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Composition can make an interesting subject bland or make an ordinary subject appear beautiful. In this course, photographer and author Ben Long explores the concepts of composition, from basics such as the rule of thirds to more advanced topics such as the way the eye travels through a photo.
The course addresses how the camera differs from the eye and introduces composition fundamentals, such as balance and point of view. Ben also examines the importance of geometry, light, and color in composition, and looks at how composition can be improved with a variety of post-production techniques. Interspersed throughout the course are workshop sessions that capture the creative energy of a group of photography students; shooting assignments and exercises; and analyses of the work of photographers Paul Taggart and Connie Imboden.
We are going to be talking about a lot of images throughout this course, and discussions of composition are sometimes a little different than how you might be used to discussing images. In a lot of cases we are going to be looking at images purely in terms of the shapes and forms within the image. If you are new to discussions of composition, this can be a little strange, because very often our discussions will completely ignore subject matter. And one to likes to think that one's intent and the emotional power of the subject is all that matters in an image, but unfortunately that's not true.
A poorly composed image of a really dramatic subject will still be a poorly composed, less-effective image. So if some of our image discussions seem a little clinical, understand that when discussing composition, that's often how it goes.
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Raspberry Cream Cheese BunsBy Jennifer McHenry on April 8, 2009I am usually not quite motivated enough to bake anything for breakfast. Once in a while, however, I find some recipe that gives me that push I need to get myself up and in the kitchen. This is one of those recipes. If you never believe another one of my recipe endorsements, believe this one. These little treats are so, […]Read more
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Still, the assumption would certainly have to be that the Sun-Times, once the determination has been made to run a photo with a story, would still be choosing the best photo they had available, right? I mean, they wouldn't intentionally be selecting worse than the best available. At least I hope not, regardless of their market niche.
Since you are from Chicago and are apparently familiar with the paper, did they have a pattern of intentionally running poor photography before all of this happened? And if so, why then would there have been a Pulitzer Prize award winner on that staff?


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Food: In celebration of the pancake
FORT PIERCE - Pancakes, hotcakes, flapjacks… no matter what you call them, they are as much as part of our culture as soda pop or Sunday football.
You may have eaten hundreds of pancakes in your lifetime – but have you ever thought of where those fluffy round creations come from? Believe it or not, the pancake dates back to ancient times.
In fact, the pancake is one of the earliest and widespread cereal foods ever eaten in prehistoric times, based on uncovered archaeological evidence.
It was Greek poet Cratinus, though, who is credited with the first-ever written record of the pancake in history. We can certainly relate to his description of a warm pancake like food… getting hungry already! (In Ancient Greece, pancakes – called "taginites" -- were regularly served at breakfast).
Nothing has changed to this day. Although the structure and shape of the pancake varies, it is still a food enjoyed all over the world.
In Austria-Hungary there is a pancake dish called Kaiserschmarrn. First served to Emperor Francis Joseph I, the pancake is cut into smaller pieces and (like crepes) served with other food items like nuts and berries and a sauce such as plum or apple. Sounds good, right? It does to the citizens of Austria-Hungary as well! In fact, they consider Kaiserschmarrn to be a dessert.
France has also bitten into their own version of pancakes. Maybe you have heard of the crepe? Crepes are thinner versions of the American pancake, which is cooked in a crepe maker for a beautiful bubble pattern and are usually filled with all manner of delights. Fruit, cheese, eggs, spinach and fish… these are but a few of the endless choices to accompany crepes. In fact crepes are so versatile that the French don't confine them to just breakfast. Crepes are meant to be eaten at any time of day, and have spread to all over the world!
In Britain pancakes are similar to the crepe. Made with the same ingredients as an American pancake, they leave out the baking powder that makes American pancakes rise to the levels of fluffiness commonly seen on breakfast dishes across the county. We are not alone in our preference for fluffy pancakes, though. The Scottish prefer a pancake more like ours.
There is another version of the pancake popluar in Southeast Europe as well. Called Palačinke, this thin yet moist pancake is fried and often filled with jam.
Did you know that there is a Pancake Day? It is also known as Marti Gras. Marti Gras is always falls at the start of Lent, or the day before Ash Wednesday. Well, it used to be that the ingredients used to make pancakes (sugar, eggs and flour) were considered luxuries and banned during Lent. Therefore, households would quickly try to use all the sugar, flour and eggs they had to cook up some pancakes the day before they had to give it all up for Lent.
So the next time you slather your pancakes in syrup, remember that many others like you all over the world are enjoying their very own version of this delicious food!
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Updated: 01/26/2015 - Each week throughout the year, we'll be looking a different student who excels both athletically and academically. On Friday, we're checking out a student from Dickson who really stands out.
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Posted: 09/16/2014 - TISHOMINGO, Okla. -- Murray State College recently received official notification from the Institutional Actions Council of the Higher Learning Commission – A Commission of the North Central Association – that Murray State College's accredited status has been continued. The next reaffirmation of accreditation is scheduled for 2023-24.
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Updated: 09/11/2014 - Filming for the feature film Te Ata began this week near Tishomingo, Okla. The film is based on the life of Chickasaw storyteller Te Ata Thompson Fisher, one of Tishomingo's best known early residents.
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Posted: 09/11/2014 - Come enjoy great music, food, and more at the 17th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival.
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Posted: 07/07/2014 - Fundraising events for nonprofits usually involve a lot of volunteer hours and work to plan, set-up, clean-up and run the event. One local nonprofit has come up with a fundraising event that is relaxing and fun: a cruise!
Posted: 07/02/2014 - ADA – The East Central University Nursing Program at the University Center of Southern Oklahoma in Ardmore is offering the HESI (Health Education Systems, Inc.) or E2 exam, a test that helps determine entrance into the program, on July 25 and Sept. 6 at 617 W. Broadway in Ardmore.
Posted: 07/01/2014 - ADA – East Central University honored State Sen. Susan Paddack with a 2014 Distinguished Alumna Award during the ECU Foundation's Evening of Honors and Recognition in May.
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In the end, the most significant effect of the push for 3D could be the way it inspires directors to exploit the new spacial opportunities. They're motivated to devise reasons to open up compositions that look fantastic in 2D too.
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|The first flight in a new airplane is exciting, even when it's an old friend with a bigger engine. I had flown Huskies many times, but never the new 200 hp Aviat Husky A-1B-200, and as I started to throttle up, I was watching the edge of the runway for any indication that the airplane was trying to turn; it wasn't. Also, I had a plan: I was going to do a standard Husky three-point, short-field takeoff rather than lifting the tail in the normal manner. What's the fun in flying an airplane with a big motor if you're not going to go for the gusto?
Unfortunately, nothing in aviation is free, including performance that's the result of increased horsepower. In the case of the A-1B-200, the empty weight has gone up a total of 70 pounds over its 180 hp brethren, so the useful load has drifted down to 680 pounds, even though it's licensed with the lighter, composite MT-Propeller. If you use the FAA-mandated 170 pounds for each passenger, that leaves just enough room for the 52 gallons of gas and 30 pounds of gear. However, if you're talking about "real" people (and both Mark and I are very "real"), chances are pretty good that in some situations you won't be able to fill both tanks. Aviat, however, has a solution for that (see the sidebar).
On that first takeoff, as the airplane clawed into the air, I begrudgingly let the nose down slightly, to hold the 73 mph best climb-rate speed, which still put us at a ridiculous climb angle. At gross weight, this gives a climb of 1,700 feet per minute, which calls for another "yeehah!" In most real-life situations, once you're over 50 feet, few people are going to feel comfortable at a nose attitude that high because they're stone blind. At a more reasonable angle, we were seeing around 1,300 fpm, which is still pretty respectable.
Incidentally, during the taxi and takeoff, you can just about see over the nose (taller pilots can probably see the centerline). This makes no difference, however, because the view on the ground around the nose is excellent. Also, the ground handling isn't even worth discussing—it's so easy, and on takeoff, it launches so quickly, you'd have to work to get into trouble. The only thing of note in that area is that the instant the gear begins to leave the ground, you need to get some right foot into it immediately to counteract P-factor or you're going to be sliding left.
In cruise, the visibility is, as you'd expect, hard to improve on—this is the ultimate sight-seeing airplane. It is, however, also a fairly useful cross-country bird. Aviat quotes 138 mph at 55% power, which is a change from most factory spec charts that quote unrealistic 75% cruise speeds. When asked about the 55%, Mark said it was because using any more power was a waste of gasoline. To increase the cruise speed exactly one mph over 138 requires an entire gallon per hour extra, so 55% is the most efficient setting. The airfoil is the old, flat-bottom Clark "Y," and when it hits its drag rise, there's no use trying to push it faster.
In the air, the ailerons, which are designed to be effective at slow speeds, make themselves known with a little more adverse yaw than most pilots are accustomed to. That's not a negative and will only be noticed by feet-on-the-floor Cessna or Mooney pilots. Those who fly Cubs, Champs and their ilk won't even notice the adverse yaw.
Pull or push it 10% off trim speed in cruise, then let go, and it will start back to neutral and be dead stable after two fairly weak cycles. This is better than many supposedly more stable birds. Pull the nose left and right with rudder and let go, and it will slowly regain straight-ahead flight.
Stalls, as you'd expect with an airplane like this, don't amount to much. Even with full flaps, you only get a gentle nod, and if you hold the stick dead against the stop and leave it there, the nose just hunts up and down a little. You do have to baby (or avoid) the ailerons in that situation because, if you ask too much of them, you can feel them trying to stall. This, again, is nothing out of the ordinary. All stalls are in the very low 50s to mid-40s, and recover as soon as back pressure is released.


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This game was horrible and a scam. I watched it for years and managed to get out before I lost any signifiant time or money on this disaster but many others were not so lucky. The creators of this nightmare are in serious legal trouble now.
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ST offers the widest portfolio of real-time clock (RTC) ICs including ultra-low-power devices, the world's smallest package with embedded crystal, ST's SNAPHAT® battery with crystal integrated.
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ST's serial real-time clocks combine the RTC function with the supervisor function for different master devices such as microprocessors and NVRAMs. Supervisory functions include alarm, battery switchover, reset and special features with time stamp, anti-tamper for secure applications, audio, and trickle charge. It supports SPI and I2C buses.
The features related to supervising a microprocessor include a programmable watchdog, an early power-fail warning circuit and the power-on reset/low-voltage detect. To protect an NVRAM, they can generate an automatic battery switchover and a write-protect signal, a power-fail deselect voltage and the battery-low monitor flag. The programmable alarm with repeat mode may be used in the battery back-up mode.
SNAPHAT® battery with crystal option
ST's removable/replaceable SNAPHAT® battery top contains a Lithium coin cell battery and a 32KHz crystal. It is compatible with all of ST's real-time clocks and TIMEKEEPER® devices in the surface mount SOH-28 and SOH-44 packages.
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The invention concerns a method for controlling access to encrypted data (CT) by control words (CW), said control words being received by a security module in control messages (ECM) and returned to a unit operating on the encrypted data. Said control messages (ECM) contain at least one first control word (CW1) and a second control word (CW2), said control words each allowing access to the encrypted data (CT) during a predetermined period called cryptoperiod (CP). Said method includes the following steps: sending said encrypted data to at least one operating unit; and sending control messages (ECM) to said control unit, such a control message (ECM) containing at least two specific control words (CW1, CW2) being sent to the operating unit after sending the data encrypted by said first control word (CW1) and before sending the data encrypted by said second control word (CW2). Said method is characterized in that the time shift between sending to the operating unit the data encrypted by said first control word (CW1) and sending the control message (ECM) containing said first control word (CW1) and said second control word (CW2) is more than 75% of the cryptoperiod.
1. A method for controlling access to data encrypted by control words, said control words being received by a security module in control messages and returned to a processing unit for accessing encrypted data, said control messages containing at least a first control word and a second control word, said first and second control words each allowing access to data encrypted by said control words during a respective cryptoperiod, the method comprising the steps of:
sending said encrypted data to at least one processing unit; and
sending the control messages to said processing unit, each of the control messages being sent to the processing unit after the sending of the data encrypted by said first control word and before the sending of the data encrypted by said second control word;
wherein the time shifting between the sending to the processing unit of data encrypted by said first control word and the sending of the control message containing said first control word and said second control word is greater than 75% of the cryptoperiod, said time shifting being determined in such a way as to prevent the processing unit decrypting the encrypted data by using only one control message of two consecutive control messages.
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The present invention relates to a method for controlling access to data encrypted by control words CW, these control words being received by a security module in control messages and returned to a processing unit for encrypted data.
The present method applies in particular to the case of Pay-TV.
In a well-known method, in particular in the aforementioned field of Pay-TV, data is encrypted by a data supplier by means of encryption keys called control words. This data is transmitted to multimedia units of users or subscribers. Parallel to this, the control words are transmitted to these multimedia units in the form of a stream of control messages.
The multimedia units are generally made up of a processing unit that, in the case of Pay-TV, is a decoder receiving the aforementioned stream and of a security module responsible for the cryptographic operations related to the use of these streams.
As is well known to those skilled in the art, this type of security module can essentially be produced according to four distinct forms. One of these is a microprocessor card, a smart card, or more generally an electronic module (in the form of a key, of badge, . . . ). This type of module is generally removable and can be connected to the decoder. The form with electrical contacts is the most widely used, however the use of a contactless connection is not excluded, for example of the ISO 14443 type.
A second known form is that of an integrated circuit box placed, generally in an definitive and irremovable way, in the decoder box one variant is made up of a circuit mounted on a base or connector such as a SIM module connector.
In a third form, the security module is integrated into an integrated circuit box also having another function, for example in a descrambling module of a decoder or the microprocessor of a decoder.
In a fourth embodiment, the security module is not materially produced, but rather its function is only implemented in the form of software. Given that in the four cases, although the security level differs, the function is identical, it is possible to talk about a security module regardless of the way in which it functions or the form that this module may take.
When a multimedia unit has received the stream containing the control words, first it is verified if the user has available the rights to decrypt the specific data. If this is the case, the control messages are decrypted in order to extract the control words. These control words are in turn used to decrypt the data.
As is also known, each control word generally allows a small part of the data transmitted to be decrypted. Typically, one control word allows 10 seconds of a Pay-TV event to be decrypted. After this time duration, called a cryptoperiod, the control word is changed for security reasons.
One possible way to enjoy access to encrypted data without being authorised consists in using a genuine multimedia unit with a real security module and in distributing the control words to a set of decoders. This can be done by means of a server or separating device known as a "splitter". Therefore, the amounts related to the acquisition of access rights to encrypted data are paid by a single multimedia unit while the events are accessible from several multimedia units.
The invention described in patent application US 2004/0215691 intends to prevent a security module from being shared by several users. In order to realise this aim, each time a control message is received by a multimedia unit, this unit or the security module that is associated to it determines the channel to which this control message is related. The channel identifiers are memorised with a time information. The messages are compared in order to determine if they are related to different channels or the same channel. If they are related to different channels, a counter is incremented by a certain value. If the control messages are related to the same channel, the counter is decremented. If the counter reaches an established threshold value, this means that many channel changes have occurred and the decrypting of the control words is stopped.
For this process it is necessary to have an identifier of the channel concerned for each control message at your disposal. In certain configurations, this is not the case. By using the control messages as defined in particular in the Eurocrypt No EN 50094 standard of December 1992, it is possible to identify a class of channels rather than each channel. In this case, it is impossible, with the invention described above, to block the use of several multimedia units that only use one security module and a splitter.
The international patent application published with the number WO 01/15448 describes a Pay-TV system and more precisely a video on demand system. In this system, the data is encrypted by means of control words. These control words are only sent to users within a predefined time period during which the user must acquire them if s/he wishes to be able to access the content. This process limits the risk of a fraudulent user receiving the control words illegally and thus accessing the content.
This process is not however applicable to a conventional Pay-TV system in which a user can change channel. In fact, in the case of a channel change, this user would be obliged to wait to receive a control message corresponding to the new channel before being able access the content.
The publication WO 2004/071091 describes an invention whose aim is to maximise the scrolling speed authorised in "fast forward" or "fast rewind" mode. This aim is thus completely different from the aim of the invention that is the object of the present application. In the publication WO 2004/071091, the optimisation of the scrolling speed is obtained by shifting the changing of the control word in relation to the data stream of a value corresponding to approximately half a cryptoperiod. This value of half the cryptoperiod is the ideal value to allow the aim of the invention to be achieved, since it allows the optimisation of the speed both at the time of scrolling forwards as well as scrolling backwards. The greater the distance from this value, the less useful the advantage of shifting the data stream with the change of control word will be.
As is well-known, the control messages are repeated according to very short time intervals, for example 50 ms. The aim of this is to make the control word necessary for access to the contents rapidly available when zapping. When a multimedia unit has received a control message, it filters the identical messages in such a way that the latter are only transmitted to the security module once. In the following description, it is implied that when control messages ECM are mentioned we are referring to different messages, since identical messages are not used.
A difficulty arises when the control messages contain more than one control word. In practice, it is normal to send two control words per control message. The advantage of this lies in the fact that while one of the control words is used, the other is decrypted and memorised. This embodiment makes it possible to use safer decrypting algorithms, which are longer to decrypt.
In such a case, it is possible for a fraudulent user to use only one control message of two, then to transmit the unused message to another decoder or processing device. In this way, each decoder receives all the control words that it requires. Therefore, several processing units can allow access to encrypted content while in theory only one subscriber has the rights.
This type of fraud is particularly difficult to detect since it is impossible, without using a channel identifier, to distinguish a normal use of all control messages by only one decoder and fraudulent use by two different decoders of one control message of two.
This invention proposes to solve this problem and thus to prevent access to an encrypted content during the fraudulent use of two decoders with only one security module.
The solution of the invention also makes it possible to prevent, at least partially, access to the encrypted content by fraudulent users only using one control message of two and whose other control message is transmitted to another decoder.
The aim of the invention is achieved by a method for controlling access to data encrypted by control words, these control words being received by a security module in control messages and returned to a processing unit for encrypted data, said control messages containing at least a first control word and a second control word, these control words each allowing access to encrypted data during a determined time duration called a cryptoperiod, this method including the steps of:
Generally, the method according to this invention uses control messages containing two control words. However, the user only using one control message of two will not be able to access the entirety of the encrypted content. Two users sharing a splitter and one security module will each be able to access only a part of the audio/video content.
This invention and its advantages will be better understood with reference to the enclosed Figures and to the detailed description of a particular embodiment given as a non-limitative example, in which:
The control message ECM2 can be used to supply a second decoder. In order to detect a fraudulent use, it is possible to carry out a calculation of the number of control messages ECM decrypted during each cryptoperiod. This allows action to be taken when a number of control messages that is too large is decrypted for each cryptoperiod. However, in the case of the invention, a test on the number of control messages per cryptoperiod will not allow a fraudulent use to be located and prevented, since this number corresponds exactly to a number of messages decrypted by only one security module being used normally.
As an example, we will consider the case in which a user activates his/her multimedia unit or hits a determined channel at the time indicated by t1 in
If the user activates his/her multimedia unit or hits a determined channel at the time indicated by t2, the control word CW2 will also be necessary to decode the content. At this moment, the second control message ECM2 is broadcast. This contains the control words CW2 and CW3. The content CT can thus be decrypted thanks to the control word CW2.
If the user activates his/her multimedia unit or hits a determined channel at the time indicated by t3, the development of the process will be similar to the development explained for the case where the activation time is t1. The control word CW2 originating from the control message ECM2 can be used to access the content.
As can be seen, in conventional usage, the encrypted content can be accessed regardless of the moment when a user activates his/her multimedia unit or changes channel.
If the user activates his/her multimedia unit at the time t2, it will need the control word CW2 to be able to access the content CT. Given that the latter has been sent in the first control message ECM1, it is available and the content can be decrypted.
When the user activates his/her multimedia unit at the moment t3, it will need the control word CW3 to be able to access the content. This control word is sent once in the second control message ECM2 and once in the third control message ECM3. In the hypothesis of a fraudulent use as described previously, the second control message ECM2 has not been used by this decoder, but has been transmitted to another decoder. The control words that it contains are thus not available for the decoder concerned. Since there is a shift between the stream of data and of control messages, the third control message ECM3 is not available at the moment t3. As a result, the content cannot be decrypted during the entire period between the moment where the third control word CW3 is necessary and the sending of the third control message ECM3,
In practice, for a honest user to have access to the totality of the content, it is necessary for the shift between the data stream CT and the stream of control messages ECM to be lower than a cryptoperiod. For a fraudulent user to be penalised to the maximum, the shift must be as large as possible. A shift slightly lower than a cryptoperiod is generally chosen. Preferably, a shift will be chosen in such a way that this shift plus the time for processing said control message by the security module and for returning the control word to the processing device will be lower than the cryptoperiod.
As an example, it is possible to provide a cryptoperiod of 5 seconds for example with a shift of 4 seconds between the two streams. The result is that in the case of the use of only one security module supplying two decoders, each decoder will be subjected to a significant period during which it will not have access to the encrypted content.
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For more than a decade, one associate of international drug lord Craig Petties eluded the grasp of local police and federal agents — until now.
Christopher "Lil' Wolf" Hamlet, 35, sits in a federal jail cell in Memphis awaiting a hearing Tuesday as the last of more than 40 Petties associates to face his day in court.
Hamlet's absence, according to federal court records, was a major frustration for law enforcement who wanted to wrap up the prosecution of one of the most lucrative and deadly cocaine trafficking rings in Tennessee history.
The problem: Hamlet fled to Mexico.
He chose to run in 2002, launching a chain of events he couldn't have foreseen.
On May 22, 2002, investigators who were trying to topple the Petties organization had been watching one of Petties' houses, a two-story, red brick home in a Hickory Hill subdivision, when they saw Hamlet — a suspected drug trafficker — and his girlfriend leave in a Dodge Neon.
Officers pounced, pulling the couple over and finding one ounce of crack cocaine and a gun, according to an affidavit by Special Agent Abe Collins, with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
The duo seemed ready to cooperate. The woman allowed police to search the Raleigh home the two shared, where police say they found 700 grams of crack cocaine hidden in the attic.
Hamlet, a Gangster Disciple gang member who grew up with Petties and his inner circle in the Riverside neighborhood, started talking. He confirmed that Petties was "the man," or major drug supplier, in Memphis, the affidavit states.
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Hamlet knew a childhood friend, Antonio Allen, had been executed by a drug-ring hit man a month earlier because Petties erroneously thought Allen had become a snitch. The hit man and Petties then served as pallbearers at Allen's funeral.
So, instead of cooperating with the federal probe and jeopardizing his safety, Hamlet became a fugitive — following Petties to a Mexican hideout in Acapulco, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
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Chromolithograph, an announcement of the Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II Alexandrovich and his consort Alexandra Fedorovna on May 14, 1896, in Old Church Slavonic script enclosed by colorful Style Russe strap work decoration, the top depicting a crowned Cyrillic N within a circular frame above the Order of Saint Andrew, flanked by two black Romanov double-headed eagles, the borders decorated with the Coats of Arms of various Russian towns-16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in., within a later frame
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Koryo Hotel. Pyongyang, North Korea.
Our room at the Koryo Hotel. 26th floor.
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called *The North Korean Paradise*, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Interesting to see a hotel room in the Koryo hotel. We stayed on the 43rd flloor in the Yanggakdo hotel. Did you have BBC news there?
@Specialesumpen: I don't remember, if we had BBC. Sorry. We turned on the TV for a minute and flipped through the channels, but I forgot if there was BBC. I would recommend the Koryo over the Yanggakdo, as it is more central and has the - what I would think - more interesting guests. Mostly businessmen, diplomats, etc. Less touristy ;-)
We never really got the choice, we had to stay at the Yanggakdo. Perhaps they were extra aware of keeping all the tourists in one place right before the 60th anniversary of the DPRK.
We were able to see BBC's coverage of the events and the speculations about Kim Jong Il's health. It was very odd being there while all this was going on.
I cannot help but to believe that hotels must certainly be bugged, with paranoid leadership that decides everything the little tyrant couldn't stand it if he didn't know what guest's to his country are saying in private...
but despite of all the odd, I am interested in visiting North Korea... Is it possible to get there by commercial airlines from another country beside North Korea?
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One could say that Tempe Prep Academy's football team has been in playoff mode since Sept. 14. That's no stretch. Not when the Knights were 0-3 when they awoke that day, had not scored a point and allowed 90 points to the likes of Yuma Catholic, top D-IV seed Show Low and defending D-V champ Northwest Christian.
Was Tempe Prep coach Thomas Brittain worried? Some. But not enough to throw in the towel.
"I was depressed," Brittain said. "We'd been in the semifinals the year before and had a great junior class. I figured when the season began we'd have a good chance to make a run again. It would have been easy for us to doubt at that point. I knew deep down we'd get better. Our schedule lightened up, but we still had to win a bunch of games."
Win a bunch they did. The Knights have managed to reel off eight wins in a row and needed every one. On Saturday (Nov. 16) Tempe Prep makes the trek to Eager to take on No. 4 Round Valley (10-1) at 7 p.m.
No team in D-V that lost four times in the regular season advanced to the playoffs. TPA was one of four with three losses that survived. As the No. 12 seed with a 7-3 record last Saturday, the Knights avenged one of their three losses by knocking off Northwest Christian, 21-0. This after losing to the Crusaders, 28-0, almost two months earlier.
Tempe Prep cinched its playoff berth by edging Scottsdale Prep, 27-26, the final game of the regular season. Scottsdale Prep qualified for the playoffs as well, but Brittain wasn't that pleased hanging on to that victory by a thread.
"I was a little demoralized after that one," Brittain said. "We were up 14-0 and had a touchdown called back by a clip that would have made it 21-0. Instead of being up that much, the game ended up tied 14-14 at the half. We did win the game and got in. I'm not sure we would have had we lost. That game shook my confidence a bit."
The victory last week over Northwest Christian, however, restored Brittain's side-swiped psyche. He, like most other D-V observers, believe the title is up for grabs among many of the eight remaining teams.
"Who's the favorite in our division?,' Brittain said. "You'll get a lot of different opinions, and they're all valid."
No one facet of Tempe Prep's play has stood out above another in the winning streak that has shot the Knights into the title equation. Brittain said a handful of players have stepped up recently or earlier in the year to deliver clutch performances.
Tempe Prep had to solidfy its lines after losing a pair of key seniors last year. Senior lineman Ryan Whalen, who was injured in the fourth game of the season and at one point figured to miss the rest of the season, returned in time for the season finale with Scottsdale Prep. Whalen has bolstered improved line play. Senior Joseph Zwemke stepped up his defensive game. He is among the top three in tackles (most on the D-Line) and leads the team with 5.5 sacks.
Most of the Tempe Prep's top skill players graduated, so the newcomers have been many. Stepping in and solidifying the quarterback position has been senior Benjamin LeBeau, who took over as the starter the fifth game of the season. Brittain said LeBeau's leadership behind center has been huge plus his play in the secondary. He leads the team in interceptions with five. And one of Brittain's two sons on the team, sophomore running back Isaiah Brittain, has delivered back-to-back 100-yard plus rushing games and multiple TDs in wins over Scottsdale Prep and Northwest Christian. Isaiah Brittain has rushed for 299 yards the last two games.
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Yes they can be resoled. I had a pair of 926 work boots resoled by red wings themselves a few months ago. Dropped it off at my local store, took about 10 days or so to get them back I think. 100 bucks, new outer sole, new insoles, new laces, and conditioned. Not a bad deal. A cobbler might do it cheaper, but, well, depends on how good they are and all that....
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My "break-in" period wasn't that bad at all. I decided to break-in my brand new IR during a 2-week vacation in Vancouver, BC and Seattle, WA. The IR's were the only shoes I brought along with some running shoes. I feared that the IR's might wreck my feet and I would resort to wearing my tennies the whole trip; but that wasn't the case. We did a lot of urban hiking in those two weeks. My feet were a little sore the first few days but nothing serious.
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Why with all the red wing boots I have looked at, does the boot size always go from D to 2E, is 2E just what they use for saying 1 size larger than D, then 4E as two sizes larger. I've looked at many online stores including the red wings au store and they only state widths D and 2E. Some sites have also stated D as medium and 2E as wide, I always thought E was wide and 2E was extra wide.
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There's still no competition, so porting PhysX to OpenCL or Direct Compute is not necessary. Even if Bullet comes out, it will take a few years before we see game built on that from the ground up. PhysX is way ahead in GPU department and they can always port it in the future.
It doesn't matter if it's proprietary or not, they're making progress and other companies are trying to catch up. If it wasn't for NV, we would be nowhere near this.
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Whole genome assembly of a natto production strain Bacillus subtilis natto from very short read data
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BMC Genomics 2010, 11:243 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-243Published: 16 April 2010
Bacillus subtilis natto is closely related to the laboratory standard strain B. subtilis Marburg 168, and functions as a starter for the production of the traditional Japanese food "natto" made from soybeans. Although re-sequencing whole genomes of several laboratory domesticated B. subtilis 168 derivatives has already been attempted using short read sequencing data, the assembly of the whole genome sequence of a closely related strain, B. subtilis natto, from very short read data is more challenging, particularly with our aim to assemble one fully connected scaffold from short reads around 35 bp in length.
We applied a comparative genome assembly method, which combines de novo assembly and reference guided assembly, to one of the B. subtilis natto strains. We successfully assembled 28 scaffolds and managed to avoid substantial fragmentation. Completion of the assembly through long PCR experiments resulted in one connected scaffold for B. subtilis natto. Based on the assembled genome sequence, our orthologous gene analysis between natto BEST195 and Marburg 168 revealed that 82.4% of 4375 predicted genes in BEST195 are one-to-one orthologous to genes in 168, with two genes in-paralog, 3.2% are deleted in 168, 14.3% are inserted in BEST195, and 5.9% of genes present in 168 are deleted in BEST195. The natto genome contains the same alleles in the promoter region of degQ and the coding region of swrAA as the wild strain, RO-FF-1.
These are specific for γ-PGA production ability, which is related to natto production. Further, the B. subtilis natto strain completely lacked a polyketide synthesis operon, disrupted the plipastatin production operon, and possesses previously unidentified transposases.
The determination of the whole genome sequence of Bacillus subtilis natto provided detailed analyses of a set of genes related to natto production, demonstrating the number and locations of insertion sequences that B. subtilis natto harbors but B. subtilis 168 lacks. Multiple genome-level comparisons among five closely related Bacillus species were also carried out. The determined genome sequence of B. subtilis natto and gene annotations are available from the Natto genome browser http://natto-genome.org/ webcite.


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