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|Hi Ron,
Thanks, it's so far been an enjoyable change of pace. Digging around in the spares boxes I came across an SE Finecast flush window set, tedious work but they do look good. Throw in some hoses and a decent hook and coupling set (also in the spares boxes) and it won't look too bad. Must think about some running lights and interior lighting now it's going to be DCC. A peruse of Russell is called for.
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|Really good job on those wipers Nigel, Some rapid work going on here.
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|Hi Aaron,
Thanks, not up to commercial standards, but they're robust, they work and the P-B wire is hard to see from normal viewing angles.They're not difficult to make and cost almost nothing. I try and spend an hour a day modeling, puts life in perspective.
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|Hi All,
One of those "live and learn" moments when you have one of those "hold on a minute" thoughts.
Having straightened that errant drive shaft, I remembered reading something about them. And there it was in RCTS Part 11 ("The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Part eleven. The rail motor vehicles and internal combustion engines", 1952): "The coupling shafts on the bogies of the later cars have most, if not all, been removed so that the drive is on one axle to each bogie only".
Now presumably this refers to #18 and the Swindon built railcars (19-38) and would cover BR "strawberry and cream" (1050's) and "speed whisker green" (1960's) schemes. So I checked the reference books and there they were (or rather there they weren't). Some with the axle gear box left in place and no axle shaft/CJ's, others with standard bearings. Presumably the change in axle box design from that used in 1-17 (single worm) to the later cars (double worm) was robust enough for just one axle per bogie to be powered.
Earliest photo I have found is of #28 in August 1947, and in GWR brown and cream with the Hawksworth emblem. In fact all of the photos of the later cars I looked at post WW2 show the drive shaft has been removed and small blanking plates inserted. I suspect they all went sometime early in WW2 as an economy measure. So unless you model 1940 the shafts should probably go.
Lima didn't bother (one size fits all), and Hornby have continued to get it wrong since they took over the Lima tooling. It's a quick enough fix, the shaft and UJ's just needs to be cut off. I shall take the blade to my blood and custard and speedy green models post haste!
Edit 1. A photo of #29 shows it doesn't have the axle (cardan shaft to be precise) in October 1942. Photos from 1941 show them in place when built and delivered. Did the GWR remove them from all cars between February 1942 (when the second twin set was placed in service) and the autumn of 1942?
The photo below is of #29 in October 1942. No shaft. The original axle boxes on the Swindon-built models had SKF roller bearings, the production of which was dependent on supplies from Sweden (a murky subject to say the least). Was a decision taken to remove half the axle boxes and keep them in reserve as spares? The earlier streamlined cars had Hoffmann roller bearings, made in Chelmsford, Essex. They kept their axles.
The cruel magnification of #29 clearly shows the missing shaft and what looks like a replacement carriage axle box (which would have had friction bearings and therefore not dependent on the specialized steel used in roller and ball bearings).
The photo is taken from Great Western Diesel Railcars, J.H. Russell, 1985, Copyright Wild Swan Publications Ltd. and J.H. Russell, and is used solely for purposes of research and education.
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|Hi All,
I did a bit more reading about the GWR diesel railcars in WW2 last night. Seems it's a bit of a black box - no records on what went on due to war-time emergency rules. And the paper records probably went when Swindon closed or BR threw them out when the cars were scrapped in the 1960's. Maybe the NRM has some information. So my theory as to why the GWR de-axled the later Swindon models (Swedish supply issues) is as good as anything else. Correction on my part - the gearing on the axles was the bevel type, allowing a simpler reverse gearbox arrangement.
What I do find striking is that the only reference I have found to the removal of the axles is in the RCTS book from 1952. Jim Russell in his book makes no mention, but all the photographs I have found show that from late 1942 they ran with one driven axle per bogie.
The fix is easy enough - lever the assembly off, 2 cuts and it's done. Fix back on with CA (most solvent glues don't work with the plastic Lima used, it might be different for recent Hornby offerings). This is almost certainly how all the Swindon-built cars ran from late 1942 on (including the 2 twin-sets). So unless you're modeling 1940-1942 or you don't worry about this level of detail (there are quite a few other issues with this model) this is what it should look like. As I said before, it's a pretty good representation of the prototype bogie considering its age.
The restored #22 at Didcot runs with one driven axle. It also looks like single axle driven bogies were found on some of the earlier diesel railcars in the 1950's as well. Cosmetically restored #4 at Swindon has one driven axle. #7 in 1955 was also running with one driven axle. As far as I can see from the online photos from #3 was also modified in the 1950's. Failed bearings and lack of spares? Hope Dapol have got this right with what they are producing. If anybody has any further information on the prototypes or models please let me (and YMRC) know. It's one of those DITD items.
Edit 1. Found a comment in RMWeb by DavidCBroad in 2014 regarding "one axle per bogie running which would have limited pulling capacity." Post WW2 they were doing what they did best, branch line runs at 40 mph with passengers. Glad somebody else has noticed.
Edit 2. More photographic evidence at britishrailwayphotographs.com : #s 6, 7 (probable?), 8, 19 (1944), 20, 21, 22 (already noted), 24, 28, 29, 31, 34, 33/38 (twin set). Some of the early ones kept their shafts until scrapped: #s 13, 14, 17.
Edit 3. 7 is now definite in 1950 with a regular axle box replacing the gear box, http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrms2537.htm
Edit 4. Found photo's of #s 18 (Pinterest) and 23 without cardan shafts between the driving axles.
Edit 5. #4, NRM.Regular axle box replacing the gear box.SaveSave
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|Hi All,
'Nuff of the bogies, on with the wiring.
Next stage is prepping the body for the wiring and the speaker. Wires have to go in, sound has to come out somewhere.
The speaker is going in the well where the weight was, intent is to have the holes in the bottom where the engines and exhaust would have been in the prototype, with the speaker facing down.
Two holes above the bogie well for the non-driving bogie wires. The wires will then go in the 2 channels that Lima conveniently molding in (see left and right side of the last photo). I made the holes big enough to allow for lateral movement and no rubbing.
And that's the speaker in position testing for fit. I'll be using lead sheeting along the sides and either end of the speaker for some weight (and sound absorption). The decoder is an ESU Loksound V4, so I'm using an 8 ohm speaker with enclosure (biggest one I have). I have a spare bass-reflex speaker somewhere in the spares box, I may wire both of them in.
Now the butchery to the body chassis is done (well, not quite, but the rest is minor) it's on with the actual wiring.
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|Hi All,
Did the basic DCC wiring today Pictures below with some details.
Chassis with all the basic DCC wiring in place.
I beefed up the connections to the motor brushes, and put some springing into the wires to allow minimal stress on the solder joints during rotation.
The 8-socket wiring harness (Bachmann) is now wired in. The wires for the lights are protected at the ends with a bit of heat-shrink for the moment. Avoids costly shorts. Using a wiring harness allows a blank plug to be used for testing connectivity with DC, testing DCC with a cheap, non-sound decoder, and for swapping out decoders when necessary. None of which are possible if the decoder is hard-wired in.
Hard-wired connector between the non-powered bogie and the DCC wiring harness. This allows the front driving bogie or the non-powered bogie to be removed for attention without performing contortions with the wiring. Also keeps the wires short. These are push-snap 2-wire JST-type connectors rated at 2A (and used for charging lithium batteries at way past this capacity). I'll be using these for the lights and the speaker. Plug and play approach.
Non-powered bogie wiring. There is enough slack in the wiring for full movement of the bogie. The wires are attached to the top of the bogie, no strain on the soldered joint to the wipers.
Next up - speaker wiring and some planning for the lighting circuit board (head and passenger). Centrally located LEDs/resistors and fiber-optics to the head lights I think, as space is pretty tight in the driving cabs for dedicated LEDs (unless I use surface mounted ones) and the capacity for butchery is limited.
©Nigel C. Phillips
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Leftover Beef and Bean Taco meat stretched with rice and rolled in a flour tortilla.
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Arduino MPU-6050 Accelerometer & Gyro Implementation
In this tutorial, we will be walking you through the MPU-6050 implementation. We will show you exactly what you need to do in order to retrieve all the important data. We will be also explaining what you need to know about the registers used in the MPU. Lastly, the final program will output all of the X,Y & Z readings for the Accelerometer and Gyroscope.
The importance of a datasheet
We've mentioned it several times on my YouTube video and will say it again. You need to become familiar with the datasheet. Within this document, lie the answers to all of your questions. I have referred to the document on multiple occasions throughout the video and recommend that you do the same.
MPU 6050 Datasheet: Click Here
MPU 6050 Register Reference: Click Here
Hardware & Software for the Project
In this project, we will be using the MPU-6050 as well as an Arduino Uno R3. You can purchase an MPU-6050 directly through this website: MPU-6050 Accelerometer & Gyroscope. For simplicity purposes, the MPU-6050 breakout board is placed on a breadboard which is hooked back to the Arduino with jumper cables.
The connections are quite simple. You will need to connect the SCL pin on the MPU to the SCL pin on the Arduino. Repeat for the SDA pin and the VCC & GND pins. Follow the pinout below to locate the SCL and SDA pins which are labeled as A4 and A5 on the Arduino Uno R3.
The full program we will be implementing in this project is available here: Arduino MPU-6050 Implementation. The Arduino IDE used is version 1.6.9. Lastly, we will be utilizing the Arduino Wire library which you can reference here: Arduino Wire Library.
Reading the data from the MPU-6050 registers
In this section, we will be going over the program which was written for this tutorial. Each section will be explained in detail. If you have any questions after you've gone through the tutorial, feel free to post them below.
long accelX, accelY, accelZ;
float gForceX, gForceY, gForceZ;
long gyroX, gyroY, gyroZ;
float rotX, rotY, rotZ;
void setup() {
In the code above, we begin by importing the Wire library. We then create all of the required variables to store our future data. Lastly, the setup function is initiating Serial communication, begins Wire transmission and calls the setupMPU() function.
void setupMPU(){
Wire.beginTransmission(0b1101000); //This is the I2C address of the MPU (b1101000/b1101001 for AC0 low/high datasheet sec. 9.2)
Wire.write(0x6B); //Accessing the register 6B - Power Management (Sec. 4.28)
Wire.write(0b00000000); //Setting SLEEP register to 0. (Required; see Note on p. 9)
Wire.beginTransmission(0b1101000); //I2C address of the MPU
Wire.write(0x1B); //Accessing the register 1B - Gyroscope Configuration (Sec. 4.4)
Wire.write(0x00000000); //Setting the gyro to full scale +/- 250deg./s
Wire.beginTransmission(0b1101000); //I2C address of the MPU
Wire.write(0x1C); //Accessing the register 1C - Acccelerometer Configuration (Sec. 4.5)
Wire.write(0b00000000); //Setting the accel to +/- 2g
The above code shows the setupMPU() function. The purpose of this function is to establish all of the required parameters on the MPU in order to begin communication. The function begins with a beginTransmission(0b1101000) command. The address which is passed as a parameter is obtained from the MPU datasheet. It specifies that the I2C address shall be 0b110100X where X is the voltage on the AD0 pin. This pin is normally pulled down. Pull it to VCC if you wish to change the address to 0b1101001.
The following instructions are accessing different registers on the MPU. The first one is the 0x6B register. If you refer to the datasheet and register map, you will notice that this register needs to be set to 0 in order to turn-off SLEEP mode.
The 1B and 1C registers are responsible for the Gyroscope and Accelerometer settings. They dictate what the limits will be once you start polling the data. They also have extra testing features which will not be covered in this tutorial. However, you are encouraged to explore them through the documentation.
Each segment has the MPU address, register address, the bits to be written to the register and a termination statement.
void loop() {
The loop function contains two read functions and a printData() function. The record functions are responsible for storing data where appropriate and the printData() function will output the data to the Serial port.
void recordAccelRegisters() {
Wire.beginTransmission(0b1101000); //I2C address of the MPU
Wire.write(0x3B); //Starting register for Accel Readings
Wire.requestFrom(0b1101000,6); //Request Accel Registers (3B - 40)
while(Wire.available() < 6); accelX = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); //Store first two bytes into accelX accelY = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); //Store middle two bytes into accelY accelZ = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); //Store last two bytes into accelZ processAccelData(); } void processAccelData(){ gForceX = accelX / 16384.0; gForceY = accelY / 16384.0; gForceZ = accelZ / 16384.0; } void recordGyroRegisters() { Wire.beginTransmission(0b1101000); //I2C address of the MPU Wire.write(0x43); //Starting register for Gyro Readings Wire.endTransmission(); Wire.requestFrom(0b1101000,6); //Request Gyro Registers (43 - 48) while(Wire.available() < 6); gyroX = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); //Store first two bytes into accelX gyroY = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); //Store middle two bytes into accelY gyroZ = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); //Store last two bytes into accelZ processGyroData(); } void processGyroData() { rotX = gyroX / 131.0; rotY = gyroY / 131.0; rotZ = gyroZ / 131.0; }
The function for the Gyro is very similar to the one for the Accelerometer. The purpose of these functions is to initiate transmission and to store the data which is sent back on the I2C bus. Notice that the data will be stored in yet another set of registers on the MPU-6050. For the Accelerometer, you will find it in the 3B-40, where as the Gyroscope, it will be in the 43-48 registers. Similarly to the example before, we initiate communication with the MPU, send the address of the first register, then wait for the 6 bytes to come back. Note that you need to reassemble the data via a bit shift operator (<< or >>) and store it.
The final functions (processAccelData() and processGyroData()) are required in order to translate the data into something meaningful. They take the raw values and divide them by the sensitivity values for the full scale ranges you've selected. These operations will give a final result of degrees/second for the gyroscope and gs for the accelerometer.
void printData() {
Serial.print("Gyro (deg)");
Serial.print(" X=");
Serial.print(" Y=");
Serial.print(" Z=");
Serial.print(" Accel (g)");
Serial.print(" X=");
Serial.print(" Y=");
Serial.print(" Z=");
The print function is straight forward. It will output all of the processed data onto the serial port for us to see.
The purpose and functionality of Accelerometer and Gyroscope
If you've gotten this far, you may be wondering what does the data represent exactly. The answer is quite simple. The gyroscope will measure the rotational speed around any of the 3 axis. The accelerometer will measure the forces acting along any of the 3 axis. With both of these tools, you can easily build a self balancing robot, a quadcopter, a positioning robot, etc.
At this point, you should be fully equipped to get the MPU-6050 setup on your own. If you have any questions, feel free to comment in the section below.
Thank you for reading & watching,
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Ever eat Kohlrabi? Rutabaga? Arugula? You might be surprised to find you love them. Each of these is a great addition to the summer vegetable garden and will be ready for fall harvest. Even if your tastes are not adventurous, you'll surely find a new kind of lettuce in the gardening catalog. My new garden plant this year is Johnny's Seeds Salanova lettuces. Check it out! These varieties would make a great addition to the fall garden. Seed in early-mid August.
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4. Harvest and enjoy garlic.
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Ok if you didn't plant garlic last fall you won't be harvesting your own this July. In this case, make finding a source of locally grown garlic your mission. Farmers markets and garlic festivals are good places to find some locally adapted "stinking rose". For those of us with garlic, the rule is to harvest when about 60 % of the leaves have turned brown. Usually this is about the 4th of July… or a bit later. Hang the harvested garlic in a warm, well ventilated place out of the sun such as the rafters of a garage and let them dry down for a few weeks. Then trim the tops off… about an inch above the head and store at room temperature. Of course, enjoy some of that fresh juicy garlic right away. If heads of garlic got a bit over-mature, save these for fall planting or eat right away. Be sure to give a head or two to friends and encourage them to join the garlic growing gang.
5. Plan for late summer turf renovations.
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6. Pinch and Prune
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7. Start a compost pile.
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As summer progresses, mounds of organic matter begin to accumulate. Grass clippings, garden cleanup stuff, melon rinds and corn husks from a picnic…. all great stuff for a compost pile. If composting is new to you, here is one of many great guides that will get you started. Turn that trash into treasure. It's black gold for the garden. If you encounter compost questions as you go, please call us at Bucks County Extension (215-345-3283) to discuss your situation.
8. Visit gardens and arboreta near and far.
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9. Find a place to plant a tree this fall.
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I have been appreciating some of the trees that Penn State Master Gardeners have planted in our Almshouse Arboretum over the last 6 years. It's amazing how fast they grow. Maybe your own property doesn't need a tree. I'll bet you can find a place that does. Schools, parks, churches, municipal grounds and other public places need trees. Get involved. Start a tree planting program of your own… or join an existing one like PHS's Plant One Million .
Fall is an excellent time to plant trees and shrubs. What to plant? You'll find good suggestions here .
10. Hug a bug.
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For some people, hugging a bug seems counter-intuitive. All bugs are bad to some folks. Certainly gardeners experience their share of destructive insects. Most of us have been stung, literally once or twice in our lives and this leaves a lasting impression. But the vast majority of insects we meet are nice creatures… simply going about their business. And some researchers are pointing out that we may be taking for granted the "free services" that many insects provide, especially the insects that serve as pollinators…. the bugs that move pollen from flower to flower. In many cases, this service is an essential part of seed and fruit production. Lots of these insects are bees….all kinds of bees. Tiny ones and big bumblebee-like ones and everything in between. Most of us will never know their names.
So how can you figuratively hug a bug. Plant them something they like! Make it part of your garden. Herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees can all serve as food and shelter for insects. Want more information? See this. I found this very nice guide by poking around the site. Really into it? Get your garden certified as pollinator friendly.


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Romney's sweeping victory has the mainstream media in America and elsewhere, and their readers and viewers, distraught and mystified. How could US voters have turfed out the cool black political messiah who had promised to quell the oceans, heal the planet, make clean water flow, half the budget deficit, and reduce unemployment to 5 per cent? Break out the champagne. Debt, dependency and despair in the United States have given way to the prospect of solvency, self-reliance and hope.
Then I woke from this most pleasant of dreams to grim reality. I blame Dick Morris ("Prediction: Romney 325, Obama 213"). I read his column on election eve. He seemed so sure. A landslide, he said. And why not?
President Obama has presided over massive growth in public debt; increasing poverty and joblessness; a giant leap in food stamp recipients; industrial vandalism disguised as environmental regulations; large doses of crony capitalism (delivering billions of borrowed dollars to green energy rorts and union mates); a completely partisan, job killing, unaffordable, mind-blowingly complex, healthcare law.
To complete the dismal picture, he tried to divide America by class, by ethnicity, and by gender, while internationally resetting America's standing from one of leadership to chastised and apologetic fellow traveller. And that was before the Benghazi-gate dereliction of duty, and the subsequent lies and cover up to try to save his political skin. In short, his first term has been a disaster. Yet re-elected he was, and comfortably so. Why is the question?
The answer is that more electors voted for him where it mattered. You might say that is simply a statement of the obvious and explains very little. In the past it you would be right. In the present day it explains everything. Let me explain.
When liberals/progressives/socialists, whatever you call them, are faced with a situation in which all of the family silver is sold, their agenda moves from issues and policy to demography. Voting blocs are targeted with targeted messages.
Among other things, Romney had a plan to reform the tax code, including by lessening tax rates across the board, to remove impediments to drilling, and to contain the growth in entitlement spending. Obama couldn't support any of this without alienating his base. But he had no alternative plan. This was neither neglectful nor was it a clever ploy. No alternative plan which meets progressive aims is possible when debt and deficits are overwhelmingly high. It is as simple as that.
The answer was to avoid policy and appeal to poorer sections of voters by depicting Romney as a rapacious, rich, tax-avoiding capitalist who had closed businesses down when in charge of Bain Capital and shipped jobs overseas; to create a war on women narrative; and to ensure that black and Hispanic voters retained their fear of Republicans and allegiance to the Democratic Party despite suffering most from unemployment and poverty.
The Democrats defined Romney in the image they wanted while he occupied the high ground and talked about jobs and more jobs. That was fine, but it didn't meet the Democrats and Obama's messages head on. He remained aloof – surely women would see through the false narrative. Well, no, actually, they didn't; certainly not in sufficient numbers.
There is a lesson here for the Coalition. Tony Abbott isn't remotely a misogynist, even by the watered down definition. We know that, but there is no option: he has to demonstrate it. Every time we see him he either looks like a boxer in a suit or is a volunteer fireman or running a marathon. He is macho man writ large.
Surely his campaign staff are clever enough to develop a strategy which has him appearing continually in places and at functions and events which can be identified principally with women. It might be women's business conferences, women's associations of various kinds, women's shelters, nurses' and teachers' functions and conferences. I don't know the specific answer. But the time has gone when conservative political parties can rely on their policies to carry the day. We have a Labor government of complete ineptitude, yet it is becoming more competitive in the polls. Part of that is undoubtedly the war-on-women narrative.
Conservative parties need to start working the room (women, gays, the jobless, ethnic groups, religious groups, whoever) just as hard as do progressives. Then they and their policies might have a chance of winning the day.
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A few weeks ago the internet went into meltdown when a photo of barely teenage boys simulating a groupsex or rape scene surfaced. There were the expected outcries about how this could happen, shock, horror and disgust were trending. Without delay, there were also those who said the whole affair was being blown out of proportion and all this attention would do more harm than good to the boys.
I went to a boarding school with very similar traditions to the school these boys attend. Both schools are founded on the English public school template designed then to produce future leaders for the British empire. Too bad nobody told these schools the empire no longer exists. Much of what was standard practice a hundred years ago was still unchanged when I was in school twenty five years ago. It is disturbingly apparent little has changed since then. Effectively, boys are still being boys and this is a problem.
In my day we called it seniority, a strictly enforced heirarchical system that positioned the school prefects and head-boy at the top with the youngest students at the bottom. The teaching staff maintaining a laissez-faire attitude as the boys effectively managed themselves only stepping in when there was some sort of crisis. It was a veritable animal farm with minimal supervision. Looking back on it now, this was clearly a recipe for disaster far beyond the gates of the school. This was a breeding ground for troubling mysogynistic attitudes, we arrived as impressionable boys and left as damaged young men.
Much as the boys who trended, we engaged in acts of sexual miseducation and violence that in most cases, were directed by seniors. These seniors were boys barely three years older than ourselves and we replicated this as we moved up the seniority chain in an effort to be seen as part of the collective. We were conditioned to be go-getters but along the way became aggressive, vicious, callous even. We were also trained to be loyal to each other to a fault, nothing was more disgusting to us than ratting out fellow students to anyone in authority. For a long time I didn't realize how much this last lesson had affected me.
I know now that it is this code of silence that caused me to look aside when I saw questionable behavior by my peers. It was because of this that I knew I could get away with being abusive to younger boys because nobody would say anything, besides, it was expected because that's what had happened to us. After leaving school this bond remained, growing stronger in some cases. It even led to some boys committing crimes together.
I know that this is pervasive across other men who have gone through the schoolboy system and plays itself out in everyday life in the most unsettling ways. Guys give each other a pass because of an unspoken allegiance which they cannot even fully explain. It can be traced back to how they were socialized in high school. This skewed code of silence is the result of boys just being boys and needs to stop. Saying it's all part of growing up is wrong and destructive.
More men who went through the system need to speak against it. I wonder what one would find if they studied the ratio of violent offenders amongst men who went through the schoolboy system. We cannot, in 2015, still be raising boys the same way as we did a century ago and expect them to be better men than we are. We know better now, boys cannot be left to their own devices as the lessons they draw from each other mark them for the rest of their lives.


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Welcome to Finance Insider, Business Insider's summary of the top stories of the past 24 hours.
The world is still coming to terms with Donald Trump's surprise election victory.
Here are the latest headlines:
- Some hedge funds are poised to make serious money off of Trump's shocking win
- Here's the memo Jamie Dimon just sent to JPMorgan staff about the US election
- Traders on the NYSE floor reportedly booed Hillary Clinton during her concession speech
- ELECTION TRADING BONANZA: "It felt like Brexit all over again"
- BARRO: Like it or not, we now need Trump to succeed
- The rise of American populism could change the game in the Asia Pacific region
- There's one big problem with Donald Trump's campaign promises about Mexico
- Trump's presidency could spell trouble for Tesla's big bet on solar
- Obamacare is close to death after Trump's election
- One Wall Street CEO called Trump's victory weeks ago, and he was pretty much spot on
- Carl Icahn loaded up on $1 billion worth of stocks during the market's election night crash
- People in California are calling for a 'Calexit' from the US in the wake of Trump's win
On Wall Street, Goldman Sachs just promoted 84 new partners— and the class makeup sends an important message to the firm's young people. A 33-year old rockstar salesman was among those to land the most coveted title on Wall Street. The US bank may also shift some operations from London to Frankfurt because of Brexit.
In other news, Nasdaq's vice chairman told Business Insider that there will be 'four or five' tech IPOs before the end of the year.


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Google Penguin Attack Imminent
f you spend time on the internet, you may have noticed the increase in "SERP crowding", where one or two domains take up the first three pages of the search results.
A post on SEOmoz attributed this to a sneaky Google update, their recent report shows that it has been getting worse too, up until this week.
It appears now that they have swapped this SERP crowding for displaying fewer results.
In a baffling turn, you can now expect to see only seven results on most first pages, as opposed to the normal ten. Cursory investigations show that this is more frequent with short-tail keyword searches such as "PC tools" or "angus steak houses". Yet, if you turn these into longer tail searches, you still get your usual ten.
It appears that these seven page results are limited to what Google considers "branded searches". Instead of crowding out the first three pages, they have given them seven on the first page to increase domain diversity. Why they even need to mess around with domain diversity and the number of results shown is anyone's guess, but this is their excuse:
"We're continuing to work out the best ways to show multiple results from a single site when it's clear users are interested in that site. Separately, we're also experimenting with varying the number of results per page, as we do periodically. Overall our goal is to provide the most relevant results for a given query as quickly as possible, whether it's a wide variety of sources or navigation deep into a particular source. There's always room for improvement, so we're going to keep working on getting the mix right."
Expect Further Penguin Updates
The roll out of Panda and Penguin was devastating to some sites and a blessing for others.
Since then, the only animal to see regularly updates has been Panda, which seems to be refreshed monthly. Because of this, its effect on site rankings has gradually declined; the most recent one on 19 August was only estimated to effect around 1% of searches.
Penguin has only seen one update since its release back in May. Face of Google, Matt Cutts, said that this is because the algorithm is newer and, as such, will need larger adjustments and more time spent ironing out the signals. Which makes sense, but it also means that when they eventually update the algorithm its effect will be much more noticeable.
We suggest battening down the hatches, stocking up on food supplies and keep posting great content. This way you should be fine. It may even be a great update for sites that were hit the first time round and have since worked hard to fix all the issues their site had, as this update may just recognise them and push you back up to where you were before getting hit.
More Social Updates for Bing
Bing seem intent to bring social media into their searches.
We told you last week that they had introduced a social bar that lets you connect your search with friends and even experts, now they have partnered with Quora to bring questions and answers directly to your search feed.
Their initial screenshots show what can be assumed to be real time Quora activity. They haven't said if this activity will be directly related to your search and, as this has only been released in the US so far, we can't test it, but I imagine that if you search for Harry Potter questions you'll get the answers from your new social side bar.
This is the next step in what appears to be Bing's attempt to outstrip Google on a social level.
Google only really has +1 in their arsenal, but Bing now has Quora, foursquare and social sharing on Facebook. It's still hard to see why this would be the deal breaker between using Google and Bing, but if it catches on then it could be Google playing catch up for a change.
Teen Cites Google as Influence for Cancer Test Invention
Every newsletter needs a whimsical story to finish on and this is ours. Jack Andraka, a 15-year old student from the US, has invented a test for pancreatic cancer which is 168 times faster than current methods and only costs three cents to run. And he came up with this idea in a biology class.(source:BBC News)
After researching his theory on Google through online science papers and tools, Andraka managed to put together a proposal, which was accepted by the John Hopkins University in Baltimore where he developed his revolutionary test that involved attaching electrodes to a human blood sample.
He also won a cool $75,000 for his invention from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Makes me wish I'd spent more time listening to my biology teacher and less time doodling all over my friend's exercise book.


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Sony Xperia C4, the best Octa-core mid-range smartphone finally launched along with Sony Xperia C4 Dual. Sony Xperia C4 featuring 64-bit Octa-core SoC, 5.5″ Full HD display, 13-MP + 5-MP Camera slated to go on sale from June 2015 will be priced approx. $315 (Approx. Rs. 20,000 in India). It will counter with Xiaomi Mi4, HTC 826.
The all new Sony Xperia C4 support Single SIM, 4GLTE, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, GPS and FM Radio comes with a bigger 5.5-inch Full HD (1080×1920 pixels) display with Bravia Engine 2 and sports a Super Vivid mode for amazing picture quality and video quality from every angle perfect for watching movies, playing games and reading e-books.
Sony Xperia C4 runs on latest Google Android™ 5.0 (Lollipop) and powered by 64-bit octa-core (Cortex-A53) MediaTek MT6752 processor clocked at 1.7GHz with 2GB of RAM and 16GB internal memory and 128GB expandable memory for superior multi-tasking and gaming.
Sony Xperia C4 sporting a 13-MP Auto Focus Primary Camera with LED flash, 4x digital zoom, Full HD video recording (1080p) with sony Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor and 5-MP secondary camera packed with a 2600mAh battery promising Talk time: 12 hours 47 min and Standby time: up to 682 hours with battery Stamina and Ultra Stamina modes measures 150.3×77.4×7.9mm and weight 147gm.
Sony Xperia C4 Full SPECIFICATIONS:-
- Network GSM GPRS/EDGE (2G), UMTS HSPA (3G), LTE (4G)
- Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
- SIM Type Nano SIM(Single SIM)
- Display 5.5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) IPS display with Bravia Engine 2 and sports a Super Vivid mode
- OS Google Android 5.0 Lollipop
- Chipset 1.7 GHz MediaTek MTK6752
- CPU ARM Mali760 MP2 700 MHz
- GPU 64-bit Octa-core
- Memory 16GB internal memory
- MciroSD card slot up to 128GB
- primary Camera 13-megapixel with an LED flash and 4X Zoom HD (1080p) video recording Sony Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor
- Camera Features Image stabiliser, Geotagging – add location info to your photos, Red-eye reduction,face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
- Secondary Camera 5-MP for selfies and video calling
- Sony 3D Surround Sound technology (VPT)
- Clear Audio+ Sound improvement software
- Accelerometer, proximity
- Battery lithium-ion, 2600 mAh with Battery STAMINA Mode
- Mixed usage up to 48 hours
- 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- Dimension 150.3×77.4×7.9mm
- Weight 147gm
- Talk time: up to 12 hours 47 min.*
- Standby time: up to 682 hours*
- Music listening time: up to 53 hours 22 min.*
- Video viewing time: up to 8 hours 8 min.
- Sony Xperia C4 colours White, Black, and Mint
- Sony Xperia C4 Release date 6th of May
- Sony Xperia C4 availability June 2015
- Sony Xperia C4 Accessories:–SmartBand Talk (SWR30) and Stereo Bluetooth® Headset (SBH60), protective desk-stand SCR38 Cover
- Sony Xperia C4 Price in USA Approx. $315 (Approx. Rs. 20,000)
- Sony Xperia C4 Price in India Approx. Rs 20,000
At last Few Honest word, Sony Xperia C4 is the best gadget for multitasking. What you think? Please be open to give your view


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My package from my recent Debenhams haul arrived yesterday and I was really excited to try them out.
I really enjoyed using the Bliss Best of skintentions moisturiser (SPF 15) today as it's a light moisturiser which sinks in quickly without leaving any greasy residue. It's not as intensive as my Lancome Priomordiale Skin Recharge but it will be nice to rotate between the two on a daily basis.
It's really easy to mix a bit of Lancome Colour Ideal foundation with either of the two moisturisers and create a tinted, semi-flawless look. For a normal school day, I find it too bothersome to apply a full face of makeup, plus I feel my face need to look somewhat tired, even if just to convince my tutors I'm actually studying and not spending all my free time primping! Therefore a tinted moisturiser is best - it hides the worst of my skin's redness without going overboard.
On a personal note, I'm so glad that it's the weekend. School work is piling up so it won't be 100% relaxation, but I've less than two more years before I graduate. Of course, internship pressure followed by job hunt is to come, so I'm won't be entirely off the stress-market. However, I really want to move away from the academic educational side for a little while and experience something new. After all, I've spent most of my life (like the majority of the population) in school, whether it is primary, secondary, Sixth Form or university.
Anyway, here are my Weekend Wonders:
1. Not waking until 11am because there will be no builders outside hammering away at 8.30am. Today, it was a loud delivery truck what wouldn't shut off its engines.
2. Eating brunch simply because I woke up this late. Followed by lunch.
3. Taking time to fully exfoliate, cleanse, tone, apply serum and moisturiser. There's something so relaxing about a long facial routine! If I remember, I might just pop a facemask on too.
4. Having the time in the world to browse around the shops (eg. Boots) without constantly checking the time to see if I'm going to be late.
5. Not going to sleep until 4am simply because I don't have to get up so early anyway.
So there you have it: my Top 5 Weekend Wonders. Let me know about yours!
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Step 16: Length
Arrays have a method, aptly named
.length, that allows us to get the length of the array. Try not to get confused by zero-indexing and length. If an array has 6 items, its length will be 6 but the last item will be at index 5.
puts([1, 2, 3, 4, 5].length)
It can be useful to use the length method to help us get the last item in an array.
my_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
puts(my_array[my_array.length - 1])
Notice how we subtracted one from the length of
my_array to get the index of the last item in the array. Array length is also important and useful when we want to loop through each item in an array and stop when we get to the end.
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A displaced teenage queen acts as a thief, spy and vigilante while plotting to reclaim her throne.
The One-Night War stole the lives of Princess Wilhelmina Korte's parents and her kingdom, Aecor. Ten years later, in Skyvale, capital of the conquering Indigo Kingdom, Wil and her band of ragamuffin teens, the Ospreys, are attacked by glowmen—humans corrupted by wraith, the noxious supposed residue of magic, which is forbidden—and survive only with the help of vigilante Black Knife. Patrick, leader of the Ospreys, sends Wil and her friend Melanie to the Skyvale Palace as spies. There, Wil has an understandable but frustratingly difficult time controlling her anger—especially toward ailing King Terrell and aloof Prince Tobiah—even under threat of exposure. Wil reconnects with Black Knife—known for targeting thieves and magic users—and a bond slowly builds, despite Wil's magical abilities. Some may guess Black Knife's identity, but that doesn't diminish the intensity of the inevitable kissing scene. What's not so obvious is the connection between Wil's magic and the encroaching wraith; readers will have to wait for that. The story is not perfect. It's pushing credulity that Patrick, so young himself, trained the Ospreys so well, and problems sometimes resolve rather simply. Still, solid worldbuilding, interesting characters and just enough romance make this an enjoyable read.
Despite what's possibly the most agonizing cliffhanger since Catching Fire, genre fans will find it worth their time. (Fantasy. 14 & up)


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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Christchurch gets a Zinefest
Yup. It's happening and we're proud to promote such a great event. All you need to know is right here. We'll be there celebrating eight long years of publishing (even though I'm sure purists probably don't consider Catalyst a 'zine', we're still stalwarts of self-published literature - Neoismist Press has published 17 book projects including Catalyst in 8 years and done production duties on a further 4 including a novel). So yeah, we'll be there alright!
The deets are:
Zinefest Christchurch
Saturday 3rd December - 11am - 4.30pm
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The Guardian, 10 November 2017
as Rana Foroohar put it at the time in Time magazine: "the Panama Papers could lead to capitalism's greatest crisis."
the eerily quiet response to the Paradise Papers is a long-overdue indication that activists everywhere are either open to, or actively involved in, reimagining revolutionary activism in the 21st century.
The decreasing effectiveness of protest is a symptom of growing class segregation. The rich and powerful are not existentially threatened by protests in the street because our streets are not their streets.
The fundamental lesson of the Panama and Paradise Papers is twofold. First, the people everywhere, regardless of whether they live in Russia or America, are being oppressed by the same minuscule social circle of wealthy elites who unduly control our governments, corporations, universities and culture.
We now know without a doubt – thanks to the incontrovertible evidence provided by the Panama and Paradise Papers – that there is a global plutocracy who employ the same handful of companies to hide their money and share more in common with each other than with the citizens of their countries. This sets the stage for a global social movement.
Second, and most importantly, these leaks indicate that our earth has bifurcated into two separate and unequal worlds: one inhabited by 200,000 ultra high-net-worth individuals and the other by the 7 billion left behind.
While street protest is losing its effectiveness, there is a force that could terrify these elites: the spectre of a ruthless and globally inescapable class justice.
Is this vision unrealistic do you think?


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Today was the day I was supposed to run my first half-marathon. It was a race I was not totally prepared for and shouldn't have signed up for in the first place. After a bout with shingles, I dropped down to the 5K and I must say, it's probably one of the better decisions I've made this year. I felt nothing but relief and happiness with my decision, even while witnessing all the half runners getting ready for their race. Maybe one day I'll be ready to tackle a half-marathon but not just yet.
So today was the day. Last year, I participated in the IronGirl 5K while my mom did the 15K. I haven't been running much lately. Right now, I'm focusing on running short distances (like 1 mile short) and I'm going to slowly work my way up from there. I'm no longer putting a time limit on how far I should be running by a certain point. By taking that pressure off, running has become less of a stress-inducer and more of a stress-reliever.
My goal was just to beat last year's time of 44:54 and I had a secret goal of PR-ing. The fact that I hadn't been running much didn't make me positive this would happen. So, at the very least, I wanted to run as much as I could.
I'm not quite sure of my times, but I do know I finished my first mile in about 11 minutes, give or take a few seconds. I don't run 11-minute miles. Right now, I'm just shooting to run a mile in 12 minutes, so this is big for me.
I took a few walking breaks during the race. I took a 3-minute break after I ran the first mile, a short 1-minute break during the water station, and then another 3-minute break after I ran the second mile. Around Mile 2, my side began cramping up, right around my ribcage. I have such a problem with side cramps while running and haven't found anything to help them. Usually, taking big gulps of breath and massaging the area helps a little. Luckily, I hit 2 miles and took a walking break before the pain got too bad and was just determined to finish this race. I desperately wanted to PR.
When my last mile started, I took it at a super slow pace. I didn't want to go out too fast and have the cramping flare up again or get too tired to finish the race running. And while I swear that last mile was more like 4 miles than 1.1, I pushed through it and pushed myself to finish strong. This was actually one of the first races where I had to push myself to keep going. My mom left me in the dust about half a mile in and it was all up to me this time.
I crossed the finish line in 41:07, with a pace of 13:17. I took 1 minute, 7 seconds off my previous PR.
Umm…AMAZING! I was so incredibly proud of myself for getting another PR, especially since I haven't been running much. I think by taking the pressure off me to run a certain distance at a certain pace by a certain time, I've grown to like running a little bit more. (I'm still not sure I want to say I love it.) I think I took on too much too soon and it burned me out.
IronGirl is a race you must do if you can. They have them all over the U.S. and it's just such a fun atmosphere to be a part in. It's all women of all age groups and fitness levels. The event was well organized and the energy is electric. As soon as I got over my pre-race jitters, I became excited to run this race and push myself, surrounded by women doing the same thing.
And I have to give a special shout-out to Katy whom I met last night! Awesome blogger, awesome girl, and a crazy-fast runner. I think I had just passed the Mile 1 marker when I saw her on the other side, closing in on Mile 2. Yeah. She's fast. (And she placed 4th in our age group…while I placed 121st, ha.)
Oh, and a shout-out to my mom, who crushed her previous PR by 5 minutes. Incredible.


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Wednesday, April 08, 2015
Pete Williams! Live! This Friday! At The REP!
Exclamation marks, dontcha just love 'em eh? In this case they're well deserved though. I've been banging on about Pete Williams for a few years now and his critically acclaimed latest album, Roughnecks and Roustabouts, more than lives up to the hype. Having played a key role in Dexys Midnight Runners (the early and later years), form a follow up group called The Bureau and his own criminally underrated band These Tender Virtues he's now on the form of his life with his solo releases and this Friday's hometown gig at The REP promises to be an extra, extra (with lashings of extra on top) special one. Tickets here! And here's a few more vids/tracks to whet the old appetite too...
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The policeman stood and faced his God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining. Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, policeman. How shall I deal with you? Have you always turned the other cheek? To My church have you been true?"
The policeman squared his shoulders and said, "No, Lord, I guess I ain't, Because those of us who carry badges
can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays, and at times my talk was rough, and sometimes I've been violent, Because the streets are awfully tough.
But I never took a penny, That wasn't mine to keep. Though I worked a lot of overtime, when the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help, Though at times I shook with fear. And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place among the people here. They never wanted me around except to calm their fear.
If you've a place for me here, Lord, It needn't be so grand. I never expected or had too much, But if you don't…..I'll understand.
There was silence all around the throne where the saints had often trod. As the policeman waited quietly, for the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, policeman, You've borne your burdens well. Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in hell."
An Garda Siochana Fire Departments National Ambulance Service Royal National Lifeboat Institution Coast Guard Prison service


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Microsoft Edge is the next new thing in the web browsing arena. Microsoft Edge is known to make IE browsers obsolete in the future. The future is unpredictable as the Internet future is constantly changing and evolving. History of browsers date back to 1990s when the first browser known as WorldWideWeb was released. This was the first browser and was the only way to view the web during that time. Tim Berners-Lee innovated this browser on a NeXT Computer while working for CERN. Today, there are many browsers released by different companies with various capabilities. Some of today's modern browsers include Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari. So, which are the most used web browsers in the world in terms of usage and popularity? Here are the top 10 most used web browsers in the world.
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10. PhantomJS
PhantomJS is a browser not known to the common internet user because it is a headless and scripted browser used for automating web pages. PhantomJS was released in the year 2011 that was aimed to provide automation on webpages like automatic navigation, screenshots, user interactions and assertions making the browser a best fit for unit testing. PhantomJS has similar browser environment as that of Google Chrome and Safari. Companies that use PhantomJS are Twitter, LinkedIn, Netflix and Time Warner Cable. More than hundred people have contributed to the development of this open source project. PhantomJS do not have a graphical user interface making the users seem like ghosts.
9. Android Browser
Android mobile phones are dominating the mobile Operating System arena at a large extent with a high market share. As of 2015, Android mobiles shares more than 80% of the world mobile usage. This fact indicates the popularity of the Android mobile browsers. The Android browser is based on the Blink engine which was previously WebKit. The Blink based engines have better support for standards. The Android web browser gets updated with new features and security updates after every version of Android.
8. SRWare Iron
SRWare Iron is a pretty new browser released in the year 2008 when compared to the other browsers like Firefox and Google Chrome. Statcounter usage statistics of the browser shows that millions of Internet users use SRWare Iron. The browser is available for Windows, OS X and Linux. The main purpose of this browser is to eliminate usage tracking and other privacy compromising functionality included in Google Chrome browser. If you do not want your usage to be tracked by anyone then this browser is a big plus for you. As of mid-2015 the software is alleged to be open source. The source code of the software is still not released by the company. There are few features that are available in Chrome but not in SRWare Iron that distinguishes the browser from Google Chrome.
7. UC Browser
UC Browser is a creation of a Chinese internet company named UCWeb that was established in the year 2004. UC Browser is a mobile browser that was originally launched as J2me-only application and today it is available for Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Phone and Java ME. UC Browser has a huge market share in China and India. It has become the number one most used browser in India. UC Browser became number one browser in China, India and Pakistan by the end of 2014 pipping Chrome and Safari.
6. Mobile Safari
Mobile Safari is the mobile version of the Safari web browser. On January 9, 2007 Mobile Safari for iPhone was introduced to the world. Similar to the web version, the mobile version is popular because of Apple's iPhone being popular all over the world. The browser is crisp and smooth in Apple's products like iPhone and iPod. Mobile Safari is a peculiar stuff in terms of its rendering and multi-media capabilities. Mobile Safari is also known for its WebKit capabilities and compliance to the W3C standards. Mobile Safari along with the web version has improved to a great extent in terms of new features, usability and security.
5. Opera
Opera web browser is one of the oldest web browsers out there which was released by Opera Software in the year 1995. The freeware browser was written in C++ that is available in more than 40 languages. Opera browser is available for Windows, UNIX and OS X. Opera browser uses the Blink layout engine. Opera is also available as Opera mini, Opera Mobile and Opera Coast for different mobile Operating Systems like Android, iOS, Symbian, Windows Phone, Bada, Maemo, Windows mobile and BlackBerry. Opera is known for introducing many new features that was adopted by other browsers.
4. Internet Explorer
As Windows Operating System is the most popular desktop Operating System in the world, Internet Explorer or simply IE is the default browser in Windows making this browser the fourth most popular and used browser in the world. This browser is not free as it requires a Windows license to use. The Internet Explorer today has added new features to support the latest web technologies. IE is semi active browser for Windows and remains discontinued for Unix and Mac. The UI of the browser has been considerably improved when compared to its older versions. Now the browser is fast and smooth. The only downfall of Internet Explorer is even today is that some advanced features are not supported whereas such advanced web features are supported on Chrome and Firefox.
3. Safari
Safari web browser is a freeware browser from the tech giant Apple Inc. Safari is the default web browser in Mac computers and in OS X and iOS Operating Systems. Safari was released in the year 2003. A version of the browser is available for Windows Operating System as well. Today, Safari is popular because of Apple products. The web browser has some awesome iOS specific features such as printing the current web page using AirPrint and MDI-style browsing.
2. Firefox
Firefox is the second most popular web browser in the world. Firefox is a freeware from Mozilla organization that was released in the year 2002 by the name "Phoenix". Even during its first release, Firefox proved to be a fast and secure browser by its testers and users. Mozilla Firefox is supported on OS such as Windows, Android, and iOS, Linux, Firefox OS and OS X. As of 2015, Firefox is the second most popular web browser in the world with a usage percentage of more than 11 percent. In certain countries still Firefox is the most popular desktop browser. Some of the intuitive features of the browser include location-aware browsing, spell checking, incremental find, Firebug for debugging and live bookmarking.
1. Google Chrome
Google Chrome is pretty recent when compared to other browsers out there. Today, Google Chrome has become the most used web browsers in the world. Google Chrome was released in the year 2008 as a freeware that was written in C++. The browser is known for its performance, ease of use, syncing with Google database, security, great support for WebKit, HTML5, CSS3, and other latest web standards. Even though the most used operating system is Windows that comes pre-installed with Internet Explorer, people have moved towards other high quality web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Google Chrome has a usage percentage of close to 50 percent.
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Many of the internet generation are unaware of the fact about GSA or Google Search Appliance. GSA is not a browser but a rack mounted device from Google providing document indexing functions. The software in the device is provided by Google and the hardware is manufactured by Dell. Many internet users are using GSA to browse the internet and at a large percentage. Hence, GSA is a special entry to this list.


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Thursday, February 4, 2010
MONITOUR eFlyer 1.0, plus, "I won't fuck us over, I'm Dr. Pepper"
Damn, that looks sharp. Well, now that we have that out of the way, let's get down to more serious (read - YouTube related) business.
Did you happen to see this video of us that was posted on PitchforkTV a couple weeks ago? It was from a performance we did at their offices as part of a birthday party for Pitchfork founder Ryan Schrieber. Do you like it? It is just another classic from the magical eyes of Ray Concepcion, who really stepped up his usual game into new, more psychedelic, high-octane territory. Yr crazy for this one, Ray! It will also give you a chance to observe Dave and Amy outside the context of a still photograph, which isn't really very helpful when you are wondering what something sounds like, know what I mean?
Speaking of PitchforkTV, you know what video I like to watch on that website? This one, of the National performing their song "Mr. November" from the album Alligator. This song gets me pumped up! It is a great song to sing to yrself when you need to get psyched, like how Ally McBeal used to sing that song to herself to stay focused and motivated. Remember? Ally McBeal? Anyway, this is a sweet song.
I'll tell you what isn't often said about the National, though - this singer seems to be taking a lot of his cues from late period Joey Ramone! Check out this video and see if you don't agree - it is from the last Ramones concert, a performance of "53rd and 3rd" featuring Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredriksen from Rancid!
Speaking of Lars Fredriksen, did you know he did a cover of the Billy Bragg song, "To Have and To Have Not?" Well, he did. Observe.
I can't help but imagine I would have felt differently about that in eighth grade than I do now. I still love that Billy Bragg song, though - it is so beloved around here that it was the last number played at nearly every show of last autumn's "Bring On the Dudes" Tour that we did with the So So Glos. Did you realize? Maybe if you went to one of the shows you did. Anyway, here we are playing it in Montreal way way back in September of 2009.
And now for something completely different. Recently, our old friend Dan Tews shared this picture with me on Facebook - an image of a badass king standing in front of a truly impressive collection of generic Dr. Pepper equivalents. Check it out!
Now, if you know me, you know I consider myself a pretty serious connoisseur of generic Dr. Pepper equivalents, but even I have to bow down before this guy. Some of my favorites from this picture which I have yet to encounter in real life include Dr. Extreme, Dr. Good Guy, and Dr. Radical. The two greatest ones, though, have got to be Dr. Becker, like Ted Danson's early '00s sitcom character, and Dr. Bob, the doctor character that Rowlf the Dog played on "The Muppet Show."
Also included in this masterpiece is Dr. Path, which, as some of you who have been paying attention will remember, got a shout-out in our song "Arms Against Atrophy." You see, Dr. Path was the Dr. Pepper equivalent sold at the Path Mark in Fair Lawn, NJ - three liters for a dollar. Unbelievable! Yum. For Christmas 2003, my friends all chipped in and got me 35 3-liter bottles of the elixer, with the condition that I accept a challenge to drink the whole stash before our high school graduation the following June. That is why I sang, "By June 22nd, I have done the math/it's 105 liters I'll consume of Dr. Path." Get it?
Speaking of that song, yesterday was the 23rd birthday of one-time Titus Andronicus keyboardist Matt Miller. You probably never saw him play with us - this was back in, like, 2005. I can't find any pictures of him when he was in the group that I am able to resize properly and yadda yadda yadda, so here is a picture of me and him dancing our asses of at our cousin Erin's wedding last year.
Anyway, while he isn't in the band anymore, he is still a great cousin, and I rather enjoyed celebrating his birthday last night with a screening of "House Party." Ace! I guess my point is, Matt Miller used to sing a solo on the song "Arms Against Atrophy," and so I wanted to share with you a recording of that song featuring his great voice from one of our early practices. Hope you like it!
Okay, that's probably enough for now. I guess what I am really trying to say is that I hope you like the eFlyer for our record store tour we're doing!!
Yr friend,
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So many many cans of Dr. Pepper, I bet he looks for Cialis Online to have the same type of collection in his room.
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R.L. Johannis allegedly saw a discoid UFO on the ground with two small humanoids, about three feet tall or less, beside it. The humanoids reportedly wore blue coveralls with red belts and collars and had large heads with big dark eyes... (7)
Signor R.L. Johannis. Next, he was confronted with the presence of two child-sized beings (about 3 feet tall) standing by the object. They were wearing dark blue coveralls with bright red collars and belts, and a spherical, transparent helmet on their oversized heads. Their faces appeared to have a greenish color, their eyes were large and plum-colored with a vertical line in the center and no lashes or brows. Their hands were claw-like with eight fingers, four opposed to four, on each hand.
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Salvador Villanueva. Scrambling out from under the car, he was confronted by two pleasant-appearing men about 4½ feet tall who were clad in one-piece garments from head to toe, wore wide shiny perforated belts, small black boxes on their backs, and metal collars around their necks. They carried helmets which Villanueva compared to those "worn by pilots or by American football players."
Grey Being wearing high-collared cape.
Seven-foot tall being with large nose and vertical pupils Bakersfield, California Abduction Case.
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This highly successful Vancouver schoolyard design on a gently sloping site features a large grass sports field, an asphalt track, and several different play areas. A brick and concrete amphitheatre provides an outdoor gathering and learning space, popular sand pits are filled with students during playtime, and hardy planting is integrated throughout the design. The slope beside the amphitheatre is planted with a ground cover (which plant?), trees planted behind the amphitheatre provide both shade and a visual screen from neighbouring houses, and a meadow mix fills the area between the asphalt track and a chain link fence. Poured concrete pathways connect the play areas, and have interesting features integrated into them, including a boulder mosaic "flower," and a series of different stone pavers. Grouped boulders and benches provide quieter gathering spaces for small groups of students.
Laura Secord Elementary School
Categories: Sensational Schools
Location: Vancouver, BC
Landscape Architect: Jonathan Losee Ltd. Landscape Architecture
Completion Date: 2011
Client: Vancouver School Board
Materials: Sand, brick, astroturf, asphalt
Featured Elements
- Brick bench
- Asphalt track
- Grass field
- Outdoor classroom
- Sand pit


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Two-day pose from a live model..
Workshop sketch from live model..
Live painting of city skyline from Fleet Week with my buddy Ryan..
Double dose of the Frankensteins, one live one studio, also with Ryan..
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Week WTF ever...
As much as I've been working these past few blurry weeks, I only have this to show for it as of now-18"x24" photo-unfriendly oil on canvas. I did, however, receive "passed with flying colors" as a response to my mid-point review/thesis proposal presentation, which hath since precipitated my incense-fueled, hover-inducing meditation ritual, to thus summon the spirits of inspiration for the coming era of "thesis."
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Subject To Brevity
More creature designs featuring a JagHog, an amateur Poor-trait and two color studies for a future digital illustration.
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