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There is an odd dynamic that plays out in sports. Elected officials genuflect before the commissioners of Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer along with NASCAR officials begging them for a franchise or in NASCAR's case an annual event. Conversely, a sports commissioner lobbies before elected officials for stadiums/arenas and on the federal level before Washington lawmakers to make sure various antitrust laws and in Major League Baseball's case, a full antitrust exemption, stay in place.
Big time college sports executives also show up in Washington to make sure big time college sports keep tax exemptions in place.
So it should not be surprising that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has begun a lobbying effort, not quite begging yet, in an attempt to get NBA Commissioner David Stern to think about replacing the soon-to-depart Newark-based New Jersey Nets with another team.
New Jersey's chances of landing a team on the surface seem to be non-existent however Christie has an ace in the hole that other prospective cities don't have. A major regional cable sports network that has limited winter programming, SNY, who could pay much more money in TV rights than say Louisville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Seattle and Vancouver. In David Stern's three-legged stool world for a successful franchise, a large, local cable TV is an absolute must as is local government support (Christie is in favor of a Nets replacement) and corporate support. That last plank in Stern's platform is the major problem in New Jersey and has been a thorn in the side of past and present day Nets (and New Jersey Devils) ownerships.Christie will have to wait though. The Brooklyn building has been on hold for years although there seems to be momentum to get the arena finally done. The NBA may not be operating in the fall of 2011 because the owners and players need a new collective bargaining agreement and Stern, as lead negotiator, figures to take a very hard line as he and the 30 NBA owners want changes in how players are compensated.
The NBA has some franchises that are on shaky financial footing. The league now owns the New Orleans Hornets, a franchise in desperate fiscal shape. The old Hornets ownership had attendance clauses built into the team lease with the state at the New Orleans Arena. There was a benchmark that needed to be reached by the end of January or the team ownership could pay $10 million and relocate. The league celebrated that the benchmark was hit but that doesn't mean the team will last in New Orleans beyond 2014. Indiana's owner Herb Simon is financially struggling and Charlotte has not been performing well financially since the NBA returned to the city in 2004.
The Maloof brothers are in a financial mess in Sacramento and claim they need a new arena. With California's financial woes and a proposal by Governor Jerry Brown to de-fund local redevelopment agencies on July 1, getting an arena built in Sacramento with public funding may be difficult. The Maloofs have failed in their quest for a new building on a number of occasions. (The Brown proposal could kill NFL stadium development in San Diego and a baseball park in San Jose for the Oakland A's.).
Newark has an NBA ready building for some owner and probably a lucrative cable TV deal. But Newark isn't the only NBA suitor. Louisville, Kentucky is once again seeking a team despite losing out on the Charlotte Hornets and the Vancouver Grizzlies about a decade ago. Vancouver may be back in the NBA wannabe category. The Vancouver saga in the NBA's mid-1990s expansion plans is worth noting in that the NBA decided to take Arthur Griffith's money ($100 million) in what seemed to be a cash grab.
Griffiths built a new arena with his own money and bought the franchise when the Canadian looney was worth 62 or 63 cents compared to the U.S. greenback. The two countries' dollar is around par right now. Griffiths sold the franchise to American businessman Michael Heisley in 2000. Heisley moved his franchise to Memphis in 2001. The Grizzlies franchise remains a cash-challenged NBA organization. A few years ago, Stern said he felt the NBA could not go back to Vancouver.
Stern can be a bullheaded bully. In 2005, the one-time New Jersey resident Stern trashed New Jersey politicians saying "you blew it" when another set of Nets owners could not get an arena built in Newark. Eventually Devils owner Jeffrey Vanderbeek worked out a deal with Newark officials and got an arena built with some of his money thrown into a publicly funded facility.
Christie seems to be willing to play ball with Stern. What Christie should be seeking out is an unhappy owner looking for greener pastures and go after that owner instead of Stern. Although the NBA blocked the planned sale and move of the Minnesota Timberwolves to New Orleans in 1994, a strong headed owner might tell Stern and his fellow owners to go stuff it and move anyway as Donald Sterling did in 1984 when he moved his San Diego Clippers to Los Angeles without league permission.


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Macclesfield boss Gary Simpson has a virtually full-strength squad available for the trip to Cheltenham.Silkmen skipper Paul Morgan is out for the season with a broken arm but the rest of Simpson's men are fit for action.The Moss Rose boss is likely to use his full squad over the weekend as Saturday's match at Whaddon Road is followed swiftly by a home match with Southend on Easter Monday.Club physio Nick Reid said: "Currently we only have Paul Morgan out of action with his broken arm. Other than that the gaffer has a clean bill of health for the squad."We have two matches in three days, but we have an almost full and better-rested squad, so there's the possibility to shuffle the pack."
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Coverage: FOX
4:05 PM ET, November 10, 2013
Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA
Top Performers
Passing: C. Newton (CAR) - 169 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing: F. Gore (SF) - 16 CAR, 82 YDS
Receiving: S. Smith Sr. (CAR) - 6 REC, 63 YDS
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Carolina Panthers can now say they have that signature win everybody has been waiting to see: on the road, against the reigning NFC champions, in November.
While facing one of the NFL's brightest young quarterbacks, to boot.
Carolina's swarming, opportunistic defense stopped Colin Kaepernick in his tracks.
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Drayton Florence intercepted a pass by Kaepernick in the final minute to seal a 10-9 victory Sunday to snap the San Francisco 49ers' five-game winning streak and give the Panthers their fifth straight win.
So much for the idea that Carolina hadn't beaten any team of consequence thus far.
"I don't think it really bothers us, it gives us the opportunity to step up to the challenge. We did," said wide receiver Steve Smith, who had six receptions. "A win like this can boost us, a win like this can continue to give us life throughout the season, and make us feel like we're working for something, and we are."
Graham Gano kicked a 53-yard field goal with 10:05 remaining that held up as the Panthers (6-3) twice shut down Kaepernick on last-ditch drives with swarming defense.
DeAngelo Williams broke two tackles for a 27-yard touchdown run late in the first half that pulled Carolina within 9-7. Gano missed wide left on a 48-yard field goal in the third period, but came through later.
San Francisco (6-3) got the ball back with 5:25 left at its 1, then again with 1:02 to go.
Phil Dawson kicked a season-best 52-yard field goal among his three for the 49ers, who lost tight end Vernon Davis and rookie safety Eric Reid to concussions.
Carolina fumbled twice in the closing moments, but recovered each time. First, Jonathan Stewart fumbled and Mike Tolbert pounced on the ball. Cam Newton recovered his own bobble.
This was hardly the highly touted showdown between 2011 No. 1 overall pick Newton and Kaepernick, the sixth quarterback drafted that year, in the second round. They roomed together during the scouting combine.
For Newton, the numbers hardly mattered.
Cam Apparently Can
Prior to Sunday, Cam Newton had been winless in games decided by 3 points or fewer. Here's the list of QBs who've struggled in that regard since 2011.
W-L | Win pct. | |
Cam Newton | 1-5 | .167 |
Josh Freeman | 1-5 | .167 |
Matt Moore | 1-4 | .200 |
Philip Rivers | 3-6 | .333 |
"This game is a maturity jump for us, because in the past what I've been a part of, we've been somewhat uncertain of how we will turn out in these types of games," Newton said. "We needed that type of game, just to be in a dog fight, in somewhat of a barnburner, to show what type of team this really is."
Kaepernick went 11 for 22 for 91 yards with an interception and was sacked six times for a 42.0 passer rating. Newton was only slightly better, going 16 of 32 for 169 yards, an interception and four sacks for a 52.7 rating.
For two teams that have been putting up points at a prolific pace for the past month, the defenses dictated this one.
"As the game went on, it got more and more intense," Smith said.
More than losing the game, the 49ers' losses of Davis and Reid could be troublesome for the reigning NFC champions as they hit the road next week for New Orleans, then go to Washington.
"We'll do what we do, bounce back, regroup, refit and reorganize and come back this week," coach Jim Harbaugh said.
Davis didn't return after sustaining a concussion in the second quarter, then Reid went down on a helmet-to-helmet hit on Tolbert in the third. Earlier, Reid recovered a fumble to give him five takeaways in an already-stellar rookie season that also includes three interceptions.
Frank Gore had 16 carries for 82 yards, accounting for most of San Francisco's 151 total yards.
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"For the most part, I don't really think they did anything that necessarily confused us," 49ers center Jonathan Goodwin said. "They only gave up nine points. It's hard not to give them credit. We expected it to be a physical game. Did we expect to only score nine points? Nah."
Dawson put San Francisco ahead on a 52-yard field goal on the team's opening drive, then kicked second-quarter field goals of 43 and 25 yards.
But Kaepernick could never get his team in the end zone in its first game since a bye on the heels of a win over Jacksonville in London.
49ers pass-rushing specialist and 2012 All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith played limited snaps after missing five games to undergo treatment for substance abuse.
Wide receiver Mario Manningham started and had three catches in his season debut, nearly 11 months after a serious left knee injury that required surgery.
Carolina got going after managing only minus-7 yards passing and 12 total yards in the first quarter. The Panthers finished with 250 total yards.
"This one really did come down to the way the defense played," Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. "Any time you put yourself in a position where you can force the other team to kick field goals, you get a chance to win."
Game notes
The 49ers also lost TE Garrett Celek to a hamstring injury in the first quarter, while DT Ray McDonald hurt an ankle. ... Panthers LB Chase Blackburn did not return in the second half because of a foot injury.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOVEMBER 10: Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers warms up before their game...
(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs | 15 | 10 |
Passing 1st downs | 11 | 3 |
Rushing 1st downs | 4 | 6 |
1st downs from penalties | 0 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 7-17 | 2-13 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Total Plays | 66 | 52 |
Total Yards | 250 | 151 |
Yards per play | 3.8 | 2.9 |
Total Drives | 12 | 13 |
Passing | 141 | 46 |
Comp-Att | 16-32 | 11-22 |
Yards per pass | 4.0 | 1.6 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
Sacks-Yards Lost | 3-28 | 6-45 |
Rushing | 109 | 105 |
Rushing Attempts | 31 | 24 |
Yards per rush | 3.5 | 4.4 |
Red Zone (Made-Att) | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Penalties | 3-25 | 4-25 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
Possession | 32:03 | 27:57 |
Passing Leaders
Newton | 16/32 | 169 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 3-28 |
Scoring Summary
FG | 10:51 | Phil Dawson 52 Yard Field Goal is Good Drive info: 9 plays, 46 yds, 4:15 | 0 | 3 | |
FG | 13:38 | Phil Dawson 43 Yard Field Goal is Good Drive info: 5 plays, 16 yds, 1:43 | 0 | 6 | |
FG | 6:20 | Phil Dawson 25 Yard Field Goal is Good Drive info: 5 plays, 17 yds, 2:42 | 0 | 9 | |
TD | 1:59 | Deangelo Williams 27 Yard Run (Graham Gano Kick is Good) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yds, 4:24 | 7 | 9 | |
FG | 10:10 | Graham Gano 53 Yard Field Goal is Good Drive info: 7 plays, 9 yds, 3:30 | 10 | 9 |
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Cam Newton posted his lowest Total QBR in a win in his career (19.3). The Panthers had been 1-12 in games Newton started and his Total QBR was below 40.0. The only other win was against the Jaguars. | |||||||||||||||
The 49ers had four yards of offense on 14 fourth-quarter plays against the Panthers (fewest fourth-quarter yards since 2008 vs Bills). Kaepernick was 2-of-9 passing with an interception, and was sacked three times in the fourth quarter Sunday. He has the third-lowest fourth-quarter Total QBR in the NFL this season. [+]Lowest 4th-Quarter Total QBR This Season
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- Cam Newton was 6-for-8 for 63 yards on third down in the second half after going 1-4 with an interception on third down in the first half.
- Newton was 6-for-8 for 63 yards when targeting Steve Smith in the second half, including 4-for-5 on third down. Newton only targeted Smith once in the first half. | |||||||||||||||
Colin Kaepernick had a 7.7 Total QBR, his lowest this season | |||||||||||||||
- The Panthers sacked Kaepernick a season-high six times, with four coming when rushing four or fewer defenders. Kaepernick hadn't taken more than three total sacks in a game this season.
- Kaepernick didn't record one scramble Sunday, his first game this season without one. When Kaepernick did escape the pocket, he was 0-for-4 with two sacks.
- The 49ers were limited to 44 yards after contact on 32 rushes and receptions Sunday, their lowest of the season. 12 of the 44 yards came on one Frank Gore rush.
- The 49ers gained only 43 yards after the catch on 11 receptions. The 3.9 average yards after the catch was the lowest for the 49ers this season. | |||||||||||||||
Colin Kaepernick was 0-for-6 on throws deeper than 10 yards downfield, including a game-ending interception. It is the first time in his career Kaepernick hasn't completed a deep pass with multiple attempts. The Panthers' defense is now tied with the Patriots for the most interceptions on deep passes (nine). [+]Colin Kaepernick Throws More Than 10 Yds Downfield, This Season
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Mario Manningham's return will bolster the 49ers' wide receiver corps. Colin Kaepernick completed 15 of 22 attempts (68.2 percent) to Manningham last season. [+]Colin Kaepernick Targeting Wide Receivers - This Season
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Since he entered the NFL in 2011, Aldon Smith has been one of the most dominant pass-rushers in the league...
His 38 sacks in 35 games is the 2nd-most in the NFL since 2011...
And only 4 players have had more sacks than Smith in their 1st 3 seasons since sacks became official in 1982. [+]Mr. Smith Goes to the Backfield - Most Sacks in 1st 3 Seasons *
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Only the Lions use four or fewer rushers more frequently than the 49ers (83.5 percent of dropbacks). Cam Newton has completed an NFL-best 77.9 percent of his passes against such pressure since Week 6. [+]Cam Newton Facing 4 or Fewer Pass Rushers - This Season
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Determining Damages examines whether jurors are able to assess damages in a fair and predictable manner. Jury decisions about damages have been deemed biased, capricious, unreliable, hostile to corporate defendants, excessively generous, and out of control. In this book, Greene and Bornstein provide an empirical analysis of the ways that jurors and juries determine damage awards. A theme that pervades the book is that in many respects, jurors charged with the complex task of compensating the injured and punishing the wrongdoers do a commendable job of it. When jury decisions diverge from what we expect, the difficulty of the decision-making context may be at least as much to blame as any moral or intellectual failings on the part of individual jurors. The authors discuss the factors that influence damages assessment, such as the identity of the plaintiff, defendant, and jurors themselves; the severity and nature of the injury; and the conduct of the litigants. They also examine the different reasoning processes that jurors use to determine what they believe are just awards. The book culminates with a discussion that considers whether or not our jury system should be reformed. Should damage awards be capped? What are the effects of bifurcating trials? Or should the role of the juror be eliminated completely? The authors' detailed analysis suggests that aspects of the present jury system may contribute more to unpredictable and unfounded decisions than do jurors' abilities to be fair and reasonable.
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What's your pick for the top 5 Burger's in your great city. Here's a few I have thought about.
Shopsin's, Shake Shack, Peter Luger's, The Little Owl, BLT Burger, JG Melon, R.U.B. BBQ, Corner Bistro, Big Nick's Burgers and Pizza and Black Iron Burger.
Please add more. Thanks.
Burgers are pretty subjective. I treated Deb to a 3 p.m. burger at Spotted Pig two weeks ago. I plied her with prosecco. At the end of the day, I loved my burger and she was less than thrilled. I think the roll was less than stellar but that was my only complaint. Deb was underwhelmed top to bottom.
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Remington Golder Sabers 125 gr +P.
But reading these posts, I can honestly say I wouldn't want to be shot by any of the quoted loads.
This is a discussion on Ammo for 642 within the Defensive Ammunition & Ballistics forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Remington Golder Sabers 125 gr +P. But reading these posts, I can honestly say I wouldn't want to be shot by any of the quoted ...
Remington Golder Sabers 125 gr +P.
But reading these posts, I can honestly say I wouldn't want to be shot by any of the quoted loads.
I am in vintage Nyclad 125's for another couple weeks, and then hope to have found or ordered some FBI loads. I'd be happy with what you have, if it was around, though I like the 135 Short Barrel rounds I found for my .357 just slightly better because of less flash and a little more weight.
My 442 sports Hornady Critical Defense +Ps. I found reloading with a speed loader easier given the shape of the projectiles and the performance from my limited testing is pretty good too.
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No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
I dont have a 642 but I do have a model 36 that I have been carrying for years...and I like to use the Gold Dots too...and sometimes, like others have said....its got 158gr. SWCHP in it. Another good one I have been testing is the Win PDX1.
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My wife's 642 currently has Hornady 110 grain Critical Defense standard pressure in it. I' going to let her try the short barrel Gold Dot soon, see if she can shoot it well.
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any of these would be a good choice-
* Speer Gold Dots short barrel
* Hornady Critical Defense
* Remington Golden Saber
I have carried Gold Dots, but found the Buffalo Bore Short Barrel Low Flash Heavy .38 (non+p) load to be more accurate out of my 638 and 640.
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Remington once fired cases...win standard primers...5.0 grs of Unique...Missouri Bullet Co 158 SWC.
Very accurate, mild recoil and avg right around 810 fps in 60 deg weather. I'm very happy carrying these...
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The Speer gold dot 135 gr jhp +p appears to have a solid following and is said to have been developed at the request of some law enforcement. I have a couple speed loaders of these ready to roll with my 642 but I also tend to carry the following hand load on occasion:
Rim rock 158 gr wide nose swc
4 gr of w231
Hits point of aim in my 642 and is not unreasonable in the recoil department.
I use 158 gr LSWCHP in all my fixed sight .38's as they tend to shoot to point of aim. My carry
piece is a 642 stoked with Speer 158gr LSWCHP over 4.7 gr of Unique which gives me 815 fs out of a 2 inch barrel without too punishing a recoil.


text: Visualization of and Access to CloudSat Vertical Data through Google Earth Aijun Chen1,2, Gregory Leptoukh2, Liping Di1, Steven Kempler2 and Christopher Lynnes2 1 George Mason University, 6301 Ivy Lane, Ste.620, Greenbelt, MD 20770, USA 2 Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 610.2, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA Abstract: Online tools, pioneered by the Google Earth (GE), are facilitating the way in which scientists and general public interact with geospatial data in real three dimensions. However, even in Google Earth, there is no method for depicting vertical geospatial data derived from remote sensing satellites as an orbit curtain seen from above. Here, an effective solution is proposed to automatically render the vertical atmospheric data on Google Earth. The data are first processed through the Giovanni system, then, processed to be 15-second vertical data images. A generalized COLLADA model is devised based on the 15-second vertical data profile. Using the designed COLLADA models and satellite orbit coordinates, a satellite orbit model is designed and implemented in KML format to render the vertical atmospheric data in spatial and temporal ranges vividly. The whole orbit model consists of repeated model slices. The model slices, each representing 15 seconds of vertical data, are placed on the CloudSat orbit based on the size, scale, and angle with the longitude line that are precisely and separately calculated on the fly for each slice according to the CloudSat orbit coordinates. The resulting vertical scientific data can be viewed transparently or opaquely on Google Earth. Not only is the research bridged the science and data with scientists and the general public in the most popular way, but simultaneous visualization and efficient exploration of the relationships among quantitative geospatial data, e.g. comparing the vertical data profiles with MODIS and AIRS precipitation data, becomes possible. Keywords: Vertical Geospatial Data; Google Earth; CloudSat; COLLADA; Orbit Curtain 1. Introduction Google Earth combines satellite imagery, aerial photography, and map data to make a 3D interactive template of the world. People can then discover, add, and share information about any subject in the world that has a geographical element (Nature 2006). The virtual globe represented by Google Earth is a digitalized Earth that allows "flying" from space (virtually) down through progressively higher resolution data sets to hover above any point on the Earth"s surface, and then displays information relevant to that location from an infinite number of sources (Butler 2006). Its highest purpose was to use the Earth itself as an organizing metaphor for digital information. Now, the Google Earth virtual globe is changing the way scientists interact with the geospatial data, which like real life, can be presented in three dimensions. There is renewed hope that every sort of information on the state of the planet, from levels of toxic chemicals to the incidence of diseases, will become available to all with a few moves of the mouse (Butler 2006). Just as much research and many applications are moving from local machine-based environments to online web-based platforms with the emergence of Web 2.0 and 3.0, the virtual globe is the next trend for research, applications, and the public"s daily life in the near future. The appeal of Google Earth is the ease with which the user can zoom from space right down to street level, with images that in some places are sharp enough to show individual shrubs (Butler 2006). So, for only the last few years, Google Earth has been used in many fields, for example climate change, weather forecasting, natural disasters (e.g. tsunami, hurricane), the environment (NIEES 2006), travel, nature and geography, illustrating history, presidential elections, avian flu (Nature 2006b), online games, and cross-platform view sharing. All applications are involved mainly with flat geospatial data and socio- economic data and displaying them on the virtual globe using geographic elements. US NASA"s GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center) Hurricane Portal (Leptoukh 2006) is designed for viewing and studying hurricanes by utilizing measurements from the NASA remote-sensing instruments, e.g. TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission), MODIS (MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), and AIRS (Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder). At present, the portal displays most of the past hurricanes on Google Earth and provides download of the hurricanes" data to assist the science community in future research and investigations of the science of hurricanes. David Whiteman, an atmospheric scientist at NASA"s GSFC, is using Google Earth"s fly-by feature to understand local weather systems and trying to use real-time observations to refine the prediction of weather. US NOAA researchers prefer that real-time weather information be displayed on Google Earth alongside the landmarks and routes in which the general public is interested, so that people can use Google Earth for detailed information as "how far is the rain core from our house?" because of the high resolution of forecast data as good as 1km, updated every 120 seconds. Google Earth makes meteorological radar data and satellite images, e.g. from NOAA, NASA and USGS, more useful and user friendly (Butley 2006). However, with the launch of the CloudSat on April 28th 2006, the coming up vertical geospatial data, which reflects the characteristics of the cloud that can be used for weather forecast, have not been visualized as they are in real world on the virtual globe for scientists for research and general public for daily life. Even Google Earth did not provide a solution to displaying this kind of vertical data based on a satellite orbit track, and then combining with other geospatial data for further scientific research. Based on our research, we are able to transparently or opaquely display curtain of CloudSat data of different atmospheric quantities, looking into from all direction and flying along the curtain. We can see cloud information in high resolution and its intersection with precipitation data. 2. CloudSat data and Giovanni NASA's exciting new CloudSat mission was launched on April 28th 2006 and began continuous operational collection of data since June 2nd, and now is providing, for the first time from space, a direct measurement of the vertical profile of cloud -- including cloud bases and the elusive "hidden layers". The profile gives a new 3D view of the vertical structure of clouds from the top of the atmosphere to the surface. The radar observations are processed into estimates of water and ice content with 500m vertical resolution (Partain 2006). The detailed images of cloud structures produced will contribute to a better understanding of clouds and climate. The 3D perspective of Earth"s clouds from CloudSat, never seen before, will answer questions about how they form, evolve, and affect our weather, climate, and freshwater supply. It will fuel discoveries that will improve our weather and climate forecasts, while helping public policy makers and business leaders make more-informed, long-term environmental decisions about public health and the economy (NASA 2005). The primary CloudSat instrument is a 94-GHz, nadir-pointing, Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR). It collects vertical profiles of cloud from its 705-km sun-synchronous orbit. The CPR has an instantaneous FOV (Field of View) of approximately 1.4 km. Each profile covers a time interval of 160 milliseconds, which produces a profile footprint on the surface that is 1.4-km wide and 2.5-km along the satellite subtrack. There are 125 vertical "bins", each one 240-m thick, for a vertical window of 30 km (Durden and Boain, 2004). All of the Level 0, 1, and 2 data products for the CloudSat Mission are produced by the CloudSat Data Processing Center (DPC) at Colorado State University. Data are downlinked from the spacecraft, via the Air Force Satellite Communications Network (AFSCN), to the Mission Command and Control Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. There, the data are decommutated, placed into blocked binary data files, and served, via ftp, to the CloudSat Data Processing Center to be processed to level 0-2 products. These products are then archived and distributed by the DPC using a web-based data ordering system. The DPC produces nine Level 1B and Level 2B standard data products as follows: 1B-CPR Level 1B Received Echo Powers 2B-GEOPROF Cloud Mask and Radar Reflectivities 2B-CLDCLASS Cloud Classification 2B-LWC-RO Radar-only liquid water content 2B-IWC-RO Radar-only ice water content 2B-TAU Cloud optical depth 2B-LWC-RVOD Radar + visible optical depth liquid water content 2B-IWC-RVOD Radar + visible optical depth ice water content 2B-FLXHR Radiative fluxes and heating rates CloudSat data products are made available in Hierarchical Data Format for Earth Observation System (HDF-EOS) 2.5 format using HDF 4.1r2. Later versions of the HDF and HDF-EOS libraries should be able to manipulate the files as long as they are in the HDF 4 series. Files delivered through the online ordering system are compressed (.zip) (CloudSat 2007). In our system, Level 1B Received Echo Powers (1B-CPR) product is used. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC) has made great strides in facilitating science and applications research by developing innovative tools and data services in consultation with its users. One such tool that has gained much popularity and continues to evolve in response to science research and application needs is Giovanni (Giovanni 2007a), a web- based interactive data analysis and visualization tool, used primarily for exploring many NASA atmospheric datasets, in particular the large ones, for atmospheric phenomena of interest. It allows on-line interactive data exploration analysis and downloading of subset data from multiple sensors, independent of the underlying file format. With the rapidly increasing amounts of archived atmospheric data from NASA missions, e.g. the Aura including instruments Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS), Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES), Aqua including MODIS, AIRS, Clouds and the Earth"s Radiant Energy System (CERES), Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU), et al. and Terra including MODIS, CERES, Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) et al. and the newest missions CloudSat and CALIPSO (Cloud- Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation), Giovanni easily enables users to manipulate data and uncover nuggets of information that potentially lead to scientific discovery. The basic Giovanni version 2 capabilities of providing area plots, one or two variable time plots, Hovmoller plots, ASCII output, image animation, two parameter inter-comparisons, two parameter plots, scatter plots (relationships between two parameters), and temporal correlation maps have been enhanced with many new and more advanced functions in Giovanni version 3 (Giovanni 2007b), such as vertical profiles, vertical cross-sections, zonal averages, and the newest function -- multi- instrument vertical plots beneath the A-Train track. The A-Train is a succession of six U.S. and international sun-synchronous orbit satellites (Vicente 2006). Thus, Giovanni provides a useful platform for bridging the CloudSat data with the implied science and displaying the results to scientific communities and the public. 3. Vertical data image curtain from Giovanni Giovanni version 3 (i.e. G3) (Giovanni 2007b) was first released on March 5, 2007. G3 is totally adopted service- and workflow-oriented asynchronous architecture. Standard protocols, such as the Open-source Network for a Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) (Sgouros 2004) and the Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Data Server (GDS) (Doty 1995), are supported for remote data access and transfer. This enables G3 to work transparently with local and remote data. The service-oriented architecture (SOA) requires that all data processing and rendering are implemented through standard Web services. This dramatically increases the reusability, modularization, standardization, and interoperability of the system components. This design makes possible clear separation of system infrastructure and the logic and algorithms of data processing/rendering. The workflow-oriented management system enables users to easily create, modify, and save their own workflows. The asynchronous characteristic guarantees that more complex processing can be done without the limitation of the HTTP time-outs, and that Web services in a process can be run in parallel. Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds are provided to alert a user when the product is available. Finally, the G3 is intrinsically extensible, scalable, easy to work with, and of high performance (Giovanni 2007b). The first instance of G3 is for the A-Train Data Depot (ATDD). The purpose of the A- Train is to increase the number of observations and enable coordination between science observations, and finally resulting a more complete virtual science platform (Vicente 2006). CloudSat is one of six satellites in the A-train. In G3, CloudSat"s standard Level 1B data product 1B-CPR (version 007) is used to render the vertical data as required by the user, including mainly spatial range and temporal range, and possibly other parameters. The user launches a G3 web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI), which is dynamically constructed by user interface software complying with the requirements of a specific instance at the configuration database where required information for executing the workflow is exported after a workflow recipe has been constructed. The GUI lists all of the available customizable parameters for the user. When the user selects the input parameters for the workflow from the GUI, the user interface software creates an XML representation of the inputs and initiates execution of the appropriate workflow. For the asynchronous case, when the workflow processing is complete, the URL of the resultant product (usually an image) is placed into the RSS feed. Where the processing is fast and appears to be synchronous, the product will be directly returned to the user and if the product is an image (as it usually is), be directly displayed on the user"s browser. Figure 1 is a resultant G3 image product after user selects the ATDD instance and submits corresponding parameters (Berrick 2006). Similar procedures are executed to produce massive spatially and temporally continuous images for constructing the orbit curtain on Google Earth. The temporal range of each image is 45 seconds and corresponding spatial range is about 309km (6.875 km per second). Because G3 usually returns user results in the form of images with fixed size, the smaller the temporal and spatial range is, the more details can be displayed on the Figure 1 CloudSat vertical data image curtain curtain image, the higher the from Giovanni 3 images" resolution is. Because the minimum allowed temporal range in G3 is 45 seconds, the range to acquire curtain images from G3 for improving the accuracy of the orbit curtain is also 45-seconds. A Perl script implements the automatic acquisition of the vertical data curtain. First, the script automatically produces the request parameters file for the fixed temporal range in XML format. In the parameters file, the spatial range is calculated from the temporal range. Other parameters depend on the relevant physical variable, e.g. Radar Reflectivities (dBZ) or Received Echo Powers (REP). Table 2 illustrates the parameters details. Second, a workflow from G3 is invoked to input the parameters to transparently access the geospatial vertical data in HDF-EOS format. Finally, a series of procedures such as sub-setting, extracting, scaling, stitching, and plotting is used to output the data image curtain. Table 1 Example of request parameters in XML format for producing the image curtain at G3 <serviceSelection>swathTest</serviceSelection> <instanceId>atrain_C</instanceId> <binDir>/tools/gdaac/TS2/bin/G3</binDir> <spatialConstraint> <geoBoundingBox> <south>-67.435562</south> <north>-64.908546</north> <west>-165.205292</west> <east>-167.754486</east> </geoBoundingBox> </spatialConstraint> <temporalConstraint> <interval>minutely</interval> <frequency>1</frequency> <startTime>2007-02-19T02:06:02Z</startTime> <longTime>2007 Feb 19</longTime> <endTime>2007-02-19T02:06:47Z</endTime> </temporalConstraint> …… <datasetGroup> <dataset> <datatype> <datasetName>CloudSat.007</datasetName> <shortName>CloudSat</shortName> <version>7</version> <url>http://cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/dataSpecs.php?prodid=1</url> </datatype> <parameterSet> <parameter> <name>dBZ</name> <shortName>dBZ Reflectivity</shortName> <displayName>dBZ Reflectivity</displayName> <longName>dBZ Reflectivity</longName> <virtual>true</virtual> <unitsType>science</unitsType> </parameter> </parameterSet> </dataset> </datasetGroup> 4. Visualization of vertical profile datasets In order to visualize the continuous images produced as above along with the CloudSat orbit, the vivid 3D model slices with the images as the texture are produced and positioned along with the orbit track to form a 3D data orbit curtain. The COLLADA model is applied. Detailed cloud information and the relationships and interaction with precipitation in the corresponding territory can be obtained by observing the curtain from all directions or flying along the orbit. 4.1 COLLADA model slice with vertical profile COLLADA is a COLLAborative Design Activity for establishing an open standard, XML-based Digital Asset schema for interactive 3D applications. The COLLADA Schema supports all the features that modern 3D interactive applications need, and its choice of XML gains many of the benefits of the eXtensible Markup Language (Barnes 2006). Here, its real 3D features are used to vividly represent geospatial vertical data to form a 3D orbit curtain. Google provides a 3D tool named SketchUp (v6) (Google 2007) which builds a COLLADA model template. The mapping between the coordinates system of SketchUp (x, y, z) and that of Google Earth (Longitude, Latitude, Altitude) is used in creating the template. A 3D model template is created using SketchUp with the (0, 0, 0) point as the starting point of the model. The model has an x value of 103m, a y value of approximately (but not exactly) zero, and a z value of 300m. The y value guarantees that the model is 3D. However, it looks like a curtain with a very thin depth when viewed from the x-z plane. The vertical geospatial data image is put on the x-z plane of the model as the texture. Putting the image as the texture of the model allows the x-z plane of the model to be defined according to the image slice of the vertical data. This is the foundation for calculating the x and z value of the model. Correspondingly, when this model is placed on Google Earth, the model will be along a meridian of longitude (x value), with a long length in altitude (z value). The extent in latitude (y value) will be very small. Table 2 Part of the COLLADA model for defining the model and its texture <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <COLLADA xmlns="http://www.collada.org/2005/11/COLLADASchema" version="1.4.1"> <library_images> <image id="cloudsat_data-image" name="cloudsat_data-image"> <init_from>../images/20060616_06_002.gif</init_from> </image> </library_images> …… <library_geometries> <geometry id="mesh1-geometry" name="mesh1-geometry"> <mesh> <source id="mesh1-geometry-position"> <float_array id="mesh1-geometry-position-array" count="12">0 0 0 109 0 0 -2.5 0 300 111.5 0 300</float_array> </source> …… <triangles material="cloudsat_data" count="4"> <input semantic="VERTEX" source="#mesh1-geometry-vertex" offset="0"/> <input semantic="NORMAL" source="#mesh1-geometry-normal" offset="1"/> <input semantic="TEXCOORD" source="#mesh1-geometry-uv" offset="2" set="0"/> <p>0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 </p> </triangles> </mesh></geometry></library_geometries> …… </COLLADA> The finished 3D model can be exported out from SketchUp as a KMZ file, which is supported in Google Earth. The KMZ file is a .zip file that zips all related files required for displaying this model in Google Earth. It usually includes, at least, one KML (Keyhole Markup Language) file, image file(s), model file(s), and a texture file. A model file (*.dae) extracted from the KMZ file is the model template, which will be positioned on the orbit track to form the orbit curtain. Table 2 is part of the COLLADA model file for defining the model and its texture. Many models with different images as textures will be automatically and repeatedly produced for different orbital times and positions and positioned on the orbit track. 4.2 Welding the data orbit curtain Before building up the orbit curtain, the coordinates of the orbit are calculated using the temporal range of the orbit track. A module from G3 is called to calculate the coordinates in latitude and longitude of points of the orbit at fixed, 15 second-intervals, with the time in the form of year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. Using the acquired coordinates, a "LineString" embedded in a "Plackmark" in the KML file is built up. The KML file can be interpreted by Google Earth to display the orbit track. The different "Style"s defined in the KML, allow users to display the orbit track in whatever style they require. Section 3 has shown that G3 produces the 45-second curtain images with highest resolution. Those images include not only the vertical data, but also legends and some other extra labels (see Figure 1). Only vertical data images are stripped out of the original image produced by G3 for constructing the orbit curtain. The bigger the temporal range is, the longer the corresponding spatial range is, the smaller the number of the needed model slices for a whole satellite orbit, the faster the speed of rendering the model slices on the Google Earth, however, the less the accuracy of the orbit curtain is. Given the rendering speed and accuracy of the orbit curtain on Google Earth, 15 seconds is selected as the minimum temporal range whose corresponding spatial range is represented by each model slice (The 5 seconds temporal range is also tested, although the final orbit curtain is more accurate, the speed of rendering it on Google Earth is slow). The corresponding spatial range, about 103km, is used as a reference for selecting the x value of the COLLADA model. Therefore, after the data image is stripped out of the extra labels, the 45-second image is chopped into three smaller 15-second images. Each small image is placed on the COLLADA model as the texture. Then, the curtain image slices are ready and can be positioned along the orbit track. Figure 2 illustrates how to calculate the angle that is used to rotate the COLLADA model and place it along the orbit track. The latitude line is the x-axis with a length of 103 m for every model slice. The longitude is the y-axis with a value of near zero for the model slice. The altitude is the z-axis with a value of 300m for the model slice. It is omitted in Figure 2. So, after the SketchUp builds up the model slice on the x-z plane with near-zero y value, and places it on Google Earth, the default direction of the model slice will be along the latitude as the vector OM. However, the orbit direction is as the vector OP, the vector OM must be rotated to vector OP. Angle α is defined as that between the vector ON (North on the surface of the Earth) and the vector OP. Then, the angle required for rotation of models is: β = α – 90. α is calculated using the coordinates (latitude, longitude) of two neighboring points (e.g. O and P) on the orbit track. d is defined as the distance of two neighboring points. Considering point O (lat1, lon1) and Longitude (y) neighboring point P (lat2, lon2), the Orbit calculation formula for angle α and distance d is as follows: tan1= tan(lat1/2+π/4) P tan2= tan(lat2/2+π/4) β Δθ = ln(tan2/tan1) M Δlat = lat2 – lat1 α O m = Δlat/Δθ Latitude (x) m = cos(lat1) (if q is near zero) Δlon = lon2 – lon1 α = atan2(Δlon, Δθ) d = √[Δlat² + m².Δlon²].R N xScale = d / modelX d is the real distance between two points Figure 2 Calculating the bearing of the orbit and used for calculating the scale (represented by xScale) for zooming the model image in X axis (represented by modelX) to fit for the real orbit in vector OP direction on the Google Earth. R is the radius of the Earth, 6371km. The above calculation accurately places the vertical image slices along the orbit track in Google Earth through the KML file, image files, models, and texture-mapping file. Table 3 is the KML codes for one image slice on the orbit track. Table 3 Example of KML codes for one slice of image curtain on orbit curtain <Placemark> <name>HourSlice_20060616_06_002</name> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <Style id='default'></Style> <Model> <altitudeMode>clampToGround</altitudeMode> <Location> <longitude> -86.15493800</longitude> <latitude> -68.71733900</latitude> <altitude>0.000000</altitude> </Location> <Orientation> <heading>114.38696591</heading> <tilt>0.000000</tilt> <roll>0.000000</roll> </Orientation> <Scale> <x>996</x> <y>1</y> <z>1000</z> </Scale> <Link> <href>models/20060616_06_002.dae</href> </Link> </Model> </Placemark> The file "20060616_06_002.dae" is the COLLADA model, which includes the vertical data image slice as its texture. Part of the one-hour orbit curtain for cloud Radar Reflectivity (Unit: dBZ) from CloudSat is shown in Figure 3. After users view the vertical data either from the web browser or from the Google Earth, they Figure 3 Visualization of orbit curtain for can, if they are interested, download the cloud reflectivity vertical data data products through ATDD. With the high resolution of the CloudSat orbit -- 15-seconds interval orbit data, the final KMZ file for one hour of CloudSat data is very small, less than 1 Megabyte which includes more than 240 models and images. So, the response speed on Google Earth is fast and the resolution is very good. 5. Integration with other atmospheric parameters Google Earth provides a very convenient platform for the general public and scientists to compare or integrate their geospatial products or research results of interest. Scientists can present their scientific results in a way that users can easily integrate with their other data sources. Figure 4 combines 3-hour rainfall data for Hurricane Ernesto from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) satellite with cloud coverage data from CloudSat satellite on Google Earth. The temporal range for the TRMM data is from GMT 9:37am to 8:23pm, Aug. 29, 2006. The CloudSat data"s temporal range in the visible area of the figure 4 is from GMT 18:38:18pm to 18:48:46pm, Aug. 29, 2006. The combination clearly shows the relationship and interaction of the cloud coverage with the core areas of hurricane rain. Scientists can do further research based on the results, e.g. hurricane forecast, and the Figure 4 Combination of CloudSat vertical general public can get an general data with surface rainfall of TRMM understanding of the relationship between cloud and hurricane. Another example of integrating different physical parameters is for scientists from specific domain – a real-time weather forecast. Real-time weather information can now be displayed in Google Earth alongside the landmarks, routes, or other scientific research results. Using the related information on Google Earth, scientists can provide some convenient tools to general public for calculating "how far is the rain core from my house or the route that I will take to go to home this afternoon. Such detail is possible because the resolution of weather forecasts is now as good as 1 km, updated every 120 seconds (Butler 2006). Also, as more serious the global climate and environment change becomes, scientists, decision- and policy-maker have to concerned more about general public"s local environment and sudden natural hazards, this system facilitates scientists integrating all related socio-economic information with geospatial scientific data on the virtual globe to help decision- and policy-maker improve people"s life. A good example is Hurricane Katrina. Using Google Earth, all weather forecast information and near-real-time geospatial images can be integrated for display to the decision- and policy-maker. Any available or possible information related to rescue tools, search plans, agents, and volunteers can be dynamically and interactively put together by geospatial position on the virtual globe for timely and convenient sharing, facilitating timely rescue and help. 6. Related research and discussion There are other methods for rendering an orbit curtain. One is to process the geospatial data to produce a KML file that can render a 2D curtain on the Google Earth directly. The curtain consists of many small rectangles. At the highest resolution, each rectangle represents the distance CloudSat satellite flies through in 5-seconds. The problem with this method is that if the resolution is good, same as the method discussed in this paper, the speed is very slow, but if the speed is faster, the resolution is not good enough for the general public and scientists. Another solution is the one that is used for rendering the orbit of Saturn. Saturn"s orbit completely covers the virtual globe from Google Earth. When zooming in, Saturn"s orbit is not visible on the high-resolution surface of Google Earth. It is not suitable for displaying geospatial data through the orbit curtain over the Earth surface in high resolution. Also, the Saturn orbit uses one general image stripe repeatedly as the texture of the Saturn 3D orbit model (Taylor 2006) as Figure 5. However, the curtain images from CloudSat vary. So, we cannot adopt this idea for our CloudSat orbit Figure 5 Saturn orbit on the Google Earth curtain. Our research extends the results of Giovanni 3 beyond the scientific and research communities to contribute to national public applications with societal benefits using Google Earth. Google Earth is becoming the new platform for information and knowledge sharing, collaborative scientific research, visualized education in Earth-related disciplines, and any digital-data related activities. This research provides a method for using Google Earth to vividly visualize and integrate geospatial satellite data, provide more friendly interfaces, easily understand and facilitate scientific research of our living planet-related phenomena. It is also to be a pioneer for sharing and spreading abroad information, knowledge, and the newest scientific research results through a unified well- known framework – the virtual globe. 7. Conclusions and future work The geospatial data from the Earth"s surface have been fully visualized and brought to the fingers of the general public and researchers through virtual globe servers such as Google Earth and the Virtual Earth. However, vertical data about the atmospheric circle is not as easily available for daily life or scientific research. Using the newest scientific tool -- Giovanni 3 from NASA GES DISC for preprocessing the geospatial data, this paper has proposed a method to vividly and accurately visualize the vertical data along with the satellite orbit to form an orbit curtain on Google Earth. This method makes it possible to combine vertical data together with other geospatial data for scientific research and better understanding of our planet. A key capability of the system is the ability to visualize and compare diverse, simultaneous data from different data providers, revealing new information and knowledge that would otherwise have been hidden. In the future, we will overlay more vertical data on one orbit curtain to compare and visualize different physical parameters from the A-Train constellation. Also, additional scientific research results derived from the geospatial data from the Earth"s surface will be integrated on the Google Earth platform to facilitate scientific research and improve the daily life of the general public. Future work will go beyond representing the world, and start changing it. The XML- and KML-oriented semantic workflow will play a key role in the development of systems. Acknowledgements The GES DISC is supported by the NASA Science Mission Directorate"s Earth-Sun System Division. Authors affiliated with George Mason University are supported by a grant from NASA GES DISC (NNX06AD35A, PI: Dr. Liping Di). The authors would like to thank Mr. John D. Farley for providing Giovanni 3 support and Mr. Denis Nadeau for supporting and discussing the Google Earth-related issues. 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Katy Perry Slammed with Slime at Kids Choice!
Monday 8:37 AM, 29/03/2010
The most hilarious moment at this weekend's Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards had to be when Katy Perry got hit good by the famous slime machine! Every year at the Kids Choice awards stars and audience alike get surprised by spontaneous oozey gross slime and its always so fun to watch how the show organisers plan the big surprise! Katy's was so funny because she was hit right in the face and you could see she was totally not expecting it! Take a look below and watch out for the rest of the red carpet pics from the awards show coming soon!


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Hello all. I was wondering if you could suggest a good website for champion guides updated for season 3 items and masteries. I haven't played much since season 2 and find all the changes a tad overwhelming.
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I'm in the same boat as you. Unfortunately, Season 3 guides are scattered at best right now, as it is so recent a change. Solomid and YouTube are probably your best bets, but use your own judgement in combination with any new guides. Even Leaguecraft's Builder tool hasn't fully updated to the new items and things.
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You can't go too wrong with the recommended items so far. But guides, those're in short supply, unfortunately.
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I watch the featured high ELO ranked games. I'm eagerly awaiting the first of the season 3 professional tournaments as well. I feel like the best way to learn itemization is from watching the pros do it. As far as masteries, you can't really see those on the stream - but you can look up the profiles of the players, and check out which pages they're running.


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the NCAA tournament games.
The developer of the challenging, frustrating and addicting game Flappy Bird has pulled the game off the market in a mysterious move.
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Sozzi: How Driving a Car May Never be the Same
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Where has the majority of the innovation in the auto industry been centered in the last couple of years? Ask yourself if all of this sounds familiar from reading Car & Driver magazine, attending glitzy auto shows, or listening to a slick pitch from a car salesman.
Infotainment system: Ford (F - Get Report) led the infotainment movement with its Sync system from Microsoft (MSFT - Get Report), but now the likes of Tesla (TSLA - Get Report) and General Motors (GM - Get Report) have installed larger touchscreens in the center consoles that are helping to control life while navigating the urban jungle. Soon, you will be able to order Dominos (DPZ - Get Report) pizza from a Ford sync system, as seen here. I expect on-demand ordering via the car, and autos that are connected to one another, to be waiting in the wings.
Exterior: If you were to carefully look at the newest models shown at the recent New York International Auto Show or Beijing Auto Show, the exteriors have more holes to bring air into the car to keep it cool. Combined with weight reduction initiatives, automakers continue to find interesting ways to boost fuel economy.
Creature comforts: Taking a page from Apple's (APPL) playbook, automakers are paying greater attention to the driver experience inside the car. From heated steering wheels to well-placed cupholders to video screens that alert, to runaway shopping carts, cars are better able to adapt to the driver's needs and the curveballs thrown from the outside environment during a trek to work.
Unknown to many motorists, and dare I say auto executives, are smart highways and dirt repellent paint. Although the concept of a smart highway addresses the innovation not being brought to crippled and outdated U.S. infrastructure, they are likely decades away from becoming reality due to cost. On the other hand, dirt repellent paint is already being tested, and could be a premium option to check off when ordering a new car. Smart Highways Being hyped by an industrial designer in Europe, a smart highway has three characteristics:- The highway is embedded with technology that can visually communicate when the road is slippery and generate electricity for its own lights.
- Dynamic paint is used on the road to communicate weather and traffic changes.
- Yes, there is an "Innovation Priority Lane", a lane where an electric car is automatically charged as it speeds down the road.
-- By Brian Sozzi CEO of Belus Capital Advisors, analyst to TheStreet. This article represents the opinion of a contributor and not necessarily that of TheStreet or its editorial staff.
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28 January 2015 | Posted inBlog News & Updates, In the Studio, News, People, Work + Place
HOK's St. Louis Office Moves to New Downtown Location
A prefunction space outside of three smaller conference rooms.
HOK's St. Louis office recently relocated to 10 S. Broadway in downtown St. Louis, across the street from the Old Courthouse and Ballpark Village. The new open work area is a considerable change from the previous space and allows for increased flexibility, featuring touchdown spaces and collaborative bench seating. A new two-story interior space will offer a variety of work settings for small and large gatherings and opens to a new outdoor street-level patio.


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LOYAL3 Securities is a new entry into the discount stock broker niche, but much different than the other brokerage firms we've reviewed previously. With traditional stock brokers, you pay a commission every time you make a trade. You buy a stock, you pay a commission. You sell a stock, you pay a commission — you get the idea. With LOYAL3 all trades are free!
LOYAL3 has no hidden fees. That's right, you don't pay a penny for the buy/sell orders you make. It's been stated that LOYAL3 gets the company you are buying or selling to pay for any transaction fees.
So the amount it costs LOYAL3 per transaction is very minimal. The company was founded in 2008 and has a total of $50.7 Million in venture capital, so they are currently very well capitalized.
LOYAL3 Securities, Inc. is member FINRA and SIPC. Obviously, since you are purchasing stocks there's no guaranteed return and your investments are NOT FDIC insured.
How Does LOYAL3 Work?
I'm not sure why LOYAL3 has this limit, but you can only purchase up to $2,500 per stock per month. Granted, for most investors this should be more than enough, but an odd limit none-the-less. Since many stocks are more than $10, you can purchase fractional shares.
The signup process was quick and easy. In three steps, I was able to order Apple (AAPL) stock in less than ten minutes. You can place a one-time order or schedule monthly investments from $10 up $2,500.
You can either link a checking account or you can use a credit card — which I find interesting and is the only brokerage firm I know of that offers this option. So as a savvy investor, it's possible to leverage credit card reward programs and make as much as 5% instantly on the transaction.
Obviously, I'm not suggesting you should go into debt when purchasing stocks, but if you were already planning on making the purchase it's an easy way to rack up credit card points.
What Stocks Can I Invest in with LOYAL3?
As of December 16th, 2014, here's the list of stocks you can invest with LOYAL3. I have linked to Morningstar's web for more information on the company. Currently with LOYAL3 you can invest in sixty three companies.
Company | Ticker |
21st Century Fox | FOX |
Abercrombie & Fitch | ANF |
Aeropstale | ARO |
Alibaba Group | BABA |
Amazon | AMZN |
American Eagle Outfitters | AEO |
Anheuser-Busch InBev | BUD |
Apple | APPL |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B |
Best Buy | BBY |
Blizzard | ATVI |
Buffalo Wild Wings | BWLD |
Coca Cola | KO |
Dave & Busters | PLAY |
Discovery Communications | DISCA |
Disney | DIS |
Dr Pepper Snapple | DPS |
Dunkin | DNKN |
Electronic Arts | EA |
Endurance | EIGI |
Frontier Communications | FTR |
Gap | GPS |
Globant | GLOB |
GoPro | GPRO |
Hasbro | HAS |
Hershey | HSY |
HubSpot | HUBS |
Intel | INTC |
Kate Spade | KATE |
Kellogg's | K |
Kohl's | KSS |
Kraft | KRFT |
L Brands | LB |
Macy's | M |
Mattel | MAT |
McDonald's | MCD |
Microsoft | MSFT |
Mondelez | MDLZ |
Monster | MNST |
Nike | NKE |
Nokia | NOK |
Pepsico | PEP |
Quiksilver | ZQK |
Ralph Lauren | RL |
STORE Capital | STOR |
Santander Consumer USA | SC |
Starbucks | SBUX |
Target | TGT |
Time Warner | TWX |
Trupanion | TRUP |
Unilever | UL |
VF Corp | VFC |
Viacom | VIAB |
Virgin America | VA |
Wal-Mart | WMT |
World Wrestling Entertainment | WWE |
Yum | YUM |
Yahoo | YHOO |
How Does LOYAL3 Do This for FREE?
There's no such thing as a free lunch, so this offer doesn't come completely catch-free. The first limitations are that orders aren't completed in real-time. A stock purchase might take a day or so before it's executed. They do this to reduce the fees they pay for your order, by pooling all of their transactions into one big order.
I also suspect, another possible way they save on transaction fees is pool orders between customers within LOYAL3. This means if you are buying, say, Apple stock, it's possible someone else within LOYAL3 also wants to sell shares of that same company at the same time. This saves them having to go onto the exchanges and becomes an internal accounting task.
Just be aware when purchasing you aren't getting the best price of your purchase, nor can you time the purchase of your shares. If you are long-term investor, it shouldn't make a huge difference.
The trend in the industry is geared towards cheaper and cheaper execution costs. If you've been around long enough, you would remember twenty years ago, a discount broker was considered any trading fee that costs less than $50 per order. We've come a long way since then.
We've come close to the bottom of traditional trading fees without having to put restrictions on the order like LOYAL3 does. Also keep in mind this idea of free trades isn't completely new. Many brokerage firms offer commission free ETFs.
In addition, there was a company called Zecco that allowed all trades to be free. A few years later they realized this freemium business model didn't work and then restricted to a maximum amount of ten trades per month. Zecco eventually merged with TradeKing. I'm not suggesting LOYAL3 will have the same fate as Zecco — just that this concept isn't completely unique.
The other limitation is the stocks available on their service. LOYAL3's list currently comprises of 56 companies. Some are great long-term investments, like Coca-Cola (KO). While companies like the recently IPOed GoPro (GPRO) I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. Don't expect diversification when using LOYAL3's service.
While they are targeting beginner investors, I find it odd their service offers IPOs. It's great they are encouraging individuals to own stocks, but IPOs are typically not something you should invest in when just starting out. Historically, IPOs are a risky bet and on average net losers.
It's not widely known, but for many Fortune 500 companies, you can purchase their stock directly via a DRIP (otherwise known as Dividend Reinvestment Plans). Interestingly enough, I know ExxonMobil (XOM) offers a DRIP program but not listed on the LOYAL3 web site. Coca-Cola (KO), which is listed, does offer a DRIP program. I'm not sure how LOYAL3 selects the stocks or the companies, but it would make sense if they offered all of the dividend aristocrat stocks on their service.
The Good
- FREE Stock Trades — Did I mention that buying and selling stocks are free?
- Easy to Use Interface — Buying or selling Amazon's stock is easier than placing an order on Amazon.com
- Focus on The Beginner Investor — LOYAL3 focuses on the beginner investor and requires little money to start
The Bad
- Limited Stock Selection — You can only pick from small amount of publicly traded corporations
- No Retirement Accounts — While it's great they are focusing on the beginner investor, no IRA accounts are available
- No Investment Guidance — LOYAL3 doesn't offer any way to asset allocation your investments
- Delayed Buy/Sell Execution — Granted you aren't looking to time the market, but your order can take over one day to complete
- IPO Investments — I don't understand why they are offering IPOs since beginner investors aren't that target audience
LOYAL3 is an interesting way to invest, since LOYAL3 doesn't charge a fee for stock purchases. It's a cheap way to get started investing in the stock market. Though currently the amount of stocks available is way too limited. Additionally, if LOYAL3 is targeting beginner/casual investors, I'm not sure why they are promoting IPOs. While IPOs are sexy, they are usually not appropriate for the beginner investor with little to invest.
LOYAL3 also doesn't help with asset allocation — an important aspect for long-term success. Betterment in my opinion is a better option for beginning investors than LOYAL3.
Unfortunately LOYAL3 currently doesn't offer retirement accounts, so any investing you are doing is with mad money. They did create a DRIP style of investing service in a nice slick web interface and made it super easy to invest in stocks. I would increase my rating of LOYAL3 if they offered much more investing options, and investment guidance to the beginner investor.
Disclosure: For purpose of testing I have opened an account with LOYAL3 and invested $100 with their service.


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Where Is Gold Going?
NEW YORK ( AppreciateGold.com) -- Gold has finally broken out if its recent range Tuesday. Gold futures for April delivery are trading up $15.10 as of this writing at $1593.20 per ounce.
After trading in a range from $1,559ish to $1,585ish, gold has finally chosen a near-term direction after breaching overhead resistance at $1,585. This breach has clearly triggered numerous buy-stops thus driving price higher.
The bears were simply not able to extend the recent swing lows in gold, and thus the stage is now set for some potential upside as shorts are forced to cover. $1,619ish on the daily chart looks to be the next immediate target. A close above the psychologically important $1,600 level may attract further buying interest as well adding fuel to the rally.
Gold bulls will be watching the U.S. Dollar Index (USD) for any signs of weakness. The persistent strength in the greenback has helped keep a lid on gold prices but the euro currency thus far has not been able to make a meaningful break below the key 1.30 level.
Source: QST One has to question how much more the dollar may have in the tank. Should some weakness set in that would likely also fuel a rally in bullion prices. Price action thus far today in outside markets has a bit of a "risk-off" smell to it as bonds and notes trade higher and the S&P 500 futures are trading slightly lower. Follow @appreciategold Written by Matt Zeman, a broker and blogger at www.appreciategold.comCheck Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Its a recording of mine mixed with earth.wav of samsmyname (http://www.freesound.org/people/samsmyname/sounds/51363/)
I just rolled a carpet inside in and put the microphone inside, and then, i scratched with my nails the exterior of the carpet
I was challenged by a friend to make an 'end of the world' video based in my street, and part of the action is an earthquake, thank you so much fr this sound, it's really going to help :)
Cool! I'll be using it in my videos!
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what a creative and funny way! thanks for explaining, i was smiling about the picture in my head you creating this sound.
I will use it for a childrens theater work to show the moment of reality into the NOTHING via an earthquake. And i am just a dancer and mime, this stuff is so helpful. Thanks!!From Berlin
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Indoor Living
3-Piece Table Set
3-piece table set
the 3 piece table set was exactly what I was looking for and better than I imagined. I am happy with the look and the quality!
May 24, 2014
Great for small spaces.
The stackable tables look terrific and are perfect for an area with limited space. The green color looks great.
May 31, 2014
Instructions... Improvement
For some of us the size of the screws are awfully close.... I put a longer screw though the top of my table.... It was the last screw... I thought somewhere I used a short screw by mistake.... Remove them all and never found a short one! I may have missed it.... My point is put a warning that the use of the wrong screw may ruin your table top! That may have avoided my being the idiot... "Assembly for Idiots!"
July 31, 2014
Love them!
Perfect smaller size for my living room. My husband assembled them with no issues.
December 4, 2014
Cute and useful table set
I read the previous reviews before buying and several people had problems assembling the tables. I have "put together" other pieces of furniture, but found this to be easier than most. The directions are plain and the pictures helpful. It took me about 2 one hour sessions to assemble. I bought the pool blue which is a beautiful pale aqua. It will go in the sunroom of our new home. I would recommend to the manufacturer to include a couple extra of the little painted screw hole covers. These sometimes come off and are lost and these cant' be duplicated. the little floor protectors can be purchased at Lowes, Hobby Lobby, etc. I am looking forward to using the tables for snacks, extra tables for company, etc. I gave a 4 star rating for durability because I haven't used them yet and don't know.
August 23, 2014
good tables
We wanted something that would work in a small space and double as tables to put drinks and snacks on. The round tables are a little stiff but I think once we use them more they will loosen up. So far they have worked well for us.
November 12, 2013
A nice, compact set of tables
I've been looking for affordable foldaway tables to replace a bulky set of "TV trays" and needed something that would fit into a small house. These work perfectly. They look good both when set up and when folded away. Not hard to assemble. My only criticism would be that the color is more a gold than a true yellow as I went by another style of table pictured in yellow on the same page of the catalog.
February 10, 2014
small and dark
This would have been great for my needs, but the color is not really a dark cherry. IU have other pieces I ordered from Improvements that were called dark cherry. This table is much darker, more brown, than the other pieces. We did not try to put it together as I will most likely be returning them. Too bad.
April 1, 2014
Easy assembly
These tables were very easy to assemble. I purchased the wood finish and was disappointed that the end of the main table where the others slide in was not finished. I had some brown paint and touched up the unfinished sections. Otherwise, I am happy with this set of tables.
June 2, 2014
Could easily be better quality
There are many pieces to assemble and a lack of attention to detail. Several pieces came out of the box with knicks in the wood and the bare particle wood showing. The leg attachment pieces to the top allow the connecting screw to pucker the top of the table. The allen wrench included for assembly is a joke and it would take hours to assemble if someone used the worthless wrench. Some minor attention to these details would dramatically improve the quality of this product and customer satisfaction
February 9, 2014
End table set
Great concept but I could never have put it together myself.
February 18, 2014
Three broken tables add up to one good one
I had to order this table 3 separate times. All three boxes had broken pieces of table parts. Together, I was able to assemble one complete set. I had to repackage and reship two full boxes of table sets. Because of the packing conditions, I would not recommend this table to anyone, but if I only went on my final product, I really love what I ended up with. The process was just a headache that lasted for about 1 month to finally get what I wanted.
March 19, 2014
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Dr Muhammad Ishaque removed from medical register
A doctor who worked for NHS Grampian has had his name removed from the medical register after being accused of lying about his qualifications.
It was claimed Dr Muhammad Ishaque falsely said he was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and had a master's degree from an American university.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service also heard evidence he gave different dates of birth.
The MPTS suspended his registration.


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Jerald and Marsha Blagg will celebrate their 40th anniversary as well as his 60th birthday today.
They were married at Freeport Baptist Church by the late Orval Cunningham.
They are the parents of Jayson (Stacy) Blagg and Jerry (Cathy) Blagg. They are the grandparents of Jaden, Jaxen, Justice and Jordon.
There will be an open church at Little Hocking United Methodist Church from 2-4 p.m. today, featuring a brief service with a song by Heather Krugman. Refreshments will follow.