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Volume 10 Issue 3 (2007/8)
Special Edition : Conference Proceedings and Select Papers
20th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) held in Adelaide, 23rd to 26th September 2007
Guest Editors: Joy Wundersitz & Christina Son
Policing in the Public and Private Domain
Contractualism and Policing in the Public Interest
Julie Ayling
Policing the 'Bastard Boys': Reality and Significance of the Police-Union 'Accord' during the National Waterfront Dispute
David Baker
Fit for Purpose: Working with the Community to strengthen Policing in Victoria, Australia
John Casey and David Pike
Developments in the Australian Private Security Industry
Tim Prenzler, Rick Sarre and Karen Earle
Police Education Past and Present: Perceptions of Australian Police Managers and Academics
Delaine Trofymowych
Risk Assessment and Regulation in Theory and Practice
It's all about risk, isn't it? Science, politics, public opinion and regulatory reform
Fiona Haines, Adam Sutton and Chris Platania-Phung
Theoretically Sustainable Risks
Rhain Buth
Regulating our Natural Resources?
Troy Colling and Warren Christensen
What Once Was Old is New Again: Reviving an Early-Modern Form of Interdisciplinarity for Socio-Legal Studies
Gary Wickham and Gavin Kendall
Terrorism and Ideology
Tracing the Evolutionary Roots of Modern Islamic Radicalism and Militancy
Haroro J. Ingram
Academic Terror: Ideology in Analysis
Joey Kurtschenko
The USA Patriot Acts (et al): Collective Amnesia, Paranoia and Convergent, Oligarchic Legislation in the 'Politics of Fear'
Kym Thorne and Alex Kouzmin
Courts and Corrections
Passports to advantage: Health and capacity building as a basis for social integration
Stuart A. Kinner
The Revolving Door of Penal Institutions – A Narration of Lived Experience
Alison Thompson
Legal Services and Neo-Liberalism in an Unequal Legal Order
Stephen Tomsen
Measuring Offender Discount Rates
Andrew Torre
Responding to Indigenous Offenders
The Case for Single Cells and Alternative Ways of viewing Custodial Accommodation for Australian Aboriginal Peoples
Elizabeth Grant and Paul Memmott
Approaching Responsivity: The Victorian Department of Justice and Indigenous Offenders
Claire Spivakovsky
Young People's Experience of the Criminal Justice System
An Exploration of the Experience of Interaction between the Police and Juvenile Offenders in Taiwan
Chen, Chih-Ching and Hsu, Hua-Fu
Bail Supervision and Young People: Pathway or Freeway?
Steve Mather
Policy and its Effect on Crime Prevention
The Prevention of Bushfire Arson through Target Hardening
Warren Christensen
Evaluating the Australasian Consumer Fraud Awareness Month 2007
Russell G Smith and Tabor Akman
Crime and Justice – The 'Taiwan' Experience
A Study on Factors Affecting the Abstention of Drug Abuse in Private Rehabilitation Institutes in Taiwan — Operation Dawn Taiwan as an Example
Chou,Tzu-Ching, Hung, Yu-Jhen and Liao,Fu-Cun
Strategies for Preventing Drug Recidivism Cycle in Taiwan
Jih-Chiao Chu, Hsien-Chi Cheng, Jennifer (Lin-Lin) Khoo, Chieh-Hsiung Chang,, Jin-Yi Chiou and Chun-Sheng Chien
Smuggling Hot Spots in Taiwan: An Empirical Study of Illegal Immigration of Mainland Chinese Females to Taiwan
Wang-Ting Lin and Cathy Tzu-Hsing Chen
Crime Statistics and Road Crashes
Cannabis and the Risk of Crash Involvement Differences between Groups of Drivers: Offences Contrasted with Crashes
Matthew Baldock, C N Kloeden, R W G Anderson and Paul Hutchinson
The Impact of Demographics on Crime Trends
Australian Crime Trends and Population Ageing; a Quantified Perspective
Lisa Rosevear


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Santa Fe is teeming with historic adventures. Whether families travel to American Indian ruins, take a trip into the past by way of train or visit historic buildings, they will have an opportunity to hear the tales of Santa Fe's storied past. The appreciation for the state's Hispanic culture and heritage is a beautiful thing to behold and twice as fun to experience firsthand. Parents can provide their children with a cultural history lesson by dining on the best of Mexican cuisine or visiting the many museums dedicated to the art, history and discoveries of those who made Santa Fe what it is today. For outdoorsy families, there are plenty of hiking trails and skiing destinations as well. Santa Fe is truly a place where history and adventure live together.

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Last night I went out again to take some pictures of the sky. According to SpaceWeatherLive.com there was a 60% chance to see aurora light in Belgium and the Netherlands. The reason why we had the chance to see it at these latitudes is because of a prolonged C9 solar flare which caused geomagnetic storm with a strength of G3/G4 (G3 = strong, G4 = severe).
I was super excited to see some aurora light, but the weather decided to ruine those plans. I already live in a very light polluted area and it was bit foggy, which increased the light pollution even more and ruined it for me to see the aurora lights. However, I was still able to take some nice pictures of the sky.
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Much love to The Source Magazine for recognizing me in their annual Power 30 issue again this year! I absolutely LOVE what I do so to be featured as one of the top 30 radio personalities in the entire country is a great feeling. I often get asked why I got into radio. The assumption is usually that its all about the celebs and interviews and the "cool" factor of it. And yeah...all that is definitely fun and can be exciting...but the real reason has always been that I love to connect with people. With my listeners. With the person headed to work, listening at their desk or ridding around the city. It's a blessing to be heard!
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Since you don't really find castles outside of Disneyland in the US, one of my favorite things about going to Europe is visiting the castles and palaces. There is something about walking around castle and knowing that a family once lived their lives there. Here are five European castles that seem like they came from a fairytale: 1. Castel Sant'Angelo - Rome, Italy
This ancient castle was built in the 120s-130s AD and used to house Roman emperors. Today, it's a museum where you can walk around inside. There are even cannon balls and archery windows.
2. Peles Castle - Sinaia, Romania
The Peles Castle opened in 1883 and is nestled in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. It is arguably more beautiful than Dracula's Castle, another major attraction in Transylvania.
3. Neuschwanstein Castle - Hohenschwangau, Germany
No list of fairytale castles would be complete without the Neuschwanstein Castle in Southwest Bavaria, Germany, which inspired the cartoon castle for Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
4. Blarney House & Castle - Cork, Ireland
Above is the Blarney House, then mansion next to the Blarney Castle in Southern Ireland. The aerial views of the endless green area are beautiful. Plus, you can go to the top of the castle to kiss the Blarney Stone for good luck!
5. St. Basil's Cathedral - Moscow, Russia
This is a cathedral and not a castle, but I couldn't help but include it on this list. The colors, designs, and the swirly domes that look like cupcakes make this cathedral look like it could be part of Disneyland.


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Minimal REST API Settings (this may change over time as we add new features): Access API, Execute Campaign, Read-Only Campaign, Read-Write Assets and Approve Assets.
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In Marketo Admin section look for Web Services section to access REST Endpoint. Access the Launchpoint Service section, and collect your Client ID and Client Secret.
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The folks behind Borderlands are taking their talents to the increasingly crowded MOBA genre with a new title called Battleborn.
It feels like every game company right now is trying to "fix" the MOBA genre with a game of their own. Some of them are taking the DOTA 2 route and focusing on extended closed betas to polish key features, while others are happy to bolt on features as players violently interact with one another in-game.
There's yet to be one of these new games to emerge as the successor to the current reigning champions in this genre, but that could just be because the right game developer hasn't thrown their hat in the ring yet.
Details surrounding what Gearbox is calling a "hero shooter" are still a little scarce, but so far it looks like this game could actually be something new and interesting in the genre. There's expected to be a 5-player cooperative campaign mode that lets you explore the story and world Battleborn is set in, but when you grow tired of adventuring you can engage in 5-on-5 arena combat that sounds an awful lot like every other MOBA out there today.
The RPG elements could prove to reduce the fatigue often associated with playing these kinds of games for extended periods of time, and if the artwork shown in this trailer is any indicator the game will also be very, very pretty.
Obviously some nice looking artwork and a rough description of what could be a great game aren't enough to really sell anything. Gearbox is planning to launch Battleborn in 2015, which likely means the game will be in development alongside their Borderlands prequel that we've all heard so much about.


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Friday, October 7, 2016
Book Necklaces & Book of Choice Giveaway
69 comments:
I adore this one and would love to have one!ReplyDelete
I love everything to do with books and I have a lot of different creative book marks that so far have been my favorites, I think this is the first time that I have seen book necklaces though, so I am excited to see themReplyDelete
I've actually never had bookish accessories before. :(ReplyDelete
no real favourite but i'm loving bookmarks since littleReplyDelete
I have never had a bookish accessory before, but I love these necklaces! I think they do a great job of representing how important reading is to meReplyDelete
I think they cute and I never had one.ReplyDelete
I think they cute and I never had one.ReplyDelete
I love all the accessories. I use the bookmarks and charms on my books.ReplyDelete
- SolangeOctober 7, 2016 at 9:25 PM
I think they are so cute and quirky, though I've never had one.ReplyDelete
They are so cute I don't have any but would love to own a book accessoryReplyDelete
I own pretty standard bookmarks so would love to get something nice for my books x
I love that they are cute and shows my love for reading. Sadly I don't own any bookish accessories.ReplyDelete
I love books and reading. I think it's a greatbwy to show that with these adorable accessories.ReplyDelete
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I love books and reading. I think it's a greatbwy to show that with these adorable accessories.ReplyDelete
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I adore them because they show off my obsession! I don't know that I have a favorite.ReplyDelete
I love that I can talk about books with anyone when they compliment my accessories or bookish items in my house :)ReplyDelete
I do love a fun and interesting bookmark :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 8, 2016 at 11:23 AM
Love bookmarks and have a fairly large collection of themReplyDelete
- Burma TurnerOctober 8, 2016 at 1:02 PM
I love keyrings and bookmarks. They let the world know I'm a reader! :)ReplyDelete
My favorite bookish accessories are probably candles, does that count? I buy them like they're going out of style, hehe. But I *love* these book necklaces, they're so pretty!ReplyDelete
I just love anything about books and accessories show that love to everyone!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
They are unusualReplyDelete
Bookish accessories are lovely and wonderful. My favorite is a pen with Harry Potter theme.ReplyDelete
I love hand made book marks, so handy.These books are adorable!ReplyDelete
I love the variety and I have no favorite.ReplyDelete
I love how they compliment a fav book of mineReplyDelete
I love to get new bookmarks, I guess I would say that they are my favorite bookish accesories.ReplyDelete
I love bookish accesories because they are a way to show my love for books to other people. My favorite is a mockingjay necklace.ReplyDelete
I love bookish accessories! They let me show of my love of books everywhere I go!ReplyDelete
I love bookish accessories because they express my love for books and I don't have a favourite; I love them all!ReplyDelete
I'm a librarian so I love bookish acessories.ReplyDelete
My favorite bookish accessory is the one with the metal tree pictured above.ReplyDelete
I've never had bookish accessories before. Only bookmarks publishing newsReplyDelete
I've never had one but I think they're cute.ReplyDelete
I love how they portray the beauty of books. My favorite is the book and tree charm one.ReplyDelete
I love bookish accessories simply because they remind of me of books and I have a lot of necklaces based after famous books but my favorite accessory is bookmarks since they can be of any type and can have different themes and, best of all, they make for really intimate and lovely giftsReplyDelete
I love the one with the tree charm best.ReplyDelete
- Hermione EverdeenOctober 12, 2016 at 6:52 PM
I don't usually wear accessories but if its bookish ..of course imma gonna wear it..especially necklacesReplyDelete
i love the bookcharms xReplyDelete
Love a bit of quirkiness! They're all beautifulReplyDelete
Never heard of them before, its an age thing, I like the look of themReplyDelete
Since reading is one of my favorite hobbies, it make sense that I should wear bookish things.ReplyDelete
i love that they subtly show a love for books!ReplyDelete
Would love this, thanks for the chance🎉😊💗ReplyDelete
- Anne C.October 16, 2016 at 10:35 AM
I love that bookish accessories are not too common. My favorites are pendants! :)ReplyDelete
I love bookcharms, ah who am I kidding, I love everything connected with books.ReplyDelete
- Louise pOctober 16, 2016 at 5:32 PM
Never had a bookish accessory before but this is such a pretty looking necklace :)ReplyDelete
I don't really have a bookish accessory unless I can find my long misplaced leather bookmark. I do really love these mini books.ReplyDelete
I love these. I'd wear it all the time. My best friend is also an avid reader and she'd love these too. I need to send her a link.ReplyDelete
They are cute and love them :)ReplyDelete
I love these necklaces. I don't have anything like them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2016 at 2:34 PM
They are very unique - would love one. (@PeanutHog)ReplyDelete
These necklaces are ridiculously adorableReplyDelete
I've never had a book necklace but they are so cute!ReplyDelete
I love reading- read 6 books on my last week's holiday, but I've never seen bookish accessories before- thy're fantastic- why haven't I had one before????ReplyDelete
I have never had oneReplyDelete
I love the fact that I can display my love of books via them :) I don't have a favouriteReplyDelete
They are just so cute.ReplyDelete
I love bookish accessories because it promotes literacy and gets people talking about books.ReplyDelete
I love my Charlotte's Web necklace.
Love these, so quirky! The heart keys are really sweet.ReplyDelete
Lovely prize thank youReplyDelete
- Lesley StylesOctober 24, 2016 at 1:25 AM
They go with my love of books - and trees with my favourite one!ReplyDelete
I like accessories in general, so book accessories are even better. My favorite are the classic literature inspired pendants, scarves, etc.ReplyDelete
It would be great to win three book necklacesReplyDelete
and a book of my choice worth $10.
In response to your question of
What do you like about bookish accessories
and do you have a favorite one?
What i like about bookish accessories is that they show everyone
that you like to read and that there are different types of bookish accessories.
I don't have any bookish accessories but i would like a book ring.
Thank you for having this giveaway.
I think the book ring & book necklaces are greatReplyDelete
I think the book ring & book necklaces are greatReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2016 at 6:35 PM
It's fun to make a somewhat solitary activity of reading public by showing your love through accessories!ReplyDelete
I don't own any bookish jewelry, I'd love to have some earrings! I think they're adorableReplyDelete


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Kris Mukai draws stuff
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
illust class
Illust class, for an article about two girls who were arrested because they were selling lemon aid without a permit or something.
Also two New Yorker covers drawn in the same style:
I hate illustrating and cannot wait for school to end.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
SPX Photos
It's Andre!!
The lovely Hilary <3
Those cats from Our Friend the Atom!!! These guys are so full of comic enthusiasm, they are the best to run into at cons!!
Kat, Kim, and the dudes from You Ain't No Dancer~~!!(Ed and Phil!) I've been internet-following Kim's comics for at least 7 years so it was wonderful to finally meet her in person (;_;
This year's haul, hahah! (A two-person combination.)
WTF IS THIS!!! (TT____TT So far I've only translated "THE BLACK MINE" (the title)...
Even though we could only be there on Saturday, Kat and I had a good time just chilling with people and looking at good comics, yeah!!!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
let me repeat that again,
it's so bad that I'm having dreams about my teachers, inwhich we discus academic topics!!! (like the significance of typographical counters.) horrible.
I have actual art and things to post but have NO TIME TO actually post them, I hate this!
And this past weekend I went to SPX, so I have photos to post and emails to write to people and there is just no time (-_-
But SPX was wonderful, so much great comics and so many good, good people!!!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
HATCH Vol. 1
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Friday, September 5, 2008
Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble 2008
More like 20 characters though, since Battle Royal was going on at the same time, too.
It was really hard to do...
update: I'm back at school and loving it :)
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Your Quiet Neighbors.com
You know how many years I've been saying "today I gotta make the website!!!"!?!? and then all that ever gets done is like the layout and after that I poop out. Using Dreamweaver makes things SO MUCH EASIER/FASTER OMG. It's like the difference between aimlessly wandering a barren wasteland vs. being guided by nymphs and elves in a lush magical forest.
SO YEA! anyway I'm back from Colorado. It was an exciting trip but I was sick for almost all of it so uuhh... 8(
Photos comin' later, right now I'm focusing on getting ready for Otakon!!!
Also working on more Vein pages and have been accepted into the Royal Rumble tournament over at Enter Void!!!!! WAAAAYYYYY exciting!
Another exciting thing is earlier this month I was interviewed with fellow Static Fish Friends over at Comics Bulletin! You can read the interview: here
OK back to work!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Mountains against sky
Because my Aunt died on Thursday.
Will I be bitter forever for missing that show.
I still haven't seen Dark Knight, and that might have to wait until after Colorado, but I did watch Manic and Fur recently. Both movies are very beautiful, Fur is visually and emotionally breath-taking and Manic makes me question a lot of things.
Art update when I get back, namely new page for Walking City and information about HATCH vol. 1
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
summer time sleeping
I've fallen into the habit of staying up until 2a-4a in the moring and then sleeping till noon, getting up, eating, going to work, come home 11p, and then just doing nothing until 2a (cheat repeat cheat repeat).
This is not encouraging artwork production at all....
Sometime ago I did manage to finish this (super rushed super bad) battle over at Enter Void. You can check it out here:
Julius v. Rex
Max Beck also completed the first five pages of his Vein comic, Side-Effects, so please check that out!!
Kat and I are working on the next chapters of Nous/suoN and Walking City along with things for the upcoming Otakon....!!
OK off to work
Saturday, June 7, 2008
it's finally up.
if.. you find any broken links.... be a dear and please point them out. It was a pain in the ass for me to get the pages to work correctly... ugh...
Kat and I are going to MoCCA this weekend.
I have to..to wake up in two hours to catch a bus to NY. We almost didn't have a place to stay Saturday night, which was awesome for about an hour and then my old painting teacher called back and.. I can't wait to see her show on Sunday.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THE COMICS AT MoCCA AND TOTALLY FANGIRL ALL OVER THE PLACE IN A HORRIFYING SLEEP-DEPRIVED MANNER!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
kris is obnoxious
p.s. I'm growing my hair out. It's pretty horrible right now.
Monday, May 26, 2008
First attempt at left. The vase is bull-shitted and I don't even attempt it in the second painting (which, coincidentally, I like MORE).
Painting advice is greatly appreciated, I feel like those old people who are so bad they don't even know how bad they are. If I just keep painting hopefully something will click.
Here are some anime-ish watercolor:
Friday, April 18, 2008
The Mourning Star sketches
(Some more of his work here: http://www.scubotch.com/kaz.html)
I bought vol. 1 back in March and also somehow own the Papercutter issue that contains a Mourning Star side story. (how did I get this comic??? I don't even remember?? did Kat pick it up???)
My favorite characters are Dagger Face + Pike, and the Snipper Sniper, so here is some fanart:
How will he get his stuff back?! I want to know, too! Hurry and draw vol. 2, Mr. Strzepek!


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"It's not possible to not want to be involved in this," said Mamie Gummer at last night's Lincoln Center Institute Junior Spring Benefit. "If I can put on a pretty dress and get people informed about the Institute, then why not?" Gummer joined a few of her cochairs for the evening, Zoe Kazan, Lily Rabe, and Rightor Doyle, on the terrace of The Bowery Hotel, where they welcomed guests over cocktails. Yvan Mispelaere, creative director of Diane von Furstenberg (the evening's sponsor), expressed his excitement for the Institute, which strives to bring dance, music, theater, and visual arts into public school curriculums: "Art was very instrumental in my education, ever since I was a kid. It really helped me make my choice of career, and it also helped me open my mind and feel more confident."
Guests Lily Kwong, Hayley Bloomingdale, Valerie Boster, and Michelle Harper quickly filled up the terrace, and were greeted by Gummer and Kazan, both sporting classic DVF. "It felt very fun and light—easy and breezy," said Gummer of her green floral-print wrap dress. "I don't really do pattern very much, so it's a bit of an adventure." Kazan, in bright yellow—"It's such a happy color"—had chosen a sequined minidress. "I just cut off nine inches of my hair, so I wanted to try something different."
As the sun began to set, everyone migrated to dinner. Mid-meal, Doyle took to the microphone and had the crowd laughing as he thanked his guests. "I know you all came for Carey Mulligan, but you get me instead!" he joked, in reference to his fellow chair (and best friend) who unfortunately was not able to attend. "The Lincoln Center Institute believes that imagination is the most important learning tool. And I think that for someone who is in the arts or who appreciates the arts, as I know most of us tonight are, that is really important for us too." As he wrapped up his speech, Chelsea Leyland slipped out of her seat to take her place in the DJ booth; later on, a performance by the band Chairlift took the crowd by surprise and kept the party going well into the night.


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Samsung SM951 NVMe M.2 PCIe 256GB SSD Review
NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) technology is transforming SSD's as we know them. For now, NVMe operates over PCIe interfaces. NVMe is designed to be future proof, with a protocol built for current and future non-volatile storage solutions such as PCM (Phase Change Memory) or MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory) memory. Currently there are two competing solutions; one offered by Intel and the other offered by Samsung. The two companies have taken vastly different approaches to delivering a consumer based NVMe storage solution.
Intel's approach is a full size and full power (up to 25 watts) desktop solution. Intel's 750 PCIe Gen3 8Gb/s x 4 Lane series SSD's are available in two form factors, a full size HHHL AIC (Half Height Half Length Add-In-Card) PCIe slot SSD or a 2.5"x 15mm SSD with an 8639-compatible connector. Intel went full size as opposed to an M.2 form factor to avoid incurring limitations that are inherent to a device that is so small. Intel's 750 series SSD's are loaded up with a total of 36-20nm planar flash packages, 5-DRAM packages and a massive 18 channel controller.
Samsung has taken an opposite approach by embracing the M.2 form factor despite its diminutive size. In contrast to Intel's 750 series, Samsung's 256GB SM951 PCIe Gen3 8Gb/s x 4 Lane NVMe M.2 SSD has only 2-16nm Planar flash packages, 1-DRAM package and a proprietary UBX 3-core 8-channel controller. The SM951 is designed primarily for implementation in today's ultra-slim notebook PC's that require extended battery use. To extend battery life, the SM951 is capable of L1.2 low-power standby mode, which allows all high-speed circuits to be turned off when a PC is in sleep mode or hibernating, requiring only 2mW to maintain operational status. Currently Samsung's SM951 NVMe M.2 SSD is only available to OEM's, however RamCity has stated to us they will be selling the drive to consumers beginning in mid-July of this year.
We are starting to see many enthusiasts using the AHCI SM951 in their desktop's Ultra M.2 slots as a boot drive. Despite its small size, the SM951 AHCI SSD is 4x faster than SATA-based SSD's and in a desktop setting delivers performance nearly on par with Intel's 750 Series NVMe SSD's. Samsung is looking for the performance crown and in an effort to capture it, they have introduced an NVME version of their highly successful SM951 M.2 SSD. The NVMe protocol has a greatly reduced command stack that delivers lower latency, higher IOPS and reduced CPU overhead, so we expect to see great performance from Samsung's SM951 NVMe SSD.
We will examine both how the SM951 NVMe stacks up against Intel's monster 750 Series, as well as how much better it performs in comparison to the SM951 AHCI version. When we last looked at the SM951 AHCI SSD, we had a Lenovo version that did not deliver full performance. Today we have one that does deliver full performance and we will be charting its performance alongside the new SM951 NVMe drive. As points of comparison, we will also be charting a powerful 3-drive Seagate 600 Pro SATA array, Intel's 750 Series 1.2 TB NVMe SSD and Intel's DC P3700 800GB enterprise NVMe SSD.
As most of you know, we believe that providing results with the drives running as our boot volume 75% full is far more relevant than providing you with results from empty SSD's in an FOB state. Testing boot volumes also allows us to comment with authority on how the drive/array handles when used as you will be using it. This method of testing takes more time and effort, but we believe it is well worth it.
Let's get going and see for ourselves what level of performance can be expected from a Samsung SM951 NVMe 256GB SSD.
Specifications Samsung SM951 NVMe 256GB
Samsung's SM951 NVMe SSD is available in three capacities: 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB. Sequential read performance varies by capacity up to 2150 MB/s maximum. Sequential write performance varies by capacity up to 1550 MB/s maximum. The drive delivers up to 300,000 Random Read IOPS and 100,000 Random Write IOPS. LBA addressing is handled by a single Samsung DRAM package at all three capacity points. TBW (Total Bytes Written) and warranty period is unknown.
Power consumption is listed at 6.5W (typical) active. Idle power consumption is listed at 50mW (typical). Device Sleep power consumption is listed at 2mW.
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March 27, 2014; 9:15am
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Interest rate trends: Today – Flat; 10 days – Higher; 25 days – Higher
Interest rate recommendation: Locking bias
Mortgage bonds (MBS's) are flat this morning on mixed economic data. GDP came in better than expected at 2.6% for Q4 2013 vs. 2.4% expected. On the flip side Pending Home Sales declined -0.8%, the lowest level since October 2011. Initial Jobless Claims dropped by 10k, to the lowest level since November. Interest rates are only slightly better this morning so we hope to have some more improvement today, but a locking bias by the end of the day is currently recommended. Freddie Mac reported the average 30 year fixed rate was 4.40% with 0.6% points. We are offering 4.125% with no points. Have a great day!


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A recent (2018-11-29) breach involving records from a large Marriott business unit could impact up to 500 million guests. The word "breach" is likely to dominate news coverage, but "big data" #BigData is the bigger part of this story.
Rather than the typical email address and password fields, the Starwood potential disclosure includes much more — passports and travel history. If exposed, and the status of encryption keys remains unclear as of this writing, the leak of such information to bad actors has implications for big data security that are at the center of the NIST Big Data Public Working Group's work in security and privacy.
As Forrester's Jeff Pollard and Enza Iannopollo observed on ZDNet:
Travelers' data is now in the hands of at least one set of attackers, possibly more. Your habits, destinations, frequently visited areas, preferred arrival times, and more is now out there without your consent. Four-plus years of travel data on 500 million people is one massive data set for an evil data scientist to use to profile people. Companies involved in sensitive industries that have heightened physical safety risks will have to evaluate how this affects them. They made need to change travel habits or plans for key individuals that might be caught up in this breach.
Over time, the relative safety afforded by obscurity declines. As the sophistication of hackers increases, and the stakes grow ever-higher with centralized, monopolistic systems, big data attacks will certainly recur. What to do? See Volume 4, Revision 2 of the NIST Big Data Working Group for a helpful framework.


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Lesson 02 – Form and Recent Hot Streaks
Form is a huge factor in every sport and football is no exception. By looking through the form of teams and players it gives daily fantasy football players the best idea possible of which players to pick and those players that club managers will be choosing. This has a huge bearing on how many points fantasy managers will achieve and there are various factors that affect form on a week-to-week basis.
Team Form
The way a team plays from one week to another is perhaps the biggest factor of all when it comes to player form. If a team is on a run of wins and playing with confidence this transfers to every player in the team and can lift the performance of a player that is not expected to be that influential. By playing with more freedom it means that more chances are created and more points in the columns that really matter when competing at the top of contests.
Form goes beyond just noticing whether a team is winning or not. Goals are the highest scoring stat in daily fantasy football and this should even be looked at ahead of the results themselves. If a team is losing to nil every week as opposed to being beaten in a 3-4 thriller, you're better advised going for the latter. It's those distinctions that can help you pick up cheaper players from losing teams.
Another strand to the form dynamic comes in the shape of local derbies. The old cliché goes that form disappears "out of the window" in derby matches between teams from the same city or a similar geographical area. Certain managers are also very well versed in games where passion is a key factor and solving these conundrums goes far when producing a killer lineup.
Player form
Trying to handle the peaks and troughs of a player's form from the fantasy point of view is nothing new when you're used to season-long games yet there's far more scope to swap out players that aren't performing in daily fantasy football. As soon as you notice a player has hit a bad patch he can be swapped out. No penalties. No questions asked. Pouring over stats can be an excellent way to work out whether the form bug has hit.
Attacking players can only have an impact on the game when they touch the ball and the level of touches in the final third is one of the single biggest things that can be affected by form. When a player hits a slump his team mates will, consciously or unconsciously, target him less to create chances and as such the player's attacking threat is nullified. In the same breathe, team mates can go the other way and play the ball to the player again-and-again in the vain hope the bad form can be exorcised. On the other side of the coin, a player on a hot streak is worth building a lineup around. Strikers, for example, go through long periods of excellent form and jumping on this early is a very good idea.
Goalkeepers are by no means immune from the bad form bug and are very hard to rely on for points when this is the case. There are a couple of key statistics to look out for when assessing the form of goalkeepers: saves per game and errors. Whilst it's all well and good checking save percentages and clean sheets, the number of saves made can often score more points. Look at it this way: with two points a save, it only takes three saves to surpass the point award for a clean sheet and the 'keeper can still be on the winning side and score over 10 points. Errors are a harder one to look at and rely on actually watching Premier League highlights and going even deeper into the individual's performance.
Defenders are another group that are far more defined by individual errors due to the potential that every mistake can lead to a goal conceded. Managers are more likely to drop defenders that are suffering in the form department and, in this sense, picking them in your fantasy lineup is not a realistic proposition.
Being a daily fantasy football manager is all about looking at all facets of the beautiful game. Noticing when teams and players hit bad patches is just another part of this and goes a very long way to deciding who you pick up from one week to the next.
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Acquiring detail down to the finest granular is paramount. I'd liken the habit to an unhealthy obsession, a self proclaimed pinnacle of mild madness. However, the dividends do pay off, as the level of immersion and realism, detail to form, truly achieves trickery on a scope never experienced with any other VR scenario of today. We are tantalizingly close to achieving a level beyond photo-realism, a sense of actual realism.
Digital cultural preservation of indigenous communities and heritage sites, nostalgia and captivating VR storytelling of times past. This is what we aim for when developing our processes and one must stress developing, as we are always striving to make our own pipeline of in itself obsolete. You must keep ahead of yourself as you're only as good as your last incarnation. This manic drive and obsessive behaviour for perfection came from a moment of pure desperation of circumstances, as you don't know what you've truly got until it's gone.
Almost four years to the day. January 20th 2013, the morning after my 31st Birthday. Mine and my daughters home of eight and a half years was arsoned. There's this great footage of a shirtless Albino running across a burning two story inner city warehouse apartment rooftop. This one scenario would lead to a cascade of howling personal events that would bring me to the absolute brink. Post traumatic stress disorder, the recurring dreams. I knew I needed to get busy living, to find a means of dealing with the grief, we needed to find a way home. I don't think it was so much the house itself, but rather what it represented. A sense of security, a peace of mind.
So here's a wacky idea, maybe, just maybe, we could utilize our old family photographs to rebuild an experience not to different from the place in question. And there you go, this is how one was lead to the magic of photogrammetry, virtual reality, game engines and all that is VFX goodness. Prior to all this, I was just drummer / singer in a band. Necessity truly is the mother of all invention.
2016 started not too different. Turning through pipelines and processes, crash coursing every avenue out of my bedroom, as one had been doing for quite some time already. What was to come after posting the first of a series of photogrammetry to VR scans on YouTube was just bonkers. That moment when you're getting calls from Chinese VCs like the Shanda Group and you're just sitting there thinking, holy hell I don't even have a lawyer, an accountant, office, or a job!
From approx 300m pointcloud resolution in February to 2.75Bn by October. By December we were demonstrating preliminary results from our 3.5D human capture techniques, concluding that such performances can be captured at much higher compression ratios than are currently available on market. This is a huge deal, as being able to record an experience similar to 4D volumetric video, however only using 50-100mb per minute vs 1-2GB per minute, while retaining great texture, silorette and geo resolution, is a game changer. Now for true human performance cinematography integrated into our realistic VR environments.
2017, we will witness the birth of VR cinematography, not to dissimilar to the talking pictures era of a century ago. As the process we follow is far more akin to the movie industry than that of a traditional game / VR company, as storyboarding, scouting, finding actors & talent and even our pricing models are based on this methodology.
For VR to truly shine, a sturdy efficient and automated pipeline / toolset must be delivered in conjunction with a strong refined language and understanding of effective narrative for a new industry of storytellers. The technology defines what is plausible and we must abide and respect these rules. I believe, most crucially though that rapid succession of content is required, we must talk about wrapping up projects in weeks rather than years. This is a must for true VR.
Markets such as China are craving for content and everyone has came to their sensors that this is not all about hardware. If we want to be developing seasons and episode of stand up comedy, theatre, experiences of the human condition, what I like to refer to as macro experiences, we have to automate, streamline the tools required, package them and they must scale. We are catering for a growing audience with a growing appetite and 360 just doesn't cut it, it never did. At the end of the day, content is king.
Our strategy for 2017. First we demonstrate 'proof of concept', then we lead to short sweet experiences with little narrative, then we shall demonstrate something not to dissimilar to a short film. We must take baby-steps. Anyone who tells you that we are ready for a 6 degrees of freedom feature film type experiences in 2017 is simply full of shit, or is literally selling snake oil. We will finally be releasing, to the joy of our fans, many of these experiences via the steam VR marketplace over 2017.
These demos will demonstrate three holy pinnacles of our technological prowess. We will deliver captivating, immersive spaces, with the faces to match. Extremely highly detailed & accurate asset & environment acquisition, 3.5D volumetric human performance capture and stunning HRTF based 3D audio.
Photogrammetry partnered with Deep Learning is another avenue I am strongly investing resources into, they make for good bed fellows as they both require vast amounts of GPU processing power. One might ask what possible avenues would deep learning and all of its CNNs, autoencoders, reinforced learning and visual hallucinations would entice. Simple, it's all signal processing, AI enhanced super resolution, smart filler techniques for troublesome areas and what I currently refer to as procedural photogrammetry. This is going to get exciting.
Like any good production house, scouting is a necessity. Such scenarios like 'Maori Chieftain on the Beach' were probably not the safest scouting sessions for a discoordinated, visually impaired, combustible individual under the harsh New Zealand sun. In conjunction with the tide being a continued threat, the rocks were insanely slippery, long cliff drops to your side, sunscreen irritating your eyes while lugging $10k worth of UAVs and DSLRs around. Had many falls, one of which actually fractured my finger, pulled a ligament which to this day is still mending. The passion we place and the things we do for an unpaid POC.
The scene consists of 2.75Bn points. 2 Billion of the beach scene itself and 750m for the Maori Chieftain statue. The scanning process was actually remarkably quick, as we had very little time due to the tide. Approximately 45 minutes, 2000 photos with a Nikon D810 and 12/24mm wide angle lens. We had to return with the UAV a few days later due to poor weather, however acquiring UAV shots in addition to ground-level is absolutely vital for what we refer to as 'the filler'. The Phantom 4 with its 12mp sensor only needed a few hundred photo's but certainly good enough capture for the job.
One must have good spacial awareness, as with scenarios like this, we didn't have time to align the photos on location. Always remember where you have been. It's an art and you just get very systematic and efficient over time. Hilarious though, because I still routinely screw it up. You see, the experience was meant to paint a picture of precolonial days of Aotearoa, New Zealand, yet you can clearly see the markings of my Vans in the sand,, though an impressive feat of detail, definitely time period inaccurate. If you explore long enough, you'll find a plastic bag or two, a bottle lid and a melted powerade bottle. Obviously we will remove these in post, something we couldn't have done easily even months ago.
The Chieftain himself is actually located in Auckland CBD on Queen St and is strongly associated with local Iwi. We used a delighting approach via cross-polarization for this asset. Our techniques push out enough flash lighting power to delight objects even in the middle of a sunny day. The Chieftain is incredibly detailed, as stated above 750m points is a hell of a lot for an object of this size and you are far more likely to go cross-eyed before seeing any pixilation of texture.
Pre-production planning is a must, this critical dialogue will dictate the final desired outcome. You are constantly weighing up between realism vs interactivity. For instance, to scan a chaotic messy room with a multitude of items sprawled around the place is a far more convincing approach where realism counts, what we refer to as a single pass strategy. The bouncing of light, natural placement of objects, the perfection of imperfection as they say. However, this dramatically limits interactivity as all these objects are baked into the scene. You can go down the other route and individually scan each and every asset, though you can lose the soul of the scene and the process will take much longer, this same principle goes for lighting. Simply said, one must weigh up what their desired outcome is. The middle-ground is always preferred. This rationalization allows us to produce content in rapid succession, we achieve from a team of three in weeks, what other studios with a team of many would take months or even years.
Lighting is never a one trick pony, something we are still perfecting in many ways. With the use of cross-polarization and software post-processing,, we are able to completely remove shadows / AO / Cavity and get very accurate PBR extrapolation from small environments and assets alike, even crude roughness extrapolation. Large environments still require clever software processes and 360 lightsphere capture rather than physical delighting, and these methods have room for improvement. However, our proprietary techniques for removing specular highlights really does aid. Reintroduction of specular highlights in scene via our hybrid lighting techniques are truly a point of difference to the competition. We can also import perfect PBR based models into our scene and superimpose the lighting of the environment onto them. Luckily for a scene like this, interactivity is miniscule as you're unlikely going to be moving large boulders. If we wanted a higher level of day / night cycle, we can do so via world normals, shadow lift or reverse mapping of lighting. These techniques are complex, however, you can easily find this information online.
Our water shader is a modified version of the community ocean project. This shader is beautiful, however, we are wanting to expand it to include the use of distance field based flow maps. What I have noticed is that many people think of water as blue. It's not, extensive matching to the original photograph was how realism was achieved. The slightest shift in colour throws you off completely, especially in VR. I might not see detail very well, but the overall picture, that's one of my strong suits.


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I love Ocean Salt body and face scrub by Lush Cosmetics. It's a handmade beauty product that exfoliates, brightens, and cleanses the skin—it contains powerful ingredients such as sea salt, vodka, grapefruit, lime, and a whole host of moisturizers, like avocado butter and coconut oil. The only downside to Ocean Salt is it's steep price, $21 for 4.2 oz., and $35 for 8.8 oz. Because I use it all over, it gets used up pretty quickly, and you can imagine how costly it is to replace it every few months. When you find an awesome product, that works well on your skin, you pretty much keep buying it, because you can't really do without it. I can definitely tell how my skin benefits from Ocean Salt, and so, it's important that I have it in my beauty arsenal, always. I did some research online, and found quite a few recipes for making it yourself, and since it didn't seem too hard to do, I thought I'd try it out. I'm not telling you to not buy Ocean Salt, if you can afford it, go for it, but, if you're on a budget and can't spare the extra cash for such a luxurious item, this DIY is for you.
The benefit of Lush products being handmade, is that you can easily recreate the products you love, because a lot of the ingredients are easy to obtain— you also have the benefit of customizing your product to more suit your skin type, and needs. I found many recipes for this particular product, and sort of cherry picked what I wanted, and omitted things that I didn't want. One of the big substitutions I made, was to replace raw avocado with a whipped coconut oil featuring avocado oil, glycerin, and aloe vera gel—raw avocado is moisturizing, and soothing, but, it's also perishable; I like making large batches of things, and storing them in my bathroom, so I made a creamy, lotion-like mixture of oils, that will provide just as much moisture (if not, more) as the avocado, but, it won't deteriorate. The whipped coconut oil was borrowed from something similar I make, and use in my hair, in fact, you could whip up some extra and use it for a hair mask, or an ultra-hydrating body lotion for after your bath or shower!
I'm not a stranger to using vodka as skincare, and I love the addition of it in this product. Vodka can be extremely drying, but, it is also very cleansing, and we made sure to balance out that dryness with that whipped coconut oil. By infusing the vodka with grapefruit, and lime, it adds lots of skin brightening, and toning qualities.
I think this scrub is a wonderful addition to your beauty regimen, that can be used on both your body, and your face. I was able to make a huge batch at barely the cost of one large tub of the Lush version. I'm glad that I figured out how to make my own, at a fraction of the cost, and, that works just as well as the original.
Here's how to make your own.
What You'll Need: 2 Limes 1 Grapefruit 1-2 Cups of plain vodka (any brand) 1/2 Cup of Fine Sea Salt, plus extra (depending on the consistency you desire) 1 Teaspoon Avocado Oil 1/2 Teaspoon Olive Oil 1/2 Teaspoon Glycerin 1/2 Teaspoon Aloe Vera Gel
Citrus Infused Vodka: Peel both limes, place peels in a sterile glass container.
Chop one lime in half, and cut the half into smaller pieces, then add to your glass container.
Slice your grapefruit in half, and cut into smaller pieces, place into glass container.
Cover citrus with 1-2 cups of plain vodka, and cover. Infuse your vodka for 2-7 days, seven days is the preferred amount of time.
Whipped Coconut Oil:
Add coconut oil (do not pre-melt), avocado oil, olive oil, glycerin, and aloe vera gel to a large bowl, using a hand mixer on a low to medium setting, whip the mixture until it becomes creamy, almost a lotion-like consistency.
Finally, add your salt to the whipped coconut oil mixture. Stir until everything is well incorporated. Add in your infused vodka, and stir until everything is well incorporated. Add additional salt to your mixture, until you reach the consistency you desire.
Scoop your mixture into an airtight container, and enjoy!
I would recommend, as always, that you test this on your skin before doing a full application, as irritation can occur—for some people.
Much like everything I make, there is always room for omitting and adding in ingredients that you feel are more beneficial to your skin, you can also make a smaller batch than I did, it's totally customizable, and totally up to you!
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Vaccinations Can Protect You From Illness During International Travel
Before you travel internationally, you'll likely make a visit to your doctor and you'll quickly find that it is his or her job to inform you of the vaccine preventable illnesses that you may come in contact with while traveling. No one likes to subject themselves to vaccines, but if you want to travel safely, vaccines are the only way to go. Get with your doctor and let them know where you'll be traveling, how long you plan to stay there, and what sort of activities you plan on taking part in. When you reveal this information to your doctor you'll be able to work together to come up with a vaccination plan that will protect you from the illnesses you need protection from.
Routine childhood vaccines should definitely be current when you consider traveling anywhere. Many people believe that diseases like mumps are gone, but when you are not vaccinated for such a disease, you'll find that it is still very much alive and well. So, to start with be sure that your childhood vaccinations are up to date. Vaccinations your doctor might think about giving you include yellow fever, typhoid, meningococcal, pneumovax, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chicken pox, diphtheria, tetanus, rabies, influenza, and Japanese encephalitis. Don't worry, unless you've never had any vaccinations it's likely that you will not need the majority of these vaccines, but they are all things that your doctor will consider when he or she looks at your history as well as your travel plans.
Some of the less common vaccines for every day life are yellow fever, hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis, typhoid fever, and rabies. These vaccines will be given only when necessary. Yellow fever is a vaccine that must be considered when you are traveling to countries that lie within a yellow fever zone, or for travelers coming from an endemic area. When you speak to your doctor he or she will be able to determine where these areas are. Immunization for hepatitis B is usually considered for travelers who will be visiting and interacting with populations that have a high rate of the disease. Japanese encephalitis will typically be given to travelers, who plan to spend long periods of time in Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent during what are known as the transmission seasons. Typhoid fever immunizations are usually given to travelers that may be eating and drinking contaminated items. Typhoid fever is often given as a precaution, not because the doctor believes the area is known for the illness. Pre-exposure rabies vaccinations are usually given to individuals that are traveling to areas that might involve animals or their actions may attract animals.
When you discuss vaccines with your doctor, you should be sure and ask about side effects associated with each of the vaccines. Many vaccines have harmless side effects and others are more serious. Knowing the possible side effects that can be caused by the vaccinations will allow you to prevent a serious reaction and will also allow you to plan a vaccine schedule so you are not under the weather when it comes time to travel to your international destination.
Vaccines are a very important part of international travel. When you travel to new areas you will likely be exposed to new cultures, customs, sights, and amazing memories, but with that comes the risk of serious illness. Planning ahead and receiving any relevant vaccinations is a great way to make your trip the best possible by avoiding illness. Vaccines do not promise that you won't contract other illnesses, but it's a good start to a great trip. Pair vaccines with knowledge about health risks and you will likely have a very happy and healthy trip.
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A great tip for those looking to take out a payday loan, is to avoid applying for multiple loans at once. Not only will this make it harder for you to pay them all back by your next paycheck, but other companies will know if you have applied for other loans.
Try taking out loans directly from lenders to get the cheapest rates. Indirect loans have higher fees than direct loans, and the indirect lender will keep some for their profit.
In order to avoid excessive fees, shop around before taking out a payday loan. There may be several businesses in your area that offer cash advance loans, and some of those companies may offer better interest rates than others. By checking around, you may be able to save money when it is time to repay the loan.
If you are considering getting a payday loan, make sure that you have a plan to get it paid off right away. The loan company will offer to "help you" and extend your loan, if you can't pay it off right away. This extension costs you a fee, plus additional interest, so it does nothing positive for you. However, it earns the loan company a nice profit.
The best way to handle payday advances is not to have to take them. Do your best to save a little money every week, so that you have a something to fall back on in an emergency. If you can save the money for an emergency, you will eliminate the need for using a payday loan service.
Demand an open communication channel with your lender. If your payday loan lender makes it seem nearly impossible to discuss your loan with a human being, then you may be in a bad business deal. Respectable companies don't operate in this way. They have an open line of communication where you can ask questions, and receive feedback.
When you take out a Montel Williams Loans 10 000 , you are really taking out your next paycheck plus losing some of it. On the other hand, paying this price is sometimes necessary, in order to get through a tight squeeze in life. In either case, knowledge is power. Hopefully, this article has empowered you to make informed decisions.


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I had faced white space problem writing algorithm of search in SQL Query, I had applied there FTS(Full-Text Search) when text come with extra space my search become failed. I applied there LTRIM and RTRIM but did not get success then I applied bellow approach and get success over there.
DECLARE @str VARCHAR(200)
DECLARE @expres VARCHAR(50) = SPACE(2)
SET @str = 'I am trying to remove extra space'
WHILE CHARINDEX( @expres, @str ) > 0
SET @str = REPLACE( @str, @expres,' ')
SELECT @str
Above query you can use as a function or don't want use as a function and want to apply direct approach see below code.
-- Symple query to remove extra space
DECLARE @str VARCHAR(200)='I am trying to remove extra space'
SELECT REPLACE (REPLACE(REPLACE(@str,' ','<>'),'><',''),'<>',' ')


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Wings of Honour: Battles of the Red Baron (Windows)
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Critic Score
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
User Score
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DescriptionThe sequel to Wings of Honour pits the player as either a WWI pilot of a special squadron of the Allied forces, The Angels of Annihilation, or of Jasta 11, the squadron of Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron.
There are three main game modes: new game, free flight and multiplayer. New game starts either an Allied or German campaign. Free flight lets the player fly over any selected map without facing enemies. In multiplayer mode, up to 10 players can dogfight in any selected map.
During the campaign missions, players can sometimes select which aircraft to fly (including a German Zeppelin in some missions). The aircraft is controlled with the mouse for direction and shooting and the keyboard for rolling and selecting weapons. Each airplane is equipped with one main cannon (fired with the left mouse button) and two secondary weapons: bombs and rockets (selected with the 2 and 1 keys, respectively, and fired with the right mouse button). When firing bombs a ground aim will appear, showing where the bomb will fall. While flying players will also be able to give orders to their wing-men, telling them to help them, follow or disengage (pressing F9, F10 and F11 respectively).
There are 5 cameras available: cockpit view, external view, internal view (cockpit-less), spin camera and fly by camera. Players can also control the pilots view with a free look mode.
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Alternate Titles
- "Красный Барон: Воздушные асы" -- Russian spelling
- "Wings of Honour: The Story of Red Baron" -- German title
Part of the Following Groups
- Aircraft: Airco DH.2
- Aircraft: Albatros D.III
- Aircraft: Albatros D.V
- Aircraft: Fokker Dr.I
- Aircraft: Fokker D.VII
- Aircraft: Fokker E.III
- Aircraft: Gotha G.V
- Aircraft: Nieuport 11
- Aircraft: Nieuport 17
- Aircraft: Nieuport 28
- Aircraft: Pfalz D.III
- Aircraft: RAF R.E.8
- Aircraft: RAF S.E.5
- Aircraft: Siemens-Schuckert D.III
- Aircraft: Sopwith Camel
- Aircraft: Sopwith Pup
- Aircraft: SPAD S.XIII
- Aircraft: Zeppelin
- Red Baron games
- Wings of Honour series
User Reviews
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Critic Reviews
|Jul 30, 2008
|7 out of 10
|Jul 10, 2008
|7 out of 10
|gameZine (UK)
|Jun 28, 2008
|3 out of 10
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Related Web Sites
- City Interactive (Official game page on developer's website.)
chirinea (45670) added Wings of Honour: Battles of the Red Baron (Windows) on Oct 14, 2008
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CITY interactiveProducer:
Mieszko Czarnecki, Dominik Gajewski, Jarosław Koszewski, Sebastian Miłosek, Adam Nakonieczny, Robert SamorajAnimator:


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It takes a young child just a fraction of a second to reach for some tempting object and swallow it. Even the most vigilant parent will occasionally arrive too late to stop the child.
But in most cases, there is no reason to panic.
for example, says Allison Brindle, MD, at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, a swallowed penny will probably pass right through the digestive tract. Parents need only check their child's feces to make sure the penny passes.
Other commonly swallowed items: crayons, gum, pet food, dirt, and bugs. None of these is toxic, so they shouldn't be cause for concern. One exception: grass that has been treated with pesticides.
However, two swallowing two common objects must be treated as an emergency: batteries and magnets. Batteries may leak dangerous chemicals inside the body, and magnets may adhere to each other across tissue and become lodged in organs. In either case, a trip to the emergency room is in order.
Of course, anytime a child is choking on a swallowed object, their airway may be obstructed and you need to take immediate action.


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A monthly gathering to read the following week's Sunday Gospel reading. We have nibbles and a cup of tea and lots of chatter and fun.
The evening ends with a said version of Compline by 9 o'clock.
This month's Gospel passages are John 20.19-23 and John 7.37-39 as we explore the coming of the Holy Spirit.


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Benzinga Market Primer: Thursday, April 18
Futures Slightly Higher as G20 Agrees to Avoid Competitive Devaluations
U.S. equity futures rose slightly in pre-market trading following the release of a draft G20 statement. In the statement, the G20 agreed to avoid using competitive devaluations as a tool of policy, however the group refrained from singling out any individual countries.
Top News
In other news around the markets:
- Foreign Direct Investment in China rose faster than expected in March, rising at a 5.1 percent annualized rate vs. the forecast 1.9 percent gain.
- Chinese home prices rose in 68 of 70 cities in March, more than the 66 of 70 in February, showing that PBOC tightening is not enough to restrain the booming property market.
- German economists, in a report published overnight, cut their German GDP forecast to 0.8 percent from 1.0 percent. Also, They forecast 1.9 percent growth in 2014 and about 2 percent HCP inflation over the next two years. They are not in favor of a rate cut currently and suggest that the banking regulator be outside the ECB.
- S&P 500 futures rose 2.9 points to 1,549.50.
- The EUR/USD was higher at 1.3055.
- Spanish 10-year government bond yields fell to 4.67 percent from 4.68 percent.
- Italian 10-year government bond yields fell to 4.23 percent from 4.25 percent.
- Gold rose 0.65 percent to $1,386.70 per ounce.
Asian Markets
Asian shares were mostly lower overnight after the G20 statement release despite the statement not singling out Japan. The Japanese Nikkei Index fell 1.22 percent and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.17 percent while the Hang Seng Index declined 0.26 percent. Also, the Korean Kospi fell 0.24 percent and Australian shares fell 1.6 percent.
European Markets
European shares were mostly higher in early trade following some strong bond auctions from France and Spain and on the German economic forecasts. The Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.94 percent and the Italian FTSE MIB Index rose 0.99 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX rose 0.69 percent and the French CAC rose 0.97 percent while U.K. shares gained 0.37 percent.
Commodities were mostly higher overnight as oil bounced back from its recent steep declines. WTI Crude futures rose 1.11 percent to $87.40 per barrel and Brent Crude futures gained 1.36 percent to $100.39 per barrel. Copper futures fell 1.08 percent to $315.20 per pound on continued supply fears. Gold was higher and silver futures rose 0.87 percent to $23.39 per ounce.
Currency markets were rather calm overnight after two days of large moves in the overnight sessions. The EUR/USD was higher at 1.3055 and the dollar rose against the yen to 98.27. Overall, the Dollar Index fell 0.15 percent on weakness against the euro, the Canadian dollar, and the Swiss franc.
Earnings Reported Yesterday
Key companies that reported earnings Wednesday include:
- American Express (NYSE: AXP) reported first quarter EPS of $1.15 vs. $1.12 expected on revenue of $7.88 billion vs. $8.05 billion expected.
- Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) reported first quarter EPS of $0.20 vs. $0.22 expected on revenue of $23.85 billion vs. $23.5 billion expected.
- eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) reported adjusted EPS of $0.63 vs. $0.62 on revenue of $3.7 billion vs. expectations of $3.76 billion. Also, guidance was reaffirmed while the street was looking for a guidance raise.
- SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) reported first quarter EPS of $0.84 vs. $0.77 expected on revenue of $1.34 billion vs. $1.3 billion expected.
Pre-Market Movers
Stocks moving in the pre-market included:
- eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) shares fell 2.35 percent pre-market after the bottom line beat and top line miss and the guidance miss.
- Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) shares rose 1.87 percent pre-market after the company announced new plans to invest in emergency preparedness protocols.
- SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) shares rose 1.31 percent pre-market following the earnings.
- Theravance (NASDAQ: THRX) shares rose 18.71 percent pre-market after the FDA Advisory Committee recommended Breo for the treatment of COPD.
Notable companies expected to report earnings Thursday include:
- The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $0.51 vs. $0.44 a year ago.
- Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $2.14 v.s $1.97 a year ago.
- IBM (NYSE: IBM) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $3.05 vs. $2.78 a year ago.
- Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $0.58 vs. a loss of $0.06 per share a year ago.
- Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $10.69 vs. $10.08 a year ago.
- Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $0.76 vs. $0.60 a year ago.
- Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $0.71 vs. $0.69 a year ago.
- UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $1.14 vs. $1.31 a year ago.
- Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $1.97 vs. $1.79 a year ago.
On the economics calendar Thursday, initial jobless claims are due out as well as the Philly Fed Survey, Leading Indicators, and the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index. Also, Fed members Kocherlakota and Raskin are set to speak. In addition, the Treasury is set to auction 5-year TIPS. Overnight, German inflation as well as Spanish industrial data are due out.
Good luck and good trading.
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1.) Load up on Nutrients: Zinc, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin C and Selenium are very specific for the treatment of acne. They help balance the hormones, support the immune system, support liver detoxification pathways, support healthy mucus membranes in the skin and digestive system, wound healing, anti-inflammatory and may reduce excess oil secretion.
2.) Avoid Dairy Products: Dairy can aggravate acne for some people; it can be beneficial to eliminate dairy for 6-12 weeks to see if there is any significant improvements to the skin.
3.) Reduce Sugar and Refined Carbohydrates: This includes white flour based products like breads, bagels, biscuits, processed breakfast cereals and crackers. These foods elevate insulin which can increase acne breakouts.
4.) Increase Fiber: Fiber improves blood sugar. You can increase your fiber by including extra foods such as hemp seeds, flaxseeds, oat bran or psyllium husks in smoothies, juices, breakfast dishes or simply take with water to move things along through your gut.
5.) Hydrate: Drink up for natural skin cleansing! Keep up those 8 glasses of water (64 oz.) every day!
6.) Consume More Fruits and Vegetables: Important for their cleansing benefit, they also help balance hormone levels by improving detoxification pathways. Dark green leafy vegetables improve skin radiance and reduce excess oil production.
7.) Hormonal Acne: All these suggestions will aid in balancing hormonal health. Female acne can also be helped with the herb Chaste Berry and vitamin B6 which may alleviate some cases of premenstrual acne.
8.) Anti-Microbial Agents: Eating raw garlic and consuming some herbal medicines such as calendula (marigold) and echinacea, can help your skin from the inside out. Eat foods that naturally contain bacteria to improve digestive health as this is also very important for reducing harmful bacteria which can contribute to acne.
9.) Stop Picking! Touching your face is another problem which further aggravates acne by increasing the infection rate of the pimples. People often pick and squeeze their pimples which will encourage more breakouts. Our hands are often covered in bacteria so it is important not to touch the skin when you have small open wounds that occur when the pimples are squeezed.
10.) Use Topical Lotions and Creams: These can help enormously to reduce bacterial infections getting into the pores and causing acne. Cleansing morning and night can reduce the incidence considerably.
Some make-up and oily face products can increase acne by clogging up the pores and increasing infections.