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|Ukrainian soldiers guard a checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk, on Friday, May 2, 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said the offensive "effectively destroyed the last hope for the implementation of the Geneva agreements" which were intended to defuse the crisis.
Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down and their pilots killed on Friday morning, both sides said. The Ukrainian Security Service said one of the helicopters was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, which it said undercut Russia's claims that the city is under control of civilians who took up arms.
Stella Khorosheva, a spokeswoman for the pro-Russian militants, said one of their men was killed and another injured. She offered no further details.
The center of Slovyansk appeared quiet but empty and tense while fighting outside the city seemed to be over by Friday morning when an Associated Press crew got into town.
Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the Kremlin had sent an envoy to Ukraine's southeast to negotiate the release of foreign military observers who were captured by pro-Russian militia in Slovyansk.
In comments to Russian news agencies, Peskov said the Kremlin has not been able to get in touch with the envoy, Vladimir Lukin, since Ukraine launched the offensive. However, Russia's Interfax and RIA Novosti quoted Lukin's aides as saying he was in touch and safe.
The action came a day after Putin said that Ukraine should withdraw its military from the eastern and southern regions of the country. Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops along the Ukrainian border as it warns Ukraine's military not to move against the insurgents in the east.
The Ukrainian Security Service said its forces were fighting "highly skilled foreign military men" in Slovyansk.
The Security Service said one helicopter was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, a sophisticated weapon, which they said countered Russia's claims that the city is under control of civilians who took up arms.
Ukraine's acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, said this week that some troops were "either helping or cooperating with terrorist organizations."
The Ukrainian interior minister, Arsen Avakov, said in a statement that government troops met fierce resistance, but had managed to take control of nine checkpoints on roads around Slovyansk.
Avakov called on the insurgents to lay down the arms and release the hostages they have taken.
"We are ready to negotiate with protesters and their representatives," Avakov said on Friday. "But for terrorists and armed separatists there is only punishment."
The official spokesman for the military wing of the pro-Russian forces, who will give only his first name, Vladislav, said fighting had broken out at several points around the city. He said government armored vehicles were seen on roads leading into Slovyansk and claimed that Ukrainian troops had made incursions into the city itself.
Details of these claims could not be independently confirmed.
On the road leading into Slovyansk from Kramatorsk to the south, an Associated Press reporter saw six Ukrainian armored vehicles parked on the side of the road Friday morning.
An AP cameraman saw black plumes of smoke on the edge of the city. An emergency siren had sounded at dawn.
The armed element of the insurgency is focused on Slovyansk, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Russia in which seven European military observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe remain held by pro-Russia gunmen.
Putin said Thursday that Ukraine should withdraw its military from the eastern and southern regions of the country.
Hours later, Torchynov ordered that the military draft be renewed, citing "threats of encroachment on the nation's territorial integrity" and interference by Russia in its internal affairs.
Moscow has consistently denounced Ukrainian security forces' largely ineffectual operation against the eastern insurgents and warned against committing violence against civilians.
In a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Putin said the removal of military units was the "main thing," but it was unclear if that could be construed as an outright demand.
Earlier in the week, the acting president said police and security forces had been effectively "helpless" against insurgents in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the heart of the unrest, and that efforts should be focused on preventing the instability from spreading to other parts of the country.
|A pro-Russian armed man guards a checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk, east Ukraine.


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Started by Jonathan Balcombe (writer, activist, scientist, and public speaker on behalf of animals), the first Saturday of every month is VEGAN T-SHIRT DAY! Ever heard of those successful "critical mass" events where bicyclists take to the streets to remind motorists that they don't own the road? Well, it's time we vegans launched a similar effort! Raise awareness as you go about your day - wear any vegan/animal rights message shirt to raise awareness for the animals! Or wear a button, sticker, necklace, etc! After you wear your shirt that Saturday, post a pic of you in your message shirt! If you like this idea and want to raise awareness to help the animals, please SHARE it (and WEAR it!). Please forward this Facebook event to anyone you think may be interested - and let's spread the Read more →
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Very few predators think humans would make a tasty treat, but polar bears are members of that exclusive club. While shooting his BBC documentary series The Polar Bear Family and Me, filmmaker Gordon Buchanan was approached by a hungry, 1,000-pound polar bear as he sat in his plexiglass pod. He marvels at her strength and power (and very frightening jaws) as she looks for a weak point in his pod. I hope she didn't waste too much energy that could have been spent on a more promising meal target.
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You can see photos from the encounter on the Daily Mail.
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A Tennessee judge who ordered a baby's name changed from Messiah to Martin, saying the former was reserved for Jesus Christ, has been fired, court officials said on Tuesday.
Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew of Cocke County in eastern Tennessee last August ordered a boy's first name changed over the objections of his parents when they appeared before her seeking to settle other issues
O. Duane Slone, presiding judge of the state's fourth judicial district, terminated Ballew's appointment, effective last Friday, according to court documents.
Slone did not give a reason in his order, but Ballew had previously been cited by the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct for an inappropriate religious bias. A hearing is scheduled for March 3.
Ballew could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.
The board's chair, Judge Chris Craft of Shelby County, said in a statement that the board still has jurisdiction over Ballew, even though she is no longer on the bench.
Craft wrote that it is the duty of the board to inquire into the "commission of any act calculated to reflect unfavorably upon the judiciary of the state."
Both the mother, Jaleesa Martin, and the father, Jawaan McCullough, were insisting on their respective surnames for baby Messiah. Ballew instead threw out the child's birth name and ordered the boy renamed Martin DeShawn McCullough.
"The word 'messiah' is a title, and it's a title that has only been earned by one person, and that one person is Jesus Christ," the magistrate told Tennessee television station WBIR at the time.
The parents appealed, and another judge held that Ballew's ruling was unconstitutional.
Messiah was the 387th most popular name for boys born in the United States in 2012, based on applications for Social Security cards filed with the U.S. Social Security Administration.
In all, there were 762 applications for boys named Messiah in 2012, more than double the 368 applications made in 2011, the Social Security Administration said.
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Outlook Favorable for Texas Deer Season
Sept. 26, 2013
Steve Lightfoot, 512-389-4701, email@example.com
Note: This item is more than nine years old. Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references.
AUSTIN — While not clear of the drought, things are looking up in many parts of the state this year and the outlook for deer and deer hunting is much brighter.
Archery-only deer season opens Saturday, Sept. 28 and runs through Nov. 1. The general firearms season begins Nov. 2. The special youth-only deer seasons are Oct. 26-27 and Jan. 6-19.
Biologists can provide some general predictions each year based on rainfall and general habitat conditions that are applicable at a landscape level scale, but whether those predictions hold true for individual properties is like trying to guess the Lotto numbers on the Saturday night drawing. Factors like rainfall, availability of native foods like acorns or mesquite bean crops, habitat quality and availability, even hunting pressure, play a role in shaping your hunting success. Aside from rainfall and general habitat conditions biologists also consider previous year's deer population characteristics to make predictions for the upcoming season.
"Statewide population trends remain stable and hunters should expect good numbers of deer year in and year out," says Alan Cain, TPWD whitetail deer program leader. "I would predict the statewide deer population to be close to or slightly above the long-term average and hover around that 3.6 million deer mark for 2013."
"One factor hunters should also keep in mind is the good carryover of deer from the 2012 season as harvest was down resulting from heavy acorn and mast crops in several regions of the state," Cain notes. "For hunters this translates into plenty of opportunities to harvest a deer." Though the deer population numbers are expected to be good this year, Cain predicts the recent September rains that resulted in a flush of green vegetation may cause bow hunters to rethink their early season hunting strategies as deer may spend less time visiting feeders. A well-traveled game trail may be more productive than hunting at the deer feeder.
Dry conditions in 2011 resulted in a significant decline in fawn production, down to 29 percent for the statewide estimate, a 24 percent departure from the long term average. Fawn crops bounced back in 2012 at 47 percent and Cain anticipates survey results will show a higher fawn crop this year. In fact, Cain is hearing reports from landowners as well as TPWD biologists of fawn production in the 60 to 80 percent range in the Hill Country and similar reports of good fawn production in other areas of the state.
For hunters fawn crops may not be as meaningful since harvest is generally focused on older age class deer, but remember those fawns this year translate into your adult deer several years into the future.
Another aspect of typical hunting season forecast is the prediction of antler quality and how many big bucks are out there across the landscape.
"As far as antler quality goes, rainfall plays a key role by influencing the native habitat and forage, ultimately affecting the quality of nutrition a buck receives in order to grow antlers," Cain explains. "In dry years we typically see a decline in overall antler quality and increases in wet years much related to nutrition."
Some managers provide supplemental feed to buffer against nutritional impact resulting from drought. However, research in South Texas has shown that native habitat is crucial to deer nutrition even when supplemental feed is provided. So maintaining quality native habitat on your property is important.
Judging from the phone calls and emails Cain has received from landowners around the state, bucks look to be in good body condition, antlers are in great shape and they are expecting a much better season than the last two years."
Cain predicts antler quality to be above average for those areas receiving good spring rains and average for those that were a little drier this spring and summer. The good news is that drought or no drought, Texas still produces some whopper bucks each year.
According to an article published by Boone and Crockett several years back Texas ranks fifth all time for entries into B&C record books. Based on 40-plus years of data collected by TPWD biologists each season the average B&C score for a 5 ½ year old buck is 124, with 9.1 points, and a 15.8 inch inside spread. Even the younger bucks at 3 ½ years of age average a 13.5 inch inside spread and 8 points.
While areas like South Texas are known for producing exceptional bucks, most anywhere in the state is capable of producing good bucks every year. In fact in 2012, two archery hunters were lucky enough to connect on a couple of large non-typical bucks scoring about 250 Boone and Crockett. Both bucks were wild, free-ranging deer taken on low-fenced properties, one in North Texas and the other in Southeast Texas. Hopefully, that trend will continue in 2013.
"Another positive trend we have observed in the last few years is that the proportion of young bucks in the harvest has declined across the state, and most noticeably in the eastern third of the state where bucks had a hard time surviving to 3 ½ years of age," Cain points out. "In 2012, bucks 3 ½ year old and older comprised 65 percent of bucks checked during TPWD surveys which are a reflection of the deer harvested each season."
Digging a little deeper into the data Cain explains that in antler-restriction counties, 59 percent of bucks checked during TPWD surveys were 3 ½ or older, a dramatic improvement in age structure when those older age class bucks represented only 30-35 percent of the harvest before antler restrictions were implemented.
"This shift towards harvesting older bucks in the Pineywoods, Post Oak Savannah, and Cross Timbers and Prairies regions is a direct result of the antler-restriction regulation," Cain says. "That harvest strategy has been very effective at allowing many more bucks to reach maturity. We have received many positive reports from landowners and hunters in those regions who are excited about the number and quality of bucks they are observing on their properties. "
Overall, the 2013 season is expected to be a good one with great opportunities to harvest a deer.


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I just finished studying the new ESI Guidelines, Checklist and Model Order created by a bench and bar committee of the Northern District of California. The committee's work was led by well-known e-discovery Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte. All of the judges in the district unanimously approved the work and adopted a standing order implementing the suggestions. This is explained further in the court's news release. Judge Laporte is quoted as saying:
The Court requires counsel to be familiar with these tools and confirm in the initial case management statement that they have reviewed the Guidelines regarding preservation and decided whether to enter into a stipulated order governing e-discovery, in light of the Model Stipulated Order.
The Northern District of California Court has now established the following documents and orders:
- Guidelines for the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (.pdf)
- ESI checklist for use during the Rule 26(f) meet and confer process (.pdf)
- Model Stipulated Order Re: the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information. (.doc)
- Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California (.pdf)
Attorneys in the Northern District of California are now required to certify that the parties have reviewed the Guidelines Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information ("ESI Guidelines") and also required to confirm:
[T]hat the parties have met and conferred pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) regarding reasonable and proportionate steps taken to preserve evidence relevant to the issues reasonably evident in this action. See ESI Guidelines 2.01 and 2.02, and Checklist for ESI Meet and Confer.
The use of the word proportionate by local rules is new and welcomed. The court goes on to state that:
All counsel are expected to review the Guidelines. The Checklist & Model Stipulated Order themselves are highly recommended, but their use is voluntary. In addition, counsel may stipulate to or move for entry of a protective order, such as the court-approved Stipulated Protective Orders.
Although there was not much in these Guidelines and Checklist that we have not seen before, which is to be expected, they are very well-done. They add authority to a growing consensus in the courts and practitioners as to best practices for e-discovery. For that reason I have already incorporated into Electronic Discovery Best Practices many of the suggestions made by the California experts.
Specifically, quotes and citations to the Northern California Guidelines and Checklist have been added to the following areas of the EDBP web:
- the page for the second step of preservation hold notices,
- the all important fifth step of Cooperation shown enlarged above, and
- the Cooperation sub-page dedicated to 26(f) conferences, and
- the Cooperation sub-page dedicated to Proportionality, where I found the Northern District write-up to be particularly good,
- the seventh step of Computer Assisted Review at the sub-page on Quality Controls, and
- the ninth step on Productions.
My congratulations to Judge Elizabeth Laporte and the entire Committee of California judges and attorneys who prepared the ESI Guidelines, Checklist and Model Order. The rest of the committee consists of:
- Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu
- Kathryn Dickson, partner, Dickson Geesman
- Stephanie Mendelsohn, Director of Corporate Records & E-Discovery, Genentech Corp. (shown right)
- Ed Reines, Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges
- Joseph Saveri, partner, Saveri Law Firm
- Neill Tseng, Assistant United States Attorney & Electronic Discovery Office Coordinator
The work of the committee should serve as a model for bench and bar committees throughout the country who may be considering the creation of similar guidance and local rules for their court. Moreover, they provide additional support to the articulation of national best practices that attorneys everywhere should strive to emulate. It is towards that end that EDBP.com is dedicated.


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More info about the name "Erin"
Erin originates in Gaelic languages and means "from Ireland". As a feminine given name it has been used since the beginning of the 20th century and is currently a popular name in the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom. Originally, Erin derives from Eire, the Irish word for Ireland, and Erin is considered a romantic name Irish poets used for Ireland in the 19th century.


text: Cure for prostate cancer focus of HBCU students' researchPublished on Tuesday, July 15, 2014By: Ruth CumminsA collaborative effort between University of Mississippi Medical Center cancer researchers, Tougaloo College and Jackson State University this summer is giving six undergraduate college students a chance to search for a prostate cancer cure.The Mississippi Prostate Cancer Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Training Program is a first for UMMC's Cancer Institute. Supported by a $185,000 U.S. Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program grant, it helps fund research opportunities for students from historically black colleges and universities."We are very glad to offer this kind of program to students in this area," said Dr. Kounosuke Watabe, Cancer Institute deputy director for basic research and principal investigator with the grant. "We hope that in the future, many of these students will become cancer researchers. It is very important that young people get into this research field."Three interns from each college are working on a specific project during the 10-week program, attend sessions with their faculty mentor and the Cancer Institute's weekly seminar series, and take part in the Discovery U program, offered to undergraduates by the UMMC School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences. Each receives a $6,000 stipend.The six, all working on prostate cancer projects, will present results of their work at a Prostate Cancer Research Day July 31, as well as prepare a written report. Dr. Christian Gomez"We want them to see how things operate in the real world and make an effort to give them that exposure so they can really apply what they're learning," said internship coordinator Dr. Christian Gomez, associate professor of pathology and radiation oncology and a member of the Cancer Institute's tumor cell biology program.The fit was a natural one for Diva Whalen of Clinton, a junior studying biology at Tougaloo. "I'm interested in cancer research because it affects just about everyone. If not personally, it affects a grandmother, a mother or friend," she said. "Eventually I'd like to study the genetic side."She is working with Dr. Anait Levenson, associate professor of pathology and a member of the institute's tumor cell biology program. Levenson' s labs are seeking medicinally active natural compounds such as resveratrol in grapes and red wine that seem to help halt prostate cancer.Whalen "is looking at certain natural agents that may inhibit metastasis-associated protein that plays an important role in prostate cancer development and progression," Levenson said. "You can't drink enough red wine to inhibit cancer," Whalen said. But if Levenson and others in her lab can find resveratrol analogues, similar compounds that can be produced in greater numbers and that can be more potent in inhibiting cancer, it might provide new ways to prevent or treat prostate cancer. Teaching basic research methods and the need to replicate the work to verify results is tedious and time-consuming, but Levenson said Whalen's work already is yielding some results.Tatyana Givens, a sophomore studying biology at JSU, is working with Dr. Chindo Hicks in bioinformatics, a field that combines skills in computer science, statistics, mathematics and biology to analyze and integrate mountains of genomics data to identify molecular markers associated with prostate cancer. She is analyzing data to identify signatures of microRNA and genes associated with prostate cancer in African American and Caucasian men. "Our goal is to understand the role of microRNAs and their contribution to health disparities in aggressive prostate cancers that disproportionately affect African American men," said Givens, who also would like to study pharmacy.Hicks, her mentor, said the DOD grant enhances UMMC's program by training students from historically black colleges to increase diversity in biomedical research. And, the program gives the university a way to offer new opportunities to students in research environments, said Dr. Stephen I.N.Ekunwe, JSU faculty advisor."This HBCU summer prostate research training will expose JSU students to ongoing prostate cancer research at the UMMC Cancer Institute to the extent that they will have the opportunity to actually engage in hands-on research in a research lab," he said. Long-term, he said he hopes to create a pipeline for JSU students who want to pursue doctorates in cancer research. Tougaloo faculty advisor Dr. Jinghe Mao said the program offers multiple experiences within a specialized scientific community. "We want to let students know that UMMC-CI is a great place for cancer research, education and medical training and cancer treatment," she said. "It is the only place that blends all aspects in one institute to help defeat cancer in Mississippi." The ultimate goal, she said, is to "produce highly talented minority scholars and physicians within Mississippi." Gomez said the program is helping Cancer Institute members establish new partnerships with Tougaloo and JSU. "We hope to see some continued work with researchers there," he said, to attract and keep the best students in cancer research. Other Tougaloo participants are junior biology major Joshua Agee of Laurel, mentored by Dr. Xinchun Zhou, assistant professor of pathology; and senior biology major Ansley Scott of Clarksdale, mentored by Dr. Yin-Yuan Mo, professor of pharmacology and toxicology and director of the institute's cancer genetics programOther JSU participants are sophomore chemistry and mathematics major Anthony Keyes of Jackson, mentored by Dr. Drazen Raucher, professor of biochemistry and member of the institute's molecular cancer therapeutics program; and junior biology major Brittany Martin of Madison, mentored by Gomez. PhotosPatricia Stewart, MD Assistant Professor E-mail: email@example.com Right Education BS – Mississippi College MD - University of Mississippi Medical Center Residency Internal Medicine - University of Mississippi MedicHigh ResolutionMedium ResolutionLow ResolutionHigh ResolutionMedium ResolutionLow Resolution


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The Lawyer Assistance Committee is chaired by Thomas E. Schimmerling, Esq. and oversees NYSBA's award-winning Lawyer Assistance Program. Assistance is also available at 800-255-0569.
Committee Roster
Members of the LAC are encouraged to use the private online community established for the committee. Click HERE.
The Lawyer Assistance Committee (LAC) is charged with the duty, in collaboration with the New York Bar Association Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP), of assisting attorneys, judges and law students dealing with alcoholism or substance abuse and other addictive
disorders. LAC will also assist those dealing with such issues as stress, depression, problem gambling, vicarious trauma, and other mental health issues where appropriate. In addition, the LAC is charged with the duty of formulating policies which will
support its primary purpose. The LAC shall encourage and assist local bar associations in the development of education and outreach programs designed to facilitate the identification and rehabilitation of attorneys, judges and law students afflicted with
these problems. In appropriate instances, as directed by the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court, LAC shall provide assistance to that court, to the extent possible along with the NYSBA LAP, in the monitoring, supervision and rehabilitation of
attorneys with such conditions.
On April 10, 2010 the New York State Bar Association's House of Delegates and Executive Committee approved a Model Policy to assist bar associations, law firms and other legal departments in addressing impairment issues.
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Note: You could get lost in the thousands of posts in AudioKarma. But here's my refence links which summarise the variations of the designs: AudioKarma and TechTalk
Topology: Active 2-way with pro-woofers and compression drivers
Radiation pattern: Monopole - Controlled Horizontal Directivity
Directivity: Omni-directional at lower frequencies, smooth transition to 90 deg beam at 1.2khz
Frequency response: 20hz - 17khz. Critically damped LF Q of 0.5
Sensititivity: ~92dB
Dimension (H, W, D): 57 x 37 x 33cm
Vertical lobe (Listening position) : Tweeter axis, toe'd in 5-10deg
Amplifiers: 4-Channels required (2x stereo amps)
Crossover: DSP (MiniDSP + 2way Advanced Plugin)
Cabinet construction
The cabinet is basically made from 33cm, 18mm MDF cutouts. The offcuts are glued into the inside panels to provide additional strength and rigidity. The finished speakers are very heavy.
(future design ...)
A handsaw was used and could not provide precise cuts. Hence the construction can be made square and flush effectively by ofsetting 0.5mm and sanding.
DSP Crossover Configurations
The DSP configuration is available below.
I configured the speakers using an older version of MiniDSP plugin which had a bug in it
The effect is that if you use the newer plugin (which is the fixed one) the bass will sound heavy. So please be aware of it. I will revisit these in the future with the updated plugin.
Important: do not forget to implement L-PAD for the tweeters.
- XO: 1250hz, LR2
Crossover point is chosen by careful consideration of distortion, group delay, power handling, and polar response. See my investigation here on dispersion pattern of various xo points.
- EQ1: Notch FilterPEAK 618hz / -2.8db / 2.6Q
- EQ2: Linkwitz Transform Biquad (LT)
LT: Select "Advanced", Copy and paste below, and click "Process".
biquad1,The woofer is equalised to F3=20hz with critically-damped Q of 0.5. This means -3db@40hz and -6db@20hz. Please note that these values are driver and cabinet volume-dependent. If you change the cabinet volume drastically or change the Woofer, then you need to recalculate and remeasure the transform. No you can't just punch in factory-provided TS parameters.
Read more about LT Biquad here and here, and also a calculator.
Raw woofer measurement (nearfield)
LT Biquad (simulation)
Woofer with LT, Notch, and XO (measured nearfield)
Green=raw, Black=Equalised woofer, Red=Target frequency response
- EQ3: Baffle step compensationHIGH-SHELF 206hz / -6db / 1QBaffle step consist of shelving highpass with -6db/oct gain. It compensate the transition from 4pi (omni-directional) to 2pi (forward radiating) of box speakers. Read about baffle step here.
Woofer response with Baffle Step (measured, nearfield)
Woofer response from 1m
Black=with baffle step
- Ignore values of EQ4.. etc.
- Attenuation, Phase, and Delay
With CD1: Attenuation 0, Polarity NORMAL, Delay: 0ms
With CD2: Attenuation 0, Polarity NORMAL, Delay: 0.06ms
Directivity pattern measured from 0-90deg, 10deg increments:
- XO: 1250hz, LR2
- EQ1: Waveguide loading notchPEAK 1956hz / -4.8db / 2.6QRaw and equalised Compression Driver + Waveguide (from 80cm)
Green=raw, black=equalised.
- Passive L-PAD
Passive L-PAD is used at the compression driver to provide main attenuation for woofer level matching. The benefit is that noise from Amplifier will also be reduced. The remaining few dB is adjusted from MiniDSP.
L-PAD: -11db using 5.6 Ω and 3.3 Ω 5w resistors
- Attenuation, Phase, and Delay
With W1: Attenuation -5db, Polarity INVERT, Delay: 0.04ms
Measurement from 1m at Tweeter level
Ignore lower frequencies.
The adapter needs to be enlarged to 1 inch, so better ones may be found from PartsExpress.
Waveguide: JBL 1" thread-on Progressive Transition, Part# 338800-001, or Pyle Pro PH612, or Dayton clone. In Australia: DJCity YD-L033
Directivity pattern measured from 0-90deg, 10deg increments:
- XO: 1250hz, LR2
- EQ1: Waveguide loading
PEAK 3981hz / -4.1db / 1.2Q
Raw and eq notch 1 (measured 1m)
- EQ2: Waveguide loading
PEAK 1269hz / -3db / 1.5Q
Fully eq'd Tweeter (measured 1m)
- Passive L-PAD
Follow the passive -11db LPAD configuration as CD1 above.
- Attenuation, Phase, and Delay
With W1: Attenuation -5db, Polarity INVERT, Delay: 0ms (measured 1m)
(update: this has been confirmed by another guy that CDX1-1745 is a poor man's DE250!)
Please follow the exact configuration of CD2 (DE250) for this compression driver.
Optional variations
35hz Linkwitz Transform
If the woofers (W1) are equalised to 35hz, Q=0.5 (instead of 20hz above), then further +5db can be obtained and that raises the loudspeaker's sensitivity to ~97dB. This also relieves the strain of the woofers when playing loud. In order to have this:
- W1 EQ2 biquad needs to be changed to 35hz, Critically damped Q=0.5
- W1 EQ3 Baffle Step SHP needs to be changed to Shelving Lowpass
- W1 EQ4 biquad of -1db is added.
Second-order Linkwitz-Riley crossover topology (LR2) was chosen for group delay, however you might want to play the loudspeakers at very high SPL continously. In this case a 4th order crossover providing 24db/oct slopes may be a better approach. This can be done by selecting Woofer and Tweeter crossover to LR 24db/oct and changing the Tweeter's Polarity to non-inverting.
Using Subwoofer
"Geddes" Foam Plug
Elias Perkonen kindly performed wavelet analysis of the in-room response of these speakers.
Native frequency response, left and right:
Longer time windows, 150ms and 300ms:
Update 11/2/2011
Zilch (Evan) who is the champion of this design passed away. He will be sorely missed.
Update 3/2/12
Production version of original S15 documented and posted.
Update 4/2/12
B&C DE250 variant posted
Celestion CDX1-1745 variant posted
Update 14/9/12
Added information on stuffing
Update 16/9/15
Check out these youtube videos :)
Update 19/6/16
Biquad values will be different for newer 96khz boards such as 4x10HD or 2x4HD. Use these two biquads instead. The first biquad is to shape the original response to 35hz with Q=0.7, and the second one is 35hz Q=0.7. Together they produce acoustic shape of 35hz LR4 highpass.
Try to remove the baffle step compensation first. I did not need it in my room.


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wow! Great roundup..
Bad luck! I couldn't make in to the list! :P
Nice collection, Thanks for sharing
Great List! luv them all !! Thanks for adding me #9
I'd recommend @JasonBradbury as well.
Nice List!
Gopal Raju
Ofcourse you missed my theme ;)
Btw: you have mistygirlph twice in the list.
Good collection
I recommend @dlstl also, http://twitter.com/dlstl
Great list and Happy that my Background was included. May i recommend @svgrob http://twitter.com/svgrob
Great list! I really enjoyed looking at these gorgeous twitter themes. Another one of my favorite themes is http://twitter.com/alessandraco. I love how she alters the middle verticle column that defines most Twitter pages!
Thanks for including EIGHT of our backgrounds in the list! Great job all!
Love the list of backgrounds! Got me some great ideas!
Wow, Cool List.. I loved it.
One thing I'd like to say, please re-check your no. 82 and no. 35 themes.
Plus, no. 35 and 42. are created from Free Twitter Backgrounds PSDs available at Deviantart. :)
Lovely twitter designs! Thanks for the inspiration.
Vast majority of them are crap when you look at them at anything other than 1280×1024: Weirdo default background color, misplaced content (as twitter centers it, but the background is left justified) etc.
I'd recommend my mine: http://twitter.com/theom3ga
Oh where is mine? :) http://twitter.com/hoanghuynh
um, @mistygirlph is listed twice! I think there is some room to put in my twitter layout :)
Yes? Maybe? hehe
FirMy first time at your site, very nice, I'll be back. Thank you.
Awesome Roundup! I made #28 wohoo! Thnx for including my Twitter Theme :-)
Nice list. Thanks a lot
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/banhaclong20
WOW, Oh my goodness — there are so many custom Twitter themes here that I haven't seen before. Thank you for putting together such an awesome collection!
Thanks for sharing !
Great list! I just clicked on the ones I liked and let them know. Another cool way to make some new friends on Twitter :D
Great list. I made a link to it on my site.
you missed mine too :lol:
I just launched my new twitter page design yesterday. If you think it's good enough, feel free to add to this or future lists: http://www.twitter.com/garytalmes
Hey, thanks for featuring two of my backgrounds! (#13 & #86) Check me out on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ohdanib , as well as Twitter Backgrounds Gallery and Killer Tweets. Thanks so much!
nice one thanks for sharing
thanks. super cool designs!
sweet list. thanks for adding me at #64.
Great list!
Here's mine: http://twitter.com/GordyMac
These are all pretty cool, I am glad I found this page. This site rocks as usual.
I just created my first really good background for my day job's profile: http://twitter.com/rep_am
@Jordan: I like yours! It's simple but really elegant. Nice job!
Mistygirlph is using a free twitter psd theme i found it somewhere few days back.. she doesnt deserve the rank
Nice Collection.
I'd add:
Great list! Some really great designs in there. Please take some time to check mine out too!
Add: http://twitter.com/PapoDeButeco ;D
Nice collection… Theom3ga 's comment below is crap. Twitter BG are not easy to make. Viewer screen size is an issue that makes even the best designers pull their hair. I took the two most common sizes and made them work with my design; you can't get it right for everyone who sees it. Twitter background design is not for perfectionist, that's for sure!
Again, super list. Finally, someone saw my bg and liked it, too. #3 !!
– @adamplitt
Adam thanks for your appreciation about my comment. Twitter BG are easy to create as long as you know which the most common screen resolutions are. If you take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution#Current_standards you'll discover that the most used resolutions are the ones over 1024×768. In fact, I consider highly unlikely that any of the Instant Shift users has a resolution under 1280×1024.
Having said that, you just have to expand your image to the right and bottom to have as much screen coverage as possible. If you have some kind of drawing in the top left corner is pretty easy to fade it to a plain background or even a patterned one.
Obviously your twitter background is pointless as long as twitter doesn't offer a centered background position, and trying to "fake" it is a real big crap.
These are awesome! I'm going to make mine sometime this week… new to blogging.. Follow me http://www.twitter.com/hunnydesigns
These concepts are mind blowing. I am saying true am learning alot from here. Thanks alot
super cool designs!
I need an awesome twitter background. Thanks for sharing these themes. I have a lot to choose from.


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Will Packers find safety in numbers?
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Charles Woodson is in Oakland, Kenny Vaccaro is in New Orleans, Eric Reid is in San Francisco, Matt Elam is in Baltimore, Jonathan Cyprien is in Jacksonville.
Meanwhile, M.D. Jennings and Jerron McMillian are in Green Bay. And the Green Bay Packers are just fine with that.
Having released Woodson on Feb. 15 and having elected not to select a safety during the 2013 NFL Draft – Vaccaro, Reid, Elam and Cyprien were the first four off the board at a position viewed as deep by NFL general managers and scouts – the Packers appear perfectly content with letting Jennings and McMillian battle it out for the starting spot opposite Morgan Burnett.
"It's an opportunity to compete," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said earlier this week, following the first open organized team activity practice of the offseason. "When you look at how much M.D. and McMillian played last year, those are two young players that played a lot of snaps. I look for them to make that jump."
McCarthy's certainly right about the amount of experience Jennings and McMillian gained last season, thanks in large part to the broken collarbone Woodson suffered on Oct. 21 at St. Louis, an injury that sidelined him for the next nine games. But even before Woodson went down, both Jennings and McMillian were seeing action in the team's sub packages. With the Packers choosing to play more dime (six defensive backs) than nickel (five defensive backs) in passing situations in 2012, either Jennings or McMillian would come in at safety when Woodson would shift to the slot.
And after Woodson was injured, both Jennings and McMillian found their ways onto the field in the dime, as McMillian and fellow rookie Casey Hayward manned the slot positions while Jennings and Burnett played safety in that defensive alignment.
According to ProFootballFocus.com, Jennings ended up playing 617 defensive snaps in 2012 and McMillian played 614. Jennings, who made the team as an undrafted free agent from Arkansas State in 2011, finished with 46 tackles, one interception and six pass breakups; McMillian, one of the Packers' two fourth-round picks last year, finished his rookie season with 30 tackles, one interception and 13 pass breakups.
The Packers also have Sean Richardson, who made the team coming out of training camp as an undrafted free agent from Vanderbilt last year, but he played only 16 defensive snaps last season and underwent neck surgery on Jan. 19 and did not participate in Tuesday's first open OTA. Richardson missed the first six weeks of last season with a hamstring injury suffered in the preseason finale, then missed the final five games because of the neck injury.
Jennings played in all 16 games and started 10 last season, while McMillian saw action in all 16 games but did not make a start.
None of the safeties the Packers showed interest in after the draft made the grade, either. The Packers agreed to terms with Illinois State safety Ben Erickson as an undrafted free agent, but the native of the Milwaukee suburb of Greendale flunked his physical at the rookie orientation camp and wasn't signed. The two safeties the team brought in on a tryout basis for the rookie camp – Stony Brook's Cedrick Moore and Sacramento State's Ryan McMahon – were not signed, either.
"Right now, they want us to compete and push each other, and make each other better. If they did bring another safety in or they didn't, you still have to compete with the guys who are here," McMillian said after Tuesday's practice, during which both he and Jennings saw time with the first-string defense. "I'm just trying to keep working on my craft and detailing the things I still need to get done. I think I'm a lot more prepared now. I'm getting everything down more so than I was last year and I'm playing a lot faster because I know what's going on, so that's helped me out a lot."
Whoever winds up winning the job, McCarthy has high hopes for Burnett, who is entering his fourth NFL season – and a contract year.
"I look for M.D. to make that second-year player jump. And I look for Jerron McMillian to make that second-year jump. It's going to be very competitive," McCarthy said. "Morgan has clearly established himself as the leader back there. His communication has been outstanding."
Statistically, Burnett was productive last season, starting all 18 games (including playoffs) and playing every one of the Packers' 1,259 snaps. He finished with 137 regular-season tackles, two sacks, two interceptions, one fumble recovery, two forced fumbles and 13 pass breakups.
But after his rookie season of 2010 ended after only four games because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, and he spent most of his second year playing with a club cast to protect a broken wrist, it was Burnett's first truly healthy season. Now, he's viewed as the old-school veteran, even though he's only 24 years old – a dozen years younger than Woodson, who has played 206 career games to Burnett's 36.
"I'm not Charles Woodson. I'm trying to be the best Morgan Burnett that I can be," Burnett said after practice Tuesday. "Charles Woodson was a Hall of Fame player and I'm very thankful to have had the opportunity to play alongside him, but right now I have to come in and try to be the best Morgan I can be.
"As a safety, that's your job description: You have to be a leader on that defense. You have to be a leader in that secondary. It's your job to get everybody lined up in the right position."
The Packers are hoping Burnett will have a breakthrough season and approximate the level of play they got from three-time Pro Bowl safety Nick Collins, whom McCarthy admitted at the NFL Meetings the team has yet to adequately replace. If Burnett plays well, and either McMillian or Jennings can show better consistency, the position will be in good hands.
"Those guys, they got better as the year went on. They have another year under their belt, so they understand the defense," Burnett said of McMillian and Jennings. "I feel we have the guys who are going to go out and compete. We have smart players. It's just an honor for me to be alongside those guys and it's going to be fun. We're looking forward to it."
Listen to Jason Wilde every weekday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on "Green & Gold Today" on 540 ESPN, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/jasonjwilde.


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Northwestern Mutual Financial Network has named Hope College Senior Jordan Tanis a "Power of 10 Award Winner" for his sales achievement during the awards year 2005-2006. Tanis was recognized at the 2006 College Award Show, held recently during the 126th Annual Meeting of Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee.
Tanis is business major at Hope. He is a graduate of Jenison High School.
The Power of 10 Award recognizes financial representative interns who have obtained a specific level of success in building their businesses and developing their client base. Historically, Power of 10 Award winners are in the top ten percent of the internship program across the country. Tanis is a member of the Western Michigan Group in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Each year, the internship program, named one of the Top 10 internship programs for the tenth consecutive year by the Vault Guide to Internships 2006 edition, provides real-world opportunities for more than 1,000 full-time college and university students throughout the country. Northwestern Mutual is the only insurance and/or financial services company to make the list.
The Northwestern Mutual internship program has had students participate from over 500 different campuses across the country with more than 20,000 students participating since 1967.
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, the marketing name for the sales and distribution arm of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (Northwestern Mutual), provides expert guidance on insurance, investment products and services, retirement and estate planning, education funding and employee benefits.
The company, its subsidiaries and affiliates provide annuities, mutual funds, long-term care insurance and disability income insurance. Among its affiliated companies are those that comprise the Russell Investment Group, which provide investment management and advisory services; Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS), the securities brokerage firm; and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, a special purpose federal savings bank. A subsidiary, Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company, offers long-term care insurance. Further information on Northwestern Mutual can be found at: www.nmfn.com.


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- The Legend of Zelda
- The Adventure of Link
- A Link to the Past
- Link's Awakening
- Ocarina of Time
- Link's Awakening DX
- Majora's Mask
- Oracle Series
- ALttP / Four Swords
- OoT Master Quest
- The Wind Waker
- Collector's Edition
- FS Adventures
- Classic Series
- The Minish Cap
- Twilight Princess
- Phantom Hourglass
- Spirit Tracks
- Skyward Sword
- Ocarina of Time 3DS
- Breath of the Wild
|Quick Info
Announced during Nintendo's keynote at the Game Developer's Conference of 2006, very little is know about Phantom Hourglass. We know only what we have deduced from the trailer:
- It uses celshading, in a style identical to the Wind Waker's. The DS does it admirably, at a framerate that seems to be equal to the Wind Waker's. Of course, the graphical quality is scaled back a bit, but it still impressive.
- It utilizes the touchscreen in several ways. The trailer shows the player drawing a route on the screen, and then throwing the boomerang - which follows the route drawn. At the beginning of the trailer, the touchscreen is used to trace a picture of an hourglass on a door, which then opens. Finally, at one point it shows a route being traced on a map of an ocean, and then it looks like Link's boat automatically follows the route.
- It is probably a safe bet that it takes place after the Wind Waker, but this has not been confirmed.
- We know from the trailer that it will take place at least in part on an ocean, and Link has a steamboat.
- The crystal switches from A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, and other 2D games are making a return.


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NEW YORK — The events and the arguing and the booing that would make this a U.S. Open final unlike any other began when Serena Williams' coach made what she insisted was an innocent thumbs-up, but the chair umpire interpreted as a helpful signal.
It was the second game of the second set Saturday, in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Williams' bid for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title already was in real trouble because she was being outplayed by first-time major finalist Naomi Osaka.
Chair umpire Carlos Ramos warned Williams for getting coaching during a match, which isn't allowed. She briefly disputed that ruling, saying cheating "is the one thing I've never done, ever." A few games later, Williams received another warning, this time for smashing her racket, and that second violation cost her a point, drawing more arguing. Eventually, Willams called Ramos "a thief," drawing a third violation — and costing her a game.
"I have never cheated in my life!" Williams told Ramos. "You owe me an apology."
Soon, Osaka was finishing off a 6-2, 6-4 victory that made her the first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam singles title. That is not, however, what will be remembered about this match.
With jeers bouncing off the arena's closed roof, both players — the champion, Osaka, and the runner-up, Williams — wiped away tears during a trophy ceremony that was awkward for everyone involved.
Williams whispered something to Osaka and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"I felt, at one point, bad, because I'm crying and she's crying. You know, she just won. I'm not sure if they were happy tears or they were just sad tears, because of the moment. I felt like, 'Wow, this isn't how I felt when I won my first Grand Slam.' I was like, 'Wow, I definitely don't want her to feel like that,"' said Williams, who missed last year's U.S. Open because her daughter, Olympia, was born during the tournament. "Maybe it was the mom in me that was like, 'Listen, we've got to pull ourselves together here."'
The WTA released the following statement after the conclusion of Saturday's final:
Congratulations to both Naomi and Serena for reaching the final at the 50th anniversary of the US Open and to Naomi for winning her first Grand Slam title. They both played superb tennis throughout the US Open.
There are matters that need to be looked into that took place during the match. For tonight, it is time to celebrate these two amazing players, both of whom have great integrity.
Naomi is a deserving champion and Serena at all times plays with class and makes us proud.
This was the only the latest in a series of high-profile conflicts with match officials for Williams at Flushing Meadows. It all dates back to 2004, when an incorrect call during a quarterfinal loss to Jennifer Capriati was cited as the main reason for the introduction of replay technology in tennis. Then came Williams' infamous tirade after a foot fault in the 2009 semifinals against Kim Clijsters, and a to-do over a hindrance call in the 2011 final against Sam Stosur.
"It's always something," Williams said.
Osaka is just 20, 16 years younger than Williams — and grew up idolizing the American, even asking her to pose for a selfie together at a tournament just a handful of years ago. Their age difference was the second-widest gap between women's finalists at a Slam in the professional era.
"I know that everyone was cheering for her," Osaka told the crowd, "and I'm sorry it had to end like this."
What was most problematic for Williams on the scoreboard was that she was unable to keep up with a version of herself. Osaka, who happens to be coached by Williams' former hitting partner, hit more aces, 6-3. Osaka hit the match's fastest serve, 119 mph. She had fewer errors, 21-14. She saved five of six break points. And she covered the court better than Williams did.
"She made a lot of shots," Williams said. "She was so focused."
Indeed, that was what might have been most impressive. Osaka never let Williams' back-and-forth with Ramos distract her, never wavered from playing terrific tennis. The one time Osaka did get broken, to trail 3-1 in the second set, she broke back immediately, prompting Williams to smash her racket.
That cost her a point, because of the earlier warning for coaching. Williams' coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, acknowledged afterward that he did try to signal Williams, but didn't think she had seen him — and added that he thinks every player gets coaching during matches.
"I never had any warning in my career for coaching. Strange to do that in a Grand Slam final," Mouratoglou said. "Second, we all know that all the coaches coach at every match, all year long, from the first of January all the way to the 31st of December. We all know it."
When Ramos called both players over to explain the game penalty, which put Osaka ahead 5-3, Williams began laughing, saying: "Are you kidding me?" Then she asked to speak to tournament referee Brian Earley, who walked onto the court along with a Grand Slam supervisor. Williams told them the whole episode "is not fair," and said: "This has happened to me too many times."
"To lose a game for saying that is not fair," Williams said. "There's a lot of men out here that have said a lot of things and because they are men, that doesn't happen."
It was the second Grand Slam final defeat in a row for Williams, after Wimbledon in July. She's appeared in only seven tournaments this season since returning to the tour after having a baby during last year's U.S. Open.
Williams asked what she'll tell her daughter, Olympia, about what happened Saturday.
"I'll tell her, first of all, if she sees it, that, you know, I stood up for what I believed in. I stood up for what was right," Williams replied. "Sometimes, things in life don't happen the way we want them, but always stay gracious and stay humble. I think that's the lesson we can all learn from this."


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Sometimes your iPad may start to act funny, such as running slow or freezing up. If this ever happens to you, there's an easy solution that usually takes care of the problem right away. That solution is simply to perform a hard reset on your iPad.
A hard reset your iPad is not the same as restoring it to a previous backup or resetting to factory settings. Some people often get the two confused. Resetting an iPad just means that your data and settings will be refreshed, which helps to reset buggy apps among other things. Basically, it's like the restart function on your computer.
A hard reset is really easy to do as long as you know where the on/off button and the home button is. You can see where they're located in the image below.
2. Keep holding; you need to hold both buttons down for about 10 seconds.
3. While holding, you may see the "slide to power off" screen show up; just ignore this.
4. You'll know that your device has been successfully refreshed once the Apple logo displays on the start up screen; you can now release the buttons.
5. Wait for your iPad to start up; usually after a hard refresh, it can take 1-2 minutes.
That's it. This also works on the iPhone and iPod Touch as well.


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On 31 January 1968, 31 commandos from North Korean Special Unit 124 infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee.
As a means of retaliation, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 social outcasts and death/life criminals, training them on the island of Silmido, off the coast of Incheon, in order to execute Kim Il-sung. The mission, regarded a suicide mission, was seen as the only way for these new recruits to redeem themselves and show their loyalty to their country. If they succeeded, they would win their freedom and a new life. With this goal in mind, they endured gruelling, almost inhumane training, becoming finely honed killing machines.
In October 1968, at the end of their training, they were dispatched on their mission to the North, but were recalled not long after their departure due to mysterious orders from above. The project was called off, and they returned to Silmido discouraged and frustrated. This frustration led two squad members to go AWOL and rape a female doctor who lived relatively nearby; they were discovered, surrounded by military, and realizing their fate, attempted mutual suicide. One man was killed in this, the other injured. The latter was then returned to the camp on Silmido and strung up, alive, as an example while his fellow squad members were beaten by the troops for the two men's betrayal. One member snapped, charging to the front and killing the strung-up man. Meanwhile efforts continued to negotiate peaceful reunification between the two Koreas, rendering the squad all but useless.
To keep the top-secret, dirty project unknown to the outside world, the South Korean intelligence agency decided to "eliminate" the squad. The commander, outraged, is then told that if his troops fail to follow this order, they too will be killed. Torn between his duty to follow orders and his personal honor, the commander intentionally leaked this information. As one high-level officer is sent away from the island for his unwillingness to participate (lied into thinking he's going to re-negotiate the murder order), the squad realizes that they are to be killed that same night, and lays a plan to fight back. They kill their trainers, and then after being told the truth of the mission - that they legally no longer exist, and thus would neither receive recognition for their mission if it succeeded, nor even be allowed to return to society - decide to escape from the island and make their story known. On 23 August 1971, the 20 remaining members of the squad captured a bus and commandeered it for Seoul. An official pronouncement is made through the media that 20 "armed communist agents" had infiltrated the country, and a state of emergency was declared. Eventually they are stopped by army roadblocks and fired on. Realizing their plight, the men proceed to engage in mutual suicide, all throwing their hand grenades into the middle of the bus. The aforementioned high-level officer learns of what is happening and tries to call back the army, but fails. Later, an investigation is carried out and the resulting report filed away, unread.


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Ninja Gaiden is a game best known to many as a series of action-platformers that started out on the NES and has continued into the present day on the current crop of HD systems as a 3rd-person action game. It's worth remembering that it started out as an unforgiving beat-em up in arcades and thanks to Tecmo's release of it on the Virtual Console Arcade you can do just that.
Europeans may well wonder about the title since the game was originally released as Shadow Warriors due to funny laws that forbade the use of the word "ninja" in children's toys (apparently including arcade games and Teenage Mutant "Hero" Turtles), but clearly things have moved on and the nonsensical American renaming of Ninja Ryukenden prevails on the PAL Virtual Console.
As with other Tecmo VCA releases, you can freely reconfigure button layout including Insert Coin (but not Start). Wii remote, Classic and Gamecube controllers are all supported, though given the game uses 3 buttons you're better off using either of the latter two options.
It's easy to see why this game spawned such an enduring franchise. For a late-80s beat-em-up it has a good level of detail and is quite vibrant and colourful. The stages are preceded and followed by still scenes of the hero Ninja travelling to and through America on a mission to beat the crap out of tons of baddies. Most dramatically, each stage starts out with the purple-clad ninja appearing to burst right through the screen — wow! When he moves around in the game he's constantly moving his head from side-to-side, alert for danger. Pushing Up whilst jumping results in super leaps to upper platforms; moving forward whilst jumping performs a nifty flip. The addition of a third button allows the ninja to grab overhead bars and then move hand-over-hand or flip up and pressing jump whilst hanging from bars causes him to do a somersault off. Moving into a wall causes him to do a backflip, which is handy for outflanking enemies. The number of animations and moves is quite impressive even by modern standards and makes you feel like you're really controlling a badass ninja!
The hockey-mask wearing bad guys are all bigger than our ninja friend, but that doesn't stop him from beating the snot out of them with those impressive acrobatic moves, which you'll need to master to get anywhere in the game. Doing a cartwheel into an enemy and hitting the attack button results in grabbing and throwing them. Throwing enemies into objects breaks them to reveal bonus items like rings, extra time, capsules to restore your life bar and a limited-use ninja sword. Despite this you'll find enemies are immediately quite challenging.
Ninja Gaiden is a game best described as "cheap." It's quite easy to lose your default three lives in the first stage thanks to burly men with tonfas that will smack you out of the sky, enemies coming at you in groups of four or five and best of all having to cross lanes of freeway traffic by swinging between bars projecting from road signs. For many, this bit of nostalgia just won't be worth it. Despite the fact that you can change settings to make your life bar five hits instead of three, you should expect to see your ninja avatar strapped to a table surrounded by bizarre creatures whilst a giant buzzsaw comes down to kill him with great frequency. That doesn't mean the game isn't fun, but it does mean that the game was designed to suck quarters rather than reward skill and is totally unfair, so be sure to keep plenty of virtual credits pumped into the game as you'll be continuing A LOT to get anywhere in the game.
Ninja Gaiden is certainly an arcade classic — that cannot be denied — but the punishing difficulty stemming from it's coin-sucking roots means that only true fans of the beat-em-up genre need apply. If you do have a masochist streak then it's definitely worth checking out.


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Thursday, November 13, 2014
Displaying Memories With Polagram & Christmas Giveaway #2 - Win A Polagram Giftbox ♥
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That is an awesome way to display photos. I love how it came out!ReplyDelete
This would look amazing in the hall wayReplyDelete
This looks really great! Considering my walls are pretty bare too, I think I'll be working on a similar project as well :)ReplyDelete
What a great way to display photos. That sounds like a great app- I will definitely have to check it out! Polaroid style photos are definitely making a comeback.ReplyDelete
One the walls either side of our fireplace xReplyDelete
Now that's a really unique way to show off your photos. I think I could envision that in certain rooms of my house.ReplyDelete
This is awesome! I love displaying my photos! Its one of my favorite things. =)Thank you of sharing and thank you for an awesome giveaway!!!ReplyDelete
Omg this is beyond cute!!! Absolutely love itttt!!!ReplyDelete
If I win, I think I'll display my prints in a fun arrangement study/work room!ReplyDelete
I like this! It's like your own take on a gallery wall. It's super cute hey?ReplyDelete
In my living room!ReplyDelete
That is a really neat looking app! I love how you can display them garland style.ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful post and photos. Thank you for the great review and giveaway :DReplyDelete
That is such a cute idea. I would love to hang up some pictures of my daughter like that.ReplyDelete
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Amazing! I'm a Polaroid addict so this would be cool.ReplyDelete
LOVE this! It is so adorable :)ReplyDelete
This is such a unique idea. I would love to decorate my office with something like this.ReplyDelete
Oh WOW this is Amazing! I could imagine this in my hallway, what a beautiful idea!ReplyDelete
I love that! How Adorable such a great idea!ReplyDelete
I love this! It's so cute!ReplyDelete
I love what you've done with your pictures. That's just too cute!ReplyDelete
I love this. I have been thinking about printing some and putting them on tiles and then hanging them up.ReplyDelete
This is a super cute idea! I can't wait to do this!ReplyDelete
This idea would be beautiful and sweet too.ReplyDelete
I had a friend that used to do something similar to this. I love the idea especially for my kids rooms.ReplyDelete
in my baby's room wall <3 this is sooo cuteee ^_~ReplyDelete
THis looks so nice! it would look so good on my own wall; I could use a little more decoration!ReplyDelete
This is so cute! I love this giveaway, wish I could enter too.ReplyDelete
My mom would love this Polagram. I'm actually thinking what Christmas gift I can give them. It's very hard to decide because we have almost everything we need. But since my mom often complains that she doesn't get to see our photos in hard copy, this will do it.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great app and love the pictures you have hang up on the wallsReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 November 2014 at 12:49
I would display them in my front room all around the room!ReplyDelete
This sounds amazing indeed. I love what you did with your bedroom wall. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Too cute! I did that too with the Christmas cards that we received last year. I'm going to do it again this year. :)ReplyDelete
This is an awesome way to display photos, I love how it came out!!!!ReplyDelete
I don't use instagram, but this looks like a great way to gather up your photos from there and display them. I love how you displayed your photos! So creative and cute!ReplyDelete
I'd display them like a garland on my girls wall :) xReplyDelete
I'm creating a garland in the playroom of pics of all the boys' friends and family and so would display them there.ReplyDelete
That is too cool! I always loved Polaroids!ReplyDelete
I would display them along my stair case.ReplyDelete
I'd love to have that project in a home office. I think it's darling and very nice!ReplyDelete
This sounds really neat. Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
I think I'll post photos of my boyfriend and sisters on my wall <3ReplyDelete
I love this, and would display them like that http://www.pinterest.com/pin/548454060842619811/ReplyDelete
same way you did :)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, I love that. So pretty. I would love to display that above my vanity desk in my makeup room, or above my headboard. So beautiful! xoReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway! This is such a neat gift idea for friends and family!ReplyDelete
Great giveaway. Would display them in my hall and living room where I normally hang my littel ones photosReplyDelete
Such a great idea. Thanks for the giveaway I entered and hope I win :)ReplyDelete
Love this idea, I'd display them in my hall way :)ReplyDelete
Love this and would love to display photos like this. AwesomeReplyDelete
I would display some by my desk and some in a keep sake box xReplyDelete
I would display them in my Hallway, they would look lovely in there, as my hallway is plain at the moment as re-decorated not long ago. Fab idea!ReplyDelete
I would display them in my Hallway, they would look lovely in there, as my hallway is plain at the moment as re-decorated not long ago. Fab idea!ReplyDelete
I would display them above our sofa.ReplyDelete
would put them in the hallway as it looks really dull at the moment lovely prizeReplyDelete
on the wall in the hallReplyDelete
Above my bedReplyDelete
in the hall =)ReplyDelete
I would love to display them in my loungeReplyDelete
In a false frame in the living room xReplyDelete
in my bedroom above the bedReplyDelete
I think they look great how you have themReplyDelete
Great giveaway!! Would display them in my hall!!!!ReplyDelete
These would look fantastic on my stairwayReplyDelete
would display as a focal point in the loungeReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 November 2014 at 12:41
Would be brilliant above the windowsReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 November 2014 at 12:41
Great GiveawayReplyDelete
I would display them in my living room :-)ReplyDelete
I like the idea of hanging them, maybe in my hallway.ReplyDelete
I'd make a feature wall in my hall :)ReplyDelete
Oh I can just picture them on displayed like your photo hanging from my brick chimney breast. Love it. Would be so hard to pick the photos though.ReplyDelete
Hang on the wall going up the stairsReplyDelete
In the KitchenReplyDelete
on my fridge xReplyDelete
In my living room! - Leanne wReplyDelete
I love your display idea so I would probably copy that, but in my living room instead! :)ReplyDelete
I would display them like bunting over my fireplaceReplyDelete
I would dipslay on my oak sideboardReplyDelete
It would be nice to hang photos on the walls when the Christmas decorations come down. The walls always look so bare then.ReplyDelete
I have bare walls in my dining room photos hung like this would be perfectReplyDelete
Thank you for reading my blog and taking the time to comment. I appreciate all your comments and try to reply whenever I can.


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The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care, utilizing the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation while meeting competently all safe expectations of a nurse.
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Professional Growth
- Enhances self-development in own area of practice. Identifies, develops and implements an action plan for self-development along with nurse manager or designee during evaluation process.
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RN Med Surg Per Diem Nights candidate will possess the following
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- Current RN License
- Current BLS Provider
Current unit certifications as indicated below:
ACLS: Required – New Grads are required to get ACLS within successful completion of the Nursing orientation program.
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Basic Critical Care Course or equivalent on the job training as validated by competency assessment.
Unit Specific Technical Skills:
- Knowledge of cardiac monitoring and basic arrhythmia interpretation.
- Care of patients with chest pain.
- Competent in care of patients post critical care: Acute MI, CABG, post pacemaker insertion, or other cardiac surgery, or interventional procedures.
- Competent to care for patient receiving moderate sedation preferred.
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