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By Paulo Kennedy, Pagemasters
Tip-off: Friday, February 8, 6.30pm (local), Perth Arena
Broadcast: ONE, 9:30pm (local); NBL.TV (live to mobile; simulcast to web)
Last time they met: Perth 91 (Redhage 20, Lisch 18, Dunigan 16) d Adelaide 85 (Johnson 23, Petrie 14, Creek 13, Gibson 13) OT, Round 10, Adelaide Arena
The story
Given the controversy in the AFL, Damian Martin may well have been asked what he took at half-time before he unleashed one of the NBL's great quarters on the Hawks last Sunday.
"I think the loss against New Zealand and the first half against Wollongong was still so fresh in my mind," Martin said of his eight game-changing minutes that produced six points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists.
Something else leaving a bitter taste is the Adelaide 36ers' recent success over the Wildcats and Martin is focused on revenge for the 36ers' spoiling Perth Arena's opening night last November.
"They definitely enjoy playing against us and enjoy the contest and when they have beaten us it looks like they enjoy it more than usual," he said.
While Martin initially said he had "no idea" why lowly Adelaide have had the better of the perennial finalist, upon deeper reflection he believes the Wildcats have not lived up to their trademarks.
"It usually comes down to our defence; it generates our best offence," he said.
"A lot of teams try to slow us down into a halfcourt game and Adelaide have probably done that better than anybody."
The 36ers have also been able to generate high-percentage shots around the rim against Perth thanks to their effective press-breaker, just as New Zealand did last week.
"Adelaide break it in a different way by attacking with the pass," Martin said.
"If we're not on our game, an area that usually helps us get wins can be one of the big reasons we lose."
If they do get trapped in the halfcourt though, Martin believes the key is breaking Kevin Lisch free from Adam Gibson's physical attention, who has worn Lisch like a second skin this season.
"There's a lot of physical passion there," Martin laughed.
"Gibbo's taller, heavier, stronger than Kev and he uses those assets to his advantage. We've got to help Kev out by not just leaving him on his own and saying 'go score', but getting him the ball after some movement and getting him some good looks."
The stats
Adelaide lead Perth 7-4 over the past three seasons. In those seven wins the 36ers average 16.1 turnovers to Perth's 14. In the four losses that blows out to 17.5 to 11.8.
The Wildcats have shot 22 per cent from the three-point line against Adelaide this season and 32 per cent against the rest of the competition.
Just a quarter of the 36ers' shot attempts against Perth have come from outside the arc, compared to 37 per cent for all other Wildcats' opponents.
Daniel Johnson has averaged 19.1 points and 8.1 rebounds against Perth the past two seasons.
The wrap
Adelaide seem devoid of belief after 11 losses from 12 games, but they are probably the team who most look forward to travelling to Perth.
If not for some final minute heroics from the Wildcats in Round 10, Adelaide would lead the season series 3-0, but that was a long time ago for the 36ers.
Whether they can shoot with the confidence and play with the aggression that has helped them stare down the Wildcats in recent seasons is in serious doubt.
Perth will still be smarting from their shellacking in New Zealand last round and will be determined not to let the Breakers skip another game clear.
Unless Adelaide can somehow produce a masterclass on the boards, Martin and the Wildcats will simply overwhelm them with effort and pressure.
Prediction: Wildcats by 12

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Start The Daythere is no better way to start the day than a hot cappuccino made in my kitchen. followed at 10.30 by an espresso. lunch is for an americano then finish the day with a cup of tea. i know that the last bit is contraversial but i am in the uk and we do like a brew of tea.
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Analysis Services Translations in Performance Point Services (SharePoint 2010)
Last week I had to build some PPS Dashboards in an existing SharePoint 2010 environment.
One of the requirements for the dashboards was to support English, Dutch and French. Because the data was loaded from an Analysis Services Cube, I added the extra required translations to the Analysis Services Project: Dutch-Belgium and French-Belgium.
The SharePoint site was already configured to support the 3 display languages:
The Analysis Services Translations were working correctly in every other environment but for some strange reason not in the PPS Components (Analytic Grids, Charts, …)
A very smart guy at Microsoft (Thanks, Wesley ) gave me the tip to use the profiler to have a look at the MDX that PPS sends back to Analysis Services. In the details of the "Query Begin" event I found this MDX:
<PropertyList xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis">
Okay, it looks like PPS sends the requested locale identifier to Analysis Services. But 1036 is the language code for France and I am in Belgium:
- French – France: 1036
- French – Belgium: 2060
- (More language codes: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664)
But why is Performance Point using the wrong language code? The answer is actually very simple: Because of the installed language packs for SharePoint.
When you have a look at the available language packs for SharePoint (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff463597.aspx), you will see that there is only 1 French language pack, with language ID 1036.
So I solved the problem by adding yet another translation to the Analysis Services Project: French-France.
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by Theodore Dalrymple (Aug. 2006)
Public affairs, said Doctor Johnson, vex no man: by which, I suppose, he meant that, if we are honest, only those matters which touch us directly and personally have the power genuinely to move us. The rest is ersatz or assumed emotion that we fake or exaggerate in order to appear more concerned with public affairs than we really are; and true it is that an argument with my wife causes me more genuine upset than a distant war, however bloody, though I am perfectly aware that in the scale of human history the war weighs a million, or a trillion, times more heavily.
This means, or ought to mean, that I should by now have reached such a state of serenity that even the weekly arrival of the medical journals should not upset me. After all, my personal situation is about as satisfactory as it will ever be. I please myself, more or less, what I do; my work is also my pleasure. I am indeed fortunate.
And yet The Lancet in particular, once one of the world's greatest medical journals, never fails to irritate me. Its sanctimony makes Elmer Gantry seem like a self-doubter. It propounds abject nonsense with the self-conceit of the assuredly saved preaching to the assuredly damned. Dickens would have loved to satirise it.
For example, it published a paper at the end of July entitled, "Is access to essential medicines as part of the fulfillment of the right to health enforceable through the courts?" The paper discussed whether, if individuals were denied access to important medicines, they could seek redress via the courts, particularly in Latin America, on the grounds that their rights were being denied.
The right to health was accepted in this paper as if it were a straightforward natural fact, like the roundness of the earth, for example, and no more disputable than the roundness of the earth. Yet the notion of a right to health is plainly ridiculous, at least until man becomes immortal. A man who is dying of incurable cancer is unfortunate, but his rights are not being infringed.
Perhaps the authors of the paper meant by the "right to health the "right to health care." But this is scarcely any better. A right to a material benefit implies someone else's duty to provide it, irrespective of whether he wants to do so or indeed is actually able to do so. This is not to say, of course, that the world would not be a better place if everyone who needed it were able to obtain health care; but the world would not be a better place because everyone's rights had been observed or complied with, but because avoidable suffering had been avoided. There are more and better reasons, after all, to treat people medically than that they have a right to such treatment.
I could not help but notice that among the drugs deemed so essential that not to make them freely available to people who need them amounts to a breach of their rights was buprenorphine, a drug prescribed by doctors to opiate-addicts in the hope that they, the addicts, will thereafter stop talking opiates of their own, and take those of the doctor instead. In a way this was odd, because there was an item in the very same edition of The Lancet entitled "Designer drug Subutex [buprenorphine] takes its toll in Tbilisi [the capital of Georgia]." There, at least, there was no danger that the people's right to burenorphine was being infringed.
The article starts with the following dramatic paragraph:
"Crushed on pavements, tossed by the road, or in the corners of apartment-block entrance halls, the used syringes tell a story of rising addiction. The needles seen across Tbilisi are discarded by the addicts of Subutex, a treatment for opiate abuse that has ironically become the country's mostpopular drug."
The drug is manufactured in Britain and exported to France, where gullible doctors prescribe it to addicts who pretend to need it, and who then sell it on to dealers who smuggle it into Georgia at a profit of 600 per cent. Seven tablets in France cost $20, and $120 in Georgia. Among the smugglers of buprenorphine was the honorary consul of the Cote d'Ivoire in Georgia, who brought it into the country in his diplomatic bag. According to The Lancet, the problem is not a small one: 39 per cent of addicts treated in clinics in Georgia were addicted to buprenorphine, and the total number of drug addicts in Georgia was 250,000, which is to say one in twenty of the entire population. This represents an 80 per cent increase since 2003, and is largely due to the importation of buprenorphine.
Five pages later in The Lancet, the very same author wrote an admiring, even hagiographical article, about Dr Vladimir Mendelevich, a doctor who is trying to introduce the treatment of drug addicts in Russia, Georgia's neighbour and historical suzerain, with yes, you've guessed it, buprenorphine (among other drugs). Dr Mendelevich is described as a hero by the author without any hint of irony, or even of awareness of what he had written only five pages previously, or that to introduce yet another drug into a country notorious for its corruption and administrative chaos, contiguous with Georgia, is an idea that needs very careful consideration.
Just how essential is buprenorphine that, not to make it available to all who feel they need it constitutes an attack on their fundamental human rights? This question was in part answered by a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that appeared in the same week as The Lancet that I have cited. The authors, who practised at Yale, wanted to establish whether extra counselling had any effect on the abstention of addicts who were prescribed a tablet containing both burpenorphine and naloxone.
This tablet is an extremely clever one. Naloxone when taken by mouth has no effect, but when taken by injection acts as an antagonist to opiates, and precipitates withdrawal symptoms. Thus its inclusion with buprenorphine discourages buprenorphine abuse (though I have little doubt that, before long, addicts and their acolytes will devise something to circumvent this precaution).
The researchers recruited 497 addicts for their study, but excluded 296 of them because (as addicts in real life tend to do) they took alcohol or other drugs as well as opiates, or behaved in a dangerous and antisocial way. A further 35 dropped out at preliminary stages, leaving only 166 of the original 497 for the experiment.
The 166 were divided, like Gaul, into three: those who received the drug on a once weekly basis, those who received it on a three-times weekly basis, and those who received it on a three-times weekly basis plus extra counselling. In the event, there was no difference in the outcomes between these three groups at 24 weeks.
What was most striking was that only 75 continued the experiment to the 24th week, which is to say that 422 addicts of the original addicts did not get that far: and 24 weeks is not exactly an eternity. The average maximum duration of abstinence from illicit opiates among the 166 sterling citizens who were treated was between five and six weeks. More than half their urine specimens tested positive for the presence of illicit opiates.
Nor is this all. It is well known that the results of clinical trials are better than results obtained in a "natural" environment, that is to say you cannot expect the same degree of success when you transfer a treatment that has been tried experimentally to normal, everyday practice. This is for several reasons, among them the enthusiasm and dedication of the staff involved in the trial, enthusiasm that often communicates itself to the patients who are therefore more optimistic and compliant with treatment than they would otherwise be.
It might well be that the very low compliance rate of the patients was caused by an awareness of the presence of naloxone in the tablets they received. It was precisely because the medication could not be abused, at least until someone devised a method of abusing it, that the compliance rate was so very low. But if so, it must cast in doubt on the motives of the addicts for seeking and accepting treatment in the first place. And it should be borne in mind that the patients were selected among 479 addicts for their relatively "good" behaviour: namely, their absence of additional substance abuse and lack of threatening, violent and criminal conduct. In other words, their prognosis was already better than average among the addicts.
Had the patients been prescribed buprenorphine alone, I think they might well have "complied" with treatment better, but only because it would have had some economic or abuse value to them. The criteria for completion of the study were not exactly stringent: those who did not miss more than three counselling sessions or missed their medication for more than a week were deemed to have completed it.
In short, the whole business was an elaborate and sordid farce, from which the authors drew the conclusion that there is "a need both to measure adherence in future research and to monitor and encourage adherence in practice in order to reduce the potential misuse of the medication and to improve the treatment outcomes." The idea that the whole notion of treatment in a voluntary condition such as addiction might be inappropriate was quite beyond the authors.
But let us return briefly to the question of the supposed right to health. Can it be the right of anyone to obtain a treatment that is marginally effective, if it is effective at all? In fact, this is often the case in modern medical treatment. The chances of anti-hypertensive treatment doing you good rather than harm are small, though the harm it can do you is slight and the good it can do you is enormous. How certain does the good that treatment does you have to be before it becomes a right enshrined in, and actionable at, law?
I am astonished at how quickly the doctrine of rights has colonised minds, like bacteria on a Petri dish. Not long ago, I asked a young patient what she was going to do with her life (I am sufficiently interested in my patients to ask such things). She said she wanted to study law. Any particular branch, I asked, thinking she might want to do criminal law, which is the most interesting, if least lucrative, branch?
"I want to go into human rights," she said, with that semi-beatified smile with which a girl of her age might once have claimed to have a vocation.
"Oh yes," I said, "and where do human rights come from?"
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"I mean, are they just there, like America, waiting to be discovered by someone going out and looking for them, or are they conferred by mere human agency, in which case they can be repealed at the drop of a law?"
She looked appalled, as if I were a deeply wicked man who had suggested that, for example, racial discrimination was just the thing.
"You can't ask that," she said.
I didn't explore the question of why not, because a medical consultation is not a dialogue by Plato. But after that, I did begin to think that there was something to Richard Dawkins' conception of a meme, namely an idea that enters minds and spreads from mind to mind as a gene favourable to survival in a population.
The problem with memes, of course, is that they don't have to be good ideas, only ideas that are in someone's, or some group's, advantage. And the ever-expanding concept of human rights is of advantage to regulatory bureaucracies, of course, for how can positive rights be enforced without them? Not coincidentally, the paper in The Lancet with which I began this article emerged from that bureaucracy of bureaucracies, that meta-bureaucracy, the World Health Organization in Geneva.
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WR Doss to rejoin Ravens
Reason for concern for the Ravens?
Ravens coach John Harbaugh commented Monday on the team's decision to re-sign wide receiver Tandon Doss.
"It helps to have a guy that's been here, certainly," Harbaugh said. "You can bring someone back like Tandon who knows the offense and is ready to plug right in and play. There's no teaching we have to do."
Doss was cut by the Ravens last month and recently worked out with the Packers. A fourth-round draft pick in 2011, Doss was beaten out by Marlon Brown, Aaron Mellette, and Brandon Stokley during training camp and the preseason.
Doss only caught seven passes for 123 yards in 2012, so his return could hardly be considered a solution to the Ravens' wide receiver woes. However, Doss can return both kickoffs and punts - something the Ravens need with Jacoby Jones expected to be sidelined for four-to-six weeks with a knee injury.


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Posts tagged as 'Richard Nicoll'
Check out all of the posts tagged with 'Richard Nicoll' below. If you still can't find what you are looking for, try searching using the form within the right side navigation of this page.
Richard Nicoll's SS12 Mainline Show
Friday, 30th Sep 2011
As co-sponsors of Richard Nicoll's SS12 Mainline show, Fred Perry were on site at Fashion Week to capture the action as it happened. Richard presented another flawless collection, with key pieces showcasing a mid sixties silhouette punctuated with hoop-hemmed skirts and a washed out rose print. See fashion journalist Lauren Cochrane's account of the day below, featuring interviews with top editors, designers and fashion commentators.
Richard Nicoll's current collaborative AW11 collection as designer for Fred Perry Laurel Wreath is available now at Laurel Wreath shops and online at FredPerry.com.
Richard Nicoll SS12 Mainline Show
Tuesday, 20th Sep 2011
Current women's Laurel Wreath designer Richard Nicoll showcased his mainline collection at London Fashion Week this Sunday; garnering wide spread praise for a SS12 collection punctuated with themes clearly visible in his Fred Perry styles.
The SS12 mainline collection adopted a mid sixties silhouette, with tailored shifts and babydoll dresses given a futuristic edge with structured hoop skirts and sharp hemlines. Nicoll continued to reference the eccentricity of 60s Paris; with an ethereal rose print spread across a palette of washed out blues, making the design appear as if it was created underwater. We'd like to congratulate Richard and his team for another stand-out presentation, and look forward to presenting his SS12 styles for Fred Perry Laurel Wreath early next year.
Check back later this week for a look behind the scenes at Richard's SS12 mainline show.
Tips on the Street
Tuesday, 13th Sep 2011
Spotted in London Fields wearing a SS11 Colour Block Dress by Richard Nicoll. View the AW11 Collection HERE


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How to Care for a Hibernating Turtle
Did you know that your tortoise or turtle needs to hibernate? The body is not designed to eat all year round. This causes too much growth and pyramiding of the shell, among other health problems. These steps will help you understand your pet's needs. Water Turtles in naturally seasonal climates (cold winters i.e.) will not need this article information. they merely need a little less food because they brumate not hibernate. Brumation is when they "doze off" for weeks at a time or days depending. Imagine the turtle as being anemic in a way, just a harsh case.
1Begin the process in the fall. Turtles and tortoises should hibernate in the fall and throughout winter months when natural-growing food is scarce and weather temperatures drop.Ad
2The turtle or tortoise must have an empty stomach for around 8 weeks before hibernation. This is called 'winding down'. Gradually withdraw food over a week and then no food for 3 weeks. Give warm daily baths to help empty bowels.
3Gradually reduce heat over the last two weeks of wind-down. Hibernation is best controlled in a refrigerator between 3-7 degrees, 5.5 being perfect.
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- The tortoise or turtle will wake above 10 degrees. Once awake do not attempt to re-hibernate.
- If your tortoise or turtle urinates or defecates whilst in hibernation, you must get him up.
- Hibernation is also known as "brumate". The turtle experiences no digestion, lowered circulation, slow or stopped immune defenses. Brumate depends on turtle type.
- Although hibernation seems like sleeping, hibernation doesn't rejuvenate a turtle, and is actually taxing to the turtle's resources.
- Turtles that are in ill-health, have a runny nose, are underweight, are new to you, are recuperating or injured should not be allowed to hibernate.
- Certain tortoises, i.e. leopard tortoises and sulcatta tortoises, do not hibernate. So do not attempt this with them.
Sources and Citations
- Turtle Care Information: http://www.turtle-care.com
- http://www.tortoisetrust.org
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RACV Torquay Golf Club
Great Ocean Road, Victoria
A cluster of soft arcs shift through native landscaping and sit comfortably within the coastal site. Rammed earth walls take up the colour of the sandy soil and appear as if they have grown out of the ground. These walls arc out beyond the building mass into the landscape and help delineate different zones within the building. The form gently follows the land contours as it curves gently across the site, maximising views to the ocean. A limited palette of low-maintenance materials create bold and exciting spaces yet are tonally harmonious to the site.


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Historic Washington State Park has a special presentation Saturday (7-27) afternoon says Billy Nations of the park staff. The 7th annual "Red River Heritage Symposium" is set for 1pm to 8pm at the 1914 School. The theme this year is "The Home Front" dealing specifically with the "Great Bend" section of the Red River during the Civil War years. Reservations are required and seating is limited. For info or reservations phone the park at 983-2684.
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There's nothing scary about this Clown Instant Kit. It might be a little wacky but in a silly way when you wear this black hat with sunflower, over sized polka dot tie and red pom pom nose.
Ringling Brothers here I come! A perfect complement to your big red nose, big shoes, and balloon pants. They'll call you Bozo and that'll be a compliment.
Everyone will be laughing it up with you on Halloween when you dress in the Giggles the Clown Women's Costume. This colorful clown costume features a red, yellow and blue suspendered dress with a layered tutu skirt, complete with blue bow tie and matching hat.
Steal all the attention on Halloween when you don this incredibly detailed Clown on the Town child costume. The yellow, blue, red and green, 100% polyester jacket of this clown costume features an attached shirt front and comes complete with a bow tie, matching pants and a clown top hat.
Leave some room for the unexpected when you dress in the Twisted Clown Adult Men's Costume. This scary clown mask comes complete with a red and black bow tie, black sleeveless shirt, red suspenders, red and black pants with hoop skirt and black fingerless gloves.
The joke is on everyone else (you'll make sure of that) on Halloween when you wear the Sinister Jester Adult Men's Costume. This red and black, harlequin print top comes complete with matching pants, a waist tie, headpiece with attached collar and a creepy mask. You'll surely get the last laugh.
You'll surely put a smile on all of their faces when you wear this Hoopy Clown Child Costume. Top hat comes complete with suspender pants with an oversized flexi-hoop waist and a shirt with an attached tie.
Your audience will be tripping over themselves when you show up in this Tutu Lulu Clown adult womens costume. The pink and purple bodysuit of this womens clown costume features attached suspender belt and tutu. A multicolor bow tie completes this sexy womens costume.
Get to clowning the crowds on Halloween when you don this unique Clown adult T-Shirt. This funny tee is designed to look like clown suspenders and pants along with an oversized tie and flower graphics.
Give the crowd something to laugh about when you wear the Happy Clown Child Costume. This silly costume comes complete with red plaid jacket with yellow and green lapel, a blue shirt with red bow tie and a pair of green and yellow clown pants.
You'll be making your money on the street when you spread the laughter on Halloween in the Hobo Clown Adult Men's Costume. This colorful pair of clown pants comes complete with a yellow top with attached red tie and a blue and green vest along with a hat and rainbow beard.
There will be riotous laughter when you show up in this Tickles the Clown adult womens costume. The colorful polka dot and striped dress of this womens clown costume features a hoop and comes complete with pantaloons and tie toppers along with hair scrunchies.
You won't be a laughing matter when you wear this Clowning Around adult womens costume. The black, spandex-topped dress with multicolor comes with a polyester net skirt along with a hot pink satin bow tie, stocking clips and a hat.
You better be ready to answer a lot of questions. Your hand should be raised all night when you wear this Teachers Pet Adult Womens Shirt complete with white collared dress shirt and tie. Just watch out for the class clowns.
The joke certainly won't be on you wearing this Nobody's Fool Adult Mens Costume! This demonic joker outfit includes hood with black and white checker print/striped collar, skeletal mask, black and white top, pants, and waist tie components to give you the full eerie effect.
Stop the show when you make an entrance in this sexy Showstopper Ringmaster adult womens costume. You are the master of ceremonies in the red, white and black tuxedo jacket-inspired dress with tails, complete with a sexy black bow tie choker.
The joke will never be on you when you wear Green and Black Jester child costume. The checkered top of this jester costume features skull embellishments and comes complete with matching pants, a black waist tie, headpiece with an attached collar and a creepy grinning mask.
No one will dare joke with you when you're wearing this Harlequin Honey adult womens costume. The black, white and pink halter dress features sequin trim detail on the cups, faux lace-up bodice and pom pom trim at the hem, complete with fingerless gloves, hat and a polka dot bow tie.


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In the July 20th Newsletter from our friends at Power RC Hobbies, we got the scoops on updates for the Rave ENV and Total-G as well as IRCHA. Read on to get it all.
ENV and Total G Release Announcement:
We are happy to announce to all our dealers that we will start shipping both the ENV and Total Gs on Monday July 26th. These will be shipping all over the world at the same time. We cannot guarantee when they will show up in your area due to different shipping times.
The ENV Electric Flybarless version, ND-YR7-K1003, will be the first version to ship. The Nitro Flybarless, ND-YR7-K1002, will follow soon after. The Electric and Nitro Flybar models will be the last to ship but the time between these different versions should be very short. We plan to have all versions of the kits shipping by the 2nd week in August. Parts will be available and shipping in the same time frame as the kits.
The G-View2 will start shipping about 1 week after the Total Gs are shipping. The Total Gs will come with the adaptor cable to connect the computer interface, so the user can get full use of the Total G even before they get the optional GView2.
Everyone get ready. They are coming.
We are currently gearing up for IRCHA. If there are certain items you would like for us to have in Muncie, please send us an e-mail and we will do our best to make sure we have it there.
Source: Power RC Hobbies Newsletter


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A ROASTED rock bought in Morocco has added spice to Mars's past. Charred by its fall to Earth, this chunk of the Red Planet is loaded with water, suggesting that we may need to revise our picture of when Mars dried out.
Other Mars meteorites have had unusual oxygen isotopes that gave away their origin. But their minerals did not match surface rocks studied by Mars rovers and orbiters, hinting the meteorites came from deeper down.
The new meteorite, dubbed Northwest Africa 7034, closely resembles rocks that rovers have studied and is likely to be the first piece of Martian crust found on Earth, says Carl Agee of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque (Science, doi.org/j5b). The rock, 2.1 billion years old, also holds many more water-bearing minerals than other finds, suggesting Mars's surface stayed moist longer than we thought.
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Brown, DG; Livingston, MA; Rosenblum, LJ; Julier, SJ; Baillot, Y; (2004) Event-based data distribution for mobile augmented reality and virtual environments. In: Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. (pp. 211 - 221).
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The full power of mobile augmented and virtual reality systems is realized when these systems are connected to one another, to immersive virtual environments, and to remote information servers. Connections are usually made through wireless networks, However, wireless networks cannot guarantee connectivity and their bandwidth can be highly constrained, This paper presents a robust event-based data distribution mechanism for mobile augmented reality and virtual environments, It is based on replicated databases, pluggable networking protocols, and communication channels. The mechanism is demonstrated in the Battlefield Augmented Reality System (BARS) situation awareness system, composed of severa mobile augmented reality systems, immersive and desktop-based virtual reality systems, a 2D map-based multimodal system, handheld PCs, and other sources of information such as external data servers.
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INADVERTENTLY, Brian H. Davis may have done Marylanders a favor. By making a mockery of state campaign finance laws during a quarter-million-dollar giving binge, this little-known Baltimore businessman has become the poster child for election reform in the General Assembly.
Why Mr. Davis so flagrantly exceeded donation limits in sprinkling big contributions to numerous politicians remains a mystery. What's clear is how he could get away with obvious violations of state election laws.


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One of Apple's main selling points for the iPhone 5S will be multiple colours, like its iPod touch line, according to Japan-based publication Macotakara. The new report echoes what analysts have been saying over the past few months. Citing unnamed sources,... >>
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'America's Got Talent' crowns Kenichi Ebina season 8 winner
There were six contestants anxiously awaiting the results of Thursday night's "America's Got Talent" live finale, but only one could be crowned victor.
America voted and Kenichi Ebina, a 38-year-old Japanese-American dancer, became the eighth-season winner, landing him $1 million and a headlining show in Las Vegas.
"Oh my god, I don't know what I can tell, but it's amazing," Ebina said after "AGT" host Nick Cannon announced him as the winner.
"First of all, I want to thank my wife and daughter [for] being supportive all the way through. And my mom, brother, sister and all my friends -- and all the fans and supporters. Crazy!"
The runner-up spot went to stand-up comedian Taylor Williamson, who said his dreams came true and was honored to be on the show.
Jimmy Rose, a 32-year-old country music singer, rounded out the top 3.
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How Did Tamra Barney Lose Weight? Real Housewife Shares Slim-Down Secrets!
The vivacious Tamra Barney has always looked fabulous. But now that the Real Housewives of Orange County star has opened her own gym called CUT Fitness, we're curious to know what her secrets are to getting a killer bod.
"People often ask me how I lost so much weight and the truth is I only lost 5 pounds. But what I did do was transform my body through diet and exercise," Tamra says on her website. On the site, she offers a bunch of tips on how she got fit and shed a few pounds.
Keep a food log
Tamra Barney suggests using an app to log everything you eat, so you'll know the percentage of carbs, fat, and protein found in your daily diet. "If you are eating 1200 calories and 90% is carbs...That's a red flag and you need to bring that percentage down," Tamra explains.
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It's not enough to just do cardio. "I still do about 40 min of cardio 3 times a week; I now concentrate on weight training — because in your 40s, you start [losing] muscle and there is no better way to build muscle than lifting weights," says Tamra.
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate
If you're not drinking enough water, Tamra has a recipe to up your agua intake: "Take 3 green tea bags and steep them in boiling water. Once steeped, pour into a juice pitcher to which you add a teaspoon of honey. Stir together and add some fresh lemon slices. Add some ice cubes to this and refrigerate. Drink this every few hours."
Be aware of what you eat
Never skip meals, especially breakfast, and stay away from processed foods (including nutrition bars). "I do not starve myself, and so I eat something every few hours to keep my metabolism going," says Tamra.
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30th Annual LAB DAY a Record Breaker with 3,236 Attendees
LMT's 30th annual LAB DAY Chicago—the largest dental laboratory show in North America—was a record-breaker with 3,236 attendees and sold-out exhibit space. For the first time since we moved to a two-day format in 2011, the Exhibit Hall was as flooded on Friday as it was on Saturday!
Packed with energy and enthusiasm, attendees (from 53 countries and 49 states) told us they greatly appreciated the excellent manufacturer-sponsored programs—over 300 concurrent sessions in all—because they focused on practical education and information rather than on pushing product sales.
On Board for LAB DAY!
More than 40 technicians from D&S Dental Laboratory made the trip to LAB DAY Chicago, most of them riding together on a chartered bus from the lab's Waunakee, WI location. "We always look forward to LAB DAY Chicago to catch up on industry news and see new, exciting developments from vendors. The education and networking opportunities are especially valuable, with so many knowledgeable people from across the country in one place," says Travis Zick, President, D&S Dental Laboratory. "Our technicians enjoy talking to exhibitors, visiting with other technicians, and...
Handler Mfg. Raff les Off Pro Tech Lite Bench
Handler Mfg.'s Kevin Foley (left) and LMT President Judy Fishman congratulate Duane Carlson of Liberty Dental in Jackson, MI, the grand prize winner of Handler's giveaway who took home the Pro Tech Lite PTL-211 bench. Other winners included: Brian Nagle of Renstrom Dental Studio in MN who won a 52CSU Etcher Catcher and Art Uribe of Precision Dental Castings in Skokie, IL who won a Chicago Bears hoodie.
Ivoclar Vivadent Honors Art of Denture Winners at Awards Ceremony
All day Friday, the LB Promenade was buzzing with LAB DAY attendees trying to get a look at the display of 28 entries in the second North American Art of Denture (KunstZahnWerk®) Competition, sponsored by Ivoclar Vivadent and LMT.
During the Friday afternoon award ceremony, Sarah Anders, Ivoclar Vivadent's new Senior Vice President of North American Sales, was on hand to congratulate the winners. "The Art of Denture Competition allows us to celebrate the incredible skills of dental technicians from across North America. The winners continue to amaze us with their abilities and creativity,"...
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DWOS LiveLink™ Makes World Debut
DWOS LiveLink from Dental Wings made its world premiere at LAB DAY Chicago. This technology enables technicians and dentists to work together in real time to determine the optimal position of the implants in relation to the bone, soft tissue, adjacent and opposing dentition, and the virtual prosthetic design. Any changes made in DWOS CAD software or coDiagnostiX implant planning software is simultaneously updated live in both applications, ensuring that surgical and restorative factors are considered prior to implant placement.
After the positions are established and approved by the dentist, the...
Whip Mix's New Custom Abutment Service and Sintering Furnace
Dental Technology Solutions, Whip Mix's outsource service, has expanded its offering to include Vericore titanium and zirconia custom abutments. The Vericore Zirconia Hybrid Custom Abutments provide the natural esthetics of zirconia with the precision and durability of a titanium interface. The Vericore Premier Titanium Custom Abutments are polished and engraved with tooth numbers. Each custom abutment comes with a titanium platform and screw; 19 platforms for seven major implant systems are available. The company accepts .stl files with a two-day turnaround time. All milling services are...
CAD BLU Offers Two New Desktop Systems
AD BLU Dental has added the EZMill 5.0 to its line of EZMill compact desktop milling systems. Combining high-speed production and precision, the system can be used to mill a variety of restorations in numerous materials, including zirconium, acrylic and wax. A wet/dry option is available.
The company also introduced the CAD BLU ProJet® 1200 3D printer. Costing less than $5,000, this desktop unit prints 10-12 units per hour with fine detail at an average cost of 50 cents per unit.
For more information, call 212-481-8700 or visit www.cadblu.com.
Labnext: New Management Software from Henry Schein
Henry Schein previewed Labnext, its new cloud-based lab management software specifically designed for digital dentistry. The open system integrates with a wide variety of scanners, design software and popular practice management software packages.
"Labnext is tightly integrated with Henry Schein's DDX (Digital Dental Exchange). For the first time, the lab has a direct link to the doctor's management software," said Sandy MacDonald, Product Manager.
Other key features include:
Case management tools including HIPAA-compliant digital file transfer and storage.
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JUVORA™ Dental Disc Makes U.S. Debut
PEEK—poly-ether-ether-ke-tone—was the talk of the IDS in Cologne last year; now, it's come to the U.S. in the form of the JUVORA Dental Disc made from PEEK sourced directly and exclusively from Invibio® Biomaterial Solutions, a global leader of PEEK biomaterials. Available from JUVORA Inc., the disc received FDA clearance for milling frameworks for complete and partial removable dentures and implant overdentures earlier this year.
"PEEK has had some use historically in dental applications such as abutments and healing caps. However, now with the JUVORA Dental Disc, dental...
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Zahn Dental introduced seven new products to its Zirlux line:
Zirlux ST1 is an esthetic, strong, high-translucency zirconia that can be milled for full contour anterior and posterior crowns, bridges, frameworks and inlays; it's available in multiple sizes and thicknesses.
Zirlux Temp Multi is multi-layered PMMA material for milling esthetic temporary restorations.
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BEGO, EOS to Partner on 3D Metal Printing Solutions
BEGO USA and EOS announced an exclusive North American partnership focused on using a proprietary laser-melting, 3D metal printing process to fabricate removable partial dentures and fixed crowns and bridges.
"We have a long-term collaborative relationship with EOS and we see the positive impact for our dental laboratory partners from this cooperation," said Axel Klarmeyer, Global Chief Sales Officer at BEGO. "EOS is a manufacturing innovator across a wide spectrum of major industries. This know-how combined with BEGO's dental expertise will assist our laboratory partners...
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Using genuine Laser-Lok® and non-Laser-Lok® abutments and BioHorizons components and materials, Core3dcentres NA now offers BioHorizons Custom Titanium Abutments and Hybrid Abutments to customers across North America. All related Core3dcentres workflows have also been fully validated by BioHorizons, including the use of Core3dcentres scan bodies by the technician and the dentist.
"This agreement further enhances Core3dcentres in-tegrated 'Practice-to-Lab' Digital Implant Solutions™ for customized implant prosthetics, supported by continuing education, extensive...
3D Systems Prints Dental Implant Drill Guides
3D Systems' ProJet® 3510 MP 3D printer and proprietary VisiJet® Stoneplast materials have been optimized for dental drill guide production. The printer accepts .stl files and the material is available in both clear or plaster.
"Transitioning to digital workflows with 3D printing compatibility has brought a high-impact solution to the dental field. The ProJet 3510 MP and Stoneplast materials easily integrate with leading software modules enabling an integrated drill guide manufacturing solution," said Cathy Lewis, Chief Marketing Officer, 3D Systems.
For more information, visit www.3DSystems.com.
PRISM Angled Access Screw Channels Offer Flexibility
Preat Corp.'s PRISM Design and Printing Center offers a new restorative solution for hybrid and fixed detachable restorations: PRISM's Angled Access Screw Channels that allow the dental team to move screw access holes up to 24° in any direction. This solution offers flexibility, esthetics and expands restorative options while solving common problems such as buccal access holes and reduced space in the posterior. These screw channels use the Dynamic Screw and Driver system and are compatible with all major implant systems. For more information, call 800-232-7732 or www.preat.com.
Datron Launches New Entry-Level D5 Mill
Datron has launched a new entry-level D5 dental mill that offers a manual puck change and costs about $50,000 less than their standard D5 model. "The unit is ideal for labs that mill mainly titanium products, but don't require automatic puck changes," said Robert Murphy, Vice President, noting that the entry-level D5 mill can be upgraded to include the automated puck changer if the lab's needs change in the future.
The company also showcased its new 5-axis D5 LS milling machine that is equipped with Heindenhain linear scales for applications that demand the utmost accuracy,...
DENTSPLY Implants Presents Intraoral Scanning for ATLANTIS™ Abutments, New Implant System
Following an agreement between DENTSPLY Implants and Align Technology, laboratories offering ATLANTIS patient-specific abutments can order them based upon scans from the iTero intraoral scanner starting in the second half of 2014. "Moving forward in this expanding area of digital dentistry, dental scanning is a strategic business opportunity and, more importantly, we are creating added value for our customers and their patients," said Mikael Sander, Group Vice President ATLANTIS Digital Implant Solutions, DENTSPLY Implants.
DENTSPLY Implants also presented the ASTRA TECH Implant System...
B&D Dental Expands Digital Offerings with Multi-Layered Zirconia and New Mill
B&D introduced ORIGIN® LIVETM Multi Zirconia, pre-shaded, multi-layered discs; each layer mimics the inherent gradations of natural teeth, including chroma, value, incisal effects and translucency. Since there's no dipping or drying involved, the pre-shaded disks streamline production and are less technique sensitive than the coloring liquid method, according to B&D.
The company also demonstrated its new ORIGIN-Haas 5HD milling machine with improved milling strategies (ORIGIN CAM Plus+ powered by hyperDENT) for fabricating custom abutments, implant bars and implant...
Vident Awards Two iPAD Airs
Holly Garvin from Dental Associates in Appleton, WI (pictured) and Alex Sakovich from Smile Builders in Palatine, IL, were lucky winners of an iPAD Air in Vident's LAB DAY Chicago drawing. Anyone who attended a Vident clinic at the show had the chance to enter to win; an entry form was included in a pre-show mailer, making it easy for attendees to choose from six Vident clinics—covering everything from full contour zirconia to removable dentures—and complete the form and drop the entry in the raffle box at LAB DAY.
New Monarch Teeth from Dentorium
Dentorium's Ariel Marero and Lenny Heller discuss the company's new Monarch three-layer VITA shade teeth with Steve Cantor, CDT, of Suburban Dental Lab in Bloomfield, CT. The teeth offer multi-cross-linked technology to ensure the look and feel of natural dentition. They offer abrasion resistance, hardness, enhanced toughness, reduced chipping and improved color stability, and come with a five-year guarantee against excessive wear. For a sample, call 800-847-4209 or 212-691-6464.
Amann Girrbach America Announces New Materials, Interfaces
In its "Lab Lounge" at LAB DAY, Amann Girrbach America featured Ceramill Zolid Pre-Shaded Blanks and Liquids, including three new pre-shaded blanks and a wide range of shading liquids, including the 16 Vita Classic shades. The company also now offers VITA ENAMIC® for Ceramill Motion 2, and Ceramill Multiframe, an adapter that makes Ceramill blanks compatible with other open 98-mm milling systems.
The company also introduced Ceramill IOS, a new process that integrates Ceramill design software and milling units with third-party intraoral scanners. A new partnership between Amann Girrbach...
Aurident, Inc. Awards Digital Tablet
LMT's Judy Fishman draws the winning names in Aurident's annual LAB DAY drawing. Tim Donahue, CDT, LaDouce Dental Laboratory, Saginaw, MI, won a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, and Mark Urlaub, Precision Dental, Omaha, NE, won a 1-oz. Silver Eagle Coin.
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Screw-Retained Bars & Bridges Added to Straumann® CARES® System
To help serve a growing population of edentulous patients, Straumann introduced CARES Screw-Retained Bars & Bridges for the Straumann bone-level and mixed tissue-level implant platforms. Homogenous and milled from one block at a Straumann centralized milling facility, the bars and bridges feature a direct connection to the implant; no additional abutment is required. They are available in grade 4 titanium or coron® cobalt-chromium alloy.
The bars can be used for restorations from two to 10 implants and are available for several popular bar styles. The bridges can be used for restorations...
3Shape Launches New Scanner, Adds Shade Measurement to TRIOS® Digital Impression System
"During our 13-year history, 3Shape has had a strong and continuous focus on R&D. In fact, 40% of our staff members are involved in R&D. It's our calling, our DNA," said Flemming Thorup, President and CEO of 3Shape during his opening remarks at the company's press conference in Chicago.
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Dentsoll Introduces Pre-Made Clasps
Dentsoll introduced Acry-Tone Pre-Made Clasps for conventional denture repairs and flippers. "Made of flexible acrylic, the clasps can shorten the denture repair process significantly, to less than 10 minutes," said Esther Kim, Director, Sales and Marketing. The clasp can be molded with a heat gun and bonded with ISO Fast self-curing resin.
Also new: Snow Rock Denture Systems Repair Kit for quick repairs on all acrylic removable applications, re-gardless of color and make. The kit includes ISO Fast in color #7α Real Pink, a self-curing repair resin that sets in three minutes and...
Attendees Get First Look at VITA Suprinity
VITA Suprinity, a zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate ceramic, was displayed for the first time in the U.S. at Vident's LAB DAY exhibit. The new-generation glass ceramic has a zirconium dioxide content around 10 times that of traditional CAD/CAM glass ceramic in combination with a fine-grained and homogeneous structure. Indicated for anterior and posterior crowns, implant restorations as well as veneers, inlays and onlays, the material will be available in the U.S. later this year for the CEREC/inLab MC XL, Amann Girrbach Ceramill Motion 2 and the KaVo Arctica 2 milling systems. Call 800-828-3839 or visit vident.com.


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The Indianapolis Colts made Chuck Pagano a winner in his return to the sideline. Andrew Luck threw for two touchdowns and Deji Karim swung the game with a 101-yard kickoff return in the third quarter, giving the Colts a 28-16 victory over Houston. It was Pagano's first game back as coach since starting treatment for leukemia Sept. 26. Indianapolis (11-5) heads into the playoffs as the No. 5 seed and on a roll. Slumping Houston (12-4) won't know its playoff seed until later Sunday. The Texans lost three of their last four games, and J.J. Watt failed to break Michael Strahan's single-season sacks record. The game swung on two big plays: Karim's kickoff return, which wiped out a 16-14 Houston lead, and Luck's 70-yard TD pass to T.Y. Hilton.
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The RTHK Quartet will give a concert in December, playing Mozart's "String Quartet No.4 in C", Debussy's "String Quartet", and performing with guest pianist Nancy Loo, Schumann's "Piano Quintet in E-flat".
The RTHK Quartet was founded in 2009 by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). The four outstanding musicians are violinists Ayako Ichimaru (Japan) and Le Hoai-nam (Vietnam), violist Elvis Chan (Hong Kong) and cellist Laurent Perrin (Luxembourg). Le Hoai-nam, Elvis Chan and Laurent Perrin are now with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.
The quartet shares a passion for chamber music, and aims to promote the genre of chamber music and encourage the art of chamber music playing in Hong Kong. The group introduces to audiences the rich world of chamber music, which includes some of the most profound and powerful music ever written. While dedicated to the performance of the core classical repertoire, the quartet is also committed to commissioning and performing works by Hong Kong composers and arrangements of Chinese music.
In its first year, the quartet gave world premiere performances of works by David Gwilt and Doming Lam. They have also been featured in the televised Inauguration Concert at St John's Cathedral, concerts at RTHK Studio One, the Hong Kong Museum of Art and Lingnan University. They also gave a performance of Steve Reich's "Different Trains" at the Hell Hot! Music Festival.
Concert by the RTHK Quartet is one of the programmes of Our Music Talents series presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It will be held at 8pm, December 7 (Tuesday), at the Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $100 and $150 are now available at URBTIX outlets, on the Internet and by credit card telephone booking. Senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients may have 50% off (limited tickets for students and CSSA recipients on a first-come, first-served basis). A maximum discount of 15% is offered for the Our Music Talents series package.
For programme enquiries, call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/cp. Ticketing enquiries can be made on 2734 9009 and credit card telephone bookings on 2111 5999. Tickets can also be booked online at www.urbtix.hk.
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So I just got back from seeing a new band, Evans Blue, at their free concert which was held in the back corner of a Best Buy. They're from Canadia, but I guess we won't hold that against them. At least the music is great. And they stuck around after they played their set to sign stuff, so I got my CD autographed by them all. And hey, even if you don't like their music, their website has some mostly nekkid shots of the girl who modeled for their CD cover. So that's always nice.
Anyway, I tried to take some pictures with the camera on my RAZR, only to find out that the camera on my RAZR really blows goat nuts. The pics look pretty good when viewed on a 2″ phone screen, but when I pulled them onto my computer, they were all really blurry and crappy. So I cleaned a few of them up as best I could, and here are the results.
That's my finger in the bottom of the second one. Unfortunately, the one with my finger in it actually turned out to be one of the better quality ones. And the last two are utilizing the "digital zoom" feature of the camera, which in layman's terms means "no zoom at all, just a tiny-ass picture constituting a small fraction of the actual picture size."
All I have to say is, I'm totally taking my real camera for Coheed and Cambria. Cuz this shit is seriously lame.
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Oh yeah. Speaking of those Coheed and Cambria tickets… I would like to add this to the list of 170,000+ reports that Ticketmaster sucks.
My tickets have a face value of $31.50 apiece. Multiplied by two, this results in a total face value of $63.
Ticketmaster charged my credit card for $86.88.
The charges broke down as follows:
Tickets: $31.50 x 2
Convenience Charge: $7.70 x 2
Additional Tax: $1.28
Order Processing Charge: $4.50
ticketFast: $2.70
So, on top of the actual ticket price, there's the ubiquitous "convenience charge." This, apparently, doesn't include the "order processing charge," which is also extra. The "additional tax" I can understand – if it is indeed actual government-mandated tax, and not something Ticketmaster is making up to add just that much more to the amount of money they can pull out of you. And regarding that convenience charge, Ticketmaster's virtual monopoly on all live entertainment allows them to charge pretty much whatever they want to. And "whatever they want" appears to be a completely arbitrary number depending on some crazy formula that only they know. Judging from that guy's convenience charges, Coheed and Cambria is better than Henry Rollins ($6.75), but not better than Merle Haggard ($8.25).
And we haven't even gotten to the best part. They charged me an additional $2.70 for "ticketFast." And what is this fabled ticketFast? Why, they email you a PDF of your tickets, and you print them out, WITH YOUR OWN FUCKING PAPER AND INK!!! It's a completely automated process, with (I'm guessing) absolutely zero human intervention at all. The computer generates the PDF and emails it to you. They probably don't even have to pay some illegal immigrant who can't even speak English less than minimum wage to oversee this process. It's a computer doing all the work, and somehow their computer's valuable time is worth an additional $2.70 on top of what you already paid. In my estimation, not only should this service be included in their "convenience charge," as it represents the ultimate in convenience, but it should also completely defeat the purpose of the "order processing charge," as no human has ever even briefly thought about actually doing anything to process your order. Theoretically, it would take a human to stuff envelopes with tickets and drop them in the mail, in which case maybe some minimal order processing fee would be understandable. But no. They're charging you to do all the work your own goddamn self.
All total, Ticketmaster's ridiculous extra fees amounted to 37.9% of the total charge to my credit card. Well over a third of the money I spent was an arbitrary amount assigned by Ticketmaster because they have exclusive contracts with venues and promoters and because their CEO really really needs to buy that fifth Bentley.
I hate Ticketmaster with every fiber of my being. It's really a pity that you really can't go to any concert at all unless you're willing to bend over and let them drive it home.
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Holy Zombies, Batman!
Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 6:45 pm
God bless America!
Stephen King pseudo-retired after the publication of the concluding Dark Tower novel. His sentiments were something to the extent of "Dark Tower is the one story I've been writing my whole life, now it's over, so the writing will probably slow down after this." That's the subtext as I understood it, at any rate. Anyhoo, I really wasn't expecting much. I go to his website and one of the bigger fansites every so often, and hadn't seen anything lately about any new books in the works. So, much to my surprise, I stumbled on his new book, Cell, when I was wandering through Target (pronounced Tar-zhei if you want to make it sound all cool and French) looking for blank CDs.
It's a pretty short book. Only 350 pages, which may as well be a kindergartner's short story compared to his usual books. I bought it on Saturday, and had it finished last night. It's good, though. Maybe not quite as good as some of his other stuff, and miles away from Dark Tower. Not staggeringly brilliant. But good. The ending leaves a bit to be desired, though. But he seems to do that, lately. I guess it's good. It lets the reader make up his or her own mind about what happened.
So yeah. Check it out, if you're into Stephen King. If you're not currently into Stephen King, I'd recommend reading some of his older stuff – It or The Stand if you've got some time on your hands, or maybe Bag of Bones if you're not yet up to the challenge of 1100+ page books.
Also, on an entirely unrelated subject, I've totally got tickets to Coheed & Cambria in April. I even managed to armwrestle Lisi into going with me. This could backfire, though, as she's already told me to remember this when Keith Urban comes to town. Oh well. We'll deal with that when the time comes. It's amazing how fast the 24-hour flu comes about, isn't it?
Ok, that's all I've really got for today. I just realized that I hadn't published anything in like, ten days or something, so I figured I probably ought to update this nonsense at some point. You go away now. I've got fishsticks to eat!
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When will I quit doing this?!
Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at 2:34 pm
And now, for something completely different… 7et cold.
I was doing so good with the minimal thing. It was nice. Reset was a nice style that I was perfectly happy with. But you know me. I get bored easily.
All together, I've probably spent more time on this theme than on any other one I've ever done, with the possible exception of Noir. This probably comprises roughly 20-30 hours of work, throughout 3dsmax, Photoshop, and HTML/Wordpress. I actually started working on it about 3 weeks ago, and have since quit and started again several times. My thinking was, I know I have a short attention span, so perhaps if I just save the file and come back to it later every time I get bored, it might end up being quite a bit better than if I just threw the thing together after a couple hours. I think it did, too.
Credit where credit is due, I'm using a few of MetroStation's abstract/tech brushes, since I was too lazy to do all the little lines and shapes and whatever on my own. But all the rest of it is entirely my own creation.
As usual, all the old themes are still accessable from the Themelicious portion of the sidebar. And if you can't figure out what the hell I'm talking about, click the "Cold" link to switch your theme.
Ok, so, yeah, it's probably time for me to wrap this post up and go pay attention to my wife for a bit, don't you think?
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Super Bowl Commercials '06
Posted on Monday, February 6, 2006 at 8:57 pm
Yes, yes, it's that time of year again. Time for Jamin's second-annual Super Bowl commercial roundup.
Now, before we go any further, it should be noted that, in my humble opinion, this year's Super Bowl commercials sucked. You would think that, at $2.5m a pop, companies would try a little harder. But no. Most of the commercials were merely ho-hum. Several weren't even new, and have been playing (at least in my market) for the last couple months. I'm looking at you, Capital One. Also, you'll note that last year Ameriquest Mortgage had two ads in my top 10, one of them taking the top spot. This year, they took the exact same punchline from last year and churned out a couple more twists on it. Funny, maybe, but not particularly original. So they lose points too.
As with last year, you can check out all the commercials for yourself at IFILM. And as with last year, it's slow like ass right now. Or maybe that's just my shitty DSL internet. It's hard to tell.
So yeah. Here's my top ten. At least, as I am writing this sentence, I'm planning for it to be a top ten. I really can't stress enough how unimpressed I was. So I may not even make it to ten. We'll see.
10. Burger King – The Whopperettes. I hate that fucking freaky King. But I do sorta like the concept of a burger made out of girls in skimpy clothes. But seriously. That King has gotta go!!!
9. GoDaddy – The Approved Ad. Because I have to.
8. Michelob Ultra – Touch Football. Hot girl. Getting totally nailed. Yeah.
7. Pepsi/Sierra Mist – Metal Detector. Sorta funny. Or something.
6. Sharpie – A Pirate's Life. Points because pirates are totally sweet.
5. Fedex – Caveman. Ehhe. That dinosaur totally got eaten by the other dinosaur. Yay for prehistoric violence.
4. Sprint – Locker Room. Yay for modern day cell phone violence.
3. Budweiser – Super Fan. Naked sheep. Funny.
2. Bud Light – Hidden Bud Lights. Laughing my ass off.
1. Bud Light – Secret Fridge. Again, laughing my ass off, because I can totally see myself in the shoes of the fridge worshippers.
Well, whaddya know. I made it to ten. Not much room to spare, though. The rest were pretty flaccid.
Yes, that's right. I said flaccid.
Now go away, and leave me to my scantily-clad women commercials.


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Oil-based finishes (alkyd/oleoresins) are the more traditional types of finish manufactured by reacting a natural oil (e.g. linseed and tung) with another chemical. Varnishes and the traditional tung oils fall within this category and are associated with the polished and waxed timber floors of the past. These types of finishes are still available and require greater regular maintenance than the other finishes. However, with the use of acrylic floor polishes, they have become easier to maintain. These finishes will darken with time. They are unlikely to edge bond boards.
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The Kalamazoo Scale Modelers will once again be hosting a contest and this year the theme is The Swinging Sixties. We will be at a new venue, so be sure to check out all the information at our website http://www.ipmskalamazoo.org. Look for the 2012 Kontest Tab at the top for Categories, Rules, Entry forms and a map. Vendor tables are still available. There will be a raffle and make and take activities also.
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 10:56 AM
Is anybody from here going to attend this show? I am thinking of driving down to check it out. Only 45 minute drive and I have never been to a show before so I am kind of excited. Just wondering what to expect and debating on putting some of my builds in the show. I have never done that before
Posted 13 September 2012 - 02:44 PM
I am going to go, I just don't know if I will enter the contest. I know that there are going to be dealers there selling kits. That is my main reason for going.
Posted 14 September 2012 - 01:48 PM
Yeah, I don't think I will enter anything now, but I am still going to check it out especially if there will be dealers selling kits etc.
Posted 16 September 2012 - 03:36 PM
Will be there for the first time in 3yrs.
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Was very impressed with the venders this year and the great turn out on that part. I was not over'ly impressed on a couple other issues!


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Slightly cooler temperatures by typical July metro-east standards and an attractive lineup of local and non-local teams should help the third annual Southwest Illinois Firecracker Classic live up to its name.
The American Legion Baseball wooden-bat tournament begins at 10 a.m. Friday with host sites at Whitey Herzog Field in Belleville, Longacre Park in Fairview Heights and Gordon Moore Park in Alton.
Pool play continues Friday and Saturday with the semifinals and championship set for Sunday at Longacre Park in Fairview Heights.
"We've had really good luck bringing in teams from all over," said Swansea/Fairview Heights manager Craig Steiner, one of the tourney organizers. "Last year we had four teams go on to play for state championships and one team that went to the regional championship.
"It's got a pretty good reputation of having good competition and I don't think this year is any different."
Morgantown, W. Va., coached by Centralia native Dale Miller, makes its first trip to the tourney and plans to take in a St. Louis Cardinals game and do some sightseeing.
"He grew up in Centralia and played Legion baseball," Steiner said of Miller. "He remembered how good the Legion programs were around here and he always told his kids about how much fun he had playing here and being able to go to Cardinals games."
Also making the trek to the metro-east are defending tourney champ Bryant, Ark. (23-3), Texarkana, Ark. (21-6), Jefferson City, Mo., West O'Fallon, Mo. (23-5), St. Charles, Mo., defending Missouri state Legion champ Eureka, Ballwin, Mo. (20-2), plus Mattoon (19-1) and Washington from Illinois.
Washington is the central Illinois town devastated by a tornado last year.
Bryant defeated Jefferson City 8-4 in the 2013 championship game.
Among the local teams hoping to reach the semifinals and title game are the Belleville Hilgards (23-5), Swansea/Fairview Heights (17-6) and the Metro-East Bears (17-4 overall, 9-1 in District 22 Legion play).
The Belleville Hilgards are coming off a second-place finish at the Eugene Pate Throwback Tournament in Indiana.
Five of their eight pitchers have ERA's below 2.00 led by Bryce Richter (4-0, 1.00 ERA), Parker Beine (4-0, 1.58 ERA) and Brendan Saak (2-1, 1.56 ERA).
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"If you look at the way our pitchers have thrown, we've gotten good starts across the board," Belleville manager Zach Rakowski said. "Last weekend we played some really good defense and whenever you can do those things, you're always going to have a chance."
Belleville was 2-2 at the tourney last summer and failed to make it out of pool play.
Swansea/Fairview Heights is made up of players from Belleville East and O'Fallon High School and like Belleville includes some college players.
Among Swansea/Fairview's top players are pitcher-outfielder and reigning News-Democrat Player of the Year Blake Deatherage, Heartland College infielder Tanner Hudson, Belleville East infielder Kevin Horner, Belleville East outfielder Domonic Blaylock and O'Fallon infielder Collin Holton.
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In the tech equivalent of a turkey dissing Thanksgiving dinners, Corning SVP Tony Tripeny has criticized sapphire as a material for protecting phone screens, coming up with a whole list of claimed drawbacks, reports CNET.
We see a lot of disadvantages of Sapphire versus Gorilla Glass. It's about 10 times more expensive. It's about 1.6 times heavier. It's environmentally unfriendly. It takes about 100 times more energy to generate a Sapphire crystal than it does glass. It transmits less light which…means either dimmer devices or shorter battery life. It continues to break. I think while it's a scratch resistant product it still breaks and our testing says that Gorilla Glass [can take] about 2.5 times more pressure that it can take.
Sapphire is far more resistant to scratches than Gorilla Glass, but Corning argue that it is more likely to be smashed.
Apple is expected to switch to a sapphire coating for the iPhone 6, manufacturing the material at the plant it jointly operates with GTAT in Arizona. While the material is indeed currently much more expensive than glass, it has been suggested that the costs could be substantially reduced with new production techniques.
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It would of course be surprising if Tony Tripeny (is he with the mob?) said something like this: Sh*t man, that sapphire stuff Apple is prepping kicks our Gorilla Glass ass! It's way better and I think we can wrap it up here. In German they say: gefundenes fressen…
This isn't just about sapphire versus Gorilla Glass. If you read up on GT Advanced Technologies and their current undertakings, you will see that there is a strong likelihood that solar charging technology will be part of that sapphire implementation.
GT seems to have developed a process of using multiple layers of charging films, greatly enhancing charging efficiency. If this is what Apple is up to, the competition will look distinctly prehistoric – particularly since Apple has exclusive access to this new tech.
Sounds like a thin layer of sapphire on top of Gorilla Glass is the best solution?
That would just make the screen dimmer, and the sapphire would still be prone to cracking, in which case you'd have to replace not just the sapphire, but the glass as well, since they would certainly be laminated together.
How many times do I have to explain on this site, the sapphire is NOT for iPhones.
Then what is it for?
I certainly think that Apple will not be putting your generic sapphire crystal onto the screen, they'll be introducing something much better. "New production techniques" anyone?


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Renowned local gospel singer, Aline Gahongaire, is currently working on a project that will see her travel around countries across the East African region early next year. This, she says, is in an effort to promote her music.
According to the singer, the tour will also help her garner the necessary publicity as she looks forward to the launch of her next album. Gahongaire told The Sunday Times that she has already finished recording two albums, which she hopes to release pretty soon.
In her own words: "I am certain this tour will cultivate more fans for me and also help me get the exposure I very much need as I will be able to meet and mingle with other prominent musicians from across the region."
Her forthcoming album is loaded with some Kiswahili tunes, which she hopes will help her penetrate the East African region as Swahili is the most widely spoken language in the region.
Some of her new songs such as Nime Kuwona, Number Moja and I love the Way are already receiving ample airplay on most local radio stations.