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11 July 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Singapore: BD Biosciences, a global medical technology company, has launched BD LSRFortessa X-20 Cell Analyzer, to deliver high-performance multicolor analysis with compact footprint in its class at just 30" x 29" (76.2 X 73.7 cm) and a height of 30" (76.2 cm).
BD LSRFortessa X-20 Cell Analyzer is designed to configure BD flow cytometers and cell sorters to fit precise research and assay needs. The program is tailored to meet the needs of researchers at the leading edge of biomedical discovery.
"The new BD LSRFortessa X-20 Cell Analyzer will enable researchers to conduct complex experiments with the additional parameters and increased sensitivity they need," said Mr. Alberto Mas, President, BD Biosciences. "Uncovering dim staining and rare cell populations is extremely valuable to complex multicolor assays, which are tools for advanced disease or drug development research," he stated.


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(C268A) Scan all the way down to see a number of educational videos and how Essential Oils can save you so much money.
Box 1 - This box has a handy list of web site links to more information on Essential Oils. These are posted by Independent Distributors and not by the Young Living company.
When you are ready to order, call the person who sent you to get their ID number.
One - C63R First site that customers see with a number of product videos and this list of web sites below: www.smile111.com
Two - Log into this link and put in a search word to see how people are using essential oils related to that search word: www.health333.biz
Three - Young Living people discuss Essential Oils: www.youngliving.com/blog
Four – Presentations on our very economical to use Ningxi Red Superfood Drink: www.Red111.info
Five – Videos and research work on our most important product to kill mold, viruses and bacteria with the non-toxic Thieves Essential Oil: www.mold111.com
Six – Videos about how to do the Raindrop Technique: www.TheBenefitsOfRainDrop.com
Seven – Our independent distributor web site to download documents. www.index111.org
Eight – How to grow a Young Living Business: www.AskingForNos.com
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You must also go to
www.health111.info for a long list of company videos.
For a review of the long list of company videos go to:
If you need someone to link to for orders or to be a "Free" Wholesale Shopper Member, use the member number of the preson who sent you. If you need mine I am #18047 Peterson Hockenberry Enterprises LLC.
"Free" means you buy the one time cost $40 start up kit of samples and get 24% discount on all purchases for life.
In 2015 the Young Living Essential Oil Sales exceeded $1 Billiion world wide. To see why, go to www.youngliving.com/blog
You cannot order from these sites, you must use the member number of the person who sent you when you order at www.youngliving.com .
You can pay for all of your orders and more by setting up a "Wholesale Shoppers" distributor site.
The cost is only $40 one time for a basic strater kit. You can than order for yourself, whenever you need porducts, at a 25% discount under the Retail price.
As others order, you can receive 25% of their Wholesale price orders for 3 months and then 8%.
As they do the same your team bonuses from many levels deep in the refferal structure can go up and up to many thousands of Dollars a month*
With just one dynamic builder on your 1st level you could make thousands and thousands of Dollars a month. This makes the "Dail Daily" habit that our team teachs very very profitable. This is at www.AskingForNos.com
One of the best sources for information about Essential oils is at the company site at www.youngliving.com/blog.
The over 400 Essential Oil products are so great becuse they do many things to help animals and people and help keep toxins, viruses, and molds from getting into the body.
For uses see www.youngLiving.com/blog ,the Essential Oil Desk Reference and a link our team uses at www.health333.biz
The Desk Reference is at https://www.discoverlsp.com/all-books.html
Thanks for reviewing the Video information in the seveal product videos on the right.
With this 21 year old, Billion Dollar company you can bennefit from the products and save money.
If you wish to develop over a 5 figure income, gurarnteed, working as little as 4 hours a week you can follow our teams process.
This simple process, that anyone can do, is described at www.AskingForNos.com
The powerful pay plan is explained in more detail at www.6find6payplan.com .
This is our teams process and not Young Livings so call Bob Peterson 301-641-8318 with any questions.
20 Year old Company
Young Living is a 20 year old company with over 1 million people who use some of the over 400 Essential Oil Products each month.
These products can save people so much money by keeping toxins out of the body and support the body as it heals itself.
You will need the member number of the person who sent you to this information when you make your first order.
The company's web site is www.youngliving.com . As we said, should you want to order you will need the member number of person who sent you this information.
Product Video Series
A key series of videos that you can pass to others that introduces Young Living is www.health111.com Pass to many.
How to Order and How to Receive Free Products.
Video slides of our team instructions for how to order and refer others, if you would like to do that. Includes a short video with leaders talking about the requirements for advancement. http://vid.staged.com/neXm
Our Super Food Drink
A series of videos on Ningxia Red Superfood Drink to save money and support all body systems. www.red111.info
Killing Toxic Mold in the Home, Church and Office
A series of videos on using a diffuser to kill mold using Thieves Essential Oil in the air and kill toxic mold. www.mold111.com
Protecting Your Children at School
A recorded Young Living company webinar on the protection for your child from Germs at school. This includes a discussion of several essential oils and Omegagize, Life 5 and Ningxia Red. http://vid.staged.com/H8zm
Foods That Heal and Foods That Kill
After you read this note in its entirety, come back and don't miss this video by Dr John Bergman, "Foods that heal and foods that kill" at this link:
Doctors Talk About Super Germs
A discussion of the problems with Super Germs. http://vid.staged.com/kn2m
An Expert Health Lecture Series
Dr John Bergman's health series. Very Good. Pass to many. http://vid.staged.com/RYym
Our Teams web site
Own a Video System Like This For Your Own Business or personal family videos:
If you would like a web site like this to post you business or family videos
you can try it for free at www.staged111.com
Thanks and enjoy.
You may wish to read this book by one of our long time Young Living Distributors. It really looks interesting.
Read Sarah Jane Conaway's Bio at this Amazon.com site.
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Simultaneous interpretation equipment
The quality and reliability of the equipment determines the quality and reliability of the interpretation and thereby the success of your meeting. On this page, you will find some basic information on SI equipment.
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It is in your best interest to use standardised equipment and competent technicians to set it up and run it.
Your consultant interpreter can give you names of reputable SI equipment suppliers and estimate how many booths, microphones and delegate headsets you should request from your supplier.
What is needed
The equipment you need includes interpretation booths (one per output language), interpreter consoles, mixer, transmission system, headset receivers for participants and interpreters, microphones for interpreters and for participants.
Your SI equipment supplier and your consultant interpreter can advise you on the specific needs for your meeting.
For simultaneous interpretation you will normally need one booth per language. The booths should conform to ISO 2063 (built-in) or ISO 4043 (mobile) booth standards.
They should be sound-proof and have a silent ventilation system. This will ensure better communication and trouble-free listening by delegates.
The ISO 4043 and 2063 Standards produced by AIIC with ISO cover basically the following points:
- Size: A mobile 2-person booth measures 1.60 m wide x 1.60 m deep x 2.00 m high.
- Location: Booths must be placed in such a way as to give interpreters an unobstructed clear view of speakers and of the screen used for presentations, and allow them to gauge the reaction of participants.
- Windows: Booths should have clear (not tinted) glass or plexiglass windows – one covering the front from table height to almost top and one covering the front half of the side.
- Ventilation: Each booth must have a silent ventilator, usually fit into the roof at the back, appropriate lighting (small movable desk lamps), and be properly sound-proofed.


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You know all those stupid gossip headlines written by hacks in UK papers about how this team is buying this player, and how 'dressing room sources' give them all those juciy news? Well Gigi Salmon of Chelsea TV decided to find out exactly who all these dressing room sources are...
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. To quote Football365: "Gigi Salmon, we love you".
Speaking of presenters, did anyone catch the post-match analysis of the game last night? Who was that annoying portly, fat bastard sitting on the far right, dissing the Liverpool kids by saying 'they won't go far' and predicting that Arsenal would win 3-0? I never knew anyone could be more annoying than Steve McMahon, but there you go.


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Mac OS X v10.6 and later include a 64-bit kernel. On hardware that supports the 64-bit kernel, you can choose whether to start up (boot) your Mac using the 64-bit kernel or the earlier 32-bit kernel in Snow Leopard or Lion.
You can use either of these methods:
Method 1: Startup key combination (for current startup only)
- If your Mac uses the 32-bit kernel by default, but supports the 64-bit kernel, you can start up using the 64-bit kernel by holding the 6 and 4 keys during startup.
- If your Mac uses the 64-bit kernel by default, you can start up with the 32-bit kernel by holding the 3 and 2 keys during startup.
Your Mac will revert to the default kernel the next time you reboot it.
Method 2: On-disk setting (persistent)
To select the 64-bit kernel for the current startup disk, use the following command in Terminal:
sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture x86_64
To select the 32-bit kernel for the current startup disk, use the following command in Terminal:
sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture i386
Note: This setting is stored in the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist file and will take effect every time you start up from this disk. If you start up from a different disk, the setting on that disk, or the hardware default, will take effect.
Keys held during startup (such as 3-2 or 6-4, method 1 above) will override the setting in com.apple.Boot.plist (method 2 above).
Note: Learn how to determine whether your Mac can use the 64-bit kernel and which kernel it uses by default.


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We can try and teach our kids to be kind to others and preach the messages about why bullying is wrong, and hope that they absorb them. But sometimes our messages fall on deaf ears, and it takes something more powerful -- like a message from one of their peers -- to really get through to them.
The brave boy in this video, identified only as Ricky, made this video in which through a serious of handwritten messages he tells how much kids' cruelty affects him at school. He says he feels like "he needs to be someone else" so that people will like him when all he wants to be is himself. He also gives an example of how he was taunted even on National Suicide Awareness Day.
The sad thing is that there are thousands of kids out there like him feeling like this each and every day. No one is going to be liked by everyone, and there's a certain amount of kids-will-be-kids teasing that will never go away, but when kids are hurting this badly, something is wrong. Something must be done.
More from The Stir: Disgusting Bullies Who Mocked Pregnant Cheerleader Deserve to be Humiliated (VIDEO)
Good for Ricky for expressing himself like this. Hopefully his message will let others know they're not alone, and that other kids will see it and realize just how much their actions can hurt others.
In what ways do you try to prevent your children from becoming bullies? Do you worry more about them getting bullied or becoming a bully?
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I recently updated Firefox & apparently it breaks my application partially. It works fine on Chrome & previous version of FF.
Firebug is disabled.
Also the problem seems to occurs on fairly complex window. I have a window with border layout, tree on left, chart on top, & grids on the center inside card layout.
Other simpler windows seems to works fine.
Another weird thing is, if Firebug is enabled, then then problem seems to go away.
Does anyone having similar problem on FF 18?
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This is a very old caricature study of Bill Murray I dug up today and decided to go ahead and upload. I could caricature Bill Murray for the rest of my life and not get bored. He's an amazing subject. This wan't the ideal source image but it is what it is. Hope you enjoy!
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Massachusetts is the home of great seafood, the Kennedy clan and political angst. These are just some of the reasons that Massachusetts is the location thousands of people flock to every year. It does not matter why people choose this historic favorite vacation; it will always feel like a transport back in time.
Find Massachusetts hotel packages that include tours of the areas that are sources of information for history buffs. The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in Lexington. The Boston Tea Party was just one of the many events that occurred while the colonial people fought for their freedom. A cheap Massachusetts hotel deal in Boston can lead you to famed Faneuil Hall or to the Old North Church. Paul Revere and Benjamin Franklin occasionally show up to greet vacationers in the area. Salem is the perfect place to book rooms at Massachusetts hotels. Salem is a small community with a lot to offer. It is known as the town where hysteria caused a witch hunt that resulted in the deaths of 20 people who were accused of the crime. However, there was a time in Salem history that residents worried more about pirates landing in the area more than they worried about witches. You can also enjoy a top of the line tour of the House of Green Gables. Massachusetts hotel deals are available to help organize your trip to Salem.
The best hotels in Massachusetts are not always actual hotels. Special discount rates on various bed- and breakfast-style homes are essential for a more authentic experience. You will find excellent prices on these kind of hideaways in the quiet town of Cape Cod. This town provides a much-needed respite from the craziness often encountered in daily life. Breathtaking views will overwhelm your senses as you drive along the harbor town. Relax on the beaches as the water provides a cooling effect on hot summer days. For dinner, make reservations at the restaurants of your choice ahead of time to avoid a long wait when you get there.
Massachusetts is full of everything a vacationer could dream of. There is a pleasing sense of accomplishment tourists get from their visit to the state. Take advantage of cheap hotel deals in Massachusetts for a fun way to learn something new about American history. Bring an extra pair of walking shoes. You are sure to need them when you wear down the first pair while you tour Massachusetts.


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Table Of Contents
Installing the Wall Mount Brackets for the
Cisco ONS 15310-CL
Wall-Mount Brackets Description
Wall-Mount Brackets Specifications
Install the Wall-Mount Brackets and ONS 15310-CL
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Installing the Wall Mount Brackets for the
Cisco ONS 15310-CL
Product Name: 15310C-WALLKIT
This document explains how to install the Cisco ONS 15310-CL wall mount brackets. It also contains a description of the wall mount brackets, installation equipment and procedures, and a list of specifications. As appropriate, use this document in conjunction with the Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Procedure Guide, the Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Reference Manual, and the Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Troubleshooting Guide when working with the wall mount brackets.
This document contains the following sections:
•Wall-Mount Brackets Description
•Wall-Mount Brackets Specifications
•Install the Wall-Mount Brackets and ONS 15310-CL
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Wall-Mount Brackets Description
The wall-mount brackets allow you to mount a single ONS 15310-CL shelf assembly and associated cabling to a 3/4-inch plywood panel that is secured to a wall.
Note Cisco does not provide instructions for securing the plywood panel to the wall, but does provide a template for predrilling holes in the plywood. Secure the plywood according to your site plan instructions.
You can mount the shelf assembly in an east-west direction so that the front of the assembly faces either left or right, or in a north-south orientation, where the front of the shelf assembly faces upward. A drip pan is provided with the wall-mount bracket for installation sites where the ONS 15310-CL is installed over a combustible surface. Attachment points for the tie-bar (15310-TIE-BAR-19) are also provided to allow for cable management.
Figure 1 shows installed wall-mount brackets and ONS 15310-CL in an east-west orientation.
Figure 1 ONS 15310-CL Wall-Mount Brackets (East-West)
Figure 2 shows installed wall-mount brackets and ONS 15310-CL in a north-south orientation.
Note If installing the ONS 15310-CL in a north-south orientation, make sure you install it so the expansion slot faces upward. Do not install the chassis facing downward because the drip pan will physically interfere with cabling.
Figure 2 ONS 15310-CL Wall-Mount Brackets (North-South)
Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the placement of the AC and DC power supplies installed on a wall-mounted ONS 15310-CL chassis.
Figure 3 Wall-Mounted ONS 15310-CL and AC Power Supply (East-West)
Figure 4 Wall-Mounted ONS 15310-CL and DC Power Supply (East-West)
Wall-Mount Brackets Specifications
–Operating temperature: -40 to +65 degrees Celsius (-40 to 149 degrees Fahrenheit)
–Operating humidity: 5 to 90%, noncondensing
•Dimensions (this includes the shelf assembly)
–23.25 in. x 21.00 in. x 3.25 in. (59.06 cm x 53.34 cm x 8.255 cm)
–Weight (including shelf assembly and expansion card): Approximately 17 lbs. (7.71 kg)
Install the Wall-Mount Brackets and ONS 15310-CL
The following parts are included in the wall-mount bracket kit. Numerals in parentheses indicate the quantity of the item.
•Panhead screws, 8-32 x 0.315 in. (10)
•Hex wood screws, 1/4-14 x 0.75 in. (6)
•Wall-mount brackets (2)
•Drip pan (1)
•Wall-mount bracket template (1)
You will also need adhesive tape, a #2 Phillips screwdriver, an electric drill with a 5/32-inch drill bit, and a 3/8-inch nut driver.
Step 1 Line up the four screw holes on the left wall-mount bracket with the holes on the left side of the ONS 15310-CL chassis (Figure 1).
Step 2 Install and tighten four panhead screws.
Step 3 Repeat Steps 1and 2 for the right bracket.
Step 4 In the desired location on the plywood, use tape to secure the wall-mount bracket template to the plywood in the desired orientation (north-south or east-west).
Step 5 Drill the four screw holes using an electric drill, and remove the template from the plywood (Figure 4).
Figure 5 Template for Drilling Wall-Mount Bracket Holes
Step 6 Screw four hex wood screws into the plywood approximately halfway, using the 3/8-inch nut driver.
Step 7 Slide the keyholes on the brackets over the screws installed on the plywood, and tighten all four screws until secure.
Caution Because the ONS 15310-CL shelf assembly is not mounted in a standard rack, you must attach the shelf assembly to appropriate grounding, such as a grounding bar, as approved by your local electrical inspection authority.
Install the Drip Pan
To install the drip pan on a chassis in an east-west orientation, line up the drip pan with the two available holes on the bottom wall-mount bracket, and install and tighten two hex wood screws (Figure 1).
To install the drip pan on a chassis in a north-south orientation, line up the two holes on the outside rails of the drip pan with the lowest hole on each of the wall-mount brackets, and install and tighten two panhead screws (Figure 2). Install and tighten two hex wood screws in the holes on the face of the drip pan.
Install the Cable Tie-Bar
As necessary, install the cable tie-bar (15310-TIE-BAR-19) according to the instructions that ship with the cable-tie bar kit. The tie-bar is used for cable management.
Figure 6 shows the tie-bar installed on a left-facing ONS 15310-CL chassis in an east-west orientation.
Figure 6 Tie-Bar Installation on an East-West Wall-Mount Orientation
Related Documentation
•Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Procedure Guide
•Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Reference Manual
•Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Troubleshooting Guide
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
Subscribe to the What's New in Cisco Product Documentation as an RSS feed and set content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service. Cisco currently supports RSS Version 2.0.
This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.
Cisco and the Cisco Logo are trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. Third party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. (1005R)
Any Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and phone numbers used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses and phone numbers. Any examples, command display output, network topology diagrams, and other figures included in the document are shown for illustrative purposes only. Any use of actual IP addresses or phone numbers in illustrative content is unintentional and coincidental.
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In Hollywood, age is that three-letter word you dare not speak. Always, as the rule of thumb goes, assume an actress is in her mid-twenties.
But for Anne Hathaway, age is something the actress, currently 28, embraces. "I find the passing of time very liberating," she said at the New York premiere of her latest romantic comedy, "One Day."
Hathaway will turn 29 in November.
Age has brought good things for the actress. "I feel more confident every, well not every single day, but most days I feel better than I did the day before, and that's a good thing."
She said she feels a sense of freedom about approaching 30.
"For every generation where traditional rules don't apply, you don't have to have things figured out by 22 and have four kids by the time you're 30," said Hathaway, who's single but dating and has no children.
"We have a lot more time to figure out who we are."
Case in point, Hathaway says: Meryl Streep, the 62-year-old Oscar winner.
"We have pioneers that show us there's no reason to be afraid, and I just think fear (of aging) is something that we perpetuate," Hathaway said. "Who needs it?"
Who needs it, indeed, especially when the young starlet already has an Oscar nod and hosted the prestigious awards ceremony.


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A bus carrying Egyptian soldiers crashed into a truck on a highway near the Mediterranean coast early Sunday, killing 16, a security official said.
The took place on the highway between Cairo and the port city of Alexandria as the soldiers were heading home from their military base in northwestern for a vacation to join their families during the holy month of Ramadan, the official said.
The official said the dead included 15 soldiers and a driver, while another 40 people were injured. They were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
Road are common in due to badly maintained roads and poor enforcement of traffic laws. According to a 2012 World Health Organization report, road kill about 12,000 people each year in a population of about 90 million.


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Tigers Look to Bounce Back in Final Round
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. – The Tennessee State men's golf team completed the first two rounds of the F&M Bank Austin Peay Intercollegiate. The Tigers finished the day 22-over on the Par-72, 7,132 yard Links at Novadell in Hopkinsville, Ky.
TSU (298-300=598) is in 14th place and are eight strokes out of a spot in the top 10. Fellow Ohio Valley Conference opponent, Belmont, leads the charge with a 555, 21-under.
Andrew Warner (74-73=147) shot 3-over on the first day and is tied for 39th in the 87 man field. On the day, Warner hit 19 fairways and 23 greens as he led the Tigers. The senior dropped five birdies, one in round one and four in the second, and found continued success on the par-5, 12th. The first time on 12, Warner hit a gap wedge from 110 yards out to within three feet for the easy putt. The second time through, Warner overshot the green, but was able to chip in for birdie. Warner highlighted the second round with a birdie on the par-4, 11th, as he hit a gap wedge from 110 yards to six inches for birdie.
Dallas Hill (78-74=152) went from a non-scoring 78 to a 2-over, 74, during the second round. On the day, Hill finished with 17 fairways, 18 greens and 57 putts, including 27 in the later round. The junior opened the day 7-over after the first six holes. Hill settled in and shot 1-over for the final 30 holes. Hill found a spark during the morning session when he sank a 45-foot putt on his seventh hole, the par-5, 18th, and followed with a birdie on the par-4, 1st. To start the second nine, Hill stuck a 7-iron from 150 yards two feet from the pin for a tap-in birdie.
During the afternoon session, Hill once again birdied 18 when he sank a five-foot putt after a gap wedge from 112 yards set up the chance to get a stroke back. Two holes later, the Nashville native hit a 7-iron from 162-yards, setting up a seven foot putt he would sink for birdie.
Senior Codie Welborn (73-76=149) used consistency to hit 25 of 28 fairways and 24 of 36 greens as he posted a 5-over after two rounds. The senior carded three birdies over the first 18-holes and two during the final 18. Welborn used a solid putting game to record his birdies, with a pair of 12-footers, a 20-footer in the afternoon on the 1st and a 40-footer on the 5th during the first round.
James Stepp (73-77=150) used 24 out of 28 fairways and 28 greens to post 30 pars on the day. Stepp scored a 1-over during the first round, but fell off the pace with a 5-over, 77 in round two.
Blake Burgett (78-80=158) notched the lone eagle of the day for the Tigers. Burgett hit a driver off the box on the par-4, 7th, to 170 yards out. He proceeded to use a 6-iron into the wind high to the flag that bounced five feet from the hole and found its way into the hole. Burgett finished the day with 13 greens in each round and 17 fairways.
The Tigers will play their final round of the fall on Tuesday morning at 8:30am.


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Sites we like: Harper's Magazine and Food Studio
Good reads and good food in this week's sites we like.
Harper's Magazine, the oldest general interest monthly in America, relaunches with a classic combination of Franklin Gothic URW and Adobe Caslon; the latter can feel a bit anachronistic on screen, but here manages to convey Harper's history without resorting to nostalgia.
Food Studio pairs the prim and proper Minion with the hip Futura PT, for a look that's elegant but casual. Minion's sturdy and reliable at text sizes, but relaxes a bit when used in headlines.
That's all for this week! Share sites that you like in the comments!
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I just redid my portfolio site at http://adam.gillitt.com using Jubilat and Nimbus Sans Condensed, from the TypeKit library.
I responsively re-built http://skinnyties.com which uses FF Enzo from TypeKit throughout. Lots of type-level tweaks for readability optimization across devices if you like to explore those sort of details.
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A State of the Union Thaw in Washington
Parties make nice as Obama's speech nears. But can it last?
The political climate in Washington is thawing a bit as President Obama's State of the Union address nears.
The substance of debate hasn't changed heading into Tuesday night's speech; on a wide range of issues Obama and Republicans remain far apart. But the tone of the debate has changed markedly since the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat.
That first point makes big legislative advances unlikely this year, although the second suggests the rhetoric will remain less rancorous on both sides of the aisle.
The address will give Obama momentum, at least for a while. With his poll numbers bouncing back--a majority of Americans now approve of the job he is doing as president--and the economy continuing to grow, Obama can take credit for a lot this year, even as little actually gets done.
The reason: He'll tie the recovery and the bid to create jobs to all he says and does as he prepares to run for another term, and he'll benefit as long as the recovery stays on track.
In his address, he'll call for less spending and for cutting the obese federal deficit. But by framing the latter task as something that will take years to address and suggesting that big cuts proposed by the GOP will slow the economy, he can postpone any painful steps that might cost him support at the polls in 2012.
The same goes for tax reform. He'll talk about it all year, laying down a marker on an issue the GOP wants as its own without having to identify which prized write-offs to eliminate.
In terms of the big picture, he'll paint himself as a lover of compromise, a moderate eager to go along to get something done. All the while, he'll quietly hope Tea Party-leaning newcomers and veteran Republicans fight among themselves over the deficit and spending cuts. He and other Democrats are willing, indeed eager, to allow that particular fight to drag on for months.
Most Republicans know they must demonstrate an ability to work with Obama, and soon. The GOP lawmakers will dial back the tone, as they've already done on health care, while they look to identify smaller compromises that won't be perceived as sellouts. They will also lay out their own agenda on some larger measures that won't pass, setting the stage for making them issues in next year's elections.
The need to raise the U.S. debt ceiling in coming months will offer one vehicle for compromise. The GOP will go along, eventually, because the ceiling has to be raised, but it will win a pledge to curb spending in return for enough votes to raise the limit.
They'll get other chances to find common ground with the highway spending and cybersecurity bills, legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration and some energy investment measures that stop short of controversial cap-and-trade legislation dealing with emissions.
The biggest potential source of campaign fodder for Republicans is the federal budget for fiscal year 2012. If, as expected, both parties agree to freeze spending for most programs, Republicans can say they forced Democrats to alter their big-spending ways following the 2010 elections.
Both sides will quietly OK funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Neither party wants to be seen as weak on national security or against the troops.
For Republicans and Democrats alike, moderation is key in the post-shooting environment. They'll make their points firmly, not ballistically, starting with reactions to Obama's speech Tuesday night and continuing well into this year.
The big question is whether the tenuous truce can survive the friction of the coming election.
The reality: Probably not.


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Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is pleased to announce the indefinite suspension of the White Stallion coal plant, a 1200 MW power project in Matagorda County, Texas. This cancellation is tremendous news for clean air advocates, as White Stallion was the last new proposed coal plant in Texas. EDF has been leading efforts to prevent this coal plant from coming to fruition with several partners, including Sierra Club, Public Citizen, SEED Coalition, and Environmental Integrity Project.
"After suffering numerous setbacks … White Stallion has finally seen the writing on the wall," said Austin attorney Tom Weber, lead counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund, who has worked tirelessly to stop the coal plant in the courts. "This is a big win for clean air in Texas and for the Environmental Defense Fund."
The developers of White Stallion faced multiple setbacks over the past few years in obtaining the necessary permits to operate the plant. In November 2011, the Lower Colorado River Authority denied a water contract and, in May 2012, several businesses in Matagorda County publicly opposed the plant due to the plant's role in providing a new, major source of mercury pollution. Additionally, the plant suffered another setback when a court ruled against its challenges to the Clean Air Act standards.
"The White Stallion plant, like the recently mothballed Las Brisas project in Corpus Christi, hopefully represents the last dying gasp of 'new' coal plants in Texas proposing to employ technologies from the last century," said Jim Marston, Vice President of the US Climate and Energy program at EDF and Regional Director of EDF's Texas office.
Since the initial White Stallion proposal in 2008, the state has seen significant changes in the electricity market, to the point where wind power and natural gas prices have made large, capital-intensive coal plants completely uneconomic. Throughout 2012, wind power generation provided 10 percent of electricity for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. Additionally, wind power reached a new peak record on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 providing 28 percent of ERCOT's electricity.
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Here is a question I have been pondering for a while: Why do Delaware judges write so many law review articles? For example, I have sitting on my desk a stack of 14 articles by Norman Veasey former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. On closer examination, most of these are speeches rather than articles. But still the question remains why do the judges write these pieces and why do the law reviews publish them?
The question arises as part of my research into the mechanisms for crafting corporate law in the U.S. Because Delaware judges play a central role in the process, it seems important to determine how they play their role, what motivates them, and to whom they are accountable.
Many scholars have noted the prolific nature of Delaware's judiciary. Professors Marcel Kahan and Ed Rock counted 22 recent articles published by Delaware judges. Professor Lawrence Hamermesh has published a helpful chart as an appendix to his Columbia Law Review article, The Policy Foundations of Corporate Law. Yet nobody seems to have persuasively explained this phenomenon. Presumably judicial opinions provide judges with an adequate forum to explain and justify their decisions. Why then would judges feel compelled to supplement their legal opinions with further explanations, elaborations or justifications in the academic literature? More importantly are these extra-judicial exhortations helpful, harmless or insidious?
One purpose of these articles and speeches could be to provide guidance to corporate managers, attorneys and commentators as to the substance and meaning of Delaware corporate law. Thus judges are supplementing their law-making role, moving beyond ex-post assessment of corporate conduct to ex-ante guidance for practitioners and their clients. Such motivation can be viewed as positive, but also potentially problematic. The message may be lost in translation and, because judges cannot be bound by these extra-judicial comments, advice gleaned from their comments may be of dubious value.
Another view is that the constant commentary has a political purpose: to shore up the legitimacy of the state's role in setting corporate policy. On this view, Delaware judges not only seek to explain their approach to corporate controversies, but promote their own superior abilities to act as arbiters in these disputes. Certainly, many articles by Delaware jurists fit this mold. If this is the motivation, we might want to take the message conveyed with a grain of salt. If part of the motivation for the articles and speeches is preserving the state's (and the judges') sphere of influence, then readers and scholars should consider such when evaluating the arguments the judges present.
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Ah, the Laughs For Lunch Shows. They were a yearly campfire-style program that the Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 performed for our community for 13 years, the first one held in 1996. We had a lot of fun doing them and I believe the audiences really enjoyed them. An extra bonus was that the Scouts received experience in public speaking (and singing) which was something that would help them later in life.
I recently transferred the 2000 show from a VHS tape to DVD. As I was doing some touch up editing and chapter marking for the DVD I noticed the Boy Scouts did some really good performances doing the show. I decided to clip some of the better songs and skits and share them with you for this podcast.
The first post from this show for the Melrose Scout Productions Podcast is the campfire favorite, the Dirty Sock Song. How dirty do your socks get? How smelly do they become? Do they get strong enough to give your tent an awful scent or could they be used as a method of rat population control? The Boy Scouts chose a few members of their audience to poke some fun at during this song.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Heather Peter's computer crashed under the onslaught of messages following her unique victory over Honda in small claims court -- a win the California woman is hoping will lead other consumers to reject a class action settlement over defective hybrid cars.
Peters, who was at the center of a whirlwind as she welcomed camera crews to her home, said she has received more than 500 Facebook messages and had 6,000 hits on her website following a court decision awarding her $9,867 and finding Honda misled her into thinking her Hybrid could get 50 miles per gallon. She said the 2006 model, which she still owns, gets about 30 mpg.
Peters' win in small claims court was a unique end run around the class action process and set the stage for others to follow suit. She sees her victory as benefiting not just Honda owners but all consumers.
"To me this is really about the decline in customer service in America and how we have rolled over and accepted it for too long," she said. "People are mad as hell and they're not going to take it."
Class action lawsuits typically give small settlements to all members of the class. In the Honda suit, the company has offered $100 to $200 to each owner of an under -performing hybrid along with a $1,000 coupon to some toward purchase of a new car.
Peters, a former lawyer, said she is renewing her legal license after a 10-year lapse so she can consult with other Honda owners She said she is also posting all the paperwork from her small claims suit online as a guide for others contemplating such suits.
There appear to be many of them across the country, with Peters sharing dozens of e-mails sent to her by Honda owners who are opting out of the class action and filing their own suits.
But Professor Laurie Levenson of Loyola University Law School said Honda may have suffered something much worse than a possible flood of small claims actions.
"The worst part for Honda is they've been branded as committing fraud," she said. "That's not good for sales. It's a P.R. disaster and sometimes that costs more than the judgment."
One Honda owner in Texas was among those taking action.
"I have already sent in my letter opting out of the class action," said Darrell Stevens of Houston, Tex. who said in a phone interview that he has already filed his small claims action against Honda.
"The reason I'm doing this is it's just not fair what they're offering." he said. "I'm going to do what Ms. Peters did and present figures in court. I have no value left in the car. As soon as Ms. Peters won, there's no resale value for the car."
He said his hybrid gets 30 to 32 miles per gallon.
Honda said it will appeal Peters' judgment. She said she's confident she will win. She said more witnesses have been volunteering to help her, including a whistle blower from within Honda.
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"What's new about this case is social networking," said Professor Howard Erickson of Fordham University Law School in New York.
"This is an example of how a revolutionary movement gets started," he said. "This is one individual fighting the powers that be and spreading the. Her website Don'tSettleWithHonda.com became a rallying point for dissatisfied Honda hybrid owners.
She has now decided to renew her legal license after a 10-year lapse in order to consult with other Honda owners on their legal actions.
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Douglas Carnahan ruled Wednesday that the automaker misled Peters about the potential fuel economy of her hybrid car and awarded her $9,867, close to the maximum allowed by law.
"At a bare minimum Honda was aware that by the time Peters bought her car there were problems with its living up to its advertised mileage," Carnahan wrote in the judgment. He harshly criticized the company for making false promises it could not deliver.
Aaron Jacoby, a class action lawyer in Los Angeles, said Peters definitely put a new twist on small claims court. But he felt few people would have her dedication and the time to pursue a similar case.
"I just don't think it's going to take off," he said. "There are a lot of class action cases out there. It would be hard to make a dent."
Richard Cupp, a Pepperdine University professor who had predicted Peters' victory, said others will likely be inspired to follow her example.
"I remember her saying at the beginning that she wanted to start a small claims flash mob," he said. "And I think that's what she did."
A judge in San Diego County is due to rule in March on whether to approve Honda's class-action settlement. Members of the class have until Feb. 11 to accept or decline the deal.
Late Thursday evening, Honda issued a lengthy statement insisting that the Honda Civic Hybrid has the capability to achieve 50 miles per gallon or more "in real world driving conditions."
The statement by Honda spokesman Chris Martin also attached numerous letters of commendation from satisfied Honda customers.
"American Honda believes that the judgment in this case is a radical and unprecedented departure from California and federal law... we intend to vigorously appeal this decision."
Honda defended the claims made in their advertising, which they say was accurate when the vehicles were sold and remains accurate today.
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The Pit and the Parallelism: Memory Models
When I analyze parallel algorithms and how independent threads interact with each other across shared resources, I use the assumption of sequential consistency. That is, I can simulate parallel execution by interleaving the instruction streams of two (or more) threads at programming statement level and assume that the last value written to a shared variable is the one read by another thread that accesses that shared resource. I presume that whatever interleaving I choose selects the next statement from one of the threads and executes it before picking the next statement from either the same thread or the other thread.
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In the strictest sense, this can lead to an incorrect result. For example, if the threads are incrementing a shared counter, say
x++, there will be no data race since I've assumed that the read by the second thread to execute the increment will be the value that was written by the first thread. At this point, I realize that even such a simple statement will actually be compiled into three instructions: load
x into a register, add one to the register, store the register value back into
x. Now, with the interleaving of two threads that were both incrementing the same variable, I can see that there are interleavings at the assembly language level that will yield incorrect results. Being the lazy programmer that I am, this all seems a bit too labor intensive to require me to play compiler for all possible statements in my code just to check if there is some interleaving of thread execution that can lead to a data race.
Another tactic is to not really interleave the execution of two threads as if there was only a single core. (I mean, we've got two or four cores in most every modern device and I know that threads are going to be running on those independent cores, so why not analyze my application under the same assumption?) I can "interleave" the execution of my threads by imagining the execution traces being written side-by-side. Then, if I can match up two statements between the threads that adversely access the same shared resource, like incrementing the same counter, I know there is a potential data race. I can use blank lines in any stream to simulate different processing speeds or other threads using the same core.
The obvious solution to the race condition hinted at above is to put some kind of mutual exclusion synchronization around the increment or to force the operation to be atomic. In every threading library that I've seen, there are several ways to do one or both of these. But that isn't the point of this post.
The use of a sequentially consistent model for reasoning about shared variables is the simplest approach and works great in the abstract. Unfortunately, we have to code in the real world on real hardware with real programming languages. The true villain of this cautionary tale is soon to be revealed as memory models, if you hadn't already guessed that from the title.
Let me show a slightly more complex example to demonstrate one of the "hidden" perils of threaded programs. In one thread,
threadZero, I want to update a shared variable; in another thread,
threadOne, I want to read that newly updated value. There will need to be some kind of ordering synchronization to ensure the proper execution order. The code fragment below shows one way to do this with a shared flag variable controlling the order of execution.
// Shared declarations int Done = FALSE; int N; void threadZero(void *pArg) { . . . N = SomeComputedValue; Done = TRUE; . . . } void threadOne(void *pArg) { . . . while (!Done) {} // spin-wait SomeLocalValue = N; . . . }
In a sequentially consistent analysis, there is no problem with this code. I can align the two sequences in any order and there is no data race between them. In the arrangement that might be closest to a problem,
threadOne will pause on the spin-wait of the
while loop until after
threadZero has updated the value of
N and then set
Done to
TRUE. But can I count on this happening every time I run the code on some real system? (It's an unfair question since you can see more text below this line, and if the answer were "Yes," none of that would be there.)
Modern architectures use storage buffers, visible only to the processor executing the store instruction, to hold writes to memory before those store results are actually written to system memory, which is when the updates are visible to other threads. Unfortunately, there are processors in use today that allow the order of such writes back to system memory to be done in a different order than the program statement order prescribed them. Thus, even though
threadZero expects the update to
N to be completed before
Done is set (and this is what a sequentially consistent execution would guarantee), the update to
Done may well be visible to other threads before the new value is stored in
N. In that case,
threadOne may proceed out of the spin-wait loop and retrieve an incorrect value of
This is not a standard feature of processors, but something that is allowed in the memory model defined for the processor. Even though it is likely a rare occurrence, the right alignment of the stars and planets can lead to incorrect results and will most likely not be caught during routine testing of your application. In the past, processor memory models have been ill-defined, incomplete, and ambiguous enough to stump even experts. It's better today, but there are still outliers that can reach up to bite you in the posterior when least expected.
Another illustrative situation is when I have two threads updating two small, separate — yet adjacent — fields within an object or array. Think of something like byte-sized data fields of an array of
char. Clearly there is no data race here because the threads are targeting two different memory locations, right? (There might be some false sharing, but that's a different matter for a different post.) Do I really need to answer that? Actually, I do, because it's an interesting situation.
Consider the scenario where
threadOne loads the word containing the byte it is manipulating and updates the register with the appropriate value. If, before
threadOne can write out its result,
threadZero swoops in to read the same word, update its byte, and write back its own result to memory, what are the results after
threadOne has written back to memory? In a perfect world, we'd have no problem since different parts of the word were changed and that is the only modification that needs to be reflected in each write to memory. Regrettably, the update by
threadOne will overwrite the results from
threadZero since memory is typically not updated by the byte, except on data boundaries of larger size. A similar case might be two threads updating a 64-bit value and having the two 32-bit portions updated separately and interleaving those smaller updates with one another. (Yes, it's a data race, but rather than getting either one value or the other stored, you end up with some kind of mash-up of the two values.) While the architecture and processor memory model shares some of the blame for the overwriting problem described above, the memory model of the programming language being used can also be complicit.
Programming languages have their own memory model built in. In the early days, such models were ill-defined, inconsistent, and downright baffling. Recent efforts have been put forth to clarify the memory model of modern programming languages (i.e., Java, C++11, C11), giving programmers a solid understanding about the interactions of thread execution and memory updates. For example, the split update of the single word is disallowed in the new standards for C++11 and C11 and has long been banned by the Java standard.
The lesson to be learned from all of this is that you need to understand something about memory models, in both hardware and the programming languages you use. I'm no expert on memory models (and can't even play one convincingly on TV), but I know that they may cause problems if I make assumptions that are not supported. I'll continue to use my sequential consistency approach when thinking about parallel algorithms and showing that they are correct since the new standards for Java, C++11, and C11 promise sequential consistency in programs that do not contain data races. (There are some exceptions to that "promise," but these are the "corner cases" that I'm less likely to encounter.)
The second lesson, and perhaps more important, to take away from this would be to protect all possible data races within your code even if you can prove that the race is benign. Just because you "know" that the race is harmless, the programming language or hardware memory model may just reach out and slap you at the most inopportune time. Synchronization, atomicity, and functions to enforce mutually exclusive access, when recognized by the compiler, will set up memory fences to better ensure that memory updates assumed by the programmer are made visible to other threads before those updated values are needed. So, at the very least, be aware. You can't count on a last-second reprieve by General Lasalle from a swinging, descending scimitar; shifting, fiery walls; a yawning gulf; or the perils of misunderstood memory models.


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Home Appliances Design Focus: Mikro Built-in Microwave Oven
A Good Home Appliances design example, the Mikro is a creative Built-in Microwave Oven design. Mikro was designed in 2009, and here is a how it is described by its designer: This is my first microwave oven concept, I decided to develop a series of Home Appliances for kitchen with the same taste. I wanted to have an easy to use object, the big button acts as on/off and also turning it further can change the operating buttons. The nine smaller buttons could be used for various functions, actually they are optional as the rotating button on the bottom is good enough.
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DJ Bomba Tomba is the co-host of the KGBH radio station in Anywhere City, along with Prodo, in Grand Theft Auto 2. He is a heavy vodka drinker, as evidenced by the events he talks about during his broadcast:
- He owns a green Silverado, which he claims was "stolen" outside his house, but in reality, he was just a "little" drunk and didn't remember where he left it.
- He didn't come home to his wife the same night, again because of his drinking; but he says he will make up for it by playing a special song for her, the tape of which was reported to be missing.
- When it was broadcasted that a shipload of vodka sunk into the sea, he invited other listeners to come with him to the dock in wetsuits, leaving Prodo in charge of the station.
He is a very brutal person, threatening multiple times to beat Prodo up. His radio station became a big success alongside other radio stations, due to his speech.
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I am interested in representing an arbitrary charge density (say, of atoms in a molecule) $\rho(r), \; r\in \mathbb{R}^3$ by a finite linear combination of basis functions
$\rho(r) = \sum_{i=1}^N q_i \phi_i (r) $
where $\phi_i (r)$ is normalized to $\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} \phi_i (r) dr = 1$ and has the interpretation of being the shape of some charge distribution (shape) of a unit charge. $\rho$ and the $\phi_i$s are real-valued but may be positive in some regions and negative in others. The basis functions are nonorthogonal and local in space but not strictly compact. Let's say for now that we use spherical Gaussians of the form $\phi_i (r) \propto \exp (-\alpha_i |r-R_i|^2)$, where $R_i$ is where the basis function is centered around. The number of basis functions chosen scales approximately as the number of atoms, as we expect charge to concentrate around atomic nuclei. (We may add additional basis function per atom of different shapes until we achieve a reasonable approximation to the desired shape of the charge distribution around an atom.)
The energy of the system can then be given by
$E = \frac 1 2 \sum_{i,j=1}^N q_i q_j J_{ij}$
where the matrix $J$ has elements
$J_{ij} = \int_{\mathbb{R}^{3\times 2}} \frac{\phi_i(r_1) \phi_j(r_2)}{|r_1 - r_2|} dr_1 dr_2$
and represents the Coulomb interaction between the unit charge distributions $\phi_i$ and $\phi_j$.
One way to look at the matrix $J$ is as a finite dimensional (approximate) representation of the Coulomb operator $\hat J = 1 / {|r_1 -r_2|}$. We know that $\hat J$ has certain nice properties such as positivity, so we expect a "good" representation of $\hat J$ should be a symmetric positive definite matrix.
My question is this: are there conditions on the discrete representation (possibly expressible as conditions on the {$\phi_i$} basis) to detect whether or not a given claimed representation $J$ is "good" in that it preserves such properties? Or asked another way, if I have some matrix $J$ which is claimed to represent $\hat J$, what are necessary and sufficient conditions on its matrix elements for it to be a "good" representation of $\hat J$?
I hope the question makes sense, and that I am not misusing too much terminology.


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A script to Slice, Encode and Upload videos to Youtube April 17, 2008Posted by GuySoft in Crictor, Hamakor, linux, open source, podcast, programming, python.
Tags: code, python, script, youtube, zulo
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In the past few days, I wrote a script that will take basically any video file, chop it to equal parts under 10 minutes, and upload the result to youtube.
The effect is that I can publish all of my video podcast to youtube, without the long and painful chopping and uploading of files via a browser.
I based the uploading on a perl script from catonmat. I wrote my extension in python.
Here is a link to the sourcecode (under GPL license)
I would love to receive feedback, and improvments.


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I saw this on a high priced board manufacturer's site. Looks like carbon additive mixed with epoxy to form the rails.
Seems like a great way to simplify your supply chain and re-use carbon fibre cutoffs.
Plus bonding should be easier than with urethane or abs.
Makes me wonder why we bother with abs/urethane at all


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Anyone can tell you if a trailer "looks good" or not. But Drew Magary, who spent over a decade working in advertising, is here to tell you whether or not a trailer WORKS. This week's trailer? "4:44 Last Day On Earth".
You may not be familiar with the name Abel Ferrara, but if I were to say the words "Bad Lieutenant," it might refresh your memory. Harvey Keitel. Harvey Keitel naked. A nun being sexually assaulted IN A CHURCH. Harvey Keitel cursing out Daryl Strawberry and masterminding the world's most repugnant traffic stop. No one who saw "Bad Lieutenant" ever forgot it, for better or worse. And now, Ferrara is back with another movie, this one about the end of the world. Between Ferrara and Lars von Trier's "Melancholia," I think we can now declare indie apocalypse movies the hot new trend. Let's take a look at "4:44 Last Day On Earth" and see if we can answer a few questions.
Does this trailer let us know what the movie's about? Yes. We learn that at 4:44 in the morning, the world is going to end. "There will be no survivors," we are told. And our host for this unfathomable disaster? Why, it's Willem Dafoe and Willem Dafoe's terrifying jawline. Dafoe is living with Shanyn Leigh, and they'll watch the end of the world together, seeing how mankind reacts to its imminent demise.
Please don't tell me there are love scenes involving Willem Dafoe. I regret to inform you that your prayers have gone unheeded. I'd rather see the world end than watch Willem Dafoe make love on camera, but there you have it. He's shirtless, and there's not much we can do about it.
Is that the NY1 guy in the opening of the trailer? I think it is! Gotta love Pat Kiernan.
Does this movie come with credentials? Does it ever! There are blurbs littered all over this thing. "A masterpiece." "An apocalyptic Valentine." We even get a full PARAGRAPH of lusty praise. Plus the obligatory "this was shown at a festival" graphics. I don't know why indie trailers have this. No one is impressed that your movie was shown at the Venice Film Festival. You can screen a movie in a foreign city and it can still be terrible. It's like if the makers of "Shrek Forever After" held up a graphic that said "Shown to people in Russia a month ago!"
Do we get lots of fake news footage of people holding vigils and gathering en masse? We do. Gotta love the fake news footage.
Holy smokes, is that Natasha Lyonne? It is! And she appears to be sober! Good for her.
Is there lots of existential angst about everyone dying? Most def. We got people jumping out of windows, Dafoe screaming from his rooftop, pictures of the Vatican, all that. Thankfully, there's no indication that a pantsless Harvey Keitel is around.
Does this trailer work? No. This is a tiny indie movie that will play at the Film Forum for a week. You're not gonna draw crowds with Willem Dafoe kissing people. It just looks wrong.
Trailer Park: 4:44 Last Day On Earth!
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Two congressmen have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate if Facebook is collecting information from users when they are logged out of their profiles.
The information is said to be collected from "cookies," or files placed on the user's computer,.to personalize a user's experience, wrote Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) in a letter to FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz. Both Markey and Barton are co-chairs of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus. From the letter:
We believe that tracking user behavior without their consent or knowledge raises serious privacy concerns. When users log out of Facebook, they are under the expectation that Facebook is no longer monitoring their activities. We believe this impression should be the reality. Facebook users should not be tracked without their permission.
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Markey and Barton's concern came from an Australian blogger who wrote about the alleged tracking cookies on Sunday.
Facebook denied it has been tracking user information, and at least one employee decided to defend the social network's use of cookies.
"Like every site on the Internet that personalizes content and tries to provide a secure experience for users, we place cookies on the computer of the user," Facebook engineer W. Gregg Stefancik wrote in a comment to the Los Angeles Times tech blog. "Three of these cookies on some users' computers included unique identifiers when the user had logged out of Facebook. However, we did not store these identifiers for logged out users. Therefore, we could not have used this information for tracking or any other purpose. In addition, we fixed the cookies so that they won't include unique information in the future when people log out."
When Facebook launched its comments plugin earlier this year, nearly every article you read suddenly had your Facebook profile already loaded and ready for your comment. We think that's when people should have gotten wise to the fact that Facebook knows a lot about them. Whether or not they collect the information for nefarious purposes is up for debate.


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Quick – think of colors that represent the beach.
Some of the colors that pop into my head are a natural linen (sand); soft blues and greens (water – whether it's an ocean, a gulf or a lake); oranges and purples (sunsets); and soft pinks, lilacs and corals (seashells). So you can imagine why when I saw the swatches for our newest yarn, Bella Lino, I thought of the beach.
8515 Leaf
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Italian for beautiful linen, it's a yarn that really lives up to its name. This lightweight linen blend creates an airy fabric with long, harmonious stripes. There are so many possibilities of what to make with this yarn – layering pieces for now, tanks and tees for later, and shawls to throw around your shoulders now and over your swimsuit later.
I already previewed Talulah and Nixie in a previous post. But I also want to point out 2 other designs in Oceanside that are made from Bella Lino.
Cardigans are a girl's best friend. I know Marilyn Monroe would tell you otherwise, but don't believe it. Cardigans are great because they can be styled so many different ways - buttoned up with a skirt – a great look for the office, unbuttoned over a flirty dress - ideal for a date, or over a tank with a pair of jeans – just right for brunch with the ladies. So I ask you, why not consider this simple cardigan – Sul?
Another great knit from the book is Cordelia. I love this shawl. It would make a great vacation piece. You can wear it as a sarong over your swimsuit during the day and around your shoulders over a dress for dinner. The lace is very simple to keep track of, yet makes a stunning piece when finished with a picot bind off.
I am sure you are going to love this yarn – no matter what you make. Stop by your LYS to pick up a few balls. And as always…let us know what you are making!
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Faith E. Wachter doesn't normally spend as much as $17 on shampoo in a single shopping trip. But by stocking up on haircare products recently, the Ellicott City resident saved more than $4 on gasoline for her car — and just in time for a drive to the beach.
In they look for ways to spend less on fuel, more Marylanders are headed to the supermarket.
Several chains are rewarding loyal customers with points they can redeem for discounts at the pump. And with the cost of a gallon of gas up a dollar from last summer, consumers say they are comparing the different programs — and, in some cases, shopping accordingly.
"It's like buying a winning lottery ticket," J.D. Taylor said as he filled up at the Safeway gas station in Catonsville.
"How can you lose?" the Woodlawn man asked. "The card is free."
Consumer advocates caution against the potential pitfalls of such programs. It's true, they say, that customers might save money, as long as they don't let the lure of discounts change their regular shopping habits.
But because it costs retailers money to offer and promote such discounts, they say, prices in general might be lower if they didn't exist in the first place.
"I don't think consumers benefit by encouraging these programs," said Joseph Ganem, a physicist at Loyola University Maryland who has written a book on how consumers are deceived by numbers.
"These companies are paying a lot to implement them," Ganem said. "You're paying for that."
The supermarket programs are pretty similar: for every dollar you spend, you earn a point. For every 100 points you redeem, you get a 10-cent-per-gallon break when you fill up at the pump.
As gas prices have climbed this year, so has the popularity of supermarket discount programs.
Participation in Giant Food's Gas Rewards program has increased by 5 percent in 2011, according to a spokesman. Giant has nine stations in Maryland, Washington and Virginia, spokesman Jamie Miller said, but customers may also redeem points at participating Shell stations.
Chris Brand, a spokesman for Martin's Food Markets, speaks of the instant gratification customers experience when they swipe their bonus cards at the pump and see the per-gallon price drop.
"That's always a thrill. I know I like it," he said.
And as gas prices increase, Brand said, "people begin to pay a little more attention to their points."
The average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Maryland has fallen from a near-record $4.04 in May, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic, but remains high compared to a year ago. A gallon averaged $3.66 on Friday, up from $2.66 on the same date in 2010.
Maryland law prohibits the sale of gas below cost, according to Chuck Ulm, assistant director of the field enforcement division of the state comptroller's office. But under an opinion issued by the office to a state attorney general's office, combining cash with point redemption qualifies as payment, he said.
While the several programs are broadly similar, they differ in the details: How quickly the points expire, how many may be redeemed at one time, and who much gas can be purchased during a single visit.
Brand said pulling up a second vehicle for discounted gas while the pump is still active is prohibited for safety reasons.
Supermarkets offer different ways to collect additional points. At Safeway, customers may earn double points by buying gift cards — though cards that are redeemable at Safeway itself are not eligible, to prevent double-dipping, spokesman Greg Ten Eyck said.
Martin's and Giant have partnered with suppliers to offer points to customers for specific purchases. Wachter, for example, bought five bottles of Pantene shampoo and conditioner to earn 200 extra points — giving her enough to save 40 cents per gallon for her trip to the Delaware shore.
Wachter said she doesn't believe in "buying a discount." But she uses Pantene regularly, so she took the promotion as an excuse to stock up.
"It did prompt me to read the weekly circulars a little more closely," she said. "In this case this is something I would spend money on anyway."
Wachter, who says she drives about 2,000 miles a month, takes several approaches to saving on gas.
She just switched to a Hyundai Elantra because it does not require premium fuel. She typically gases up at Costco, which sells fuel and other products to members at a discount. When she has accumulated 200 Giant points — enough for a 20-cent-per-gallon break — she heads for Shell.
"I tend to hoard the gas points until it really makes a difference," she said.
Wachter said she probably wouldn't participate in the program if the Giant in Elkridge and the Shell station were not convenient to her home.
That's the reaction some Safeway customers have to the chain's Reward Points program, which enables discounts at five Safeway gas stations in the Baltimore area, in Bel Air, Catonsville, Edgewater, Perry Hall and Pasadena.
"If you have a Safeway fuel station near where you live, you think this is wonderful," said Ten Eyck, the spokesman. "It's not effective to earn your loyalty unless there's a Safeway fuel station somewhere near your home."
For some, the program seems to work.
"I definitely have become more of a Safeway shopper," said Roxanne Umphery of Catonsville, who also uses her Safeway Club Card to earn an additional discount of three cents per gallon.
Crystal Brown's husband uses the points she earns at Giant to help fuel his SUV. "It makes a big difference," the Owings Mills woman said.
Ganem, of Loyola University, said consumers should consider not only price, but the total cost of making a purchase.
Ganem, the author of The Two-Headed Quarter: How To See Through Deceptive Numbers and Save Money on Everything You Buy, compared buying products to earn a discount to driving across town to chase cheaper gas or to redeem a coupon. Consumers would use up gas and time — both limited resources.
Ganem said the gas discount programs are intended to be complicated to make price comparison difficult.
"My belief is a lot of the confusion is to make it impossible for you to make rational decisions in the marketplace," Ganem said.
Stores must spend some money to put these programs in place, he pointed out, and those costs drive up the prices of all the products sold.
"Obviously they're getting more economic benefit than the cost of running these programs," he said. "Since it's costing them money to confuse you, they must be getting a lot more money back than they're spending, or they wouldn't do it."
"It would be better for consumers if there were none of these programs and if you simply paid the market price for what it was when you bought the item," he said.
Miller, the Giant spokesman, took exception to this, saying he thought Giant customers saved not only through gas rewards but also through additional corporate branded items and other sales.
Still, Ganem said, he uses the Giant program himself — and has saved as much as $4 in a transaction.
"If I save money, then it helps," he said.
Supermarket gas reward programs
Three chains in the Baltimore area give customers a point for every dollar spent, and offer 10 cents off per gallon of gasoline for every 100 points redeemed. But other details vary.
Up to 1,000 points can be redeemed in one purchase, for up to 30 gallons, at Safeway stations. Points expire at the end of the month following the month in which they were earned. Gift cards earn 2 points per each dollar spent, and prescriptions earn 50 bonus points.
Up to 2,200 points can be redeemed in one transaction, for up to 35 gallons, at Giant gas stations and participating Shell stations. Points expire after 30 days. Bonuses can be earned by buying combinations of products listed in the weekly circular.
Martin's Food Markets
Same as Giant, except only 30 gallons can be purchased at the discount price and points can be redeemed only at Martin's gas stations.
Sources: The supermarkets.


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