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BASRA, IRAQFor hours before he was shot to death in a Basra warehouse on August 2, New York City freelance writer Steve Vincent and his Iraqi interpreter, Nooriya Tuaiz, were apparently torturedthis according to statements by residents of this southern city who could hear the screams. It's tragic that, while there is no shortage of police in Basra, none came to Vincent and Tuaiz's aid.
Tragic, but not surprising. As Vincent pointed out in a July 31 op-ed piece in The New York Times, Basra's 7,000 cops are all but subject to the city's religious parties, few of which would object to another dead Westerner. After initially linking Vincent's murder to an allegedly romantic relationship with Tuaiz that enraged religious and tribal enforcers, many observers are now blaming the very police Vincent had criticized in his Times piece. Information from the FBI relayed by Vincent's wife in Manhattan indicates that the killers indeed claimed to be cops.
Still, no one knows for sure who killed Vincentnot yet at least, despite the FBI's sending a team to Basra to investigate. The uncertainty raises questions about the true position and power of police in this oil-rich Shiite stronghold, the economic capital of Iraq.
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Perhaps the meanest part of this mean city is Habbaniyah, a strip of poor housing nicknamed "Shia Flats" by British forces. The neighborhood was the target of a September 7 bombing by Sunni insurgents that killed 16 people. Such is Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's sway here that the local police chief, 30-year-old Captain Ali Mater, says he's powerless. Habbaniyah businessman Kadem Homoed, 58, says tribes and religious parties sort out most of the crimes.
British army major Andy Hadfield, 37, deployed to Basra, says police here won't touch crimes perpetrated by or against tribes and political parties. He says the tribes and parties themselves settle accounts. How any crimes at all fall outside the tribal/party rubric in a town so dominated by these groups is a mystery to Hadfield. Coalition officers struggle to understand southern Iraq's true power structure.
At the British Army's Camp Chindit in the town of Az Zubayr, west of Basra, an interpreter has sketched a chart of tribal relationships for the British commander, Major Mick Aston. The chart is a maze of names. Aston says he stares at it every day but still can't make sense of it.
Chindit is a former Iraqi prison. There are crude hooks in the ceilings. Aston jokes that the hooks were for ceiling fans, but he knows better. They were for people. The British occupation has brought foreign aid and some investment and it has facilitated elections, but that hasn't changed the fact that Az Zubayr is fundamentally a tribal town: corrupt and violent, ruled by thugs with guns. There are a thousand cops in this town of 450,000, but they have little real power.
While on a mission to Az Zubayr's largest market and two adjacent police stations on August 31, Aston and British army captain Phill Moxey, 27, try to describe the local police. The first thing, Moxey says, is to "get away from expecting Western standards. The question is, do they operate in an effective way by the standards of this country?" He says yes.
But, according to Hadfield, the standards of Iraq mean that the tribes and religious parties are in charge. Tribal and religious affiliations often overlapand both tribes and parties maintain militias. Who's most powerful where is a question few Western observers are qualified to answer.
After visiting the Al Quibla station on September 1, Hadfield drops by nearby Jehad station. Surveying the neighborhood, Hadfield points out where two Western contractors were murdered on July 30.
Jehad's chief, Ali Mater, complains that his police have no authority. Part of the problem, he says, is that the neighborhood is awash in guns. "The government before kept weapons off the street," he says. "Now everyone has a white card"white government-issued cards authorize households to each own one assault rifle for self-defense. The system makes it easy for tribal leaders to form militias and challenge police authority. Here, in Mater's neighborhood, the militias have won.
Mater seconds Homoed's assessment of the power structure in Basra. He says police authority in Basra has been waning since the old regime fell in 2003. He disparages what he calls the new "multiparty" Iraq, where tribe and sect trump government.
However, Hadfield says the waning authority of the police is not entirely a bad thing, recalling that the police in the Saddam Hussein era ruled by fearand that's not how it's supposed to work in a democracy.
But then, as Vincent pointed out in his New York Times op-ed piece, parties (and tribes) rule by fear too.
As coalition officers say, Iraqis can't be held to Western standards, and their democracy won't look like ours. Perhaps more fear of the (good) police would make Iraq safer. But it's hard to fear any force that appears to be so lazy.
British army sergeant Glen Goldthorpe says it's hard to motivate the police here because it's hard to fire them. This too is a tribal problem. Basra's Five Mile station has been through a half-dozen chiefs in recent years, he says, and the good ones promise to clean house of ineffective cops. Then the tribes threaten: Fire our boys and you'll have trouble. Tribal violence against policemen is common in Basra. Good police chiefs don't last in an environment like this. Bad ones just might.
Police forces in Iraq don't just stand aside and let the tribes and parties have their way. It's not that simple. Many policemen are themselves active members of tribes and parties. As much as 60 percent of Basra's population is affiliated with al-Sadr. So the men who abducted Vincent may really have been Iraqi police. But whether they were acting as police or on orders from their tribes or parties is another matter. Iraq's convoluted power structure makes it difficult to trace the paths of decision making.
In his Times piece, Vincent accused British forces of failing to teach Iraqi police democratic values. Vincent was wrong. There has been an effort to instill Western values in recruits. "We're trying to make these people accountable to the law, firstly," says Arnie Morgan, 51, a British police trainer from Armor Group, a firm that employs civilian policemen as advisers in Iraq.
At some stations, Armor Group has made headway, only to see the reformed police run headlong into an unreformed populace.
Captain Ibrahim Kamil, 32, a police captain in the town of Samawah, says his officers struggle to enforce rules and regulations in a society that values tribe and family over law. "Men," says Kamil, "use their tribes to protect them." On June 4, for example, Kamil's officers arrested several Iraqi men for carjacking. Within hours the suspects' families attacked the police.
The British are trying; some Iraqi cops are too. But you can't change the attitudes of 25 million people overnight.
Steve Vincent was wrong about the Brits, but he was right to blame Basra's cops for bowing to tribe and party. However, the consensus among British officers and interpreters in Basra is that Vincent's criticism of the police isn't what led to his murder. As was initially suspected by some observers, it currently seems to be thought here that Vincent's perceived relationship with Tuaiz probably got him killed. What's more, Vincent made no effort to blend in. He dressed like a Westerner, spoke little Arabic, and flaunted his friendship with Tuaiz. British officers say they warned him he was in danger. There's no need to invent police conspiracies to explain Vincent's murder.
Vincent's killers probably were cops. But in the new Iraq, their being cops is incidental. When sheikhs and imams order their thugs to exact retribution on a white Christian whoto themseemingly loves a Muslim woman, the only allegiances that matter are not to a uniform or to law, but to a more primal code.
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The follicular phase (or proliferative phase) is the phase of the estrous cycle, (or, in humans and great apes, the menstrual cycle) during which follicles in the ovary mature. It ends with ovulation. The main hormone controlling this stage is estradiol.[1]
Hormonal eventsEdit
Follicle recruitmentEdit
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. FSH secretion begins to rise in the last few days of the previous menstrual cycle,[2] and is highest and most important during the first week of the follicular phase.[3] The rise in FSH levels recruits five to seven tertiary-stage ovarian follicles (this stage follicle is also known as a Graafian follicle or antral follicle) for entry into the menstrual cycle. These follicles, that have been growing for the better part of a year in a process known as folliculogenesis, compete with each other for dominance.
FSH induces the proliferation of granulosa cells in the developing follicles, and the expression of luteinizing hormone (LH) receptors on these granulosa cells. Under the influence of FSH, aromatase and p450 enzymes are activated, causing the granulosa cells to begin to secrete estrogen. This increased level of estrogen stimulates production of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), which increases production of LH.[2][3] LH induces androgen synthesis by thecal cells, stimulates proliferation, differentiation, and secretion of follicular thecal cells and increases LH receptor expression on granulosa cells.[3]
Throughout the entire follicular phase, rising estrogen levels in the blood stimulates growth of the endometrium and myometrium of the uterus.[4] It also causes endometrial cells to produce receptors for progesterone,[4] which helps prime the endometrium to respond to rising levels of progesterone during the late proliferative phase and throughout the luteal phase.
Estrogen surgeEdit
Two or three days before LH levels begin to increase,[2] usually by day seven of the cycle,[5] one (or occasionally two) of the recruited follicles has emerged as dominant. Many endocrinologists believe that the estrogen secretion of the dominant follicle has increased to a level that GnRH production is suppressed, which lowers the levels of LH and FSH. This slowdown in LH and FSH production leads to the atresia (death) of most of the recruited follicles, though the dominant follicle continues to mature. Estrogen levels will continue to increase for several days (on average, six days, but this varies widely).[2]
These high estrogen levels initiate the formation of a new layer of endometrium in the uterus, histologically identified as the proliferative endometrium. Crypts in the cervix are also stimulated to produce fertile cervical mucus.[2] This mucus reduces the acidity of the vagina, creating a more hospitable environment for sperm.[6] It also has a characteristic texture that helps guide sperm through the cervix[7] and to the fallopian tubes, where they wait for ovulation.[8] In addition, basal body temperature may lower slightly under the influence of high estrogen levels.[9]
LH surge and ovulationEdit
Estrogen levels are highest right before the LH surge begins. The short-term drop in steroid hormones between the beginning of the LH surge and the event of ovulation may cause mid-cycle spotting or bleeding.[10] Under the influence of the preovulatory LH surge, the first meiotic division of the oocytes is completed. The surge also initiates luteinization of thecal and granulosa cells.[3] Ovulation normally occurs 30 (± 2) hours after the beginning of the LH surge (when LH is first detectable in urine).[11]
Follicular wavesEdit
The time from recruitment of tertiary stage follicles to ovulation is normally about two weeks, comprising days 1-14 of an idealized 28-day menstrual cycle. However, it is common for the follicular phase to last much longer, as sometimes no dominant follicle is selected. In this case, normally more tertiary stage follicles are recruited and the process begins again. One study of women with regular menstrual cycles found that none of them ovulated after the first wave of follicle development: 68% of cycles showed ovulation after the second wave, while 32% of cycles showed ovulation after the third wave.[12] Fertility awareness sources may refer to multiple waves of follicular development as a split peak because of the characteristic pattern of cervical mucus changes that is sometimes observed.[13]
- ↑ Bagnell, C. "Animal Reproduction". Rutgers University Department of Animal Sciences.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Weschler, Toni (2002). Taking Charge of Your Fertility, Revised, 359–361, New York: HarperCollins.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Dee Unglaub Silverthorn (2004). Human physiology: an integrated approach, Third, Chapter 26: Reproduction and Development, and Chapter 23 Endocrine control of growth and metabolism, San Francisco: Pearson/Benjamin Cummings.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Strang, Eric P. Widmaier, Hershel Raff, Kevin T. (2006). Vander's human physiology the mechanisms of body function, 10th, 678, Boston: McGraw-Hill.
- ↑ Stenchever Droegemuller Herbst Mishell (2001). Comprehensive Gynecology, Fourth, St. Louise, Missouri: Mosby.
- ↑ Weschler (2002), p.57
- ↑ Weschler (2002), illustrations p.59 and p.3 of color insert
- ↑ Ellington, Joanna (2004). Sperm Transport to the Fallopian Tubes. Frequently Asked Questions with Dr. E. INGfertility Inc. URL accessed on 2006-08-13.
- ↑ Weschler (2002), pp.54,306,310
- ↑ Weschler (2002), p.65
- ↑ Susan B. Bullivant (February 2004). Women's sexual experience during the menstrual cycle: identification of the sexual phase by noninvasive measurement of luteinizing hormone. Journal of Sex Research 41 (1): 82–93.
- ↑ Baerwald A, Adams G, Pierson R (2003). A new model for ovarian follicular development during the human menstrual cycle. Fertil Steril 80 (1): 116–22.
- ↑ Weschler (2002), pp.131-2
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The project is being spearheaded by the Office of Health Affairs (OHA) within DHS, which has already begun such a project with the Maryland Transit Administration and the City of Baltimore, MD.
"OHA launched a partnership with the Maryland Transit Administration and the City of Baltimore to develop chemical defense techniques for subway mass transit," explained Dr. Alan Garza, MD, the chief medical officer at DHS, in testimony before Congress last March. "OHA is looking to expand this program to additional jurisdictions and is developing criteria to allow jurisdictions to submit proposals for demonstration projects," Garza continued.
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Back in 2005 rumors began spreading of a possible Genesis reunion featuring the quintessential lineup of Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Phil Collins. The band members discussed performing The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway live for a limited run of shows that would be recorded and filmed. Could it finally happen?
Unfortunately this reunion never came to fruition, but instead the …And Then There Were Three lineup of Collins, Rutherford, and Banks, along with long time touring members Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson, came together for the first time in 15-years to embark on what was billed as the Turn It On Again World Tour of 2007.
When In Rome was filmed on July 14, 2007 during a free open-air concert at Rome's Circo Massimo, before an enormous crowd of nearly 500,000 people. I think it is safe to say that the Genesis fan base remains firmly in tact – no matter what lineup they are presenting. I never thought that Genesis would be able to one-up the elaborate stage show that they rolled out during their 1992 We Can't Dance Tour, which was so eloquently captured on their The Way We Walk concert DVD, but they did – and then some.
The concert kicks off in fine fashion with "Duke's Intro," a combination of "Behind The Lines" and "Duke's End." This strong opening number immediately gives you hope that this would not just be another Invisible Touch/We Can't Dance love affair like the last one was, although they were still heavily favored. "Turn It On Again," another Duke standout, follows the ambitious opener, and then Collins takes a few minutes to address the crowd – in Italian. Reading from some notes he had written down and rehearsed, Collins comes off as charming the first time around, but it soon turns annoying the next few times he bogs down the proceedings with his butchered Italian.
The stage setup for this tour was monstrous to say the least. The band is surrounded by a massive 210 foot wide curved video backdrop that provides animation and graphics throughout the show. The shape of the stage is kind of odd looking, it reminded me of a giant sperm whale, but it works well once you see the whole affect. Numerous lighting towers are strategically placed all over the stage, and they offer up one of the brightest and most colorful light shows I have ever witnessed.
This getup alone would make most other band's jealous, but also positioned behind the stage are several more lighting towers that dwarf the ones on stage by a magnitude of about five. It made Pink Floyd's Pulse tour look small in scale. One of the most impressive parts of the show came early on when they played the Peter Gabriel era classic "In The Cage," which also featured excerpts of "Cinema Show" and "Duke's Travels." It sounded so good that I actually got a little choked up with emotion. The 30 foot tall, 3-D man running at you on the screen, and then exploding out of the cage, looked pretty damn cool too.
Other than the "Cage" medley, the musical highlight of the show for me had to be the chill inducing performance of "Afterglow," from the bands overlooked Wind and Wuthering album. I have read many complaints about Phil Collins diminished vocal abilities, and the fact that some of the songs had to be played in a lower key to compensate – he even jokes about it during one of the extra features called "Bring the pitch down like Elton," but this performance certainly proves that he can still be an amazing vocalist. He sings his ass off on this one.
Whether you are a fan of the Peter Gabriel era of Genesis, the post-Gabriel era, or both eras, like myself, this setlist should satisfy all customers. You've got some really great older stuff, such as "I Know What I Like," "Firth Of Fifth," and "Carpet Crawlers," some excellent mid-period cuts, like "Los Endos," "Ripples," "Follow You Follow Me," and all of the Duke stuff, along with the best of the later stuff, like "Home By The Sea," "Mama," and "No Son Of Mine." My biggest complaint is that there was nothing from Abacab played, which is the album that first got me into the band during my high school years.
The production quality of this DVD was remarkable, especially the audio mixes. Included are DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, and Dolby stereo. Both of the 5.1 surround mixes sounded extraordinary, with hardly a difference between the two. The bass was booming, the instruments were clearly defined, and the live concert experience was presented wonderfully via the rear surrounds.
The widescreen video presentation looked suburb, and showed only a hint of softness during some of the long shots. Legendary music video director David Mallet does a excellent job at presenting the immense scope of this concert, while also capturing the wonderful intimacy of some of the performances.
Special features include the fascinating two-hour documentary, "Come Rain Or Shine," which takes you behind-the-scenes during the months leading up to the tour, starting with the initial rehearsals in 2006, and on up to the opening night in Helsinki, Finland. Several short behind-the-scenes video clips are also included, which can be accessed via your remote control at the beginning of each song performance. A tour program gallery, photo gallery, and some deleted scenes are also included.
When In Rome certainly presents a much more satisfying setlist than The Way We Walk DVD did. It was nice to see the guys finally embracing more of their older material this time around. The DVD is sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club at a very reasonable price.
01. Duke's Intro
02. Turn It On Again
03. No Son Of Mine
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06. Afterglow
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On Aug 6, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Shai Erera wrote: > But still you might collect spans for docs unnecessarily during > processing. If a doc is added to the PQ and later removed, then the > spans collection was just a waste of time (unless the collection > comes in free during query processing). sure, but that is just the nature of the PQ, things get moved off. We collect ScoreDocs right now, too, that get removed, too. We presumably are only storing a few more bytes: start (int), end (int) and payload (byte array, presumably small). > > Also, if you build a paging search UI, then as soon as the user > clicks "Next" for the first time, you'll collect the Spans for the > first 10 docs (10 is an example) unnecessarily, because they won't > be used. Again, likewise for the ScoreDocs. > > I don't know if it makes sense, but how about if you execute the > query and get the top docs. Then you get the range of docs you need > (first 10, second 10). Then you sort the docs based on their > appearance in the spans. Then iterate on spans to collect them. You > can use just skipTo. You can then either sort back, or if you > optimize it, just return the docs in the TopDocs in the order they > appeared, but now w/ the spans. I'm sure you get the idea of what I > propose, even though I use too many words to describe it :). Yes, this is what I do, but it involves jumping through hoops, etc. when it seems like during scoring we already had the info. Again, I am likely willing to trade off the memory and some extra garbage (but not much, I suspect) for having to go through the Spans again. You can also somewhat optimize the iterate over scoredocs case by asking whether the Spans.doc() is greater than the ScoreDoc.doc. If it is, then you reset the Spans back to to the beginning and do a skipTo. Not sure if this is faster than the sorting approach. -Grant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com | |
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Were all at prayers inside the oratory
A ship appeared above them in the air.
The anchor dragged along behind so deep
It hooked itself into the altar rails
And then, as the big hull rocked to a standstill,
A crewman shinned and grappled down the rope
And struggled to release it. But in vain.
'This man can't bear our life here and will drown,'
The abbot said, 'unless we help him.' So
They did, the freed ship sailed, and the man climbed back
Out of the marvellous as he had known it.
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Cerruti 1881 AW13
A loftier shoulder and a lighter take on style signified Cerruti's cultured view
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Cerruti's AW13 collection riffed on 'sensual classicism' and subverted norms, 'an impalpably personal take on the art of putting oneself together'. Designer Aldo Maria Camillo's debut at the brand delves back into the house's codes, looking at founder Nino Cerruti's aesthetic and a cultured, nonchalant view on sartorial. For a masculine sense of grace, shoulders are important, the point from which clothes fall, drawing a slender line with staples such as the peacoat, duffle and hooded coats. His shirts? Replaced by polo neck sweaters.
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Each of the GPUs offers a 50 percent performance increase over the previous generation, and they are the first ARM products to feature Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC), an ARM-developed technique. The company said that ASTC optimizes GPU performance and increases battery life in devices.
Ending Fragmentation
ASTC supports a range of pixel formats and bit rates, so that a developer can use texture compression throughout an application and can choose the best format and bit rate for a given need.
One intention behind ASTC is to become an open standard so that developers will not need to choose between different codecs for texture compression on different platforms. ASTC's range of standards will, the company said, end the competition that has been producing fragmentation in graphic compression.
The new GPU lineup, based on ARM's Midgard architecture, made its debut at the SIGGRAPH 2012 show taking place in Los Angeles. There are three GPUs in this series -- the Mali-T624, -T628, and -T678. The T624 and T628 are optimized for smartphones and smart TVs, while the T678 is designed for tablets.
The company said it built on its experience with the ARM Cortex CPU processors in its development of GPU compute capabilities in the Mali series. GPU compute balances tasks between a CPU and GPU, creating more efficient performance.
Math-Intensive Activities
Because of this better performance, the company said, the chips can better support ongoing and new math-intensive activities, such as computational photography, which enhances digital photos, or multi-perspective views, which supports the ability to generate different views from different positions. Real-time photo editing on mobile devices is also supported.
Pete Hutton, general manager of ARM's Media Processing Division, said in a statement that GPU compute enables higher standards of visual computing on mobile devices and smart TVs because it "increases the range of functions mobile devices can perform within the available battery life."
The T-624 comes in one to four cores, and the T-628 in one to eight. ARM said that the T-628, which delivers the highest performance in the current lineup, offers a new level of capabilities for tablets, including augmented reality.
All of the new GPUs support OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0, DirectX 11 FL9_3, DirectX 11, OpenCL 1.1 Full Profile and Google Renderscript compute.
ARM said that products incorporating the new GPUs should begin hitting the shelves by September of next year. ARM is a major force in the world of mobile CPUs, but has had a much smaller profile for GPUs in mobile devices. ARM GPUs, however, are widely used in smart TVs and set-top boxes.


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Adrienne Whitlock's Event Journal
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What a great time had by all.. The musical was great... dancing in the aisles was a plus for the audience. Loved Chick Valentine, the bandleader.. he could really bop with the best...singing "Minnie the moucher"... got the night started on the right track... Great show!!!


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A comparison of special, general and support teachers' controllability and stability attributions for children's difficulties in learning
Woolfson, Lisa and Grant, Elizabeth and Campbell, Lindsay (2007) A comparison of special, general and support teachers' controllability and stability attributions for children's difficulties in learning. Educational Psychology, 27 (2). pp. 295-306. ISSN 0144-3410
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The study aimed to explore teachers' attributions for learner difficulties in their schoolwork. In order to explore their attributions of controllability and stability, three groups of teachers, general mainstream class teachers (N = 39), mainstream learning support teachers (N = 35), and special school teachers (N = 25) were asked to rate vignettes about children's difficulties. The results showed that the two groups of teachers working in the mainstream settings viewed learners with identified support needs as having less control over their performance than those with no specific support needs, while special school teachers viewed both learner groups similarly. Similar findings were found for teacher attributions of controllability in high- and low-ability learners. Stability attributions across all conditions showed that special school teachers viewed children's difficulties as more amenable to change than did the two groups of mainstream teachers. The implications of these findings for inclusion in mainstream schools are discussed.
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hi everyone,i just got my ipad2 yesterday so any hints and tips would be great,only one thing i dont like up to now,finger prints on the screen,i got a stylus today which cuts down somewhat,how you keep your screen clean?
I don't. I simply accept it as the price one pays for using one's finger. Still, when it gets really bad, I use a good eyeglass cleaner and microfiber cloth.
I keep a high quality microfiber cloth, actually a Meguiar's detailing cloth, in a plastic bag inside the bag i carry my iPad in. Wipe it down once or twice a day, sometimes more, sometimes less.
Thank you,most people seem to use a micro fibre cloth,I will get one,I was thinking about a screen protector too,bit tricky to apply tho.
Good to hear from you. You'll find a whole bunch of iPad enthusiasts in this Forum who are only too willing to help other iPad owners and to hear of their experiences. Don't be afraid to post any questions you may have or use the 'Search' button near the top of the Forum web page. I usually find I discover one new interesting and useful piece of information about my iPad every day - and often not even what I was looking for!! Hope to hear from you soon with your thoughts about the iPad. Have fun and enjoy your iPad If you don't already have it you can download a copy of the iPad manual for free. Apple - Support - Manuals Please read the rules too!! http://www.ipadforums.net/forum-rules-help-info/2119-forum-rules-everybody-please-read.html Tim Scotland
great forum thankyou all,im really enjoying this forum,great to know there are people out there willing to share.
I use a Zagg screen protector, it works great. It does dull a screen a bit, but its worth it to me for that added protection and peace of mind. the iPad video is about halfway down the page. ZAGG | Installation Videos
I went through three expensive screen protectors by different brands during the first month of my iPad 1 back in April 2010. It was just a waste of money. No film will remain pristine for longer than a few weeks. Pretty soon, these sustain scuffs, scratches, and fades. Ugly. Ultimately decided not to use any. Until the other week when I upgraded to an iPad 2, my unprotected ipad 1's screen remains without any scuffs or scratches. Naturally, my new iPad 2 remains without any gratuitous screen protector.
no screen protector yes im coming to the conclusion that i dont need one,i have the smart cover on mine anyway,i went a bit mad and got the leather one,black,love the way it wakes up my ipad2,also now im using a stylus i get less marks anyway,btw i got the stylus for that reason but now love it as its so accurate and i can type faster.im wondering now about the back of my ipad,will it scratch easily? should i cover and what with?


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here at PMA we have our own branch for experimental component development.
Some time ago we created some components using OpenCV and a "vision"-toolkit.
The following patches contain the vision components, the toolkit and some
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The components are the following:
- DisplayImageComponent: a "reporter" for images, works kind of the same as
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- WriteImage: a component to write images from a port into a file
- LoadImage: a component to load images from a file and put them onto a port
- LoadVidoe: a component to load a video from a file and put the streaming onto
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- VisionToolkit: the RTT-types toolkit for images
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Despite appearances, not a Rastafarian dog abuser
Between the weed smoke wafting up through the floorboards and the howling dogs in the apartment above, I am having a little distraction problem in my workspace. I usually work at my desk in my book-laden bedroom or at my magazine and mail-strewn table. I sit in one of a few uncomfortable chairs--and they've got to be near a plug because the built-in obsolescence of my laptop's battery is in full effect. On a pretty day I get souped up by the sun, but recently the drear is getting to me. When I am writing, I prefer quiet. Let me tell you, the stimulating powers of avant jazz don't knock the words loose, no matter what some people think. But, if I am doing research or making a spreadsheet or something, it's talky podcasts all the way.
How do you do what you do?
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- kenan said...
i work to a carefully calibrated and constantly-evolving playlist, the tenor of which, i find, has a discernible impact on what ultimately gets made. curating the list is a delicate business: too exciting, and i can't hear myself think; too quiet, and i have to listen to every damn thought.
- Carrie said...
Huh, I have a really hard time doing anything with music on, if the music has lyrics.
- Carrie said...
By the way, kenan is a cartoonist...
- LOOKA said...
Since my workload has risen and hours don't stop, I have been distracted by music as well. I'm loosing the zillion of details flying around and drift off when I listen.
But talk radio is nice! Not the super-excited lafflaff babble (ISR excluded), but someone with a good flow to their talk.
These days it's mostly silence. Too much noise in ma head anyway.
On more calm days, with not so much paperwork buzzing in my head next to the drawing thoughts, I can dig Kenan's take on music - it's pretty much the same for me. The sound helps shelling in with your ideas, I guess. - 4:54 AM
- Sara said...
I like music when I'm designing stuff, Harry Potter audio books when I'm drawing, TV when I'm sewing, and quiet when I'm writing.
- Amanda said...
The way I do the things I do is, complete silence, with a small black and white cap nipping at my hands.
- ctheokas said...
Since I'm still in the coal mines of WebMD, I do podcasts. Loads, and loads, and loads, and loads of podcasts. Mostly podcasts about movies, comics, news, and cooking (though there are exceptions.) I put an ear bud in my left ear (my dad, who is not an expert in such things, thinks it has to do with the left-brain/right brain split, in that my right brain is bored with the job I do, and so it needs to be entertained.) They do make the time pass.
But they also help when I'm working on my own things in the office, as well. Most of my creative projects are at the point where they require more "mechanical" work (for lack of a better way to put it) than the fun creative stuff. I still enjoy it much more than the work I do for WebMD. C'est la vie. - 9:15 PM
- Carrie said...
Any other details on your work spaces?
- Amanda said...
My workspace contains:
1. my desk
2. my computer on my desk
3. several big windows (nice in summer, leaky in winter)
4. my armchair (which was once my Granny's armchair)
5. a kitten
6. my bed
7. my television, which is smaller than my computer
8. my bookshelves
9. my books (on and off the shelves)
10. a white carpet
11. a red carpet
12. a brown carpet
13. my radio
14. eleven of those records from when I was small that prompt you to "read along with me in your book. You will know it is time to turn the page when the little bird chirps like this..." - 9:52 AM
- LOOKA said...
I try to wrestle the mess down, the cat peeing on anything (...paper preffered) on the floor helps to keep it down.
Else: Mail by friends (I'm glad to get nice cards and letters.) news-paper-clips, critters - dead and alive, paper (looooads of paper for drawing - I'm a paper nerd!) and old drawings with flaws that I need to punish myself with. - 5:44 AM


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"A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact." Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac "One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted...If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he is after is having to win it, to conquer the surly brute through his own effort and skill with all the extras that this carries with it: the immersion in the countryside, the healthfulness of the exercise, the distraction from his job. Jose Ortega y Gasset, Meditations on Hunting. "The true trophy hunter is a self-disciplined perfectionist seeking a single animal, the ancient patriarch well past his prime that is often an outcast from his own kind... If successful, he will enshrine the trophy in a place of honor. This is a more noble and fitting end than dying on some lost and lonely ledge where the scavengers will pick his bones, and his magnificent horns will weather away and be lost forever." Elgin Gates, Trophy Hunter in Asia and then,one of my favourites.....:dance: "How, given the canine teeth and close-set eyes that declare the human animal to be a predator, had we come up with the notion that oat bran is more natural to eat than chicken?" Valerie Martin, The Great Divorce :dance:
Fits right in with my favorite one: "I did not fight my way to the top of the food chain to eat tofu!"
"fishing/hunting makes us participants in nature instead of spectators, a crucial distinction because participants tend to become passionate and protective and spectators tend to become indifferent!"..... Jerry Dennis 1989...... Our deep thought for the day!!!! ..... :flashboobies: Could'nt do this without my favourite icon!!!!!!!!
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Donaji & the Magical Poncho
This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
4.32 / 5.00 5,871 ViewsThis is just a short FMV I made for one of my RPGmaker games. I've finally started working on it again after so long! It's called The Kids Chronicles, and it's about The Kids' pasts. This one particularly is about Akuma.
Just a quick overview of what is actually happening: Death is confining Akuma in a shadow ribbon, and so Akuma is feeling like giving up because he feels there's no way out. He's calling for Akki, his other dimension self, because just recently, Akki gave him the courage to go and rescue Kuroppoi. And he's happy that he thinks Kuroppoi has been saved. And then at the end when the Fairy Tail music starts playing, Blade (aka Tenma) comes to the rescue!
I know that still doesn't make sense unless you play the game, but oh well. I'm hoping to eventually upload the fully finished The Kids Chronicles one of these decades. Considering I only have one of the like 20-30 Kids stories done (and well, Akuma's is quite near done), I doubt it'll be finished any time soon.
Oh and I know there are a bunch of problems with this movie. Like for one part Akuma's mouth disappears, but I didn't feel like fixing that. His tears falling is a mess, also all of the "talking" parts do not even look like they're saying what the subtitles say, as well as when it's zooming out on Akuma his mouth moves like crazy. And I was too lazy to add in a credits screen. But oh well, this was just a quickie for fun. x.x;
But anyway, songs in order:
[Title:] Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Gregorian
Bible Clash by Extreme Music
Fairy Tail Main Theme by Yasuharu Takanashi
Drawn with: Photoshop(Tablet).
Colored with: Photoshop(Tablet)
Animated with: Flash.
Art and Animation (c) Sarena Kimura.
Music (c) Gregorian, Extreme Music, and Yasuharu Takanashi.
Drawing/Animating Time: About 2 hours.
not bad
so is not the greates animation nor the longest i ever seen but hey who am i 2 talk? XD
but being serios now the story behind this scene really caught my attention and it makes it a really cool quick anmation
hum i just need 2 knw this the other dimension self did you get that idea from chrono cross?
anyway cool work best of luck with the game ^^
Thanks. ^^ The other dimension self actually did not come from Chrono Cross, although that is a great game. I sort of got inspired by Kingdom Hearts, like how Sora/Roxas are connected.
too short...
it was still ok...
It was meant to be fairly short. I just really did it for fun so I could make the whole animation all in one day.
keep it up!
nice soundtrack
ok animation
ok story, want to see more
Thanks. :D I didn't really think any other parts of the game needed to be shown through FMVs, so I'm not too sure that there will be any more animations from it, but I hope to upload the game somewhere when it's done. ^^'


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March 6, 2014
A 12-week course of three direct-acting antivirals cured at least 99% of previously untreated people with genotype-1b hepatitis C infection, according to a study presented by Rajender Reddy, M.D., at CROI 2014 in Boston.
The phase-3 study, known as PEARL III, followed 419 treatment-naive patients with hepatitis C genotype 1b (the most common genotype of hepatitis C). All participants received the triple-drug, fixed-dose combination known as "3D" for 12 weeks and were randomized to also receive either ribavirin (210 patients) or a placebo (209 patients).
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Cure rates were extremely high in both study arms. 99% of patients in the ribavirin-sparing arm and 99.5% of patients in the ribavirin arm achieved a sustained virologic response 12 weeks after the completion of treatment (SVR12). One case of virologic rebound occurred at week 10 of treatment, while two patients who achieved a virologic response at the end of treatment were subsequently lost to follow-up. Other than these cases there were no treatment failures. There were no significant differences by baseline characteristics, including IL28B genotype.
Treatment was well tolerated. There were no treatment discontinuations due to adverse events and the most common adverse events reported during the study were headache and fatigue, which each occurred in just over one-in-five patients. Pruritis and nausea were the only adverse events that occurred more frequently in the ribavirin arm. Haemoglobin levels fell below the lower limit of normal in 51.4% of patients in the ribavirin arm compared with 3.4% in the ribavirin-sparing arm, and 9% of participants in the ribavirin arm developed anaemia compared to none in the ribavirin-sparing arm. The ribavirin dose was reduced in 9% of patients in the ribavirin arm. All of these patients achieved SVR12.
The researchers concluded that for patients with genotype-1b hepatitis C, a 12-week course of "3D" is highly effective and safe, and if approved by regulatory agencies could become the first interferon-free and ribavirin-free combination for hepatitis C. AbbVie, which is developing the drug, plans to submit it for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval later this year.
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The remit of the BSS is only related to the condition, equipment and use of boats.
Navigation Authorities use to the BSS to help develop a set of national minimum legal safety requirements and to run an examination service to verify that each boat registered with the navigation authority meets the requirements.
This is the Boat Safety Scheme Examination and if the boat meets the requirements, it is a given a Boat Safety Scheme Certificate, which is valid for four years. Owners will recieve a full BSS Certification report from the examiner either on a paper print out, or as a electronic file, or both if the owner wishes.
This like car MOTs, is in effect a receipt-style certificate. There is more detail about what it looks like and the various features on BSS Certificates from April '13.
Note: As an addition to the advice on the page called Preparing for examination, we now include some important recomendations arising from the changes* introduced 1 January 2013 concerning the checking of gas lockers and a.c. electrical shore-supply leads
*Changes to the examination checks apply to privately-owned, privately-managed boats only.
Whether a boat moves from the Broads to the Bridgewater Canal, or the Tees to the Thames, a certificate whilst it is still valid can be used to support a boat registration with over a dozen of navigation authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.
The links in the section will help you find an examiner (they are independent practionioners authorised by the BSS to carry out the BSS examination and issue BSS Certiciates), arrange an examination, and prepare the boat for the day (on some boats examinations could take 2-4 hours, on others it may take as little as 15 minutes)
We answer answer some frequent questions on this Q&A page - Common Q&A
What does a boat need to comply with?
All the expectations are set out in publications called the BSS Examination Checking Procedures.
There are two versions and two sets of checking procedures.
One is for privately-owned, privately-managed craft, this class of boat is expected to meet the Boat Safety Scheme General Requirements. The Requirements and supporting checks can be read on the links on the Private Boat examination page.
Other boats, for example those with either a commercial, industrial or public use, must comply with the 2002 BSS Standards. These can be read out on this link to the BSS Guide 2002 first edition, the button is called 'Non-private Boats'.
If you use gas aboard your boat, please take a moment to read this brief overview with some helpful tips concerning the examination process. You can see it on the Boats With Gas link.
And whilst we much prefer it if all boats pass first time, some don't. The details of a our re-examintion policy, including time limits are here - If your boat does not pass Please note some examiners build the cost of re-examination into their quotes - please ask your examiner about his charging policy in advance.
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Lap-by-Lap: Kentucky
September 22, 2012, , NASCAR.com
Lap 200 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Austin Dillon leads 65 laps to score the Nationwide Series sweep at Kentucky Speedway this season. Lap 197 -- There's a nice little scramble for ninth place. Brad Sweet has it and Ryan Blaney wants it. Lap 195 -- Five laps to go. Giddyup there, Mr. Hornish! Lap 193 -- The gap between Austin Dillon and second-place Sam Hornish Jr. remains steady at about 1.2 seconds. Lap 191 -- There are 10 cars on the lead lap. Lap 190 -- Ten laps to go. It's Austin Dillon's race to lose. Lap 186 -- Sam Hornish Jr. trails Austin Dillon by 1.4 seconds. Lap 183 -- The top five is Austin Dillon, Sam Hornish Jr., Brendan Gaughan, Drew Herring and Elliott Sadler. Lap 180 -- Twenty laps to go. Lap 176 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is now shown in 17th place. Lap 174 -- Austin Dillon is 1.5 seconds in front of Sam Hornish Jr. Lap 171 -- Sam Hornish Jr. is going after Brendan Gaughan for second place. Lap 170 -- Elliott Sadler roars past Drew Herring for fifth place on the backstretch. Thirty laps to go. Lap 167 -- Brendan Gaughan bypasses Cole Whitt for second place. Lap 166 -- GREEN FLAG: Austin Dillon, Sam Hornish Jr., Cole Whitt, Drew Herring and Brendan Gaughan are the leaders on the restart. Elliott Sadler is in seventh place. Dillon is clear for the lead in Turns 1 and 2. Whitt and Gaughan get by Hornish for second and third. Lap 162 -- Elliott Sadler is on pit road. Ryan Blaney and Brad Sweet are also in. Lap 160 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Eric McClure slides through the infield grass. Lap 154 -- Austin Dillon leads Elliott Sadler by three seconds. It's 7.6 seconds back to third-place Sam Hornish Jr. Lap 152 -- After the cycle of green-flag stops, the top five are Austin Dillon, Elliott Sadler, Sam Hornish Jr., Cole Whitt and Drew Herring. Lap 150 -- Fifty laps to go. Drew Herring is in his pit stall. Brian Scott and Michael Annett are also in. Lap 147 -- Joe Nemechek's car is smoking. Cole Whitt makes his pit stop. Johanna Long and Sam Hornish Jr. are also on pit road. Lap 146 -- Elliott Sadler and Austin Dillon, teammates at Richard Childress Racing, are pitting. Lap 145 -- Elliott Sadler radios his crew saying his steering box is locking up. Lap 143 -- Johanna Long just got around Brian Scott for 10th place. Can you say "real deal"? Lap 141 -- Alex Bowman's car is smoking, and there's fluid hitting the roof camera on leader Elliott Sadler's Chevrolet. Lap 139 -- Danica Patrick makes her stop. Lap 138 -- Justin Allgaier is pitting. Lap 136 -- There are 13 cars on the lead lap. Alex Bowman gives up eighth place to roll onto pit road. Lap 132 -- Kurt Busch goes to the garage. Lap 130 -- Kurt Busch is on pit road. The crew goes under the hood. Lap 129 -- Kurt Busch's car is smoking heavily. Lap 128 -- Elliott Sadler leads Austin Dillon by 1.7 seconds. Lap 122 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. update. He's still three laps down and in 26th place. Lap 120 -- Eighty laps to go. Lap 118 -- In two career Nationwide Series starts here at Kentucky, Elliott Sadler has finished fifth and ninth. Lap 116 -- Austin Dillon continues to lose ground to leader Elliott Sadler. Lap 111 -- The best battle on the track is between Cole Whitt and Drew Herring for fifth place. Lap 107 -- Elliott Sadler leads Austin Dillon by about 4/10ths of a second, and third-place Kurt Busch by about 2.7. Lap 106 -- The top five are Elliott Sadler, Austin Dillon, Kurt Busch, Sam Hornish Jr. and Cole Whitt. Lap 103 -- Austin Dillon makes another attempt on Elliott Sadler for the lead in Turn 3, but can't make the move stick. Lap 100 -- The race has reached the halfway point. Lap 99 -- Elliott Sadler clears Austin Dillon for the top spot. Lap 98 -- Austin Dillon gets a run under Elliott Sadler for the lead in Turn 3. They remain side by side at the stripe. Lap 97 -- After spinning early in the race, Drew Herring is back up in sixth place. Lap 94 -- Brian Scott scrapes the wall coming off Turn 2, but keeps going without bringing out the caution. Lap 93 -- GREEN FLAG: Austin Dillon, Elliott Sadler, Brian Scott, Sam Hornish Jr. and Kurt Busch are the leaders on the restart. Sadler clears for the lead while Hornish appears to be having all kinds of trouble on the restart. Lap 90 -- The leaders hit pit road. Lap 87 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Taylor Malsam spins off Turn 4. Elliott Sadler had just lapped Malsam, who was then tagged into the spin by Mike Wallace. Lap 85 -- Danny Efland is finally able to make it around to pit road. No caution. Lap 83 -- Danny Efland is off the pace in Turns 1 and 2. Lap 80 -- Elliott Sadler leads Austin Dillon by two seconds. Green-flag pit stops should be coming up in the near future. Lap 77 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has gone another lap down. He's now three laps back in 29th place. Lap 74 -- Justin Allgaier is on pit road. Lap 72 -- Ryan Blaney's car was overheating, possibly due to debris on the grille. Lap 71 -- Kurt Busch and Sam Hornish Jr. are having quite the tussle over third place. Lap 66 -- Austin Dillon goes into second place off Turn 4, past Sam Hornish Jr. Lap 65 -- The top five are Elliott Sadler, Sam Hornish Jr., Austin Dillon, Kurt Busch and Justin Allgaier. Lap 61 -- Elliott Sadler has built a 2.3-second lead over Sam Hornish Jr. Lap 54 -- Justin Allgaier slips again in Turn 2, which allows Brian Scott to close on him for fifth place. Lap 53 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is in 31st place, two laps down. Lap 51 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is on pit road. He's gone a lap down while sitting in his stall. Lap 50 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is off the pace and headed to pit road. Lap 48 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has slipped into the wall in Turn 4, damaging both the front and the rear of his car. Lap 47 -- Elliott Sadler shoots past Sam Hornish Jr. for the lead in Turn 3. Lap 45 -- Justin Allgaier bobbles in Turn 2, and that allows Elliott Sadler and Austin Dillon to get by him for second and third, respectively. Lap 44 -- GREEN FLAG: Austin Dillon, Sam Hornish Jr., Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier and Kurt Busch bring the field to the restart. Allgaier jumps three wide to take second place, while Hornish shoots into the lead. Lap 39 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Drew Herring gets bumped by Michael Annett going into Turn 3, causing him to loop his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Lap 37 -- How will Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s car respond in traffic, as opposed to the clean air he enjoyed out front? We're about to find out! Lap 36 -- GREEN FLAG: Austin Dillon, Sam Hornish Jr., Justin Allgaier, Brian Scott and Drew Herring are the leaders. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is shown in 28th place. Dillon is clear for the lead on the backstretch. Lap 35 -- The contact between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Eric McClure forced Stenhouse to back up into his pit stall, where the crew pulled the fender of his right-front tire. He has returned to the pits to shove the hood down. Lap 33 -- The leaders are on pit road. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Eric McClure make substantial contact! Stenhouse was exiting his pit stall when McClure was trying to enter his. Lap 31 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: This is the planned competition caution. Lap 25 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is now two seconds better than Sam Hornish Jr. Just waiting for the competition caution now to make some tire pressure changes, chassis adjustments ... something ... to catch Stenhouse! Lap 23 -- Kurt Busch is up to 16th ... let's see. How would you SPELL the theme music from "Jaws"? Lap 21 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has opened up a lead of about 9/10ths of a second over Sam Hornish Jr. Lap 19 -- Brendan Gaughan is looking low in Turn 4 on Justin Allgaier in their battle for fifth place. There's nothing there ... yet. Lap 17 -- The field has strung out a little bit. That's OK. It doesn't pay anything to lead this early! Lap 16 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a few car lengths in front of second-place Sam Hornish Jr. Lap 14 -- Video replay shows that Sam Hornish Jr. did NOT make contact with Austin Dillon while passing him for second a few laps ago. Ooops. Sorry about that! Lap 13 -- GREEN FLAG: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Sam Hornish Jr., Austin Dillon, Elliott Sadler and Brendan Gaughan are the leaders on the restart. Stenhouse clears for the lead off Turn 2. Lap 11 -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has been warned to maintain his speed once the pace car hits pit road as the caution is about to end. Lap 10 -- Just like the last caution, there are few takers on pit road. Lap 8 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Brad Sweet spins between Turns 3 and 4. Lap 7 -- Austin Dillon retakes second from Sam Hornish Jr. on the backstretch, but then Hornish gives him a little bit of a nudge to back around him off Turn 4. Lap 6 -- GREEN FLAG: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Dillon, Sam Hornish Jr., Drew Herring and Brendan Gaughan are the leaders on the restart. Hornish dives under Dillon on the backstretch for second place. Lap 2 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Joe Nemechek has spun on the backstretch. Kurt Busch, who started from the rear of the field after making his way to Kentucky from New Hampshire, is already up to 22nd. Lap 1 -- GREEN FLAG: The race gets under way at 4:18 p.m. ET. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. clears Austin Dillon for the lead on the backstretch going into Turn 3. 4:12 p.m. ET -- The pace car is beginning to roll the field off pit road. We're going racing! 4:10 p.m. ET -- There will be a competition caution at lap 30 to check tire wear and so forth. No fueling will be allowed until then. 4:09 p.m. ET -- Joe Sturm, a disabled Vietnam veteran, gives the command to fire engines while accompanied by Sgt. Beyco, a retired Marine military dog. 4:04 p.m. ET -- Four T-38s, 49 FTS at Columbus Air Force Base, do the fly over. Somebody, somewhere can pull strings to get me a flight in one of those suckers! 4:02 p.m. ET -- MacKenzie Morgan sings the national anthem. 4:01 p.m. ET -- After the Kentucky National Guard presents the colors, Pastor John Roberts of Raceway Ministries gives the invocation. 3:30 p.m. ET -- ESPN's pre-race coverage has started. 3:15 p.m. ET -- Austin Dillon is on the pole for the Kentucky 300 with a lap of 177.264 mph. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Sam Hornish Jr., Drew Herring and Michael Annett took second through fifth, while Brendan Gaughan, Brian Scott, Elliott Sadler, Alex Bowman and Justin Allgaier round out the top 10. 11:35 a.m. ET -- Qualifying for Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Kentucky Speedway is set to begin in one hour.


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Brooke Hogan and Bully Ray appeared on The Buckethead Show today and ended up speaking about the now-infamous "Brooke's legs" picture that Hulk posted on Twitter. Both said that they don't see anything wrong with it, with Brooke reiterating her previous explanation that a fan took the picture during the UK shows and Hulk liked it, so he tweeted it. When asked about the caption "Brooke's legs," Brooke said that Hogan isn't computer-savvy and is like Andre the Giant on the internet.
Bully commented as well, saying that he wanted to punch anyone who thinks its even a story in the face. He played up the marriage storyline and said Brooke works out two hours a day to have that hot body.
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If Brooke were 5'6 and a little more on the petite side, she'd be better looking. My opinion.
she is a bit on the thick side but i could see myself banging an amazon 🙂
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I am rooted (one click root) and just received the ota update but have NOT installed it. As I understand it, I will lose root if/when I install it? If I do lose root can I just "reroot"" it? Thank you!
Don't install OTA yet. I can't explain it very well but someone here will. If you install the OTA it will prevent you from rooting at the moment till someone else finds away around it. The reasons they made an OTA are to give us firmware updates fixes and to UNROOT us! So beware. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk
If you forever root you will retain root after the upgrade. Even if you didn't forever root you can root afterwards but it more practical to just forever root first. The 5.5.893 update had been leaked long ago and we were never stopped from rooting it.
If you use "forever root", you should have no problem maintaining root. That's what I did before I installed the update. And I'm updated and still rooted Sent from my DROID BIONIC using DroidForums
Same here. I used Forever Root and installed the update with no problems at all and STILL REMAINED ROOTED!!! You gotta LOVE the Android community!
I'm trying to install forever root now but the what the instructions say should happen, isn't. I think it has something to do with the Moto driver and my phone. ABD?
Ok, I received the update. It downloaded just fine but halfway through install it stops and says install failed. Im stock, rooted, forever rooted, uninstalled safestrap, removed titanium backup, updated all Verizon bloatware and still can't install updated. Need some help please Sent from my DROID BIONIC using DroidForums
Weird, I just tried to install the Forever root and couldn't get it to work so I said the hell with and just installed the 893 Update. I did NOT lose root! Amazing.
I used bootstrapper to recover from a previous backup before I did the webtop hack... and voila the OTA install was successful!
I used the 1 click root method from the d3 to root and I didn't lose root after I installed the ota. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using DroidForums
Donzz... did you do the webtop hack where you can hook it up to your TV? If so, i think thats our culprit... i'm gonna see if thats the true issue for me...
For the ones that still can install the ota, I would suggest to flash the stock recovery in fast boot mode. This will make sure your phone will take the update. Install forever root then, flash the ota. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk


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Bike Fit Rules-of-Thumb SummaryThese and other bicycle fit elements are discussed in detail throughout this book. There are numerous exceptions to almost all rules of thumb. ● Frame SizeRoad: 2/3 inseam. Mountain: subtract 14 from inseam in inches. ● CranksInseam to 31 inches: 170 mm. Inseam 31 to 33 inches: 172.5 mm. Inseam 33 or more inches: 175 mm. ● Foot-Pedal Fore-AftBall of foot over pedal spindle. ● Saddle Shape and AngleChoose shape for comfort. Set level. ● Seat HeightBend knee 30° at bottom of pedal stroke. ● Seat Position Fore-AftFront of knee and pedal spindle in vertical line. ● Foot/Pedal Rotation AnglePoint toes the way you walk. ● Handlebar WidthRoad: width of the shoulders. Mountain: hands slightly wider than shoulders. ● Handlebar ShapeSelect for comfort and riding style. ● Brake LeversTips in line with handlebar drops. ● Handlebar AnglePoint ends to middle of seatstays. ● Stem HeightHandlebar tops to fist width below saddle. ● Torso Angle / ReachStem extension, height, and rise set comfortable torso angle. ● Shoulder Angle90° with hands on hoods and elbows bent 15°. Bike Fit by Arnie Baker, MD
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Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Wake up, wake up, the British are coming!
Any excuse to use one of my favourite - and often quoted (by me) - lines from Breakfast at Tiffany's :)
And so our Jubilee weekend has come to a close... thanks to Liz for reigning for 60 years and inspiring my outfit for our family Jubilee party on Monday. My sister called me in advance to see if she could borrow my blue nail varnish to finish her red, white and blue nails, only to mention that she was, of course, also wearing the Union jack colours. I had been wondering what to wear so it was an easy outfit to pull together; why I hadn't thought of wearing red, white and blue I have no idea.
I hope all Brits had a fabulous long weekend and that you weren't rained on too much - I'm amazed I managed to get any photos done - I think Monday was the only day it didn't rain! Happy Wednesday to everyone x
Blazer: Next similar, Shirt: Thrifted similar, Trousers: ASOS similar, Wedges: La Redoute similar, Belt: ASOS, Watch: Fossil, Bracelets L-R: Topshop / Topshop / H&M / Unknown, Rings L-R: Boots / H&M / Unknown, Nails: all Barry M Cyan Blue / Bright Red / Matte White
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absolutely darling! I'm suffering epic jubilee withdrawals today, though my productivity levels are drastically higher now that I'm not glued to the TV. hope you had fun and thans for sharing!
www.seewhatiseadesigns.comi love red white and blue :) maybe cos im a true brit hee hee :) Every time you wear this shirt i have complete gingham shirt envy! It was such a great find. Weather is DEPRESSING!! i was the same with photos, lucky t get any done, stupid rain! xo
ReplyDeleteYou look absolutey fabulous and festive! Long live your queen!
www.plentyforpennies.blogspot.comYou look terrific! I wish had been able to be in London during the Jubilee. It looked like so much fun.
xx, micol
http://www.themarcystop.blogspot.comWhat a fun time you must have had celebrating. I watched from the US and was very jealous of all the partying. Love the outfits!
ReplyDeleteThat outfit is awesome! Those pants look fabulous on you, and love that red shirt :)
The Other Side of GrayHi Catherine,
Just did my second blog post about the Queen's Jubilee. You look great. I wish more people "made the effort" and waved a flag, or wore red, white and blue, or just appreciated the Queen's dedication to her people. You look awesome! I'm picking up a 40s theme/look?
Hope you have a chance to come over to my blog and check out my tribute/images/general trivia.
Rosemary from www.foreveronthecatwalkoflife.comHow amazingly fun are your nails....I rarely paint mine, but you may have inspired me:) Love the look...blue red and white are such dynamic colors together, no?
Hope you have a great week.
COhh I love this Catherine! Even though I'm now living in Canada, I'm inspired to do an American version on July 4th :) Glad you enjoyed your time off.
AlanaI absolutely love this outfit. I had been watching all of the concerts celebrating the jubilation ALL week! It's been awesome. I'm (surprisingly) a little bit british (my dad is half lebanese and half british, and mother is full lebanese). So my grandfather was LOVING it! Anyways, I went off on a tangent. Hope you have a great week!
A Southern DrawlNavy, red & white look incredible together & it's pretty cool that they're the colours of the union jack too.
Seems like a time of great celebration over your side of the world right nowYou look so great! I love this outfit. The pants are so cool and they look great with the shirt and blazer.
fashionandbeautyfinds.blogspot.comSuch a marvelous weekend for Britain :) And wasn't Kate's dress gorgeous...wish I could wear that! Love your pants, great vintage piece.
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Enter my HANDBAG GIVEAWAY!!!!!!Fantastic outfit. The flag colors are perfectly blended. And the nails? A great fun. Every day you get over it.
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by! i'm followng you back now!
p.s LOOOVE the polish and i so wish i could pull off those pants like you do!
xxo!wow you're so cute!
just found your blog and love your aesthetic!
and hey guess what! i just started a new blog! i think i have some great ideas and i'd love if you could stop by and perhaps follow it, if you like! (i'm following you, of course!)
http://www.annacbie.com/Lovely color combo...what a great outfit for celebrating the special ocassion. You are a true blue fashionista...i like the red gingham shirt...they can't go wrong with blue pants. Great mix of accessories as always and cute matching nail colors too!
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MLB Network to air Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg's MLB Debut on Tuesday, June 8
Strasburg, the Number-One Overall 2009 Draft Pick, Will Make His MLB Debut Almost One Year to the Day of Being Drafted
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MLB Network will air Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg's Major League Baseball debut, one of the most anticipated in recent MLB history, on Tuesday, June 8 at 7:00 p.m. ET. MLB Network's Bob Costas, Jim Kaat and John Smoltz will call the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates live from Nationals Park. Strasburg, the number-one overall selection in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, had a rapid rise through the Nationals' Minor League system in 2010, with his 100-mph fastball and a combined 6-2 record with a 1.43 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 50 1/3 innings for the Harrisburg Senators (Double-A) and Syracuse Chiefs (Triple-A). Strasburg's MLB debut comes within one year of being drafted on June 9, 2009.
MLB Network's Matt Vasgersian and Dan Plesac will offer pre- and postgame coverage on MLB Tonight starting at 6:00 p.m. ET. MLB Network's game telecast will be blacked out in the Nationals' and Pirates' home television territory. Viewers in areas subject to blackouts will see the San Diego Padres at New York Mets at 7:00 p.m. ET. The remainder of MLB Network's game schedule for June 8-12 will be announced shortly.
Strasburg is scheduled to make his first Major League start one day after the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft on Monday, June 7. The Nationals will once again have the first pick in this year's Draft, which will be held at MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus, New Jersey. Coverage will begin at 6:00 p.m. ET with a one-hour pre-Draft show with Greg Amsinger, Peter Gammons, John Hart, Harold Reynolds and Hazel Mae, MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo and Baseball America's Jim Callis, featuring analysis of top prospects, interviews with Club representatives and front office personnel, and a look back over the key Draft moments over the past 45 years. <.p>
The first round will begin on MLB Network at 7:00 p.m. ET, with the first round scheduled to be announced by Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig. MLB Network's production will also feature cameras inside 22 Club draft rooms across the league, including coverage of the Nationals' draft room from Trenni Kusnierek, and live reactions and interviews via remote from top prospects. MLB.com and MLB Network Radio on XM (channel 175) will simulcast MLB Network's coverage of the Draft.
MLB Network launched on January 1, 2009 as the largest debut in cable television history and is currently available in approximately 55 million cable, telco TV and satellite homes. In its inaugural year, MLB Network was honored with four Sports Emmy Awards and 12 nominations by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. With live games, original programming, highlights, classic games, and coverage of baseball events, MLB Network is the ultimate television destination for baseball fans. For more information and to find MLB Network in your area, go to www.MLBNetwork.com. www.Facebook.com/MLBNetwork www.Twitter.com/MLBNetwork
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Firstly by using strict data validation within the capture controls, data accuracy was assured.
To provide additional verification of this, a simple summary screen was placed into the script. This screen collated all of the relevant and necessary data captured throughout the script in one place for the agent to confirm back to the customer before the call ended. Making this beneficial change also meant that all of the data in this screen was then stored in one table in the Synthesys™ database and not several, providing the added advantage that the data extract process could be rewritten, but vastly simplified as it only needed to reference one database table instead of many.
As a result, accuracy of data capture was improved alongside a simpler data extraction query which meant the correct data was supplied in all instances in the simplest most resource light way possible.
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The Memo control would then turn into a browser (IE) frame inside the script and will host the page pointed to by the URL. Furthermore, URLs can contain parameters which will pre-populate data capture fields on the initial page.
Finally, in order to retrieve data from the browser based system back in the script following the transaction, our client used the Web Service control which can invoke any external web service and present the return values as user friendly properties which can subsequently be used or displayed anywhere in the script.
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GroupBy proposal
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I was a bit annoyed when I found out that Data.List.groupBy compared each new element to the first element of a group instead of the last added element.
I guess the current way it is easier to implement, but severely hinders its usefulness:
> groupBy (\a b -> a+1 == b) [1,2,3,4,6] [[1,2],[3,4],[6]]
I propose a different implementation of groupBy which would result in the following:
> groupBy (\a b -> a+1 == b) [1,2,3,4,6] [[1,2,3,4],[6]]
The following a naive implementation that was written for "workiness" instead of speed or space behavior:
groupBy' :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [[a]] groupBy' _ [] = [] groupBy' f (x:xs) = gb f xs [[x]] where gb f (x:xs) ((a:as):bs) = gb f xs $ if f a x then ((x:a:as):bs) else ([x]:(a:as):bs) gb _ [] as = reverse . map reverse $ as
I'm sure there are much nicer ways to implement this...