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Carbohydrates yield the quickest energy production in the body. However, choosing the best food sources can be a challenge. Athletes need to consume more carbs than the average person to properly fuel and recover.
In addition, active individuals look for foods that help promote overall health and well-being, to keep them feeling good enough to enjoy their sport. When it comes to comparing foods, it's important to look at the total nutrient composition. For example:
- What does this food have to offer?
- What does it contain besides its carbohydrate content?
More: Are You Eating Enough Carbs?
Here is a list of minimally or unprocessed foods that you are able to find in the perimeter of your local grocery store:
1. Sweet Potatoes
The bright orange color of these root vegetables is a visual cue that they are an abundant source of the high-powered antioxidant, vitamin A. They also are a great source of potassium to help soothe sore muscles and maintain the right amount of fluids in the body. One cup provides 27g of carbs, 4g of which are fiber.
More: Why Are Carbs Important?
2. Oats
This breakfast staple has been promoted as a "heart-healthy" food due to its high soluble fiber and low saturated fat content, both of which have been shown to reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol and total cholesterol levels.
Besides keeping your ticker kicking, the magnesium found in oats helps to maintain nerve and muscle function and is involved in over 300 metabolic reactions in the body. One 1/2 cup of dry oats provides 27g of carbs.
More: A Smarter Way to Carbo-Load
3. Wild Rice
Going a little wild on your rice gives you an edge over the commonly hyped brown rice. Wild rice has the added bang for your calorie buck by providing 6g of protein and double the amount of fiber (3g) for 35 less calories than brown rice per 1 cup serving.
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Tue, 08 March 2011 at 11:10 am
Brad Pitt: 'Cogan's Trade' Set!
Brad Pitt steps onto the set of Cogan's Trade, his latest film, on Tuesday (March 8) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The 47-year-old actor wore a leather jacket and had his hair slicked back for his role as Jackie Cogan.
Here's a short synopsis of the film, due out next year: "Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game."
Late last month, Brad was spotted catching a flight out of LAX.
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Madonna Tour Tickets to Go on Sale After Super Bowl
Good news, Madonna fans! Her much-hyped Super Bowl performance comes with two special treats. Madge will do a special interview with Bob Costas during NBC's Super Bowl XLVI Pregame Show — and tickets to her tour will go on sale as soon as the game ends!
Live Nation president Michael Rapino spilled the beans to the Los Angeles Times, telling the paper, "Madonna's going on the road, and those tickets will go on sale right after the Super Bowl." While Madge had mentioned a tour in an interview with Brit talk show host Graham Norton, no dates or further details have been revealed.
This will undoubtedly be a hectic week for the Material Girl. In addition to her Super Bowl halftime performance with Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. (rumored guests Cee Lo Green and LMFAO might perform as well) the 'Masterpiece' singer's hotly anticipated film, 'W.E.,' hits theaters tomorrow (Feb. 3). Her first single off of 'M.D.N.A.,' 'Give Me All Your Luvin',' will be released on iTunes tomorrow as well — so fans can sing along by the time she shows it off at the Pats-Giants match up!
Can't wait to see what Madge has in store? You won't have to much longer! Tune in to 'American Idol' tonight to watch the premiere of the 'Give Me All Your Luvin" video.


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DIY Mini Diorama Ornaments
Growing up, our favorite ornament adorning our parents Christmas tree was a small pink egg with glittering snow and a baby deer inside. It captured our imagination each year as it was unpacked. Teri over at Giddy Giddy has been hard at work making her own mini holiday diy dioramas and has been so kind to share a tutorial to make your own!
Teri started out with The Paper Source, blank slate, half-ball ornaments that are being sold year. You can pick them up on their website for $1.50. We're guessing local craft stores might have something similar if you scout around, although at that price, if you only wanted to make a few, we think it's a purchase well made (and one to watch for come post-holiday clearance time)!
Teri scouted around her home and found little bits of this and that, which might work to be placed inside each ornament once painted. She found cake toppers, lost toys and all sorts of little things hiding in forgotten corners around the house. Each one was glued down and has its own personality and punch with their bright colors and un-traditional themes.
They'd be fun as a random addition to your tree, or make one for a baby or wedding shower which is a far superior alternative to other ornaments commemorating such events.
Make sure you head over to Giddy Giddy for further instructions and more pictures of her fabulous creations.
Thanks Teri!
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By Jeremy Justice
So you've got a few records and you want to delve into the vinyl hobby a little further. One place to start would be your turntable. There are an endless amount of options when choosing record players from $10-dollar yard sale finds to $250,000 ultra high-end reference turntables. Stashed somewhere in the middle, there is the DIY turntable. A DIY turntable is exactly what it sounds like; a turntable you build yourself. There are many options when building your own turntable, in fact you are only limited buy your own creativity. I will layout a couple of different approaches to give you with some basic knowledge of turntable design. Armed with this seed of information and Google you can build your own turntable and have a lot of fun doing it…
Custom creations can range from minimalistic designs like this turntable made by fellow tattoo artist Mike Tweed,
to this more elaborate, albeit less practical, multi-tonearmed table, complete with DIY unipivot tonearms, made by myself.
Here is a basic overview of the essential parts that make up a turntable:
· Plinth- the plinth is the base of the turntable
· Platter and bearing- the platter is the part the record sits on, supported by a spindle which sits in the bearing.
· Tonearm- the tonearm is the pivoted arm that allows the cartridge (needle) to track the record.
· Motor- for this article we will be using external variable speed motors available online.
To start, you must first decide on the parts you will be using. A plinth can be made out of just about anything: wood, slate, and acrylic are a few of the more popular materials used. The material of the plinth does have a great effect on the sound of the turntable. You could choose to experiment with different materials or go with tried and true methods for more predictable results.
When looking for a platter I recommend using a platter and bearing from a vintage transcription turntable as demonstrated by Mike Tweed's turntable. These platter and bearing assemblies can be found online and work great. It is possible to cut your own platter out of wood , however it is essential for the platter to be perfectly round so a CNC or water jet-type of cut will be necessary.
Moving on to the tonearm- The possibilities are endless here. Many different tonearms are available in just about every price range. If you choose to buy a tonearm, do some online research. Reviews of just about any tonearm model are available and can help you find the one best suited for your project. You may also choose to build your own DIY tonearm. The first place to start with DIY tonearms is a unipivot design, where the arm pivots on a single point. Much like tattoo machine building, tonearm building tends to suck you in. It can be really fascinating, difficult, and rewarding.
Once you have chosen your parts, plinth design is as simple as marking the distance from your center spindle to the tonearm. This is the only really essential measurement of the plinth design. The plinth is your opportunity to really get creative, the shape, size and material are all up to you. Here are a couple of different approaches.
Mike built this turntable out of red oak and Padauk hardwood. He opted to use a platter and bearing from a QRK transcription turntable. Transcription or broadcast turntables make great donor tables because of their sturdy design. These bearings were designed to give trouble-free operation for radio stations, 24 hours a day, day after day, year in, year out. Mike then chose the Rega rb250 tonearm. This tonearm is an elegant design with strong aftermarket support and endless upgradeability. Using the mounting distance needed for the tonearm, he plotted his center point and tonearm mounting hole on the Red oak. He then cut away the unneeded wood, shaping the final product into a strong and functional tear drop shape. Mounting the motor outboard allows its placement to be moved around to find the best configuration.
For my turntable I wanted something a little different. While its design is certainly wild and attention grabbing, its main element is function. By keeping the plinth diameter close to that of the platter and placing the supports outside of that diameter I can mount up to three tonearms quite easily. Why would you need three tonearms on one turntable you ask? Well for me I wanted to have a set up where I could design different tonearms and have a reference platform to test them on. I started with the platter from a Transcriptors hydraulic reference turntable (the one used in Clockwork Orange!). Then using downloaded crop circle geometry I plotted my center point and three outboard mounting points for tonearms. I cut out the plinth into a four interlocking circles design using a simple jig saw and some extra plywood. The really fun feature on this table is the tonearms. The first one is made from a drumstick.
I used the dimensions of a 12" tonearm. There are many benefits to the 12" design and it is a little easier to work with. I used mostly household items for this arm, including nuts and bolts, some foam core board and a penny. I even used some needle bars to add some tattoo flavor to it. For my second attempt,
I used some flat Zebra wood and a scratch awl for the pivot point. This arm uses the geometry of the smaller 9" Rega tonearms and again nuts and bolts were used for the adjustable counter weight.
Overall this is a very brief introduction to DIY turntables. If you would like to build one, an enormous amount of information is available online. This has been a very rewarding experience and I highly recommend it to anyone. You can also join our Facebook group, Tattoo Artist Analog Association where we discuss records and all things analog and art. All the best and keep those records spinning!
Here are a couple of links for resources and information:
www.audiokarma.org Audiokarma is an online forum about everything audio. It's a great resource.
www.diyaudio.com DIYAudio is another great online resource that I recommend for DIY audio information.
(Jeremy Justice can be found at Apocalypse Tattoo in Seattle, WA.)


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Fenced in in Campbell
I feel we've been neglecting Campbell for a while, so here's another listing from the City Without a Nickname (please feel free to make one up in the comments) or how about More City for a Million. However, according to Wikipedia, Campbell was where the fruit cocktail was first invented. I don't know how they poached that feat from Sunnyvale, where the Fruit Cocktail Tower is still standing.
Thanks very much to Burbed reader THN for bringing this great deal to our attention. Burbed reader Sam Adu also recently mentioned it in comments.
183 DILLON Ave, Campbell, CA 95008
LOT SIZE: 4,599 Sq. Ft.
PROPERTY TYPE: Detached Single Family
STYLE: Traditional
VIEW: Neighborhood
COMMUNITY: Campbell
COUNTY: Santa Clara
SOURCE: MLSListings
STATUS: Active
ON REDFIN: 244 days
Great home for the growing family. Close to sought after Downtown Campbell and Rapid Transit line. Kitchen has been remodeled with granit counter tops and tile flooring. Home comes with gas stove, microwave, and refrigerater. Back yard has built in BBQ with separate guest cottage (permit unknown)
Well, this listing copy's a bit of a head-scratcher; the agent misspelled "granit" and "refrigerater" but nailed "separate guest cottage." I like how the "granit" goes with the single-pane windows and that seafoam green paint job from 1956.
That first picture's a puzzlement, too. Do they expect you to park your car in the garage? Most people park on the driveway and use the garage as a storage shed, but the white picket fence makes that option impossible! Where the heck are you going to store your back issues of National Geographic?
While your jaw drops lower and lower as you read the listing history below, we've highlighted the most important parts for you. This house has not only been foreclosed, it's been pending five times, and changed hands for $693,000. In 2005.
And if you think that's a lot of money, wait until you see the Zillow record.
Talk about freefall! This house is doing the limbo, because nobody's figured out how low can it go. Meanwhile, four different Redfin agents have toured the place, and the reviews are in!
The location isn't that bad, is it?
No, it's not as close to the freeway as Monday's house! Whew!
UPDATE: Thanks to Burbed reader AstroWallaby's on-target comments, I have this neighborhood photo for your consideration:


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EXCLUSIVE"Mob Wives" star Renee Graziano made nice with her mafioso father -- Anthony Graziano of the Bonanno crime family -- and finally chose to visit him in the slammer for the first time in seven months ... TMZ has learned.
Sources close to Renee tell TMZ she and her 18-year-old son AJ hit up the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn last week to visit her consigliere father. Graziano is serving time for extortion and racketeering charges because Renee's ex-hubby ratted him out.
According to our sources, Renee felt embarrassed by her ex's betrayal and that's why she went so long without seeing her dad.
The three spent a little less than an hour at the prison catching up and we're told Papa Graziano was especially happy to see his grandson.
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Teen who climbed World Trade Center ordered to youth offenders program
NEW YORK – A daring teenager who sneaked to the top of the nation's tallest building — 1 World Trade Center — will be assessed in a program for youthful offenders, a judge said Wednesday.
Dressed in a dark suit and red tie, Justin Casquejo appeared before Midtown Community Court Judge Felicia Mennin, who ordered the 16-year-old to return on April 30.
The slight, shy-looking youth stood quietly before the judge, saying nothing during the brief hearing. He and his lawyer declined comment as they rushed out of the building into a taxi.
Casquejo, of Weehawken, N.J., was originally charged with criminal trespass. But prosecutors added a BASE jumping charge — a reference to his alleged climbing in the unfinished building. Both are misdemeanors.
He was arrested last month after slipping through a hole in the fence surrounding the 104-story skyscraper at about 4 a.m. and taking an elevator to the spire.
According to court documents, the teen "slipped through an opening in the gate that is approximately 4 feet off the ground and approximately 1 square foot in area."
He used a ladder to reach scaffolding that took him to the sixth floor, Detective Deborah Scheffold said in the documents. Casquejo then took the elevator to the 88th floor, climbed the stairs to the 104th floor and rooftop, and used a ladder again to reach the antenna.
Finally, on his way down about two hours later, he was stopped by a building security guard.
The intrepid climber said he had plotted on March 15, the eve of the climb, how to enter the building.
"I was walking around all night trying to figure out how I would enter it," he was quoted as telling a police officer the next morning.
"I know there is no trespassing there," the youth told the officer.
The 1,776-foot skyscraper is the nation's tallest building. It was built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Authorities said Casquejo dressed like a construction worker and took photographs from the top.
On Wednesday, he was mobbed by the media as he arrived at the alternative-sentencing court, which emphasizes community service as a way for low-level offenders to pay back the neighborhood for quality-of-life offenses such as prostitution, shoplifting and trespassing.
Prosecutors have requested a so-called "youth assessment," an in-depth evaluation of the defendant and his life circumstances.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the 16-acre trade center site, is reassessing security there in light of two lapses since last summer. In addition to the incident involving Casquejo, three people parachuted from the building in September, producing a video of their jump.
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Wednesday that despite the breaches, he remains confident in the ability of various public and private entities to control the site.
The New York Police Department provides security around the site, the Port Authority is responsible for the property itself and the Durst Organization was hired to secure 1 World Trade Center.
However, Bratton said, the NYPD is in discussions with Port Authority security chief Joe Dunne "about what they're trying to do to enhance security over there." Bratton said detectives are still conducting interviews to try to learn how four people charged in the parachuting feat gained access to the high-rise.


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The JDM Bibliophile was a fanzine by Len and June Moffatt.
The JDM Bibliophile was devoted to the write John D. MacDonald. It was published in California, U.S.A. in the late 1960s, and early 1970s. Issue 1 was released in April 1968, and issue 15 in 1971. The Associate Editors were Bill Clark and Ed Cox (Altair, Triton).
The publication featured bibliographys, articles, checklists, essays and artwork.
Contributors of writing included Ron Bennett (Skyrack), Lawrence Fleming, Dean Grennell (Grue, Filler), Marvin Lachman, Dave Locke (Pelf, Awry), Francis M. Nevins, Jr., William F. Nolan (Rhodomagnetic Digest), and 'Pete' Peterson.
Poetry by Knox Burger, and John D. MacDonald was also featured.
Len Moffatt had been one of the editors of Shangri L'Affaires, and one of the editors of The Outlander. Len and June Moffatt co-published Moonshine (with Rick Sneary and Stan Woolston) for FAPA, and The Moffatt House Abroad, a report of their trip to the UK sponsored by the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund in 1974.


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This will be the last blog until Friday March 1st because I am off to Paris!
Pete the Greek is taking me away for our 2nd wedding anniversary...the symbol for 2 years of marriage is cotton. I am getting Paris.
We will be visiting everything and seeing as much as we possibly can, completely and utterly soaking up the city. It will be my first time there and a realisation of a life long dream. I can hardly wait!
So, stay tuned for all the pics and the posts, detailed descriptions of our gastronomic adventures and more.
In the meantime, we have new fabrics coming in weekly...daily even, and some beautiful new hand crafted pieces. Pop into the showroom and see Colette and Cathie!
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The Miami Herald on the start of the race Couple of interesting comments--where contestants were before the race beganBig Papi--did you know Eric has a wife??
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The good news is that, over the last 20 years, average corn yields have increased about 1.5% per year without a significant increase in nitrogen application rates. Even better news is that geneticists and plant breeders are now developing hybrids that will require less nitrogen while maintaining overall yield.
Good news indeed since the price of nitrogen fertilizer, which has continued to rise, is one of the largest farm input costs. It accounts for about one-fifth of a corn grower's operating expenses.
Farmers apply an average 138 lbs. of nitrogen/acre/year, according to Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont company. Over the last three years, farmers have paid an average of $43/acre for nitrogen. Using that figure, a grower could save $8.60/acre if the nitrogen rate could be cut by 20%. Nitrogen rates, of course, vary widely as does the price of nitrogen from year to year.
Corn plants can absorb less than half of the nitrogen fertilizer applied. The rest can enter into waterways or volatilize into the air as a greenhouse gas. This is another reason why growers would welcome nitrogen-use-efficient (NUE) hybrids.
In development
Advances in genomics, map-based cloning and other new technologies are enabling companies such as Pioneer, Monsanto and Syngenta to more quickly identify the numerous genes and genetic pathways responsible for controlling nitrogen use in corn. The sooner these genes can be introduced at the inbred level and then expressed in hybrids, the sooner they will come to market.
NUE hybrids are primarily in the Phase 1, Proof of Concept stage at this time, so they won't likely be on the market for at least 8 to 10 years. But the companies developing these hybrids are intensifying their research.
Last fall, for example, Monsanto announced a collaboration with Israel's Evogene Ltd., in which Monsanto gained exclusive rights to several genes discovered by Evogene that help plants maintain yield with lower applications of nitrogen. These genes complement NUE genes that Monsanto is already testing in its research and development program.
This spring, DuPont and Arcadia Biosciences, Davis, CA, announced a collaboration in which DuPont business Pioneer has exclusive rights to Arcadia's proprietary technology for improving nitrogen use in corn. Pioneer reports that the collaboration complements the progress it has already made in this area.
Marc Albertsen, Pioneer's director of agronomic traits and lead evaluation, is encouraged by the progress of nitrogen use research. Last year, in the company's first set of replicated transgenic yield trials under managed low nitrogen and normal nitrogen conditions, researchers identified multiple transgenes that independently had positive impact on nitrogen use. Several of these transgenes resulted in an 8 to 24% yield improvement over controls under reduced nitrogen conditions, while others resulted in a 7 to 9% yield improvement under normal nitrogen environments.
This year, Pioneer tripled the number of replicated yield trials and plans to expand them again next year. Pioneer will display photos of trial plots at this year's Farm Progress Show, Albertsen says.
Monsanto also has been evaluating corn germplasm for nitrogen use efficiency. Mark Lawson, Monsanto's yield and stress platform lead, says this work has been part of the company's long-term effort to improve base germplasm. "Over the last 20 years, corn yield levels have increased by 1.5% per year under situations where nitrogen application has remained flat. That's a big comment on breeding efforts," Lawson says.
Monsanto is using genomics and marker-assisted breeding to identify genes and develop hybrids that will maintain yield under reduced nitrogen applications. Someday, growers may be able to reduce nitrogen applications by 20 to 25% while maintaining yield, Lawson says.
Syngenta is pursuing improved nitrogen use through both native trait and genetic modification (GM) platforms, says Wayne Fithian, the company's corn product business lead. "Our native trait effort is focused on identifying favorable alleles of genes that influence nitrogen use efficiency and introducing them into our hybrids," he explains. "Our GM effort is focused on identifying and introducing genes that improve nitrogen use efficiency. The goal of both efforts is to help farmers produce the same or better yields on less nitrogen."
Syngenta researchers are using the company's allelic diversity platform to identify candidate genes from a wide diversity of corn parent lines, Fithian says.
Over the years, little has been known about genes that control response to nitrogen. That is because nitrogen use is complex, with numerous genes and pathways involved in virtually every plant function. But advances in genomics are now beginning to pay off because they enable researchers to identify genes involved in nitrogen use, says Fred Below, professor of crop physiology, University of Illinois.
Advances in genomic tools (molecular markers and high throughput screening of genetic traits), along with allelic diversity and gene association panels, present new opportunities for direct testing, identification and rapid integration into commercial germplasm of genes affecting nitrogen use, Fithian says.
"Recent advances in molecular biology are helping us identify nitrogen-related genes from sources other than corn. These genes become candidates for our GM approach," he adds.
What to do now?
While NUE hybrids won't be ready for the market for years, yields already have increased due to corn breeders' efforts over the last two decades. Growers can manage their fertilizer use by following university guidelines and using tools such as the Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator (a Corn Belt approach to nitrogen rate guidelines). Visit http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/soilfertility/nrate.aspx.
The calculator enables growers to plug in their fertilizer costs and expected grain prices and whether they plant corn following soybeans or corn following corn, says John Sawyer, extension soil fertility specialist, Iowa State University. They will find that corn following soybeans requires less nitrogen fertilization, one benefit of crop rotation. Growers also can compare up to four corn and fertilizer price scenarios at one time in the calculator. This gives them an opportunity to make informed decisions based on research and expected economic return, Sawyer says.
Fertilizer prices are currently at record levels. Manure can be used effectively in a fertility program, but other than growing more forage legumes and then rotating to corn, there are not a lot of options. "Corn needs nitrogen," Sawyer says, adding that the issues driving high fertilizer costs (increased global demand, high energy costs and the weak U.S. dollar) are unlikely to go away anytime soon.
Below, from the University of Illinois, adds that if you want to apply nitrogen this fall, wait until temperatures fall below 50°F and use a nitrogen inhibitor. Spring application, with care not to overapply, is preferable. The University of Illinois is currently testing variable-rate application technologies, which also will improve nitrogen use efficiency.


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Wild Words™
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Every time is different, so play as often as you like.
How to Play Wild Words™Watch the letter blocks as they fall, and see if you can make a word from them. When you can identify a word, click once on each of its letters to spell it out, double-clicking on the final letter. The letter blocks do not have to be next to each other. If your word is accepted, the blocks will disappear and you earn points. More letters are added all the time. You have to use them before they reach the top of the game screen.
A Wild Block (coloured swirl) can be used instead of any letter.
A Double Block (blue letter) in your word will earn more points and increase your BOOST level.
Click on a Bomb to clear that row of blocks. Press the down arrow key to activate a randomly chosen bomb.
Click on a Trivia Block for a chance to answer a quiz question. If you answer it correctly, all the Trivia Blocks on the screen disappear. Press the up arrow key to activate a randomly chosen trivia block.
If you cannot find a word and the letter blocks are in danger of reaching the top of the screen, click on the 'Hint Bomb' button in the lower right corner. This will clear every block in play.
As you complete each level, the letters will fall at an increasingly faster speed. If a column of letter blocks reaches beyond the top of the screen, play ends and your session is complete.
Game Features
TOKEN COUNTER: Shows how many tokens you have won during the game
TIMER: The timer starts as soon as you open the Wild Words
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HINTS: Click on the 'Hint Bomb' button in the lower right hand corner of the game play screen. This will clear every block in play.
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About Wild Words™
Fans of Scrabble and other word creation games will love Wild Words, a fast-paced challenge with a trivia quiz component. Construct words from the letter blocks as they fall, but be quick! The game will end if they stack up high enough to reach the top of the screen.
Wild Blocks, marked with a coloured swirl, will substitute for any letter. Bomb Blocks will clear a whole row, and Double Blocks (coloured blue) will earn you more points. The green Trivia Blocks will ask you a quiz question. If you answer correctly, the remaining Trivia Blocks on the screen will be removed from play.
Wild Words is a dictionary-based game, and lots of fun, but have you ever wondered about the history of the humble dictionary? In 1656, Thomas Blount's Glossographia became the first compilation of words and their definitions. This was followed by Samuel Johnson's more comprehensive edition in 1755, which included everyday words and illustrative quotations from every field of learning and literature, including the works of Shakespeare!
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Cooked the ESP-120 somehow while soldering output wires on. Not sure what happened, but it gives me no output voltage now. Lame! All I did was solder onto the terminals, no idea how that killed it, or if it was something else. This was during prep for the Vetter Challenge, that I did end up riding in. Rescheduled my speaking engagement. I called it a day at the halfway point, though, because I had a different appointment to make that afternoon. I doubt I could have finished the course with the group, though, for want of fast charging or more range. Still a neat experience.
I made up a J1772 to L6-30 adapter, with integrated signal circuitry:
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The mini switch under the J1772 receptacle is for signalling on or off. The diode and resistors are inside the connectors, heat shrunk and tucked in with the conductors.
I need to ride to a public J1772 and give it a shot sometime soon. I have not been home much, travelling a lot this summer. This might come in handy later for a longer trip.


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You watch Dan Nevins make his way slowly up the 18th fairway on two prosthetic legs. You look at Dan Perry's face, a face that has paid the price, a face that breaks into a huge smile after he chips in at the second hole at TPC River Highlands.
And then you examine the fresh scars on the back of Capt. Christopher Migliaro's neck, flesh that barely has healed. You ask him how he's doing, and he answers, "Good. Still some headaches. No complaints."
That's when the thought crosses your mind. There is no way to thank them enough.
There aren't enough complimentary tickets. There aren't nearly enough free lunches. There could never be enough hands to offer sufficient applause, never enough voices to give a hearty huzzah for our service men and women.
And this was the best part of The Travelers Celebrity Pro-Am on Wednesday, because it is clear we haven't stopped trying to thank them. Oh, the PGA Tour stars, the coaches, the former athletes, the actors, they were all fun to chase for autographs on a day like this. But Nevins, Perry, and Migliaro, who played in a foursome with Hunter Mahan, these are the heroes. And nothing that will happen this week at TPC River Highlands or next week at Fenway Park or the week after in South Africa will change it.
That's what makes the Military Appreciation initiative presented by St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center at The Travelers Championship, a weeklong salute to the country's military personnel, so sweet and so necessary. The free tournament admission to all active, reserve and retired military and their dependents? The Patriots' Outpost hospitality tent with complimentary food and beverage? The applause for these guys? All sweet. All necessary. For there was a time, a time in many of our lives, when those who returned from Vietnam were not accorded acclaim commensurate with their valor. The popularity, the morality of a given war should never be confused, never interfere with the support for the mamma's boys and girls who fight it. You see what's happening here, with those who return from Iraq and Afghanistan, and you think we might finally have figured that out.
"When I was walking with his wife, Gina, today, we saw Dan was having a really good time," said Perry's mom, Linda, an outreach coordinator for the Wounded Warrior Project. "You remember the days when he was in so much pain and it makes you feel good."
Perry was badly injured west of Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 22, 2006, when a motorized railroad cart with three 170mm improvised explosive devices slammed into his bunker. Perry was found unconscious, his arm sticking up from under a pile of sandbags. He was diagnosed with traumatic brain injury. Shrapnel and powder tattooed the side of his face and upper body. He suffered hearing and vision loss, a broken thumb, wrist, arm and countless wounds.
"It was pretty extreme," Perry said.
Somehow, the young man lived, and there he was Wednesday chipping in at No. 2.
"It was awesome," said Perry, who was given a TPC River Highlands membership three years ago.
And so it was.
They show up with their humor, of course, even if part of them is missing. Asked what his handicap was, Nevins answered, "I don't have any legs." What he has is our thanks. With a 9.6 golf handicap, he can hit it pretty good. Nevins shot an 87 with a birdie on 15.
On Nov. 10, 2004, an IED detonated beneath his vehicle while on a combat mission near Balad, Iraq. His left leg was amputated. After 30 surgeries, a recurrent bone infection caused the amputation of his right leg in 2008. For a time he worked for the PGA Tour, but he joined the Wounded Warrior Project in 2009 as manager of strategic partnerships.
"I am beside myself how great this day has been," Nevins said. "I've been in another Pro Am before, but this is first time I played with two of my brothers."
"These people, they don't owe us anything. It's our job. We do it, because that's what we signed up to do. Unfortunately, you wind up wounded and you can't continue to fight. You come home and it's a whole new fight. It's great to know our country is here for us."
Birdies for the Brave is the PGA Tour's primary vehicle for giving back to the military men and women. The initiative started with Phil and Amy Mickelson and has grown to the point where $5.2 million has been raised. The Patriots' Outpost started last year. Could you imagine such tributes in the late '60s or early '70s? Me either.
"It's growing exponentially," said former Navy SEAL Stephen Kupcha, PGA Tour manager for public relations and community outreach.
As it should.
The three players and their caddies all wore black Wounded Warrior shirts. A nonprofit veteran service organization, the project's mission is to honor and empower wounded post- 9/11 military personnel. It's involved in everything from counseling to retreats to a school. Mahan, who has been associated with the Wounded Warriors for a few years, has an endorsement deal with Under Armour and he spoke Wednesday about new UA Freedom apparel that will lend financial support to the project.
"Helping veterans get back on their feet, it is a great organization," Mahan said. "It's pretty special to have those guys out here today."
Migliaro, who went to Lyman Hall-Wallington before going on to West Point, was awarded two Purple Hearts this year. On April 24, he was hit in the neck by shards of glass and metal when under machine gun fire. On May 25, he received shrapnel wounds in the back of his head and shoulder while carrying his injured platoon leader in Afghanistan. On June 23? He was having a ball in Cromwell, shooting an 82.
"I think there are a lot of people who take for granted what our guys do," said Migliaro, stationed in Colorado Springs and currently on leave. "People who don't realize the sacrifices that some of our guys make over there."
Here's the good news, Captain.
There are a lot fewer than there used to be.
You could see that Wednesday.
You watch Dan Nevins make his way slowly up the 18th fairway on two prosthetic legs. You look at Dan Perry's face, a face that has paid the price, a face that breaks into a huge smile after he chips in at the second hole at TPC River Highlands.


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Lady Bird
- Date: 03/20/2018 4:00 PM - 5:35 PM
- Location: Abingdon Cinemall
721 E Main St
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
This coming-of-age tale set in 2002 Sacramento centers on Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), an eccentric teenager who prefers to go by the name 'Lady Bird.' Over the course of her senior year of high school, Lady Bird deals with the pangs of first love and clashes with her mother (Laurie Metcalf) over her plans for the future. Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, who loosely based the story on her own life. Tracy Letts, Timothee Chalamet, and Lucas Hedges co-star. (Rated R - 94 minutes)Return to full list >>
Dates: Monday and Tuesday, March 19 and 20
Times: 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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Dates: Monday and Tuesday, March 19 and 20
Times: 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $7.75 Community Admission
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- All Arts Array activities are free for the faculty, staff and students of Virginia Highlands Community College.
- Staff members and students of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, including participants in the College for Older Adults who purchase an Arts Array pass, may attend all films and concerts in the Spencer-Miller Memorial Concert series at Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church for free.
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40 cyclists cited in safety and enforcement operation in Boston
Forty cyclists were cited for infractions, including red light violations, illegal turns, and not signaling, when police conducted a bicycle safety and enforcement operation near Commonwealth and Massachusetts avenues.
Boston, Brookline, State, Transit and Boston University police staked out the area at 8 a.m. Thursday.
Police chose the location due to its history of bicycle collisions and other incidents.
Police also conducted an operation along Commonwealth Avenue at 4 p.m. Results of that operation were not yet available, police said.
During the two operations, police also gave riders dozens of free helmets and bicycle lights donated by the university.


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For several months Cramer has advocated putting money to work in China despite Street chatter that the nation's white hot economy had cooled off.
In fact, Cramer had been unflinching in his belief while so many others predicted a hard landing.
In part, the Mad Money host's conviction stemmed from comments made by Joy Global – a maker of mining equipment. The company's products are used to extract a wide range of minerals including coal and copper from the ground - minerals needed by China.


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Update: In a late afternoon post on Lauren Scruggs' hospital blog "from Mom" is a link to a YouTube video she called "a wonderful gift from someone … It blessed us so much and we wanted to share it with you."
The Dallas-area model, who was severely injured walking into a plane propeller Dec. 3 lost her left eye after surgery Wednesday, according to her CaringBridge journal:
The surgery consisted of removing her left eye, which included nerves. The doctors were excited about the surgery and said everything went as planned and unbelievably well.
We believe Jesus has answered our prayers for this miracle through the prosthesis for her eye, which will be a part of our journey and the healing process.
Along with the pain she was already experiencing with her arm and shoulder injuries, the removal of the left is also very painful. We are asking again for prayer to relieve this pain, and also, as we have posted previously, pray for Lo (Lauren) to regain her appetite.
Scruggs, 23, of Plano lost her left hand in the accident, plus suffered head, brain and shoulder injuries from the propeller. She's in a Dallas hospital.
As we reported, she became able to walk unassisted Monday and has been able to smile and eat one of her all-time favorite foods: sweet potatoes.


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A delegation of senior NASA administrators and scientists will converge on Loveland Sept. 5 for a series of meetings with Colorado business leaders at the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology, formerly the Agilent Technologies campus.
The NASA group includes scientists from the space agency's research centers nationwide and will be led by Ray Lugo, a 37-year NASA veteran who heads the Glenn Research Center in Ohio.
The Business and Technology Showcase, as organizers are calling the event, resurrects the spirit of what Loveland came to know over the course of two years as "ACE," but without the business model that new owners of the RMCIT say was flawed from its inception.
"We believe that this is the way to have a strong, valid and tangible relationship with NASA and other federal research laboratories," Loveland economic development director Betsey Hale said.
"We're at war. This is the war for jobs during the next 20 years. We have to compete as a region, not just Loveland, and compete in areas where we have identified strengths."
Partners In Place
With a boost from NASA, Loveland is enlisting a broad base of support for the RMCIT that includes key partners from Colorado State University, the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, center owner Cumberland & Western Resources and independent consultants with strong NASA ties.
Absent, though, is the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology.
CAMT had been the key agency in pressing for the Aerospace Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Park, or ACE, and had wrapped itself in NASA's mantle during the quest.
Ramon "Ray" Lugo has been with the U.S. space agency since the dawn of the Space Shuttle era, and has served in numerous capacities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida before assuming leadership of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Ohio.
His duties included stints as executive director of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office and deputy manager of the Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Lugo will be the featured speaker at the Loveland Business Appreciation breakfast at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 5, and will lead the Business Technology Showcase, in conjunction with NASA colleagues, at the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology later that day.
"CAMT had a very short bench," said Wade Troxell, CSU's associate dean of engineering for economic development. "They only had about four people, and they didn't have any infrastructure for getting it done."
During 18 months after announcing the ACE project and its promise of 7,000 new jobs at the Agilent campus, CAMT failed in its initial effort to enlist a developer for the project.
The manufacturers' group then bowed out in December when Cumberland and Western, a company owned by Tennessee billionaire Brad Kelley, bought the 140-acre site and its 800,000 square feet of building space for $5.5 million in cash.
Beyond Tech-Transfer
Loveland last spring launched a technology transfer initiative, enlisting consultant David Lung, a former NASA program manager who was tasked with linking the region's technology businesses with space agency scientists whose innovations they would commercialize.
A number of Loveland businesses, including Vergent Products Inc. and Cadeka Microcircuits Inc., have participated in the tech transfer program, traveling to the Glenn center for meetings with researchers there.
But Hale said the new focus, one that will be outlined during the September event, will move those companies further down the road.
"I prefer not to call it technology transfer any longer," she said. "We're sort of getting beyond that. We have companies that are already in the midst of that process, and we have to start working now with those companies on the acceleration of their technologies."
Lung has been working with NASA's Joe Shaw, who directs the Glenn Research Center's business partnership programs, on details for the September tech showcase.
Technology Menu
He said scientists from the NASA centers would hold forth on technology sectors including:
- Sensors and electronics, with applications that sweep across manufacturing enterprises from bioscience to transportation.
- Advanced materials and structures, including next-generation composite materials.
- Robotics and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).
- Alternative energy and innovative energy storage systems.
"We're hoping to have five or six scientists and researchers lined up with Joe and Ray Lugo for people to talk with," Lung said.
The team assembled for the event has a much longer-term vision for the space agency's permanent presence at the former Agilent site, and the center's development as part of the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation that President Obama launched in March.
Research Triangle Redux
"Loveland started this tech-transfer initiative, and it's now taken on much more of a regional structure," Hale said.
Hale, Lung and Troxell all said Loveland's position, in the heart of a cluster of universities and federal research laboratories, was akin to the climate that spawned North Carolina's world-renowned Research Triangle commercial technology center.
Hale said she hoped the research and manufacturing jobs that RMCIT could generate would take the sting out of the ACE disappointment.
"Our community put their hearts and souls into this, and I feel personally accountable to deliver," she said. "We're going to do that."
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|SeniorNet Holds Tenth Annual Meeting at Cinema Arts Centre
Special thanks go to Karen Boorshtein, FSL President and CEO. Karen opened the meeting with a short overview of SeniorNet's beginning and announced the founding members to be honored.
On Monday, October 26, 2009, Huntington-based SeniorNet at Family Service League celebrated "Ten years of service to the Community" at its Annual Meeting at The Cinema Arts Centre by honoring its founders especially the five who are still actively contributing their services. Karen Boorshtein, FSL's President and CEO honored the five active SeniorNet. They are:
row: Nick DeFlorio, Slava Vero
"I deeply regret that I will not be able to attend the 10th Annual Meeting. Please give my warmest greetings to all who remember the early days and my congratulations to all who nurtured our infant SeniorNet and have built it into what it has become today. Best wishes for your continued success and growth." - Dave Bushnell, a founding member


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I really like battles of squads. I plan to make squads of special creations like mechs. Since the mechs i made are size 3-4 creations and they are grouped in squads i know that it is possible for a minifig size unit to single out one of them in ranged attack. But is a component damge also possible? Since the components are small enough not to be distinguished in the squad, I think that according to the rules, component damage of the creations in squads is not possible.
Related topics from 2005 Rules:
8.6: Taking Damage
Targeting A Squad
"There is an exception to this rule: an attacker can Single Out a specific unit within a Squad as long as the target unit is at least twice the attacking unit's Size. Targets any smaller than that are too difficult to distinguish in the chaos of battle."
7.5 Taking Damage
Component Damage
When an attacker wants to focus damage on a Creation's particular weak point, he may single out an individual construction element for Component Damage. This takes a little more accuracy than a General attack - many elements are small enough to incur Attack Penalties for size, although a rare few are large enough to confer a bonus.


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|2006-10-15, 22:33
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Okay, All encodes, but we can go h.264 specific are high-filesized because they meet or above the limit. Explaining: Encoders and the group in general each have a set point of quality for said content to be acceptable and overall respectable. The Encoder uses this in consideration and encodes as he/she sees neccessary to meet or be above this standard be it the filesize of 110mb, 140mb, 170mb, 175mb, 180mb, 225mb, 233mb anything. It is encoded high because Encoder and Group in question believe that size is good to meet their standard on a respectable encode and thus why it's used.
Other encoders watching other fansubs notice the filesize and quality if it meets their standard. And if they see as such is at that or above standard they may further use it in the future. Not saying they are copying but they are comparing and contrasting what meets that of a good encode. And if they see it as such they may use it as such.
So in theory encoding at high filesizes with high filesizes or low filesizes can be seen as either a trend or what's at an agreeance to be good.
|2006-10-15, 22:37
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|2006-10-15, 22:42
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A trained mathematician... oh... I apologize then. If you're a trained mathematician you must be more intelligent than I. And that makes any argument I make pointless. I bow before your greatness.
/me points to the 250MB line.
Filesize of 250MB is not really within the regular releasing sizes by my peers is it?
|2006-10-15, 23:03
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how hard is it to encode with constant quants?
all you 'quality' people are stabbing yourself by chaining yourself to all these so called 'pre-established-arbituary-sizes-so-that-it's-easier-for-CD-storage'
now come on, if you like your quality, give the all around constant quality treatment across all episodes
high motion episodes, more bits per frame, higher file sizes
low motion episodes, less bits per frame, lower file sizes
brighter episodes, more bits
darker episodes, less bits
Wannabe Fansubs did that on their school rumble season 2
now why can't you 'quality' people who so called don't wanna bleed you own eyes with crappy encodes with low file sizes do the same as them and give all the bits the episode deserves?
if you are encoding the same episodes from the same serie at the same resolution all across then obviously resolution is not a factor in the difference on compressibility
|2006-10-15, 23:10
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4x 170 < 700
26 x 170 < 4.43gb
All these sizes are near multiples of 700 or 4.4 gb for a reason.
Also, in general, despite what some posters seem to think, there is no corrolation between increased size and increased quality.
|2006-10-15, 23:19
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A filesize doesn't say anything about quality. Every video compresses differently. Some compress at really good quality at 140MB. While some need 230MB to reach that level of quality. All depends on the show's animation, amount of high motion scenes, any noise in video, sharpening, etc...
|2006-10-15, 23:25
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Okay, here's my attempt at an example to give this whole thread a bit of context. Unfortunately, these two images are from two different fansubbers but I still think it has some probative value. It's also a little hard to tell image quality of movies from a sample of stills but I specifically chose a high motion scene with large artifacting to bring out each codec's weakneses. Now, truth be told, this is more of a strobing scene than a fast motion one but I have personally found strobes to be problematic for compression. It's as if the codecs don't look farther than the last frame to calculate frame differences, although someone who knows more can correct me on this...
Now, I think there's little doubt which one represents the better image quality. One is done with h.264 while the other was done in XviD. The question is whether one is twice the file size better than the other? Is it? ...because that's the difference we're looking at!
Are your eyes bleeding yet?
I have a sneaking suspicion that the mere change to h.264 will get rid of the softness of the XviD image at the (relatively low) cost of the low detail background. I have noticed h.264 being very good at allocating information across a single frame...
|2006-10-15, 23:35
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I can see that the top pic is the XviD encode. Look in upper left corner. You should be able to see a lot of blocking there. The H264 (Bottom pic) is a bit better looking. Still some blocking and might not be the best settings used in encode. Could you tell me the reference files used?
The H264 one and the XviD one. I'll further investigate after a download of them.
On another note... why the comparison between XviD and H264?
/me didn't know this threads point was to compare XviD and H264. You're better off comparing two versions of the same show with different H264 encodes that have a large size difference between each other.
|2006-10-15, 23:45
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The XviD file is from the SD Project while the h.264 is from Toriyama's World.
I was going to respond to many of these posts later but I'll address this now...
For the record, I will never attack anyone. There's no point...
|2006-10-15, 23:58
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Listen this is what happened. You asked why encoders use a larger filesize in H264 encodes instead of using lower filesizes. I explained that encoders pick based on there own preferences. But you continued to go on that this is somehow wrong to do. You gave no reasoning except that "we" all want lower filesizes.
You haven't proved that quality is no different between the supposed low filesizes and high filesizes of the same encode. (Though this is difficult to prove since nobody really does two H264 releases with different filesizes)
So after having no evidence whatsoever and only one other person supporting you, you are still acting as if encoding at a large filesize with H264 is foolish and is not using the codec rightfully.
At this point it's easy to see that you're just acting stubbornly. I apologize for acting annoyed with you. But I felt that maybe it would get it into your head that it's just based on the encoders preference and the video's compressability. And that there is no "evil" in encoding with an a large output as the outcome.
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|2006-10-16, 00:34
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To whoever suggested Real Video was better at low filesizes (I can't seem to find the post and I'm feeling lazy) - go look in the h264 thread on ~page 16. Hopefully the two videos with information I posted there (now taken down, but I will rehost if you want) will be enough to sway your mind.
Secondly, comparing two encodes from different groups is fruitless. It's not even certain if they used the same raw, let alone know anything about how to encode them. To the OP: you seem to have gotten caught up in the idea that h264 means lower filesizes. It doesn't. It means higher compression, ceritus paribus. That can either mean smaller filesizes or higher quality (well, it could mean both as well I guess).
So now you have the question you started with, "why choose higher quality over compression?". To generalise, "why do the encoders value one property of an encoded file over another?". The answer, of course, is "because they do". Since this answer has so far failed to be taken at face value, with the endless repitition of "ok, but why?", I offer this:
"just as movie buffs have higher standards for what constitutes an 'enjoyable' film than your average punter, so do encoders have higher standards for the quality of their encode. Just as length & accessibility of a film are small deterrents for movie goers, filesize is simply an inconvenient technical limitation getting in the way of a 'better' encode for encoders. It's not something that becomes important when you are looking at files that are both relatively small (compared to 350mb scene TV rips) and absolutely small (compared to 700mb+ movies and hard drive sizes these days).
That's what I think the reason is anyway - if you are looking for some more windmills to tilt at I can suggest either groupthink or group polarisation - both of those are probably valid complaints against the encoder 'community'.
|2006-10-16, 01:14
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Gunboat Diplomacy: Most of your comments have one weakness: Amost all groups I know which offer a "big" h.264 encode _also_ offer a smaller XviD compatibility encode at the same time. And those groups who use h.264 exclusively tend to release small in the first place. So, people who for some reason prioritize "small" over "better quality" are not left out in the cold.
Also, with all due respect, just 1-2 screenshots will not prove or even just indicate anything whether or not the higher bitrate will be justified. Higher bitrate enables the encoder to filter the frames differently - sharper, less smoothing, more details. This is what's often misunderstood by non-encoders, the codec alone doesn't make the major difference (though it accentuates it), the bitrate enables the _encoder_ to create something better.
Now it's fine if YOU for YOURSELF decide that the differences are too small to warrant the big download. In this case, get the smaller encodes. However, there are a significant number of people (in my experience at least 10% of the fans and growing) who disagree with you and insist on the bigger releases. Ask yourself, would it be right for you (whose priorities have been met before) to request that these people get screwed over?
The constant quant issue: Here, I repeat what was discussed indepth in the main thread about h.246. I want to dissuade people from using constant quant or constant quality, because the produced result is _always_ inferior to a proper multipass encode. Therefore, if you insist on preserving a "constant quality", make a CQ-encode to determine the right filesize, and THEN multipass on it - that way you at least don't lose quality unnecessarily.
|2006-10-16, 02:37
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Both the XviD codec, and the AVI container are all but old. If people dont accept the new codecs or new *cough* new mkv *cough* not so really new *cough* I'd say OGMv2 *cough*, they will stay and fall behind. Then after that will those: Help me, I cant play your releases. I use vlc or wmp, \(".")/
What is mp4? Isn't that like an mp3 file, an "music" file you know?
As far as I can say, there's about just as you can watch how many leechers there are at any torrent. 30 "users" download's h.264's in mkv's, hopefully... and 300 users download XviD's in AVI's.
So the majority stil uses XviD which is sad but true.
We've come far with the Interweb. Both with speed and security (n-not!)
So As i've seen there still many people in the west that uses DSL/ADSL or modem, 56k whatever...Theys are those that normally downloads XviD releases cuz of the small file size i guess. Then we have those new but also old groups which releases XviD versions of about 233mb.
150-179mb vs 233mb? +50 wont get you at that awsome bitrate/quality but the quality itself at all, will improve(say better color). But then again keeping the "audio" part at what is it...128 kbps? 160-192 or more if used by the mp3 should have been an standard alraady for those XviD releases 128 vs 160? the sizes arent that far from eachother but you can hear the difference trust me.
192 kbps for an say 24min long episode should be around 30-34mb -> 160kbps, 24-28mb and 128kbps..dont even wanna know. May be an hack, say mono to stereo or similar, just keep the size of the file small enough.
170mb at 128kbps is still an standard. And as long as it's "watchable" people will of course watch n d/l to. As long if they arent any high ress/quality freaks, like me.
Played Sumomomo momomo last night at 1280x720, 3000 br, size was about 500mb~. /me got an amd..2200/3200+ (fairly an 2.0ghz i'd say?) or how you count it. GF4, 1024mb RAM. No problem playing it at all infact I'm actually amazed that it is playable.
Now I'm waiting for my x64, 3.2...
Again some people cant even watch "movies" with 60 or 120fps (119..) get a better decoder I say?
Then we have those nuts, which think that they can be updated with the weekly aired series. Ha..ha..say those naruto fans (no offence) Now I'm taking the old air time, Aired around 3.00pm? AonE & ANBU could bring it out around 9.00-12.00pm, which is about 99% true if i remember it correctly. some episodes laters...Ooooo lisenced (*o*)..ANBU dies..AonE stil ther but slow...oh look A-H (Anime-Heaven?) sorry i missed the old name, but anyways dattebayo comes up with there speedy yet lq versions, about 1.00am-3.00am stil same timezone*... So no!, fansub watchers you ar not updated you almost 1 day late and why brag that you saw the bla bla before anyone els? there is something that we or some define as raw's (which means no subs and usually alot better quality/ress, if dont look at were saiyaman got their old caps "for example". Caps often comes out.. yes! even like 1 hour after the air time or usually 2-5hours after. Shuffle fans.. I saw the last episode about 2-3weeks before you! Same with D.C.S.S (Da Capo.Second.Story) came out by Shinsen like 2months after the last ep had been aired..so sad for those fansub watchers. Altho i dont feel like bragging that saw it before you.
Most encoders use's vrf and vbr why?
Remember most encoders blurr and i mean +++blurr+++ like hell.
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If Your Brother Was Arrested For A Crime, Does It Violate Your Privacy When They Store His DNA?
from the modern-legal-issues dept
Close relatives are genetically similar. Parents, children, and siblings share, on average, at least half of their DNA. Not surprisingly, similar DNA generates similar DNA profiles, which are the stripped-down numerical records stored in DNA databases. So, even if a crime-scene sample doesn't exactly match any existing offender profile in CODIS, police may still find a partial match--an incomplete DNA match between the forensic evidence and a known offender. If this happens, police know the offender who partially matches the evidence did not himself leave the sample at the crime scene, but--and this is where it gets interesting--it's very possible one of his relatives did. After screening those relatives with follow-up DNA testing, police may have a new lead.So, effectively, if a close relative of yours gets arrested, technically, a part of your DNA is now in the government's database, which they can search for and track you down. This opens up all sorts of thorny privacy questions:
With these new techniques, relatives are effectively included in the database through their genetic similarity to a profiled offender. Think of it this way: If you've never been arrested, your DNA profile shouldn't be in CODIS. But if your brother has been arrested and is profiled in CODIS, then whenever these new searches are used, you, too, may be searchable--and targeted for investigation--through the database. These searches render offenders' relatives effectively searchable in CODIS, even though the relatives themselves have never been officially included.There are some serious questions as to whether or not that's even legal. Think of it this way: if law enforcement instead wanted to include DNA samples from anyone who was arrested's immediate family, courts would almost certainly throw that out as a violation of the 4th Amendment. But, it effectively happens anyway.
On top of that, to make matters worse, it appears that many states regularly do such "partial match" or "familial search" queries with little or no oversight:
California and Colorado are known to use familial search, and these states have at least publicly announced their new policies. But new survey results reveal that many other states also have familial-search or partial-match policies that went unannounced and were never even publicly debated. Most of these policies exist only in internal laboratory manuals, if they are written down at all. Nebraska, for instance, authorizes familial search in an internal lab manual. This policy decision evidently occurred without public discourse and has thus drawn virtually no public attention.The article goes on to detail what a number of states are doing, and how some policies are more secretive or restrictive than others. But, overall, this seems like a legal issue that almost certainly is going to hit the courts sometime very, very soon.
In fact, no state has specifically authorized familial search through legislation. Only Maryland has addressed familial search by statute--and it banned the practice.


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You can't tell some people anything,
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All she had to do was walk away, one step
After another. Not much to ask.
But she was a mother, used to keeping
An eye on things, keeping house,
Keeping her husband happy at home.
So, she had to take one last look back.
That was all it took to turn
That handsome, firm-breasted frontier woman
Into a lump of salt. Salt is,
All would agree, a good thing,
Preserves meat, kills weeds, heals wounds,
Makes the womb a safe place for life.
But, as aching Lot would quickly learn,
It's hard to love a lump of salt.
Lot's Wife. The bus slows down,
Hisses to a halt, and the pilgrims rise
To peer through the oily, dusted windows,
Making the Mercedes suspension sigh.
Which in that huddle of accordioned hoodoos
Is she? "Over there!" a Missouri teacher
Declares, pointing to a heap of sandstone
Shapely as a crumbling bale of hay.
All wonder. Looking at his wristwatch,
The Israeli guide suggests that all
Resume their seats. All comply.
The bus lugs into gear, lurches forward,
Headed for a better site,
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A Virginia Woman in History
By Jan Gillis ('07)
When an elementary school class embarked on an Internet search for the name of a Virginia woman who made a difference in the lives of children, one name came up over and over again, Joann H. Grayson, JMU professor of psychology.
Virginia Women in History
Amy Garrett was teaching Virginia history to her fourth-graders at Island Creek Elementary School in Alexandria and decided to use the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" project as an instructional tool. Each year, the project seeks nominations to honor eight women, past and present, who have made important contributions to Virginia, the nation and the world. "I am always looking for ways to challenge my students," says Garrett, "and this nomination project was a great opportunity to give them a hands-on task."
Garrett's class examined the achievements of past honorees and learned that altruistic endeavors and "breaking glass ceilings" were the general themes. The children narrowed their focus. "The class decided they wanted to nominate someone who made a difference in the lives of children," Garrett says. "At that point, Google took over."
As the children searched multiple terms — women, Virginia, child welfare — Grayson's name was repeatedly in the search results.
Champion of child abuse prevention and treatment
It's no surprise. Grayson, a 30-year veteran of JMU's psychology faculty, is a champion of child abuse prevention and treatment. Her list of accolades includes the 2006 Virginia Professor of the Year awarded for "extraordinary dedication to undergraduate teaching" by two national organizations, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. And she has taken her advocacy for children to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on Education.
As the class read about Grayson's briefings on Capitol Hill, her work at JMU and in the community, and saw the leading role she has taken in advocating for children, they knew she was exactly the nominee they were looking for. Not only did Garrett's class nominate Grayson, but they also invited her for a visit.
Grayson, of course, is no stranger to the classroom. At JMU she teaches in the areas of child abuse and neglect, child clinical psychology, clinical psychology and field placement. Each year, she supervises scores of students in service-learning work.
Nonetheless, educating a class of fourth-graders on the history of child protection presented a challenge for Grayson. "I talk to my JMU class about child protection history for 45 minutes, and I wondered what in the world I was going to say to fourth graders for two hours," she says. It didn't take long for the educational and child expert to come up with a solution.
Demonstrating the value of a protective parent
She found the answer in the family farm's chicken house. Grayson observed one of the hens, Henrietta, sheltering a brood of chicks under her wings. "You'll notice that baby chicks are quite content when with their mother hen. They feel safe. Chicks that you buy, who have been separated from their mothers, are quite different. Their loud and constant peeping can drive you crazy," she says. "I decided to take chicks with no mother as well as Henrietta and her chicks to the class, so the children could see the difference." Grayson knew that Henrietta would provide the students an excellent example of the value of a protective parent.
Grayson's classroom visit was a hit. The kids learned the history of child protection, got acquainted with Henrietta, named the chicks, and received an introduction to JMU — Grayson showed the class a video from the university's admissions office.
Several weeks later, her mailbox was flooded with letters from the students thanking her for her visit. "Now I want to go to JMU for college. I showed my parents the pamphlet, and they agree with me! Also, do you think that maybe I could be part of that Virginia Child Protection group?" wrote Megan Miller. The letters also contained plenty of well wishes for the success of Grayson's nomination. "I cross my fingers that you win," wrote one student.
The positive thinking worked. Grayson was recognized as a 2009 Virginia Woman in History and was honored at a reception at the Library of Virginia on March 26.
Follow the links below to read some of the children's letters.
Read Tristain Colpitts' letter
Read Casey Charbonneau's letter
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Review Group Week 206 - JOE THE BARBARIAN #1
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by thefourthman » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:45 pmI got a better idea punchy, how about four whole weeks where you don't bitch about the things that others don't like about comics. If you can do that, maybe the rest of us will do you challenge the following four weeks.
by Punchy » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:49 pm
You bitch more than I bitch, bitch.
by Wally Brando » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:55 pmYou both bitch more than the rest of the forum combined.
by Punchy » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:56 pm
by MrBlack » Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:02 pm
by Punchy » Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:04 pm
I will mash your face in and then take your mother Mrs Black out for a lovely seafood dinner, and never call her again!
by Eric Ratcliffe » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:15 pm
I actually kind of agree with Chris here.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:17 pm
Wow the british really do suck at trash talking.
by Chubbles » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:19 pm
by john lewis hawk » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:20 pm
He just said MrBlack's married to MommaBlack.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:37 pm
No he said he was going to take out MrBlack's mother for food and then never call her.
by Frag » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:41 pmIt wasn't bad, but it took me 3 tries to read it because I kept getting interrupted.
I give it a 6.
by john lewis hawk » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:46 pm
Yeah but he said MrsBlack. everybody knows MrBlack's momma is called MommaBlack.
by Punchy » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:42 am
That was a quote from an American movie
by MrBlack » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:15 amJoe the Barbarian
I enjoyed this book, despite not having much of a clue what was going on. Grant Morrison does a good job of introducting us to Joe, a talanted young artist with some father issues and a target for local bullies. In addition, Joe is diabetic, and we see his mother cautioning him to eat a chocolate bar while on a field trip (I will get to that later). We also see that he has a strong connection to his house, and seems concerned over the possibility that he and his mother may be forced out of it for reasons yet unknown.
After going home and laying down for a nap, Joe wakes up and begins to hallucinate, which he seems to blame on his diabetes. He then sees a world made up of his action figures, who have been decimated by some unknown force and are in the midst of fleeing.
Like others here, I initially thought that Morrison simply did not do his research on diabetes. I did find, however, that low blood sugar can lead to hallucinations in some cases, so Joe's reaction is not entirely outside the realm of possibility. The chocolate bar is definitely out of the ordinary, but maybe his mother is trying to kill him or something; it's Morrison so anything is possible.
As for what any of this actually means, I have no clue. This may be a tale of a boy becoming a man, told through his diabetes-induced hallucination about his action figures. It could also be that Joe's hallucination has caused him to intersect with an actual alternate reality, a theme frequently touched on by Morrison. It could be nothing more than a simple hallucination, with the actual story dealing with the trials and tribulations of Joe in the real world. Or it could be something completely different; again, it's Morrison.
The big question is whether this is a satisfying story. I would say that as a first issue, it did its job of setting up the main character and teasing the audience just enough to get them to buy issue #2. That said, it would have been nice to have a little bit more of an idea of what is going on, but I am willing to forgive that of Morrison because he generally delivers on the promise of his ideas.
Sean Gordon Murphy does an excellent job on art chores. It is very detailed and Murphy structures his layouts perfectly. The POVs used by Murphy are very interesting, particularly when we are first shown Joe's bedroom, and on the last page. In each, Murphy uses a POV that fits the needs of each panel like a glove. With the bedroom, the POV establishes the actual size of the room Joe has chosen to live in, compared to the modest sized rooms in the rest of the house. In the second, Murphy manages to fit in a large cast of characters while still showing devestation on the horizon and isolating Joe, both physically and mentally. The finishing work is a little rougher than I'm used to seeing in comics, but it adds a nice energy and roughness to the finished product.
I enjoyed this comic, and I am definitely intrigued enough to check out the second issue. I do not know if I would recommend it based on this issue alone, but the art is wonderful, and the story has a great deal of potential, despite numerous editing flaws and a potentially major research mistake by the writer.
Story: 7.5
Art: 9
Overall: 8.5
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