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Disgrace: RadiumOne Allowing CEO To Remain After Beating His Girlfriend
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Having covered many, many stories in which law enforcement violates the 4th Amendment and piles on charges on someone, there isn't much to comment on in the legal case. Police should have had a warrant to get that video, clearly -- and it's on them that they did not do that. You can't fault the judge for tossing out illegally seized evidence. But, at no point has anyone denied that the video exists or that it shows Chahal hitting his girlfriend 117 times. Given that, plenty of people are reasonably wondering (1) why Chahal is still CEO of a giant ad company that's expected to IPO soon and (2) why his board/investors has refused to respond to questions about Chahal.
There has been plenty of talk recently about how welcoming (or not) the tech industry is to females. Some of the stories of "brogrammers" or "bro" culture strike me as exaggerating reality. It exists in some cases, but it is far from true everywhere. Plenty of startups that I've spent time with not only seem to create diverse and welcoming environments, but often go out of their way to create such supportive cultures. But, at the same time, it's clear that not every tech company is like that, and many engineers -- both female and male -- have been turned off by such cultures (though not enough speak out when they see it). The industry itself needs to do a much better job of creating welcoming environments and one obvious and important way to do so is to not condone abhorrent behavior, such as that which Chahal engaged in. Leaving Chahal in charge of RadiumOne is an implicit statement that such behavior is somehow acceptable. That, by itself, is unacceptable.
The fact that the board and RadiumOne's investors have not spoken out creates not just a huge blackeye for the company, but for the wider tech industry as a whole.


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Founded in 2009, Verney Yachts was formed to design and build the world's fastest sailing boat.
In pursuit of a world sailing speed record, Verney Yachts will design and test an innovative simulation-only sailboat.
Virtual design analysis of an unproved wing-sail design enables the engineers to quickly and efficiently visualize the effects of taking different approaches. They also have the ability to create key models first and use the extensive functionality within the Abaqus interaction module to simplify those models.
The engineers at Verney Yachts were able to analyze numerous design variables and virtually test performance before building an expensive prototype, as well as validate the wing-sail concept.

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xf86-input-mtrack v0.2.0
Xorg Multitouch Trackpad Driver
This is the official release of xf86-input-mtrack, a multitouch trackpad driver for X. It has been tested again Xorg versions 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, and now 1.10.
Click here to visit the GitHub project page.
To download the latest stable source code:This project started life as a fork of xf86-input-multitouch and was originally announced in this thread. It has come a long way and I believe it's finally worthy of a version number.Code:git clone git://github.com/BlueDragonX/xf86-input-mtrack.git
The README on Github gives a configuration example and an overview of all the available options.
Support for disabling the trackpad while typing is included as of v0.2.0. This requires an external daemon. I have created dispad for this purpose:
Please post any issues to the project's issues tracker on Github. You can check the last few pages of the original thread for some example configs that other people are using.
- Ubuntu mtrack Binaries (Lucid, Maverick, Natty, Oneiric)
- Lucid mtdev Binaries (mtrack dependency)
- Gentoo mtrack Ebuilds
- Gentoo - Ebuilds in Portage
- Arch Linux - supplied by mikezackles! Thanks!
Changelog for v0.2.0
- Now built via autoconf/automake.
- Fully configurable via XInput.
- Sensitivify now configurable.
- Trackpad can now be disabled on keystroke via an external daemon.
- Four finger tapping/swiping added.
- Button zones added, a new button emulation method.
- Tap-to-drag fixed.
- Three finger tapping responsiveness fixed.
Changelog for v0.1.1
- Bugfix release.
- Disabling tapping no longer (wrongly) disables pointer movement.
- Button emulation set to ignore "old" touches. What consitutes an old touch can be adjusted with the ButtonTouchExpire option.
Changelog for v0.1.0
- Initial release.


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Paul understood that all debates come back to the foundation of all correct philosophy and understanding—Christ.
It takes the eyes of humble faith for humans to see that "the whole earth is full of His glory" (Isaiah 6:3).
It's tempting to ignore Bible-rejecting scientists or to dismiss their work.
An interview with Al Molher about what the church can do to stop the mass exodus of young adults.
The expanded online interview with Al Mohler discussing why teens are leaving the church.
It's time we showed the world how a life is lived with God in every detail, including vacations.
We have an opportunity, everywhere we go, to learn more about God and to increase our discernment.
Does Darwin matter?
By going back to God's Word, we can see the world much more clearly.PDF Download
Mike Matthews, AiG–U.S., asks the three founders of AiG and its Creation Museum about the past, present, and future of the ministry on the museum's one-year anniversary.
Do you guys honestly have an exhibit that puts the biblical, 6-day creation under the heading 'God's Word,' and a description of evolution under the heading 'Human Reasoning?'
Imagine being responsible for the content in what is sure to be the most scrutinized museum on the planet. That is my job.
Museums across the United States have begun training their staff and volunteers to become better proponents of evolution
When I first heard about Gary's UFO research, I wondered, 'What do sci-fi and aliens have to do with creation/evolution and the authority of God's Word?' As I discovered, there is a connection.
If anyone doubts there is an international plot to assassinate creation, just take a look at recent events in the "powder keg of Europe": Serbia.
The September issue of Christianity Today calls on leaders in the Intelligent Design movement to cool down their attack on evolution … and to open a second front against young Earth views.
This year, the cicadas' path will cross the Creation Museum property in Northern Kentucky, just as we begin planting 1,250 young trees and shrubs to beautify the grounds.
Competing against over 350 entrants, two students at Foster Home School submitted an "electronic journal" about their imaginary search for the Oort Cloud.
A textbook disclaimer that evolution is 'a theory, not a fact' will go to trial, a US federal judge has ruled in Georgia.
Tom Vail's beautiful new book made worldwide headlines earlier this year when the US National Park Service considered banning it from park bookstores.
It seemed like an impossible task, but the Creation Museum team has finally located them—Methuselah's hands.
Robert Jensen is one of these rare photographers whose child-like wonder at God's world has never left him.
AiG believes that all students, whether studying at home, private school or secular government schools, should learn the details about evolution. We simply argue that they should get the whole truth.
The anniversary of Roe v. Wade is a troubling reminder that abortion is still legal in America.
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So, I've been meaning to make a thread like this for a while now, but my natural lurker tendencies make it difficult to find the will to actually post things on internet forums Last week, I beat Hard Gaan-Telet for the first time after a few tries (I thought it was a really cool challenge ), and in my very next run *just* barely beat a thrilling Vicious Venture Cave as a blood mage with Super Meat Man as the boss (HP would've made my jaw drop if I hadn't already attempted the Gold Monk challenge). I was feeling super excited and was ready to excitedly write a blow-by-blow account of it and post it to express my love for the game, but didn't quite get around to it for whatever reason (I'm a bit strange that way).
In any case I still want to say that I can't remember the last time I was this impressed by a game. I must've played over 50 hours of the Alpha, and as soon as I felt I could afford it, pre-ordered the special edition and lost myself in the Beta. Few other games have drawn me in as much. (sometimes it feels as though it was designed specifically for me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way XD). I would've saved up for the super-special 80$ version if it wasn't sold out; I've gotten so much value out of this game!
For all of the discussion (sometimes really heated) that still goes on about balance and adjustments, much of which I feel is reasonable (I don't participate in those because I still don't feel like I'm familiar enough with the game to have valuable input; still yet to beat Naga City despite numerous attempts), I think it's also good to bring up that this game, even though it's still in beta, feels more balanced, polished, interesting, complete and *fun* than the majority of games out there. I think it's an amazing accomplishment, and I'm constantly trying to get more people to play it. So yeah, I just wanted to let the devs know: You guys are awesome
I might also take this opportunity to ask a quick question: Are we supposed to be able to re-acquire (and locker) silver challenge items when beating them a second time? I wanted to get the Gloves of Midas to do the Hexx Ruins buyout quest, so I did Rogue silver again (neat challenge BTW), but I didn't get the opportunity to locker it after it was finished. The boss didn't drop it, but that also happened the first time I beat the challenge so I simply assumed I would get the opportunity to locker it again. In any case, I recall reading somewhere that I should be able to re-claim a silver challenge item by playing it again, so I was about to put it in the bug reporting thread, but I starting doubting whether it was a but in the first place, so I'm asking here now (also, I'm currently doing QA as a job, so I can't say I'm all that motivated to write bug reports in my spare time )
In any case, sorry for my long-windeness, but I really wanted to express my love for this game. Also, these forums are pretty awesome, what with the neat community, interesting discussion and particpation from the devs.
(Also, my girlfriend asked me to say that she also thinks that the game is awesome!)


text: Technical S pecification PQ60010QTA40 48V in 1.0Vout 40Amp 2000Vdc Quar ter-brick Input Output Current Isolation DC/DC Conver ter T h e P Q 6 0 0 1 0 Q T A 4 0 P o w e r Q o r ™ T e r a q u a r t e r -bb r i c k converter is a next-g generation, board-m mountable, isolated, fixed switching frequency DC/DC converter that uses syn chronous rectification to achieve extremely high conversion efficiency. The power dissipated by the converter is so low that a heatsink is not required, which saves cost, weight, height, and application effort. All of the power and control components are mounted to the multi-llayer PCB substrate with high-yyield surface mount technology. Since the PowerQor converter has no explicit thermal interfaces, it is extremely reliable. The Tera series offers the maximum use able output current for any standard "quarter-bbrick" module. PQ60010QTA40 Module Operational Features • Ultra-high efficiency, 85% at half load, 80% at full load • Delivers up to 40 amps of output current with minimal derating - no heatsink required • Wide input voltage range: 35V – 75V, with 100V 100ms input voltage transient capability • Fixed frequency switching provides predictable EMI performance • No minimum load requirement means no preload resistors required Mechanical Features • Industry standard quarter-brick pin-out configuration • Industry standard size: 1.45" x 2.3" (36.8x58.4mm) • Total height less than 0.43" (10.9mm), permits better airflow and smaller card pitch • Total weight: 1.5 oz. (42 grams) • Flanged pins designed to permit surface mount soldering (avoid wave solder) using FPiP technique Contr ol Features • On/Off control referenced to input side (positive and negative logic options are available) • Remote sense for the output voltage compensates for output distribution drops • Output voltage trim permits custom voltages and voltage margining Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 www.synqor.com Pr otection Features • Input under-voltage lockout disables converter at low input voltage conditions • Output current limit and short circuit protection protects converter and load from permanent damage and consequent hazardous conditions • Active back bias limit prevents damage to converter from external load induced pre-bias • Output over-voltage protection protects load from damaging voltages • Thermal shutdown protects converter from abnormal environmental conditions Safety Features • 2000V, 30 MΩ input-to-output isolation provides input/output ground separation • UL/cUL 60950 recognized (US & Canada), basic insulation rating • TUV certified to EN60950 • Meets 72/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC directives which facilitates CE Marking in user's end product • Board and plastic components meet UL94V-0 flammability requirements Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 1 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification MECHANICAL DIAGRAM 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick 2.30 (58.4) 0.14 (3.6) 2.00 0.300 (50.8) (7.62) 0.150 (3.81) 0.43 (10.9) 0.300 1.45 0.450 (7.62) 0.600 (36.8) (11.43) Top View (15.24) 0.43 Bottom side Clearance (10.9) See Note 9 Side View 0.060+.022/-.032 (1.52+.56/-.81) 0.600 (15.24) Lowest Component Flanged Pin See Note 10 Load Board 0.145 (3.68) See Note 3 NOTES PIN DESIGNATIONS 1) Pins 1-3, 5-7 are 0.040" (1.02mm) diameter with 0.080" (2.03 mm) diameter standoff shoulders. 2) Pins 4 and 8 are 0.062" (1.57 mm) diameter with 0.100" (2.54 mm) diameter standoff shoulders. 3) Other pin extension lengths available. Recommended pin length is 0.03" (0.76mm) greater than the PCB thickness. 4) All Pins: Material - Copper Alloy Finish - Tin/Lead over Nickel plate 5) Undimensioned components are shown for visual reference only. 6) All dimensions in inches (mm) Tolerances: x.xx +/-0.02 in. (x.x +/-0.5mm) x.xxx +/-0.010 in. (x.xx +/-0.25mm) 7) Weight: 1.5 oz. (42 g) typical 8) Workmanship: Meets or exceeds IPC-A-610C Class II 9) UL/TUV standards require a clearance greater than 0.04" (1.02mm) between input and output for Basic insulation. This issue should be considered if any copper traces are on the top side of the user's board. Note that the ferrite cores are considered part of the input/primary circuit. 10) The flanged pins are designed to permit surface mount soldeing (avoiding the wave soldering process) through the use of the flanged pin-in-paste technique. Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 Pin No. Name Function 1 Vin(+) Positive input voltage 2 ON/OFF TTL input to turn converter on and off, referenced to Vin(-), with internal pull up. 3 Vin(-) Negative input voltage 4 Vout(-) Negative output voltage 5 SENSE(-) Negative remote sense1 6 TRIM Output voltage trim2 7 SENSE(+) Positive remote sense3 8 Vout(+) Positive output voltage Notes: 1. SENSE(-) may be connected to Vout(-) or left open. 2. Leave TRIM pin open for nominal output voltage. 3. SENSE(+) may be connected to Vout(+) or left open. www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 2 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick PQ60010QTA40 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS TA=25°C, airflow rate=300 LFM, Vin=48Vdc unless otherwise noted; full operating temperature range is -40°C to +100°C ambient temperature with appropriate power derating. Specifications subject to change without notice. Parameter Min. Typ. Max. Units 100 80 100 2000 100 125 18 V V V V °C °C V Notes & Conditions ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS Input Voltage Non-Operating Operating Operating Transient Protection Isolation Voltage (input to output) Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Voltage at ON/OFF input pin INPUT CHARACTERISTICS Operating Input Voltage Range Input Under-Voltage Lockout Turn-On Voltage Threshold Turn-Off Voltage Threshold Lockout Voltage Hysteresis Maximum Input Current No-Load Input Current Disabled Input Current Inrush Current Transient Rating Response to Input Transient Input Reflected Ripple Current Input Terminal Ripple Current Recommended Input Fuse Input Filter Component Values (C\L) Recommended External Input Capacitance OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS Output Voltage Set Point Output Voltage Regulation Over Line Over Load Over Temperature Total Output Voltage Range Output Voltage Ripple and Noise1 Peak-to-Peak RMS Operating Output Current Range Output DC Current-Limit Inception Output DC Current-Limit Shutdown Voltage Back-Drive Current Limit while Enabled Back-Drive Current Limit while Disabled Maximum Output Capacitance -40 -55 -2 35 48 75 V 32 28.5 2.5 33 29.5 3.5 34 30.5 4.5 1.5 50 3 0.01 V V V A mA mA A 2s mV mA mA A µF\µH µF 22 1.6 150 10 100 2.46\8.2 47 0.990 0.969 0 43 0.5 0 DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS Input Voltage Ripple Rejection Output Voltage During Load Current Transient For a Step Change in Output Current (0.1A/µs) For a Step Change in Output Current (1A/µs) Settling Time Turn-On Transient Turn-On Time Start-Up Inhibit Time Output Voltage Overshoot EFFICIENCY 100% Load 50% Load 180 7 1.000 1.010 V +0.2 \ 2 +0.2 \ 2 +5 +0.3 \ 3 +0.3 \ 3 +15 1.031 %\mV %\mV mV V 45 10 47.5 0.6 1.0 10 1 801 20 40 52 2.0 50 30,000 1000V/ms input transient; Figure 17 P-P thru 10µH inductor; Figures 13 & 15 RMS; Figures 13 & 14 fast blow external fuse recommended internal values, see Figure E see Figure 13 over sample, line, load, temperature & life 500MHz bandwidth; Figures 13 & 16 Full Load, see Figures 13 & 16 Full Load, see Figures 13 & 16 Subject to thermal derating; Figures 5-8 Output Voltage 10% Low Negative current drawn from output Negative current drawn from output 1.0Vout at 40A Resistive Load dB 120 Hz; Fig. 20 150 150 400 mV mV µs 50% to 75% to 50% Iout max; Figure 11 50% to 75% to 50% Iout max; Figure 12 to within 1% Vout nom ms ms % Full load, Vout=90% nom.; Figures 9 & 10 -40°C to +125°C; Figure F 10,000 µF load capacitance, Iout = 0A % % Figures 1 - 4 Figures 1 - 4 °C °C °C Package rated to 150°C UL rated max operating temp 130°C See Figures 5 - 8 for derating curves 4 200 0 TEMPERATURE LIMITS FOR POWER DERATING CURVES Semiconductor Junction Temperature Board Temperature Transformer Temperature Isolation Voltage (dielectric strength) Isolation Resistance Isolation Capacitance2 100% Load, 35 Vin 80 8 240 80 85 ISOLATION CHARACTERISTICS mV mV A A V A mA µF continuous continuous 100ms transient, square wave Basic insulation, Pollution Degree 2 125 125 125 2000 30 470 V MΩ pF Note 1: Output voltage ripple can exceed maximum specification during startup when output voltage is less than 0.5V and current is simultaneously greater than 5A. Additional output capacitance will mitigate this startup ripple behavior. For applications requiring reduced output voltage ripple and noise, consult SynQor applications support (e-mail: [email protected]) Note 2: Higher values of isolation capacitance can be added external to the module. Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 3 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Continued) Parameter P FEATURE CHARACTERISTICS Regulation Stage Switching Frequency Isolation Stage Switching Frequency ON/OFF Control (Option P) Off-State Voltage On-State Voltage ON/OFF Control (Option N) Off-State Voltage On-State Voltage ON/OFF Control (Either Option) Pull-Up Voltage Pull-Up Resistance Output Voltage Trim Range Output Voltage Remote Sense Range Output Over-Voltage Protection Over-Temperature Shutdown Over-Temperature Shutdown Restart Hysteresis Load Current Scale Factor Min. Typ. Max. Units 160 190 95 220 kHz kHz -2 2.4 0.8 18 V V 2.4 -2 18 0.8 V V 9.2 V kΩ % % V °C °C -10 Vin/6.5 40 1.26 RELIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS Calculated MTBF (Telcordia) Calculated MTBF (MIL-217) Field Demonstrated MTBF 1.33 125 10 800 +10 +10 1.40 Notes & Conditions Figures A, B Measured across Pins 8 & 4; Figure C Measured across Pins 8 & 4 Over full temp range; % of nominal Vout Average PCB Temperature See App Note: Output Load Current Calc. 10 Hrs. TR-NWT-000332; 80% load,300LFM, 40oC Ta 106 Hrs. MIL-HDBK-217F; 80% load, 300LFM, 40oC Ta 106 Hrs. See website for latest values 6 2.1 1.75 STANDARDS COMPLIANCE Parameter P Notes STANDARDS COMPLIANCE UL/cUL 60950 EN60950 72/23/EEC 93/68/EEC Needle Flame Test (IEC 695-2-2) IEC 61000-4-2 GR-1089-CORE Telcordia (Bellcore) GR-513 File # E194341, Basic insulation & pollution degree 2 Certified by TUV test on entire assembly; board & plastic components UL94V-0 compliant ESD test, 8kV - NP, 15kV air - NP (Normal Performance) Section 7 - electrical safety, Section 9 - bonding/grounding • An external input fuse must always be used to meet these safety requirements. Contact SynQor for official safety certificates on new releases or download from the SynQor website. QUALIFICATION TESTING Parameter P QUALIFICATION TESTING Life Test Vibration Mechanical Shock Temperature Cycling Power/Thermal Cycling Design Marginality Humidity Solderability # Units 32 5 5 10 5 5 5 15 pins Test Conditions 95% rated Vin and load, units at derating point, 1000 hours 10-55Hz sweep, 0.060" total excursion,1 min./sweep, 120 sweeps for 3 axis 100g minimum, 2 drops in x and y axis, 1 drop in z axis -40°C to 100°C, unit temp. ramp 15°C/min., 500 cycles Toperating = min to max, Vin = min to max, full load, 100 cycles Tmin-10°C to Tmax+10°C, 5°C steps, Vin = min to max, 0-105% load 85°C, 85% RH, 1000 hours, 2 minutes on and 6 hours off MIL-STD-883, method 2003 • Extensive characterization testing of all SynQor products and manufacturing processes is performed to ensure that we supply robust, reliable product. Contact factory for official product family qualification document. OPTIONS PATENTS SynQor provides various options for Logic Sense, Pin Length and Feature Set for this family of DC/DC converters. Please consult the last page of this specification sheet for information on available options. SynQor is protected under various patents, including but not limited to U.S. Patent #s 5,999,417; 6,222,742 B1; 6,594,159 B2; 6,545,890 B2. Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 4 Input: Output: Current: Package: 100 88 95 87 90 86 Efficiency (%) Efficiency (%) Technical Specification 85 80 75 70 85 84 83 82 36 Vin 65 48 Vin 25 C 40 C 55 C 81 75 Vin 60 80 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 0 100 Load Current (A) 10 7.0 Power Dissipation (W) 8.0 8 6 4 36 Vin 48 Vin 75 Vin 2 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 300 400 500 Figure 2: Efficiency at nominal output voltage and 60% rated power vs. airflow rate for ambient air temperatures of 25°C, 40°C, and 55°C (nominal input voltage). 12 0 200 Air Flow (LFM) Figure 1: Efficiency at nominal output voltage vs. load current for minimum, nominal, and maximum input voltage at 25°C. Power Dissipation (W) 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick 28 32 36 6.0 5.0 4.0 25 C 40 C 55 C 3.0 2.0 0 40 Load Current (A) 100 200 300 400 500 Air Flow (LFM) Figure 3: Power dissipation at nominal output voltage vs. load current for minimum, nominal, and maximum input voltage at 25°C. Figure 4: Power dissipation at nominal output voltage and 60% rated power vs. airflow rate for ambient air temperatures of 25°C, 40°C, and 55°C (nominal input voltage). 40 Semiconductor junction temperature is within 1°C of surface temperature 35 30 Iout (A) 25 20 15 400 LFM (2.0 m/s) 10 300 LFM (1.5 m/s) 5 100 LFM (0.5 m/s) 200 LFM (1.0 m/s) 0 LFM (0 m/s) 0 0 25 40 55 70 85 Ambient Air Temperature (oC) Figure 5: Maximum output power derating curves vs. ambient air temperature for airflow rates of 0 LFM through 400 LFM with air flowing across the converter from pin 1 to pin 3 (nominal input voltage). Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 Figure 6: Thermal plot of converter at 40 amp load current with 55°C air flowing at the rate of 200 LFM. Air is flowing across the converter from pin 1 to pin 3 (nominal input voltage). www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 5 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick 40 35 30 Iout (A) 25 20 15 400 LFM (2.0 m/s) 10 300 LFM (1.5 m/s) 5 100 LFM (0.5 m/s) 200 LFM (1.0 m/s) 0 LFM (0 m/s) 0 0 25 40 55 70 Semiconductor junction temperature is within 1°C of surface temperature 85 o Ambient Air Temperature ( C) Figure 7: Maximum output power derating curves vs. ambient air temperature for airflow rates of 0 LFM through 400 LFM with air flowing lengthwise from output to input (nominal input voltage). Figure 8: Thermal plot of converter at 40 amp load current with 55°C air flowing at the rate of 200 LFM. Air is flowing lengthwise from output to input (nominal input voltage). Figure 9: Turn-on transient at full rated load (resistive load) (2 ms/div). Input voltage pre-applied. Ch 1: Vout (500mV/div). Ch 2: ON/OFF input (5V/div). Figure 10: Turn-on transient at zero load current (2 ms/div). Ch 1: Vout (500mV/div). Ch 2: ON/OFF input (5V/div). Figure 11: Output voltage response to step-change in load current (50%-75%50% of Iout(max); dI/dt = 0.1A/µs). Load cap: 10µF, 100 mΩ ESR tantalum capac- Figure 12: Output voltage response to step-change in load current (50%-75%50% of Iout(max): dI/dt = 1A/µs). Load cap: 470µF, 30 mΩ ESR tantalum capacitor and 1µF ceramic cap. Ch 1: Vout (100mV/div), Ch 2: Iout (10A/div). itor and 1µF ceramic capacitor. Ch 1: Vout (100mV/div), Ch 2: Iout (10A/div). Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 6 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick See Fig. 15 10 µH source impedance See Fig. 14 See Fig. 16 iS VSOURCE iC 47 µF, ≅1Ω ESR electrolytic capacitor DC/DC Converter VOUT 1 µF 10 µF, ceramic 100mΩ ESR capacitor tantalum capacitor Figure 13: Test set-up diagram showing measurement points for Input Terminal Ripple Current (Figure 14), Input Reflected Ripple Current (Figure 15) and Output Voltage Ripple (Figure 16). Figure 14: Input Terminal Ripple Current, ic, at full rated output current and nominal input voltage with 10µH source impedance and 47µF electrolytic capacitor (100 mA/div). See Figure 13. Figure 15: Input reflected ripple current, is, through a 10 µH source inductor at nominal input voltage and rated load current (10 mA/div). See Figure 13. Figure 16: Output voltage ripple at nominal input voltage and rated load current (20 mV/div). Load capacitance: 1µF ceramic capacitor and 10µF tantalum capacitor. Bandwidth: 500 MHz. See Figure 13. Figure 17: Output voltage response to step-change in input voltage (50V to 100V in 20µs). Load cap: 10µF, 100 mΩ ESR tantalum capacitor and 1µF ceramic cap. Ch 1: Vout (100mV/div), Ch 2: Vin (20V/div). Figure 18: Load current (20A/div) as a function of time when the converter attempts to turn on into a 1 mΩ short circuit. Bottom trace (1ms/div) is an expansion of the on-time portion of the top trace. Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 7 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 0.1 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick -20 0.01 35 Vin 48 Vin 75 Vin 0.001 Forward Transmission (dB) Output Impedance (Ω ) -30 -40 -50 35 Vin 48 Vin 75 Vin -60 -70 -80 -90 -100 0.0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 10 100,000 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 Hz Hz Figure 19: Magntiude of incremental output impedance (Zout = vout/iout) for minimum, nominal, and maximum input voltage at full rated power. Figure 20: Magnitude of incremental forward transmission (FT = vout/vin) for minimum, nominal, and maximum input voltage at full rated power. 0 1000 -20 35 Vin -30 48 Vin 75 Vin -40 Input Impedance (Ω ) Reverse Transmission (dB) -10 -50 -60 10 100 1,000 10,000 Phone 1-888-567-9596 48 Vin 75 Vin 1 10 Hz Product # PQ60010QTA40 35 Vin 10 0.1 100,000 Figure 21: Magnitude of incremental reverse transmission (RT = iin/iout) for minimum, nominal, and maximum input voltage at full rated power. 100 100 1,000 Hz 10,000 100,000 Figure 22: Magnitude of incremental input impedance (Zin = vin/iin) for minimum, nominal, and maximum input voltage at full rated power. www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 8 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick BASIC OPERATION AND FEATURES CONTROL FEATURES The PowerQor series converter uses a two-stage power conversion topology. The first stage is a buck-converter that keeps the output voltage constant over variations in line, load, and temperature. The second stage uses a transformer to provide the functions of input/output isolation and voltage step-down to achieve the low output voltage required. REMOTE ON/OFF (Pin 2): The ON/OFF input, Pin 2, permits the user to control when the converter is on or off. This input is referenced to the return terminal of the input bus, Vin(-). There are two versions of the converter that differ by the sense of the logic used for the ON/OFF input. Both the first stage and the second stage switch at a fixed frequency for predictable EMI performance. Rectification of the transformer's output is accomplished with synchronous rectifiers. These devices, which are MOSFETs with a very low on-state resistance, dissipate far less energy than Schottky diodes. This is the primary reason that the PowerQor converter has such high efficiency, even at very low output voltages and very high output currents. Dissipation throughout the converter is so low that it does not require a heatsink for operation. Since a heatsink is not required, the PowerQor converter does not need a metal baseplate or potting material to help conduct the dissipated energy to the heatsink. The PowerQor converter can thus be built more simply and reliably using high yield surface mount techniques on a PCB substrate. The PowerQor series of half-brick and quarter-brick converters uses the industry standard footprint and pin-out configuration. In the positive logic version, the ON/OFF input is active high (meaning that a high turns the converter on). In the negative logic version, the ON/OFF signal is active low (meaning that a low turns the converter on). Figure A details five possible circuits for driving the ON/OFF pin. Figure B is a detailed look of the internal ON/OFF circuitry. REMOTE SENSE(+) (Pins 7 and 5): The SENSE(+) inputs correct for voltage drops along the conductors that connect the converter's output pins to the load. Pin 7 should be connected to Vout(+) and Pin 5 should be connected to Vout(-) at the point on the board where regulation is desired. A remote connection at the load can adjust for a voltage drop only as large as that specified in this datasheet, that is [Vout(+) - Vout(-)] – [Vsense(+) - Vsense(-)] < Sense Range % x Vout Pins 7 and 5 must be connected for proper regulation of the output voltage. If these connections are not made, the converter will deliver an output voltage that is slightly lower than its specified value. Note: the output over-voltage protection circuit senses the voltage ON/OFF ON/OFF ON/OFF Vin(_) Vin(_) Vin(_) Remote Enable Circuit Negative Logic (Permanently Enabled) ON/OFF Positive Logic (Permanently Enabled) 5V Vin(+) 5V 274k ON/OFF 50k TTL TTL/ CMOS ON/OFF Vin(_) Vin(_) Open Collector Enable Circuit Vin(_) Direct Logic Drive Figure A: Various circuits for driving the ON/OFF pin. Product # PQ60010QTA40 100pF 50k Phone 1-888-567-9596 www.synqor.com Figure B: Internal ON/OFF pin circuitry Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 9 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick across the output (pins 8 and 4) to determine when it should trigger, not the voltage across the converter's sense leads (pins 7 and 5). Therefore, the resistive drop on the board should be small enough so that output OVP does not trigger, even during load transients. output voltage too high may cause the over-voltage protection circuit to engage, particularly during transients. OUTPUT VOLTAGE TRIM (Pin 6): The TRIM input permits the user to adjust the output voltage across the sense leads up or down according to the trim range specifications. Total DC Variation of Vout: For the converter to meet its full specifications, the maximum variation of the DC value of Vout, due to both trimming and remote load voltage drops, should not be greater than that specified for the output voltage trim range. It is not necessary for the user to add capacitance at the Trim pin. The node is internally bypassed to eliminate noise. To decrease the output voltage, the user should connect a resistor between Pin 6 and Pin 5 (SENSE(-) input). To increase the output voltage, the user should connect a resistor between Pin 6 and Pin 7 (SENSE(+) input). For a desired change of the nominal output voltage, the value of the resistor should be VDES Rtrim = where -1 VNOM - VDES PROTECTION FEATURES Input Under-Voltage Lockout: The converter is designed to turn off when the input voltage is too low, helping avoid an input system instability problem, described in more detail in the application note titled "Input System Instability". The lockout circuitry is a comparator with DC hysteresis. When the input voltage is rising, it must exceed the typical Turn-On Voltage Threshold value (listed on the specification page) before the converter will turn on. Once the converter is on, the input voltage must fall below the typical Turn-Off Voltage Threshold value before the converter will turn off. (kΩ) VNOM = Nominal Voltage VDES = Desired Voltage Output Current Limit: The maximum current limit remains constant as the output voltage drops. However, once the impedance of the short across the output is small enough to make the output voltage drop below the specified Output DC Current-Limit Shutdown Voltage, the converter turns off. (Vertical bars indicate absolute value) Figure C graphs the relationship between the trim resistor value and Rtrim-up and Rtrim-down, showing the total range the output voltage can be trimmed up or down. The converter then enters a "hiccup mode" where it repeatedly turns on and off at a 5 Hz (nominal) frequency with a 5% duty cycle until the short circuit condition is removed. This prevents excessive heating of the converter or the load board. 96 Trim Resistance (kOhms) 88 80 Output Over-Voltage Limit: If the voltage across the output pins exceeds the Output Over-Voltage Protection threshold, the converter will immediately stop switching. This prevents damage to the load circuit due to 1) excessive series resistance in output current path from converter output pins to sense point, 2) a release of a short-circuit condition, or 3) a release of a current limit condition. Load capacitance determines exactly how high the output voltage will rise in response to these conditions. After 200 ms the converter will automatically restart. 72 64 56 48 40 32 24 16 8 0 0.9 0.92 0.94 0.96 0.98 1 1.02 1.04 1.06 1.08 Desired Output Voltage Figure C: Trim Graph for 1.0Vout module Note: the TRIM feature does not affect the voltage at which the output over-voltage protection circuit is triggered. Trimming the Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 1.1 Over-Temperature Shutdown: A temperature sensor on the converter senses the average temperature of the module. The thermal shutdown circuit is designed to turn the converter off when the temperature at the sensed location reaches the OverTemperature Shutdown value. It will allow the converter to turn on again when the temperature of the sensed location falls by the amount of the Over-Temperature Shutdown Restart Hysteresis www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 10 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick value. APPLICATION CONSIDERATIONS Input System Instability: This condition can occur because any DC/DC converter appears incrementally as a negative resistance load. A detailed application note titled "Input System Instability" is available on the SynQor web site (www.synqor.com) which provides an understanding of why this instability arises, and shows the preferred solution for correcting it. Application Circuits: Figure D below provides a typical circuit diagram which details the input filtering and voltage trimming. Input Filtering and External Capacitance: Figure E below provides a diagram showing the internal input filter components. This filter dramatically reduces input terminal ripple current, which otherwise could exceed the rating of an external electrolytic input capacitor. The recommended external input capacitance is specified in the "Input Characterisitcs" section. More detailed information is available in the application note titled "EMI Characteristics" on the SynQor website. Vin(+) Vin External Input Filter Electrolytic Capacitor 47µF Vout(+) Vsense(+) ON/OFF Trim Vsense(_) Vin(_) Rtrim-up or Rtrim-down Cload Iload Vout(_) Figure D: Typical application circuit (negative logic unit, permanently enabled). L Vin(+) C Vin(_) Figure E: Internal Input Filter Diagram (component values listed on page 3). Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 11 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick Startup Inhibit Period: The Startup Inhibit Period ensures that the converter will remain off for approximately 200ms when it is shut down for any reason. When an output short is present, this generates a 5Hz "hiccup mode," which prevents the converter from overheating. In all, there are seven ways that the converter can be shut down, initiating a Startup Inhibit Period: Before time t0, when the input voltage is below the UVL threshold, the unit is disabled by the Input Under-Voltage Lockout feature. When the input voltage rises above the UVL threshold, the Input Under-Voltage Lockout is released, and a Startup Inhibit Period is initiated. At the end of this delay, the ON/OFF pin is evaluated, and since it is active, the unit turns on. • Input Under-Voltage Lockout At time t1, the unit is disabled by the ON/OFF pin, and it cannot be enabled again until the Startup Inhibit Period has elapsed. • Input Over-Voltage Shutdown (not present in Quarter-brick) • Output Over-Voltage Protection When the ON/OFF pin goes high after t2, the Startup Inhibit Period has elapsed, and the output turns on within the typical Turn-On Time. • Over Temperature Shutdown • Current Limit • Short Circuit Protection • Turned off by the ON/OFF input Figure F shows three turn-on scenarios, where a Startup Inhibit Period is initiated at t0, t1, and t2: Vin Under-Voltage Lockout Turn-On Threshold ON/OFF (pos logic) ON OFF ON OFF ON 4ms (typical Vout turn on time) 200ms (typical start-up inhibit period) t1 t0 200ms 200ms t t2 Figure F: Startup Inhibit Period (turn-on time not to scale) Product # PQ60010QTA40 Phone 1-888-567-9596 www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 12 Input: Output: Current: Package: Technical Specification 35-75 V 1.0 V 40 A Quarter-brick PART NUMBERING SYSTEM ORDERING INFORMATION The part numbering system for SynQor's PowerQor DC/DC converters follows the format shown in the example below. The tables below show the valid model numbers and ordering options for converters in this product family. When ordering SynQor converters, please ensure that you use the complete 15 character part number consisting of the 12 character base part number and the additional 3 characters for options. PQ 60 010 Q T A 40 N K S Options (see Ordering Information) Output Current Thermal Design Performance Level Package Size Output Voltage Input Voltage Product Family The first 12 characters comprise the base part number and the last 3 characters indicate available options. Although there are no default values for enable logic and pin length, the most common options are negative logic and 0.145" pins. These part numbers are more likely to be readily available in stock for evaluation and prototype quantities. Model Number Input Voltage PQ60010QTA40xyz PQ60012QTA40xyz PQ60015QTA40xyz PQ60018QTA40xyz PQ60025QTA40xyz PQ60033QTA35xyz PQ60050QTA30xyz PQ60120QTA12xyz 35 - 75 V 35 - 75 V 35 - 75 V 35 - 75 V 35 - 75 V 35 - 75 V 35 - 75 V 35 - 75 V Output Max Output Voltage Current 1.0 V 40 A 1.2 V 40 A 1.5 V 40 A 1.8 V 40 A 2.5 V 40 A 3.3 V 35 A 5.0 V 30 A 12 V 12 A The following option choices must be included in place of the x y z spaces in the model numbers listed above. Options Description: x y z Enable Logic Pin Length Feature Set K - 0.110" P - Positive N - 0.145" S - Standard N - Negative R - 0.180" Y - 0.250" Application Notes A variety of application notes and technical white papers can be downloaded in pdf format at www.synqor.com. Contact SynQor for further information: Phone: Toll Free: Fax: E-mail: Web: Address: Product # PQ60010QTA40 978-849-0600 888-567-9596 978-849-0602 [email protected] www.synqor.com 155 Swanson Road Boxborough, MA 01719 Phone 1-888-567-9596 Warranty SynQor offers a three (3) year limited warranty. Complete warranty information is listed on our web site or is available upon request from SynQor. Information furnished by SynQor is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by SynQor for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SynQor. www.synqor.com Doc.# 005-2QT601C Rev. B 10/1/04 Page 13


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The Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor has called for greater respect for referees after revealing Mark Halsey was a regular target of death threats.
In a conversation with Halsey before last weekend's match against West Bromwich Albion, Taylor said the Premier League match official had told him he had received threats to "put a bullet in the heads" of him and his family.
The Newcastle defender admitted his shock at the revelation, insisting the taunts he had faced in the previous weekend's Tyne-Wear derby paled in comparison.
"He asked me how I felt about the Sunderland game and I said there had been no problems at all, that it was just a bit of banter," Taylor told the Times. "I didn't realise that he gets death threats and all that. He has had death threats to him and his family – people talking about his family, his kids, about putting a bullet in their heads. I didn't know that kind of thing happened. That was a bit of a shock to me, a real eye-opener."
Halsey, who recovered from throat cancer to return to refereeing in 2010, was at the centre of Twitter abuse last year after he officiated a stormy match between Liverpool and Manchester United.
The 51-year-old was left to complain to police after a user of the social networking site wrote: "I hope Mark Halsey gets cancer again and dies."
Taylor added: "I asked him how he dealt with [the abuse] and he said: 'You've just got to get on with it and not let it get to you.' But I don't know how you can shrug off something like that. That must be incredibly hard. I think referees deserve more credit."


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At some point during the reacquaintance process I was added to his email distribution list. I haven't asked to be removed, and his emails are infrequent enough that I probably won't. The occasional copy of "Footsteps" (written entirely in Papyrus with 50 animated angel gifs, of course) dropped into my inbox is within tolerance. His last email went something like this:
An atheist was walking through the woods.
'What majestic trees!
What powerful rivers!
What beautiful animals!'
He said to himself.
As he was walking alongside the river,he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him. He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer. He tripped & fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.
At that instant the Atheist cried out,
'Oh my God!'
Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.
As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky.
'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?'
The atheist looked directly into the light, 'It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?'
'Very well,' said the voice.
The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:
'Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.'
Now this isn't the first time I've seen this email, and I did get a chuckle out of it the first time. I mean, really, anthropomorphism in humor is funny. I don't care who you are. But this time I thought a little about what it was communicating. I don't think I read into this joke what the author intended. The atheist comes away looking pretty good in my estimation. First, god goes out of his way to say, "Look, Dumbass. Here I am," stopping time, bright light, everything but the burning bush. Over the top? Yes. But when presented with observable evidence, the atheist immediately acknowledges the existence of an all-powerful creator. Why wouldn't she? This is, after all, exactly what atheists ask for. I don't know a single atheist that says there is no amount of evidence that would change his mind. It is the wild, unverifiable claims that we reject.
So the atheist sucks it up, but she also does something smart. In asking for the bear to be made a christian, one would assume that the bear would be bound at the very least by the 'big ten'. One of them has something to do with killing, I believe. Instead, the newly whelped-again bear prays and prepares to enjoy what will undoubtedly be an unsatisfying meal (we atheists are notoriously stringy). And the big man is just going to watch. Creepy. Apparently, this is Abraham's god, the one Dawkins calls, "arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction." This is not gentle Jesus, meek and mild.
So the moral of this story is that it doesn't matter if you believe in god, it's the groveling that's important. That explains so much.
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Nothing is more unique to a person than his or her own DNA, the molecule that codes for how we look and who we are. Genomic researchers routinely analyze anonymous DNA samples to learn more about disease and health. But what if someone could identify you from your DNA? Would you still be willing to volunteer for genomic research?
Two prominent genomics researchers, Isaac Kohane, M.D., Ph.D., and George Church, Ph.D., probed issues related to genomic data privacy and risk at a March 21 lecture organized by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project. Dr. Kohane is director of the Children's Hospital Informatics Program at Children's Hospital, Boston, and the Henderson Professor of Pediatrics and Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Church is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and the founder of the Personal Genome Project.
Before the 2008 passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), people worried that companies would deny them health insurance or employment based on their genetic predisposition to certain conditions. While GINA exists to prevent this type of discrimination, it hasn't stopped leakage of genomic data in a few cases, Dr. Church noted.
For example, researchers recently reidentified around 50 individuals in the 1000 Genomes Project using only publicly available genomic information in the 1000 Genomes Project database and other free Internet resources. The 1000 Genomes Project is an NHGRI initiative that seeks to record genetic variation among different ethnic groups. In response, the NIH removed the ages of 1000 Genomes' participants from all websites and published a policy piece on reidentification in Science.
Privacy breaches aren't a new development or exclusively related to genomic information, said Dr. Kohane. Studies in the 1990s showed that it is possible to identify an individual's health records using publicly available data like voter registration records, zip codes and physical descriptions. Dr. Church described other ways that data privacy has been breached such as the hacking of 26 million veterans' medical records and social security numbers from a laptop in 2006, or the reidentification of an anonymous sperm donor by his child using the child's own genetic data.
"If there's enough data out there, someone can mash it up and use it to identify anybody," said Dr. Kohane. "We have to realize that there's no such thing as perfect anonymity. However, just because the data is out there, doesn't mean that it's an invitation to breach your privacy. That's bad form."
Both called on researchers to discuss with study participants risks associated with participating in genomic research. Researchers need to make realistic claims about data privacy to patients while protecting their work and abiding by some set of operating guidelines, Dr. Kohane said.
In addition, many consent forms that people sign when they enroll in studies often do not clearly convey the possibility that someone could be reidentified from their genetic data, Dr. Church said. The 1000 Genomes Project consent form, for example, lists "information on how it would be very easy [to reidentify your genetic information], but they also say it would be very hard. This is a mixed message," he said.
Dr. Church requires participants in his Personal Genome Project (PGP) to score 100 percent on an exam about the consent form in order to enroll in the study. PGP is an international initiative that is currently the world's only open-access, genomic data set. In addition, participants consent to be reidentified although patient names are not listed with samples. Researchers urge participants to "pretend their name is out there and even consider putting their name out there on their own," Dr. Church said. PGP researchers hope to enroll 100,000 volunteers from each of four different countries.
As genomic data is integrated with other data such as phenotypes and environmental exposures, databases will provide a clearer picture of the genomic basis of disease and become more valuable, Dr. Church said.
It's just like Google Maps adding restaurant information to basic neighborhood maps to enhance their usefulness, Dr. Kohane added.
In the not-too-distant future, a person's genomic information will play a bigger part in their healthcare decisions. Genomics is already used to diagnose unknown conditions, find specific genetic variants associated with disease and enable the creation of gene therapies. As this happens, the distinction between a research study and clinical care is beginning to blur, Dr. Kohane said.
"Why have patients and researchers enter into a compact of mutual ignorance where the doctor agrees not to find out the patient's identity and the patient agrees not to find out what the researcher learned about them from the study?" Dr. Kohane asked. Researchers should be able to accommodate patients' requests to learn about their genome, he said.
They both agreed that maintaining a high level of privacy for people's genomes is crucial to integrating genomics into healthcare settings.
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|2010-02-14, 15:34
|Link #101
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
I was just looking at Broadcom's Crystal HD chip, which seems awesome but brings about two rather important questions. Once again, sorry for the hijack, as this is barely relevant but I'm not sure it warrants its own topic.
- Are there any netbooks on the market that have a real spare mini-PCIE slot? Using a USB wifi adapter on a notebook looks... dirty. Conversely, it'd be nice if Broadcom updated CrystalHD with a wifi chip and possibly got it into some existing netbook models. It's easily worth $50-100 price premium (compared to ION's ~$150)
- To anyone who's tried it (synaesthetic?): I've read it can't handle "Killa Sampla" (my vaguely definitive video accel. standard), but is this due to format limitations (macroblocks, doesn't accelerate at all) or performance limitations on the chip? (plays slowly, choppy). 1080p H.264 over XBMC on any OS for an extra $30-50 is pretty sweet any which way you cut it.
|2010-02-14, 15:50
|Link #102
blinded by blood
Netbooks that I know have an open and ready-to-use Mini-PCIe slot that works for more than just a WWAN radio are: HP Mini 110, HP Mini 210 and the Samsung N120.
There are many more netbooks with free Mini-PCIe slots, but like I said, you often have to do some soldering. I know that both the Asus eee PC 901 and 1000HE can be modified to turn the WWAN radio slot into a fully-functional Mini-PCIe slot.
ION is of course much more capable, but you can easily adapt a Samsung N120 for HD video playback with minimal cost, by picking up a used or refurbished N120, then buying a Broadcom card off ebay for $20.
It can handle a lot, but I don't really see the point in playing back 1080p Blu-ray rips on a netbook with a 9" or 10" screen. I can understand wanting 720p playback, since many fansub groups only release 720p encodes, but 1080p is a ways away before it becomes the standard.
|2010-02-16, 10:48
|Link #104
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Anything that requires soldering in a PCI-E connector is probably more work than it's actually worth (given time spent and all), and like I said, it's not worth it if I have to take out the wireless chip. I'd rather go Linux/ION for the extra scratch. Heck, the only reason I haven't is because there are no ION tablets on the market, let alone tablets under $500. That's part of what makes the Adam so enticing. While it's ARM, the 1080p playback should be on-par with the 9400's.
There are a few Anime releases in 1080p at the moment via Blu-Ray rips, but it's more about having a "future-proof" setup. 2160p is, in all honesty, probably a decade away, given how ridiculous the diminishing returns are on it, especially when it comes to 2D animation (heck, without CG, 1080p itself gets some nasty diminishing returns, especially compared to a good upscale filter). As such, as soon as you have a player that can do any 1080p H.264/VC-1 setup under the sun (including audio codecs and softsubs), you're essentially done.
While the Adam's screen (and the screen of many netbooks) is 600p, the HDMI port works up to 1080p and there's something to be said about being able to arbitrarily hook it up to an HDTV. In a pinch, a house with an HDTV usually has at least one device hooked up via HDMI and you can just use its cable, provided you didn't bring your own for the front port.
Plus, even if the screen can't handle the res, there's a value in not having to ever convert a video again. $50-100 bucks buys you a 2.5" drive in the 320-500GB range that uses up 5-10w of power while plugged in and stores more stuff than you'll probably ever need to have on-hand at any given moment in a rather tiny space. Heck, that's enough for a hi-def week-long anime marathon. A tablet-sized device that can function as an e-Reader and a PMP/STB would nearly be an end-all, especially when you can stuff it in your backpack and use your bluetooth headphones to listen to music with it. The only thing that would clinch it would be using Bluetooth dialing and Bluetooth CID to function as a cell phone extension, tho that might be more novelty than function.
edit note: Apparently retractable HDMI cables suck. They essentially have to be thin, and thin HDMI cables suffer too greatly from interference due to lack of shielding to be useful.
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|2010-02-16, 17:50
|Link #105
blinded by blood
Before declaring the Notion Ink tablet to be the winner, one of us needs to get our hands on it and be sure softsubs actually do work. Since that is a feature usually only fansub-watchers care about, I'd be willing to bet that there isn't a media player for Android that supports them.
And apparently the Tegra's GPU doesn't support VDPAU, so mplayer (assuming Notion Ink does what they said earlier and allows you to change the Linux distro on the device) won't help out very much...
As it stands right now, the HP Mini 311 is still probably the best way to go. It has excellent build quality for an HP consumer product, is the absolute cheapest ION netbook in existence (can be found in the base configuration for less than $400) and has quite a nice screen and keyboard for such a cheap computer.
Pick up a Mini 311-1000NR for about $400, yank out the crappy 160GB hard drive and replace it with a good budget SSD (Kingston's new SSDNow V series all run the same controllers as Intel's X-25M Gen 2, which cost much more). Pick up a 2GB DDR3 SODIMM and pop it in... load up CCCP and Media Player Classic, get DXVA all set up on Windows 7...
Combine all that with a 500GB USB HDDs full of fansubs and you've got yourself a very portable and very capable fansub-ready HTPC for around $600.
|2010-02-16, 22:07
|Link #106
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Quick bit: Notion Ink released a spec sheet right before MWC, and the big announcement is options for Android/Ubuntu/Chromium OS, which hopefully means it'll be very "open" to custom OS's (e.g. unsupported but unimpeded).
Ubuntu proper hasn't really made an honest effort in tablet optimization, either. MID and Netbook Remix look abandoned, and neither is really anything that resembles "complete" for that form factor.
In all honesty I'm hoping that Maemo (or its successor, MeeGo) is up and running on Tegra 2 devices by June with DSP support 'n OpenGL ES. It has a real Linux environment (Quake 3 was ported, for instance), is intuitive and touch-friendly (even w/o multi-touch capabilities), and has a fully-featured player (with DSP support and healthy codec/container options) in the repositories. Add to that NTFS support (repos again, I'm not sure it's official) for said USB drive, and you have a much nicer mobile device environment than Android can provide.
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|2010-02-17, 20:32
|Link #107
Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
I've been wanting a tablet, but I'm really having trouble justifying it. My Acer 1810TZ is the perfect size and power for carrying around. My main laptop is a 15inch Asus which i really only use to play guild wars and watch anime . Finally my N900 fulfils my other needs such as reading ebooks on the train on in bed. I guess that if I didn't have the 1810TZ then I could have gotten a tablet instead....
I think subconsciously even though I like a physical keyboard the idea of the single swivel hinge makes me feel like it will break really easily...
|2010-02-19, 00:13
|Link #108
blinded by blood
The 1810TZ should also play anime pretty flawlessly with a few settings tweaks in MPC-HC; the GMA 4500MHD supports full hardware h.264/AVC decoding through DXVA (even though MPC-HC's homepage says it doesn't work).
Since the 1420P has the same GPU, it should also handle it quite well.
|2010-02-19, 03:01
|Link #110
Nani ?
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Emerald Forest ( yes its a real place. )
It's point is to siphon money from people who don't know about the devices that can do it better, faster, and cheaper.
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|2010-02-19, 04:26
|Link #111
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
|2010-02-19, 05:43
|Link #112
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Join Date: Feb 2010
You're right, it could very well be the encode. Tho I've had it, in general, macroblock more often than my Radeon 4850 (which, admittedly, doesn't accelerate some of the higher end H.264 clips). CoreAVC in general has some issues with image quality, and my guess is that this isn't entirely disconnected from its ability to play H.264 vids at a much faster speed than most implementations.
Going back to Tegra 2, hopefully we'll have a good idea as to its honest playback limits when the Boxee Box comes out. If it's honestly based on XBMC like Boxee itself is, there's really no reason for it to not at least attempt to play anything thrown at it, putting pure video decoder limitations out in the open. If only it didn't look so atrociously bad and supported regular TV-Out (the Tegra 2 is, in fact, capable of NTSC/PAL; it's listed in the manual).
|2010-04-05, 00:33
|Link #117
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: California
Age: 23
wait for the 2nd generation to come out or you might waste like $500 on a paperweight
|2010-04-05, 10:51
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes
Age: 31
Sped up video.. about half an hour of work.. struggling with the interface. I am laughing so hard right now
I think the screen will get very VERY dirty in the long run
I am still waiting for complaints.. I heard about an overheating rumor which is obvious seen the specs of this thing
|2010-04-05, 16:52
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Beside a road, next to a tree
the way I see it, iPad is like a Wii, it's just all empty hype and it's something that is going to tank in the long run, like what is happening with the Wii right now.
yes, people do tell me "it's going to be like the iPhone". I laugh and say "sorry buddy, not this time". Don't get me wrong, I love my iPhone, but iPad is no iPhone nor it can make the same magic happen.
the main reason is the fact that iPad is just an underpower computer that you can use your finger to do some stuff on that, yet it's more expensive than other computer of the same class.
I rather get that EEE tablet, at least the screen won't get damage when I put it in the bag with my other stuff, plus it's a hell lot cheaper with more to offer... but then again I am still happy with my EEE1000HD that I got a year ago :P
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
happy holidays
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- Dzl said...
Happy Holidays, Rick!
Your blog is terrific. I found it when Googling (Images) "veil painting Steiner." My wife teaches at the Washington Waldorf School. Your posts are so cheerful and aesthetic, they stimulate my own wishes to become a Waldorf teacher.
Thank you,
- December 25, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- onegoldensun said...
Happy New Year! Such a sweet family portrait. Congratulations on your new arrival!
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It's OFFICIAL – Fuse ODG's massive summer smash "Antenna" is in the UK Top Ten!! The track was a new entry at number 7 on the Official Chart, the second highest new entry just behind Union J who charted at number 6 with their new single "Carry You".
This really IS New Africa – "Antenna" is the highest chart position for any Afrobeats track to date, D'Banj's "Oliver Twist" debuted at Number 9 back in May 2012.
Fuse joined Jameela Jamil in the BBC Radio 1 studio to yesterday to talk about the single. He also had a lot of FUN teaching Jameela how to dance to Antenna.
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|2009-03-24, 02:32
|Link #1
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Is anime a "lonely" hobby?
Aside from having other fans you can talk to online, does being an anime fan sometimes feel a little lonely? Anime seems to be a very unpopular hobby among many people who aren't fans, and I was wondering how you guys felt about that.
I guess being a fan, it can get pretty lonely. I don't have friends that are fans, so it's impossible for me to talk them about the latest anime I'm watching (because to them, all anime is weird).
But I do visit message boards, so that helps wash away that feeling.
|2009-03-24, 02:40
|Link #2
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico
No, watching anime it's not a lonely hobby for me.
Several of my friends watch anime, and we get together to watch a few things every now and then. We don't always like the same shows, so there's also the casual argument over what we are actually going to watch.
|2009-03-24, 02:43
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Any of the "esoteric" hobbies have that problem (and wow, do I have some other esoteric hobbies). Sci-fi, gaming, SCA, D&D, comics, model-making, .... hell, model railroading or rocketry are all narrow-scope topics that many people run away from.
Meh, all you can do is enjoy it and find other who do --- yay for the Internet.
I'm pretty lucky in that many of my family and friends enjoy anime -- though a number of them let me do all the filtering and they just watch the ones I recommend.
|2009-03-24, 02:58
|Link #4
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia - Down Where The City Meets The Sea
Age: 29
yeah i originally found this to be very, very true until the other week a good friend of mine who i play football and go surfing with also loves anime as well.
hes also told me of some our other mates who also enjoy it as well but up to now being an anime fan has been a very lonely past time
|2009-03-24, 03:34
|Link #5
Senior Member
it shouldn't be lonely cause most my friend watch at least naruto or bleach. but we rarely watch anime together. cause it feels to lame. on the rare chance that most us have nothing to do. anime can't possibly be the only thing left to entertain ourselves. so they go to the movies. while i am stuck home babysitting and the only thing left to do is to watch anime alone after all.
anywyays it just feels to weird cause we have different tastes. they usuall ak if there is something wrong with me when they catch me watching slice of life, romance,type animes.
|2009-03-24, 03:39
|Link #6
The Interstellar Medium
Join Date: May 2008
Location: [SWE]
Age: 29
Depends. IRL I know a few, but I never watch together with them, we usually just share info or thoughts. Then again, I want to watch by myself. Sharing knowledge on the other hand is fun.
|2009-03-24, 04:13
|Link #7
Absolute Haruhist!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
It will only be a lonely hobby if you don't actively look for people with the same hobby.
Personally I think its actually quite a popular hobby.
You don't see people collecting stamps, bug specimens, postcards and such nowadays.
|2009-03-24, 04:18
|Link #9
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
The bulk of my social life actually revolves around anime clubs (though only my university one meets regularly), so it's not a lonely hobby for me. Besides, the female/male ratio is much better than at LAN parties.
|2009-03-24, 04:36
|Link #11
Onani Master
Well I never tend to talk about my anime interest with my friends.
Most of them know I've got a couple of anime figures next to my firearm cabinet which often get me a couple of "hey, let's shoot these!" remarks but they think they're nicks and knacks.
A friend of mine at university knows I watch a bit and Initial D was what got both of us interested in cars.
He knows I'm keeping track of the Initial D manga and sometimes asks me if anything interesting has happened in the story line or we'd discuss what we actually thought of the cars in the anime or manga.
But overall anime/manga fills in time for me and most of what I watch or read I really enjoy and it just helps me relax after a long day of dealing with people's problems all the time.
So no I don't see it as lonely as I never really intended for it to be a social interest.
|2009-03-24, 04:50
|Link #12
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
Most hobbies are lonely, if you do not consider "talking about your hobby" a part of the hobby itself.
Model building
Miniature painting
flower composition
are good examples of well known and well respected hobbies, however all of them are usually performed in complet lonelyness. The most enthusiastics then might create clubs where they can talk about their hobbies, but it's not like that it's part of the hobby itself.
|2009-03-24, 06:27
|Link #13
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: UK
Age: 36
I don't really care if other people think this is an unpopular hobby or not. I watch anime because I like and I want to have some fun and entertain myself.
Besides it is like anything TV related. Most people want to watch TV at the comfy of their homes, they don't want to go down to the pub to watch the hot soap opera, drama or comedy with fellow drinkers.
Although normal TV shows are much more easier to talk about (socialize) with random people due to many factors including cultural differences, or any own personal fears about talking to other people about "toons".
I do still talk to anyone that has a liking for comics about anime and manga, although I always try to go with the main stream, most popular or 'serious' ones (not good trying to start a conversation with Strike Witches for example), and if they don't have anything bad to say but the typical cliches, for stuff like Akira, Ghost in the Shell or even DBZ, then you can move on forward with lesser known animes.
|2009-03-24, 10:11
|Link #14
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes
Age: 31
Seconding -Kh- why should I care if it is unpopular or not if I enjoy it, I'm actually glad it isn't so main stream here that would be crazy.
I guess this lonely part also depends on where you live, as a yaoi fangirl and doujinshi collector you won't see many people here having the same hobby, specially in this farmers region.
There are some people here that watch anime as well, but they simply watch the mainstream shounen or things that I have already seen years ago when it aired, so yeh internet is for me a best off solution since no one here would understand my ranting on how happy I am because I got a new doujinshi book
|2009-03-24, 10:26
|Link #16
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: God only knows
I think many people are right here. Since this hobby connects the whole world, its not that lonely, isnt it?
|2009-03-24, 10:35
|Link #17
Join Date: Jan 2007
Most of my hobbies are and were "lonely" hobbies but I consider that a feature and not a bug. Because it means I have the freedom to do what I want and when I want it. Also, I prefer to meet my IRL friends without having a fixed topic or schedule and instead to talk with them over a beer or a glass of wine about whatever comes to our minds (might include anime). I'm absolutely no club person.
|2009-03-24, 11:37
|Link #19
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Mexico
Age: 30
Seeing all the people that gather at a con I can't see how it's a lonely hobby. Sure, you might not find someone that likes anime near you, but maybe you just need to introduce them to it. A few years ago I introduced a friend of mine to anime, showing her my manga and watching some stuff together, now she's got more manga than me! lol!
|2009-03-24, 11:48
|Link #20
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Australia,Queensland
For me yes, but I've always been a bit anti-social... My idea of a day out is being dragged to the beach by my family and sitting on the sand, eating some chips then going home to play games.
Probably why i picked anime, don't really know myself though lol
Really It's by choice, I could go to anime cons(though theres not many in QLD, My bro said brisbane had a few), Some of my friends are even into anime a little bit, but i chose not to for some reason.
All of my hobbies(well, entire life) are things i do by myself - Games & anime ftw.
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Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" (Times Books) and author of the forthcoming book "Governing America" (Princeton University Press).
Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- Newt Gingrich likes to fancy himself a counterestablishment rebel. He has attempted to tap into the anger of tea party Republicans by reminding voters about his glory days as a maverick conservative in the House of Representatives, which culminated in the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994.
On NBC's "Meet the Press," he said, "In Florida, my case is going to be very simple. You have a clear establishment candidate in Mitt Romney. ... And you have somebody whose entire career has been a Reagan populist conservative."
The trouble is that Newt Gingrich is about as establishment as one can get. The thinness of his claim to be some kind of populist outsider exposes the myth that many conservative Republicans promote when they distance themselves from the power they actually wield and claim that they are still outside the political system.
Gingrich's personal history shows how conservatives successfully entrenched themselves in Washington and learned to love the trappings of power, as well as the electoral benefits of government. Throughout his time in Congress, Gingrich played a key role in moving conservatives from being outsiders to insiders over the course of the 1980s and 1990s.
When Gingrich was elected to the House in 1978, he was a true rebel. Gingrich and other conservative Republicans fought against senior Republican leaders such as Robert Michel of Illinois. They argued that those Republicans were too often willing to compromise with the Democratic leadership in Congress and had moved too far to the center.
Gingrich, who helped form the Conservative Opportunity Society to serve as an informal caucus for these younger Republicans, launched a series of attacks on various Democratic speakers, culminating with the resignation of Speaker Jim Wright in 1989. Each time, Gingrich claimed the Democrats had grown fat with power, that they had become corrupt and incompetent and needed to be removed.
Even as Gingrich was making those arguments, the tensions between rhetoric and reality intensified. Republicans were already becoming used to power through their control of the executive branch, first with Ronald Reagan and then with George H.W. Bush. Republicans such as Gingrich kept their outsider mentality by claiming that the presidents were too willing to abandon the right and that, in different ways, they sold their movement out. Gingrich and others even criticized Reagan on these grounds. Furious about Reagan's decision to increase taxes in 1982, Gingrich accused the president of having tried to "score a touchdown for liberalism ..."
Once Republicans took over Capitol Hill in 1994, their entrenchment in Washington only deepened. Between 1994 and 2006, Republicans ruled Washington with an iron hand, remaining in control even after Gingrich resigned in 1999.
Congressional Republicans developed close ties to the lobbying community through the "K Street Project," in which legislators and lobbyists coordinated hiring decisions for positions in the major lobbying firms that went to former congressional staffers. After his own ouster, Gingrich dove into the murky world of ex-politicians who offer their access and reputation to organizations such as Freddie Mac. Even when they are not officially lobbying, they act in ways that certainly fit that bill in the eyes of most Americans.
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In short, Gingrich was part of a generation of conservatives who became the political establishment.
The proximity of conservatives to power became a debilitating political issue in 2006 when a series of scandals revolving around the lobbyist Jack Abramoff helped to bring down the Republican majority. As the conservative columnist Rich Lowry wrote at the time, "The GOP members can make a case that the scandal reflects more the way Washington works than the unique perfidy of their party, but even this is self-defeating, since Republicans run Washington."
President George W. Bush also came under attack from right-wing activists given that his administration had embraced certain forms of big government, including the TARP program that provided a huge bailout to financial institutions following the crash in September 2008. Although Democrats gained control of the White House and retained control of the Senate after 2010, Republicans have certainly not been pushed into the backbenches.
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It is time for Republican politicians to drop the illusion that they are outsiders to Washington and to accept that they have enjoyed power for much of the period since the 1970s. This would offer voters a much more honest debate about what their choices really are.
Otherwise, candidates such as Gingrich will continue to fuel the cynicism of many voters who see politicians who rail against Washington until it is exposed that they are as comfortable making deals on Pennsylvania Avenue as anyone else.
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A winner was selected from 19 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
I am need a design for a gaming download site which will host maps, mods, scripts, sprays, and tutorials for gamers.
I will list what my home page should have. The graphics are all up to you. First we will have the header which should have our logo and 5 navigation buttons. Home, Download, Forum, Account, and Upload. Beneath the banner should be a box that will have new downloads. This box will have to be wider to fit above the boxes that will be below so it will actually 2 new downloads boxes in one.
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The downloads will be placed line after line in this format name | game icon | type (as in addon, spray, tuturial) | and rank. The rankings will be recieved when a member rates the download so it should be a simple +1 or -1 ect. Underneath the New Downloads box with be 4 seperate boxes. The boxes will be one of our download catagories for instance box 1 is the top rated Maps catagoru while box 2 is top rated tutorials. These will be stacked 2 by 2 so it will look like this.
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This will be the same width as the New Downloads catagorys and the naming system stays the same. At the bottom of the page will be a simple be Home | Downloads | Account | Upload | Contact | these do not need to be graphics. On the left side under the banner will be Sponsors and under than Advertisements. Under the banner on the right side will be one box. Top Downloads which will simply show which downloads have been downloaded the most. It will follow this format. Name | game type | download type (addon mods map ect.) | Rating | Downloads. The font should be much small and more compact so it fits in tightly. Also to the right of the navigation menu under the banner should be a login.
For the inside of the download boxes where it says put the games icon here is a site where you can see some of the icons and what the size should be. http://www.gametracker.com/features/
One new edit. After the Account button on the navigation bar should be Search.
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'The Liar' a hilarious comedy in Lenox
Pierre Corneille was one of those writers of French tragedy for whom humor was a sleeping giant. After all, his first drama, "Mélite" was a comedy. It represented a deviant example of the farcical style in disfavor among 17th century French intelligentsia, and was peddled to a group of traveling players in 1629. They happily incorporated it into their repertoire.
The playwright was forever hassled by authorities like Cardinal Richelieu (the real-life prelate who was the nemesis of "The Three Musketeers" in the fictional Dumas novel) and his hand-picked toadies in the Académie Francaise. Corneille refused to abide by the dramatic conventions of the day, leaning as they did on Aristotle's rules for drama. He went so far as coauthoring a work with Molière, a playwright who likewise had to deal with accusations of immorality. (In those days, bad drama was an affront to heaven.)
But there was light at the end of the tunnel: Witness "The Liar" (Le Menteur), authored in 1643. Today it may be hard to capture the flavor the play had for audiences of its time. After all, it was penned in French, and debuted in the early modern period of history.
Whatever the separate contributions of author, a riotously clever adaptation of the play by David Ives (in rhyming blank verse, to boot), and the hugely inventive direction of Kevin G. Coleman, Shakespeare & Company's current version of the comedy is something to savor, whatever the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" audiences must cope with these days, to quote a contemporary of Corneille's.
Coleman has hit just the right note with his company of eight seasoned performers. And he couldn't resist the temptation to lace the dialogue with quotes from the dramas of the English guy. Included in the Ives adaptation are lines borrowed from "Antony and Cleopatra," "Othello," "As You Like It," and other familiar plays of the bard. Oddly enough, they work beautifully in this comedy, a play in which all characters have to bounce -- happily or otherwise -- off the fabrications of its central character, Dorante.
David Joseph tackles the role of intransigent liar with gusto, as though telling whoppers were second nature to him. He and his fellow performers maintain a perfect pacing in the dialogue, often a rapid-fire verbal barrage in which all characters face the challenge of coming up for air.
Ives and Coleman are not above the use of contemporary idiom to spruce up interactions. "She called you a liar," says one character. "Why?" queries another. "Maybe because your pants are on fire" is the response. Not exactly in the 17th century mode, but funny all the same.
Douglas Seldin is Cliton, Dorante's stocky servant, whose asides to the audience have you on the floor. Emily Rose Ehlinger and Alexandra Lincoln are Lucrece and Clarice, alternating deliciously as objects of Dorante's shifting attentions. Enrico Spada is fittingly agitated and furious as Dorante's competitor, while Jake Berger as Geronte and Marcus Kearns as Philiste attempt to make the most of the paternal and friendship mode in the topsy-turvy world manufactured by Dorante's continuing vacations from the truth. Dana Harrison supplies exceedingly comic interpretations of her double role as Isabelle and Sabine.
All in all, a production to tickle your funny bone to the max.
"The Liar" runs through March 24 at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, Mass. Performances are Friday and Saturday 7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $15-$50, and can be purchased by calling the box office at (413)-637-3353, or contacting www.Shakespeare.org
David Begelman is a freelance writer in Connecticut; firstname.lastname@example.com


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In the ongoing budget battle in Montpelier, Gov. Peter Shumlin's pitch to avoid higher taxes resonates with the average Vermont voter and Main Street businesses, while Speaker of the House Shap Smith has the political muscle of the House (and the support of a host of lobbying groups representing the low-income population) on his side to support a package of tax increases to balance the budget.
If your kids play sports, you know only too well the pain of bleacher fatigue, or, as it is known in medical journals, gluteus maximus agonius.
The prolonged sitting on pullout bleachers for sporting events causes numbness of the backside, an ache in the lower back and stiff knees and hips. (In colonial America, rule-breakers were originally forced to sit for hours on a set of bleachers in the town square. The stocks and pillory were adopted only after bleachers were deemed "intollerably crewell.")
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House Speaker Shap Smith and Gov. Peter Shumlin are as politically attuned to each other's positions as any member of the same party could hope for. And in the governor's first term, the two worked well together to balance budgets in tough times and make significant progress on steps toward health care reform, pro-business incentives and education.
Why, then, is there such a rift over balancing this year's budget? In particular over the Earned Income Tax Credit program, and the House's insistence to raise broad-based taxes on the rich?
This week's writer is Jeb Spaulding, Vermont Secretary of Administration.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Talena Jestice, 36, of Middlebury for driving under the influence, following investigation of a one-car roll-over accident on Foote Street on March 22.
In other action last week, Middlebury police:
• Referred, to the Addison County State's Attorney's office for possible prosecution, a report of a man pushing a woman in the Buttolph Drive area on March 18.
• Investigated a disorderly conduct complaint in the Lodge Road neighborhood on March 18.
VERGENNES — Last week's snowy weather resulted in Vergennes police ticketing and/or ordering towed a number of cars left on city streets in violation of the city's wintertime ban on overnight on-street parking.
Police ticketed cars and ordered at least one car towed on the nights of March 18, 19, 20 and 21.
The parking ban will remain in effect through April 1, this coming Monday.
In other action between March 18 and 24, Vergennes police:
ADDISON COUNTY — During the week of March 24, Vermont State Police along with local and county law enforcement agencies are conducting sobriety checkpoints throughout Addison County.
Senior Trooper Joseph Szarejko said the purpose of the checkpoints is to identify and remove impaired drivers in an effort to reduce traffic collisions and to promote highway safety.
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
April 2012-5th Anniversary of Tornado Gallery.
That is a bold statement - 5th birthday if you will for this group of people and this concept. Five years of losing money and we haven't shut the doors. I call that a success. We, Tony, Jennifer, and myself-Larry-never deluded ourselves int thinking we'd make any money-Tornado Gallery has never been about making money-(breaking even would be nice, but thats another post) its always been about doing the right thing for the right people. We just did our 56th First Friday Art Trail, 56 shows and I've lost track of how many artists thats a record to be proud of-and we are. In these almost 5 years, we created the Downtown Art Market, welcomed Sandstorm Glassworks-Lee Ware and Bren Merritt to the art community, been fortunate enough to help the Lubbock Arts Festival-Thank You Elizabeth, and done countless other things that we are very proud of, 3 JesseFests, numerous other concerts and Art Parts Parties Thanks Lubbock for supporting us.
Coming to Tornado in April is a special event-that is the purpose of this post-our 5th anniversary will be a homecoming of sorts. Tony Greer and Lee Ware will be bringing their "Electric Glass" show home to Tornado. This show is currently at LHUCA, but in April it comes here- where it will continue to grow and prosper. Those who don't know-Tony's Father and Grandfather built these buildings in the 40s and now it houses Tony's neon shop-Special Effects Neon. That is truly a homecoming to celebrate.
This show, "Electric Glass" is unique, not just in Lubbock but anywhere. There are hundreds of glassblowers, probably hundreds of neon shops, but there aren't a dozen of both, together, under one roof. The results of this collaboration are spectacular, glowing, moving, luminescent glass sculptures that come to life. Folks you just don;t see this every day-not here in Lubbock- not many places in the country.
So consider this, be proud of the Art community in Lubbock, support them any way you can, talk about it, visit it, buy something if you can but whatever you do don't let these opportunities get away. Art is as fleeting as life sometimes, take advantage of it now.
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