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Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw
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Adobe's new Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in is an ambitious effort on Adobe's part to add support for raw image data captured by a number of popular pro-level digital cameras to Photoshop 7.0. The plug-in's advantage over other formats is its ability to reinterpret white balance and default tone curves, and to override the in-camera settings for sharpening, smoothing, and artifact removal. However, while Photoshop Camera Raw offers much faster conversions than a camera's native software, its batch processing is limited to applying the same settings to every image.
This product provides a simple but powerful user interface for massaging a raw image, and it then delivers the image in either 8- or 16-bit-per-channel form, converted into any of the standard Photoshop work spaces. The plug-in also offers a new resizing algorithm that delivers noticeably better results than Photoshop's Bicubic interpolation.
Photoshop Camera Raw's color conversions have already been debated heatedly online. For each supported camera, the plug-in uses two generic profiles, one for D65 illumination and the other for tungsten -- the white-balance slider interpolates between the two. On the cameras we used, a Canon EOS-1Ds and a Kodak DCS 460, we obtained better results from Photoshop Camera Raw than from custom profiles, but owners of other cameras, notably the Nikon D1X, have reported less-satisfactory results.
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If your workflow requires that you edit individual images, or that you batch-process images with identical settings, Photoshop Camera Raw may be for you. It offers an elegant way to bring the images into Photoshop. However, this plug-in isn't a substitute for an industrial-strength converter, such as the considerably more expensive CaptureOne, from PhaseOne.


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You have just purchased a new warehouse. To finance the purchase, you've arranged for a 30-year mortgage loan for 80 percent of the $2,300,000 purchase price. The monthly payment on this loan will be $15,000. Therefore, the APR on this loan is
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Could someone explains reaction heat and Entropy and Free Entropy to me. And can you please give an example of each. Thanks Much! ;) Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "heat entropy free" to get these possible sources: http://en....
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Ans:- Machines are used to pack sugar into packets supposedly containing 1.20 kg each. On testing a large number of packets over a long period of time, it was found that the mean weight of the packets was 1.24 kg and the standard deviation was 0.04 Kg. A particular machine is ...
December 1, 2010 by Gunjan
A sample of 25 concession stand purchases at the October 22 matinee of Bride of Chucky showed a mean purchase of $5.29 with a standard deviation of $3.02. For the October 26 evening showing of the same movie, for a sample of 25 purchases the mean was $5.12 with a standard ...
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In a bumper test, three types of autos were deliberately crashed into a barrier at 5 mph, and the resulting damage (in dollars) was estimated. Five test vehicles of each type were crashed, with the results shown below. Research question: Are the mean crash damages the same for...
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Former construction company boss Leon Benzer, the accused mastermind of a massive scheme to take over homeowners associations, has won a delay in his tax evasion trial.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey this week moved the trial from March 18 to Dec. 2.
The new date means the tax case will follow the long-awaited Oct. 6 trial of Benzer and nine others in the multimillion-dollar HOA takeover scheme, which occurred between 2003 and 2009.
The defendants are facing conspiracy and fraud charges in that case and have been given until the end of the month to strike plea deals with federal prosecutors if they want to avoid standing trial.
Had Benzer stood trial on the tax charges before the HOA conspiracy case, it would have compromised his defense in the bigger HOA case, his lawyer, Daniel Albregts, argued in court papers. The tax case sprung from HOA scheme.
Prosecutors opposed delaying the tax trial, but Dorsey concluded it was necessary to avoid a "miscarriage of justice."
Benzer, 47, is charged with evading roughly $1.2 million in personal and company taxes stemming from his leading role in the HOA takeover scheme.
According to the federal tax case indictment, Benzer used some of the $7.2 million in construction defect funds his company, Silver Lining Construction, received from the Vistana HOA for personal use. He is accused of filing false financial forms with the Internal Revenue Service to conceal money and assets.
Vistana, in southwest Las Vegas, is one of 11 homeowners associations defrauded in the takeover scheme. More than 40 defendants were charged in the conspiracy to pack HOA boards to gain legal and construction defect contracts. Straw buyers were recruited to purchase condominiums at the developments and then get elected to the boards through bribery and rigged elections.
The long-running investigation became public in September 2008, when FBI agents and Las Vegas police conducted raids across the valley.


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I depart today for Indianapolis, where selected media will gather at NCAA headquarters to take part in an annual mock exercise, where those who select and seed and bracket the country's most popular basketball tournament each March again will walk outsiders through the process.
The activity is said to mimic what the selection committee experiences, including late-night helpings of ice cream, which I'm assuming NCAA attorneys will serve.
You know, to give them a task they can handle.
The mock exercise is designed to educate, perhaps to dispel many of the myths that accompany which teams make the field and what factors are most used in determining those that receive at-large berths.
Which I believe means convincing us Ratings Percentage Index isn't particularly important and that the committee doesn't own this sick sense of humor when it comes to opening-round matchups of coaches and teams with past ties to their opponents.
(Just a guess: The bracket we produce has a great chance of matching UNLV against Oklahoma, which would allow us to witness Dave Rice against Lon Kruger for Most Predictable Quotes of the Tournament honors.)
We are scheduled to have a field bracketed by Friday afternoon.
I'm not sure we will be halfway done by then.
Results have been that crazy this season.
History is pretty clear: To advance in the NCAA Tournament, to live beyond the first week, to make a deep run and flirt with the idea of making a Final Four, you need to be seeded No. 5 or higher come Selection Sunday.
In the past 20 years, just five teams with a No. 6 seed or lower were alive for the season's final weekend.
History might take a big hit this year.
The madness already has begun, with weekly Top 25 polls being the only evidence we need to confirm what we have thought for weeks: This might be the wackiest college basketball season in, well, forever.
I'm one who doesn't believe parity is a curse, that crazy and unpredictable are worse for college basketball than indifferent and inevitable.
I'm a big David guy; not so much for Goliath.
I like the fact that four teams received first-place votes in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll, that there were 18 games in which a ranked team lost a few weeks ago.
That in the past week, six of the nation's top 10 teams fell.
That in the span of three weeks, ranked teams have lost to unranked opponents 36 times.
That in the past month, four teams have held the No. 1 spot.
That a team such as Kansas was ranked second two weeks ago and now is 14th.
That a team such as North Carolina State was ranked sixth to begin the season and picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference and now is unranked and in fifth place.
That a team such as Miami (Fla.) was unranked to begin the season and is No. 3 this week, having received 17 first-place votes.
Why is it so many equate equality within the game as something ruining it? Why is it OK to root for the NCAA underdog but only in early rounds? Who suggested it be a majority opinion that we find late-round matchups that include low seeds uninteresting when compared to two college heavyweights battling it out?
You could find 25 to 30 teams that potentially could make the Final Four this season.
What's better than that?
No team is elite. There isn't a Kentucky of 2012 or a North Carolina of 2009 or 2005. Countless good teams are capable of beating several very good ones. No players truly are great. Bad basketball has been played in spots. Teams can't shoot on the road. Injuries have slowed some of the better programs. It's tougher and tougher for top teams to win conference games away from home.
Bottom line: Never in NCAA Tournament history might seeding past second-round games seem as insignificant as it could next month.
"One thing we know about college basketball this year is that we don't know," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim told ESPN Radio this week. "We don't know who the No. 1 team is, and I don't think we will know until the last game of the season. Whoever wins that is No. 1.
"You have to go almost 30 games this year to really know who should be the favorites, and yet you wouldn't want to bet those are the ones that will get to the Final Four or win a national championship. It's wide open."
That doesn't have to be a bad thing.
When did uncertainty become so appalling?
Let's hear it for an Indiana State-Creighton national championship game.
It would be the ideal ending to such a wild season.
Las Vegas Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney can be reached at email@example.com or 702-383-4618. He can be heard from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday on "Gridlock," ESPN 1100 and 98.9 FM. Follow him on Twitter: @edgraney.


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Lord Dunmore's War and the Battle of Point Pleasant
Cornstalk, Chief of the Shawnee tribe, led his people in a battle against the British at what is now Point Pleasant, West Virginia. They were defeated and Cornstalk signed a treaty with Lord Dunmore in 1774. |
Lord Dunmore's War was a confrontation between Virginia and the American Indians of the Ohio Country in 1774.
In 1768, the Iroquois and the British signed the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. In this agreement, the Iroquois gave all of their lands east and south of the Ohio River to the British. While the Iroquois agreed to give up this land, most Ohio American Indians did not, including the Delaware, the Seneca-Cayuga, and the Shawnee.
White settlers immediately moved into the region. By the spring of 1774, violent encounters had taken place in the disputed area as the American Indians, especially the Shawnee, tried to drive the British colonists back to the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains. On May 3, 1774, a group of British colonists, seeking vengeance, killed eleven Seneca-Cayuga. At least two of them were relatives of Chief Logan, leader of the Seneca-Cayuga at Yellow Creek (near modern-day Steubenville). Upon hearing of the murders, many Seneca-Cayuga and Shawnees demanded retribution. Some, like the Shawnee leader Cornstalk, urged conciliation. Cornstalk and most other Shawnee promised to protect British fur traders in the Ohio Country from retaliatory attacks since the traders were innocent in this attack. Logan, however, was not kept from his vengeance, Shawnee and Seneca-Cayuga leaders did not stop him from attacking British colonists living south and east of the Ohio River.
Logan took approximately two dozen warriors to seek revenge on the colonists in western Pennsylvania. There his followers killed thirteen settlers before returning back west of the Ohio River. Captain John Connolly, commander of Fort Pitt, immediately prepared to attack the Ohio Country American Indians. John Murray, Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, offered his colony's assistance. Dunmore hoped to prevent Pennsylvania's expansion into modern-day West Virginia and Kentucky. He wished to place Virginia militiamen in these regions. He also hoped to open these lands to white settlement.
In August 1774, Pennsylvania militia entered the Ohio Country and quickly destroyed seven Seneca-Cayuga villages, which the Seneca-Cayuga had abandoned as the soldiers approached. At the same time, Lord Dunmore sent one thousand men to the Kanawha River in modern-day West Virginia to build a fort and to attack the Shawnee. Cornstalk, who had experienced a change of heart toward the white colonists as the soldiers invaded the Ohio Country, sent nearly one thousand warriors to drive Dunmore's force from the region. The forces met on October 10, 1774, at what became known as the Battle of Point Pleasant. After several hours of intense fighting, the British drove Cornstalk's followers north of the Ohio River. Dunmore, with a large force of his own, quickly followed the Shawnee across the river into the Ohio Country. Upon nearing the Shawnee villages on the Pickaway Plains north of modern-day Chillicothe, Ohio, and near what is now Circleville, Ohio, Dunmore stopped. From his encampment named Camp Charlotte, Dunmore requested that the Shawnee come to him and discuss a peace treaty. The Shawnee agreed, but while negotiations were under way, Colonel Andrew Lewis and a detachment of Virginia militia that Dunmore had left behind at Point Pleasant crossed the Ohio River and destroyed several Shawnee villages. Fearing that Dunmore intended to destroy them, the Shawnees immediately agreed to terms before more blood was shed.
As a result of this war, some Shawnee natives agreed to the terms of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768), and promised to give up some of their lands east and south of the Ohio River. This was the first time that some of the American Indians who actually lived in the Ohio Country agreed to relinquish some of their land. In addition, these Shawnee also promised to return their white captives and to no longer attack British colonists traveling down the Ohio River. However, not all Shawnee and affiliates -- including other related American Indian nations in the Ohio territory -- were signatories to the treaty.
See Also
- Hurt, R. Douglas. The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1996.
- Jacob, John J. A Biographical Sketch of the Life of the Late Captain Michael Cresap. Cumberland, MD: J.M. Buchanan, 1826.
- Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. Boston, MA: Printed by H. Sprague, 1802.
- Mayer, Brantz. Tah-gah-jute, or, Logan and Cresap: An Historical Essay. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1867.
- Sawvel, Franklin B. Logan the Mingo. Boston, MA: R. G. Badger, 1921.
- Thwaites, Reuben Gold, and Luise Phelps Kellogg. Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 2002.


text: SpongeBob's Last Stand (credits) 12,200pageson ESB Add New Page View source History Comments0 Share Episode credits → Season 7 → SpongeBob's Last Stand SpongeBob's Last Stand "SpongeBob's Last Stand" Storyboard Director Aaron Springer Written by Aaron SpringerSteven BanksDerek Iversen Creative Director Vincent Waller Animation Directors Andrew OvertoomTom Yasumi Supervising Producer Paul Tibbitt Executive Producers Stephen HillenburgPaul Tibbitt Animation Producer Dina Buteyn Production Manager Jennie Monica Hammond Art Director Peter Bennett Supervising Director Alan Smart Story Editor Steven Banks Writers Derek IversenMr. LawrenceDani MichaeliRichard PurselPaul Tibbitt Cast of "SpongeBob's Last Stand" Tom Kenny SpongeBob, Cop, Scotsman, Reporter, Man, Mayor, Jellyfish Bill Fagerbakke Patrick, Fish #107, Fax Machine Rodger Bumpass Squidward, Fish #41 Clancy Brown Mr. Krabs, Ranger Mr. Lawrence Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Citizen Fish #45 Voice Director Andrea Romano Casting Directors Maryanne DaceyShannon Reed Casting Coordinator Lorena Gallego Supervising Recording Engineer Justin Brinsfield Original Character Design Stephen Hillenburg Supervising Storyboard Director Tuck Tucker Storyboard Supervisor Clint Bond Storyboard Artists Sean CharmatzDave CunninghamMaureen MascarinaTed SekoMarcelo SouzaJanice TolentinoMonica TomovaBrad Vandergrift Character Designers Virginia HawesRobertryan Cory Prop Designer & Clean-Up Artist Derek L'estrange BG Layout Supervisor Kenny Pittenger BG Layout Design Olga Gerdjikov Background Painters Peter BennettKit BoyceAndy Clark Color Key Supervisor Teale Reon Wang Color Key Stylist Catherine Simmonds Production Manager Special Projects Noeli Rosas Senior Production Coordinator Alvaro Zelaya Production Coordinator Philip Harris Writing Coordinators Kristen RidgwayBrian Koonce Senior Production Assistant Andrew Goodman Production Assistant Kris Wimberly Final Checker Kathy Gilmore Post Production Supervisor Kimberlee Vanek Post Production Coordinator Austin Block Senior Director of Post Production Jason Stiff Additional Post Production Services Kimberly BowmanAmaris CavinJonathon HylanderC.J. KinyonJ.F. KinyonRohner SegnitzAmy K. Wu Supervising Picture Editor Christopher Hink Animatic Supervisor Steve Downs Post Production Sound Supervisors Jimmy LiftonPaulette Lifton Sound FX Designer & Editor Jeffrey Hutchins Dialogue Editor Mishelle Fordham Re-Recording Mixer D.J. Lynch Foley Team Vincent GuisettiMonette HoldererAran Tanchum Track Reading Slightly Off Track Music Editor Nicolas Carr "Jellyfishing" Song Written by Aaron SpringerComposed by Eban SchletterPerformed by Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke "Give Jellyfish Fields a Chance" Song Written by Aaron SpringerComposed by Eban SchletterPerformed by Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Eban Schletter "Jellyfishing Reprise" Song Written by Aaron SpringerComposed by Eban SchletterPerformed by Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Eban Schletter, Paula Kelley, Aaron Tap Music Composed by Eban SchletterBarry AnthonySteve BelferNicolas CarrSage GuytonJeremy Wakefield "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" Lyrics by Stephen Hillenburg, Derek DrymonComposed by Hank Smith MusicPerformed by Pat Pinney DaVinci Colorist Dexter P. Post Production Services Oracle PostEncore Animation Services Rough Draft Studios, Korea Overseas Supervisor Scott Mansz Live Action Island Footage by Bad Clams Productions, inc. Title Still Photography by David Frapwell Developed by Derek DrymonTim HillNicholas R. Jennings Special Thanks Brown JohnsonStacey KimRoland PoindexterMark Taylor Executive in Charge of Production Claudia Spinelli "SpongeBob SquarePants" and all related logos, titles and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.© 2010 Viacom International Inc. All rights reserved. Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you've made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Categories: Episode credits


text: Celebrate Valentine's Day With This Highly Evolved Heart-Shaped SporkAndrew Liszewski2/08/12 3:23pmFiled to: FoodEatingHeart PartCutleryFlatwareEco-Friendly11EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkA picnic in the park is a lovely way to spend Valentine's Day if you live somewhere warm. And imagine how enamored your true love will be if you break out this adorable heart-shaped and eco-friendlier Heart Part cutlery.AdvertisementEach heart breaks apart into two utensils, which do triple-duty as a fork, knife, and scoop. Made from biodegradable polystyrene, the Heart Part actually uses 60% less plastic than a regular set of disposable cutlery, minimizing their environmental impact if you do decide to chuck 'em.They are re-usable, though, which is probably a good idea given a pack of 10 hearts/20 utensils will cost you $9. [iHeart This via Cool Hunting]Reply11 repliesLeave a reply


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Jim Cramer made the following calls on July 29th, 2013. What do you think about his picks?
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE:RBS): Jim Cramer ranked this stock a Buy. Cramer previously ranked this stock a Buy on June 10, 2013. The stock's 52-week high is $11.84, and its 52-week low is $6.28.
Cramer flew in the face of naysayers disliking RBS, saying during the lightning round that the stock was cheap to him, and that, "This has a great franchise and I'm not backing away." Cramer's website rates the stock as a Hold, stating that, "The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and increase in net income."


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As I often see on sites etc, many consumers who have old racquets struggle to find grommets, was wondering whether the advent of 3d printing means that grommets can be made, low cost, to order, for older racquets, these machines cost less than a decent stringer- if the raacquet companies released designs for the grommets, then this could change a lot maybe? Or have I overlooked something?- No sure if this is the right forum, thanks
Most CAD software will interface with these devices so that won't be an issue if the designs are already in CAD. Only problem I see may be in the grommet tubes as the prototype is created. Simple 3D structures with no internal hollows was a restriction when these machines first came out. Doing right half, then left half would take care of that problem easily enough cuz you can glue the halves together as a last step. Another issue is trademarking/copyright. Frames are patented and I assume that their molds, etc are also covered. Don't know if there are legal impediments. And finally, there is the prototypical material. It has to be flexible and yet hard. IT IS A GOOD IDEA THOUGH. :???:
I have a 3D printer sitting right next to me now. No way will it be sutable to print grommets. Something to hold and look at ok, but to use for real no way. The material will simply break with the thin sections of the grommet. I would say in the near future we will have the capability, but at the moment no. Yes good idea.......
Hmm yeah, good point about the materials, from the article i read on bbc news I got the impression that the technology had reached the point where it was more than a prototype, however if you are in possesion of one you almost certainly know a lot more than me, thanks ever so much for the feedback though, if you have any other comments or things to add I would really appreciate it, cheers
I am starting to collect classic racquets, and have already struck the obsolete grommet issue, so wondered exactly the same thing. I'm pretty sure you should be able to find someone who can do it right now; the low-end home 3d printer might not be able to, but the high-end ones can - see here -> http://i.materialise.com/3dprinting Laser scanners can scan the part (beam must be able to see the whole contour, which it almost certainly could with a grommet strip) so you wouldn't even need a pattern - even an old broken grommet could be patched and then scanned. heck even the DIY guys are starting to work with nylon, etc - http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/22/3d-printing-nylon-extrusion/ cottage industry, anyone?


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First of all, i have been pissed the whole day trying to understand object casting so bear with me in this thread!
Okays, so...object casting is the concept of bringing an object of a subclass up the hierarchy. But why? I thought all subclasses inherited any methods or variables of their superclasses... :(think):
Also, how does this even work? Does the object magically get copy pasted up to another class or does it get cut pasted? :(sweat):
Searching all over the internet i found different explanations and i just got frustrated..
and to finalize my post i would like to know the difference between this:
Mammal m = new Cat();
and this:
Cat c = new Cat();
Mammal m = c;
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The final meeting of the Woman�s Literary Club for the season will take place 11:30 a.m., Tuesday at Christ Memorial Church, 595 Graafschap Road. Following a luncheon, the annual meeting will take place, and new board members will be elected.
Recipients of the Kate Garrod Post Scholarships also will be introduced. The Club has been awarding scholarships to deserving upper-class and graduate students since 1915.
The program entitled "American Standards and Broadway Meet" will feature soloist Sandra Buller and her accompanist, Jane Bosco. They will present a selection of songs that are sure to bring back memories.
Buller was born into a musical family. Many played instruments and they performed for their own enjoyment as well as for others. After graduating with a bachelor of music education, she taught music in Atlanta, GA. She was a founder of the Atlanta Singers, which was later directed by Robert Shaw. After moving to Kansas City, she sang with the Lyric Opera Chorus and taught public school music and private piano and voice.
While residing in Kalamazoo, she sang with the Bach Chorus and with the Michigan Opera Chorus for a Madam Butterfly performance. She sang with The Kalamazoo Singers for 26 years. She now sings with the Holland Chorale.
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[FAQ] How to make a Mini-RCA/Mini-Mini Interconnect for your amp
As per the title, I'm going to explain how to make a mini jack to dual RCA interconnect that could be used to connect your PC soundcard to your headphone amp/DAC/speaker amp. However, I put together this cable BEFORE thinking of doing a FAQ, so I guess I'll try to explain myself as much as possible.
First things first....MATERIALS. You're free to buy anything you want, but I tend to be on the budget side, and still strive for quality. The simplest ICs are made with ready-made cables, like the following: -Canare L-4E6S Star Quad Micophone Cable -Mogami W2534 & W2893 Neglex Quad Mic Cable Mic cables are easy to work with, as they already have 4 conductors, most likely the max. number you're going to use. Also, the aren't too think or thin, and fit into the jacks snugly. BTW, they're also CHEAP. There's also another option with using regular 21-24 AWG stranded wire and braiding them in a Litz configuration, but that's another FAQ. Talking about jacks, there is a plethora of jacks available. A simple search reveals them all. However, as stated above, I like to be on the budget side, except I also care about quality. Now, you could get jacks that are worth a couple hundred dollars, but it's ultimately up to you. The jacks I frequent are Switchcrafts. They are made right here in Chicago, and are of very high quality. HOWEVER, most retail stores tend to sell them at very high prices, so I suggest going to these online/brick and mortar stores: -Markertek ($100 min. order for International, BUT can be negotiated) -Audiogear (they only ship to the US, good prices though) Next up, TOOLS...You're going to need at least the following: -Soldering Iron (a Pencil type iron with a pointed/chisel tip is ideal); Stray away from questionable brands, and stick with Hakko, Weller, and other well known brands. NO COLD HEAT IRONS, THEY DON'T WORK!!!!! ***An iron's wattage determines how hot it gets. An iron of 15W to 30W is plenty for fine electrical work like this*** -Solder (logical companion.....); At least 0.20-0.32 dia. 63% tin/37% lead is best (often called 'High Tech solder'). Brands: Kester, WBT, Cardas... -Iron holder/cleaner; as simple as a curled piece of 8 AWG wire. A damp sponge or kitchen paper is preferable. -Heatshrink; GET AN ASSORTMENT. There are many types of heatshrink out there, but 2:1 shrink is most common. A 2:1 shrink means that it'll shrink to 1/2 it's original size (3:1; 1/3 shrunk size). Be sure to use the correct size for the job (a piece of heatshrink that is slightly bigger than the material is ideal) -Wire Strippers -Side Cutters -Pliers (to clamp the strain relief) -Lighters (to shrink the heatshrink...you can also use a heat gun) For more info, go here: Getting Started in Audio DIY ***IMPORTANT: WASH YOU HANDS AFTER YOU'VE WORKED WITH SOLDER, I AM NOT LIABLE FOR ANY LEAD POISONING*** Onto the ACTUAL steps... 1) Lay out the cable (I'm going to use Canare Star Quad) in front of you and cut to desired length. 2) Strip the rubber insulation and the metal braided shielding to get to the 4 21 AWG conductors. Neat thing about Star Quad is that the conductors tend to be in two colours only, so it makes life ALOT easier. 3) Unravel the twisted wires and designate roles to each of them. I usually use white as my grounds and twist the two wires together. The blues I then designate as left or right channel. 4) Strip all of your wires. You can tin the wires at this point, which makes it easier to work with, but is entirely up to you. 5) Open up your jacks. There should be 3 parts to it: a) A clear plastic tube, B) The metal/plastic shell which covers up the actual connector, and C) The connector itself. Up first, the 3.5mm connector. It will have a rod in the middle, and flanges on either side. The biggest flange (with the cable clamp) is usually the ground, which is the part furthest away from the tip of the connector. This is where you solder the two white wires I mentioned earlier to. The rod is the left channel, which corresponds to the tip of the actual 3.5mm jack (ie, before the first black stripe). The other smaller flange is your right channel, which corresponds to the area in between the two black stripes. Simply put, the flange with the hole is ALWAYS RIGHT, and the rod is ALWAYS LEFT Next, the RCA jack. Since RCA are what we call phono/mono jacks, they only carry on channel of audio per jack. As a result, there is only a rod and a ground. Using the white wire again, it will connect to the flange, which is the ground, and corresponds to the sleeve that slides over a RCA plug. The rod is the left/right channel, and it corresponds to the rod of the RCA jack. 6) Construct your y-split. Pick a spot on the Star Quad and cut the insulation & shielding off. Unravel the four wire and retwist them into pairs. REMEMBER, ONE WHITE WIRE WITH ONE BLUE WIRE, NOT BLUE-BLUE AND WHITE-WHITE. Heatshrink the wires afterward. 7) Slide enough heatshrink onto the y-split until it doesn't move or dislodge itself. I also like to slide enough heatshrink onto the wires so that the diameter will be close to the opening of the metal sleeve of the RCA/3.5mm jacks. 8) Solder your wires to the appropriate parts. NOTE: you don't have to distinguish which blue wire is right/left channel, we'll do that later. REMEMBER TO SLIDE THE BARREL OF THE JACK AND ITS PLASTIC SLEEVE ONTO THE WIRE BEFORE SOLDERING!!!!! Clamp all of the wires onto the barrel with pliers. I'm not going to teach anyone how to solder, but some hints: -Heat the part up adjacent to the area you want the solder to be. It flows toward heat. -Make sure the part is hot enough. If not, then you'll get a cold joint, a joint that is really crappy. A good one should be shiny, NOT dull. More info + videos here: http://tangentsoft.net/elec/movies/ 9) MAKE SURE THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS ARE NOT TOUCHING INSIDE THE CONNECTOR. Just to be sure, I cut a piece of heatshrink and physically blocked off the channels. Screw on the metal sleeve now. 10) To check the different channels, I just grab some alligator clips + wires along with a battery and lightbulb, and construct a simple circuit to see which RCA jack would corresponds to the channel. Then I would label which is which with a simple piece of heatshrink on the jack. 11) You're done! Connect to amp and have an eargasm. GREAT SUCCESS! I am going to add on to this guide and post one on how to do a simple Mini-Mini Interconnect for your amp. NO pictures though, as I haven't made one--YET. Everything is the same, but of course in your bill of materials, you would change your RCA jacks to a mini jack. Follow steps 1 thru 5, BUT here's where the similarities end. 6) After identifying the different channels, solder ONE BLUE wire/conductor to ONE of the signal channels (either the small flange OR the rod), and solder the OTHER BLUE wire to the OTHER signal channel. The two white wires goes to the GROUND (the large flange), and are automatically designated as ground. In case you forgot what signal channels are, there are pictures to help you with that: Put all the necessary heatshrink on, and close her up, remembering to slide on the plastic insulator. ***REMEMBER, DO ONLY ONE OF THE TWO MINI 3.5MM JACKS RIGHT NOW, DO NOT SOLDER THE OTHER JACK ON YET!!!*** 7) Bring out your trusty circuit/9V battery/multimeter, used previously in step 10 of the previous guide: Quote:
8) Solder your 2nd mini jack on now, taking care to include ALL of the necessary connector parts, like the metal barrel and the plastic insulating sleeve. Also, put your desired heatshrink on now. 9) Connect to amp for an absolute EARGASM. GREAT SUCCESS! Brendan
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text: 25 Years Later, This Guy's Childhood Game Dream Is Coming TrueLuke Plunkett7/18/13 12:00amFiled to: indielegend of iyakickstarterkotaku core843EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkI had a childhood game dream. It was to make a single game that combined Dark Forces, X-Wing and Privateer. I am nothing if not ambitious, but then, I am a lot less closer to my dream than Andrew Bado is.AdvertisementHe had a game idea 25 years ago, and ten years ago started making it. That's...a long gestation period, but he's finally got the game in good enough shape to get a Kickstarter campaign up and running, and he's also got the game up for voting on Steam Greenlight.It's a Metroidvania title, which as explained above, has quite the history:AdvertisementLegend of Iya (it's pronounced Ee-yah), has been my never-ending passion project as long as I can remember. Beginning with early 8-bit computers, and stretching all the way to present day, the game has changed, evolved and improved over the years, from a simple 8-bit run-and-jump to something far more compelling. The game has seen at least half a dozen iterations, each time dying, but being reborn as some kind of a stubborn freaking phoenix.So it's nice to see the game's finally getting made. For real. The fact it actually looks great is just a bonus!Legend of Iya [Kickstarter]SponsoredLegend of Iya [Steam Greenlight]Reply84 repliesLeave a reply


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Congress Choreographs Its Way To Debt Limit Compromise -- So What Is It?
Taken in isolation this is pure political posturing -- a waste of valuable time with the country less than two weeks away from defaulting on its payment obligations. But viewed within the full constellation of political pressures, it may be the only way to squeeze a bill to raise the debt limit through both the House and Senate on a bipartisan basis.
President Obama met with House GOP leaders over the weekend and on Monday, still in pursuit of an elusive "grand bargain" that would reduce deficits by $4 trillion over 10 years, largely through cuts to domestic and defense spending.
But the likeliest path to avoiding default remains this one -- the escape hatch first proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) -- the precise details of which are still evolving.
As currently conceived the plan would cut $1.5 trillion from discretionary spending -- both defense and non-defense -- and from mandatory spending, outside of the big three entitlement programs, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. These were cuts identified by negotiators working with Vice President Joe Biden several weeks ago, and remain largely undisclosed. It would create a 12-member committee -- House and Senate, six Democrats, six Republicans -- to craft a much larger deficit reduction package that, if agreed to by the panel, would get streamlined votes in both chambers. And it would allow Republicans to register protest votes against raising the debt limit -- the authority over which would be transfered to the White House through the end of 2012.
Under ordinary circumstances, a deal of this type -- aimed people who rely most heavily on government services -- would never happen. With health care largely firewalled it will have only a modest impact on the long-term deficit trajectory, so no great shakes if you're a "true" fiscal hawk. It includes no new tax revenue, only spending cuts, so no great shakes if you're a progressive, even if some of those cuts make sense. And it won't fundamentally revisit the role the federal government plays in providing services to the old and needy, so it won't appeal to conservatives or Republicans.
But at this point logic and sanity are becoming the enemies of the one true imperative -- avoiding a catastrophic default -- and everybody's looking for a way to raise the debt limit without appearing to erase the numerous bright lines they've drawn in this negotiation.
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2012-12-08, 23:24 | Link #581 |
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What I'm objecting to is Ryouta beating him up. You seem to be skirting oddly around that, but presumably what you're saying is that it's okay and justified for a person to beat a friend to a pulp if they sleep with someone they admire from afar and had no relationship with. Since that seems to be what you mean, then yes, we'll have to agree to disagree, because I think that sort of conduct is totally unacceptable.
2012-12-08, 23:43 | Link #582 | |
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2012-12-09, 08:11 | Link #584 | |
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And lets face it. Girls are not like clothes in a department store where you go and ask for a dressing room. |
2012-12-09, 14:05 | Link #585 |
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You know, I'm not even thinking about justification.
The emotional surge that comes from such events is what makes it happen. People get beaten to a pulp over things like this all the time. It doesn't have to be justified. I mean, Sakamoto still got himself expelled so it's not like he got away with it scot-free. And whether that was Sakamoto's motivation or not doesn't even matter, Oda -REALLY- deserved to be punched in the face regardless of whether he betrayed Sakamoto or not. |
2012-12-09, 14:19 | Link #586 |
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Oda seems to be a psycopath due to his total lack of empathy. He cheated on his girlfriend to have a one night stand with his friends love interest, just because he could and didn't seem to realise that anyone would mind. Working as a host would suit him perfectly as it's all about acting like a nice guy while not giving a crap.
2012-12-09, 15:13 | Link #587 |
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Oda was a complete jerk in what he did and didn't even care at all about it.
- He was already in a relationship and cheated and he saw no problem with what he did. - He clearly knew that his "best" friend liked Aiko and still did it with her and he saw no problem with what he did. - He was not in love with Aiko, but just used her feelings for him to give his "best" friend a lesson, and that in an incredible twisted way. And he saw no problem with what he did. Friends don't do something like that and human beings with a conscience don't do something like that either. From my point of view, Ode deserved the beating he got. |
2012-12-09, 16:25 | Link #588 |
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Join Date: May 2008
Your gf tells you someone tried to kill her, and your response is she's crazy and that person is a good guy.
I mean, I get it. We're creating drama in a fictional story meant to entertain here, but people who act like this in real life go on my list.
2012-12-10, 04:41 | Link #589 | |
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Whether there's reason for the audience to look at the other factors and think that Oda had it coming, that's a different story. Ryouta's actual reasons weren't good enough for something that extreme, IMO. Yep, all true. And, well, by now Oda's already tried to kill Sakamoto off with bombs in order to get food. I don't think either of them's going to be holding a grudge over the situation before. Although it's going to be interesting to see how those two interact in future. |
2012-12-10, 11:37 | Link #590 |
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At least you can agree that regardless of Sakamoto's motivation, Oda totally deserved that.
And no, I don't think either of them have a grudge over it. Neither of them is the type. They move on. I have to say this though. The whole "He didn't even ask her out." angle. Even though he didn't ask her out, doesn't take away his right to feel that way. I'm not sure if you know what it's like to be unable to ask someone out, but for one, it will cause the emotion to remain for a much longer time. And really, what kind of friend goes for the girl that another guy likes anyways? |
2012-12-10, 12:31 | Link #591 |
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Even if we forget for e second that he treated those girls like trash. He betrayed their friendship, stabbed him in the back in an extremely despicable way and was not even feeling gulity about it or a hint of remorse or regtet over what he did. Oda just deserved it.
2012-12-10, 12:42 | Link #592 |
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...? You're mistaken. I didn't agree to anything like that. I don't think he did deserve it. Ryouta lost it to the point where it looked as if he might have killed or seriously injured Oda if people hadn't stopped him. He was hitting him hard in the head multiple times. And Btooom is a relatively realistic series, not one filled with tons of fantasy violence. (OK, OK, it has bombs in a murder game on an island, and assorted people have managed to dodge bombs that should've killed them, but still.) Oda behaved very badly, but Ryouta could've killed him or caused serious damage, and that's a lot worse than anything Oda did.
2012-12-10, 17:42 | Link #593 |
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I'm sorry, I meant to put a question mark in the place where there is a period, as it was an assumption and not a fact.
Still though, apparently you do not think he is the worst scum of the earth. Which... I guess... To each their own. If you think playing with girls like they're dolls and betraying friends like they don't have feelings is ok, then that's up to you. |
2012-12-11, 07:48 | Link #594 | |
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Also, saying that someone shouldn't be given a savage beating from someone who could easily have killed him does not mean condoing every action of the person who got beaten up. That's a straw man argument. Still. Oda's definitely not the worst scum of the Earth, or at least he wasn't before he went to the island. If he really were the worst scum of the Earth, or at least the Btoooom! world, you'd have to be saying he's worse than Date, Kōsuke, and worse than the guys who raped Himiko's friends, right? Or at least on an even level with them. But we all know that's not true. He cheated on his girlfriend and betrayed a friend, but that's a world away from the actions of those characters. |
2012-12-11, 12:34 | Link #596 |
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Well...yeah, it is. You don't think there's a big difference between someone like Kōsuke who's committed multiple murders for the lulz and raped the corpses, and Oda as a schoolkid who cheated on his girlfriend with a consenting girl whom he knew his friend liked?
Big difference! Huge difference! Are you seriously intending to imply that you don't see much of a difference between the two? What the hell. |
2012-12-12, 02:43 | Link #598 | |
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2012-12-13, 12:06 | Link #600 |
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I've watched the preview of the 11th episode and can pretty much confirm that there won't be filler ending - and they'll end on 50th chapter. Well, I thought so since the begging - that chapter is somewhat perfect for the ending.
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To be honest, I don't feel good about recommending this. If you already play Geometry Wars then you've probably already got this sequel, in which case it's already too late for you and your loved ones. If you haven't and you buy it on my say so, then I'm a bit like the guy who buys a tea-total mate just one beer, then sees him on a park bench clutching a can of Special Brew six months later. If you don't have Geometry Wars in your life, then you're probably better off without it. I know - you think you can handle it. Well, trust me. You can't.
To my mind, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is probably the best and most addictive shoot-em-up of the last five years, if not the decade. Retro Evolved 2 is the better, more addictive version. Making it so can't have been easy. Bizarre pretty much perfected the core gameplay and the aesthetic with the Xbox 360 debut, and Retro Evolved 2 hasn't messed with it. You're still a lone ship adrift on a grid, manoeuvring with the left analogue stick and blasting with the right analogue stick against a constant, implacable tide of hostile neon shapes. Dead shapes leave little multiplier tokens behind, and the more of these you collect, the more points you get for each shape killed.
As for the aesthetic, well Jeff Minter created this over-bright, neon-blurred polgyonal style of visual with Tempest 2000, but Bizarre has again taken it to a whole new level, creating an overwhelming flood of light and colour that - as the game heats up - challenges your eyes and brain to take it in. The mesh with the electronic soundtrack and the old-school arcade sound effects is seamless. For all its frantic intensity, there's something beautiful and strangely balletic about Retro Evolved 2. Get in the zone, and you're practically dancing through the kamikaze hordes, spraying bullets in graceful arcs as you twist and pirouette through the explosions.
Few of GW's imitators have managed to copy another of Bizarre's achievements: to create abstract enemy characters that somehow have their own personality. I thought I hated the blue rhombus, clumps of which constantly work their way towards you, but that hate was nothing compared to the enmity with which I've come to regard the green gits who try to sneak up on you unless you can drive them away with your gunfire. And as for the blue and orange snakes. Grrr - they're the polygonal spawn of Satan. Retro Evolved 2 adds a handful of newbies to the mix, and while most are a variation on existing themes, I'm sure that with time I'll come to loathe them every bit as much.
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Some high-security registration plates (HSRPs) were found abandoned outside the office of the district transport officer (DTO) on Sunday. The presence of HSRPs in such a condition had raised a question mark on the functioning of the DTO office and the private firm, Agro Imtex India, that had been allotted the work of manufacturing these plates because abandoned plates could have lead to misuse of vehicles, defying the very purpose of introducing HSRPs. HT talked to DTO Damanjeet Singh on the circumstances under which these plates were found abandoned and consequences thereof.
Why were HSRPs found abandoned in the open outside your office?
In the initial inquiry and as per the claims of private firm, it has emerged that these HSRPs are among those stolen from the office of the firm in September last. An FIR in this regard was lodged in the civil lines police station.
Do you think it can lead to misuse of HSRPs by mischievous elements?
Surely, there was an apprehension of the misuse of these plates. That is why the firm registered an FIR in this connection. Perhaps an FIR would not have been lodged, had these been ordinary number plates.
Are registration numbers on HSRPs were in the list of plates that were stolen?
It is not certain that these HSRPs are among those stolen, but as the company has claimed that the unique identification number on these plates reflect this, we have to go by their version till the firm submits a reply in this connection to my office. As per the FIR, three-four bags of such plates were stolen from the office.
How these "stolen plates" appeared after such a long time?
I cannot tell how these number plates appeared after a long gap. Probably, the bad elements who had stolen these plates might have placed these plates there. But it is difficult to say anything with certainty.
Why haven't you reported the matter to police till now?
We are conducting preliminary inquiries into the matter. Once we are sure that these plates are among those stolen last year, we will report the matter to police. It will become clear only after the firm will submit its report on the show-cause notice issued to it.
What action will you take to ensure that such incidents do not happen again?
We have asked the firm to file a report in this matter by issuing a show-cause notice. Report in this matter will be sent to the state transport commissioner. We have asked the firm to install close-circuit TV cameras on the premises where these plates are kept and deploy security personnel at that place. A report to private firms head will also be sent in this connection.


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Grats skatzxI would have played but stupid 18+ rules :(
Grats =)
11 days in, and already Upping his Box - Sweet....Gratz man.
Grats T_T
So uhh he hasnt posted? Like at all...
lol someone who made an account for the contest, didn't post a thing and in no way contributed to WoWhead sneak up the price from people who do actually put an effort into this thing.That's what you get when you have these retarded "sign up and win" contests. (Im euro so i dont get a shot in anyway but that's beside the point).You really need to add a "Only accounts that have been created atleast a day before the contest post date are eligible for this contest" type of rule. Really, congrats to the guy but it's sad that you're giving away this to a completely unknown account (might be an active person but i doubt that) that will most likely never get active and, for all we know, doesn't even play WoW but went to a website where they post these "sign up and win" contests and checked the box.This is probably a "It's sponsored, what do we care" attitude but honestly it's beyond ridiculous. The community is big enough as it is to have viable contests./endrant*EDIT*After checking the price winners, only 2 of them (out of 11) have been active members of WoWhead contributing to the website, one has some input in forums, comments and the other has done a significant number of data uploads. The other 9 have all put either 1/2 forum posts (in contest threads only) and have not visited/logged in WoWhead for atleast a week. If this is the way you want to continue running contests, fine by me as i don't get to enter them anyway, but my personal opinion is that it's a pretty weak and pathetic way to reward your community for their support
Ugggh.... I never win at anything. :( Good job though, Skatzx.
Woot. My alt account won!Kidding of course. I'm not even 18.


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After a forced layoff from films due to injuries he sustained on the sets, Manoj Manchu is back on the big screen with the socio fantasy flick Oo Kodathara Ulikki Padathara. Pre-production work on the movie is complete and regular shooting is scheduled to begin sometime later this week. Readers may recall that the movie hit the headlines following actor Tapsee Pannu's refusal to be a part of the movie. Click here to read more -


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For too long DC has seemed like a not-quite-cool-enough, can't-quite-get-it-together place to be if you're into all things tech, digital and Web. But that's palpably changing.
For starters, Barack Obama and his family are moving into the White House in a few weeks.
To say that those of us who live here are excited is an understatement. Obama is the first digital president, of course. The social media strategy underlying the success of his campaign is being widely touted as a model for business (biggest takeaway: you trust who you know). Obama is also searching for the nation's first CTO. And a long list of government agencies, headquartered here in DC, are experimenting with social media (the US Air Force blog and internal blogging by STRATCOM's four-star general, to name a few).
UPDATE: the first blog post went up on the relaunched whitehouse.gov at 12:01 PM on Jan. 20, 2009.
DC is also home to hundreds of non-profits and trade associations. Flagship social media stars include the American Red Cross and Easter Seals' Autism blog. Consult Beth Kanter, the guru for non-profit social media for more.
Then there's what's happening locally. The DC government has a well-regarded tech czar, Vivek Kundra, who uses the "Happiness Level" to gauge the success of how technology is being used in the District's 86 agencies.
Network Solutions, the original dot com company which happens to be based in nearby Herndon, VA, is starting to do some cool things in social media (thanks to Shashi). That would have been unthinkable when I worked there 10 years ago. A number of tech start-ups are based here (a short list: Clearspring, Razoo, and more here from CrunchBase). And we've got our own tech incubator, LaunchBox Digital, specializing in Web and mobile apps.
Google hosts a regular series of Google DC Talks on technology policy in its (pretty cool) downtown DC offices.
DC Tech Events maintains an ongoing list of events, many skewed towards developers but others appropriate for business and strategy types. East Coast Blogging is another source for all things tech related to DC.
DC's chapter of the Social Media Club is hosting a Government 2.0 discussion on Jan. 14, 2009.
Twin Tech III is slated for Jan. 22, 2009. And I'm thrilled to announce that BlogPotomac will be back on June 12, 2009. I'll be co-emceeing again this year with the inimitable Geoff Livingston.
We've got our local tech celebs, of course, including AOL's Frank Gruber and @newmediajim (video interview with Jim here). Not to mention former AOLers Steve Case and Ted Leonsis. And DC boasts a respectable list of Twitter Elites.
What this adds up to is an increasingly yeasty mix of people, events, tech companies, and organizations that are walking the social media talk.
How things change… or maybe they evolve. I remember when the Morino Institute's Netpreneur Coffee & Doughnets was the only game in town for those immersed in the Internet and the Web. Mario Morino, a pioneer in venture philanthropy, funded the regular breakfast discussions where techpreneurs could meet to trade ideas. Seems like a lifetime ago but it was only a decade ago.
It's about time DC caught up to Silicon Valley's coolness factor.
I'm lovin' it.
P.S. I've probably missed examples of what's making Washington DC the next 'It' city of tech. Let me know what I've left out.
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Russell Pearson said on January 13, 2009 at 07:36 AM
Good to see what's happening in the US. Some good developments here in the UK too and some great uses of social media. For example, I've just asked Boris Johnson, http://twitter.com/MayorOfLondon about London transport and possible timetable mashups using the new iBus scheme http://theparallaxview.com/2009/01/ibus/ .
Be interesting to see if he gets back… ;-)
Kari Rippetoe said on January 17, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Can't forget us here in NoVa!
Michael Robinson said on February 17, 2009 at 01:55 PM
This is an excellent description of how D.C. is quickly becoming a major leader in the technological universe. And with the migration of a good part of the country's financial focus from New York to Washington (see my post on Bulletproof Blog from last month: http://www.bulletproofblog.com/2009/01/19/new-york-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the-financial-universe/), the city is becoming a national and global leader on multiple fronts. It will be interesting to see how the convergence of technological, social media and financial leadership play out in our nation's capital over the coming months and years.
Mickie Kennedy said on February 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Technologically speaking D.C. is indeed getting a huge boost from Barack Obama. The President is said to be receiving a device developed for NSA/miltary use. It is highly encrypted, secures voice and data communications, and switches from "top secret" to "unclassified". High-tech!
Kelly said on February 19, 2009 at 08:24 PM
Washington DC, and in particular Northern Virginia, has actually long been the leader in Internet technologies and social media, actually applied to government and commercial programs that work. It's simply not advertised as much.


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He also now figures Obama to snatch close to 320 electoral votes.
In another change since his transit days, crooks now snatch cellphones, not gold chains.
If you're lucky you can snatch them for $32, but you have to be extraordinarily lucky as there are only 20 per performance.
In the race to snatch children from the tightening noose around the Warsaw ghetto, she must use all her wiles.
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New York, NY - The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) applauds our colleagues at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) for issuing new guidelines to help healthcare professionals screen, diagnose and treat lupus nephritis, a type of kidney disease associated with lupus. Available on the ACR website, the new guidelines are just published in the April 2012 issue of Arthritis Care & Research.
An estimated one third of people with lupus are affected by lupus nephritis – a serious consequence of lupus in which the immune system attacks the kidneys. While nine out of 10 people with lupus are women, men with the disease are more prone to lupus nephritis.
The kidneys keep the balance of fluids in the body at the right levels, taking out waste and extra water from the blood and sending these out of the body through urine. The kidneys also help to control hormone levels and the amount of pressure in the blood vessels. If lupus attacks the kidneys, these functions are impeded and harmful toxins can start to build up in the blood, causing serious damage.
Lupus Nephritis Guidelines Codify Diagnosis and Treatment
The 2012 lupus nephritis guidelines were formulated through a thorough review by three panels of researchers of the medical literature from 1966 through 2010 for all evidence pertaining to "lupus kidney disease".
"It has been over a decade since guidelines for treatment of lupus nephritis were published, and much has changed since with new immunosuppressive and antihypertensive drugs as well as new therapeutics that work directly to reduce loss of kidney function," commented Betty Diamond, MD, Chief, Autoimmune Disease Center, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-LIJ Health System and Advisor-at-Large of the LRI Scientific Advisory Board. "It is very important that physicians have guidelines to help them make therapeutic decisions and to ensure that certain helpful strategies are not overlooked. However, the ultimate therapeutic plan will still be determined case by case by the patient and their physician."
The Lupus Research Institute is also strongly committed to improving early diagnosis and treatment of lupus nephritis by funding innovative research on the mechanisms of kidney damage and novel ways to monitor lupus nephritis. Most recently, discoveries from LRI-funded studies include biomarkers to diagnose and assess lupus nephritis while avoiding the need for invasive surgical biopsy. A new LRI study by Dr. Janusz Kabarowski, University of Alabama, Birmingham investigates the possibility of harnessing the anti-inflammatory properties of high-density lipoproteins (good cholesterol HDL) to protect the heart and blood vessels, and stem the immune system's attack on other vital organs including the kidneys.
"Because so many of our patients suffer from kidney disease, LRI scientific studies in the field of lupus nephritis are robust," noted LRI President Margaret Dowd. "We will support the ACR's efforts to educate patients and professionals on the need for early screening for lupus kidney disease when the condition is most treatable."


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As data dragnets and information breaches dominate the news, states are scrambling to cash in on a rapidly expanding business sector by offering tax incentives to firms that protect sensitive information from outside attacks.
While ordinary Americans wonder if their private phone calls and emails are being monitored by their government, businesses are concerned that proprietary and sensitive business information could be stolen by competitors - at home and from overseas. State and local governments also are working to tighten safeguards to prevent outsiders from hacking into their information.
"It's the new global threat, not only to our state and nation, but to the whole world," said Mark A. Vulcan, program manager at the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development.
Maryland is breaking new ground with a total $3 million offer of tax breaks to be distributed among cybersecurity startups already in the state or who agree to locate there. While many states include cybersecurity companies in their overall tax incentives for high-tech firms, Maryland's legislation - proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley and signed in May - appears to be unique.
What also sets Maryland apart from other states, Vulcan said, is that this tax credit goes directly to the company, not the "angel" investor in that entity, which many other states do.
Analysts say this credit could signal a new wave of action by states trying to cash in on the cybersecurity boom. The $207 billion cybersecurity industry is expected to show "impressive growth" in the next five years, according to Entrepreneur.com.
Consultant Javier Siervo, with the Berkeley Research Group LLC in Washington, D.C., said Maryland may be the only state offering a tax credit specifically for cybersecurity, but D.C. offers incentives to companies that have an office in the District and "derive most of their revenue from technology-related activities." And nearby Arlington County in Virginia has increased technology zones to encourage tech businesses to move operations to the county.
In Virginia, a statewide program that offers capital gains tax exemptions to tech companies would cover cybersecurity companies as well as other high-tech ventures, according to Cameron Kilberg, the state's assistant secretary of technology. Under that incentive, the state doesn't tax any income already taxed by the federal government as a long-term capital gain.
The program began in 2010, Kilberg said, and will continue to 2015, past its original sunset date of 2013, because the state wanted more time to evaluate whether the program was effective.
The area around Washington is home to many government contractors and attracts a sizable cybersecurity industry, said Michael Colavito, state and local tax expert at Aronson LLC, who advises private business on how to take advantage of state tax incentives. He said security needs to be stepped up "because of all the hackers out there," and Maryland is trying to position itself to take advantage of that situation.
Some of the nation's largest defense and security companies are among the top 20 worldwide in the cybersecurity business, including Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (the company of Edward Snowden, who leaked the National Security Agency's data dragnet program), General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon among others.
Much of the effort to incentivize the cybersecurity industry has come about because of an executive order signed by President Barack Obama on Feb. 12 that directs federal agencies to develop voluntary cybersecurity standards for private-sector industries and propose new mandates if needed. It was aimed at helping state and local governments protect critical infrastructure controlled by Web-based technology.
Widely publicized data breaches over the past couple of years fueled the government's effort. They include:
-In March 2012, NASA shut down a large database and sent warnings to its employees after a laptop stolen from a car was hacked, revealing personnel data as well as technology.
-In 2012, hackers got into the U.S. Navy system that tracks personnel moves and compromised private data on 200,000 sailors and their family members.
-In 2012 a Washington state website was hacked, revealing hundreds of thousands of Social Security and driver's license numbers of state residents.
The trade group Council for Community and Economic Research keeps track of tax incentives across the 50 states and offers businesses incentive comparisons. The group's website notes that there are more than 1,600 incentive programs across the country sponsored by different states and localities, and the cybersecurity credit is just one focus.
New York and New Jersey, for example, are competing for business - this time in the financial sector, tax expert Colavito said. "States are being aggressive on both sides," he said.
He also pointed out that despite the tax break for investing in Maryland, the state still stands to gain if a firm is successful, because it will then pay taxes to the state. The break is a "refundable credit," however, so it applies even if the company never makes money.
O'Malley and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder headed up the National Governors Association's Resource Center on Cybersecurity, and promoted the topic at the NGA's winter meeting in February.
Whether the return on investment for the state is profitable is an open question. According to a study in April 2012 by The Pew Charitable Trusts, states have a spotty track record on following up on the results of their economic development tax incentives. While every state has some kind of tax incentive, and many of the states have several, not all are successful at determining their outcomes.
Pew, Stateline's parent organization, rated the states and the District of Columbia on how well they are measuring the economic benefits and costs of their tax incentives. Thirteen states were rated as "leading the way," 12 got "mixed results" and 26 were "trailing behind."
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<BR> County takes up fight to maintain local Forest Service headquarters
Although the Forest Service has announced that Prineville is out of contention for the site of the combined Ochoco-Deschutes National Forest Headquarters, the battle isn't over. Crook County Judge Scott Cooper is taking the battle to a higher authority.
In a letter to Leslie Weldon, supervisor for the combined Ochoco-Deschutes National Forest, Scott Cooper expressed "grave concern regarding the integrity of the decision-making process" as well as concern for the potential economic and social impact of the removal of 50 jobs from Prineville. Copies of the multi-page letter is slated to be hand-carried by Commission Jerry Crafton when he visits Washington, D.C. later this month.
In the letter, Cooper commented on the Forest Service's original denial that a merger was taking place, to later claiming to "minimizing the potential impact of the merger to misrepresenting the level of community involvement in the decision-making process." Speaking for the County Court, Cooper said, "we are baffled as to how the Forest Service can claim on the one hand that it desires broader engagement with local partners while on the other it withholds information and excludes the community from involvement in decision making."
Cooper noted that as late as April 19, 2000, in a meeting between Prineville City Council members, the Crook County Court and U.S. Senator Gordon Smith, a Forest Service spokesperson denied that a merger was even contemplated. Subsequently, the merger was announced to local news media in late June. At that time, the Ochoco National Forest Supervisor characterized that merger as an effort to combine administrative functions of the Ochoco National Forest and Bureau of Land Management, stating "Both the Prineville District BLM and Ochoco National Forest will continue to work out of Prineville offices," adding, "For the present time at least, only one position will be lost."
But a news release issued by the Ochoco and Deschutes National Forest February 28 states that "After discussion with community leaders in the three cities and employees on the two forests, Prineville is no longer being considered as a future headquarters location." That, Cooper said, is a mischaracterization. "This decision has been made without holding a single public hearing in Prineville," Cooper said.
Community leaders, he added, never were invited to comment, never received a briefing on siting criteria and never met with members of the facility siting committee organized by the Forest Service.
"Such conversations as have occurred with a highly select group of individuals involved the Forest Service informing the community of decisions already taken," Cooper said.
In his letter to Weldon, Cooper noted that the decision to remove 50 top policy-making jobs from Prineville has far-reaching consequences for Prineville. Cooper noted that the federal government pays the highest average wage of any sector of the Crook County economy. At $39,510 (Oregon Employment Dept figures) the 50 jobs likely to be lost represent 20 percent of the total federal employment and potential impact on county personal income of nearly $2 million.
In addition, small businesses, ranging from restaurants who make sandwiches for summer fire crews to the local hardware store to the local Radio Shack, rely on Forest Service purchases for a portion of their income.
Beyond the economic impact, however, is a social impact, Cooper said. "Forest Service employees are highly trained, college-educated members of the community, conversant with the latest in planning and facilitation processes, management theory and the ways of Washington. They serve in positions as school board chairs, planning commission members and service club officers. The loss of 50 key positions tears at the very heart of this community."
In his letter, Cooper outlined how the Forest Service process established to evaluate six siting criteria failed to take into account Prineville's competitiveness as a potential administrative headquarters site. The letter points out that the Forest Service failed to include sites submitted by Prineville from consideration and failed to fairly evaluate key assets of the community, identified as priority in the sting criteria.
In conclusion, Cooper wrote, the siting process failed. "It has failed in that it has not honored commitments and public representations made by Forest Service employees. It has failed because it has cast the Forest Service in the poor light of unresponsive partner and irresponsible corporate citizen. And finally it has failed because the committee has disregarded its own criteria in formulating recommendations.
Commissioner Crafton, attending a meeting of the National Association of Counties in Washington, D.C., next week, is expected to hand-deliver a copy of the letter to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator Gordon Smith and U.S. Representative Greg Walden.


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Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 592547, 10 pages
Global Stability and Bifurcations of a Diffusive Ratio-Dependent Holling-Tanner System
College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China
Received 8 May 2013; Accepted 17 July 2013
Academic Editor: Chun-Lei Tang
Copyright © 2013 Wenjie Zuo. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The dynamics of a diffusive ratio-dependent Holling-Tanner predator-prey system subject to Neumann boundary conditions are considered. By choosing the ratio of intrinsic growth rates of predators to preys as a bifurcation parameter, the existence and stability of spatially homogeneous and nonhomogeneous Hopf bifurcations and steady state bifurcation are investigated in detail. Meanwhile, we show that Turing instability takes place at a certain critical value; that is, the stationary solution becomes unstable induced by diffusion. Particularly, the sufficient conditions of the global stability of the positive constant coexistence are given by the upper-lower solutions method.


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SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – Jason Hughes moved one step closer to claiming his second USMTS National Championship Saturday night with a decisive victory at the Deer Creek Speedway during the eighth annual BP Labor Day Dual presented by Baudoin Oil.
Fresh off of his first win of the year one night earlier, Joey Jensen drew the pole and took charge of the 40-lap main event at the onset with Dereck Ramirez, Jeremy Payne and Hughes in hot pursuit.
Hughes quickly disposed of Payne and Ramirez, and then began to run down Jensen when the race's first caution came out on lap 4. Five laps later, Hughes made his move and drove past Jensen to lead the ninth go-around.
From there, Hughes was flawless and sailed to his fourth win during the Hunt for the USMTS Casey's Cup and ninth overall in 2013. It was also his second win at 'The Creek' where he pocketed $20,000 just over a month ago after winning the World Modified Dirt Track Championship.
This win-the 120th of his career-was worth $5,300 which included a $2,000 bonus for taking part in the Big Dog Buy-In.
2007 USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn followed Hughes into second on lap 11. The race's final yellow flag with four laps to go allowed Craig Thatcher to get by for the runner-up spot and Krohn had to settle for third at the finish line.
Payne held on for a fourth-place finish ahead of Stormy Scott. Jensen was sixth, Ryan Gustin took seventh, Johnny Scott was eighth, Rodney Sanders collected the Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger Award for racing from 19th on the starting grid to ninth at the finish and Steve Wetzstein rounded out the top 10.


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Does anyone know what happened to the H1N1 flu?
How is Nadia, the Octo-Mom?
Did the television show, Numb3rs get cancelled?
With health care forgotten and the Barrels Per Day estimates making top news, and rightfully so, we might be missing out on some important news.
I may go on a news vacation. Think of all the commercials I'll miss if I boycott the news. Never boycott what you can't live without. I like gas in my T-bird, I like tuna and I am not so sure I can survive without chocolate.
News, yes, news, I could skip for a few days. It is just a matter of choosing a quit day and sticking with it. What is the best day to stop being slightly up-to-the-moment on current events?
This question reminds me of the U. S. Post Office who made the news by suggesting we can do without snail mail on Tuesdays. Is Tuesday a slow news day? Aren't Tuesdays the days new music CDs are released?
And Fridays, well, the theater near you has new movies coming out on Fridays.
Mondays are the days the full time anchors arrive fresh from a week-end with encapsulated stories that happened on the week-end.
That leaves Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, but, wait, I record the early morning news program called Sunday Morning.
Alrighty, then, I came up with two days in a row that might be boycottable.
If there is a way I can avoid the news on Wednesdays and Thursdays, I can pick a quit day. Of course, withdraw symptoms will hardly appear before Friday rolls around. Can I boycott Wednesday, Thursday and Satuday news and cause some social change or commercial shake up?
I doubt my absence would even be noticed. Unless, thousands of millions of people joined in and when that happens, the news story will no doubt run on a Wednesday and the whole idea will crumble under the pressure of seeing what they say about us and our News Boycott.
Okay, I'm not going through with this idea.
I do wonder what Nadia and her brood are doing this summer. I am curious about what happened to the flu, did it mutate into a summer cold? And I really liked watching Numb3rs.
Till next time, don't get too much sun and take time out from current events, just a little.
Rabbit Ears, Tin Foil and Boiling Water
I use television as a distraction, a sort of ambient noise and I confess to wondering if I could keep my sanity if the world should become like Stephen King's, Stand.
I've been watching the Young and the Restless since I was in High School. In college, many of us chose our courses around this soap and gathered in the Women's Lounge for a daily fix.
Television has changed during my lifetime. I remember when a tv was furniture. We had to cross the room to change the volume and the channel. If we did change the channel, we had to adjust the fine tuning and sometimes go outside to give the antenna a turn. Rabbit Ears, coat hangers and tin foil made our living rooms look like a mad scientist's laboratory. I also remember the horizontal and vertical hold knobs and how a good slap on the side could help settle things down.
It is a wonder this gadget caught on. People who remember shoe store x-ray machines also remember the tube booths. If your television was behaving badly, you could open the back, remove a tube, stick a number on the tube and the place it belonged. Then you would take the paper bag of tubes into the tube testing booth. If a tube was blown you could buy a new one, then go home and put your television back together.
This is something my Aunt and Uncle did not do. They opted to call in a television repairman, who made a Saturday house call. It was early morning on the 13th of October. My Mom had called the doctor and he insisted she couldn't be having a baby because it was not her due date.
My Mom, Dad and brother showed up while the repair man was working. By now, everyone but the doctor was convinced of my impending arrival.
The tv repairman, having several children of his own, is credited with my delivery as he poked his head into the room and proclaimed, "Yes, that's a baby, you should get that stuff off it."
I was born in a caul, probably not a pretty sight. The doctor made a house call of his own and seconded the announcement of my birth and went on to panic about the germs that were all over me and the house, he rushed me to the kitchen and found nothing but dirty dishes. I am thankful my family did not put the infamous water on to boil or I might have been a poached baby.
Well, I see, my mind has wondered and not in a straight line, either. I haven't mentioned the advent of cable, solid state and remote control and how they have changed our lives. I'll save that for a future topic.
The way I use television hit a turning point on 911. Advertizing took a back seat to traumatic events on the 11th of September. Since then, I turn on the tv every morning and if I see a commercial I know that all is right with the world.


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JayBird TE1 Tiger Eyes Sound Isolating Earbuds for iPhone (Black)
" Short and sweet review, I bought this at Best Buy during their launch about $106. They were an upgrade to Apple's white buds and provided more detail unfortunately even with careful use the buds started to break in less than a year. Would I recommend them? After the $60 price drop, yes. " --alvincapalad
Stanton Dynaphase Sixty
"a tad muddy, but it can be easily fixed with abit of equalizing they're louder then stadium speakers with duel drivers there is a woofer and tweeter in each can, so that= loads of bass and tremble bass tons of bass to go around treble it has it, but that about all I can say sound they favor highs over mids, but 'they're still well balanced sound stage love it deep and rich Comfort fine..." --voodoo do-er
Stanton Dynaphase Fifty
" What can I say, vintage. Honestly well worth the $30 I payed for these. They have a nice sound to them in the $30 price range, not Hi-Fi by any means, but fun to wear around. " --GrandZechs
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"Bought a set of bluebuds x in January 2015 ins Singapore at roughly S$230.00. I am not sure whether it was a sweat related issue or a battery issue, but my first pair failed on me within 2 months. I could "charge" it, but headset died almost immediately when i switched it on. Went to the local warrenty center, had it exchanged for a new pair. This time i took additional care when..." --elindil
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Jaybird JF4 Freedom Sprint Bluetooth Stereo Earbuds. Ultra small and lightweight. 40% Smaller than the Jaybird JF3. Choose between 3 sizes of earbuds and 3 Secure Fit Sport silicone ear cushions for perfect and secure fit. On-ear controls for placing/answering phone calls from headset, Play/Pause Music from headset, Adjust volume from headset. Music tuned earbud with 8mm drivers and neodynium...
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The X5 Stereo Bluetooth Headset is a portable multi-function device utilizing the latest cutting edge technologies allowing you to stream high quality music and make voice calls using a mobile phone, PDA, or computer - without wires attached to the headset.
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The new DJ PRO 60 compact, lightweight stereo headphones feature a comfortable self-adjusting headband and exceptional low end response. They come packaged with a free carrying pouch.
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The DJ Pro 2000 delivers high output without compromising on sound quality. It features a unique folding design with a rotating ear cup and padded shoulder rest for more comfortable monitoring. The choice of top DJs like Tiësto


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Leading HDD Manufacturer Adopts Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP(R)) Microscope to Access Critical Atomic-Scale Information
Sep 21, 2004, 01:00 ET from Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the world's most innovative hard drive makers, Seagate Technology, has adopted Imago's LEAP Microscope to meet unique manufacturing challenges. Pat Ryan, Seagate's Executive Director, stated, "Seagate has long recognized the need for new microscopy techniques to further the advancement of our technologies and continue our leadership role." Ryan added, "Imago's LEAP is a powerful addition to our arsenal as it represents a uniquely capable and analytical tool for the development of advanced thin film magnetic heads and media." Imago's LEAP microscope provides mission-critical information at the atomic scale allowing scientists and engineers to positively identify all elements and isotopes within a structure. The true power of the LEAP lies in its ability to tie compositional information to structure allowing manufacturers to shorten time to market, enhance product yields and maximize capital equipment utilization. Dr. Timothy Stultz, President and CEO of Imago Scientific Instruments, stated, "Developing revolutionary technology that is not only state-of-the-art but is also practical enough to meet the needs of this demanding and complicated market has always been one of our goals." Stultz added, "We are delighted to work with a recognized technology leader such as Seagate and we are committed to providing application-driven solutions to a number of emerging analytical problems in the magnetic data storage industry." The LEAP Microscope has proven successful in solving a variety of issues facing manufacturers of high-performance devices such as the analysis of buried interfaces and grain boundaries. About Seagate Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile, and Consumer Electronics applications. The company is committed to delivering award-winning products, customer support and reliability, to meet the world's growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com . About Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation is the recognized world leader in the development of Nanolytical(R) tools and solutions for manufacturers, engineers, scientists and researchers involved in the nano-technology revolution. Imago is committed to the sustained advancement of nano-technology and continually develops groundbreaking Nanolytical solutions specifically intended to address unique issues facing our clients and partners. Imago has developed a worldwide customer base and delivers support from a number of locations in the United States, Japan, and Asia Pacific. For more information, see http://www.imago.com .
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