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Yes, I have an idea I wondered the same the first time. The photo you get from lightroom is a 16bits/channel. To save as jpeg it has to be a 8bits/channel. You can change that by going to Image>Mode. Don't ask me a technical explanation as I cannot give it to you. In Lightroom it is written that 16bits/channel has a wider range of colors than 8, but I tend to think that for my use of the photos 8 is already pretty great. LOL
thank you caroline...this is exactly what i needed to know ( no need to understand it just how to do it...lol) thanks so very much
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Press Ctrl-E (Mac: Cmd-E) to open the photo in Photoshop. The "Edit Photo in Photoshop (your version)" dialog will appear. If you want to see the LR changes in PS, select "Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments". If you haven't made any changes in LR, or don't need to see them in PS, select "Edit a Copy". Photoshop will automatically launch.
If you're on a PC, go get a snack and come back (because the launch will seem to take for-ev-er). Then do what you need to do in PS. To save as a JPEG, press Ctrl+Shift+S (Mac: Cmd+Shift+S). In the Save dialog, enter format JPEG.
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|Pacific Northwest Sea Run Forum No such thing as rainbow trout, only landlocked steelhead
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RE:One Month Down, Two to Go
It looks like that picture just does not do that fish's size justice. 39"?? Must have been twenty!
Great job!!
Monday and Tuesday it looks like school will have to wait as the Upper Hoh is calling. Will be the last trip of the season and I sure do hope that it will be as good as the last one.
...and hopefully this time I can get a steelie to rise to a fly instead of everyone hitting the Rag last time.
RE:One Month Down, Two to Go
WHAT A MONSTER! That big buck is a picture to behold... wild written all over it too. It must have been great to have a fish so aggressive for the fly this time of year. It's inspiring to see such big buck, and can you imagine meeting him again next year? God I hope wild C&R is in place by then.
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RE:One Month Down, Two to Go
Here's a picture of the biggest steelhead I've ever caught, a 39" inch buck.
One of the darker ones I've caught too. Caught it last Thursday morning, out on the Peninsula fishing a river that doesn't get a whole lot of attention, a river I've never fished until that morning. I saw this nice piece of water from the road, hiked down there with my single hander, and just started to get into the relaxing cast-and-mend rhythm when I got a terrific grab. But no hookup! Damn. So I check the hook and leader, they were fine. Then I walk 3 steps upstream and start working out line until I get back to where I was. Standing in the exact same spot, making the same cast, the fish took again. This time the hook held. I knew it was big because I couldn't hardly move him, but he stayed in the hole and after a 20 minute wrestling match I brought him to shore. So in spite of this lousy season, I've got one fish story to tell.
That was the beginning of my 3 day fish-till-you-drop trip last Thursday through Saturday. I hooked that fish in the first run I tried. With no one around, a great piece of water in front of me, one fish landed and released after 30 minutes of fishing, I thought I was going to have one of those epic trips. But that was the only one I touched. Water conditions and weather were great the first two days. I fished the main Queets on my last day but it was pretty much out from the previous night's and that day's rain.
From what I saw and heard, gear guys were doing well on the Queets and Hoh. The fly fishermen weren't doing much, however, even in the stretches of river that put out fish for the gear fishermen.
RE:One Month Down, Two to Go
Well, I'm supposed to be in Denver this week but, cancelled my trip. I thinking I'm going to get out and swing some small birds this afternoon. The rivers are up we have 3' of vis, presure is down because everyone wants to catch a springer.
RE:One Month Down, Two to Go
Well, I knew what to expect when invited on an OP trip the end of last week!! I was already committed to a social venture to Vancouver BC on Friday, so I was absolutely certain something good would happen to my fellow steelheader to make me regret heading north!
Sure enough . . . he lands a monster buck on one of the OP's glacial rivers in the first half hour of fishing! Biggest fish he's ever caught on a fly - somewhere in the 20-22lb range!
So How was YOUR Weekend??
One Month Down, Two to Go
Well, it has been one month since our beloved rivers closed and we still have two more to go before we can once again fish our favorite runs.
I can honestly say I have a little less bounce in my step since I lost the Stilly.
Anyways, just trying to bring back some conversation to the Steelhead Board and at the same time wondering what everyone has been up to.
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Newsweek keeping it classy in presidential coverage
posted at 8:45 am on August 8, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Memo to conservative women: When approached by Newsweek or Time for a cover story, always bring your own photographer. Michelle Malkin knows a thing or two about the predilection at the news magazines for using unflattering photos on their covers, and this week's cover of Michele Bachmann is no exception to that trend. In this case, they're not even being subtle, as Time did with its Ann Coulter cover a few years ago in which they distorted the perspective to give the firebrand author exaggerated length to her legs and a shrunken torso. Newsweek perches a blank-looking Bachmann over block letters calling her "THE QUEEN OF RAGE":
Rage? I've certainly heard Bachmann talk tough about encroaching government and the avalanche of spending and debt, but in all the years I've known and covered Bachmann, I've never heard her rage at anyone. It seems as though Newsweek has a double standard in effect for conservatives, women, and especially conservative women. When Barack Obama told an audience in June 2008 that "if they bring a knife to a fight, we bring a gun," did Newsweek crown him the King of Rage — or at any time in his class-warfare-based presidential campaign? For that matter, when Debbie Wasserman-Schultz stated that Republicans wanted to reinstate Jim Crow laws, did anyone accuse her of being filled with rage? Not exactly.
The Boss Emeritus notes that the signal has been sent and received by Newsweek/The Daily Beast to the sinistrophere:
The once-mighty Newsweek magazine-turned-Beast is apparently so proud of its Democratic Underground-pandering Michele Bachmann cover and title that its editors are promoting the photo and pushing the hashtag #QueenofRage on Twitter.
And the left-wing press is eating it up:
Gawker, predictably: "Ha ha, just kidding—they don't call her CrazyEyes for nothing."
The Village Voice rejoices after receiving a high-res image of the cover (and dutifully cropping Bachmann's eyes).
They're promoting this through a Twitter hashtag? Yeah, that's keeping it classy.
Conservative candidates have to learn that Newsweek, Time, and other mainstream publications won't be their friends, or even be objective. They plan on making news, not reporting it. This is just one of the least subtle examples we'll see in the next fifteen months.
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With both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 hitting record highs yet again yesterday, it's a good moment to look at what the evidence can tell us about how much steam is left in this bull market.
There are some data today that are particularly worth looking at — the first is the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey, which for the latest week (ending yesterday) shows a collapse in bullish sentiment: Just 19% of respondents are bullish while 55% are bearish. Those numbers reflect a 16 point drop in bullish sentiment and 26 point rise in bears over the previous week, quite a shift.
What's worth keeping in mind here is that historically the survey is actually a pretty good contrarian indicator:
We made 40 observations where bearish sentiment was two standard deviations above the mean (greater than 46.3%). This is an indication of high pessimism among investors and, potentially, a sign of a market rally in the coming months. When this occurred, the S&P 500, on average, gained 18.0% in the succeeding year.
Also today is this chart by Ed Yardeni comparing this bull market with the previous run in stocks, which shows how closely the two track:
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Meanwhile, data from Russell shows that the Russell Defensive Index (the most defensive stocks in the Russell 1000) was up 11.5% this year through April 5, while the Russell Dynamic Index was up 8%.
This trend, which has been noted before, is one reason why some investors are concerned about the near term. But in his note today Yardeni has an answer for why the love for defensive stocks isn't necessarily a defensive strategy in today's market — in our low interest-rate world, investors are starving for yield:
The result has been that many investors are scrambling to load up on even more stocks paying dividends. That certainly would explain why so-called defensive stocks have outperformed cyclical ones, since the former tend to have higher dividend yields than the latter. So technicians might have been misled by this outperformance to believe that investors were turning defensive when they are actually aggressively buying any shares with a yield.
These are just theories, of course, and historical patterns can't tell us precisely what's next; I'm sure if the market crashes tomorrow we'll be able to retrospectively dig up data that 'proved' the pullback was imminent. Still, for now at least the signs (and that's all they are) are pointing to more gains for stocks.


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Designer Tidbits: Sweetwater
The Fat Quarter Shop is excited to welcome Susan, one of the daughters on the Sweetwater team, to the Jolly Jabber. Sweetwater's latest fabric collection is Lucy's Crab Shack from Moda Fabrics.
Q: What or who would you dedicate this Lucy's Crab Shack collection to? Do you have an inspiration board?
A: This collection is dedicated to Summertime, our favorite time of the year!!!! Our inspiration board usually comes in the mailbox when our mailwoman delivers the Pottery Barn catalog.
Q: What is your favorite project using this collection?
A: My favorite project is Surf Club. It would be so fun to take this quilt down to the beach and have a picnic. Since I live in Colorado with no beaches I may just have to settle for the picnic with no beach!
Q: If time travel became possible, what year would you want to be in?
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Q: If you had to change your first name what would you change it to?
A: Maybe Sophie – Then I wouldn't have to change my initials.
Q: What was your favorite childhood TV show?
A: I loved Three's Company. Every show had the same plot and you always knew what was going to happen but I still watched it every Tuesday night.
Q: Who is the most famous person you have ever met?
A: I stood in line for awhile to meet and get a booked signed by The Pioneer Woman but they ran out of books so I was out of luck. I wish I had another fun story about a famous person I have met but sadly I don't.
Q: What is your favorite App to play on your phone?
A: The other day my daughter and sister were playing Tiny Wings. It looked kind of boring but I tried it. The first time I played I thought to myself, "Yep, pretty boring!", but then, I tried it a little more and you can say I am now hooked. My husband is not so happy that Tiny Wings has come into my life. My sister claims that she is in the top 5% of the world for Tiny Wings points. I am going to have to try and beat that!
Q: If you could marry a technology, what would it be?
A: I feel like I am currently married to my washing machine but I would like to file for a divorce!
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Labels: Designer Tidbits, Guest Quilting Writers, Moda Fabric
5 comments:
- Tiara said...
So fun!
- June 7, 2012 at 4:53 PM
- Jo said...
Of course I love the fabric but, I could really go for that divorce the washer idea!
- June 7, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- Cindy said...
Lol. If I divorced the washer I'd probably get stuck with a rock instead.
- June 7, 2012 at 5:57 PM
- Snoodles said...
Love the interview, and crazy about the fabrics!
- June 8, 2012 at 7:46 AM
- Cheryl said...
What a fun interview! Love your responses Susan. I'll tell ya though if ya had a hubby like mine, he loves doing laundry, you wouldn't have to divorce that washing machine! Love your fabrics and projects.
- June 8, 2012 at 4:55 PM
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JTD121 wrote:My router is WPS-incapable, being that it runs Tomato; most Linksys-based WRT routers do not implement WPS in any way, shape, or form, so that vulnerability is right out the window for those of us running alternative firmware on Linksys gear.
I was confused by your post at first because I have a WRT160N v2 which is vulnerable and isn't (last time I checked) compatible with DD-WRT or Tomato. Then I realized that you were referring to DD-WRT.
To clarify, any Linksys/Cisco router that is capable of running DD-WRT or Tomato is not vulnerable to Reaver because these firmware versions do not support WPS. It's the open-source firmware (DD-WRT/Tomato), not the stock firmware that comes with the router, that is safe.
http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx? ... leid=25154
It's been a while since I checked the above link - hasn't changed much since the beginning of the year. Clearly Linksys/Cisco is saying "SOL" to most of the owners on that list with older hardware. I'll likely never buy a Cisco/Linksys router again because of this.


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The book looks good so far, and I'm looking forward to the future chapters, but I fear that King's experiment will fail. There's no way that 70% of the downloads will be payed for.
I think king will have to reasses his definition of success before this experiment is over. If he ends up getting more money from this book than his average take from books he's sold through the brick and mortar channel, then i would consider the experiment a success.
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School is starting around the country, and that means parents across the nation will soon be confronted with the dilemma of not only planning dinners but lunches too.
While school hot lunch programs are convenient, they can take a big bite out of your food budget, especially if you have multiple school-age kids. In addition, questions have been raised in recent years regarding the overall nutrition provided in school lunches. Those concerns have led even more parents to opt to pack their kids' lunches each day.
If you are getting ready to brown-bag it, use these strategies to stretch your dollars while making meals your kids will love.
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Zippered plastic bags and brown paper bags are cheap ways to pack a lunch, but they are also almost guaranteed to get squished at some point in the journey from your kitchen to the lunch room.
Instead of bags, invest in some high quality hard lunch containers. One of the biggest trends in school lunches is the use of bento lunchbox systems. Based on a Japanese custom of packing meals in compact, portable containers, bento systems come in a variety of shapes, sizes and price points. However, they all share a common feature of containing multiple, small containers that can be used to pack a variety of foods.
Skip the single servings
Crackers, cookies, chips and cheese are just some of the items that are typically cheaper per serving if bought in larger portions. Unless you find single serving snack foods nearly free, buy the larger packages and dole out the contents throughout the week.
Take this strategy one step further by prepping your own cheese sticks and veggies each week rather than buying precut ones at the store.
Use your dinner leftovers
There is no reason a school lunch has to be a sandwich, chips and a drink. Dinnertime leftovers can easily be repurposed into your kids' midday meal.
Depending on your child's preferences, homemade pizza, chicken pieces and even some casseroles taste just as good cold as hot. However, if your child prefers warm food, check with your school to see if he or she will have access to a microwave during lunch. A final option may be to heat foods at home and pack them in a thermal container.
Make soup and pasta a lunchtime staple
Along with using leftovers, mix up lunchtime fare with soup and pasta dishes. These foods are a cheap way to satisfy even the heartiest of appetites. Canned soups and pastas tend to go on deep discount during the winter months, but you could just as easily – and cheaply – use homemade versions.
Invest in a high quality insulated container, such a Thermos brand jar, to ensure your student's lunch doesn't leak all over their backpack. Then, fill the container with boiling water for a few minutes while you are doing your lunch prep in the morning. This will preheat the container and help it keep your child's lunch hot longer.
Get your kids' input
Finally, remember this your child's lunch and not your own. It doesn't matter what you pack or how much it costs; if your child throws it in the trash, you are wasting money.
So be sure to get their feedback. Ask what lunches are winners and which ones they didn't like. Also, find out how much time they have to eat and plan lunches accordingly. For picky eaters with a limited lunch time, a variety of finger foods such as cheese, fruit and nuts for protein (check if your school has anyone with nut allergies first!) may be the best way to get them to eat a well rounded meal.
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Aging Fortran Codes - A Crisis in Slow Motion
In that span of time millions of lines of Fortran code have been written in Fortran IV, Fortran 66 and 77 as well as variants such as Watfor. In listening to managers of codes at DOE, NASA universities and private companies (including independent software vendors) over the past several years, I am constantly amazed at how much code is in the early versions of Fortran.
People readily acknowledge the amount of code and the concern about the aging "expertise base" (i.e., people) who are charged with maintaining and improving the code. They recognize that much of this code is "mission-critical" to research in physics, chemistry, aerospace and alternative energy and worry about the long certification process for updating modernized versions of the code. And there the "disconnect" starts.
When I ask how much resource they are putting into modernizing the codes to preserve the code and help it cope in a multi/many-core world the answer I often get is, effectively, "that's not one of our budget priorities right now".
This quite unsatisfying situation suggests two responses. For us at NAG who get called upon to port, modernize and scale codes as part of our work with HECToR users and other customers it suggests that we need to continue to find more cost-effective tools and processes to convert, modernize and scale codes. The bigger challenge is for organizations such as those above and other research sponsoring organizations such as the NSF in the US and various research councils in the UK to not only recognize the issue but to find the resources to support the effort before we lose the base of talent and institutional "memory" needed to do the job.
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- Anonymous12 April 2011 at 02:15
Are there even any currently-available compilers that actually support Fortran IV, to the point that one could reasonably compile "dusty deck" code without any modifications?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 June 2011 at 22:28
This really isn't a problem. Except for a very few features, modern Fortran is compatible with previous versions of Fortran, certainly Fortran IV. I maintain a fairly large program, numbering tens of thousands of lines of code. Most, but not all, have been converted to Fortran 95 or Fortran 2003, but the five compilers I use, NAG, Intel, gfortran, PGI and g95, all compile the old code without any problem.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 October 2012 at 17:33
hello, please I'm a masters student with fortran 66 codes to compile and modify as part of my research project. I've not been able to compile the codes using 'fortran power station'. please how can i get access to any of the compilers you've mentioned above. what books would you recommend to learn how to compile, link and execute fortran codes. my e-mail is email@example.com. I'll be forever grateful for your help. ThanksReplyDelete
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Looking for a hearty seafood dinner? Then try this stir fry that's made with sea scallops, vegetables and noodles - ready in 30 minutes. Perfect if you love Asian cuisine.
Scallops have slightly less cholesterol than chicken or beef. These shellfish are also significantly lower in fat than meat and poultry. Better yet, the fat found in shellfish is largely unsaturated and includes heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
Outdoor, upright, recumbent and mountain. So many bikes, so little time! Which type of bike burns the most calories? The mountain bike comes in on top, burning about 700 calories during a vigorous, uphill, 45-minute workout. In the same time period on flat terrain, outdoor bikes burn about 410 calories. Both the recumbent and upright stationary bikes burn about 360 calories in 45 minutes.
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Defending MIAA football champion Hope will be the team to beat this fall according to a pre-season poll of the league's head coaches.
The Flying Dutchmen, who last fall won their first outright football championship since 1987, received four of the possible five first place votes. (Coaches could not vote for their own team.) Albion, which has been league champion or co-champion 10 of the last 12 seasons, received the other two first place votes.
Hope ended with six points in the poll followed by Albion 8, Alma 14, Kalamazoo 18, Adrian 19 and Olivet 25.
This is the 34th year of the pre-season poll. The eventual league champion has not been correctly picked since 1996. Hope was picked to win the championship in 1998, but the Flying Dutchmen ended second. Hope last won the championship when it was the pre-season favorite in 1987.
After losing its season opener, Hope won eight consecutive games and gained a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Coach Dean Kreps will welcome a squad of nearly 160 players for pre-season practices on Monday, Aug. 20. The season opener is Sept. 8 at Valparaiso, Ind.


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Here are three common problems we find with laundered dress shirts today. As technology and manufacturing methods evolve, different problems emerge.
Interfacing Defects
Dress shirts can pucker on cuffs and collars with what looks like excess fabric. This occurs after a shirt is laundered because of shrinkage of the interfacing in the collar and cuffs. If the manufacturer uses an interfacing material that is not compatible with the shirt fabric, the shrinkage occurs and the appearance of extra fabric is the result. This extra fabric causes undesirable folds in the fabric. The photo above show examples of interfacing defects.
Sometimes a gray or shiny look on the collar and cuffs occurs when an adhesive is used that is not designed for commercial laundries, similar to the problem mentioned below about discoloration of armhole and collar seams. The adhesive softens when the shirt is pressed and penetrates the outer fabric of the shirt around the cuffs and collar resulting in a discoloration stain.
Discoloration of Armhole and Collar Seams
Many manufacturers use adhesives in armhole seams and collars on men's dress shirts, especially on wrinkle-free dress shirts. These adhesives are used to prevent puckering around the armhole seam and the edges of collars. The two photos above show examples of collar discoloration.
When the dress shirt is pressed, the heat softens the adhesive causing local stains. I've seen this happen on white shirts and blue shirts but it can happen on any color dress shirt. On white shirts, the stains look somewhat yellow, while the stain on blue shirts appears darker blue. The staining on the collar is typically around the collar tip. This problem almost always occurs on "wrinkle-free" or "no iron" dress shirts.
Disappearing Pinstripes
What often looks like discoloration from bleach in a dress shirt is often the fact that colored yarns are missing, leaving just the white yarns. This happens when the dyes in colored striped shirts are made with fiber-reactive dyes or sulfur dyes. These types of dyes do not withstand repeated laundering, especially when the acid levels in the wash formula are outside of the ending pH of 6.5 to 7.0. Good commercial laundries, including Champion Cleaners in Birmingham, Alabama, check the acidity of its wash formula regularly.
Whose Fault Is It Anyway?If you have any of these problems with a cotton or cotton blend dress shirt and the care label does not exclude pressing with heat, the shirt is not labeled correctly and it is the manufacturer's responsibility. You should return this shirt to the retailer where you purchased it.
If the shirt is labeled correctly and the commercial laundry or dry cleaner does not follow the directions, it is the commercial laundry's or dry cleaner's responsibility.
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Klipsch Image X10 Noise-Isolating Earphone
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"These were one of my first high-end earphone purchases, and it did not disappoint. Before buying, there are a few things to consider regarding the Klipsch Image range. I was looking at the X5 and the X10, as both had good reviews. I ended up buying the X5 for the following reason: 1: it was cheaper 2: it was slightly heavier than the X10 3: the X10 is rumoured to be a bit biased on the high..." --s0126471
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Klipsch Image S3 Nosie-Isolating Earphones with Patented Oval Ear-Tips
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Klipsch X20i Earbuds with Mic and Playlist Control for iPod/iPhone/iPad-Silver/Black
"-- For my 50th Head-Fi Review, it is my pleasure to introduce the X20i, Klipsch's newest IEM Reference Flagship. http://www.klipsch.com/products/reference-x20i-in-ear-headphones ***All photos taken by me, no stock photos from Klipsch were used*** *Specs* Driver Design: KG-2625 AcuPass(R) Two-Way Driver..." --BloodyPenguin
Klipsch R6m Black In Ear Headphone
"Even at their current $89 price, I consider the Klipsch R6s an excellent value. They are fundamentally honest about what you put into them. Although they reveal a great deal about each recording, they are not ruthless, but they do not flatter inferior source material (MP3s) or mediocre electronics. Because they are very sensitive, any noise, hum, or distortion quickly comes to..." --1mctous
Klipsch Reference S4 Premium In-Ear Noise-Isolating Headphones (Black)
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Klipsch ProMedia In-Ear Premium Noise-Isolating Gaming Headphones with Mic (Black/Red)
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Klipsch S3M-Blue-HP In-Ear Headphone, Blue
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Scratch that. Just when I thought they might be trying to turn the Governor into a good guy.
Anyways, has anyone heard anything about the upcoming spin-off show that's scheduled for 2015? There is a lot of potential there, I think, especially if they set it on the other side of the country. Someplace that's geographically very different from Georgia. Also, I really hope it's not a prequel.


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Beautiful handmade photograph album, perfect for weddings, anniversaries or birthdays. A personal way to remember a special day - we customise using the bride and groom's names and wedding date repeated in a heart or square shape, or we can print a word, such as 'love', 'home' etc.
Coordinate the text with the wedding colour scheme - please let us know by adding the colour in the 'text colour' box provided i.e pale pink.
We also sell a co-ordinating wedding guest book (see our other listings).
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High quality handmade paper with a hard padded cover, tied with white satin ribbon, comes in a matching presentation box. These albums are fair trade and eco-friendly.
Please note: the paper on these albums is made by hand so differences occur in texture, tone and smoothness compared to machine milled paper - these subtle flaws are part of the handmade nature of this product.
20 x 25cm (10 x 8"). Perfect for displaying 7 x 5" prints or smaller. 20 pages (40 sides), interleaved with an equal number of tissue to protect your photographs.
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The classic stationery range from France - quality 90gsm paper and the distinctive covers.
Sold by us since 1995
The classic Clairefontaine range of notebooks features their famous 90gsm brushed vellum paper and the very recognisable coloured covers. We offer the full range of Clairefontaine notebooks and pads as a special import from France.
Key features:
- A6 size - 105 x 148mm
- 7mm lined paper
- 96 pages /48 sheets
- Staple bound for simplicity and economy
- Laminated covers
- 90gsm brushed vellum paper
- Sold in pack quantities - not sold singly
- Cover colours are assorted colours only
- Colours may vary in packs
What we like about this item:
- We've sold Clairefontaine since the first day Bureau opened in 1995
- A classic in the range
- Great quality, excellent value - recommended for fountain pens
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Comment Re:For those without: A Prius Simulator (Score 4, Funny) 609
I tried it for a few minutes, and the Prius never suddenly accelerated. Clearly the simulation is flawed.
I tried it for a few minutes, and the Prius never suddenly accelerated. Clearly the simulation is flawed.
My take as a "young developer" isn't that the kernel is too complex or that I don't like developing for the kernel (although it certainly does have its issues) as that the drawbacks outweigh the benefits. I've written device drivers for some stuff I've got laying around as well as done some board support and bringup and the experience isn't any worse than one could expect from such a task. However, working on the *mainline* Linux kernel:
a) Doesn't get me paid.
b) Isn't "hip" - you don't see kernel developers speaking at media conferences or hanging out with celebrities, like you do "web 2.0 kids." The no-e-fame aspect is actually appealing for me but not for many of the people I've met.
c) Involves dealing with a lot of douchebags.
d) Involves wasting my time convincing an old-hands crowd self-assured of their relative place in the development world that my ideas have merit (also see c).
I "develop for the kernel" just fine, but I have no interest or desire in getting my patches to mainline - they benefit few people, Git makes it easy to track trunk while keeping my own code around, and I don't want to waste my time dealing with the douchebaggery and politics involved in reaching the mainline kernel.
This just doesn't make any sense. People who are using a social network are using a social network because they want to be found - because they want an easy way to keep in touch with a lot of people. Changing to a darknet model completely eliminates all these benefits. The only people who would buy such a device are people who shouldn't using online social networks anyway (making the import aspect odd).
Not only that, but there are actually two entirely different TI-Nspire models (Nspire and Nspire-CAS) that differ only in software (and cost).
So if it were to become possible to flash one firmware to the other, TI would both lose money and anger standardized testing organizations (most allow only the NSpire and not the CAS, and rely on the different labelling on the hardware to ensure students are using the approved unit).
DirectX is a forward-looking standard - Microsoft sits down (or stands up and yells) with developers and graphics manufacturers, and hammers out a spec which a "DirectX X.XX" card must support. Then vendors go and make a card and drivers that support those features. In this way every DirectX 10 or DirectX 11 card can be assumed to support the same things using the same APIs, and if they don't, it's the vendor's fault and they have recourse.
OpenGL, at this point, looks back - Graphics card manufacturers make a graphics card and then shoehorn its features into OpenGL. This way every single card has different supported OpenGL features implemented in different ways.
So sure, "OpenGL" gets some features first via extensions (it's debatable whether or not it's even OpenGL at that point, since the OpenGL standard doesn't even really play into it) - good luck using them, though.
The choice for game developers is pretty easy: support a lot of people (Windows and Xbox 360) using one consistent API, or support a few more people (Linux mostly, with some additional work required for PS3 or Wii) at a huge cost (debugging across vendors, platforms, and consoles).
If I want a landline, I can go buy any old phone I want, and as long as it speaks the right protocols (which are pretty simple for analog landlines) I can plug it into my wall, and it works.
It took the US government to end enforced landline phone rentals and open up the analog telephone network in 13 F.C.C.2d 420.
With today's moves towards "deregulation" I don't think we'll see the cell industry being forced to do anything similar in the near future.
Another funny point is if you were to disassemble PhysX's "GPU acceleration," you'd find that it runs very few kernels on the GPU, and that they're quite simple. What you'd also find is that there are two CPU codepaths: a non-optimized CPU codepath, and an optimized CPU codepath. The optimized CPU codepath is only taken when using the nVidia "GPU" code (which really hardly uses the GPU) - the performance improvement gained from "using the GPU" is really gained from using a non-gimped codepath!
"Standard HTML" is sort of an oxymoron.
Yes, you can do a lot of what's done on the web in "standard" HTML - but then you have to wrangle it into every "standard" browser, which turns out to be subtly different and full of bugs compared to the next.
It's not even possible to point the finger straight at Microsoft any more - Firefox has its fair share of bugs and an awful lot of non-standard DOM extensions, and every browser disables and enables a certain feature which the next supports. Support is even added and removed in certain browser sub-patchlevels and revisions - for example Safari suddenly started supporting certain DOM load events in a random security patch due to a merge of upstream WebKit.
Flash provides a common platform on which layout, interpretation, and feature support is similar (nearly identical) across all browsers on most platforms, something no other web programming solution can do.
Unfortunately that common platform isn't very good, but the homogeneity it allows is the continuing, and probably lasting appeal.
Many old datacenters have a pond and a fountain out front - and the pond isn't just to be pretty. They run the water into the fountain, and its trip thru the air cools it as it heads back into the pond.
Throwing in a shameless plug for a game I worked on - Powder Toy ( http://powder.unaligned.org/ ) - it may not be physically accurate (at all) but it's a lot of fun and would introduce them to pressure and velocity in a fun way.
Uhh... that's assuming the feds can't reverse-engineer worth a crap when they want to get a conviction. Seeing as how I know feds who can, this is wrong.
Once they've siezed the laptop (which I guess they've decided they can do now), they can do whatever they want with the drive image, including disassembling whatever boot code you had "hiding" your "hidden" partition. You need something that only -you- know, that's in your head, somewhere they can't yet reverse-engineer legally - we generally call this thing a password.
"If you can, help others. If you can't, at least don't hurt others." -- the Dalai Lama


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Release Date: August 7, 2013
Directed by Thor Freudenthal
Starring Sean Bean, Logan Lerman, Nathan Fillion
Based on the second book of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series comes Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. In the film's prequel, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy discovers that he is the son of Poseidon and meets teens like him who have Greek mythological backgrounds. The second film continues with Percy, who learns he must find the fabled and magical Golden Fleece to fulfill his destiny. Jackson recruits his friends Annabeth Chase and Satyr Grover for the risky journey. The group travels to the mystical, unfamiliar waters of the Sea of Monsters—known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle. To complete their mission, the teens must brave a dangerous ride in a magical New York City taxi. Along the way they face monsters, sharks and a killer whirlpool. But defeat is not an option as Percy must find the Fleece in order to save Camp Half-Blood, the safe haven for demigods.
Did You Know?
The Sea of Monsters is the shortest book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series and, as of now, in the whole Camp Half-Blood series.
Director Chris Columbus, who directed the first Percy Jackson movie and the first two Harry Potter films, did not return to direct Sea of Monsters. But he did help produce the film.


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National Historical Park
Keweenaw National Historical Park with its rich heritage centered around the copper industry, Calumet and the surrounding areas displays a unique cross-section of cultures, architecture, industry, and history. The park is located in the middle of the Keweenaw Peninsula, which is surrounded by Lake Superior. Its only connection to the rest of Michigan's Upper Peninsula is the Portage Lift Bridge located between Houghton and Hancock.
Reports of enormous copper deposits here ignited America's first mining boom in 1843, a half dozen years before California's gold rush. By 1849, Michigan's Copper Country provided 85% of the entire United States copper production. These were the richest deposits ever discovered. The mines played an important role in America's Industrial Revolution and performed a crucial mission by supplying copper for military equipment during the Civil War.
Between 1867 and 1884 the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, based in Calumet, produced half the nation's copper. From 1889 and 1900, C & H paid out $57 million in dividends. The C & H surface plant was called the most efficient in the nation, with 50 steam engines in operation by the late 1890s. The Red Jacket shaft, at more than 8,000 feet in depth, was the deepest in the world. Calumet and Laurium rest on top of hundreds of miles of shafts, tunnels and drifts. Between 1845 and 1967, the copper mines on the peninsula produced 11 million pounds of copper.
Many thousands of immigrants, mostly from Europe, poured into the area between 1845 and 1910. The miners lived in company housing or in surrounding communities with names such as Red Jacket, Limerick, Sing Sing and Swedetown. C & H provided low-cost housing for the miners. By 1898 the company owned 1,000 dwellings. It also built schools, a library, bowling alleys, a community pool and bathhouse and a hospital. The immigrant's passing is reflected today by the neighborhoods, surnames, foods and traditions. The mine and community buildings constructed by the mining company are handsome structures, built of native red sandstone.
Calumet and Laurium lie on the Keweenaw Peninsula, which is about 50 miles long and 15 miles wide, on the northern most tip of Michigan. The native copper range forms a narrow spine along the peninsula. The most prominent feature is a 4 to 12 mile wide ridge that forms the copper range and represents a spectacular example of the 1.1 billion year old mid-continent rift. Its glacial topography is only slightly affected by erosion. Hundreds of ancient mining sites, mined in prehistoric times, also lie along the peninsula.
Washington implemented the Keweenaw National Historical Park legislation in October 1992. The park is meant to fill a missing niche in the national park system, whose mission is to tell the story of America's natural, recreational and cultural resources. This park fills the latter role. The Calumet Historic District includes
- the C & H Mine location,
- the Calumet Commercial district and
- the residential areas.
The General park map handed out at the visitor center is available on the park's map webpage.For information about topographic maps, geologic maps, and geologic data sets, please see the geologic maps page.
A geology photo album has not been prepared for this park.For information on other photo collections featuring National Park geology, please see the Image Sources page.
Currently, we do not have a listing for a park-specific geoscience book. The park's geology may be described in regional or state geology texts.
Please visit the Geology Books and Media webpage for additional sources such as text books, theme books, CD ROMs, and technical reports.
Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments & Seashores.
Lillie, Robert J., 2005.
W.W. Norton and Company.
9" x 10.75", paperback, 550 pages, full color throughout
The spectacular geology in our national parks provides the answers to many questions about the Earth. The answers can be appreciated through plate tectonics, an exciting way to understand the ongoing natural processes that sculpt our landscape. Parks and Plates is a visual and scientific voyage of discovery!
Ordering from your National Park Cooperative Associations' bookstores helps to support programs in the parks. Please visit the bookstore locator for park books and much more.
For information about permits that are required for conducting geologic research activities in National Parks, see the Permits Information page.
The NPS maintains a searchable data base of research needs that have been identified by parks.
A bibliography of geologic references is being prepared for each park through the Geologic Resources Evaluation Program (GRE). Please see the GRE website for more information and contacts.
NPS Geology and Soils PartnersAssociation of American State Geologists
Geological Society of America
Natural Resource Conservation Service - Soils
U.S. Geological Survey
Currently, we do not have a listing for any park-specific geology education programs or activities.
General information about the park's education and intrepretive programs is available on the park's education webpage.For resources and information on teaching geology using National Park examples, see the Students & Teachers pages.


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Tight end Louie Addazio will transfer from the Syracuse program to play for his father at Boston College. Sue Edson, Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications at Syracuse, confirmed the news Thursday night.
Addazio was not likely to contribute in the 2013 season, as Beckett Wales, Ron Thompson, and Josh Parris were all ahead of him on the depth chart. Incoming prospect Tyler Provo will also look to figure into the rotation.


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