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| way to FORCE my system to use 1920 x 1080 x 32 @60Hz I have a similar issue with my Samsung 2233SW: Sometimes when my system boots up, my screen resolution is wrong (It defaults to "Non-Pnp VGA Monitor" or something similar) and the highest resolution I can choose, even in advanced/list all modes is usually 1600 x 1200, which just looks weird in widescreen. If I reboot once or twice it will suddenly "fix" itself and recognize the Samsung properly. When I first installed Windows 7, I did not install the driver from the Samsung disk, because it already correctly recognized it and all of its supported display modes. However, when I first had this problem, I decided to go ahead and install the driver from the disk and it helped... for about a week, then started doing it again. I also do not have CCC installed, but when I installed it, it didn't seem to help, since it will not allow me to select modes that it thinks are not supported by my "VGA" monitor. So.... is there a way to FORCE my system to use 1920 x 1080 x 32 @60Hz, even if it thinks my monitor can not support it? Thanks in advance! Russell p.s. I even re-installed Windows 7 because I thought that would get rid of the problem, but it soon re-appeared. It seemed to start after one of the updates, but I don't know which one (You can imagine how many megabytes of updates got downloaded upon a fresh install of Windows 7!). Probably the ATI update? |
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| You need to look at two things here - video card drivers and monitor drivers. Please make sure you have the latest drivers for both. You can get the latest video card drivers for your card here - ATI Video Card Drivers Samsung monitor drivers here - Samsung Also according to this the native resolution of that monitor is 1920 x 1080 so it should be defaulting at that res - http://www.samsung.com/us/system/con..._Final_908.pdf Let us know. |
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| I have the latest on both. I'm wondering if the latest driver isn't the problem itself! But even if I have a non-optimum driver, it still doesn't make sense to me that the issue happens only sometimes, and that a simple reboot without doing anything else usually solves the problem. Isn't every Win 7 startup loading the same drivers? Weird! Russell |
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| Yeah it is weird. I'd try reinsatlling the video drivers. Also what cable are you using to hook up the monitor? Also check your device manager to see if there are any issues reported, i.e question marks or yellow triangles. |
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| Did you try driversweeper to remove all residual drivers before you re-installed your GPU driver? http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1655 Just a thought Fabe |
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| At this point in time I'd advise against using drive sweeper, for the time being. |
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| Start with the simple by checking to make sure settings are correct. It could turn out to be a simple cable or setting problem. |
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| Agreed. Fabe |
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| We'll see what he has to say about my question of the cable. It may turn out that he does need to repair his drivers, and your solution may come in handy, but we need to keep it simple first. BTW thanks |
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I had a K&B on my first trainer. A royal pain in the arse. One of the older guys in the club said he and his buddies used to fly them all the time. He said the first thing they would do when they got a new K&B was to take off the carb and throw it away. They would replace it with a perry carb. The K&B engine idles so nice....but thats about all it does with a stock carb. I guess one good thig was I got practice with dead stick landings. Most of the time It woudl die on takeoff. Once in a while it would work ok. Next time out to the field I had to start all over again to find that sweet spot. I got tired if screwing around so I purchased a GMS 40. Never had any problems since. And Mecoa ( www.mecoa.com/gms/index.htm) gave me $20 off the GMS for sending in my old K&B. No questions asked....just put your old engine in a box with an order form from the website.
On my second GMS...A GMS47, I had some issues when I forst got it. Comparing it to my 40, a friend noticed the throttle set screw was missing a small gasket. Air was leaking into my carb. I put in a small gasket washer and it has ran perfect ever since. Another great feature of these engines is they are still available with the needle on the carb. -Rocko |
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I LOVE K&B!!!! Been running them since 1978. Never found one I didn't like. I'm assuming that you have a standard .61, not a gold head ABC? And that it's not a .45 or .65? the fins are all the same diameter on a .61. Here's what one liooks like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/K-B-61-R-C-Engin...QQcmdZViewItem Does it say "60" stamped on the motor mount? Then it's probably a .45 Sportster. Here's what one looks like. http://cgi.ebay.com/Used-K-B-45-RC-A...QQcmdZViewItem The way to tell is that they have 11 cooling fins not counting the head. Here's a .65 http://cgi.ebay.com/K-B-SPORTSTER-65...QQcmdZViewItem They have 13 fins. A 10-6 prop is too small, more like for a K&B .40. Try an 11-7. I really recommend the Perry carbs if you can get them. They like 15%-20% nitro or idle is going to be a problem. If the motor bogs down when advancing to full throttle, then close down the idle screw (on a stock carb) just a little. You need a really fine touch. The Perry carbs don't need adjustment on the idle disc generally. Adjust the full throttle first, then the idle. You generally only want the thing to barely break into a two cycle at full throttle. You need to listen carefully to the engine when you throttle up, after an idle. When it bogs down, does it go lean (sags with no four cycling at all) or rich (sputters in a four cycle)? That tells you which way to adjust the idle mixture. Does the problem get worse when you idle for a couple of minutes? Then it's probably too rich. Slowly tweak the idle screw on the throttle arm side until it gets better. You have to have a fine touch, but the results are well worth it Make sure you get idle bar long glow plugs. These engines need them. Get Fox if you can find them, but K&B work good too. Hope this helps -- Val |
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Yeah, that's a real common thing. I can't tell you how many times somebody's confused the .45 Sportster for a .60 on EBay.
I think the manual says a 10-6 is normal. I have heard about, but not tried, an 11-4. One old timer said that the .45 generated more thrust that way and was perfect for slower trainers. Tower has them, but I would go with the 10-6 until that idle problem was fixed. The .45 apparently liked lower RPM, and wouldn't spin as fast as most .40's. It's kinda sorta the same as an OS LA45 in performance. I think there is only one needle on the .45 carb. I would try the same procedure and see what that does. I think that carb was a little kooky, with the idle screw turning a disk? Does your engine have a remote needle? Then all that's on the carb is a disc with a screw in it. The screw only does a 1/4 turn either way for idle adjustment Here's the manuals: http://www.mecoa.com/kb/59/5900.htm (has tuning instructions) http://www.mecoa.com/kb/parts.htm For Fox idle bar glow plugs you can try these. They're called "RC Long": http://www.foxmanufacturing.com/stor...t=Glow%20Plugs From Tower http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXG904&P=M I don't know this brand, but Tower has some idle bar plugs. Some people complained that the welded bar would break off in flight, so they preferred Fox. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXR507&P=ML Or try your LHS and see if they have some Fox plugs Good luck! -- Val |
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The Future: Polyglot Programmers
I wrote an article three years ago, "Become a Better Java Programmer – Learn Something Else", that was subsequently picked up by JavaWorld and DZone and received moderate positive and a bit of negative feedback. The negative was primarily aimed at my assessment that "perhaps 80%" of the best local Java talent were familiar with at least one of a set of other languages I listed. Some readers felt the 80% was pulled from thin air (or pulled perhaps from somewhere else), and I concede the number was simply an estimate. And of course the "best local Java talent" line was also subjective, but time has shown I am a good judge of that.
The gist of the article was that the best Java pros that I knew at the time were either fortunate, curious or ambitious enough to learn other languages and platforms. Perhaps they wanted to improve their Java skills, to simply climb a mountain because it was there, to have a Plan B in case Java went downhill (article published June '09, Oracle/Sun deal announced April '09), or maybe they knew something I admittedly didn't know regarding where things were headed.
When I wrote the article, I was offering career advice targeted to Java developers who wanted to continue to be Java developers – learn another language and you should become more effective using Java. I don't think I had any real instincts that things were going to change dramatically over the next several years. I think the dramatic change is now happening, and it's time to pay attention if you haven't been.
The concept of polyglot programmers and polyglot programming isn't new by any means, and I realize that I'm certainly not the first person or the most qualified person (I may be the tallest) to think or write about the subject. Neal Ford mentioned it over five years ago in a blog post that was quite prophetic.
Think of it this way: Years ago if you were living in Germany, chances are you only spoke German. As travel became easier and business spread to different countries, the world got smaller, and it was advantageous or even necessary to learn new languages because the chances of encountering a non-German speaker were greater. Now many Europeans speak at least a couple languages fluently out of necessity. If you are a bartender in Rome, chances are you know how to say 'beer' and 'thank you' a few ways. The software development world and the options within it have grown vastly, but the need to be productive or conversant in more than one programming language has not historically been a requirement to get ahead. I feel that has changed, and will continue to change in the years to come.
Since writing my last newsletter I had a couple interesting and vastly different conversations with two technologists that made quite an impression. One was with a very experienced (>10 years) Java programmer who admittedly had no real programming experience beyond the more common Java tools and API's (some MVC, JSP) and invested little time trying to keep up with industry trends. She had many years with the same company and saw very little change in the tech environment. The second conversation was with a grad student finalizing a Master's in Comp Sci who had academic, internship, and professional experience (< 2 years) with Python, Java, C++, and Ruby. He was involved in various tech communities and technology was a hobby in addition to being a chosen profession.
Right now, both of these candidates are quite employable, and as you would expect the experienced Java programmer will earn more at present. If I had to buy stock based on future earnings and career advancement in these two candidates today, I'd put all my money and mortgage my house on the grad student. This Java pro is, at this point, not even aware that the world has passed her by.
Historically, most software shops were hung up with hiring requirements that listed minimum amounts of acceptable experience with a technology. I can recall having to explain to a client a few years ago that the only person that might have had the amount of Spring experience they were seeking was Rod Johnson (true story). When I speak to my clients now, it is clear that most are more interested in aptitude over experience with specific languages or tools, as well as an understanding of certain core engineering concepts and principles (perhaps multi-threading or functional programming) in addition to a set of character traits that tend to result in productive engineers.
The metaphor I often use is to liken engineers to athletes. A great athlete can throw a football or a baseball skillfully and is able to use both a hockey stick and golf club to make solid contact with a puck or ball, once the athlete makes some simple adjustments to the chosen object. Likewise, a truly great engineer should be able to succeed using any of several languages, once they understand the syntax and basics.
With the wide variety of robust languages and platforms currently available and ready for prime time, it is hard to imagine that any one or two will become as dominant a force as Java and .Net have been over the past 10+ years. I believe the days of hearing 'We are a Java shop' or 'We are a Python shop' are behind us. The most innovative shops are mixing technologies based on using the language/platform that is the best fit for the task while also factoring in the experience level of the team members. To remain valuable and relevant, it is becoming necessary to write software in more than one language. Having the ability to produce in more than one language may be a luxury today, but it is becoming very clear that this will be a necessary skill for tomorrow's engineer.
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
Dave Fecak replied on Wed, 2012/08/29 - 10:56am in response to: Liam Knox
Sounds like the start to what could be a joke. I'll play along. I don't know. How many? :)
If that was a serious question, there are certainly some Cobol developers that are no longer developing in Cobol and have moved on to something else. I couldn't tell you how many or what percentage.
Dean Schulze replied on Wed, 2012/08/29 - 11:01am
I recently chose the (Google) Go language for my needs for a good, cross-platform scripting language. While golang is a compiled language that produces binary executables its toolset and fast compilation allow it to be used like a scripting language.
Python is an excellent scripting language, but it is fragmented. Any platform may have 2.7 or 3.x installed and 3.x is not backwards compatible with 2.7. Sigh...
I've made golang my language to go (no pun intended) along with Java (and Python, and C, and C++).
Stephane Vaucher replied on Wed, 2012/08/29 - 10:31pm in response to: Liam Knox
Lund Wolfe replied on Sun, 2012/09/02 - 1:52am
You are probably right about betting on the developer who knows more languages. They will likely move higher up the hierarchy and make more money and be eligible for many more jobs and be comfortable in many more jobs. However, if I had to use software written by either one, I'd take the one written by the better developer, regardless of language.
There is more to software development than the base language. You can learn the Java syntax in two days. If you're bored and the only thing you can think of is learning a new language, you may be simple minded. I'm also reminded of the expression, "jack of all trades, master of none". I wear many hats but I'm not actually good at anything. Specialization can be a good thing.
That said, many jobs require someone who knows a bit of everything. Front end web or device development may require many languages or it may just require a new Java framework.
I'm a java java java snob because I like Java. The most important thing is that you like the language and tools that you use day in and day out. If you find something that works better for you, then power to you. I know I learned a lot of languages beginning with BASIC and assembly to many others before I discovered Java, at which time I said I'll take any job where I can do Java.


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In 1965, Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. led a successful campaign to recruit the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta. He would later admit that he built the city's first big-league stadium "on land we didn't own with money we didn't have for a team we hadn't signed."
It was an act of bold leadership that vaulted Atlanta into the top tier of American cities and helped set the stage for decades of unprecedented economic growth throughout the region, including Gwinnett County. As part of the deal to recruit the Braves to Atlanta, the old Atlanta Crackers minor league team had to relocate to another market. They moved to Richmond and became the Braves' triple-A farm team. Now, 43 years later, they're coming home as the Gwinnett Braves. Just as Mayor Allen's early courtship of the Milwaukee Braves took place out of the public eye, so, of necessity, did Gwinnett County's negotiation with the Richmond Braves. Even as a team of Gwinnett County business and community leaders worked quietly to secure the deal with the Braves, we knew we faced a challenge in building a new stadium in time for the start of the 2009 season, just one year away. If we couldn't make that assurance, there would be no Braves baseball in Gwinnett. Building a new stadium in just a year was a unique problem requiring strong leadership and a proven approach. The Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau has a track record with such projects, and was tasked with bringing a new ballpark to the county. Preston Williams, GCVB's general manager, has overseen more than $1 billion in public construction over the past 15 years, including the building of the highly successful Gwinnett Arena. The decision was made by GCVB to hire an experienced construction management firm to lead a design-build process to construct the new stadium. For some, this raised questions as to why a traditional sealed bid process was not put in place. Considering the use of county funds, it's a valid question. Simply put, there wouldn't be a new stadium - or a triple-A baseball team - in Gwinnett County had we gone through such a process. The time required to issue a request-for-proposal and analyze submissions would have made it virtually impossible to have the new stadium built in time for the April 2009 opening day. Great efforts were taken to ensure that the public interest was protected. Even before the Braves' deal was announced, we solicited proposals from architectural and construction management firms with national reputations in stadium construction. Upon review, there was very little economic difference in the proposals we received. The decision came down to experience and assurance that our schedule could be met. The construction management firm we selected - Barton Malow Co. - has an unsurpassed record in stadium construction. It has been involved in the construction of collegiate, major and minor league stadiums across the country. The architectural firm selected, HKS, has an equally impressive record, and both companies have existing and productive relationships with the Atlanta Braves. The design-build process has become the framework of choice for projects like this. In fact, it's how we constructed the Gwinnett arena. While hard-bids are supposed to protect the public interest, experience shows that they often suffer from ongoing change orders and massive cost overruns, defeating the purpose of the hard-bid. In a design-build, the owner - in this case, the GCVB - remains engaged throughout the process and ultimately has greater control over schedule and costs. For each phase of the project - be it grading, concrete work, electrical and the like - the construction management firm relies on a bid process. Contracts are awarded on cost and the contractors' ability to meet the tight deadline we're working against. There will always be those who question how deals come together when county funds are used, and there should be. I'm confident we have the right people in place and the proper framework to make this stadium and minor league baseball in Gwinnett successful. While history will be the ultimate judge of that, I do think Ivan Allen would approve. Richard Tucker is chairman of the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau.More like this story
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Cross-tolerance is a phenomenon that occurs when someone who is tolerant to the effects of a certain drug also develops a tolerance to another drug. It often happens between two drugs with similar functions or effects – for example, acting on the same cell receptor or affecting the transmission of certain neurotransmitters. Cross-tolerance has been observed with pharmaceutical drugs such as anti-anxiety agents and illicit substances, and sometimes the two of them together. Often, a person who uses one drug can be tolerant to a drug that has a completely different function.[1] This phenomenon allows one to become tolerant to a drug that they have never even used before. [2]
Major Drug Classifications and Cross-Tolerance[edit]
Groups of Psychoactive drugs | Drug examples |
Antianxiety drugs and sedative hypnotics | Benzodiazepines (valium, Xanax, clonapin)
Barbiturates (alcohol) Other anesthetics (GHB, Special K, PCP, angel dust) |
Antipsychotics | Phenothiazines: chlorpromazine (thorazine)
Butyrophenones: haloperidol (Haldol) Clozapine (Clozaril), Aripiprazole (abilify, aripiprex) |
Antidepressants and mood stabilizers | MAO inhibitors
tricyclic antidepressants: imipramine (Tofranil), SSRIs, fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat), Mood stabilizers (Lithium, sodium valproate, carbamazepine) |
Opioid analgesics | Morphine, codeine, heroin, endomorphins, enkephlins, dynorphins |
Psychotropics | Amphetamine, cocaine, acetylcholine psychedelics (atropine, nicotine), anandamide psychedelics (THC), Glutamate psychedelics (PCP, angel dust, Special K), Norepinephrine psychedelics (mescaline), Serotonin psychedelics (LSD, ecstasy), Caffeine |
Antianxiety and sedative hypnotics[edit]
Exciting the GABA receptor produces an influx of Chloride ions, which hyperpolarizes it and makes it less likely to give rise to an action potential and decreases a neuron's firing rate. The GABA receptor can also bind barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Barbiturates binding increases the binding of GABA and benzodiazepines maximizes the time the pore is open, both of these mechanisms allows for an influx of Chloride ions. When these drugs are taken together it is very dangerous because the effects of both are added up since they act on the same receptor, which is why when you have tolerance for one drug in the group you will most likely show cross-tolerance for the other drugs in the group.[3]
Antipsychotic drugs[edit]
These drugs block dopamine receptors and can also block serotonin receptors
Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers[edit]
A MAO inhibitor allows for more serotonin release by inhibiting enzymes that break down serotonin. Some of the other drugs block the reuptake transporter which takes some of the neurotransmitters back up, and disallows for the neurotransmitter to reach the next synapse.[4]
Opioid analgesics[edit]
These drugs mimic three classes of endorphins, such as endomorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins. All three of these classes each have their own receptor-mu, kappa, and delta. Opioids will bind to the receptor for the endorphin they are most alike. Heroin which is synthesized from morphine will also compete for the same receptor, but it is more dangerous because it can readily cross the blood-brain barrier unlike morphine.[5]
Amphetamine and cocaine block the reuptake of dopamine. Amphetamine also helps release dopamine from presynaptic membranes. Psychedelic drugs will either block or facilitate the transmission at its certain neurotransmitter receptor. Caffeine increases the metabolic activity of cells. It inhibits the enzyme which breaks down cAMP, allowing for further glucose production and therefore, more energy. [6]
Drugs of Different Classifications[edit]
Sometimes cross-tolerance occurs between two drugs that do not share mechanisms of action or classification. For example, amphetamine and amphetamine-like stimulants have been shown to exhibit cross-tolerance with caffeine, and it is likely the mechanism of cross-tolerance involves the dopamine D(1) receptor. [7] Amphetamines also have cross-tolerance with pseudoephedrine, as pseudoephedrine can block dopamine uptake in the same manner that amphetamines do, but less potently. [8]
Alcohol is another substance that often cross-tolerates with other drugs. Findings of cross-tolerance with nicotine in animal models suggest that it is also possible in humans, and may explain why the two drugs are often used together. [9] Numerous studies have also suggested the possibility of cross-tolerance between alcohol and cannabis. [10]
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hen it was suggested to David Bryant of the Hillcrest winery in the Yarra Valley that, seeing as though he prefers to seal his wines with corks rather than with screwcaps, he might like to start planting his own cork trees, his wife Tanya promptly quipped: "Knowing David, he'd plant one tree per bottle." It was a joke with the truth wrapped up in it – in that it's illustrative of the obsessive attention to detail going on at Hillcrest in the hunt for great pinot noir. It is an obsessive hunt not confined to Hillcrest – there is a lot of it going on in Australian pinot noir right now. It is partly why Australian pinot noir has jumped so markedly in quality.
And it has: I recently had a long lunch with my favourite Burgundy nut recently and after we'd had a few glasses too many he came out with the unbelievable: "I know that you're going to fall off your chair when I say this. And I acknowledge that I'm only admitting this publicly because I've had a few. But on more days of the week than I can even believe myself, I prefer drinking Australian pinot noir these days. It's become a really good drink."
Indeed it has – and it needed to. There is no doubt that good pinot noir has been made in Australia over the past 20 years, most of it at the hands of Phillip Jones of Bass Phillip, Gary Farr of Bannockburn, the Lance's at Diamond Valley Vineyards, various winemakers at Mount Mary, Stephen George at Ashton Hills and less frequently at Coldstream Hills, Stonier, Paringa Estate, Wantirna Estate, and Freycinet – and very few others.
As good, and as excellent, as some of these wines are though, serious lovers of Burgundy – the grand home of the world's best pinot noir – have rarely been swayed. Indeed, there is still a prevailing view in the fine wine marketplace that Australia generally doesn't make good pinot noir. It is because of this prevailing view that New Zealand pinot noir has taken such a stronghold on (relatively) high priced new world pinot noir sales in Australia: New Zealand pinot is good, and Australian pinot noir is not, so if you're not buying Burgundy then you're buying Central Otago – so the thinking goes.
This is why New Zealand pinot noir is the best, and worst, thing that ever happened to Australian pinot noir. It's put an enormous squeeze on a lot of Australia's more aspirational pinot producers, in many cases robbing them of sizable amounts of (what for a short time had seemed like guaranteed) sales to the better restaurants. In the process it's given Australian pinot noir a good swift kick up the rear end.
And while it might not be time to let out a Tarzan-roar just yet, all the signs are that this kick has done Australian pinot noir the world of good.
Scene one: James Halliday and the late Len Evans, the two Australians with the greatest knowledge and experience of the greatest wines of Burgundy, are on the panel at the Stonier International Pinot Noir tasting a couple of years ago. All the wines are served with their identities masked. There are a couple of New Zealand pinot noirs and a couple from the United States in the selection, a handful of Australians, and also a selection of Burgundies from excellent producers: Domaine Georges Roumier, Domaine Dujac, Faiveley, Domaine Bruno Clair, and (the love-hate producer of Burgundy) Dominique Laurent. The selection of Burgundies included a Grand Cru from a great year – the Laurent was a (admittedly seriously over-oaked) Clos de Vougeot from 2002; the Dujac was a Charmes Chambertin, also from 2002 – and was littered with French wines that sell, in Australia, for more than $150 per bottle. Some of the Burgundies in this tasting sell for more $200 per bottle.
And yet, in this tasting, James Halliday and Len Evans announced their favourite wine as (and they did not know the identity of the wine as they made the judgement) the 2003 Stonier Reserve, from the Mornington Peninsula. More than that: they thought that it was a Burgundy, most likely a Grand Cru, and most likely from a very good year.
It was a single moment from a single night, and perhaps not too much should be read into it, and of course there is the argument that if you gathered the same wines in ten years time, the Burgundies would power through – or so it is assumed. What can be deduced from this moment is something simpler though: you can barely imagine, at the hands of such experienced tasters, a $40 Australian pinot noir pulling off such a feat ten years ago. The point to take away: Australian pinot has come a long way, and is at the start of a run that, to those who know what great pinot noir tastes like, will really start to turn heads.
Scene two: Michael Dhillon of the acclaimed Bindi vineyard in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria is standing by the edge of a row of his vines. It's a spectacular sight: vines tended with meticulous care, blocks of quartz jutting from the soil, bushland bordering the natural fields of the estate. "Our view is," Dhillon begins, "that there are a lot of vineyard sites that will make really good chardonnay, but not many that will make interesting pinot noir, or pinot noir with a strong personality, or pinot noir with real ageworthiness. We think we've got one of those sites here – I almost feel like we have a moral obligation to follow this course …"
He continues: "We're still learning, we're still growing our vines – it's frustrating, because people judge you on every wine, of every vintage, but we're well aware that we've got a big body of work in front of us, and that the body of work that's ahead of us will be more defining than what's come before. With vineyards, and especially with pinot noir vineyards, you've got to talk in big windows. If you're not talking in big windows, then you're not facing reality."
Which brings us back to Hillcrest in the Yarra Valley: its pinot noir vines are 35 years old (cropped at about 0.8 tonne per acre), and its "new" plantings of pinot noir, mostly planted in 2000, will not be used under the estate label until they are 15 years old. These words, and these actions, are indicative of what is happening in Australian pinot noir now: for too long the most prominent Australian pinot noir brands were more often than not the brands with the most financial backing; slowly it's becoming the producers with the most patience, and the most forethought, and the most tender of care, that are shining through.
Scene three: at my desk in 2004 I poured a glass of 2003 William Downie Yarra Valley Pinot Noir, and I didn't think much of it. It seemed unforgiving and unyielding, lacking in perfume, and while I wouldn't have called it thin, it wasn't substantial either – I put it aside and moved onto the next wine. It was only the next day, when I was cleaning up, that I tasted the wine again on a whim – and was shocked at the transformation. It was an entirely different wine, and entirely better – it was the kind of transformation, over a day of air-contact, that you often encounter with Burgundy wines, but so rarely do with new world pinot noir. I called Bill Downie (who made the wine) to investigate. I had to.
It turned out that what I experienced was not accidental. "Australian pinot noir has a bad reputation for ageing, or not ageing," he said, "and to some extent I think it's what the market for a time was looking for. The wines had to look good as young wines in order for them to sell – but in going for that pretty young style, they often had to sacrifice the things that would allow them to develop well in the longer term." The result was fruity wines that lacked acid, tannin and real backbone. They did not age as well as the people buying them hoped that they would. Downie was determined to buck the trend. He is part of a revolution.
And that's what it is, a revolution. When you look at Downie's wines, De Bortoli's Reserves, Savaterre, Kooyong's single vineyard wines, Epis, Bindi, Phi, Punch Close Planted and a swag of others – there is simply no denying it.
And if Australian pinot noir has a reputation that it does not age particularly well – it seems quite certain that the best of the current crop will take that reputation and shatter it.
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'Vladentines' Day Blog is 'Putin' the Charm on Americans
Two Americans have created a "Vladentine's Day" blog that features Vladimir Putin-themed Valentine's Day messages.
© Vladentine's DayWASHINGTON February 15 (RIA Novosti) "From Russia with Love" takes on a whole new meaning on the recently launched "Happy Vladentine's Day" blog, a collection of photos with tongue-in-cheek Valentine's Day captions that feature Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Dubbed "love letters from a global badass," the site shows imaginary, Putin-themed messages of endearment printed across some of the most memorable images of the Russian president, much like a traditional Valentine.
"He does quite a few photo ops in extreme circumstances," said the blog's American creators who call themselves "Team Vlad" and asked to remain anonymous.
From hunting wild tigers to riding a motorcycle through the streets, Putin's iconic photos intrigued the bloggers, who said they were not used to seeing political figures so animated and adventurous.
"We were joking about how many of his photos look like the cover of a harlequin romance novel and thought it would be funny to create Vladentine's, so the next day we started the blog," the pair told RIA Novosti.
Launched two weeks ago by a male and female duo, two 20-somethings from the Eastern United States who claim to have no ties to Russia, the blog started out as a joke between their friends but soon took on a life of its own, thanks to social media.
Since its launch, the blog has received more than 35,000 hits from 160 countries, with Russia ranking high on the list of internet traffic, Team Vlad said.
The bloggers have no ties to Russia, but they told RIA Novosti they were intrigued by Vladimir Putin, who they described as an "animated" political figure.
"We've been pretty blown away by how quickly it has taken off," they added.
And while the majority of the Vladentine's were created by the bloggers themselves, in recent days they have received dozens of user submissions that will be shared on the blog.
Team Vlad said for now they have no plans to quit their day jobs to work on their Putin project full-time, but they did hint – partially in jest – at the possibility of creating a line of t-shirts with some of the most memorable Vladentine's.
In the meantime, they have an important message for Russia's leader: "Mr. Putin, please never stop taking those awesome photos."
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- bielecPutin is our man04:58, 15/02/2013I honestly believe that Putin is a man of many interests and talents. He is also a man with integrity - and this is why the West couldn't buy him and wanted him out.
Nothing wrong with showing your passions and hobbies to the public - a politician should be open, transparent, and familiar.
My only concern is that in many fishing pictures of Putin it is obvious that he does not know how to fish and has no experience in it. This is not how you cast, this is not how you hold the rod, this is not how you reel, and the list goes on.
However, I find this lack of experience very positive, as I don't like people who try to prove their superiority by killing inocent animals :)
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As I write this the bull wheel/planetary assembly from Payday is being loaded on a truck in our First Time parking lot. It will be taken to Doppelmayr/CTEC in Salt Lake where we will do the repairs. The parts from McConkeys have been installed in Payday and the boys are installing the rope. We are still on schedule for a Wednesday opening of Payday, if all continues to go well.
The planetary I refer to is attached to the bull wheel and you will see the rotating end of it at the top of the lift. The soffit hides the bull wheel but the planetary actually extends through the soffit. The one on Silverlode last year had a ring gear inside it that had broken, which caused the main housing to crack and deform. The planetary from Payday hasn't been opened up yet but the housing is cracked. This leads us to believe it is a repeat of the Silverlode problem. This planetary was opened up last summer and non destructive testing (NDT) was done on the parts inside. There were no problems and that makes this failure even more perplexing.
McConkeys: two complete assemblies of the planetary have been located in Europe. They are both different configurations than ours but we could use the parts from both to get ours back up. These planetarys have been manufactured for other customers. We hope these customers are willing to help us out.
Our lift maintenance crew gets our highest praise for the professional job they do each and every day. When we have a failure such as this they shine even brighter. It can be so disheartening for them when they have done everything in their power to keep our lifts running and then have failures of this type that are beyond their control.
While I applaud the maintenance crews' quick action, but for those of us who have planned our ski vaction during this week this is not what we expect from a world class ski resort. On Sunday you had 1/3 of the mountain closed down while roping people off the lift. This was understandable, but to continue to charge full ticket rates while a major portion of the mountain is closed do to maintenance failure is un-acceptable. PC knew of the potential issues and did not have spares on hand is absurd, especially when there was a plan to replace the equipment at the end of the season. PC needs to be on top of their suppliers. Good thing there are other ski areas in the region.
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4.54 / 5.00 20,256 ViewsATTENTION: PART 3 HAS BEEN RELEASED!
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If you haven't watched Part 1 yet, watch it first. Also, please read the Author's comments for Part 1, it contains some important information about the movie.
Sorry I can't upload Part 3 tonight, but I'll definitely have it up by tomorrow night. As for now, I hope you enjoy parts 1 and 2! Again, please feel free to post a review after watching the movie, and let me know of any comments or constructive criticism you may have. Thanks!
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First one was better.
D00d ... why do you add all of the comedy? I mean ... a soldier's smart remark would be better than all of that stuff ... I mean ... it was INSANELY funny with the little, Barbie car ... but that demon thing was going TOO far. Lol, good movie, though.
good, but could have been better
I liked it (even though the story was pretty lame, although you got to love those kinds of movies lol)
Think you should have used alittle more time with the movements and the fact that they don't look where they shoot (even though it does make a comic relif in the movie)
But I think it would have been better if you had gone for a full out action movie. Since sure that fat kid and Bill cosby (whatthe hell was that about? lol) and the like was pretty fun, it made the movie alittle bit to dorky :D
But even with that said I do think it was a good movie, and hope you will make others
It was ok
I don't see how this has improved graphically compared to the first. But I preferred the humour in this one. The pink jeep was a classic. Yes, I would say better than the first, but the first was more classy in a sense.
Single file movement brought the score down. And sticking face on to flash characters are just a no no.
But, I liked the Cosby part and tonky got owned!! CS sounds are not a forte, it's just wrong use, IMO. Overall, pretty good, an eight.
Oh yeah
This one was a helluva lot better than the first. It was damn hilarious! I even liked the snippit from Cokmmand and Conguer: Red Alert's soundtrack. Some original sounds might serve you well however, but other than that, exceptional work. Bill Cosby, nice touch.
Much better
Much better than the last. More funnier, and you made it look like they were looking and shooting at the same place. Good jerb.


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Okay, by now, I am guilty of at least 3 of these. I say "nice to meet you", "this", and will tell my cat to "chop chop".
I don't use words like sweetie to strangers but I actually like it when strangers call me any of those things. I guess people can use those words sarcastically but, usually, I find they are used by effusive and warm people.
Figure skating is hard.
I'm guilty of "nice to meet you" and "yummies" for my pugs' treats. I've had my one little girl pug for nearly 12 years, so I don't plan on starting to call their treats anything else. My girl pug is having a hard enough time seeing and hearing, so I don't think it would be quite fair if I changed the only word she truly loves!
I like the parts of the country where you can call someone "honey" and they don't get huffy about it and snap, "I'm not your honey!" Sure, it isn't appropriate to call someone "honey" in a corporate boardroom, but a waitress at Waffle House calling you that? It's called being friendly.
It's interesting because we just went through a seminar at work which dealt with improving customer service. They actually said that saying "You're welcome" after someone thanks us is fine, but it's even better to use more personal phrases like, "my pleasure," etc. I think it's been the norm for ages (at least in my experience) that these little phrases are for use in being polite and nice, i.e., "how are you?", "it's nice to meet you," and such.
I think out of all the things mentioned here, my pet peeve is "it is what it is," mainly because it never refers to anything good.
Otherwise, I'm probably, like, guilty of most of the above. You'd think at my advancing age that I'd give it up at some point.
And yet -- my adult niece once referred to me as the "intelligent" one of the family, and I asked, "why do I always have the moniker of 'intelligent' in this family?" Without batting an eye, she replied, "because you use words like "moniker"!"
Give me one more quiet night, before this loud morning gets it right, and does me in.
Oh I HATE this. Lots of companies train their employees to do this because it is more personal. The thing is, it is almost NEVER their pleasure to do whatever it is you asked. "Your welcome" would be a whole lot more sincere. Because most people would be honest in saying that, I think most people do have pride in doing their job well. But a job is not a pleasure, and fixing whatever whiny complaint a customer has is not 'my pleasure' to almost anyone.
I think I read an article in the past year or so of a customer service person who got fired for saying "no problem" rather than "my pleasure". Because it made it sound like the customer was being a hassle (except that is the opposite of what no problem means)
The expression is actually "You're welcome" for "You are welcome." I don't think people really think about what it means; it's just a polite-ism or nicety that folks are used to hearing after "Thank you."
Your was a typo in my post. I was on my phone, there is no optical mouse on this particular phone so it is really hard to go back and correct words.
Oh now I have another one... people who add extra letters to the end of the last word in every sentence. "It's sold outttttt! So unfairrrrr!" For awhile it seemed mostly to be in my sister's preteen crowd, but now I see full grown adults using it, and it's not cutesy anymore. Especially when the word you add a whole row of consonants to is my name it ends in "y", not "yyyyyyy", thank you very much.
I've never been a fan of "awesome." (Unless it's used correctly.)
Reminds me of when people used to say, "OMG! That is soooooo EXCELLENT!" Ugh.
"I hit him with my shoes... if he had given me the medal like I told him to, I wouldn't have had to hit him!" -- 8-year-old Rhoda Penmark in "The Bad Seed"
I was in a salon one day getting my hair colored and the woman in the next chair talked like that. Every single word. And in one of those whiny baby voices. She had teenage children no less. When she was done and left, the stylist doing her hair went off on how he has no idea how her husband and children listen to that all the time because having her in the chair for an hour makes him want to cut off his own ears. Later, my stylist left town and that guy did my hair for years. I used to be a smart ass and talk like that once in awhile to make him cringe.
That's 'cause y'all are a bunch of Yankee transplants .
Having been born in the Deep South and living most of my life here, it's not a term of endearment that implies love or affection; it's an expression of friendliness, kindness, and happiness (it's hard to put into words, but that's kind of an overview). In the small town where I live, it's fairly common for adult women to refer to one another in everything from lunching together to a conversation between a sales associate and a customer. Two women the same age calling one another "Sweetie" happens all day long around here. Ditto for an older woman using it with a younger woman. That being said, it would be uncommon for an 18 year-old woman to refer to a 40 year-old as "Sweetie" -- that would come across as condescending; the same young lady calling an 80 year-old woman in most cases would not.
A lot of it depends on the situation as there are no set rules. I think it's almost instinctive for those raised in the Deep South as we've been raised around it all our lives. I guess it's like that saying about porn -- I can't define it, but I know what it is when I see it" or whatever the phrase is.
Adding a "Bless your heart" after that, though? Is the Kiss of Death.
Given the choice between being called "M'aam" and "Honey" or "Sweetie," I'll take the latter two any day of the week.
"Meryl is from a magic planet where Disney princesses come from, and [Charlie's] hair is a magic carpet." ~~ Stephen Colbert, on The Colbert Report
Cyn, what I'm hating is not sweetie, or even honey, but Hun. As in Atilla.
Oh, a couple other things that bug me are when people put periods after. every. word. like. this. Also, when people start sentences saying "Girl..." (it's almost always "girl"), like "Girl sure can jump!" about a skater.
I'm afraid to say anything around here now
Not if I make them for you. Then you'll really have "first world problems".But fried doughnut balls are yummers!
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Posted over 6 years ago Yesterday was the last shift I worked with my preceptor of my six month critical care fellowship. We were notified we would be getting a transfer around 1300...about 1830 we received the patient from another ICU without ever having received report! It was a total nightmare. The nurse, RT and tech were trying to run out of the unit and dump the patient on us without even asking who the primary nurse would be. This patient came over with 3 drips our nurses aren't very familiar with and was desating! Anyone else have this happen to them? Believe me, our charge nurse was NOT happy, nor were we! |
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| Posted over 6 years ago That is a completely dangerous situation to be involved in. I would find out who was responsible for admitting the patient. Whoever it was not only put the patient's life in jeopardy, but also your license. I understand that sometimes situations are so emergent that you just have to deal with them, but if you were notified about the patient at 1300, then someone should have given you report before 1830! |
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| Posted over 6 years ago If this is a common occurance, (or in fact even if it isn't) it is worth reporting - whether you do an incident form (or whatever you guys over there call them) or a risk assessment it needs to be worked on. If it happens again, and you've reported that you are aware of the risk and identified ways to stop further occurances, then you've covered your arse. (excuse the terminology). It's not about finding someone to blame for your bad shift, but making sure everyone knows this is UNSAFE practice and you are not willing to stand for it!! |
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| Posted over 6 years ago Yeah, pretty uncool. Pretty dangerous. Pretty unprofessional. Maybe they had something to hide. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago I would have to say definitely hiding something. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago Haven't had that happen, but I did have a pt brought to me during change of shift while I was still trying to get report on the pt's I already had assigned to me. The nurse bringing the pt actually had the nerve to get pissy when I informed her I was still getting report on the pt's already there! This was ICU, and this nurse took it upon herself to transfer a pt when the charge nurse on the floor was not even aware of it! This was unnecessary(the pt wasn't in distress) and unfair to the pt. Claire Kruszka |