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Over recent years, there has been an increased focus on China's emergence as an important and successful outsourcing market. According to the Ministry of Commerce of China, 60,247 service outsourcing contracts were signed in 2009, a year-on-year increase of 142.6 percent. The contract reached USD 20 billion, an increase of 185.6 percent, and the contract value of offshore outsourcing reached USD 14.8 billion, an increase of 153.9 percent.
Since February 2009, China's State Council has designated 21 "Service Outsourcing Model Cities". These cities have adopted policy measures to promote the local service outsourcing development and will gradually become the country's major base for global outsourcing activities.
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Edge Zarrella, Global Head, IT Advisory, KPMG China said, "With the service outsourcing industry in China growing at a rapid pace, establishing a physical presence in China is imperative for outsourcing enterprises. While these cities may have similar advantages in terms of industrial policies and infrastructure, focus and potential may vary from one city to another. As such, companies need to weigh their own development requirements and strategies to determine which cities best suit their needs."
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Some of the initiatives and support measures that the Government has implemented to expedite the development of China's outsourcing service industry include:
The cities in this KPMG China's report cover the following four regions: Northern China region around the Bohai area, Eastern China region around the Yangtze River Delta, Southern China region around the Pearl River Delta and Midwestern China region.
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"The rear end is constructed around the original xtracycle brand bags & accessories."
No word on kickstand though.
here, says:
"The rear end is constructed around the original xtracycle brand bags & accessories."
No word on kickstand though.
EDIT: Looks like it's no big deal, there is apparently a retrofit kit so that new style can be used on old style bikes.
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This is why I'm so anxious to see closeup pics of one. We have no idea what kind of kickstand it uses, how close to the original Xtracycle design it is, etc.
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front fender clearance doesn't look very good...
PS-Just viewed the pics again of the kickback at link,there maybe a fitment problem using on the Sun.Look at the top center of the kickback where it meets the frame.May not work.Xtracycle uses whats called "taco shield" which are used between the kickback metal and the bikes metal for protection.I imagine it would be luck for it to fit the Sun frame.Darn.
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this is the one he's referring to.
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Thanks hopperja and mbrickell,
I think I'll just hurry up and wait until you guys and/or others get a Sun,that away I'm sure all our questions will get answered.I had plans on going the Yuba route but then after a visit here found out about the sun.So need to wait and see for now. Thanks again.....
UPDATE: Local bike shop just emailed me today about the Sun. I was told that the Sun rep had called the shop today and told them that the bike would now being arriving in late April rather than early April as originally specified. Bummer. Anyway, just thought I'd relay that for anyone interested in the Sun Cargo who might have followed this thread.
Thanks for the update, we're still watching and waiting along with you!
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bump, just to let you know that several people are interested in this.
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If and when I get more info from the shop, I'll update the thread. Also, once the bike arrives I'll let those know who may be interested. If anyone wants pics of specific components, etc, no prob.
Well well,it appears like the Sun Cargo Bike got bumped up on price quite a bit from the original numbers going around.If I remember correctly the MSRP was in the neighborhood of 550-600 bux which got the attention of many as a bike worth looking into.Now who knows? The 900 price I got from Veloverde looks legit since all their other bike prices are in line with MSRP so the Sun should be too.
I guess we will see whats what soon enough huh.
Wow, that's disappointing. I don't think this bike is such a great value at that price...
I ordered one about two months ago. My bike shop quoted me 600-ish. I got an email from them stating late April, then just last week they updated me that Sun has now said delivery in late May. If the bike comes in and they want $900 for it, I'm out. When I ordered the bike, I asked them if they wanted a deposit, and they said no, no biggie, we'll just get you one. I'd hate to stiff them and not take the bike, but if it comes in 50% higher than what I was told, I won't be picking it up.
Anyway, still holding out hope that the bike arrives in two weeks and is sub-$700. They've been good about keeping me in the loop, so we shall see. It will be disappointing if it's $900, because I passed on a sweet used Yuba Mundo deal due to my order on the Sun. If I missed the Mundo and the Sun is $900, I'll be kind of peeved.
I would be, too.
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Just curious: has anyone actually seen this bike yet?
No, and I'm beginning to get a little ticked at the lack of progress on my order. I ordered one in early March. I was told early April delivery. Then I was told late April. Then early May. Then mid to late May. Well, here is late May and I have heard nothing for about 2 weeks.
It's becoming a mental thing for me. I keep hearing how bad the economy is, etc. Here I am wanting to spend money, and apparently either nobody wants to take it, or they can't get the product to the dealers. Either way, I'm contemplating just calling the shop and canceling my order. I'm not going to beg people to take my money.
I'd say there's a 50/50 chance I stew over it for a couple of days and then get irritated enough to chuck the whole idea. ;>)
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I'll try to pass by my LBS. The owner was interested in selling those frames (custom builds though). I'll check with him if he has any news.
Veloverde got back with me on the Sun Atlas Cargo Bike,I had initially asked them about availability and the 900 dollar price.They pretty much ignored my inquiry about the 900 price but did get back with me with this.
"We have two of the SUN Atlas Cargo Bikes on the way. We could ship one in the box to you if you wanted. We haven't seen them yet ourselves. Unassembled price would be $700 + shipping. I can't offer shipping cost until I can measure box, probably Monday or Tuesday, but I only charge ACTUAL freight charge from carrier"
Given the above 700.00 from Veloverde on price,it appears there is room for different price structures on the Atlas Bike.
Oh well for me it no longer matters as I am the owner of a new V4 Yuba Mundo.Yep I pulled the trigger.
I'm still going to watch this thread in case one of you end up with the Sun Cargo,I await the brave one.
My LBS just emailed me and said that my Sun shipped out Friday from the West Coast and should be here in Kansas City either this Friday or the following Monday.
Now, as long as they don't blindside me with some $900 pricing when I go to pick up, looks like we'll be owning a Sun shortly. When I initially ordered, I'd discussed pricing in the $650, so as long as it falls in that realm plus or minus, I'm in. I figure a 10% variation from what we discussed when I ordered is reasonable. A 30% increase, not reasonable.
The beauty of it from my perspective is that they didn't want a deposit from me when I placed the order, so if they yank my chain on price, and I don't take delivery, not like I'm out any. I offered to leave a deposit at that time and they said unnecessary.
I'll update when the bike arrives. To think...I might be famous. I might be the first Sun owner here. lol
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After losing a couple sizeable leads earlier in the game, the Greenwood boys basketball had Plainfield locked in a tie game midway through the fourth quarter.
But the Woodmen couldn't finish.
Plainfield hit 23 of 24 free throws and used an 18-5 run in the final 4:06 to take a 63-50 victory against the visiting Woodmen in Friday night's Mid-State Conference clash.
"That's where you have to rely on your defense," Greenwood coach Bruce Hensley said. "And we just don't understand that."
After Greenwood junior Jaren Hornbeak hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 45-all, the Quakers (4-11) hit 13 of 14 free throws to help key their game-closing run and snap Greenwood's two-game winning streak.
In the aftermath, Hensley had a challenge for the Woodmen.
"One of the things I told them is, 'How are you going to react from this?' Athletics is about handling adversity, and we didn't handle it very well tonight," he said. "Hopefully, we'll handle it better (tonight).
"Hopefully, it'll motivate us."
The veteran coach gets another chance to see how Greenwood responds when it travels to Greenfield-Central for a 7:30 p.m. tip today.
Greenwood (3-11) lost sizable leads in the second (12 points) and third (eight points) quarters, at times when it had chances to cushion its margin.
"We still struggle with handling adversity," Hensley said. "As soon as the game kind of started going the other way a little bit, instead of pulling together, we started pulling apart. That's kind of how we've been affected a lot this year."
Greenwood led 21-9 midway through the second quarter.
But Plainfield freshman Max Kurkowski, who finished with 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting, drilled a couple of 3-pointers to help lead a 12-4 run, leaving Greenwood with just a 25-21 halftime lead.
The Woodmen responded in the third quarter, taking a late 40-32 lead before the Quakers rattled off six free throws.
"We had a couple of times there where we had a chance to kind of get control of the game, and we just kind of relaxed, especially on the defensive end," Hensley said.
Hornbeak scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Senior Raddell Waddy hit a trio of 3-pointers in the third quarter and finished with 15 points.
Bobby Jensen added 16 points for Plainfield, which outrebounded the Woodmen 33-19 and had more bench points (18-8).
The Woodmen made just 4 of 11 field goals in a defensive first quarter, holding a 9-7 lead.
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2007 Chevrolet Avalanche LT 4dr Crew Cab SB (5.3L 8cyl 4A)
Purchased 07 AV LTZ, with 43K mi black on black with Nav/Cam, on 11/27/2010 after test driving, Ford F-150, GMC Sierra 1500 SLT, Chevy Silverado 1500, Toyota Tundra Limited. I was close to getting the Tundra but preferred the look of the exterior and interior of the AV much better. I test drove it for a week before my final purchase. I've only had it for six days, but it looks, runs and feels great. I have a tendency to use the cruise control as much as possible and have been getting about 16.5 mpg in the city. This is not my everyday car but I wanted a truck that looked great and could make runs to Home Depot, haul away debris from my DIY projects. SUV insurance rates not a truck.
Exterior and Interior looks. The plush leather seats and wood trim inside. Memory seats for 2 drivers. Easy use of Nav. Great rear camera. The engine switching from V8 to V4.
Nothing yet as I've only had it six days. However, something to help protect the plastic bed cover and fins as the sun tends to discolor them.
2007 Chevrolet Avalanche LT 4dr Crew Cab SB (5.3L 8cyl 4A)
Developed a rear main seal leak when I first bought it. Panels around the vents began to oxidize from the air conditioning. Love the turning radius. Like the midgate. Sound system is pretty good. Generally got 11 mpg city, but was surprised at the 6-7 mpg jump on the highway.
Midgate, ambient outside temp gauge, turning radius, rear entertainment, integrated phone.
when gas prices were $4+, I was spending over $120 to fill up. Need to get better MPG. Need to have headphones for the rear entertainment system as a low cost option.
2007 Chevrolet Avalanche LT 4dr Crew Cab SB (5.3L 8cyl 4A)
Bought one of these in 07 as a program vehicle with 5000 miles. Loved it, but when gas prices went up to over $3.50 we traded in for a Saturn Vue. BIG mistake. Didn't know what we had till it was gone. My wife decided she wanted a big truck again recently. She wanted a truck, but with all the bells and whistles normally found in SUVs (heated seats, DVD, nice interior). Looked at everything out there and fell back to the Avalanche. Bought another 2007 model this year with 44,000 miles and love it, again. Will not sell again, I don't care if gas goes to $10.00 a gallon.
Exterior looks, especially with the 20 inch wheels. Ride comfort. Covered, versatile bed. Every option I can think of is in this truck (LTZ model).
Better gas mileage. More aggressive power and sound. The power is adequate, but I like fast vehicles.
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I've put 109,000 miles on this truck in 30 months only having to replace an evap sensor at about 65.00. The ride is superb. My family actually looks forward to trips in this vehicle. I always liked the Av, but didn't buy the earlier model because of the plastic body cladding. When we wear this one out will definitely by another.
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A Swedish study by Caap-Ahlgren published in 2002 examined caregiver strain among a population of Parkinson's disease patients. There were important correlations between caregiver burden and the Parkinson's disease motor and cognitive statuses, how long Parkinson's disease was present, and also if there were depressive symptoms in both the caregiver and the patient. Improving the functional status of the patient and treating caregiver depressive symptoms were considered the most important factors to address in caregiver strain.
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Aggressively combat caregiver strain:
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• Reaching out for help at home from family, friends, community/religious organizations, and health professionals
• Exercise, diet, a normal sleeping pattern, and personal time away from the Parkinson's disease patient each week (if possible)
• Support groups, and in particular caregiver support groups
• Seeing a doctor for appropriate treatment of caregiver depressive or anxious symptoms (pharmacological approaches)
• Counseling through a licensed clinical social worker or a counseling psychologist
1. Carter JH, Lyons KS, Stewart BJ, Archbold PG, Scobee R. Does age make a difference in caregiver strain? Comparison of young versus older caregivers in early-stage Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2010 Apr 30;25(6):724-30.
2. Caap-Ahlgren M, Dehlin O. Factors of importance to the caregiver burden experienced by family caregivers of Parkinson's disease patients. Aging Clin Exp
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High school notebook: Woodward shocks Douglass with 99-yard fumble return
Woodward coach Darris Servis described his team's 20-19 win over defending Class 4A champion Douglass simply as, "one of those games they write movies about."
With Douglass on the doorstep of putting the game away with a touchdown in the final minute, the Trojans fumbled at the 1-yard line. Woodward's Garrett Roach scooped it up and went 99 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 37 seconds left in the game.
After a failed two-point conversion, the Boomers were able to hold off Douglass' final attempt to get down the field.
"That was the longest 37 seconds of my life," said Servis, the Boomers' first-year head coach. "I don't think Douglass expected us to hit them in the mouth like we did. We're undersized compared to them, but we played physical with them."
Statistically, Douglass dominated the night, allowing just four first downs and 102 total yards to the Boomers.
With a fourth-quarter TD by Dior Smiley — his second of the night — the Trojans led 19-7. But Woodward got a 10-yard TD pass from Jake Hughes to Kaleb Roach to get within striking distance.
Woodward rushed for only 12 yards on 29 attempts and threw for 90 yards with three lost fumbles. Douglass finished with 358 total yards.
Stillwater coach Tucker Barnard took the Pioneers from 1-9 to 8-3 in one season.
Stillwater's season ended with a 38-14 loss to Jenks in the first round of the playoffs on Friday, but Barnard said his senior class helped set the program up for future success.
"They'd won six games in their career prior to this year," Barnard said. "I really commended them (Friday night) on what they've done to get this program back to where it needs to be.
"They've provided great leadership and the model for consistency, work ethic and the passion for playing. Hopefully our young guys will learn from this senior class."
Over the last two seasons, District 3A-3 has been viewed as one of the most dominant districts in the state, and it followed through on Friday.
Heritage Hall, Kingfisher, Bethany and Newcastle all won their-first-round games on Friday night, highlighted by Newcastle's 35-28 win over District 3A-4 champion Perkins.
Newcastle quarterback Blake Woodard threw three touchdown passes and rushed for another score as the Racers (5-5) piled up 397 total yards. Brent Ramirez contributed 160 rushing yards on 20 carries with one TD run.
"We think we play in a pretty tough district, and the one thing it does is prepare you for the playoffs," coach Keith Bolles said. "If you can fight through the district and find a way to get into the playoffs, you'll be prepared for whoever you face."
Next week the Racers host Plainview, which is coming off a 34-7 win over Weatherford.
Officially, Edmond Santa Fe guard Courtney Walker signed with the Texas A&M women's basketball team on Wednesday, but publicly, she held a signing ceremony on Saturday so that all of her family and friends could attend.
Now that the signing process is over, Walker is ready to turn her focus to her senior year with defending champion Edmond Santa Fe.
"Yeah, now we can focus on going back-to-back," Walker said. "This was cool, because all my family and friends are here, and my whole team. The basketball team (at A&M), everybody was really nice, and their engineering program is top-10 in the country. That's what I want to go into."
Walker was named The Oklahoman's Super 5 Girls Player of the Year as a junior, averaging 17.4 points and seven rebounds per game.
She chose Texas A&M over a variety of top programs, including Baylor, Texas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Casady defensive lineman Graham Bennett committed to San Diego on Friday.
Bennett was being recruited by several NCAA Division I schools.
"I came to camp here in the summer, and I really connected with the coaches," said Bennett, who was in San Diego for the Toreros' game Saturday against Marist.
Bennett added that he also picked San Diego for its academics, and in particular its business school.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves are tumbling into the All Star break with their season in a shambles. The team's record after 50 games, 22-28, is their worst since Kevin Garnett was a teenaged rookie 10 years ago. The trade of grousing veteran Sam Cassell and a first-round pick to the L.A. Clippers for Marko Jaric has amounted to less than nothing. Jaric, who was signed to a six-year, $37 million contract as a precursor to the trade, has been benched and then deactivated for a knee injury he claims isn't severe enough to prevent him from playing.
Sound familiar? Last season, the Wolves signed Troy Hudson to almost exactly the same deal (six years, about $35 million) to be the point guard who wound up getting benched because he couldn't really play the point and then got injured besides. It wasn't easy, but this franchise is now spending more on Hudson and Jaric per year, and for more years, than a trio of contenders are doling out to their respective MVP-candidate point guards: Steve Nash (Phoenix), Tony Parker (San Antonio), and Chauncey Billups (Detroit).
The ballclub will spend an additional $40 million-plus over the next four and a half years on centers Mark Blount and Mark Madsen, both players with glaring weaknesses who are not talented enough to start for a contending team. The center on the roster with the most promise, 23-year-old Eddie Griffin, has also been benched despite ranking among the league's top 10 in shots blocked per game. Got that? The Wolves have arranged to spend extraordinary amounts of money for years to come in order to ensure they'll remain badly outclassed at the two most important positions on the court.
Throw in an underachieving rookie, Rashad McCants, who is fulfilling his reputation for carrying a chip on his shoulder; a first-year coach, Dwane Casey, whose player rotations and substitutions generally have been inexplicable and unwise; and a fabulous role player, Fred Hoiberg, who may yet make a miraculous recovery from a heart ailment but cannot play for Minnesota this year because he was dropped from the roster for insurance purposes; and you have what could officially be called a shambles.
Can it get worse? Sure, and it will--this weekend, in fact, when KG travels to his ninth consecutive All Star Game. He'll meet up with his old coach, Flip Saunders, fired by the Wolves almost exactly a year ago and now piloting the Detroit Pistons to the best record in the NBA, and his best friend in the league, Billups, who is on track to earn his second championship ring in Detroit. Remember, too, that in the media round-robin leading up to the game, reporters from across the nation will be asking Garnett a series of questions already numbingly familiar: Doesn't he want out of Minnesota? Does he really believe the Wolves can rebuild in time to give him a legitimate shot at a championship before he retires?
In such a suddenly doleful environment, any heroes on the team are almost certain to be unsung. There is Garnett, of course, still among the 10 best players in the NBA--but with more than 30,000 NBA minutes on his nearly 30-year-old body, no longer one of the top two or three. After KG, just a single name stands out: Trenton Hassell is having a career season, as not only the Wolves' most-improved player, but the second-best performer on the squad.
Ever since he arrived as a free agent just in time to become an improbable starter on the Wolves' magical 2003-'04 team, Hassell's calling card has been on-ball defense. He sees the court well and understands and executes defensive rotations with perspicacity, but what makes him one of the league's 10 best defenders is his ability to tie up opponents' most important offensive players. Hassell has become a formidable defender against almost any player in the NBA. On back-to-back nights in early January, he guarded the Spurs' 6' 2" jitterbug Tony Parker and the Mavericks' seven-foot antelope, Dirk Nowitzki. Casey has deployed him against point guards like Parker and Billups, large shooters like Nowitzki and Tracy McGrady, and--his specialty--rapid-fire gunners such as Boston's Paul Pierce, Milwaukee's Michael Redd, and Denver's Carmelo Anthony.
Hassell's defensive masterpiece occurred last week against LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavs. The hype on James is legit: He has the potential to be an heir to the greatest swingmen in history, Michael Jordan and Oscar Robertson. At 6' 8" and 240, James is three inches taller and 40 pounds heavier than Hassell, not to mention quicker and stronger. Nevertheless, the Wolves decided to let Hassell guard James solo a majority of the time. Hassell, who struggled last season with the tighter hand-checking rules imposed by the league, has since modified his footwork, and uses his upper body strength as well as any backcourt defender in the NBA. His battle with James was titanic--and if Lebron eventually managed 35 points in the Cavs' win, he did it on just 11 of 34 shooting from the floor.
But the most obvious upgrade in Hassell's game has occurred at the offensive end of the court. Casey has increasingly relied on Hassell's acumen in the low post as a "third option" on offense behind KG and the shooting guard (first Wally Szczerbiak, now Ricky Davis). Hassell's scoring average has risen each month from November to February. He has supplemented his distinctive rainbow jumper with a repertoire of additional weapons: an up-and-under move to the basket, a spin move into the paint that can yield either a layup or a little floater, an extended hang-time fade-away jumper, and a turnaround jumper from the left low post. And perhaps best of all, Hassell is capable of dishing to open teammates in the midst of all these maneuvers, as his career-high 10 assists against Phoenix last week attest.
Finally, on a team with no shortage of locker room drama, Hassell never poses trouble for anyone. When the Timberwolves refused to offer him a significant contract extension, and took their time matching Portland's offer sheet of six years for $27 million (less than Hudson, Jaric, Blount, or Davis is being paid), Hassell didn't pout. He didn't grouse last year when Wally Szczerbiak demanded to start in place of Hassell, despite the team's trip to the Western Conference finals the year before with Trenton in the lineup. Even with his expanded offensive role, if you ask him what his role is on this team, he'll simply say, "play defense." Ask him his place in the pecking order, he'll mention less significant veterans on the club ahead of himself. But the fact remains that when McCants and Ronnie Dupree have questions about defense, they go to Hassell. When Griffin wants to work through some of his feelings about getting bumped from the starting lineup, he talks to Trenton.
The other night, the Wolves blew another game in the fourth quarter in typical fashion when the Hornets' backcourt went off on a series of pick and rolls that Minnesota didn't defend properly. Hassell, absurdly, rode the bench the entire period. He acknowledges that he saw what was happening on the pick-and-rolls, and grudgingly confesses that he knows what adjustment he would have made, or dictated to his teammates on the fly. But when it is suggested that he should have been playing, he replies, "Those guys are the ones who got us back into the game with a rally. They deserved to be in there."
So did you, Trenton. So do you. As much as possible.
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has asian version got english options
anyone know
I have the asian copy (hey saves $20 why not) and there is no English language option. Fortunately, the manual has both English & Japanese so you can tell what all of the buttons and the interface/menu options are. It's really not that hard to figure out, only thing that sucks is not knowing what your items are.
cheers it seems easy enough do u know if this game will be stackable or not
By the way, does any1 know if there are any differences from the US or EU version in the JP ver.?
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Why isn't there a queued SetData() ?
#1 Members - Reputation: 286
Posted 14 February 2012 - 11:45 AM
(SetData() is "out-of-band" as it isn't a queued command like DrawPrimitives())
We know data can be transferred in the command queue - that is how DrawUserPrimitives() works
So why not allow incremental updates to vertex buffers as a queued command?
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 01:26 PM
Drivers handle per-frame updates of dynamic resources through other means. Typically it will cycle through a ring buffer of memory (or multiple copies of a resource) in sync with GPU frames, so that the GPU can be pulling from one area of memory while the CPU writes to a different area.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 04:09 PM
It's worth noting that D3D10/11 have UpdatesubResource which meets the criteria of a "queued SetData". Vendors don't recommend it for use with textures, but I've personally found at least one use case where it's measurably faster than the preferred approach - updating hundreds of small scattered subrects in a texture (real world example: lightmaps).
It appears that the gentleman thought C++ was extremely difficult and he was overjoyed that the machine was absorbing it; he understood that good C++ is difficult but the best C++ is well-nigh unintelligible.
#4 Moderators - Reputation: 47797
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:50 PM
N.B. you can use this mechanism to update a resource if you want to -- e.g. issuing a draw-points command to plot individual pixels into a texture -- however, you'll discover why it's usually a worse idea than the usual way of doing things when your command buffer fills up ;)
We know data can be transferred in the command queue - that is how DrawUserPrimitives() works
Buffer updates are queued (assuming you use the appropriate create/lock flags), just in a different way.
So why not allow incremental updates to vertex buffers as a queued command?
#5 Members - Reputation: 286
Posted 16 February 2012 - 02:38 AM
I am thinking about keeping an index buffer "defragmented" so I can use a single Draw() call,
this requires updating a percentage of the index buffer every frame.
Oh I see there is no automatic copy operation
so there is only appending data with NoOverwrite
or rebuilding everything with Discard
or lock waits with Default
which brings me back to the original question ...
I can see no good reason for not supporting queued incremental updates.
In a terrain renderer, for example, only the vertices that are changing between not-potentially-visible and potentially-visible
need to be loaded/unloaded from the GPU - which is a tiny percentage!
The way DX9 is designed forces us to: update the entire index buffer every frame *and* forces the GPU to maintain multiple versions of the buffers.
Sending 2kb per frame via command buffer versus 100kb per frame via SetData() has to be more sensible.
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 03:29 AM
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 06:04 PM
One approach that works reasonably well is to use a D3DPOOL_MANAGED resource. Lock it, write into it, then Unlock when done
That does sound like a perfect solution, except for DX docs:
Resource management (D3DPOOL_MANAGED) is not recommended for resources which change with high frequency. For example, vertex and index buffers which are used to traverse a scene graph every frame rendering only geometry visible to the user changes every frame. Since managed resources are backed by system memory, the constant changes must be updated in system memory, which can cause a severe degradation in performance. For this particular scenario, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT along with D3DUSAGE_DYNAMIC should be used.
(Of course only profiling will give a true answer)
#8 Moderators - Reputation: 11550
Posted 16 February 2012 - 06:24 PM
Nope. DrawUserPrimitives internally causes an unqueued SetData before queueing a regular draw command.
We know data can be transferred in the command queue - that is how DrawUserPrimitives() works
#9 Members - Reputation: 286
Posted 17 February 2012 - 05:52 AM
DrawUserPrimitives internally causes an unqueued SetData before queueing a regular draw command
Strange ... here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff552842%28v=VS.85%29.aspx
it shows the command buffer storing "immediate" mode vertex data
but only for LineList and TriangleFan ... not for TriangleStrip or List!
Still a mystery as to why ...


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I read that divorce does not impact your credit scores, but I've heard from people who are divorced that said it damaged their credit. If it doesn't impact your scores, how does it damage your credit?
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My husband I have had a joint credit report for the last 10 years. Our credit is in good standing, by the way. Now that we are divorcing, what steps do we need to follow to establish our own individual credit reports? Will our positive credit history follow us to our newly established individual reports, or does one person retain the good history and the other start new?
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Your Life: Each day is worth celebrating, no matter what it brings
I do not remember having deep conversations about life with my parents as I was growing up. Like osmosis, however, I now see I absorbed attitudes that have served me well as I watched them and their friends in their day-to-day living.
I grew up around people who were comfortable with the cycle of life — living, loving, hurting, changing, aging and dying.
No one was in a hurry to rush toward the end, but they did not seem to fear death. Rather the emphasis was on embracing the blessings and the possibilities of the present moment.
At least once a month we gathered with friends to "count our blessings" aloud. I learned there were good times and painful ones. There were joys and sorrows.
There was no expectation that one should feel good in every moment, but neither did one need to feel threatened by difficulties.
So as I celebrate my 74th year, I draw on what I learned growing up, plus I have additional help from an American writer, painter and sculptor named Brian Andreas. Most notable of his works are the StoryPeople — deliberately crude folk-art-like shapes that display bright yet soothing colors and shadowy amorphous faces accompanied by some simple prose.
In my kitchen there is one of his drawings — a stick figure doing a lopsided, happy dance and the words:
"When people asked how old she was, she would say 1,009,365 more or less because she was so glad to be alive that she counted every day a birthday." And then further down is written: "She had some disagreement from her knees about the actual figures though … "
I see it every day and every day it makes me smile. Just how did these knees get so cranky? I'm used to the pain and inconvenience of them, although I suspect some day I will trade them in for new ones.
At age 74, I assume aging and cranky knees are normal, but in spite of them, I can still walk, still work, still live a full life and count every day a day to be celebrated.
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In Fast-Growing China, Dangers Threaten to Hamper Its Success
WASHINGTON—As finance ministers converge on Washington this week for a meeting of the International Monetary Fund, the world economy is leaning ever more heavily on China. Over the past three decades, the Chinese economy has grown at an annual clip of around 10%, a pace that stands out this year especially as the global economy is gripped by turmoil in Japan, the Middle East and parts of Europe.
World Bank chief economist Justin Yifu Lin says China accounted for about one-quarter of global growth between 2000 and 2009, edging out the U.S. for the top spot, and well ahead of any other nation. But Beijing's continued success isn't a sure bet. Many fast-growing countries have flamed out.
Here are three problems that could turn China into an also-ran over the next few years.
The property bubble bursts. In China's three dozen largest cities, prices have shot up by about 50% over the past two years, according to Dragonomics Research, a Beijing consulting firm. Ordinary Chinese have become real-estate speculators, in a kind of replay of Florida and Arizona around 2007, figuring that real-estate prices can only go up. Unlike Americans, Chinese have few options to invest their money outside real estate. Bank deposit rates are set well below inflation; the stock market is seen as rigged; and the government won't let them invest overseas.
Big state-owned industries are also big speculators. In late 2008, China ordered state-owned banks to boost lending to fight the global recession. Many of those loans went to state-owned manufacturers which poured money into real estate, according to economist Yongheng Deng of the National University of Singapore. The price of land acquired through auctions in eight big Chinese cities doubled in 2009, he found.
The Chinese government is trying to let the air out of the real-estate bubble by increasing mortgage downpayments and introducing property taxes, among other measures. But that may not be enough. Local governments depend on revenue from land sales to fund their operations—and as opportunities for graft. UBS Investment says it will be "very difficult" for China to avoid a burst bubble in the "medium term," which usually means in the next three to five years. But some China hands warn that a reckoning could come earlier.
China specialist Nicholas Lardy says a real-estate collapse could shave 2.5 percentage points off Chinese growth—a deeper hit than the country took at the start of the global financial crisis.
Unbalanced rebalancing. China has grown rapidly by massive investments in highways, airports, shipping terminals, mines, steel mills and other projects and by helping exporters through low wages and an undervalued currency. But that economic strategy may be losing steam. Although investment has risen to nearly 50% of gross domestic product, job creation is limping along at 1% a year. China's exports, meanwhile, are unlikely to match the pace of past years because of diminished demand in Europe and the U.S.
China's leaders know they need to focus far more on the country's potentially vast domestic market. Shifting toward domestic demand has been the leadership's formal goal since at least 2007, but the government has made scant progress. Indeed, the percentage of the economy accounted for by consumer spending has continued to fall and is now about 35% of GDP—about half the level of the U.S.
Recently, China's leaders again declared they would "rebalance" their economy, this time by promising to lift workers' incomes so they at least kept up with the rate of growth. But they announced few concrete policies to make China more consumer-friendly.
"The magnitude of the problem is enormous," says Peking University finance professor Michael Pettis, because the country isn't making strides to a new growth model while the old one is topping out.
Political unrest. China's leaders talk about a "harmonious society," but are now cracking down on democracy activists emboldened by the Middle East demonstrations, even though there have been few, if any, Chinese street protests.
Although Chinese citizens get enraged at land grabs by local authorities and other abuses of power, demonstrations are sporadic and rarely spread nationally. Sometimes, the Chinese look at Beijing as an ally in fighting corrupt local officials, not as a target of protest.
But political tumult, almost by definition, comes as a surprise. A Japan-style nuclear disaster, for instance, would be "a catastrophe for the regime" in China, said Dragonomics' managing director, Arthur Kroeber, because nuclear-plant construction is likely to be shoddier than in Japan, and government's ability to manage a crisis far more limited. That could produce outrage aimed at Beijing.
In the past, when Beijing has seen signs of political unrest, officials have tried to head off dissent through economic improvement. One reason the government is focusing on inflation—at 5%, about twice the pace of a year ago—is because anger over high prices has preceded political unrest, most notably during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
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Gotta love it when you see new merch someplace in Disney! I get so bored of seeing the same old tee shirts and whatnot. This was a whole new set-up based on the French Women Don't Get Fat book (or whatever it's called).
I'm with you Gwennie. I remember the days when each country had very unique items and even the different parks had items only available in each park.
Now it's all rather generic and predictable.


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We have been collectors of fine Chinese porcelains of all types for decades, with a specific focus on antique roof tiles. We recently discovered these exceptional examples which we present at auction. They are beautifully executed and reproduce some of the classic figures of this genre. Each piece is hand crafted by the Chinese artist, J. T. Ho, and is signed with his "Chop". The figures are unique with subtle details and richly glazed colors, and finished to produce an aged appearance. From the moment the green-ware has dried, until the fired clay is removed from the kiln, the Roof Tile is handworked at every stage, thus each piece becomes an individual work of art so that no two are exactly alike. The tile comes with a museum style clear Lucite stand to which it is easily secured. The piece can also be made into a stunning Roof Tile Lamp, or can be set in a frame for wall mounting. The well secured mounting bolts allow for considerable versatility of display options from which to choose. A Bit of History: "According to Chinese belief, the roof of a building belongs to the spirit world and acts as a landing platform by the aid of which spirits can descend to and ascend from our world of Mankind on Earth. The deep and underlying reason for roof decoration of buildings generally, and temples and palaces specifically, was to help this communication with the celestial world in order to attract in return, good fortune, protection and blessings." ( Laszlo Legeza, Arts of Asia Magazine, May-June,1982) "The most popular image of transformation, the dragon-fish, takes a similar commanding position on the main ridge, frequently substituting the celestial dragons chasing the flaming pearl. The fish ( a carp) that is capable of transformation into a dragon if it successfully leaps the rapids of the Yellow River, expresses this idea of transformation from the terrestrial to the celestial world. Transposition of cosmic ideas and elements of folklore mix freely here..." (Same source) The mythology related to these figures is extensive, and there are a number of other Roof Tiles available in this collection. These include various figures sitting atop dragons, birds (Phoenix & Crane), tigers, horses, monkey and Foo Dog, as well as a figure of the Monkey King. Copyright 2004 by Land and Sea Colection, All Rights Reserved


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Jackie Oates
The Sweet Nightingale
Marrow Bones
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Winner of two BBC Folk Awards 2009
Shortlisted for the fRoots Critics Poll Album of the Year 2009
Number 5 on the Mojo Folk Album of the Year Chart
Nominated for three BBC Folk Awards 2010
Fatea Female Vocalist of the Year
The release of the album 'The Violet Hour' in early 2008 marked the start of a remarkable solo recording career for Jackie Oates.
Her decision to leave the Mercury-nominated Rachel Unthank & The Winterset to forge her own career looked like a brave decision at the time but has proved to be inspired. Jackie was soon after nominated for as best newcomer in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. A swathe of glowing national reviews came with the release of 'The Violet Hour' soon after with the album going on to be one of Mojo's top ten folk albums of the year in 2008.
'Make room for an impeccable starlet-to-be' Word
'Marking the full graduation of Jackie Oates as a front line talent' fRoots
'Oates has a clear voice that is at once traditional and modern, as embodied by the spine-tingling closing track.' ***Q
'Jackie Oates is deservedly becoming yet another young celebrity in the new folk scene' ***The Guardian
'English folk-pop…as pretty as some spring mornings.' ***The Independent
The new year saw Jackie walking away with a remarkable two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards including the Horizon Award for best newcomer, the award which had alluded her the year before. Jackie Oates, solo artist, had arrived.
In September 2009 One Little Indian Records released Jackie's next album 'Hyperboreans', the highly anticipated follow-up to 'The Violet Hour' in the UK.
'Hyperboreans' was a the coming-of-age album for Jackie. Produced by her brother Jim Moray, it sizzled with a new confidence and maturity. Her uniquely beautiful vocal came to the fore throughout the album adding a new freshness to the traditional and contemporary songs. It included a show-stopping and deeply moving rendition of 'Past Caring' based on a poem by Australian Henry Lawson as well as a joyfully breezy cover of 'Birthday' by The Sugarcubes. The album concluded with an unforgettable performance of 'May The Kindnes's by little-known Devon songwriter Dave Wood.
The first single from the album, a cover of the tantalisingly weird song 'Birthday' by The Sugarcubes, has garnered a splash of mainstream radio play since it's release including repeated plays on John Kennedy's X-Posure on XFM, daytime play on Cerys Matthews 6Music show and late night Radio 2 play on Steve Lamacq's show.
The end of 2009 has seen the album receive a nomination for the fRoots Critics' Poll Album of the Year and reach number 5 on the Mojo Folk Album of the Year Chart. The album was also released across Europe, Australia, Japan and South Africa in November 2009. Jackie Oates received three nominations for Folk Singer of The Year, Album of the Year and Best Traditional Track for 'Isle Of France' in the 2010 BBC Folk Awards.
Jackie performed at South-By-South-West is Austin, Texas in March 2010. Festival dates in summer 2010 included Cambridge Folk Festival, Sidmouth FolkWeek, The Big Session, English Originals at Birmingham Town Hall, Shepley Spring Festival, Towersey Festival, Shrewsbury Folk Festival and more. In autumn 2010 she toured as support in Show Of Hands.
In 2011 she toured as a newly installed permanent member of The Imagined Village as well as in her own right and also took part in the Cecil Sharp Project, a one week songwriting project with folk stars from the UK and US resulting in a new album which received 5 stars in Songlines magazine.
The same year Jackie was also the inspiration for a new product in the nationwide chain of 700 Lush stores. The tinted moisturiser, titled 'Jackie Oates – for traditional folk', established her influence beyond just the music world.
Jackie has gone on to release albums 'Saturnine', 'Lullabies' and her latest album 'The Spyglass & The Herringbone' (ECC Records, 2015) and has toured across Europe and the UK.


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"Dear Steve, Has anyone ever took Financira to court for fraud?" I did not look on a state level but federally there is one case from 2008. It was filed against Manuel Teixeira, Michelle Tallman, and Financira (3:08-cv-00836, Tony Kindred v Manuel Teixeira, Michelle Tallman, and Financira, LLC). Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), ... Read More »
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The Redefined American Auto Industry report demonstrates the economic impact of international automakers and dealerships across America.
The landscape of the U.S. auto industry has changed dramatically in the past 50 years. The contributions of international automakers and dealers are a significant and integral part of the U.S. economy. Learn more about how they are helping support local communities across the country - demonstrating they are Here for America.


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A focus on the human person allows White to cut right to the heart of cultural issues without getting lost or tossed around in the media firestorms that accompany cultural events.
If you're going to talk about such things as parallel universes, multiple lives, determinism and free will is not the video game a reputable analog?
There should be a warning on the cover of Moby-Dick. Beware, it should say, reading this will require blood.
We are always towards an abstraction, one way or the other, but the use of detail, how we emphasize or mute, or play with an image is at the heart of contemporary poetics.
These poems thread and rethread the nature of identity—in theology and philosophy, called the problem of haecceity.
Mary Karr and Christopher Robinson discuss Heather McHugh's poem "I Knew I'd Sing."
Last week we made the exciting announcement that Ben Pease's Scattered Rhymes podcast was making itself a home at THEthe.
[Poem of the Week: Maya Funaro and Colie Hoffman]
Amid labyrinthine syntax, Timothy Donnelly is battling a kind of Minotaur: half-self, half-metaphysical conundrum; Donnelly's sword is his mind.
We have seven hues, a silver gyre, seven swords of vision, and a prophet's flaming tyre. Beats me as to what Campbell means, but almost all lyrical poems contain such moments of high gibberish.
One senses Zapruder has only been thinking of his subjects only for as long as it takes him to write the poem: they're happening, as opposed to happened.
Grad school: Don't go. That is, don't go--unless you must.
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Friday 27 May 2016 (other days)
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen. Allelúia.
O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
This is an excellent moment for an examination of conscience. In a communal celebration of Compline, one of the penitential acts given in the Missal may be recited.
Christe, qui, splendor et dies,
noctis tenébras détegis,
lucísque lumen créderis,
lumen beátis prædicans,
Precámur, sancte Dómine,
hac nocte nos custódias;
sit nobis in te réquies,
quiétas horas tríbue.
Somno si dantur óculi,
cor semper ad te vígilet;
tuáque dextra prótegas
fidéles, qui te díligunt.
Defénsor noster, áspice,
insidiántes réprime,
gubérna tuos fámulos,
quos sánguine mercátus es.
Sit, Christe, rex piíssime,
tibi Patríque glória,
cum Spíritu Paráclito,
in sempitérna sæcula. Amen.
Christ, thou who art the light and day,
Who chasest nightly shades away,
Thyself the Light of Light confessed,
And promiser of radiance blest:
O holy Lord, we pray to thee,
Throughout the night our guardian be;
In thee vouchsafe us to repose,
All peaceful till the night shall close.
O let our eyes due slumber take,
Our hearts to thee forever wake:
And let thy right hand from above
Shield us who turn to thee in love.
O strong defender, hear our prayers,
Repel our foes and break their snares,
And govern thou thy servants here,
Those ransomed with thy life-blood dear.
Almighty Father, this accord
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord,
Who with the Holy Ghost and thee
Doth reign through all eternity.
"Hæc est hora vestra et potestas tenebrarum" (Lc 22, 53).
In die clamávi et nocte coram te, Dómine.
2Dómine, Deus salútis meæ,*
in die clamávi et nocte coram te.
3Intret in conspéctu tuo orátio mea;*
inclína aurem tuam ad precem meam.
4Quia repléta est malis ánima mea,*
et vita mea inférno appropinquávit.
5Æstimátus sum cum descendéntibus in lacum,*
factus sum sicut homo sine adiutório.
6Inter mórtuos liber,*
sicut vulneráti dormiéntes in sepúlcris;
quorum non es memor ámplius,*
et ipsi de manu tua abscíssi sunt.
7Posuísti me in lacu inferióri,*
in tenebrósis et in umbra mortis.
8Super me gravátus est furor tuus,*
et omnes fluctus tuos induxísti super me.
9Longe fecísti notos meos a me,*
posuísti me abominatiónem eis;
conclúsus sum et non egrédiar.*
10Oculi mei languérunt præ afflictióne.
Clamávi ad te, Dómine, tota die,*
expándi ad te manus meas.
11Numquid mórtuis fácies mirabília,*
aut surgent umbræ et confitebúntur tibi?
12Numquid narrábit áliquis in sepúlcro misericórdiam tuam*
et veritátem tuam in loco perditiónis?
13Numquid cognoscéntur in ténebris mirabília tua*
et iustítia tua in terra obliviónis?
14Et ego ad te, Dómine, clamávi,*
et mane orátio mea prævéniet te.
15Ut quid, Dómine, repéllis ánimam meam,*
abscóndis fáciem tuam a me?
16Pauper sum ego et móriens a iuventúte mea;*
portávi pavóres tuos et conturbátus sum.
17Super me transiérunt iræ tuæ,*
et terróres tui excidérunt me.
18Circuiérunt me sicut aqua tota die,*
circumdedérunt me simul.
19Elongásti a me amícum et próximum,*
et noti mei sunt ténebræ.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
In die clamávi et nocte coram te, Dómine.
Lord my God, I call for help by day, I cry at night before you.
Lord God, my saviour,
I have cried out to you by day and by night.
Let my prayer come before you:
turn your ear to my request.
For my soul is full of evils,
my life has come close to its end.
I am counted with those who go down to the pit:
I am left without help.
I am one of the dead,
like the murdered who sleep in their tombs,
who lie there forgotten,
cut off from your care.
You have thrust me down into the pit,
to the gloom and the shadow of death.
Your anger weighs heavy upon me;
you have drowned me under your waves.
You have taken my friends away from me:
you have made me hateful in their sight,
I am shut in, I may not go out.
My eyes are weak from my sufferings.
I have called to you, Lord, all the day;
I have stretched out my hands to you.
Is it for the dead that you perform your wonders?
Will the ghosts rise up and proclaim you?
In the tomb, will they tell of your kindness?
Will they tell of your faithfulness in the place of the lost?
Will your wonders be known in the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
And so I have called out to you, Lord,
and in the morning my prayer will come before you.
With what purpose, Lord, do you reject my soul?
Why do you hide your face from me?
I am poor; from my youth I have been dying;
I have borne the terrors you sent, I am lost in confusion.
Your anger has overrun me, your terrors have broken me:
they have flowed round me like water,
they have besieged me all the day long.
You have taken my friends and those close to me:
all I have left is shadows.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Lord my God, I call for help by day, I cry at night before you.
Tu autem in médio nostri es, Dómine, et nomen tuum invocátum est super nos; ne derelínquas nos, Dómine Deus noster.
Lord, you are in our midst, we are called by your name. Do not desert us, O Lord our God!
℟. In manus tuas, Dómine, * comméndo spíritum meum. In manus.
℣. Redemísti nos, Dómine Deus veritátis. * Comméndo spíritum meum. Glória Patri. In manus.
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.
– Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.
You have redeemed us, Lord God of truth.
– Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.
Salva nos, Dómine, vigilántes, custódi nos dormiéntes, ut vigilémus cum Christo et requiescámus in pace.
29Nunc dimíttis servum tuum, Dómine,*
secúndum verbum tuum in pace,
30quia vidérunt óculi mei*
salutáre tuum,
31quod parásti*
ante fáciem ómnium populórum,
32lumen ad revelatiónem géntium*
et glóriam plebis tuæ Israel.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Salva nos, Dómine, vigilántes, custódi nos dormiéntes, ut vigilémus cum Christo et requiescámus in pace.
Save us, Lord, while we are awake; protect us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ and rest with him in peace.
Now, Master, you let your servant go in peace.
You have fulfilled your promise.
My own eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the sight of all peoples.
A light to bring the Gentiles from darkness;
the glory of your people Israel.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Save us, Lord, while we are awake; protect us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ and rest with him in peace.
Concéde nos, omnípotens Deus, ita sepúlto Unigénito tuo fidéliter inhærére, ut cum ipso in novitáte vitæ resúrgere mereámur. Qui vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum.
Let us pray.
Give us grace, almighty God,
so to unite ourselves in faith with your only Son,
who underwent death and lay buried in the tomb,
that we may rise again in newness of life with him,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Noctem quiétam et finem perféctum concédat nobis Dóminus omnípotens.
The Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
Salve, Regína, mater misericórdiæ;
vita, dulcédo et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamámus, éxsules, filii Evæ.
Ad te suspirámus, geméntes et flentes
in hac lacrimárum valle.
Eia ergo, advocáta nostra,
illos tuos misericórdes óculos
ad nos convérte.
Et Iesum, benedíctum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsílium osténde.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo María.
Hail to you, O Queen, mother of loving kindness,
our life, our happiness, our hope.
Hear us cry out to you,
children of Eve in our exile.
Hear as we sigh, with groaning and weeping
in this life, in this valley of tears.
Come then, our Advocate, turn towards us
the gaze of your kind and loving eyes.
And show us Jesus, the blessed fruit of your womb,
when at last our exile here is ended.
O gentle, O loving, O sweet virgin Mary.
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European Shares Rise on Earnings, Greece
European stocks rose as investors cheered a slew of upbeat economic and corporate releases, amid growing hopes that a rescue deal for Greece is finally in sight.
The euro staged a modest rebound against the dollar, while oil and gold prices rose.
Expectations that the European Union and the International Monetary Fund will soon finalize their bailout negotiations with Greece took the edge off fears that the country may default on its debt. European Union Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn said in a statement that he is confident talks over a bailout package for Greece will be completed "within days."
That news sent stocks in Athens soaring. Greece's ASE closed up 7.1% at 1829.29. Other countries facing tough fiscal situations also gained. Spain's IBEX 35 climbed 2.7% to 10441.00, and Lisbon's PSI jumped 4.6% to 7339.2.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed up 1.4% at 261.74. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index rose 0.6% to 5617.84, France's CAC-40 index gained 1.4% at 3840.62 and Germany's DAX added 1% to 6144.91.
Positive economic news out of the euro zone and the U.S. also lifted sentiment. U.S. weekly jobless claims fell more than anticipated, while euro-zone business confidence rose to its strongest level in almost two years.
Food and beverage stocks posted strong gains, led higher by Unilever, which rose 3.2% after its first-quarter sales growth beat expectations. The company also increased margins once again, despite more spending on marketing.
Siemens posted a 54% increase in second-quartet net profit and raised guidance for the current fiscal year. Its shares rose 1.3%.
The banking sector recovered from recent losses, boosted by a well-received first-quarter results from Spain's Banco Santander, which gained 4%. The bank reported a 6% rise in net profit, driven by strong growth at its Brazilian unit. Among other banking stocks, Deutsche Bank rose 2.3%, while BNP Paribas BNPQY -4.77 % gained 2.2%. In Greece, Alpha Bank and National Bank of Greece bounced back, surging 10% and 18%, respectively.
Friday, investors will look to a raft of euro zone and U.S. data releases for direction. The euro- zone unemployment rate and flash estimate for inflation are due at 0900 GMT, while in the U.S., first-quarter gross domestic product figures are at 1230 GMT. Chicago PMI is at 1345 GMT and the University of Michigan consumer confidence index is at 1355 GMT.
As European stock markets closed, the euro had clawed back some losses against the dollar as fears over Greece's debt problems receded. The single currency was at $1.3242 from $1.3201 late Wednesday in New York, and sterling last traded at $1.5272 from $1.5191. The dollar was at 94.14 yen from 94.09 yen and at 1.0823 Swiss francs from 1.0859 francs.
Late in Europe, light, sweet crude for June delivery was up $2.15, or 2.6% at $85.37 on the New York Mercantile exchange. Gold for June delivery was up 0.1% at $1164.90 per troy ounce late in Europe on the Comex division of Nymex.
In major market action: German chemical firm BASF fell 1% as first-quarter results topped expectations but it cautioned that the economic rebound will "become slower and increasingly uneven" during the year.
Sanofi-Aventis shares fell 0.9% after the rise in first-quarter sales fell slightly short of analyst forecasts.
In the oil and gas sector, BP shares lost 6.5%. The firm continues to battle to contain an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and said efforts to control the spill are costing owners of the Mississippi Canyon 252 well about $6 million a day. BP has a 65% interest in the well.
—Sarah Turner contributed to this article.
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Security from a New Perspective
Vogt, Tatjana, Hampton Roads International Security Quarterly
The reports on reduced gas exports from Russia caused by freezing temperatures and Russia's increased own demand for energy exemplified Europe's dependence on Russian gas right at the start of the Munich Security Conference. Is this the chorus line matching the second panel on "Energy, Resources, and the Environment: New Security Parameters?"
The news on reduced deliveries sounds somewhat familiar and the unresolved Russia-Ukraine gas disputes spring to mind. Against this background, it comes as no surprise that President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych calls for fair play at the Munich Security Conference and deems trilateral talks between suppliers, transit countries and consumers necessary. To ensure energy security, President Yanukovych pursues a "consolidated approach" with regard to the energy community with the European Union.
Europe's intention to diversify gas supplies and obtain access to gas resources in the Caspian Basin motivates Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev to talk optimistically about the Southern Gas Corridor. He is happy to see "a true partnership" with the EU developing. It might definitely sound good to European ears to hear that Azerbaijan cares about environmental issues. Aliyev promoted his country by saying that it no longer exploited its natural resources ruthlessly and at nature's expense like in past decades. Nowadays, environmental protection aspects were becoming increasingly important. Moreover, Azerbaijan was allocating massive investments for renewable energies such as water power and solar energy despite possessing own fossil natural resources. In the discussion on energy security, EU Commissioner for Energy Gnther Oettinger's statement focused on the geopolitical aspects. The EU Commissioner spots three major trends marking the present situation: a globalized competition for energy sources, the emergence of a global energy market and a stronger correlation of energy and sustainability. …


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Today, for the first time in weeks, my wife felt frisky, and we started fooling around. Half-way through undressing me, she bolted out, claiming she had the shits. About five minutes later, she tearfully called out from the bathroom, begging me to bring her a fresh roll of toilet paper. FML
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Today, my 5-year-old nephew had the most amazing idea: to play a game with my keys. He took out all ten keys individually and hid them around the house. So far it's been two hours and I haven't found a single one. FML
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Today, I hired out a motel room so I could stay there by myself and lie to my mother and grandmother about having friends. This is the third time. FML
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Today, I got so lonely I decided to make sock puppets and play with them. I played for four hours straight, only to be interrupted by a phone call. I didn't answer because my sock puppets were "on a date" and I didn't want to stop playing. FML
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Today, I learned that my big, tough, strong dog is terrified of spiders when he jumped, knocked over a table and then peed on the spider to drown it. FML
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Today, I found out my best friend has been stealing hundreds of dollars from me and my fiancé. My wedding is tomorrow morning. Guess who my best man is. FML
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Today, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases. After I scanned all her items, she handed me two small bags. One was filled with nickels and dimes. The other was filled with cents. Her total was $28.53. The coins amounted to $22.30. FML
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Hundreds of super-rich American tax cheats have, in effect, turned themselves in to the IRS after a bank computer technician in the tiny European country of Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, according to Washington lawyers investigating the scheme.
The bank clerk, Heinrich Kieber, has been branded a thief by the government of Liechtenstein for violating the country's bank secrecy laws.
He is now in hiding but scheduled to testify to the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Thursday via a video statement from a secret location, according to Congressional investigators.


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By EMMALEE C. TORISK
Ask Noreen Scott about the Christ the Good Shepherd Parish Festival, which she and her husband help to organize each year, and she'll immediately tell you about one thing: the food.
"We have four different ethnic churches combined into our parish," Noreen Scott said. "I think we are the only festival around that has such a variety of the ethnic foods."
And all of it — from the pizza to the pierogi to the pastelillos — is homemade.
Noreen Scott noted that this year's festival is the third since the Diocese of Youngstown consolidated the St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph the Provider, St. Lucy and St. Rosa de Lima churches into one parish. The festival is one of the parish's bigger fundraisers, and it will take place from Thursday through Sunday on the grounds of St. Joseph the Provider, 633 Porter Ave.
But aside from the smorgasbord of Italian, Polish, Slovak and Spanish foods prepared by members of each of the churches, not to mention the bevy of traditional festival offerings like hamburgers and french fries, the festival's entertainment also reflects the parish's diversity.
DJ Chico Gonzalez will take the stage Thursday, followed by Power of Praise on Friday and the Del Sinchak Band on Saturday. Sunday's entertainment will consist of a 3 p.m. polka Mass featuring the Eddie Vallus Band, then performances by John Gabriel and Following June at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively.
Wesley Scott, Noreen Scott's husband and festival co-chairman, explained that the Christ the Good Shepherd Parish Festival is "a real melting pot," and that he enjoys the chance to see "all of the different cultures coming together."
"Everybody can share each other's culture," he said.
Rides, games, raffles and auctions also will be available during the festival, which opens at 6 p.m. both Thursday and Friday, at 5 p.m. Saturday, and at 4 p.m. Sunday. It closes at 10:30 p.m. each night. Admission of $3 is charged only to those under 18 years of age who are not accompanied by an adult and only after 8 p.m.
Overall, the Christ the Good Shepherd Parish Festival is a very safe, family-oriented affair, with most booths staffed by parish volunteers, said Noreen Scott.
One of those volunteers is Lucy Cioffi of Campbell, who has belonged to St. Lucy Church since 1960 and has been helping out with the festival for years.
Foods that she'll help to sell there include pepperoni rolls, sausage sandwiches and Italian fries (fried dough sprinkled with Romano cheese, and served with a side of tomato sauce).
Cioffi added that the annual festival allows the parish's many members to stay connected.
"I enjoy the people, our church," she said. "It keeps us all as one family."
Sounds like a good place to go if you want to gain a few pounds trying different foods. and helping a good cause . I'll be there.
I often go to this and have a blast as my Mom was a former parish member. But recently I was pulled over in Campbell for having a pinetree deodorizer hanging from my rear view mirror. I was let off with a warning but felt roughly handled, profiled, and shaken down.
Make no mistake. This was an attempted revenue grab. And if this is the way Campbell welcomes travelers I will gladly spend my money elsewhere and convince others similarly.
You won't mind until its you, that's the point. I had nothing to hide either. But I also did nothing to warrant pulling me over and running my identity.
Instead I wondered how many REAL bad guys were robbing places, beating people up, etc while they wasted time on my "obstructed view".
And my race had absolutely nothing to do with anything so stop with the fear nonsense.
"He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither". Ben Franklin
The new chief and the police are doing a fine job. Sooner or later the word will get out that Campbell will once again be a safe city. In the meantime, the morons had better watch out. And by morons, I mean the low lifes of the city and those who come into the city to do their deals..


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Many Americans and foreigners have complained about the expanded powers of the government to surveil and detain people since September 11, 2001 and the subsequent passage of the USA Patriot Act. Journalist Christian Parenti, a Soros Senior Justice Fellow at the Open Society Institute, says that for more than 100 years, the United States has employed various tactics for keeping tabs on society's "undesirables." NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Parenti about his book, The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America from Slavery to the War on Terror.
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May 24, 2016
Just a few passing clouds out there today as high pressure has started to re-exert itself across the Twin States. This area of high pressure will also be with us for our Thursday, so we can expect similar conditions tomorrow.
Friday will be a day of transition as a weak cold front approaches from the north. The front will act to amplify uplift, and with all the moisture that is in place, showers and storms should form. As of now, we are not expecting anything severe, but it does look like we will see a weak squall line work through the area. The rain will arrive on Friday afternoon and depart after sunset. Rain will arrive from north to south.
Saturday will see a Great Lakes high pressure build in, ushering in much cooler and drier air (which will actually be seasonal for this time of year). Saturday is shaping up to be one of the best days we've had so far this month. Highs will only be in the upper 80s on Saturday, but we will return to the 90s on Sunday (although after a very cool morning near 60). Highs look to remain in the 90s into the middle of next week.
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