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HOW TO CHECK ALIGNMENT: Place a known straight board up against the fence. Lock into place. Make a cut. Slide board down a few inches making sure you contact...Read complete review
HOW TO CHECK ALIGNMENT: Place a known straight board up against the fence. Lock into place. Make a cut. Slide board down a few inches making sure you contact both fences on either side of the blade.Lock it into place. Make another cut.Now take that wedge you just made and measure the width at both ends. They should be exactly the same. If it is.. your saw is properly aligned. If you make a cut afterwards and find that it's cutting at an angle, you're simply not aligning the board properly to the fence. Right out of the box this thing was nearly ready to go. No adjustments required. Smooth sliding action, smooth pivoting action, angles lock securely into place. This saw can cut 2x12's in a single pass! However, you should always let the saw do its job and go slow or take multiple passes to keep from bogging down the motor. 2 light, quick passes is all it takes to slice right through 2x12's without bogging down the motor. The vacuum attachment port works great with a hºme depot buckethead shop vac (needed a little tape on the hose to make it fit snug). This saw can slice through 2x8's in a single pass. The blade produces nice clean cuts in both green and dry lumber. I sliced a bunch of 12 foot sections of 1x2 furring strips to use as spacers to dry out some lumber and it was consistent and quick. I do wish it had a blade brake but for the $80 i paid I'm not going to complain. I've checked the angles both tilt and rotate against a digital angle finder and actual cut pieces and found them to be pretty much accurate to 1/16th. 22.5 inside and outside were perfect as were the 45's. Great saw for the first time miter owner. Framing an 18'x20' deck using 2x12x20's and 2x8x10's and this thing is plowing right through without any smoke, bogging, or weird smell from the bushings/motor. All around perfect little saw. Even at $150 this saw is definitely worth the money. Just don't be an idiot and carry the thing in the fully locked position by the trigger handle. Grab it by the base or hinge edge like a smart person.. it's not RIGID or DëWALT quality so you cant get away with carrying it that way without the undue stress working its magic on the alignment.
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I agree with other reviewers about the quality of the build...and assembly. Having owned 10 inch Delta, Porter-Cable and Rigid chop/miter saws, this one seems way too poorly designed and...Read complete review
I agree with other reviewers about the quality of the build...and assembly. Having owned 10 inch Delta, Porter-Cable and Rigid chop/miter saws, this one seems way too poorly designed and assembled.The 60 tooth, C2 carbide blade is not great deal, but it cuts OK. this is not the fault of the saw. However, the absence of a brake on the motor is scary, making you wait a long time for the spinning to stop before you lift the blade from the cut. Bummer. And it gets worse:Right out of the box it made a nice true 90 cut. This was a relief... BUT...and this really annoyed me, it did not cut all the way through stock footed to the fence! It left about 1/4 inch uncut! the incomplete manual said the depth adjustment screw was set correctly at the factory and so there would be no need to adjust it. Boy was that a joke. It was not set correctly and I bet there are a lot of workers in the factory laughing at the joke. The diagram does not even identify which screw was at issue and then it names it only as "screw" like about a dozen others in the parts diagram. In fact it is part number 37 in the list and it can only be adjusted with a 3 mm (1/8 inch) allen wrench--which is NOT included. But first you have to release the 10 mm locking washer (no wrench for that either. THEN you can set it, making sure the assembly is all the way tight to the slide (otherwise you risk cutting the lock nut beneath the fence)! This took me about 30 minutes and a lot of cursing at the manual.
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Nice for inexpensive SCM for home DIY
By Takeahike66
from San Mateo, CA
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Comments about Chicago Electric Power Tools 10 in. Sliding Compound Miter Saw:
I have a regular 10 miter, but was always disappointed that I could not cut wider boards. With this 10" SCM, I can now cut boards up to 12". The fence was a little out of alignment out of the box. One of the bolts holding the fence was way tighten too much. Had to use a Vise grip on the bolt head to loosen it enough for the allen wench to work. the Slide action is very smooth, no binding, Once the fence was aligned to the blade, the 90 cuts were right on. The build may not be of the highest quality, but for $90, it can do a great job, and provides a lot of value for the price.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Just got the 10" saw. Used it today to build a recycled/ re-purposed furniture project.It works very well and does what it should.No frills, and that is okay, because it costs another $300 for "frills"! It cuts true, after at little adjustment out of the box, and it is relatively smooth and easy to use. Have had 2, 12" SCM saws from HF in use for a couple of years. Had a small issue with one but HF resolved it.I have beaten them up and they have worked the next day without fail! This 10" SCM saw is a whale of a deal no matter how you look at it. It is not high end but it does the same job so what more could you ask? I like having that $300 in my pocket, and a great SCM saw to work with and you will too! A great buy!
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By JT
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Performs great
By Busy Bee Construction
from Ogden UT
I'm a Gen.Contractor of 30 yrs. and I have had more expensive saws in the past and this one works just as good, I been using one that I bought 3 yrs ago and had no problems, I have done many interior and exterior projects with this saw.
good saw for the money
By papas5
from massachusetts
Bought this to replace a thirty year old radial arm saw that no longer cut that accurately and because it had a much smaller footprint. I can't compare this to any other brand of miter saw as this is my first one. But having owned it for about two weeks now I can say this saw is as good as my RAS ever was. Only two complaints - I had to clean out the mounting slot on one end of the fence to get it square as it wasn't properly machined to start with and the dust bag collects about 1% of the dust created. I plan to build a dedicated dust collector for this saw. There are plenty of free plans on the Internet . The slide works smoothly and true. Highly recommend this saw.
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By Mutiny Court
from Schertz, TX
About Me Casual Do-It-Yourselfer
I have not used one of the expensive brands so I have nothing to compare it with. Out of the box all it required was a slight fence adjustment. Performed well for mu first project. With coupons and discounts it was very inexpensive.
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For the money you can't beat it
By rjger
from San Jose, CA
Having owned this saw for about 4 months now it has operated flawlessly. It beats all the low end competition. You would have to pay a lot more to get a better 10" slider
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By Mark
from Eustis, Florida
About Me Furniture Building
Bought this saw 2 weeks ago and am pleased. I had another brand 10 inch with no slide before but needed to cut wider material. Was easy to assemble but had to align the blade and reset the indicator. Used it several times and am well pleased. The price was good and so is the quality. A 12 speed drill press is my next buy, next month. Harbor freight tools are ok with me as My father and I have been buying them for 25 years or longer.
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By Jim
from New Caney, TX
Really loving this saw....building octagon shaped raised gardens with landscaping timbers and after 200 being cut without even a hicup, still going strong!
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Very nice
By tadmaz
from Hartford, WI
The miter saw 98199 is fantastic. I was prepared to make adjustments to get everything dead-on, but it was dead-on out of the box, 0 degrees and both 45's are spot on with a square. Couldn't believe it! Maybe I'm just lucky. Dust bag barely helps, but for $90 on sale this is a steal.
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|Stef Lang
Lang at Sun Peaks, BC on July 30, 2012
|Background information
|Birth name
|Stephanie Jane Lang
|December 30, 1988
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|Pop, R&B
|Singer, songwriter, producer, performer
|Universal, Nettwerk One/ H-Songs, Hipjoint Productions
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Stef Lang (born Stephanie Jane Lang, December 30, 1988) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, producer and performer who resides in Vancouver, BC.[1][2][3] Originally from the Vancouver Island town of Ladysmith, BC, Lang moved to Vancouver at 17 to pursue her musical career.[1] Lang played every pub, bar, club and café she could, meanwhile honing her songwriting craft.[1][4] Known for her engaging performances and edgy lyrics, Lang released her first commercially produced full-length album, The Underdog, in May 2010, distributed by Hipjoint Music/Universal Music Canada and available on iTunes worldwide.[1][2] Her hit single, Mr. Immature, was released two months before the album and achieved mainstream success when it peaked at #5 on The Billboard Chart for Canadian Emerging Artists.[2][5] Her single, Paper Doll, was released to radio stations nationwide in February 2012. Both the single and a new EP, Fighting Mirrors, which includes the pop anthem, have been made available for free digital download on her website.[6] Lang's album Self was voted one of Canada's Top 15 Albums of 2012.[7]
Lang was born on December 30, 1988 in Nanaimo, BC to her father Conrad (German) and her mother Manuelita (Filipino), creating a mixed heritage. She is the youngest of three children. After her parent's divorce when she was 5, she followed her sister (Carla) and brother (Mark) who chose to live with their father. Lang was constantly on the move as a result of her father's career as a land developer and home builder. She spent time in several locations across Vancouver Island and eventually settled in Ladysmith in 1998. Lang started singing, dancing and playing piano at the age of 5.[8] Celine Dion and Mariah Carey were her early influences.
As a teen, Lang began performing in music festivals and high-school plays. At the age of 13, Lang competed in the PNE's Shaw Star Discovery Talent Competition. In 2002, she landed her first role in a commercial for Radio Disney. That summer, she landed a second commercial singing and dancing alongside Jamie Lynn Spears (Britney Spears' younger sister) for Hasbro's E-Kara karaoke system.[8]
At 14, Lang took an interest in the guitar.[8] She took lessons for one summer, but quit shortly after and became self-taught.[4] Lang began developing her interest in songwriting and found inspiration from artists like Tegan and Sara, Ani DiFranco and Joni Mitchell.[9] She recorded her first independent album at a small studio in Cobble Hill, BC, a self-titled CD which featured all original music.[10] She was cast as the main character's younger self. The following year (2005) she recorded her second independent album in Victoria, entitled Music in Me, which featured a combination of originals and covers.[8][9] For her CD release, she organized a benefit concert for her town's Christmas Food Bank.
In the spring of 2006, Lang won The Beat Music Awards, a talent competition hosted by Vancouver's #1 Hit Music Station The Beat 94.5. She won a four-song recording deal with Hipjoint Productions where she worked with producers Mike James (Kelly Rowland) and Troy Samson (Moka Only, Kreesha Turner, Snoop Dogg).[8][8]
After graduation, Lang moved to Vancouver where Hipjoint Productions offered her an internship in the studio and office to learn more about the music industry.[1][8] She spent this time honing her songwriting skills and learning how to run the studio.[8]
Lang worked part-time at a local grocery store as a check out clerk while performing at clubs like The Roxy, The Railway Club, The Media Club, The Bourbon, The Main, and The Rusty Gull.[8] She also worked odd jobs as a cashier, retail sales clerk, server, hostess and as an extra on film sets.
Within 4 years, Lang had written over 250 songs and had recorded them as 'Volumes' at Hipjoint Productions.[1] 2 EP's were released, titled 'Birth' and 'Blood and Bravery'. To date there are sixteen volumes of original music acoustically recorded by Stef Lang and head engineer Phil Lehmann.
In the spring of 2009, Lang penned a publishing deal with Nettwerk One/H-Songs, who launched the careers of Sarah McLachlan and Coldplay.[2] Nettwerk is home to world renowned artists Sarah McLachlan, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, k-os, Shawn Desman, Raine Maida, Barenaked Ladies, and Sum 41.
In popular culture[edit]
- Lang's song "Straitjacket" from her commercial debut album The Underdog appeared in the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation in Season 9, Episode 18 titled "In Your Eyes".[3] and her song "Diamonds" again from The Underdog was used in same series' Season 10, Episode 28 titled "Love Lockdown"[3]
- "Bullet Train" taken off the Fighting Mirrors EP was also featured on Season 12 Episode 17 of Degrassi titled "Sabotage"[11]
Other placements of her music include:
- "Give a Little Bit" - Used by CTV BC as a promo song for their "Making a Difference" campaign about giving back to the community.[12]
- "The Beat of My Radio" - Placed in The CW's High Society, Privileged, and Make It Or Break It.
- "Vulnerable" - Placed in ABC's Rookie Blue, TV series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith.[3]
- "All This Time" - Placed in The Best Years.[13]
- "The Girl From Nowhere" - Placed in Blonde Ambition.[14]
- "Paper Doll" - Placed in The L.A. Complex, a Canadian drama series airing on MuchMusic and The CW.[15]
- Winter 2007 - LA Tour
- Spring 2010 - Western Canada Tour[16]
- Fall 2010 - Cross Canada Tour (including US dates)[2]
- Spring 2012 - National 'Fighting Mirrors' Tour.
- Spring 2013 - Conscious Self Tour.[17]
- 2009 - Canadian Music Cafe during TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), sharing the same stage as Hawksley Workman, USS, Arkells, Terri Clark, K'naan, and City and Colour (Toronto). During the Festival, Lang also took part in four writing sessions with top industry writers Ron Lopata, Karen Kosowski, Greg Johnston, Rob Wells, and Hawksley Workman.[3][18]
- 2010 - NXNE (North by Northeast) (Toronto).[5]
- 2010 - L.A. Reid (three-time Grammy Award-winning American record executive, songwriter, and record producer) at Island Def Jam Records (New York).[2]
- 2010 - CMJ (College Music Journal) (New York).[19]
- 2011 - Canadian Radio Music Awards (Toronto).[20]
- 2011 - S.L. Feldman & Associates Showcase at Canadian Music Week (Toronto).
- 2013 - S.L. Feldman & Associates Showcase & CMF Acoustic Session at Canadian Music Week (Toronto).[21]
- 2004: Stephanie Lang (independent debut release, full length CD)
- 2005: Music in Me (independent release, full length CD)
- 2010: The Underdog[1] (first commercial release, full length album)
- 2012: Self (Full-Length CD, Solo Project written, recorded and produced by Lang)
- 2008: Birth
- 2009: Blood & Bravery
- 2012: The Fighting Mirrors
|Song title
|The Underdog
|"Mr. Immature"
|"Paper Doll"
|The Fighting Mirrors
|"Bullet Train"
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|iSH featuring Stef Lang
|iSH EP Up & Up
- Dust in Gravity - Co-writing credit for Delerium's 'Dust In Gravity', featuring Kreesha Turner. The single hit #1 on the Billboard Dance/Club Chart.[3][18][22]
- The Underdog - Co-written with Rob Wells (Backstreet Boys, Nick Lachey, Cyndi Lauper).[2]
- Closet Freak - Co-written with Hawksley Workman and Greg Johnston.[2]
- Lupe Fiasco - Lang invited by major label Atlantic Records to write a chorus for American rapper Lupe Fiasco's upcoming single.[2][23]
- Turning Point - 104.9 Virgin Radio Star winner Lexi Strate's new single, co-written with Mike James & Phil Lehmann[24][25]
- Consciousness of Love & Chrysalis Heart (Vocals) - Off Delerium's new album Music Box Opera (Oct 2012 Release).[26]
- Rollin' (Vocals) - iSH's track used for the 2012 London Olympic Games.[27][28][29]
Radio success[edit]
- "Mr. Immature" - Hit #5 on The Billboard Chart for Canadian Emerging Artist.[30]
- "Slave2Love" - American Music Chart - CANADA: HOT AC as well as hit #12 on Mainstream Radio.[31][32]
- "Castle in the Cloud" - Canadian Music Blog's Top 20 Songs of 2012.[7]
- Album Self - Canadian Music Blog's Top 15 Albums of 2012.[7]
- Nominations
- 2011: Canadian Radio Music Awards - Nominated for "Contemporary Hit Radio" and "Hot Adult Contemporary" for hit single "Mr. Immature".[33]
- 2011: Western Canadian Music Awards - Nominated for "Pop Album of the Year" for album The Underdog.[34]
- 2012: Toronto Independent Music Awards - Nominated for "Best Out-of-Province" artist.[35]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Stef Lang". Virginradiobestofbc.com. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Stef Lang Concerts in Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa | September 2010 Canadian Tour". Torontofilipino.com. 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ a b c d e f "Stef Lang | Hipjoint Music Group". Hipjointproductions.net. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ a b "Nanaimo News Bulletin - Hard work paying off for central-Island born songwriter - Mobile Edition". Bclocalnews.com. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ a b "Stef Lang". Nettwerk. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "Paper Doll | Stef Lang". Steflangmusic.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
- ^ a b c "Stef Lang Releases Rubix". Canadian Music Blog. August 26, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Nov 05, 2007 (2007-11-05). "Stephanie Lang photo 20071105112727 Stephanielang's Profile Photos - Buzznet". Stephanielang.buzznet.com. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ a b "Stephanie Lang: Up Close & Personal". Drumbeat.bc-payc.com. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ Stephanie Lang - IMDb
- ^ "Songs From Degrassi Showdown: Week 4". Teen Nick. August 23, 2012.
- ^ "CTV British Columbia - Stephanie Lang - CTV News". Ctvbc.ctv.ca. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Birth by Stephanie Lang". Itunes.apple.com. 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
- ^ Blonde Ambition (2007) - Soundtracks
- ^ "Stef Lang". Facebook.
- ^ Lang, Stef (2010-04-04). "The Official Stef Lang Blog: Western Canada Tour Dates". Steflang.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=bd406a479016afd6772b7a836&id=3674305962
- ^ a b "Stef Lang". Canadian Music Cafe. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "Stef Lang @ CMJ 2010". Canadian Blast. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2011 CANADIAN RADIO MUSIC AWARDS | 2013 Canadian Music Week • March 20-24, 2013". Cmw.net. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
- ^ http://canadianmusicfest.com/schedule/
- ^ "Hipjoint Music Group is a collective network of producers, artists, and songwriters dedicated to making world class CHR driven music". Hipjointproductions.net. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
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Slippery stairs, falling rocks and floods
I have one real warning: the stairs down to the gorge were slippery after short rain. Whatever good is your health insurance, watch your steps when wet and hold handrails. I was told about snakes as well. I didn't see any on my trail.
On the trail to Natural Bridge there is a notice (picture 2) to all visitors: WATCH FOR FALLING OBJECTS FROM ABOVE! Proceed with caution and at your own risk. I didn't see any falling rocks. Hmm... seriously I think that they always put similar and numerous warnings in the USA not to be succesfully sued in case of any injury to visitor, even if it never happens.
There is one more warning put along Cedar Creek Nature Trail: flash flood/high water hazard area, do not cross bridge (it's wooden) when levels are high. Well, I think they close the trail when it's going to flood although flood may come very fast (in minutes) in deep and narrow gorge.
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My recommendation is to make a reservation in advance in the only accommodation in Natural Bridge that is at Natural Bridge Hotel. I was there out of high season, on dark, a bit rainy, business, October day, and there was no vacancy except in the most expensive hotel rooms. They cost about $120 while my price category was 40-80. But I think that all rooms (not to mention cottages which were at my price category) may be sold out in summer season and in sunny weekends.
There is Fancy Hill Motel 3 miles away by exit 180 off I-81. Well, being quite relaxed I decided to continue driving south to North Carolina until about midnight. On the way I made a short visit to Pulaski.
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I visited Natural Bridge because it was on my way and information I found in travel literature taken from Virginia Welcome Center. Well, it is worth a visit for sure. But the place is not that fantastic, btilliant, wonderful, the best in the world etc. as they advertise it. To avoid dissapointment just don't believe in everything what they write about the place.
When I only left freeway (called interstate) I was attacked by giant advertisements of various Natural Bridge attractions. Well, in the USA they at least forbide to put advertisements along freeways/motorways. In some European countries all these young, pretty, semi-nude women put along motorways and advertising new soap or shampoo cause a lot of accidents, I am sure.
Let me only quote what they write about Natural Bridge:
- Higher Than Niagara Falls,
- Old As The Down,
- One Of The 7 Natural Wonders Of The World,
- A Miracle in Stone,
- Waterfalls Bathing It's Head in Heaven.
OK, enough, more you see at place when you come :-).
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With major medical device companies announcing cutbacks and layoffs due to Obamacare – and government regulation generally – the heavily frequented message board at CafePharma is generating the interest of union trolls:
This makes sense as a strategy in progressivism's long term playbook. It's obvious Jobs aren't the first priority of this administration – and why would they be, when food stamp and medicaid recipients are much more inclined to strengthen their position by electing Democrats forever? A man who is always afraid of losing his job in a bad economy is a man more inclined to want to seize control of the situation, by unionizing to make sure it doesn't happen.
Right? Well, not necessarily, it turns out.
"Polling shows a quarter of Michigan's government employees would opt out of unions under a right-to-work law. Losing those members would cost Michigan's unions more than $100 million annually." When workers are freed from forced unionization, many of them opt out. They have left unions in droves in Wisconsin, Idaho, and Oklahoma.
Which was the response to the union troll on the cafepharma message board, too. Basically– take a hike loser!
In a perfect world, corporations would always do the right thing by its employees. I"m not a corporate apologist on this issue – I've personally seen too many older employees who have given their lives to companies let go right before retirement, or successful middle aged men let go because they could be replaced by three younger guys making less money. The heart-wrenching George Clooney layoff movie "Up in Air" was very difficult to watch without sobbing. Yet I know that MORE government regulation is not the answer, and unionization that forces companies to lose their competitive edge is not the answer, either. The answer is, of course, more noble, more ethical leadership that treats people with dignity and respect and understanding. Which is something that government professes to do, but in actuality never does. Ever sit through an IRS interrogation or spend hours at the local Social Security office to get a replacement card? And unions treat their members like cashboxes for Democratic Party political donations, and fancy lifestyles for union bosses.
If the economy continues its downward spiral – it could be that unions see an uptick in membership gains – which would be to the obvious delight of future Democratic Party candidates.


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Tablet PCs
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but for decades the keyboard has ruled the laptop roost. The two try to get along in a tablet PC, which provides the best of both mobile worlds.
While there are slate tablet designs that do without the keyboard altogether, most tablets are convertibles. They replace the traditional laptop display with a touchscreen mounted on an articulated hinge that allows the panel to swivel and fold over the keyboard. This creates a space for viewing and writing.
Tablets are great for scribbling notes at a meeting, sketching your killer new product idea or drawing a map for a new factory, and then flipping the screen over and typing a memo about it. However, this genre has caught on only in niches, such as sales teams and schools.
The weak reception by most buyers has a lot to do with the £150 to £350 that tablets tack on for the extra engineering, hardware and software required. Look for the first generation of tablet netbooks later this year that will cut prices to the bone.
Most tablets require a special electromagnetic stylus with which to write. The stylus seems especially easy to lose and costs about £20; it's a good idea to get an extra one. Some manufacturers include ways to physically tether the pen to the unit, but that can look like a ball and chain.
Most have 12.1 to 14.1in screens powered by video engines that draw on system memory. These screens require an extra layer to make them sensitive to the stylus, which can make them appear fuzzy compared to standard displays.
There is an important option to consider when buying a tablet. Many manufacturers offer a special screen that doesn't get washed out in direct sunlight. This makes a tablet the perfect companion for outdoor workers, such as a phone installer or someone who surveys property.
Tablet PCs at a glance
Target audience: Just as good for those who need to sketch a map and sign a form as for those typing a memo, convertible tablets are for mobile types who need a computer with a split personality.
Pros: A tablet can fulfill two widely different usage scenarios with one machine, yet it folds up nicely to hit the road.
Cons: Because of the extra hardware, tablets are surprisingly thick, heavy and expensive, and the complex hinge required to convert between keyboard and stylus modes is easy to break.
Typical size / weight: 305x254x41mm / 2-2.5kg
Screen size: 12.1 to 14.1in
CPU / RAM: 1.2 to 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 1 to 4GB
Storage: 80 to 160GB HDD
Ports and connections: 2 to 3 USB ports, VGA, audio, Ethernet, sometimes eSATA.
Price range: £1,200 to £2,200.
Examples: Fujitsu LifeBook T5010, HP TouchSmart tx2z, Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet, Toshiba Portege M750.
Buying tips: Get an extra stylus because they are easy to lose; if you plan on working in the sun, get the outdoor screen option.
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A new animated short film, The Last 40 Miles, follows a death row inmate on his final journey from the Polunsky Unit i n Livingston to the death chamber in Huntsville.
The short uses three different types of animation to tell the condemned inmate's story, including hand-drawn lines when showing his unhappy childhood in the deep south and rotoscoped live-action shots when depicting the present day conversation he has with the veteran guard escorting him to his death.
The script was written by Alex Hannaford, an Austin-based freelance journalist who writes for GQ, Esquire, the Guardian, the Texas Observer, and others. It's based loosely on the interviews he's conducted with inmates over the years for various stories. The following trailer for the film will be screened publicly for the first time at a fundraiser for the short on Wednesday night.
Sonia Smith: How long have you been visiting death row?
Alex Hannaford: I first went to Livingston in 2003 and have been up there to interview inmates for feature stories more times than I'd like to admit. The first time I was fairly nervous, but the thing that struck me most was that it's perhaps more palatable for people to think of these men as monsters. The truth is, I was sitting opposite someone I could have known on the outside. And every story I covered seemed to have a tragic element to it: the condemned inmate was clearly mentally ill; they had a good case for actual innocence; they had an unfair trial.
The Last 40 Miles is based on several men on death row who you've interviewed, correct?
Yes, it's based on interviews and correspondence with a few different people, but one in particular. The guy who inspired me the most to write the script is still alive and no longer on death row, but he was there for 30 years and I met him around the time of my 30th birthday, so his story had a peculiar impact on me. I'd like to keep his name to myself to protect his privacy. But the other two men whose stories inspired the character in the film were Ronald Chambers, an inmate who spent almost 35 years on death row before dying of natural causes in his cell in 2010, and Bobby Lee Hines who had two execution dates before being given the lethal injection in October. I interviewed them both almost a decade ago.
The first person I mentioned told me the story of his childhood in a poor area of east Texas, being bullied at school, and feeling very alone, and I wanted to use this to show how inmates on death row had lives before the crime that put them there–and that these lives, often full of misery and tragedy, could perhaps in some way explain what happened to them.
How long, all together, have those men served on death row?
Bobby Hines was on the row 11 years, so in total the three men served a combined 78 years on death row before being executed, commuted, or dying of natural causes.
You're a longtime print journalist. What inspired you write the script for your first film?
I can't let an idea go. If I want to do a story on something but I haven't been able to get it commissioned by one of the magazines I write for, it'll crop up again several months or years later—there will inevitably be a new reason to resurrect it. I couldn't get the stories of these men out of my head, or that final journey that most of the condemned inmates go on. I thought about writing The Last 40 Miles as a book, but then I decided it could make a film. It was my friend Jeff Roth, who works as an animation professor at the Art Institute of Austin, who persuaded me that it would work as an animated short. And to be completely honest, my job writing the script and directing the live action was the easy bit: The hard graft is the animation. We're hoping the entire film will be finished by spring.
What struck you most about the drive from Livingston to Huntsville?
Although it's a fairly poor part of Texas, with ramshackle trailer homes and wooden churches, it's also very beautiful: forty miles of fields, trees and a beautiful lake (Livingston) that you cross by road bridge. It struck me a long time ago that this was the last thing these men see as they're escorted from death row in Livingston to the death chamber at the Walls Unit in Huntsville. One of the last things they see is that big Texas sun rising over a vast lake. It's quite breathtaking.
Could you tell me a little more about your collaborators?
Our company is Onalaska Films, after the town on Lake Livingston that you pass on the way to Huntsville from Livingston. All three actors are local—as is most of the production crew. And the film is narrated by the lead character, 'Ray', the inmate played by Victor Steele.
Jeff Roth is directing the animation and pulled the other filmmakers together to form our team. Our producer, Meg Mulloy, is a photography professor at the Art Institute of Austin. She also did the camera work on the film (half of the movie is live action that will eventually all be "rotoscoped") and has been responsible for keeping us all to deadline and organizing the unorganizable. Our lead animator and production designer is Luc Dimick, also a professor at the Art Institute whose artistic skills (all of which will eventually come to life after they've been animated by Jeff Roth) are fantastic. A very talented guy called Brett Owens is painting Luc's drawings, and an equally talented animator called Jeff Flanagan is doing the rotoscoping (ie. painstakingly tracing round the live action).
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DX10 Preview WITH Anti-Aliasing - SMAA Injector
Posted 13 July 2012 - 12:16 AM
Here is how you do it:
1) Download the injectSMAA package:
2) Extract the appropriate DX10 files and place them in your main FSX directory...
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X
3) Load FSX in DX10 Preview Mode and make sure AA is NOT checked (it doesn't work anyway).
You should no longer have unsightly "jaggies" marring your DX10 flight experience
If you combine this with the DX10 shader fixes for flickering runway textures, night lighting, etc., you should have an almost perfect DX10
experience MS and Aces Studio originally intended.
BONUS: The package also contains a DX9 version, too. This will allow FSX to run in DX9 with AA, but with no performance hit compared to using
the in-game AA setting. So, all DX9 users have to do is extract the corresponding DX9 files to your main FSX directory and UNTICK the Anti Aliasing
setting in the Display properties... Yet you will still have AA in-game!
Disclaimer: I tested this on an ATI 4870x2, so I don't know if it will work with Nvidia. However, there is no reason it shouldn't since both types of cards
are capable of Subpixel Morphological Antialiasing and have been for a long time, actually.
If you have any questions, post them here and I will try and help.
I discovered this AA "utility" because I play the"Grand Theft Auto IV" games on the PC and the console ports have no AA, so the games looks horrible without
this graphical mod even at 1080, my native resolution.
Posted 13 July 2012 - 02:26 AM
Could you test flying over Manhattan with Max Scenery and tell us your FPS? Thanks!
Posted 13 July 2012 - 07:06 AM
I get better results with straight in-game AA.
Posted 13 July 2012 - 07:16 AM
You might care to try JSGME enabler:
This is a lovely little utility, so easy to use, that injects DX9 or DX 10 SMAA and FSAA into your game, and just as easily takes it all out again at the click of a button, from those nice people over at IL2 Cliffs of Dover.
Make sure you turn all your CCC AA switches to 'Application controlled' and then turn off AA in FSX.
I use the DX9 SMAA, because it gives a nice crisp image, no jaggies, good frame rates and I don't have to ponder over those over-complicated CCC settings I can't be bothered to learn about.
Posted 13 July 2012 - 08:11 AM
Posted 13 July 2012 - 08:40 AM
Be careful.
Why? If it works, keep it. If it doesn't, delete a couple of files. It's not "dangerous" :)
Posted 13 July 2012 - 09:08 AM
OK, Don't be careful.
Why? If it works, keep it. If it doesn't, delete a couple of files. It's not "dangerous" :)
Posted 13 July 2012 - 09:17 AM
Good call CP - I confirm this works for ATI HD5870, but oh dear, we still get the image tearing, no vsync thing me for DX10, and I can't detect any increase in frame rates.
You might care to try JSGME enabler:
Thanks, for the heads up!
According to the thread, it's the same utility? Well, injectSAA is based on the one in the thread it seems, so they are at the very least cousins.
As stated, this utility might not work for everybody depending on hardware and graphics card control panel settings.
However, I can assure you it is not dangerous. It will not damage your hardware. The hard crash another poster experienced was probably due to it being
incompatible with something else on their system because I have had ZERO crashes, and the benefits -- DX10 with AA -- Are why I thought I would share this with
the FS Community considering significant progress is being made getting DX10 playable for a lot of simmers, finally, and breathing even more life back into FSX.
Posted 13 July 2012 - 09:36 PM
Nice pictures!
Could you test flying over Manhattan with Max Scenery and tell us your FPS? Thanks!
I'll do you one better:
These scaled down screencaps were done using Aerosoft's Manhattan X in DX10 with the SMAA injector active at 1920 x 1080.
I was able to maintain a steady 31 FPS (locked) vs. 15-21 FPS with DX9, and the SMAA injector active.
The settings I use for the Aerosoft cities (San Francisco, and New York) are "Very Dense" for the Scenery Complexity and Autogen Density.
No traffic (land or air). Anything above these setting while using these particular addons and my system drops to single digits. This is why
the "U.S. Cities" series are a good benchmark tool considering how demanding they are.
Posted 14 July 2012 - 01:06 AM
I was able to maintain a steady 31 FPS (locked) vs. 15-21 FPS with DX9, and the SMAA injector active.
Thanks for the comparison. However, My Nvidia GTX560 Ti doesn't seem to work in DX10 with SMAA. DX9 is better but there is a shimmering problem. Another problem is SMAA doesn't work well with very thin line like the ones of AirCreation Trike Ultralight.
Posted 14 July 2012 - 10:47 AM
Even if I reset the size within fsx (i.e 3840x1080)than with fly button it comes again with the small one.
Any idea?
Posted 14 July 2012 - 10:19 PM
I would like to give it a try but the rare thing is, as soon as I click preview and restart than the fsx comes up with a very little screen.
Even if I reset the size within fsx (i.e 3840x1080)than with fly button it comes again with the small one.
Any idea?
I guess it is a bug of SMAA Injector. Try changing your desktop resolution to 3840x1080 before running FSX.
Posted 15 July 2012 - 03:04 AM
I noticed if I do not have smaa than the problem is still there.
that means if I use preview anyhow that the screen is small.
so probebly something wrong with that button although I remember that in the beginning the preview worked.
may be I should try the repair fsx but some people say that repair is not good of fsx.
Posted 15 July 2012 - 03:40 AM
Tried this with my GTX670 but unfortunately for me it did not work at all under DX10 preview.
I get better results with straight in-game AA.
Same here!
My FSX runs on a GTX670 (ASUS DCII) with an i7 2600 ocked at 4 Ghz. (My signature is out-of-date)
On 3D models this SMAA works, but with textures (especially with the NGX textures and with runway and taxyway lines) it seems that there isn't any AA!
The only way to get it working, is to set the AA from nVidia Inspector (8xSQ + 2xSS + FXAA).
Francesco Monzeglio, Italy.
My Specs: MoBo: ASRock Extreme 6 Z77 CPU: Intel i7-3770K @ 4.5 Ghz GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX780Ti 3 Gb DDR5 RAM: Corsair LP 4x4 Gb DDR3 1600 Mhz
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Take Me Out (song)
|"Take Me Out"
|Single by Franz Ferdinand
|from the album Franz Ferdinand
|"Truck Stop"
"All for You, Sophia"
"Words So Leisured"
|12 January 2004
|3:57 (album version)
3:24 (UK radio edit)[1]
|Tore Johansson
|Franz Ferdinand singles chronology
"Take Me Out" is a song by Glaswegian indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the second single from their debut album Franz Ferdinand in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2004 and in the United States on 9 February, both through Domino Records. It was released on CD, 7" vinyl, and as a DVD single with the video promo and a short interview with the band.
The single reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. In the U.S., it reached number three on Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a number-seven hit on the Canadian Singles Chart, and also reached #1 on the UK Indie Chart. The song was voted the best single of 2004 by the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll, and number one on Australian youth radio network Triple J's Hottest 100 of the same year.[2] In July 2009, it was voted number 100 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of all time.
In November 2004, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[3]
The promotional video for the song was directed by Jonas Odell. It includes the band in the midst of a Dadaist and somewhat Pythonesque (surreal Terry Gilliam style) animation involving quirky vintage figures and machinery. The video is a blend of the live action band superimposed into a 3D environment with animated 2D elements. Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos named Dada, the films of Busby Berkeley, and Soviet propaganda as influences, and praised Odell's direction. Kapranos commented:
Basically it's a pop video and it should entertain you, but not just once – there're certain things you stare at in life that is just fascinating to look at like a fish tank or an open fire, they're actually quite simple things but there's something fascinating about them. And I think pop videos should be like that too. There should be something there that just makes you want to come back and look at it.[4]
The artwork from the single was inspired by a 1923 poster for "One-Sixth Part of the World", by Rodchenko.[citation needed]
Use in popular media[edit]
"Take Me Out" was featured in the soundtracks of the video games Madden NFL 2005,[5] NHL 2005,[6] and Shaun White Skateboarding,[7] and is playable in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, the U.S. version of SingStar Pop, Just Dance 2, Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2, and Rocksmith.[8] The song is also downloadable content for the Rock Band series.
The song was used in the fifth season of the British reality show Strictly Come Dancing in which the Scottish rugby player Kenny Logan and his professional dance partner, Ola Jordan, danced a paso doble to it.[citation needed] Beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy also performed a paso doble to "Take Me Out" in the American seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.[citation needed]
The song was also featured in the trailer for the 2008 film Hancock.[9]
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Take Me Out" at #41 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In September 2005, the same magazine named it the 34th greatest track ever performed by a British band. Q made another list for their television channel, also named Q, they made a list of 100 greatest Indie Anthems where "Take Me Out" featured on #6.
In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Take Me Out" on #16 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, whereas MTV2 placed it on #7 in their version of the 50 greatest Indie Anthems ever, which was loosely based on NME's list.
Pitchfork Media gave it a four and a half star rating stating "For once, the NME could be spot-on. There's a reason, after all, that this track shot to #3 on the UK pop charts within a week of its release." Pitchfork Media later ranked the song #44 of its top 500 tracks of the 2000s.[10]
Rolling Stone magazine also placed "Take Me Out" at number 327 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2010 updated list.
In October 2011, NME placed it at number 27 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[11]
Other versions[edit]
In 2006, an acoustic version of "Take Me Out" was recorded in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States. This version of the song would appear as a B-side to the exclusive fan club release of "Swallow, Smile"[12]
The song was covered by the Scissor Sisters in 2004 on the B-side to their single "Mary" and "Filthy/Gorgeous". In Australia, the song received substantial airplay and was ranked #44 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004 while the original version was ranked #1.[2]
The Magic Numbers and Guillemots both covered the song for BBC Radio 1's The Jo Whiley Show.[citation needed] Biffy Clyro also recorded a very different take for Zane Lowe's show. Finger Eleven are known for playing "Take Me Out" live, usually in a medley of their "Paralyzer", Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Under Foot" and Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2".[citation needed]
"Weird Al" Yankovic used a portion of the song for the polka medley "Polkarama!", from his 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood.[13] In 2008 Ryan Lewis produced a mash-up combining "Take Me Out" with 2Pac's "Crooked Nigga Too."[14]
Formats and track listings[edit]
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
- ^ BBC Radio 6 Music - Now Playing @6Music, #Franz6Music: Alex Kapranos Tweet In
- ^ a b Triple J hottest 100 2004, Retrieved 2009-07-22
- ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Franz Ferdinand Singles, Retrieved 2009-07-20
- ^ "Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out"". XFM. Archived from the original on 3 February 2004. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Golze, Benjamin (1 July 2004). "EA announces Madden 2005 soundtrack". GameSpot. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Cook, Chris (1 October 2004). "New NBS Live 2005/NHL 2005 Soundtrack Details". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 12 November 2004. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ https://vapormusic.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/shaun-white-skateboarding/
- ^ "Rocksmith Track List". Ubisoft. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "Hancock - Official® Trailer 1 [HD]". YouTube. July 16, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
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Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai drew thousands of fans in Kochi while she was there to inaugurate a jewellery store.
This was her first public appearance after the delivery of her daughter in November last year.
The former beauty queen was in Kochi Sunday for the launch of the first Kalyan Jewellers store, and several fans had lined up along the roads leading to the store.
Aishwarya, who shot her first post-pregnancy ad for the brand, addressed the fans from atop a special stage, before she went ahead with the formalities of the launch of the store.
The 38-year-old looked traditional in an off-white ensemble by designer duo Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla. She inaugurated the store alongside Malayalam star Dileep.
She was accompanied by her mother Vrinda Rai and daughter Aaradhya on the trip.
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The UHMWPE Lexicon is the online reference for ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene used in total joint replacements. The additional goals for this website are to provide an overview of state-of-the-art research in several key polyethylene related problems of clinical significance and to encourage hypothesis driven polyethylene research. [+] Read more about us.
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Established international registries such as those implemented in Australia, as well as in England and Wales, effectively monitor both the successes and the problems associated with newly introduced implants. Similarly, the establishment of the International Consortium of Orthopedic Registries, consisting of 29 international registries with information covering more than 3.6 million orthopaedic implants, represents an unprecedented effort to collate this information into an even more effective resource. This editorial, co-authored by the FDA, explains the US clinical and regulatory need, as well as an unprecedented opportunity, for further development of national and international initiatives aimed at capturing and synthesizing interdisciplinary (clinical, biological, technological) evidence for more comprehensive analysis of the causes pertaining to orthopaedic revision burden.
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The 2nd Edition of the UHMWPE Biomaterials Handbook, edited by Steven M. Kurtz, Ph.D., is published by Elsevier Academic Press. The new edition includes 35 chapters and over 15 contributors, expanding upon the history, properties, and clinical performance of biomaterials used for joint replacement. The new edition contains dedicated chapters to remelted and annealed highly crosslinked UHMWPE, Vitamin E stabilization, composite biomaterials, high pressure crystallization, as well as chapters covering advances in characterization, such as hip and knee simulator testing, radiographic wear measurement, biological response of wear debris, and fatigue and fracture behavior. The book can be ordered via the Amazon website or downloaded as an Ebook. A preview of the Ebook is also available.
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The Implant Research Center of Drexel University and Exponent in collaboration the Univeristy of Torino are organizing the 7th International UHMWPE Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, USA, on Thursday and Friday, October 22-23, 2015. Please save the date and check back here on this website for more information on the planning of the next UHMWPE meeting.
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New UHMWPE Standards Published in 2014
ASTM has just published an update to ASTM F648-14, the Standard Specification for UHMWPE Powder and Consolidated Forms. The task group agreed at the May and Nov 2013 meetings to eliminate the requirement for measurement of Ash content for the consolidated forms of UHMWPE (in Table 2), because it was already required to be measured on the powder (Table 1). Nothing is added to the powder during molding that could affect the amount of ash. The requirements for characterizing extraneous matter and verifying consolidation continued to be relevant and were unaffected by this revision. Two additional changes were made to restore verbiage that was inadvertently deleted in previous versions.
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Bryce Harper: Nationals "will be the Yankees of the NL East"
Oct 19, 2010, 2:18 PM EDT
Prior to making his Arizona Fall League debut tomorrow Bryce Harper chatted with Byron Kerr of MASNSports.com and had some interesting things to say about the Nationals' future:
I think in the next couple years we will be the Yankees of the NL East. I have been telling everyone that. We are going to roll. We are going to win some World Series. That is everyone's goal. [Field coordinator] Bobby Henley preached that from day one: "We are going to win the NL East someday." I really believe that. Hopefully, we bring a couple of World Series to Washington, D.C.
The whole "we will be the Yankees of the NL East" thing is obviously pretty amusing, but my favorite part of the above quote is that a Nationals coach picked "we are going to win the NL East someday" as his big motivational tactic. Of course, if the Nationals don't "win the NL East someday" they'll be one of the least successful franchises in the history of sports. Someday is a long time.
- Ari Collins - Oct 19, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Awww, cute little baseball player with no objectivity or understanding of payroll.
- The Dangerous Mabry - Oct 19, 2010 at 2:44 PM
I guess the important question is, who's going to be the Rays of the NL East (and, you know, actually win the division)?
- Jonny 5 - Oct 19, 2010 at 2:51 PM
They really should pay him extra to not talk. The Yankees of the NL east? Well they seem to have found their own version of A-rod. Is it me or does he seem to have no idea about major league ball? And he is a yankees/ cowgirls fan. Bleh!!
- Panda Claus - Oct 19, 2010 at 3:32 PM
Brash Harper speaks out again. It's great that he's showing us his youthful enthusiasm, but his words might carry more weight once he actually makes the big league roster.
- BC - Oct 19, 2010 at 4:19 PM
And I'm the queen of Spain. This kid needs to put a cork in it.
- nfieldr - Oct 19, 2010 at 4:32 PM
I believe I heard this on Freaks and Geeks, but "when you're the something of something, you're actually the nothing of nothing".
- Old Gator - Oct 19, 2010 at 5:50 PM
"If everybody's somebody, then no one's anybody." – Gilbert and Sullivan. Close, nfieldr. But can you sing It?
I predict that Harper will be remembered as "The Indispensible Gnat," rising to the show at a time when the voters, in their supreme idiocy, have elected to give Congress a lobotomy. It's going to be a race between Harper and the Tea Party cretins who infest the Hill to see who can say the stupidest thing in Washington on any given day. Incredibly enough, I think it'll be Harper at least half the time.
- JBerardi - Oct 19, 2010 at 6:45 PM
That's only because Christine O'Donnell is losing so badly:
"When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O'Donnell asked: 'You're telling me that's in the First Amendment?'"
Swear to God the FSM, this is a real quote. Say what you will about Harper, I promise you he knows Constitution better than that. I mean, he did just get his GED.
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Mmmm, that's some bad formatting. You know, some WordPress blogs allow you to edit your comments. You don't even have to register for that to work. Just sayin'.
- 013hip - Oct 19, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Bryce,Bryce,Bryce….forgive me young man but the Yankees didn't become the powerhouse and institution they are overnight, nor by talking about it. Get back to me when you actually have been there year after year after year etc. and so on!!!
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Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Almost half of U.S. public schools are labeled failing under the federal No Child Left Behind law, compared with the 80 percent estimate President Barack Obama's administration cited as a rationale for changing its mandates, a study found.
The estimated percentage of schools that didn't show adequate progress toward passing state standardized tests of math and reading was 48 percent in 2011, a record and an increase from 39 percent in 2010, according to a report today by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington-based nonpartisan research group.
Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan cited the 80 percent figure this year in justifying a plan to offer waivers to the law for states that agree to abide by the administration's education agenda, including tying teacher evaluations to student performance. Congress is also considering a rewrite of the legislation. The lower estimate still shows the need for change, said Jack Jennings, the center's president.
"Whether it's 50 percent or 80 percent, the law is too crude a measure of what is considered failing," Jennings said in a phone interview. "The law is defective, and Duncan is right to want to change it."
In 2002, President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind law, which was also supported by Democrats including the late Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy. The legislation requires all children to pass those tests by 2014 --and make progress toward that goal each year -- or risk losing federal funds.
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The center analyzed state reports submitted to the U.S. Department of Education or interviewed staff in state governments, according to the report. The percentage of failing schools varied from state to state, from about 11 percent in Wisconsin to about 89 percent in Florida.
Under No Child Left Behind, each state establishes its own proficiency tests and determines what constitutes passing. That system penalized states with higher standards and gives them an incentive to dumb down tests, Duncan has said. In addition, high-performing schools can be labeled failing if a subgroup of students -- such as students with disabilities or those who speak English as a second language -- don't pass tests.
The administration is studying why its projection this year was higher, said Peter Cunningham, an assistant education secretary. It could be due to changes in state policies regarding testing or an improvement in student achievement, he said.
"The trend is still clear," Cunningham said in a phone interview. "More and more schools are being labeled failing, triggering a one-size-fits-all response under No Child Left Behind. States need more flexibility. That's why we need to fix the law."
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Racism in America is stronger than ever in 2013 and you're either out of touch or racist yourself if you disagree. Why racists chose THIS year to show out, we don't know, but race relations are only getting worse, especially in pro sports, where athletes apologize weekly for accidental racism.
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2 adults, teen found dead in Bullhead City home
BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. -- Authorities in northwestern Arizona say two adults and teenage boy have been found dead inside a Bullhead City home.
City police say the deaths appear to be a murder-suicide as investigators don't believe anyone else is involved.
Authorities didn't release any details, saying autopsies are scheduled to determine the cause of death.
Police identified the three as 53-year-old Robert Bryan Ulan, 47-year-old Valerie Jean Ulan and 17-year-old Jay Jeffrey Artz.
They say Robert Ulan had been employed with the city since 1999, most recently in the wastewater division.
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Police were called to the home Thursday morning when Robert Ulan failed to show up for work and the bodies were found.
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A couple of months ago, Paramount announced that Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles reboot would be pushed back to 2014 because a lot of people had a problem with the script. A lot of true-blue TMNT fans probably breathed a sigh of relief at the news, considering that a lot of them were already up in arms over Bay's plans to give the turtles' an 'alien origin'.
And thanks to a recent leak, now we can all get a glimpse at the script that's been rumored to be a complete suckfest. It was taken offline after Paramount sent a cease-and-desist order, but we managed to get our hands on the worst of the worst, and let me just tell you–the script isn't just bad. It's laughably bad.
The Ninja Turtles as aliens? Casey Jones and April O'Neil are dating? Shredder recast as Colonel Schrader? Throw in a couple of bad jokes and references to Kermit the Frog, and basically you've got the script down pat.
TMNT co-creator Peter Laird got wind of the news and he had a few things to say about what Bay was doing to his creation.
If it is, in fact, the actual draft that was rejected and caused the production of the next TMNT movie to be pushed back to 2014 because the script was unsatisfactory, then I think all true TMNT fans should be grateful to the new "powers that be" that they did not allow this wretched thing to go any further.
It reminds me of one of the reasons I am glad to not own the property anymore… because I don't have to tear what little hair I have left out while trying to fix junk like this.
Well said, Peter. Well said.


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Kama at Radisson Blu Hotel Ghaziabad scores high on substance and style
The National Capital Region caters to every kind of taste bud. But it's quite funny that while Gurgaon seems to have a fondness for non-vegetarian delicacies (the daily grill and barbecue invites I get are a proof of this), Ghaziabad seems to be loaded with vegetarian foodies.
And the result is that a five star property like Radisson Blu has come up with a hardcore vegetarian Indian speciality restaurant called Kama. My last encounter with a Radisson property was Made in India, their restaurant in Noida, which I still recall as the chef had prepared some good dishes. So with high expectations I went to Kama.
Once I entered the hotel I was quite impressed. I loved the traditional Indian set up of Kama.
Also, the welcome was quite warm and homely. Prepared by chef Nikhil Rastogi, the menu was quite interesting. He was courteous enough to share the table with me throughout my dinner. I liked the attempt to make the dinner experience quite chic.
Instead of regular menu card, I was handed an I-pad to order my food. After going through the options I asked chef to serve me his choice of dishes. I started with a coconut shorba and before I could say anything the chef called it an Indian tom kha. He was right. My soup was followed by starters like rumani kebab, cardamom cutlets, ajwaini paneer tikka and spinach roomali chaat roll.
Every dish had a distinct flavour. One thing worth mentioning is the presentation of the food. I have not seen anybody presenting Indian vegetarian food with such finesse and class lately. After the mouth-watering starters, my main course arrived. Again, I was impressed by the quality of the ingredients and the uniqueness of the dishes. Chef Nikhil told me that they have hired a traditional maharaj to prepare some authentic dishes. Dishes like bharwan bhindi and Ferrari ki sawari potato gnocchi with spinach were quite innovative.
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The Elon Peace Plan (also formerly "The Right Road to Peace"; now "The Israeli Initiative") is a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the principles of rehabilitation of Palestinian refugees, Israeli sovereignty and strategic cooperation with Jordan.[1]
The plan was originally proposed in 2002 by then-Israeli tourism minister Rabbi Binyamin Elon. It advocates the formal annexation of West Bank and Gaza by Israel, the Palestinians becoming citizens of Jordan, which would become a Palestinian state, with their final status to be negotiated. The Palestinian refugee camps would be dismantled, and the Palestinian refugees would be fully absorbed into their host countries. Elon and Moledet (Elon's party and the chief supporter of this plan) proposed that "Israel, the United States and the international community will allocate resources for the completion of the exchange of populations that began in 1948 and the full rehabilitation of the refugees and their absorption and naturalization in various countries".
Seeing as it concerned the transfer of Palestinians to this hypothetical designated state without their consent, and that Jordan was far from enthusiastic to allocate its own territory for the sake of a Palestinian state (having reneged on its claim to the West Bank and taken away citizenship of the Palestinians living there in 1988), this idea came to be seen as irrelevant by the majority of Israelis and Palestinians[citation needed]. Elon continued to advance his plan, including a 2004 visit to Jordan for this purpose,[2] but did not manage to win substantial support for it.
General public support for Elon and his plan has been ambiguous. The National Union received 5.5% support on the Israeli legislative election of 2003[3] (which went up to 7.14% in the 2006 election after the party's merger with the National Religious Party[4]).
The changing political climate in Israel following the 2006 Lebanon war and the Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip prompted Elon to resume advancing his plan in 2007, complete with a million-dollar advertising campaign, as "The Israeli Initiative - The Right Road for Peace". Similar in principle to his original proposition, this new formulation gave up on the idea of a Palestinian state being formed in Jordan; while it still has Israel annexing the West Bank, it proposes that the Palestinians would become citizens of Jordan and residents of Israel rather than being re-located (though it also advocates providing them with a financial incentive to leave of their own accord). This idea directly opposes the direction taken by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Kadima-Labor coalition, which aims to negotiate with the Palestinians with the ultimate goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
The case presented by proponents of the plan[5] is that Israel, the Palestinians, Jordan and other moderate Arab states would all stand to benefit from such a solution. Ideally, Israel would see a sharp drop in terrorist attacks and the dissipation of the demographic threat; Millions of Palestinians would turn from refugees to citizens and would be given new economical opportunities; and the abolition of the Palestinian state would prevent an extremist threat to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, while international financial support and increased co-operation with Israel would provide financial growth and opportunities (which, to a lesser degree, applies to other Arab states as well). Republican US Senator and former presidential candidate Sam Brownback has expressed support of the plan.[6]
Detractors of the plan[who?] claim that Elon doesn't explain how countries would be induced to recognize Jordan as the Palestinian state. In an essay titled "The Yamin Israel Plan", Prof. Paul Eidelberg wrote that "Even if [the Palestinians] were made Jordanian citizens, as proposed by the otherwise meritorious Elon Plan, it is wishful thinking to believe they will live in peace with the Jews in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza".[7]
See also[edit]
- Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs
- List of Middle East peace proposals
- International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict
- ^ http://www.israelinitiative.com/rewr-true/language-en_us/Principles.aspx
- ^ Aruz Sheva (israelnationalnews.com); Benny Elon Presented "Jordan is Palestine" Plan to Prince Hassan, August 17, 2004
- ^ The CIA World Factbook; Israel - Government
- ^ Official Knesset (Israeli Parliament) web site; Elections for the 17th Knesset - National Resultsp
- ^ The Israeli Initiative - The Right Road to Peace official web site (Yozma.org); The Israeli Initiative - Summary
- ^ Senator Brownback's recorded speech regarding the Israeli Initiative (YouTube.com)
- ^ Eidelberg, Paul (2006). The Yamin Israel Peace Plan, Based on a policy paper published by the Ariel Center for Policy Research, October 2001
External links[edit]
- The Israeli Initiative - The Right Road to Peace web site
- Full text of the initiative (PDF file)
- Official Site of the Moledet Party of Israel
- Radical New Plan For Mideast Peace, article on wordnetdaily.com
- International Roots of Transfer Concept - Article by Moshe Kohn, published 2001 on The Jerusalem Post
- Criticism of Elon's Plan


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Who was the lady Vinny kept popping up in the Kinect Quicklooks? I'm missing something.
It's obviously the Kinect Lady, a part of Microsofts new incentive to sell more Kinects. Buy a Kinect and get a free Lady!
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Yeah that wasn't Vinny doing it. It's a standard feature of Kinect games now.
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Wait, I don't think I ever saw those. Could someone post a link to the specific video? I though I watched all the kinect quick looks (because they are the best).
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She also appeared aaaaages ago in a live stream in the old office, during a pre show 'thing'.
Why does that sound bad.
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Someone needs to answer the question, because I wanted to know too!
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Jeff tweeted a picture of the Tokyo Jungle TNT which she appeared in.
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It's their new anti-piracy feature. She shows up from time to time to keep an eye on things.
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She is probably someone who the team hates. Regardless it's pretty funny.
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She works for the company that makes the tricaster (video switcher) and is in their training and tutorial videos.
You're right. How could you fools not know the TriCaster tutorial lady! :pLoading Video...
That was even more silly and obscure than I thought. Good job.


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