al-Manar, which is Arabic for "the beacon." Al-Manar serves as a platform for the group to disseminate its views to the people of Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East. Al-Manar has been so successful at reaching Hizbollah's target audiences that it seems to have become a model for extremist Shia groups in Iraq which have launched copy-cat versions of al-Manar.
Hizbollah launched al-Manar TV as a small terrestrial TV station in 1991, just as the group started becoming active in Lebanese politics. The station initially focused on programming that helped Hizbollah make a political issue of the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Since then, its reach and its content have expanded significantly. It is now a major satellite station with significant viewership not just in Lebanon, where it is generally believed to be the third most-watched station in the country, but other parts of the Middle East.
Al-Manar resembles other major Arab satellite TV stations in its broadcast of a variety of content, including news programs, sports, entertainment shows, family programs, and talk shows. But the station also displays a very clear bias reflective of Hizbollah's political outlook. For example, it is strongly anti-Israeli and anti-US; it is openly supportive of Hizbollah's fighters and military operations; it openly promotes "resistance" to include violent attacks in response to Israeli control of the Palestinian territories and the US military presence it Iraq.[ii]
Programs that Al-Manar has aired in recent years include The Spider's House, an anti-Israeli talk show which emphasizes how Israel can be defeated over time through a combination of low-intensity warfare and population growth in Arab communities. Returnees is a program dedicated to the issue of Palestinian refugees. Terrorists is a weekly documentary highlighting what the station refers to as "terrorist acts" that Israel has committed against Arabs. My Blood and the Rifle is a documentary series that glorifies Hizbollah fighters. The station also airs "filler material" which come in the form of short segments aired during commercials, like this one which glorifies Hizbollah fighters.
Al-Manar's primary target audience is the people of Lebanon, particularly Lebanese Shia Muslims, but the station also makes an extensive effort to appeal to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Since 2003, the station has also devoted significant broadcast time to commenting on the US military presence in Iraq. The station regularly rails against the continued US military presence, accusing the US Forces of committing a variety of abuses and atrocities in Iraq. The station also openly calls for violent resistance to US Forces in Iraq and airs video clips of attacks against US Forces circulated by Iraqi Shia extremist groups, like Kata'ib Hizbollah (Arabic for "The Hizbollah Brigades in Iraq") and the Promised Day Brigade, which is the successor to Muqtada al-Sadr's now-defunct Mahdi Army.[iii]
The growth and success of Al-Manar TV may have provided inspiration for the emergence of at least one relatively new outlet: Iraq's al-Ahd TV. the station's programming reflects very strong political opinions, one of the most notable of which is strong opposition to the US presence in Iraq.
The picture on the left shows a female broadcaster on al-Manar TV, the one on the right shows a male and female broadcaster from al-Ahd TV. Note the similarity in the dress of the two women from al-Manar and al-Ahd, which is an indication that both stations embrace relatively conservative social mores and anti-Western political views. Contrast this with the picture in the center of Al-Arabiya TV correspondent Rima Salha, who is dressed in Western-style clothing, which is much more typical of female correspondents who appear on major Arab TV stations.
While no firm evidence currently exists to suggest that the launching of al-Ahd TV was inspired by al-Manar TV, there are at least on the surface there are some noticeable similarities between the programming of the stations. These similarities seem to be based on similarities in the political and social views of the forces behind the two stations (see the pictures below for an example of how the social views of the people who control these two TV stations seem to appear on-screen), which may have formed entirely independently of one another, but the creators of al-Ahd TV may have taken inspiration from al-Manar TV as an example of how to use television as a platform to spread their political messages.
The growth of al-Manar and its potential to influence/inspire the creation of copy-cat stations like al-Ahd TV represent a significant challenge for US strategic communications initiatives in the Middle East and the Islamic world. US policymakers need to be able to monitor the types of messages and themes that stations like al-Manar TV disseminate so that the US can adjust its to account for the impact of such messages if US strategic communications efforts in the Middle East are to be successful.
[i] Zahera Harb, "Aiming at Liberation: Al-Manar Media Campaigns Against the Israeli Occupation of Southern Lebanon (1998-2000)", Middle East Journal of Culture and Communications, Volume 2, Number 1, p. 55-56.
[ii] Beacon of Hatred: Inside Hizballah's al-Manar TV by Avi Jorisch (Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2004).
[iii] Muqtada al-Sadr announced the disbanding of the Mahdi Army in 2008 and that the group was being replaced by two new organizations: the Momahidoun, which he stated would be a political, social, and religious organization, and the Promised Day Brigade, a military group which would conduct attacks against US Forces in Iraq to liberate the country from US occupation. It is believed that the Promised Day Brigade is smaller much more tightly organized than the old Mahdi Army, thus giving al-Sadr greater controller over the group than he had over its predecessor, and that he disbanded the Mahdi Army organization and created the two new organizations at least in part for this reason.


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the apartment is really well placed, right in the centre of Prague; you need just a minute to reach the old town square by walk, passing through one of the most turistic street of the city.
The guys at the reception did a good job, letting us enter our rooms some hours before the check-in time.
The apartment was really nice and well furnished, with everything necessary (i think more than necessary!!) for the trip: tiny but complete kitchen, living room with big tv, internet connection and so on...
We just had some troubles to sleep at night dued to some drunk hooligans lodged in our building that passed whole nights ringing every door bell in the palace, shouting, slamming doors and elevator cabin, from 4 to 6 a.m.; unfortunately non-smart people is everywhere...but this has nothing to do with the accomodation that has been really comfortable.
Everything was Great Perfect Location, Really Clean only reason i give it 4 Stars is the wifi in our room.. Well there wasn't any. Other then that it was Greeat Would Def stay here again
Everything was perfect! Really nice apartment and the location was really good. the aprtment was very clean and fresh and it included all things that you needed. Good kitchen-equipment, free internet and nice furnishing.
Nice little house with everything you need. There's a sandbeach nearby, you can walk to it in 5 minutes. With the cab or bus it's easy to go to the city of Zadar. The host was very sweet and willing to arrange anything. We had a good time!
I chose the appartment because of low price and good location. I payed the amount of 160€ for 3 nights which was on the receipt I got from windu. After that I realized that the flat was sold by a company called interhome which sent me a second receipt for a cleaning few of 58€. So the inital low price increased by 35%.
I could have seen this clicking on an extra button in the description in advance. Very poor strategy to make money, sorry guys....
The flat itself was very good, clean and recomendable.
Had a pleasant stay here for 4 days. Very centrally located apartment with restaurants, a bakery, a slaughter and an Metro right outside the door.
Some street noise and the apartment could need a major cleaning.
1-very dear(expensive) by report(relationship) quality / prices(prizes)
2-aftre the reservation a great surprise in supplement bond 100€ payment for (cleaning +draps+taxes)
3 - impossible of sat(based) in the garden or to open windows because of big mosquitoes (in spite of the precautions were all pricked by mosquito
4 - walked out of order
5-full of dust, in private individuals under mattresses
6-paying internet
7-lack of playroom(gaming room) (children and adults) and fitness gym
8-I never return and I do not advise(recommend) it to my friends
hidden cost and no free wifi as advertised
We were two families with children who rented an Elviria (Marbella) property from Interhome through Wimdu. The Wimdu process was quite simple and quick. The follow up with Interhome started poorly, they kept asking for payment, when it had already been sent, and would not give the property address until payment logged by them. When that was sorted it was a bit of a shock to arrive there from the airport, and not be able to get in for an hour because the number Interhome gave went to a voicemail, eventually rang Interhome Germany and got them to get us into the property. The complex is very nice, secure and well serviced. The property was lovely and clean, and would have been ideal for our families, had it not been for one issue, it was NOT the property we had booked on Wimdu, The Wimdu photos were of a sunny top floor apartment, which was decorated and furnished beautifully. This was a ground floor, not sunny, apartment, which was furnished ok. To compound matters we had no hot water till almost 10pm that night, running after various agents, night guards etc. Then no running water on third day, all of which was conveyed to Interhome. After a polite but lengthy investigation, they basically said no issues as far as they were concerned and they would offer 10% off our next booking, REALLY...would you book with them after that?? poor customer service, very keen to take your hard earned money, not very keen to take responsibility or compensate genuine complaints. Do not assume the property you are looking at is what Interhome will give you, by then its too late you have paid and you have travelled there and they refused to compensate or take responsibility.
Very comfortable nice apartment.
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Butterflies are perfect for spring, and this Clutter of Nylon Butterflies would be great for adding some color and joy to your home. These butterfly decorations are made with cheap nylon stockings and wire. They are so fun to make that it's virtually impossible to make just one! Use them as wedding favors, in a nursery, or even on as ornaments on your tree.
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I searched for a working username and password for hours..finally i found.. Nylon Butter Fly Get a Pass - http//join.nylonbutterfly.com/track/100237MainTria == lsNylonbutterfly/
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Apr 11, 2014
I was wondering how the last butterfly wing was done,that was very clever,I was really impressed.Cannot wait to get started.
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Apr 11, 2014
Hi Patstubbs44--Thanks for the comment. I suggest reaching out to the designer or visiting her blog (The Paper Stash) to see how she creates the last butterfly wing. Hope that helps! --FaveCrafts Editor
Mar 13, 2014
I enjoyed watching the demonstration on nylon butterflies. It inspired me to attempt it,but I have not done so as yet. However I feel it could be taken a step further. I think they can can be made into magnets, barettes, picks to add to bouquettes or gift wrapping. Just a thought. Perhaps others have more suggestions.
ammashah 3951014
Apr 24, 2013
thanks for the instruction. I wanted to learn this for a long time.
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Mar 06, 2013
like the video, but would like written instructions can not have computer at my work area. Where can we get the written info. thanks
Aug 03, 2013
I found these websites that has how to make them: http://www.newsheer.com/ebook_butterfly.php (has photos) http://tinaspatilscreations.blogspot.com/2011/02/instructions-on-making-nylon-stocking.html (with photos) I also found How to make Nylon Flowers http://craftionary.wordpress.com/learn-to-make-easy-diy-nylon-flowers-tutorials/ (a lot of different flowers) Hope this helps you out. I really don't like the videos so I try to find another place that has written instructions. Happy Crafting!
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Feb 24, 2013
I thought this was a pretty good tutorial overall. No problem with the volume that someone else mentioned so it must be a computer thing. I wondered about dying the nylon stockings as well. Also would like to know the gauge of the wire. Did she hot glue the gems to the side where she attached the sets of wings together? I thought that would be the back of the butterfly. Cute idea that I will try soon.
May 18, 2012
OMG that is too cute! another craft to try, yay! With the lower half of the butterfly, I don't think I caught it, but to make the smaller pieces, I am assuming you used a smaller thing to wrap the wire around? When you got to the process of attaching top to bottom, it looked like you had the two smaller pieces in one stocking, but the ones in the background seem to have them apart. Did I not see it so, did you use two separate pieces or added them together?
May 17, 2012
It is hard to find colourful nylons, do you think the white ones could be dyed to make a certain colour, I am thinking RIT?
May 04, 2012
i loved watching this video..am going to have a go at making some of those ..thank you ..
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May 03, 2012
The really enjoyed watching this a great page Thank you
teelyons63 8780419
Apr 08, 2012
very cute!!!
eaburrows 0502751
Mar 24, 2012
so pretty - great for spring wreath addition
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Mar 08, 2012
loved the tutorial, could u tell me exactly what nylon you used? is it like a tube, or is it just nylon fabric, and if not tubed, can u use the nylon fabric? cant find it in any walmart in our area. marge
GiGiz crafts
Apr 11, 2012
knee high stockings!
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Mar 07, 2012
Love the butterflies, but the directions were hard to follow and the volume was low, even after I turned up my speakers.
Mar 04, 2012
I've purchased butterflies like these in the past and thought they couldn't be too hard to make, the store ones have the nylon twisted into the body I'd like to know how to do that. Also, she didn't say what gauge the wire is, what size holds up to the nylon being wrapped on it?
peri 6974423
Mar 04, 2012
I can't see the directions - nothing comes up. I think I'd love them!
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Feb 24, 2012
great idea! what gauge wire is she using?
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I found these websites that has how to make them: http://www.newsheer.com/ebook_butterfly.php (has photos) http://tinaspatilscreations.blogspot.com/2011/02/instructions-on-making-nylon-stocking.html (with photos) I also found How to make Nylon Flowers http://craftionary.wordpress.com/learn-to-make-easy-diy-nylon-flowers-tutorials/ (a lot of different flowers) Hope this helps you out. I really don't like the videos so I try to find another place that has written instructions. Happy Crafting!
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