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A host of stars have stepped out in Berlin, Germany on Thursday night for the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Katy Perry has returned again as host of the show, which she first captained last year, when the event was held in Liverpool.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards
The singer and current love interest of MTV's U.S. Music Awards host Russell Brand, has already sported two outfits at the event, which is currently taking place – a pink embellished dress on the red carpet, and a corset-style number with knee high boots as she performed for the show's opening.
Other stars at the event include The Jonas Brothers, Green Day, Foo Fighters, "Hills" star Brody Jenner, Jesse Metcalfe, Tokio Hotel, Shakira and Juliette Lewis.
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Beyonce also made a splash on the red carpet in a reflective pink, fitted dress.
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Landmark saved: Bridge owner, Staunton partner on ped bridge fix
The Sears Hill bridge will be saved. On Tuesday, July 27, the fate of the historic Staunton footbridge was sealed with the city's decision to take ownership and restore the 106-year-old structure.
The debate came to a close with owner Richard Macher offering to pay up to $20,000 to temporarily remove the bridge, which currently stands atop the Staunton passenger rail station which he also owns. The City of Staunton agreed to match Macher's pledge and assume responsibility for the restoration. The city's $20,000 portion will come from its general fund, which City Manager Steve Owen noted might require a budget amendment.
Although no firm repair cost has been determined, prior estimates suggest the price could climb as high as $250,000, so Owen expressed hope that the community will get involved to close the funding gap.
Until January, after it failed a private engineering inspection and a Staunton building official ordered it closed, the bridge provided a direct connection between the Sears Hill neighborhood and the commercial district of downtown Staunton.
For over a decade, the bridge also added flair to the Pullman, the restaurant and ice cream shop which occupied the former C&O railroad station. Macher has reportedly indicated that he intends to place a Macado's–- his 17-venue restaurant chain (which formerly had an outpost in Charlottesville)–- inside the building.
Built between 1904 and 1909 as part of the rail station, which was built in 1902, the bridge appears to be a contributing structure to the Wharf Area Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places, according to a city report. Besides giving pedestrians over a century of safe crossings over the C&O/CSX train tracks, the bridge has offered an expansive view of the city skyline, and many Stauntonians want the bridge to last for at least another century.
"It's part of Staunton's history, our real history, and we need to make sure that the authentic bridge will go back to where it belongs," said Frank Strassler, Executive Director of the Historic Staunton Foundation.
While there is no specific date for the bridge's return to its current location, Strassler notes that a restoration committee–- including experts in structural steel and steel finishing–- is already coming together. He estimates that the bridge will be removed in three to four weeks.
"We need to ensure that we are protecting our historic resources," says Strassler, "for our community and for visitors to our community."
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Staunton is going to have a Macado's? Next to the train station?
Is it a requirement for members of Blink's Insane Crime Posse to renounce the proper use of apostrophes? "its" - possessive pronoun, "it's" - contraction of "it is".
awesome, now Virginia just needs to learn how to protect it's women.
Women need to learn how to take steps to protect themselves
Yes - forgot how smart you are. nice catch by the grammar and punctuation police. if only the REAL police were as focused on finding murderers as Yes is on punctuation. English and the American form of communication is wonderful because it is open to interpretation regardless of its punctuation. let me guess ... i bet i know who Yes voted for for President. keep up the great work Yes, with any luck, you will solve all of the punctuation errors in America. won't that be productive?
what does any of this have to do with restoring a foot bridge? really people? get a grip lol

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Chinese Democracy Has its Benefits
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A little bit of democracy has gone a long way to improving people's lives in China.
Such is the conclusion arrived at by four economists who recently published the results of an investigation into the economic effects of China's village elections.
Studying elections from 1982 through 2005, the quartet found villages that elected their leaders spent 27% more, on average, on "public goods" such as schools, tree plantings and irrigation canals than villages that didn't hold elections. Elected officials also helped vastly reduce the gap between rich and poor.
Why the gains? Largely because elected leaders pay attention to their constituents as a way to assure their re-election. "The increase in leader incentives is an important driver" of change, write Monica Martinez-Bravo of Johns Hopkins University, Gerard Padro i Miquel of the London School of Economics, Nancy Qian of Yale University and Yang Yao of Peking University, in a National Bureau of Economic Research paper (pdf).
To figure out the effect of elections, the economists compared the outcomes in villages before and after the introduction of elections. They also contrasted the outcomes in villages that had elections with those that hadn't begun holding them yet. China held its first village elections in the early 1980s and rolled them out nationwide afterwards.
Democracy, of course, is quite limited in China. Aside from a few experiments at the slightly higher township level, elections are restricted to villages, the most local level of government. Government leaders face the ballot; Communist Party leaders don't. The latter are still selected by more senior party officials. In many villages, elections are seen as farces because the party oversees the process.
Elections held earlier this year in the southern fishing village of Wukan, which famously rebelled against local Communist Party leaders over land grabs in December, were celebrated online as a new model for Chinese governance, largely because they took place free of party meddling.
Still, the economists found some solid pluses for local democracy. Villages with elected officials spent substantially more on irrigation, primary schools, roads and trees plantings – and agreed to tax themselves to pay for the improvements. The economists figure that about 70% of the funding for these improvements came from the villages.
Villages with elections also showed a substantial reduction in income inequality. "Elections caused the households that were the poorest before the election to gain the most income, 28%, and the households that were the richest before the election to lose the most income, 29%," they calculate. The authors argue that elected leader improved irrigation, which helped those with the worst land, and divied up fields in a way that helped the poorest villagers. Similarly income from village enterprises was redistributed on a more equal basis.
The role of democracy in economic development is widely debated, with some studies finding that democracy has little effect of economic growth. This study didn't look at growth, but rather at equity. "One of the reasons that elected leaders can increase taxes may be that they choose investments that correspond better to citizen preferences," the authors write.
But the positive gains don't necessarily portend a bright future for democracy for China. Village democracy could have the opposite effect. If elections reduce local grievances, the ruling Communist Party may feel less pressure to change. If that's the case, the economist write, the elections could become "an instrument for local governance that improves citizens' satisfaction of [sic] the autocratic central regime."
-- Bob Davis, with contributions from Josh Chin
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text: William Geerhart, a Los Angeles record producer, started writing prank letters to famous people years ago, as a fictitious third-grader named Little Billy, and now the results are collected in a book. Among other things, Little Billy wrote to then-Attorney General Janet Reno to ask who's the better crime-fighter, Batman or the Terminator? Replies Reno, "I read Batman comics when I was your age so I know of his efforts to fight crime better than I know of the Terminator's work." Also, "Little Billy" wrote to feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem to ask, "If the Six Million Dollar Man hit the Bionic Woman in a fight, would that be wrong?" Replied Steinem's aide: "The short answer to your question is yes. As Gloria explained to me, it would only be fair if it was done in self-defense." [Salt Lake Tribune]


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Since my work granted all of us unlimited access to Lynda.com, I've been excited to watch "Effective Public Speaking," a one-hour training under the "Presentations" section of the website. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement.
The content of the training is the best part. However, I would suggest reading this material in Nancy Duarte's Resonate. The slides are still the standard death-by-bulletpoint and don't embody the qualities of well-designed slides. Also, unfortunately, the presenter's delivery is the worst "leg" of the presentation stool. It's sterile and robotic. She reads from a teleprompter and uses hand gestures as if she were in an infomercial. Using a presentation guru such as Garr Reynolds or Nancy Duarte would have been perfect for this training, as 21st century presenters know that a speech must involve natural, authentic delivery.
The training was broken up into five sections. These included preparation; warming up (isn't that preparation?); opening; delivering; and closing. I was sad that there wasn't a more Presentation Zen-like approach since this training was created in mid-2012. I would have liked to see sections specifically dedicated to the three legs of the presentation stool: 1) content, 2) delivery, and 3) slide design. This helps others understand the big picture: what it takes to create a successful presentation.
The speaker started by saying she wasn't going to focus on presentation anxiety. I think this is problematic because we have to overcome our lizard brains in order to even think about the preparation stage of a presentation.
The "Preparing Your Speech" first section of the training was filled with great information on preparation in areas such as audience analysis; brainstorming; developing credibility; and rehearsing. This section did contain good information, but, again, I'd more highly recommend Nancy Duarte's Resonate. The book does a significantly better job explaining these concepts in a more interesting way.
I also enjoyed the content and the three downloadable assets provided by Lynda.com. These included an audience persona sheet; a warm-up checklist; and a storyboard template.
While the slides were ineffective, the biggest drawback of this training is the presenter's delivery. An audience is going to become easily bored and disinterested by this one-hour lecture because the presenter's delivery is devoid of all humanity. This is problematic for a beginning presenter who might think he has to deliver a speech in the same way. While the delivery may be technically perfect (no "ums" and "ahs"), it lacks authenticity. Once we learn the goal of speech delivery, we can convey our natural selves to others. Delivery isn't about perfection. Audiences like vulnerability… They want their presenters to be real and human. I would have liked to see a presenter who understands delivery lead this training, and this could make all of the difference in the world to Lynda.com users.
As opposed to watching this training, I'd recommend that you read Resonate by Nancy Duarte to help you develop your presentation content; The Naked Presenter by Garr Reynolds to help you develop your delivery; and Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte and/or Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds to help you improve your slides.
Have you been disappointed by a public speaking and presentation training? What can we do to push people to transition from 1980s sterile presenting using clip art and a podium to the art and science of 21st century presenting?


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Well, is it? It's something I often wonder about myself. Growing up I'd have always said football, but these days I find I don't often give many football matches aside from the ones I attend my full attention, then again that's largely because in sport in general I'm a much keener viewer when I support one team, and as I've said many times, the England cricket team and the SWA are my favouroite sports teams.
I've got like a million posts in the footy thread so it's not like I don't follow it but I think it would be fair to call cricket my favourite sport.
Similarly on this forum I know plenty of you follow footy, Aussie Rules, Rugby Union & League, Tennis and others, so would you call cricket your favourite sport?


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Drag '& Drop CListCtrl-derived Class
Desktop-as-a-Service Designed for Any Cloud ? Nutanix Frame
Environment: VC++ 6.0 sp3, NT 4.0 sp6a, Win98
How do I use it in my project?
How does it work?
- Filters file types based on their extension
- Resolves shortcuts
- Checks for duplicate items
- Allows custom processing of dropped items through an optional user callback function
It was developed to overcome the usability problems of CFileDialog for multiple file selection, and help cater for more experienced users.
I was using CFileDialog to select files to add to a list control. This was OK, but selecting multiple files from different folders is often tedious with the small size of CFileDialog on NT and 95 (it can be resized on 98 & 2000). Its a lot easier to locate files with Windows Explorer and drag and drop them onto the list control. There are less steps required for the user and its more intuitive for experienced ones.
The class has been tested with UNICODE, compiles cleanly on warning level 4 and is const correct.
How do I use it in my project?
You can quickly add this to new or existing projects by substituting it for your original CListCtrl and specifying the type of dropped items you want to accept.
By default, the list inserts the items itself - CListCtrl::InsertItem(0, csFilename) is called for each one. This will work with any style of list you have (Small Icon, Large Icon, List, Report). Note that if you've associated an image list, the default image (index 0) will be used and in Report view, the filename will be inserted into the first column.
If you want to do something fancier, say having a few columns in report view and showing the size and attributes of each file, you can! Give the control a callback function and it will notify you each time a suitable file is dropped - its then up to you to insert it, see below for details.
CFileDropListCtrl has two public members used to update and retrieve settings:
BOOL SetDropMode(const CFileDropListCtrl::DROPLISTMODE& dropMode) const DROPLISTMODE GetDropMode() const struct DROPLISTMODE { UINT iMask; CString csFileExt; LPFN_DROP_FILES_CALLBACK pfnCallback; };
iMask: specifies what type of items to accept - a combination of these flags
CFileDropListCtrl::DL_ACCEPT_FILES allow files to be dropped CFileDropListCtrl::DL_ACCEPT_FOLDERS allow folders to be droppped CFileDropListCtrl::DL_FILTER_EXTENSION only accept files with the specified extension. Specify in csFileExt CFileDropListCtrl::DL_USE_CALLBACK receive a callback for each item dropped, specified in pfnCallback (you have responsibility for inserting items into the list) CFileDropListCtrl::DL_ALLOW_DUPLICATES accept pathnames even if they already in the list (ignored if you are handling insertion through a callback function)
csFileExt: the file extension on which to filter. Use the format ".extension". Ignored unless DL_FILTER_EXTENSION is specified.
pfnCallback: address of your callback function. Ignored unless DL_USE_CALLBACK is specified.
See step 5 below for detailed info on the format of the callback and how to use it.
SetDropMode() return Values:
- TRUE if the mode was changed successfully
- FALSE if the mode is invalid (specifying DL_USE_CALLBACK, but not populating pfnCallback). The default settings will be used (accept files and folders with no duplicates)
Thats the interface, now step-by-step instructions on how to add and use it in your project:
In resource editor, add a list control to your dialog and check the "Accept Files"
property (on the Extended styles page).
Set the list style to "List", unless you are using a callback function to insert items yourself. Remember that if you choose a "Report" style, you MUST insert one column before any items will be inserted.
- Use classwizard to assign a CListCtrl member variable to your list, e.g. m_List.
- Now in the header file of your dialog class:
#include "FileDropListCtrl.h"
And change the member variable type of your list from CListCtrl to CFileDropListCtrl
i.e. CFileDropListCtrl m_List;
- Now you can specify what kind of items you want the list control
to accept. In this case, its best to put it in your dialog class' OnInitDialog():
CFileDropListCtrl::DROPLISTMODE dropMode; dropMode.iMask = CFileDropListCtrl::DL_ACCEPT_FILES | CFileDropListCtrl::DL_FILTER_EXTENSION; dropMode.csFileExt = _T(".txt"); m_List.SetDropMode(dropMode);
this will set the list to only accept files with an extension of ".txt".
Note: The default mode is to accept all types of files and folders, but not to allow duplicate entries.
- Optionally specify a callback function. Without this, the control will take care of inserting items into the list, albeit simply.
If you want to do something fancier you should install a callback - the control will use this to notify you each time a suitable file is dropped - its then up to you to insert it.
Declare the callback as a static member function in your dialog class or as a global if you like:
static HRESULT CALLBACK OnListFileDropped(CListCtrl* pList, const CString& csPathname, const UINT& iPathType);
pList pointer to the list control the item was dropped onto csPathname fully qualified path of the item iPathType indicates the type of item.
CFileDropListCtrl::DL_FOLDER_TYPE or
In OnInitDialog(), register the callback along with other info - similar to step 4.
dropMode.iMask |= CFileDropListCtrl::DL_USE_CALLBACK; dropMode.pfnCallback = CMyDialog::OnListFileDropped;
Heres an example of how you might customise insertion by displaying the size of a dropped file:
HRESULT CMyDialog::OnListFileDropped( CListCtrl* pList, const CString& csPathname, const UINT& iPathType ); { // Only do this for files. if(CFileDropListCtrl::DL_FILE_TYPE == iPathType) { // Get its size // returns DWORD in reality csFileSize = GetFileSize(csPathname); // Insert the filename in column 1 int nItem = pList->InsertItem(0, csPathname, IMAGE_INDEX); // And the size in column 2 pList->SetItemText(nitem, 1, csFileSize); } return S_OK; }
- Optionally specify a callback function. Without this, the control will take care of inserting items into the list, albeit simply.
- Thats all the code done. Now add the input library "shlwapi.lib" to your projects Link settings. This is for PathFindExtension(), one of many useful Shell Utility functions.
- Sorted, drag 'n' drop!...
How does it work?The method used to handle dropped files is generic and can be applied to any CWnd derived object (e.g. a CEdit). You just need to handle and override 2 messages - WM_CREATE and WM_DROPFILES:
- CWnd::OnCreate() - call DragAcceptFiles(TRUE) to register dynamically created windows as drop targets
- CWnd::OnDropFiles() to process the files:
As an example, heres how you could handle WM_DROPFILES in a subclassed CEdit control:
void CMyEdit::OnDropFiles(HDROP dropInfo) { // // Get the number of pathnames // (files or folders) dropped // UINT nNumFilesDropped = DragQueryFile(dropInfo, 0xFFFFFFFF, NULL, 0); // // Iterate through them and do some funky stuff // TCHAR szFilename[MAX_PATH + 1]; for (UINT nFile = 0 ; nFile < nNumFilesDropped; nFile++) { // // Get the pathname // DragQueryFile(dropInfo, nFile, szFilename, MAX_PATH + 1); // // Do something with it...pretty useless, // but only example // CString csText; GetWindowText(csText); SetWindowText(csText + _T("; ") + szFilename); } // // Windows allocates the memory for // file information, so we must clean it up // DragFinish(dropInfo); }Also, you'll probably want to expand any dropped shortcuts before processing the filename, so take a look at CFileDropListCtrl::ExpandShortcut(). It uses the COM interface IShellLink for resolving them.
Thanks to these blokes for helping me get this working in double quick time!
- Handling of droppped files adapted from CDropEdit, 1997 Chris Losinger
- Shortcut expansion code adapted from CShortcut, 1996 Rob Warner
I'd appreciate a mail if you've any comments, suggestions, or bugs ;-)
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- Setting Actoboard to receive data from an Akeru/Akene/TD1208 breakout
In the menu on the left of the homepage, click on the middle tab Data sources and then on New data source :
Then select Akeru, even you have an Akene or a TD1208 breakout :
Then enter your personal settings :
- Name : the name you want to give to your device
- Modem number : self-explanatory, see FAQ if you need help finding it
- PAC : the PAC number should have been sent to you by email, write us with the same address you used for your order if you don't have it
- Data format : click on (i) or see the tutorial on variables (in french) if you need help
- Forwarding URL : optional, allows data redirection towards another service via an HTTP POST request
Back on the homepage, click on the first tab Dashboards, then select New dashboard :
Then select Blank dashboard to create an empty workspace :
Give it a name and click Save :
Click on Add widget to create a new module to visualize your data, then on the data source you just configured :
You can then choose the data you want to visualize on the right panel :
Configure your widget the way you want and have fun ! If you need more information about how to use or display the data on Actoboard, please read the documentation on the website.
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We remind you that you have the possibility to transfer data from your modem towards most websites (except the Sigfox backend to ensure data coherence - see above).


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Marriage Advice: How To Love Your Wife Unconditionally
By Cucan Pemo
It is hard to find love and unconditional love at that. It can sometimes be hard to find someone who you can love unconditional. When you love unconditionally, you love the person no matter what. The first step to being in a healthy marriage is being in a love filled married. For you to love your wife unconditionally you first have to like who you are. For you to give love, you have to be satisfied with yourself. If you are not satisfied with who you are, then you will have insecure that get in the way of your marriage and relationship. Loving unconditionally may be every hard for some because they cannot love themselves. Insecurities can put a lot of wear and tear into the relationship.
The next step to loving unconditionally is finding your beliefs. You have to have a spiritual feelings towards something. Regardless of what religion that you pursue, you should be able to find strength, support, and a higher feeling when you believe in something. When you believe in something bigger than yourself you are able to see all the things that are right in front of you. You will be able to see all of those who care and love you. You will also be able to recognize that love and give it back. You will be able to feel love and to send others love.
For you to be in a relationship that is unconditionally filled with love you have to find someone who you think you could love for the rest of your life. You need to find someone who you have a true connection to. However, loving unconditionally does not mean that you give into everything. Some things that your mate will do will be devastating to your marriage. Rather it be stealing money from you, having an affair, or just doing things that aren't appropriate for married couples, you may find that you love has it's limits. When it comes to betrayal or deceit, they are two exceptions. Loving unconditionally means that your wife can crash your pickup and you don't get upset for the pickup sake. It's about still caring for her when she burns dinner or gains five pounds, if you can love without concern to change then you can love unconditionally.
There are no steps to love. You can't learn how to love unconditionally. You just love. A lot of people will step into a marriage blindly, but they were just in love. Sometimes it works out and some times it doesn't. So how do you know the different between love and lust? Love and lust have a thin line dividing them. Love is when you'd do and say anything to have that person in your life. Lust is when you'd say or do anything to be "close" to them. When you have figured out that you are in love you have to ask yourself a question. Could you allow her to destroy your prized possessions and not think twice about them? Could you move across the country for them? Would you support their every move? If you can then you already love unconditionally.
To love unconditionally you have to be completely open and honest. You have to let the person see who you are and allow them to accept you. You have to be willing to express your ideas and your feelings to this person. You have to be free of all insecurities to be completely in love. To love unconditionally you have to be completely honest with your wife and with yourself. You cannot have any hidden agenda or motives. You need to be in the relationship because you need to be around the person, not because you think it might make you whole or that you might get ahead with your career. Love is not something you learn, it's just something that you do.
It's hard to love and trust someone, but without trust you'll never be able to love. You need to take inconsideration of their thoughts, needs, and feelings so that you can be the ultimate support system (even if you are against the idea). In addition, you need to learn how to love yourself. You will never learn how to love if you can't look in a mirror in accept yourself. How can your wife accept you, if you cannot? You have to get the thought of making yourself love unconditionally. You either do or do not. To find out if you truly love them unconditionally, you have to think of some of the most horrible situations and then ask yourself would you care about the situation or her.
It means to be fully present, in every single moment. To be fully aware. To be fully open, honest, transparent. It means to be fully willing, to express the love that is in your heart full out. To be fully loving means to be fully naked, without hidden agenda or hidden motive, without hidden anything.
And you say that it is possible for human beings, for regular people like me, to achieve such love? This is something of which we are all capable?
It is more than that of which you are capable. It is that which you are. This is the nature of Who You Are. The most difficult thing that you do is to deny that. And you are doing this difficult thing every day. It is why your life feels so difficult. Yet when you do the easy thing, when you decide to come from, to be, Who You Really Are - which is pure love, unlimited and unconditioned-then your life becomes easy again. All the turmoil disappears, all the struggle goes away.
This peace may be achieved in any given moment. The way to it may be found by asking a simple question:
What would love do now?
This is a marvelous question, because you will always know the answer. It is like magic. It is cleansing, like a soap. It takes the worry out of being close. It washes away all doubt, all fear. It bathes the mind with the wisdom of the soul.
What a good way of putting that.
It is true. When you ask this question, you will know instantly what to do. In any circumstance, under any condition, you will know. You will be given the answer. You are the answer, and asking the question brings forth that part of you.
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Why I'll Still Use the Bumbo After the Recall — and What Worries Me (a Little) About It
Sep 2012
One of my first thoughts when I became pregnant was that I would finally be able to buy a Bumbo seat, those funny little pod-like chairs for infants. I'd seen my friends use them with their babies and thought they were adorable. We started using the seat with our son, Harry, when he was about two months old. He loved sitting upright and I liked putting him in it while I did dishes and other chores. It was also wonderful when we started giving him fruit in a mesh feeder. The Bumbo was one of the most used chairs in our house for few months there!
Before Harry was born I'd heard about babies getting injured in the seats. Everything I read said the injuries happened while the babies were sitting on an elevated surface, like a table or countertop. We only used the chair on the floor and I was never concerned that he'd topple out of it. We used the Bumbo until Harry was about six months old and sitting on his own.
Earlier this summer, Bumbo International voluntarily recalled their chairs for repair and rebranded them as Bumbo Floor Seats. They were recalled because of those injuries I'd read about while pregnant. The seats are now being sold with restraint belts to help prevent any further accidents.
What this all means is, if you already have a Bumbo, to safely use it, you'll need to get a repair kit with a strap — the company will send you one for free ( details here). Even though Harry is too big for his Bumbo now, I went ahead and ordered the kit. I wanted to make sure the seat was up to safety standards in case I decide to give it to a friend or use with a future baby.
I received the repair kit within a week of ordering it and went to work on the seat right away. The strap was incredibly easy to install and the kit included everything I needed except for a pen (to mark where to put the strap anchors). It took me less than 10 minutes to set up the Bumbo's safety restraints. I also affixed the new, more detailed safety warning on the seat.
I put Harry in the chair to give the new straps a test drive. Since he's so big now it was hard to gauge exactly how effective they are. To me, it seems like the adjustable straps will do a good job at keeping babies in the seats, but I think they might also give parents a false sense of security and Bumbo chairs will still be placed on elevated surfaces. If you're looking to get your baby off the floor while you work around the house, try a high chair (some recline for very young babies), swing or the Fisher Price Rock n' Play.
Remember, accidents do happen so don't ever use a Bumbo on an elevated surface and always keep a watchful eye on your baby while using it.
What do you think about the Bumbo recall and the new Bumbo floor seat safety restraints?


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The head of NATO urged member countries Thursday to stop cutting their defense budgets in response to tough economic times, saying continued reductions will compromise the safety of all of the military alliance's 28 members.
"It is of course a matter of concern that we have seen and continue to see declining defense budgets all over the alliance," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on his way into a two-day meeting of NATO country defense ministers.
"My appeal to governments is, firstly, hold the line, stop the cuts," Fogh Rasmussen said. "Secondly, make more efficient use of the resources we do have, through more multinational cooperation. And thirdly, once the economies recover, start to increase defense investments again."
The defense secretaries will consider ways for their countries to cooperate more effectively on defense procurement in order to get the most value for the money being spent. Fogh Rasmussen said that, in this time of austerity, it is essential for nations to get the best value for taxpayers' money - and working together is the best way to do that.
In addition, the ministers are expected to discuss the role NATO troops will play in Afghanistan once they withdraw from combat and focus instead on training, advising and assisting Afghan forces. But few firm decisions are expected at the meeting, which NATO officials have describes as mostly devoted to taking stock of developments.
Pentagon officials said that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who arrived at the meeting Thursday, will warn NATO allies that Washington's fiscal impasse will have repercussions abroad, as impending budget cuts force the military to scale back its training and presence overseas.
Many of his meetings with other defense ministers are likely to center on the plans to wind down the war in Afghanistan. But shadowing every conversation will be how the cutbacks will ripple across Europe.
U.S. officials have long urged that the burden of mutual defense be shared more equitably. A senior NATO official pointed out this week that the U.S. still spends 4.3 percent of its gross domestic product, while most European countries are dropping below 1.5 percent. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to talk about the discussions before the meeting had taken place.
Pentagon press secretary George Little said the across-the-board budget cuts slated to take effect next week will reduce U.S. military readiness and, as a result, diminish NATO's ability to respond to crises.
Little said the budget cuts will force reductions in training that could affect NATO, and the Navy has already announced that it will delay the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman to the Persian Gulf because of fiscal restraints. He said that Panetta will discuss the impacts of the budget cuts with the defense ministers during the two-day meeting.
He said the Pentagon "also is talking about the prospect of not being able to send military units to the region on a rotational basis as planned. Little said he did not know what impact that may have on the plans to deploy small components of an Army brigade to various countries in Africa over the next year.
This is Panetta's fifth visit to Brussels for a NATO meeting - a trip he never intended to take. Expectations were that defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, would be confirmed by the Senate last week and he would travel to the meeting.
Hagel's nomination stalled, however, as it got caught up in senators' complaints about the attack in Benghazi, which left four Americans dead, including the ambassador.
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Tuesday, April 26
Conducting shootouts-part 2 mic shootouts
Not all mics are the same and not all mic shootouts should be the same, but what I'm going to do here is outline some specific guidelines that I'll employ in a future shootout and that others can use to do their own shootout and listening tests.
I'd like to lead off by offering what is probably going to be the most controversial recommendation I'll make here - to prefer the exact same performance over the exact same signal path.
What I mean by this is that if you have multiple channels on a mixer that are all rated within tight tolerances of one another (as in a sound devices 442 or 552) then the difference between cables and preamps will not add up to a greater difference than if you run multiple performances in front of the mics through the exact same cable and pre. This is especially true with tests that involve the human voice, and less true with mechanical or speaker produced sounds.
So given that I'm going to recommend (and use) a methodology that uses multiple cables and preamps simultaneously in order to capture the exact same performance in front of the mics.
The other possibly controversial thing I'm going to advocate is calibration of the mics based on output level and not input level. This would have the effect of not measuring mic sensitivity against one another for the purposes of better evaluation of tone. As most audio people know, the way we hear tonality varies pretty dramatically depending on the spl we're listening to, so the question is this: is it more important to hear the differences in tone or sensitivity between mics? My answer is tone, and that's how I'm setting up my tests.
My evaluations will look to pit mics against one another in the following areas:
- price
- features
- self noise
- transient response
- off axis respnose
- on axis human voice
- on axis sfx
Lets begin with setup:
Whether you're testing one mic or several, you'll want to keep the signal path as short and stable as possible. This will be my setup for some upcoming tests:
- bypass all switches in the mics. Highpasses and pads specifically should be disengaged
- place the mics as close to each other as possible, and at the point of an equilateral triangle relating to the speakers in your room.
- run the shortest reasonable cables to consecutive channels on a sound devices mixer
- bypass all signal changes on the mixer. Highpasses, pads,limiters, stereo links, etc all disengaged
- set faders to unity
- run direct out prefader to the recorder (a 744t or 788t)
- bypass all signal changers on the recorder. Again, highpasses, pads, eqs, limiters, all disengaged.
- set recorder to 24 bits 96kHz
In some cases I may skip the mixer entirely and just run straight into the recorder. The 788t has 4 xlr inputs, so if I'm testing 4 or fewer mics and have that recorder available to me at the time I'll run the tests directly to it. In all other cases I'll be using the mixer almost purely as a preamp and nothing else.
This is pretty similar to most industry standard setups for field recording and production recording, so I think the end results should translate very cleanly into the real world.
On to calibration of the mics:
The most simplistic way to calibrate a mic input is to simply mark a level on a preamp and roll with that. I prefer to to with a slightly more complex route - pink noise and dbspl.
When choosing level to calibrate to, one must consider what's going to be tested, and in the case of many microphones you're talking about the human voice, musical instruments, and sfx recordings. The level chosen will dictate both headroom and noise floor, so doing this too wrong can mess up the tests pretty badly.
For my tests I'm going to calibrate to 90db SPL = -12dbfs.
The primary reason for this is to give myself ample headroom for transient response tests (I should be able to get to 102dbspl before clipping the A/D) and to better utilize the full 24bits of headroom.
Steps to calibration should go as follows:
- send pink noise through the speakers
- measure the volume that measures 90dbspl C weighted at the microphone position with an spl meter
- adjust the preamps until the recorder's digital meters show consistent peaks at -12db spl
setting it all up and calibrating it can often take as long or longer than actually running the tests. double checking to make sure it's all perfect is key to not running tests that will be at best misleading and and worst completely useless.
With the mics calibrated and positioned, it's time to run some tests.
First I'll just roll on the calibrated pink noise.
next I'll turn everything off and run very quiet room tone.
third I'll speak into the mics. I'll tend to just describe what I'm doing and what the setup is as a test. This leaves me at a natural speaking voice and cadence. All voice tests will be done about 2 feet from the mics.
The fourth test is to move to 45 degrees off axis and speak again. here I'll just say that I'm speaking 45 degrees off axis.
Next is perpendicular, using the same language and distance.
with voice done I'll move on to transient and harmonic response. I have a set of small tingsha bells that I'll use, but generally you can use any type of ringy metal to do a similar test. First, from about 2 feet away I'll strike the bell on axis and let it ring out.
next I"ll do a rotation where I strike the bell 90 degrees off axis, and while its ringing I'll slowly move it to on axis. Once the bell is on axis I'll strike it again, then slowly move it to 90 degrees off axis on the other side of the mics. Once in position I'll strike it one last time and let it ring out in that position.
Next is a guitar chord (I like G) Guitar chords show off how the mics handle midrage frequencies amongst other things. This one is just done on axis.
last test is to grab a bag and record some foley. Bags are fun because they have a fair amount of complex cloth and clasp sounds that can cover a lot of frequency and dynamic range in a pleasing and complex way.
With the recordings done, I prep the presentation. Presentation consists putting a chart together comparing all of the pertinent info: price, switches, other features. Mics are pretty straightforward, so this chart isn't usually too much of a burden.
I'll then edit all of the audio at native resolution in a way that best pits the mics against one another. 2 to 5 seconds clips of each mic test in a consistent order placed back to back to back in a single file - one file per test. This will yield about 9 files. Spectrograms of the pink noise can also be useful.
That's a pretty thorough test. Even more can be done though, (like testing handling noise and proximity effect) but really too many tests can cause analysis paralysis. This is probably plenty.
Saturday, April 16
Conducting shootouts-part 1 Philosophy
I'm going to do a couple of posts here about conducting gear shootouts. In this first installment I'll discuss the purpose and philosophy of shootouts that I personally subscribe to, and in the second I'll go over doing mic shootouts specifically.
So generally, why do a shootout?
I do these to clearly define the strengths and weaknesses of one piece of gear vs another in order to make buying and session decisions. I personally took a lot of inspiration from the zacuto great dslr shootouts conducted last year, and you'll see the principles that they applied in those tests echoed in my own.
With that in mind, what are the main things that need to be dealt with when conducting a shootout?
Here's my list:
- The gear needs to be tested fairly against one another.
- The gear needs to be tested in situations that approximate common and specific real world conditions.
- The gear needs to be stress tested.
So fundamentally here's how I go about covering those three main points:
Testing fairly:
Testing apples to apples isn't always possible in the purest sense of the word because manufacturers will do different things with the gear in order to differentiate themselves, but the objective should be to get as close to that reality as you can.
Generally testing fairly means:
- Setting up all devices in a manner that is as close to equal as possible
- this means setting all filters, sample rates, bit depths, and other things to the same settings and otherwise bypassing anything proprietary to a single device if possible.
- calibrating all devices to the same baseline
- I'll go over calibration in more detail later, but generally you want to lock down a baseline testing level for any signal that's going to pass through the devices being tested in advance of the tests. Pink noise and db spl meters are your friends here.
- removing or reducing all outside influences on the test
- Outside influences are the things that are required to be in the test in order for the test to happen, but that aren't being tested themselves. This can be things like the sounds that are being recorded in order to test, the mics, cables and recording devices and preamps and rooms etc that are part of a recording signal chain that are both part of the recrording chain and not part of the equipment being tested.
Testing situations that approximate specific real world situations
Tests are not useful unless they can give information that will illustrate how gear works in the situations you're most likely to use them. This means that testing an akg D112 as a distant mic on a woodwind section (while potentially interesting) is not particularly useful.
A whole lot of recording gear is tuned up to record the human voice, so generally voice recording is a good baseline for a wide variety of gear. Shootouts can either be wide and shallow or narrow and deep, but not often both wide and deep. Find the appropriate balance there and choose your subject matter accordingly.
As an example, in my handheld recorder shootout I focused on a few handheld recorders that I had available to me. But beyond that I consciously tested their performances using the internal mics only, and I tested them in the context of sound effects recording. I could have tested the preamps separately with external mics, and I could have tested them in other contexts like interviews or musical performance recording, but I wanted my tests to be focused on how these devices perform as impromptu sfx capture devices specifically so I tailored my tests to that specific end.
Think about your scope before doing the tests, then work that scope thoroughly.
Stress Testing
With a scope defined, the next step is to really test the boundaries of what the gear does within that scope. That means if you're testing a recording device you'll do things like peg its limiters to see how they react, roll quiet room tone to see what happens down on the bottom end, and otherwise put the gear in a variety of tough recording situations. Microphones can be stress tested similarly, but can also have things like off-axis response, transient response, and proximity effect really run through the ringer.
Stress testing gear is important because a fair amount of what differentiates one piece of gear from another is how it handles extreme situations. The better a piece of gear is designed, the more gracefully it will deal with what you can throw at it. Its often a combination of price and extreme end performance that determines one's buying and usage decisions.
A note on calibration:
Calibration is a little more complex than just setting everything at the same place. It requires thought into what you're about to record.
Calibration is usually done by sending tone or pink noise through the devices and setting inputs to a level that is consistent across all devices. In the case of my HH shootout I sent pink noise through at 70db spl and adjusted the pre on each to -12dbfps. This meant that at about 92db I was going to clip, which was a pretty hot setting. That setting was done on purpose because my intent was to both test the limiters on the devices and to test the room tone.
The level at which you calibrate for the test has a big influence on how those tests come out, so choose your calibration (and headroom) level carefully.
One of the things that I really liked about the Zacuto presentation that I tried to incorporate into my own shootout was the presentation.
Specifically, I loved the quick edits from one camera to the next of the exact same footage. I really felt that gave me the best opportunity to make a blink assessment of what I was seeing. In my tests I modeled my edits the same way, and really put the devices right next to each other in the presentation. If I had put each test in its own soundcloud player, the reader (listener) would not really get to make a split-second evaluation, and prejudice with regards to brands and price points would have an opportunity to creep in.
I also did my best to document and describe every step of the test so that the reader could listen to them with a clear sense of what they're actually hearing. This included descriptions and photos of the setups, tables describing features and functions of the devices, and wraps ups with my own personal impressions and thoughts.
So that's the philosophy and general theory behind how I run my shootouts. In the future I'll do a mic shootout and get into some details about how to do mic shootouts specifically.
Wednesday, April 6
On art
A while back I stopped thinking of myself as a technician and started thinking of myself as an artist. This came around the point at which I had gotten enough of a handle on my techniques as to feel the overwhelming need to do something personal and creative with them.
As time wore on and I had conversations with my incredibly artistic wife I started to turn over in my mind the question of what exactly art is, and how I can get better at it.
What I came up with was this:
This post will discuss why I define art this way and why it matters to me. All of the content here is my own, and was not copied or borrowed from anyone else. Feel free to read this as my opinion on the matter, but don't read much more into it than that.
So put simply:
Art is creativity expressed through technical means.
The reason I love this definition so much is because of both what it allows in and what it excludes.
I'll start at the beginning.
Art requires creativity.
Creativity is as it sounds. It is the creation of something new. If there is no creativity then there is only repetition of things before, and rote repetition is not art. A mass manufactured bottle churned out by a machine is as much not art as the original design for the first one is. Plagiarism is also not art unless it required creativity beyond what the original creator did in order to replicate it exactly.
Art requires a medium.
Art requires translation from one individual to others in order to exist. It needs a medium. Without a medium you don't have art, you only have a dream. Dreams and thoughts are important, but alone they don't constitute art.
A medium can consist of anything from words to paint to physical movement to sounds to ones and zeroes. The only concrete requirement for a medium is that it be observable by others. Some art exists in multiple mediums simultaneously, but all art requires at least one medium in order to exist as an actual work.
Manipulation of mediums requires technique.
There is a craft that comes before the art can arise. Whether in sounds or images or piles of dirt or pencil and paper, the prospective artist begins the artistic journey as a technician. The more refined the artists technique in manipulating the medium, the more fully and truly the creative ideas can be expressed through that medium to others. The less refined the technique, the more frustrated the artist.
So what?
Well, if I now consider myself an artist I need to be able to evaluate the art of those around me as well as to do the things that will make me a better artist tomorrow than I am today.
Now that I have in my head what I believe to be the building blocks of art, I can begin to pursue some specific things that will make the art that I do better and at a faster rate than those who don't think about these things.
I naturally gravitate towards the technique side of the artistic equation, and by recognizing that in myself I can do things like force some creative endeavors here and there, and also measure myself objectively against the technical achievements of my peers.
I also just enjoy art generally, so now that I have it defined more clearly in my head I feel like I'm able to look at things like computer programs and paintings and guitar performances and every part of a film (acting, makeup, dialogue, set dressing, lighting, cinematography, foley, sound design, mix, location, coloring, etc) and say "Man, that's really great art" and know what I really mean by it.
So there it is, my definition of art. I like it and I'm sticking by it. In the future I may discuss the way I measure high art vs low art.


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There is no doubt that baseball's Hall of Fame is imperfect. Instead of a warehouse of just the game's top statistical hoarders, the Hall of Fame should be embraced as a time capsule, a collection of the game's most influential characters for future generations to reflect upon for their greatness. Walking down the hall 100 years from now, every player preserved should not raise a shadow of a doubt as to why their plaque exists.
The Hall of Fame did not foster that idea when it created its system for voting. According to the official website "Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played." This vagary has advanced some of the most tired annual arguments.
The Hall did not provide an accompanying handbook that outlines what is the standard for record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character or contributions to the team(s). More often than not, a player's record (i.e. his stats) is the focal point when levying for election. For example, regular proposals for Hall-worthiness is based on the equation that Player X had numbers comparable to HOF Player Y and Z therefore Player X is a Hall of Famer. For better or worse, this is the accepted methodology to immortalize the game's best. After all, you can easily make an argument for someone's election based on their win/loss record; it is harder to do on the basis of their integrity or sportsmanship. When it comes to integrity or sportsmanship, it takes Gambling and steroids are a big no-no, racism and off-field incidents are negligible. While I believe Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire belong in the hall predicated on their cultural significance, electing them would be potentially viewed as baseball awarding performance-enhancement usage. Juiced or not, 100 years from now Bonds and McGwire should be remembered.
It is the numbers argument why Bert Blyleven's Hall bid is in highly contested. Perhaps voters have taken "a player's record" too literally in the past as Blyleven is the proud owner of .534 winning percentage (450th all-time). In their defense, none of his individual seasons can be quantified as "exceptional". He was voted for Cy Young in just four of his 22 seasons (1973, 1984, 1985 and 1989), never finishing higher than third, and the league's managers found him All Star worthy in just two seasons (1973 and 1985). He led the league in strikeouts once (206) and one twenty-games once (1973). Outside of that, everything else appears to be a product of a long, healthy career. During his era (from 1970 to 1992), Blyleven threw the most complete games (242), 23 more than Steve Carlton in that time. His strikeout total (3,701) was second only to Nolan Ryan yet his K/9 (6.7) was only 14th best, sandwiching him between Fernando Valenzuela and Ron Guidry. He surrendered the most hits among starting pitchers and had the 43rd lowest batting average (.248), strong indications that he was equal parts dirty and hittable. When all was said and done after 1992, it was obvious that the Dutchman had put up a mess of alternatively good and bad numbers between his 22 seasons.
On the big stage, Blyleven won pivotal postseason games for Minnesota and Pittsburg, going 5-1 with a 2.47 ERA and a 36/8 K/BB ratio in 47.1 innings. His two victories against the Detroit Tigers helped propel the Twins to their first World Series victory.
Besides the hard-earned strikeout totals (fifth all-time, third when he retired) and post-season record, Blyleven excelled in one area: shutouts. Considering that his 60 shutouts are good enough for 9th all-time, the righty is in the middle of some legendary company. His ability to blank opponents over nine frames was outstanding. This was better than a lot of his compatriots already in the Hall including Don Sutton, Bob Gibson, Jim Palmer, Don Drysdale and so on. In fact, everybody in the top twenty are in the Hall of Fame with the exception of Blyleven. In addition to the unfathomable total, this appears to be a mark that will never be topped again. As it stands right now, the closest active pitcher to this total is Randy Johnson with 37. This is a fairly significant corroborating evidence of his dominance.
Some will argue that his entire candidacy is essentially founded on his strikeouts and shutouts because his resume does not have any awards or garner too much attention from peers in season to be included in the All Star game during his career (just twice). Opponents noted that Blyleven was one of the better pitcher's in the game. Anecdotally, George Brett quipped that "The writers never had to face him. If they did, they'd vote for him. He was as good as there was for a long time. Bert is up there with the toughest four or five guys I faced in my career." Naturally, the writers could face Livan Hernandez and probably be blown away but that's neither here nor there. Over the course of 128 battles, Blyleven held the career-.305 Brett to a .231 average. Then again Eddie Murray might have a different opinion as the Orioles switch-hitter socked six home runs and batted .414 in 62 altercations.
Does Bert Belong? Based upon the current system, yes, he's compiled a strong enough record to be included, particularly if Don Sutton and Gaylord Perry are already in. Blyleven's election is a slippery slop. On one hand, some numbers have been good enough to get him elected. No question. Then again, if he is elected, numerous arguments for the inclusion of flawed pitchers that put up large totals in lengthy careers will cite Blyleven's election as evidence that Mike Mussina or Jamie Moyer belongs too. Suddenly, the Hall of Fame is easier to get into than Saint Cloud State.
Truthfully, I don't care enough about the Hall to get worked up if Blyleven is ignored once again. In fact, I would understand it. There is just as much logic to support voting against him as there is to elect him. To me, the more you have to talk yourself into voting for someone, the less likely it is that he should be placed in the hallowed halls in Cooperstown. On the other hand, if Blyleven is elected, the crowd would be quieted until they move on to the next player that they feel is slighted of this honor.


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When it comes to privacy, I'm reminded of folks who drive to the airport without their seat belt on and then worry about the plane crashing.
Planes do crash on very rare occasions but not nearly as often as cars. And when driving, there are things you can do to increase your safety, whereas when flying, there's not much you can do to protect yourself.
Likewise, when we're online, there are things we can control and things we can't. For example, we can control the passwords we use and what we say in social media. But sometimes we're victims of other people's carelessness or malice, such as when a service or a retailer gets hacked or a government employee loses a briefcase containing a laptop with people's unencrypted personal information.
And then there are those other privacy breaches that result from deliberate policies of service providers and advertising networks to harvest user information for a variety of purposes, ranging from targeting advertising to conducting market research.
When it comes to trying to protect ourselves from companies and agencies being hacked or losing data, we're pretty much like passengers on a plane. We have to trust that the organizations we're dealing with are doing all they can but there's not a lot we can do. Obviously it makes sense to only provide personal information to trusted organizations. But when hacking victims include the likes of Sony Network, Target, Wal-Mart and universities, there isn't a lot we can do. I was reminded of this several years ago when my son got a letter from UCLA saying that the database containing his admission application had been hacked, and I was reminded again last week when I got an email from Twitter saying it had been hacked and data from 250,000 accounts — including those of journalists like me — may have been compromised.
While we can't prevent such attacks, we can protect ourselves to a degree. One precaution is to use strong passwords and make sure we don't use the same password for each of our accounts. I know that's hard, but there are ways to make it easier. One option is to use a password safe like RoboForm or Lastpass that will remember and enter passwords for you. They will even generate random passwords that are very hard to crack. Another option is to use the first letter of each word in a phrase that you can remember but others can't guess, and to include numbers and symbols.
By now you've heard plenty of warnings about being careful what you post on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. But based on what I've discovered since I started using Facebook's graph search, a lot of people aren't heeding those warnings. Graph search, which is being rolled out gradually to Facebook users, enables people to search for information or pictures, including things people post to "public" and things that they make available to "friends" or friends of friends. Friends of friends can be a lot of people, when you consider that the average Facebook user has 245 friends. If each of those friends also has 245 friends, an extended network could easily exceed 6,000 people.
In my searches, I've found all sorts of things people might want to reconsider. I've also found a few things I posted and long forgot about that I decided to delete or make more private (you can change privacy settings for any post or photo at any time). Facebook's online privacy setting, which lets you choose the audience for each post, can help but it's a double-edged sword. Whatever setting you select remains in affect until you change it, which means that if you post something to the "public," the next item you post will also be public unless you remember to change it.
Still another issue are those marketing related privacy invasions like tracking cookies or online profiles. Some people are bothered by them and others accept them as the price we pay for all these great free services. I recently researched a trip to Argentina and keep seeing ads for trips to that country. It's a little creepy but at least there's a chance some of them might be relevant.
Google's (GOOG) Doubleclick and other ad networks that serve these ads swear that they're not collecting personal information. But even though I believe there's not a printed list anywhere with my name and the word Argentina, it's clear to me that there are servers out there that know something about my recent travel. Whether these ads are fair game continues to be fodder for regulators in the United States and elsewhere. In the mean time, browser makers are developing ways that you can opt out if they really bother you.
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The Olivier Awards, Britain's most prestigious theatre honours, are to return to the Royal Opera House on 28 April 2013.
Now in their 37th year, the awards will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 with highlights on ITV shortly after the ceremony ends. As well as being available on TV and radio, big screens in Covent Garden Piazza will relay the ceremony to the theatre-loving public. Proceedings will feature performances from some of the nominated musicals, tributes to award winners, and some very special guests.
Nominations will be announced on 26 March with one award - the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for the Most Popular Show - decided by the public. Voting for this award is now open on the Olivier Awards website.
MasterCard holders can attend the ceremony itself, with a limited number of Amphitheatre tickets for sale online.
Details of this year's ceremony follow the release of last year's Box Office figures from the Society of London Theatre showing that despite unique factors affecting theatre-going in 2012 such as the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee, attendances remained high, slightly up on 2011. Gross sales across London theatres rose to £529 million, generating £88 million in VAT for the Treasury.
For next year's 2014 ceremony, the Olivier Awards are looking for public members of the judging panel, in particular for the Opera and Dance categories. To apply, fill in the online application form stating which shows you've seen over the past year, and including a 150-word review of one of them. The deadline for applications is 5 February 2013.
Which show or performer do you think will do well at this year's Olivier Awards?


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Eating a quality breakfast is an absolute requirement for optimal performance as we reach nutrition Step 6 in our climb to Sun Run victory.
We learn and perform well, stay at a healthier weight and eat better all day when we start with a quality breakfast. Eating within the first two hours of waking up breaks the fast that happens while sleeping and begins the flow of nutrients into muscle and brain cells for the day. A good breakfast is well-balanced - half the plate as vegetables or fruit with the remaining half made up of protein and whole grains. Unfortunately, there are three habits that can seriously get in the way of eating a balanced breakfast: Coffee, the wrong cereals and evening snacking.
Too much coffee - The world's most popular way to awaken the nervous system can also unfortunately suppress appetite. You might grab a coffee and then not feel hungry until almost noon. Avoid this trap by eating even a small breakfast before or with that morning coffee. Make it a latte for extra calcium, an important electrolyte lost in sweat while you're running. Health Canada suggests no more than 400 mg caffeine daily, about four cups (8-ounce portions). Note: This is not four turbo or supersize cups.
Bad cereal choices - Due to sugar and a lack of fibre, much of what's in the cereal aisle barely qualifies as a snack, let alone an optimal way to start the day. To keep your breakfast balanced when having cereal, read labels and choose cereals with at least two grams of fibre and less than eight grams (2 teaspoons) of sugar per serving. Include protein like milk, nuts, yogurt or an egg and a serving of fruit.
Evening snacking - Eating too much between dinner and bedtime can displace appetite for breakfast. Not eating within two hours of being up can put you on an eating path for the day that will be all about playing catch-up. Prevent this by starting the day with a good breakfast and eating regularly throughout the day .
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Grilled Lamb Chops with Herbs and Garlic ~ (My favorite way)
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Loved finding you:)ReplyDelete
What a pretty girl and her papa:)
I bet you are having the time of your life..happy for you.
Everything looks delish:)xx
I have missed you! So nice stopping by for an up-date :) Enjoy your time away!ReplyDelete
Great to see you post and you have been missed. I really liked this post, I don't often eat lamb but this sounds especially good with all the fresh herbs. I'll give it a try. Enjoy your vacation.ReplyDelete
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You never disappoint. Wonderful looking dinner.
Hope you are having a wonderful time.
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I am thrilled that you are enjoying you time away!
The lamb dish with all the wonderful herbs looks scrumptious! Fabulous presentation as usual!
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Ever since the dust settled in Jets land and beyond following the official announcement of moving the Atlanta Thrashers to the Keystone Province, there's been a ton of talk about division realignment for the 2012-13 season. What many have swept under the rug is the upcoming campaign for the newest NHL squad – an 82-game fatigue-ridden adventure.
With four games each in both North Carolina and D.C. as well as eight in Florida thanks to their place in the mainly sunny Southeast Division, the fun begins and ends with plenty of cross-continent trips. Evander Kane, Dustin Byfuglien and the rest of the boys should have their iPods stocked, Gravol handy and patience at an all-time high.
Winnipeg International Airport (WIA) to Washington Dulles International Airport: 2,507 KM
WIA to Raleigh-Durham International Airport: 2,763 KM
WIA to Tampa International Airport: 3,360 KM
WIA to Miami International Airport: 3,683 KM
According to Travel Math, to fly from Winnipeg to Washington it takes two hours and 20 minutes; Winnipeg to Raleigh two hours and 42 minutes; Winnipeg to Tampa Bay three hours and 24 minutes; and Winnipeg to Miami 3 hours and 47 minutes.
That`s certainly not a short two-hour drive (i.e. Toronto to Buffalo, and vise versa) or 20-minute flight (Edmonton to Calgary, and vise versa).
When looking at the Jets' schedule for 2011-12, there is one element that sticks right out at you: from November 29 to December 31 they play just two road games in 15 contests. Something's got to give, right?
It does from late-January to early-February. The Jets travel to North Carolina to duel the 'Canes on the 23rd of January before facing the Rangers and Flyers of the Northeast Division then heading back down south for two tilts versus the Lightning and Panthers. After Miami, in a string of on-day, off-days, Winnipeg will hit Montreal, Washington and finally Pittsburgh – with a random home game versus Toronto in there somewhere.
Essentially, they'll be duking it out away from the friendly confines of the MTS Centre for eight out of nine consecutive matches – all of which, aside from the Panthers and Leafs, against quality clubs.
While the Jets are a relatively young and able crew, this exhausting road trip will likely determine whether or not they nab a top eight spot in the Eastern Conference by season's end.
Claude Noel and his staff will be mentally tested alongside on-ice leaders such as captain Andrew Ladd early in the new year, as a 2-7 or 3-6 trip would have them playing catch-up moving forward down the stretch.
As mentioned above, NHL schedulers were a little forgiving of Winnipeg's inconvenient situation as a Southeast Divison entry calling central Canada home. December is undoubtedly a cozy treat.
Cozier, too, when you examine their opponents during said home stretch:
NOV 29 – Senators
DEC 1 – Coyotes
DEC 3 – Devils
DEC 6 – Bruins
DEC 9 – Hurricanes
DEC 10 – Red Wings
DEC 13 – Wild
DEC 15 – Capitals
DEC 17 – Ducks
DEC 20 – Islanders
DEC 22 – Canadiens
DEC 23 – Penguins
DEC 27 – Avalanche
DEC 29 – Kings
DEC 31 – Maple Leafs
*Italics: Away Game
*Bold: Non-playoff team in 2010-11
The Lightning and Capitals were at both ends of the Southeast Division's geographic spectrum last year. To travel from Point A to Point B for each of those squads is 1,707 KM – hardly comparable to the Jets' closest divisional rival, Washington (2,507 KM).


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- Nirit Levav Bikechain DogsArtist Nirit Levav transforms rusty old bicycle chains into gorgeously realistic sculptures of man's best friend. The Israel-based artist upcycles disused chains into life-size dogs of every variety. An avid junk collector, Levav welds together her creations to give them new life.1
- Nirit Levav Bikechain DogsLevav makes the regular rounds of bike shops and motor garages, finding beauty in the disused and rusted metal components that the shops tend to throw away.2
- Nirit Levav Bikechain DogsThe artist collects and sorts these cast off gears and metal bits, seeing them as art media rather than trash.3
- Nirit Levav Bikechain DogsTaking inspiration from the materials themselves, the artist first conceived of making dog sculptures when contemplating a pile of her salvaged metal goods, her mind seeing an amorphous shape in the coils of broken chains.4
- Nirit Levav Bikechain DogsThe first dog that Levav made was the rotweiler, thinking that the rough edges of the broken metal pieces would loan to the dog's tough persona. But instead, the artist was surprised to have created a sculpture that was more friendly and cute than intimidating.5
- Nirit Levav Bikechain DogsThis inspired her to play into the strings of bike chain, and transform them into the long fur of an Afghani dog.6
- Nirit Levav Bikechain DogsEach dog inspired the next, and now Levav has a collection of full size greyhounds, bijan frise, cocker spaniel, poodles and other mutts made from recycled bike chains, gears, pedals and even bike seats. The statuesque sculptures fuse Levav's love of upcycled metal and the friendly dog.7


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Is it possible to force listview into mouse selection mode?
Maybe with a SendMessage(ListView1->Handle, WM_BEGINSELECT, 1)
call or something.
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HsiaLin wrote:Is it possible to force listview into mouse selection mode?
theLizard wrote:I know that with ListView you can hold left mouse button down and drag over List View items and/or Ctrl Click Items when non contiguous selection is required, I use this approach with my Desk Top Organizer (uses ListView) http://bcbhelper.com/downloads/DeskTopOrganizer.zip
Is this what you mean?
HsiaLin wrote:In windows explorer you can mouse select from anywhere in the list.
Marquee (lasso) selection in full row selection mode Pin
I just discovered another undocumented feature, which is used by Windows Vista's Explorer if I remember correctly: If full row selection is enabled, it's difficult to select multiple items by dragging a lasso around them. If you call the SetSelection method of the IListView interface with both parameters set to 0x1, the list view won't select items if you click onto the empty space in the item's row, or to be more precise: selection is done on mouse-up then, not on mouse-down. This provides easier marquee selection in full row selection mode.
However, this feature is buggy. It assumes that all columns contain left-aligned text. In columns that contain centered or right-aligned text, behavior is a bit strange, because clicking onto a row's white space can select the item row as well as start marquee selection - depending on whether the click position is to the right of where the text would end if it was left-aligned.
Actually there is a way to mimic Explorer selection behavior. It requires a lot of additional declarative work, but it is possible.
You need to get undocumented IListView interface via undocumented LVM_QUERYINTERFACE message (note that interface declaration and GUIDs are different for Windows Vista and Windows 7+). Details about constants and declarations can be found here:
• IListView at Geoff Chappell - Software Analyst or
• Undocumented List View Features at Code Project.
After acquiring the interface all you need is simply a call to SetSelectionFlags(1, 1) method. Voila you are done.
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|Sylvia dressed as a grouch.
Sylvia is Grundgetta's worm friend on Sesame Street. She features in a 2000 episode, where she plans on attending the Wormy Gras parade, dressed as a Grouch in a trash can. To her dismay, she discovers that Slimey has a costume identical to hers, created by Baby Bear and Oscar.
When neither worm wants to attend the holiday festivities dressed like anyone else, their problem turns into an argument, which sparks a situation in which they both begin acting like Grouches. Oscar notes that since this is the only way either of them could successfully be a Grouch -- because a Grouch can't argue with themselves -- they'll have to go together and continue arguing.
Elated at the notion of being able to attend the parade, the grouchy worms become happy, spoiling Oscar and Grundgetta's revelation because there's absolutely nothing worse than two happy Grouches.


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Couldn't resist this Tee and Cake Dinosaur t-shirt when I saw it in Topshop a few weeks ago, Decided against it initially, however when I was returning a few things earlier today so thought I may as well give in and get it! Adore the rolled up sleeves!
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Couldn't resist this Tee and Cake Dinosaur t-shirt when I saw it in Topshop a few weeks ago, Decided against it initially, however when I was returning a few things earlier today so thought I may as well give in and get it! Adore the rolled up sleeves!
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That shirt is adorable!ReplyDelete
SOO awesome! This is one of the best tees Ive seen in awhile!ReplyDelete
Hah! That shirt is so adorable!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 7:43:00 pm
That's sooooo cute!:-)xxxReplyDelete
Hahaha, that tshirt is so funny/cute. Love it - perfect for those lazy tshirt and jeans days!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 7:44:00 pm
Nice tee, theres a bike tee I want from topshop at the moment but I'm never sure how to really wear graphic tee's!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 7:45:00 pm
awesome!! :DReplyDelete
Such a cute tee - they have a bird one too which is pretty adorable aswell!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 7:54:00 pm
Ahhh I wanted the bird one of this! Love it!ReplyDelete
hahah, supeeer!ReplyDelete
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oh god i need it ;_;ReplyDelete
Thats adorable <3ReplyDelete
Hahaha, oh my word, that is amazing. xReplyDelete
love it!!! I like your dress in your last post too!! XXReplyDelete
very cute with the rolled up sleeves ;)ReplyDelete
big big big love :)ReplyDelete
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i love it. reminds me of something my friends would wear when we were kids!ReplyDelete
awww cute shirt, I had a dinosaur tee but the t-rex looked like a crazy killer on it..lolReplyDelete
Very possibly the best tee I have seen since my mates count duckula one, hope it's still selling in topshop now...ReplyDelete
haha, cute!ReplyDelete
ps: you did say you didn't like your study anymore, do you know what youre gonna do after graduating? :)
You've made me want this tee 100% more now!ReplyDelete
Yaaaay I've always loved this top :D I <3 anything to do with dinosaurs, looks fab!ReplyDelete
Your shirt is adorable! Love it!ReplyDelete
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it's so cute, i love it!ReplyDelete
Oooh I LOVE it! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 9:12:00 pm
Absolutely amazing t-shirt! xReplyDelete
Love it, completely adorable!ReplyDelete
Awesome tshirt! xReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 9:36:00 pm
This is so cute - I really like the bird version too!ReplyDelete
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This reminds me of the film 'one fine day'. Love it. xReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 9:48:00 pm
Cute top! HahaReplyDelete
best top I've seen for months!xxxReplyDelete
So cute! I usually don't wear tee's as the collar lines don't suit me but this is very nice! xReplyDelete
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It's so cool I really want one! xReplyDelete
Love this! :)ReplyDelete
I'll be making my way down to Topshop tomorrow :DReplyDelete
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ahhh, so in love right now!ReplyDelete
This may have to be something which I spend my money on sometime soooon XXXX
- AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 11:57:00 pm
Cuuute! I love how topshop adopts designs which you think would only be acceptable for young boys to wear, and makes them totally badass!ReplyDelete
The dino tee is darling, the rolled up sleeves are a nice touch. Glad you went back and got it!ReplyDelete
I remember as a kid when print tees were the thing, and I had dinos, hello kittys, cats, and more!ReplyDelete
Haha crazy tee. looks cute on you though.ReplyDelete
give away running + beautifull vintage !!
aww. i love this dino tshirt!ReplyDelete
Amazing !!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSaturday, June 11, 2011 12:42:00 pm
Cute! Even though I'm completely scared of dinosaurs.... it's my weird thing :/ReplyDelete
I love this and I want it so bad! I have a thing for dinosaurs, its kinda embarrassing xxxReplyDelete
Such a cute shirt! I love the Tea and Cake clothes :)ReplyDelete
Sirens and Bells xx
I am in LOVE with this tee. Give me anything with dinosaurs on and I am a happy little geek.ReplyDelete
I WANT! so sick!ReplyDelete
thats really cute, lovely tee like the sleeves on it xReplyDelete
- AnonymousSaturday, June 11, 2011 6:42:00 pm
Cool style & amazing blog!ReplyDelete
i've been thinking about ordering that shirt for ages. then it was sold out...now im even more sad that i didnt get it. looks great!ReplyDelete
Loving that tshirt - my nephew would be ever so impressed with me if I wore that! He's two years old & thinks dinosuars are basically the coolest thing ever right now :)ReplyDelete
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