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Michelle Alton 10/17/2011 3:09:29 AMOh my...have missed your posts! This is extraordinary work, Cecil. #1415955
Deborah C. Lewinson 11/16/2011 2:34:16 PMCongrats on another gorgeouf finalist, Cecil, love the color in this one!
Debby #9808614
The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 11/16/2011 3:54:39 PMWOW! Gorgeous!! And a great composition #9809323
ALLEN O. HOWARD 11/16/2011 4:27:10 PMX2. Congratulations on another stellar image. #9809638
The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 11/16/2011 6:55:13 PMSimple but beautiful composition. Stunning. #9810580
Renee Doyle 11/16/2011 6:57:20 PM(sigh) So very beautifully captured Cecil!! Congratulations! #9810592
Nadia Paul 11/17/2011 1:56:16 AMJust gorgeous Cecil - congrats! #9811823
Patricia A. Casey 11/17/2011 5:57:28 AMAnother beauty missed before...don't know how...since I view your work constantly....yikes...This is a beauty....another Congrats on the FINALIST....could it be two GOLD? Cheers Cecil.....=^..^= #9812543
Terry Cervi 11/17/2011 1:30:33 PMI love this, Cecil! Congrats on your well deserved win! #9814083
Patricia A. Casey 11/17/2011 2:23:35 PMCheers on the Gold Cecil......most beautiful capture of a very beautiful place! =^..^= #9814310
Deborah C. Lewinson 11/17/2011 2:42:46 PMHardy congrats on your wonderful winner, Cecil! #9814391
Debbie Bray 11/17/2011 2:50:23 PMOutstanding work, Cecil! Congratulations on your win! #9814415
Ken Smith 11/17/2011 3:20:26 PMI've never been to White Sands, but I know it's a beautiful place. Congrats to you, Cecil! #9814508
Lydia Williams 11/17/2011 4:28:00 PMBeautiful Cecil...congratulations on your win! #9814714
JO ANN CLEVELAND 11/17/2011 4:42:02 PMBig Congratulations on this awesome Gold 2nd Place Winner Cecuk,,,fantastic!
jo ann c. #9814804
Katherine Kuhn 11/17/2011 5:38:27 PMCongratulations on your truly beautiful winner! Wonderful lighting!
Renee Doyle 11/18/2011 12:27:30 AMCongratulations on this wonderful winner Cecil!!! #9815688
Michelle Alton 11/18/2011 2:32:12 AMIn my mind, this was a winner even before any judge saw it! Congratulations, Cecil. #9815784
Jessica Jenney 11/18/2011 4:01:33 AMCongratulations, Cecil on your beautiful win! #9815966
Janet Fikar 11/18/2011 7:15:15 AMAbsolutely breathtaking. Congratulations. #9816389
Phyllis H. Burchett 11/18/2011 10:13:34 AMCongrats on this stunning winner! #9816664
David M. Montero 11/18/2011 12:25:25 PMCongratulations on scoring gold Cecil! This is a fantastic shot. Great presentation. #9816958
Glenn E. Traver 11/18/2011 6:00:13 PMCongratulations Cecil on this Beautiful winner ~ GT #9817657
Merna L. Nobile 11/18/2011 8:44:47 PMCongratulations!
Bojan Bencic 11/19/2011 10:56:02 AMLove the soft color of the sand, Cecil. Congratulations on your WIN! #9818987
Tad Bowman 11/20/2011 2:10:01 PMBeautiful image Cecil. Congratulations. #9821322
ALLEN O. HOWARD 11/22/2011 11:08:57 AM"Stunning" is correct Cecil. Your body of work is full of images that on any given day could grab the Grand Prize. Congratulations. #9825134
Nadia Paul 11/24/2011 2:30:37 AMCongrats on your wonderful winner Cecil! #9828160
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Scubapro MK25 First Stage with A700 Second Stage Breathing Regulator
Diving Regulators by Scubapro The MK25 teamed with Scubapro's exceptional new A700, offers Superior Ultra-High Airflow System for Maximum Performance in All-Temperatures and Diving-Conditions. Scubapro has been the Leader in the Evolution of Piston Controlled First Stages since its beginning; the MK25 carries on this heritage with an array of patented features ensuring Unfailing Performance. The MK25 is a Balanced Piston First Stage, Scubapro's Absolute-Top-Performer. It is a Superior-Regulator thanks to its Ultra-Stable Intermediate Pressure (IP) resulting in an Extremely-Punctual-and-Constantly-High-Delivery of Air. This means Instant-Airflow at Any-Tank-Pressure and Water-Temperature for a real Carefree-Dive.
Air Balanced, Flow-Thru-Piston- First Stages with Air Balanced Pistons deliver Significantly-More Air to the Second Stage than any other First Stage, while their performance is totally unaffected by the changing tank pressure. A Balanced Piston allows the use of Lighter-and-More-Sensitive Components, resulting in Ultra-Fast Breathing Response, instant delivery of air on demand, and extra high air flow, especially in low tank pressure ranges. The tired diver benefits from a smoother breathing regulator during the ascent or deco stop. Balanced Piston First Stages are the first choice of demanding sport divers and professionals. A Balanced Piston performs equally in warm and cold water environments.
The MK25 has two opposite High Pressure Ports (HP). The arrangement of high and low pressure hoses is crucial to diving comfort. Two opposite HP Ports allow for an individual positioning of the first stage (pointing up or down). This allows the diver to position the gauges either on the right or left side and increases the freedom of movement for head and neck. Multiple Low Pressure Ports (LP) - For ultimate freedom in the arrangement of LP hoses, the MK25 accommodates five HF (High Flow) Ports on a Swiveling Turret, which allows for 360å¡ Degree Swivel of Hoses. High Flow Ports deliver about 15% more air than conventional ports. Externally adjustable intermediate pressure- Allows authorized Scubapro service technicians to quickly fine-tune and adjusts the first stage after maintenance without the need to disassemble it.
Cold Water Diving with Scubapro-Diving conditions can be drastically different, including extreme cold water and outside temperatures, posing the possibility of a regulator 'freezing'. Therefore, Resistance-to-Freezing is Imperative for the diver. All Scubapro Regulator Systems are CE Approved for 3360psi (230 bars) Cold Water Diving. Some models go even beyond this Super-Stringent-Qualification and have successfully been Tested-in-Extreme-Cold-Diving-Conditions at less than 36å¡F (2.2å¡C). As a Specific-Anti-Freezing-Measure, Scubapro engineers have designed a Patented Finned Cap for the MK25 First Stages for Optimal-Cold-Water-Diving. This Finned Cap is a Thermal Insulating System (TIS).The Ribs of the TIS Act-as-a-Radiator to Increase the Surface-Area of Heat-Transfer from the Water to Warm-Up the Internal-Parts that have been Drastically-Cooled-Down by the Gas-Pressure-Drop. The MK25 is manufactured from Marine-Grade Black Chrome Plated Brass. The MK25 First Stage offers a Balanced Composite/Stainless Steel Flow-Thru Piston that would make any diver proud. It demonstrates Scubapro's dedication to quality and creating positive diving experiences.
Scubapro has once again raised the bar for regulator performance with the introduction of the A700 second stage. It is truly the crown jewel of the Scubapro regulator line. The A700 delivers extraordinary breathing performance in a striking, precision-handcrafted, full metal design. Whatever your dive destination, the Scubapro A700 lets you breathe effortlessly and naturally underwater for a lifetime of exceptional dive experiences.
Small and compact for comfort in diving, this air-balanced valve technology regulator has minimal inhalation effort and super high-flow exhaust valve for ease of inhalation and exhalation at any depth or dive condition. Regulator is equipped with a diver-adjustable inhalation knob for fine tuning of breathing resistant's and diver-adjustable VENTURI-Initiated Vacuum Assist (VIVA) for additional inhalation assistance and free-flow prevention. The A700 has a High Comfort Orthodontic Mouthpiece. The MK25/A700 Regulator comes equipped with a 3/8' Threaded Super-Flow Hose with Strong and Durable Kevlar Lining and a Super-Comfort High-Flow (HF) Mouthpiece for Smooth Air Delivery. The Scubapro MK25/A700 Regulator, weighs 38.4oz (1,090g), comes with an Owner's Manual and is covered by a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
The Scubapro MK25/A700 Regulator is commonly used for Cold Water, Extreme Depths, Warm Water and more. The Scubapro MK25/A700 Regulator is most used by customers who consider themselves to be a Advanced among others. The Scubapro MK25/A700 Regulator is popular because customers like the following qualities of the Scubapro MK25/A700 Regulator: Adjustable, Comfortable, Effortless breathing, Nitrox Compatible.

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Atheism to be taught to Irish schoolchildrenUp to 16,000 primary-school pupils in non-denominational sector will get tuition in atheism, while the rest will be offered courses on the internet and on smartphone apps.In a historic move that will cheer Richard Dawkins, atheists in Ireland have secured the right to teach the republic's primary schoolchildren that God doesn't exist.The first ever atheist curriculum for thousands of primary-school pupils in Ireland has been drawn up by Atheist Ireland in an education system that the Catholic church hierarchy has traditionally dominated.The class of September 2014 will be reading texts such as Dawkins' The Magic of Reality, his book aimed at children, as well as other material at four different primary levels, according to Atheist Ireland.Up to 16,000 primary schoolchildren who attend the fast-growing non-denominational Irish school sector will receive direct tuition on atheism as part of their basic introduction course to ethics and belief systems.But Michael Nugent, Atheist Ireland's co-founder, stressed that all primary-school pupils, including the 93% of the population who attend schools run by the Catholic church, can access their atheism course on the internet and by downloading an app on smartphones. He said these would be advertised and offered to all parents with children at primary schools in the state."There will be a module of 10 classes of between 30 to 40 minutes from the ages of four upwards. It is necessary because the Irish education system has for too long been totally biased in favour of religious indoctrination. And if parents whose kids are in schools under church control want to opt their kids out of learning religion (as is their right these days) then they can use our course as an alternative for their children to study," he said.Nugent added: "Religion isn't even taught properly as an objective subject with various religions and their origins examined and explained. The teaching is to create faith formation first, not objective education. We see our course as a chance for young Irish children to get an alternative view on how the world works."Jane Donnelly, a member of Atheist Ireland and a parent of two children in an Irish secondary school, welcomed the creation of an atheism alternative for Irish pupils."I opted my two girls out of religious education classes and they were told to go to the library and find a philosophy book to read during RE instead. The range of philosophy books was very limited so I sent them into school each day with a copy of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion for them to read."Religion, education and the Irish Republic• God is omnipresent in the 1937 Irish constitution, with article 6.1 stating: "All powers of government, legislative, executive and judicial, derive, under God, from the people"; and article 44.1 noting: "The State acknowledges that the homage of public worship is due to Almighty God. It shall hold His Name in reverence, and shall respect and honour religion."• Since the foundation of the republic, the Catholic church controls up to 93% of the state's 3,200 primary schools.• The Catholic church's near monopoly of influence in education means that the ultimate power in each school is the local Catholic bishop.
pianodwarf is in Ireland for a few weeks... coincidence?
Can you imagine if that was even proposed here in he states?
Still, seems a shame you need to teach atheism. Just don't teach religion or let religion influence textbooks. No, I think 'skepticism'...that is what should be taught. Atheism would just be a natural consequence.
pianodwarf is back stateside... he can set us straight on whether he had anything to do with this


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Unofficial dog park is great, except for the poop
We're talking poop here.
Dog poop, to be specific.
Mammoth has a new unofficial dog park down Sherwin Creek Road – a rather vast expanse on Forest Service land behind Sierra Meadows Ranch, made accessible this winter by the town plowing down to the Turner Propane tanks.
Dog lovers found it right away.
But Suzanne Nottingham, companion of three dogs (Ivan, Fred and Zion), has been horrified by the amount of poop this winter – poop that could easily have been picked up by their human companions but wasn't.
Unlike the Shady Rest Park staging area, there are no trash containers in the area, nor bags that human companions can grab for poop containment.
Nottingham says she wants help.
She has created a Facebook campaign called "Unleashed! Mammoth's Unoffical Dog Park Location and Rules."
On it, she suggests eight specific rules for poop and parking.
On Wednesday she showed up at the Town Council meeting to raise the flag for her cause, and to ask if the Town might be able to help in the cleanup.
It might be plastic bags. It might be gloves.
Whatever, it's going to be a big job, she said.
"If we picked up all the droppings, I think it would make the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest pile."
Her Facebook campaign has just started. Interested people can go to their Facebook page and search for Mammoth's Unoffical Dog Park.
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With the tailwind of a home building rebound from low 2012 base levels, U.S. demand for landscaping products is projected to grow 6.9 percent per year through 2017.
An acceleration of existing-home sales, growth of consumer disposable income, and a rebound in construction expenditures in the office and commercial segment will also support gains, according to Landscaping Products, a new study from Cleveland market research firm Freedonia Group. Authors estimate a 58/42 split in the residential and nonresidential landscaping products market, which is trending from $4.6 billion in 2012 to a projected $6.5 billion in 2017.
In their five-year outlook, researchers track gains in the two largest segments: decorative products, 42 percent share (2012 market), $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion (2017 shipments); and, hardscape products, 28 percent share, $1.3 billion to $2.1 billion. The latter are projected to exhibit the fastest annual growth rate, 9.8 percent, through 2017 owing to a wide range of applications, from patios and walkways to edging and walls that form the basis of outdoor rooms.
Ongoing development of environmentally friendly hardscaping products will also boost overall gains, contend Freedonia researchers, who find permeable concrete pavers rapidly gaining popularity over flatwork due to their ability to reduce water runoff. Landscaping Products (published 07/2013, 275 pages) is available for $5,100. — Freedonia Group, 440/684-9600; www.freedoniagroup.com


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Authorities are investigating a string of attacks on dolphins along the Gulf Coast after some of the marine mammals were found with gunshot wounds and mutilations.
"We responded to one dolphin from Alabama that had its tail cut off," said Dr. Moby Solangi, of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. "We responded to a dolphin this morning from Ship Island that had its lower jaw cut off. In the last week we had a dolphin with a bullet hole in it."
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In response, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has asked officials to be on alert for any attacks in the waters off of Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.
The gentle creatures have long been the star attraction at marine parks around the world and are believed to be the world's second most intelligent animal, making the attacks seem even more incomprehensible.
"I think it's important that everyone understand that this is not only cruel, but it's also illegal," Solangi said.
If the perpetrators are caught, they could face up to a year in jail and fines of up to $100,000.


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Fans can bring the new, white socks to the game at Bright Hockey Center (photo courtesy DSPics.com).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The Harvard men's hockey team will be collecting new, white socks to benefit the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program at Saturday's game against Colgate.
Fans are encouraged to bring the socks to the game, the Crimson's final regular-season home contest, and stick around afterward for Senior Night festivities. The puck drops at 7 p.m. The sock drive is the kickoff to Harvard's relationship with BHCHP, and members of the team are looking forward to volunteering with the organization following the season.
"I'm very excited and proud of that our team is stepping up to make a difference in our community," said Ted Donato '91, the Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey. "We look forward to contributing to the mission of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and encourage our fans, alumni and students to join us in this effort."
BHCHP is in its 25th year of providing the highest quality of health care to Boston's homeless men, women and children. Last year alone, the program provided care to over 11,000 patients through an extensive network of sites. The organization is recognized as a national model, having been the first in the country to develop an electronic medical record for a homeless program, a 24-hour medical respite unit, a multidisciplinary HIV team to care for homeless people and a street team dedicated to extending health services to people who avoid shelter and hospital clinics.


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Students' service experiences provide them with a new perspective and make an impact in communities close to home and far away.
At Duquesne University, our faculty, staff and students share a deep commitment to making our world a better place. Through Spiritan Campus Ministry, community service projects, community-engaged learning classes and community-engaged research, the Duquesne family has the opportunity to participate in hands-on outreach that makes a real difference right here in Pittsburgh or as far away as Africa.
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Egg Cooking Tutorial
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Cook even better eggs
After you read EggCookingTutorial/BasicEggCooking and created your first egg, it's time to make it a bit better.
First we integrate our output to other Trac layout in form of ClearSilver template.
Adding template
To have a template we need a directory and of course the template itself. We will keep the same simple "Hello world!" text, but this time we will integrate our fine words into a Trac layout.
For that we need to create one additional directory:
In that directory create a new file helloworld.cs:
<?cs include "header.cs" ?> <?cs include "macros.cs" ?>

Hello world!

 <?cs include "footer.cs" ?>
Now you have created the template for the plugin.
Tell Trac where template is
Trac doesn't know where your template is so you have to tell it. This is done by implementing the ITemplateProvider interface in helloworld.py.
So you change few lines as following:
Line 4 is changed from
from trac.web.chrome import INavigationContributor
from trac.web.chrome import INavigationContributor, ITemplateProvider
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implements(INavigationContributor, IRequestHandler)
implements(INavigationContributor, IRequestHandler, ITemplateProvider)
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def process_request(self, req): return 'helloworld.cs', None
And to end of file you need to tell where your template is located
# ITemplateProvider methods def get_templates_dirs(self): """ Return the absolute path of the directory containing the provided ClearSilver templates. """ from pkg_resources import resource_filename return [resource_filename(__name__, 'templates')]
Complete version of helloworld.py:
# Helloworld plugin from trac.core import * from trac.web.chrome import INavigationContributor, ITemplateProvider from trac.web.main import IRequestHandler from trac.util import escape, Markup class UserbaseModule(Component): implements(INavigationContributor, IRequestHandler, ITemplateProvider) # INavigationContributor methods def get_active_navigation_item(self, req): return 'helloworld' def get_navigation_items(self, req): yield 'mainnav', 'helloworld', Markup('Hello', self.env.href.helloworld()) # IRequestHandler methods def match_request(self, req): return req.path_info == '/helloworld' def process_request(self, req): return 'helloworld.cs', None # ITemplateProvider methods def get_templates_dirs(self): """ Return the absolute path of the directory containing the provided ClearSilver templates. """ from pkg_resources import resource_filename return [resource_filename(__name__, 'templates')]
Copy template to egg
Finally you have to include the new template directory in an egg.
So change setup.py to be like:
from setuptools import setup PACKAGE = 'TracHelloworld' VERSION = '0.1' setup(name=PACKAGE, version=VERSION, packages=['helloworld'], package_data={'helloworld' : ['templates/*.cs',]} entry_points={'trac.plugins': '%s = helloworld' % PACKAGE}, )
Building and deploying
Building and deployment goes exactly the same as it did in the previous tutorial EggCookingTutorial/BasicEggCooking.
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Here it is. This is one of my favorrite MxPx songs. This is from their first album and is filled with the young energy that makes them who they are. It also has an awesome message eith a kick@$$ tune. Play it right! Show Mike and the guys some respect!! Song: Ears to Hear Artist: MxPx Album: Pokinatcha Tabbed: firstname.lastname@example.com Intro: "Right now there's.. Play this: D, A, Bb, G Sing this: Right now there's nothing left for me to say now you want me to go away heard it one too many times now its swimming in your mind you don't know how you should feel can't decide if what's real is real why does the faith come so easily why believe in what you can't see D, A, G A Bb D I feel so bad, have I done all I can? A Bb D want to give you more, don't know what I can. A Bb D have you ears to hear what is said to you? A Bb D Have you eyes to see the light that's shining on you? On YOU! A, A, Bb, A, G, G, A, Bb, A, A, Bb, A, G, D (repeat) A, G, Bb, D I downloaded this from the Official MxPx homepage(www.mxpx.com). I noticed that the OLGA had no MxPx tab so I decided to transfer a few songs. In time I hope to get every song I can on OLGA. Send more if ya gottem. I did not tab this out. But I have played it and it is consistent. The bass tab is usually exactly the same as the guitar part. "PUNX NOT DED" -Ryan Sumner email@example.com


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Hi all -
This is my first post. I was a member when I had my 1994 R1100RT and then when I sold the bike I didn't renew my membership. Now with the new (to me) BMW, I'd rejoined.
Now I need some help.
When I bought the RT, it had saddlebags. When I sold it, I didn't sell them. I've been carrying them around with me for 4yrs stored in the garage. Luckily, they fit perfectly on the RS. For about 6 months now, I've not had any issues what-so-ever.
Then of course, I had one. I drive in the city traffic about 200-250 miles a day for Veteran's that are unable to drive in the Las Vegas area. After a long day on the road, I get back to the office and call the Wife and say I need gas. I fill it up, and realize it's a full tank, I should use it. I head out to Baker and back again - realizing I now need gas for the next day to get to work. But hey, it's a BMW!
Last week, after a rough day, I took off and headed for Mesquite. It's 90miles from the M resort to the Casa Blanca. I took a picture to send my wife and returned home. When I got home I realized my Left (Driver) side bag was gone. It was there when I got on.
I had to wake her up, load the dogs and her in the mini van and drive the entire trip from home to Mesquite at about 50mph looking for my lost bag. Saw a couple of police waiting speeders, talked with them and pulled over several times at things that looked like they could be it. Of course, it wasn't until the last 3 miles from home that it was on the side of the road. Trashed.
You can see that it's still 'locked' and had it's top two clips into the slot as well as the one near the passenger.
I didn't hit anyone. I would have felt that, and if for some reason I didn't, I would have been stopped by that person. I didn't feel the bag come off - I didn't notice the driving difference. I had no idea it was off.
So any idea of how it happened? I know all three 'locking' areas to the bike were attached, and the bag was closed and locked.
My wife says I should contact the maker of the bags and see what they can do. I don't know if they'd do anything or if there's something I can do, except spend another $500 on a new set or find a left one on eBay.
I appreciate your thoughts and time on this.
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Air Algérie Flight Likely Crashed in Mali
Algiers-Bound Jet Disappeared After Taking Off From Burkina Faso
An Air Algérie jetliner with 118 people on board lost contact with ground controllers on Thursday and likely crashed in northern Mali, the airline and French officials said, marking the latest in a string of airline incidents around the world that have mobilized aviation regulators and safety officials.
For the second time in a week, executives and air-safety regulators struggled to ascertain what happened. The jetliner, a Boeing Co. MD-83, took off from Burkina Faso en route to the Algerian capital, Algiers. If a crash is...


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In an interview with Eurogamer.net, the acclaimed creator of Space Channel 5 and Rez was once again asked about the possibilities of making a new Rez game for SEGA. He responded stating that "I'm currently seriously considering it. It's always there. I'm always thinking about it. [Grinning] Also Space Channel 5." The possibility of a new Rez title is certainly an exciting prospect, and, despite a lack of commercial success, the game has built up a cult following.
In the same interview Mizuguchi was also asked about his opinions on the Wii.
"Nintendo Wii is very interesting, a very special controller, a very original style. Too special, maybe, if you want to make the game not only Wii, but for other platforms, because you want to give the game the best chance. I'm really interested in the style, though."
Not exactly a glowing recommendation there, but he's certainly not ruling out games for the Wii. You can check out the whole interview over on Eurogamer.net.


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The motorcycle works great though, especially if it's a Ducati (Doesn't have to be an expensive one, just needs to say it on the side). I'm the "older guy"(29) on my campus and every girls want to take rides on it. I'm currently not in the hunt, so I have to tell 18-23 old girls no on a regular basis. I think it is destroying my soul
Also I've been talking to a girl in my EnvrioSci class. She talks to me about the penguins all the time and other life issues. Last Wednesday she tried to elevate the discussion by dropping a bunch of things that she would really like to do off campus and basically saying "do you want to take me out sometime"


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I am quit new in lisp programming. I wrote a simple program but It gives me an error when I try to run it.
I think the problem is the way that I call the function but I don't know how to solve it.
I want to have something like switch case in lisp. And this is my program:
(defun test (var)
((= var "foo")
(message "This is the foo block."))
((= var "bar")
(message "This is the bar block."))
(message "Default case")
(test ("foo"))
Anybody can help?
Thank you.


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This tutorial shows how to use a system of signals and slots to provide a scripting interface for a KDE application. It builds upon the Kross Hello World tutorial and again follows a 'Hello World' type format.
This tutorial is based on the Hello World tutorial and extends the codebase we wrote there with new functionality.
First edit the mainwindow.h to handle the changes to mainwindow.cpp. Note that the change is the addition of a private Kross::Action .
// The main window to display our combobox and the label. class MainWindow : public QWidget {
Q_OBJECT public: // The constructor. MainWindow(QWidget *parent=0); private Q_SLOTS: // This slot is called when the item in the combobox is changed. void interpreterActivated(const QString &); private: QLineEdit* txtInputString; QLabel* lblMessage; QComboBox* cmbInterpreters; // We now have the action as class-member. Kross::Action* action;
Using the same CmakeLists.txt and main.cpp from the previous Hello World tutorial, edit the mainwindow.cpp as follows:
// the constructor. MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent) {
txtInputString = new QLineEdit(); lblMessage = new QLabel("Hello"); cmbInterpreters = new QComboBox (); cmbInterpreters->addItem("Choose Interpreter", "");
foreach(QString s, Kross::Manager::self().interpreters()) cmbInterpreters->addItem(s);
connect(cmbInterpreters, SIGNAL(activated(const QString &)), SLOT(interpreterActivated(const QString &)));
QVBoxLayout *vLayout = new QVBoxLayout; vLayout->addWidget(cmbInterpreters); vLayout->addWidget(txtInputString); vLayout->addWidget(lblMessage); setLayout(vLayout);
// This time we create the Kross::Action already within the // constructor and add the objects that should be accessible // from within scripting code. action = new Kross::Action(this, "MyScript");
action->addObject(txtInputString, "MyInputString"); action->addObject(cmbInterpreters, "MyInterpreter"); action->addObject(lblMessage, "MyLabel");
// this slot is called when the active item of the combobox changes. void MainWindow::interpreterActivated(const QString &strSelectedInterpreter) {
if(strSelectedInterpreter.isEmpty()) { lblMessage->setText("-"); return; }
// this time we are using external script files. QString filename; if(strSelectedInterpreter == "python") filename = "krossSigsSlots.py"; else if(strSelectedInterpreter == "javascript") filename = "krossSigsSlots.js"; else return;
// set the script file that should be executed. action->setFile(filename); // finally execute the scripting code. action->trigger();
The changes are addition of a text entry field and the reorganisation of logic handling the Kross::Action. Note also that there is no code in mainwindow.cpp to set the label, as there was in the previous tutorial. Instead, Objects are simply made available to the scripting interface through the action->addObject calls, without any knowledge of what the script will use them for. This removes the need to know at the time of writing the application what function the scripts will perform, and is therefore suited to a plugin interface.
This script catches the textChanged SIGNAL of the QLineEdit, and connects it to a simple python function to reverse the string in the QLineEdit and display it in the QLabel.
import MyLabel import MyInterpreter import MyInputString
def reverseString(s):
s = s[::-1] MyLabel.text = s
MyInputString.connect("textChanged(const QString &)", reverseString)
This script does the same as the script above but using the JavaScript scripting language.
function reverseString(s){
MyLabel.text = s.split("").reverse().join("");
connect(MyInputString, "textChanged(const QString &)", this, "reverseString(const QString &)");
It is possible to connect signals from your Object to slots in your script file automatically. Edit the mainwindow.cpp file to add another argument to the addObject function:
action->addObject(txtInputString, "MyInputString",
action->addObject(cmbInterpreters, "MyInterpreter"); action->addObject(lblMessage, "MyLabel"); The Kross::ChildrenInterface::AutoConnectSignals argument causes signals of the object to be automatically connected with scripting functions of the same name. Therefore, the scripts can again be simplified:
The following python code provides a function that reverses the string:
import MyLabel
def textChanged(s):
s = s[::-1] MyLabel.text = s
Now follows a javascript function that converts the string to latin:
function textChanged(text)
text = text.replace(/\b([aeiou][a-z]*)\b/gi, "$1way"); // Rule 2 pigLatin = text.replace(/\b([bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz]+)([a-z]*)\b/gi, "$2$1ay"); // Rule 1 MyLabel.text = pigLatin;
So far this tutorial has described connecting signals in c++ objects with slots in scripts. The objects published to kross scripts also make their signals available to the scripts. The signals can then be emitted by calling them. This is equivalent to calling:
emit signalName();
in c++ code. To illustrate this, change the python script to emit the setEnabled(bool) signal of the QCombobox:
import MyLabel import MyInterpreter
def textChanged(s):
if s == "off": MyInterpreter.setEnabled(False) elif s == "on": MyInterpreter.setEnabled(True) s = MyInputString.text[::-1] MyLabel.text = s
If 'off' is written in the text field, the setEnabled signal is emitted and the combobox is greyed out. It is not re-enabled again until 'on' is written in the text field.
This is a simple demonstration of signal-slot relationships using kross. More complex interfaces may be written to complete a plugin architecture.


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Such was the case for the Lipscomb Bisons Friday night. They gave left-hander Blake Fonfara his first start of the season and moved regular Friday night starter Richie Goodenow to the bullpen.
Fonfara pitched seven innings and gave up two runs. Goodenow, also a left-hander, relieved and threw two scoreless innings to pick up his second save.
The Bisons extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-2 win over North Florida.
"I thought it was a pretty clean game all the way around," Bisons' coach Jeff Forehand said. "We got Blake three runs pretty early and he was able to relax a little bit. It worked out like we wanted it to with Richie coming in at the end."
Goodenow struck out five and gave up two hits.
"Richie didn't have to pace," Forehand said. "He threw that power breaking ball. That's how we envisioned it. Hopefully, Goodenow can get a little rest Saturday and come back and do it again Sunday."
The Bisons were sparked by M.L. Williams and Josh Chism offensively. Williams needed only a triple to hit for the cycle. The home run was also the first of the season for Williams.
"I'll take that lead-off performance every game," Forehand said. "He can change a game. He is not the typical lead-off batter because he swings the bat. He is aggressive."
Chism had a pair of hits, both for extra bases, and a game-leading three runs batted in.
"Chism is in a good place right now," Forehand said. "We just have to keep him going.
"We have been talking all week about having a good swing in particular counts. The more hits you get, the more confidence you get. Hitting is so mental. He isn't second-guessing himself. He has been hitting it on the barrel the last three or four games."
Saturday at 4 the Atlantic Sun series will continue with North Florida at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium. Connor Sinclair, 2-3, 2.15 earned run average, will get the start for the Bisons. Sunday's game starts at 1.
The Bisons are 11-15, 3-4 in the A-Sun. North Florida is 14-13, 6-7 in the conference.
The Bisons opened the scoring in the third inning. Williams led off with a solo homer down the left field line. With two outs Chism blasted a two-run home run to left field.
"The home run M.L. hit got us off of the mat," Forehand said. "Chism's home run capped off a good inning. And then Chism got another big two-out hit in the seventh."
North Florida scored a run in the fourth when Alex Bacon hit a solo home run over the left field fence.
In the seventh North Florida cut the lead to one run when Shane Kennedy hit a ball to deep center that he turned into a rare inside-the-park home run. It was his first home run of the season.
The Bisons added another run in the bottom of the seventh. With one out Richie Goodenow singled to third base and advanced to second on a balk after Tennyson Dodd flied out. Chism got his second extra base hit of the game with a double to left center that sent Goodenow home.
Fonfara scattered four hits, walked one and struck out five to pick up his first win.
"We just told Blake that we needed him to do the same thing he had been doing out of the bullpen in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings except we needed him to do it right out of the gate," Forehand said. "When you don't walk many guys, fill up the strike zone and let them get themselves out a few times you are doing a pretty good job.
"I am proud of his start. For him to give us seven innings was just gravy. We were hoping for five."
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A solicitor from Chesterfield has been struck off for falsifying correspondence she then presented to solicitors opposing her case, as well as the court that would be hearing the matter.
Joanne Coughlan, of Spire Heights, who was working at Simpson Sissons & Brooke Solicitors in Sheffield at the time, sent backdated letters she had created to an opposing firm and to Northampton County Court, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) heard on Wednesday, March 5.
Ms Coughlan was acting in a personal injury case at the time, and lied about the date on the letters to make it appear that she had complied with a court order to submit medical evidence.
When questioned by her firm about the dates, Ms Coughlan initially maintained that she had sent the letters on time. The case against her was brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
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Edzard van Santen loves a good play on words — "I never turn down a great pun," the Auburn University agronomy and soils professor says — which is why he intends to name the new switchgrass cultivar he'll be releasing sometime in the next year 'My Left Foot.' Because that's what it cost him to develop the new cultivar: his left foot.
It was a grisly 2011 farming accident at the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station's Upper Coastal Plain Ag Research Center that rendered van Santen physically impaired, but it very well could have rendered him dead, and that close call has done a lot to change the brusque and burly German native's perspective on life.
"I have happily embraced 'handicapped' status," says van Santen. "It certainly beats my other option."
You could say that van Santen has taken his new standing as an amputee in stride — puns intended — and in so doing has written a remarkable comeback story in which a man admittedly "infamous for my patience," has learned a lot about life, priorities and relationships and taught those around him volumes about determination, willpower and attitude.
The accident happened shortly after 9 a.m. Nov.10 a year ago on the outskirts of Winfield in northwest Alabama. Van Santen, a plant breeder, and the crew at the 735-acre Upper Coastal Plain research station were harvesting a quarter-acre research plot of 6-foot-tall switchgrass when van Santen, in what he describes as "a moment of inattention," stepped in front of a razor-sharp hay-cutting blade.
The tractor-mounted cutter bar caught his leg from behind, just above the ankle, slicing through bones, muscles, nerves and two of the leg's three major arteries. There was blood. Lots of blood. And this is the point in the story where van Santen thanks the Lord that UCP director Randall Rawls keeps his cell phone on him and that research assistant Van Dubay wears leather belts, because those two factors saved his life.
Rawls, who was driving the tractor, had just put the thing in gear when he heard a loud moan and turned to see van Santen drop to the ground. Immediately, he cut the engine, dialed 911 on his cell and sent Sandy Burleson and Cecil Parish, research technicians at the center, out to the main road to direct the ambulance to the accident scene.
Rapid response
Meanwhile, Dubay, a 2007 Auburn horticulture alumnus who was relatively new to his job with van Santen, was to the side of the tractor when he saw van Santen go down, was yanking off his belt to be used for a tourniquet, untangling van Santen's foot from the blade and basically holding the victim's foot and leg together while Upper Coastal Plain research technician Roy Akers pulled the makeshift tourniquet tight.
In what seemed to be hours but in fact was less than 10 minutes, the Marion County EMTs were on the scene, transferring van Santen from field to ambulance and on to Winfield's Northwest Medical Center, which already had arranged for the victim to be airlifted to UAB Hospital's level 1 trauma center.
It wasn't until the ambulance pulled away that the reality of what had just happened began to dawn on Rawls, Dubay and the rest of the crew.
"The instant it happened, we all just sprang into reaction mode," Rawls says. "I was real calm through it all, but once they put him in the ambulance, I pretty much fell apart.
"We all knew basic first-aid around here, and we have a first-aid kit, but no amount of training could have prepared us for that."
"It was bad," Dubay agrees. "What hit me the hardest was that this had happened to someone I knew."
As soon as Rawls and Dubay gathered their wits, they headed to the Winfield hospital and were there when van Santen was wheeled out of the emergency room — where doctors had stabilized his vital signs and begun replenishing the blood he had lost — and into the waiting medical helicopter bound for Birmingham.
"And do you know what he said?" Dubay asks incredulously. "He told us to get back to the station to finish harvesting that switchgrass. Like we were in a frame of mind to do that."
(To those who know him, that was classic van Santen — stern, brusque, no-nonsense, direct. As long-time agronomy and soils colleague David Weaver says, "Edzard tells you exactly what he thinks. There is no 'fake' Edzard.")
At UAB Hospital, van Santen was wheeled straight to the trauma center's operating room for what would be the first of five surgeries in a span of four and a half weeks. The initial operation was to thoroughly clean the wound, stop the bleeding and fixate the foot, which was still partially attached, with several pins until a future course of action was decided.
Looked like Erector Set
"They had a pin through my heel, one through the top of the foot and one through my shin," van Santen recalls. "I came out of there looking like an Erector Set."
Vicky van Santen wouldn't have cared if he had looked like Lincoln Logs, as long as he was breathing. It had been mid-morning at Auburn's College of Veterinary Medicine that she had been called out of a Ph.D. candidate's dissertation defense and given a message that her husband of 33 years had been in an accident.
"I knew he and Van had left early that morning for Winfield, so I was thinking a traffic accident," says the professor of pathobiology. "Then I was told that his foot had been cut off — which wasn't exactly right, because it wasn't completely severed — and finally I talked to Van, who told me he was conscious, and I was just glad to know he was alive and had no internal injuries."
Fortunately, Christina van Santen Hierath, the eldest of the van Santens' three children and herself a 2003 College of Ag agronomy and soils/biosystems engineering alumna, and her then-6-month-old son Carl had just arrived in Auburn from their home in Germany a couple of days before the accident, and she and the van Santens' youngest, Katharina, a grad student at Emory University, drove their mother to Birmingham. They were there when van Santen woke up from the surgery.
"I honestly didn't know how I would react when I finally saw him, but his positive attitude was unbelievable; it pulled me through," Vicky van Santen says. "He was so upbeat. He knew what it was going to take to get past this. People would say, 'Oh, you've done great through this,' but I was doing great because he was doing great."
Two days later, surgeons operated again to ensure there was no infection, and then they gave van Santen his options: They could do restorative surgery, in an attempt to save the foot, or they could amputate. The physicians clearly explained the pros and cons of both options, and to the van Santens, the cons seemed to outweigh the pros on the restoration option — it would involve four surgeries over a 12-month period, leave the left leg about 1 inch shorter than the right and carry the inherent danger of associated infections.
"We also learned that, if you have to amputate, it's better to do it earlier than later, because you're in better physical shape," van Santen says.
"So I asked Vicky, 'It comes down to this: How much do you like my left foot?'" The amputation was performed Nov. 16, with surgeons removing van Santen's foot up to about 4 inches above the ankle.
"It wasn't any big production," van Santen says. "No crying; no looking back; no sitting around trying to figure out exactly how the accident happened, no what-if this or what-if that. The damage had been done. There was only one way to go, and that was forward."
The van Santens — all of them — were at home in Auburn for Thanksgiving 2011, not only the two daughters and grandson Carl but also son Jakob and his family, including baby Peter, who had traveled from Wisconsin.
"Having my two grandsons around was the best 'medicine' I could have asked for," van Santen says. "Their smiles made my frowns disappear."
True celebration
Though exactly two weeks after the fateful day at Winfield, Thanksgiving 2011 was the merriest for the van Santens — a true celebration of life and loved ones and blessings untold. The only "negative": Van Santen is a serious cook, baker, host and server, and for the first time ever, he had to sit on the sidelines while others took care of those duties.
"Instead of serving people, I had to be served, and I was not happy with that situation," van Santen says. "But I was glad I was alive to be served."
Only once, briefly, in the weeks following the accident did depression threaten to wrap its suffocating cloak around van Santen. It was the second week in December, when a trip back to Birmingham to his medical team revealed van Santen had a staph infection in the wound.
He was hospitalized, put on round-the-clock intravenous antibiotics and on Dec. 12 underwent a fourth surgery in which surgeons had to shorten his leg 2 more inches to remove necrotic tissue. The van Santens were told that if in three days the infection had not cleared up, his leg would have to be amputated above the knee.
"Those were very tense, dark days — the not knowing what was going to happen," van Santen says.
Pardon the overused phrase, but "faith, family and friends" pulled van Santen through that spell, and in follow-up surgery Dec. 15, surgeons found no sign of infection. Van Santen was on his way.
His recovery from that point on was one for the record books, thanks in large part to wife Vicky being right beside him every step of the way. By the time he got fitted with his prosthesis in mid-January, he already had some lofty goals.
"I told the occupational therapist I wanted to be able to walk two miles by my birthday," he says.
His birthday's May 3; he logged his first two-mile walk the last week in March. By that time, he was also swimming close to a mile most days. He was driving even before he got his prosthesis; he reacquainted himself with his bicycle; and he never stopped working. In fact, he was on his laptop from his hospital bed in UAB less than 48 hours after the accident.
"My left foot may be gone," he wrote in a Nov. 13, 2011, memo to College of Ag faculty and staff and his graduate students, "but my mind is not, so graduate students, there will be statistics questions during your final seminar."
Notice there's been no mention thus far of the pain van Santen endured at the time of the accident, through the many surgeries and throughout the recovery. That's because there really wasn't much to speak of, van Santen says.
"It was uncomfortable at times, yes, but I'd say that on a scale of one to 10, it never got above a five," he says, adding that he has an uncommonly high pain threshold.
Van Santen says the events of the past 13 months have taught him at least two extremely important truths.
"I've learned that a lot of things aren't nearly as important as I once thought they were," he says. "And I learned that I married the right woman."


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This may be because I am a hopeless nerd and have spent most of my academic career in horribly failing public k-12 schools and a mediocre "party" undergraduate school full of students who either don't care enough to prepare or participate in class or struggle with very basic concepts, but I am REALLY looking forward to the competitiveness law school is known for. I realize that IF I am accepted to one of my T10 target schools, I will be surrounded by many very intelligent people for the first time in my life (I am not being conceited here, I simply couldn't afford to go to one of the best colleges I was accepted to and settled for the "safety" which offered me a full ride plus living expenses, only to be incredibly bored for four years). My question is this: how do you find the balance between doing your best and avoiding being a gunner? I don't want to be perceived that way, but I can't imagine not participating in class unless forced to. For me, it has nothing to do with trying to show off or one-up anybody, but everything to do with taking advantage of the enormous opportunities law school provides. From reading the boards here I've realized that people who ask questions (or even answer questions correctly) are villified as gunners, but isn't that the point - to increase and enrich your knowledge and understanding of the concepts? Or is it all about the attitude in answering?


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You guys .... nice work on those doggie shots!
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Here's my Golden Retriever ... Grace:
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Nice pics - nice dog - like the 2nd pic striking a pose. How a bout the Dog's name and a few camera details...
Good pics from everyone, and your own dog is always the best isn't it.
Sadly I have no dog and haven't since I was a child (but mine was the best ever - a Manchester Terrier and BOY could it run!!!) we have a Cat but I don't want to set the Cat amongst the pigeons... Oh no - that was another thread wasn't it.. Confused? Dyslexia reigns KO
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I liked the pictures so far
Peabody, especially great shots! I love the clarity of the first one, green grass, grey pup, beautiful!
I will upload a few of my pup later this evening.
One more of my buddy taken last year I believe:
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Here is a Combination of 3 pictures I snapped of my Pup Cooper. He was approximately 3 months old here. I took the photographs with my CanonA95. Stiched together in Photoshop Elements 3.0 and sepia tone added also.
Here is another one of him so you can get to see his colors more accurately. He was taking a break on a sand bar from the creeking we were enjoying two weeks ago. We were told by the gentleman who gave him to us that both his parents were muts, we have no clue what breeds show up in his visible traits any guesses?
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Who cares what his parents were? He looks like a sweetheart. Some of the best dogs I have ever known were mutts.
Yes, I agree, all of my dogs have been mutts and they were all great!
--Beautiful Pup there Bluedog--
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Last year when I was in Australia (July 2010) I used to go to gym with my sister in law in the evenings, and watch MasterChef Australia while I was on the treadmill. This proved to be a blessing because I only ended up gaining 2 kilos during my vacation instead of 5 (woohoo).
I'd always wanted to try out Zumba and they had 2 classes every week. I tried my best to go to as many as I could but either I'd be out "being a tourist" somewhere else at the time of the class or I'd be too tired to go to the gym that day because I'd spent it in Centro walking around and shopping all day, so I ended up going to only 2 or 3 classes.
I'm not very good at aerobics and do better on machine and since I'm not that fit I get exhausted too quickly and end up doing all the moves without the "bounce" so I avoid it. But Zumba
was is different, it was fun and I managed to keep up with most of the moves.
This video brings back so many memories…It was one of the dances we did in Zumba…I'm even surprised I still remember all of the moves!
I really wish the gym I go to here in Jordan had Zumba at least once a week, I would totally make time for it. Le sigh.


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Lincoln Lawyer (US - BD RA)
Gabe relates to the Lincoln Lawyer. He writes his Blu-ray reviews out of his car...
Highly egotistical and flashy criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) operates a moderately successful, moderately ethical practice around the Los Angeles area. He works directly out of a Lincoln Town Car driven by a former client working off his legal fees (hence the film's title, which also refers to a statue of the 16th President). Haller spends most of his time defending garden-variety criminals, which leaves him unpopular with local law enforcement, and his ex-wife, criminal prosecutor Maggie McPherson (Marisa Tomei), who he has a child with (the two still clearly have feelings for each other). One day Haller lands a case backed by a gigantic paycheck. Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a spoiled Beverly Hills playboy and son of real estate mogul Mary Windsor (Frances Fisher), is accused of brutally beating a prostitute. Predictably, the seemingly straightforward case of blackmail develops into a deadly game of survival.
The courtroom thriller reached a point of utter saturation in the 1990s. In television L.A. Law hit its highest ratings, Law and Order began its two decade (and counting) reign, and Ally McBeal turned from a ratings juggernaut into a full blown cultural phenomenon. In books John Grisham practically owned the New York Times bestsellers list, and practically created a new standard for so-called 'airport literature'. Grisham's work, along with similar work from other authors in the field led to a glut of popular films like The Firm, Civil Action and A Few Good Men. Lincoln Lawyer director Brad Furman seems to have anticipated my assumption that his film might conjure unfortunate comparisons to other '90s throwbacks, and does almost everything he can visually to conjure memories of the '70s. More accurately he recalls that very '00 style of '70s memories. This slick verite style works to keep the '90s comparisons to a minimum, but still overwhelm with plenty of '00s comparisons. The crash-zooms, and constantly buzzing camera work are only a step removed from full-on Paul Greengrass hero worship (the digital photography keeps things from being comparably grainy). Sadly, most of Furman's image based techniques are for naught because his casting and musical choices are dripping with dated memories.
Probably the most prominent of these '90s-recalling elements is Matthew McConaughey himself, who some may remember was also in A Time to Kill, one of the more popular Grisham movies. Moreover it was his breakthrough mainstream role. His casting here cannot be a mistake in this regard. In fact, if you used your imagination you could even pretend Lincoln Lawyer was a sort of sequel to Grisham's heavy-handed morality tale. You just have to assume that Jake Brigance walked away from his A Time to Kill experience a jaded shell, then moved to LA and changed his name to Mickey Haller. It's not a particularly interesting story, because he learns basically the same lesson in the end, but it works. Lincoln Lawyer reminds me even more of Gregory Hoblit's Primal Fear, a film I'd mark as possibly the best courtroom thrillers of the 1990s. The specifics of the similarities would constitute spoilers, but I can point to similarities in the lead character, who comes across as a slightly lower-class, slightly younger version of Richard Gere's Primal Fear character. The two characters start in a similar place, and roll over a similar arc, including their relationships with their clients and their estranged lovers.
What I enjoy about Lincoln Lawyer, as opposed to so many other courtroom thrillers is that it takes some effort to act as a character study of Haller, who is a character in an ongoing series of Michael Connelly novels. It's possible the filmmakers are attempting to set up a Jason Bourne/Jack Ryan franchise. The Firm and Primal Fear certainly share this element (they also are movies about the lawyers more than movies about the lawyer's cases), but don't offer a lot of insight into the lead lawyer's other jobs. Here we aren't given a full force look into Mickey's B-story cases, but we're aware of them, and they even become part of the mystery hidden in the A-story. On the negative side of this coin is a little too much clichéd romantic life hooey. When the first big reveal is unveiled (if you've seen the trailer you won't be shocked at all) Mickey's dopey, drunken, bleary-eyed reaction threatens to spoil the novelty. McConaughey is a good actor, and this is one of his better recent performances in recent memory, but the character is full of banal, predictable reactions. I was rooting for this movie, and its occasional Dirty Harry influences, but the plot and characters wind out of energy by the end of the second act, leaving a clean, well stated, yet ultimately uneventful climax, filled with more false endings than Return of the King (and unlike Peter Jackson's film, Lincoln Lawyer doesn't really make any of these additional endings worth our emotional investment).
Stock in Red One cameras must be skyrocketing these days, if the sheer volume of movies I've seen that were filmed using the format over the last month. The good new is that Red seems to produce results, and The Lincoln Lawyer looks positively fantastic in 1080p HD. Besides the extremely lifelike clarity, and extremely sharp details (even pretty boy McConaughey's complexion appears pockmarked), the digital format offers director Brad Furman and cinematographer Lukas Ettlin the chance to fiddle with the colour-timing here to their heart's content. The whole film is warmly tinted to evoke the warm temperatures of Los Angeles, and highlight the wooden interiors of the court. Cooler hues are blown out to near whiteness, even the blues of the stereotypically neon lit bars (the only sequences not warmly tinted are flashbacks, which are almost monochromatically blue). These clean hues are supported by deep, solid blacks, which up the texture value, which is kind of needed figuring the lack of film grain. There aren't many standout hues, but occasionally a red or green elements pop nicely against the dry backgrounds without any bleeding or compression jaggies. I noticed no sizable moments of digital grain, or even minor artefacts on this transfer outside of some of the outdoor night sequences.
The courtroom thriller and murder mystery genres aren't often known for their aggressive 5.1 sound mixes, and this DTS-HD Master Audio mostly follows suit (no pun intended). For the most part this is a movie about words, and words spoken in relatively quiet places like courtrooms and law offices. There are some street and driving sequences with well maintained and immersive enough, but mostly it's only important that the dialogue is consistent and clear, and occasionally music can intrude without overwhelming. The more expressive sound design is mostly featured during stylized transitions (usually a marked by a musical sting, or backwards sound effect), and are especially aggressive during the many flashback sequences, where they create a sort of dream logic sound wrapped in reverb and echoes. These sequences also feature some big, loud narrative dialogue. Other occasionally impressive aural elements are based around the occasional big beat hip-hop and pop music (I'd like to note that despite the R rating some of the f-bombs have been edited out of the music).
Special features begin with 'Making the Case: Creating The Lincoln Lawyer' (13:40, HD) is an efficient EPK type featurette featuring author Michael Connelly, producer Tom Rosenberg, screenwriter John Romano, actors McConaughey, Josh Lucas, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Penal, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, and director Brad Furman. Discussion points include Connelly's inspiration, development, adaptation, casting, finding a director, preparing for the role, and the filming process. Probably the most interesting nugget is the knowledge that Lucas actually took the role because he thought of himself as a kind of McConaughey doppelganger. 'Michael Connelly: At Home on the Road' (10:10, HD) follows the writer's career through his own words as he tours the Los Angeles area in his car, and points out some of the locations found in the story. Connelly also discusses his research process and inspiration. The featurettes wrap-up with 'One on One with McConaughey and Connelly' (5:20, HD), which, as indicated by its title, is an interview segment between the writer and actor. The extras are completed with four deleted scenes (4:00, HD), and trailers for other Lionsgate releases.
I had very little interest in liking The Lincoln Lawyer having never read Michael Connelly's books, and having never really developed a taste for modern courtroom thrillers. That said, I enjoyed the film despite its occasionally dips into cliché, and lack of complete follow through. The trailers gave away too much for the mystery to really work, but those going in completely blind, and with an affinity for similar films should be happy. This Blu-ray release features an incredibly sharp and clean HD transfer, taken from an incredibly sharp and clean HD source. Extras are brief, but relatively informative, and the DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack gets the job done without too much flash.
Side note: did you ever notice that '90s courtroom thrillers were often sold on a single line – 'You can't handle the truth!' or 'Yes, they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell!' – and that that single line would then be quoted out of context as if they marked a heroic moment in those films? Weird.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray's image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I liked the film. I'm still waiting for some of Connelly's Detective Harry Bosch novels to be made into movies
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Disc Details
Release Date: 12th July 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Making the Case: Creating the Lincoln Lawyer, At Home on the Road, One on One with McConaughey and Connelly, Deleted Scenes, Trailers, Digital Copy, DVD Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Brad Furman
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, Bryan Cranston, William H. Macy
Genre: Thriller
Length: 119 minutes
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NEW ORLEANS – The women of Lipscomb's track and field team were ranked second in the nation for GPA in Division I, announced by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association this week.
"We've had a history of academic excellence since before I arrived at Lipscomb, and my teams throughout my coaching career have always been high academic teams," said Bill Taylor, director of track and field. "It's a huge part of my philosophy and in how we recruit."
The women's overall GPA was 3.61, just short of the 3.63 GPA by the women of the University of San Francisco.
Last year the women's team ranked in the top 20 posting a 3.47 cumulative GPA, drastically improving their spot on the academic list this year.
The men were ranked 16th overall with a combined GPA of 3.29. Tucker Peabody and Colin Dempster earned a spot on the All-Academic team.
"In my time here our men have been ranked as high as first, and the women have previously been ranked second in the nation," Taylor said. "We've even had several years were we were the only university in the nation with both teams in the top five in the nation."
Ranking second in the nation is a testament to the academic resiliency of the program having fallen in the ranks the past couple of years.
"Though we earn national team academic honors every season, we've slipped the past two years from the top-five every year to the teens and twenties," Taylor said. "When you consider there are well over 200 NCAA Division I schools in the nation, that still sounds great, but our goals are much bigger than that.
"It's wonderful to again earn big academic honors as a team. It's even better to see that we are back up near the top where we expect to be and where we have been historically."
Lipscomb's program places a firm emphasis on academic excellence as well as strong competition.
"We have huge athletic goals focusing on national, and soon international, competition," Taylor said. "Our academic goals are just as important."
A large part of Lipscomb's academic accomplishments begin during the recruiting process.
"We recruit and attract high academic student-athletes," Taylor said. "Lipscomb is excellent academically with some of the top academic programs in the nation.
"More and more people are learning about us academically (outside the South) and are very interested in what we have to offer as an academic institution of excellence."
After recruitment, students become drawn to the positive and fascinating academic goals set by the program itself.
"We set goals for team GPA and national academic rankings," Taylor said. "The athletes help each other with their academics and study together.
"With Lipscomb having a 12-to-one instructor to student ratio, our student-athletes have a huge advantage over other NCAA Division I schools in getting more class interaction, more access to their instructors and to be blunt, a much more fun and effective learning environment."
Taylor believes the program's academic strategy allows them to continue earning top academic honors and also prepares student athletes for life after college.
"We are very unique in that while we continue to rise as an elite team athletically, and while excelling as one of the top programs in the nation academically, we are also out in the community doing service."
This year the program will send out their sixth and seventh mission teams to assist and serve others in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
"We consider these service experiences part of the learning and post college preparation process," Taylor said. "Add to that our amazing team environment, which is part my philosophy and part just how people are at Lipscomb.
"I think when you have an amazing team environment, when you truly love the people you are training with and traveling with and living with, athletics, academics and life are all so much bigger and better."
In all areas for Taylor's team the importance of striving for ever bigger goals both in competition and in the classroom is paramount.
"You want to see your teammates experience as much success as possible," Taylor said. "So a lot of our success in every area is attributed to the best team environment, the closest, nicest, yet most motivating team in the nation.
"I'm very proud of both teams and the two guys, Tucker and Colin. This sets the tone again for another amazing year in every way."


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Apollo3 wrote:I plan on making the yellow one into a speedy racer and will leave the blue one as is, what is a good upgrade for the brake levers, I like the ones on the blue bike shown up a bit, I've thought about replacing the SORA brakes on my Giant Defy 2 with Tiagra ones and wondered if the sora would fit on these classics?
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Spring had always seemed a reward for enduring winter, a solace for the survivor.
But not that spring. The start of 2003 seemed more like an emotional endurance contest I wasn't winning, and my trip to the Puyallup Valley of Washington, about 25 miles from Seattle, seemed just another part of the drumbeat of despair.
It was raining and cold when I arrived to do a story on the area's bulb farms, especially the daffodil fields. Pictures had made their bright yellow seem like floral sunshine. Harumph. Floral sunshine my foot — a foot, I hastened to add, that was now wet and cold.
Puyallup was supposed to be a timeout from months of family sorrow that included a second cancer diagnosis for my 82-year-old mother, who seemed unlikely to survive the rigors of treatment.
The assignment — my bright idea — was blown, I was sure, and the boss wasn't going to be happy. I knew I wasn't. For two days it rained as though heaven were weeping. I tramped through fields, wrecking my shoes and muddying my clothes.
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rain tapered off. Exiting Washington Highway 410 at 166th Avenue, I came to
magnificent fields of daffodils that the sun was only just starting to light. A rainbow appeared, then another. I pointed my camera and laughed. I chased the rainbows all over the back roads and laughed. The sun's reflection off the daffodils was that floral sunshine.
Back in L.A., I called the owner of those fields. "What do you do with all the daffodils?" I asked him.
"Do you ever see the daffodils from the American Cancer Society?" he asked.
I told him I had just given some to my mother, who was in the middle of chemotherapy.
"Those are from our fields, more than likely," he said. I thought back to the fields and the rainbows.
Did the double rainbow over that field have some deeper meaning? I thought it did then. I know it does now. My mother celebrated her 90th birthday in December. Rain can't last forever, but the hope radiating from a field of brilliant daffodils can.
—Catharine Hamm
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More leading export companies are on the verge of moving overseas due to the high dollar, Opposition MPs were told yesterday by manufacturers, who challenged the Government to do more to control the exchange rate.
Labour, the Greens, New Zealand First and Mana were holding the first of a series of hearings into what they say is the crisis in manufacturing.
MPs heard from business and union leaders as well as the chief executives of several leading export companies.
All said the exchange rate was their biggest headache and most warned they were considering moving overseas to stay in business.
David Bennett, managing director of Pacific Helmets, which manufactures helmets for fire services and other specialist applications, said his company wanted to stay in Wanganui, where it began in the 1970s, "but things are against us".
In 2001, a helmet selling for US$100 would generate $250 for the company; today the same helmet cost the same to manufacture but was generating just $127, Mr Bennett said.
Even at the average exchange rate over the last 10 years the return on the helmet would have been about $140 to $150.
Today's exchange rate meant a loss of about $27, Mr Bennett told MPs.
"Now you multiply that across tens of thousands of helmets and then across lots of companies that sell products overseas and that's the dollars that we're missing out in the New Zealand economy."
Stewart Hyde, manufacturing manager of Wyma Engineering, which makes vegetable polishing and handling machinery, said his company was recognised internationally as producing state-of-the-art equipment.
But difficulties competing internationally with a high exchange rate had forced it to source about four-fifths of its componentry from overseas, mainly China.
That had cost about 40 local jobs. The company was now considering moving its final assembly overseas.
"The question I would pose is how much does the Government want us to stay in New Zealand?"
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce yesterday said he didn't agree there was a crisis.
"Nobody is arguing that being a manufacturer isn't challenging - in my history in business every time in business is challenging - but going around and trying to talk down the New Zealand economy and talk about a crisis in manufacturing is not particularly helpful."
Hamilton Jets managing director Keith Whiteley said other countries were "moving away from the single policy setting and are using interest rates to control exchange rates. New Zealand has to start looking at those issues."


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The market for equities has gone through numerous crises, bubbles and ups and downs, but when an initial public offering hits the market, it can create lots of excitement for investors and can generate perhaps billions of dollars for the company.
Market conditions can be a major factor in determining when companies decide to file, and market optimism or pessimism can influence the value of shares, often to the detriment of the company or the investor.
In 2000, companies filing IPOs generated $96.9 billion in the market, but after the dot-com bust, many of these offerings proved significantly overvalued and the market for IPOs dropped to a decade-low $15.2 billion in 2003, according to Renaissance Capital.
This year, Facebook is expected to raise as much as $16 billionthrough its offering, which would be more than double the $12 billion proceeds from 68 IPOs so far this year. After being reported that Facebook's IPO was oversubscribed,the company increased its price range, as well as shares offered.
With the hotly anticipated Facebook public listing in mind, the CNBC Analytics team looked into IPOs from 2000 to the present to see which ones have been the most — and least — successful in the market since their first offering. The companies are ranked by the total percentage increase and decrease from original listing prices as of market close on May 14, 2012. All IPOs included in this data set have had gross proceeds of $1 billion or greater and excludes SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisitions Company), closed end-funded, and non-operating trust deals.
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After saying four years ago he would only serve one term, Springfield Mayor Mike Houston said Monday he will run for re-election.
After saying four years ago he would only serve one term, Springfield Mayor Mike Houston said Monday he will run for re-election.
"I have been deeply inspired by your continued reassurance and encouragement," Houston said in a news conference Monday morning in the Springfield City Council chamber. "It is for this reason, combined with the reality that we have goals and accomplishments achieved, I am seeking another term as mayor."
Houston, 70, served as Springfield's mayor from 1979-1987, and when in the running for his current term won in 2011, Houston said at the time that he intended to serve only one term this time around.
However, by late 2013, he has said it was "up in the air" if he would seek another term in 2015.
Houston said Monday that he and his wife, Carolyn, agreed he would leave the mayor's office in 2015.
"Now, she supports my desire to serve another four years," he said. Houston choked up while noting the "many sacrifices" his wife has made during this second stint in the mayor's office.
Houston said city government is "headed in the right direction" under his leadership and he wants to "see it through." He cited Springfield's falling unemployment rate, its improved credit rating, plans to improve streets and sewers and cuts to the size of city government's workforce.
As of the end of March, Houston had more than $63,000 in his campaign fund.
Sangamon County Auditor Paul Palazzolo, who has formally announced a run for mayor, issued a statement after Houston's news conference Monday pointing out that Houston is "breaking his pledge to Springfield voters" to only serve one term. Palazzolo also released a campaign commercial on YouTube featuring clips of Houston talking about serving one term.
In addition to Palazzolo, Springfield City Treasurer Jim Langfelder has said he is in the race, and Ward 6 Ald. Cory Jobe has been exploring a possible run for mayor.
The nonpartisan city primary is Feb. 24, and the general election is April 7.
For more on Houston's news conference, check report Jamie Munks' Twitter page.
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