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When it comes to building the most advanced, bad-ass technologies around there are few science enclaves that can match the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Last week the outfit detailed nine top strategic research programs in a 57-page report. The report states the programs will lead to revolutionary, radical high-payoff (and many times high-cost) technology advances.
Indeed DARPA's projects run the gamut from building extremely fast, secure networks, and developing higher, longer flying unmanned aircraft to bio-related advances that help bring vaccines to a useful state faster and space technologies that offer modular satellite systems.
If you want to get a general idea of the scope of DARPA's programs, here is a short list of research projects on the table. Most of which are spelled out with more detail later:
-Accelerated Development and Production of Therapeutics: rapidly and inexpensively manufacture millions of doses of life saving drugs or vaccines in weeks, instead of the years required to ramp up today's manufacturing practices.
-Blue Laser for Submarine Laser Communications: provide for timely, large area submarine communications at speed and depth, which no other future or existing system, or combinations of systems, can do.
-High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System: novel, compact, high power lasers making practical small-size and low-weight speed-of-light weapons for tactical mobile air- and ground-vehicles.
-High Productivity Computing Systems: supercomputers are fundamental to a variety of military operations, from weather forecasting to cryptography to the design of new weapons; DARPA is working to maintain our global lead in this technology.
-Networks: self-forming, robust, self-defending networks at the strategic and tactical level are the key to network-centric warfare; these networks will use spectrum far more efficiently and resist disruption if the GPS time signal is unavailable.
-Quantum Information Science: exploiting quantum phenomena in the fields of computing, cryptography, and communications, with the promise of opening new frontiers in each area.
-Real-Time Accurate Language Translation: real-time machine language translation of structured and unstructured text and speech with near-expert human translation accuracy.
The nine strategic programs feature a multitude of technologies as you might guess. Here I have tried to distill some of the most advanced here from DARPA's Strategic Plan 2009 report, including:
Ground control to Major Tom: Space is where it's at
As you may know, DARPA began as a space agency, when the shock of Sputnik caused Americans to believe the Soviet Union had seized "the ultimate high ground." DARPA's space strategy includes a number of ambitious projects including:
The Falcon program has been working to build a jet that can hit the Mach 6+ range. A major goal of the program is to flight-test key hypersonic cruise vehicle technologies in a realistic flight environment. Recently DARPA conducted both low- and high-speed wind tunnel tests that validate the stability and control of the hypersonic technology. Test flights are planned from Vandenberg Air Force Base to Kwajalein Atoll to test thermal and aerodynamic control systems. One flight will follow a fairly direct trajectory, while the second "buttonhook" trajectory will demonstrate significant cross-range maneuver capability.
DARPA's System F6 program takes a dramatically new approach towards designing, building, launching, and operating larger spacecraft. The F6 or Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange also known as the System F6, is intended to let the agency deploy individual pieces or what it calls "fractionated modules" of current all-in-one satellites. For example, each fractionated module would support a unique capability, such as command and control, data handling, guidance and navigation, payload. Modules could replicate the functions of other modules as well. Such modules can be physically connected once in orbit or remain nearby to each other in a loose formation, or cluster, harnessed together through a wireless network they create a virtual satellite.
According to DARPA such a virtual satellite effectively constitutes a "bus in the sky" - wherein customers need only provide and deploy a payload module suited to their immediate mission need, with the supporting features supplied by a global network of infrastructure modules already resident on-orbit and at critical ground locations. In addition, there can be sharing of resources between various "spacecraft" that are within sufficient range for communication. DARPA said the within the F6 network all subsystems and payloads can be treated like a uniquely addressable computing peripheral or network device.
Meanwhile, the Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) program will enhance space situational awareness by demonstrating rapid, unsecured search, detection, and tracking of faint, deep-space objects. SST is using curved focal plane array technology to develop a large-aperture optical telescope with very wide field of view to detect and track new and unidentified objects that suddenly appear with unknown purpose or intent, such as small, potentially hazardous debris objects and future generations of small satellites.
DARPA's ISIS program recently got the go ahead to build a roughly 1/3-scale model of a stratospheric airship that if completed in-scale will basically house a floating 15-story radar system capable of detecting and tracking everything from small cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles to soldiers and small vehicles under foliage up to 300 kilometers away.
The move to unmanned warfare
Without a doubt unmanned aircraft have already had a huge impact on military and civilian flying worlds. DARPA says its efforts have been focused in two areas: First, to improve individual platforms so that they provide new or improved capabilities, such as unprecedented endurance or survivability. Second, expand the level of autonomy and robustness of robotic systems.
Some of the more advanced unmanned aircraft projects include:
-The A160 program is developing an unmanned helicopter for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, with long endurance - up to 20 hours - and the ability to hover at high altitudes. In 2008, the A160 set a world record for UAV endurance when it completed an 18.7 hour endurance flight. The A160 concept is being evaluated for surveillance and targeting, communications and data relay, crew recovery, resupply of forces in the field, and special operations missions in support of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and other needs.
-Vulture will develop an aircraft capable of remaining on-station for over five years, pushing technology and design so that the system may not require refueling or maintenance. A single Vulture aircraft could support traditional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance functions over country-sized areas, while also providing geostationary satellite-class communication capabilities but at a fraction of the cost.
-Rapid Eye program is creating the capability to deliver a persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance asset anywhere worldwide within one to two hours. The program will develop a high-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aircraft that can be put on existing space launch systems, withstand atmosphere re-entry, and provide efficient propulsion in a low-oxygen environment at low speed.
Just as air vehicles have moved toward both increased mission complexity and increased environmental complexity, DARPA is also trying to increase both the mission and environmental complexity for autonomous ground vehicles. This will help meet the Congressional goal that, by 2015, one third of US operational ground combat vehicles will be unmanned.
The Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle - Perception for Off-Road Robotics (PerceptOR) - Integration (UPI) program demonstrated an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) capability. DARPA has begun to transition this technology to the Army, and provided a prototype ground vehicle with PerceptOR vehicle control algorithms and software to the Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center to use in developing a UGV control architecture, and conducting vehicle design and control risk mitigation activities for Future Combat Systems vehicle.
Getting more power in the face of the enemy
By using improved information technology, DARPA intends to reduce the layers and amount of infrastructure needed to operate the computers, software applications, and networks that support the front-line fighting forces, letting military personnel conduct new kinds of missions in new ways.
The fundamental goal is to get a larger proportion of forces into the fight.
With that in mind, DARPA said it as embarked on an ambitious mission to create a new generation of computing systems - cognitive computers - to dramatically reduce military manpower and extend the capabilities of military personnel. DARPA's cognitive computing research is developing technologies that will enable computer systems to learn, reason and apply knowledge gained through experience, and respond intelligently to new and unforeseen events.
The Personalized Assistant that Learns (PAL) program has been developing integrated cognitive systems to act as personalized executive-style assistants to military commanders and decision-makers. PAL is creating a new generation of machine learning technology so information systems automatically adjust to new environments and new users, help commanders maintain the battle rhythm and adapt to new enemy tactics, evolving situations and priorities, and accelerate the incorporation of new personnel into command operations, while making more effective use of resources.
DARPA's Integrated Learning program has demonstrated software that an learn these planning tasks by watching examples.
Once the system learns a planning task, it can then support other operators who are perhaps less expert by guiding them through the task. This software will eventually make it practical to create many sophisticated decision support systems that will make operators faster and more effective.
Improved real-time translation of foreign languages at both the strategic and tactical levels is another important way computers can assist the military and civilians. Real-time language translation technology will help US forces better understand adversaries and overall social and political contexts of the operational areas. This improved awareness will decrease costly mistakes due to misunderstandings, and also improve the chances of success.
The goal of the Global Autonomous Language Exploitation (GALE) program is to translate and distill foreign language material (television shows and newspapers) in near real-time, highlight the salient information, and store the results in a searchable database. Through this process, GALE would be able to produce high-quality answers to the types of questions that are normally pro-vided by bi-lingual intelligence analysts.
GALE is making progress toward achieving this very ambitious goal by 2011. The agency is developing the System for Tactical Use program, a two-way speech translation system to convert spoken foreign language input to English output and vice versa.
The networks have it
DARPA is developing technologies for wireless tactical net-centric warfare that will enable reliable, mobile, secure, self-forming, ad hoc networking among the various echelons while using available spectrum very efficiently.
For starters, DARPA said frequency spectrum is scarce and valuable. Most of the radio frequency spectrum is already allocated to users who may or may not be using it at a given time and place. DARPA's neXt Generation (XG) Communications technology will effectively make up to ten times more spectrum available by taking advantage of spectrum that has been assigned but is not being used at a particular point in time. XG technology senses the actual spectrum being used and then dynamically uses the spectrum that is not busy at that particular place and time. XG resists jamming and does not interfere with other users.
DARPA also has been developing autonomous network communications for the cluttered environment of cities. Urban clutter usually creates multiple signals from diverse reflections of the initial signal (multi-path), and the result is weak and/or fading voice/data communications. DARPA's the Mobile Networked Multiple-Input/Multiple-Output (MNM) program is actually exploiting multipath phenomena to improve communications between vehicles moving in cities without using a fixed communications infrastructure.
Besides tactical networking, DARPA is bridging strategic and tactical operations with high-speed, high-capacity communications networks. The Department's strategic, high-speed fiber optic network, called the Global Information Grid (GIG), has an integrated network whose data rate is hundreds to thousands of megabits per second. To reach the battlefield deployed elements, data on the GIG must be converted into a wireless format for reliable transmission to the various elements and echelons within the theater. This data rate mismatch creates problems in the timely delivery of information to military personnel.
In response to this challenge, DARPA has been working on robust network management to combine the high data-rate capability of laser communications with the high reliability of radio frequency communications and obtain the benefits of both.
DARPA's Optical RF7 Communications Adjunct (ORCA) program will design, build, and demonstrate a prototype tactical network connecting ground-based and airborne elements. ORCA's goal is to create a high data rate backbone network, via several airborne assets that nominally fly at 25,000 feet and up to 200 kilometers apart, which provides GIG services to ground elements up 50 kilometers away from any one node.
Networks rely on a widely available timing signal, or common clock, to sequence the movement of voice and data traffic and to enable encryption. The timing signal is often provided by the Global Positioning System (GPS) or broadcast via other radio signals. We should expect adversaries to attack our networks by blocking these timing signals.
DARPA has been developing a miniature atomic clock - measuring approximately one cubic centimeter - to supply the timing signal should the external signal be lost. The Chip-Scale Atomic Clock will let a network node, using a Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System, maintain synchronous operation with the network for several days after loss of the GPS signal.
Urban area warfare
To provide a response to the challenges of battles in hard-to-reach areas, DARPA said it is assembling sensors, exploitation tools, and battle management systems to rapidly find, track, and destroy irregular forces that operate there. This includes small-units operating in mountains, forests, and swamps; ground troops that abandon open country for cities; and insurgents whose whole organization - finance, logistics, weapon fabrication, attack - is embedded in civilian activities. DARPA is even looking out to sea to counter the piracy threat.
For example, changes detected between images generated by DARPA's foliage-penetrating radar can be used to engage elusive targets. The FORESTER radar operates at frequencies that penetrate the forest canopy. Algorithms, running either on an aircraft or by the network at a ground station, compare images taken at different times to detect changes that signify either departures or arrivals. Because radars operate in all weather and at long ranges, this technique can discover the location of potential targets over very wide areas.
DARPA is also networking radars together. DARPA's NetTrack program uses airborne radars to gather features of moving vehicles and pass that information over a network to maintain tracking information over extended periods. This network of radars will allow us to track the enemy even if they move behind obstructions or into urban canyons.
To identify targets in response to these cues, DARPA has developed laser radar, or ladar sensors that can obtain exquisitely detailed, 3-D imagery.
Those photons that pass through gaps between leaves for example, however few, can be collated together into a composite image. New computational methods can match these data against 3-D geometric models of a variety of target types, even identifying gun barrels, rocket launchers, and other equipment that unambiguously indicate the military nature of the vehicle.
DARPA has several programs to vastly improve capabilities to understand what is going on throughout a complex urban environment, including the ability to detect adversaries hiding in buildings and other structures, and to find hidden explosives or weapons of mass destruction.
DARPA's UrbanScape system will rapidly create a three-dimensional model of an urban area that allows the user to navigate and move around in a computer environment much like a video game, but one based on real data. This will allows troops to become very familiar with the urban terrain before beginning a mission.
A helmet-mounted visor is being developed that displays a fused image created from several other helmet-mounted sensors - even when it's too dark for night vision goggles, or when peering through smoke and fog. And DARPA developed a hand-held radar that senses people on the other side of walls to detect potential enemies before military personnel enter a room or building.
Another program, DARPA's Predictive Analysis for Naval Deployment Activities (PANDA) program is developing technology that exploits surface maritime vessel tracks to automatically learn the normal behavior of over 100,000 vessels, and then detect deviations. PANDA will automatically provide alerts on those vessels exhibiting suspicious activity, including activities that have not been previously seen or defined.
Tagging, tracking and locating capabilities
DARPA has been developing new capabilities to persistently monitor targets or equipment of interest; tag, track and locate enemy activities; track and detect weapons fabrication and movement; and precisely discriminate threat from non-threat entities.
Protecting the military from attacks is an ever-present challenge - especially in the close-quarters and congestion of cities. DARPA is developing technologies to detect, prevent, or mitigate attacks, including suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) remain a significant threat to our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. DARPA's Hardwire program has developed an entirely new class of armor that weighs less than comparable steel armor and has demonstrated outstanding protection against armor piercing rounds, fragments, and IEDs.
Small arms fire poses a constant threat, particularly in urban terrain. DARPA's low-cost Boomerang shooter detection and location system provides a protection tool that warns ground forces when they are being fired upon and where the fire is coming from. Building on the success of Boomerang, DARPA is developing a detection and warning system for ground forces under the Crosshairs program, which incorporates the Boomerang system as well as an advanced radar capable of detecting a broad range of threats including small arms, rockets, missiles, and mortars.
DARPA programs are also modeling and understanding social indicators that precede the onset of hostilities and conflict, coupled with tools to develop strategies to stabilize an urban area and assist US civil affairs units.
Meanwhile DARPA's LANDROID system which creates small robots that are also communications relay nodes to establish and manage communication networks. Military folks will carry several of these pocket-sized LANdroids, dropping them as they deploy. The LANDroids will talk to one another and spread out to establish a mesh communications network over the region. When the fighters move, the LANdroids and the network will move with them to maintain robust, self-healing communications.
Developing defenses against biological attack poses daunting problems. Strategies using today's technologies to counter future biological threats are seriously limited.
First, it is nearly impossible to predict what threats might emerge in two decades, particularly engineered threats. Second, from the moment a new pathogen is first identified - either a weapons agent or a naturally emerging pathogen - today's technology requires at least 15 years to discover, develop, and manufacture large quantities of an effective therapy.
It would be exorbitantly costly to attempt to cover the bases with the research and development required to deal with a wide range of potential threats, and then stockpile, maintain, and indefinitely renew population-significant quantities of vaccines or other therapeutics just in case one or more of those threats might emerge., DARPA stated.
DARPA has developed approaches to dramatically increase the effectiveness of vaccines. One agent, CpG, has been shown to reduce the dose required to achieve immunity and the number of "booster shots" required to maintain immunity. With CpG, DARPA demonstrated a nearly nine-fold improvement in response to the anthrax vaccine, and significantly shortened the time until military personnel are fully protected. CpG has transitioned widely and is in advanced clinical trials for influenza and biodefense vaccines.
DARPA's work to discover new therapies include our Protein Design Process program, with the goal to demonstrate a computer-based system that can identify new targets and therapies within 24 hours, in sharp contrast to the weeks or months currently required.
DARPA's Rapid Vaccine Assessment (RVA) program has been developing new ways to test vaccines and rapidly provide more precise, biologically relevant evaluation of human responses than conventional tissue culture systems or animal testing.
For combat injuries on the battlefield, hemorrhage continues to be the leading cause of death, accounting for about 50% of fatalities, DARPA said. To provide more time for evacuation, triage, and supportive therapies, DARPA's Surviving Blood Loss (SBL) program has been developing novel strategies to delay the onset of hemorrhagic shock due to blood loss by extending the "golden hour" after severe trauma to six to ten hours, or more.
SBL is working to understand how energy production, metabolism, and oxygen use is controlled, and to identify protective mechanisms to preserve cellular function despite low oxygen caused by blood loss. SBL has identified very promising compounds, including hydrogen sulfide and estrogen, that, in large animal tests, extend survival from potentially lethal hemorrhage to more than three hours without requiring resuscitative fluids. Human safety trials for hydrogen sulfide are proceeding.
Miscellaneous core technologies
All things Quantum
DARPA's Quantum Entanglement Science and Technology (QuEST) program is creating new quantum information science technologies, focusing on loss of information due to quantum decoherence, limited communication distance due to signal attenuation, protocols, and larger numbers of quantum bits (Qubits) and their entanglement. Key among the program's challenges is integrating improved single- and entangled-photon and electron sources and detectors into quantum computation and communication networks. Defense applications include highly secure communications, algorithms for optimization in logistics, highly precise measurements of time and position on the earth and in space, and new image and signal processing methods for target tracking.
Parts is parts
DARPA's Structural Amorphous Metals (SAM) program is building a new class of bulk materials with amorphous or "glassy" microstructures that have previously unobtainable combinations of hardness, strength, damage tolerance and corrosion resistance. Calcium-based SAM alloys are being developed for ultralight space structures, aluminum-based alloys for efficient turbine compressor blades, and iron-based alloys for corrosion resistance in marine environments. In an effort with the Navy, the Naval Advanced Amorphous Coatings program has devised a thermal spray technique that produces textured amorphous metal coatings with a high coefficient of friction and wear, impact, and corrosion resistance that is superior to any other corrosion-resistant, non-skid material, with the goal of certifying them for unrestricted use on Navy ships.
Honey I shrunk the device
Advances in nano-science and nanotechnology, where matter is manipulated at the atomic scale enable still-more-complex capabilities in ever smaller and lower-power packages. DARPA envisions adaptable microsystems for enhanced radio frequency and optical sensing; more versatile signal processors for extracting minute signals in the presence of overwhelming noise and intense enemy jamming; high-performance communication links with assured bandwidth; and intelligent chips that let a user convert data into information in near-real-time.
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1030 Court Kick Off For Sky Blues Again
Case To Start At 10.30
The High Court case for administration brought against Coventry City Football Club by Arena Coventry Limited will take place tomorrow.
The public can get in to see the case which starts at 10.30am at the High Court in London at the Rolls Building.
Mrs Justice Proudman will again preside over the case which was originally adjourned on Friday.
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Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum, Aarhus, is the second largest of its kind in Denmark both regarding size and exhibition square metres. The Museum contains over 5.000 different species of animals from all over the World - many in settings displaying the animals' natural habitats.
Exhibitions about Danish landscape
Furthermore there are exhibitions about the Danish landscape: wildlife and vegetation, natural habitats and environment; natural and man-made changes to the landscape since the last Ice Age and various special exhibitions.
Many exotic animals on display
'AnimaliA – A to Z of Survival' is a new and unusual exhibition about evolution. A short story about an animal starting with each letter in the alphabet – from Axolotl to Zebra – reveals the evolutionary mechanisms in the kingdom of animals through billions of years. The museum exhibition comprises more than 5,000 different animals from all over the world - many in settings displaying their natural habitats.
The Museum's opening hours in the Schools' winter- and autumn holidays every day from 10am to 4pm.
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Too much Disney....While getting dressed this morning, I was on auto-pilot.
"Arms up, Henry. Time to lift your shirt off."
Henry obligingly raises his
arms and then starts laughing.
Henry: Mama! Lookit! I'm like
Yeah, sure- he kind of did look like that scene where she puts
her arms up as she gets her ballgown.
I wonder....does that make me the
fairy godmother?
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Henry was doing his "baby-bird" impression this morning while I was eating
breakfast. When I gave in and gave him a bite of my Strawberry Frosted
mini-wheats, he screwed up his face.
"Ugh! I don't like the HAIRY parts!
I like da FROSTING!"
Life's not all frosting, buddy
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I took Henry to our family farm this weekend so Dada could have some
"quiet-time" and so Papa could have some time with his grandson. Two birds with
one stone. Excellent.
The truth is, I love to see Henry, decked out in
his ripped & torn "barn jeans" and John Deere-green hat that says "Future
Farmer," trudging down the lane between the farmhouses or stalking across the
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I was reading "All Things Bright & Beautiful" by Herriot while putting Henry to bed tonight and got to the part about this being the best time in your life and you don't realize it. When your children are young and all the wonderful
discoveries and pure joy that can be found amidst the sleep deprivation, revolving diaper changes and temper tantrums.
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Rugby League
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Match Links
- World Club Challenge
- Final
- 17th Feb 2012
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Sinfield - The stuff of dreams
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Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield paid tribute to the Rhinos' character after they beat Manly 26-12 in the World Cub Challenge.
The Super League champions were on the back foot for almost the entire second half of an enthralling contest at Headingley, before two late tries finally put the game to bed.
Sinfield - playing in his 16th major final for Leeds - told Sky Sports: "We knew it was going to be a battle. We've had two really tough games in Super League already and those stood us in good stead tonight.
"In the second half against the wind we had to weather the storm a little bit, but there's some character in our guys and you know in big games they're going to show up.
"To be able to pick up a trophy at your own ground in front of twenty-odd thousand is stuff that you dream of."
The Rhinos outscored Manly by five tries to two to clinch their third world crown in eight years and end a run of three consecutive wins in the competition by Australian sides.
England winger Ryan Hall scored two first-half tries, one of them a 90-metre inteception score and the other from a pinpoint crossfield kick by Sinfield.
The England winger said: "We had a bit of a game plan, a few things to work on," Hall said.
"Luckily a couple of them worked so it was great. It was good work from the backroom staff to come up with them."
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Sometimes the smallest desktop modifications can make a huge difference. That's certainly the case with Start Killer. Hiding the Windows Start menu doesn't seem like such a big deal, but getting rid of this not-particularly-necessary button can actually free up a lot of space on your Taskbar. Start Killer can hide and unhide your Start menu easily, ensuring that it's there when you need it and gone when you don't.
Start Killer is based on the premise that most people don't actually need the Start button on their desktop, since the Start menu can also be easily accessed using the Windows key on the keyboard or Ctrl-Esc. When Start Killer is first launched it places an icon in the system tray; right-clicking on it reveals options to load the program on startup, hide the system tray icon, and disable the Start menu entirely. When the program is running the Start button is hidden, helping to reduce clutter in your Taskbar and make room for windows you're actually using. If you need to access the Start button again, simply right-click the icon and exit. That's really all there is to Start Killer--there's no Help file and there are other features--but we like it for its simplicity. We think it's a great desktop modification if you frequently have a lot of windows open and could use some extra space in your task tray.


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Analogix wants to take a ride in your car with SlimPort
Computex 2014 - Analogix is a company you might not have heard of, which is something we're going to dive into in the coming weeks. For now, you might have heard about their SlimPort technology, which is an incredibly powerful piece of kit that sits in some of the best smartphones and tablets on the market.
We stopped by the Analogix suite in the Grand Hyatt here in Taipei today, taking a look at their SlimPort Automotive Console technology. SlimPort Automotive Console is capable of plugging into the microUSB port on your smartphone or tablet, and turning the display on your in-car screen (if you have one) to a display that you can control your smartphone with.
The way this works, is that you plug your SlimPort-capable smartphone or tablet in, and then you can use your phone to control the in-car display, or vica versa. It's an incredible technology to see in-person, especially considering it's all being done over a tiny little microUSB port, and not some proprietary connection.
US government is prepared to spend $16 billion on driverless cars
No matter whether you want them or not, driverless cars are coming, and they're coming quick. Ernest Moniz, the current Energy Secretary, is unleashing a $16 billion package from the Department of Energy that will push for driverless vehicles.
Moniz was in Detroit meeting with auto suppliers, where he said in an interview: "there was discussion about advanced traffic-management systems (and) autonomous driving". Moniz said that companies are looking into driverless cars, with the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan being a massive incentive.
This is thanks to the Department of Energy upgrading the criteria in which auto companies quality for loans, where it now includes driverless carmakers. With a bunch of money left in the DoE's loan guarantee program, there's much to go around to these companies to get driverless cars on the road. The last time we saw money handed out like this was when the government wanted to see automakers manufacturing fuel efficient, or hybrid vehicles - Tesla Motors being the example here, which borrowed $500 million, paying it off in full recently.
California DMV approves autonomous vehicle testing on public roads
Google and other automakers have been testing autonomous vehicles around the country in an effort to get the tech ready for mainstream use in the coming years. While several states already have rules in place to allow the testing of autonomous vehicles on the road, California didn't, at least not until recently.
The California DMV has announced new rules that will allow the use of autonomous vehicles on the road. The new rules go into effect on September 16, 2014. The new rules say that a manufacturer that wants to test an autonomous vehicle has to apply for a testing permit.
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Google "very actively" working on autonomous car tech
Google has been working on self-driving cars for years now and it looks like the company is close to making the tech commercially viable. Google has been demonstrating the cars in California and the founder of Google X has said that it is "very actively" working on the technology with a major goal in sight.
Google wants the tech to be available for drivers in the next three years. Sergey Brin has said in the past that the tech for driverless cars could be available by 2017. One of the goals behind the autonomous car tech Google is working on is to make the cars safer for everyone on the road.
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Chinese researchers test 'super-Maglev' train capable of 1,800 mph
The current fastest train in the world is the Shanghai Maglev Train, which is capable of hitting speeds of 260 miles per hour (430 kmph), making it the world's fastest passenger-carrying train. But this could all change with the "Super-Maglev".
Chinese researchers at the Applied Superconductivity Laboratory of Southwest Jiaotong University claim that they have a new concept train that is based on magnetic levitation (Maglev) technology, which could transport passengers at three times the speed of a passenger airplane. The new "Super-Maglev" is a new concept train that is encased in a vacuum tube, which removes the speed limitations that air resistance puts on the regular Maglev trains.
If the project ends up being successful, a working prototype will be created as the new standard for the future evacuation tube transportation (ETT). Dr. Deng Zigang, who has been developing this technology for the last few years said: "ETT systems might allow HTS Maglev trains to attain speeds in a new order of magnitude, such as super-high 3,000 km (1,800 miles) per hour, which could be applied to some military or space launch systems". This new system could eventually link China with the United States, Canada and Russia - which would truly change the world.
Volvo starts public road trials of its self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are the future of automotive transportation, and today one of the largest vehicle manufacturers in the world has announced that it's self-driving car program has entered the public road testing phase. Volvo announced this morning that it has begun road-testing its self-driving cars on public roads, and is happy to report that the cars can now handle most of the roadway duties autonomously.
"The test cars are now able to handle lane following, speed adaption and merging traffic all by themselves," said Erik Coelingh, a technical specialist at Volvo. "This is an important step towards our aim that the final 'Drive Me' cars will be able to drive the whole test route in highly autonomous mode."
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PAPAGO! has mostly been known for its GoSafe Dash Camera line, but the company is looking to branch out into new territory with its latest product. The all new GoSafe Tire Pressure Monitoring System has been design to give users real-time data feedback on the air-pressure levels in their vehicles tires right onto the screen of their smartphone or tablet.
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Google is working on mastering city driving for autonomous vehicles
Google has been working on autonomous vehicles for years now in an effort to create cars that can drive to and from locations without human intervention. Early in the program, city driving was a challenge for Google, but the search giant now says that things that would have stumped it two years ago are easy.
Google says that it has logged thousands of miles with its autonomous fleet driving on city streets in Mountain View, California. Google also notes that a mile of driving in the city is more complex than a mile of driving in the highway.
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Ford shows off 2015 Mustang GT line lock feature
Ford is getting ready to launch the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang soon and this is one of the most significant redesign of the Pony car since it was introduced. For the first time, all models of the Mustang will have independent rear suspension. Ford is also giving the car some new tech on the inside as well.
We know that the Mustang GT will have launch control to help people launch the car without excess wheel spin. We also know that the car will have the first factory line lock in the industry. A line lock is a feature that locks the front brakes of the car so the driver can do a burnout.
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Toyota will launch its hydrogen fuel cell-powered car next year
Next year is going to be a big year for both the automotive market, and more specifically, Toyota. The Japanese giant will be offering up a new hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle in 2015.
The new car will be a mid-sized saloon, something the company compares to its current Avensis, and will feature a high-density fuel stack that will be capable of 500 miles from a single tank of fuel. But, according to Toyota's European President Didier Leroy, fuel cell technology will take a while to become common: "To help that happen we will bring a reasonable number of cars to Europe. The volume will be limited, but they will be visible on the streets".
Toyota has teamed up with BMW to boost its fuel cell research and development, where Toyota Europe's second in command saying the company would pioneer the technology, pointing to Toyota's position in the widespread adoption of hybrid drivetrains. He said: "There is of course a long way to go, as with any game-changing technology, but remember the same was said about hybrid only 10 years ago. Toyota is ready to back and lead this change, so we will be pioneering fuel cell step-by-step".
He continued, saying that hydrogen fuel is easy to store, and that it's better at capturing renewable energies than batteries, and that it can be produced anywhere. He finished with: "Taking these facts into account reinforces how Toyota is convinced fuel cell can deliver our ultimate goal of zero emissions and sustainable transport".


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Prior Design released their 5 series body kit renderings and this time did not use any BimmerBoost inspiration. We would like to see more real photos of the actual kit but the renderings show how they intend to proceed with the design. The front bumper is E92 M3 inspired and the rear is fairly basic. The fenders look a bit tacky but overall a nice package if the real thing looks this way. ...Published on 04-05-2011 04:00 AM
This is a great race to see, BimmerBoost and BenzBoost members DD GT3 RD and DLSJ5 racing their C63 P31 and M3 DCT respectively. The C63 P31 is stock and the DCT M3 has a catless X-pipe and Borla mufflers. The C63 with the P31 package is the decisively faster and for the M3 to win it would definitely take a tune. Check out the video below. ...Published on 04-05-2011 01:24 AM
BMW released more detailed hi-res photos of the new N20 4 cylinder turbo. These give a good look into the size of the turbo, design of the manifold, as well as the cams. They also released a video about their new "Efficient Dynamics" engine family. We are looking forward to seeing how this motor will be tuned and wondering if VALVETRONIC will cause any complications in tuning. ...Published on 04-04-2011 02:41 PM
With the first round of pics already circulating the web BMW has now released their official video for the M5 concept. As expected, a well edited short teaser piece. We just can't help but feel a bit underwhelmed in the design of the car. It is so restrained and predictable it hinges on boring. Check out the video and let us know what you think. ...Published on 04-03-2011 08:04 PM
A race that we had been waiting to see for some time has finally taken place. MSIZZLE in his full bolt on M6 raced a GTM Stage I twin turbo 370Z. The M6 has dyno'd 510 whp uncorrected and the 370Z has put down 490 whp uncorrected. The cars are pretty close with the 370Z ultimately pulling a couple car-lengths. Check out the video below. ...Published on 04-02-2011 09:51 PM
We were not expecting photos the M5 concept for at least a little while longer. Seems a Russian site jumped the gun slightly and was able to post the photos for the M5 concept before anyone else. As usual, BMW reveals their production aspirations for the M car in concept form and we like what we see. No real surprises, the car is actually fairly mild and restrained. ...Published on 04-02-2011 05:43 PM
Everyone keeps talking about the importance of the Chinese market. BMW is taking China very seriously offering multiple special editions for China and realizing the potential of the market. What is the problem? The Chinese allow their own automakers to steal designs and sell them as cheaper knock-offs. China does not have the same trademark or copyright enforcement as the rest of the world and it is clear something is going to have to change. Check out these "Chinese" versions of BMW designs. ...Published on 04-01-2011 09:32 AM
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A couple sites reported that AutoBild leaked the new 1 series. Unfortunately, that is incorrect and we hate to interfere with their headline grabbing attempts but this is just a speculative rendering. It is likely very accurate though and based on a look by AutoBild at the real thing but this is not the official F20 1 series. So, everyone calm down. ...Published on 03-30-2011 09:51 PM
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I remember a few years back we had to play against these recievers in the preseason and they killed us. I hope that we are more prepared for this game, because this game we are gonna see these WR's the whole game not just a few series.
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Hello, Steve, and welcome from Missouri to this great forum - good folks and LOTS of info here!
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Topic: General Gaming / I need help on Epic Battle Fantasy 3
I need one more flower for Ronalds quest can anybody tell me where to find it?
Topic: General Gaming / Epic Battle Fantasy 4 Coming out!
I was searching for fan art on google and i found out that there was a game called: 'Anna's adventure' for gameboy color lol, so i guess Anna found them wondering and joined them on their adventure and continue hers.


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The Graflex RH-8 & RH-10 backs are very good if they are the later type with the small chrome pin rollers to keep the film flat. I sold a bunch last year that I was not using for around $50 each. They pop up on ebay but are usually bid up way to high.
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Summer Cherry Sorbet
Author Notes: The long hot summer is here and I've been making sorbet with my children almost every day of the week. This luscious sorbet sings of cherries ripened in the summer sun. Lime is a natural partner with cherry as long as it doesn't steal the show; the trick is finding the right balance to allow the cherry flavor to shine. I think this sorbet does just that. NOTE: I've been experimenting with agave and am not sure if it is necessary to boil the water/agave mixture to make a syrup. I've come across some recipes that simply mix the agave in. However, when I made this recipe I boiled the syrup and so that's how I have it written. This sorbet is also best within a day or two of making it; it gets a little hard once it sits in the freezer for an extended period of time. TIP: If you are making a lot of sorbets like I have been, making the simple syrup the night before is a time saver. Doing it ahead of time ensures that my syrup is extra cold and ready for the next concoction. - gingerroot - gingerroot
Food52 Review: Very simple, good and refreshing, thanks to the lime. My kids lapped it up. - Amanda - The Editors
Makes about 1 quart
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup + 1 Tablespoon light agave
- 3 cups ripe but firm cherries, pitted, halved (about 50)
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- Make a simple syrup by bringing water and agave to a boil. Boil for two minutes, until thoroughly combined. Take off heat and let cool. Pour mixture into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until completely chilled.
- Combine cherries, lime juice and chilled simple syrup in a blender. Puree until mostly liquefied, allowing some cherry bits to remain (cherry bits add color and texture to sorbet).
- Pour mixture into your ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's instructions. After 40 minutes in my machine, the sorbet was soft but smooth. Freeze longer for a firmer sorbet.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe for Cherries
Tags: Easy, frozen, Healthy, kid-friendly, light, refreshing, seasonal, Summer


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the items say increased damage to monsters. Does that include creeps or are they categorized different?
its so sad that all these changes for season 3 seem to be made just to encourage people to play by the meta instead of the opposite
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I have found that with Spirit Stone almost every single jungler has near-infinite sustain in the jungle with incredibly impressive clear time. As a jungler I LOVE this new item. Are you sure it won't be seeing any nerfs in the near future, because there really is no downside whatsoever to buying it also due to the fact that boots now give significantly less movement speed.
Statikk, I just don't see why the jungle is being changed to make it harder for junglers to have the advantage for their team in an early gank, at least that's what Morello said in the video about why jungle is being changed. The enemy team jungler could easily camp lanes like ally team jungler, they just DON'T do it. Jungle should be rewarded for helping lanes instead of being punished by being forced to focus between ganking or jungling. What if I'm in mid wraith camp and getting low HP, but my midlane gets ganked? I could've easily helped but the wraiths were messing me up, and the mid dies. "Why didn't you come help?" "Sorry, Veigar. Wraith camps almost killed me. Merh." Also, today I played Lee Sin Jungle in 1600s ranked, and had a xin top against a yorick (yorick got FB from early udyr gank). I ganked straight from lane 3 times, and killed Yorick all 3 times. I really think it's just player error rather than junglers being too OP and winning lanes for their allies.
4 new hunter items, ALL of them have mana regen why isn't there an item for mana-less champions?
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If the jungler can farm relatively safe in jungle, benefit from gold and carry the team, do you think it's possible a change in the current meta so that AD carries get out of bottom lane and start going primarily to the jungle as their main role?


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Devious Journal EntryHope you're all having a nice Xmas and enjoying S4I've been working out of town this last few months so apologies for not reading/replying to notes, please send me a note if there's something important I missedAlso just a reminder again that you don't need to ask me for permission to use anything from my DA (please read the Creative Commons Share-alike license in the upload details)
WIP picsSomeponies asked about seeing some WIP shots so here's some from sketch to finishRough sketchMaking the outlines nice and tidyPlease excuse the little mistake by the mailbag in the following picsFinished lineartFlatsSome really simple shading and coloured the outlines in
Baby name!Today is my my 5 year wedding anniversary! Woot! Lots of you have asked, so to celebrate I thought I'd finally share what we are naming our baby! I've loved the name Ember just about forever and always imagined one day I'd have a little girl and that would be her name. Good thing Matty loves it too! I just think it's so pretty and unique and I don't care what anyone says, I love it! So here is a cute little dragon art of baby Ember Also, check out this adorable dragon my friend Liz made for me. It's baby Ember in her own dragon style! She made an awesome tutorial on how she builds her dragons. Go check out her work, they're very cute and she has really worked hard to develop her own dragon style! Thanks Liz! I just love your version of little Ember! She's beautiful and I will display her proudly in my studio -----------------------------------SORRY, I AM NO LONG
FoodFoodFoodPumpkinsFood HEY GUYS, I know I haven't been around much and it's also because I am terrible at updating my journal on DeviantArt and I'm getting notes asking if I'm dead ... WELL, I am sorry to disappoint, but I am not dead yet and I'm still around, working, eating, living, all that standard people stuff. SO HERE, HAVE A RANDOM COMIC FOR NOW, which happened while Dexter and I were on our trip in Paris LAST YEAR that I haven't actually drawn until now (I am so late for everything ) :And something about Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Pumpkin Pie, Fall, Halloween, Turkeys, etc etc in case I forget again and don't update this journal until NEXT YEAR.
art tips? I get asked a lot to make tutorials, to teach people this or that when it comes to art, or a certain thing I like to draw.I'm not a teacher, or an expert guys. I am just some random chick who likes to draw a lot and who practices drawing a lot. I don't think I would be very good at teaching or explaining. I cannot give out information like a teacher would. On paws or anatomy. I am no expert. However, I do give advice though, and my advice is usually the same.If you want to draw a certain animal, research the animal. Watch documentaries, look up anatomy sketches, and photographs that inspire you. Even inspiring art, something that puts you in the mindset and gives you understanding of the animal. Research the animal inside and out to get the full understanding of it's anatomy, movements, attitude, weight, expressions, body language, markings, proportions, everything. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Learn it all. And then sketch and sketch an
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- Publisher: EA Sports
- Release Date: Feb 18, 2008
- Also On: PlayStation 3
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FIFA Street 3 is about taking all the superficial and superfluous things about modern day football – from the overhead kicks to the pop-culture that surrounds the beautiful game in the 21 st century – and placing them centre stage.
As satisfying as a nutmeg and as exciting as a scissor kick. A vast improvement from before. [Feb 2008, p.56]
FIFA Street 3 thoroughly improves the series with its leap onto the next-gen consoles, not only visually, but in terms of gameplay and all-round appeal as well. However, if you're looking for single-player mileage out of it, you're best of getting a copy of PES or FIFA. This game is unashamedly all about multiplayer party gaming.
If you're a soccer fan you got to go out and try this game, it's actually quite entertaining especially if you play online or have some friends over.
Even with some of the gameplay issues that, if avoided, could have helped to make a better overall game, FIFA Street 3 is still a fun pick-up-and-play experience for the raving soccer fan.
EA have created the football equivalent of "NBA Street" - and it's great. [Apr 2008, p.82]
While slim on modes, the sum of FIFA Street 3's individual parts makes it recommendable to anyone, including those who aren't too hot for soccer.
Third game in the FIFA Street series, and EA is still looking for the best balance between playability and fun. It's enjoyable to play, but it can become tedious after a while.
It's a good job the multiplayer's so enjoyable because, if we're being honest, the single-player mode is pretty shallow.
FIFA Street 3 offers some nice improvements over previous FIFA Street games, but unfortunately is devoid of a time-investing career mode, making it one that you might get bored with before too long.
These improvements stand in contrast to the continued weak goalie AI, unhelpful camera work, and iffy passing.
A markedly better game than its predecessors.
A fantastic sense of style puts the series' best foot forward, but it's at a cost of losing the relative depth found in the previous two installments. [Apr 2008, p.85]
FIFA Street 3 dazzles like thrift-store bling round a pit bull terrier's neck. Shallow but reasonably satisfying, the best is still yet to come from the FIFA Street series.
Unfortunately, it looks as if there isn't enough content or new ideas that will make many gamers readily come back for more once the original challenges are completed.
FIFA Street 3 would be a great game if it could manage to find some depth. As it is, the game is immediately pleasing, but runs out of puff too quickly, especially in solo play.
It's got to be the best FIFA Street to date. The presentation is exactly where it needs to be and deserves high marks. Gamers will be pleasantly surprised to find such a smooth and attractive game. Disappointingly, the gameplay feels only moderately better than the title's predecessors.
Overall this game doesn't take any chances and it suffers because of it.
FIFA Street 3 seems to be steering the series in the right direction as it's an improvement over the first two installments. Still, it's lacking in a few key areas and that's what keeps it from attaining the glory that other Street games have been able to find.
It lacks pace, but makes up for it with skills and basic soccer strategy. What it lacks is teams and depth in its gameplay modes.
Although it tries to reinvent the franchise it doesn't represent a step forward. Quite the opposite. It throws away some of the promising elements of previous titles in favor a new structure and gameplay with little depth. And it still fails to offer the same flair as other Street brand titles from EA Sports Big. [March 2008]
FIFA Street 3 has plenty of style but not quite enough substance to justify the price of admission.
The game feels rushed, with an obvious lack of love and passion.
FIFA Street 3 single player lacks the depth that is needed to have players coming back for more.
I'm totally open to a game like this working off a solid simplicity, but ultimately Fifa Street 3 isn't strong enough at its core to keep the reward of play on a fever pitch. [Apr 2008, p.61]
FIFA Street 3 is action-packed, well-balanced, and fun for multiplayer sessions, but its lack of content and simple play mechanics stifle the long-term prospects.
It looks great and has more character than any sports game I've ever played, but its gameplay is too shallow and unrewarding to provide long-term entertainment.
There is a great, great game yet to be made in this subset of the football sub-genre, where the depth of a beat-'em-up lurks beneath accessible showboating, but this isn't it.
The graphics don't look bad and the music is a well-chosen, energetic mix of EA Trax. However, the game feels more like a rehash than a full-blown sequel, with little improvement in the controls and not much to explore outside of decent online play and unexpectedly short modes.
For whatever reason, FIFA Street 3 is about as deep as a book of poetry by Paris Hilton.
Good in the short term, somewhat tedious in the long. [Issue#30, p.88]
No one can deny that the game has got style - it oozes it from the menu screen and onto the football pitch in typical EA fashion - however, it lacks the depth and substance to make it appeal for more than a couple of hours, after which you may start to question the wisdom of your investment.
FIFA Street 3 is a fun game in small doses simply because it is lacking in true depth.
Fifa Street 3 certainly kept us hooked for a while. It has an excellent online mode, but is let down by its single player shortcomings.
The omission of previously available features, like season mode and create-a-player, make this a serious step down in terms of gameplay and replay value, and what's left isn't quite worth the price of admission.
While the title has made great strides in improving the overall look of the players and fields, the actual gameplay has already grown incredibly bland and repetitive.
This game may not appeal to a big percentage of soccer fans. Nevertheless, it does provide a few good laughs albeit short-lived. It's not a game I can see myself playing consistently.
You will get a visual style that is like no other, the ability to perform over the top moves off of interactive environments, and score a lot during the process. This is soccer on adrenaline.
Though the game enthralls in short bursts it's hard to see anyone sticking with it for more than a couple of plays before moving on to more substantial fare – and as such we wouldn't recommend anyone paying out for the full-fat asking price.
It's just not very fun and has very little to set it apart from other games. EA really needs to take a look at what they are doing with this series.
The Street series should just be burning in a great hole right now, in a firework display of broken promises.
The FIFA Street series has enough interesting ideas to sustain a fully realized, sports remix, but after three lackluster entries, it desperately needs to work on its finishing technique. [Mar 2008, p.92]
Despite the undeniable popularity of the series, this third game would do well to take time off to reinvent itself for the inevitable sequel next year. While it doesn't shirk on the number of game modes available, the actual substance of these offerings doesn't add up to much.
Street 3 is the best game yet in the FIFA Street series. Sadly, it's still a bad game compared to the other soccer offerings out there. Limited gameplay choices, repetitive play, and lots of little things add up.
The new "Incredibles"-esque visuals and accessible dribbling mechanics are welcome, but this arcadey pitch still needs grooming. [Mar 2008, p.75]
For all its flaws this one's still fun for a short kickaround, but in the end it's really nothing more than a softcore novelty.
This series would benefit greatly from a re-imagining. Send the developers to the streets of Paris or Mexico City or Johannesburg; then have them come back and make a real FIFA Street game.
A sequel isn't supposed to be softer, poorer, slower, weaker, but that sadly sums up FIFA Street 3's questionable content.
User score distribution:
Positive: 3 out of 5
Mixed: 0 out of 5
Negative: 2 out of 5
NoahR.Jun 26, 2008
TomS.Apr 29, 2008
IanCMar 7, 2008