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text: Democrats Make the Case for Jones Act Waiver by Robert Bluey 18 Jun 2010 post a comment Share This: A congressional hearing on foreign ships in the Gulf of Mexico turned into a full-scale attack on the Obama administration's response to the crisis -- led by the committee's Democrats. Thursday's hearing came as a growing chorus of critics has accused the Obama administration of unwisely turning away international help for the oil spill cleanup and failing to issue a temporary waiver of the protectionist Jones Act. The hearing came as Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) criticized the administration for bureaucratic hurdles. Witnesses from the Coast Guard and Maritime Administration attempted to rebut the claims, but their assurances fell on deaf ears. (Video of the hearing.) At one point, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) became visibly upset and scolded Rear Adm. Kevin Cook. Moments earlier, the Coast Guard official came under fire from another committee Democrat for not having enough skimming vessels off the coast of Florida. "I want to make sure we sense the urgency of this moment," Cummings said. "We have a window of opportunity to save our beaches, save some of our birds, fish and wildlife. And I'm just wondering whether there is that sense of urgency. ... When you say something like 'We're trying to make arrangements,' I hate to say it, but that's not good enough." Other Democrats were equally as harsh. Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) stopped just shy of accusing the Coast Guard of incompetence. When Cook was unable to answer her questions about the number of skimming vessels available in the United States, she demanded he find out and report back to her. "How many skimmers do we have? How many are assigned? How many have been offered? When and where? How many have been received and accepted? And how many are available and where? That includes the Coast Guard, private, National Guard and foreign. I mean, you've got to know what you have to do something," Richardson said. "I don't understand why you don't have a database to know where your resources are that you can utilize." Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) said it was unacceptable that her state couldn't utilize foreign vessels for skimming. She held up pictures of skimmers available in Mexico and Norway that could help. "We are in emergency mode and we need skimmers," Brown said. "We need the big ones. I understand they're available in other countries, including Mexico and Norway. What is the process for the state to utilize these vessels from other countries? ... We're talking about protecting Florida's coast." When Brown asserted there were only 30 skimmers working off the coast of Florida, Cook countered there actually 110. "We don't have enough," Brown responded. "What is the process for the state to take advantage of skimmers from other countries?" At one point during the hearing, Democrats were making a more appealing case for waiving the Jones Act than their Republican counterparts. The 1920 law regulates movement on U.S. waters and between ports, restricting where foreign ships are able to dock. With the State Department acknowledging it has received more than 20 aid offers, critics have questioned why the administration simply won't suspend the law in a time of crisis. Deputy Maritime Administrator David Matsuda confirmed there has been one Jones Act waiver request for a foreign deck barge to operate within three miles of the U.S. coast. That request was denied because American vessels could perform the same functions. Matsuda defended the administrative waiver process, noting that case-by-case requests are handled within 48 hours. Of course, the Obama administration could eliminate the bureaucratic delay entirely by simply following the precedent set by the Bush administration, which waived the Jones Act in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 to transport oil and gasoline throughout the Gulf region. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has the legal authority to suspend the law with Matsuda's approval. Matsuda and Cook's reassurances about the situation in the Gulf left most members unconvinced. Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) pressed the witnesses repeatedly on the Jones Act's restrictions. Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) read an e-mail he received from a U.S. vessel operator whose help was turned down. And Rep. Frank LoBodino (R-N.J.) said it was shameful the Customs and Border Patrol failed to show for the hearing. The underlying message from members of Congress: The administration has failed to utilize all the resources -- foreign and domestic -- at its disposal. Unfortunately for Obama, the witnesses did little to dissuade them of that opinion.


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I have had other wilderness experiences before and they had been lonely experiences. The emotions, running through a private channel between the world and me, were totally apathetic about the possibility of being shared. When I landed in Svalbard I was already quite familiar with incredibly beautiful landscapes, with the feeling of enlargement and fusion, with the redimension of what's important, with the essential body consciousness, with the different perception of time and space…but this time I was with counterparts.
Students who find themselves in Spitzbergen, Svalbard archipelago, to study arctic sciences. A same kind of sensitivity belongs to whom enrolls to the northernmost university in the world. We had the chance to realize it.
During the fieldwork days in a lost arctic fjord, where nights passed patrolling the camp with a rifle against polar bears, where curious seal heads move fast above the waters, where the sun never sets and the midnight is orange and warm (regardless the zero degrees of air temperature), where life is found in fluorescent details amongst beach pebbles, where food is rationed and water is carried from far away, where days went by collecting data and evenings storing them…we know who we are. As if the freezing glacial rivers we crossed barefoot washed away the strata of compromises that we have had to accept, compromises that layered upon us blurring the sight on ourselves.
Who has been to Svalbard claims to be left changed. I disagree. Svalbard didn't change me: it showed me who I am (and I knew it already…but it's so easy to find yourself covered with compromise). In front of the naked morphologies – nothing superfluous on them – is it maybe easier to uncover the core of what we are?
Now, while I walk the streets of this torrid city of shopping and asphalt, I feel light and confident: I know I am something else. I don't want the smog to suffocate this feeling.
None of us made it to go back to the darkness, which yet we were longing in those never ending, bewildering days. We came back to the towns where we study and our nights are brighter, but with a more disturbing light, than the summer nights in Spitzbergen. Now, at night, we dream the arctic winter.
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The "naked morphologies" are precisely why I went to Iceland . . . very much like the desert, which is my first love . . . a minimum of 'things' between the landscape and MySelf.
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The College Democrats at Liberty are atypical Democratic activists. By charter they are pro-life and pro-traditional marriage. Then why, unlike the school's College Republicans, was their sanction yanked? Because they supported politicians who are pro-choice (no statewide Virginia Democratic candidate backs gay marriage, although Brian Moran, running for governor, has called for purging the ill-advised 2006 "marriage amendment" from the state Constitution). Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr.'s discrimination between the clubs was, if not especially sage, rational.
It is also eminently constitutional. Our friend Kent Willis of the Virginia ACLU says that after word spread of the College Democrats' decertification, his office phone shimmied with calls asking him when the ACLU would sue Liberty. "We told them that we had no plans to sue Mr. Falwell," says Mr. Willis, "and that we might even argue that he should have a right not to recognize the club."
As a private institution, Liberty gets to "say" what it pleases, including when it "speaks" through its certification process. The government has no right to insist that it dilute its "message" by formally approving expression Liberty deems anathema. An instructive case occurred during the '90s when a gay-lesbian group sued to march in Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade, whose organizers objected. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled--9-0--that to compel the organizers to let in the homosexual group would be unconstitutionally forcing them to "say" what they did not believe.
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A Bellevue man is headed to prison for shaking his daughter so hard she had to go to the Emergency Room. The state says his wife could have prevented the incident but her family doesn't believe that.
Daniel Salazar and Chrizelle Els met in a chat room and fell in love with 10,000 miles between them. Daniel was living in Alaska. Chrizelle lived in South Africa with her family, including twin sister Chrizanne.
Chrizanne told us, "She was very in love with him."
Daniel married Chrizelle in South Africa. The two started a family there and eventually moved to Bellevue where they would have a total of four children. Last year, the couple's youngest child, a daughter, ended up in intensive care.
"She was very, very devastated," Chrizanne said.
The infant had a dislocated arm, bleeding on the brain and bruising on her eyelid and stomach. X-rays showed a broken leg healing. She was just 5-weeks-old.
The girl's father, Daniel Salazar, admitted to shaking the infant on two occasions. He could get up to 50 years in prison when he's sentenced next month.
Chrizanne Els told us, "He never did anything wrong in front of her. Everything that he did, he did down her back."
Chrizelle Els' family believes that should be the end of it. She should be released from jail and get her children back.
Investigators point to a pattern. According to court documents obtained by Fact Finders, last year, the couple's third child, a son, was removed from their home when he was 3-weeks-old.
At the time, Daniel Salazar admitted he was responsible for the bruising on both of his son's arms. The state calls it a clear case of neglect by both parents and says the children's mother was, "not a willing participant in therapy," and was, "more interested in her husband's welfare than the injured child."
Deputy Sarpy County Attorney Nicole Hutter said, "She failed to protect the child. We don't have to necessarily prove everything that was going on in the home at the time but we will have to prove that she had a certain amount of knowledge of the danger the child may have been in. And she failed to act upon it."
Twin sister Chrizanne said, "She never abused any of the children. She did not know that Danny was abusing them."
In 2012, the couple lost their second child, a daughter, to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Detectives have since reopened the case to see if that indeed was what killed the 5-week-old.
After the death, a newly-pregnant Chrizelle said Daniel told her, "'I promise I will be more gentle with this baby.'"
The children's mother does not have a trial date yet. If convicted she could get up to 50 years.
The three children are currently living in the metro with Daniel's relatives. One of the caregivers told us, "There's no way she did not know he was injuring the children."


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The first non congress Prime Minister ruled India briefly in 1996, and again from Oct 13, 1998 until May 19, 2004.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee born December 25, 1924 was the Prime Minister of India, briefly in 1996, and again from October 13, 1998 until May 19, 2004. He retired from active politics in December 2005, but still comments and participates on national debates of policy, welfare and defence. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu Nationalism in Indian politics. He has served as a member of the Parliament of India for nearly 50 years. He is also a poet, writing in his native language, Hindi.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a native of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and has been active in Indian politics throughout his adult life (as a member of parliament, he has often resided in Delhi). He holds a masters degree in political science and was educated at the Victoria College, Gwalior and DAV College, Kanpur. He is also a poet and writer, and has published several volumes of poetry, essays and speeches. He has been described as a follower of the guru Sathya Sai Baba. Vajpayee is a bachelor and has the adopted daughters of Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Kaul, Nandita (Nanni) and Namita (Gunu). Vajpayee`s involvement in politics began as a freedom-fighter during the Quit India Movement of 1942-1945, initially adhering to Communism, but shedding that for membership in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, an organization propounding Hindutva, or Hindu Nationalism and considered Right-Wing in Indian politics.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, along with many BJS and RSS colleagues, particularly his long-time and close friend Lal Krishna Advani, formed the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980 as the new home of Hindutva, right-wing social and economic ideas and nationalism. Vajpayee became its founding President. In 1974, when Prime Minister Gandhi imposed a national state of emergency, the RSS and BJS joined a wide-array of parties in opposing the suspension of elections and civil liberties. Vajpayee was briefly jailed during that period.
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Political energy and expansion made BJP the single-largest political party in the Lok Sabha elected in 1996. Mired down by corruption scandals, the Congress was at a historic low, and a vast medley of regional parties and break-off factions dominated the Parliament. BJP formed the government, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as prime minister, but the BJP failed to gather enough support from other parties to form a majority. Vajpayee resigned after just 13 days, when it became clear that he could not garner a majority. After a third-party coalition governed India between 1996 and 1998, the terribly divided Parliament was dissolved and fresh elections held. These elections again put the BJP at the head. This time, a cohesive bloc of political parties lined up with it to form the National Democratic Alliance, and A.B. Vajpayee was sworn in as the prime minister on 13th October 1998.
The NDA proved its 286 vote majority in a narrow vote of confidence. Towards the end of 1998 however, the AIADMK under J.Jayalalitha withdrew its support from the 13-month old government. The government lost the ensuing vote of confidence motion by a single vote. As the opposition was unable to come up with the numbers to form the new government, the country returned to elections with Vajpayee remaining the "care-taker prime minister". After the election in 1999, Vajpayee was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the third time. The coalition government that was formed lasted its full term of 5 years the only non-Congress government to do so.
In late 1998 and early 1999, Vajpayee began a push for a full-scale diplomatic peace process with Pakistan. With the historic inauguration of the Delhi-Lahore bus service in February 1999, Vajpayee initiated a new peace process aimed towards permanently resolving the Kashmir dispute and other territorial/nuclear/strategic conflicts with Pakistan. The resultant Lahore Declaration espoused a commitment to dialogue, expanded trade relations and the goal of denuclearized South Asia, and mutual friendship. This eased the tension created by the 1998 nuclear tests, not only within the two nations, but also in South Asia and the rest of the world.
Vajpayee promoted pro-business, free market reforms to reinvigorate India`s economic transformation and expansion. Increased competitiveness, extra funding and support for the information technology and high-tech industries, improvements in infrastructure, deregulation of trade, investments and corporate laws, all increased foreign capital investment and set in motion an economic expansion. The Kargil War also took place in Vajpayee`s tenure.
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Barcelona demolishes Celtic to end head of Group HDecember 12th, 2013
If anyone really believed that Barcelona had lost their mojo after the couple of recent defeats, they must have changed their mind after last night's display against Celtic. The Catalans came on looking like they meant business and within the first few minutes, while the visitors barely touched the ball, Barcelona were clearly on the attack and it took just six minutes before Pique put Barça ahead.
Barcelona continued to dominate possession, clearly in control of the match, and it looked as if the second was only a matter of waiting. Although it is perhaps surprising that the second goal, by Pedro, came nearly half an hour later Neymar's first of the evening a couple of minutes before the break meant Barcelona had all but sealed the result.
In the second half Barcelona continued their onslaught when Neymar scored his second of the night. And ten minutes later he made it a hat trick to put Barça 5 goals ahead, his first Champions League goals and first hat trick for Barcelona.
With Tello brought on in place of Alexis it took just a few minutes before he too scored, when his shot rebounded off the heel of a Celtic defender and into the goal. And then, in the closing minutes of the match Celtic finally came to life. Samaras has a couple of good attempts on the Barça goal and scored to leave the final score at 6-1.
1-0 Piqué (min 6)
2-0 Pedro (min 39)
3-0 Neymar (min 43)
4-0 Neymar (min 46)
5-0 Neymar (min 56)
6-0 Tello (min 70)
6-1 Samaras (min 86)
While Barcelona had already earned their place in the next round, AC Milan's goalless draw with Ajax meant that they would have ended at the top of the table anyway. However, after the recent criticism levelled at the team this result showed firmly that they mean business. We'll learn who Barcelona faces next on Monday, with the next round taking place in Februay.
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Comfortable win for Barcelona in Copa del Rey openerDecember 9th, 2013
After a couple of disappointing results against Ajax and then Athletic Bilbao, Friday saw Barcelona play their first Copa del Rey match against Cartagena from Segunda División B.
Although there was never a real chance of the hosts making a big impact against Barça, they did do enough to create a slight upset at the quarter hour mark when Fernando scored the opener. However, with the Catalans back in their stride and creating chances Pedro equalised after 35 minutes; and just a few minutes later Cesc put Barcelona in the lead.
Following the break there was plenty of opportunity for Barça, who completely overwhelmed Cartagena, but it wasn't until nearly 30 minutes into the second half that Pedro scored his second of the night. Now comfortably in the lead, Alexis was brought off in exchange for Jean Marie Dongou, making his debut for the first team. And what a night it will be for him to remember after he put the ball into the Cartagena net off a rebound.
1-0 Fernando (min 15)
1-1 Pedro (min 35)
1-2 Fábregas (min 42)
1-3 Pedro (min 74)
1-4 Dongou (min 88)
Injuries fail to dent Barça against GranadaNovember 25th, 2013
Following the international break, and with a number of key players injured, Granada visited the Nou Camp on Saturday afternoon for a match attended by many kids thanks to the early start. Although Lionel Messi was one of those injured he showed off his latest Golden Boot, which he was awarded on Wednesday for a record third time as the highest scoring player in Europe last season. He has also been nominated again for the Player of the Year, which he has now won an incredible four times.
Despite lacking some key players, the team went all out right from the start, but despite a number of attempts on the Granada goal it was only after Cesc Fabregas was brought down in the area that allowed Iniesta to score the first from the penalty spot. Granada didn't take that lying down though and soon were to make an attempt on the Barça goal, striking the crossbar and another attempt was stopped by reserve keeper Pinto, in place of injured Valdes. With the ball back under Barça's control and in the Granada area, a second penalty was awarded after Iniesta was brought down. This time it was Cesc who put the ball away.
Back on after the break Pedro came close to scoring a third for the Catalans, but the ball went over the bar and soon after was brought down by Iturra; with two yellow cards, Granada was now down to 10 players. However, after making another attempt on the Barcelona goal, Neymar set up Alexis to make it 3-0. Finally, after a number of changes in the last 10 minutes, Pedro put the ball home to make it 4-0.
1-0 Iniesta (min 19)
2-0 Fábregas (min 39)
3-0 Alexis (min 70)
4-0 Pedro (min 89)
Messi injured as Barça beats BetisNovember 11th, 2013
Barcelona continued their epic start to the season with another win last night against Betis. However, Leo Messi had to be replaced early on, after apparently suffering a knee injury and will undergo tests today (Monday) to discover the extent of his injury.
The early chances were created by the home side, with Victor Valdes forced to make two great saves early on in the first half, but as the Catalans settled in so came the chances. Cesc set up the opener for Neymar from Alex Song at 34 minutes, with Pedro putting Barça two goals up just a couple of minutes later.
Back on after the break Betis powered against the Barcelona goal only to hit the post, but quarter of an hour into the second half Cesc made it three; he also scored a fourth in the last quarter hour from a header. Betis' only goal came in injury time, after Alves brought down Matilla in the penalty area, leaving the final score at 4-1 to FC Barcelona.
0-1 Neymar (min 34)
0-2 Pedro (min 36)
0-3 Fábregas (min 62)
0-4 Fábregas (min 78)
1-4 Jorge Molina (min 91)
Pedro hat trick seals 5th win for BarçaSeptember 23rd, 2013
Barcelona won their fifth match of the season on Saturday night thanks to an on form Victor Valdes, a hat trick from Pedro and a goal from Cesc. The Catalans were visiting Rayo Vallecano, who came close to going ahead early in the first half but were prevented from scoring by Valdes.
Barça also had some early chances, but were unable to capitalise on them, with Messi and Neymar threatening the host's goal. And a disaster was narrowly averted when Montoya came close to scoring an own goal when he unexpectedly back passed to Valdes. However, the first goal finally came when Messi set up Pedro who kicked the ball home. 10 minutes later Rayo was awarded a penalty, after Adriano crashed into Trashorras, but Victor Valdes kept his head and stopped the ball.
Back on after the break Pedro scored his second of the night to give Barcelona a more comfortable advantage, after which both Messi and Neymar both came close to adding to the goal tally and it was the latter who set up Pedro for his hat trick in the 72nd minute. The final goal of the match came shortly after, when Xavi set up Cesc to make it 4-0 to Barça.
0-1 Pedro (min 32)
0-2 Pedro (min 47)
0-3 Pedro (min 72)
0-4 Fábregas (min 79)
Barça opens season with Levante demolitionAugust 19th, 2013
Levante must have wondered what had hit them last night at the Nou Camp, when Barcelona ended the first half with six goals already. It must have been quite a relief in the second half for just one more to be scored, to end the match on 7-0, and a clear demonstration of how dominant Barça is likely to be this season.
Just as a reminder, this was the second home match with Tata Martino as coach – the first was the Gamper Trophy at the beginning of the month – and in those two matches his squad has scored 15 goals.
Alexis scored the first of the evening within two minutes, with Messi scoring goal number two at the 11 minute mark. However, when Dani Alves effectively sealed the victory for Barcelona after 23 minutes and Pedro making it 4 just two minutes after that.
Even at 4-0 it wasn't over for the first half though, with Messi scoring his second and Xavi ending the first half 6-0. I can't even imagine the moral in Levante's dressing room during the break, but fortunately for their self esteem there was only one more goal, scored by Pedro in the 72nd minute.
Barcelona is clearly looking solid under the new manager, who has brought with him a new style of play that may well outsmart the best clubs in Europe this season. It's early days, but there are strong indications that the 2013/14 season is going to be one to remember!
1-0 Alexis (min 2)
2-0 Messi (min 11)
3-0 Dani Alves (min 23)
4-0 Pedro (min 25)
5-0 Messi (min 41)
6-0 Xavi (min 44)
7-0 Pedro (min 72)
Barcelona demonstrate strength against ThailandAugust 7th, 2013
Barcelona played Thailand earlier today in the first match of their short Far East tour. Net mar opened the scoring, his first for his new club, with Pedro scoring a hat track and Messi scoring two. The remaining goal for Barça was scored by Alexis.
0-1 Neymar (min 11)
0-2 Messi (min 13)
0-3 Pedro (min 19)
0-4 Messi (min 25)
0-5 Pedro (min 35)
1-5 Teerasil (min 42)
1-6 Pedro (min 47)
1-7 Alexis lr (min 49)
Barça thrashes Santos in 2013 Gamper TrophyAugust 3rd, 2013
Last night Barcelona played their first match of the 2013-2014 pre-season in front of a new crowd, marking the debut of both Tata Martino and Neymar at the Nou Camp. With the new team being introduced prior to the match, the Nou Camp was in full celebratory mood, while commemorating legendary Barça goalkeeper Antoni Ramallets, who died on Tuesday.
This year Brazilian club Santos was invited to play in the Gamper trophy, the club from which Neymar has just been signed and so the Gamper played farewell to him as much as it did an introduction to the new.
Barcelona came on brimming with energy and from the early moments it looked like they might score. It took just seven minutes for Lionel Messi to score, followed by an own goal from Santos a few minutes later. It took 10 more minutes before Alexis made it 3-0, but even that wasn't enough and by the time of the break Pedro had made it 4-0.
There can't have been a good feeling in the changing room of one of Brazil's premier clubs, but after the break play continued as before. Martino made a number of changes in the second half, including the hugely anticipated debut of Neymar, who for the first time played alongside Leo Messi to roars of approval from the crowd.
Cesc scored two within the first 25 minutes to make it 6-0 and while it was clear that the squad was trying to set up Neymar to score his first goal for the Catalans, it didn't quite happen. However, Adriano scored a seventh goal for Barcelona and Dongou made it 8-0.
All in all a good display of football and a good result. While some doubted whether Messi and Neymar could coexist in the same team, the first demonstration seems to show that both are mature enough to get on with the job. based on this match it looks like it will be a fantastic season ahead.
1-0 Messi (min 7)
2-0 Léo (min 10)
3-0 Alexis (min 20)
4-0 Pedro (min 28)
5-0 Fábregas (min 51)
6-0 Fábregas (min 66)
7-0 Adriano (min 73)
8-0 Dongou (min 81)
Barcelona inches closer to the 100 point target against EspanyolMay 27th, 2013
Goals from Alexis and Pedro took FC Barcelona a step closer to their aim of finishing the season on 100 points after meeting Espanyol on Sunday evening.
Espanyol were no walkover from the start but after 13 minutes of play saw Alexis open the scoring after a Villa assist. However, despite Barça's relentless play only two other real chances came in the first half from Cesc and Iniesta.
Back on after the break Barcelona continued to dominate possession and on one occasion things were looking like they might happen, but Villa shot wide. It was only after Espanyol went down to ten men that Pedro put the ball into the Espanyol net from Xavi to end the night 2-0.
0-1 Alexis (min 13)
0-2 Pedro (min 86)
2-1 win against Valladolid sees Barça march towards 100 pointsMay 20th, 2013
It was a big night at the Nou Camp on Sunday being the first home game since taking the league title last weekend and the chance to celebrate on home turf. The entire weekend saw heavy rain and Sunday night proved no exception, but even that failed to dent the celebrations.
After a bit of a slow start from the hosts Pedro scored the first goal for Barça in the 20th minute thanks to Xavi, as the team aims to end the season on 100 points. After this Barcelona upped the pace but despite their best efforts were unable to follow through to put the ball home. In the end Marc Valiente failed to clear the ball from the Valladolid goalmouth after a corner and put the ball in his own net.
After the break Barcelona looked like they were going for broke to score a third, but in the end it didn't happen. Instead Valladolid scored from the penalty spot three minutes from the end after Manucho was brought down by Montoya in the box.
Following the match were the customary celebrations for the league title, with coach and players individually thanking the crowd and fireworks to celebrate the fourth league title in five years for Barça.
1-0 Pedro (min 20)
2-0 Marc Valiente (min 41)
2-1 Víctor Pérez (min 87)


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1. wendygarett (unregistered)
Oh Micro$oft, your OEM has packed a lot of juice in it, too bad they are all overpriced...
8. Whodaboss (Posts: 176; Member since: 18 Nov 2011)
Doesn't seem over priced to me. Operative wording (to me). The price is the price. There are plenty of Android devices at a much lessor pricing scale if someone can't afford a MS device at this price point.
2. sarb009 (Posts: 293; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
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3. sorcio46 (Posts: 407; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
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9. Maxwell.R (Posts: 171; Member since: 20 Sep 2012)
Is Expert an Italy-only retailer?
10. sorcio46 (Posts: 407; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
This particular sheet that you posted is related only with Expert-Italy group, but there are others Expert groups in Europehttp://www.expert-italia.it/chi_siamo.asp
4. mrllano (Posts: 87; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
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5. Nookie4u (Posts: 131; Member since: 13 Aug 2012)
Does Microsoft seriously think they can compete with those kind of prices against Android and iOS? They must be dreaming.
6. Pdubb (Posts: 239; Member since: 08 Aug 2011)
Wait, I'm confused! I thought these were supposed to be overpriced? $899 or a 64gb tablet seems decent. What am I missing that everyone else is calling these overpriced?
7. tigermcm (Posts: 743; Member since: 02 Sep 2009)
yet people bought the iphone 64gb for $850
11. darkvadervip (Posts: 341; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
That's not the US privies dummies. Our prices are a lot lower. Compare our same model cars to their cars and you will see. Remember their dollar value is more and prices are higher before you have judgement on the windows tablets


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I noticed that whenever I try to work with a DVD that is scratched, that the CPU usgae spikes. Process Explorer indicates DPCs accounting for >60% of CPU usage, and I have to assume that this is related to the problems with the DVD drive not being able to read from my DVD.
However, I cannot get the CPU usage to go down, even after removing the DVD and closing any software that I was using with the DVD. Does anyone have any suggestions how to stop the DPCs and Hardware Interrupts and bring the CPU usage down?
Also, if I try to reboot after I am in this situation (a necessity so that the computer can run smoothly with low usage), the shut down freezes and I have to do a hard power down at the PSU. I am assuming that the DPCs and Hardware Interrupts have something to with that.
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I never noticed this in XP. Is there a reason why the Windows 7 reacts this way to a bad disc?
Also, is it normal that shutting down is a problem (it freezes on the shut down screen) in this instance and that I have to power off at the PSU?
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- Aggiegirl1998 Sep 5, 2007 02:45 PM
I am looking for some GOOD homemade flour and corn tortillas. I am willing to drive and pay for a place that consistently makes them. Let me know your thoughts! Thanks!
re: achtungpv
I buy corn by the dozen from Angie's. Try to use them right away 'cos they lose something over time.
Sometimes they're crusty (which is really sad), but Rosita's Al Pastor has my favorite flour tortillas in Austin. Angie's and El Meson rule on the corn front.
The best homemade corn torillas I've had in Austin are at La Canaria, the bright yellow taco trailer at the corner of Airport and 51st. They don't usually sell them by the dozen, but are so nice, I'll bet if you ask, they'll do it.
Of course, if you want to sample them first, try them with the Lenga (in red sauce), Chicharones, or Carne Guisda - these 3 meats stand from all the others.
Let me qualify that IF I lived south there'd be many more options...
That being said, up here in the land of the bland, I find Curra's corn tortillas to be of very high quality.
Good topic, I'd like to ask the board how they know, other than asking, when they get a hold of a homemade tortilla, like what to look for in each.
I'll admit that I'm hard pressed to say one way or another whether the tortillas or chips I'm eating are on premises or store bought.
re: chucklesmcfarland
Chuckles, good question. It is often easier to tell when the tortillas are for sure not homemade, as an off flavor that tastes like preservatives (try a store bought tortilla), will usually come forth and you can smell it. That being said, there are some good-to average tortillas that are made with machines (ie. Centrall Markets). These beat not having the real thing, in a pinch.
I dont mind making them.... when I have the time. But, lets face it, I dont always have the time OR patience!
I grew up eating homemade tortillas and in Houston, they are so easy to find. Not such good luck in here in Austin. Like for corn tortillas, usually I prefer the thicker ones. And, they taste like...well, ground corn. So good! And for the flour, there are a few types, I prefer mine dough-y and thick. So thick and fluffy you can even just eat them by themselves.... maybe a lil butter or cream cheese. But, that is a whole other topic! What can I say... they are just good!
Thanks to all for recommendations, if you guys have any more... please do share! ;)
re: Aggiegirl1998
Amayas Taco Village in Capitol Plaza has thick homemade corn tortillas that you might like.
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I thought you might enjoy checking out this thread on General Chowhounding Topics, Chuckles:
I've noticed that many people can't tell if tortillas are store-bought. They often seem to just take the server's word for it, which is usually a big mistake. Tortillas made by machine are only as good as the masa, and I've yet to find exceptional ones that were not produced by high-volume tortillerías and panaderías. On the other hand, if a place is making hand-rolled tortillas, they usually advertise it. You can also sometimes see viejitas doing the back-breaking labor of rolling out and shaping dozens of tortillas during the morning rush.
Flour tortillas, at least in San-Antonio-style-Tejano-Tex-Mex, are more or less a biscuit dough. Think of the difference between biscuits made by hand with flour, baking powder, and shortening (ideally, real butter or lard) and the ones made from Bisquick or those refrigerated cans. Of course, some of the thinner varieties around town (and the country) skip the baking powder. Non-store-bought corn tortillas are best when made from fresh corn masa, just like the dough—not filling—of a good Tejano-Tex-Mex tamal. Since there are no molinos in town, however, most "homemade" ones in Austin are made with dry masa harina that's been reconstituted with water. If you're lucky, they've also added some chicken broth, lard, and/or salt when making the masa.
This website provides definitions of some of these terms:
Much better tortillas are available in bulk in San Antonio, which is not very far away. My preferred versions in Austin are not sold by the dozen. Currently, my favorite flour tortillas can be found at Taquería el Rinconsito; my favorite corn ones are served at Taquería el Rico or El Mesón.
re: diva360
Thanks for the information, guys! Soy Mexicana, so... yea.... es muy importante para me. BUT, I seem to just keep trying different places in hopes that one will surprise me with their over the top veijita-making tortillas. I will post once I find one that I like ;) And, please do the same! Happy Eating.
re: Aggiegirl1998
What places have you tried so far on your quest? How did they fall short of your elusive ideal? Come to think of it, what ideal are you shooting for? I've tried different styles from the Rio Grande Valley style of Don Luis and Sport Taco to the San Antonio style of a place like El Rinconsito and found deliciousness in each. (Of course none are like what Mom used to whip out of an Old El Paso box when I was little.)
re: Knoblauch
I've never seen Old El Paso box flour. My mother use to buy the 10-15 lb bag of White wing flour. She would make them twice at day, in the morning and dinner. She no longer makes them. :(
re: williemac
There was a very glowing review of the Whole Foods 365 Organic tortillas in The Chronicle a few weeks ago. I've yet to make it up there to try them, though.
I like the "standard" El Milagro tortillas that a lot of taco joints in town use, which generally cost around $.25 a piece when buying them alone from a restaurant.
re: skechada
A dollar will get you 2 dozen of their wonderful white corn tortillas.Fire up the comal and blister em a bit...stuff with your favorite meat and your set.Oaxacan Tamaleo uses this purveyor and that's the highest accolade out there.
re: scrumptiouschef
With any store bought flour tortillas you should always toss them on a hot skillet for 30 seconds. I think they actually undercook them, maybe for shelf life?
The new HEB Plus in Kyle makes tortillas in house that are far superior to any in town and are borderline homemade in quality. I've bought the CM versions and HEB versions that are made in store and none compare to the Kyle version.
I'll vouch for the El Milagro white corn ones also. I will not eat any store bought corn tortillas other than these. They are very good and available at CM.
re: achtungpv
The flour tortillas at El Milagro are of the thin, commercially-pressed variety: no good shortening but serviceable flavor for grocery-store-like tortillas. They're also too gluey; in fact, the entire dozen is likely to stick together. The regular corn tortillas at El Milagro are gummy on the inside and taste like they were made with bad masa fresca. The white-corn ones may be better. I've never purchased them in bulk, but some taquería around town has probably served them to me, without my knowing the source.
I've tried the new variety of Whole Foods tortillas. They look like the real deal, but the best thing about them is the texture. The flavor is not much better than the older, thinner, so-called traditional tortillas that they still sell. If you're used to only bad grocery-store flour tortillas, then these will seem really good.
I'm in San Antonio regularly, so I just buy mine at a molino or panadería there. Otherwise, I might check out the HEB Plus in Kyle. All other highly touted grocery-store-produced tortillas in town just don't do it for me. There are, however, some local handmade ones that I like, referenced in my post above.
re: Bababooey
Good question. In my experience, both corn and flour tortillas freeze pretty well for a few weeks or up to a couple of months. I used to do that all the time when I was living on the East Coast and only came back to Texas a few times a year.
It's often helpful to put a piece of waxed paper between each tortilla so that you can defrost a few at a time instead of the whole dozen. Otherwise, they'll all stick together. Squeeze out as much of the air in the original bag as possible [or re-wrap in plastic], seal them up tightly, and put the whole thing inside a freezer bag. When it's time to use them, you get better results if you thaw them out naturally (in the fridge) instead of using the microwave. To warm, just heat them on a griddle or even in the oven.
re: williemac
As far as grocery store tortillas go, I like the uncooked flour ones from Guerrero (look for the label "fresqui-ricas"). At my local HEB (Mopac and Parmer) they're stored with all the other tortillas. Margarita's organic also makes pretty good flour ones, and you can find those at the Whole Foods.
The other day I was at HEB and saw some uncooked, pre-pressed tortillas next to the eggs. Has anyone tried these? I was in a hurry and did not stop to investigate the package to see where they are made, etc...
re: Honey Bee
I finally bought these and ate a couple last night. Much better than any other store bought tortilla I have found. They were on the larger side (maybe 8"), and cooked in about 30 seconds. They lacked the dry, pastey flavor I have come to associate with most flour tortillas. Hot with butter and a pinch of salt they made a fine snack. These will be my go-to option for store bought tortillas from now on.
re: Honey Bee
Thanks for following up, Honey Bee. (I also appreciated your new thread on the Gateau de Rois at Sweetish Hill.) I'll keep HEB's pre-pressed, uncooked flour tortillas in mind for those days when I need a lot of tortillas fast and have nothing in the freezer and no time/inclination to make my own.
re: MPH
I stopped at the HEB at 2222 and Burnet with these uncooked tortillas in mind, but I forgot to look near the eggs. So I ended up buying their regular packaged flour tortillas, which are labeled "made fresh everyday." I never buy these, and now I remember why. They are so sweet. I checked the many ingredients, and sure enough, sugar is listed. (Traditional ingredients consist of only flour, salt, baking powder, water, and shortening—preferably one that tastes good and is non-vegetarian.) In my opinion, there are better packaged flour tortillas available, such as those sold under the brand-name El Mejor. Their texture is similar (packaged tortillas will always be more rubbery than fresh ones are), but at least the flavor is better.
The uncooked ones that you mention could have been near the eggs at this HEB location, since I didn't look in that section. But do you think that they are just the raw versions of HEB's packaged tortillas? In other words, is it the same dough? If so, I don't think these are the tortillas for me.
re: Honey Bee
If you have to suffer with any store bought tortillas, always put them on a skillet for about 10 seconds a side on high heat and the taste and texture will improve greatly. I think they undercook them to improve shelf life.
re: achtungpv
Thanks for offering to check the ingredients listed on the uncooked ones, Honey Bee. I'll do the same, if I get to an HEB before you do.
Achtungpv's advice is right on, but I certainly hope that no one on this thread is eating grocery-store packaged tortillas right out of the bag ;-) I'd also suggest that the added preservatives (like guar gum) in commercial tortillas don't do much to improve their texture. The type of flour and amount of fat used also have a significant effect:
Just for fun, I've included a link to a highly unappetizing discussion of the problem of tortilla "stickiness" from the perspective of scientists who do research for the food-service industry:
The industry is so not focused on deliciousness. Fortunately, there are a few flour-tortilla-making local cooks who keep rolling out the good stuff.
re: Honey Bee
Thanks for checking on and posting about the ingredients in the uncooked HEB tortillas, Honey Bee. I went back to the same store (at 2222 and Burnet) and found these tortillas in the refrigerated section by the eggs, as promised. They come in packages of either 13 or 25, so I went for the larger size. In the bag, they felt as hard as a rock and twice as heavy. They also looked dark, like a light shade of brown, as though they were made with whole-wheat flour. It turns out that they were just the color of beef grease mixed with white flour.
First, let me say that these tortillas, when cooked at home on the comal, were far superior to any other packaged tortillas that are sold in bulk at local grocery stores. (Of course, I'm only speaking of the varieties that I've tried.) These HEB tortillas are of the type produced at the now-defunct Don Luis: thin, greasy tortillas made without baking powder and not very much flour. The masa [dough] is very heavy on the shortening, leaving the cooked tortillas almost translucent in spots. In this case, the shortening used is beef fat, as Honey Bee pointed out above.
I have to say that I prefer pork fat in flour tortillas; plus, the shortening-to-flour ratio was too high for my tastes. Overall, I prefer the flour tortillas that I purchase by the dozen from my sources in San Antonio. I also think some of the hand-rolled ones available here in Austin (like the ones at El Rinconsito) are better. Nonetheless, these tasted darn good wrapped around homemade refried beans. Plus, as I said above, they blow away the flour tortillas that are widely available in mass-market grocery stores.
Thanks again for the dedicated chowhounding, Honey Bee. These were a great find.
re: MPH
Correction - these tortillas ARE actually wheat flour, fortified, and mixed with beef fat, salt , and "less than 2% ingredients." Some of the more interesting less than 2% ingredients listed are corn starch, locust bean gum,and wheat gluten. I'm not sure why they felt the need for the gum and gluten, but I'm not a food scientist. When cooked normally, they have a slightly gluey texture. I've found that if you cook them up at *lower* heat on the cast iron comal "type" pan, and let them brown up nicely without getting hard, then they puff up just a bit. They are far superior to 95% of the tortilas I've had in Austin restaurants.
Whatever you do, don't throw any tortilla directly on a gas burner. That's just me.
re: rudeboy
Thanks for quoting the ingredients to show that they list "wheat flour" and not "100% whole-wheat flour." This confirms what I posted above: These tortillas are not made from "whole-wheat flour." Deciphering bread labels is tricky because there are lots of wheat flours, but "wheat flour" is not the same thing as "whole-wheat flour." See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_grain
It's good to have an easy alternative to the many bad tortillas in town, but it would be nice if more restaurants made their own—and made them well.
re: achtungpv
>> always put them on a skillet for about 10 seconds a side on high heat and the taste and texture will improve greatly. <<
What I usually do is stack two tortillas and throw them directly onto the stove's gas burner until good & warm. Flip manually or with tongs.
I really like Margarita's Tortilla Factory flour tortillas. They are thin, but not too thin like the CM tortillas. They have a good bite to them and they are pliable and not too dense. I use them for quesadillas. They just get better when you cook them in a spritz of oil on a cast iron skillet or griddle.
re: latikeriii
Los Pinos
No joke: Pappasito's has some seriously good flour tortillas. If I were looking to buy some, I'd go there in a heartbeat. Very fresh, very fatty, very awesome.
La Cocina de Consuelo has my favorite tortillas ever, though. They're wheat, so they may not be exactly what you're looking for.
El Corral Lozano, a humble little Mexican restaurant in Taylor, makes absurdly good homemade tortillas.
Also incredible tacos (al pastor especially) and other staples.
[ 221 W. 4th — Taylor, TX — 76574 — (521) 352-3728 ]
Angie's has some excellent homemade corn tortillas. For flour, I like La Reyna's. Most of all, I like making my own flour tortillas at home. My mom used to make a double batch every Sunday and they almost lasted until Wednesday. :-) She didn't use White Wings or Old El Paso flours...she used regular flour. Her recipe was basically water, salt, flour and shortening. Lard makes far superior tortillas though. In San Antonio there is a restaurant called Taco Haven on S. Presa that makes incredible flour tortillas using lard. They are amazing.


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Project Tango: Google's all-ringing, all-dancing 3D-sensing smartphone
Google hasn't just kept Motorola's patents in its deal with Lenovo, it's also keeping the mobile manufacturer's skunkworkish Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group. And that team has just unveiled a new smartphone dubbed Project Tango, which is aimed at developers. Project Tango handset Project Tango ... watching you …
Another hairbrained scheme...
...with no idea on how it should be used. If there's a problem it solves, Google would focus on solving the problem rather than asking developers to invent problems that fit the solution. Starting to sound like a cliché I know...
Anyway, I don't give it any more cred than Google Glass, which is their last solution still looking for a problem.
Re: Another hairbrained scheme...
As a phone it might not have much use, but that tech in that sized package is very useful already to some people. Time will tell if software is developed that makes it useful for more general users.
Re: Another hairbrained scheme...
From 'Micro Men', 2009 : "Can't they see we exist to push barriers? We won't be constrained like this. What's that line from Browning...? 'A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?'"
They are pushing those barriers. Cut them some slack. Not all of it will come off, but hey, that's what being inventive is all about.
A phone that can warn me of incoming lamp posts!
Just give us call quality, good security and decent battery life.
Remember how Microsoft kept piling on the features until they were all found to be great for creating malware with.
The development of a device with novel sensors and accompanying processors - bundled with cellular radios (on the off chance that the user might wish to transmit the captured data elsewhere, shock horror) does not preclude the phone you want. There are plenty of applications for this technology. For example, some of us might want a device that allows us to scan a room, store it, and then consult that data when we get down to the hardware store - or perhaps just use it to send an order for X square metres of floor tiles.
Who knows what software developers might come up with - but they are more likely to come up with something useful if they are actually in possession of the hardware.
If you want call quality, security and decent battery life, get an old Nokia.
This seems to me like a step toward the product I really want....
Google Life.
As in, "where the heck did I leave my keys?" and a little icon pops up on the
phone with a Maps-like pointer showing them in the gap between the couch
When they introduced Google Office, I was hoping it would point to which stack
of paper in my office had the drawings I was looking for. Not yet, anyway.
The "depth sensor" is written like it's some commodity thing, but as far as I'm aware there isn't a way to quickly retrieve depth information from a small sensor in high - or even useful - resolution. From my perspective that claimed ability is a massive breakthrough, but all we get from El Reg is:
"The sensors take up to a quarter of a million measurements every second"
Really? Seriously? Here, I'll give you some equally useful statistics for other things: "The Ferrari engine generates a spark up to 30,000 times per second"; "The camera's resolution is 40 megapixels per second"... Those are actually more sensible than your line, which makes no distinctions about how these 'measurements' are split up between three sensors, an undetermined number of axes of data per sensor, the resolution of any of them, or the rate at which they're refreshed. You might as well excitedly tell someone that you got a house with a lot of space, and when asked how big, tell them, "a million cubic feet per month". I don't care if that's what the Google people gave you - even if it is, repeating it like it's meaningful belies either terrible laziness or an atrocious misunderstanding of basic technology.
How is that "depth sensor" any different than Kinect? There are multiple ways known to map a 3D environment, such as IR and sonar. It isn't like this will magically allow you to see what is behind a closed door. If it had enough processing power it might be able to see around corners in some cases (if the IR/sonar reflects back and the device can calculate the multiple reflections required to get around the corner and back)
This is simply packaging Kinect like tech in a smaller form factor. If Apple were rumored to be doing this in a future iPhone, we'd be treated to a horde of people claiming they're copying Kinect, Apple can't innovate, etc. If Google does it we have deluded people like you touting this as a "massive breakthrough". If you think it is, the credit goes to whoever designed the sensors. I doubt Google did, anymore than Apple designed the MEMs accelerometers in the first iPhone.
Where did I credit Google with the sensor design? The *functionality* is a breakthrough. Kinect's goals are relatively limited, and IR / sonar are pretty rough around the edges; unless their implementation has been significantly improved - perhaps by dint of combining the data with other sources, which would hand some of the credit to Google, incidentally - I don't think they're capable of much that's very interesting.
I did a significant amount of work in the 3D-from-sensors (of various types; everything from structure-from-motion to LIDAR etc) world back a few years ago, so I'm not unknowledgeable. But it's been rather a while since I was in the thick of things, so I may have missed recent developments (hence the 'as far as I'm aware').
I honestly don't care who's responsible for a given technology, or who gets the credit, or which damn fanboys get to wave their unsavory extremities in celebration thereof. I'm interested in what I can do with the technology, in what it's capabilities are, and in how it was achieved. Unfortunately, it seems that despite my careful wording, which was chosen specifically to indicate that I was interested in technology rather than assigning blame / credit to a favored organization, you, at least, have seen fit to assume that I just *must* be on *someone's* side.
Perhaps you should consider what other people are actually saying before you jump to conclusions and write them off as delusional.
For the love of all that is holy, can we have a discussion about some interesting stuff with some interesting potential uses without getting in a useless fucking pissing contest about which clique of halfwit cockchugger commentards gets to claim a glorious victory?!
"For the love of all that is holy, can we have a discussion about some interesting stuff with some interesting potential uses without getting in a useless fucking pissing contest about which clique of halfwit cockchugger commentards gets to claim a glorious victory?!"
Would that I could upvote more than once.
Upvoted even though you criticized my post, not only because it was an eloquent critique, but because you managed to be eloquent and still work in the phrase "clique of halfwit cockchugger commentards"...
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> don't care if that's what the Google people gave you - even if it is, repeating it like it's meaningful belies either terrible laziness or an atrocious misunderstanding of basic technology.
Kinect-like hardware has been around fora few years now - heck, even Intel are pushing their 'RealSense reference to Laptop OEMs - so it would appear to be that the current bottleneck is actually the processing of the raw data. And accordingly, the article expanded upon the custom chips used to power this - making reference to the company's past announcement of a GPU/DSP mashup and speculating on the process size now used. Kinect has been around fora while, but when people have demonstrated it capturing data whilst it is being carried around, it has been tethered to a laptop with a fairly powerful GPU.
the next step to monetizing (sic) MY life.
Google, not content with capturing the entire public world via street cars and wifi slurping, now want to get access to *my* private space too.
What happens, when they replace the cameras intrusive 3d mapping with quietly effiecient sonar mapping? What happens when my friend who has it turned on and in his pocket, comes into my house and accidently maps all of *my* rooms? Where's my consent for keeping *my* space private?
What's the next step? Google endoscopes for slurping data about my body too (and we all know the orifice they'll use to gain access)?
Is this the Orwellian future we are sleep-walking into? Not one in which the state knows everything about us, but one in which private companies know everything about us, from our medical history, to our soft furnishings, to whom we communicate with and the brand of washing up liquid we use.
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I'm guessing it will be useful but I'm also feeling it will be more expensive than just using a tape measure.
I want this on a drone
All this power on something as small and portable as a handset is incredible. Imagine being able to 3D map a building on the inside/outside and superimposing services and cable runs. Or repaint it in a different colour, or try different lighting plans. Fantastic!
Go study Quaternions for a Few Years
Then tell me if the Google skunk works is not close to extending Android to the real world.
Johnny Lee, also famous for...
...his wonderful TED talk back in 2008, using the Wii remote to do incredible things in 3D.
He posted all the relevant info online, iirc.
Very smart guy, Johnny Lee.
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