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"Using This Source Until Finished With Official Source"
Okay, who's idea was it to make those God awful 'text to graphic' sites? Only people that I notice to use them are children with a lust to make their webpage(or HUB in this example) into an eye raping browser killer such as what is done here.
Seriously, this isn't 2002 anymore. We have Gimp and Photoshop now.
Anyway, what I wanted to blog about was this Sabre00 kid and his comment on his game's HUB which says, "Using This Source Until Finished With Official Source". Log on the game and what do you know. It's one of the commonly ripped Pokemon Underworld sources. This just leads to my idea that there is no game in progress, just an excuse for not bothering to learn DM and make something of their own.
Now, I may be wrong and Sabre00 may have some sort of revolutionary breakthrough of a game(lolk), but why host a rip, or ANYTHING for that matter if you have something being worked on?
This may just be because I am somewhat of a perfectionist with little things, but is it that hard to resist the, "olol i hav a gam up on byond!1!19", and just hold off? I mean, all it does is give you, your game(if any) a bad reputation and maybe your integrity. Now, if you have a halfway playable game, and want to go ahead and put it up; more power to you. Just don't host something else in it's place. Especially if the placeholder is a stolen source.
Couldn't help but put that out there. So thanks if anybody bothered reading those couple paragraphs.
I also might be releasing some snippets and systems from PSe sometime in the next week, granted I don't pick it up again.
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Does anyone know of performance specifications of the S800, Standard Pressure/temp is fine for now. I need to have them for a SOFC I am applying for.
In case you are wondering what a SOFC application is or looks like, this is what you have to do for each flight involving gain (money or otherwise) for you to be legal, be prepared!. You will likely have something like this coming your way in the US when the FAA allow it. http://diydrones.com/group/canada/fo...of-application |
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S800+Z15(nex7) possible in Antarctica?
I'm supposted to go to antarctica(Teranova bay) next month with S800+Z15. Do you think it's possible to fly? Do you have any experience with wookong-m in antarctica? Most of friends are pessimistic.
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Terranova Bay is inside the Antarctic circle so my guess is no, it won't work correctly. In your case, I would mount the Z15 to a 700 class Helicopter and fly it manually. Nick |
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Also temps, concerning the Gyros and how the vibration isolation in the IMU is effected be the temps should be considered.
(edit) isn't there a min temp the WKM should be used in and in those areas you would probably push it way over that. Boris |
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Denny You think Z15 will work properly when fly in manual mode? I hope you understand my short english...^,^ |
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Temps doesn't matter. I will stay there for two month, and only fly in calm and warm day... |
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The gyro specs. show significant drift outside of the recommended temps. Which may translate into a big trim change. I would suggest some foam board covers for the Batteries and IMU's Builders insulation board is great for a lot of uses like that. It is easy to cut and shape and you can glue it with white glue or silicon. In Cyprus I have a different problem of keeping every thing cool in the summer |
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Bring a bunch of Hand Warmers, http://www.industrialsavings.com/har...FUmd4AodsnkAaQ Place them around the electronics and use a FC that does not need a compass. If you can choose your flying days, only fly when it is calm, then there is no need for the Z15. Try the HoverFly Sport board, it is very stable. In that environment you want to keep it simple. Good luck and keep us posted. |
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Maybe you're right. I'm thinking I would bring S800+Zenmuse or not. Alternative gear maybe better. I'm not well expericed pilot. So I need easy flying machine to operate. Anyway I have droidworx and av130. Instead of wookong-m, Hoverfly sport board is easy to operate? |
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I've written in the past about leveraging this offer through family accounts (multiple people signup for the bonuses, one person spends all the points) and through the companion award ticket after $30,000 in spend in a year (you get to spend the points twice on a travel companion).
Ultimately I won the debate based on audience voting, with the argument that this is the richest signup bonus of any credit card currently on offer. The line that stuck though, since British Airways adds fuel surcharges onto awards where paid tickets also have them, is that my willingness to pay those dubbed me "Mr. Fancy Pants." I was, however, wearing jeans… and she has finally booked her own premium cabin award trip…
Audience members made two good points that didn't come through clearly enough in the compressed format. We were debating specific cards, which meant that the discussion was over the British Airways Visa versus the United Explorer. How would the BA Visa have done against the United Club card? Based on several questions I've gotten I'll re-analyze that shortly, it's an important question since that card earns 1.5 miles per dollar on all spend, not even as a promotion and not just for a subset of spending categories.
The other key point, and something I've emphasized here many times in the past, is that different cards have different uses. I think of three main categories:
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- Cards you get for the benefits. You don't necessarily want to put (much) spending on the card, but having the card is useful. The American Express Platinum is the very best way for most U.S.-based non-United flyers to secure lounge access, worldwide, in my opinion. It has other benefits like no foreign currency transaction fees. But spending on the card earns just one Membership Reward point per dollar. You can do better. There are also cards which offer help towards elite status based on spend. You may value that, and put spending on the card for that reason, but don't want to put more spending on it than necessary to obtain the benefits. This is how I view the Hilton Surpass American Express, which is how I get my Hilton Diamond status.
- Cards you get to actually put spending on. That's my one-two punch of Chase Sapphire Preferred (for travel and dining expenses which earn double points, for merchants that don't accept American Express, and for foreign currency transactions since the 3% conversion fee is waived) and Starwood Preferred American Express for most other charges.
And here's how I prioritize spend. First, to meet minimum spend thresholds for whatever cards I'm currently seeking signup bonuses on. Then, for everything else. And whether or not you have enough spend on 'everything else' determines whether an annual fee card is even worth it for you.
Another important point — an argument I advanced in favor of the Fidelity Investment Rewards American Express which earns 2% cash back on all spend — is that whenever you are putting spend on a points-earning credit card, you are buying those points for 2 cents apiece. That's because the opportunity cost is 2 cents cash back from this card.
I asked folks in the audience how many people buy points at 1.87 cents apiece when US Airways offers a 100% bonus on purchased miles. Very few hands shot up. Folks were surprised when I told them every time they were putting purchases that only earn one point per dollar on their card they were buying points for 2 cents.
Now, I actually think the US Airways offer is a good deal, so points cards make sense for many. But it's important to understand the tradeoffs and not underestimate the value of cash…
At the end of the day, the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card was voted Best Credit Card in the Universe. It's certainly a versatile card, I've been a cardholder for 11 years. It doesn't have much in the way of bonuses but one Starpoint is worth more than any other currency in my view. The only real drawbacks are that category bonuses makes other cards better for specific spend, the foreign currency transaction fees, and the length of time it can take to transfer points to some airlines (versus the speedy transfers with American Express Membership Rewards and Chase Ultimate Rewards).
(As is often the case, some of the links above offer referral credit to me, however since I want to share the best available offers many of the links in this post do not. When you use my links I genuinely appreciate it, but want my advice to be the best it possibly can be.)
mommypoints said,
Oh Gary, you know I love ya, but you are indeed Mr. Fancy Pants whether you are in a tuxedo (as in just 72 hours prior) or jeans. You are also my first call when it comes to getting info on premium cabins, so being friends with a "Fancy Pants" does have its advantages. Great re-cap of the debate. Let's do it again some time, maybe LA in December?
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I particularly like the analysis on cash back cards. I am a long-term cash back card user and have never bought miles, the for both in indeed equivalent and the cash back approach works for my needs.
davidr said,
After maximizing bonus card spending which gets top priority, my 1-2-3 punch for daily spend is Chase Sapphire Preferred (T&E >$10); Chase Freedom with Exclusives (10 pts+ 10%) for 5x categories and non-T&E spend $90. I also buy through Chase UR Mall whenever attractive. Currently on a Chase timeout but I will be looking to get Ink Bold for 5x office supplies opportunities. Fully agree on need to avoid paying two cents for points.
LarryInNYC said,
I was surprised to find that I really liked the smackdown format in terms both of the sheer amount of information imparted and the amount of fun everyone seemed to have doing it. I was expecting not to come away with any new information; instead the format crystallized some important issues for me.
Also, I really got a sense of the value of the Alaska TundraMiles (or whatever their program is called) card, and that card didn't even come close to winning its bracket. That card will probably take me and my family to Hawaii this winter, so thanks, Mr. Fancy Pants!
The only thing I would recommend (as indeed, I did after the session) is bullet-pointed printouts of the major points raised for and against this card (I do recognize that you'll have to give the presenters more than a few minutes warning of their participation for this to happen!)
I'd love to see this format repeated for mileage programs (including some of the less well-known ones like Alaska, Turkish, Air Baltic, Signapore, Korean, etc) and hotel programs.
edog said,
I am interested in this card for use in Europe using the chip technology. I have seen it mentioned that BA card is chip and signature not chip and pin. Will I have a problem at a train station or subway kiosk without the PIN portion? Thanks
BA Redux? said,
Any insight on applying again for the BA card after previously cancelling it at the 1-year anniversary? Got the card last year when the 100k offer was live but didn't use it much and didn't want to pay the $95 so I cancelled it.
Anyone have luck re-applying for this (or any other cards) and banking the bonus again?
Dax said,
I figured this crowd would be a little more sophisticated than to fall for a bunch of not-so-free upgrade points on BA's Adios. Must have been a rather lackluster showing by the other party. I tried to type her cutesy-till-it-hurts nickname but it made me gag.
Gary said,
@Dax I was clear that some people consider them "discounted coach tickets with an upgrade" but a BA first class award is a three cabin upgrade. Not so bad IMHO, obviously YMMV.
jiml said,
MrFancy Pants. You did a wonderful job presenting your cards. I also, did not have the alaska card on my radar. Since I work in banking, I didn't think I was going to get anything from this session. Instead, the format was
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I was completely surprised I enjoyed this format. I thought is was going to be "Hokey" at best, boring at worst. A recommendation for Los Angeles; take a stronger look at the brackets. For example, the SPG card shouldn't be up against the Sapphire card in the first round. Get rid of the cash back cards and add more points cards like the Marriott rewards card. After all, this is about the points and miles. You clearly must have been a member of the debate club in high school! Regardless, you are now permanently a member of the FANCY PANTS CLUB. I think for the next megado there should be the following classes.
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Robert Weisberg said,
I really enjoyed your speaking at the FTU. When you discussed AMEX 2% (Fidelity) vs AA card there "winner" or better card is crystal clear. I have the AA card for many years. Since it is so old I havent tossed it. I maximize points for business and personal. Until recently the AA card had very few cardholder benefits. They did add some not. I have AA Life Plat and do fly them. I charge large volume. Which is better- I charge 25K and get 25K AA points which I can use for a coach ticket or $500 cash to buy a ticket and get the miles. THe choice is clear. And AA does have pretty good availability. Now 125K on Aa will get you a First class ticket or 100K business with a fair redemption (IMHO) but a 2% cash card is pretty good. Cap One has several 2% cards and some have zero annual fees. Cap One is also aggressive at retention offers. Thanks for reminding me about the Alaska card. I had one many years ago but didnt realize the true value of that card. I did talk to Mommy Points and she was nice. I told her about my bad experiences with Chase. I dont know how you found inexpensive Hawaii First tix on Alaska. I checked some fares from FLL and they came out at 4K.
Robert Weisberg said,
And I also love the fancy pants nickname. I am more like Fancypants myself as I like First travel and luxury hotel upgrades etc.
dede said,
Sounds like I missed a fun event. How do I get info on LA?
Kadence said,
I also LOVED the debates! But when I was ready to apply for some of the cards I realized that the Alaska card had a fee that is not waived which I don't think was mentioned. As I was taking notes I also thought it would be helpful to have a pre-printed grid to use, listing the attributes down the side and the cards across the top. This way the audience can really compare the same costs/benefits side by side.
worldtraveller2 said,
@dede: read milesmomma.com today… she has the link
DCguy said,
I just have to speak out a little bit about the SPGAmex card. I've had it for the better part of a year now, and I've received little to no benefit from it. The miles was really sold to me (by bloggers) as an awesome card because of its cash and points. By August, I would have taken two extended trips that were planned for months in advance but I never was able to use those cash & points to stay at any of their properties. Why you may ask?
Because there are so many blackout dates for Cash&Points that booking is extremely difficult. All of those great hotels are rarely applicable for cash & points stays. You can check for yourself. So what use does it have to me.
Second, I think we are overestimating the value of these points. Point for point SPG may have a better point value. But that's ignoring the fact that other cards (See Chase Ink or Sapphire) have either spending bonus category or a spending bonus due to the UR mall.
So really if I earn one point on an purchase using SPG, might be, 3-8 pts with Chase. So its not a 1 to 1 comparison but instead a 1 to 3-8 point correspondence.
UAPhil said,
Robert Weisberg – the Cap One card had few friends at FTU. Beware of devaluations and abysmal customer service. (They've also had some very nasty redemption rule "gotchas" on cards in the past which could cost you big time….not sure if this is still an issue.)
Gary – how about adding the Southwest card next time? I like it cuz Rapid Rewards points bookings are de facto refundable for everyone (not just top tier elites), and I often need this level of flexibility in my travel plans. But I suspect it may have even fewer friends at FTU than Cap One. (Guess I'm a "semi fancy pants" – I've also flown BA new First to Paris on an AA award, complete with fuel surcharges….)
vincent said,
And I also love the fancy pants nickname. I am more like Fancypants myself as I like First travel and luxury hotel upgrades etc.
Robert Weisberg said,
I am replying to DC guy comments. Frankly I rarely see cash and points on most of my stays. THat is one reason I dont mention them to others much. They tend to be in cat 3 hotels, although I have seen them in 4s. While they are not common a 10K point redemption for a cat 4 is a decent deal. Even 12K for a room that goes for $350-300.00+ is a fantastic deal. Try checking the award charts of mariott for example. I think Hilton are very hgh also. Not to mention you can book a flight directly with spg points and get the miles. For a card used to actually charge for points SPG is the best travel oriented card. I deal with all cards and have high credit and business/personal use. Chase is miserable to deal with and I have encountered some amazing issues with them over the years. They are stubborn to resolve. The SPG hotel awards are very fair. In the cat 2-3 areas I have seen rooms as low as 3K a night.


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Do you think Rihanna is bashing her former boo? It certainly seems that way because the two didn't exactly end on good terms.
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Four-week summer academy programs served homeless children and adults in two contiguous innovative learning programs. The programs may be the first of their kind in the homeless literature in which both adults and children were exposed to career, academic, and leadership opportunities in the supportive learning environment of a university campus, and where academy children's academic and self-perception results were compared with matched controls. Children experienced literacy instruction, a mathematics board game, robotics, leadership training, tennis instruction on court facilities, and computer, biology, and chemistry at respective laboratory sites. Adults participated in writing workshop, computer, health and self-care, urban economic, counseling, career, and yoga sessions. Academy children did not experience gains in norm-referenced vocabulary, spelling, or behavioural tests, but did demonstrate highly significant gains in writing ability based on state rubric criteria when compared with controls. In addition, they significantly increased in vocabulary understanding based on eight books read and in tennis skills. Adults significantly increased in keyboarding fluency based on their computer training.
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ABC News' Bret Hovell reports: In what may be the harshest attack yet in the race for the 2008 Republican nomination, Sen. John McCain insinuated that rival Gov. Mitt Romney is conning New Hampshire voters when he implies that he is the "real Republican" in the race.
"I don't usually do this," McCain began, citing comments Romney had made yesterday at a stop in Sparks, Nevada, that he spoke for the Republican wing of the Republican party. McCain went on to list several facets of Romney's record that he said indicated Romney's more liberal tendencies.
"So you'll understand why I'm a little perplexed when Mitt Romney now suggests that he's a better Republican than me, or that he speaks for the Republican wing of the Republican party," McCain told a meeting of the New Hampshire GOP.
"You might not agree with me on every issue, but I think you know, I won't con you," McCain said. "The most important thing we have in this life is our self respect. And I'm not going to trade mine for anybody's vote for any office."
Romney's campaign fired back, arguing that Romney's record does speak to Republican voters.
"It's truly unfortunate that at an event designed to bring the Republican party together, Senator McCain chose, instead, to break Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment in an attempt to divide us," said Craig Stevens, Romney's press secretary in New Hampshire.
The campaign of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani entered the fray on Romney's comments as well, calling them "one of those moments where you sit back and just say 'huh?'"
"We already know Mitt will say anything but at some point all the millions in the world won't help his latest attempt at re-branding," Giuliani communications director Katie Levinson said.
Speaking with reporters after the GOP meeting, McCain was asked directly if he thought Romney was trying to con New Hampshire voters.
"No, but it's very clear he's changed his positions on almost every major issue in his various campaigns," McCain said.
"I've been a person who has tried to follow in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan," he said. "It makes one a bit frustrated to hear someone of his record say that he's the only real Republican."
That frustration may have been building for some time. Top McCain aides say that Romney's comments yesterday rubbed the Senator the wrong way, that he was anxious to respond, and that there will be more to come.
John Berman, Jake Tapper and Matt Stuart contributed to this report.


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With this morning's news that the U.S. Justice Department is opposing the proposed merger between beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (ADR) (NYSE:BUD 87.75) and Mexican beer concern Grupo Modelo SAB de CV (USA) (GPMCF), put volume on BUD exploded, jumping to 20 times what is typically seen on an intraday basis.
The most popular strike is the front-month February 87.50 put, which has seen more than 1,300 contracts cross the tape so far today, with the majority of those going off at the ask price. With volume exceeding open interest, it is likely at least some of these trades were bought to open. Given the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of $1.31, the stock would have to drop to $86.19 (strike less VWAP), or 1.8% from its current levels, by the expiration date of Feb. 15 for these puts to be profitable.
Earlier today, Justice Department regulators cited competitive concerns over the proposed $20.1 billion merger, saying that the deal would substantially reduce competition in North America. BUD's Bud Light brand is the most popular in the U.S., while Modelo's Corona Extra is the country's most popular import in the U.S.
The news has led to a drop of more than 7% in BUD shares today, putting the halt on what had been a strong technical run. Before today, BUD had climbed more than 19% since the end of July through Wednesday, as the merger had gotten approval from other international regulatory bodies.
But the new infusion of bearish bets is nothing new for BUD. The equity's 10-day International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) put/call volume ratio stands at 2.78, in the 90th percentile among readings taken in the previous 12 months -- indicating a higher-than-normal bearish stance among short-term traders.


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Karmin Chats with RollingStone.com

The pop duo open up about planning a wedding while prepping their debut album and 'Saturday Night Live' performance.

The pop duo Karmin broke big last year with a string of clever, immensely sassy covers of hits by acts such as Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Foster the People, Katy Perry, Chris Brown, Lady Antebellum and LMFAO. Their videos became viral smashes on YouTube, which led to several television appearances and a contract with Epic Records, who will release the band's first album of original material this spring. This weekend they'll make their debut appearance on Saturday Night Live. Rolling Stone chatted with the duo about playing on that show, their desire to keep connected to their YouTube audience and what it's like to plan their wedding – yes, they are an actual couple! – while working hard to establish themselves as pop stars.

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I have just joined this forum. My Focus which is 7 yrs old has developed a problem with the key barrel on the drivers side. I am unable to open the drivers side door, but I can close it. My car uses a key to lock it as it is a basic model which does not come with a key-less fob. I had the same problem last year which I was told by the dealer needed a new key to be cut as it was worn. But a year on the key has worn a bit and now I am having the same problem. I am not able to use the spare key as it is the original key so is more worn.
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Army Tests More Fuel-Efficient Humvees
The U.S. Army is looking for a few more miles to the gallon, and a new troop carrier that might replace the famed gas-hungry Humvee could get as much as 70% better fuel economy.
Specifically, the Army is working with Ricardo Inc., an engineering firm based in the U.K. but with U.S. offices, on building improved new troop carriers. The goal? According to Ricardo's website, "The goal of the FED program, launched in late 2008, is to improve military vehicle technology, reduce fuel consumption on the battlefield and reduce the nation's dependence on oil." FED stands for Fuel Efficient Demonstrator.
One result is the FED Alpha, a troop carrier that gets roughly 70% better mileage than the M1114 Hummer, which gets in the neighborhood of 4 mpg. Of course, 70% better than that is not very competitive — it's about 7 mpg — for an average consumer truck, much less a car. An FED Bravo is also being developed and it runs on a hybrid-electric drive. Testing for that version is scheduled for later this year.
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- The FED Alpha minimizes excess weight by using aluminum and aluminum alloys in structural elements.
- Specially treated low-friction parts courtesy of Ricardo.
- A custom engine, custom transmission and lightweight, high-performance brakes similar to those used in race cars.
While you won't be able to get those specialty parts any time soon, Army officials expect that some of it will make its way into the consumer arena before too long. Even so, the chances of Hummer — once seen as the icon for fuel inefficiency — being resurrected as a consumer brand seem far more remote than that.
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Ferdinand de Saussure | |
Born | Geneva, Switzerland | 26 November 1857
Died | 22 February 1913 Vufflens-le-Château, Vaud, Switzerland | (aged 55)
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Structuralism, semiotics |
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Ferdinand de Saussure (/sɔːˈsʊr/ or /soʊˈsʊr/; French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ də sosyʁ]; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist and semiotician whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments both in linguistics and semiology in the 20th century.[2][3] He is widely considered one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics[4][5][6][7] and one of two major fathers (together with Charles Sanders Peirce) of semiotics/semiology.[8]
One of his translators, Roy Harris, summarized Saussure's contribution to linguistics and the study of language in the following way:
Language is no longer regarded as peripheral to our grasp of the world we live in, but as central to it. Words are not mere vocal labels or communicational adjuncts superimposed upon an already given order of things. They are collective products of social interaction, essential instruments through which human beings constitute and articulate their world. This typically twentieth-century view of language has profoundly influenced developments throughout the whole range of human sciences. It is particularly marked in linguistics, philosophy, psychology, sociology and anthropology.[9]
Although they have undergone extension and critique over time, the dimensions of organization introduced by Saussure continue to inform contemporary approaches to the phenomenon of language. Prague school linguist Jan Mukařovský writes that Saussure's "discovery of the internal structure of the linguistic sign differentiated the sign both from mere acoustic 'things' ... and from mental processes", and that in this development "new roads were thereby opened not only for linguistics, but also, in the future, for the theory of literature."[10] Ruqaiya Hasan argues that "the impact of Saussure's theory of the linguistic sign has been such that modern linguists and their theories have since been positioned by reference to him: they are known as pre-Saussurean, Saussurean, anti-Saussurean, post-Saussurean, or non-Saussure."[11]
Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was born in Geneva in 1857. His father was Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, a mineralogist, entomologist, and taxonomist. Saussure showed signs of considerable talent and intellectual ability as early as the age of fourteen.[12] After a year of studying Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, and taking a variety of courses at the University of Geneva, he commenced graduate work at the University of Leipzig in 1876.
Two years later at 21, Saussure published a book entitled Mémoire sur le système primitif des voyelles dans les langues indo-européennes (Dissertation on the Primitive Vowel System in Indo-European Languages). After this he studied for a year at Berlin under the 'Privatdozenten' Heinrich Zimmer, with whom he studied Celtic, and Hermann Oldenberg, with whom he continued his studies of Sanskrit.[13] He returned to Leipzig to defend his doctoral dissertation De l'emploi du génitif absolu en Sanscrit, and was awarded his doctorate in February 1880. Soon afterwards, he relocated to Paris, where he lectured on Sanskrit, Gothic and Old High German, and occasionally other subjects.
He taught at the École pratique des hautes études for eleven years, during which he was named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor).[14] When offered a professorship in Geneva in 1891, he returned. Saussure lectured on Sanskrit and Indo-European at the University of Geneva for the remainder of his life. It was not until 1907 that Saussure began teaching the Course of General Linguistics, which he would offer three times, ending in the summer of 1911. He died in 1913 in Vufflens-le-Château, Vaud, Switzerland. His son was the psychoanalyst Raymond de Saussure.
Saussure attempted at various times in the 1880s and 1890s to write a book on general linguistic matters. His lectures about important principles of language description in Geneva between 1907 and 1911 were collected and published by his pupils posthumously in the famous Cours de linguistique générale in 1916. Some of his manuscripts, including an unfinished essay discovered in 1996, were published in Writings in General Linguistics, though most of the material in this book had already been published in Engler's critical edition of the Course in 1967 and 1974. (TUFA)
Saussure's theoretical reconstructions of the PIE vocalic system, and particularly his theory of laryngeals otherwise unattested at the time, bore fruit and found confirmation after the decipherment of Hittite in the work of later generations of linguists like Emile Benveniste and Walter Couvreur, who both drew direct inspiration from their reading of the 1878 Mémoire.[15] Saussure also had a major impact on the development of linguistic theory in the first half of the 20th century. His two currents of thought emerged independently of each other, one in Europe, the other in America. The results of each incorporated the basic notions of Saussure's thought in forming the central tenets of structural linguistics. His status in contemporary theoretical linguistics is much diminished, with many key positions now dated or subject to challenge.[citation needed]
Saussure posited that linguistic form is arbitrary, and therefore that all languages function in a similar fashion. According to Saussure, a language is arbitrary because it is systematic, in that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.[clarification needed] Also, all languages have their own concepts and sound images (or signifieds and signifiers). Therefore, Saussure argues, languages have a relational conception of their elements: words and their meanings are defined by comparing and contrasting their meanings to one another. For instance, the sound images[clarification needed] for and the conception of a book differ from the sound images for and the conception of a table. Languages are also arbitrary because of the nature of their linguistic elements: they are defined in terms of their function rather than in terms of their inherent qualities.[clarification needed] Finally, he posits, language has a social nature in that it provides a larger context for analysis, determination and realization of its structure.[clarification needed]
In Europe, the most important work in this period of influence was done by the Prague school. Most notably, Nikolay Trubetzkoy and Roman Jakobson headed the efforts of the Prague School in setting the course of phonological theory in the decades following 1940. Jakobson's universalizing structural-functional theory of phonology, based on a markedness hierarchy of distinctive features, was the first successful solution of a plane of linguistic analysis according to the Saussurean hypotheses. Elsewhere, Louis Hjelmslev and the Copenhagen School proposed new interpretations of linguistics from structuralist theoretical frameworks.
In America, Saussure's ideas informed the distributionalism of Leonard Bloomfield[16] and the post-Bloomfieldian structuralism of such scholars as Eugene Nida, Bernard Bloch, George L. Trager, Rulon S. Wells III, Charles Hockett, and through Zellig Harris the young Noam Chomsky. In addition to Chomsky's theory of Transformational grammar, other contemporary developments of structuralism included Kenneth Pike's theory of tagmemics, Sidney Lamb's theory of stratificational grammar, and Michael Silverstein's work. Systemic functional linguistics is a theory considered to be based firmly on the Saussurean principles of the sign, albeit it some modifications. Ruqaiya Hasan describes systemic functional linguistics as a 'post-Saussurean' linguistic theory.[11] Michael Halliday argues that:
Saussure took the sign as the organizing concept for linguistic structure, using it to express the conventional nature of language in the phrase "l'arbitraire du signe". This has the effect of highlighting what is, in fact, the one point of arbitrariness in the system, namely the phonological shape of words, and hence allows the non-arbitrariness of the rest to emerge with greater clarity. An example of something that is distinctly non-arbitrary is the way different kinds of meaning in language are expressed by different kinds of grammatical structure, as appears when linguistic structure is interpreted in functional terms [17]
Saussure's most influential work, Course in General Linguistics (Cours de linguistique générale), was published posthumously in 1916 by former students Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye on the basis of notes taken from Saussure's lectures in Geneva. The Course became one of the seminal linguistics works of the 20th century, not primarily for the content (many of the ideas had been anticipated in the works of other 20th century linguists), but rather for the innovative approach that Saussure applied in discussing linguistic phenomena.
Its central notion is that language may be analyzed as a formal system of differential elements, apart from the messy dialectics of real-time production and comprehension. Examples of these elements include his notion of the linguistic sign, which is composed of the signifier and the signified. Though the sign may also have a referent, Saussure took this last question to lie beyond the linguist's purview.
While a student, Saussure published an important work in Indo-European philology that proposed the existence of ghosts in Proto-Indo-European called sonant coefficients. The Scandinavian scholar Hermann Möller suggested that these might actually be laryngeal consonants, leading to what is now known as the laryngeal theory. It has been argued that the problem Saussure encountered of trying to explain how he was able to make systematic and predictive hypotheses from known linguistic data to unknown linguistic data stimulated his development of structuralism. Saussure's predictions about the existence of primate coefficients/laryngeals and their evolution proved a resounding success when the Hittite texts were discovered and deciphered, some 50 years later.
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By the latter half of the 20th century, many of Saussure's ideas were under heavy criticism. His linguistic ideas are still considered important for their time, but have suffered considerably subsequently under rhetorical developments aimed at showing how linguistics had changed or was changing with the times. As a consequence, Saussure's ideas are now often presented by professional linguists as outdated and as superseded by developments such as cognitive linguistics and generative grammar, or have been so modified in their basic tenets as to make their use in their original formulations difficult without risking distortion, as in systemic linguistics. This development is occasionally overstated, however; for example Jan Koster states, "Saussure, considered the most important linguist of the century in Europe until the 1950s, hardly plays a role in current theoretical thinking about language,"[18] More accurate would be to say that Saussure's contributions have been absorbed into how language is approached at such a fundamental level as to be, for many intents and purposes, invisible, much like the contributions of the Neogrammarians in the 19th century. Over-reactions can also be seen in comments of the cognitive linguist Mark Turner[19] who reports that many of Saussure's concepts were "wrong on a grand scale". Here it is necessary to be rather more finely nuanced in the positions attributed to Saussure and in their longterm influence on the development of linguistic theorizing in all schools; for a more up-to-date re-reading of Saussure with respect to these issues, see Paul Thibault.[20] Just as many principles of structural linguistics are still pursued, modified and adapted in current practice and according to what has been learnt since about the embodied functioning of brain and the role of language within this, so basic tenets begun with Saussure still can be found operating behind the scenes today.
Saussure is one of the founding fathers of semiotics, which he called semiology. His concept of the sign/signifier/signified/referent forms the core of the field. Equally crucial, although often overlooked or misapplied, is the dimension of the syntagmatic and paradigmatic axes of linguistic description.
The principles and methods employed by structuralism were later adapted by French Intellectuals in diverse fields, such as Roland Barthes, Jacques Lacan, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. Such scholars took influence from Saussure's ideas in their own areas of study (literary studies/philosophy, psychoanalysis, anthropology, respectively). However, their analogous interpretations of Saussure's linguistic theories led to proclamations of the end of structuralism in those two disciplines.[citation needed]
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Every jewel reflects all others in Gareth Bate's Jewel Net of Indra "a cosmology representing the interconnectedness and interdependency of all things."
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Presented at the 2012 edition of the Come Up To My Room show during Toronto Design Offsite, Jewel Net of Indra is based on a Buddhist metaphor of an infinite net of jewels each representing an individual.
The installation incorporates hundreds of manufactured acrylic mirrored discs, each with a hand painted portrait of a historical figure. It took six months to make, four just for the paintings.
Gareth Bate's principle themes are our relationships with nature and our place in the universe, Jewel Net of Indra "is a meditation on History and our relationships to the individuals who form it."
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I finally did it. I got out and volunteered and flashed my homosexuality at 25 different houses. And I'm still alive to tell about it. I have an entirely new respect for those die hard canvassers who go from door to door every year trying to get new people to fight for whatever it is they believe in. It's a tough job. I was fortunate to do my first canvassing with my girlfriend. Without her I'm almost positive I would have just thrown down my clip board and ran to my car to drive as far away as I possibly could. Her being there reminded me of what it was I was fighting for and why it was so important. If you haven't got out yet and volunteered somewhere to fight for marriage equality you better have a damn good reason. It's not enough to have someone else fight for you. Get up off your couch and do something. If you don't have time to volunteer than donate a couple of dollars. Or give up a weekend and go out canvassing. Here in Sacramento we have Equality CA and they do phone banking every Monday and Wednesday. SO GET OUT THERE! If you aren't going to fight, who is?
but wouldnt my parents find it unusaul since in not out?
if you riase the banner of scotland, you raise the banner of freedom!
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Is gay marriage legal in Ohio? I forget.
No, it's not legal in Ohio, it is in Iowa though.
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quote:What special consideration or treatment was this kid asking for here? He'd done nothing wrong - he called the police because he felt threatened....
quote: this isn't how we expect our young Soldiers to be out representing the service
quote: But that dude was really being a bitch and instigating it.
quote:But that dude was really being a bitch and instigating it.
quote:Cops forget too often that they are public servants, and not just some douche with a stick, gun and taser to chase down drug lords
quote:The cop got stepped up to him and got in his face.
quote:Of course on here as always, it's automatically the officers fault.
quote:I give police the benefit of the doubt to take out someone who is showing them aggression, because the police officer has weapons on him that can be turned on him and the general public if the perp were to get the jump on him.
quote:Police can't wait for the guy to throw the first punch before they act.
quote:you can't treat every damn person like they are a 2 time felon either, and get pissy b/c somebody called you out on being slow to get there.
quote:US Soldier, Bro, know who you're talking to.
quote:it always makes me cringe when I see these young Soldiers announcing their military status as if it immediately entitles them to special considerations and treatment.
quote:Only thing that annoys me though is when the cop decided to get physical the kid should be able to punch him in his face. Dude would be in jail now though if he had.
quote: They were both bitches but the cop should be fired.
quote:I really don't see anything wrong
quote:Bitch as marine. Marines are the worse. 90% are fricked up from child hood and have small pe is syndrome and get no poon


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On Monday, January 27, 2014, Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing its financial and operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.
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