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The BizTalk documenter has been update to work in x64 environments: http://biztalkdocumenter.codeplex.com/
They have publicly release the BizTalk Server 2010 Beta and full details about it can be found: www.microsoft.com/biztalk
Yes, SQL Server 2008 R2 has been released to manufacturing, the SolidQ folks have been working on lots of the Microsoft Training material around SQL 2008 R2 and it is good to see it RTM.
For the full details see: SQL Server Team Blog
For all those that have been waiting for the ESB 2.0 Toolkit, it is available for download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bc86cf1e-ef29-4b19-95f7-388f64555090
Enjoy, off to install it now.
For all those interested in BizTalk 2009, I will be delivering the 1st 2009 Developer training on the 15th of June for Stargate. The Quicklearn BizTalk Developer Immersion course will be run in the Stargate Offices in Richmond, Victoria, if you are interested in signing up for the course please visit: http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com/courses/pages/outline.aspx?ID=11
Please note: the BizTalk Developer Immersion course covers both BizTalk 2006 R2 and BizTalk 2009, the labs for the course can either be done using BizTalk 2006 R2 or BizTalk 2009.
For all those that have attended the Code Camp Oz events in the past, this years event is shaping up very nicely, lots of great topics and speakers.
I will be presenting the following 2 topics:
Looking forward to catching up with everyone in Wagga Wagga.
For all those still running BizTalk Server 2004, they should be aware that the Microsoft Mainstream support will end this year (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&alpha=2004&Filter=FilterNO).
One other point to remember about with the release later this year of BizTalk Server 2009 and according to all the existing documentation there is not a direct upgrade path from BizTalk Server 2004 to BizTalk Server 2009, you must first upgrade to either 2006 or 2006 R2.
Also for those still on BizTalk Server 2000 or BizTalk Server 2002 the migration to BizTalk Server 2009 is not supported, so you will also need to migrate to 2004, 2006 or 2006 R2 and then upgrade to 2009.
I will be presenting at the Melbourne BizTalk User group this Thursday night (5th Feb 2009) on Windows Azure and a 1st Look at Dublin.
To attend please see the announcement on http://www.melbiz.org
I have had a good start to 2009, my BizTalk MVP status has been renewed for 2009 and our BizTalk Training effort is starting to take off.
I am now starting planning for the MVP Summit in Seattle during the 1st week of March and a visit to catch up with my parents while I am in the US.
I will be teaching the following BizTalk courses for Stargate Global Consulting during January & February 2009:
January 12th-16th - BizTalk "Developer Ready" in Melbourne - http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com.au/biztalk_readytraining.aspx
January 19th -23rd - BizTalk "Deep Dive" in Melbourne - http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com.au/biztalk_training.aspx
February 16th - 20th - BizTalk "Deep Dive" in Sydney - http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com.au/biztalk_training.aspx (this is course information, registration for Sydney course will be up soon)
if you are interested in attending or need additional information please contact me via feedback.
I will be presenting at the Brisbane BizTalk Community (BrizTalk) meeting on the 16th of December the topics will be BizTalk Server 2009 & Windows Azure.
for details on the meeting see: http://www.briztalk.org/Events/tabid/56/Default.aspx
Today at the Microsoft PDC 2008 Ray Ozzie announced Windows Azure, formally know as Cloud Services. Windows Azure is now available as a CTP (Community Technology Preview) just go to www.azure.com to download the SDKs and signup for an Windows Azure account.Windows Azure will include what was previously called BizTalk Labs / BizTalk Services which in Azure is called .Net Services.Please go to www.azure.com and signup for the CTP and make sure that you give Microsoft your feedback on Windows Azure.
The CSD/BizTalk Product Group is conducting a survey to assess customer usage of the Business Rules Engine (BRE).If you are interested in participating please click the following link: : https://live.datstat.com/MSCSD-Collector/Survey.ashx?Name=BRE_Usage_Survey_Blog
Updated Date: The course had been moved to the 8th-12th of December 2008
After working for the past couple of months to get this setup, I can now announce that Stargate Global Consulting (http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com) is partnering with Quicklearn (http://www.quicklearn.com) to deliver advanced BizTalk training in Australia.To launch the partnership Stargate is bring one of the Quicklearn instructors to Australia to deliver the Quicklearn BizTalk Deep Dive course at the end of July (week of the 28th).For more information and to register follow this link: http://www.stargateglobalconsulting.com.au/biztalk_training.aspx
The end of 2007 turned out to be a very busy time for me, I started a new job as Systems Integration Manager at Stargate Group in Richmond Victoria, I had my BizTalk MVP Status renewed for another year and we had all of my wife's family over for Christmas Day.
2008 is looking like a busy year also, the lack of travel with my new job is a refershing change, so I am working on plans to restart regular meetings of the Melbourne BizTalk User group (should be something posted on the melbiz site soon) and building a new team at Stargate Group to support our internal BizTalk Application.
2008 is also looking like a busy year for BizTalk, with work continuing on the next version and more details and supporting product around "Oslo", so I am looking forward to attending the MVP summit in April to get some quallity time with the product group.
Jon Flanders, one of my BizTalk Server MVP colleagues is coming to Australian in November to deliver another in the ongoing Readify Industrial Strength Series, Applied Windows Workflow Foundation. To get the detail and to enrol visit http://www.readify.net. Having heard Jon speak several times I can ensure you that you will come away from the course eager to dive into your next WF project.
Just announced at TechEd 2007 (US) - Host your Windows Workflow in BizTalk Server via the BizTalk Adapter for Windows Workflow Foundation sample (June 2007 CTP). For complete details see Paul Andrew's blog for the complete details (http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2007/06/04/biztalk-adapter-for-windows-workflow-foundation-sample-june-2007-ctp.aspx).
There is a video demo of this technology by Jon Flanders here.
8 Tips And Tricks For Better BizTalk Programming - this is a really good article for both new and experienced BizTalk developers. I was surprised at a couple of the tips, but once reading them they make really good sense.
Microsoft today posted the BizTalk 2006 R2 Beta on http://connect.microsoft.com
BizTalk 2006 R2 includes support for WCF, RFID and enhanced EDI support
I was getting a 9009 error from "gacutil /iF $(TargetPath)", if found some info on the web (http://www.mcse.ms/archive103-2006-1-2052602.html) that point me to using
"$(DevEnvDir)..\..\SDK\v2.0\Bin\gacutil.exe" /iF "$(TargetPath)"
it now works.
BizTalk 2006 has officially been released and is now available for download from MSDN.
BizTalk 2006 will be generally available on May 1, 2006.
The price increase will also be effective on May 1, 2006, so to save 20% on you BizTalk 2006 purchase BizTalk 2004 with SA now.


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I'm just turned 37 and 103 days sober, live with my wife and two daughters in Australia.
I've been putting my thoughts into a blog for over a year now, is a great way to get some clarity and reflect on where I have been.
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Insurance settlement reached for Hopkinton garage
According to Selectman Jim O'Brien, chairman of the board, after a lengthy negotiation and a series of offers and counter-offers, LGC and the town settled for a sum of $790,000. The town has contended since shortly after the fire that the building was worth $1 million, the amount LGC appraised it for and based the insurance premiums on, but LGC was willing to pay the town only the replacement value of the building, not the appraised amount.
The town and LGC had reached an impasse and were heading for arbitration when the $790,000 figure was floated. O'Brien said the board weighed the costs and the risks of moving forward into arbitration and decided to take the settlement.
"I don't think any of the board members are pleased at the outcome," said O'Brien. "This process was much harder than it should have been. It's definitely left a bad taste in our mouths. "
But since the settlement was reached, LGC has given the bulk of the money to the town.
"They have hand delivered us a check for $500,000 and they're release the rest after town meeting," said O'Brien.
At town meeting, voters will be asked to appropriate $1.3 million to build a new highway garage that's larger and more modern than the one that burned. The $790,000 will offset part of the cost, but the voters will have to bond the remaining $510,000 to pay for the upgraded building.
"We feel like for $510,000, we're getting a building that's going to last for generations for a reasonable price," said O'Brien. "Not having a building really puts a strain on the highway department."
After town meeting, the board will start taking a hard look at whether it wants to continue doing business with LGC.
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This is a cross between a smoothie and a milk shake using frozen yogurt and fresh fruit. Perfect for a quick dessert, but even good enough for breakfast and takes less than 5 minutes to make.
I recently fell in love with Stonyfield's Organic Vanilla Frozen Yogurt. I can't believe how good it tastes and it's hard to believe it's fat free! If you haven't tried it and are looking for a healthier vanilla ice cream alternative, you'll love it and it has the same live cultures as it's yogurt.
For best results, make sure the bananas are really ripe, the riper the sweeter your shake will be. I like to use frozen bananas, you can even use frozen berries!
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The success of international police investigations is dependent upon the availability of up-to-date, global data.
At INTERPOL, we provide our member countries with instant, direct access to a number of criminal databases. These contain millions of records, contributed by countries across the world.
Maximizing the reach
All databases (except the one of child sexual exploitation images) are accessible real-time through the I-24/7 network which connects all INTERPOL National Central Bureaus (NCBs).
We are developing web server solutions to extend access beyond our NCBs to frontline law enforcement officers, such as border guards, allowing them to search the databases on wanted persons, stolen and lost travel documents and stolen motor vehicles.
I-link is a new operating system, being continually developed to improve the quality and uniformity of data, and to enable investigators to make links between cases that would not previously have been apparent.
Main databases
The figures cited below are accurate as of July 2013.
Nominal Data – contains more than 153,000 records on known international criminals, missing persons and dead bodies, with their criminal histories, photographs, fingerprints, etc. | |
Notices – our system of notices is used to alert police to fugitives, suspected terrorists, dangerous criminals, missing persons or weapons threats. In 2012, more than 12,000 Notices were issued, of which some 8,000 were Red Notices for wanted persons. |
Stolen and Lost Travel Documents – holds information on nearly 38 million travel documents reported lost or stolen by 166 countries. This database enables INTERPOL National Central Bureaus and other authorized law enforcement entities (such as immigration and border control officers) to ascertain the validity of a suspect travel document in seconds. |
Child sexual exploitation images – By July 2013, more than 3,000 victims from more than 40 countries and more than 1,800 offenders had been identified. |
Fingerprints – we manage an Automated Fingerprint Identification System which contains more than 184,000 sets of fingerprints contributed by 176 countries. |
DNA Profiles – contains more than 135,000 DNA profiles from 68 countries. DNA profiles are numerically coded sets of genetic markers unique to every individual and can be used to help solve crimes and identify missing persons and unidentified bodies. |
Firearms – The INTERPOL Firearms Reference Table allows investigators to properly identify a firearm used in a crime (its make, model, calibre, etc.). It contains more than 250,000 firearms references and 57,000 high-quality images. The INTERPOL Ballistic Information Network is a platform for the large-scale international sharing and comparison of ballistics data, holding more than 150,000 records. The INTERPOL Illicit Firearms Records and tracing Management System (iARMS) is an information technology application which facilitates information exchange and cooperation between law enforcement agencies on firearm-related crime. |
Stolen Works of Art – allows member countries to research records of more than 42,000 pieces of artwork and cultural heritage reported stolen all over the world. |
Stolen Motor Vehicles – provides extensive identification details on approximately 7.2 million vehicles reported stolen around the world. In 2012, more than 93,000 stolen motor vehicles were identified using the database. |
Fusion Task Force – a database of more than 10,000 persons suspected of being linked to terrorist activities. Some 160 member countries currently contribute to terrorism related matters. |
Stolen Administrative Documents – contains information on more than 580,000 official documents which serve to identify objects, for example, vehicle registration documents and clearance certificates for import/export. |
Dial-Doc (Digital INTERPOL Alert Library – Document) – is a joint G8-INTERPOL initiative, which allows countries to share at global level alerts produced nationally on newly detected forms of document counterfeiting. |
Notices and nominal data
INTERPOL's system of Notices is used to issue international alerts for fugitives, suspected criminals, persons linked to or of interest in an ongoing criminal investigation, persons and entities subject to UN Security Council Sanctions, potential threats, missing persons and dead bodies. Details are stored in a database known as the INTERPOL Criminal Information System, which also contains personal data and the criminal history of people subject to request for international police cooperation.
Child abusers and victims
The International Child Sexual Exploitation image database uses sophisticated image comparison software to make connections between victims, abusers and places. The aim is to identify, locate and arrest perpetrators, and to remove victims from harm.
Fingerprints and DNA profiling can play a crucial role in solving crimes as they have the potential to reveal links between individuals and/or crime scenes. Just as importantly, they can help to prove a suspect's innocence.
Authorized users in member countries can view, submit and cross-check records in the fingerprints database via a user-friendly automatic fingerprint identification system (AFIS).
DNA profiles
This database contains DNA profiles from offenders, crime scenes, missing persons and unidentified bodies. INTERPOL does not store any nominal data linking a DNA profile to any individual.
Border points are critical locations for preserving national security. INTERPOL provides a range of databases to help detect and prevent the fraudulent use of travel papers and administrative documents, thereby restricting the movement of criminals or illicit items.
Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD)
The SLTD database contains records on lost, stolen and revoked travel documents – such as passports, identity cards, UN laissez-passer or visa stamps, including stolen blank travel documents.
Stolen Administrative Documents (SAD)
The SAD database records stolen official documents that serve to identify objects, for example, vehicle registration documents and clearance certificates for import/export.
Counterfeit documents
The Digital INTERPOL Alert Library – Document (Dial-Doc) is a joint G8-INTERPOL initiative, which allows countries to share at global level alerts produced nationally on newly detected forms of document counterfeiting.
Comparison of genuine and fake documents
Edison (Electronic Documentation and Information System on Investigation Networks) provides examples of genuine travel documents, in order to help identify fakes. It contains images, descriptions and security features of genuine travel and identity documents issued by countries and international organizations.
Stolen motor vehicles, vessels and works of art are likely to be trafficked across borders. We maintain global databases in order to assist the law enforcement community in identifying stolen items and to increase the chance of their recovery.
Motor vehicles
This database contains extensive identification details from all types of motor vehicles (cars, trucks, trailers, heavy machinery, motorbikes) and identifiable spare parts reported as stolen.
The Stolen Vessels database serves as a centralized tool for tracing and tracking stolen vessels and engines.
Works of art
The Works of Art database contains descriptions and pictures of cultural objects reported as stolen by INTERPOL member countries and international partners such as the International Council of Museums and UNESCO. It includes items looted during crisis periods in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
We offer powerful tools which can help member countries to collect data, trace items and analyse trends related to firearms and radiological and nuclear materials.
Identification of firearms
The INTERPOL Firearms Reference Table provides a standardized methodology to identify and describe firearms, and enables an investigator to obtain or verify the details of a firearm.
Comparison of ballistics data
The INTERPOL Ballistic Information Network provides a global platform for the centralized collection, storage and cross-comparison of ballistics imaging.
Exchange of firearms data
The INTERPOL Illicit Arms Records and tracing Management System (iARMS) facilitates information exchange and cooperation between law enforcement agencies on firearm-related crime, and allows them to trace a firearm from the point of manufacture or of legal importation into a country, through the lines of supply to the last known point of possession.
Radiological and nuclear materials
The Project Geiger database is used to collate and analyse information on illicit trafficking and other unauthorized activities involving radiological and nuclear materials. It combines data from the International Atomic Energy Agency, open-source reports and law enforcement channels.
The purpose of these databases is to improve the collection and exchange of intelligence, support investigations, and better analyse the crime networks, leading to the identification and arrest of their leaders and financiers.
Maritime piracy
The maritime piracy database stores intelligence related to cases of piracy and armed robbery at sea, including data on individuals, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, piracy incidents, locations, businesses and financial information.
The word 'Maras' refers to criminal gangs operating in Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua). This database includes information about these gangs and their members, including personal data, images, weapons, vehicles, mobile phones, and criminal events.
INTERPOL réunit des spécialistes de la reconnaissance faciale pour définir des lignes directrices mondiales
INTERPOL soutient une opération destinée à mettre un frein au trafic de véhicules volés
Le renforcement de la coopération au centre de la visite de la police de Doubaï à INTERPOL
Opération de lutte contre la fraude aux billets d'avion menée avec le concours d'INTERPOL
INTERPOL confirme qu'au moins deux passeports volés et utilisés par des passagers du vol 370 de la compagnie Malaysia Airlines porté disparu étaient enregistrés dans les bases de données de l'Organisation
La prévention de l'utilisation par les terroristes et les malfaiteurs de passeports volés essentielle pour la sécurité mondiale, selon le chef d'INTERPOL
La lutte contre la criminalité et le terrorisme transnationaux au centre d'une entrevue entre le chef d'INTERPOL et le Président de la Sierra Leone
INTERPOL Red Notice subject arrested in security operation during Southeast Asia Games
Selon le chef d'INTERPOL, l'insuffisance des contrôles effectués sur les passagers internationaux est une « faille majeure » des dispositifs de sécurité au niveau mondial
INTERPOL met en service une nouvelle technologie pour détecter les documents de voyage frauduleux
L'élargissement de l'accès aux services INTERPOL au Turkménistan au centre de la visite du chef d'INTERPOL
Accord entre INTERPOL et le MERCOSUR pour intensifier les échanges d'informations de police au niveau régional et mondial
Pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile, l'industrie du transport aérien doit prendre le relais en cas de défaillance des pouvoirs publics, affirme le chef d'INTERPOL lors d'une réunion de l'IATA
Arrestation aux Maldives d'un terroriste présumé à la suite d'un contrôle de passeport ayant généré une alerte dans les bases de données d'INTERPOL
Portugal arrests and extradites Colombian fugitive following hit on INTERPOL databases
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Re: ARNG SF Support Units.
All of these means the exact same thing, its just fluff. What you wrote is the responsibility and duty of every soldier. I am not busting you because I know what you are trying to say. I am looking for the real reason you want this. Most every person that joins the military gives those same reasons. There are many, many units out there that are top notch and exceed the standard. I want to know why and what you are looking to get out of it, not a brochure. 20th is very near to my heart, and its not just a unit, its a family. You can answer in PM, and I will even tell you who to contact to go further to make this happen if you choose. I suggest you do a lot of research. Book, online, tv, and PT.. Go for a long run and just think... I will help you but request that you meet me half way.
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This John Niyo column was originally published on Feb. 9, 2012, as Tomas Holmstrom, who announced his retirement Tuesday, was about to play his 1,000th NHL game.
Detroit — It's not just Tomas Holmstrom who is on the verge of playing in his 1,000th career game Friday. It's a milestone for the hidden relics of his 15-year NHL career, too.
When the Swedish "Demolition Man" came to Detroit in 1996, he brought with him two well-worn pieces of hard plastic — hacked-off inserts from an old pair of shoulder pads. He has them rigged to the back of his hockey pants, attached by a pair of shoelaces, so that the plastic covers the exposed back of his calf muscles — a prime target for opposing goaltenders as Holmstrom parks directly in front of the net and proceeds to make himself a nuisance.
All these years, we've assumed there was more. But this, it turns out, is the sum total of Holmstrom's extra protection, night after painful night, as one of the league's easiest and most willing targets for abuse.
He endured it for the 999th time in the regular season Wednesday in a 4-2 victory over the Oilers at Joe Louis Arena. On Friday, barring injury or illness or some sort of personal epiphany, he'll become the 47th player in NHL history to play 1,000 games with the same team — and the sixth to do so for the Red Wings.
But ask the 39-year-old Holmstrom, whose deteriorating knees might be in worse shape than Steve Yzerman's were at the end of his career, if his body feels like it has played 1,000 games and he just laughs.
"More like 1,500," he says.
Still, he admits, "You start thinking about it and — wow — 1,000 regular-season games. That's a big honor."
An even bigger surprise, too. Just about everybody can agree on that.
Never mind that he arrived in Detroit without a medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Or that the biannual Synvisc injections — to help alleviate the pain in both knees that might finally end his career this summer — have been as routine as dental appointments the last three or four years. (A bad reaction to the most recent shot over the All-Star break forced him to miss a game at Calgary.)
Stubborn champion
Holmstrom, the 257th overall pick from the 1994 draft, also arrived in the NHL without much of a clue.
"I think his first shift in training camp he tried to run over Stevie and someone kind of had to grab him and say, 'Whoa, you don't do that,'" longtime teammate Kris Draper recalled with a laugh Wednesday. "Never mind seeing 1,000 games, you won't see Game 1."
Just thinking about all the punishment Holmstrom has absorbed since — all the hacks and whacks, all the cross-checks and cheap shots, not to mention goalie interference calls like the one he drew Wednesday — is enough to make even his teammates cringe.
He remembers his concussions — at least four, but likely more — by the names of the defensemen who delivered them. "(Chris) Pronger was one, two from Rob Blake," he says, and so on.)
"He's probably always in pain," said captain Nick Lidstrom, Holmstrom's best friend on the team and one of the five grand Red Wings he'll join in the 1,000-game club. "But he's gonna do whatever it takes. When he gets knocked down, he gets right back up and he goes right in front of the net again. You just see it on the ice that he's really not going to accept it. His stubbornness comes out. And I think that's why he's still playing."
Stubborn is being polite, of course. Opponents tend to use more colorful descriptions for Holmstrom, especially now that the rules strongly discourage decapitation. But as one of his contemporaries — Edmonton's Ryan Smyth, another renowned net-front presence noted, "What's he got, four Cups? Self-explanatory right there."
Explaining himself never has been Holmstrom's greatest strength, mind you. From the beginning, his mangled English — even his Swedish teammates mock him — has been a source of comedy in the dressing room.
Like the time he came into the sauna all upset and said, "Geez, how do you get out of the coach's dogyard? I'm in it and I can't get out." Draper eventually corrected him, telling him the proper slang word was "doghouse." To which, Holmstrom replied dismissively, "Doghouse, dogyard, whatever — I'm in it!" For months afterward, teammates would joke about being in Scotty Bowman's "dogyard," which as we all know was a pretty crowded place.
'I get there'
The early years were full of scenes like that. Bowman rode Holmstrom hard, in large part because he knew what a rare asset he had. A pest who'd set up shop in front of the crease, screen goalies, tip pucks and create the kind of chaos that literally drove opponents mad? That's playoff gold right there.
And it has been. Forget the 45 career playoff goals to Holmstrom's credit. Or the 240 he has scored in the regular season, for that matter. Just think about all the goals he didn't get credit for over the years.
You watch him staying after practice every day for the last 15 years and you see it's more than just an uncanny hand-eye coordination or an unhealthy pain tolerance that has kept him coming back for more. It's a stubborn dedication to his craft that allows him to see the play and move the way the opposing goaltender does. And it's that same dedication that has allowed him to keep up, even in a post-lockout NHL where skating — not exactly Holmstrom's strong suit — is emphasized.
Holmstrom readily admits he's not a good skater. "But," he says, "I get there." And once he gets there, good luck trying to get him to leave.
Which brings to mind another story about Bowman and Holmstrom, who actually began his career in Detroit wearing No. 15.
He handed that number to Dmitri Mironov when he joined the Red Wings at the trade deadline in 1998 and decided to pick No. 96.
Why? Because '96 was "the year I came to the NHL." Bowman suggested he should pick No. 98 instead. Why? Because that was "the year I was going to leave the NHL." As always, Holmstrom, who was finishing up his initial two-year contract, wasn't quite sure if the Hall of Fame coach was joking or not.
But, he adds with a smile, "I'm still here."


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• My access to internet is now very limited. Therefore, the encoder I'm using for my tests are not necessary the most recent available on the web. Here, tests were done when vorbis 1.1 RC1 was released, but I didn't have access to this information… • This test is something like a work-in-progress. I plan to add more results with time. I. PURPOSE OF THE TEST Like many people of this board, my principal motivation for audio encoding lie in the possibility to listen and enjoy music in high quality directly from computer, which allows a very fast browsing and the access to an entire record collection. High quality encoding is a requirement, security a need. I used successively lame mp3, musepack audio and now lossless, which offer the security of identical digital-data with CD. Nevertheless, lossy encoding is still interesting: modern hard disks are not necessary big enough for all collections, and I think that there's some benefits to feed expensive digital jukebox with "better than just good" quality audio encodings, like AAC/Vorbis 128 – fine but perfectible. The choice of the best lossy encoder isn't really problematic. Musepack (mpc) is still winning most approvals, and is considered as fully transparent with --standard preset. Some elements encouraged me to seriously question this leading position of mpc. • 1/ by testing occasionally the standard preset of mpc, I discovered that small differences are sometimes audible with usual music. Now if mpc isn't fully transparent at 175 kbps, this format is definitively comparable (it doesn't mean "equal") to other lossy solution, which are suffering from the same report. • 2/ the leading position of mpc was admitted long time ago. It was defined as "best lossy format" when challengers where not very strong: beta of vorbis, lame < 3.90, suboptimal aac encoders. But now, there are powerful vorbis encoders (the recent "megamix" merging looks like a serious challenger), optimized AAC encoders (QuickTime CBR and Nero VBR), and mature MP3 solutions (VBR presets of lame). The leading position must therefore be questioned again, at least by people able to detect differences. • 3/ This challenge becomes necessary with the growing numbers of device supporting new audio formats like AAC and Vorbis. MPC is still confined to computer, or in best case on PDA – and is maybe doomed to this limited usage. In consequence, I've tried to oppose to mpc --standard other serious encoding solutions, in order to have a better, modern and personal idea of the relative quality of this encoder compared to modern and convenient challengers. II. CHALLENGERS Against musepack --standard, I decided to oppose two formats: MP3 with lame 3.97a3 and OGG VORBIS with the recent combined encoder named "megamix". Explanations. • first, no AAC encoder in the arena. I was tempted to use Nero AAC, but the last version I have (220.127.116.11) have some recognized quality problems and is promise to an imminent conceptual death, with the Third version of Ivan Dimkovic encoder. No need to test something outdated… I was also tempted to take QuickTime AAC, though it's not VBR and not very flexible (nothing between 160 and 192 kbps: annoying for fair comparison with MPC --standard). But this encoder is not really suitable in my opinion for HQ listening, at least when user is found of opera and when most of his CD absolutely need a real gapless playback. AAC will be add later, but for now, it's absent from this test. • the choice of lame MP3 version is highly problematic too. Three choices are possible: the last "tested" release (3.90.3), the last gold release (3.96) or the last alpha release (3.97 alpha 3). I've decided to not use 3.90.3. I know that for some people this encoder is the best mp3 codec ever released; I also know that for historical reason 3.90.3 is probably the safest choice. But the difference between 3.90.x dead branch and the active 3.9x one is not only related to quality: 3.9x are much faster (not a luxury considering slowness of 3.90.x presets), more complete (full and redesigned VBR preset scale: the nice –V 5 used in Roberto listening test is for example a new feature inaccessible for 3.90.x), and last but not least in perpetual evolution. There's nobody to correct flaws on 3.90.x, whereas bug audible with 3.9x could be corrected or lowered by Gabriel, Robert, Takehiro and other developers. I definitively forget the choice of 3.90.x for another important reason: there's no VBR preset corresponding to the MPC –standard bitrate. –alt-preset standard is clearly too high, --medium too low, -Y switch a hack, and ABR is probably not efficient enough. With 3.9x branch, there's an existing preset between –standard and –medium: -V 3. And –V 3 average bitrate should be close to the MPC –standard one. Then: 3.96 "gold" or 3.97 alpha? I've decided for the alpha release. I know the risks (for regression but also for progress). But I also know that 3.96 is buggy on –fast mode: it decides me to use a corrected release, even if the test doesn't concern the fast mode of lame. • the choice of vorbis version is less problematic. Recent tests were done. CVS/GT3b2 couldn't resists against aoTuV/GT3/QK32 dream team (aka megamix), at least up to 5,99. And even higher, GT3b2 (previous reference encoder for high bitrate) doesn't really sound superior (except maybe for one family of problems: micro-attacks). I also recall that I've began this test by being unaware of the release of 1.1 RC1. This last encoder nevertheless seems to be inferior to "megamix" (the essential but maybe 'excessive' tuning of Garf, used at bitrate > -q 5,00, are apparently missing from this RC1 version). The use of "megamix" is therefore pertinent, and my test is probably not outdated by this enjoying pre-release of oggenc 1.1 • I don't forget the promising WMApro: I was really pleased and even enthusiastic by the quality reached by this format with classical music at mid-bitrate. Nevertheless, I didn't include this format in the test. First, I had to limit the number of competitors. Then, I'm not familiar with this encoder and don't know what setting is the best (which VBR mode? And is WMApro VBR implementation reliable, or isn't ABR 2-PASS preferable, etc…). Last: still no hardware device for WMApro (though it's not a reason to exclude an audio format from a test including MPC, it's a disappointing situation). III. SAMPLES Mid/High bitrate tests are, for me at least, especially painful. It doesn't mean that I hate them, quite the opposite. ... Samples only concern « classical music », with one exception. I deliberately limited my choice on the music I like. It's not by snobbism; and it's not an egocentric attitude: other music is much harder for me to ABX, and my motivation would quickly disappear with music I don't really like. In other word, the impact of these results is VERY LIMITED: they concern my subjectivity (and only mine), and a particular genre of samples (natural instruments, recording according to high-fidelity principles - and not to the marketing "loud" one). There are solo instruments (organ with Dom Bedos; harpsichord with Fuga; trombones with Orion II), instruments with small accompaniment (cymbals with Krall and Marche Royale, drums with Marche Royale, 2nd part), orchestra (Weihnachts-Oratorium and Platée), chorus (Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen) and voice ( "Dover, giustizia, amor" ). Additional information (artist, performer…) are available on file tags. IV. SETTINGS Comparing VBR encoders/settings is problematic. The ideal thing is to fix a target bitrate, and then to find the corresponding preset for each encoder. I followed the usual (and IMHO the best) methodology: the setting must be related to a wide selection of music, and not to the selected samples. The targeted bitrate is the average bitrate of MUSEPACK --standard preset. The average bitrate can't be evaluated precisely: it's something comprise between 170 and 180 kbps. 175 kbps approximately. I have verified this value with classical music library, and people have reported similar value with completely different music. The remaining task is now to find the corresponding VBR settings for LAME MP3 and Vorbis "megamix". The problems are beginning… 4.1. VORBIS SETTINGS • The biggest problem lies in the average bitrate's difference of vorbis, occurring at the same setting, depending on the kind of encoded music. Classical is bitrate friendly compared to most other stereo and modern material. With CVS encoder, I estimated this difference at 10…15 kbps on average for –q 5…6. With "megamix" (or other GT3b2 based encoders), this difference might reach 25…30 kbps for the same setting. I don't know what to do… - by testing vorbis with a –q value corresponding to 175 kbps for classical but 200…210 kbps on pop/rock… people may blame me for opposing to musepack an advantaged vorbis challenger. - by testing vorbis with a –q value corresponding to a 175 kbps for pop/rock but 140 kbps on classical, the test will be pointless for me (the winner between mpc@175 and vorbis@145 isn't very hard to guess…). - by testing vorbis with a half-baked –q value, I fear that the test won't corresponding to neither of both situation. • The second big problem is related to vorbis rupture in the linearity of the quality scale. Between -5,99 and -6,00, there's a consequent bitrate difference (~10 kbps), also corresponding to a serious quality difference, at least with vorbis 1.00 – 1.01 (including GT3b2). aoTuV (and therefore "megamix") is based on the same code, but the tuning tried to correct or to minimize the quality gap between the two settings. I discovered that for classical music, the fair vorbis setting is very close to this 5,99 value. 6,00 is slightly to high, and I could disadvantage mpc by comparing it to vorbis –q 6,00. On the other side, I have the feeling that -q6,00 would show the full potential of vorbis, and that the extra 8…10 kbps could be worth for daily use. Would someone renounce to the correction of a quality bug at low prince (+5% increase in filesize), especially with archiving in mind? Seriously, I don't think so. For all these reasons, I've decided to put in the arena vorbis megamix at three different settings: -q 6,00: clearly to "heavy" compared to mpc --standard with non-classical music, but interesting to test against -q 5,99 (to see if the frontier between these two settings still exists with aoTuV/Megamix/1.1) -q 5,99: the corresponding setting for a matching bitrate with mpc –standard for classical music (still too heavy with other music), but maybe suboptimal quality for vorbis -q 5,50: more universal setting for acceptable test against mpc --standard. It would be interesting to compare the quality difference between 5,50/5,99 and 5,99/6,00. I suspect (and fear) a much greater jump between the last pair than with the first one. 4.2. LAME SETTINGS I discovered that bitrate of –V 3 preset (lame 3.97a3) is really close to the average bitrate of mpc --standard. This applies at least for classical music (I don't have enough material to measure average bitrate on other musical genre). –V 3 will therefore be tested. I've also decided to add –V 2 (--preset standard). The bitrate is higher, but I really want to see if this historical leading preset of lame MP3 is competitive against musepack. It would also be interesting to see how will perform lame –V 2 compared to vorbis megamix, also playable on portable player, but with bad consequences on battery life. 4.3. BITRATE TABLE Instead of posting of a bitrate table of the short samples used for the test, I prefer posting data about more audio material. Average bitrate for ~20 albums (classical for most), and additionnal datas for track coming from 50 different CDs (+15 other in mono) are available on the following tables: OpenOffice: http://audiotests.free.fr/tests/200...RATE175kbps.sxc Excel: http://audiotests.free.fr/tests/200...RATE175kbps.xls V. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS First comment: I've add 10 points to each note. I had to find a solution to prevent misinterpretation of notes which could first appear as excessively severe. I didn't use low anchor for this test, and slight flaws sometimes appear as terribly annoying on such tests, lowering very much the notes. By artificially changing all notes, I also had in mind to disconnect the notation I used from the EBU scale (4= "perceptible but not annoying"; 3 = "slightly annoying", etc...). With 10 results only, I couldn't make strong conclusions. But some elements of conclusions are now appearing: • MPC –standard has serious chance to be the best of the three competitors. Eight time on the first place, one time second, and never on the last. Very good performances. We could also note that –standard setting wasn't sufficient for reaching the "transparency" level (except for the organ sample, with negative ABX tests). Nevertheless, I could seriously expect full transparency with higher setting: none of this sample (except maybe the chorus one) showed severe artifacts, but just slight differences. It's typically the kind of "problems" that disappear with a higher bitrate. Anyway, I'm impressed, because I didn't thought that MPC –standard was so in advance... • LAME MP3 has few chances in my opinion to compete with vorbis and musepack at ~175 kbps. The new –V 3 setting sit on the last place eight times: too much… even with a limited set of samples. It doesn't mean that -V 3 sounds bad, but it's just inferior to modern lossy format at similar bitrate. But with improvements, who knows... But the –V 2 setting (aka –alt-preset standard) is apparently competitive, and could fight (and sometime win) with vorbis "megamix" –q5.50 and –q5.99. Only problem: bitrate is not the same anymore (195 kbps vs something comprise between 162 and 180 kbps, but with classical music only). But it's imperative to precise that LAME –V2 and –V3 suffers from huge artifacts (the harpsichord and the organ samples are severely wounded to my ears), whereas vorbis artifacts were never so bad (except, maybe, with Orion II sample – micro-attack problems). To be short, LAME –V2 (--preset standard) is apparently competitive with VORBIS "megamix" –q 5,99, at least with classical music. It would be interesting to see how will perform both contenders with other kind of music at the same setting, which implies a completely different bitrate range (+10..15% with vorbis, and maybe – x% with lame). • I expected a lot from the vorbis mixture. The progress between "megamix" and CVS are really impressive compared to CVS encoder, and I really wondered how it'll perform against other challengers. I'm finally disappointed. For some reasons: - First, the coarse sounding problem of the format is still audible with "megamix" up to 5,99. No need to suspect any of GT3b2 or QK32 tuning to ruin the benefits of original aoTuV in this area: the noise problem is particularly audible on "tonal" moments, encoded with pure aoTuV code (bit to bit identical samples between aoTuV encoder and megamix one). This additional noise is probably not too disturbing on daily listening, but on direct comparison with other challengers, the contrast is still annoying. The problem not really lies on noise, but on coarse rendering of voice or instruments: lack of subtlety, fat texture… I think that this problem is a legacy of internal change occurring during RC3 development of Vorbis, in spring 2002. I think I've established this fact at ~128 kbps some months ago (correct me if I'm wrong), and I suppose that's still true at ~160…170 kbps, even with aoTuV (based on the same buggy "final" CVS code). - Second reason to be disappointed: due to this remaining coarse problem occurring up to –q5,99, there's still a consequent quality gap between this setting and the rounded -q 6,00. It's my fault: I've expected from aoTuV tuning to erase the existing frontier between –q 5,99 and –q 6,00: this encoder only reduced the gap. There are ~10 kbps difference between 5,50 and 5,99 but few quality improvements. There are also 10 kbps difference between 5,99 and 6,00, but huge quality progress are audible. For a daily use of vorbis encoder, there's no real problem with this difference: the 10 additional kbps of –q6,00 are obviously worth if someone is looking for high quality or archiving, and there's no need to hesitate. But for my test or any similar one, this difference is much more problematic. On one side, I couldn't oppose mpc –standard to megamix –q 6,00 on fair bases (average bitrate doesn't match anymore). And on the other side, it's pointless to compare mpc –standard to an handicapped vorbis setting (5,99). It's like using musepack at –quality 4.99, which also suffers from problems (and bitrate gap) that don't exist anymore at –quality 5.00. Cruel dilemma… - Third reason to be disappointed: even at –q 6,00 (and 10 exceeding kbps), megamix couldn't apparently reach the quality of musepack –standard. More samples are of course needed to enforce this beginning of conclusions, but I really fear the solution doesn't lie on a selection of samples, but rather on further development. As I said it at the very beginning, I consider this test as a first step. Additionnal results should and will normally complete this first phase. I expect a quick release of Nero AAC encoder in 184.108.40.206 version to add some spice to the test. External test, opposing vorbis megamix to the new 1.1 must also be done, in order to be sure that megamix is the best vorbis encoder at this bitrate. I'd also like to see this test followed by other people. It would help to compare different HQ encoders on empirical bases. Feel free to post some results, even for one sample, on this topic. APPENDIX. SAMPLE LOCATION I've upload all samples on a temporary link. I couldn't keep them on-line too long. So don't wait if you're planning to do personal tests. ABX logs are available in each archive. Samples are in OptimFROG lossless audio format. This post has been edited by guruboolez: Dec 29 2005, 21:46 |
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Outstanding work as usual guru. I don't know if it would really solve the fairness issue, but could you increase the mpc setting to 5.1 or 5.2 or something to make it the same bitrate as megamix at -q 6? The bitrates could be matched that way without having to put either codec on the bad side of one of those annoying "thresholds".
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There always seems to be some kind of individual drama surrounding the high-salaried Dodgers, and Mattingly appears to have had his fill.
"Honestly, I'm so tired of talking about individual guys instead of talking about us as a club and how we're going to win games," Mattingly said Wednesday before the Dodgers' 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. "There's so much focus on individual guys that we've gotten away from, 'What's the team doing? How are we going to win games?'"
Mattingly's lament focused on the Dodgers' inability to come together as a team or gain any "traction" in the standings. They have yet to win or lose more than three consecutive games this season, and they have a losing record at home. Los Angeles is eight games behind the first-place San Francisco Giants in the National League West -- a major disappointment given the team's high expectations and record payroll.
"Tommy (Lasorda) says it all the time, right, and it seems corny. But he says, 'Hey, we've all got to get on one end of the rope and pull,'" Mattingly said. "As many times as you've heard Tommy say it, it's absolutely true. I've played on some good teams and I've played on some bad teams. Been around some really good teams, coaching-wise, and when that group gets going in one direction and that focus is purely to win a game regardless of who gets attention or who gets this or that, I think it's always better.
"To be absolutely honest, that's the one thing I feel like we miss more than anything -- that collective group, fighting and pulling in one direction without any concept of this guy, that guy, this guy, that guy. ... I don't know if I can really sit here and put a finger on it. I just know right now I don't feel it."


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I remember being new in AA and hearing these old guys say stuff like "just don't drink and you won't get drunk." Then, they'd follow with something like "It's the first drink that gets you drunk. Just don't have the first drink!" Duh! Now, tell me how to not have the first one?
I spent a lot of time arguing w/ them about the first drink getting me drunk theory. The problem was: I wasn't understanding it the way that they were meaning it. I thought they meant like one drink and they'd be drunk. Well, kind of. 1. After the first drink -- my BODY and my mind demand another drink. Plain & simple. If I have the first one -- my body will have the second one -- regardless of "what I think about it" and regardless of what I want! So, that's what they were trying to tell me. But, you know us alcoholics? We seem to have inbred communicating problems. LOL. We say something and mean something else -- or we hear something and make it mean something different.
My problem was: I KNEW based upon my personal history and experience -- that I was NOT capable of not taking the first drink. I had previously had years of experience of intending to not drink again -- or, at least, if I did drink -- to not drink like the last time I drank! LOL. The time when I puked all over the party and make a real jerk out of myself. Or, the time I got in trouble for stealing a set of hub caps (that wouldn't fit my car) and I had to tear them up and beat on them to get them of of some guys Cadillac -- in the middle of a well lit and highly people populated parking lot! LOL. (I guess I was alcoholic and not being too secret about it, aye?
I'd end up doing some -- sometimes funny, but most often tragic things, after I started drinking. I did tragic -- over and over and over and over and over again! So, I knew ... "Duh? Don't drink the first one!" But... "HOW do I not drink the first one?" You see, that's what makes me alcoholic. I can not avoid -- on my own -- for a long period of time -- (like forever?) -- leave alcohol entirely alone! At some point, I'd ALWAYS pick up the first one! And, that was all it took to get me started.
I wanted to stop and to stay stopped. But, I had three problems w/ that. 1. No matter how well intentioned and determined I was and no matter how many promises I had made that "I don't do this again" -- I'd end up doing it again. 2. I didn't really comprehend "stay stopped." You see, when I'd stay stopped for a long period of time -- the insane idea would come to me that "Gee, Dallas! Look at you go, good old boy! You've obviously licked that drinking problem -- and SURELY now -- you can have one!"
So, as I came to understand it: 1. I had a physical problem (in the body) that my body could not tolerate one tiny sip of alcohol -- or, something tragic would happen, like -- I'd end up drinking a quart of whiskey. 2. My mind -- would not let me go -- without drinking.
After I put one and two together -- I had it figured out. But, the real problem was #3. I could not avoid #1 and #2. I wasn't capable of making it work because I didn't know "HOW do you do that?" HOW do you NOT have the first one?
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Once a feature list contains entries like these, then that means the driver is in pretty good shape. It's pretty good to see that the Linux kernel can provide enough infrastructure to make GPU support top notch.- Stolen memory support from the Fastboot patch-set. This work is to ultimately try to avoid mode-setting unnecessarily by the Intel DRM driver when it's loaded if the BIOS-configured mode is in good shape.
- VT/Switchless resume support for a cleaner experience when restoring your system from a suspended state.
Aside from that. The first comment on his blog mentions a leak. This is a userspace bug which I have seen as well on all nouveau driven boxes (three of them).
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HIGH POINT, NC - Queens University of Charlotte has been selected to the No. 1 spot in this year's preseason poll as voted on by league head coaches. After two years of seventh place finishes at the NCAA National Championships, the Royals are not only set to defend their perfect-score Conference Carolinas Championship title, but are also hoping for a top-three national finish. Pfeiffer University was selected to finish fifth in the ten-team league.
The Royals will be led by two-time NCAA individual national track champion Michael Crouch who was sidelined during the 2009 season with a hernia, but returned to form at the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships with a runner-up finish in the 5000-meters. Queens also returns 1500-meter All-American Simon Stuetzel, NCAA national indoor 800-meter runner-up Nelson Mwangi, and 2009 Conference Carolinas Cross Country Freshman of the Year Alex Schilling. Transfers Felix Duchampt and Michael Hicks are expected to make impacts as are freshman Colin Guillard and Hendrik Huschka.
The 2010 Lees-McRae College men's cross country team returns six juniors from a 2009 season where they took second place in the Conference Carolinas Championship and fourth in the Southeast Region. Head coach Thomas Cason returns Sondre Thorbergsen, who finished 11th in conference, Craig Simpkins, who finished 16th, and Michael Davis, who finished 17th; Luke Anton, Jordan Gillespie and Connor Gray round out the Bobcat returners.
Cason added three freshmen and a transfer to the 2010 Bobcats. Jared Lupton transferred from the College of Idaho while freshman Austin High, Will McCoy and Doni McCarty complete the team.
"We returned a great junior class this year," Cason said. "With the addition of a talented group of newcomers, we now have all the tools necessary to take our program to a higher level. I look forward to coaching each of these young men as we strive to accomplish our team goals this season."
Mount Olive College returns all of its top five finishers from a squad that posted the team's best conference tournament performance and highest regional ranking in eight years. The Trojans placed fourth at last year's Conference Carolinas Championship, coming within two points of a top three finish. Mount Olive was ranked as high as No. 9 in the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Poll and finished 10th in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional.
Kerry "Bear" Maloney finished 13th out of 82 runners in the 2009 Conference Carolinas Championship and earned All-Conference Carolinas third team honors. Maloney notched three top five finishes in 2009 and finished 10th out of 75 non-Division I runners at the UNC-Charlotte Invitational. Paul Hoffman recorded three top 10 finishes last year and Kevin Ryan had two top 10's. Ronnie Sturgill and Chris Menjares rounded out the Trojans' top five at the conference and regional championships. All five runners are juniors this year.
Erskine finished fourth in the poll with Pfeiffer fifth followed by Limestone, St. Andrews, Belmont Abbey, Barton, and Coker respectively rounding-out the poll standings.
Conference Carolinas Men's Cross Country Pre-Season Poll (first place votes in parenthesis)
1. | Queens | (9) 81 |
2. | Lees-McRae | (1) 73 |
3. | Mount Olive | 55 |
4. | Erskine | 51 |
5. | Pfeiffer | 46 |
6. | Limestone | 41 |
7. | St. Andrews | 34 |
8. | Belmont Abbey | 26 |
9. | Barton | 23 |
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David Egan has always dreamed big. When he was a youngster, starting out as a Special Olympics swimmer, he dreamed of winning his races. As he grew, he looked to bigger goals –having a job and finding ways to change attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities.
David Egan's leadership skills shine as he chats up members of the Senate after wrapping up his testimony before the Health, Education and Labor Committee.
Now 33 years old, David has been living his dream – and inspiring others to live theirs. Among other things, he's grown up to be a sought-after spokesman for people with intellectual disabilities, speaking at international conferences, testifying at a U.S. Senate hearing last year, and addressing a global audience at the United Nations this year.
David's family says he has always worked hard to succeed, even when he was little.
For David, who has Down syndrome, his many achievements haven't come easily. That's where determination comes in – to keep pushing even when things seem hard. David says he learned that as a young athlete. "Special Olympics taught me to succeed, to set a goal and do my best," says David. "It changed my life." David is also marking 15 years working at the technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. He and his family say his path to success began early; in many ways, it began with sports.
His mom, Kathleen, says young David worked hard to compete in local swimming events, where he was the only swimmer with disabilities. "But David was a competitor and wanted to be Number 1," says his mom. "And that was hard in a pool of strong swimmers who broke records." When he joined Special Olympics, Kathleen says he began to really gain confidence and build self-esteem. "He could be his best and be Number 1," she says. "For us parents, the greatest thing was to see his joy and motivation…and celebrate his successes."
As David recalls, "It was hard for me to accept that I have Down syndrome. But it became easier when I joined Special Olympics and discovered I was not alone."
Soon, Special Olympics became more than just David's thing; the whole family got involved. While David played soccer and basketball, his dad coached, and his little sister and brother helped on the field and chased the balls. Says Kathleen, "Those practices and games have made a long impression on all of us. Then it was not only David gaining confidence and experiencing joy, it was all of us as a family volunteering." David's sisters also began mentoring figure skaters with special needs; his brother coached soccer and played unified softball.
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The most amazing character that ever walked the face of this earth. Can be somewhat shy and socially unappreciated, as portrayed by the young boy with Autism in the hit comedy The Middle. However Arlo's are magical creatures sent to bring golden flakes of happiness to all who pass before them. Arlo's are special. So special they should have their own brand of gum.
Look over there, does that guy have a halo?
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is pronounced AR-loh. It is of Spanish origin, and its meaning is "sex machine". Also Italian variant of Charles. Became popular in the early 1970s, possibly due to the fame of folksinger Arlo Guthrie.
Who's the craziest SOB we know? - Arlo
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A man so terrifying you empty your bowels on sight. He can crush you into a bloody pulp just by looking at you. He can skin you alive with one swipe of his mighty axe. He is pure evil incarnate.
"Ew that dude just shit his pants!"
"Quick hide! The Arlo cometh!"
"Quick hide! The Arlo cometh!"
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A unicorn loving man that resembles an oompa loompa. He likes to jerk off his co-workers in the chillers at the airport. His idol is Neil Patrick Harris and he has rainbow stickers on his "manly" ford trucks.
I'm at the airport right now, I could really go for a hand job... lets call Arlo.
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