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|2007-07-13, 14:00
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Droppin' sleeves
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: The Greatest City In The World
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|2007-07-14, 00:01
|Link #1062
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: California
Age: 28
@Swiffy: Sure you can use it. If you want your name added just ask.
@~NaNaMi~: Which one do you want to use? Also your name can be added.
Thanks for the comments everyone!
oh yeah I'm still a newb at the forums so I'm kinda confused on how to quote more than one person. Is there any shortcut way to do this? Thanks!
|2007-07-14, 00:13
|Link #1063
Evil Little Pixie
|2007-07-14, 02:22
|Link #1066
Join Date: Feb 2007
As for the name, You can put my name anywhere you feel appropriate, but I do want to request that Kagami's name be written in the order or Hiiragi Kagami... I just don't like westernized Japanese name order... one of my pet peeves.
Thank you very much!
*** if it's not too much trouble, is it possible to add the Japanese title and her name in Japanese? This maybe too difficult so I'm only asking as a side.
|2007-07-14, 04:49
|Link #1068
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: California
Age: 28
Here you go Swiffy. If you want anything different feel free to ask!
AVPlaya and Pendevous, although I have modified the sigs like you guys wanted (or at least I hope it's like you wanted), ~NaNaMi~ did ask to use one of the Kagami sigs first and although she hasn't replied yet, I think you should ask her about it first before using it.
Anyway here are the sigs:
AVPlaya, I couldn't find Kagami's name in Japanese... if you can provide me with a pic or reference I'll do the best I can but so far this is what I did. Again, if there's something you're not satisfied with I'll try my best to fix it the way you want it
|2007-07-14, 04:56
|Link #1069
Join Date: Feb 2007
I can type out her name for you for now... I can look around in the web for some images...
柊かがみ or
柊鏡 (her name in full kanji, you won't find this anywhere )
Hora! I found something on LS home page:
Her name is the smaller purple line on top of the bottom pink row. The last chara means "role of" you can ignore that. Space between Hiiragi and Tsukasa is fine.
Here's another one with just her given name Kagami:
Spoiler for Hidden due to Size:
Another one:
Her name is last of the yellow lines, ignore the last kanji.
There's another image I found with her name bit it's a little too ecchi... Here's the link if you want to see it...
Spoiler for Ecchi no Kagamin!:
Her name is the title before the kana for "no".
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|2007-07-14, 05:03
|Link #1070
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: California
Age: 28
Edit: Thanks for the pics!....Ok I just finished changing her name, but in the end, I couldn't add her familiy name. The two sources that had her family name in them were too small and they didn't look right on the sig. Since I'm still a beginner at photoshop, the only ways I thought of adding the text were cutting and modifying it. So I used the pic with only her given name...I hope that's ok. Anyway here it is:
I hope you like it and if you wanna change anything just tell me...but I'll fix it later because I'm beat . The bed is calling me.
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|2007-07-14, 07:26
|Link #1072
Junior Member
Hello, new friends. Just a request for either a sig or an avatar (I'm good either way) from episode 9, timeframe of 18:58 to 19:00, where Akira pulls the full-to-the-brim ashtray out and flings it at Shiraishi, and just ending after a bit of his recoil but before she starts to berate him again.
I'd really appreciate it if I can get this, heh. I'm kind of new at this sort of thing. Also, apologies if it's already been made and I somehow missed it when I sifted through earlier posts.
|2007-07-14, 12:39
|Link #1075
Graphic Designer
This is excellent dude. Thanks!
|2007-07-14, 22:31
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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A word that we meet often in the Scriptures is 'hope'. Frequently the psalms encourage us to hope in God Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope ( Ps. 119:49): Jeremiah reassures us that God will give us a future full of hope (Jer. 29:11) Job tells us There is always hope for a tree, even if it is cut down that it will sprout again (Job. 14:7) Of course the entire Gospel conveys a hope-filled message of salvation and new life. And Paul reminds us that hope does not disappoint us (Rom. 5:5).
This same spirit of hope characterises all Benedict's teaching. He begins by setting the tone for the whole Rule: we hope to impose nothing harsh or burdensome (Prol. 46) And again, as we pursue our journey of faith Place your hope in God alone (R.B. 4:41). Quoting from Psalm 37 Benedict says: Make known your way to the Lord and hope in him' (Ps. 37:5 R.B. 7:45). When it comes to material things Benedict stipulates that everyone is to receive what they need from the mother or father of the monastery: They may expect (i.e. hope) that everything they need in their lives will be supplied by the superior of the community (R.B. 33:5)
Sometimes we are tempted to loose sight of hope. We live in a world that has often forgotten the concepts of goodness, beauty, truth, integrity. Daily, reports reach us of the most devastating sufferings of people who are the innocent victims of war, violence, and hatred. Thousands of children die every day from malnutrition, hunger, or diseases that could be prevented by a more generous sharing of the world's resources. How can we convey a message of hope to these people? What can we do to help them? There are no easy answers to these immense problems. And even on our own doorstep, and within our own families, we find much that gives cause for deep concern.
There is one thing we can do however; we can hold these concerns in our hearts as we come to meditate. By that I do not mean that we should think about them, or even pray about them at the time of meditation. But because we truly meet Christ when we meditate our meditation is of immense value - not only for ourselves - but for the whole world. In some inexplicable way we can contribute to the pursuit of peace throughout the universe, simply by sitting in silence and stillness, repeating our Word in faith and in love. It is a mystery how this happens, understood only in the light of faith.
Benedict's world was not too different from our own. Yet somehow he managed to find hope in an environment of corruption and despair, when everything seemed to be falling apart, politically, socially, and even within the Church. The entire Rule, like the Gospel, is hope filled, reassuring us that God is with us, even if the worst happens, and he will never abandon us.
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This is, according to the fellas at Waiting For Next Year, Cleveland-area recording artist A. Gully. And he's sitting on top of his "new" 1987 Cutlass with…well, you can see the pictures. It's basically the greatest polished turd you've ever seen. Actually, if he's from Parma Heights, it could also be the greatest Polish Turd you've ever seen. See what I did there? No, it's not as clever as checkered tint. But then, what is?
Oh, and it looks like Bron-Bron is gonna be MVP. We should have mentioned that earlier, I suppose.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Boston College's Great Escape
Boston College's 14-10 victory at Virginia Tech was a horrible game with a great finish, but will this cost the Eagles valuable style points? To win, they needed two touchdowns in two minutes with a successful onside kick in between.
And what about Matt Ryan's Heisman hopes? The Boston College quarterback looked confused at best, inept at worst, as the Hokies rattled him with pressure and myriad coverages.
Ryan had a chance to win over voters, but his pedestrian play for much of the game could prove more damaging than his heroics at the finish. According to the Heisman Pundit's straw poll, Ryan was third in the Heisman race entering Thursday night's game, behind Tim Tebow and Andre Woodson.
Through three quarters, Ryan was 14 of 33 for 101 yards and an interception. He finished 25 of 52 for 285 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Here is video of Boston College's final drive:
3 comments:
Don't forget to mention how Ryan looking blowing snot out his nose, then topping that a moment later by puking a couple of times.
- Sean O said...
What in the heck are you talking about? Ryan may have WON the Heisman last night if BC wins. He's taking a so-so team to the top, he has the most signature moment of any candidate so far and he fought back to win the game. Even the ESPN guys were gushing over his Heisman chances, as were the Va. Tech players. He's the favorite right now.
Note: I'm a UConn fan and HATE BC. But that was damn impressive last night.
- Richard said...
Yes, Ryan and the BC offense were lousy against a tough VT defense (in a driving rain) for most of Thursday night's game. Nevertheless, Ryan came up HUGE in the last 4 minutes. It was a Heisman-worthy performance fromr this future 1st round draft choice, 23-4 in his stellar collegiate career.


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File No. 3-10892
On September 17, 2002, the Commission issued an Order Instituting Public Proceedings Pursuant to Section 15(b)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 203(f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Order") against Louis M. Lazorwitz ("Lazorwitz") of Houston, Texas based on the entry of an Order of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief enjoining him from future violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), Sections 10(b) and 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The Order of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief directed that Lazorwitz shall pay disgorgement, prejudgment interest thereon, and a civil penalty in amounts to be resolved upon motion of the Commission at a later date. The Order of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief also provided that for purposes of disgorgement, prejudgment interest and the civil penalty, the allegations of the Commission's complaint shall be deemed to be true, and Lazorwitz may not, by way of defense, contend that disgorgement, prejudgment interest and the civil penalty should not be imposed. SEC v. Louis M. Lazorwitz et al., Case No. 1:02-CV-0112-HTW (N.D.Ga.).
The Commission's complaint alleged that, during the period from at least March 1998 until at least September 1999, Lazorwitz, while acting as an investment adviser and broker-dealer, and others, used Tri-Star Investment Group, L.L.C. a/k/a Tri-Star Investment Group ("Tri-Star") to offer and sell securities to over 900 investors in at least 35 states and to raise over $15 million. Tri-Star initially alleged that it would invest in bank debentures typical of prime bank schemes, and later claimed it might invest in other international trade opportunities. Lazorwitz and others promoted Tri-Star directly and through approximately 35 agents around the United States known as "facilitators." Tri-Star promoters led investors to expect profits of 20% per month in so-called 13-month trading programs, after an initial 90-day waiting period. Lazorwitz and others made material misrepresentations and omissions of fact to investors concerning, among other things, the use of investor funds, the expected returns and investment risks, and caused false account statements to be issued to the investors.
A hearing will be scheduled before an administrative law judge to determine whether the allegations contained in the Order are true, to provide Lazorwitz an opportunity to dispute these allegations, and to determine what sanctions, if any, are appropriate and in the public interest.


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Higher Education System in India
Behind China and the U.S., India's higher education system is the third largest, with the University Grants Commission representing the main regulating body over tertiary institutions. Between 2000 and 2010, India constructed 20,000 universities and colleges that accepted over eight million students during that time. The fields of science and technology are heavily promoted by the Indian government at the college level, leading to several technological institutes such as the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management to receive acclaim from global educational organizations. In addition, the All India Institute of Medical Science in New Delhi is considered one of the leading research centers for the advancement of medical technology and treatment methods.
Academic degrees awarded in India conform to the colonial British system, with bachelor and master degrees given as "arts" or "science" degrees. Doctorate degrees are also available for students who have completed the specified master's program pertaining to their field of study. Admission to universities is based on the score earned by students taking the Higher Secondary School Certificate and is highly competitive in regards to the more prestigious universities operating in India. In fact the All India Pre-Med Test is taken annually by 200,000 students, of which only 2000 are accepted.
International students desiring to earn a degree in India will need to show proof of successfully completing at least 12 years of secondary education in their country of origin. Students will also need to take the entrance exam and submit results to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. Direct admission to medical, dental and engineering degree programs is not permissable, regardless of the student's past education credentials. However, other degree programs may not require foreign students to take the entrance exam. Instead, a student's higher education entrance exam scores (such as the ACT or SAT given in the U.S.) may be used to qualify the student at certain technical colleges. Students interested in earning a degree in India should be aware of the fact that public universities do not accept students who are not citizens of India.
Tuition costs in India vary dramatically, with public universities being much less expensive than private universities because they are funded by the government. Indian citizens usually pay less than $100 a year to attend a public university or college. Private university fees can range from $400 to $25,000 a year, depending on the institution and type of degree program. Non-Indian students attending a private college are generally given preference over Indian students, mainly due to the fact they are more financially equipped to pay tuition costs.
Why Study in India?
Students wishing to study non-western music, religion, architecture and art will find India the perfect place in which to learn in-depth about these subjects. Its diverse and fascinating culture is an irresistable blend of ancient and modern styles that attract liberal arts majors from all over the world. Additionally, India offers cutting-edge information technology degree programs for students interested in earning a highly valued bachelor's or master's degree related to the field of computers and IT.


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What has been on my mind recently is if I write some software to do a task, say process some files and dump some other files to disk, how can that process inform another process that the files are ready?
Using Shell
There are millions of ways to do this. The easiest is probably to wrap both processes in a shell script:
create_files process_created_files
The magic of unix means that process_created_files is triggered as soon as create_files exits.
This has a couple of problems. What if there were any errors in
create_files? What if create_files takes a long time, and we want to start processing as soon as the first file has been created?
There is a great trick to connect two processes together using the shell (hint: using pipes) that I'm going to talk about next time. For now, let's focus on the more heavy-weight options.
Using a Filewatcher
There are a few modules on CPAN that make it easy to build a filewatcher. A couple of examples are:
Maybe it is just me, but watching for file changes seems a bit 1970s, so moving swiftly on…
Using Third-Party Mechanisms
For connecting 1 producer to 1 consumer, I really like message queues. Apache has a crufy enterprise protocol called AMQP
RestMQ is a queue built on top of Redis.
Or you could use the Pub/Sub mechanism built into Redis directly.
ZeroMQ pretty much solves my problem without having to drop down to raw sockets.
# —
Unfortunately, none of these options are available to me. That brings me on to the raw socket options.
Using Raw Sockets
If the producer provides a server for interested consumers to connect to, you can have a bunch of consumers listening for events. Even better, you can add one layer of indirection and allow for many to many interactions.
An AnyEvent Notifier
The core of this code was taken from my Emulating POSIX Signals post.
use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; package Notifier; use constant CTRL_D => 4; use constant DEBUG => $ENV{NOTIFIER_DEBUG}; my $cr = "\015\012"; use AnyEvent; use AnyEvent::Handle; use AnyEvent::Socket; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = { pid => 0, watchers => {}, }; bless $self, $class; return $self; } sub disconnect_socket { my ($self, $handle, $pid) = @_; $handle->on_drain(sub { say "disconnecting PID $pid..."; $handle->destroy(); }); delete $self->{watchers}{$pid}; } sub get_other_handles { my ($self, $pid) = @_; return map { $self->{watchers}{$_}{handle} } grep { $_ != $pid } keys %{$self->{watchers}}; } sub broadcast_line { my ($self, $handles_ref, $line) = @_; foreach my $handle (@$handles_ref) { $handle->push_write($line . ${cr}); } } sub watch_socket { my ($self, $sock, $host, $port) = @_; # Closure variables my $pid = ++$self->{pid}; my $handle; $handle = AnyEvent::Handle->new( fh => $sock, on_error => sub { say "Error: $! (PID $pid)"; delete $self->{watchers}{$pid}; $handle->destroy(); }, on_eof => sub { say "Disconnected (PID $pid)"; delete $self->{watchers}{$pid}; $handle->destroy(); }, on_read => sub { my $buffer = $handle->rbuf(); $handle->rbuf() = ''; if (length($buffer) == 1 and ord($buffer) == CTRL_D) { $handle->push_write('Received EOF. ' . "Closing connection...${cr}"); $self->disconnect_socket($handle, $pid); } else { my @handles = $self->get_other_handles($pid); foreach my $line (split /\r?\n/, $buffer) { say "$host/$port : $line"; if (lc($line) =~ /quit|exit/) { $self->disconnect_socket($handle, $pid); return; } else { $self->broadcast_line(\@handles, $line); } } } } ); $handle->keepalive(); $self->{watchers}{$pid} = { handle => $handle }; $handle->push_write("Connected. (PID $pid)${cr}"); } sub prepare_handler { my ($fh, $host, $port) = @_; DEBUG && warn "Listening on $host:$port\n"; } sub _accept_handler { my $self = shift; return sub { my ($sock, $peer_host, $peer_port) = @_; DEBUG && warn "Accepted connection from $peer_host:$peer_port\n"; if (! $sock) { warn '$sock undefined' . "\n"; return; } $self->watch_socket($sock, $peer_host, $peer_port); }; } sub start_listen { my ($self, $host, $port) = @_; $self->{server} = tcp_server($host, $port, $self->_accept_handler(), \&prepare_handler); } package main; my $host = undef; my $port = 12345; my $kernel = Notifier->new(); $kernel->start_listen($host, $port); AE::cv->recv();


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People deserve the chance to become a part of society. Not all felons remain the same. Second chances are needed.
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Bringing hope to the hopeless and the fatherless home.With loyal supporters, a dedicated staff, and caring volunteers,
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iReadHOPE is a global reading campaign, geared towards sparking up or re-igniting (as the case may be) a good reading
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goin2kc wrote:How about we agree to drop our offer for your team in exchange for a triple-A affiliation. Wilkes-Barre is a very small city (43K) while Kansas City would give your up and coming players a chance to play in a big time arena in front of large crowds. There are many teams that have affiliates significant distances from their city.
goin2kc wrote:They average about 8,000 people per game. Kansas City would give you significantly more than that and you could generate some television and radio revenue that you probably wouldn't get otherwise. Just a thought.
DelPen wrote:Even if the pens leave there will still be an AHL team in WBS. That team is a cash cow to whoever owns it. The Rangers might have problems with Hartford and getting a reasonable lease for the Wolfpack. I wouldn't be surprised to see them take over WBS if the Pens moce and they don't want to have their affiliate in NE PA.
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Ascent of Russian Peak on 2005-08-06
Dennis Poulin
Saturday, August 6, 2005
Ascent Type:
Successful Summit Attained
Russian Peak
8190 ft / 2496 m
Ascent Trip Report
August 6, 2005 I started the day in Medford, Oregon. I stopped at the Marble Mountain Wilderness and climbed Boulder Peak on my way to the Russian Wilderness. I followed the directions in the Route Description to arrive at the Trailhead about 4:00PM. I was surprised that there were about 8 cars parked at or near the trailhead. I found a place to park along the road near the end of the road and loaded up for my hike into the Russian Wilderness. I marked my car location on my GPS and I headed out.
The trail starts down an old roadbed and is fairly level. The views were impressive right away. The mountains are all granite and have been glaciated. The view down to Jackson Lake was impressive with its dark blue waters. It looked to be a long way down, so I was glad I didn't have to climb down this steep hillside. It was a warm day even at 7,000 foot elevation, so by the time I traveled the ¾ mile to the end of the roadbed, I had loosened up and was starting to sweat.
At the end of the roadbed I marked my position again with my GPS, just in case I needed the information later. The trail that starts up the hillside trending to the north is not marked and is not very good. It is hard to follow but it goes up over a ridge and then drops down to Bingham Lake. The hillside is forested, but easy to walk through, so I welcomed the shade.
At the top of the ridgeline there is a view of Russian Peak and Bingham Lake. I could hear people talking down at the lake and a dog started barking too. It looked to be a long way down to the lake, so I thought it may be easier to traverse to my right and follow the ridgeline up to the summit of Russian Peak. This was NOT a good decision.
Traversing over to the ridgeline wasn't too bad. Once I arrived there the ridgeline was a problem. It is comprised of large granite boulders that you have to go around. What I had to do is traverse mostly on the west side of the ridge line, climbing over boulders, rock hopping and bushwhacking. There is lots of brush on this slope and I had to break through it while rock hopping and trying not to break an ankle or fall. My progress was very slow and the further I went the worse it got.
I made my way closer to the peak itself and slowly inched my way up the south ridge of Russian Peak. I was taking a breather about 400 feet below the summit when another hiker, Don, caught up to me as he was coming up the same ridgeline heading for the summit too. To prove it is a small world, the hiker was from Medford too and he used to give my daughter tennis lessons.
He went on ahead of me and I eventually joined him on the summit. My legs had fresh cuts from banging into rocks and dragging them through the brush. I relaxed a while, ate an apple, and drank some Gatorade. After signing the register and taking pictures, I decided to go back to the car using a different route. It had taken me 2 hours to cover the 2 miles to the summit. I knew there must be a better way.
I decided to head down to Lake Bingham from the summit. I climbed down off the summit boulders and then headed off the ridgeline to the west. This was a lot easier than the way coming up. I stayed under the tree cover and headed southwest towards the lake. The slope is steep and there was little brush and the footing was ok. I kept heading down and traversing towards the lake at the same time.
It didn't take long before I was on the shore line on the east side of Bingham Lake. I asked a fisherman if he was having any luck and he grumbled a "not really". I could see and hear some people diving off the rocks on the far shore also. I picked my way along the shoreline to the south end of the lake. Here, I picked up the trail that led back up over the ridge and to the car. It was a steep grind getting up the trail to the saddle, but it was under tree cover so I had some shade.
Once at the saddle it was easy to get back to the roadbed and back to the car. It had taken me less than an hour to return from the summit. Altogether, with the bushwhacking, it took me 3.5 hours for 4.0 miles and about 1,800 ft of elevation gain.
This is a really beautiful area to hike in and I would recommend it to everyone.
Summary Total Data
Total Elevation Gain:
1823 ft / 555 m
Total Elevation Loss:
1823 ft / 555 m
Round-Trip Distance:
4.1 mi / 6.6 km
Route Conditions:
Maintained Trail, Bushwhack
Ascent Statistics
Gain on way in:
1823 ft / 555 m
2.1 mi / 3.3 km
From Bingham Lake
Start Trailhead:
6367 ft / 1940 m
Descent Statistics
Loss on way out:
1823 ft / 555 m
2.1 mi / 3.3 km
End Trailhead:
6367 ft / 1940 m
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Prison and court records can tell us many things about our ancestors who had a brush with the law. The 19th century was a very different era with extremely harsh sentences such as death and banishment to Australia handed down for trivial crimes. The name below comes from an 1833 report on those tried in Kilkenny, Mayo and Laois in the year of 1832.[1]
No. 29 Michael Buggy – Crime: Assaulting habitation and attempting to compel to quit farm.
He is listed under the heading of "return of persons found guilty at Lent and Spring Assizes 1832 in county Kilkenny."
You can read here about further Buggy crimes and imprisonments in Ireland.
[1] House of Commons. 1833. Return of the number of persons tried and found guilty, tried and acquitted, within the last twelve months, in the counties of Kilkenny, Mayo and Queen's; distinguishing the nature of each offense. Place of publication unknown. p.2; Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland, part of Documenting Ireland: People, Parliament and Migration http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/10703/eppi_pages/239089 : accessed 4 November 2011


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Caballo Blanco Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon
Photos from Josue Stephens and Chris Labbe
Click here for all photos
Primary result: Beauty
The seventh running of the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon, and the fourth annual running of the CCUM in the Urique canyon had about 100 starters and 37 finishers. There is nothing quite like it, anywhere. I am just the RD horse. What do I know?
A big thanks to all who care enough to read about it, and especially to those who have participated over the last few years and have become Mas Loco!
Caballo Blanco
3--Isidro Lechuga--Piedras Verdes, Urique--6:49
4--Florencio Quimare--Ocorare, Batopilas--6:58
5--Arnulfo Quimare--Chepatare, Batopilas--7:11
6--Cervando Gutierez--Huisuchi, Batopilas--7:14
7--Antonio Luna--Munerachi, Batopilas--7:19
8--Silvino Cubezare--Huisuchi, Batopilas--7:32
9--Dolores Estrada--Huicorachi, Urique--7:35
10--Corpus Estrada--Huicorachi, Urique--7:36
11--Arnulfocito Mendoza--Santa Rita, Batopilas--7:42
12--Silverio Ramirez--Tatoguichi, Guachochi--7:51
13--Ignacio Nacho Palma--Chawaloco, Batopilas--8:04
First woman!
18--FRANCO MARCHETTI--El AGUILA ALPES--ITALY--8:42
19--Epitanio Quimare--Chinivo, Batopilas--8:52
20--Santos Reyes--Basiguare, Guachochi--8:56
21--Sebastiano Gutierez--San Jose, Batopilas--8:57
22--Sergio Mancinas--Urique--9:01
23--ABI STEPHENS--LA LINCE--OREGON--9:07---Second woman!
24--Enrique Moreno--San Rafael, Urique--9:09
25--THERESA DO--LA PALOMA--COLORADO--9:15---third woman!
28--Luis Cleto--Piedras Verdes, Urique--9:32
29--Jose Cruz--Piedras Verdes, Urique--9:32
30--Arnulfo Gonzales--GUadalupe Coranado, Urique--10:00
31--LEAH JUREK--LA ALMA HERMOSA--WASHINGTON--10:23--fourth woman!
33--Lorenzo Catsro--Guadalupe Coranado, Urique--10:31
34--Margarita Lerna--Panalachi, Bocoyna--10:38---FIRST TARAHUMARA WOMAN, fifth woman overall!
35--Jesus Perez--Munerachi, Batopilas--10:38
36--Carlos Concheno--Urique--11.00
37--GABI STEPHENS--LA LAGARTA--PENNSYLVANIA--11:30--sixth woman!
On the previous Wednesday they came, 4 gringo runners and El Caballo Blanco walking over from the deep canyon town of Batopilas, encountering 14 Batopilas canyon Raramuri en route, and walking together over la Sierra then down into the 6,200 foot deep canyon town of Urique, where we encountered more Raramuri and the rest of the gringo runners, men and women.
There were 136 running participants, of which about 100 started the
47 mile ultra. 36 local townspeople and a few international runners
participated by running one of the two 18 mile loops with us, either
the first loop upriver, or the second downriver loop. Many excited
children ran short distances with us when we were entering and
leaving the deep canyon small town of Urique beginning and ending
each loop. EVERYBODY participated!
The ultra run finishes with an 11 mile out and back after the two
longer loops.
Out of the 100 or so ultra starters and 38 finishers, 15 were from
the United States, France and Italy, 6 Mexican runners from
Chihuahua, and one local Urique Mexican man, whom finished near to
last, and was awarded $100 for being the only towns-person runner to
do so.
First place went to a humble and relatively unknown young Oregon Man named Joe Grant-
-El Tortuga Lluvia--Rain Turtle. The 24 year old turtle does not run, nor looks
much like his animal helper. In Fact, the Turtle broke Scott Jurek's-
-El Venado, the Stag Deer, course record of 6:32, lowering the
record to 6:24!
Nevada speedster Josh Brimhall--El Antilope Desierto, Desert
Antelope, was second, followed by 8 Raramuri--Tarahumara runners
rounding out the top 10. ALL United States, and our new Italion friend, Franco--
El Aguila del Alpes, Eagle of the Alps, finished.
The first place woman was Amanda McIntosh--La Yegua Negra
Peligrosa, Dangerous Black Mare, from Texas and Leadville, Colorado. Amanda
generously gave her $500 winnings to the 3 Tarahumara women
participants. Yes, Raramuri women came, And the bridge between
running cultures has now been constructed and crossed by our lovely
Mas Loca women runners, acting as the messengers--Andale!
Josh and Joe also gave their combined $2,500 winnings back to the
Raramuri people in the form of sharing some of their winnings with
the 8 Raramuri rounding out the top 10, and putting the rest into
the CCUM Seed Farm--sustainable agriculture project we have begun in
cooperation with Native Seeds Search. Nobody had to do that; and
they Did!....Korima.
Theresa Do--La Paloma--Dove, won cash and corn by finishing 3rd woman.
Abigail Stephens--La Lince--Lynx, finished second and
won $300. Yes, we have prize money for the top 3 women. There was a
grand total of about 9 women ultra runners....not bad odds -:
As well as the cash prizes of about $5,000 for the top ten overall
and another $1,000 for the top 3 women--who have a chance to
double their winnings when taking a top 10 overall spot, a ton of corn is
awarded to each of the top 5 finishers, and a half ton to the 6-10th
place finishers. ALL finishers after that are awarded 500 pounds of
All gringos gave the corn back to the people however they wanted to do
so, and we now have to deliver, I can only guess at this early point,
about 30,000 pounds of corn....A horse`s work is never done -:
Thanks for mucho help and support in many ways from Chris Labbe-
-El Cabro Colorado--Mountain Goat, whom also printed up beautiful
calenders from last year`s race event and gave them to the Urique towns-people.
The CCUM is sponsored by this kind of generosity, called Korima in
the Raramuri language--sharing, a gift, unconditional and beautiful,
the reward for giving being whatever may come back around in the
circle. And what does, along with whatever else, is always beauty.
May the Raramuri and all of us contunue to run free.
Caballo Blanco de La Sierra Madre - see www.CaballoBlanco.com
Labels: copper_canyon, fivefingers, tarahumara


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Class D Digital Selective Calling
Programmable scan, priority scan, Dual Watch
All NOAA weather channels and Weather Alert
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The Standard Horizon Explorer GX1600 VHF Radio is designed for easy and convenient mounting. The ultra thin and compact 3.5" deep rear-case design takes up less space when bracket mounting the radio to the dash and also offers flexible flush mounting of the radio.
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''I turned my company in for fraudulent financial reporting' and 'after I settled my lawsuit against them.I was destroyed financially by the company '' - that would be a doing of an idiot. No wonder you have no regrets, coz still nobody caught you reg. your alleged fraudulent activity.
@The Mildly Irritated Medic
'I can still make myself believe that I can make this work, yet I know that I need to find out quickly if that faith is misplaced.' HA HA HA, gotcha.
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A woman has been arrested in Somalia's capital after she alleged in a video interview posted online that she had been raped at gunpoint by colleagues.
The journalist who interviewed the 19-year-old has also been detained in Mogadishu, but the two men accused of rape have not been arrested.
It has been reported that the arrests came after those accused of rape complained about defamation.
The UN has called for a "proper investigation" into the case.
Earlier this year, another alleged rape victim and the reporter she had spoken to were sentenced to a year in prison for "offending state institutions".
They were later released on appeal.
'Dignity destroyed'
Somalia's UN-backed government said it could not get involved in the current judicial process and justice must take its course.
The alleged victim is herself a journalist who works for the Kasmo Voice of Women radio station in Mogadishu.
Fatuma Abdulkadir Hassan told a journalist at the privately owned Shabelle Media Network that she had been raped at gunpoint by colleagues who worked at the state-owned radio station.
One of the journalists contacted her by phone and asked if she could help him without making it clear how - and a car was sent to her house to collect her, she said.
She alleges it dropped her off at a house where she found the two journalists.
"One of the men threatened me with a pistol, and took me to the bedroom by force... both of them raped me several times, destroying my pride and dignity," the AFP news agency quotes Ms Hassan as saying in the interview, which was videoed and posted online by the Shabelle journalist and has since been picked up by several Somali news websites.
The men kept her at the house the whole night, only releasing her the following morning, she said.
"I am appealing to the government to take legal action against the rapists - they might have done the same to other poor girls," she added.
Police arrested Ms Hassan, the Shabelle journalist Mohamed Bashir Hashi who conducted the interview, and the manager of Shabelle.
The manager has since been released on bail; the other two remain in custody.
Somali journalists' union leader said they had been arrested because the woman's colleagues had complained to the police, accusing her of defamation, AFP reports.
Government spokesman Abdirahman Omar Osman denied that the arrest of the journalist was an attack on the media.
"Journalists perform a critical role and we want them to be able to work without fear or favour," he said.
"A free press is at the heart of every democracy and is guaranteed under our new constitution."
Shabelle's radio station was forced off air last month when the authorities took possession of its headquarters, saying the building belonged to the government.
But the company's online operations have not been affected.
Human rights groups say rape and sexual abuse is a growing problem in Somalia where more than two decades of conflict have seen clan-based warlords, rival politicians and Islamist militants battle for control of the country.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Three members of the MIT rifle team were honored recently when the Mid Atlantic Rifle Conference announced its annual post season awards. Seniors Jennifer de Bruijn (Harare, Zimbabwe) and Nigel Kojimoto (Honolulu, Hawaii) along with junior Elizabeth Phillips (Anchorage, Alaska) were all named to the All-Academic team. It is the fourth consecutive year that MIT has placed at least three student-athletes on the All-Academic team.
It was the third straight year that Kojimoto has earned a spot on the team as he became the first Engineer to become a three-time All-Academic honoree. It was the second time on the squad for Phillips and the first for de Bruijn. As a team, MIT was tied with VMI for second in the conference in All-Academic selections.
The award is given to the top twenty student-athletes in the conference, who are not academic freshman, that attain the highest combined overall grade point average multiplied by a multiplier and added to the highest final smallbore or air rifle average.


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Rent an Island for $500,000
A $500,000 Florida winter getaway to rent out an entire island. MarketWatch's Charles Passy has details on Lunch Break. Photo: The Zimmerman Agency.
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I have a JTable of X number of rows (changes throughout program) and 11 columns. Each row contains details from an object I made. The object associated with each row has a boolean value in its class. What I am wanting to do is set the background color blue for every row whose object's boolean value is TRUE.
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2012 Cross Country: Competed in all eight meets and led the team in seven…finished first at the Hornet Jamboree, was second at the Aggie Open and third a the Doc Adams Invitational…his time of 30:28.34 at the NCAA West Regional is the fastest in school history…placed 42nd at the NCAA West Regional which was the third highest finish by a Hornet male…best 8K time was 25:15.1 at the Santa Clara Invitational.
2011 Cross Country: Competed in seven of the team's eight meets…led the team in three meets and ranked second among Hornets in three others…finished third at the Aggie Open and was sixth at the Hornet Jamboree and Doc Adams Invitational…led the team at the NCAA West Regional with a 10K time of 30:31 which is the fastest in school history.
2010 Cross Country: Ran in all of the team's meets during his first season…led the team at the Santa Clara Invitational and the Big Sky Championships…finished 19th at the Big Sky meet in a time of 23:15.09…his finish was the eighth-highest in school history…was third on the team at the NCAA West Regional after running 32:18.09 which ranks ninth in program history.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Santa Rosa HS…was named the Male Track Athlete of the Year by theSanta Rosa Press Democrat as a senior…also earned the newspaper's Runner of the Year award for cross country…set the Empire record in the 3,200 after running 8:59.89 at the Arcadia Invitational…other bests include 4:11.83 in the 1,600…placed ninth at the California Div. II meet with a time of 15:23 in 2009…also wont the North Coast Section Div. II title and finished 29th at the West Regional of the Foot Locker National Championships.
Personal: Majoring in sociology…parents are Mary and Mike Byers.


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By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information Coordinator
and Rob Schabert, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information
RICHMOND, Ky. – The Tennessee Tech defense did what it could Saturday to give the Golden Eagles a chance against Eastern Kentucky. The offense, however, never found consistency and the host Colonels took advantage for an uninspired, 24-10 Ohio Valley Conference victory for EKU's Homecoming in Kidd Stadium.
Through three quarters, the Tech defense limited the league's best rushing offense to just 118 yards on the ground. Tech's defense came up with a big fourth down stop late in the third quarter, and moments later got a turnover when Cory McDonald intercepted a pass near midfield.
But the Tech offense, already missing key players due to a variety of injuries, lost top receiver Cody Matthews early in the game when he was injured attempting to make a catch. EKU defensive back Brandon Stanley was penalized for targeting, hitting Matthews in the helmet, and was ejected from the game. Backup tailback Maleek Hall, making his first start in place of starter Zack Ziegler, also went out with an injury, as did starting tight end Parker Teeter.
Newcomers Joe Vines and Dametris Watson filled in, each making the first receptions of their careers. Their appearances were an indication of how the offensive staff was trying to piece together its lineup.
Still, without offensive consistency, the Golden Eagles were within reach into the fourth quarter, trailing 17-3, when EKU surprised Tech with a trick play, throwing a reverse pass into the end zone to make it a 24-3 contest.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Jared Davis, chased all afternoon and forced to throw several times on the run, directed a 10-play, 62-yard touchdown drive to pull Tech with 24-10 with 9:30 remaining.
Tech's defense forced another three-and-out and got the ball back quickly. Davis got the offense moving again, driving into EKU territory, but the Colonels stopped Tech on a fourth-and-one with five minutes to play.
EKU scored on the opening drive of the game, a 10-yard run by quarterback Jared McClain that finished off a 10-play, 64-yard drive for an early 7-0 lead.
Tech moved into scoring range early in the second quarter and Zach Sharp drilled a 29-yard field goal to make it 7-3.
Late in the half, EKU scored twice in 1:27 to take a 17-3 lead into halftime. First, McClain raced around right end on a keeper for an eight-yard TD to end a 78-yard drive.
On first down, Davis' pass was deflected and intercepted, setting up a 26-yard field goal by Andrew Lloyd.
Tech finished with 200 yards of offense, mustering just 27 yards on the ground on 22 carries. Davis was 21-for-42 for 173 yards through the air.
EKU, which leads the OVC in rushing, was limited to 149 yards on the ground on 50 carries, but added 198 passing yards to finish with 347 in total offense.
Junior linebacker Tra'Darius Goff topped the tackles charts, making 10 stops including two tackles-for-loss and a quarterback sack. Kevin Robinson-White, making his first career start, added eight tackles. Marty Jones had seven stops, broke up a pass and recovered a fumble.
The Golden Eagles (3-5/0-4 OVC) head home to host Jacksonville State (5-2/1-2 OVC) next Saturday for Tech's annual Homecoming game. Kickoff in Tucker Stadium is at 1:30 p.m.
- Tennessee Tech enters the contest at 3-4 overall with an 0-3 mark in OVC play.
- Eastern Kentucky comes into the game with a 3-3 mark overall and 1-1 record in league play.
- In last year's edition of the series, EKU came from behind to defeat the Golden Eagles, 42-28, in Cookeville.
- The Colonels lead the all-time series, 51-18, and have won five the previous six match-ups.
- Last week, the Golden Eagles' comeback attempt against UT Martin fell just short, as the Skyhawks held on for a 28-17 victory.
- EKU was on a bye last week, but defeated Austin Peay, 38-3, the week prior.
- The Golden Eagles win the toss and have deferred to the second half.
- EKU returns the opening kick off to their own 36-yard line and game is underway.
- The Colonels grab a rushing touchdown from quarterback Jared McClain. They lead Tech, 7-0, with 10:16 to go in the first quarter.
- Tech punter Chad Zinchini on to punt. He boots one 50 yards and EKU takes over on its own 25-yard line with 7:30 to go in the first quarter.- The Golden Eagles hold the Colonels on third down and force Jordan Berry to punt.
- Ladarius Vanlier back to receive the kick. He lets it go and it is downed on the TTU five-yard line.
- Big pickup on third down for the Golden Eagles! Quarterback Jared Davis hits tight end Parker Teeter for 21 yards and a Tech first down!
- Zinchini on to punt and he kicks in 45 yards to the EKU 35-yard line.
- At the end of the first quarter, the Colonels lead the Golden Eagles, 7-0.
- FUMBLE!!!!! Jay Rudwall hits Caleb Watkins hard and the ball comes out and Marty Jones comes away with it! Tech takes over on the EKU 46-yard line.
- HUGE first-down conversion on fourth down as Davis hits Steve Wilson with a 13-yard completion to the EKU 17-yard line.
- Zach Sharp out for a 29-yard field goal attempt.
- IT'S GOOD!!!! Tech cuts the lead to 7-3 with 11:22 to play in the first half.
- EKU forced to punt. Vanlier returns it to the 50-yard line.
- Dametris Watson grabs his first career reception. It goes for 21 yards and a TTU first down.
- Jerquin Vines follows suit, grabbing his first career reception for four yards.
- Eastern Kentucky takes over after a turnover-on-downs. The Colonels have it on their own 22-yard line.
- EKU's McClain goes around end and gets into the endzone as the Colonels take a 14-3 lead with 1:54 to play.
- Eastern Kentucky tips a pass and Anthony Brown picks it off at the TTU 31-yard line.
- Andrew Lloyd on for the 26-yard field goal attempt by EKU. It's good. The Colonels take a 17-3 lead with 27 seconds left in the first half.
- At the end of the first half, Eastern Kentucky leads 17-3.
- Ladarius Vanlier back to receive the ball. He'll return it to the TTU 26-yard line as we begin the second half.
- Zinchini out for the punt. He boots it 43 yards to the EKU 29-yard line.
- Great pass break-up by James Huguely on third-and-12 and EKU will be forced to punt.
- Vanlier brings it back to the Tech 31-yard line with 11:11 to go in the third quarter.
- Zinchini on for the kick and he pops one 49-yards to the EKU 18-yard line.
- EKU forced to punt and Tech will take over on its own 35-yard line.
- The Colonels will go for it on fourth-and-one from their own 30-yard line.
- THEY'RE SHORT!!! Tech stuffs JJ Jude at the line of scrimmage by Kevin Robinson-White and Tech takes over on downs!
- Zinchini will come on for the punt. He crushes one 47 yards into the wind and EKU takes over on its own 25-yard line.
- INTERCEPTION!!!! Cory McDonald jumps a route and snags a McClain pass! His first pick of the year puts Tech at the 50-yard line!
- Zinchini puts one into the endzone for a touchback. The ball went 46 yards into the wind.
- SACK!!!! Tra'Darius Goff sacks McClain for a three-yard loss and forces second-and-13.
- At the end of the third quarter, EKU leads 17-3.
- EKU's Jeff Glover around for a reverse. He pulls up and passes a 29-yard TD pass to Ike Ariguzo and the Colonels take a 24-3 lead with 12:31 to play.
- Cody Forbes returns the ensuing kick off to the TTU 38-yard line.
- BIG fourth-down conversion as Davis hits Maleek hall for 18 yards and a first down at the EKU 18-yard line.
- TOUCHDOWN!!!! Davis hits Krys Cates for a 16-yard score with 9:30 remaining and Tech cuts the lead to 24-10.
- The Colonels forced to punt and Tech will take over on its own 24-yard line with 7:17 to play.
- Eastern Kentucky will take over after a turnover-on-downs by the Golden Eagles.
- Tech gets the ball after EKU can't convert a fourth-and-eight.
- Eastern Kentucky will take a knee and the Colonels defeat the Golden Eagles, 24-10.


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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 8.5 -- Choosing Between the Hardware Media Server and the Express Media Server
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Main page: Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 8.5
Up one level: Planning Your Deployment
Choosing Between the Hardware Media Server and the Express Media Server
- About the Hardware Media Server and the Express Media Server
- General Differences
- Differences in Audio and Video Codecs
- Line Echo Cancellation
- About Ad-Hoc Conferencing
About the Hardware Media Server and the Express Media Server
All Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 8.5 systems that will use audio or video need a media server and the media server can be either a Hardware Media Server (HMS) or an Express Media Server (EMS).
- The Express Media Server is a set of software modules, including an audio mixer and a video switcher, that resides on the Application Server. The Express Media Server creates a single box software-only solution for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. The Express Media Server is based on the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express Video Telephony (VT) product.
- The Hardware Media Server is comprised of Audio and Video Blades.
All Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 8.5 systems automatically come with an Express Media Server. If you want to use a Hardware Media Server, you must purchase, install, and configure it first.
On a multinode system (with Cisco WebEx scheduling), you may use only the Express Media Server or the Hardware Media Server within a site. If you mix both EMS and HMS on the same site, then users may notice video quality differences for different meetings, depending on the media server that is being used. On a multinode system, one site can have the Express Media Server, while another site has the Hardware Media Server.
There can be more or less differences based on your configuration and the environment in which the media servers are deployed.
General Differences
Table: General Differences Between the Express Media Server and the Hardware Media Server
|Express Media Server
|Hardware Media Server
Software residing on the Application Server
Hardware, comprised of Audio and Video Blades. For video to work, each Audio Blade must have a Video Blade associated with it.
Installed automatically when you install the Application Server
Separate chassis, audio/video blade installation required and configuration steps
Configured through the Administration Center of the Application Server
Configured through the Media Server Administration
Can record the audio portion of scheduled meetings. Cannot record the video portion of scheduled meetings.
Can record the audio and video portions of scheduled meetings.
Does not support any internal cascading of audio and video data
Uses internal cascading between blades for scalability
Resource management
Based on the number of System Resource Units (SRUs), which is based on the type of Cisco MCS on which the Application Server is installed.
Based on the following:
High complexity codecs
G.729 and G.722 is considered a high complexity codec (no support for iLBC)
G.729 is not considered a high complexity codec unless line echo cancellation is turned on for it. G.722 and iLBC are considered high complexity codecs
Video composition
Not supported.
Supports video composition.
When audio is muted, video is not muted.
When audio is muted, video is muted.
Not supported.
Supports true transrating, so you can have an 384Kbps connection in the same meeting as a 2Mb connection, without affecting the interaction between high rate participants.
Transcoding between H.263 and H.264 AVC
Not supported between H.263 and H.264 AVC endpoints in the same meeting. A meeting can include either H.263 or H.264 video endpoints.
Not supported.
Supports H.261 in high rate mode and provides transcoding between H.261 and H.263/H.264.
Video resolution
Supports the following:
Allows 320x180, but it will probably be mangled. Does not allow the other resolutions.
Custom video types
Can make custom video types. Has more predefined video types.
Not supported.
Video type management
Not supported.
H.263 at 4CIF
Not supported.
In-band (voice band) DTMF detection, audio codec iLBC, jitter buffer configuration
Not supported.
Automatic gain control (AGC)
Echo cancellation
The system calls a user for a web meeting, and the user turns on the desktop camera. When the user is speaking, the WebEx video shows the user to the other attendees in the meeting.
Not supported.
Differences in Audio and Video Codecs
|Audio Codecs Supported
|Video Codecs Supported
Hardware Media Server
Express Media Server
1. When using these codecs, capacity changes from 250 ports per blade to 166 ports per blade.
2. Any combination in the same meeting.
3. For more information on using these codecs and capacity, see the Resource Management and System Capacity for Systems Using the Express Media Server.
Line Echo Cancellation
The Express Media Server and Hardware Media Server both include an echo canceller for controlling echo on incoming audio connections, so any echo originating from a phone or long distance connection can disrupt the conference. In general, echo cancellation is not required in a conference bridge, providing the following conditions are true:
- All the voice gateways connecting the public switched telephone network to the internal network are provisioned to provide echo cancellation. Usually 64ms of echo cancellation is sufficient, but intercontinental calls may benefit from 128ms.
- Substantially all calls are originating and terminating within the same continent. If you have 128ms of echo cancellation in the voice gateways, then intercontinental calls between developed countries will likely be covered, provided no connections through satellites are employed. Intercontinental calls involving 3rd world countries are likely to have echo exceeding 128ms., which cannot be controlled by most voice gateways.
- Internal phones and headsets are well maintained. Defective phones or headsets, including echo cancelling headsets with dead batteries, are a common source of echo.
Note that acoustic echo, typically from a speakerphone in a conference room, cannot be effectively cancelled by either type of media server. This type of echo should be controllable through proper configuration and use of a good quality speaker phone.
About Ad-Hoc Conferencing
- Overview of Ad-Hoc Conferencing
- How the System Uses Ad-Hoc Voice Ports
- Recommendations for Users Using Ad-Hoc Conferencing
Overview of Ad-Hoc Conferencing
Note: Release 8.5.2 supports ad-hoc conferencing.
Ad-hoc meetings are not controlled by Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. Cisco Unified Communications Manager manages and controls the exchange of conference control messages and the voice and video media control messages between endpoints in ad-hoc meetings. The Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express Media Server, which contains an audio mixer and a video switcher, acts as a conference bridge to Cisco Unified Communications Manager and provides only the media resources.
Users initiate ad-hoc meetings through the user interfaces of products other than Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. For example, users can initiate either a voice-only or a voice-and-video ad-hoc meeting by using the CONF or Meet-Me buttons on Cisco Unified IP Phones that are registered to Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Users can also add web conferencing to conversations initiated through Cisco Unified Personal Communicator.
Note: Users with H.323 video terminals, which are registered to a Cisco IOS gatekeeper and have an H.225 trunk to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, can also initiate ad-hoc conferences. There is no CONF button on the terminals, but once users initiate an ad-hoc conferences from Cisco endpoints using the Meet-Me number, they can call in to the same ad-hoc conf from the terminals.
In contrast, scheduled and reservationless meetings are set up, managed, and controlled by Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. Users can schedule meetings through WebEx scheduling (or MeetingPlace scheduling) or through the Microsoft Outlook plug-in and can call in to or call out of the meeting by using the phone, the user web interface, or video endpoints.
By configuring your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace server as a Cisco video conference bridge (IPVC-35xx) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you can provide audio/video ad-hoc conferencing for the these endpoints:
- All voice and video endpoints that support Cisco Unified Communications Manager meet-me and Confrn button (ad-hoc conferences) voice and video only.
- Cisco Unified Personal Communicator-voice/video, with optionally web (provided by Cisco WebEx).
|Ad-Hoc Meetings
|Scheduled/Reservationless Meetings
Set up, managed, and controlled by Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Set up, managed, and controlled by Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
Meetings scheduled through IP phones or Cisco Unified Personal Communicator
Meetings scheduled through WebEx scheduling (or MeetingPlace scheduling) or through Microsoft Outlook
Call into or out of meetings by phone, web, or video endpoints (scheduled meetings)
Does not support recording
Supports recording
Related Topics
- For information about meet-me and ad-hoc conferences, see the "Conference Bridges" chapter of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide for your specific release, go to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.
- For details about Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, go to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6844/index.html.
How the System Uses Ad-Hoc Voice Ports
The Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system uses ad-hoc voice ports in these situations:
- One port for each endpoint in a voice call that includes three or more endpoints. (A direct, voice-only call between two endpoints does not use any ad-hoc voice ports.)
- One port when a Cisco Unified IP Phone is used to create the meeting through the Meet-Me button.
- Another port for each additional endpoint that calls into the ad-hoc conference.
- One voice port for each utilized video port.
Recommendations for Users Using Ad-Hoc Conferencing
The video switcher of the Express Media Server switches the video stream to the current active speaker, which is the loudest speaker as determined by the audio mixer.
Provide these recommendations to help reduce background noise during conference calls:
- Mute your phone when you are not speaking.
- Do not use a speakerphone, which might generate echoes, ringing sounds, or audio feedback.
- If you use a microphone that is built into your video camera, keep the camera away from fans, vents, and other sources of noise.
- For softphones, such as Cisco Unified Personal Communicator with a Cisco VT Camera or Cisco IP Communicator with Cisco Unified Video Advantage:
- Do not use the microphone that is built into your computer. These microphones tend to pick up a lot of background noise.
- We strongly recommend that you use a headset that is equipped with a microphone.
- Whenever multiple microphones are available, make sure that your computer and video endpoint are configured to use the desired microphone.
- For example, suppose that you use Cisco Unified Personal Communicator with a Cisco VT Camera on a Windows XP operating system, and that you have a headset that is equipped with a microphone. To make sure that your system is configured to use the headset microphone, select Start > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices. Then select the Audio tab, and make sure that your headset is selected as the sound recording device.
- See the documentation for your specific endpoint product to optimize audio settings and resolve audio problems.


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Maybe it's not food that's destroying your diet...
You work your butt off day in and day out. You watch what you eat. You exercise. For some reason, the weight just stays. Its frustrating. Well, have you looked at what you've been drinking lately? Water is the sole, calorie-free, sugar-free, fat-free liquid beverage. It is the healthiest thing for cleaning your body and giving it hydration. According to WebMD, the average American consumes one fifth of their daily calories from beverages. Yikes! That is an alarming number! That's why your weight-loss goals have been harder to reach! You are secretly sabotaging yourself! So what are the largest calorie-laden drinks? Here are a few:
Soda. I'm sure you knew that soda is laden with not only calories, but also sugar. This makes it a double whammy in a very bad way. It destroys the hard work you have put in all day as far as counting calories. In addition, the sugar content will send your blood sugar levels sky-rocketing. High blood sugar sets you up for a whole mess of health problems, the most prominent being diabetes.
Smoothies. The great thing about smoothies, not all are created equal. When you make them yourself at home, you are able to make them healthier by using skim milk, fresh fruit and even adding protein. When you go out to get a smoothie at a restaurant, or the mall, they use whole milk or possibly cream. Further, they may use fruit syrups with added sugar. This makes the smoothie less natural, meaning less healthy. It's not worth the extra calories. So when you crave a smoothie, wait until you get home.
Fruit juice. Here also, you have options. When you choose 100% juices, you are choosing nutrients and health. This is great! What you have to watch out for here is added sugar. When you get a juice that's only 10% or so, you are actually just drinking flavored sugar water. Zero nutrients, zero health.
Energy drinks. Again, we are looking at a drink loaded with sugar and calories. Some energy drinks claim that they have minerals and vitamins. Thing is, you can get the same minerals and vitamins from low-calorie, healthy foods. When you need a little pick-me-up, try black coffee instead, its calorie-free and packed with antioxidants.
Mixed drinks. For you adults out there who enjoy a nice Pina Colada, Chocotini,or drink like it, be wary. The mixers for drinks like that are very calorie-dense and can throw off your hard work in a snap. Aim for a light beer, or liquor instead.
Now, its not to say you can 't enjoy one of your favorite drinks once in a while. When you do, just be sure to plan accordingly. If you plan your meals for the day and allow for the extra calories, you should have no problems. Some helpful information would be Skinny Sipping Slideshow: The Best and Worst Beverages for Weight Loss at WebMD.com. For more information, contact the Wayne County YMCA at (570) 253-2083 or visit us at ymcawayne.com.


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Man with autism dressed as Superman attacked on street corner
A Florida man with autism known as the "Minneola superhero" was attacked by somebody who told investigators he wanted a fight with Superman, deputies said.
The 19-year-old victim is deaf and autistic, and he dresses as Superman and waves at cars from the same street corner every day, Lake County deputies said.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said it arrested Tyler McCorvey, 26, moments after the beating.
During questioning, MCorvey said he was in the area trying to fight with Superman. MCorvey told deputies he challenged the victim to a fight, but did not hurt him.
The victim told investigators McCorvey punched him in the chest and then grabbed his head and hit it against a vehicle. The victim said a witness intervened and stopped the beating.
McCorvey was charged with two counts of battery and aggravated abuse of a disabled adult.
The "Minneola superhero" was back on the street Friday, waving a smiling as cars passed by.


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George Lucas is engaged.
The Star Wars creator recently popped the question to 43-year-old Mellody Hobson, after dating for seven years.
His daughter Amanda took to Twitter to share her joy with the news.
Posting a link to an article about the engagement on the Huffington Post, she tweeted: "George Lucas, Mellody Hobson Engaged: 'Star Wars' Director, Businesswoman Set To Marry ....Congratulations Dad & Mellody!:)."
This will be the first marriage for Mellody, who is the president of Chicago-based investment management firm, Ariel Investments LLC and the second for George, whose union with Marcia Lucas lasted from 1969 to 1983.
Last year, George made the decision to sell Lucasfilm to Disney because he felt it was time to retire from the day-to-day running of the company and wants the Star Wars franchise—which comprises of six movies and spin-off cartoons—to continue after his death.
In a statement, he said: "For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next.
"It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime."


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While I am disappointed that a lot of things were not resolved, I simply get over that and look at Episode 8 as a 'tying everything up' arc, rather then a 'solution' arc. I do think that Eva's diary was a bit to much of a cock tease if he wasn't going to reveal it's contents, though.
But, I don't think it's really fair to say Ryukishi doesn't have an answer. I think Episode 7, for one, proves he does have an answer in mind. And, if he didn't have an answer, there would likely be a lot of problems with the numerous amounts of red text that have been said throughout the series.
To use the poker example used earlier, the red text is like the person who refused to show his hand going "I'll show you three or four of my cards". If he doesn't actually have that hand he claims, then showing three cards could be a problem for him. But if he shows those three cards, and they make up the hand that he claims, then it's more likely that he actually does have the hand. Though it is certainly possible that he doesn't, I doubt he would show any of his hand if he didn't.
If Ryukishi were to, in the future, release all the answers, I think Episode 8 might not be as hated by some people as it was (I can't say 'everyone', of course.) That's how I look at it. I read through Episode 8 with my own ideas on what the answer was, and while I was disappointed that there was no confirmation or denial, instead of taking it as 'there is no answer', I decided that for me, my answer would be the 'truth', at least until he reveals otherwise.
I can fully understand why people are disappointed in the ending and why they hate Episode 8, but I just thought I would state this is why I don't hate it when I'm in a similar position. Far from hating it, it was probably my second or third favorite Episode.
EDIT: To answer Circular's question, I read it.
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|2011-01-03, 19:15
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For example, say he wrote the following:
I do not believe that would prove he knew how the hell that could possibly be true. He could very well be just bluffing and saying "I'll tell you when you get the right answer" knowing full well that there isn't a right answer.
He could then offer a few hints such as "banana plus wireless modem equals dragon" and we'd be trying to understand just what the hell he meant. I'm clearly exaggerating with this example, but you get what I mean.
I don't think he just threw reds randomly though. That would be stupid to assume. He had some vague idea of how to get around red(Shkanon) but he never gave too much thought about how that connected with the game itself.
He had the bare basics of the mystery ready, but he couldn't come up with a way to put it all together without making it seem like bullshit.
|2011-01-03, 19:47
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The fact that people can come up with concise answers, proves he at least had a basic idea of his solution. If he was just saying red with no idea what the solution actually was, it'd be a lot less likely that people would come up with an answer that can actually fit with all the red text.
I believe we had a debate before, and we used a puzzle comparison. To use that comparison again: We once again have a puzzle that is missing 20 or 30 pieces. The red text, in this example, are the missing pieces, but the pictures on the front are taken off. If people couldn't fit the missing pieces in, then it would be natural to assume that the pieces are part of a different puzzle and it isn't solvable and the person who gave you the missing pieces doesn't actually know where those pieces came from. But if the puzzle is solved, then it means, obviously, it is solvable, and that the person who gave the puzzle pieces must have known those pieces came from this puzzle.
But, the thing is, as I said above, there are many people who came up with how 2+2=5.
However, you might be right that he didn't have a complete solution, but I think he had more then just a bare basic idea, at least. This is because, the more red that is given, the harder it becomes to, by chance, get an answer, even with a bare basic idea, eventually there would end up being some kind of impossible murder.
Let's say I were to make any random closed room, with no idea what the solution is. At first, it would be easy. There are several possible ways to get around it no matter what red I say. So I might say things like The door is locked and That is the only key to this room.
But, the more red I use, the less likely it'll be that there will be an actual solution.
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What I think of the series now is that it isn't missing just 20 or 30 pieces, but at least 50 of them. You are right in that it's hard for people to fit in those missing pieces if the puzzle does not have a defined final form.
However, say that the puzzle is more incomplete than complete. In that case, one can fit any solution in there. In fact, that person would be doing the writer's work for him. That's what I think Umineko is in the end.
I think that we'll never know how much he had planned in advance and how much he had no answer to.
I think he had a very general idea for them. For example, Eva's locked room in the first game. The solution is that "it wasn't locked" basically. A particularly insane fan might argue that the culprit could have used a screwdriver to take apart the door without ever damaging it or "opening" it.
That's a bad example, but you see what I mean. I think he had basic "hows" ready, but never really had a "who," as he had the excuse of "it's fiction" ready in case one of his fans couldn't come up with a good enough who.
I see what you mean though. Me calling his bluff means that I think he had some serious guts to write a story like that. But I personally think he did it, because he knew full well(from Higurashi) that his fanbase would allow that little gambit to succeed.
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Clearly you guys don't know what you're talking about, since Episode 8 told us who the culprit is.
If you cheat and get more then 17 medals, you get Tomitake as a prize. This means that Tomitake is a cheater. This also means he can ignore all red text, Knox, and Van Dine.
My logic is flawless!
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While it's true that "happiness" is subjective, that it's up to the person to decide if they are truly happy or not, child abuse is child abuse. Sure, it's arguable if Rosa loved Maria or not, but saying that it never happened or what not, is just a delusion on your own part.
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