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Developers apply to raze Hine Junior High, West End properties
The teams behind the West End Library and Hine Junior High School redevelopments have applied to knock down existing buildings on their respective sites, despite ongoing legal challenges.
Raze applications were filed in the last two weeks for 2301 L St. NW, the former Metropolitan Police Department special operations division, 2225 M St. NW, the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Engine Co. 1, and 335 8th St. SE, the 132,208-square-foot Hine Junior High School.
All three buildings are owned by the District government. All three are part of long-awaited mixed-use redevelopments currently being challenged, for different reasons, in court.
EastBanc Inc. has a deal with D.C. to build 172 market-rate apartments atop a new West End Library, and 52 affordable units above a new fire station. The Georgetown developer will construct the public facilities in return for the right to develop above them.
But the Ralph Nader-backed D.C. Library Renaissance Project argues the land at 23rd and L streets NW was "substantially undervalued." Because D.C. is giving up so much in return for so little, the nonprofit argues. D.C. Library Renaissance Project says the entire library system suffers -- even though the project will result in a new library.
The Library Renaissance Project lawsuit challenging the Zoning Commission's approval of the West End planned unit development continues before the D.C. Court of Appeals. If the raze permits are approved, all that will be left on the West End site will be the existing library.
Stanton-EastBanc LLC, meanwhile, plans a $150 million mixed-use community on the Hine site, to include roughly 130 residences, shops, restaurants and office space. But three Hine neighbors filed a petition for review with the D.C. Court of Appeals, again, challenging the Zoning Commission's approval of the PUD.
The D.C. Council recently provided the District an extra year to dispose of the Hine site, as the legal fight may take six months to work itself out.
Project delays aside, the District expects to win both court battles.
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A mandolin (mandolino) is a musical instrument in the lute family (plucked, or strummed). It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family.
A mandoline (, ) is a cooking utensil used for slicing and for cutting juliennes; with proper attachments, it can make crinkle-cuts. It consists of two parallel working surfaces, one of which can be adjusted in height.
A musical instrument resembling a lute, having paired metal strings plucked with a plectrum. It is played with a characteristic tremolo on long sustained notes
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
(chord) play chords on (a string instrument)
(chord) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
Play, sing, or arrange notes in
(chord) a straight line connecting two points on a curve
(song) a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
(song) a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"
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A short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung
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A mandolin should command your attention because it's a couple of cuts above a guitar in technical difficulty. Any college kid can figure out enough chords on a guitar to make it through a couple of Stephen Foster songs but a busker who uncases a mandolin is clearly bringing a gun to a knife fight.
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From what I gathered, this guy is a traveller with his 4 legged friend, and he makes some pocket change by playing his mandolin. The problem he only knows 3 chords and 1 chord progression, which is amusing as he uses the same chord progression for every song.
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Don't have time to do both. Which day's trip would be better?
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If you mean the city of Victoria on Vancouver Island,British Columbia, I would choose it over Bainbridege Is. unless time is a factor.
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A bit of apples and oranges. Bainbridge is much closer, easier and cheaper to get to, but it's basically a suburb, while Victoria is an historic and interesting city, with a lot going for it in terms of tourism.
But the logistics DO make a difference. The Victoria Clipper (fast ferry) still takes 3+ hours in each direction, with not much in the way of creature comforts, and at a pretty high price. So a day trip to Victoria is pricey, and is mostly consumed by sitting on a loud and occasionally bumpy boat. Once there, it's great to walk around the Inner Harbour and see the government buildings and the Empress Hotel, maybe visit the (quite wonderful) provincial museum, and - again a major time and money commitment - go visit Butchart Gardens. Doing all of the above isn't really doable in a day trip; you'd need to skip something, unless you skip the Clipper and fly up and back on Kenmore Air - floatplane service from Lake Union in Seattle up to the Inner Harbour. More expensive yet, but spectacular views and really quick.
Bainbridge, on the other hand, is very easy to get to as a foot passenger or with a car; the ferries are very frequent and large enough that you seldom have to wait for the next boat. The ride across the sound is beautiful, and the boats are big enough to walk around, indoors and out, have a decent cafeteria, etc.
Once you get to the island, you can visit the compact downtown area of Winslow, or walk to some excellent restaurants and pubs, some with killer views of Eagle Harbor and the boats, etc. Or, better, if you have a car, you can drive 15 min. up to the Bloedel Reserve - a botanical complex that is off many people's radar, but which has some fantastic gardens and walks. It's not Butchart, but it's a whole bunch closer and cheaper.
Both Victoria and Bainbridge are wonderful destinations; but there's a big difference in terms of logistics for a day trip.
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gardyloo is absolutely correct, but to those of us who live in the area there is no comparison. Victoria is a provincial capitol, population around 80,000...a thriving city with its own (admittedly out-of-town) airport; Bainbridge Island is a suburb of Seattle; its one and only town of Winslow has a population of about 5000. It's major feature is the ferry terminal, although I understand that there are some nice restaurants there. There is no reason that I can think of for a tourist to go to Bainbridge Island.
If logistics are the determinant, then sure, BI is closer...but that's about it.
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Thanks for all the information. If we take a morning ferry we would have about 6 hours in Victoria. We are short on time, umfortunately. Is the ferry trip scenic and will I have to take dramamine?
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Is the ferry trip scenic and will I have to take dramamine?
In my view the trip is not especially scenic, although of course you'll pass some attractive islands and if the sun is out, the Olympic Mountains will be visible. The roughness question really depends on the day. (What time of year will this be?) Most of the inland waters in Puget Sound are pretty calm, but crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca (the last/first 10 miles or so) can be very bumpy, depending on winds, tides, etc.
Not trying to confuse things, but if you only have one day and want scenery, you might consider getting a car and doing a Whidbey Island loop, or even heading over to the Olympic Peninsula and heading up to Hurricane Ridge near Port Angeles. There are many possible day trips from Seattle that offer remarkable diversity.
Or by all means look into flying to Victoria, possibly in one direction, then the Clipper in the other. www.kenmoreair.com
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So you want to spend nearly 7 hours in transit for 6 hours in Victoria? I took the ferry over and the float plane back and stayed 3 nights and still only saw Buchart Gardens and parts of Victoria.
I personally would not consider a day trip unless I could fly both ways. The float plane was terrific (I got to sit in the "co-pilot's" seat), but it is pretty expensive. Flying would give you much more time in Victoria, but if it doesn't fit in the budget I wouldn't try a day trip.
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Whidby Island is great but I for one think a ferry ride is a fun thing to do (guess I have been fortunate - yet to be on a rough ride). Getting to Victoria is a bit like going over to merry England - and we had a bonus of seeing a pod of Orcas swim alongside the big car ferry for about 20 minutes when we were coming back through the San Juans.
Will have to say though, doing it in one day is a fair amount of time on the water so you might double check the weather reports if you decide to go for it.
Alternatively - since you have a full day? - you might also drive out to see Mt. Ranier, and/or Mt. St. Helens.
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If this is likely be the only chance you wil have of visiting Victoria, then take that option. I also enjoy ferry rides, even 3 hours if there lots to look at. The plane is interesting if in the budget. Even if you decide not to go to Victoria, consider some of the other suggestions, IMO Bainbridge does not have a lot to offer. If you have a car, you can take the Bainbridge ferry enroute to Oylmpic Nat. Park near Port Angeles, or the old masions of Port Townsend.
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You don't have to take the Clipper if you have a car; you can take the Bainbridge or Edmonds ferry from Seattle, then drive to Port Angeles, leave the car there and walk on the MV Coho (Black Ball ferry). If you get an early start you can get the 8:15 ferry from PA, and come back on the 5:20 (this is the summer schedule). This gives you about 7 hours in Victoria. It's not leisurely, but I've done it.
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Think we will leave Victoria for another time. Looking at Gray Line Tours. There is even one to Mt. Rainier. What are some suggestions if we stay in the city ie: Boeing Plant, glass house exhibit. etc. What about hotels? Maxwell, Marriott Waterfront. Location is important.
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I think the ferry ride to Victoria is very scenic - especially when it's the first time you'v seen anything like that. I would MUCH rather take the ferry for just 6 hours in Victoria than do a bus tour to Rainer.
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Mt. Rainier is stunning, and well worth the trip.
The Boeing tour is up in Everett, but there is the Museum of Flight in south Seattle. Both are good, but very different from each other.
For hotels, my favorites are the Alexis and the Mayflower. The Mayflower has a bit better location. When DH has colleagues that come to visit, if their wives come along he always suggests the Mayflower and so far everyone has loved it. It is only a couple short blocks to Pike Place Market and is right in the core shopping/downtown area.
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Again, when are you coming? The high-elevation visitor centers on Mount Rainier will be under several feet of snow until quite late this spring/summer, owing to a very snowy winter.
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Gardyloo--Good catch. For some reason I thought I had read August, but reread and now have no idea where I got that, lol.
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I wonder why hackers hack – wasting their time, resource and energy in getting inbound links from irrelevant sites, mostly wordpress blogs. I don't know if they have any other motive.
Whatever!!! If any hacker is reading this please understand that in the long run you guys are doing more harm than good. Here are a few reasons why you SHOULD NOT hack:
- Inbound links from irrelevant site won't help your site get better ranks in search engines.
- In the long run all bogus links will be removed and you will get back to square one.
- The time you are wasting can be utilized for writing good content, natural link building, social networking, pay per click advertising etc.
- Don't try to fool big search engines especially Google. If they catch, your site may get banned forever – you don't want it, do you? They can do reverse IP tracking and can actually ban ALL the sites you own. You will loose ranking for your good sites too!
- Don't try to fool people – they are smarter than you are. And believe me there are many who will not take a second to report abuse to your web hosting company and search engines. As you may be well aware that hacking is an offence, your web hosting company may ban your sites. Again all your sites will be down for a lot of days, until you get another host. And its easy for a new host to know why your sites got banned so,
- Unfortunately or fortunately you will have to get a new domain and start all over again.
- Usually after failing in one or two attempts, you will get frustrated, leave your black hat SEO techniques and get into the real world of "hard work" SEO.
- Ultimately you will regret your decision of being a spammer and wasting some precious years of your life.
- The time you wasted on hacking actually made the world of SEO even more competitive and so you may have to work even harder than what you had to years ago.
- Hackers cannot sleep well because in the back of their minds they carry the burden of doing all the wrong and harming innocent webmasters. Health issues – if you can't sleep well your health is getting affected.
- Last but not the least if you are too naughty with your techniques – you may even land up in jail.
This is getting longer than I expected. But I am sure if you are a hacker and have read till here, you will be a bit more scared hacking!
So please don't do it – for yourself, for all the hard working people like us and lastly for the great world wide web which is mostly ruled by good people.
Is there any other point I have missed out on why people should not hack?
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Yep. In a sort of surreal decision, brazilian company Gradiente decided to release their new smartphone, Neo One, under the name Iphone. They claim they filed a petition back in 2000 for the name, and since 2008 they hold exclusive rights for it in Brazil.
In a press release (sorry, they only put it in portuguese), Gradiente tries really hard to convince everyone that this decision has not been taken out of idiotic opportunism, but actually out of a very well-planned, well-studied business strategy. I translated a few segments:
"In 2000, Gradiente envisioned that a technologic revolution was under way for mobile phones, with the conversion of voice and data transmission through mobile internet. In that same year, the company filed a registration petition for the brand IPHONE at INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property). On January 2nd, 2008, the company was granted the registration rights by the federal organ and proceeded to detain exclusive rights for production and commercialization of the brand until 2018.
Gradiente has not used the brand IPHONE up until now because the priority was to promote the restructuration of its operation and to allow the retake of its businesses. This return of activities happened in early 2012, with the announcement of the Brazilian Digital Technology Company (CBTD), responsible for the lease and management of the Gradient brands. CBTD is producing and marketing actively its product lines – mobile phones, tablets, audio and video devices, photographic cameras, monitors, and others – and plans to expand its activities for 2013. Between CBTD stockholders, 48% belong to Gradiente Stockholders Holding (HAG), created to gather the 2.000 stockholders of IGB Eletrônica.
With its consolidated business model, the company decided that it was the ideal moment to work with an adequate brand, which is rightfully owned. The launch of the IPHONE family, licenced by the CBTD, happens as Gradiente begins to rollout its mobile phone portfolio into the cutting-edge smartphone segment."
Towars the end of the press release, they indicate that legal action will be taken towards Apple to ensure their rights:
"Gradiente is confident in a broad acceptance of the IPHONE family by brazilian consumers, allowing the company to gain product share in the smarphone business in the country. As Gradiente, in Brazil, detains the exclusive rights for the brand IPHONE, in phones and respective accessories, the company shall adopt every legal means taken by companies across the world to ensure the preservation of its intellectual property in our country."
Samsung has just fallen to the second place in the Companies Making Idiots Out Of Themselves As They Try To Get A Free Ride On Apple's Success list.
Sham on you, Gradiente.
Via Valor Econômico
UPDATE: Oh, yes. Gradiente's Iphone will run Android. Shocking.


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This is part three of a three part series, start with Christmas Day, part one.
Jamie was sat up in his bed staring at the door. He couldn't believe it.
He had spent the past twenty minutes crying into his pillow. His beloved Santa was gone. He didn't believe it. He couldn't believe it. They must be lying; he'd seen him at the shopping centre last year. He'd told Santa that he wanted a bike and that's what Santa had given him. Is he supposed to believe his parents had done that?
What about the years before that when he'd written a letter and stuck it up the chimney, how did his parents know what was on those lists? The letters flew up the chimney and then all the way to the North Pole, or had they lied about that too?
He thought about this for a while, and tried to piece everything he could remember together with this new information. Santa's "helper" at the shops; the letters up the chimney; the presents under the tree; everything he could think of could have been done by his parents, so it was possible. He started crying again.
He wanted Christmas to be over. He wanted his mum to take it back. He wanted to feel anything but what he was feeling right now. He wanted to curl up and die.
He tried to pretend he didn't know. He scrunched up his eyes, put his hands over his ears and said out loud "Santa is real" over and over again. He opened his eyes and looked around. Had it worked? He caught a glimpse of his stocking, and it all came flooding back.
He tried it again, first hiding his stocking under his bed. This time it was the tinsel around his doorknob that brought it all back. He scrambled around his room grabbing everything that had anything to do with Christmas and stuffed it all under his bed. He tried again. It still didn't work, but he didn't need anything to remind him. He knew, and that wasn't going to change. He gave up.
He started to wonder if any of his friends knew. Had their parents lied to them too? Had they been lying to him too? He wanted to know, but it was far too early to call them. He decided to email them.
As he waited for his computer to start up he had a thought; what if his friends didn't know? He didn't want to make them feel the way he was feeling right now. Not on Christmas day. If they didn't know then they had to be told. They had to know. He decided to talk to them at school so he didn't ruin their Christmas like his parents had ruined his. He turned the computer off and slumped back to his bed.
He lay back and stared at the ceiling. This wasn't what Christmas morning was supposed to be like. It was nearly 6am which is when he'd usually be waking up. He'd see his stocking at the end of his bed and would remember what day it was. He'd be happy. By now he'd be ripping into his stocking, finding lots of interesting and curious presents to play with.
But not this year.
He was determined to not let the adults of the world get away with this. How could they possibly think they could lie to their kids about something so important to them. It was crazy.
He started thinking about his stocking, wondering what might be in there this year. He didn't want to get excited, but he could feel it happening. He tried really hard to ignore his desire to see what was in his stocking, to ignore his anticipation about what might be under the tree downstairs, to suppress his mounting excitement about the whole thing.
He failed.
Within minutes his bed was covered in wrapping paper and everything from books to toys to the requisite orange and shiny coin. He spent a couple of minutes building the small model aeroplane and added it to the collection on his shelf. He raced out into the hall and burst into his parents room and leapt onto their bed.
"It's Christmas," he screamed, "time for presents!"
"Don't you want to talk first?" asked his mum with a confused look on her face.
"Talk about what?" said Jamie, equally confused.
His parents looked at each other and a sense of relief danced across their faces. They both started grinning.
"How about some breakfast then?" asked his dad.
"No, presents now!"
"Alright, come on then."
With that Jamie jumped off their bed and scrambled downstairs. It was Christmas day and there were presents, chocolate and his favourite meal of the year waiting for him. Nothing else mattered... for now.


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USB MP3 Player + micro SD(HC) Card Reader
Like a number of things from Brando this does two jobs. It looks just like a memory stick and is 5x2x1cm mine was transparent orange but they do other colours. It inserts in any normal USB socket (ver 1.1 or 2). Just above the bit that plugs in is a slit for you to insert a Micro SD card. The PC will then read it and you can add MP3 or WMA files to it. This action also charges the internal MP3 player.
Remove the unit and plug earbuds (supplied) into the other end. Next fins on the left one button and the other side has two buttons. There was just enough English on the instruction sheet for me to gather this. If you depress the single button for around three seconds you turn the unit on. The buttons on the other side move to the next (or previous) track. The one thing I could not work out was how to start the unit playing. An email to Brando got the answer. Press the left button for three seconds to turn it on then press it again briefly (less than a second) and it will start. If the second press is too long it will turn it off. Maybe if I read Chinese I would not have needed to ask.
I found that all the MP3/WMA tracks needed to be in the root folder as there is no way to change folders. The playing time between charges is around two hours with recharge time being around half an hour. It does not come with any memory so you will need to purchase your own Micro SD or Micro SDHC cards to use in it.
Available from the link below for $16 (US) plus $3 (US) post and packing to anywhere in the world.
USB Aircraft Speaker
The airplane is swept back wing offering in blue green and black camouflage. It is 15cm long 11cm wide at the wing tips and 3.5cm thick. It sits on a simple wire frame as the speaker is in the base. This raises the height (thickness) to 9cm.
There is one external connection at the rear a special USB cable that is 95cm long and 5cm from the end it splits one going to a standard USB connection to provide the power. The other has a standard 3.5mm jack that you plug into an MP3/iPod. There is no volume control on the plane so volume is controlled from your player.
I tried it with my MP3 player, my iPod and the unit above. All were set at the volume level I would use for normal listening with my earbuds, the volume level out of the plane sitting on the desk around 30cm from me was fine.
When power is going from the USB port to the plane two LED's omit a blue light from either side of the USB lead.
For a small single speaker it gives a good sound to listen to your MP3/iPod when you need other things around you like the door bell or phone that you may not hear if your earbuds are in. Perhaps more of an item to appeal to kids but it is fun item.
One disadvantage is that it needs power all the time to power it.
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Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 | 7:07 p.m.
Michael Chapman hopes that people will walk away from his new show at the Suncoast Casino & Hotel saying "Oh, what a night."
Chapman, producer/director of "Oh What a Night! A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons," said his musical revue of The Four Seasons songs is interspersed with comedy from the four stars.
Entertainers Paul Holmquist, George Solomon, Brandon Albright and Rick Morgan perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2-4 at the Suncoast Showroom.
"We're different from any type of impersonation show in that you get to experience and know the personalities of the performers in the show. We don't do impersonations."
This is unlike "Jersey Boys," the widely acclaimed, Tony-award winning musical at The Palazzo Resort, which is based on the lives of the members of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group fronted by star crooner Frankie Valli.
Chapman co-created the show with his long-time friend and independent Motown Records producer and creative consultant Solomon, who is also starring.
"The cast is very charismatic. Every one of the four can hold the stage by himself."
Chapman and Holmquist, who also choreographed the show, moved to Las Vegas and started ChapQuist Entertainment in 2001.
"Oh What a Night!" tickets are $20 to $40. The Suncoast is at 9090 Alta Drive. Call 636-7075 for tickets.
Becky Bosshart can be reached at 990-7748 or [email protected].


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Textbook of Perinatal Medicine
Editor-in-Chief Asim Kurjak
Parthenon Publishing, 1998
Vol. 2: 1424-8
Until the second half of the 20th century assessment of the fetal condition depended on very limited means: the growth of the uterus and its contents, the movements of the fetus perceived by the mother and the listening of the fetal heart beat with a mono- or binaural stethoscope (1). Sudden absence of fetal movements in the second half of pregnancy was, at that time, not only a very emotional but also a serious diagnostic problem. Usually one had to wait for some weeks in order to observe if the uterus would grow before the decision could be reached to induce labour. The sign of Spalding at X-ray examination, showing overlapping of the fetal skull bones like roof tiles as a result of advanced maceration of the fetal tissues, was one of the few helpful objective diagnostic signs of fetal demise.
This recurrent dilemma, whether or not the fetus had died in utero, formed the major impulse for the development of cardiotocography (2). Initially fetal abdominal electrocardiography and phonocardiotocography were pursued, but failed, primarily due to technical problems.
It was only when the fetal heart beat could be rather easily detected by means of ultrasound (the Doppler-shift) or through the application of direct electrocardiography, that cardiotocography became popular as the method to monitor the condition of the fetus. Currently the majority of obstetric decisions to assist delivery of the baby by artificial means (caesarean section, forceps or vacuum extraction) for reasons of suspected fetal distress, relies on information gathered through the application of cardiotocography.
It is the obstetrician's reassurance that the fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern is normal and the nearly 100% certainty that the fetus is in a good condition, which has made cardiotocography so attractive and has induced its widespread use. This development is very understandable considering the dependence on indirect signals from the fetus and the problems mentioned in the first paragraph concerning the very limited means to monitor the condition of the fetus prior to the introduction of cardiotocography. However, now cardiotocography is in use for some decades criticism towards the method itself and objections to its widespread application are increasing (table 1). These criticisms and objections will be discussed in more detail and it will be tried to reach a more differentiated opinion.
The normal fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern is characterised by a baseline frequency between 110 and 150 beats per minute, presence of periodic accelerations, a normal heart rate variability with a bandwidth between 5 and 25 beats per minute and the absence of decelerations (3). In this regard the accentuation of the 120 and 160 frequencies is misleading. It originates from the second half of the 19th century when the normal frequencies by Von Winckel were stated to be between 120 and 160 beats per minute.
The FHR pattern is abnormal when one or more of the following features are observed: a baseline frequency below 110 or above 150 beats per minute, absence of accelerations for more than 45 minutes, decreased or absent FHR variability and the existence of repeated variable or late decelerations. A baseline frequency between 100 and 110 can be considered as normal when the duration of pregnancy has exceeded 41 weeks.
In recent years cardiotocography has been criticised for a number of reasons. A far from complete summary is given in table 1. The criticisms have a very diverging character. Each of them will be commented on in the following paragraphs.
The FHR pattern is a too indirect signal of the fetal condition
The (patho-)physiologic background of the fetal heart rhythm is extremely complex (4). Blood pressure, cardiovascular regulation, the condition of the autonomic and voluntary central and peripheral nervous system, respiration, temperature regulation, the renin-angiotensin system, the functioning of the adrenals, endocrine mechanisms, the cardiac conduction systems, the condition of the vessel walls and cellular processes, all contribute to the shape of the heart rate pattern recorded on paper or a visual screen. Under normal circumstances the FHR pattern primarily represents the state of the central nervous system, i.e. the 24-hour (circadian) rhythms and the cycling of behavioural states (ultradian rhythms). When the condition of the fetus is being threatened there is a shift to a more likely representation of disturbances in the regulation of the blood pressure and the cardiac performance, and ultimately a direct influence on the fetal heart.
Artificial occlusions of the umbilical cord circulation and the uterine circulation in animal experiments have contributed to a better understanding of the various aspects of the fetal heart rate pattern under pathologic circumstances. The human situation is far more complex though. Successive uterine contractions vary in duration and intensity. The position of the human fetus may change. The amount of amniotic fluid varies from fetus to fetus. Occlusions of the uterine circulation, umbilical vessels and/or placental circulation can be absent, be partial or even be total. The circulation in the umbilical vein and/or one or both umbilical arteries can be affected. These are just a few of the many combinations on the circulatory level that may occur when the fetal condition is threatened. Next there are the many complex variations regarding the biochemical status of the fetus, in particular the state of the acid-base balance. It should be remembered that depth, duration and shape of variable decelerations have no direct relation to the acid-base balance of the fetus at a particular moment (5).
Differences in techniques
For a correct understanding of the FHR pattern as recorded on paper or a screen it is essential to understand the technical procedures involved with the acquisition and processing of the heart beat signal obtained through ultrasound or direct electrocardiography (6). The cardiotocographic equipment has been improved markedly since the introduction of cardiotocography. Nevertheless some technical problems have never been fully resolved: some artificial FHR variability, halving and doubling of heart frequencies, recording of cardiac arrhythmias and recording of the maternal instead of the fetal heart frequency. The major problems, though, occur in clinical practice. There is no uniform opinion regarding the preferred paper speed. Recording speeds vary from 1 to 2 to 3 centimetres per minute, depending on the obstetric unit. A low paper speed facilitates the overview of a recording but has predominant disadvantages: 'long-term' FHR variability is artificially accentuated, 'short-term' variability is hardly recognisable and the time-relation between uterine contractions and decelerations is more difficult to assess.
The many influences of the FHR pattern
The healthy near-term fetus demonstrates a characteristic FHR pattern with continuous cycling of a 'reactive' and a 'non-reactive' FHR pattern representing the cycling of the sleep states 2F (REM sleep, active sleep) and 1F (non-REM-sleep, quiet sleep) (7). This cycling is interspersed, in particular around midnight with periods of fetal activity ('jogging') accompanied by recurrent accelerations sometimes mimicking fetal tachycardia. The maximum duration of a 1F state is 45 minutes in a healthy fetus.
When pregnancy advances accelerations increase in number, duration and amplitude. Variability increases during the 2F states, but is nearly constant after 26 weeks gestational age in 1F state (8). The variability in the 1F states primarily relates to the absence or presence of clusters of regular mouthing movements (associated with oscillations!) or breathing movements (associated with short term variability!) (9). FHR variability may vary from day to day and week to week in the individual fetus (8).
Interpretation of a cardiotographic tracing is particularly difficult early preterm. Generally the decision to start cardiotocography is determined by a serious obstetric problem such as presence of intrauterine growth retardation, rupture of membranes, vaginal blood loss or pregnancy induced hypertension. Interpretation then is not only more difficult because of the age of the fetus and the presenting obstetric problem, but moreover also because of the use of maternally administered medication. Betamimetics increase the baseline FHR and are associated with a decrease in FHR variability. Magnesium sulfate causes a decrease in FHR variability. Antihypertensives may cause tachycardia, bradycardia, flattening of the accelerations or a decrease in variability. Bethamethasone, contrary to dexamethasone, leads to a decrease in the incidence of fetal body and breathing movements and concomitantly a decrease in the number of accelerations and diminished variability (10).
High intra- and inter-observer variability
Reading, classification and interpretation should be the successive steps in the assessment of cardiotocographic tracings. Often too easily a conclusion is reached in (vague) terms of a suspicious, pathologic, ominous or terminal FHR pattern.
The high intra- and inter-observer variability concerning the classification and interpretation of FHR patterns has been substantiated in a large number of publications. Assessment of the baseline frequency and the presence or absence of accelerations and decelerations is rather uniform, but lacks any uniformity when FHR variability and deceleration types are concerned (11). Easy, exact guidelines as to how to determine and to interpret FHR variability are lacking. It appears that in daily obstetric practice variable decelerations far too often are classified as early or late decelerations, merely on the basis of the time-relation between the associated uterine contraction and the deceleration. The typical characteristics of the variable decelerations is that they vary in shape, duration and depth and on this basis nearly all decelerations occurring during labour should be classified as being of the variable type (12). The 'shouldering', i.e. the increase in FHR prior to and following a variable deceleration, can incorrectly be interpreted as an acceleration. Their monotonous and recurrent character is, though, very different from the irregularly spaced accelerations occurring in association with fetal body movements. Recurrent increases in the fetal heart rate during uterine contractions should raise suspicion that the (umbilical) venous circulation is being obstructed.
The low validity, high false-positive rate
The low validity of cardiotocography is concluded from a very limited number of earlier performed randomised studies, in which cardiotocography has been compared with intermittent auscultation. These studies suffer from a number of serious drawbacks and inadequacies concerning patient selection, sample size, randomisation procedures, in- and exclusion criteria, the knowledge of the responsible obstetricians how to classify and interpret cardiotocographic tracings and the comparability of the applied intermittent auscultation with daily obstetric practice (dedicated nurses participated in the auscultation groups).
A major problem with these and other studies aiming to assess the validity of cardiotocography and related procedures is the lack of solid endpoints concerning the fetal condition. One of the few hard endpoints is the status of the acid-base balance in arterial and venous cord blood, often applied to assess justification of artificial deliveries for reasons of suspected fetal distress. The primary aim of obstetric interventions in this regard is, though, to prevent fetal distress and as such these measures are not very helpful to assess adequacy of obstetric management in individual cases.
Cardiotocography increases medico-legal vulnerability
Sonography and cardiotocography have been named as the 'minefields of obstetrics'. In contrast to antepartum monitoring it is the intrapartum application of cardiotocography which may lead to litigation. The knowledge that their baby was in a good condition at the start of the birthing process is for parents an unbearable thought when the baby suffers from handicaps in later life which may possibly relate to the occurrence of fetal distress during the process of labour and delivery. The consumers, supported by legal experts, expect from the obstetrician not so much that she/he diagnoses fetal distress, but on the contrary that a serious threat of the fetal condition is being avoided, certainly if it concerns a child with full potentials for later life. The layman wonders why obstetricians do not all apply the same monitoring techniques and cannot understand why fetal heart rate patterns cannot be classified and interpreted uniformly.
The medico-legal vulnerability associated with the application of cardiotocography and other monitoring techniques is a very complex area. Many aspects are involved, such as the time path followed, the standard of care at a certain moment, the preceding training experienced, the chain of commands at a certain moment, the limitations from merely indirect information, uncertainty when damage to the infant occurred, the confusing nomenclature in use and the lack of exact definitions and guidelines. Nearly all cases are discussed 'in retrospect' knowing the fatal result of a particular case. Laymen have little understanding of peak loads in clinical care, the time span necessary before conclusions can reasonably be reached and the intensity of communication prior to a secondary caesarean section. The consumers demand optimal care at each moment in order to maximise future potentials for their child. They exert more and more pressure on decision making and easily push for a caesarean section when the condition of their child might be endangered.
Cardiotocography leads to an increase in obstetric interventions
One of the objections towards electronic fetal monitoring is that the widespread application has induced an increase in the number of obstetric interventions, in particular the incidence of caesarean sections. Randomised studies in the seventies and early eighties have demonstrated a higher incidence of artificial deliveries when cardiotocography was compared with (dedicated) intermittent auscultation. This was especially apparent when FHR monitoring was applied in low risk pregnancies. The adding of microblood sampling as a second mode of fetal surveillance, to assess the fetal acid-base status in case of suspicious or abnormal FHR patterns, clearly reduces the number of obstetric interventions if compared with the application of cardiotocography alone.
Following the introduction of cardiotocography, though, obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine has developed in a different direction. Certain changes in attitudes of the profession and the public have favoured the obstetric intervention through a certain section such as there are: a shift towards a far lower gestational age at which all is done to increase chances for fetal survival and diminished neonatal morbidity, another approach towards the fetus in breech position both preterm and term, an increase in the maternal age for the first pregnancy, an increase in the number of twins and triplets, another look at the pain experienced by the mother during labour and delivery, other criteria for the duration of the birthing process etc. The main line in obstetric policies has moved towards prevention of serious maternal and fetal risks in whatever circumstances. Large randomised studies in high-risk populations and a recent meta-analysis provide evidence of an approximate 60% reduction in perinatal mortality due to fetal distress when electronic fetal monitoring is applied as a routine in high-risk groups (14). These and other studies support earlier recommendations to apply cardiotocography in risk groups. Risks with a potential impact on the condition of the fetus may be identified already previous to pregnancy (hypertension, diabetes), may show up during the course of pregnancy (vaginal blood loss, early preterm rupture of membranes) or may occur during the process of labour and delivery (meconium staining, FHR decelerations). An anticipative attitude of the obstetrician taking care of the pregnant mother should always be warranted.
The future of cardiotocography
Cardiotocography was initially introduced merely on an empirical basis. At the start little was understood of the (patho-)physiology at the basis of the FHR pattern, the many factors influencing the shape of the FHR pattern and the clinical implications to be drawn from 'abnormal' FHR patterns. A classic example is the pseudo-sinusoidal pattern related to fetal sucking which for long was not distinguished from the truly sinusoidal pattern associated with serious fetal anaemia or severe fetal acidosis. The simultaneous introduction of guidelines how to classify and interpret FHR patterns by outstanding obstetricians living at different continents (Caldeyro Barcia, Hammacher, Hon, Maeda, Wood) has further contributed to the confusion in nomenclature and definitions, a problem which has not been resolved in world-wide terms until today.
In spite of many efforts, improvements in the quality of the instrumentation, better understanding of the FHR patterns and improved recognition of the position of cardiotocography among the full arsenal of fetal surveillance techniques, the current status of cardiotocography is at the awkward age. It certainly has not reached full maturity yet. The major weaknesses are formed by its application. Differences in paperspeed, lack of uniform and exact definitions, uncertainties regarding how, when and whom to monitor, problems with storage of cardiotocographic tracings, uncertainty if and when fetal microblood sampling should be applied, the generally very limited training of them who are directly involved with fetal monitoring and the lack of guidelines how to handle in the great variety of (often complex) clinical circumstances are just a few of the problems which have weakened the position of cardiotocography as a monitoring technique. Another aspect is the department's organisation regarding responsibilities at various locations, i.e. the outpatient clinics, the antenatal clinics and the labour and delivery unit? Are there solid and uniform arrangements and can one trust that they are continuously followed by each and any member of the department?
A computerised system permitting digital processing and storage of all fetal heart rate data has a number of potential advantages: the availability of quantified information including analysis of trends, easy retrieval of relevant cardiotocographic traces for education purposes, decreased medico-legal vulnerability concerning lost CTG traces etc. The currently available integration of a number of fetal (heart rhythm, oxygen saturation) and maternal (heart rhythm, electrocardiogram, oxygen saturation, blood pressure) variables in one monitor offers more possibilities for fetal monitoring in future, in particular studies of the effects of changes in the maternal cardiovascular status on the condition of the fetus. There are initial experiences with management supporting systems in which clinical, biophysical and biochemical data of the mother and the fetus are integrated. These systems still have a long way to go, but certainly deserve further study.
Cardiotocography in itself is a useful and indispensable adjunct to monitor the condition of the (endangered) fetus. In this regard the continuous debate concerning its usefulness compared with intermittent auscultation is meaningless. Both methods in principle provide similar information. However, cardiotocography in comparison with intermittent auscultation results in continuous versus spot-like, and objective versus subjective data.
- insufficient understanding of the (patho-)physiologic background
- a too indirect signal of the fetal condition
- a number of technical pitfalls
- differences in recording techniques
- primarily qualitative information (pattern recognition)
- lack of uniform classification systems
- confusion due to the many influences on the fetal heart rhythm
- substantial intra- and inter-observer variation regarding the interpretation
- low validity, high incidence of false-positive findings
- primarily screening method, too often applied as a diagnostic
- leads to an increase in artificial deliveries
- lack of agreement on how, when, and whom to monitor
- contributes to medico-legal vulnerability
- a further understanding of (patho-)physiology
- knowledge of technical pitfalls
- uniform paper speed, vertical scaling
- knowledge of the many factors influencing FHR patterns
- knowledge of all relevant clinical data
- discipline in reading, classification and interpretation of FHR patterns
- recognition that cardiotocography is an indirect parameter of fetal condition
- recognition that cardiotocography is only one parameter of fetal condition
- recognition that cardiotocography is only a screening technique
- disposition of maximal possible information (microblood sampling)
- availability of protocols how, when and whom to monitor
- availability of quantified, objective FHR analyses
- digital storage of fetal heart rate data
- systematic pre- and postgraduate training


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Actually, I don't know if she's drunk, but she suuure looks like she's having a good time at the Barbado's Kadooment Day parade. It's been a while since we've posted about one of our favourite celebrities gone wild, Rihanna, and here she is making us all happy by showing off some skin in costume no less.
Kadooment Day is a crop over day and the people of Barbados celebrate this day with great vigor and joy. It is a day when the people or the Bajans (as they are more properly known), undertake a total cut of their grown crop. Thus, this day, as according to their culture, is of importance and should be celebrated on a massive scale. Thus, the people of Barbados have a cultural as well as emotional attachment to the celebration of the Kadooment Day. Furthermore, the people celebrate this day with sheer enthusiasm and madness. They dance in the streets and sing their traditional folk songs.
I had never heard of Kadooment Day before, but I'd like to thank the sex gods for bringing it to Riri's attention. Otherwise, we might never have these photos of her showing her tits, grinding her ass into someones groin and spreading her legs wide eagle while wearing fishnet stockings. We should all celebrate harvest time with such vigor and passion.
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One of the interesting things about my new job is that I get out a lot and talk to customers who are struggling to build real systems and understand their problems. I love customers; they just say what they think and what they are trying to do simply and clearly. When you see a lot of them as I do you can start to see patterns of common problems and interests which can surface in very strange ways when mapped onto what the IT industry is providing. So as an example I see a huge number of customers interested in Active Directory and to a lesser extent in MIIS. Talking to people attending our Technet Events on these topics it appears that actually what they are interested in is how to map their Organisational Topology onto the technology. What I mean by that is that organisations have structure, roles, permissions, policies, employees, suppliers, customers etc all with relationships to one another and policies between them. These have to be mapped to directories, databases, and security systems etc, a non trivial task. If the mapping is incorrect then it can cause huge organisational and business problems however there is very little help in how to do this from an organisational standpoint.
Whilst we have many technologies to support this mapping (Kerberos, IDM, AD, ADAM, MIIS ADFS, ESSO etc) and explain (in some cases in excruciating detail IMHO) how to use them we don't explain how to use them all in concert to support a complete organisational topology. In fact we give very little guidance on how to map an organisation or when to use the different technologies associated with this area.
I was over at a major Microsoft internal training event in the US two weeks ago and sat through an excellent ESSO talk where the Product manager had a valiant stab at doing this mapping as the single sign on people clearly had found a lot of confusion as to the difference between ESSO and some of the other technologies in this area. I caught him afterwards and pointed the issue of our multiple, independent, technologies in this space confusing customers and he was interested and said he would follow it up. I will email him and find out what has happened but in the meantime I am working on pulling it all together in my own mind.


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Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick says Gold Coast counterpart Miron Bleiberg has brought the A-League into disrepute and handed Victory ammunition when they next clash.
Victory can secure a finals berth by picking up a draw or win against Newcastle Jets at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night, which would most likely set them up for an elimination final against Gold Coast.
That looms as a heated meeting, after the normally-reserved Merrick on Tuesday hit back angrily at Bleiberg, who accused Melbourne of "dirty" and "brutal" play in Sunday's 2-0 win at AAMI Park.
Merrick said the criticism was totally at odds with what he saw on the pitch.
"It was either an attempt at deflection or some sort of mind games, either way he failed miserably," the Victory boss said.
"We'll use that down the track as motivation.
"It's just very disappointing when someone has a cheap shot like that."
Merrick suggested Bleiberg's comments amounted to an indirect attack on referee Peter Green.
"A coach has really said that the referee was totally incompetent, (that) he allowed a war and brutal tackles to occur," he said.
"To me that's bringing the game into disrepute, I think (North Queensland coach) Franz Straka got two weeks for saying and doing less."
A Football Federation Australia (FFA) spokesman said Bleiberg's comments had been reviewed but were not deemed worthy of sanction.
Victory will rush back striker Robbie Kruse into Wednesday night's starting line-up, a day after returning from Qatar, where he scored in Australia's Asian Cup semi-final and again impressed off the bench in the final.
"I wasn't really expecting that much game-time, I was really just going to impress in training and see where that took me ... hopefully I did a good enough job for (coach Holger Osieck) to pick me again next game," Kruse said.
His return is timely, with Melbourne losing Carlos Hernandez and Grant Brebner to injuries from the Gold Coast game, while Archie Thompson is still missing with a hamstring injury.
Costa Rican Marvin Angulo is also expected to come into the starting side.
The eighth-placed Jets will be all but out of finals contention unless they win, which Merrick said should make for an entertaining match.
"They'll be down here to play for a win, which is good for us, when teams play attacking football that really suits us."
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When former Minnesota Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot gets on the internet and says he's going to throw another Love Boat party, you tend to listen. Even if the alleged charity event party ends up spiraling out of control and becomes fans just paying Fred Smoot to get his drink on. Essentially.
Whether it's called the Plutonic Love Boat, Love Boat 2.0, or Okra Boat, it doesn't matter, because our favorite backwards CB from the mid-2000's was back on Reddit this week to both promote his upcoming Love Boat Part and apparent charity event in Washington, DC this March, and also to answer some fan questions throughout the day. Throughout the thread, the "charity" part of this event became rather suspect, but we were still left with some classic Fred Smoot zingers, which is all I care about. I wasn't going to be donating anyway.
So to that end, we combed through this wonderful event in history and cherry picked some of the best Q&As from the thread for your enjoyment. As always, anything that was a dig at the Vikings or had to do with sexual acts were highlights.
On if he ever played for a coach who, say, didn't realize he was coaching adults and still thought he should handle men like he would normally handle high school boys, and if he DID ever happen to oddly have a coach like that, who would that coach have been?
|brad childress
No kidding! Brad Childress was bad with other people? Marcus Robinson is shocked.
On if the Redskins were to change their team name so they wouldn't be so damn racist, what should they update the franchise to?
|change the name to the presidents and just be metallic green/money and black and destroy everyone. and it would sorta be like army camo too. imagine me with a big george washington on the side of my helment. how sweet.
On which Power Ranger and/or Ninja Turtle did Fred consider to be his favorite:
|always a michaelangelo. i'd be fredatelo.
Makes sense. Michelangelo was a party dude, and we all know how much Fred likes to party, so it's a natural fit. Also, the fact that he eschewed the Power Rangers answer here makes me happy. Let's all pretend that we didn't silently love the Green Ranger, OK?
When someone asked Fred about the Wikipedia article listing on the Love Boat, about how it alleges that there was some "man on man" sex acts included, he simply responds with:
|come on man… (please listen back to the recording later – hilarious)
I think he had some radio appearance he referenced in the thread, which is the recording he's talking about here, but like hell if I'm going to take the time to listen to it. I've already given Fred Smoot enough attention here. However, taking this answer as the definitive answer on the matter, it looks to me like this is neither a denial or affirmation, meaning, of course, that we have to assume Daunte Culpepper french kissed Bryant McKinnie sensually. I'll buy it.
Finally, Mr. Smoot nasty was kind enough to answer our OWN question we posed. We wanted to know if Bryant McKinnie was going to be up in this Love Boat 2.0 jam, and if he was bringing the Okra Patch with him (because that would clearly influence our decision to attend towards a positive response). His answer:
|great question.
I'll take that as a resounding yes. Don't ever change, Fred.


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The mallard (/ˈmælɑːrd/ or /ˈmælərd/) or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae.
The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on wings and belly, while the females (hens or ducks) have mainly brown-speckled plumage. Both sexes have an area of white-bordered black speculum feathers which commonly also include iridescent blue feathers especially among males. Mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes. This species is the main ancestor of most breeds of domesticated ducks.
The mallard is a medium-sized waterfowl species although is often slightly heavier than most other dabbling ducks. It is 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long (of which the body makes up around two-thirds), has a wingspan of 81–98 cm (32–39 in), and weighs 0.72–1.58 kg (1.6–3.5 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 25.7 to 30.6 cm (10.1 to 12.0 in), the bill is 4.4 to 6.1 cm (1.7 to 2.4 in) and the tarsus is 4.1 to 4.8 cm (1.6 to 1.9 in).
The breeding male mallard is unmistakable, with a glossy bottle-green head and white collar which demarcates the head from the purple-tinged brown breast, grey brown wings, and a pale grey belly. The rear of the male is black, with the dark tail having white borders. The bill of the male is a yellowish orange tipped with black while that of the female is generally darker ranging from black to mottled orange. The female mallard is predominantly mottled with each individual feather showing sharp contrast from buff to very dark brown, a coloration shared by most female dabbling ducks, and has buff cheeks, eyebrow, throat and neck with a darker crown and eye-stripe.
Owing to their highly 'malleable' genetic code, Mallards can display a large amount of variation, as seen here with this female, who displays faded or 'apricot' plumage.
Both male and female mallards have distinct iridescent purple blue speculum feathers edged with white, prominent in flight or at rest, though temporarily shed during the annual summer moult. Upon hatching, the plumage colouring of the duckling is yellow on the underside and face (with streaks by the eyes) and black on the back (with some yellow spots) all the way to the top and back of the head. Its legs and bill are also black. As it nears a month in age, the duckling's plumage will start becoming drab, looking more like the female (though its plumage is more streaked) and its legs will lose their dark grey colouring. Two months after hatching, the fledgling period has ended and the duckling is now a juvenile. Between three and four months of age, the juvenile can finally begin flying as its wings are fully developed for flight (which can be confirmed by the sight of purple speculum feathers). Its bill will soon lose its dark grey colouring and its sex can finally be distinguished visually by three factors. The bill colouring is yellow in males, black and orange for females. The breast feathers are reddish-brown for males, brown for females. The centre tail feather is curled for males (called a drake feather), straight for females.
During the final period of maturity leading up to adulthood (6–10 months of age), the plumage of female juveniles remains the same while the plumage of male juveniles slowly changes to its characteristic colours. This plumage change also applies to adult mallard males when they transition in and out of their non-breeding eclipse plumage at the beginning and the end of the summer moulting period. The adulthood age for mallards is 14 months and the average life expectancy is 3 years, but they can live to twenty.
Several species of duck have brown-plumaged females which can be confused with the female mallard. The female gadwall (A. strepera) has an orange-lined bill, white belly, black and white speculum which is seen as a white square on the wings in flight, and is a smaller bird. More similar to the female mallard in North America are the American black duck (A. rubripes), which is notably darker hued in both sexes than the mallard, and the mottled duck (A. fulvigula), which is somewhat darker than the female mallard, with no white edge on the speculum and slightly different bare-part colouration.
In captivity, domestic ducks come in wild-type plumages, white, and other colours. Most of these colour variants are also known in domestic mallards not bred as livestock, but kept as pets, aviary birds, etc., where they are rare but increasing in availability.
A noisy species, the female has a deeper quack stereotypically associated with ducks. Male mallards also make a sound which is phonetically similar to that of the female, but it is a deep and raspy sound which can also sound like mek or whak. When incubating a nest, or when offspring are present, Females vocalise differently, making a call which sounds like a truncated version of the usual quack. They will also hiss if the nest or their offspring are threatened or interfered with.


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Your notes on the Masquerade are interesting, BrianAnim. I was a Masquerade judge and as such I saw a portion of the competition the rest of the attendees were not able to see - craftsmanship judging! Unfortunately there were a VERY large number of groups that did not come to craftsmanship judging. Keep in mind that Performance awards (even for things like Choreography) ALSO take into consideration the quality of the costumes. A skit has to be absolutely phenomenal to take a performance award without also coming in for craftsmanship judging. I also think it's very poor form of you to say that the Seras cosplayer had a poorly made costume and prop, as I was able to see her work up close and your observations are quite frankly far off the mark.
We had a LOT of prizes to hand out so it did take a while to decide on our awards. I'm sorry we took so long but it would be worse to rush through the judging. Anime Expo 2007's Masq was an absolute fiasco because the judges were rushed. Craftsmanship judging cannot be completed until we see each contestant on stage. Just like much of a Performance award depends on the quality of the costume, Craftsmanship awards take into account how a contestant presents the costume(s) on stage.
I'm not sure why you're complaining about the Megaman cosplayer not getting Best Video Game Solo as she received a Judge's award and we considered those equally prestigious.
Hope this clears up a few things. That's all I will be saying about the decisions we made. I think I speak for the other two judges as well as myself when I say that we stand by our decisions.
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This feature is obviously dependent on having a microSD memory card slot on your device, but otherwise, it should be a good option for those with limited internal storage. In terms of recording, this is a feature specific to the pro version of the app, and basically allows the user to save audio for later. Not to mention, it allows for offline playback.
Other changes that arrived with this update include alarm volumes having been corrected, issues dealing with the opening of shared links should be fixed, and the Google Play Store buttons have been reduced in size. There was also mention of some updated visuals in the car mode, and an update dealing with Here & Now on the Galaxy Note 3.
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Alex and Maia Shibutani, known to fans as the "Shib Sibs," made their Olympic ice dancing debut over the weekend to Michael Buble's "The Best Is Yet to Come."
The Canadian singer was watching and had some high praise for the American brother and sister duo.
I feel like I won the gold tonight @MaiaShibutani & @AlexShibutani used my music! #honored #shibutani #ShibSibs @USFigureSkating #Sochi2014
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The Shib sibs are entering today's free dance medal round in ninth place. Whether they get on the podium or not, the siblings, who have been tweeting from Sochi, seem to be relishing their Olympic experience.
. @michaelbuble @AlexShibutani WOW!!!So honored that you saw us skate! Thank you for being a part of our Olympic performance! ?? #Sochi2014
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SilentProtag posted...
Terrapon posted...judgementaeon posted...I like supers more.
You can't be as opportunistic and just wait in the sidelines for the whole match and just steal a kill when you want to
Chzrm3 ,
i disagree about spike bro, you lock them down your the banana ****(the bananas themselves and the boomerang) and then do his unblockable air dive kick thing, then hit them with his toy car into lv1. Characters like big daddy have such a hard time against this.
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IcyFlamez96 4 years ago#34
Zanoooo posted...
Chzrm3 ,
Ive gone against a lot of beastly Spike players and they always end up going for the level 2. So many dedicated Spike's have written long rants on this.
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SilentProtag (Topic Creator)4 years ago#35
ideally this game (played at a competitive level) would be stock mode anyway, so 'kill steals' wouldn't be an issue. It would have been all about the last man standing.
xXxSuQingXinxXx 4 years ago#36
Unique =/= Good
There's one fundamental flaw to SuperBot's implementation of the Super system, and it's that each character is very limited in how they can perform them. Not only that, but this is the ONLY means of scoring a point. Why ringouts and falls do not count as a death is, quite frankly, very confusing.
SuperBot would definitely have been better off with giving each character access to about 4 level one supers (and their aerial counterparts) and 2 level 2 supers. That way, gameplay would not become a monotonous grind to build up to the same super, just trying to fish for the same setup through the entirety of a match.
Adding on to that, getting hit should cause a character to actually LOSE AP (lose half of what the other player is gaining). That way, there is an actual feeling of punishment upon getting hit, and more satisfaction for the player doing the damage. A tremendous oversight by SuperBot, in my opinion, and a fighting game staple (taking damage) that was crapped on by the SuperBot devs.
In retrospect, I really have NO idea why I purchased this game at full price. I think right when I jumped onto the lazily designed main menu, I KNEW that I may have made a mistake. And upon encountering game-breaking glitches both online and being talked about on this board, I knew for sure that this game was in some hot water. It's a real dang shame that Superbot would release such an incomplete product... In all honesty, it should never have existed at all with the limited amount of resources and uncooperative third party support that it was receiving.
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Odyssey92 posted...
SilentProtag posted...Terrapon posted...judgementaeon posted...I like supers more.
Glad you said "as opportunistic" because people can still do it. Quite easily if you're a decent player too.
IcyFlamez96 posted...
AP limit mode.
what do you mean? A kind of handicap where one or more players always have x amount of AP or a mode where everyone always has access to lv 1 or something else?
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IcyFlamez96 4 years ago#38
Whoever gets to "X" amount of AP first wins.
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Odyssey92 posted...
SilentProtag posted...Terrapon posted...judgementaeon posted...I like supers more.
If you think about it, in other fighters you have to do your best moves to win. Hitting people constantly just to get their health down is boring IMO if you think about. Everybody is always gonna do their best combos and what not. At least with this you can do your best combos but it all comes down to 3 supers, which adds a bunch of strategy (not including brain dead hit confirms).
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SilentProtag (Topic Creator)4 years ago#40
xXxSuQingXinxXx posted...
Unique =/= Good
I agree.
I don't completely regret my purchase because despite ALL its issues, it was very fun to play with my bro in online 2v2 for the first week or two.
but the Power Point menus and character select glitches and infinite level 2 supers, etc etc. all should have been a warning sign for sure.
it seems like very little thought was put into a lot of areas in the game.
The overall combat is actually pretty good, but the problem is it's all fluff compared to how much Supers matter, and the Supers system is just bad
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