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This question is about Lemma 1.2 on the fifth page of Thomas Wolff's paper, "A sharp bilinear cone restriction estimate", Annals of Mathematics, 153 (2001), 661--698. The Lemma states (the definitions to be given after)
If $x\in Q(1)$ is a smooth $\mu$-fold point for the white tubes with $\mu > \delta^B$ then $x$ is a base-point for an $\eta$-bush of white tubes with cardinality $\gtrsim (\log \frac1\delta)^{-1} \mu (\frac\eta\delta)^M$ for some $\eta \leq \delta^{1-\epsilon}$. Conversely...
(I understand the converse part, and can sketch the proof, so I omit that here.) The Lemma is given without proof in the paper, and left deliberately as an exercise. The problem is I am not even sure if I understand the Lemma correctly! (In particular, I don't see why the restriction $x\in Q(1)$ is necessary at all: the statement seems to be translation invariant.)
Question Can someone supply a sketch of the proof for this Lemma (beyond the one-liner in the paper)? In particular, where does the logarithm loss come from? The converse statement does not require a logarithm. Thanks.
The Definitions
Now, the definitions to make sense of the Lemma. (Do let me know if I missed anything.)
- $Q(1)\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is the unit cube centered at the origin.
- A small constant $\epsilon$ is fixed throughout, and a large constant $B$ depending on dimension $d$ is fixed throughout.
- For the purpose of this lemma, a white light-ray is a line in $\mathbb{R}^d$ transversal, and making an angle of 45 degrees, with the plane $\{x_d = 0\}$
- Let $\mathcal{W}$ denote a (finite or countable) collection of white light rays. Fix $\delta > 0$. For an element $W\in \mathcal{W}$, denote by $w$ the set of points $\{ |x - W| \leq \delta\}$. For $w$ the function $\phi_w$ is defined: $ \phi_w(x) = \min (1, \frac{\delta}{|x-w|})^M $ for some fixed large constant $M$ depending on $\epsilon$. $|x-w|$ denotes the Euclidean distance from the point $x$ to the set $w$.
- $\mathcal{W}$ is assumed to be $\delta$ separated: for each $W$ we can associate a direction in real projective space corresponding to the axis. Then for any $D$ disc in projective space of radius $\delta$, let $\mathcal{W}_D$ denote the subset of light rays whose direction points in $D$, the $\delta$-separation assumption requires that the set $\cap_{W\in \mathcal{W}_D} w$ be a bounded set. In particular this implies two parallel light rays cannot be closer than $2\delta$ apart.
- We say that $x$ is a smooth $\mu$-fold point for the white tubes if $\sum_{W\in\mathcal{W}} \phi_w(x) \geq \mu$. Roughly speaking this means around $\mu$ light rays get close to $x$. (As far as I can tell, this "roughly speaking" is the content of the Lemma described above.)
- $x$ is said to be a base-point for an $\eta$-bush $P\subset \mathcal{W}$ if $\sup_P |x-w| \leq \eta$. That is, we have a family of light-rays that all pass within $\delta + \eta$ of $x$.


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Does the Hamiltonian always translate to the energy of a system? What about in QM? So by the Schrodinger equation, is it true then that $i\hbar{\partial\over\partial t}|\psi\rangle=H|\psi\rangle$ means that $i\hbar{\partial\over\partial t}$ is also an energy operator? How can we interpret this? Thanks.
I will formulate the following in such a way, that the language doesn't change too much within the answer. This also emphasizes the analogies of related concepts.
The classical example for something where the Hamiltonian is different from the total energy is a particle in an accelerating constraint, like a particle bead sliding on a rotating wire. I will use a different system, a particle of mass m in a long uniformly accelerating box.
If the box is accelerating with acceleration a, in the comoving system, there is a fictitious force on the particle which is derived from a fictitious potential. The comoving Hamiltonian description is the same as for a particle in gravity, so that
$$ H = {p^2\over 2m} + mg x$$
Which is valid for positive x, and the potential is infinite for negative x. Viewing the same particle in the non-accelerated frame, the total energy is just the kinetic energy, and the potential energy restricts the particle from entering the region $x<{at^2\over 2}$. The comoving Hamiltonian is not the energy of the particle, which increases without bound with time, but it gives the dynamical law for the comoving frame wavefunction.
The wavefunction of the particle will (if it can radiate) settle down to the ground state of the moving Hamiltonian. The particle will be in a bound profile against the wall, where the binding is by a linear potential. For the inertial frame, this profile will be accelerating steadily, and its energy does not settle down. The relation between the two is given by boosting the wavefunction by an amount which depends on time.
For systems which are not constrained, the Hamiltonian is always the total energy. This is also true for systems where the constraints do not add energy to the system. The Hamiltonian for systems which add energy is usually explicitly time dependent, but not so in the case where the dynamics is time independent from the point of view of the particle. Mathematically, in such a system you have a nontrivial time translation invariance which is a symmetry, and in the accelerated particle case, this time translation symmetry mixes up inertial frame time translation and boosts.

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Tesoro and Savage Companies have formed a joint venture to
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch was the guest speaker for the 2006 Clifford Judkins and Virginia Foster Durr Lecture, on April 2, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Hall Auditorium.
Taylor Branch is the noted author of the Martin Luther King, Jr.—civil rights era historical trilogy America in the King Years. This winter he concluded his series with At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68, which takes the reader from the Selma, Alabama voting rights campaign through King's death in Memphis. This follows his previous editions Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, which examined the birth of the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery, Alabama through John F. Kennedy's assassination, and Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65, which focused on the Civil Rights Act, the March on Washington, and Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. The series has received numerous awards including a Pulitzer Prize for History, American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, Imus Book Award, and Sidney Hillman Book Award.
Branch is a prolific author, having written eight books, including ghost writing John Dean's Blind Ambition. In addition he has worked as a columnist for Esquire and editor for Harpers and The Washington Monthly. He has also contributed articles to The New York Times Magazine, Sport, The New Republic, and Texas Monthly. Branch is a graduate of University of North Carolina and the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. He is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Christina Macy, a senior writer at the International Youth Foundation. Among his honors are a five-year MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the National Humanities Medal presented by President William J. Clinton.
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@danman1202: The airline will want your address when you buy the ticket... which means you might run into some TSA unpleasantness. (I mean, beyond the usual turn-your-head-and-cough.)
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Hope this helps, but I used my Georgia address to get the coupon and booked a flight with a Colorado address and it worked fine. Saved almost $50!
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What is the difference between people like Zukerberg, Page and Brin who are programmers and also extraordinarily successful financially, and the other wise great programmer who are not very much financially successful (like most of the employees at facebook and google).
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Putting aside individual programmers for a second and focusing on "programming" in general (and, say, small companies and startups), this is basically how it goes:
In many, if not most cases, programming skill and technical quality has very little to do with the financial success of a project/product. Good business acumen, marketing, luck, and just being in the right niche at the right time is most often what brings great financial success in programming.
I've worked in companies which were very successful (albeit in a very tight small niche), but the quality of the programming was, to use the technical term, a Holy Mess. Some of them were epic Joel Test failures and pretty much went against every best practice imaginable - but because they were in the right niche at the right time, and made a product that fulfilled the client requirements well enough to sell and not get sued, they were fairly successful little shops at the time. And the founders that started them, well, let's just say they "don't have to worry about money anymore", at least not in typical wage earner terms.
So coming back to individual programmers (eg. Zuckerberg, Page and Brin) - you're seeing a lot of the same things play out. They didn't necessarily produce THAT much that was all that technically difficult or magical from a programming perspective, but they were in the right place at the right time, and had the right business acumen to turn their ideas into money. Think about something like Twitter: There really isn't anything there that any web developer couldn't whip up over a weekend as a basic prototype site (ignoring scaling). But it's not the "technical programming greatness" that turned it into a winner - it was the marketing and ensuing popularity.
In short, the only real path to financial success for a programmer is to be an entrepreneur. Being a corporate codemonkey won't make you rich, though if you have the right skills, and/or rise up to management, you might be close to pulling in a close-to-upper-middle-class income someday.
Right place right time.
Also guts, bone-headed stubborn determination.
And luck.
And good financial sense.
I know many programmers who struggle to tie their shoe laces. And who have not the faintest idea about money in even the simplest sense.
Some people get money and business ["get" as in understand - pretty much instinctively]. Most don't (which is why they work for somebody else for a living.) This applies irrespective of other interests (eg software, brick laying, whatever).
**Nothing - they simply have different priorities.
They were businessmen. They started companies; those who work at Google et all didn't. Programming wise, I think they are pretty much the same.
Most financially successful programmers tried something.
There are huge number of great programmers out there that won't be financially successful only because of fear of trying something.
Working with (it) entrepreneurs almost on a daily basis, I can say fear is what prevent them from doing great things.
Result? Many of those who are the most successful are not the greatest, but the fearless (the ones that are not conscious of what they are doing, I was one of them at my 20s) or those knowing what to do (very rare, usually those that did it once already). So most great programmers prefer to be followers.
Which is perfecly fine as soon as they are happy in life.
We are not born equal and we won't live and die equal.
Some, like myself, abhor profiteering and do not seek significant monetary gain in life - others lust after it.
There's a fair bit of ethics involved.
Right ideas at the right time.
Sprinkle that with generous doses of sheer luck, strong branding, some real smart business decisions and a loyal set of developers who'd like to be associated with the brand.
Having said that lets not shy away from the fact that Page, Brin, Zuckerberg et al are extraordinarily good technical minds who wanted to make a difference. And that matters a lot.
It depends what you mean financially successful. Where I live a good programmer would be at the 100k range. Most people would consider that financially successful.
Three levels of financial success:
What you need most at each level:
At each level you need to have the previous qualities as well. Nevertheless, many more qualities are needed in all three, like networking, talent, positioning, understanding of a variety of matters, ability to learn fast anything.
The ability to sell themselves well for all the products they made.
If you sell yourself cheap, then even being good programmer, no one will pay more for your work.
Well, first a great programmer doesn't mean a lot to me: you can know a lot of things about programming, techniques and whatnot, have a great computer science culture, it's not what will make you type useful code.
What you call a financially good programmer is someone who put his knowledge aside and asked himself what he found out computer could do, and are not still doing. It's not marketting or "inventing a need", it's just using the tools you have to help people who can't program it themselves: you have to imagine yourself without your computer science knowledge.
Often people who are in the software industry but don't know how to code tell that programmers have a great gift that a lot of potential of success.


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ANDERSON, S.C. – As four singles matches went three sets, Anderson University men's tennis was on the opposite end of three of them, as the Trojans suffered their second straight setback, falling 8-1 to USC Aiken Wednesday afternoon at the Max Grubbs Memorial Courts.
AU's lone winner on the day was sophomore Inaki Iriberry who tallied a 7-6, 6-7, 10-5 win over Pacer Patrick Stiebinger at the No. 5 position. With the victory, Iriberry improves to 2-2 in singles action for the year.
Entering the singles round down 3-0, USC Aiken closed the match with three three-set wins as Paul Michael Calhoun was defeated by Lucas Gobbi at the No. 4 position 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) and freshman Mateo Rivas fell to Andy Quirk 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 at No. 2. At the No. 1 spot, freshman Juan Carracedo and Ettore Damiani went into three sets before Damiani won by default.
The loss brings Anderson's record to 1-3 overall, while the visitors improve to 3-1. The 1-3 start to the season matches the starting mark in the 2012 year when the Trojans closed the campaign with an 11-8 record and the No. 2 seed in the South Atlantic Conference Tournament.
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I want to recognize a wonderful group of volunteers who, in the days leading up to Christmas, brought smiles and happiness to children throughout the area. These volunteers, known collectively as the "Story Book Actors," brought to life the celebrated story of "The Polar Express." I had the pleasure of directing these generous individuals in many performances before hundreds of local school children and their teachers.


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Which pick is better for a service? Especially if I would like the website to resemble American style.
Gmail and Dropbox say: "Sign In or create an account"
Yahoo says: "Sign In. New here? Sign Up".
I believe shorter labels are preferable.
Which pick is better for a service? Especially if I would like the website to resemble American style.
Gmail and Dropbox say: "Sign In or create an account"
Yahoo says: "Sign In. New here? Sign Up".
I believe shorter labels are preferable.
'Sign up' is shorter and, I agree with Dan, sounds easier than 'Create an account'. And indeed A/B testing can help to find the best solution in the context of your site.
One important thing to mention: I observed people in usability test being confused by the wording 'Sign up' and 'Sign in' next to each other. They're just too close and too easy to mix up. My learning from this was to use
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This article may be helpful to you: http://uxmovement.com/navigation/why-sign-up-and-sign-in-should-never-go-together/
From the article, relating to the optimal combination of labels for "signing up" and "registering":
I would choose whichever one fits with your service better. Both terms are commonly understood at this point so neither of them would detract from the UX. That being said, "Create an account" might better for certain websites (e.g. business, online shopping, anything centered around transactions) while "Sign up" might be better for sites that provide some kind of service. (Both Yahoo and Facebook use "sign up").
Ultimately though, I don't think you will gain or lose a lot of users based on the word choice; just go with what feels right for your site.
"Sign up" refers to the website requiring a digital signature in accordance to the terms and conditions of an agreement. Sign is just a short form for signature. Providing and verifying an email address could be considered a signature, if that is stated in the conditions.
"Create An Account" is what you do after you have signed up. An account needs to be associated with a signature or profile, and often that can't be done until a visitor completes the registration process. That registration process may required them to agree to terms and conditions (that's the sign up part).
If you do not have any terms or conditions, then you just want them to register.
It's possible to allow a visitor to create an account without a registration process. Websites that offer anonymous services for example, and link the associated account with a profile threw visitor tracking methods.
"Log In" refers to the action of recording your entry into a security log. It implies that the activity will be recorded. Where as, the term "Sign In" refers to the action of authenticating a signature.
These are all old computer terms that have been so incorrectly used so many times on different websites.
Personally, I think "Create an Account" supports better user buy-in. Yes it might sound like a bit more work but often you want people to care about what they're doing.
Conversely, "Sign Up" is very non-committal.
Ultimately it's about what you expect your customers to do next. If you want them to be engaged, you probably want them to have "created an account."
StackExchange has chosen to use the 'log in' single point of entry. When a user is known, he/she is logged in, when unknown, an account creation page is shown.
This approach is very appealing, because users are not bothered with an unnecessary choice.
Personally, "Create an account" sounds like more work than "Sign up".
This is a great candidate for an A/B test. Test them both and see which, if either, nets you higher conversion.


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http://example.com. Aside from the obvious 301 redirect rules to support existing urls transparently, are there other techniques that would aid in the preservation of PageRank?
As part of graduating from Area51 and becoming a full fledged site we sometimes change domain names from
Check out Google's guide to moving a site:
After the move, sanity checks to make sure things are working:
Esp. the Change of Address tool might be of interest.
I didn't read the link above, but no doubt that http 301 "permanent" redirects will be important to preserving both bookmarks and search ranking.
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To many in Council Grove, it is what defines the small community and a fire in December forced the historic Hays House in Council Grove to close its doors for the past five months.
On Friday, what is said to be the oldest continuously operated restaurant west of the Mississippi celebrated its grand re-opening.
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The opportunity of additional video display devices is to deliver content to more screens, but the risk to broadcasters is that some subscribers may go entirely online. Pay-TV satellite operators are accommodating the growing demand and satellite distribution companies are seeing a rising tide that lifts all boats in the market.
With people showing more flexibility than ever before in how they access video content, traditional pay-TV models could be about to change. The question is — does the multi-screen world we now live in spell danger for the satellite sector?
Second and third screens are impacting companies at various points along the video distribution food chain. For the satellite industry, it concerns both satellite transport companies and pay-TV operators, whose subscribers are among the large number of consumers using these IP-enabled video display devices.
The numbers associated with online video are surprisingly large. Nielsen and comScore estimated total unique online viewers in the United States in December 2011 at 164 million and 188 million, respectively. (Even the lower number is more than half of the total U.S. population.) In terms of hours, the two companies differ wildly, with Nielsen at five hours and comScore, 23 hours. However that plays out, the question remains — Can DTH operators join this bandwagon?
"Satellite clearly has a little bit of a problem, because they are pretty much a one-way channel down to the television," says Parks Associates research director Brett Sappington. "So much of second-screen interactivity — smartphones and tablets and things like that — is not really initially designed for their type of network."
Like other disruptive technologies, these devices pose threats and create opportunities. "The opportunity is to deliver content that is subscribed to, to more devices without requiring additional subscription," says In-Stat principal analyst Michelle Abraham.
The threat facing pay-TV operators is cutting the cord. "In general, Internet video delivery is a threat if new channels decide to use the Internet to get their content into consumer's hands, rather than via satellite distribution," says Abraham. In those terms, a Web-only distribution model could disintermediate both DTH operators and satellite wholesalers.
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While orbital space communications imposes constraints, satellite operators are not without resources. "What we're seeing satellite operators do is using a mix of other, non-traditional technologies either to approximate the services available from other landline operators or using over-the-top (OTT) services to be able to mimic those types of services," Sappington says.
One of the technologies he underscores is Sling. Launched in 2005 and later integrated into satellite set-top boxes, Sling Media, which was acquired by Echostar in 2007, enables consumers to watch their home TV on any IP-connected device, inside or outside the home. Abraham had that general category in mind when pointing to "transcoding and place-shifting in the home" as the two most promising technologies for satellite operators.
Expanding on set-top capabilities, Steve Christian, vice president of marketing at Verimatrix, a content security company, says there are two ways to enhance the traditional satellite subscriber experience: the first is using the box as a home gateway with a transcoder that can repurpose content for devices such as tablets; and the second is using the broadband connection to the household as a means to offer parallel device-formatted video services, either linear or on demand, through a separate portal that can be authenticated through an existing account.
An Operators Reality
A review of the past several months shows operators implementing these and other strategies. Several weeks after Netflix's January 2012 launch in the United Kingdom, BSkyB announced plans to launch an enhanced IP-delivered video service that would be available widely over any broadband connection (Sky has its own fiber and copper-based network) to households that do not subscribe to pay-TV. Sky also expanded the reach of its multi-screen Sky Go app for existing subscribers to Android devices.
At CES2012, Dish Network launched its 2 TB Hopper and Joey HD DVR home networking system. While not explicitly multi-screen, the central DVR Joey device has optional Sling Adapter capability. Dish also refreshed its Remote Access app for iPad with on-demand access to its content library and was offering three free months of Blockbuster content to consumers who took the new DVR. Dish also announced a partnership with ViaSat for faster-than-DSL satellite broadband services.
Last October, DirecTV updated its Apple iPad app with live streaming options. It also soft-launched a competitor to Sling, dubbed Nomad, that enables a consumer to transfer DVR recordings initially to select IP devices, with more to come. Continuing to fill its broadband services gap by way of partnerships, in November DirecTV signed a three-year extension to its co-marketing agreement with AT&T.
Each of these operators has its own approach to embracing the opportunity of second and third screens. But it is interesting to note the similarities: they all have apps that enable secure streaming to Apple and Android devices, they all have some sort of broadband strategy, and they all offer enhanced customer premise equipment (CPE).
The case of Sky is perhaps unique. "Sky is one of the most innovative operators in the world, period," says Sappington. Like other European operators, it was early to deploy broadband-connected set-tops. In the case of its planned OTT service, Sky is leveraging its content rights to compete with Netflix and domestic rivals YouView and LoveFilm. Operating its own satellite and terrestrial broadband network, Sky also must serve multiple versions of the same content, branded for separate distribution channels and encoded to end-device specifications. Doing so efficiently poses challenges of it own.
At CES, Dish showcased its DVR system, with catch-up TV service that automatically records three hours of prime time TV nightly for eight days running. But it also continues to offer its customers place-shifting Sling technology, mobile apps and a beefed-up repository of on-demand content. "Dish has increased its server capacity in an effort to deliver programming from both satellite and via the Internet, giving consumers thousands of movie and family shows to watch on demand," says Vivek Khemka, vice president of consumer technology, Dish Network.
DirecTV also has been in evolution mode for several years. It beta-launched its DirecTV-to-PC application in November 2008. Its reseller deals with AT&T and Verizon enable it to market the kind of broadband connectivity that customers would need for service such as Wi-Fi or 3G/4G-enabled tablet viewing. And while its Nomad was late to the game and has generated negative comments on some user groups, it does provide another way for subscribers to move content around.
Derivative Value?
Devices such as Sling and Nomad are bellwethers in this multi-screen landscape. Much as DVR pioneer TiVo championed time shifting, Sling Media introduced early adopters to place shifting. In turn, Dish was the first operator to offer Sling to subscribers, creating as a result, according to Khemka, "a more loyal customer to the Dish brand."
Like TiVo, Sling has its devotees. It also has distinct use cases, such as frequent travel and second homes, that are weighted toward the high-end market. But like most cable operators, Dish has been losing video subscribers. (DirecTV and Sky are still growing, but at a slower pace.) A rough analysis suggests that having a superior place-shifting technology does not by itself generate superior results. For its part, Sling is disseminating its technology across a wide range of platforms; at CES 2012, it announced its integration in Broadcom's set-top system-on-a-chip (SoC).
The downside to some OTT solutions has been complexity. "The challenge is that the consumer has to be savvy enough to be able to set it all up," says Sappington. The simplicity and user-friendliness of Wi-Fi enabled tablets perhaps has altered that equation. A larger question is whether the value of second and third-screen solutions is derivative.
If the value of additional screens is independent of the content paid for on the television, then the threat they pose grows. If not, their threat diminishes, reducing the motivation for cutting the "cord," or dropping the dish. One complicated and moving variable is content rights.
Whether or how much "cord cutting" is occurring are much-debated questions. To cite one source, in a study commissioned by Orange (France Telecom), market research firm TNS released data in November 2011 indicating that the use of tablets in the U.K., France, Spain and Poland, where satellite TV dominates, is actually "cannibalizing" the home TV and PC usage.
But there are other views. Bart Palmer, CTO of Orange subsidiary GlobeCast Americas, which provides content management and transmission services for broadcast delivery, sees minimal threat. "We feel that new connected devices are just another method of getting content to consumers," he says. "In this way, they are an opportunity because they drive and increase the consumption of content."
"Studies show that viewing content on tablet and smartphones does not come at the expense of television viewing," Palmer adds. "These devices are used 'on the go' or as part of a simultaneous multi-screen viewing experience. They do not replace the television."
Supporting the optimistic view is the persistence of old models. According to recent, independent surveys by Nielsen and Turner Networks, monthly television viewing in the United States averages about 147 hours, not far off its all-time high. A report by the E.U.'s Open ContEnt Aware Network (OCEAN) project pegged European viewing last year at between 100 hours and 120 hours.
"We still see a lot of growth in that standard old linear television platform that goes to DTH and cable around the world," says Tim Jackson, vice president, media product management at Intelsat. "We talk a lot about over-the-top and whether there's going to be a replacement of traditional television viewing methods through these devices, and I'm not seeing that on the horizon. I see a lot of this as being very complementary."
The B2B Equation
Companies such as GlobeCast and Intelsat are one step removed from the subscriber and serve multiple access networks, which reduces their risk. But does a Web-only distribution model threaten them at all given the amount of disruption pervading today's video ecosystem?
Streaming services such as Netflix, for example, reaches hundreds of devices, including TVs. According to BTIG financial analyst Richard Greenfield, Netflix would rank 15th in hours if it were a TV "network," and second only to CBS, in Netflix homes. That is an astounding figure, but once again this is on-demand or catch-up (and not first-run) television or movies.
To date, very little commercially viable content has adopted a Web-only distribution model. It is true that Google, Hulu and Netflix have begun investing in original content. Google's efforts include $100 million of seed money for 100 new niche online channels, a venture spotlighted in a CES 2012 keynote address by a YouTube executive. Such efforts merit attention. Not only will they build online viewership (and in YouTube's case, perhaps help it turn a profit). They also could incubate content that breaks into the mainstream. But the idea that second and third screens could seriously reduce the transponder capacity required by major content providers is dubious.
By year-end 2011, for instance, satellite operator SES said it was broadcasting more than 5,200 TV channels, including more than 1,200 HD channels. "The addition of new HD channels continues to accelerate globally and will remain another growth driver for our company," says Ferdinand Kayser, chief commercial officer of SES. "(Those numbers) demonstrate the advantages of satellite for the distribution of high-quality content to large audiences."
The risk of disintermediation that satellite transport companies face is less a matter of consumer electronics than of fiber optics. But that is no new threat, and companies such as Eutelsat, GlobeCast, Intelsat, SES and others have already responded with fiber offerings of their own. "For us, it really is looking at expanding and exploring new technologies and how the technologies work in harmony, rather than focusing on just one technology versus the other," says Jackson.
The growth in video display devices therefore could benefit distribution players in another way. Related increases in demand for network services, such as fiber backhaul that handles 3G or 4G traffic, will benefit anyone with available capacity. According to one Northern Sky Research (NSR) estimate, the satellite industry share of the backhaul market could reach $600 million by 2015.
Hidden Costs, Rising Tide
As online content proliferates, the cost of content rises. GlobeCast trucks that capture sporting and news events around the world, for instance, must transcode to appropriate specification for each type of device, and that creates additional capacity requirements, Palmer says.
In terms of bearing the cost of multi-screen scaling, satellite pay-TV operators have turned to in-home transcoding technology, deployed mobile applications and leaned upon fixed and wireless broadband networks to serve those among their subscribers who would like to view content on multiple display devices.
Satellite distribution companies appear confident that the rising tide of multi-screens will lift their boat, too. "I think that the growth and explosion of multi-screen, whether it be tablet or cellphone or computer or whatever, is obviously creating an increase in demand for content," says Jackson. "And any increase in demand for content is going to be good for all of the technologies that involve themselves in the content and distribution value chain."


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Crown Prince chairs Cabinet session (1/13/14)
January 13, 2014
Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh this afternoon. The Council listened to reports on a number of regional and international developments. It was briefed on Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal's visit to Pakistan and confirmed the strong ties and broad cooperation the Kingdom enjoys with that country.
The Cabinet also reviewed the outcome of the Friends of Syria meeting held over the weekend in Paris. It renewed its call for the international community to assist the Syrian people to achieve self-determination and protect themselves against a tyrannical regime through the implementation of a genuine political transition process. The ministers welcomed the announcement of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah that Kuwait will host a second international conference for donors to support Syria this Wednesday.
Finally, the Cabinet reaffirmed the Kingdom's firm stance on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. It stressed the importance of advancing talks and establishing a just and comprehensive peace that enables the Palestinians to establish an independent state with Al-Quds [Jerusalem] as its capital. It denounced the Israeli decision to build 1,400 new housing units in the occupied territory of the West Bank, warning that such a move will undermine the entire peace process.
Turning to its remaining agenda items, the Cabinet approved a number of arrangements regarding financial and administrative support for the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities; cancelled the license for the establishment of the optical communications company approved by the Royal Decree No. (M/4); approved the reformation of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Stock Exchange Company (Tadawul); and approved the reformation of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Credit and Saving Bank.
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The Everlasting Today of God
From Pope Francis' Homily at the Easter Vigil:
Jesus no longer belongs to the past, but lives in the present and is projected towards the future; Jesus is the everlasting today of God. This is how the newness of God appears to the women, the disciples and all of us: as victory over sin, evil and death, over everything that crushes life and makes it seem less human. And this is a message meant for me and for you dear sister, for you dear brother. How often does Love have to tell us: Why do you look for the living among the dead? Our daily problems and worries can wrap us up in ourselves, in sadness and bitterness... and that is where death is. That is not the place to look for the One who is alive! Let the risen Jesus enter your life, welcome him as a friend, with trust: he is life! If up till now you have kept him at a distance, step forward. He will receive you with open arms. If you have been indifferent, take a risk: you wont be disappointed. If following him seems difficult, dont be afraid, trust him, be confident that he is close to you, he is with you and he will give you the peace you are looking for and the strength to live as he would have you do.
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Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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No flowery hyperbole. No self referential. All you, you, you......Proclamation of the Lord Jesus.
I think that Pope Francis is speaking from his own experience of the risen Lord and that is what makes his homily so authentic.
It might have been just my imagination but it seems to me that there were double the number of people in church today than is usual. Did you all notice a lot more where you were? Yes, Easter usually has more people, but not this many. Plus last week I thought that there were a good number more too, and today the church was 3/4 full. This hasn't happened in years. Most encouraging, most of the people were definitely young ones -- hardly a head of gray hair in the bunch. I counted only 5 gray-heads in front of me. Of course, the pews were so thick with people that I couldn't see everyone in front of me.I can't help but wonder if Pope Frances is already having a huge effect. When he first appeard after the election it took only about 5 minutes for me to be thoroughly captivated. Now I'm afraid I'm just wishful thinking, that he is really just a great communicator and showman. On the other hand I find it hard to believe that there isn't a saintly man behind his touching gestures and inspired little homilies.
In this homily Pope Francis also said not to be afraid of change:"In his homily, Pope Francis described the situation created when something completely new and unexpected happens. "We stop short, we dont understand, we dont know what to do, the Pope said, because newness often makes us fearful, including the newness which God brings us, the newness which God asks of us. We are like the Apostles in the Gospel: often we would prefer to hold on to our own security, to stand in front of a tomb, to think about someone who has died, someone who ultimately lives on only as a memory, like the great historical figures from the past. We are afraid of Gods surprises; we are afraid of Gods surprises! He always surprises us!"http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/I wonder if he said this by way of preparing the faithful for some doctrine and discipline surprises.
"Let us return to the Gospel, to the women...."This is almost old news by now, but he is a genuinely gifted preacher. I can't think of anything I've read yet that hasn't made me want to print it out and go over it a few times.
I found the following sentence in the Pope's Easter Sunday Orbi et Urbi message interesting:"We too, like the women who were Jesus' disciples, who went to the tomb and found it empty, may wonder what this event means. (cf. Lk24:2)" (The Vatican's English translation.)The Italian original seems to me to make the idea of the women as disciples even stronger:"Anche noi, come le donne discepole di Gesu', che andarono al sepolcro e lo trovarono vuoto, possiamo domandarci che senso abbia questo avvenimento. (cf. Lc24,2)"But perhaps I am over-reading at this late hour.
"This is almost old news by now, but he is a genuinely gifted preacher. I cant think of anything Ive read yet that hasnt made me want to print it out and go over it a few times."I concur with Catherine O. This is a new experience and very moving.Barry and Ann Ulanov wrote that a congregation can tell almost by a primitive sense of smell when a preacher is reaching to the depths with his own god-images and his own relationship to God. Authentic, powerful.


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First room is bedroom with double bed, wardrobe. Windows face Reznicka street, but street by itself quite, street noise will not disturb you even during the day.
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Casa molto bella e comoda. Silenziosa e completa di tutti i servizi. Sicuramente da consigliare per la vicinanza al centro
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6 Artists You Didn't Know You Were a Fan Of
#3. Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
It's hard to picture anyone being more successful at being awful than Seth MacFarlane, but that's only because Cassius Marcellus Coolidge did not live long enough to see the Internet or the Fox Network. Observe, his magnum opus:
We'd stare at this for a solid 24 hours before watching an episode of The Cleveland Show.
You know those paintings of dogs playing poker you occasionally find at yard sales or in bars owned by Ted Danson? Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, the Norman Rockwell of kitsch, invented that shit and spun it into gold like a Japanese Rumpelstiltskin. It's not like he made just one of these; he was commissioned to make 16 goddamn paintings of dogs playing poker, and he made a good deal of money doing so.
So, you know the artist's work, even if you don't know the artist. But even though it's annoying that he made a bunch of money selling these silly paintings over and over again, that's still not the most irritating contribution he's made to the art world.
Although, come on, man. That one in the foreground is cheating. How cute is that?
As for how Coolidge was even able to receive the job in the first place, please consider that he had already struck it big with an even more irritating amusement. In 1874, Coolidge -- somehow -- managed to patent an invention so ridiculous that the only way we can describe it is the same way he did to the U.S. Patent Office. With this drawing:
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Figure A is the face. C is the poster. B is ... the butt? Why label that?
This illustration accompanied Patent 149,724, which, according to Coolidge, is the process of standing behind "a small card, which will clearly show a large head and add thereto a body in any shape greatly reduced in size." So, in addition to dogs playing poker, C. M. Coolidge is also responsible for inventing "comic foregrounds": those annoying placards of musclemen and shapely women you occasionally find at circuses and beaches for you to stick your head through. He's responsible for this:
Which may be the saddest photograph we've ever seen.
C. M. Coolidge made a pretty decent living in this racket while painters like Monet, Van Gogh and Gauguin were living in abject poverty and/or eating paint to stay alive. Still, thanks to the power of the Internet, there may be a whole new audience for C. M. Coolidge's school of painting after all.
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His legacy lives on.
#2. Thomas Nast
Simply put, Thomas Nast is one of the hardest people we've ever heard of. As a political cartoonist, he was able to do with a pencil what Rambo could with a .50 cal machine gun. During the American Civil War, Nast routinely tore the Confederacy more assholes than William Tecumseh Sherman. After the war, he single-handedly landed the most powerful party boss in New York history in prison -- where he died -- just by drawing pictures of him. Still, even though the artist has been dead for 110 years, there are plenty of Thomas Nast's cartoons that still work today.
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If that dude were real, we'd spend his head right off of his goddamn body.
For starters, Thomas Nast is credited with the creation of Uncle Sam, the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey. Also, Lady Liberty has never looked more sexy -- or more badass -- than under his direction.
Via Fineartamerica.com
If the Statue of Liberty looked like this, Ghostbusters II would have been rated R.
If there's any name that casual readers might be familiar with on this list, Thomas Nast would be it, but they probably only know him as an influential political cartoonist. It might shock you to learn that there's one non-political character that Nast not only illustrated, but defined:
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Opium Claus! Bringing yuletide joy and crippling addiction to the children of the world.
All Nast, all day. It's just a cartoon, like all of his other cartoons, except it completely defined the way everyone on the planet thinks of Santa Claus. Starting in 1862, Nast established Santa as a "Bavarian Father Christmas ... with gnome-like features and an infectious outgoing personality" over the course of 22 years and in more than 30 cartoons. He showed Santa with a telescope and "a record book," established the North Pole as his home -- much to the dismay of the Confederate South -- depicted him in "a red suit with white fur trim" for the first time and, not unlike his later Boss Tweed cartoons, decided to make a delightful fatass out of him.
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"Note to self: People love looking at drawings of fat people." -- Thomas Nast
So, the next time some pedantic family member brings up how Santa was invented by Coca-Cola during Christmas, tell them to shut up for a second. Thomas Nast beat them by half a century.
#1. Dennis Hwang
Via Google
We're going to make you fall in love with this guy in two words. You ready? (And no, those weren't the two words we meant.)
Anyway, you ready?
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Tell us you haven't already imagined a porno version.
Yup. Dennis Hwang is "that guy" who designs them. He's been at it since 2000 and is quite proud of some of the new approaches he has taken: Among them, his numerous doodles for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and his doodles for all 32 teams of the 2010 World Cup. He's not even 40 yet, so odds are we're going to be seeing quite a lot of this guy throughout our lifetimes. In the meantime, please check out this video he made of how a doodle becomes a Google. He seems friendly enough.
He does about 50 Google doodles a year, and it's worth noting that those logos are going to be seen by hundreds of millions of people, all over the world. Almost no other artist in the history of time can claim that their work was reached by 100 million people while they were alive, and Hwang gets that kind of attention weekly. In the height of Shakespeare's popularity, you could walk into a bar or, like, just a pit full of poor people or whatever, and shout "Romeo and Juliet" and get blank stares. Meanwhile, you can stumble into any bar or restaurant in America yelling "Google Doodle" and people would line up to tell you their favorites. People all over the world can see a Google Doodle, and then use Google to Google "Google Doodle" and then see a link to Dennis Hwang's Wikipedia page. Now that is impressive.
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For the record, the SOPA one was our favorite because he got paid for that.
And just a shocking amount of nonsense words in one sentence.
Jacopo della Quercia is finally on Twitter. You better start following him, or else he'll have to keep all the world's secrets to himself.
For more mysterious individuals who changed history, check out 7 Inventors You Didn't Know You Wanted to Punch In the Face and 6 Artists You Didn't Know Made Your Favorite Movie Moments.


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WORKMAN, Zelda Mae, 86, of Key-Bellaire Road died Friday March 1, 2013.
She was born November 17, 1926 in Belmont County, OH a daughter of the late William and Sophia Schemrich Winzenreid.
She was a member of the Belmont Presbyterian Church and the Ohio Short Horn Lassie Association.
In addition to her parents, Zelda was preceded in death by two brothers, Harold and Charles Winzenreid; her sister, Dorothy Ferrell; and a son-in-law, Armando Perez.
Surviving is her husband of 66 years, David W. Workman, three children, Marjorie Perez, Columbus, OH, Richard Workman and Robert (Ladonna) Workman of Bellaire, her brother, Earl (Helyn) Winzenreid, four grandchildren Jeff Workman, Becky (Corey) Betts, Brent (Leanne) Workman and Michelle (Brian) Brennan, eight great-grandchildren Alyssa and Sierra Betts, Breanne, Gage and Cooper Workman and Jacob, Joshua and Caleb Brennan.
Friends will be received 1-7 p.m. Sunday at the Beck-Altmeyer Funeral Home and Crematory, St. Clairsville where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday with Pastor Pete Walburn officiating. Interment will follow in Holly Memorial Gardens Pleasant Grove.
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Your eggs are already developing, as can be seen in this color-enhanced ovary. The small white structures are the immature follicles that contain the eggs at different stages of development. Once one of the follicles matures, the egg will burst out.
By tracking your menstrual cycle and understanding how it works, you may increase your chances of conceiving.
This is day two of your period and day two of your complete menstrual cycle, which starts on the first day of your period and ends on the first day of your next period. A full cycle is, on average, 28 days, but many women have a shorter or longer cycle.
This may be the time when your period is at its heaviest, since the tissue and blood that make up the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) is shed. The average blood loss during menstruation is around two tablespoons (30 ml). While the lining is being sloughed off, the blood vessels in the uterus constrict, which can cause cramplike period pains. As soon as your period has finished, an egg begins to mature within its follicle in one of your ovaries, ready to be released around mid-cycle. This is called ovulation (see This is Day 14 of your Menstrual Cycle).
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I am looking at the following problem: Given the finite set $\{2,3,4,5,6,7,8\}$ suppose we choose three distinct elements $a,b,c$ out of it. Clearly there are $\binom{7}{3}$ ways of doing that. Without going through all the cases I wish to prove that each case yields an $x,y\in\{a,b,c\}$ such that either $\{1,x,y\}$ contains no consecutive integers or $\{x,y,9\}$ contains no consecutive integers.
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Florida's "strong cabinet" structure of government is the political reincarnation of the bumblebee.
Long ago, scientists studied the bumblebee, and declared that it was aerodynamically impossible for it to fly. The only proof to the contrary was that the bumblebee pays no attention to scientists, and flies about at will.
By any rational assessment of political structure, Florida's strong cabinet format of government, in which the governor shares power with three independently elected cabinet officers, makes little sense. The only thing that makes less sense is that until a few decades ago, there were six cabinet members sharing power with the governor.
This diffusion reduces the power of the governor, which can be either good or bad, depending on the abilities and intent of the governor.
Put another way, the structure has protected Floridians from bad governors while limiting the effectiveness of good ones.
A little over a half-century ago, one longtime cabinet member showed his contempt for the governor by conspicuously removing his hearing aid whenever the governor spoke at cabinet meetings.
Florida's Republican Party is in firm control of state government. The governor and all three cabinet members are Republicans, and the GOP holds a majority of both houses of the Legislature.
Thanks to Florida's "Eight Is Enough" term limits, all those public officials are limited to eight years in office: two four-year terms for the governor, cabinet, and Senate, four two-year terms for members of the House.
We believe term limits work to the public good. Public servants get elected, make their contributions for eight years, then move aside to let new players onto the field. Terms like "the Pork Chop Gang," a group of legislators which once held disproportionate power in Tallahassee, have faded into history.
Against these realities, the Florida GOP appears to be facing a tough decision a year or two down the road.
While conventional wisdom holds that an incumbent governor or president is highly unlikely to face opposition from within his own party for a second term, and is likely to win re-election, Florida Republicans cannot depend on that paradigm two years hence.
Republican Rick Scott, a candidate without political experience, won the governorship in a campaign paid for almost entirely with his own money.
His performance has been inconsistent. He angered teachers by requiring them to start contributing to their retirement fund, and is attempting to win them back with the promise of a pay raise.
His regulations for conduct of elections were held to be a major factor in Florida's tortuous 2012 election; he has reversed field to correct many of the problems.
Poll after poll indicates that Scott would have trouble winning re-election against an expected challenge from Charlie Crist, who held the governorship as a Republican, lost a bid for the U.S. Senate as an Independent, and is expected to run for governor in two years as a Democrat.
So this is the quandary for Florida's GOP: Remain faithful to their incumbent captain, possibly watching him go down with the ship, or relieve him of his command and nominate a stronger candidate.
The Florida GOP has not asked for our counsel, and probably does not intend to do so, but we have a solution: Ask Polk County native Adam Putnam to give up his post as commissioner of agriculture after only one term, and seek the governorship.
Putnam is a remarkable figure in politics, taking office in the Florida Legislature when he was barely old enough to pass constitutional muster, then becoming the youngest member of the United States Congress.
He worked his way up to the No. 3 position in the GOP in the House of Representatives, just two posts short of speaker of the house, then stepped down so he could be less confrontational and employ his skills at compromise and reconciliation.
An outstanding commissioner of agriculture, he is widely viewed as the likely GOP candidate to succeed Scott as governor.
But if, as today's political course indicates, Scott is headed toward being a one-term governor, Putnam would face a campaign against a Democratic incumbent in 2018.
In its own best interest, the Florida GOP should take a close look at asking Scott to step aside after one term, allowing the popular and capable Adam Putnam to keep the Republican grasp on the governor's office. We believe he would have little difficulty winning election.
We would rather see Putnam spend 16 years in Tallahassee — six more as commissioner of agriculture and eight as governor — but if Scott cannot hold onto the governorship, that could become more difficult.
Political considerations aside, we believe Putnam would be a great governor.
If problematical timing disrupts Putnam's journey to the governorship, the people of Florida would be the losers.
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I thought a thread with cheats for as many games as possible would draw a greater number of gamers to our frankly pathetic video games forum. -_- So what did I do? I made said thread, of course.
Anyhow, just post every cheat you can think of here. I'm gonna post a bundle. Make sure not to post cheats that are already here, or we'll have an impossibly long thread where it'll take 15 minutes to search out what you want. Tips are good too. Nothing better than a short (Very short) Walkthrough on how to get a really powerful weapon, or how to get past a very hard bit.
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Destroy all humans Big willy unleashed
Urbz: Sims in the city
Bully/Canis canem edit
DaH Big willy unleashed. (Wii)
Head to the in-game cheats menu and insert the following button combinations on the directional pad of the Wii controller for the desired result.
All Guns - Right, Left, Down, Left Up
All Stages - Up, Right, Down, Right, Up
Crypto Dance Fever Skin - Right, Left, Right, Left, Up
Infinite Ammunition - Right, Up, Up, Left, Right
Infinite Jetpack Power - Right, Right, Up, Left, Left
Invulnerability - Left, Down, Up, Right, Up
Kluckin's Chicken Blimp Skin - Left, Up, Down, Up, Down
Leisure Suit Skin - Left, Down, Right, Left, Right
Pick Up Heavy Objects - Down, Up, Left, Up, Right
Pimp My Blimp Skin - Down, Up, Right, Down, Right
Stealth Space Ninja - Up, Right, Down, Down, Left
Unlimited Big Willy Battery - Left, Left, Up, Right, Down
More coming, once I hunt down that magazine of mine with the Urbz cheats/tips.
I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick. ~ Valkyrie Cain
Ill buy you a stick for Christmas. - Skulduggery Pleasant
Urbz: sims in the city part 1 - 12-24-2008, 04:32 PM
Urbz: Sims in the city. (DS)
Heidi the cheat ninja (Not a joke)
All cheats are purchased from Heidi shadows, (My character/online name's namesake, 8D Long lost-ness!!) the cheat ninja. She only appears at certain times in certain places, because she's busy pilfering the stuff she sells all the rest of the time.
Time Place
1-2 AM Use thew time machine to travel back to nov 28 1984. She'll be there
2-3 AM Carnival
4-5 AM Paradise Island
6-7 AM Secret tunnel from jail to dark tree
10-11 AM Moonbase Zeta.
Heidi's items:
Item - Cost - Benefit
Rosebud - $100 - $2,222 in cash.
Silver-tongue berry smoothie - $999 - 1 charisma point
Gourmet berry smoothie - $999 1 cooking point
Clock berry smoothie - $999 - 1 mechanical point
Buff berry smoothie - $999 - 1 body point
Mind berry smoothie - $999 - 1 logic point
Da vinci berry smoothie - $999 - 1 creative point
Slip of paper - $999 - Password to club Xizzle and recipe for strawberry tiramisu
Dusty hogg race (Xizzle factory mission)
Chassis: Heavy - $950*
Suspension: Sport - $900*
Engine: Dragster - $895*
Nitrous Tank: Large - $475*
Tires: Racing- $825*
Accessory: Super Nitro - $800*
Raise skills faster
While doing something that raises skills, tap A button like crazy to do it faster.
Club Xizzle password
It's bucket- Now go tell the door that.
Gramma hattie's cookbook
Get 100% with gramma hattie and she'll give you a cookbook with three recipes.
Magic lamp
Two ways to get this, it gives you instant access to a tiolet and bed, plus another Xizzle bead. (Click around to find it)
Method 1: Beat the artsies rep mission while being an artsie and buy the magic lamp Xizzle.
Method 2: Invite Crystal over, and if she likes your crib, she might give it to you
Keep in mind it's impossible to get rid of the blasted thing once you have it; Don't get two.
I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick. ~ Valkyrie Cain
Ill buy you a stick for Christmas. - Skulduggery Pleasant
Urbz: sims in the city part 2 - 12-24-2008, 04:57 PM
Moonbase Zeta
Buy a green meteorite from internet shopping, then use the Simquarter phone booth with it in your pocket. Once there, you can buy a rocket bed and cheese modulator.
Gold fiddle
Complete cannoball coleman's gig mission properly to get this. Having it in your inventory gets you twice as much money from the red man's fiddle job in the bayou.
Free repair (Tricky)
Just before the repair man finishes repairing your item, run out your door, and walk back in and complete the repair yourself. Free of charge.
Spelling bee minigame
Join the nerdies, go to club Xizzle and buy the spell champ Xizzle. You can then play the thing at the clubhouse.
Rep items - coming soon.
Storage areas
Get 100% with certain characters to unlock secret storage spots, like the room of requirement, kind of.
Pheobe Twiddle - Garbage can, near north Club Xizzle entrance
Detective Dan De mann - Hole behind poster in the jail
Ewan watahmee - Lost cave under sim quarter
Giuseppi mezzoalto - Broken down school bus near thrift store
Theresa bullhorn - Projection booth behind cinema snack counter
I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick. ~ Valkyrie Cain
Ill buy you a stick for Christmas. - Skulduggery Pleasant
Canis canem edit - 12-28-2008, 10:21 AM
Cheat Codes These are unverified cheats for the game. You must use a second PS2 controller to input the codes.
All Hobo Fighting Moves -- Hold L1 and input UP, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, TRIANGLE, SQUARE, X, CIRCLE while playing. Effects not shown on stats screen.
Full Health -- Hold L1 and input R2, R2, R2 while playing.
All Gym Grapple Moves -- Hold L1 and input UP, LEFT, DOWN, DOWN, TRIANGLE, SQUARE, X, X while playing. Effects not shown on stats screen.
Unlimited Ammo -- Hold L1 and input UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN while playing.
All Clothes Press L1, L1, R1, L1, L1, L1, R1, R1 while playing.
Full Ammo -- Hold L1 and input UP, UP while playing.
All Weapons -- Hold L1 and input UP, UP, UP, UP
Money -- Hold L1 and input TRIANGLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE, X while playing.
Submitted bye zobo619dude on IGN. So I nicked 'em.
Unlockable stuff
More unlockable stuff.
Go cart - Finish all the go cart races
Pwn at dodgeball - open the help thingy (L2 button) During a game pauses it and no hits are counted. So wait till the other side throws the ball, you'll get hit but it won't count. You'll be massacreing in no time.
Okay, that's mostly all. :P
I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick. ~ Valkyrie Cain
Ill buy you a stick for Christmas. - Skulduggery Pleasant
Destroy all humans path of the furon
Unlockable: Various Unlockables
January 05, 2009
Enter the codes below for the desired effect:
Biker - 1gb57M2x
Chef - 51c24KiW
Gangster - J5d99bPz
Kung Fu - Ly11r98H
Mime - 7qd33J1n
Velvet - F9sT5v88
Seventies - S63bf2kd
Sixties - M13Ni95L
Saucer Attachments - V81fvUW3
Saucer Skins - X91mw7zp
Enter these in the unlockables screen, then go to the 'Customise' option to access them.
Unlimited/Recharging ammo
Beat the game your weapons will recharge when not selected.
I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick. ~ Valkyrie Cain
Ill buy you a stick for Christmas. - Skulduggery Pleasant
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