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Noted for his political charged playful style, which uses dark humour, pop culture icons and regular motifs such as rats and monkeys, Banksy emerged as the poster boy for street art. With his identity kept firmly under wraps the artist was able to build a level of intrigue around his often audacious work. Notable feats include a series of murals on the Israeli West Bank wall and the placing of defaced works into galleries such as New Yorks Museum of Modern art and Londons National Gallery. At the height of the artists fame in 2010 he released the Oscar nominated documentary Exit Through The Gift shop. The film only served to further propel confusion surrounding the artist, as he celebrated the anarchic spirit of street art whist lampooning an art market willing to pay increasingly ridiculous prices to own a part of it. Since then works by the artists continue to appear on street walls, challenging attitudes towards graffiti and the place and purpose of art.
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Q. I just got a Toshiba SD Home Theatre TV, and when I watch a movie or cable, I have a black bar at the top and bottom of the screen.
In other words, it doesn't fill up the entire area of the screen.
Sabine Stochastic offers this advice via CE Pro:
A. You might want to check out some information on different aspect ratios.
First of all, what aspect ratio is your TV? Also, what is the aspect ratio of the media you are playing?
Let's assume you're playing 2.35:1 on a non-2.35:1 TV. The TV is making up for the difference by scaling down and masking (adding black bars to) the entire image. That means that you are in fact seeing the entire image. The image just isn't the full size of your screen.
The program materials (movies) are created with theater aspect ratios in mind. Those ratios are then accounted for on the consumer market by black bars (masking).
That means it could cut the black bars off of your TV, but then when you switch back to regular TV (4.3:1 aspect ratio), which doesn't have the black bars, the image would need the space to make it the right size and not cut out material.
Another way to look at it is your TV was made for multi-aspect ratio use — switching between different aspect ratios with the limitation that you can only go as big as your smallest aspect ratio will allow, not as big as your TV manufacturer told you it would.
Hope this helps and doesn't confuse you further.
CE Pro senior editor Robert Archer also chimed in:
It could be a few things. If the TV is a 4:3 or 1.33:1, meaning nearly square, it's a different aspect ratio than a typical widescreen plasma or LCD TV, which is 16:9 or 1.78:1.
That would cause you to have black bars when watching programming intended for 16:9 TV on a 4:3 TV.
The other cause may be a menu setting. There may be an aspect ratio shape setting on the TV. Set it to 16:9. These settings may be called full screen (4:3) or normal (16:9).
Any movies on DVD or Blu-ray may result in black bars, too, if they are in cinema-type aspect ratios of 1.85:1 or 2.39:1. These movies are much wider than a 16:9 and 4:3 screen.
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With the introduction of retail competition in the electricity industry, regulatory authorities in many jurisdictions are now overseeing the purchase of electricity at wholesale by electric...
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in seeking to standardize ATC calculations, it was bent on a fruitless quest:
"The inconvenient fact is that even if [we] were somehow able to define … [a] detailed set of rules for calculating ATC, the ATC calculations would still be largely irrelevant." (See initial comments of John Chandley & William Hogan, filed August 2, 2006, p. 16.)
Moreover, however (and herein lies the real message), Chandley/Hogan implied that FERC's intended focus on ATC also was dangerous, as it would only worsen the problem.
That's because FERC's ATC construct dares do nothing more than to ask, in essence, "how much capacity is left over" for merchants and third parties, after incumbent utilities, native load, and others holding prior, grandfathered rights are served first, regardless of the commercial value of their transactions.
Chandley/Hogan instead would put everyone in the pool as equals—before assigning any priority or privilege to assets linked to native loads or incumbent utilities (save, perhaps, for resources with unique physical and geographic properties essential for grid security). Starting from that point, the transmission provider then must make everyone happy. In other words, the job of transmission provider is not to ration the grid, but to find a way to honor every request. Open dispatch would achieve this end, in effect, by ensuring that transactions are properly valued, and then are properly balanced against the "price" of congestion and other real-time physical constraints. The provider deploys assets and re-arranges unit dispatch to respond to these prices and physical dictates—all for the greatest good for the greatest volume of transactions, as measured in terms of commercial value.
Thus, according to Chandley and Hogan, FERC had misconstrued the very nature of transmission service. The authors warned that FERC was leading the industry "inexorably down false paths towards dead-end solutions that cannot solve the problem." (Chandley/Hogan, initial comments, p. 8.)
It then took only five days for another chip holder to come in and up the ante. On Aug. 7, the PJM Interconnection (a certified RTO) went one better and proposed to FERC an entirely new doctrine, grounded on the Chandley/Hogan ideas. PJM endorsed many of FERC's incremental improvements to make the OATT more "transparent," but advised that the real need was for a different sort of transparent tariff. This new tariff would have little to do with the wires, per se. Instead, PJM proposed a new tariff that would open the generation "bid stack" to regulatory scrutiny.
Of course, vertically integrated load-serving utilities that own both transmission and generation generally do not run actual auctions or take bids. Their stacks are more likely reflective of internal costs, and shielded from view. Thus, to be more precise, PJM's proposal would simply require such utilities to make visible the full set of cost inputs, operational characteristics, and reliability constraints that come into play when they operate their transmission networks. These cost inputs might include gen plant parameters such as fuel costs, start-up and minimum-run costs, unit ramp times (up and down), emissions restrictions and such, plus how they interact with model assumptions about the workings


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The day after thanksgiving, when stores hold major sales and go out of the red and into the black.
a: whats up with black friday?
b: it's when stores can get out of bankruptcy
b: it's when stores can get out of bankruptcy
di kindie 26 novembre 2005
When all the black people go out to buy stuff at a cheaper price.
White man: DAMNIT its black friday. Damn these black people.
Black Man: Hunny lets go get some condoms at a cheaper price!
Black Man: Hunny lets go get some condoms at a cheaper price!
di Jamamamamama 25 novembre 2011
add Rebecca to the beginning of this word, and you get a total disgrace to music.
Whatever you do, do NOT type the following in the youtube search bar: rebecca black friday
di WouldYaLook@that 08 maggio 2011
Traditionally the day after Thanksgiving where most consumers start their holiday shopping. Many (if not all) retail outlets offer sales to bring in said customers. It is called 'black' friday because it is considered the 'official' start of the holiday shopping season, much like Black Tuesday was the start of the Depression (1929 Stock Market Crash). In addition, the 'black' also refers to when paper ledgers were still used, black ink referred to profit. Although Black Friday is the day where the highest volume of consumer traffic is seen, it does not carry the highest volume of sales. Usually this day is Christmas Eve or the last Saturday before Christmas. Recently some retail outlets have begun referring to Black Friday as Green Friday, to curb the common association of the color black to something of bad or negative nature.
"Yo did you check out the deals for Black Friday?"
di DerekM 25 novembre 2005
everyday of the year if you're smart enough
God, those stupid so-called Black Friday deals are available everyday. Whats up with ppl who can't take a look outside retail mall stores? Who wait on huge lines for literally days when you can get the same deals online?
di Mimono Ooo 26 novembre 2010
in the united kindom it is the last friday before christmas when everyone gets amazingly drunk. the cops are given higher powers to deal with this situation.
aye, its black friday. lets go down to mickey's pub and get smashed.
di josh rain1 26 novembre 2006
The day after Thanksgiving, on which thousands of people flock to the stores like lemmings, risking getting trampled just to save a few dollars even though they have a whole month to do their Christmas shopping.
Also of note: retailers sometimes understock the shelves to create an illusion of scarcity. That "last item in the store" that you just bought was probably one of many "last items" sitting in the store room.
Also of note: retailers sometimes understock the shelves to create an illusion of scarcity. That "last item in the store" that you just bought was probably one of many "last items" sitting in the store room.
Black Friday makes complete nuts out the sanest people; mothers will kill each other just to get a doll for little Suzie.
di spinaltapsoundguy 27 novembre 2009
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The 110-inch Da-Lite screen and 21-inch Sony monitor get in on the action. The bigger screen presents movies from two 400-disc DVD changers while the smaller screen displays song lyrics when the family would rather do karaoke. Photo by Doug Snower.
Maybe it was the Mission-style spindles on the backs of the chairs that caught our attention, or perhaps it was the alabaster-colored ceiling pendants that drew us in. Whatever it was, one thing's for sure: This theater possesses a style that's refreshingly fitting for a home that dates back to the early 1900s. "Every possible detail of the design was scrutinized to provide the homeowners with the optimal mix of aesthetic perfection and technological innovation," says Paul Baumeister of Baumeister Electronic Architects, the Niles, IL based firm hired to blend a slew of modern electronic systems into the stunning 16-by-28-foot arts and crafts–style theater.
But before the Baumeister crew could get to those details, the space had to be created. Like many homes of the period, this one had a number of small crawl spaces but no room big enough to use as a theater. Local zoning ordinances prohibited adding on to the main level, so construction crews were called in to dig out a space beneath the house. With a blank slate to work with, the architects and home systems installers were able to collaborate on a design that would marry 21st-century systems and the historic arts and crafts style.
The end result is nothing short of spectacular. A top-of-the-line Barco DLP video projector mounted to the coffered wooden ceiling shoots images to a 110-inch Da-Lite screen. The projector contains not one DLP chip but three: one each for reproducing the red, green and blue colors that make up the picture on the screen. Three-chip DLP projectors are more expensive than the more common one-chip models, but the three chips produce a smoother, more refined image. The audio was taken up a notch as well. Instead of the usual seven-speaker surround-sound setup, this theater boasts nine speakers. The front three units are built into the wall on either side of the screen, while the six others are tucked into the side and rear walls. Each speaker is driven by its own amplifier to ensure that every inch of the room is blanketed with amazingly realistic sound.
Even the furnishings were given modern touches. The Mission-style seats, for example, feature spring-loaded cup holders and were designed so that the seat bottoms move forward to save space when they are inclined. The pendant lights, meanwhile, are connected to a control system that enables them to be brightened or dimmed to different settings based on what's happening in the room. For example, when the family wants to grab a snack during a movie, they touch the intermission button on the Crestron touchpanel, and specific lights brighten slightly so that people can see their way to the mini fridge built into the bar at the back of the room. Controls found on the room's built-in Crestron keypads and a portable web tablet can be used to engage a lighting system, operate the theater and manage the systems upstairs. There are also preset lighting scenes for watching movies, presenting video slide shows and singing karaoke, which happens to be one of the family's favorite ways to use the room. A 21-inch LCD screen on top of a moveable Mission-style TV stand allows singers to easily read the song lyrics. The karaoke system also includes a wireless microphone and a small camera that captures the performances for playback on the home theater screen or on any TV in the house.
When the family isn't putting on their own show, they can watch video from sources including a high-definition satellite receiver and two 400-disc DVD changers. An Escient DVDM Movie Manager displays on the touchpanel a list of the DVDs loaded in the changers. Scrolling through the list, the family can quickly find the flick they want and cue the show. When the movie is over, the room goes back to an earlier era, where the family feels equally comfortable spending time. But the modern technology that functions so naturally in this historical home can spring to life at a moment's notice, never overpowering the room's unique style.
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Wardrobe Closet with Cedar Flooring
A Rolling Real Cedar Closet for Out-of-Season Clothes
Wardrobe Closet with Cedar Flooring
A Rolling Real Cedar Closet for Out-of-Season Clothes
This sturdy wheeled wardrobe storage closet assembles in minutes. The closet features cedar flooring for a fresh scent that naturally repels bugs and protects your garments while it absorbs moisture and odors. With a large zippered door in a heavy-duty canvas shell, the cedar closet stores up to 50 garments. 35½"x19½"x61". Imported.
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When you store your off-season clothes in this cedar closet, you can be sure they'll be safe from bugs and moisture.
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Kids Shiatsu is a brilliant complementary therapy for children. Jane Harper is a highly regarded Shiatsu practitioner offering Shiatsu for children with her unique style of intuitive treatments with a zen approach. Jane has a very gentle touch and presence about her.
It is especially important for children to feel safe with bodywork, mum or dad stay close during the treatment. Shiatsu has a physicality of touch as it uses body weight instead of muscular effort and is great at bringing the receiver back into their body. It allows support and nurturing though change and coming into their own sense of themselves and body. Kids Shiatsu allows a positive body awareness and builds confidence.
Shiatsu is a great way for children to start learning ways to relax and calm their minds and nervous systems. These are invaluable techniques in life learning to manage stress in a holistic healthy way.


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LONDON — Tottenham forward Clint Dempsey has increased the tension ahead of the Premier League game against Fulham by saying that his former club didn't give him the recognition he deserved.
On Saturday, Tottenham and Dempsey make the short journey across London to Fulham, the club where he scored 50 goals in 184 league matches from 2007 to 2012.
Dempsey is a top forward for the U.S. national team under coach Jurgen Klinsmann. The Yanks are bidding to win a berth in the 2014 World Cup as a qualifier from North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Despite a number of players swapping between Tottenham and Fulham, Dempsey's comments — and the way in which he left the club — are likely to ensure he is the one most targeted by the home fans.
"If you always felt valued and appreciated enough, I don't think you'd ever leave. But it came to a point where I didn't feel valued and appreciated," Dempsey said Thursday. "Not by the fans but by other situations. That's just the way things went."
Fulham signed Dempsey from the New England Revolution in the MLS in 2007. He was relatively unknown in England then, but wasn't the first American to play for Fulham. Carlos Bocanegra and Brian McBride had success at the club.
Dempsey had 21 league goals in his first 3½ seasons at Craven Cottage before getting 29 more in his final two campaigns at the club, winning Fulham's "Player of the Season" award in those two years.
His goals boosted his reputation, and his desire to play for a top team.
"The fans were great to me, the chairman was great to me," Dempsey said. "But it got the point where I wanted to keep going and try to further my career."
Dempsey's form hasn't reached the heights this season that he achieved at Fulham. So far, he has three goals and two assists in the league as he adjusts to playing as a secondary striker at Tottenham.
Because of the way Dempsey forced his way out of Fulham, which included being fined a week's wages for refusing to play, a hostile reception surely awaits Saturday.
"How you're received, you're received," he said. "It's unfortunate how things happened, but I look forward to going back."


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text: The Blue Water Area Churches are holding a special Thanksgiving Service this week that's open to the entire community. The service will be on Tuesday at Hillside Wesleyan Church in Clyde Township, with Tom Seppo at the Operation Transformation church telling us no matter your particular faith or church, you're welcome to attend. The service starts at 7pm and will conclude approximately one hour later. The event will see special music and segments on faith, along with a brief message delivered by the Reverend Phil Whetstone from the Colonial Woods Missionary Church.


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Gov. Jerry Brown's new proposed formula for funding schools will be the largest change to school funding since Senate Bill 90 in 1972, according to Sally Swan, Mendocino Unified School District's business manager.
Swan introduced the new formula, formerly called the "Weighted Student Program," now called "Local Control Funding Formula," at the Jan. 17 board meeting.
Swan said it is too early to tell, but the new formula looks like it will hold school districts "harmless" if they bring in more money from tax revenue than the state set limit. That means a district won't see excess funds redistributed to other districts.
However, under the new formula, money the state had been taking from the Mendocino district for "fair share cuts" and a 20 percent deficit owed various programs since fiscal year 2008/09 will not be paid back.
Swan figured that for this year the district has lost $336,000 in state deficit to programs and the "fair share" cut was $260,518. About $596,000 was taken from the district's revenues by the state.
The precise amount that is "deficited" from programs varies every year, but a cut has been taken for the past five years, Swan added.
The "fair share" cuts have existed for the past four years and total $781,227.
Although the district has to face never seeing that money repaid, Swan preferred to look on the bright side.
"It looks like, today, [our tax revenue] will be frozen, even if we have declining enrollment," Swan added.
Swan expects to have more information when the board will review and appoint a new Albion trustee at the Albion School on Feb.
Swan also reviewed the 2011/12 fiscal year audit report from Goodell, Porter, Sanchez & Bright, LLP. The auditors noted nothing out of the ordinary.


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