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Electronic Arts sent along word today that Def Jam: Fight for NY has shipped to North American retail stores. The follow-up to last year's hip hop brawler, Fight for NY introduces a brand-new fighting engine, new environments, five unique fighting styles, and appearences by some of the hottest hip hop stars today -- including Busta Rhymes, Carmen Electra, Lil' Kim, Ludacris, Method Man, and Snoop Dogg. Check it.
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So this post signals my return to posting about UIs. I stopped last time as I got somewhat rant-y rather than actually being a quality post. So today I'm not going to so much as talk about UIs specifically, but rather talking about about UIs. Because thats the best way to get back into talking about UIs. Right? Its all very meta.
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From mid-February to early March, a small art gallery called Q Pop in L.A.'s Little Tokyo district hosted a "Star Trek" art exposition featuring sci-fi creations from more than 80 artists. The show, titled Beam Me Up, offered a unique and often amusing take on famous characters and scenes from all things "Trek," with works ranging from an imaginary play date between a young Spock and Data to a larger-than-life Picard playing a flute on top of the Enterprise.
Aside from an out-of-this world collection of art, the gallery hosted the band Tune in Tokyo (playing "Trek" music) and served Romulan Ale as well as other refreshments. Want to feel like you were there? Check out the remaining "Trek" art still for sale at the Q Pop store.
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Like a lot other people who play video games, the thing I like best about cutscenes is when you find the right control to turn the bloody things off. Unless, of course, you're getting paid to work on them, in which case it is a completely different kettle of fish (for a couple of months, anyway).
So here's a bunch of sketches and finished drawings that went into the making of several sequences for the Glory in Death Warhammer 40k N-Gage phone game.
I'd love to be able to post the videos but, as with so much of my old work, I (accidentally) binned them.
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The final in-game images would be 96 x 96 pixels, so it took me a while to get the hang of what sort of detail would or wouldn't work at such a small size. Great fun!
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For the cutscenes I drew loads of individual figures and props and they were then animated cutout style by the talented Mister Rob Swinburn.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
Television over the Internet -- known to many as IPTV -- is the technology landline operators hope will let them compete with cable providers and others in offering bundles of services to customers.
So far in North America it's been a struggle, but Nortel Networks has what it believes is an answer: An application platform using open interfaces that allows the development of services for many brands of middleware.
The goal is to enable providers to charge subscribers for these services, enhancing the bundles they're buying and increasing revenues.
Services imagined by Nortel include targeted advertising; the ability to track children carrying a cell phone to make sure they stay in the neighborhood; and the ability to watch, pause and continue watching a movie starting from home, shifting to a handset and ending on a laptop across several hours in the day.
"We think what we're doing here is revolutionary," said Grant Hall, Nortel's marketing leader for video solutions about Nortel's VSP9500, an application sold with an IBM server.
Pricing depends on the size of the system the provider wants to serve.
"It's one of the first Web services platforms to allow you to very quickly develop applications, get them out and see what develops traction," Hall said.
The fact that it has an open architecture and can be used for middleware from Microsoft down to custom-developed applications should entice application developers, he said.
While the Internet is a raging success, viewing TV over the Web -- particularly over large screen TVs in living rooms -- is less of a hit in Canada and the US, although admittedly it is a new technology.
According to IDC Canada, as of January there were only 160,000 IPTV subscribers in the country. That is forecast to grow to 690,000 by the end of 2011. By comparison cable subscribers number in the millions.
Providers want to lure subscribers with triple-play or quad-play bundles of TV, Internet, wireless voice and data packages. IPTV has the advantage of being able to be interactive as well as link to other home devices.
But with applications working across a number of services Nortel argues their value will increase, and make it more likely customers will stay with the provider.
So far Nortel has sold six of its IPTV systems, built around its hardware and applications from a number of partners.
Still, Hall acknowledges that providers still wonder "what is my return on investment -- how can I fend off cable and satellite and over-the-top VoIP providers, how can I reduce churn?"
Nortel's answer is the Video Services Platform (VSP) 9500, being demonstrated this week at IPTV World Forum in England.
The platform is a layer that fits in between the provider's network and its IPTV infrastructure. At the moment, it only has adaptors for Nortel's switches as well as middleware from Nortel partners Minerva Networks and NDS Ltd. Hall says Nortel will develop links to other manufacturer's switches and middleware on request.
"We'll be assembling an ecosystem of application partners that can develop applications on the platform," he promised.
Nortel will also be selling providers several modules with pre-built applications they can turn on, around general themes such as personalization (such as the ability to shift an IPTV stream from home to a mobile device), content (including the ability to target advertising) and innovation (such as interactive games).
Hall said one of the advantages of the open nature of the platform is that developers can create "mashups" of different services, such as linking a cell phone with location-based service carried by a youngster to an Internet map service to show where they are.
To entice buyers, Nortel is including the Communications Module 9520, a plug-in allowing providers to offer services such as the ability to link caller ID to an IPTV system, in with the VSP 9500. Customers would have the ability to see onscreen who is calling and decide whether to answer the call or shift it to voice mail or the phone of another member of the family, play voicemail and other telephony features.
Providers would pay Nortel for turning these services on based on the number of subscribers.
"These services can be extremely high margin," said Hall, "because we're leveraging the investment you [the provider] have already made in your broadband, IP infrastructure and in your IPTV infrastructure."
"The time-to-payback for the platform and the application can be under a year," he said.
Nortel's IPTV system, being an end-to-end solution, is aimed at Tier 2 and Tier 3 providers, said Hall, but because the VSP 9500 can reach across any middleware "gives us entry to the Tier 1 market."
First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
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My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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Paris Saint-Germain vs. Nantes: 6 Things We Learned
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Paris Saint-Germain's comprehensive 5-0 victory over FC Nantes at the Parc des Princes restored their five-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 on Sunday.
The champions were dominant from first to last, despite not being at their absolute best, profiting from a number of sloppy defensive mistakes from their visitors.
Goals from Thiago Silva, Thiago Motta, Edinson Cavani and a double from Zlatan Ibrahimovic saw PSG open their account for 2014 at home in sensational style.
"It was a very positive evening," PSG coach Laurent Blanc told PSG.fr (in English) after the final whistle. "We dominated every facet of the match, offensively and defensively."
"I am very satisfied this evening, for the individuals but also for the team as a whole. It bodes well for the rest of the championship and it also proves that we worked well during the Qatar Winter Tour."
"We attack 2014 with a lot of ambition in order to reach our objectives."
Ibrahimovic moves up to 17 goals for the season, 13 shy of last campaign's total of 30, while strike partner Cavani is now on 13.
Here are six things we learned from PSG's 5-0 mauling of Nantes.
*All statistics via Ligue1.com and Opta Jean.
Since Laurent Blanc took over at PSG, one of the most impressive things that he has managed to achieve is that even in looking "average" his team have been able to thoroughly dominate their opponents.
The minimum acceptable performance has now been raised so high that the side from the capital can dominate games without even getting out of third gear.
This is particularly the case in Ligue 1, with the 5-0 win over Nantes was no exception.
PSG enjoyed 68 percent of the possession over the 90 minutes and attempted 908 passes, completing 837 of them. That is a record Ligue 1 total since Opta started analysing the competition.
The champions' second half performance was also much improved on their first, despite the fact that they were still 2-0 up at the break.
Blanc's men may have turned on the style toward the end, but the PSG's ball retention is effortless even when they are not rampaging forward at every opportunity.
Nantes have been the surprise package in Ligue 1 so far this season and sat in sixth position going into this weekend.
However, the difference between being a side challenging for a place in the top five or six and actually being a team in that band, is big.
In order to really consider themselves a part of that group, Michel der Zakarian's side must stop conceding sloppy goals.
Both of PSG's first-half strikes came from avoidable set pieces. One was a corner that was inadequately dealt with by Nantes' goalkeeper Remy Riou after Edinson Cavani's header, and the other was a soft penalty.
All three of the champions' second half efforts also had an element of defensive ineptitude about them.
In order to push on and become the same power that they once were in French football, Les Canaris have to become difficult to beat once again and that must start at the back.
The 5-0 win over Nantes was significant for more reasons than just the comprehensive score line and the fact that it re-establishes PSG's five-point lead at the top of Ligue 1.
It was the champions' first clean sheet for over a month, and goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu was barely tested.
Not since the victory over FC Sochaux-Montbeliard, by the same score, had PSG kept out their opponents.
That run stretched three Ligue 1 games, seven in all competitions, and PSG are now level on 14 goals conceded with AS Monaco, and only Lille OSC can boast a tighter back line in Le Championnat.
Although they were already 1-0 down when he left the pitch, the absence of Jordan Veretout for Nantes after 29 minutes underlined his importance to the team.
Michel der Zakarian's men struggled without the dynamic midfielder and went on to lose the battle in the centre of the park after his exit following a crunching 50/50 challenge with PSG captain Thiago Silva.
Les Canaris will hope that his injury is not too serious as he will be integral to their hopes of overcoming the eventual 5-0 drubbing when they host PSG in the Coupe de la Ligue semifinals at the start of February.
The potential trio of Veretout, fellow youth academy graduate Adrien Trebel and Lucas Deaux promises much for the side from West France.
Prior to the match, PSG's lack of depth in central midfield was exposed this week by the knee injury suffered by midfielder Adrien Rabiot.
Although not expected to keep him out for too long, the absence will almost certainly prompt Laurent Blanc to add to his squad.
Le President has already bemoaned the absence of at least one creative midfielder on a number of occasions, and it is difficult to see him resisting the need to spend this month.
Rabiot's absence underlines that PSG cannot continue to play with three central midfielders with only Javier Pastore as backup.
The decision to bring the excellent Marco Verratti and third goal scorer Thiago Motta off early, playing central defender Marquinhos in place of the latter for over 20 minutes, illustrates that point further.
Nantes are currently facing up to the prospect of life without their top scorer this season, Filip Djordjevic.
The Serbian marksman, who is enduring a run of 692 minutes without a Ligue 1 goal, has scored eight times already this campaign and is currently out of contract at the end of the season.
It appears unlikely that the 26-year-old will extend his stay at the Stade de la Beaujoire, so what next for him and for Nantes?
Well his potential next destination is not yet known, but Michel der Zakarian will struggle to replace him as any move would leave Les Canaris without any compensation.


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COMMENTARY | Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann's first tilt ended with a controversial decision favoring the latter, but the "Natural Born Killer" will get a chance to set the record straight when the two headline UFC Fight Night 27.
Here are my predictions for the entire UFC Fight Night 27 fight card set for Aug. 28 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.:
Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann
Kampmann (20-6-0, 8 KOs) and Condit (28-7-0, 13 KOs) are technically knowledgeable strikers with solid grappling skills to go with it. Kampmann was able to use his BJJ to edge out a decision during their previous outing, but I doubt that will be the case at UFC Fight Night 27.
Condit has made numerous improvements as a mixed martial artist since then, improvements which were evident during his bouts against Nick Diaz, Georges St. Pierre, and Johny Hendricks. The fact their bout is a five-rounder should also work in Carlos' favor during the championship rounds, as he's been a part of two five-round bouts within the past year while Kampmann has never gone past the 15-minute mark in his MMA career.
Prediction: Condit wins via TKO.
Donald Cerrone vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Dos Anjos (19-6-0, 8 submissions) is currently on a four-fight win streak, but he'll have his hands full when he squares up against Cerrone (20-5-0, 13 submissions) at UFC Fight Night 27. Cerrone should have the advantage in the striking department, but he might find himself in over his head if dos Anjos is able to consistently put him on his back. Still, the odds seem to favor Cerrone in this one.
Prediction: Cerrone wins via decision.
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Brian Melancon
Gastelum (6-0-0, 3 KOs) is coming off an upset victory against Uriah Hall, edging out a close split decision at "The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale." Melancon (7-2-0, 4 KOs) also knows a thing or two about upsets. He made a strong statement during his UFC debut, handing Seth Baczynski a vicious beating en route to a first-round KO victory. Melancon clearly has finishing power in his hands, and he's really good at closing the distance on his opponents.
Brian should be able to force a standup battle at UFC Fight Night 27, so I expect him to emerge victorious.
Prediction: Melancon wins via TKO.
Court McGee vs. Robert Whittaker
Whittaker (11-2-0, 5 KOs) is one of the promising prospects in the UFC's welterweight division, and he'll get a chance to test his skills against a well-rounded veteran at UFC Fight Night 27. McGee's (15-3-0, 7 submissions) best bet against Whittaker would probably be to pressure the 22-year-old and grind him down, but that won't be an easy task given Whittaker's solid striking and takedown defense.
Prediction: Whittaker wins via decision.
Takeya Mizugaki vs. Erik Perez
Perez (13-4-0, 7 submissions) is currently on an eight-fight win streak, but that doesn't mean a win against Mizugaki (17-7-2, 5 KOs) is guaranteed. Takeya has already fought many of the best bantamweights around, so Perez will need to bring his A-game come fight time.
Prediction: Perez wins via decision.
Brad Tavares vs. Robert McDaniel
Tavares (10-1-0, 4 KOs) has been on a tear lately, and that probably won't change at UFC Fight Night 27. McDaniel (21-6-0, 16 submissions) struggled against lower level fighters during his stint on the 17th season of "The Ultimate Fighter," so it's hard to see him getting past a promising middleweight like Tavares, who should have the advantage regardless of where the fight takes place.
Prediction: Tavares wins via TKO.
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Species Authority: | Duellman, 1963 | |||
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Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered A2abe ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2004 |
Date Assessed: | 2008-01-01 |
Assessor/s: | Alan Pounds, Federico Bolaños, Gerardo Chaves |
Reviewer/s: | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
Justification: Listed as Endangered because of a drastic population decline, estimated to be more than 50% since 1990, inferred from the apparent disappearance of much of the population. |
Range Description: | This species occurs in the northern Cordillera de Talamanca, Cordillera de Tilarán and Cordillera Central, Costa Rica, at 780-1,650m. However, it has disappeared from most parts of its range, surviving mainly around San José only. |
Countries: | Native: Costa Rica |
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Population: | Since the late 1980s, it has disappeared from pristine areas, including in protected areas such as Parque Nacional Tapantí and the Reserva Biológica Monteverde, where it was once common. It remains common only in highly altered habitats in metropolitan San José. |
Population Trend: | Decreasing |
Habitat and Ecology: | This is a nocturnal species that lives in premontane moist and wet forests and rainforest, and tolerates disturbance to its habitat. It remains the most abundant species in San José and suburbs near heavily polluted streams, especially in shade-grown coffee plantations and gardens. It breeds in streams. |
Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Major Threat(s): | Despite the apparent adaptability of this species, it is nonetheless subject to unconfirmed factors that have caused amphibian faunas to decline in certain locations in Central America, in particular the fungal disease, chytridiomycosis. It is possible that this species survives only in polluted areas because the chytrid fungus is more susceptible to pollution than the frog. The few, known remaining populations of this species are threatened by an introduced fish (Xiphophorus hellerii) that preys on the larvae. This species is also found in the international pet trade. |
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CHAPTER III.: OF THE PLACE OF MEETING AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. - Jeremy Bentham, The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 2 [1843]Edition used:The Works of Jeremy Bentham, published under the Superintendence of his Executor, John Bowring (Edinburgh: William Tait, 1838-1843). 11 vols. Vol. 2.
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CHAPTER III.OF THE PLACE OF MEETING AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.§ 1.Of the Building suitable for a numerous assembly.Magnificence of architecture in a building intended for a large political assembly, would be almost always injurious with regard to its utility. The essential points to be considered are— 1. Facility of hearing for the members. 2. Facility of seeing for the president. 3. Personal convenience for the individuals; And lastly, Fitness for the service. If any of the seats are so distant that the voice with difficulty reaches them, attention being rendered painful, will not be long sustained. The same distance will deprive one part of the assembly of the inspection of its president, and from this cause alone may give rise to habitual disorder. Besides, those who do not hear are obliged to decide upon a borrowed opinion. It was thus that the great popular assemblies, in the ancient republics, were necessarily subjected to the direction of two or three demagogues. The difficulty of making themselves heard may also drive from the service the individuals of greatest ability, if the strength of their lungs be not proportioned to the space that their voice is required to fill. Demosthenes might have been obliged to give way to Stentor. The first quality required would no longer be mental superiority, but a physical advantage, which, without being incompatible with talent, does not necessarily imply it. The presumption is even on the other side, and in favour of the feeble and valetudinary individual,—inaptitude for corporeal exercises being partly the cause and partly the effect of a studious disposition. A form nearly circular, seats rising amphitheatrically above each other—the seat of the president so placed that he may see all the assembly—a central space for the secretaries and papers—contiguous rooms for committees—a gallery for auditors—a separate box for the reporters for the public papers;—such are the most important points. I do not enter into detail respecting the salubrity of the hall and its adaptation for the service. I only add, that a hall well adapted to all these objects would have more influence than would at first be suspected, in securing the assiduity of the members, and facilitating the exercise of their functions. § 2.Table of Motions.Reference is here made to a very simple mechanical apparatus for exhibiting to the eyes of the assembly the motion on which they are deliberating. The mere reading of a motion can only impart an imperfect and fugitive acquaintance with it. There is no other method for really presenting it to the minds of the members of an assembly, beside that of presenting it to their eyes. A general idea of this table only will be presented here. We may suppose a gallery above the president's chair, which presents a front consisting of two frames, nine feet high by six feet wide, filled with black canvas, made to open like folding doors;—that this canvas is regularly pierced for the reception of letters of so large a size as to be legible in every part of the place of meeting. These letters might be attached by an iron hook, in such manner that they could not be deranged. When a motion is about to become the object of debate, it would be given to the compositors, who would transcribe it upon the table, and by closing the gallery, exhibit it like a placard to the eyes of the whole assembly. The utility of this invention, in its most general point of view, consists in so arranging matters that no one could avoid knowing upon what motion he ought to vote. It is true, that what is of most importance to be known, is the sense of a proposition, and not its tenor—the spirit rather than the letter. But it is only by a knowledge of the letter that we can be sure of the spirit—a mistake in only a single word may entirely change the purport of a discourse: when the words are no longer present to the memory, we are in danger of falling into mistakes—a danger which it is a folly to incur, when it may be avoided by so simple and infallible a method. There is not a moment in the course of a debate, in which each member has not occasion to know the motion, and to be able to consult it, either for making a correct application of what he hears, or for the purpose of taking an active part in the discussion. This knowledge is of the first importance to him, whether he act as a judge, by giving his vote—or as an advocate, by speaking for or against it. In the first place, with respect to those who listen, nothing could be more agreeable and useful to them than this table of motions. Everything which relieves the memory, facilitates the understanding—there is much less doubt about the meaning, when there is none about the words. Upon the simple enunciation or reading of a motion—all those who have been distracted—all those who readily forget—all those who are slow in understanding,—are necessarily ignorant of the subject of debate, or obliged to apply to others for information. Hence arise irregular movements, reciprocal interruptions, confusion, and noise. In the next place, as to those who speak, the utility of this table is still more clear. If the motion be of a certain length, it requires for its recollection an effort of memory, which distracts the attention at a moment in which there is a necessity for employing it altogether in another manner. There ought not to be a necessity of seeking for words when there is already too much to do in seeking for arguments: the hesitation occasioned by such a search, disturbs the current of the thoughts. But besides, this effort of memory is often inefficacious. Nothing is more common than to see orators, and even practised orators, falling into involuntary errors with respect to the precise terms of a motion. If this be not perceived, an incorrect judgment is the result of the error: if it be perceived, the protests against it produce either apologies or disputes, and thence loss of time in accusations and defences. The table of motions would contribute in many respects to the perfection of the debate. We have seen that it would preserve the orators from involuntary errors: it would be no less serviceable to the assembly as a security against intentional false misrepresentations—against insidious representations, by which sentiments are imputed to an antagonist which do not belong to him. This defect of candour springs from the same principle as calumny, which hopes that some portion of the reproach with which it asperses will not be wiped away. The individual who practises this meanness is screened by the difficulty of distinguishing his false representation from involuntary error. Remove this difficulty, and the temptation to be guilty of the meanness will be removed also. Digressions are another inconvenience in debates: they often arise from the weakness of the mind, which without intending it, loses sight of the point with which it ought to be engaged. But when the orator forgets his subject, and begins to wander, a table of motions offers the readiest means for recalling him. Under the present régime, how is this evil remedied? It is necessary for a member to rise, to interrupt the speaker, and call him to order. This is a provocation—it is a reproach—it wounds his self-love. The orator attacked, defends himself; there is no longer a debate upon the motion, but a discussion respecting the application of his arguments. The unpleasantness of these scenes, when they are not animated by the spirit of party, leads to the toleration of a multitude of digressions, experience having proved that the remedy is worse than the disease; whilst as to the president, although it be his duty to prevent these wanderings, his prudence leads him to avoid giving frequent and disagreeable admonitions, and entering into altercations which might compromise his dignity or his impartiality. But if we suppose the table of motions placed above him, the case would be very different. He might, without interrupting the speaker, warn him by a simple gesture; and this quiet sign would not be accompanied by the danger of a personal appeal. It would be a sedative, and not a stimulant—a suggestion, and not an accusation; it would be the act, not of an adversary, but of a judge. The member would not be called upon to stop—would not be required to make a painful submission and avowal of error; he would only have, in continuing his speech, to return to the subject of discussion; and he could not be ignorant that the sign of the president was an appeal to the assembly, the attention of which had been directed to him. In conclusion, it may be observed that this table would give great facility in the production of good amendments. If a simple reading be sufficient for correctly seizing the spirit of a motion, it is not sufficient for giving attention to all its terms. When observations are to be made upon style, we must not trust to memory: it is desirable that the writing should be under the eye—that it may be considered in many points of view—that the microscope of attention may be applied to all its parts; and there is no other method of discovering the imperfections of detail. This kind of criticism is a peculiar talent, in which individuals are formed to excel who often do not possess any of the gifts of oratory. The profound grammarian is more useful than is generally thought to the legislator. This table would possess a further merit, if it should only procure for the assembly the services of one clever man, who had been discouraged by a defect of memory, and retained by this defect in a state of inaction. It is well known that the two most important faculties of the mind—judgment and invention—are often very strong in those individuals who have very weak memories, especially with regard to words. With respect to talent, as well as virtue, the smaller the service required, the less the danger of its being wanting. It may perhaps be said, that the printing of the motions before the debate, would nearly accomplish the same object, and would supply the place of this table. But in the course of a debate, how many accidental and unforeseen motions may be made!—how many amendments which there is not time to print! It may also be observed, that a paper to be read, to be consulted, does not afford to the hearers, or the speaker, the same facility as a table which remains immovably before their eyes. It is not necessary continually to stoop for the purpose of listening or speaking, but the eye glances over the lines of the table without interruption. And besides this, the great utility of the table, the strength which its gives to the regulation against useless digressions simply by means of an admonitory sign, is an advantage not to be obtained by printing the motion.* § 3.Description of a Table of Motions.The plan here pointed out may serve for a first attempt: but the easier the mode of execution, the less important are the details. Frames.—They may be made like two folding doors. They should be filled with canvas, stretched so as to present an even surface, not sinking in the middle. Size of the letters.—This would depend upon the size of the place of meeting;—a black ground, the letters gilt;—a strong light thrown upon the table;—the form of the letter rather oblong than square. Method of fixing them.—The letters being made like a button, should have a hook, by means of which they might be fixed with the greatest ease. The regularity of the lines might be secured by a thread in the cloth. Composition of the table.—The two folding leaves turn upon their hinges like a door. The compositors whilst at work are visible to the assembly (which will secure their diligence and emulation.) The two leaves closed together, will present the appearance of two pages of an open book. Amendments.—These might be exhibited upon a separate table, placed immediately beside the others, with a reference which would direct the eye to the part of the original motion which it was wished to amend, and a word at the top of the table, which should simply indicate that the amendment is suppressive, additive, or substitutive. Multiplication of tables.—There might be an assortment of tables, upon which all the known motions might be previously prepared, and thus be made to succeed each other rapidly. Contents of the Table of Motions.Suppose that each frame is nine feet high by six wide, and the letters one and a half inch by three quarters of an inch, the two leaves of the table would contain more than four ordinary octavo printed pages. This may be ascertained by calculation. At fifty-two feet distant, I have found in a church that the table of the decalogue was perfectly legible for ordinary eyes, when the letters were three quarters of an inch high. Composition.—The labours of the compositors may perhaps be accelerated by what is called the logographical principle, which consists in composing not with letters, but with entire words. By the multiplication of tables, a composition which was too long to be presented all at once to the eyes of the assembly, might be presented in parts. A project of a law, for example, whatever was its extent, might be previously prepared, and the tables shifted, without suspending the labours of the assembly. But this plan has its limits;—that is to say, there are cases and circumstances which would prevent its being employed on account of time and space: these limits do not, however, furnish any argument against its utility upon all occasions on which it can be employed. This utility is so great—the inconveniences of the present plan are so manifest, that one might be astonished that this method had not been thought of before: but in these affairs it is not proper to be astonished at anything. Under the auspices of routine, barbarism gives law to civilization, and ignorance prevails over experience. § 4.On a Table of Regulations.When good rules are established, it still remains to make arrangements for facilitating their execution—for making them known. A law can have no effect except as it is known. The regulations of the assembly, reduced into the form of a table, and readable from all parts of the place of assembly, ought to be placed by the side of the president. If they are too voluminous, the tables ought to be multiplied; but the essential points ought to be collected together in the principal table. In every large political assembly, nothing is more frequent than an appeal to the regulations, either for attack or for defence. The contravention consumes time—the correction consumes still more. The rules are always as if they were non-existing for one part of the assembly. The new members are but little acquainted with them; and they are not always present to the minds of the most experienced veterans. Such, at least, is the state of things in the British parliament;—and it cannot be otherwise, because the regulations, far from being exposed to the eyes, only exist by tradition, and are confided only to the keeping of a treacherous memory. A small table would not answer the end: a large table is an object of study in every moment when the attention is vacant. The least deviation becomes sensible; and hence deviations become rare; for rules are rarely transgressed when they cannot be transgressed with impunity,—when the law which condemns is before your eyes, and the tribunal which judges you at the same moment, no one will be more tempted to violate it than he would be tempted to steal red-hot iron. Procedure, which moves on other occasions with the pace of the tortoise, is in this case rapid as the lightning. General laws, whatever may be done for their promulgation, cannot be made universally notorious. But particular laws made for one assembly may be constantly visible within it. The method is so easy, it cannot be said to be unknown. There is not a club in England which has not its regulations exhibited in its place of meeting. There is the same foresight in gaming-houses. But the bitter reflection often recurs, that the wisdom displayed in the conduct of human affairs is often in the inverse proportion of their importance. Governments have great progress to make before they will have attained, in the management of public matters, to the prudence which commonly conducts private affairs. The cause may be easily pointed out, but not the remedy. [* ]I proposed this plan of Mr. Bentham's to many of the members of the Constituent Assembly of France. They considered it very ingenious, and even very useful, but that it could not be carried into effect, because of the rapidity of the motions and operations of the assembly. During many months I attended all its sittings with the greatest assiduity; and I cannot forget how often I have experienced difficulty in ascertaining what was the subject of deliberation: I have asked many members who were not able to inform me. When even the motion was known, it was only in its general object—never in all its details and in its precise terms. There were consequently continual disputes about words: a momentary absence, a momentary abstraction, a late entry, were sufficient to produce entire ignorance of the subject of debate. Individuals sought to instruct themselves by conversations, which formed the assembly into groupes, and gave rise to little particular debates. A multitude of motions thus presented passed as spectres, and were only half known. 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China, Japan at odds over islands
Sep 24, 2012 | Posted by: roboblogger | Full story: WAPT-TV Jackson
When Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping called Tokyo's territorial claims on a group of East China Seas islands "a farce," he echoed national sentiment of protesters who took to the streets in anti-Japan protests in recent weeks.
Since: Dec 10 14,693 Perth, Australia |
And we tell our kids to behave and play nice! why?
What is the feckin' point, when none of the leaders can get along? |
Adelaide, Australia |
Dey needs more downlow in Japan. I went there in 2008 but no downlow. That's why I like Africa and Detroit.
Since: Nov 10 2,209 Southern California |
Judged: 1 1 1 |
Toongabbie, Australia |
Judged: 1 japan control the islands more than 100 years ago... |
Perth, Australia |
And since the followers were human they were born with a curse
They began to claim superiority to their brothers And for eighty-five thousand years conquered each other And when they prayed before battle they were praying to me Killing in God's name cause war is my destiny! (Immortle techs spot on about that) |
Malaysia |
Judged: 1 Japan took those islands in 1895 when they invaded China. Under the Cairo declaration (terms for Japanese surrender 1945)those islands were supposed to be returned to China but USA returned them to Japan in 1972 because USA wanted to block Chinese navy from entering the Pacific Ocean. That was only 40 years ago. |
Since: Dec 10 14,693 Perth, Australia |
Seems it should be the USA that should fix what they broke then? |
Adelaide, Australia |
Judged: 1 Japan bombed Pearl habour, you are anti-American pro Japan traitor |
"Pagi popo" Since: Apr 12 2,775 Location hidden |
Judged: 1 what are you on about? America today is pro-japan! You are pro-china hence is pro-communist therefore you are an anti-american! |
Adelaide, Australia |
Judged: 1 1 I am anti f uckheads |
Kuching, Malaysia |
Judged: 1 The only thing USA want to fix is China. |
Australia |
America is now pro vietnam which is also communist and pro bosnia during balkan war which is muslim. America is pro anybody who would become its puppets not because communist or not. Afghanistan used to be a friend. |
Australia |
China has lots of good weapons ready.
The Japs have to rely on USA who will sell them out,, Because the Japs were manufacturing and selling plutonium to Iran (in breach). The Jews (Israel) had however infiltrated the control systems of the Japanese reactors (tepco which is run by japanese crime syndicates etc). When the earthquake happened, the Jews then took control of the reactors and literally blew up the reactors by manipulating the control systems. That put a stop to Japan supplying enriched uranium and plutonium to Iran in exchange for oil etc. That is what you all saw, plus the evidence that Japan had stockpiled around 1300 tones of high grade plutonium in their plants plus evidence the japanese were actively processing, packaging and shipping to export this material. Japan has now been forced to shut down it's nuclear industry. Israel has delayed the Iranian program by some time. The Chinese govt is in changeover and has been rocked by internal scandals and infighting, So Japan presents as an easy weak and friendless enemy in which to unify China and also assert control and dominance over. No way the USA will intervene or help Japan after the USA via the IAEC and other parties HELPED AND STOOD BY to allow Israel to destroy Fukushima and the other nuclear plants that were exporting nuclear material to Iran. Japan made it a political issue for internal reasons and now knows this was a big miscalculation and is desperately trying to back down mediationmediation because it knows it can't win. Japan is really on it's own now and its Japan's own fault for allowing it's crime syndicates to control their nuclear industry and export material that then threatened other nations. |
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Stone is a freelance journalist who has been investigating the Fukushima disaster. This is an interview with Mr. Stone and he drops a huge conspiracy theory. He claims that Israel caused the tsunami with a nuclear weapon that was placed in the ocean which triggered the tsunami. Mr. Stone also claims that the earthquake was not the cause of the tsunami and the earthquake was not as high on the Richter Scale as is being reported. How does Stuxnet play into this? Experts agree that Stuxnet was written by Israel. Japan entered into a agreement with Iran to enrich uranium for them. Israel struck Japan with Stuxnet. The Stuxnet virus had already disabled Irans nuclear reactors in exactly the same way. In Japan even 'cold' and inactive reactors were blown up which can only be done suxh manipulation of their control systems.
Evidence from the enquiry into Fukishima showed that Japanese crime syndicates had penetrated Tepco operations and were also involved in a black market production and export of enriched material and plutonium. |
Since: Feb 08 2,404 Japan |
Nation Was Originally Crime Syndicate
http://park.geocities.jp/j_con4/0104/p041.htm... So, actual crime syndicates are all employed by the nation just in order to hide its true colors. |
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dstiles - 9:21 pm on Sep 1, 2013 (gmt 0)
I've just installed a fifth copy of Mint from the same DVD, downloaded originally from the web site via Ubuntu Hardy (10.04). First three were over Ubuntu (10.04 and 12.04), next was on "clean" m/c and final one over an old XP.
Worst case was hanging after installation whilst trying to reboot (black screen). After a long while I hit the Reset button on the front of the reluctant machines and away they went.
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he two non-teenaged Europeans were facing off for this Top 8 match. Thomas Didierjean, hailing from France, was playing his first Pro Tour - and having a very successful one at that. His opponent this round was Pro Tour perennial Bram Snepvangers, hailing from the Netherlands. Both players drafted very strong decks with strong removal, early creatures, and late-game bombs. Thomas probably had the slight edge in the matchup with his pair of Corpulent Corpse, but don't count Bram out, with Firemaw Kavu, Evangelize, and years of high-end Pro Tour experience. Both players shook hands, wished each other a sincere "good luck," and got down to business.
Thomas and Bram each began with a third-turn creature. Thomas went with Flowstone Channeler, while Bram cast a Zhalfirin Commander. Thomas had to read the purple flanker; rather ironic given that he had passed the Commander in pack one, pick one. Channeler hit once while Bram simply continued to play lands and keep the Commander home on defense.
Sensing weakness, Thomas played a Corpulent Corpse, and Bogardan Rager to increase the damage. Feeling it was time to clean the board, Bram tapped out to play his most powerful spell, a kicked Desolation Giant. Thomas appeared unconcerned with losing all of his creatures. The reason for his indifference became apparent when Thomas played his most powerful spell, Kaervek the Merciless.
Kaervek was the strongest card Thomas could play here, but once again, Bram had the trump. Evangelize was cast, targeting the Legend, Thomas's only creature. At this point, Thomas made a big error. With five points of damage to assign, his best move was simply to kill his own Kaervek the Merciless. Had he done this, he may have been able to get back in the game. However, Thomas simply dealt five points of damage to his opponent and let the creature go. Not able to muster any defense to the Giant and the legend, Thomas quickly fell in the first game of this best of five series.
Snepvangers 1 - Didierjean 0
During sideboarding, Thomas was quick to acknowledge his opponent's excellent draft deck. Bram took the compliment with aplomb, and they spent some time discussing the top 8 experience. Strangely, during this discussion Bram chose not to point out his opponent's game-sacrificing error.
Didierjean: "I guess I can only play Kaervek when you are at five life!"
Both players mirrored suspend this game, Thomas using Corpulent Corpse as Bram had Ivory Giant. While the creatures were stuck in their time zone, Thomas spent his turns casting a pair of Basal Sliver. Bram came back with a Sliver of his own, of the Watcher variety. With the two 2/4s, Thomas felt safe attacking, and drew first blood. A Foriysian Totem attack next turn shaved another 6 points off Bram's life. This time Bram sacrificed his Watcher Sliver for mana post combat, killing the Basal he had blocked.
On his own turn, Bram attempted a Firemaw Kavu on the remaining 2/2. In response to the spell, Thomas sacrificed his Basal Sliver. The Kavu came into play, saw no one but himself, and flamed out to the grave. With his opponent tapped out, Thomas' just-resolved Corpse came into play and attacked - for 7, thanks to Bogardan Rager. When Thomas attacked with his army on the next turn, he could only laugh as Bram stayed alive with an unmorphed Fortune Thief. The Thief kept Bram alive for a few turns, but when Bram couldn't kill his opponent's Urborg Syphon-Mage, the players moved onto Game 3.
Snepvangers 1 - Didierjean 1
As Thomas was reviewing his deck for third game, he paused for a moment over his copy of Stuffy Doll. With an invulnerability to Desolation Giant and an adequate defense against Evangelize, Thomas knew the Stuffy Doll could be a major player in the rest of the series.
This game saw the first mulligan of the match, from Thomas' side. The next six were a keeper, and they once again began to fight. An Errant Doomsayer kept down a threatening Mana Skimmer from Thomas's side. A Basal Sliver got a few points in, but was later inexplicably sacrificed before combat for mana. That boost allowed Thomas a nice turn with Coal Stoker and Fury Sliver. Both creatures attacked at the next opportunity. Bram nonchalantly told his opponent he had no blockers, but he was merely setting a trap, as he wanted to draw out Bogardan Rager. Indeed, the Elemental came down to give the Sliver +4/+0, right before the Sliver drew Bram's Temporal Isolation. People get so greedy with double strike…
Despite losing out on the extra damage, Thomas was still in a commanding position with a 3/3 and 3/4 in play. Bram's Ivory Giant made a fine blocker, though, and a Watcher Sliver from Snepvangers made an excellent attacker thanks to the double strike. Both players tried to build their position, but when Thomas's Corpulent Corpse took on an Eternity Snare, the advantage swung solidly to Bram. Despite Evangelize being a completely dead card, Bram was still able to continue adding creatures to his side. A Tendrils of Corruption on Watcher Sliver was Thomas's last-ditch effort, but Momentary Blink fizzled that plan. After the flashback targeting Ivory Giant removed all blockers, Bram swung in for the kill.
Snepvangers 2 - Didierjean 1
Both players started off with creatures in the beginning of this fourth game. Bram suspended an Ivory Giant and played a third-turn morph. Thomas's Flowstone Channeler was excellent against either of Bram's face-up morph guys, but face-down, the morph was a credible threat. A Mana Skimmer from Thomas gave him some evasion to work with. Bram decided to give his creature a Fire Whip, and after everything attacked on the next turn, used both cards to trade with both of Thomas's.
Didierjean replaced his depleted board with Coal Stoker into Phyrexian Totem. Bram merely passed the turn, allowing both of the creatures to hit for 8 life. The turn before Ivory Giant was set to hit, Bram played his big timeshifted special, the Desolation Giant. It didn't stop the Totem problem though, and after the Wrath-man went down to Strangling Soot, the Totem slammed in for another 5. Things slowed down a bit after that, although Bram was at a precarious life total. He started trying to equalize that problem with Venser's Sliver, while Thomas remained uninterested in using his graveyard Soot to kill it. Finally the artifact creature fell to an Assassinate from Thomas, and he played another damage source in Faceless Devourer.
Bram was stuck with his Firemaw Kavu in hand. While it could kill the Devourer, the Soot meant the Kavu would kill the last creature on the board, Snepvangers' own Ivory Giant. After some more attacks by both sides, Thomas activated his Foriysian Totem to block. With another creature available to shoot, the Kavu came into play and finished the Totem. A lack of paid echo killed the Devourer, but by this point Bram was on one life. Thomas's flashbacked Soot killed Zhalfirin Commander, and the Phyrexian Totem trampled over Ivory Giant for exactly 1 point - and the kill.
Snepvangers 2 - Didierjean: 2
At this point the players were moved to the feature table so the Internet community could watch the final game of this epic series. Both players had exceedingly strong decks, but only one could move on. With smiles, hand shakes, and another wish of good luck to each other, the players began their final game.
For the first time of the match, Bram took a mulligan. His next six were acceptable but slow. This turned out be disastrous for the Dutch player, as Thomas got his speediest draw of the match. A suspended Corpulent Corpse led to Faceless Devourer and Mana Skimmer. Bram's first play was a third turn Basalt Gargoyle, which cost him his fourth turn as well. He tried to get in a racing situation with the 3/2 flier, but the two black creatures were cracking back.
Snepvangers 2 - Didierjean 3
Thomas Didierjean moves onto the semifinals, where he will face off against Brazil's Willy Edel.


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- Actually a most appropriate greeting for 2 February is Happy Ham Salad Day or Happy Minced Ham Day ................... geddit ... Minced Ham/ Ham SaladFeb 1, 2004View SourceActually a most appropriate greeting for 2 February is "Happy Ham Salad
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--on a whole I'd much rather be in Bratislava
At 13:47 2/1/2004, David wrote:>Hello to all my Slovak, German American friends: Tomorrow (Feb. 2, 2004)
>is a PA state holiday of sorts. I would like to wish everyone...
>A Happy "Grundsow" Day. - I hope the answer to your question is that bratwurst is German or grill sausage. I would hate to think that Slovak bratwurst would translate to brotherFeb 1, 2004View SourceI hope the answer to your question is that 'bratwurst' is German or
grill sausage. I would hate to think that Slovak 'bratwurst' would
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Now as long as I am picking on the Germans, they also sesell cutlets
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Originally Posted by erikzen I installed K-9 this afternoon and it seems to be working well. I actually had been using a service called Fusemail which allows me to combine multiple email addresses into one but it didn't work with the HTC/native email app. It works perfectly with K-9. It doesn't solve the problem of having the ability to respond via different email addresses but I can live with that if I can reliably get my emails and manage them in one account on my phone. this is what gmail already does for you. there are more benefits with using gmail than another service, especially when using a google powered phone. something to think about.
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i got locked out my droid eris and i didnt remember my password for my email so i went online and reseted it and it still wont let me log in to unlock my phone HELP!!
Go to verizon and have them fix it.
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