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DONATELLA&ME, that's the title of the thoroughly thought-through social media campaign that was launched for the new e-commerce website of Versace.
For this event, we, but also a few other bloggers had the opportunity to play dress-up in a few Versace creations.
Not the easiest of tasks since the outfits are, well, rather colorful and loud. Today we'll show you a round up of the Versace outfits:
Gala Gonzalez from AmLul is wearing her magical Versace dress together with a hand full of bananas and an incredibly natural smile. Her facial expression suggests that she shoved one of the bananas up her behind. Sexy.
During Madrid Fashion Week we got to experience Gala 'live'. We confronted her with a made up rumor of having an affair with Aznar, a buff politician. You can read how she reacted in the Interview.
The ever happy Susie Bubble and the Cherry Blossom Girl were smart enough to show their outfits in black and white. That's always been an intelligent solution. The guys obviously couldn't come up with such a thought-through approach:
'Uber blogger' BryanBoy poses in a lady-like manner with a Versace purse. Pure testosterone. Posing and outfit would probably cause a collective erection in the lady boy paradise Pattaya.
Prince Pelayo from KateLovesMe is rocking as always. That guy can really wear anything. He would even look stylish in a Miss Piggy costume.
Jakob already described my outfit to the point, I have nothing to add:
"David is wearing a wild mix of colors, leather, lamb fur and green fur. More over-the-top is probably impossible. It's the Christopher Street Day version of the Clockwork Orange style."
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Jakob is wearing a red and pink ensemble, his pants are tucked into the boots and glorious medals decorate the revers of his jacket.
If head forest ranger Stefan Leitner from ZDF TV show Forsthaus Falkenau ever comes out of the closet, leaves his picture-perfect family to go into hiding in the forest with a 4-liter bottle of poppers to go wild boar hunting he would probably look something like this.
Inflationary, bad: Wood-Sunglasses!
On a daily-bases, press-releases by labels are reaching us, which have specialised in the production of sunglasses out of wood.
They are boasting themselves with sustainability. Are praising their work with totally funny slogans like 'Woody since 2012′, 'In Wood We Trust' or 'Done by nature, designed for your eyes'.
All die Holzbrillen-Designs von Marken wie Kerbholz, Stadtholz, Wood Fellas, WOODONE, ROLF Spectacles, Eric Lauer, Enzo Forciniti, Scherler oder Zeitgeist Berlin tun das nicht.
The Berlin-based label with the original name 'Stadtholz' is assuring that one 'really has a piece of nature on their nose', when purchasing their glasses.
But does one want that?! Having a piece of nature on your nose, when it looks bad. Sustainability is great and all. But fashion is mainly about design. And that should look good.
Plus, there is nothing more annoying than labels, who are massively pining 'sustainability' on their flag. Most of the times it is exactly those labels, who have as much to do with sustainability as bumm-bumm-Boris with the smart usage of Twitter. Not a lot.
KRISVANASSCHE is not going to be continued!
Shortly after Scott Sternberg announced the end of Band of Outsiders, Kris Van Assche has also informed the public, that the label, which also carries his name, is not going to be continued.
Kris Van Assche will mainly concentrate on his work for DIOR HOMME. The Belgian designer announced the end of his label through a hand-written letter which he gave to his business partners and the press.
'Times are tough for independent labels.', Van Assche said to WWD. 'This wonderful adventure has reached a point where I feel the need to take a break and some distance to better think about how to develop my brand in the future.'
We will miss the sporty-but-buttoned-up aesthetics by KRISVANASSCHE!
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HOOD BY AIR presented their new collection 'Daddy' in a cellar-like setting at the Wall Street, the centrum of finance.
The mastermind behind HBA, Shayne Oliver, showed classics from the world of fashion, like button-down shirts, sweaters and polo t-shirts in the typical unisex Hood by Air Silhouette. Therefore it came to an hybrid between polo shirt and dress. Or camel coat and tank top.
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It becomes obvious how appreciated HBA is also in the art-world, when looking at the guests who attended the show, for example Klaus Biesenbach and Grace Coddington.
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Sources said the Planning Commission has readied a Cabinet note proposing the status for Seemandhra, even though experts say the state wont qualify for the same under the current criteria. Fridays Cabinet meeting is likely to consider the Plan panels proposal, given the urgency with which the proposal has to be implemented as the electoral code of conduct could come into play anytime now.
The eleven states which are now classified as special category states have got the status after approval by the NDC, which consists of chief ministers of all states, besides the Centre. The Centre has so far been resisting the demands from Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan for the special category tag, and insisted that such proposals would need the NDC approval.
Seemandhra, the region that would remain after the formation of the new state of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh, is getting different treatment as it is politically important for the ruling Congress party to give it special status. Special category states receive 90% Central assistance as grant and just 10% as loan as against the composition of Plan assistance of 30% grant and 70% loan for non-special category states.
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The space police say that if they haven't seen Babyfark etc than they were the first aliens they've encountered. Everyone tries to act like they were, but what about the aliens in the very first episode, as well as the episode "Cancelled"? Those thin aliens visited. Seems strange to me.
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As far as 'Canceled' is concerned, everyone on the planet had their memories erased, remember? Therefore, everyone acts like these are the first aliens they've seen, because they are the only ones they remember.
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Great episode. But they drew the old Australian Prime Minister. We got rid of that guy 22 months ago. Otherwise brilliant!
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What about the Marklar aliens in the Starvin Marvin episode? That was the first time the boys were ever in space.
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Well yes, but that was only the boys who saw the Marklar. None of the adults saw the Marklars except for those missionaries and they were taken by the Marklars.
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Right when the "Intergalactic Police" arrived, they walked out of their ship and shut the doors behind them but in the next scene the doors are still open.
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The following co-pending applications are commonly assigned to Pitney Bowes Inc. and have been concurrently filed, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,627, entitled MULTIPLE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CIRCUIT, filed on Dec. 9, 1993; U.S. Pat. No. 5,475,621, entitled DUAL MODE TIMER-COUNTER, issued on Dec. 12, 1995; U.S. Pat. No. 5,471,608, entitled DYNAMICALLY PROGRAMMABLE TIMER-COUNTER, issued on Nov. 28, 1995; U.S. Pat. No. 5,377,264, entitled MEMORY ACCESS PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH ENCRYPTION KEY, issued on Dec. 27, 1994; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,811, entitled MEMORY MONITORING CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING UNAUTHORIZED MEMORY ACCESS, filed on Dec. 9, 1993; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,771, entitled MULTI-MEMORY ACCESS LIMITING CIRCUIT FOR A MULTI-MEMORY DEVICE, filed on Dec. 9, 1993; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,790, entitled ADDRESS DECODER WITH MEMORY ALLOCATION FOR A MICRO-CONTROLLER SYSTEM, filed on Dec. 9, 1993; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,810, entitled INTERRUPT CONTROLLER FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, filed on Dec. 9, 1993; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,812, entitled ADDRESS DECODER WITH MEMORY WAIT STATE CIRCUIT, filed on Dec. 9, 1993; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,813, entitled ADDRESS DECODER WITH MEMORY ALLOCATION AND ILLEGAL ADDRESS DETECTION FOR A MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEM, filed on Dec. 9, 1993 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,483,458, entitled PROGRAMMABLE CLOCK MODULE FOR POSTAGE METERING CONTROL SYSTEM, issued on Jan. 9, 1996.
The present invention relates to electronic postage metering systems, and like systems, having a microprocessor control system utilizing a programmable microprocessor in bus communication with an application specific integrated circuit and a plurality of memory.
A microprocessor control system is conventionally utilized in an electronic postage meter (EPM) to control such system functions as printing, accounting, envelope feeding and interface operation of the meter. The degree of control system complexity varies depending on the EPM model under control. For example, the Pitney Bowes Model 6900 series EPMs are a hand-feed stand-alone meter with a very limited feature set, while the Pitney Bowes model 6500 series meter is a high-throughput metering system which can be interfaced with scales and automatic envelope feeding devices. Because of the variation of system control requirements, it has been conventional to develop a unique microprocessor control system for each meter model. It should be noted that the variance between system is not only a matter of size and functionality but, also, architecture. For example, the Model 6900 series meters utilize fiat bed printing techniques while the Model 6500 series meters utilize rotary drum printing techniques. Another printing technique known suitable for use in postage meters is thermal printing techniques.
As a result, it is customary for each meter model to have a unique control system incorporating different microprocessors, different ASICs, different memory devices and a variety of other electrical components. It should be appreciated that the principle cost and time factor is in developing, testing and qualifying the various ASICs.
It is an object of the present invention to present an ASIC having a programmable module such that a single ASIC is suitable for utilization among a number of postage meter models for a application.
It is a still further objective of the present invention to present an ASIC having registers for receiving parameter data from a programmable microprocessor whereby the respective modules of the ASIC are re-configurable in accordance with the parameter data such that a single ASIC is suitable for utilization among a number of postage metering system having various functionality sets.
The control system for a EPM is comprised of a programmable microprocessor in bus communication with a plurality of non-volatile memory units for accounting for the postage printed by a printing unit responsive to the programming of the microprocessor. The programmable microprocessor is also in bus communication with a ROM or program memory and a random access memory (RAM), and an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC is comprised of a number of system modules, e.g., microprocessor interface module, address decoder module, interrupt controller module, clock module, timer module, non-volatile memory security module, printer module, communication module, printhead controller module, graphical interface module and CCD interface module.
The ASIC also includes a plurality of addressable registers which, upon system power-up as part of the system initilization procedure, are accessed by the microprocessor and into which the various operating parameters for each module is written. Also during this procedure, the microprocessor writes data to certain ones of the ASIC registers which set certain operating mode states for internal ASIC functions. For example, the microprocessor can be programmed to set one of the ASIC registers to establish the system clock frequency of the ASIC to match that required by the microprocessor.
The programmability of the ASIC in this manner allows the ASIC to be re-configured under software control for the particular postage metering system. This and other advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the subsequent detailed description of the preferred embodiment.
FIG. 1 is a schematic of a microcontroller system for a thermal printing EPM in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic of a programmable ASIC in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic of an address decoding system for the programmable ASIC in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic of non-volatile memory wait state generator in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic of a programmable system clock in accordance with the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a microprocessor control system, generally indicated as 11, which is preferably intended to control a family of thermal printing and ink jet postage meter (not shown), is comprised of a microprocessor 13 in data bus 17 and address bus 18 communication with an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) 15 and a plurality of memory units (MU). The ASIC 15 is comprised of a number of integrated circuits, for example, ASIC signal manager 19, address decoder 20, clock 1100, timer module 600, UART module 300, user I/O 1200, keyboard and display interface 1000, interrupt control 700, encryption and decryption engine 800, memory controller 400, multi-PWM generator and sensor interface 500 and a slogan interface 200 and CCD interface 1250. It should be appreciated that it is within the contemplation of the present invention that the integrated circuit modules which make up the ASIC 15 may vary and the modules here identified are intended to illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention.
The ASIC has an internal data bus (IDB) and a plurality of control lines (CL), one group of which control lines are module interrupt lines (IR). Certain of the modules are in communication with a buffer 50 via I/O lines. The buffer 50 is in communication with a coupler 23. The coupler 23 is in communication with various meter devices, such as, the keyboard display (KDI), printhead buffer (PHB) and motor drivers 550 which drive respective motors 552. In FIG. 1, the bus lines IDB, control lines IR and CL and I/O lines are depicted in simplified manner for the purpose of clarity.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the microprocessor 13, in the preferred embodiment, is a Motorola Model MC68EC000 which passes the control signals set forth in Table 1 between the microprocessor 13 and the microprocessor interface circuit 19 of the ASIC along the I/O bus CL.
TABLE 1______________________________________Asynchronous Bus ControlAS Address StrobeR/W Read/Write SignalUDS Upper Data StrobeLDS Low Data StrobeDTACK Data Transfer AcknowledgeInterrupt controlIPL0, IPL1, LPL2 Interrupt Priority LevelProcessor Status ControlsFC0, FC1 & FC2 Function CodesSystem ControlBERR Bus ErrorRESET Reset______________________________________
The control system address bus is received by the ASIC address decoder 20 which generates the necessary control signal on the internal ASIC control bus IR for enabling the respective modules in accordance with the address instruction from the microprocessor 13. Low order data from the system data bus 17 is received by the interface 19 and placed on the internal data bus of the ASIC to be placed in the ASIC registers 8, when enabled by the address decoder. The address enables writing into the ASIC registers 8 in response to an address instruction from the microprocessor. The data placed in the ASIC registers 8 are the operating parameters or mode selection data for the respective modules to be accessed by the respective module when the respective module has been enabled by the address decoder 20.
Referring to FIG. 3, in order to configure the ASIC 15 for a particular meter control system application, it will be necessary to set the address decoder 20 relative to the addressable space of the memory units forming part of the system. The address strobe (AS) output from the microprocessor 13 is directed to a memory decoder section 28 and through inserter 90 to an AND gate 71 associated with the illegal address detection circuit 70 of the system. The decoder 28 also communicates with the address bus 17 (address bus lines 23-20, 19-12) to receive 12-bit address information from the microprocessor 13. Also provided is a memory over-write comparator circuit (OVR) 30 and function decoder unit 32.
The output from the memory size register 24 is carried by the 8-bit internal bus "A" and the output from the decoder 28 is carried by the 8 bit-internal bus "B". The respective input to each of a plurality of comparators 35 through 42 is in communication with internal bus A and internal bus B. The output of comparator 35 is directed to AND gates 43 and 44 and the output of comparator 36 is directed to an OR gate 45. The output from comparator 44 is internally directed to the ROM pin 46 of the ASIC. The output of the OR gate 45 is internally directed to the RAM RAM line of the ASIC. The output from comparators 37 and 38 are respectively directed internally to ASIC lines C51 and C52, and are intended to provide a memory write-enable signal for external devices which may be connected to the control system. The output of comparators 39, 40 and 41 is respectively directed internally to the chip select lines NVM1, NVM2 and NVM3.
A control signal OVR, from the microcontroller, is directed to the input side of the overlay comparator chip 30 and enables accessing of the memory size supplied from the decoder 28 of the memory overlay block. The function of ROM-RAM enabled is to designate whether the operating program is in a data transfer or program fetch mode to enable by the microprocessor to utilize the same address range depending on the state of control signals "FC0", "FC1" and "FC2". The control signals "FC0", "FC1" and "FC2" are directed, from the microcontroller, to the input side of a function decoder 32. The output from the overlay comparator circuit 30 and the function decoder 32 is directed to AND gate 60 which has an output directed to the inverse input of gate 44 and input of gate 43. The output of comparator 42 is directed to the input of an ASIC decoder 62. The output of the ASIC decoder 62 is used for providing internal addressing of the ASIC 15. A control output of the ASIC 62 is directed to the MSR 24 which enables the memory size registers for writing during system power-up.
Referring again to the comparators 37 through 41, gates 44 and 45, the output from each of them is also directed to an OR gate 64 which has an output designated "DTACK" when any of the comparators output goes active. Also the output from each comparator 39, 40 and 41 is directed to a Wait Generator 66. The output of the Wait Generator 66 is directed to the gate 67 and to the illegal address detector, generally indicated as 70. The Wait Generator 66 outputs, when active, delays the issuance of the DTACK signal for a programmed period of time and also suppresses the illegal address detector 70 for the same amount of time. The purpose of delaying the DTACK is based on the fact that the write time for external devices may be protracted. Therefore, to avoid that the microprocessor terminate the bus cycle, the issuing of the DTACK signal is delayed an appropriate amount of time.
An illegal address detection circuit, generally indicated as 70 is provided and includes a gate 71 which receives the Reset signal from the interface circuit 19, the address strobe (AS\) signal from the microprocessor and the DTACK signal from the gate 65. Therefore, if an address in an illegal range has been issued, there will not be a DTACK signal issued causing the output of the gate 70 to go active informing the processor interface 19 of a bus error. It should be appreciated that the processor interface 19 in combination with the subsequently described interrupt controller 700 is charged with communicating the proper interrupt to the microprocessor 13. A more detailed description is presented in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,790, titled "Address Decoder With Memory Allocation For A Micro-Controller System, commonly assigned (Atty. Doc. E-169).
Referring to FIG. 4, as noted, the meter control system utilizes non-volatile memories to store critical account data. In order to accommodate different type of non-volatile memory which require varying data bus access time, the ASIC includes a dual wait state circuitry. The Wait Generator 66 is comprised of an NAND gate 1902 having the chip select signals NVM1, NVM2 and NVM3 as inputs. The output of the NAND gate 1902 is directed to the input of NAND 1904. The output from NAND gate 1902 is also directed to the data input to the flip-flop 1906. The system clock signal is also directed to the clock input of the flip-flop 1906. The system clock signal is also directed to the clock input of a flip-flop 1908. The data input to the flip-flop 1908 receives the high output from the flip-flop 1906. The high output from the flip-flop 1908 is directed to the other input of NAND gate 1904. It is observed that if either chip select signal NVM1-- B, NVM2-- B or NVM3-- B (-- B signals are active low) goes active the output from the NAND gate 1902 goes high. However, the presence of flip-flops 1096 and 1908 delays NAND gate 1904 from going active for a delay period sufficient to assure adequate time for a write to the non-volatile memories by delaying the issuance of the DTACK signal to the signal manager 19. The delay time is a function of the type and number of flip-flops 1906 and 1908 employed.
When NAND gate 1904 goes active, NAND gate 1910 goes active to cause OR gate 1914 to go active. When OR gate 1914 goes active AND gate 1916 goes active. The output of AND gate 1916 is directed to the data input of a flip-flop 1918 which result in the flip-flop 1918 to issue the DTACK signal. As earlier noted, the DTACK signal is also issued when either the CS1, CS2, RAM, ROM and ASIC chip select signals are active. When either the CS1, CS2, RAM or the ROM signal is active, NAND gate 1912 is active which brings OR 1914 active and causing the DTACK signal to be issued as afore described. It is noted that as afore noted, when the CS1 or CS2 goes active the DTACK signal is delayed unit the WAIT signal goes inactive. A more detailed description is presented in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/163,812, titled "ADDRESS DECODER WITH MEMORY WAIT STATE CIRCUIT, commonly assigned (Atty. Doc. E-174).
Referring to FIG. 5, in order to match the ASIC system clock, the clock module 1100 is programmable, the clock module 1100 includes a first flip-flop 1102 having its high output directed to an XOR gate 1103. The low output of the flip-flop 1102 is directed back to the data input of that flip-flop. The system oscillator is directed to the clock input of flip-flop 1102. The high output from flip-flop 1102 is also directed to one input of a multiplex switch 1108 and a multiplex switch 1112. The output from the XOR gate 1103 is directed to the data input of a flip-flop 1106 which also receives the oscillating signal at its clock input. The high output from the flip-flop 1106 is directed to the other input of the XOR gate 1103 and the other input of the multiplex switch 1108. A clock reset is directed to the resets of both flip-flops 1102 and 1106.
The output from the multiplex switch 1108 is directed to a amplifier 1110 whose output is designated as system clock for the system clock use and is also directed to the other input of the multiplex switch 1112. The output multiplex switch 1112 is directed to an amplifier 1141 whose output is designated as the clock 8 megahertz. Included are a register 1116 having a data input, write input and a clear input. One of the outputs from the register 1116 is directed to the multiplex switch 1108 and the other output is directed to the multiplex switch 1112.
It is now observed that upon power-up of the system, the microprocessor causes a write to the registers 1116 and other registers of the ASIC registers 8 by addressing the address decoder module 20 which then write enables the register 1116 in a conventional manner. The microprocessor puts the appropriate data on the data lines for writing into the register 1116 in a customary manner. Depending on the data write, the output from the registers places the multiplex switches in the appropriate switching position to drive the clock frequencies set forth in Table 2 depending on the frequency of the oscillating crystal, as specifically indicated in Table 2.
TABLE 2______________________________________ SCRCRYSTAL b0 b1 SYSCLK CLK 8 MHz______________________________________32 MHz 0 0 16 MHz 16 MHz 0 1 8 MHz 8 MHz 1 0 16 MHz 8 MHz 1 1 8 MHz 4 MHz16 MHz 0 0 8 MHz 8 MHz 0 1 4 MHz 4 MHz 1 0 8 MHz 4 MHz 1 1 4 MHz 2 MHz______________________________________
Therefore, it is observed that with any given crystal frequency, one will achieve the clock frequencies indicated in Table 2 under the system clock column or the clock 8 MHz column. As a result, the system offers the advantage of allowing the ASIC to be utilized with larger systems by replacing the crystal with a 32 MHz crystal to receive 16 MHz and 4 MHz signals or utilizing a 16 MHz clock to get 8 MHz or 4 MHz clocking frequency combinations.
It should now be appreciated that the control parameters of a module may be set when the microprocessor writes to the ASIC registers. The above description represents the preferred embodiment and should not be viewed as limiting. The scope of the invention is presented in the appendix claims.
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Chicken Sylvia with Fettucine
2 tablespoon olive oil
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken (breast, thighs or a combination) cut in bite size strips
2 large cloves garlic, minced or pressed
1 rib celery, very thinly sliced
1/4 cup diced green pepper
1 28 ounce can whole tomatoes (Roma preferred)
1/4 cup minced fresh basil
1/2 cup coarsely chopped olives (green or black, the kind you get a good Italian deli)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 anchovy, mashed
1 pound hot, cooked fettuccine or tagliatelle
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese to taste
In large skillet, heat olive oil and brown chicken over medium high heat. Add garlic, celery and green pepper and cook for five minutes.
Crush or chop tomatoes and add to pan. Add basil, olives, tomato paste and anchovy. Turn heat to low and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened. Stir into noodles. Top with grated Parmesan to your liking.
Note: I usually crush the tomatoes with my hands although if you are very fastidious you can cut them up with a knife. I find squeezing them makes them just the right consistency. The amount of Parmesan cheese varies from one tablespoon for some people to one-quarter cup for others, just depends on how much you like.
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But in regard to missile technology in the 1930s, Britain did not compete. It failed to perceive the immediacy of the threat and did not want to spend precious defense funds on an unproven technology. The United States fell into the same camp, at least initially. It had two large oceans protecting it from harm and decided that missiles—still in their infancy and far from achieving intercontinental range—did not pose serious near-term risks to its security. For both, given the presence of multiple powers in the pre-1945 international system, threats seemed more distributed and less acute, while alliances presented viable options for opposing possible aggressors. Conditions of economic depression also affected the breadth of threats states felt they could afford to deal with.
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we are staying at port Orleans French quarter for christmas 2010 if anyone has any tips can you please let me know.
we are staying at port Orleans French quarter for christmas 2010 if anyone has any tips can you please let me know.
Hello!!!! Welcome to the Site! :9:
Port Orleans is a lovely resort and Christmas time is a GREAT time to visit. Everything is so beautifullly decorated!
Have you been before? How many are in your party and are there any children?
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hi we have been to Disney world in 2006 this will be our first time staying at a Disney resort .its me and my husband going with our two children Stacey 12 and Ryan 7 .
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Sorry, but I've never stayed at POFQ so can't help you much on that. We do have a section on this resort right HERE which may help you a little.
I have however visited WDW quite a lot for the Christmas season and will be there again this Christmas. So if I can help you with anything there, just ask away.
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Summary:Ovidiu, a young man from Constanta who runs his own business selling snacks and soft drinks out of his parents' apartment, wants to expand and buy a kiosk, but he doesn't have the "dough." A local Mafioso offers him an impressive amount of money for an apparently simple jog: he has to take a bag to Bucharest to a specific address. It seems, however, that the bag contains some "stuff" that concerns other people, too. Convinced at first that he has sold only his services, Ovidiu will understand that he has in fact sold his soul.


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Envision, Energize, Enable
Thanks for posting this. I'm giving this a shot during the off season.
Sweet spot is the bomb. I don't train by numbers, but love this term, ever since I heard it a few years ago. It's great he gave all the examples in his updated version, as it makes it easier for the masses to understand what he means in the real world, other than just with numbers on a meter.
Training example 2 was pretty much described to me by UT_Dude's coach (our state TT champ) for his group ride training. For the Tuesday Nighter or ATC (our two main fast weekly rides), he will go to the front on all the flats and descents and pull really hard (not an attack -- though it feels like it to mortals). Then when he gets to the hills, all the guys who have been drafting will attack and/or keep the pressure on, he drops to the back of the pack and tries to recover without falling off, then does it again on the next flat.
Seems to work ok for him
I don't know if I'll ever have the maturity to treat the Tuesday Nighter as an SST opportunity, but maybe if I can race more on weekends I won't be so hungry to race on Tuesdays. Of course, there is a bit of a fitness differential -- if I went hard on the flats, I'd be OTB on the next hill.
I have been rotating an SST ride in every couple weeks, trading off with 10 minute and 20 minute intervals, depending on the week. Still never miss the sprints, 1-minute, and 4-minute intervals though.
I get 1-2 SST sessions in a week. Almost always a 2 hrs @ 90-91% and maybe a "one hour intro" to a long ride @ 93-94% threshold. 2x20's are rare in my program. I can only do 2-3 weeks with 2x20's in the weekly plan before I start dreading them.
My favorite is still 2 hrs @ 91% with 3-4x4 minute hill intervals @ 120% w/20-30 sec recovery before getting back in the SST groove @ 91%.The hill intervals give your legs the perception that 91% is really not that big a deal. (edited to add that I space the 4 minute intervals to whereever it is convenient on the route)
Envision, Energize, Enable
Yah... I'm spoiled.
Envision, Energize, Enable
I've think Example 4 has caused the largest improvements for me, but before the power meter I would never have thought it was SST. Now looking at the files from more recent group rides, I see that I spend a lot of time in the SST range.
Example 1 reminds me of a coach that used to prescribe intervals, where you went balls out in the beginning, faded hard and hung on for dear life all the way to the end, even if you were down to 15 mph, going all out with fatigue. Rest what it took, then go again.
Here, fsacat has you doing say 2 hours with the beginning right under 40k TT pace, then letting yourself slow as fatigue sets in, even fininshing the workout in high end zone2, because that's all you have left without having to bury yourself.
Hmmm... sounds a lot like old Euro training. Head out the door for a few hours on 52x15 without breaks, finish tired.
Explaining this to Pcad would be like talking to a cave man about car insurance.
The way fascat describes sst is almost like "ride lots". Almost all of my rides (except recovery rides) at this time of year fall into one of the SST workouts, although I don't have a power meter to verify my normalized power is in the right range. I guess when a lot of people go out to "ride lots" they are riding at more like tempo power for longer, rather than sweet spot. My favorite ride at this time of year is to get into a sweet spot heart rate on the fixie and hold it for 60-90 minutes. I imagine my power would be lower at the end of the 90 min since I hold roughly the same HR.
This is my favorite kind of ride and I feel it's where I made my best fitness gains during the off-season and early-season last year. I do find it hilarious, though, that this article seems to prescribe an opposite approach to the offseason than this article which was written by the exact same guy four years ago and was referenced today on BF in this thread.
My new favorite: nighttime sweetspot. I just got a set of lights, and there's a state park with a barely used 9 mile loop road near my house. 3 laps before bedtime beats the h*ll out of the trainer, fersure.
At least I offer my own disaster.
SST = super simple training.
Even the caveman above could get it.
ZOMG!!!! It's the return of SST!!!
"Unless he was racing there was no way he could match my speed."
WTH is ZOMG?
^^^ tricky dick R600
I feel like a soiled kleenex dropped in the gutter in the red-light district of Paris.
First of all, awesome photoshop.
Second of all, I'm glad to know that when I got the idea to go up to the front of the Saturday hammerfest I was actually engaging in highly scientific training and not just trying to get in a little extra work.
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I have never attended a solo concert like this. I went primarily because I have 2 teenage grandsons, one of whom plays trumpet and the other flute and I thought this might be a good event for them. they both were quite taken with it and are anxious to attend other classical music events. it therefore was an extremely successful evening.
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"Tine Thing Helseth is blessed with a combination of great wind-paying attributes: a soulful – dare one say brooding, Nordic – approach to phrasing, quite astonishingly outstanding intonation and a sound which is open and honest, even and focused in all registers. … Helseth can do the ultimate in good trumpet-playing: smith a tune with seeming effortlessness." —Gramophone
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Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981) 'Velkomne med æra,' from Hundrad Hardingtonar, Op. 151
Edvard Hagerup Bull (1922-2012) _Perpetuum Mobile _
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Selected Bach Hymns
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- 2. Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf (Bach BWV 617)
- 3. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Bach BWV 645)
Georges Enescu (1881-1955) Légende
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Deux Mélodies Hébraïques
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Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 5 Songs, Op. 37
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- IV. Var det en dröm?
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- III. Asturiana
- IV. Jota
- V. Nana
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- 2. Youkali
- 3. Je ne t'aime pas
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GAIRA! The bad brother from 'War of the Gargantuas'. ©TOHO
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I was considering Dagora, but I have no idea how I'd do the transparent look of it. I'll keep on it.
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Sanda vs Gaira! Awesome!
another wonderful rendition
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