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May the coming year be one of increased riches of grace—hearing His voice more clearly, knowing His heart more deeply, resting in His love more fully, trusting His care more completely, walking His pathway more peacefully, knowing His presence more intimately, blessed by His goodness more abundantly.
And in all things, may you know the shalom peace of God—encouraging you to move forward, empowering you to boldly take each step, greeting you as you turn a new corner, calming your heartbeat as you walk through dark valleys, softening each footstep as you climb rugged mountains, and increasing your courage as you follow your Shepherd wherever He leads.
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In The Big One, his latest documentary, he travels the nation on a promotional tour for his 1996 book Downsize This! Along the way, he witnesses large-scale layoffs despite the country's seeming prosperity. Why? Corporations are opting to close factories here and open new ones in third-world countries in order to increase their profit margins through cheap labor. What kind of reward is this to American workers who have helped their companies earn record profits to begin with? This is the question Moore wants answeredand he's willing to barge into corporate headquarters, cameras blazing, to demand an answer. Although he usually gets booted from the building by security officers, he also gets to harangue pathetic PR drones, which is always entertaining to watchwill this be the first one to finally break down and admit that he works for a compassionless machine? More important are the mind-boggling facts brandished by Moorethat our government pays Pillsbury millions to market the "Dough Boy" overseas, or that TWA uses imprisoned murderers and rapists to take flight reservations. Occasionally, though, Moore's soapbox looks more like a grandstand, particularly in long scenes where downtrodden workers gaze at him in adoration and tell him how much he means to them. And if he hates corporations so much, why did he go with Random House as a publisher, or make appearances at Borders and Media Play? These are questions Moore sidesteps in the film, smirk in place.
The documentary that catapulted Moore into the realm of famous angry liberal was 1989's Roger & Me, his record of the decline of his hometown of Flint, Mich. after General Motors closed its factories there. Much more personal than The Big One, its story is that much more affectingfunny yet sad, Flint's descent into desperation and ruin could be the story of any city hit by massive layoffs. Controversial for its supposed jumbling of chronology, Roger & Me is nevertheless fascinating in its portrayal of, well, weird people in a weird town. Moore's dogged pursuit of GM chairman Roger Smith is just the icing on the cake. And although our economy seems a long way from 1989, the lessons of Roger & Me aren't yet outdatedcorporate rapaciousness is timeless.
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Suposing that the soundcard,dac has a 6volts peak to peak which means exactly 2.1Volts rms as most of the soundcards,dac's has .That means that the SR of the soundcard dac is 6/5.2=1.15V/us .A typical gain of an100W amp is 33. To see the same transition on the amp output we must have the input multiplied with the gain in the same unity time like the input .So if the input has 1.15 V/us ,the output should have 33*1.15~40V/us . This value will be sufficient only if we don't want to have transient intermodulation distortion .But the neagative reaction takes exactly the same time to react to the output .So we should double the value to 80V/us. But to have a lower TIM we should multiplied with 10
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You did compute the slew rate necessary for a 96khz sine at full power not for a musical signal wich is limited to a fifth of this frequency so your 200V/us should translate to 40V/us for a 200W amp , about the number given by AndrewT. |
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Is there life ..
There's life above 20 kilohertz! A survey of musical instrument spectra to 102.4 kHz
or more .. http://wilson-benesch.com/reviews/Li...C_Sep-1998.pdf
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If you are referring to the 10X claim, of course, I have never taken it literally. And unfortunately I don't rely on simulator to predict the relative quality between two amps of different topologies. Too difficult. When around 2010 you created that thread about comparing sims of various amps, I thought you would soon learn and realize that it was not that simple. But it seems you still what you were then, fully trust basic simulation parameters to judge amp quality. That's okay of course. I just don't do it that way. Quote:
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Unless one listen to 192KHZ sampled crash cymbals at full volume, assuming he has the speakers for the purpose , the paper show that harmonics energy is barely more than two percent of the total amount , so it s unlikely that there will be slew rate limitation even at thoses frequencies with 30V/us amps.... |
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Peaks in music are 5 to 10 times higher than the rms value .
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in digital audio signal reproduction just "conecting the dots" with straight lines doesn't give a valid audio band limited signal
no commercially distributed musical signals are recorded with substantial 192 k Nyquist content - virtually all studio ADC are delta-sigma and have brick wall internal digital filters below Nyquist even the hotest source is recorded with slower mics Quote:
even mc cartridges can only track ~ 5 kHz power bandwidth - when people say records can have higher frequencies than CD you have to realize it is at much lower than mid band amplitudes - the slew rate limit is that ~ 5kHz |
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and they work wich is the prove that simulators are accurate enough to model real world behaviour of very complex electric devices , but still , here , there s lot of people that think that it s up to them to predict the behavior of basic circuits using a handfull devices. Indeed , had the sims displayed a superiority of CFB that its promoters would have gladly embraced the conclusions without even checking but alas , nothing of the sort did happen , so what is left is to brand the simulations as not significant.... |
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sure you can model what the circuits do, but not how they sound....simple as that...!!!
Some of the fine amplifiers out there are based on tubes where you measure maybe 1% distortion, speakers are also measured in % and here we talk about 0.00something. It's pure nonsense..performance is not about distortion, something else is just much more important. CFB finds that something more often than VFB.. Question remains what and why...?? Quite sure simulators can find that difference too, and that could be the key to unlock more knowledge. but arguing in a way "I know more than you do" will never get us there. To gain knowledge we have to remain open and listen. Most here have something to contribute.. A least for me CFB is more than fashion. but in the End It may not be the final solution. |
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Karl-Heinz Priester
Karl-Heinz Priester (1913 – April 1961) was a German far right political activist. Although he played only a minor role in Nazi Germany he became a leading figure on the extreme right in Europe after the Second World War.
Under the Nazis[edit]
Priester had been head of propaganda for the Hitler Youth before going on to serve as an officer in the Waffen SS.[1]
Priester joined the Deutsche Reichspartei around the time of its formation and became associated with the hard-line neo-Nazi tendency of the party.[2] He was in attendance at the 1951 conference in Malmö that saw the foundation of the European Social Movement.[1] Priester, who by that time was leading his own Deutsch-Soziale Bewegung group, initially had problems attending after his visa was refused but ultimately he was appointed to the four man council of leadership alongside chairman Per Engdahl, Maurice Bardèche and Augusto De Marsanich.[3] Priester was an enthusiastic supporter of the idea of a united Europe[4] although his co-operation with another leading light of that position, Oswald Mosley, was hamstrung by the stormy nature of their personal relations.[5]
Priester was a featured essayist for Nation Europa from the journal's foundation in 1951.[6] Working closely with Otto Skorzeny, Priester attempted to utilise the magazine as a rallying point for his dream of European unity and travelled widely promoting this aim, including meetings in London with his rival Mosley.[7] The two even worked together on their shared aim of exporting the idea to South Africa, where Mosely had already secured an alliance with former cabinet minister Oswald Pirow.[8]
He controlled his own publishing house, the Verlag Karl-Heinz Priester, which produced the works of a number of authors including Paul Rassinier.[9] The Verlag also published Advance to Barbarism, an attack on the validity of the Nuremberg Trials by British Union of Fascists and Union Movement activist F.J.P. Veale, with an introduction written by another prominent critic of the trials Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey.[10]
- ^ a b Roger Griffin & Matthew Feldman, Fascism: The "Fascist Epoch", 2004, p. 181
- ^ Graham Macklin, Very Deeply Dyed in Black, 2007, p. 103
- ^ Macklin, Very Deeply Dyed in Black, p. 107
- ^ Stephen Dorril,Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley & British Fascism, 2007, p. 590
- ^ Macklin, Very Deeply Dyed in Black, p. 178
- ^ Dorril,Blackshirt, p. 591
- ^ Dorril,Blackshirt, p. 592
- ^ Dorril,Blackshirt, pp. 596−7
- ^ John Michael Steiner, Power Politics and Social Change in National Socialist Germany, 1976, p. 429
- ^ Macklin, Very Deeply Dyed in Black, p. 130


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Seventeen years later, her second husband - self-styled godman Swami Shraddananda, who was the main accused - has been sentenced to a life term by the Supreme Court, bringing relief to Khaleeli's daughters who fought the long legal battle.
One of her daughters, Essmath Khaleeli says, "Now we are just happy that for the rest of his natural life, our family would be safe from him, the society would be safe from him."
Shakereh Khaleeli was the wife of a former Indian diplomat and the mother of four daughters. She had been weaned away by Shraddhananda, who promised her a son through tantrik power. But Shraddhananda eyed her property and when his scheme started failing, he killed her.
For years, the Khaleelis have lived with the fact that their mother had been buried alive for four years before being found dead and that her killer had just been in judicial custody until as late as 2005 when the high court upheld his death penalty.
Both the high court as well as the lower court sentenced Shraddhananda to death, but for the Supreme Court, this wasn't a rarest of rare crime. The apex court commuted the death sentence to life but with a rider.
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In cases like the Nitish Katara murder case, the victim's family have often complained that a life term is not a punishment enough as effectively it ends after 14 years, but with this judgement, the Supreme Court has set a preecedent making it clear that the courts can actually sentence a man to life behind bars without parole till he breathes his last.
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It's Monday and I'm feeling good about this week because I have lists a mile long and they're motivating me to get crackin' on some projects I've been putting off. How is your week starting out? Hopefully good and interesting. One thing on my list that I started over the weekend has to do with my Pinterest account and improving it for myself and others. I've been a passionate pinner all weekend creating new boards and organizing them all so that I am more inspired to pin and so the new look I've given my page (packed with gorgeous themed boards clearly marked) will inspire others, too.
Until now, I did very little to promote my boards but I see real value in doing so and that is why one of my goals for 2013 is to monitor whether or not my efforts on Pinterest pan out or not. I'll let you know in December! For now, new boards and organization was my first step! :) I've also decided to pin almost daily – which isn't that hard considering I always have my iPad on me anyway and pinning takes very little time and in fact, is helpful to me because I can organize things so much better than by using bookmarks in my browser.
One board I created over the weekend is called Roller Skates. I love roller skating despite that I own and use inline skates — I still prefer four wheels over blades any day. I find inline skates so ugly (sorry) which is another reason I don't enjoy putting them on my feet – when I look down and see these gigantic shiny black "Darth Vaderesque" things looking back at me I feel a bit uncomfortable because they are big, high off the ground and super ugly. Trust me, I don't need pink skates with Hello Kitty, that's not my style (or age group) either. I just want something stylish and well, fun. Are you feeling me on this?
Why my obsession with roller skates, aren't those like soooo 80's? YUP. So is neon and the whole geometric trend. Who cares. I like roller skates simply because they remind me of fun times, are so much better looking that inline skates and you can customize and personalize them to look even cuter (don't I sound SO 12 years old right now?!?) PLUS they are less massive and make you look so much hotter in shorts over mega Darth Blader skates. I'm not hatin', I own inline skates and use them but sheesh, you have to admit they aren't that easy on the eyes.
Vanity aside though, I also like roller skates for all practical purposes – getting from point A to B but also — I love to skate! It's great aerobic exercise and lots of fun. When it comes to safety, I also prefer stopping because it is wayyyy more intuitive (front toe stops! woot!) than having one stopper located in the BACK of only ONE skate. Who thought of that?!? Hello! I tend to stop in a much cooler fashion in old school skates vs. inline skates – Mainly since I adopt the tree hugger position using inline skates. I do this funny skip jump BONK thing off of the pavement when I need to stop so I can grab (slam into) the nearest tree. When going at a good, motivating break neck speed, I've been known to crash into trees and park benches to only look up, smile at the nearest passerby running to my aid, acting like, "Oh, this – pleassssse I totally meant to take a break on this pretty bench" or "Oh no need to offer to call 9-11, I'm cool, just felt a sudden burning need to hug a tree today and connect with nature". In reality though, I simply cannot brake in inline skates no matter how many YEARS I've been using them.
I have a little something to reveal while I'm in the sharing mood and now that you know how classy I am on inline skates. I started roller skating (at a rink with a wooden floor!) when I was 4 years old. I wasn't going to say "wooden floor" because that would age me but yeah, it was wood though for the record, the rink was already considered old school back then in the late 70s. I remember the skate guard chasing me around for the full two hours I was there because I refused to skate in the correct direction and instead, kept INSISTING that I skate TOWARDS the people. He would stop me, physically turn me around and say, "This way!", and the moment he skated off, I would turn around and mumble, "NO this way." I still remember my mother and her friends standing along rink-side with hands cupped around their mouths screaming, "Hollyyyyyy, come here, you're going to get hurt!" and "Skate THAT way, Holly!", but I refused to listen. They didn't have skates on, and the rink was packed with teenagers, so it wasn't like they were going to run out and get me. I think skating gave me this rush of independence because on skates (I was fast too), I wasn't Holly the 4 year old, I was Hollyfreakingawesome. Over the years, skating gave me wings and crazy amounts of self confidence.
By the time I was 7 years old, I was participating in weekly speed skating competitions in my local rink (with highly polished floors and a massive disco ball!) and winning competitions against girls and boys. Oh yeah, I wasn't just going to skate around and smile at boys, I was going to race 'em. I skated weekly my entire childhood indoors and outdoors but I went to the rink twice a week for as long as I can remember.
If you know what "shoot the duck", "all skate", "free skate", "backwards skate", "dance skate" and "couples skate" even means, then we are kindred spirits. If you ever cared about matching your pompoms to your outfit, you get it. If you remember couples skates to Wham! (Careless Whisper comes to mind) you and I are of the same skater girl blood. If disco balls still rock your world, yup – we could hang.
By the time I was 14, I had broken and lost several teeth on rinks and on roads, fractured my Tibia which kept me in bed for 3 months and sprained my wrist a few times and fractured my arm. Kids, right? Skating was my passion despite how many times I fell – I always got up. Skating was my life but being so dedicated to a sport where you fall so often yet still make progress, skating taught me the facts of life long before I became a grown up.
In addition to breaking things (mostly bones), I also knew how to fix stuff. I could name every part on my skate, I could fix them when they broke, and I was constantly in the "pro shop" trying to find the latest wheels and parts to pimp out my skates. I went from a high boot to a low boot when I was 9 because I could skate faster in them.
Sadly though, skating rinks started to close and by the time I was 15 and we relocated to Boston, I had to carpool with my friends from Boston to New Hampshire just to find a decent rink. Eventually, skating was no longer on my weekly agenda. I got my driver's license, really discovered boys and oh well – the skates went on the shelf.
But I still think about them. A lot.
So that's why I created a Roller Skate pinboard. I know, LONGGGGG story right? But I think it's interesting to learn WHY people do things, because perhaps there is a back story and those can be quite fascinating. I hope that you enjoy my ever-growing roller skate board on Pinterest and that it brings back a happy time in your life for you, too. It's got nothing to do with interior design or decorating but who cares, inspiration comes from often the oddest places.
By the way, if you want to own some cool skates, check these out over at Topshop. I first spotted them in person in December at the Conran Shop in London last year and fell in love. You will too.
P.S. How many of you would love to see roller rinks return? But really COOL modern ones… Oh heck yeah.
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I recently ordered some lovely items from my new favorite Hamburg-based online shop Rosa Cosa and fell in love the moment my package arrived. It was a good day. Why? Because some things from Bloomingville that I ordered were tucked away so nicely inside and were far better than expected. I love that surprise… When something exceeds your expectations, don't you?
I then started flipping through the pages of my Bloomingville catalog and thought to share some of my favorite views with you since you may not have heard of this brand before in your part of the world. They are based in Denmark and have such a broad range of interiors objects from furniture to wonderful gift wrap and great neon baker's twine (yes really) that it's hard to pick just ONE item… And everything in their collection is so cohesive and works together so well. In Germany this brand is a huge hit – Germans seem to love Bloomingville (and everything interiors/fashion related from Denmark which I have no problem with because so do I!) and I'm a fan too. Here is some inspiration for you this week…
Don't you want to order everything?!?
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I'll confess, some days I just want to be Kelly Wearstler. Or anyone really rich, famous, super stylish and gorgeous. Sometimes it's Ms. Paltrow. Other days it's Rachel Bilson. Today was one of those Kelly days. I woke up and felt a bit like the end of the year cannot come soon enough because good goodness I need a fresh slate, some new projects and a boatload of amazingness for 2013.
But then I realized that I don't need to be Kelly or anyone else, because I'm pretty awesome in my own skin and you know what, on the surface everyone appears just dandy but inside we're all a big ball of anxiety and insecurity from time-to-time so it's okay to wallow a bit. We are so much alike despite how our wrapping paper may vary. After a few minutes of poor, poor me I decided that instead of feeling sorry for myself, I'd take it to the trees. I laced up my shiny new Kurt Geiger metallic gold sneakers (oh yeahhhh) and headed to the forest for a really long walk in the cold brisk air. The more I walked, the more I stepped away from how I felt and stepped into how I should feel. I left a lot in that forest today, and when I emerged I felt as shiny and new as my sneaks. That's what exercise, fresh air, dogs, cyclists, birds, trees shooting off into the clear blue sky and fallen twigs that crunch with every step can do for you.
It's okay to feel bad sometimes. Life can deal a seriously good deck of cards and a few minutes later, your hand can change. I think the key is to move your body. Do something good for yourself. Pamper yourself when you feel like your own enemy. Put on shiny shoes and walk – and don't stop walking until you are YOU again.
I wish you a wonderful weekend and loads of happy.
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My friend Amy Butler launched a beautiful digital magazine today called Blossom and I'd love for you to check it out. Here's a sneak peek below of some of my favorite pages. My only wish: that it was in print! Why? It would be so nice to tack these pages up on my walls and mood board. So, so pretty! This lady has such a great eye.
About Blossom, straight from Amy, "I am so excited to announce the release of my free, online magazine! This is a new journey for me and I want you to come along! "Blossom" is a visual journal that's all about loving your life and living it fully and authentically. Filled with loads of creative ideas and inspirations, Blossom celebrates our creative expression and passions; our mantra is "Create Love, Be Kind and Express Beauty". The magazine is a spirited voice for creativity, heart and soul. It's my dream to support folks in getting in touch with the beauty in their lives and in themselves…to empower with love, and help people connect with the creative perfection of being who they really are while giving them support and inspiration to get in touch with doing what they love. I want folks to understand that being connected to what they love, it's the greatest gift they can give the world and themselves." So nicely said Amy and congratulations!
Amy and her husband David do such great work on everything that they touch – I'm so proud of them both for launching this inspirational and very pretty magazine. Hooray!
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Cross Timbers , The outline of the Cross Timbers as defined by the EPA Ecology Ecozone Nearctic Biome Central forest-grasslands transition Borders Central Great Plains, Flint Hills, Central Irregular Plains, Arkansas Valley, Edwards Plateau, Geography Country United States States Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas The term Cross Timbers is used to describe a strip of land in the United States that runs from southeastern Kansas across Central Oklahoma to Central Texas. Made up of a mix of prairie, savanna, and woodland, it forms part of the boundary between the more heavily forested eastern country and the almost treeless Great Plains, and also marks the western habitat limit of many mammals and insects. No major metropolitan areas lie wholly within the Cross Timbers, although roughly the western half of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex does, including the cities of Fort Worth, Denton, Arlington, and Weatherford. The western suburbs of the Tulsa metropolitan area and the northeastern suburbs of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area also lie within this area. The main highways that cross the region are I-35 and I-35W going north to south (although they tend to skirt the Cross Timbers' eastern fringe south of Fort Worth) and I-40 going east to west. Numerous U.S. Highways also cross the area. Contents 1 As an ecoregion 1.1 29a: Northern Cross Timbers, 1.2 29b: Eastern Cross Timbers, 1.3 29c: Western Cross Timbers, 1.4 29d: Grand Prairie, 1.5 29e: Limestone Cut Plains, 1.6 29f: Carbonate Cross Timbers, 1.7 29g: Arbuckle Uplift, 1.8 29h: Northwestern Cross Timbers, 1.9 29i: Arbuckle Mountains, , 2 Climatology, 3 History, 4 See also, 5 Notes, 6 Bibliography, 7 Additional reading, 8 References, 9 External links, As an ecoregion: The Cross Timbers are defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as Ecoregion 29, a Level III ecoregion. Some organizations and maps refer to the Cross Timbers ecoregion as the Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains. The Cross Timbers are contained within the WWF Central forest-grasslands transition ecoregion. The woodland and savanna portions of the Cross Timbers are mainly post oak and blackjack oak on coarse, sandy soils;fire suppression in recent years has increased forest density and allowed Eastern redcedar to invade as well. The short, stout oaks that grow in the Cross Timbers were no good for timber and those that were not cleared for farmland constitute one of the least disturbed forest types in the eastern United States (MADISON), with some 890,000 acres (3,600 km) of old-growth forest scattered throughout the region. These old-growth forests contain millions of post oak from 200 to 400 years old and redcedar over 500 years old. The prairie portions are chiefly tallgrass on finer, dry soils; overall, the Cross Timbers are not as arable as the surrounding ecoregions. Today, land use is a mixture of rangeland, pastures, and farmland. The area has also been an important site of oil extraction for over 80 years. Geologically speaking, the Cross Timbers are underlain by Pennsylvanian and Cretaceous-era sandstone and limestone that has been moderately dissected, giving the region a gently to moderately rolling topography, including some cuestas. Although local relief is relatively low, it is generally greater than that in the surrounding ecoregions, although this is not the case with the Flint Hills in Kansas. Ecologically, the EPA includes the Cross Timbers as part of the vast Great Plains, which comprise Level I Ecoregion 9.0, stretching from central Alberta in Canada to northern Mexico. More specifically, the Cross Timbers fall into Level II Ecoregion 9.4, the smaller South Central Semi-Arid Plains. In southern Oklahoma, the Cross Timbers are literally located on the very edge of the Great Plains, as they border directly onto parts of Level I Ecoregion 8.0, the Eastern Temperate Forests; elsewhere, the Cross Timbers are separated slightly from the Eastern Temperate Forests. In turn, the Cross Timbers are themselves subdivided into nine Level IV Ecoregions: 29a: Northern Cross Timbers: A wide belt of land stretching from south-central Oklahoma into southeastern Kansas, this is the only part of the Cross Timbers that extends into Kansas. In that state, it covers eastern Chautauqua and Elk counties and smaller portions of Greenwood, Woodson, Wilson, and Montgomery counties, while in Oklahoma, this region covers all of Seminole, Pottawatomie, and Okfuskee counties, large parts of Osage, Lincoln, Creek, Oklahoma, Cleveland, Pontotoc, Hughes, McIntosh, and Okmulgee counties, and smaller parts of Logan, Garvin, Murray, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington counties. The towns of Sapulpa, Ada, and Shawnee, Oklahoma fall within this large area; Bartlesville and Okmulgee lie on the eastern edge. 29b: Eastern Cross Timbers: In Oklahoma, this belt of woodland covers all of Marshall County and parts of Love, Carter, Johnston, and Bryan counties, but in Texas, this region exists as a long, very narrow strip of dense forest stretching from the Red River to just north of Waco, Texas. It passes through northwestern Grayson County, eastern Cooke, Denton and Tarrant counties, central Johnson County, western Hill County, and northern McClennan County. The city of Arlington, Texas lies within this zone, and Denton and Cleburne are on its western edge. 29c: Western Cross Timbers: A much wider band than the Eastern Cross Timbers, the Western Cross Timbers extend from far southern Oklahoma, including parts of Love and Carter counties, into central Texas, where it covers large parts of Montague, Young, Jack, Wise, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, Eastland, Erath, Brown, San Saba, and Mills counties, as well as smaller parts of Clay, Cooke, Callahan, Hood, Coleman, and McCulloch counties. In Texas, this area includes the towns of Weatherford and Mineral Wells; Stephenville lies on the eastern fringe, while Brownwood is on the western edge. The part of this region north of I-20 is sometimes colloquially referred to as the Palo Pinto Mountains; the hills are isolated, rugged, and scenic, with spectacular bluffs along the Brazos River as it flows through the region. Coal mining has historically been an important activity, as bituminous coal deposits are found throughout the region; indeed, the town of Newcastle in Young County was named after the English city of the same name due to the coal connection. Historically speaking, in the mid-to-late 19th century, Comanche Indians occupied this area, and it became a flash point for conflict between various groups of white settlers, the Comanche, and the U.S. Cavalry; Forts Belknap and Richardson were built in the area to protect this part of the frontier. Numerous roads cross this region, including US 70 in Oklahoma and I-20, I-30, US 67, US 81, US 82, US 180, US 183, US 281, US 287, and US 380 in Texas. 29d: Grand Prairie: A fairly narrow strip dividing the Eastern and Western Cross Timbers, the Grand Prairie differs in physiography, topography, and land use from both of these, as it is much more nearly level and better suited to agriculture. It includes a small part of Love County, Oklahoma (the only part of this region outside of Texas) and passes south through western Cooke County, eastern Wise County, and western Denton, Tarrant, and Johnson counties, and also includes parts of Parker, Erath, Madison Hood, Somervell, Hill, and McClennan counties. This region contains the cities of Fort Worth, Granbury and Denton, although Denton lies on the border with the Eastern Cross Timbers.I-35 and I-35W cross north to south, while US 82, US 380, I-30, I-20, US 377, and US 67 cross east to west; US 81 and US 287 also cross southwest to northeast. 29e: Limestone Cut Plains: A broader, southern extension of the Grand Prairie, found only in Texas; it is underlain by limestone rather than sandstone, and serves as a physiological and vegetational transition to the Edwards Plateau, which it borders to the south. All of Hamilton and Coryell counties, large parts of Bell, Lampasas, Mills, Erath, and Bosque counties, and smaller parts of Williamson, Burnet, Brown, Comanche, Hood, Somervell, and McClennan counties, including the towns of Killeen, Copperas Cove, and Lampasas as well as the Fort Hood Army base, fall within this region. Among the few major roads that cross the Limestone Cut Plains are US 281 north to south and US 84 east to west. 29f: Carbonate Cross Timbers: This ecoregion exists as an enclave within the Western Cross Timbers, stretching from southern Jack County, Texas across northwestern Palo Pinto County into eastern Stephens County, as well as tiny parts of Young and Eastland counties. The region features a limestone substrate as opposed to sandstone, and has greater topographical relief and denser and different vegetation than other parts of the Cross Timbers. No towns of any size lie within this area, although Possum Kingdom Lake and State Park do; the region is crossed by US 180 and Texas State Highway 16. 29g: Arbuckle Uplift: Covering a fairly small area in south-central Oklahoma and underlain by a unique mosaic of several different minerals, this region includes the town of Ardmore. 29h: Northwestern Cross Timbers: An extension in two branches of the Cross Timbers into southwestern Oklahoma, this area features reduced tree density and height, but also small forests dominated by sugar maple in deeper river canyons. The town of Duncan, Oklahoma lies in this region. 29i: Arbuckle Mountains: The Arbuckle Mountains are located in a small area nestled in between regions 29g and h; it is made of folded, rather than dissected, limestone, sandstone, and dolomite, and features the greatest topographical relief of the entire Cross Timbers, though not the highest elevations. The landscape includes many caves, sinkholes, springs, and streams.I-35 crosses this region north to south. Climatology: Part of the difference in the Cross Timbers region and the surrounding regions west (dryer) and east (wetter) has to do with the Dry line which separates humid air from the Gulf of Mexico from the dry air of the Llano Estacado, the Texas Panhandle, and the High Plains. History: The thick growth formed an almost impenetrable barrier for early American explorers and travelers. Washington Irving, in 1835, described it as "like struggling through forests of cast iron."Rachel Plummer, while a captive of the Comanche in 1836, described it as "a range of timber-land from the waters of Arkansas, bearing a southwest direction, crossing the False Ouachita, Red River, the heads of Sabine, Angelina, Natchitoches, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado...the range of timber is of an irregular width, say 5 to 35 miles wide...abounding with small prairies, skirted with timber of various kinds - oak, of every description, ash, elm, hickory, walnut and mulberry...the purest atmosphere I ever breathed was that of these regions."Josiah Gregg described the Cross Timbers in 1845 as varying in width from five to thirty miles and attributed their denseness to the continual burning of the prairies. The Cross Timbers vary in width from five to thirty miles, and entirely cut off the communication betwixt the interior prairies and those of the great plains. They may be considered as the "fringe" of the great prairies, being a continuous brushy strip, composed of various kinds of undergrowth; such as black-jack, post-oaks, and in some places hickory, elm, etc., intermixed with a very diminutive dwarf oak, called by the hunters, "shin-oak." Most of the timber appears to be kept small by the continual inroads of the "burning prairies;" for, being killed almost annually, it is constantly replaced by scions of undergrowth; so that it becomes more and more dense every reproduction. In some places, however, the oaks are of considerable size, and able to withstand the conflagrations. The Underwood is so matted in many places with grapevines, green-briars, etc., as to form almost impenetrable "roughs," which serve as hiding-places for wild beasts, as well as wild Indians; and would, in savage warfare, prove almost as formidable as the hammocks of Florida. --Josiah Gregg
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KINGSTON — The final suspect in a night of pranking that left two people with welts from Airsoft pellets fired from a car has agreed to 60 months of pretrial diversion.
On March 13, Brandyn Winkley received the same sentence three other defendants received in separate court cases earlier this year: Former Miss Viking Fest Jasmine Campbell, Dietrich Rios-Nicolaisen, George C. Hill III. The defendants also were ordered to perform community service.
If they don't get in trouble in the next 60 months, charges of fourth-degree assault, third-degree theft and third-degree attempted theft will be dropped.
Two teen boys involved in the case each received a year of probation and 116 hours of community service after pleading guilty Oct. 6.
According to the investigator's Statement of Probable Cause, the group fired Airsoft rifles from Campbell's car in the Central Market parking lot and in the Walmart parking lot June 15. Two people struck by pellets said "the pellets hurt and left bruises and red marks that lasted several days," according to the investigator's report.
The group also ordered food at a fast-food restaurant and left without paying for it. They also received an extra meal at another fast-food restaurant after one defendant got out of the car, ran by the takeout window and grabbed the order out of the attendant's hands. The restaurant gave the defendants an extra meal, thinking their order had been stolen.
Rios-Nicolaisen filmed the incidents for a video he posted on YouTube, titled, "A night of fun in Kitsap Washington," according to the investigator's report. The video was removed after Campbell and Rios-Nicolaisen were arrested July 18.
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An appeals court says negligence lawsuits filed by representatives of three workers who died and one person who survived a 2009 fireworks explosion on Ocracoke Island can continue.
The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in favor of the estates of the people killed and an injured worker seeking damages against a pyrotechnics company.
Melrose South Pyrotechnics had been hired to put on the July 4 display at Ocracoke Island. The blast occurred as a crew prepared inside a truck. Investigators blamed a small explosion involving igniters for triggering a larger explosion. Four workers in all were killed.
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More Homestuck demos! :o
2012-11-17 15:29:55 by technicallySimple
I've been a bit lazy with my voice acting over the past week and a half and i'm ready to get up and get working again, that is at least until it gets closer to January, I will be working on cosplays for Ohayocon.
I will probably be working on demo voices for :
Mituna Captor
Sollux Captor
Terezi Pyrope
John Egbert.
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Palace aide defends QC lawmaker's caper
MANILA, Philippines—A Palace aide on Friday said Quezon City Rep. Jorge Banal's meeting with Philippine Savings Bank branch manager Anabelle Tiongson shows the House prosecution panel's resolve to prove Chief Justice Renato Corona's guilt in his impeachment trial.
"It shows that the whole prosecution team is working hard to pursue their case. Whatever effect that may have on the proceedings will be determined by the senators," said Abigail Valte, a spokesperson of President Aquino.
On Thursday, Banal told the Senate impeachment court that he talked to Tiongson in an attempt to verify Corona's bank records, an alleged photocopy of which, he claimed, was left by an unidentified person at the gate of his residence in a subdivision in Quezon City.
He said Tiongson denied his request and asked him where he got the document.
Banal was summoned to the impeachment trial to explain his side shortly after Tiongson revealed that he approached her at the PSBank Katipunan branch in Quezon City last Jan. 31 seeking her assistance on verifying the supposed photocopy of the Chief Justice's bank document.
Tiongson said Banal told her that he would reveal the source of the document if she cooperated. She said did not accommodate the lawmaker's request.
"I'm sorry if I caused any problem. I just wanted to help our team," Banal told the impeachment court.
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NUIverse: The killer app of an $8,000 tablet?
March 30, 2012
Could this be the killer app for ultra-spec tablets? Microsoft Surface researcher David Brown is working on a marvelous space app that shows off not only the multi-touch power of Microsoft Surface, but also the computational grunt of the Samsung SUR40 on which it runs - not to mention the majesty of the solar system we live in and the Universe beyond.
Of course, we're all well-acquainted with multi-touch demos by now, but the nuanced gestures in Brown's app, NUIverse, are something else. The name NUIverse is of course an anagram and play on the word universe, with the acronym for natural user interface incorporated. Clever: but nowhere near as clever as the app itself, which does indeed use the sort of familiar NUI gestures smartphone owners everywhere will be used to: grabs, twists, swipes and prods all work much as you'd expect.
But in fact not all the gestures could be considered natural - with some requiring the summoning of elaborate on-screen dials that can be used to control effects ranging from the very subtle - including the field of view of the camera, to the more fundamental - such as the passage of time. But writing about NUIs is like angling about acupuncture (if that's the expression). Probably the thing to do at this point is take a look at Brown demonstrating the app himself:
As coffee tables go, this makes for rather a good one (if also expensive, at US$9,049 including the stand). But one has to wonder if this app will ever see a consumer release. Some of the effects (and the presence of Battlestar Galactica models) hint at heavier-duty applications such as video game development or perhaps even (one day) film special effects.
But we hope the app will see some sort of educational application. The power of the SUR40 is put to great use, rendering thousands of on-screen objects (all the data in the app is supplied by NASA) at a time - and turning on labels for them doesn't appear to appreciably slow it down. And the ability to set the solar system into motion with the speeding slowing and reversing of time means NUIverse is a wonderfully detailed and dynamic clockwork model of our corner of the cosmos. Observing an Earth-rise from the moon's dark side or watching from geosynchronous orbit the ballet of light and shadow play out on the Earth's surface (or at least digital recreations of these things) is compelling enough without need of spaceships.
Another video showing only the on-screen action of the app in use, can be seen below. There. Something the iPad doesn't do. Yet.
Hard to believe Isaac Asimov envisioned this exact (almost scary exact) interface - half a century ago!
Hanover Fist30th March, 2012 @ 07:28 am PDT
Uh, does anyone else think that this looks AMAZINGLY like Celestia, an open source application that runs on practically EVERYTHING... the only difference is the the little disks, and the pinching and the swiping... oy, it looks nice though...
Mark Van Tilburg30th March, 2012 @ 05:53 pm PDT
The part in the first video where he's got time sped to 100x and fixes his position in space as you see the earth fly by is jaw dropping.
Jan-Erik O'Moore30th March, 2012 @ 06:30 pm PDT
@ Hanover....Not really. Look at how much H.G. Wells got right. Including the rocket that got us to the moon. Nukes, lasers, and so much more....in fact, he foresaw Flat panel display and joysticks with remote monitors long ago.
VoiceofReason30th March, 2012 @ 11:18 pm PDT
teensy bit of difference, however, between envisioning something and spending hundreds of hours coding and debugging it.
Chuck Flounder30th March, 2012 @ 11:27 pm PDT
Looks like Apple is in good shape for quite a few more years. And Steve Jobs is out there somewhere, chuckling.
ralph.dratman2nd April, 2012 @ 10:34 am PDT
If you like that you'll love this free space sim> http://en.spaceengine.org/
This one encourages you to fly between galaxies and makes you feel very very small in the process! Tip: See the readme file in the download for all the key presses to activate orbits, goto named places, lock views etc.
Matfink2nd April, 2012 @ 12:49 pm PDT
this just looks like any number of space based video games, but with less features and sub par graphics.
Kai McKenna3rd May, 2012 @ 04:39 pm PDT
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Taking Pictures with Another Couple
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Gender: male Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Sun 1st of September 2013
First time swinging
You and your wife had another couple over for dinner and you are enjoying drinks afterward.
"How long have we know each other now, Susan?" your friend Jane asks your wife, as she sips a vodka martini.
"Oh, God, let me think," laughs your wife. "It must be at least 10 years!"
"Yes, definitely, we met right when moved into this house," you concur, as you push back your recliner with a relaxed sigh.
"We've been friends so long, but we have so few pictures together. Let's take some pictures!" says Jane, pulling out her phone.
You rouse yourself and join the gang on the couch for a few shots as Jane balances her phone on the coffee table and uses a timer to take some photos. But you tire of it quickly and beat a retreat to the comfort of your recliner.
"Oh Bob, you are such a party-pooper!" laughs Jane as you make your escape.
"Yep, I guess so," you respond merrily, holding up your glass and sinking back into your chair. Jane comes and takes the chair next to you leaving her husband Rick on the couch with your wife.
"Rick, be a dear, let me get a picture of you and Susan together," says Jane.
Rick obliges by sliding over next to your wife and they both flash broad smiles as Jane snaps a photo.
"So cute," gushes Jane. "Rick, put your arm around Susan, I want to get another shot."
Rick isn't a very touchy-feely guy and everyone laughs as he bashfully reaches his arm around your wife's shoulder.
"Don't be afraid, dear, I don't bite," laughs your wife, as she wraps an arm around his back and nestles up against his chest before smiling wryly for another photo.
"Oh that's adorable," laughs Jane. "Look how Rick is blushing in that one," she says as she leans over to show the picture to your wife.
Susan chuckles when she sees the picture. "Do I make you nervous, Rick?" she asks batting her lashes at him teasingly.
"Heh, no, no. You know me, I just don't really go for a lot of hugging and such," he says nervously.
"Let's do a risque one, Sue," says Jane. "Put your leg over Rick's leg."
"Oh, I don't know, Janey. It might make him nervous," says your wife, turning to look Rick in the eyes.
"I think that might make me nervous," you say jokingly, and this gets a laugh all around.
"Pish, look at you with your drink in your favorite chair. You are a long way from nervous, mister," says your wife with a familiar smile. Then she turns to Rick. "Don't mind him, Rick, he'll get a kick out of this picture later on. Now look, I'll just put my leg up here and everything will be just fine." Your wife hikes her skirt high up her thigh and drapes a gorgeous stockinged leg across Rick's lap.
Jane whistles appreciatively. "Get a load of those gams!" she says excitedly. "Rick, be a red-blooded man and grab a hold of that thigh," she directs as she holds up her phone preparing to take a shot.
Rick looks at you nervously but you just shrug good naturedly and take another sip of drink so he goes ahead and grasps your wife's leg above the knee.
"Oh… Rick!" teases your wife lustily in response and Jane cackles with laughter as she snaps a few more photos of her husband feeling up your wife.
It makes you a little nervous how your wife is flirting with Rick, but it's also kind of kinky and you notice your cock starting to swell in response.
"That's just dirty," says Jane happily, showing you a few pictures.
You laugh half-heartedly and try to hide the tent you are starting to pitch as you look at the pictures. Jane glances at your crotch, but pretends not to notice.
You look back at your wife and Rick snuggling together on the couch and you realize that he hasn't released her leg and his hand seems to have slipped higher up her thigh. Your wife, Susan is looking up into his face expectantly.
"Ahem," you say trying to get their attention, and your wife looks over at you guiltily.
"Let me get a shot of you two kissing," says Jane thickly. You can tell that she is really getting turned on by the sight of her husband touching your wife.
"Do you really think that's a good idea?" you ask, trying to hide the anxiety in your voice.
"I don't know Jane... I think we are making the boys uncomfortable," says your wife hesitantly.
"Oh, I don't mind if Bob doesn't," says Rick gruffly and you see that he still hasn't removed his hand from your wife's thigh.
Everyone is looking at you with anticipation and you feel your own face growing hot. "Well, you know, I guess these pictures will be a real hoot to look at once we are all sobered up…" you say lamely, trying to be a good sport.
You are torn between jealousy and arousal as your wife takes Rick's face in her hand and they start kissing. Meanwhile Jane is giggling hysterically as she snaps picture after picture with her phone. "Oh this is really naughty," she gasps, wriggling with excitement. "How does it make you feel to see your wife kissing my husband, Bob?" she asks you. Her eyes are bright with arousal.
Your dick is rock hard at this point and you put your hand on your crotch to try to hide your boner. "Uh, it's a little weird, but I guess I can deal with it," you say.
Jane gazes down at your attempts to hide your hardon and just laughs in return. "Yeah, I guess you CAN deal with it."
The way she notices your erection makes your heart race. This is crazy, you must have all had more to drink than you thought. You turn your attention back to your wife and Rick and realize that they are really going at it.
"Hey, no tongue!" you say half-jokingly, but they just ignore you and are clearly french kissing. Rick has reached his hand up your wife's skirt and is gripping her ass as they make out on the couch, seemingly oblivious to you and Jane.
"Susan, are you working Rick's cock?" gasps Jane in amazement, clearly delighted.
Your wife and Rick break their lip lock and gaze at her guiltily, eyes bleary with alcohol and lust. "Oops, I guess we got a little carried away," apologizes your wife withdrawing her hand from Rick's groin hastily.
"Don't be sorry, this is hot, keep going," says Jane as she comes and sits on the edge of your chair.
"What are you doing?" you ask, looking up at her stupidly.
"I'm not sure," she admits, reaching down to touch the tent you are pitching in your trousers.
"Oh boy, we better call it a night or we are all going to be very sorry and embarrassed in the morning," you say shakily.
"What do you think, Rick?" your wife asks him, looking deeply into his eyes. He responds by slowly unbuttoning the front of her blouse.
"Oh boy," says your wife as she watches him. She looks over at you with concern. "Honey, do you see what he's doing."
"Yup," you croak as Jane unzips your fly. "When did we become swingers?" you ask no one in particular.
"There is always a first time," says Jane lustily as she goes down on you.
You are distracted by this for a few minutes. The next thing you know, Jim has you wife's bare tits in his hands and she is jerking him off as they make out on the couch. Jane's head is bobbing up and down on your cock and it feels amazing. You reach down to unbutton her top as well so that you can get a hold of her big soft tits.
"Whoa, Rick," cautions your wife as he pulls her panties down. "I, uh, isn't that going a bit too far?" she asks, but her eyes are blazing with lust.
"I'm going to fuck you now," he says drunkenly and plunges his cock right into her waiting pussy. She wraps her legs around his back as he starts pounding her on the couch and the sight of another man fucking your wife makes you blow your wad right into Jane's mouth. She swallows it greedily and then looks up at your with a twinkle in her eyes, wiping your cum from her chin.
"I was hoping to hop on that before you did that, but I already came by touching myself once, so I forgive you," she says archly.
You push her back on the floor and pull her soaking panties off and return the favor by going down on her, immediately locating the clit in her unfamiliar vagina and flicking your tongue across it greedily.
"Wow, Bob, holy shit!" she gasps as you push a few fingers into her. You spend a few minutes with your face buried in Jane's cunt, listening to your wife grunt with passion as Rick fucks her and your own cock is growing hard again. Jane cums again with a stifled moan and you withdraw you bush-burned face from her crotch.
You look over to see Rick politely pull out in time to shoot his load all over your wife's smooth white belly. She tugs gently on his scrotum as he cums and the sight of her performing this familiar act on another man makes your stomach flip.
She notices you watching her do this and says. "Oh, sorry, dear."
"It's ok, I just got done eating out your girlfriend," you mumble with embarrassment.
"Quite well, I might add," interjects Jane as she lays sprawled luxuriously on her back, legs spread wide and pussy exposed.
"Well Rick finished before I did," says your wife, glancing at your stiff rod. "Rick, be a dear and step aside now, will you?" asks your wife. " I need my husband to fuck me a little more so that I can come."
"Oh, sure, sorry about that," he says contritely and flops down on the floor next to his wife. They both look on in fascination as you mount your wife, trying to ignore the cum already on her and work your cock in and out of her until she gasps in a shuddering climax.
You pull out and Jane says "Say cheese," and snaps a picture of you with your stiff wet cock hovering over your cum drenched wife.
"I'll get you for that," you say and rush over push her on her back and forcefully enter her while her husband sits right next to you on the floor, looking on uncomfortably.
"Rick, oh rick, he's ravishing me," she laughs as you jam your cock into her.
"Well, I guess you had it coming," he says, scratching his head, unable to look away as you penetrate his wife over and over.
"Oh god, I might cum again, Bob, go easy," she gasps. "Oh, too late," and you pull out to shoot another load all over her face as she cums for the third time this evening.
Rick just looks on placidly as you spurt hot come all over his wife's face.
"Yeah, well, I guess this is how swinging works. You sully my wife, I sully yours," You tell him with a crooked smile.
"Yes, but you sullied me twice," laughs Jane licking cum from her lips.
"I don't know if I have another one in me," says Rick sadly in response to your wife's hopeful expression. It makes you jealous the way her face falls slightly when he admits he can't fuck any more. Which seems odd since you didn't really mind watching him fuck her.
You all get cleaned up and it's agreed that they should spend the night since everyone is too drunk to drive. You set up Rick and Jane in the guest room while you and your wife retire to your bedroom.
You pass right out from exhaustion but are awoken a few hours later by your wife grunting in the hallway. You get up to find her underneath Rick as he balls her right on the floor in the hallway.
"Jesus, you guys!" you complain. "I mean, is this going to be a like a regular thing?" But your cock belies your anger and slowly rises at the sight of Rick rhythmically plunging himself into your woman.
"I just wanted to give him a chance to even the score…" gasps your wife.
"You're a good woman, and fair," he says pulling out and blowing his wad into her face as she eagerly leans forward to lap the cum from his swollen head.
"What?" he says defensively as you look on in disgust mixed with arousal. "You came on my wife twice…"
"Oh, are we keeping score?" you ask sarcastically.
"We probably should," he laughs. "Otherwise, someone might get jealous."
You all laugh as you help your wife to her feet. But it does burn you the way she kisses him again as he returns to the guest room and you pull her back to your bedroom.
"Easy there Jezebel," you mutter as you push her into the bathroom to clean up.
"He fucks me so earnestly, dear. I had to give him a thank you kiss," teases your wife and it maddens you to hear it but turns you on as well. "I mean we've known Rick for years, and he fucks just as you might imagine. Methodically, without pretension, with great humility."
"Do I have to listen to this?" you ask with mock annoyance.
"Well how was Jane?" she asks you with interest.
"Just as you might think. She uses her mouth a lot," you respond with a smile, and you and your wife have a quiet laugh at that, but things are weird between you now and you suspect that they can never be the same. As you lay staring up at your bedroom ceiling you consider the rut you two had fallen into and how you had taken her so much for granted all these years, and you decide that things not being the same might be a good thing.
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I want to try this with my lady. We have started talking about her fantasies and I think it will happen before long.
2013-09-14 01:23:07
Thanks, Norton5. Of course you should riff on this theme if you feel inspired. I am sure I didn't originate this idea.
2013-09-04 00:49:35
Ooh, a really good story here written in second person perspective. This is a very naughty piece of fiction. I loved it! Forgive me if I steal your idea (couples taking pictures) and use it in a story. This was brilliant!
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1.1 This test method is designed for use in obtaining the specific conductance of a water extract of plastics and fillers. The magnitude of this conductance may be taken as an index of the likelihood that, in a humid atmosphere, metal surfaces in contact with these materials may become corroded due to galvanic action or direct chemical attack; this is called the corrosivity index.
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Miniaturized multiphoton microscope with a 24Hz frame-rate
Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 14, pp. 10501-10506 (2008)
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With miniaturized tube lenses and a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror, we constructed a miniaturized multiphoton microscope system. Through a two-dimensional asynchronous scanning of the MEMS mirror, 24Hz frame rate can be realized. With a high numerical aperture objective, sub-micron resolution can also be achieved at the same time.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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(190.3970) Nonlinear optics : Microparticle nonlinear optics
(190.4710) Nonlinear optics : Optical nonlinearities in organic materials
(180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy
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Original Manuscript: January 15, 2008
Revised Manuscript: May 19, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: May 21, 2008
Published: June 30, 2008
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Tzu-Ming Liu, Ming-Che Chan, I-Hsiu Chen, Shih-Hsuan Chia, and Chi-Kuang Sun, "Miniaturized multiphoton microscope with a 24Hz frame-rate," Opt. Express 16, 10501-10506 (2008)
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Shaw, J. E. and Gokal, R. and Hollis, Sally and Boulton, A. J. M. (1998) Does peripheral neuropathy invariably accompany nephropathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus? Diabetes Research and Clincal Practice, 39 (1). pp. 55-61. ISSN 0168-8227
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In patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus complicated by diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy, it is usually believed that significant neuropathy is almost universal, but few studies have directly addressed this. This study assessed neuropathy in 91 such subjects, using vibration perception thresholds (VPT) and the neuropathy disability score (NDS). A total of 34% of subjects had no neuropathy on age adjusted VPT (z score) and 26% had no neuropathy on NDS. The severity of neuropathy as measured by VPT z score was related to increasing glycated haemoglobin (P=0.02) and male sex (P=0.03), and NDS was independently associated with age (P<0.0001) and HbA1c (P=0.003). These factors together accounted for only 12 and 31% of the total variance in VPT z score and NDS, respectively. In conclusion, the study has shown that a significant proportion of patients with diabetic nephropathy are free of neuropathy, but the full explanation for their protection from neuropathy is unclear.
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Journal or Publication Title: | Diabetes Research and Clincal Practice |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Diabetic neuropathy ; Diabetic nephropathy ; Diabetes mellitus ; Renal transplantation |
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Deposited On: | 12 Nov 2008 14:53 |
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With the introduction of the Dodge Durango HEMI R/T Concept at this year's North American International Auto Show, the Chrysler Group gave enthusiasts a sneak peek at a thinly disguised version of the next-generation Durango (set to appear in the fall of 2003 as an '04 model). Similar to the Pacifica Concept shown at last year's NAIAS, the Durango HEMI R/T Concept previews the bold new look of a product that Dodge hopes will put it squarely on mainstream SUV-buyer's radar, with a distinction that'll set it apart in a field that's become increasingly crowded, not only with traditional SUVs, but with car-based crossover vehicles populating the marketplace.
The audacious and powerful Dodge Durango Concept is seven inches longer--more than three inches taller and four and a half inches wider than the current-generation Durango. The enlarged exterior results in a roomier interior that provides increased head, shoulder, and hip room and more comfortable accommodations for up to seven occupants.
Styling and Design Given that the Durango Concept is HEMI powered, it's tough to say which is its most important attribute: the bold styling or its namesake drivetrain. Since its bold exterior is the first thing that'll attract the eye, even before the key is put in the ignition, we think it logical to start here.
Vehicle manufacturers talk all the time of design DNA, and Dodge is no exception. Since the introduction of the Viper and the first-generation Dodge Ram pickup, the Dodge design team has worked hard to develop a strong family design-identity within all its vehicle lines, from the smallest Neon to the biggest Ram 3500 pickups. The Durango Concept clearly continues this trend, from its cross-hair grille to the tips of its twin satin rear-exhaust tips.
"The Dodge Durango R/T HEMI Concept is not a 'me, too' design--that will not be tolerated at Dodge," says Trevor M. Creed, senior vice president of design, Chrysler Group. "Our goal was to create something more architectural than agricultural, but a vehicle that still delivers power on every front, from its dramatic design to its HEMI engine."
Getting a first look at the Liquid Graphite Metallic Durango R/T HEMI Concept, we'd say that Creed and his design team have succeeded, building not only upon the design of the current Durango, along with the newest Viper and Ram, but of several of Dodge's well- received recent concept trucks, most notably the muscular stature of the '99 Power Wagon and the passenger-priority position of the 2000 MAXXcab's A-pillar, with some elements of last year's M80 pickup. Considering its look of machined elegance, and its wheels pushed out to the extremes (courtesy of its 199.2-inch wheelbase), the Durango Concept's look is distinctive in a sea of lookalike SUVs. It's unmistakably a Dodge and pulls together the form first seen in the '01 Dodge truck concept, the Power Box.


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Samuel Robert James Manery
Sam Manery
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Children of Samuel Robert James Manery and Mabel Elizabeth Broder
- Jean Phyllis Manery+7,8 (1912-1990)
- Helen Marion Manery+7 (1916-2011)
- Gordon Manery+7,8 (1920-2012)
- Ronald Manery+7,8 (1923-2004)
- Margery Agnes Manery+8 (1924-2008)
- Kathleen Alice Elizabeth Manery+
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- [S576] Samuel Robert James Manery, Birth Registration 88-09-682587 (14 Mar 1888), BC Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria, British Columbia.
- [S583] Samuel Robert James Manery, Death Registration 80-09-006134 (14 Apr 1980), BC Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria, British Columbia.
- [S124] Mabel Manery (obituary), The Penticton Herald, Penticton, BC, 26 Feb 1958, pg 3.
- [S7] Letter from Elaine King Willson (Coquitlam, BC) to Faye West, May 1978; privately held by Faye West (Edmonton, Alberta). File: Broder, general. Elaine received info from Mabel Hallberg Broder (for Harold) and from Sam Manery (for Mabel).
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For more information about this meeting, contact Barbara Baum.
Title: | Counting $k$-Marked Durfee Symbols |
Seminar: | Combinatorics/Partitions Seminar |
Speaker: | Kagan Kursungoz, Department of Mathematics, the Pennsylvania State University |
Abstract: | |
In a 2007 paper, Andrews defined $k$-marked Durfee symbols, and gave a number of combinatorial properties that are derived analytically. In this talk, a method to count the $k$-marked Durfee symbols that arise from an ordinary Durfee symbol will be given, and a related binomial coefficient identity will be proven. Also, a further open question will be described. Some other applications of the mentioned method will be considered as time allows. |
Room Reservation Information
Room Number: | MB106 |
Date: | 01 / 20 / 2009 |
Time: | 11:15am - 12:05pm |