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If you've ever played a single round of any first-person shooter on the market, you will have no doubt noticed (or been killed by) individuals waiting for other players to cross their paths so they may kill them.
For those unfamiliar with the term, this is known simply as "camping." You know, "he's holding so close to that spot, he might as well set up camp"? It's meant as a derogatory term for players who stay in the same spot on a map for extended periods of time, hoping to increase their kill count without having to put themselves in danger.
For the hardcore players out there, camping is an offensive act. It's done by players who are otherwise incapable of maneuvering around the maps and who couldn't get a kill if the player they were trying to shoot was standing still.
For the casual players, however, they are merely a minor nuisance, serving as that little speed bump in the road to the occasional MVP match.
Campers are usually an easy kill once you know where they will be. If it is a confined area, it's usually easiest to flush them out with an explosive of some kind.
But it's never really been about how easy it is to kill them or who has how much anger towards them. The question that I have always encountered is to whether or not this is an acceptable tactic.
On the one hand, it's hard to say what play style that happens to suit someone is "incorrect," as play styles are largely subjective (what's good for one is not necessarily good for another). So to that end, camping is technically as valid as you want it to be, if it is indeed allowable to call it a play style. After all, much what it employs is using the particular map you are playing on to your advantage by way of hiding in concealing areas near or in high-traffic choke points.
However, on the other hand, some might argue that camping is a cowardly response to one's own lack of understanding when it comes to the maps and – very likely – the weaponry being used in the multiplayer matches. If you know how to use your weapon and do it well, and you know the map like the back of your hand, there is no reason why you should be backed into a corner, waiting for someone to walk buy so you don't have to put effort into aiming, right?
Personally, I think it can be considered both.
Tactically speaking, there are some times when holing-up for a couple of minutes will allow you to collect your thoughts and maybe even a kill or two, allowing you to get back into the game – both mentally and mathematically. Alternately, if you're playing a game mode where defensive positions will benefit the team, staying in the same area might not only be a good idea, but also encouraged by teammates to ensure a decisive victory.
People may be upset with you for these reasons, but at least they are serving a purpose. The best examples are Domination mode Call of Duty or Conquest mode in Battlefield. If you have an objective that requires capture and containment, then once you capture said objective, setting a "perimeter" around it and staying within that perimeter might be considered camping, but it is also a tactical approach to keeping the game in your favor.
Conversely, I think if you're outside of those situations (or outside of sniping, which isn't camping if you're in a hide trying to take out enemies around the the map), you're a coward. I mean come on, with how the maps in Call of Duty are made, it's difficult to be terrible at this game and NOT get at least five to 10 kills in a match. On top of that, camping immediately implies that you don't know the map (at least to me) well enough to be dangerous – which is exactly why you should be moving around it; you need to learn the different paths to be a more effective player.
And, worse than hindering your own ability to benefit your team, you're hindering the other players' chances of enjoying the game by employing a cheap (and have I mentioned cowardly?) method of getting kills, usually against people who are better than you and are expecting you to face them head-on.
So what is there to be done about this? Simple: If you're the camper and you're not playing a defensive position on an objective, try growing a pair and moving around the map. You'll die quite a bit, but that comes with the territory of learning the layout so you can *gasp* GET BETTER. You're not only hindering yourself by sitting in a corner, you're ruining the game for other people.
If you're one of those players who plays the objective and goes for defensive points or likes to snipe: Mute everyone on the opposing team. Because if you end up destroying them, you're going to hear about how much of a camper you are, even if what you're doing isn't really the camping that they think it is.
Lastly, if you're in a game and you come across a camper, make it a point to target that one individual the rest of the game – preferably with explosives. Trust me.


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I think I wore myself out with that last post. Hopefully I'll recover in time for Thursday's.
True story: that donkey bit me. I had a half-dollar sized hickey on my forearm for a week. Never trust a jackass.
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Digital Handsworth Project
The Digital Handsworth Project has made the history of the Ancient Parish of Handsworth available via the internet. The Parish is much bigger than the area generally thought of now as Handsworth stretching from Handsworth, Handsworth Wood and Hamstead to cover Perry Barr, Oscott and Kingstanding.
From mediaeval village
To heart of the industrial revolution
To today's multicultural suburb
Who were the movers and shakers?
Who lived here?
Who moved here?
When? and Why?
- What did the area look like . . .10 years ago . . . 50 years ago . . .
- 100 years ago . . . could you find your street on a 250 year old map?
- Who lived in your house 50 years ago?
- Would you like to find out?
We have put the history of the Ancient Parish of Handsworth from its beginnings as a medieval village to the present day onto a website. Your History - Your Story
At the library we have a lot of official documents relating to the history of the area. But they only tell part of the Handsworth story. Do you or any members of your family live, work, worship in the area above? Is your community group active in the area? Your own, or your family story or the history of your community organisation is an important part of the history of Handsworth. Any history of the area is incomplete if we don include the contribution made by the ordinary people.
Benjamin Stone
Vanley Burke: Handsworth from the inside
Pogus Caesar
The Warwickshire Photographic Survey
Boulton, Watt and Murdoch
Hot Air Over Handsworth: Lieutenant Lempriere
Handsworth in the Blitz
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Chewing gum—Some studies seem to indicate that chewing gum helps you to recall information perhaps by increasing your heart rate which increases blood flow to your brain.
Exercise and diet—A great deal of research has shown that exercise can enhance your memory and a healthy, calorie-restricted diet has been shown to help the memory performance of healthy elderly adults.
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Messi celebrates his goal.
LONDON: Lionel Messi scored and missed a penalty in Argentina's 3-1 win in Germany and Belgium stunned Netherlands 4-2 as a flurry of new coaches and debutants cut their international teeth in friendlies Wednesday.
With 2014 World Cup qualifying games approaching fast in September, Didier Deschamps had a dull start as France coach with a 0-0 stalemate against Uruguay and Fabio Capello's first game in charge of Russia ended in a 1-1 draw with Ivory Coast.
World and European champion Spain, playing a surprisingly strong side, cantered to a 2-1 win in Puerto Rico after goals just before the break from Santi Cazorla and Cesc Fabregas, although Juanfran limped off injured.
England got a modicum of revenge on Italy for their Euro 2012 defeat with a 2-1 victory in Berne thanks to a cracking Jermain Defoe winner and Brazil forgot their Olympic final loss with a 3-0 win in Sweden, Alexandre Pato grabbing a late brace.
Portugal beat Panama 2-0 with Cristiano Ronaldo bagging a fine second.
Louis van Gaal endured a depressing return to the Dutch dugout as the World Cup runners-up, who flopped at Euro 2012 leading Bert van Marwijk to quit, came from behind to lead, only to lose to neighbors Belgium in Brussels.
"The foul on Nigel de Jong [for Belgium's second] was crucial as we were in control and not only conceded the equalizer but also allowed Belgium back in the match," van Gaal said.
Marc Wilmots enjoyed the early and last part of his first permanent match in charge as his Belgian side, who missed out on Euro 2012 but are packed with emerging talent, went ahead through Christian Benteke.
Luciano Narsingh and Klaas Jan Huntelaar netted after the break to boost van Gaal, only for Dries Mertens, Romelu Lukaku and Jan Vertonghen to seal a famous Belgian victory.
Tough taskmaster van Gaal, who was last Netherlands coach in 2002, must now gee up the Oranje for a Sept. 7 World Cup Group D qualifier at home to Turkey, who lost 2-0 in Austria.
The August friendlies, taking place before many European leagues have started, are much maligned by club coaches and they will be glad they are being done away with in coming years.
A number of leading players pulled out of the squads because of minor niggles, underlining the friendlies' lack of worth, while there was little enthusiasm in some of the stands with England's game against Italy in Berne half full.
The reason for playing the match in neutral Switzerland will be beyond most supporters but coaches Cesare Prandelli and Roy Hodgson had the chance to check out some youngsters.
Italy, who beat England on penalties in the Euro 2012 quarterfinals before losing to Spain in the final, handed debuts to strikers Mattia Destro and Stephan el-Shaarawy but it was old hand Daniele De Rossi who nodded in on 15 minutes.
England goalkeeper Jack Butland, who has never played in the Premier League, could have done better on his first cap but was relieved on 27 minutes when Phil Jagielka netted his first international goal with a diving header, again from a corner.
Defoe then bent in a superb winner 10 minutes from time.
Former England coach Capello was happy with Russia's draw but perplexed by hit-and-miss forward Andrei Arshavin being booed by his own fans when coming on as a substitute.
"I was unpleasantly surprised to see fans whistling Arshavin. I just don't understand that," the Italian said. "We lost concentration because of that and soon conceded a goal."
In Frankfurt, Messi missed a first-half penalty but made amends with a superb second-half goal.
An own goal by Sami Khedira put the visitors ahead, Messi swept home the second and Angel Di Maria blasted in the third.
Germany, whose consolation came from Benedikt Hoewedes, played for nearly an hour with 10 men after goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler was sent off after a foul for the missed penalty.
South American rivals Brazil, who like Argentina are in the middle of their World Cup qualifying campaign, had an equally morale-boosting victory for coach Mano Menezes after the shock of losing the under-23 Olympic final to Mexico Saturday.
With Pele watching from the stands in the final international at Stockholm's Rasunda stadium, Leandro Damiao gave Brazil the first-half lead before substitute Pato nodded in on 85 minutes and then converted a penalty despite slipping.
African champions Zambia lost 2-1 to South Korea, Japan drew 1-1 with Venezuela, China drew 1-1 with Ghana, Scotland beat Australia 3-1 and Serbia drew 0-0 with Ireland.
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Senior defense officials have increasingly identified the open architecture approach as critical in the acquisition of platforms, as well as combat, communication and information technology systems. In doing so, the government has asked industry to lead the way in the development and the innovation required to achieve the benefits of open architecture. An in a time of constrained budgets, experts believe open architecture standards are of even greater importance.
This event marks Defense Daily's sixth Open Architecture Summit, and with each passing year interest continues to grow as the topic takes on greater priority. "The role of open architecture in the national security acquisition community continues to grow at a rapid pace. Our unrivaled Open Architecture Summit covers the full range of the implementation of open system policies and practices and complex challenges, such as reforming acquisition models, creating commonality and tackling the sensitive issue of data rights. It's a no- frills, nuts-and-bolts event focused on ensuring attendees walk away with better understanding of open architecture by hearing from leading civilian and military voices in Pentagon, other government agencies, and industry and academia," says Mike McCarthy, Summit Chair and Reporter, Defense Daily.
Planned panel presentations and topics include a Flag Officer's Panel, focused on implementing open architecture on programs; a panel on the Electromagnetic Spectrum and Electronic Warfare; War Gaming Open Architecture; and Commercial Open Architecture Practices. Keynote presentations are also planned for attendees to gain knowledge of how the government is implementing open architecture systems and practices. Attendees will:
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Decided to start putting together a roadie for myself with the Richard Sachs New-vex lugs and Pegorichie tubing I got a while back. Sorry for the crap instagram snaps!
I stalled out once I realized I was missing a few odds and ends, as can be seen in the last photo of all the braze ons. Got a bunch of stuff coming in some time this week/end so hopefully I can get back on it..
Also, fuck those goddamn lugs and how much time I had to spend sanding them down to actually slip over the tubing >:-[
Anyways, my freelance gig is coming to an end this week so hopefully I can get back to posting more regularly..


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Report overload
DARPA is interested in machine reading in part because intelligence analysts are faced with far more reports than they can synthesise, says Eric Nyberg, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh who worked with the Watson team. Instead of having to study every report, analysts could use Watson to extract information on, say, how individuals discussed in the documents are linked.
Watson's potential also extends to everyday tasks. It is not currently connected to the internet, but if it were given an index of the web, it could take a question expressed in natural language and return a one-line answer. "Watson could replace Google for some kinds of searches," say Nyberg.
Like a human brain, a Watson search engine would continually be adding to its knowledge. The software could "learn" by searching for new documents to add to its database, so it would automatically update its database of search results as new facts emerge. Prem Natarajan of Raytheon BBN Technologies in Boston, Massachusetts – one of the companies involved in the DARPA project – compares this application to an oracle.
Thankfully, perhaps, Watson isn't fail-proof: it can find many simple questions baffling. This is in part because the software relies heavily on finding text that looks like the right answer to a question. As a result, it misses out on information that is too obvious to have been written down. Not only that, but Watson sometimes thinks that fictional characters are real, says Gondek. It once named the first woman in space as "Wonder Woman".
To get a grasp on such common sense issues, Watson will need to improve its understanding of the questions it is asked, rather than just searching for answers that look plausible. And that's a much more difficult challenge.
"Watson is an awesome machine," says Katz. "But sometimes it makes amazingly silly mistakes. That should tell researchers that we're not done. We've not even scratched the surface."
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The Indian Law Clinic introduces students to the practice of law as it relates to Native Americans. Through classroom discussion and by representing Clinic clients, you will begin to learn the skills necessary to become a litigator, a trial/appellate advocate, or a transactional counselor at law.
Main Foci of Clinical Work
Litigation Skills
Students may participate in litigation in tribal court regardless of whether they are second or third year law students. As Rule 9 Legal Interns, students may represent clinic clients in state courts as well.
The litigation component exposes the student to the following elements of legal practice:
- Initial fact development and interview techniques
- Analysis of law and fact in connection with a representation decision
- Litigation strategy and tactics
- Subsequent case plan for possible litigation including (pleadings, discovery, motion practice (non-dispositive an dispositive), trial, and post-trial motions, and case management techniques)
Transactional Skills
Students may also work on research and drafting projects. This work will focus on:
- Drafting transactional documents, agreements, and statutes
- Research and brief legal issues
- Counseling clients in commercial and non-commercial transactions including, but not limited to:
- Banking
- Landlord / Tenant
- Consumer Protection
- Creditor / Debtor
- Wills and Estates
- Other areas of civil law
Details of the Clinic
- Evidence
- Professional Responsibility
- Federal Indian Law
3 credits per semester (4 students per semester)
possible increase to 6 credits per supervising professor's authorization.
Additional student enrollment condition upon projected clinic caseload.
Time Commitment:
Spring & Fall
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6 credit students: 24 hours/week average
3 credit students: 15 hours/week average
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Leonsis wants to change culture of Wizards
WASHINGTON (AP) - Owner Ted Leonsis believes his Washington Wizards can become a "destination" - the sort of NBA team top players strive to join.
That will take some time, Leonsis acknowledges. He makes it clear that the Wizards are still early on in the process of reconstructing around No. 1 overall draft pick John Wall.
Leonsis used the word "build" or some version of it more than a dozen times, as in: "I hope I've been honest and transparent ... (about) rebuilding the team."
Coming off a 23-59 season, Washington will play the first of its two exhibition games against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night at home. The Wizards' first regular-season game is Dec. 26, at home against the New Jersey Nets.
The abbreviated preseason and 66-game regular season come after a lockout, and Leonsis opened his appearance Thursday by talking about a documentary he watched recently about the founder of Ferrari.
"He was the first race-car owner and driver to get rid of the rearview mirror on the car. And when they asked him why, he said, `I don't want anyone looking back. I want my drivers only looking forward.' And I think that's an appropriate way to kick off the season," said Leonsis, who voted in favor of the deal that ended the work stoppage.
"We just came off a couple of months where there was lots of angst and drama and discussions and pixels being generated. I don't care about any of that. ... I'm very excited and very positive about what we're building here," he continued.
Leonsis probably would prefer if fans agree to not look back at the lockout - or at the way things have gone lately for the Wizards, both in terms of wins and losses and the gunplay episode involving Gilbert Arenas.
Ticket sales are on the rise, Leonsis said, and he vowed that the on-court product will improve to the point that Washington becomes a place people want to go.
"We'll have enough assets to make trades and have cap space at some point to bring in difference-makers, and I hope to have our team ... considered a destination where players want to play," Leonsis said, "and that will come from filling the building. Everyone knows that this is a fantastic city."
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I liked this pretty well. A little wordy, as can be expected in Victorian-era literature, but a nicely wrought piece of work - especially from such a young author.
I liked this book by Anne Bronte about the governess. It is so interesting to read about the past in this way. I think that if I had been in her shoes I wouldn't even have lasted a week. I think I will need to read it again.
This was a short, fun read, which was quite a treat after some of the more sloggy stuff I've read in the recent past.
There were certainly some sections where it was quite obvious the novel was written by someone quite young (the ending, in particular), but it's well-written, especially the characters. There's fairly limited dialogue, but what's there is done quite enjoyably and each character has her own distinct voice.
I loved how aware Brontë was of---and unafraid of writing about---the differences in how males and females were perceived in her culture. For example, when she talks about how unprepared the first of her boy pupils was when he left for school, she notes that "this, doubtless, would all be laid to the account of his education having been intrusted to an ignorant female teacher, who had presumed to take in hand what she was wholly incompetent to perform." (60) She notes this after describing in detail the challenges, restrictions, and unrealistic demands that made her less effective as a governess than she would otherwise have been. As female governess, she would never be given the benefit of the doubt; if her male pupils didn't do well, it couldn't possibly be anyone's fault but her own.
Despite Agnes' insistence on detailing her own shortcomings, I found her thoroughly "good" yet still quite delightful, like when she has fits of snark. "Climax of horror! actually waiting for their governess!!"(90) she writes when her pupils complain when she's not ready at their every whim. I suspect that Agnes would chide herself for this kind of thing, but it's also what makes her human and likable. Otherwise she would be just too perfect, bearing so much mistreatment unrealistically graciously.
On the opposite side of the coin is Rosalie, who reminds me of a girl who bullied me in junior high and the mixed feelings I had when I found her on Facebook many, many years later. Just as Agnes is good, but not totally good, Rosalie is wicked, but not 100% wicked. Rosalie's biggest flaw is that she can't empathize with anyone else. As Agnes describes the reactions of Rosalie and her sister to the cottagers on their father's estate,
"They never in thought exchanged places with them; and, consequently, had no consideration for their feelings, regarding them as an order of beings entirely distinct from themselves." (77)
Without the ability to put herself in anyone else's place, she's never able to make a true connection with another person, and this is part of what makes her a sympathetic character despite quotes like this: "I can't centre all my hopes in a child; that is only one degree better than devoting oneself to a dog." (162)
When I started writing this review, I had given this book three stars, but by the time I got to the third paragraph, I bumped it up to four stars. By then I'd realized how much I really did enjoy the book. Time will tell whether it will stick with me or not, but even if I forget a lot of it, I hope I remember this quote, which I find amusing just for the list it contains: "...between carts and horses, and asses, and men, there was little room for social intercourse..." (168) It seems to describe how I often feel in busy social situations.
This was an enjoyable book to read, but I found the plot to be predictable and the characters seemed stereotyped and flat. The plot is a familiar one. A pastor's family falls into financial troubles and one of the daughters has to go into service as a governess. She works for 2 different families - both of them shallow with spoiled children and of course, they treat Agnes like dirt. She keeps her chin up and endures and since this is a Victorian romance, you can imagine the final outcome. I usually love the Victorian marriage plot stories, but I found Agnes to be too much of a goody two shoes. Unlike some other memorable characters, like Jane Eyre, she lacks spunk and let's people walk all over her. Just add 3 miracles and she could be St. Agnes Grey. Still enjoyable, but not a classic that will stay with me.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0140432108, Paperback)When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her independence. But Agnes' enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children and then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr Weston, the sober young curate. Drawing on her own experience, Anne Bronte's first novel offers a compelling personal perspective on the desperate position of unmarried, educated women for whom becoming a governess was the only respectable career open in Victorian society.
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-- Officials from the Uniform Program Office here continue to work for Airmen, researching and purchasing uniforms that provide more function, protection and comfort.
The Air Force chief of staff met with office personnel April 21 for an update on clothing issues Airmen face as they support global mission requirements.
Gen. Norton Schwartz said addressing current and near-term uniform needs takes precedence over introducing long-range new initiatives.
"It is paramount that we provide fully functional and appropriate uniforms for our Airmen as they carry out our worldwide, joint mission," General Schwartz said. "It's critical that we respond to Air Force uniform needs since they affect every Airman, every day -- so we need to get it right."
Changes are also in the works for the airman battle uniform. "Too hot" is how many Airmen described the current ABU. After working with other services and industry textile experts, Air Force officials will field a lighter weight fabric for the ABU coat. Called the improved airman battle uniform, the ABU coat will be updated with a durable, lighter weight, and more comfortable fabric.
To further reduce weight, the IABU design will remove the inner coat liner and interior pockets. The lighter weight IABU will replace the current ABU coat for both summer and winter wear. Prior to production, the Air Force Uniform Office staff will verify the fabric can be consistently manufactured to avoid color variation experienced with the initial ABU rollout. Projected availability date is summer 2010 and will be phased in as current inventories are exhausted.
Also known as the all-purpose environmental camouflage parka, the ABU cold weather parka has been short in supply, forcing extended wear of the battle dress uniform camouflage parka. Working with officials from the Defense Logistics Agency and AAFES suppliers, increased production of APEC parkas is underway. Over 145,000 APEC parkas have been delivered to date, with a total of 400,000 projected to be delivered by the end of 2009.
Since introduction of the ABU, multiple variants of the sage green boots include standard issue, cold weather, hot weather, temperate weather, aircrew, and steel toe, and each is certified and fielded to meet Airmen's needs.
However, Airmen working in maintenance, industrial, and medical areas have vocalized difficulty in keeping the suede green boots clean. As an interim solution, Lt. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, the Air Force deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, recently issued a policy allowing commanders to authorize wear of black boots in specific industrial work areas.
The Air Force Uniform Office staff is investigating stain-resistant materials that facilitate boot care. The results of an initial test in March 2009 did not show marked improvement over the current design. As a follow-on effort, a second boot wear test will begin this summer to evaluate alternative concepts from industry.
General Schwartz said if the follow-on test "doesn't work, this will be the last test and we'll go back to something that does work (in industrial areas)."
In response to a U.S. Air Force Central Command requirement to increase protection for Airmen in ground combat roles, the Human Systems Program Office staff with technical assistance from the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center is fielding fire-resistant equipment to protect Airmen from burns caused by explosive devises or fire experienced during ground combat.
Beginning in March 2009, fire-resistant equipment is being issued to many Airmen prior to deployment. Specifically, Airmen in ground combat roles receive fire resistant equipment to include the airman battle shirt, a fire-resistant combat shirt worn under body armor, and the airman battle ensemble, a fire-resistant version of the ABU with different pocket configuration.
Unlike uniforms that are available to all Airmen, this fire-resistant equipment is issued to Airmen for specific missions. Therefore, with the exception of predeployment training, this equipment is not authorized for wear as a uniform item outside the area of responsibility.
Airmen's feedback directly helped lay the groundwork for significant improvements of the physical training gear. The new PT fabric received positive response from test participants and has been approved for production by General Schwartz.
After extensive prototype design testing, the following changes are on-track for fielding new PT uniforms in September:
-- The improved PT running suit redesign includes a thinner, more flexible fabric to address common complaints about fabric "noise," and streamlines the design by removing the collar hood and shoulder vents. The improved design also reduces bulk by decreasing the amount of fabric in the running jacket mid-section and pants lower leg. Additionally, a new liner includes antimicrobial properties and will shed moisture at a faster rate than the current version.
-- Improved PT shorts to be introduced this year feature a softer, more flexible fabric, side-pockets, increased inseam length, and redesigned inner liner.
-- An improved PT shirt resembles the current short-sleeve shirt, but will feature a lighter weight, higher performance fabric with moisture wicking properties and odor reduction.
-- The Air Force has also authorized optional PT gear for wear. A new long sleeve T-shirt and sweatshirt are now available for purchase through the Army Air Force Exchange System. In addition, optional running shorts will be introduced this summer.
Over the past several years, Air Force leaders considered replacing the current Air Force service dress coat with a design similar to the version worn in 1946 by Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold. Known as the "Heritage Coat," an evaluation was recently conducted to assess several prototype designs.
To keep the focus on near-term uniform needs, General Schwartz directed that no further effort be made on the Heritage Coat project at this time. The complete project will be available to Air Force leaders should they deem implementation appropriate in the future.
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uniforms are becoming a great deal for the respect that the branches get. air force uniforms look nice but it does hurt when people tell me i look like a flight attendent trying to look important when i wear my civil air patrol uniform which gets its uniforms from the air force.
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Why is it that chow hall personnel are able to wear chef whites as a uniform but maintenance doesn't get to wear cover-alls as a uniform?
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San Diego falls just short of beating No. 7 Zags
San Diego The San Diego Toreros took No. 7 Gonzaga to the final seconds before suffering a gut-wrenching loss.
Close, but not good enough.
David Stockton hit a runner in the lane with 55.9 seconds left after Kelly Olynyk scored on consecutive possessions and Gonzaga held off San Diego 65-63 on Saturday night for its fourth straight win.
The Toreros still had a chance after Olynyk missed the front end of a one-and-one with 8 seconds left, but Elias Harris blocked Ken Rancifer's shot and the Toreros couldn't get off another.
"This group has had some fight in them in games," Toreros coach Bill Grier said. "They kind of know that when they lay an egg that they battle back. It was good to see it against such a good team. You're disappointed when you don't beat a great team like that, but you have to make every great play down the stretch, and we didn't."
The Bulldogs have won nine straight against the Toreros, and 31 of 33. Johnny Dee scored a game-high 21 points for USD (11-12, 4-4 West Coast Conference).
"We needed to make some plays down the stretch," Olynyk said. "David Stockton came in and made some great plays getting into the lane and finding guys for layins. It was huge and then we just needed a couple of stops, and we finally got a couple."
Harris scored 18 points for Gonzaga (21-2, 8-0), while Olynyk had 15 and Gary Bell Jr. 13.
Gonzaga trailed 57-53 with 7 1/2 minutes left before outscoring the Toreros 12-6.
Olynyk made two free throws, Kyle Dranginis made a baseline shot and Bell scored inside to tie it at 59.
Stockton stole the ball and fed Olynyk for a reverse layup and 61-59 lead with 3:12 left. San Diego turned over the ball and Olynyk made another layup for a four-point lead.
After Chris Anderson scored for USD, Olynyk missed a slam dunk that would have given the Zags some breathing room. They got it anyway when Olynyk rebounded and fed Stockton for a runner in the lane and a 65-61 lead with just under a minute left.
San Diego's last points came on Dennis Kramer's putback with 9.4 seconds left.
"It's disappointing, obviously, but I'm really proud of our team," Grier said. "When you give that kind of effort and compete that hard, no matter what happens, you're going to be happy with the fact that they battled."
San Diego ended up outrebounding Gonzaga 38-32, something that disappointed Harris.
"It was really physical," he said. "It went back and forth. They gave us a hell of a time rebounding the ball. They pushed us around. ... We really need to go back on Monday and go back to boxing out with more heart because that today was not acceptable."
Gonzaga led 51-43 with 13 minutes left before USD began closing the gap. Dee made consecutive shots for the Toreros, including a 3-pointer to pull to 51-50.
After Bell made a putback for Gonzaga, Bulldogs coach Mark Few was whistled for a technical that helped give the momentum to the Toreros. Dee scored seven straight points, including making both free throws and then a 3-pointer to give USD a 55-53 lead with 9:22 left. Dee made a jumper in the key for a four-point lead.


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Modern Family Spoilers: Will Claire Win the City Council Race? Plus More! – Wetpaint at PaleyFest
Saving the funniest for last, the hilarious cast of ABC's Modern Family lit up the final night of PaleyFest in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 14. Wetpaint Entertainment was there to scoop up all the teasers that the cast and creator Steven Levitan would let slip!
Read spoilers at your own risk! For more on Wetpaint Entertainment's philosophy on spoilers, click here.
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The episode centering around Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen) race for city council was directed by none other than Breaking Bad's Brian Cranston. Working with Cranston, however, proved difficult for Julie. "It was a day and a half on set before I stopped seeing Walter White, I was terrified!" she nervously admitted to the audience. So does the tightly-wound, little firecracker become the family's first ever politician? No! But that doesn't mean Claire doesn't somehow come out on top.
Where would the cast love for the "Family" to travel?
Hawaii is so last year. For their next trip, Eric Stonestreet (Cameron Tucker) says he's championing for Tucker Farm in Missouri. "I've been saying that's the best idea ever! I'd love to see Gloria (Sofia Vergara) in Missouri!" But Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitchell Pritchett) has other travel plans for the crazy family. "I'd love to see all of us in Colombia," he says. And while it looks like Cam may not get to show off his old stomping grounds just yet, there is one stop the family is sure to make this season, and that's the happiest place on earth — Disneyland!
Daddy dearest
"We have Cam's father (played by Barry Corbin) coming on the show for a visit and he and I don't really get along," Ed O'Neill (Jay Pritchett) lets slip. Modern Family creator Steven Levitan adds "It's a wonderful story that came from the idea that here's Jay, this very tough guy and Cam's dad is also a tough guy, and I wondered what it was like for two men of gay sons who are together to meet." As if we had any doubt, Ed assures us: "Let's just say it's very funny."
The end?
How long can we expect to bear witness to these crazy family antics? "As long as it's good," answers Levitan. "I think we would like to go out strong. That being said, as long as it's fun and good. Who knows? Hopefully a long, long time." We couldn't agree more.
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This will create the Mapnificent function in your global namespace. The Mapnificent function has the following methods:
|returns boolean indicating if current browser is supported. Check is very naive.
|Mapnificent.forCoordinates(coordinates, callback)
|Checks if there is a Mapnificent map for the coordinates. The callback function is called with one parameter. If the parameter is null, there is no Mapnificent map. Otherwise the parameter represents an options object with which a Mapnificent object can be created.
|You can call the function with an options object and will return a Mapnificent instance object.
Mapnificent Object Methods
When you have created a mapnificent object, you can add it to a map. The following methods are available:
|adds the object to the Google Map identified by the mapObject. This creates an overlay inside the map.
|removes the overlay from the map and destroys all layers.
|hide the map overlay
|show the map overlay
|addLayer(identifier, uiFunc)
|adds the layer identified by identifier together with the UI function to this mapnificent object. The layer will be setup and the UI function will be called in addToMap, so this must be done before.
|return the pixel coordinates of the Canvas Overlay that correspond to the given geo point.
|return the pixel coordinates of the Map Div that correspond to the given geo point.
|return the geo point for the browser window coordinate.
|return the geo point for the canvas pixel coordinate.
|return layer object for this identifier (e.g. "urbanDistance").
|trigger(eventName, [object])
|calls all functions connected with that event giving them the optional second argument.
|bind(eventName, func)
|binds the function to the event identified by eventName.
|getDistanceInKm(pos1, pos2)
|returns the distance in kilometers between two geo points
Mapnificent Object Events
Additionally the following events are triggered and can be bound to:
|must be triggered when a redraw is needed, mapnificent's redraw function is bound to this event by default.
|triggered after initialization of the map is done, layers may not have loaded data yet.
|The Google Map was zoomed.
|The window was resized.
|Triggered after 500 milliseconds of idle time after a redraw. Good for refreshing stuff after a redraw without doing it every time in a sequence of multiple redraws.
Layer UI Function
The UI function that can be given to the
addLayer method receives the following arguments:
var YourUiFunc = function(mapnificent, layer, $, window, undefined){ ... }
layer is the layer object, $ is a reference to jQuery, window to window and undefined is not passed and therefore truly undefined.
Urban Distance Layer Methods
The UrbanDistance layer has the following methods:
|addPosition(pos, [time])
|returns a Position object located at the geo point pos, initialized with the optional argument time (if not given, there is a default value of 15 minutes).
|returns a boolean indicating whether the given geo point is inside the area covered by this public transport layer.
|returns a number indicating how many positions are currently being calculated.
|returns the value of option name, undefined if not found.
|setOption(name, value)
|set the option name to value.
|Extends the options with the contents of optionMap.
|returns the default value with that name, might not reflect current value.
|compares current option value of name with default option value of name.
|returns the canvas image data that is cached between redraws, getting it directly from the drawing context hurts performance.
|Checks whether the pixel at x,y is reachable.
|approximates the given number of pixels given to an area in square kilometers.
|remove Position object identified by its index.
|trigger(eventName, [object])
|calls all functions connected with that event giving them the optional second argument.
|bind(eventName, func)
|binds the function to the event identified by eventName.
|returns an array of blobs, distinct areas of the Mapnificent rendering, with their bounds and midpoint in canvas pixel coordinates and midpoint in geo coordinates and some other information.
Urban Distance Layer Events
The following events of the urban distance layer are triggered and can be bound to:
|Setup of the layer is done, the bound function receives the layer as an argument.
|Progress report of the data loading, the bound function receives a percentage as an argument.
|All data finished loading, the layer is ready to calculate and has already started calculating pending calculations.
|A Position moved (its move function was called), the bound function receives the position as an argument.
|A Position was removed, the bound function receives the position's index as an argument.
|A Position calculation was started, the bound function receives the position as an argument.
|A Position reports progress of calculation, the bound function receives the position as an argument.
|A Position finished its calculation, the bound function receives the position as an argument.
Position object methods
The position object that is returned from the layer's
addPosition method has also a couple of fields and methods:
|Sets the time in seconds of the position.
|returns the time in seconds of the position.
|access the current geo point of the position.
|An index uniquely identifying this position.
|The number of iterations the calculation of this position as needed so far.
|startCalculation(doneCallback, updateCallback)
|Starts the calculation of this position. The callback arguments can be skipped. Subscribing to the related events is recommended.
|move(pos, notify)
|Move the position to the geo point, if notify is true, the positionMoved event will be triggered.
|Terminates the current calculation for this position.
The following options are available for the urban distance layer.
You can change them with
getOption and
setOption or set them in the constructor options object under
{ "secondsPerKmWalking": 13*60 // default walking speed , "secondsPerKmBiking": 6*60 // default biking speed , "colorMaxAcceptableTime": 120 // parameter for coloring , "colorBaseGradientColor": 120 // parameter for coloring , "colorMaxGradientColor": 240 // parameter for coloring , "maxWalkTime": 15*60 // default max walking time to a stop , "maxWalkTravelTime": 180 // default max travel time , "intervalKey": "m1" // current day time: monday(m), saturday(a), sunday(u) + 0-4 (time of day) , "animateAreaGrowth": false // animate drawing of area , "animatedAreaOpacity": false //animate drawing of area , "darkOverlayColor": "rgba(50,50,50,0.4)" // default overlay color , "drawColor": "rgba(0,0,0,1)" // default drawing color , "estimatedMaxCalculateCalls": 50000 // default estimated number of calculation iterations , "cityData": "berlin-1" // default dataset id , "calculateOnDrag": false // calculating on drag, possible for small data sets (Berlin, Sacramento) , "dataUrlPrefix": mapnificent.env["dataUrlPrefix"] // load data from here , "intersection": false // intersection option , "color": false // color option }
API Terms
The Mapnificent API is provided "AS IS", no warranty for availability or correct functionality. Your code should be written in a way that if Mapnificent fails in any way, your application degrades gracefully.
The Mapnificent API shall only be used to add an additional feature to your application, it must not be the only feature (that is what www.mapnificent.net is for).
The API is currently in beta phase and free of charge. This may change in the future for commercial usage of the API (commercial meaning: you make somehow money with the application that includes Mapnificent).
When you use the API you are obliged to follow the Terms of Use of the respective public transport data providers and display their data copyright notice if their license deems it necessary.
You are also obliged to display a link to Mapnificent . If you want to use the Mapnificent logo for a link to Mapnificent, you may do so.


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> No, no, no. You didn't read my email.
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Posted 15 November 2012 - 14:14
Have you considered to look at Optimus G? I really dig its design
Posted 15 November 2012 - 14:28
Not really looking to buy, but just curious. Why not go for the Nexus 4 instead? Cheaper than the sgs3. Biggest benefit is immediate updates of new android versions. I had the sgs2 and it drove me insane that it took 6 months after ICS was announced for Samsung to release the update.
Posted 15 November 2012 - 14:51
I gotta agree with this. The Nexus series are just absolutely amazing. I've been thinking about jumping ship too.
EDIT: I went to Google's site to price out and possibly buy but they are sold out of both models of Nexus 4. Does anyone know where else they are sold (and available)?
Posted 15 November 2012 - 15:36
They are only available through the play store. Also they aren't cheaper than the S3 as I can get an S3 for $149 brand new right now.
Posted 16 November 2012 - 00:25
Its funny you say that because it sold yesterday
So with the extra money I am thinking about going all in and getting a Nexus 7 as well.
BTW after watching the Verges review of the Nexus 4 I have definitely decided against it. After having the iPhone 4 and 4s with a glass back there is no way I want to go back to that.
Posted 16 November 2012 - 21:32
I am just so leary of the Nexus 4, just because its an LG, no LTE and its limited storage. I just think its not were it needs to be and just like with the Nexus 7, they will release an update soon enough that will make the 16 gig with LTE be the same price as the current 8gig model.
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MUMBAI: Star World is in for some image sprucing.
Moving away from its predominant Western content, the English entertainment
channel split its beam with an India specific beam catering exclusively
to Indian viewers, in May this year. With urban Indians being the
target audience, the channel has now moving towards lifestyle segment.
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fashion shows.
Star's English entertainment channel is planning to revamp its
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