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• Collapse/Expand (Hide/Show) branches to maintain overview in large Mind Maps.
• Re-layout branches for selected topic or apply Strict Layout to entire Mind Map.
• Auto numbering - inside or below topic.
• Multiple Maps on single page.
• Create new (linked) MindMap from selection.
• Large Mind Map support - unlimited page size.
• Full screen Presentation Mode.
• Search in Mind Maps on Title or Topics.
• Organize your Mind Maps in Folders.
• Native integrated Dropbox support allows automatic synchronizing of modified Mind Maps with other android devices, SimpleMind desktop (Win/Mac) or SimpleMind iOS (iPad/iPhone) via your Dropbox account.
• Export to Dropbox in PNG or JPEG image, Html outline, Text outline, freemind or opml format.
• "Send" your Mind Map via standard apps such as Mail, DropBox App and more.
◦ Formats: native SimpleMind Map, PNG and JPEG (high resolution) image, Html outline, Text outline, freemind and opml.
• "View" your mind map as PNG image.
Android 3.0 and higher - some features only available in Android 4.0 or newer.
Optimized for both phones and tablets.
Math Mind
In order to become a Math Mind Wizard, it is recommended that this application is used as follows:
● Master the multiplication times tables
● Study the Mental Arithmetic Tips
● Practice the Training Exercises
● Take the Math Mind Challenge
There are 12 levels in the Math Mind Challenge - each set of mental calculations contains 10 questions - answer all questions correctly and proceed to the next level - if 9 are answered correctly will remain at the current level - answering less than 9 correctly causes a drop in level - how quickly can you get to level 12? - how long can you stay there? - a full history is provided showing your attempts at each level.
This is an ad-supported app - an ad-free paid version is also available for a nominal USD 0.99 but, as always, it's probably best to test the free version first before parting with your hard-earned cash :) - to download, please search for Math Mind (adfree)
Kana Mind
I created Kana Mind for myself, but decided to share it with others. That's why it's a free application.
Kana mind is not a simple matching or flash card game. It uses an intelligent memorization algorithm focused on teaching character combinations, and then measuring the player's success in matching each combination. As you progress through the game and learn the alphabets, the symbols become more and more complex.
Kana Mind will also remember how much time you've spent away from the application, and take that into account when testing you. This makes sure you haven't forgotten any of the matches you had learned previously.
For those looking to learn Japanese, Kana Mind tracks your progress letting you check your stats at any time. Can you get to the end and reach 100% proficiency in Kana knowledge? And for those who already know Japanese, Kana Mind's practice mode is the best way to retain Kana fluency - playing the game once a week is great to keep your memory fresh.
With Kana Mind, you'll learn both Katakana and Hiragana before you even realize it!
• Two modes: learn reading and/or writing
• Learn the complete Hiragana and/or Katakana alphabet
• Store multiple player profiles
• 3 different romaji styles: Hepburn, Nippon-shiki, and Kunrei-shiki
• Groups of characters can be toggled on or off for more focused exercises
• Free application: no ads, no personal user data collection, no in-app purchases
But remember: Kana Mind is not a complete Japanese language course. It will only help you memorize Kana and Japanese romanization in an easy and quick way, and better than any flashcard game. But since it doesn't teach you Japanese grammar or vocabulary, it's intended to be used as an aid to an ongoing Japanese course.
Read more about the motivations behind Kana Mind here:
If you have suggestions, questions or bug reports, please send an email to zeh at zehfernando.com.
Thanks so much to our kind reviewers for comments and suggestions! I'm glad you're enjoying the application as much as I am!
Mind Control Course
Tom has combined the wisdom of hundreds of years of the study of global philosophies, human effectiveness, modern findings of behavioral science, recent breakthroughs in the understanding of brain physiology and even the results of quantum mechanics into a practical system for getting things done.
The system takes 'One thing at a time' to a new level: it's monotasking-on-steroids. In addition, best of all, it requires the least willpower of anything you've ever tried. Other than sitting on the couch, of course!
*What You Are Going To Get From This Course*
• Over 35 lectures and 6.5 hours of content!
• In the course you will learn what the 13x4 system is, why it works so well and how it can be used to master
anything and everything.
• Lifetime access to 35 lectures
• 6+ hours of high quality content
• A community of 35200+ people trying to learn the same thing!
• You can watch courses on the go and offline.
- How To Use This Course
- The Background to the 13x4 and Why it Works So Well
- The 13x4 and Success in Business
- The R.A.S. - Reticular Activating System
- The Master THOUGHT Algorithm - The Script
- The Master ACTION Algorithm - The Sausage Machine
- How is this Quantum Mechanics?
- The QMR - Quantum Mechanics Reframer
- The CAT - Cognitive Alignment Tool
- Tom Live in Austin, Texas Part 1
- Tom Live in Austin, Texas Part 2
- How to set up your OWN 13x4 System for whatever you want to achieve.
- Examples of How We Use This Approach in Life/Career Design
- Downloadable Audio Recordings for iPhones etc
- Downloadable Text Resources
- Examples of some personal results
- Related Books Info
"Top Class - I'm in the middle of the course but just to shout out that it's so so amazing... The concept and motivation is excellent. Thanks for making and publishing this course.highly recommended"
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"Brilliant!!! - Thank you for this course, it's very useful to help you reach your goals, and I think it's just brilliant!!!"
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"Delivers more than you expect. - Short enough to work through in one sitting but enough material to revisit and learn something new. Simple, new ideas that can be implemented right now. Plenty of "a – ha!" moments for me."
- (Cathy) ★★★★★
Instructed By: Tom Cassidy & Angela R Loeb
Tom Cassidy - Internationally Published Author, Thought Engineer, Reasonable Polymath, using algorithms to help people crack the deepest issues of their lives: self-worth, self-belief, goal achieving, feeling good, achieving sustainable health and deeply fulfilling relationships.
Angela is a Self-Development Consultant. Writing is her main passion, and so far, he has published 3 books and hundreds of articles about life purpose, mind mastery, goal achieving, spirituality and career.
Install the "Mind Control Course" app now and join over 4 million students who are already learning on Udemy.
NoteLynX Pro Outliner Mindmap
Pro Features
* To-do Completion
* Search (Title, Note, Case, Word)
* Cloned Notes and Sub-Trees
* Formatting
--- Bold, Italic, Underline
--- Centre, Bulleted List, Table, Text Color
--- Web, Email, Telephone
--- Custom Html tags
* Images in notes
* User Defined Categories
* Alphabetic Sort
* Style Sheets
* Export to HTML (makes printing possible)
Free Features
* Wiki Hyperlinks
* Multiple Parent Links
* Friend Links (Cross References)
* Dual Note+Tree View
* Bookmarks
* Samsung Multi-window support
* Day/Night themes
* Outliner/Mindmap displays
* Programmable JavaScript
* Insert Current Date
* Cloud Synchronization
* Dated auto backup & restore
* Use on Desktop via BlueStacks
* Import/Export NoteLynX XML to backup or share
* Import/Export Natara Bonsai 5 CSV files
* Multi-Select operations
* Notes of any size
* Set note as current tree root (hoist)
* Text Size for notes and lists
* Hoist (Center on Tree Node)
1. Not compatible: Android 2.1 or earlier
2. Due to a bug in Android 2.3 / 2.3.3, Wiki-Hyper-Links do not work on that version of Gingerbread.
This software comes with no warranty whatsoever. Whilst every precaution has been taken to ensure this product is of the highest quality, it is the user's responsibility to ensure adequate data backup. AstroDean accepts no liability in the case of lost or corrupted data.
Mind Map Ultimate
- Create a mind map, share mind map with your friends
- Easy to create node, topic on mind map.
- Change color, style, background, border of mind maps, of nodes, topics
- Drap & Drop nodes, topics on mind maps
- Apply styles default of app or you can custom style with your favorites
- Easy zoom in, zoom out map.
- User interface easy to using on phone and on tablet 7 inch - > 10 inch
- Support unicode text, UTF8
- Share image of mind map
- Online Backup, Restore
- No Required Login
- Support move app to sdcard
- Support 24/7
Mind Map Free Version
Mind Map Lite Version
Hope Mind Map Ultimate on android will help you make life easy
- We will alway working hard to update and upgrade version of app to make a great app and listerning your comment to update app.
Thank you very much for using Mind Map Ultimate on android.
Mind Map Memo PRO
1. Export mind map to SD as .mmm file.
2. Install Pro ver.
3. Import mind map from SD.
Easy and quick Mind Map editor.
You can draw Mind Map like drawing on a paper.
*No limit to save file
*More node color
*Link nodes
-Fix line display but
-Fit display size for Galaxy Tab
-Fix saving SD card bug
성계명시독은 당시 최초 조단으로 구성된 단원들의 공부를 지도하기 위한 방법으로 10일 동안 지낸 바 마음을 조사하여 그 신성진퇴와 행실선부行實善不를 대조하도록 한 것입니다.
유무념 공부는 모든 경계속에서 육근을 응용할 때에 '온전(수양)한 생각(연구)으로 취사(취사)'하였는지 여부를 조사 기재하는 공부로 이는 곧 삼학병진 공부법입니다
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Mastering Excel 2010
The "Mastering..." series is designed for beginning, intermediate, and advanced users. This AppBook covers all the essential components of Excel and provides easy examples that you can adapt to your own needs. I'm pretty much sure that you'll be glad to know that this AppBook is best choice ever!
■ About the Author
Daniel(Hyoung Baek) Kim is very famous technical writer and IT consultant in South Korea and also has worked in IT field for more than two decades (including 7yrs working experience in Silicon Valley). Currently live in Seoul, Korea and doing own business in software industry. The autohr will not publish book offline. Instead, he will continuously update it's content and deliver to your mobile device.
■ Software(MS-Excel) Versions
This AppBook was written for Excel 2010 for Windows. It also applies Excel 2007 or earlier versions. But if you're using Excel 2003 or earlier, you may feel different UI gap, but don't worry. You can grasp entire functions and how to use Excel.
■ Basic Course
1. What is Excel?
2. What's new in Excel 2010?
3. Worksheet Tasks
4. Working with Cells and Ranges
5. Ribbon and QAT, Shortcuts
6. Entering and Editing Data
7. Formatting Worksheets
8. Tables
9. Basic Formula and Functions
10. Your First Worksheets
11. Printing Your Work
■ Intermediate Course
1. More Formula and Functions
2. Functions - Count & Sum
3. Functions - Text
4. Functions - Date & Time
5. Functions - Lookup
6. Functions - Financial
7. Functions - Array
8. Creating Charts
9. Sparkline
10. Conditional Formatting
11. Pictue & Drawing
■ Advanced Course
. Data Validation
2. Worksheet Outlines
3. Excel and Internet
4. Pivot Tables
5. What-If Analysis
6. Goal Seeking & Solver
7. Analysis Toolpak
■ Excel Function Lists(by Category)
■ Excel Shortcut
■ Keyword
MS Excel,Excel Book,Excel,Functions,Master Excel,Excel Video Tutor,Excel Tutor,Excel Lecture, MS Office Training, MS Excel Training
KnowledgeBase Builder
- Stores your entire knowledge in one big knowledge database and displays it as mind map
- Connection lines can be labeled
- In hilighter mode, new diagram items are automatically created when text is selected
- Mind Map and Flowchart layout
- A text note can be entered for every mind map item
- 3D view
- Tooltips with descriptive text are shown for every item
- Navigation in the diagram can be done by tapping on items or through a search field
- New items and connection lines can be created by drag and drop
World Map
The map itself is quite large (6480,3888), so it's way too big to fit in memory all at once (6480 x 3888 x 32 / 8) = 100,776,960 -- over 96 megs. The VM heap size Android supports is eith 16 or 24 megs, so we can't fit the whole thing in memory at once.
So WorldMap uses the BitmapRegionDecoder API (available as of API 10) to decode just what it needs to display.
WorldMap is open source, and the source code is here: https://github.com/johnnylambada/WorldMap
Collective Mind Node
Our idea is to crowdsource such auto-tuning and make it practical using Collective Mind infrastructure and repository (http://sourceforge.net/projects/c-mind). In this approach, multi-objective codelet, program and architecture tuning to balance performance, power consumption, compilation time, code size and any other important metric is distributed among multiple participants.
We hope that our approach will help to automatically improve default optimization heuristics of latest compilers including GCC, LLVM, Open64 and any other, or predict optimizations for new programs using collected knowledge and machine learning to maximize utilization of modern computer devices. Interestingly, we also hope that it will help to improve academic research and switch focus from publishing numerous non-reproducible papers to sharing research material and experimental results that can be collaboratively validated and improved by the community.
This application is currently a research proof-of-concept to support and validate our idea. It helps us collect various performance statistics from participants to validate machine learning techniques. This is an on-going project, so please be patient! Feedback and suggestions are welcome!
More info:
* Community website: http://cTuning.org
* Live Repository: http://c-mind.org/repo
* Collective Mind vision publication: http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00850880
* Next related workshop (TRUST 2014 @ PLDI 2014): http://c-mind.org/events/trust2014
* Founder page: http://cTuning.org/lab/people/gfursin
If you are interested to know more about this project or our vision, don't hesitate to contact Grigori (email@example.com).
Room on the Broom: Games
***BAFTA NOMINATED GAME - Interactive Adapted category at Children's BAFTA's 2014***
***Great technical support - if you are having difficulties please email firstname.lastname@example.com***
8 magical, fun-filled games based on the bestselling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.
"Magical" Native Monster "A must-have app" The i Mums
Ideal for 3 – 7 year olds, the beautiful Room on the Broom games is designed to inspire creativity and learning while giving hours of fun for everyone.
Collect medals as you:
• Fly from star-to-star creating amazing pictures in the sky. What picture will you make?
• Cat wants you to catch things which are flying past in the wind. Watch out for the squirrel!
• Help the Dog, Bird and Frog find things the friendly Witch has dropped…
• Create your own beautiful star pictures – move the stars, change their colors and fly the Witch between them!
• Help the Dragon eat his favorite food – but make sure he doesn't eat anything else…
• Steer the 'magnificent broom' through the night sky, catching magical letters in this creative literacy game.
No in-app purchases.
Room on the Broom tells the wonderful story of a good hearted Witch and her Cat who collect friends onto their magical broom – first Dog, then Bird and Frog. It's pretty crowded but Witch doesn't mind. And when she needs help, the friends repay her generosity and save her from the fire breathing Dragon whose favorite food is Witch and Fries! As a special reward she creates a 'magnificent broom' with seats for them all.
These games are brought to you by Magic Light Pictures, producers of award-winning films: Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo's Child and the Oscar nominated The Gruffalo.
World Map 2015
View a Large Quick Reference World Map on your Android Device Today!
Contains Up-To-Date World Maps!
Did you know?
South Sudan became the world's 195th country following separation from Sudan on 9 July 2011
- Large Detailed World Map (Mercator Projection with Countries, US States, Canadian Provinces plus Ocean Floor Contours)
- Quick Reference Political World Map
- Quick Reference Physical World Map
- Find a country easily with a convenient globe map
- Educational reference map for students, school, and university
- Up to date maps
- View every nation and it's major cities in large maps
- No internet connection is required. The maps are stored on your Android and can be viewed Offline.
Large Detailed World Map contains country borders, country names, major cities, US states, Canadian provinces, major rivers, lakes, roads, cities, and ocean floor contours.
To switch maps, press the 'MENU' button on your device.
A quick reference map to quickly find countries and cites like Korea, Seoul, Africa, Egypt, Indian, Russia, Asia, London and Much More!
Users Love World Map 2015!
Explore the World Map today!
Let's do pretend Hamburgershop
◇◆Let's do pretend!! Hamburger shop!◇◆
"Let's do pretend!! Hamburger shop!"is a new entry to the Role-playing App series where you brain-train while playing interactively!
For any issues or comments,
please contact below.
◆◇◆Application Details!◆◇◆
--Make your dream hamburger with as much as 12 layers of goodness!With your hamburger, sides, and drinks, the combos you can make is limitless!
With 5 types of buns and 22 different fillings, make your dream hamburger!You can pile your hamburger high, up to 12 layers!There's 4 sides, and 6 drinks to choose from to add to your pleasing.Enjoy the 3 different categories of creating your combo to make you very own special set as many times as you want!
--We've got fun ingredients too, so try them out!
We've got fun ingredients to add that you don't see being used every day.Match them with the buns to make a sweet burger treat, or make it super meaty by making it with only meats! You can make a Chinese or Japanese style burger, and more with just an idea.Make plenty of fun and unique, one of a kind burgers with your kids!
--Learn while you play
With the making of the hamburger, sides, and drink,kids gain a broader understanding of space,learn the importance of being able to express themselves, and can nurture their imagination and sense of colors from combining various colors and flavors.
--Make your cool airplane freely
Following the building steps, kids can build an appealing and beautiful hamburger freely. This app is designed for your kids to gain fulfillment from creating an airplane by themselves.
◆◇◆Series Characteristics◆◇◆
*The application was made from test plays by children of the target age.
*The controls are made simple so that it can be played by 2 year olds. There's simple voice guides and on-screen finger marks as well.
*Children can gain confidence through easy to understand goals. There are many points where parents can praise their children to give them the praise and confidence they deserve.
*There are various brain-training features introduced through the role-play experience.
*A dedication to make the experience as organic as possible was done through the visuals and processes.
Kids can enjoy"Let's do pretend Ice-cream shop!" with their parents. Have some brain-training fun with your kids!
*Target age:3 year old and up
Toca Cars
The world of Toca Cars is made from 100% recycled cardboard, including the little dog that may chase you! Want to speed through the lake, bump a tree, and knock over the stop sign one more time? No problem! Simply push the restore button and do it again!
When you choose Editor mode you can arrange your own jumps, races, trees, animals and houses. Build small jumps or big jumps, place a quarter pipe in the lake and maybe even get surprised by a robot...
Toca Cars is where you stop following roads, and start doing whatever feels right for you! Toca Cars is suitable for kids between 3-9 years. So what are you waiting for? It's time to start your engines!
Two fearless drivers
Stay off or on the road, it doesn't matter
Arrange your own world any way you like
Crash'n'Restore - don't worry about things falling over, the Restore Button will fix it.
No rules or stress - play any way you want to!
Kid-friendly interface
No in-app purchases
About Toca Boca
Toca Boca is a game studio that makes digital toys for kids. We think playing and having fun is the best way to learn about the world. Therefore we make digital toys and games that help stimulate the imagination, and that you can play together with your kids. Best of all - we do it in a safe way without third-party advertising or in-app purchases.
Privacy Policy
Privacy is an issue that we take very seriously. To learn more about how we work with these matters, please read our privacy policy: http://tocaboca.com/privacy
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Squiggle Draw
You can also add resizable shapes and images to your drawing and images can be clipped to any supported shape. This makes it perfect for creating postcards, birthday cards and invitations.
Once you have created your masterpiece you can share it as an image with any other app that can receive images, such as GMail, Twitter, Google+, etc
This app has been designed to take full advantage of Android Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich while also being compatible with Froyo and Gingerbread.
There are no ads and no restrictions on use. Internet access is only used to log errors if any occur.
Connected Mind Free
Connected Mind allows students to visually connect ideas and organize information as it makes sense to them. Our revolutionary finger drawing technology combined with a toolbox of design elements turns dull information into dynamic memories. Create a map, drag and drop lines of thought, connect ideas and add a rainbow of colors to make a memorable masterpiece, just as you see it in your mind.
We understand that today's student needs access to mind maps both inside and outside of the classroom. In response, we've developed the Connected Mind Map Cloud that safely syncs your mind maps with multiple mobile, tablet and desktop devices.
Mind mapping helps you to visually organize and link concepts, ideas, words and images around a central topic. In today's world we suffer from information overload. Connected Mind provides you with a creative way to structure the information as it makes sense to you.
The Toolbox includes:
✓ 34 funky fonts
✓ 38 adjustable character sizes
✓ 27 different resizable shapes
✓ Gorgeous color gradient fills
✓ An unlimited rainbow of colors
✓ Creative control over the layout of your map
✓ Unlimited undo & redo (no mistakes!)
✓ Share an image of your mind map with friends
Boring (but important) tech stuff:
✓ Backup mind maps to the Connected Mind cloud
✓ Play with you maps on multiple devices – Android, iOS and Chrome
✓ Delete or rename maps
✓ Supports Froyo to Kit Kat
✓ Pinch-zoom and double tap to zoom in/out
✓ Autosaves when you leave the app
✓ Works offline
✓ Import mind maps created in Freemind format via the Chrome version
✓ Share a Mind Map image with any installed app that can accept images, such as Messaging, GMail, Twitter, etc
✓ Automatic smoothing of hand drawn lines
✓ No account or login required - uses your existing Google sign in
✓ Supports 2 factor authentication


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New to FBC?
who we are
w h o w e a r e :
First Baptist Church Fayetteville has long been known for the variety of people who are members. They represent every social and economic classification, multiple races and nationalities, and every living generation. A scholar, a farmer/carpenter, and a pioneer preacher who founded the church over 150 years ago launched a congregation whose cultural distinctions fade away as they unite together in a common mission to "love God, love fellow believers, and love all people." As an autonomous local church we join with other churches in the Washington-Madison Baptist Association, the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, and the Southern Baptist Convention to do together what no one church can do alone.
w h e r e w e a r e (20 East Dickson, Fayetteville, AR) :
Over the years the church moved from the homes of members to a frame building on College Avenue, to the domed Greek Revival church on the corner of College and Dickson and then to the present building with periodic space additions. Pictures and history of the past and present church buildings reveal the continued commitment of the church to remain in the heart of Fayetteville.
For a summary of our church's growth & building history CLICK HERE.
w h a t w e v a l u e :
The history One Faith, One Hope by Tammi Reed Ledbetter written for the 150 year celebration in 2004 traces distinctive priorities held throughout the years. The pages of this website reveal that First Baptist Church continues to value biblical beliefs, worship, missions and evangelism, fellowship, education/discipleship, and stewardship.
CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF of One Faith, One Hope by Tammi Ledbetter


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|This experience is good for one (1) person
|Albuquerque New Mexico Metro Area
|Flights are made at this location year round Mondays through Saturdays.
|Plan to be at the airport for half a day. This flight could last anywhere between 20-60 minutes depending upon thermal conditions.
|Guests are welcome to come and watch you fly from the ground. Who knows, maybe they'll decide to take flight themselves!
|Weather can be a factor as aerial activities become too dangerous with high winds, heavy rain, fog, or other inclement weather. Rescheduling several times may be necessary as pilots may have to postpone your flight due to inclement weather.
|Dress comfortably for outdoor activity-wear appropriate footwear for walking in fields. Early mornings can be cool and damp- waterproof shoes will add to your comfort. Dresses, shorts, or sandals are not recommended.
|This experience is good for adventurers of all ages
|Approximately 220 lbs.
In-Home Cooking Class in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Regular Price: $62.89
Special Price: $56.60
Mobile Auto Detailing for Albuquerque , New Mexico
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Chocolate Making Class in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Chris Brown: 'I was in love with two women'
R&B star Chris Brown has filmed a drunken taxicab confession-style video and opened up about falling in love with Karrueche Tran when he still had feelings for Rihanna. The footage was released on Vimeo.com just hours after Brown confirmed on Thurs… [Read More]
Chris Brown breaks up with girlfriend over Rihanna
R&B star Chris Brown has split from his girlfriend Karrueche Tran so he can continue building a friendship with his ex Rihanna. Brown broke up with Rihanna three years ago after he infamously left her battered and bruised during an argument on the … [Read More]
Chris Brown and Rihanna make out at club
The former couple is caught getting their PDA on at a nightclub in New York City. Get the details. [Read More]
Nicole Scherzinger rep denies Chris Brown kiss rumor
A representative for Nicole Scherzinger has shot down reports suggesting the singer was photographed kissing Chris Brown at a Los Angeles nightclub on Tuesday. Several gossip sites published photos of Brown, who is dating model Karrueche Tran, leaning … [Read More]
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text: Luke Opperman wrote: > I can see some utility in making sqlmeta.id optionally be a real Column > instance: > > class User(SQLObject): > class sqlmeta: > id = StringCol(dbName='user_id', length=16) > name= StringCol(length=255) This is the interface I would like, except not in the sqlmeta class (since .id is a visible attribute, it works fine as a class attribute, like any other column). The current idName/idType stuff is simply expedience, so that it's possible if not pretty. For compound keys, I would like the interface to be: class User(SQLObject): id = ('col1', 'col2') col1 = StringCol(notNull=True) col2 = StringCol(notNull=True) That is, id would be a tuple of the columns that make up the primary key. And in instances, .id would return a tuple of the values of those columns. This should be a lower-impact change, since it retains the existance of a single id for every instance. Note that this doesn't change the fact that ids (and any of their component columns) must be immutable. Anyway, if someone wants to implement that, this is the interface I would like to see; patches accepted ;) Tests are critical for these sorts of cases, of course -- if someone finds the SQLObject code intimidating, but would like to see this change, it's actually quite reasonable to submit tests alone, as that would be very helpful to anyone who wanted to implement it. -- Ian Bicking / ianb@... / http://blog.ianbicking.org


text: The Fat Burning Intervals are a great way to finish off your workout and really burn some calories. Grab a light weight and get in front of a clock then start squating fast and furious. After going hard for 20 seconds, stop and rest for only 10 seconds, then go right away again. Repeat this as many times as possible. It will really get the heart rate up there and make you wish you hadn't started but once you are done your belly will thank me!


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Clinical relevance of the cagA, tnpA and tnpB genes in Helicobacter pylori
1 Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands
2 Department of Medical Bacteriology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
BMC Gastroenterology 2014, 14:33 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-14-33Published: 19 February 2014
Numerous proteins have been proposed as virulence factors for the gram negative gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori but only for a few this has unequivocally been demonstrated. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the association of the putative virulence factors tnpA and tnpB (no cagA) with H. pylori associated gastroduodenal diseases.
A PCR based assay was used to determine the presence of the tnpA and tnpB genes, as well as of cagA, in 360H. pylori strains isolated from H. pylori infected patients.
Of 360H. pylori culture positive patients (196 men, 164 women; average age 42.1 years (range 17–73), 95 had gastritis, 92 had gastric ulcers, 108 had duodenal ulcers, and 65 had gastric cancer. Using the gastritis group as a reference a significantly aberrant gene distribution was observed for the tnpA (Relative risk: 1.45; 95% CI 1.04-1.93), the cagA (Relative risk: 1.81; 95% CI 1.44-2.29), but not the tnpB gene in the gastric cancer group.
The increased incidence of the tnpA gene in gastric cancer patients suggests a role of the tnpA gene in the development of H. pylori induced gastric cancer.


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Take your beliefs to the streets.
I actually wrote something like this quite some time ago – it's still on my flickr 'about' page, I believe. It's actually interesting from a strange self-analysis point of view to see how my views of photography have morphed in the last few years, partially as a consequence of experience, and partially due to the shift towards commercial work. So, perhaps I'll revisit this post again in another few years and see how things have changed again…
Advanced warning: you will think this post is either humorous or insulting, depending on which camp you fall into…
Studio/ commercial photographers
Live inside white cubes with huge soft boxes suspended from rails; have one or two assistants to act as fluffers for various products – 'Yes, oil up that bottle a bit more. Really work it. Niiiiice…' Cannot function without a tripod and look down on anything less than medium format digital and a full set of Profotos. Almost always shoot tethered, and employ a separate retouching department to make everything look perfect afterwards. Are thought to have the uncanny ability to position things exactly in the same orientation time after time, but really rely on photoshop composites and duct tape to mark cues on the floor. Considers ISO 200 'a bit high'. Wistfully remembers the day when technical cameras were de rigeur and 8×10″ sheet film was chargeable to the client.
Wedding photographers
Now with video! Run around the world putting couples-to-be in increasingly odd locations and positions, with completely unrealistic settings and makeup – those are the good ones. The ensuing (retouched) images look nothing like the couple at all; the less they look like the couple, the better the wedding photographer. 'Wedding photojournalism' as a genre doesn't work by definition, because retouching is the antithesis of every photojournalist, and every bride expects to look like a Vogue model even if they have skin like the surface of the moon and 'freestyle' teeth. Increasingly employing wide-angle lenses for portraiture, with either the bride a minor footnote in an expansive, dramatic landscape or with enormous manga eyes and tiny feet. Possibly the only paid photography market that's expanding, with couples often paying thousands of dollars for pre-wedding location shoots where the intention is to pretend-fairytale that they met and fell in love in Paris, when the reality is that the photographer has booked six other couples back-to-back for that trip and will make exactly the same pictures seven times.
Event photographers
Rove in uniformly black-garbed packs; if they're well-equipped, they'll have two bodies and huge flashes. If your event organizer ran out of budget after spending too much on the meet and greet 'talent', then you'll see somebody with an entry-level DSLR, kit zoom and pop-up flash continually chimping their screen trying to figure out why their images look horrible. They are probably students who just happened to agree to work for US$50 for the entire evening, and supply their own equipment. Regardless of expertise, will be cajoling random groups of non-associated strangers together for group shots against sponsor walls all night long. Doesn't like raw files – have you ever tried to deliver a thousand edited raw images the next day? I thought so. The really good event photographers operate like good photojournalists – you don't see them, but you see intimate moments (both involvingly touching and involving touching) well-captured afterwards.
Fashion photographers – editorial/ advertising
Employ armies of assistants, make up artists, wardrobe coordinators, location managers, stylists, art directors and general minions; all they have to do is hold the camera (and sometimes not even that) and push the button while shouting wildly and acting like a bit of a diva. A generally glamorous lifestyle that involves private jets both as transport, and later on, as props. Sometimes also lions, tigers and other wild beasts. Photographers also known to turn into wild beasts when informed of budget cuts by their clients.
Food photographers
Live pampered lives, eating their way from assignment to assignment, with Michelin-starred chefs on speed dial; that is, providing they haven't covered their food in oil first and replaced all of the ice cream with mashed potatoes. Or gotten sick from the undercooked (but oh-so-juicy-looking) chicken. Known to obsess over the placement of a fork, or go in surgically with tweezers and surgical forceps to move around a leaf or two to the perfectly right position. Keeps a spritzer handy in their lighting bag just in case something needs to be made fresher, wetter, or shinier.
Fashion photographers – catwalk
Spend their working lives cooped up in a pit at the end of a runway with a hundred other photographers, trying to produce something different (if they're freelancing) or cookie-cutteringly perfect (if they're shooting for a magazine or agency). Standard equipment is a monopod and stepladder, or better yet, a monopod built into a stepladder. Must occupy a zen-like mental plane in order to work effectively; shoot like crazy during the fifteen minute shows, then spend the intervals running to the toilet and pressroom to upload the images to the agency server whilst their assistant guards their territory in the pit against possible intruders.
Sport photographers
Consider 8fps slow, and 300mm a short lens. Live for the moment, literally; it's like being a wildlife photographer except you know the life is going to be wild and happening in front of you in neat 45-minute halves, ostensibly with rules but nothing that prevents a creative or curious photographer from being taken out by a ball, club, boot, bicycle or sometimes high-speed flying tyre. Like catwalk shooters, spend time between action running to the toilet, media center to upload stuff, and having their assistants defend their turf against other agencies – just go the media areas of any race circuit or stadium around the world, and you'll see bits of tape or crash barriers marked with 'AP F1 2005′ or similar marking territory. Also known to have very itchy trigger fingers, because moments are rare, worth a fortune if you get the right one, and never presented again for a do-over. Would probably make bad policemen or snipers because of this, despite likely possessing excellent marksmanship due the similar breath-control skills required for good long telephoto work.
A curious hybrid of sports photographer and catwalk fashion photographer with a singularly voyeuristic bent. Any photography of the target is a good one. Ready to shoot a picture at the very hint of a wardrobe malfunction, and pathologically unable to release the shutter or move away until attacked by bodyguards – just in case that image is the one. Also likes to get close – both for more unflattering detail, and to block out competitors. Know all the latest celebrity hangouts by memory, and sometimes try to make friends with the bouncers, but it never works because they're always below celebrities in the pecking order. But might cultivate inside sources amongst the lowly-paid entourage with a grudge. Uses a moped to get around quickly, outrun celebrity motorcades and arrive at places before they do. Flashes with high voltage fast-cycle battery packs are a must. Disavowed by camera companies as being proper photographers, but secretly loved at the same time because they have the highest turnover for cameras out of any type of photographer – perhaps the camera companies have some bouncers and bodyguards in their employ, whose sole purpose is to ensure that any dropped or broken cameras are total loss incidents. Also known to use long lenses,
Underwater photographers
Use housings more expensive than their cameras; have constant nightmares about grains of sand in o-rings and flooding. Like seeing fish through the viewfinder, but not in the viewfinder. Always the first to buy the widest lenses possible to minimize the amount of water (and floating crap) between them and their subjects. Carry their strobes on arms; known for their sensitivity towards their subjects – most of the time. Those who are not have no qualms about picking up or poking rare endangered species to provoke a photographically favorable reaction. Always think of the camera as an impervious defense shield from attack by anything; won't dare to swim with sharks and no cage, but would think nothing of poking their housing right up at the nose of an electric eel.
Photojournalists – the serious kind
Have a jumpy, taciturn attitude and a nervous tic that comes from being around one too many live explosives that have actually gone off; will often bear the scars to prove it, too. Tote around a pair of incredibly beaten-up cameras and a wide-angle lens; needs straps that will work comfortably with a flak jacket. Capable of sleeping anywhere, anytime, and surviving for weeks on end with nothing but coffee; no wonder images are almost always motion blurred (never mind the extreme lighting conditions they almost always work under). At the same time, also capable of waking up to the drop of a pin; it can mean the difference between receiving a World Press Photo Award in person or posthumously. Often gets themselves into locations that secret agents would envy. (Why hasn't anybody made an action movie about the photojournalist who discovers something secret that he has to diffuse/ deactivate/ fix/ expose before the world all goes to hell?) The stuff that legends are made of, however most of the time it's about luck, timing, and having the balls to raise one's camera and shoot some pictures instead of crapping one's pants in fear. Also known to strut like gunslingers or drink like fish (never the former after the latter) after returning to civilization.
Photojournalists – the average newspaper kind
Rove in packs to press conferences or outside courtrooms, aiming standard-issue 24-70s or 70-200s at their subjects from inside the media cordon or outside the police line. Doesn't have to do much beyond capturing a useable image that allows subjects to be identified; they're not paid enough or trained to do more than that (at least not in this part of the world). Has never heard of raw or bounce flash. Usually attached to a reporter.
Wildlife photographers
Covered from head to toe in camouflage gear, including their lenses and tripods. If they stood still against a bush, you wouldn't see them taking a photo of you from three feet away, which of course they'd never do, because everybody knows that near focus limits of a 600mm lens are about two meters, even with extension tubes. Happy to spend days in a swamp being blood donors to an entire family of mosquitoes just to get that one shot of the rare lesser-spotted mangrove warbler, or something similar. Will use monopods and beanbags in a pinch, but much happier with those enormous 3-m tall Gitzo systematics and gimbal heads that look as though they could support a .50-caliber machine gun.
Street photographers
Black-Leica toting, hyperfocal-shooting; sometimes with flashes. Often spring up like flashers with camera at the ready and speed light firing into their startled subject's face; have mastered the art of disappearing down a dark alleyway fast enough to prevent angry subjects from turning their beloved M9s into expensive paperweights. Alternatively, extremely stealthy like ninjas; shoot from the hip without looking at subject or finder. The smoothness of their shooting technique is counterbalanced by the incredibly chaotic nature of their photographs – just look at any of the modern Japanese work. Always eating ramen because they can't afford both proper cameras and proper food; street photography is not a commercial occupation.
I include this category as an afterthought because most of them are either not photographers, or if they are, they're covered by one of the other categories. (I think ISO 200 is a bit high', so that should give you a hint.) Always carrying the latest equipment, sometimes lots of it as they've got many reviews to write; photograph anything and everything, so long as it makes a useable sample shot, or can be executed at ISO 104,000. Tend to classify themselves as street photographers, but this is a bit of a dangerous catch all term for people who just take random photographs when outside their homes. If engaged in conversation, they will wax lyrical about features they've never used or don't understand, but be very shy about showing their photographs to anybody in person – yet be happy to let it all hang out on the internet. Is on first name terms with their referral account manager at B&H or Amazon.
If there's anybody I haven't managed to insult yet, leave a comment and I'll do my best to get around to it. MT
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I think a lot of working pros will be able to relate to this list, see the satire in it, and then commiserate with me that I was only partially joking…
Without further ado, in no particular order:
– Those who ask for endless retouching revisions, all of which creep increasingly outside scope – masking out figures to place from a location shot to garnish a text page in a brochure
– Those who haggle price with you til the last cent, then pay late (big companies are notorious for this; it's as though there's an internal KPI for creditor days – the higher the better)
– Those who haggle price with you til the last cent, and don't pay at all
– Those who haggle price with you til the last cent, agree, then question every item on the bill again at payment date whilst of course contesting half of them
– Those who after agreeing price and scope, sneak something in under the pretense of 'oh, can you also help me out with something small?' (which is of course neither small nor easy)
– Those who pay for a fixed number of shots but ask for all of the raw files or expect at least 50% more final delivery shots, knowing you'll produce far more than agreed to ensure the scope is completely met
– Those who ask for uncompressed maximum resolution 16bit CMYK TIFF files, then complain they can't open them because their computers have 'insufficient system resources'
– Those who don't actually pay your work more than a cursory glance before finding one shot they didn't like in the 200 you delivered, then demanding a discount even though they loved everything else
– Those who specifically look for one image they don't like, so they can complain to you non-stop about it afterwards so they can get a discount
– Those who think their problems with other unrelated contractors are your fault, and either use that as an excuse as to why they can't pay, or why they expect more from you
– Those who ask for your style, then hand you a book/ magazine/ menu and say 'copy this'
– Those who approve every single shot on the camera review screen, then complain that you didn't give them what they asked for afterwards
– Those who don't supply any of the agreed props or items
– Those who supply you with objects or food to be photographed that are obviously unpresentable – they may be scratched, dented, cracked, partially eaten, or generally used
– Those who complain that your make the food look overcooked, when in fact that was the way it came out of the kitchen – identifiable by the fact that only the roast looks too dark, but every other object on the plate looks fine
– Those who don't supply any of the agreed equipment/ props/ garnishes/ sauces/ spare parts
– Those who aren't on time, and worse still, don't tell you that they're running late
– Those who want fully processed and retouched images the day after the shoot
– Those who expect you to reschedule all of your other shoots to accommodate them
– Those who leave all decisions to their creative agency, whose vision is substantially different to their own…you can imagine what happens after that
I've just realized that this list isn't that funny after all, I've had some clients who qualify for almost every single item…MT
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Davidson Wildcats Nike Elite Coaches Sideline Performance Polo – Red
Price: $74.95
Sale: $74.95
Now: $74.95 (extra 30% off)
Celebrate your Davidson Wildcats fandom with this Nike Elite Coaches Sideline performance polo! Tap into your inner coach and call the perfect plays for any occasion with this Davidson Wildcats polo, ...More Details
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