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Panama City Beach - This week's Golden Apple Award winner teaches kindergarten at Patronis Elementary School on Panama City Beach. Cyrethia Vines says she can't imagine doing anything else.
Learning is celebrated every day in Mrs. Vines kindergarten classroom. "She is so animated and she has just the most exciting learning environment that you could ever imagine," said Patronis Elementary School Principal Ellie Spivey. "I get to come to school and be a kindergartner every single day. To me, this is the year that they really grow the most," said Mrs. Vines.
While still colorful, exciting, and fun, kindergarten requirements have become much more challenging. "She sets that firm foundation for the kids. It's just like first grade used to be," said Principal Spivey. "They are adding and subtracting and doing fractions. Things that when I was young, we didn't think about until third or fourth grade," said Mrs. Vines.
She uses the latest technology to help her students master letters and sounds. "She is nice and she helps me learn," said Riley Fulton, one of Mrs. Vines students. "She is the best," said Mario. "She is very nice, she always dresses very pretty," said Delaney Michael, whose mother nominated Mrs. Vines.
Congratulations to Mrs. Vines, this week's Golden Apple Award winning teacher. "I can't imagine doing anything else. It's not what we do, it's who we are. You don't just teach... you are a teacher," she said.


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Swiss watchmaker OMEGA celebrated the Miami premier of Planet Ocean, a landmark new environmental documentary directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot. The luxury brand hosted a screening and cocktail party with SurfRider at the Adrienne Arsht Center, where notables including Larsa and Scottie Pippen, Chris and Adrienne Bosh, Greg Frehling, Karina Ors, Michelle Pooch and Denise George mingled with director, Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
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ZF-2302: Use new self() construction instead new Zend_Date()
It is more comfortable for inheritance
Same for * Zend_Feed_Element * Zend_Http_CookieJar * Zend_Json_Encoder * Zend_Mime_Message * Zend_Search_Lucene_Search_QueryParser * Zend_Service_Delicious_PostList * Zend_Config * Zend_Locale
Please fill a issue for every component, because there are different main authors associated which have to solve the problems.
PS: Please to not self-assign issues... this has to be done by the component-authors.
Year I know. I assigned this improvement to myself because I have already fixed it. Unfortunately I cannot commit. Could you grant me access for SVN commits?
I am not able to grant you write access nor would you have it for all components. It's not that easy.
And also to mention not all people, me included, are happy if someone commits code to their classes without asking the main author and thinking about pros, cons and running unit tests.
Zend_Date and Zend_Locale will be edited by me, but for all other you would have to fill seperate issues so the responsible authors can edit them.
If you have a patch then simply add the patch to the issue and the main author or an other responsible person will review it and add it to the trunk.
This would be the proper way where you don't need full SVN access.
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2010: A Season Preview
See the picture above? That may happen more times than not at Target Field come 2010. A depressing, pessimistic thought, I know, but it could be a harsh reality of building a non-retractable roof stadium in a state like MN.
But hey, on the positive side, it looks like baseball may actually be played tonight!! Scott Baker got beat up earlier today and the Twins lost 10-1 in just seven innings (shortened by, guess what, rain!).
Preview: (7-8, 4th, 1.0 GB KCR, DET, & CWS): Francisco Liriano (0-3, 5.09) vs. Brad Penny (1-0, 11.00).


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Kendyl Bell is living proof that try, and you will succeed. On her fourth attempt, Bell—a BYU graduate, humanitarian and government worker—won the title of Miss Utah USA 2012.
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With the win ETSU now continues to be in the hunt for one of six eligible spots in the conference tournament.
"From here on out we have to continue to be patient," said Henson. "We have to continue to not force the situation as we play teams. That's going to help us be more controlled and stable as we move forward."
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Groupon rule triggers temper and tears for 'Dream Wedding' couple following Mama Roberto's meal
Mentor restaurant receives Facebook backlash
MENTOR, Ohio - Rick Rhein, who owns Mama Roberto's, sat on a padded bench--usually reserved for customers waiting out the eatery's busier hours--and shook his head, wondering aloud about the power of websites like Facebook, which he personally doesn't use, over the restaurant business.
For some, social media has been a boon. But Mama Roberto's family and staff learned the hard way that it can wreak havoc, passing along bad news like an electronic grapevine on steroids.
Tracy Basinger of Fairport Harbor walked into Mama Roberto's with an oxygen tank on a wheel cart and left after an encounter Saturday evening with a cashier, allegedly a member of the owner's family.
At home again, Tracy posted her account of events and it quickly spread around the web. Outrage followed.
And then multiplied.
When Tracy married Andy Basinger this past winter, she said her doctors gave her just four months to live because of her advancing cancer and blood disease issues.
Hospice home visits are now a regular part of her life. She's learned to stay clear of anything that could shorten her life even more. She and Andy are especially wary of germs.
Something as simple as going out to a restaurant can be a major event for the Basingers.
This life comes with a strict budget, too, so Tracy and Andy use Groupon to afford the occasional evening out, buying one for a favorite restaurant of theirs, Mama Roberto's, which isn't far from their home.
But Groupon coupons come with "The Small Print" written right on them. One of those rules is to present the coupon to one's server before the meal.
Mama Roberto's clearly posts those same rules at their front door and at the checkout counter.
On a busy night, packed with hungry families, it's easy to see how a sign's message can be missed, which often leads to frustration for patrons as well as restaurant staff and owners.
Tracy said, as usual, the meal was terrific, as was the service.
"We had a lovely waitress; she was so nice," Tracy said. "And I said to the waitress, 'Oh, this is so nice. Usually it's not like I get a meal anymore because I can't eat that much, but it seems like I had a meal, you know?' So, I was just sitting there and the next thing, Andy and I get up and we're getting ready to leave and then the lady goes at the counter, 'Are you ready to check out?' and I go yes, we are, and I handed her the Groupon and our money."
That's when the problems started, ruining an otherwise pleasant evening.
Whether the cashier considered it too much of a coupon faux pas to forgive and forget, or not, what happened next rolled into a huge July snowball that shut down the restaurant's Facebook page with venomous comments and kept their phone ringing off the hook with angry callers.
"She takes the sign and just bangs it like this, one or two times, and she is like super, super loud. And she goes, 'Can't you people read signs?' Just like that, and I am not exaggerating," said Tracy, continuing, "And she goes, 'Can't you people read signs? You have to show us the Groupon or tell the waitress that you have the Groupon before you order!' And then she goes 'In case I'm busy, which I'm not!' I didn't even know what to say. Andy and I didn't know what to say, I mean we were in shock."
Tracy said she was so embarrassed, she just handed the woman the extra money for the check and apologized, saying that perhaps, between negotiating the tables with an oxygen tank and feeling weak, combined with being seated instantly when they arrived, they'd missed the signs.
Even with the waitress coming to the Basingers' defense, Tracy said the cashier didn't relent.
"The next thing I know she's saying, 'You people are using oxygen as an excuse for a Groupon?' And this is already after I paid for the check and handed her the money and said no problem. And she just went flippy for no reason whatsoever. I said, 'Are you kidding me? Are you really kidding me?' I couldn't even believe it. Here I am sick and this lady is screaming at me. What do you think she does to people who aren't sick? And she said 'I'm not going to put up with this' and walked away," said Tracy. "The way she treats people. It's disgusting."
Judging from the social media--and real-life--response, many seem to agree with Tracy.
"The online comments since then have been unbelievable about this woman yelling at staff and in front of children. I don't want this lady to have close down her doors to lose her business," Tracy added, "but I obviously think what she did was really out of touch and she needs to go down to the Ronald McDonald House with cancer patients or something. She seriously has a problem. You know, I am not a crier and I left there and I was in the car bawling and shaking, Andy told me. She had scared me, she upset me, and there was just no reason for it."
Mama Roberto's has enjoyed 16 successful years at their location. Many loyal customers were still there eating Tuesday. One customer, Dave Herndon, was there picking up what he
called the best pizza in the area.
"I'm getting the meat lover's pizza. It probably has five pounds of meat on it. The owner Rick is the kind of guy that pays attention to service like no one else. I'm sure he's upset about it. I know there was no harm meant. It's just a matter that the woman didn't see the sign, she might have been having a bad day," said Herndon. "I'll buy her a $20 Groupon for her right now to come back. It's a fine restaurant and when they're busy, they're busy. It's a misunderstanding and it got out-of-hand like a lot of so many things on the internet."
Tracy said all she wanted was to have the woman say she was sorry for the outburst.
"It just never happened. But I don't condone what many people are saying and doing online to the other people there. But, she really needs to get back in touch with reality, said Tracy.


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I'm 10, have five siblings, an absent mother that yanked us out of our predictable home and away from my father whom I adored. However, she did not. At 28, with six kids, all she could understand was how she was robbed of her youth. She did not want to go to church, hang out with the other mothers, sew clothes, cook dinner, shop or clean. She wanted to march in protest lines, stand up for civil rights, hang out in the "hippy" section of Detroit and blare The Rolling Stones.I was the middle child, the one she confided in. "We are leaving that tyrant to go live like princesses, but don't tell anyone," she told me.
And so we did. While my father was at work, her hippy friends, the hippy guitar player from church and a few nuns came over, all jumping into action. She told us: "Kids, throw everything you own into one bag. We are outta here!" All to the blasting sound of The Staple Sisters, "I'll Take You There."
She clearly had been planning move for a while because we arrived at a beautiful "Adults Only" apartment complex that sat high on a grassy hill overlooking the river, embroidered in trees, flowers, and a built-in pool that wasn't quite done. Basically it was a mud pit.
Everything inside was eggshell white, including the walls in the kitchen, which was also equipped with shiny new appliances. We arrived in a non-descript white van driven by the guitar guy, followed by the nuns in a Chevy. They wore cut offs, had long hair and head wraps. Were these the same chalky nuns who carried rulers to scare everyone? "Okay. Now, you can't be seen. Just casually walk up in a bit, one by one, and if anyone asks, just say you are visiting your Great Aunt Maple."
So it began. After getting settled, and enrolled in another Catholic school, my mother basically disappeared. She is gone all day and all night. I should clarify the ages: 2 to 13. All girls — except one boy, 9, who left 24 hours after we arrived, hoping his keen honing device would will him back to my father, and it did. That left five girls, unattended and squished into one room. We had no money, no food, and as time went on, birthdays and holidays were no longer acknowledged. I cried myself to sleep every night missing my old life, my father, and my beloved dog that to this day I have no idea what my mother did to.
I took care of the smaller children; my older sisters turned to heroin and loved the freedom.The cloak of shame overtook me quite quickly, going to school every day saying I forgot my lunch, milk money, and tuition check. The nuns at this school were cold, and despite there often being hot lunch, we were ignored. But I persevered because of the younger siblings.Many of the other occupants of this complex lived normal lives. They were single people, or couples, and I envied them. I often would walk down the halls and listen to their conversations. Then watch them leave in pretty clothes off to some fabulous event.We were the only children. After a couple months, we knew how to become invisible. Also after a couple months, we had all lost 10 pounds. I stole rice and soup from the grocery and fed everyone. Sometimes I would steal bread, but that was tricky, and it was all mangled by the time I got home.
Enter, Mrs. Lipsky. She was an African-American maid (the label for housekeepers back then). She worked for a number of other occupants. One afternoon, there was a knock on the door. I answered — an act my mother warned me against many times.
"Hi. I'm Mrs. Lipsky."
"Hi," I said.
"I worked for some folks in this place," she said.
"Yes, I've seen you," I said.
"Who minds you kids?"
I was afraid to answer, but she had a kind face, loving eyes and wore a beautiful blue dress decorated with bright, yellow flowers.
"No one," I said. "My mom works all day. And all night."
"Would you care if I came by sometimes and cleaned up, made you food?" she asked.
Our apartment was a mess, with chairs tipped over, broken TV's, broken toys, clothes everywhere, boxes still unopened.
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This is the Israeli "Tavor." It is the current military rifle of that country. I guess that they like it. But, I don't! I am too old fashioned, I guess. I prefer rifles that look like rifles. There may be some advantage to having "Bullpup" guns, but, I don't see it!
Here is some info about it: I copied it from militarytimes.
After a 2 year hiatus, CDD is back with shotguns, AR15s, and several different pistols. However, that isn't what interested us most. Michael was kind enough to show us his newest project, which as you can see from the below picture, is the Tavor. There are a few issues to deal with including barrels which don't come in the US legal standard 16″, but the barrel shown below meets the legal 16″ OAL by having its flash suppressor pinned and welded in place. Michael wants to ensure the production models don't have that issue, and since we won't be seeing these on shelves until the end of the year at best, he certainly has some time to get the production issues worked out.
For anyone unfamiliar, the Tavor is the Israeli bullpup assault rifle which uses a piston system. We've already let Michael Kassnar know we are interested in putting a couple thousand rounds or so through one when they are in production status.


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Severe. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects and are usually not taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
When these two medicines are taken together, your body may not process midazolam or triazolam properly.
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1.Sustiva (efavirenz) US prescribing information. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company August, 2012.
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ZF-9176: Zend_Log::factory() does not support formatters
It is not possible to set options such as the formatter via the config and Zend_Application_Resource_Log. The factory function accepts the parameter but ignores it, the constructor does not have any support to pass in options or setting them.
I've updated the summary as this applies to all writers, not just Firebug
Benoit -- patch looks good. I think this warrants merging to the 1.11 release branch, as it improves current capabilities.
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Panama City - As the demand for nurses keeps rising, more students than ever will graduate from Gulf Coast State College with a practical nursing degree. 31 students will graduate Thursday at Gulf Coast's Gulf/Franklin Campus in Port St. Joe.
Normally the program graduates 24-27 students. The program's assistant coordinator says it's simply because it was a more dedicated, harder working class than she's used to seeing. The course the students just completed was a year long and met every single day. Eight of the students in the class had perfect attendance, and some of them traveled from Panama City and Eastpoint to Port St. Joe everyday. And with the demand for nurses so high right now, most of the graduating class is graduating with a job already lined up or with plans to further their education by getting their RN from another course at Gulf Coast State College next year.


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Im partial to all the females because I am a pervert. By far though, Leaf is the best though, she ain't no scank like the rest of them, if you met Leaf in real life, she wouldn't look like a complete freak / ho. The fact that she lacks an anime character keeps the whole silent protagonist thing like Red has going (pity you couldn't face he on Mt. Silver).
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Why Maintenance Releases Matter
I'm cross-posting this from my blog on the Yocto Project web site. Please go there to learn more about embedded Linux and the work we're doing in the Yocto Project to make it easier for you to develop embedded devices. As the calendar year winds down, I find myself tapping away at the keyboard at […] Read more


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Oft stubborn, peevish, sullen, pout, and cry;
Then nought can please, and yet I know not why.
As many was my sins, so dangers too,
For sin brings sorrow, sickness, death, and woe,
And though I miss the tossings of the mind,
Yet griefs in my frail flesh I still do find.
Ann Bradstreet, The Four Ages of Man
There are plenty of reasons to be peevish about searching for a job, especially in a sour economy. The "opportunities" disappear as quickly as they appear, owing to budget changes, project plans, drastic changes in direction or stultifying fear. Interesting jobs attract many candidates in similar circumstances with similar skills, and differentiating yourself from the rest while staying basically honest is a daunting task. A general wariness and distrust hangs in the air, with hiring managers talking about how "we value our employees" and candidates saying wonderful things about their last employer, both knowing that there are worries, woes, and stings beneath the surface.
These are the existential condition of recession-era job hunting in the age of the across-the-board layoff; one gets used to them and generally accepts them. But there are a couple peeves that irk me in looking for information technology work that I don't think we should have to accept; whether these exist in other lines of work I'm not sure, but I suspect they're nearly universal.
Coy Recruiters
Technical recruiters are a different class of people from the IT professionals and employers they work with; I've only met a few who have an understanding of the technology beyond knowing which buzzwords go together, and all of the recruiters I've worked with have been salesmen to the core. Their job, after all, is to sell a candidate on an "opportunity," and to sell the hiring manager on the candidate; sometimes it's a case of honest matchmaking, with attempts to find the right fit for both, but more often it's all about the sale.
That's fine enough; I'm used to the pitch-man approach and I can dissect the lingo. And I'm sure I'm not the only candidate who tends toward the taciturn when the recruiter really gets pitching. What really bothers me, though, is when they play coy.
I get the sense that there's some cut-throat competition in the recruiter world, with everyone angling for a limited pool of jobs. In addition to making their matches, they're also trying to extract leads and protect their turf, which explains the "I can't tell you who the client is; but I can assure you they're a top-notch, premium, exclusive company you'd love to work for."
From the candidate's perspective, though, this is simply annoying. We need to know where we're applying to ensure that we aren't submitting multiple applications for the same job, and to be sure that this really is the sort of place we'd like to work. It wastes our time to go through five minutes of pitch before we get to the punchline, the punchline being that the client is a company we've either applied to already, or for whom you couldn't pay us enough to work.
This game is especially annoying when the recruiter is reading off the same job description as every other recruiter. It doesn't take long to recognize the patterns and match the description to the company; most candidates will already have seen the same description on Monster or Dice, or heard it from another recruiter just minutes earlier.
I suppose that some enterprising candidate could game the system somehow if they had this crucial piece of information up front, or could try to scoop the recruiter and pass the "confidential" information on to another recruiter. But by the time the job description has been floating around Monster.com for a couple days, the cat is out of the bag as far as confidentiality goes. It would be much less annoying to start the conversation with, "I've got a job at XYZ Company; you interested?"
Redundant, repetitive, and non-portable resumés
This is a problem for everyone, but it especially irks technologists. I've got profiles on multiple job search sites, and a couple versions of my resume in Word and PDF formats, but every time I apply for a job online or get beyond the initial phone call with a recruiter, I'm filling out the same information yet again in a slightly different format.
When I start filling out one of these forms, the first thought that goes through my mind is, "This is a job for XML!" The same pieces of information are required for everyone; the data types are largely universal; I should be able to provide my resume in an XML format and have the recipient parse it to the format of their personal delight.
I've found that there are at least two XML formats for resumés: one from the HR-XML Consortium, to which Monster belongs, and an open-source XML Resume Library which appears to be abandoned (no development since 2004, no forum activity since 2008). Neither appears to be in use by anyone.
This seems like a great opportunity for streamlining, rationalizing, and simplifying the hiring process. There would need to be a large enough number of adopters to start to sway the environment, but the benefit to everyone–candidates, recruiters, hiring managers, HR–should be clear. A standardized XML format for resumes would make searching, storing, matching, and managing resumé data much simpler than it is now. If I could provide my resumé, or a subset of it, to employers in an XML format, I would spend far less time being annoyed at them for not using technology to solve real problems.
Hmmm… if any employers are interesting in integrating HR-XML (which looks like the most stable format) into their hiring workflow, or if any technical recruiters would like an education on why they should accept only XML resumes, drop me a line; maybe I can turn this peeve into a gig . . .


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In the early 1900s, enterprising women living on the Aran Islands took the sweaters they had knit for generations of fisherman kin and started marketing them around the world. Today the classic cable stitches of Aran knitters are a worldwide symbol of Irish culture. The wool blend features just enough cashmere to make this winter-white cardigan luxuriously soft to the touch.
Made in Ireland. 95% wool/5% cashmere.
Since they first appeared at the beginning of the 20th century, the textured wool sweaters of the Aran Islands have become "as tenacious an international symbol of Ireland as the harp and Shamrock," writes historian Dierdre McQuillan. Women on these small, craggy islands in the mouth of Galway Bay had always made clothing by hand, but it wasn't until the home crafts movement at the end of the 19th century that this practical skill blossomed into an iconic design known around the world. Then as now, the sale of handcrafts was encouraged as a way to continue local traditions and bring extra income into poor farming and fishing communities. Knitters from Donegal, the Channel Islands, and even emigrants returning from America traded techniques, and sweater patterns became more complicated as local women worked together to master new stitches.
National Geographic first commented on the sweaters in a 1931 article, referring to "the blue jersey of the fisherman." Eventually white became the most popular color for Aran sweaters, and many children on the islands wore a design made just for them for their first holy communion. Early efforts at exporting sweaters through nearby Galway were a challenge until the craftswomen got the hang of standardized sizes rather than knitting for the way their family members were built.
Today, from tourist shops to fashion shows, one can find sweaters based on stitches that were invented by grandmothers and great-grandmothers only a couple of generations ago: cables, diamonds, blackberry stitch, crooked road, half-eights, bird's eye, honeycomb, and many more. As they say on the islands, Go máire tú is go gcaithe thé;May you live and wear it well.
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By Junebaby Verona
from Sherwood, Ar.
Comments about Irish Wool-cashmere Aran Cardigan Sweater:
I love the design and fit of the sweater. However, dark flecks of color in the wool were not evident in the online photo. I believe it's knit of natural, not processed wool, and I didn't realize that. I returned the sweater because I don't like the overall color.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Beautiful sweater
By Bayahta
from Seattle, WA
Great fit..this sweater is soft and a quality item.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Love it!
By Sandy Braden
from Ottawa, Canada
Softest Wool I have ever felt
By Matilda
from Chicago
This is a Christmas gift for my daughter. It really is stunning - the prettiest Aran pattern that I have ever seen and at the lowest price - a steal!! This sweater is a quality item and a proper fit. And in fact, I love this sweater sooo much, that I bought another for myself!Very, very pleased!!
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Excellent quality nicely made sweater.
By Jan
from Mililani, HI
Good for Seattle weather whenever I visit my daughter.It's a perfect fit.
Beautiful knitting pattern!
By Robin
from Houston, TX
The sweater is soft. The knitting patterns are so beautiful and different than other sweaters. Can wear as casual or dress
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Sweater color not as described!!!
By "Moppy"
from Northern New York
Delivery was very good. Service rep was excellent. Was very disappointed about fit and color.Had ordered sweaters previously & they were slightly large-so ordered small this time and it was snug around the hips . I used the measurement guide and ordered according to the suggested size."The "winter white" sweater was more like a light beige or oatmeal & if the color had been correct, I would have kept it. It was a gift from my husband and he was disappointed also as we had been very happy with 2 previous sweater orders.


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William Everette Beck
Published: Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 6:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 6:50 p.m.
WINSTON-SALEM | William Everette Beck, 90, of Winston-Salem died Friday, March 1, 2013, at Brookridge Retirement Community.
A graveside service will be at noon Monday in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. prior to the service at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home.
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Swiss Re experts to discuss climate adaptation live on Twitter
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- 30 May 2012
LONDON: You can join a live Twitter Q&A with Swiss Re's David Bresch and Andreas Spiegel on June 5, 2012 at 12pm CET (11am BST). Discuss your thoughts on climate adaptation in emerging markets with the Swiss Re experts – and explore what it means to your country, your industry or your community.
Ahead of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, The Climate Group and Swiss Reare taking the Clean Revolution discussion to climate adaptation for emerging economies.
To take part and chat live to David Bresch and Andreas Spiegel, log on to Twitter on June 5 at 12pm CET (11am BST), tagging your tweeted questions with the #CleanRevolution hashtag.
Climate change poses one of the biggest threats to humanity. Floods, storms, drought and other natural disasters already affect societies around the world. And these risks will increase as global temperatures continue to rise. Climate adaptation is an urgent priority. This is especially true for the developing world where the impact of climate change is felt most severely.
As a market leader in re/insurance solutions, Swiss Re partners with businesses, governments and civil society to strengthen the resilience of local communities and protect them against the risks in a changing climate.
In the context of Rio+20 Earth Summit which begins in just over two weeks, Swiss Re's David Bresch, Head Sustainability and Political Risk Management, and Andreas Spiegel, Senior Climate Change Adviser, will be live on Twitter to answer your questions on climate adaptation and how Swiss Re, as a global re/insurer, can help promote climate-resilient development around the world.
The live Twitter session takes place Tuesday, June 5, 2012 from 12-1pm CET (and 11am-12pm BST).
To participate in this event, please log on to Twitter at this time and address your questions to @DavidBresch, @AndreasSpiegel1 or The @ClimateGroup. Please make sure to include the hashtag #CleanRevolution, so they don't miss your question.
After the session ends, you will find a summary highlighting the key points from the debate here on this website.
Learn more about our guest David Bresch by watching him discuss the need for climate adaptation in the below video.
Since 2008, David Bresch has been head of the Sustainability & Political Risk Management unit at Swiss Re. His previous roles at Swiss Re include Head of University and Risk Research Relations and Head Atmospheric Perils Group and Chief modeller for natural catastrophe risk assessment. He has also been a member of the deal teams for many innovative risk transfer transactions, including cat bonds and weather index solutions. David has been a member of the official Swiss delegation to the UNFCCC COP15 (2009) in Copenhagen and COP16 (2010) in Cancun.
Andreas Spiegel acts as Senior Climate Change Advisor for Swiss Re as part of the Sustainability & Political Risk Management unit. His responsibilities include the coordination of Swiss Re's climate change activities at Group level, including responsibilities in climate research, business development and advocacy. Andreas is a member of the official Swiss Federal climate delegation to the UN climate negotiations and represents Swiss Re on the topic in various external organizations, including UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group, The Climate Group, Climate Wise, Geneva Association and Economiesuisse - the largest umbrella organization representing the Swiss economy, Swiss Insurance Association.
If you or your organization would like to take part in a live #CleanRevolution Q&A, please tweet us @ClimateGroup


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The Delaware Department of Finance will publish the names and addresses of more than 100,000 owners of unclaimed property.
The list will name property owners around the world and will be available online at finance.delaware.gov for one year to encourage increased claims. To claim property on today's list, a claimant must be the property's rightful owner and the name must appear on the list. Claimants then must complete a request form available with the published list or online.
Request forms will be answered within 12 weeks from the receipt of inquiry. Forms should be sent to: Delaware Division of Revenue Bureau of Unclaimed Property, P.O. Box 8931, Wilmington, 19899.
For more information: (302) 577-8782 or visit finance.delaware.gov.
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Basketball: Story leads DCCC rout
Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:42 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:42 a.m.
Robert Story poured in 43 points as Davidson County Community College routed Wytheville Community College 106-76 on Sunday at Brinkley Gym, avenging a previous Region X defeat.
Story just 19 shots, hitting 9 of 14 attempts from 3-point range. Brandon Davis added 18 points for the Storm while Ace Chalmers had 11 and Torian Showers 10.
DCCC, 18-5 overall and 2-3 in the region, hosts Pitt Community College in a nonregion game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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On July 30, I hosted a Hall of Fame Series interview with George Clinton, founder and leading light behind Parliament and Funkadelic, who treated a sold-out audience in the Museum's Foster Theater to stories and insights he's gathered during his singular career.
One of the most creative individuals in music, Clinton was very generous in talking about his youth in New Jersey, his move to Detroit and the long gestation of Parliament and the birth of Funkadelic.
Clinton likened his role in Parliament-Funkadelic to that of a jazz bandleader working with different musicians from session to session, though recording under a single moniker. For decades, Clinton has been an innovative maestro, the visionary leading a rotating cast of musicians that is the Parliament-Funkadelic family.
Each time The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has an Inductee share his or her story as part of the live Hall of Fame Series, there are moments that really take the event to another level – and this event was no exception. The conversation got deep when we were joined on stage by several members of the group, including Lige Curry, Michael "Clip" Payne, and inductees "Billy Bass" Nelson and Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton, for a memorable Q&A session. Prompted by a question from the audience, Clinton and Hampton (with input from Payne), went into great detail about the session that produced "Knee Deep" and Clinton's creative process. It's that kind of candid insight and revelation that makes the Hall of Fame Series unparalleled.
Watch Clinton talk about his musical influences in the clip below.
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Boilerplate, Command Module, Apollo, #1101A
This boilerplate Apollo command module (S/N 1101A) was used extensively during the early phases of the Apollo program to develop spacecraft recovery equipment and procedures. It was also used to develop an Apollo uprighting system which was needed when the spacecraft splashed down and was in the water with the top down. A system was developed where air bags were inflated to flip the command module into an upright position. The internal features are not representative of an actual Command Module.
A boilerplate is a metal mockup of the same external size as a flight production model. By using a boilerplate, characteristics of the spacecraft design and function can be evaluated without or incurring the expense associated with using a more detailed model. BP 1101A was transferred to the Smithsonian in July 1975.
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- North American Aviation Inc.
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Manned-Test Vehicles
- Materials
- Aluminum
- Dimensions
- Overall: 127 in. tall x 154 in. diameter, 10000 lb. (322.58 x 391.16cm, 4536kg)


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UCLA senior OLB Anthony Barr is targeting Monday for his return from a head injury.
Former Baylor four-star 2016 RB Kameron Martin is visiting Auburn and TCU this weekend.
Former Baylor four-star 2016 T J.P. Urquidez signed with Texas.
Four-star 2017 WR Mannie Netherly committed to LSU.
Four-star 2017 DE Zachary Carter committed to Florida.
Penn State awarded new two-year contracts to the assistant coaching staff.
Five-star 2017 OL Wyatt Davis committed to Ohio State.
Baylor and HC Art Briles have officially agreed to a termination of his contract.
North Carolina AD Bubba Cunningham said that the university would respond to the latest NCAA Notice of Allegations before the required deadline.
Five-star 2017 CB Darnay Holmes will take official visits to Ohio State, Michigan and Nebraska this fall.
LSU junior QB Brandon Harris said, "I really do feel like I have the best arm in college football."
Miami junior LB Juwon Young has been suspended indefinitely.


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The International Horticultural Expo in Xian, China opened on 28th April. The Garden of 10,000 bridges by West 8 is complete along with many other display gardens.
Gardens are telling stories; they are poetry and have a narrative. Our garden represents the human life, the path of people's lifetime. This path is a path of uncertainty and burden. Many bridges over troubled water. The garden design takes this path of life as a meandering, winding road – continuous and like a labyrinth. The path through nature takes you over 10000 bridges.
For the 2011 Xi'an International Horticulture Exhibition, West 8 designed a Master Landscape Architect Garden, that plays with the limits and the sensation of surprise.
The International Horticulture Exhibition 2011 has many gardens designed by world renowned landscape architects such as Terragram, Martha Schwartz, SLA, Topotek1, Catherine Mosbach, Plasma Studio, GROSS.MAX, EMBT Miralles/Tagliabue, and Atelier DYJG. Also a 9000 square metre garden has been designed by various landscape architecture programs from across the world that were exhibited in July this year at the Creative Nature Exhibition in Qingpu, Shanghai. With many other gardens designed by city and provinces along with some enterprise gardens. The 2011 Xi'an International Horticulture Exhibition will be held from 28 April to 8 October 2011.
4月28日,西安世界园艺博览会之West 8"万桥园"正式对游人开放。
2011年西安世界园艺博览会, West 8设计了大师展园中的一座。这座园林模糊了感官上的界限,带给游人惊奇的游园体验。
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West 8 Partnered with DYJG Beijing for this project.
Continue reading Garden of 10,000 bridges 万桥园 opens at Xian Expo: West 8


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Ag Chief under Fire for Refusing to Study Flame Retardants
Undersecretary of Agriculture Mark Rey faces possible jail time if the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service fails to produce an environmental analysis of the effects of using fish-killing chemicals as flame retardants on wildfires. The warning by U.S. District Court judge Donald Molloy of Missoula, MT comes in response to a 2003 lawsuit filed by Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics that demanded the analysis. The judge earlier this month found that the Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act when it used more than 15 million gallons of the chemicals annually and dropped them repeatedly into streams containing endangered fish. These actions, according to agency biologists, should have prompted environmental analysis and consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service on their effects on protected species, but the Forest Service under Rey's direction decided against completing the analysis.
Meanwhile, Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) blamed "ecoterrorists" and the federal judge who stopped grazing to protect imperiled species for the Murphy Complex fire that burned over 600,000 acres in Idaho before being extinguished in early August. Craig joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) in condemning grazing regulations and endangered species protections for this year's intense fires in Idaho. Scientists and activists, including Jon Marvel, whose lawsuit as head of Western Watersheds Project halted grazing throughout much of Idaho's Jarbidge Resource Area, have countered that fires such as the Murphy Complex are intensified by highly flammable invasive weeds introduced by livestock.
Administration Feels Heat for Suppressing Climate Science
Another U.S. District Court judge, Saundra Armstrong of Oakland, CA, ruled on August 21 that the Bush administration broke the law in failing to present the latest scientific research about global warming to lawmakers and the public. The ruling comes in response to a 2006 lawsuit filed by three environmental organizations who charged that the Bush administration violated the Global Change Research Act of 1990 by refusing to produce the National Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on the United States. The 1990 law requires that the U.S. Climate Change Science Program prepare the assessment every four years. The last assessment, completed by the Clinton Administration in October 2000, warned of severe climate change impacts to some regions of the United States.
Conflicts of Interest Cloud Health Care Cost Containment
Is it a conflict of interest when a drug company funds a program designed to hold down health care costs? The issue arose in Minnesota last week when the St. Paul Pioneer-Press revealed that Eli Lilly funded a Medicaid program for identifying physicians who over-prescribe antipsychotic medications. In exchange, the state kept Lilly's own anti-psychotic, Zyprexa, off the list of drugs for which physicians need government authorization before writing a prescription. According to the article, Wisconsin had a similar deal with Lilly until state's Medicaid agency placed all antipsychotic drugs, including Zyprexa, on the prior authorization list. Lilly then cancelled the program. A Minnesota state official defended the Lilly deal.
Meanwhile, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo warned health insurers Aetna Inc., UnitedHealth Group and Cigna Corp. that their proposed quality rankings for network physicians, designed to steer patients to doctors who follow best clinical practices, were based on inadequate data and therefore potentially deceptive. Letters to the insurers also accused them of a conflict of interest since the "profit motive may affect the accuracy of (their) quality and cost-effectiveness rankings." Physician groups have mounted legal challenges to similar programs in Connecticut and Washington, charging the quality rankings constituted libel and unfair trade practices. A Seattle-area settlement gave doctors input into the ranking system and an external appeal process.
Spotted Owl Recovery Plan Flunks Peer Review
Independent scientists asked to peer review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's draft recovery plan for the threatened Northern Spotted Owl earlier this month blasted the plan for ignoring the best available science and misrepresenting research. The plan was produced under the oversight of a committee of Bush Administration political appointees including disgraced former fish and wildlife official Julie MacDonald, and released in April to a storm of criticism. Scientists from the Society for Conservation Biology and the American Ornithologists' Union found that the plan will not allow the species to recover because it reduces protected habitat. The Society for Conservation Biology recommended that the Fish and Wildlife Service "scrap the draft recovery plan [and] convene a panel of independent scientists and ecologists to redo [it] based on the best available science."
The government agency also sought comments from scientists whose work was cited in the recovery plan. They, too, criticized the draft, noting that the plan's recommendations "were based on faulty assumptions and inappropriate use of published scientific data."
The scientists' criticism could sound a death knell for the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) proposed rewrite of the land management plans for 2.6 million acres of lands in Western Oregon. The Western Oregon Plan Revisions, which, according to the Sierra Club, would triple the amount of logging within BLM lands in the owl's habitat, is based on the owl plan's tenet that habitat protection is of less importance to the owl than previously thought. Public comments on the BLM's plan may be filed until November 9.
Odds and Ends
Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) on August 14 sent a letter to the White House seeking swift action to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Plans to reduce ship speeds to protect the whale have been held up by the White House�s Office of Management and Budget for nearly a year. . . National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) director David Schwartz, under fire for testifying for law firms involved in asbestos litigation, has temporarily stepped down from the director�s post while the agency undergoes a comprehensive review of its ethics and financial management. . . More than half of the research partnerships entered into by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are with corporations or industry associations, according to documents obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
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DNREC's Division of Fish and Wildlife announced that parking lot improvements at the McGinnis Pond boat ramp near Frederica have been completed and the lot will be open for anglers today.
Due to the need for additional, unexpected repairs to the boat ramp, the ramp itself will remain closed until Oct. 12. The project is expected to be complete, with full access restored on Saturday. The boat ramp facility has been closed for parking lot improvements and upgrades since Sept. 23.
Boaters who regularly use the McGinnis Pond boat ramp may opt to use Andrews Lake, Coursey Pond, Killen's Pond, or Derby Pond, all located within 5 miles of McGinnis Pond.
For more information: (302) 739-9914.
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Since summer is coming to an end, we thought readers would like to know about them, too. After all, as the kids head back to school it's the perfect time to pop the cork. But these sales only last till the end of August.
Leone di Castris Salice Maiana, Italy 2008 A classica Italian Trattoria wine from a small village in Salento. $12.99–regular $10.99–THIS MONTH
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I fondly refer to it as my "ADD-ishness." Back when I was a kid, it got me to call people named "Singh" out of the telephone book so I could practice my Hindi with someone—while stuck in Kansas where there were few Indians. Later in life, it motivated me to rent my house out for two-and-a-half months and take my 15-year-old son to Uganda, Tanzania, Australia and New Zealand to get him out of California and participate in our global citizenship. It has made my life rich, varied, interesting and spontaneous.
And it's also made it challenging.
We all live somewhere on the spectrum of having attention issues. Who among us wouldn't confess to wandering into the kitchen to fetch stamps for the bills we just paid, only to end up rearranging the silverwear drawer. Throw in the gift of being female and all bets are off. We are wired to multi-task; the baby could be bitten by a wandering coyote if we focused too intently on grinding the maize.
But for some of us, our brains idle on hyper-drive, yanking us from one shiny object to another, making it difficult for us to tend to the ordinary and mundane.
I inherited one of those brains. Not too extreme a version, mind you, and with all kinds of perks, but with its share of challenges.
Here is what I have discovered as I've learned to navigate the world with my ADD-ish brain and have coached lots of others to do the same.
First, having this kind of brain is a blessing. It's cool. It makes life interesting—it makes us interesting. We bring playfulness, sensitivity, spontaneity and all kinds of creativity to whatever we do. (Unless we're in a bad mood, overwhelmed, or exhausted, then, well, we're like everyone else.)
We see things outside the box, and bring a perspectives to situations that more conventional minds do not have. And we're usually very smart, and really nice. (I know that is at least true in my own case, but I politefully digress.)
AND, we can be terrible when it comes to taking care of boring things, like balancing the checkbook, keeping track of time when we're immersed in something we enjoy, or remembering where the stamps actually are once we've managed to get ourselves to sit down and pay those bills.
The biggest help for me came in several forms. The first was neurofeedback. In the hands of a great practitioner, this brain training is a powerful tool for helping regulate the brain.
The next best strategy was my beloved planner pad. It is my boss, my assistant, and the steering wheel to my day. My planner pad tells me (in soft whispers) what I should be doing at any given time, and helps me stay the course when I have specific obligations.
Finally, the biggest help for my ADD-ishness has come in the form of profound self-acceptance and love. I have made peace with my flaws, including the difficulties I have with doing one thing from beginning to end. Many of the articles I write (although interestingly enough, not this one) are done in bits and pieces, interrupted with trips to the kitchen to make a smoothie, walks with the dog or five minutes of TV time. I just work better when I don't feel I have to sit and do one thing forever, which is how it feels when it's something I don't particularly want to do or something that feels hard.
I love who I am, and more importantly, I like who I am. I have pretty much fallen in love with myself. Sounds pretty weird or new agey, but it's true. And that includes my quirkiness, my sensitive nature and my sometimes wild horse of a brain.
In the world we all grew up in, left brain skills like logical thinking, sequential organization and linear processing have been important. But according to Daniel Pink, the author of A Whole New Mind—the right brained skills of problem solving, storytelling and empathy are going to be essential to our success going forward.
I embrace my ADD-ishness and invite you to do the same. Even if it does mean a few adjustments and modifications to manage the little things. With support, coaching and a few strategies, it can contribute to a wonderful life.


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Many of you never heard of Chicago Bears third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie before Sunday. But the third-year quarterback out of Colorado State electrified Solider Field by leading the Bears on a touchdown drive to begin the fourth quarter against the Green Bay Packers.
But Hanie, who had come on in relief of second-stringer Todd Collins in the third quarter , always knew he was better than Chicago Bears starting quarterback Jay Cutler. At least Hanie liked to joke about his mad skills while signing autographs, as you can see in this fan video from the 2009 Chicago Bears training camp.
When the fan asks Hanie if he wanted the starting job, Hanie said, "Sure."
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We've always known that Spider-Man's most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man.
It's great to be Spider-Man. For Peter Parker, there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen. But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro, Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.
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Dress up an all-time favorite comfort food with savory fixings. This is an easy recipe that delivers big flavor. Better still, you can effortlessly double or triple it for a crowd. —Anna Mayer, Fort Branch, Indiana
- 2-1/2 pounds medium potatoes, peeled
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 5 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain.
- In a large bowl, mash potatoes. Add the sour cream, milk, butter and 1 cup cheese. Stir in the onion, bacon, salt and pepper. Spoon into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated though. Yield: 6 servings.
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"Not dry like many twice baked potato dishes are. I left out the onions. It needed a little more flavor so I added a teaspoon of onion salt."
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"Made these for Thanksgiving dinner to mix things up a bit. Was a hit with everyone including my college girl and her boyfriend who only got to see the picture. Will definitely make more often...."
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"That's supposed to be 5 star! Can't change it. Made this last night & it is yummy. Halved the recipe for the 2 of us, couldn't wait for company. Cooked the onion with the bacon. Also added a bit of green onion for colour. Will make again."
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- 27mm 10X Zoom
- 3.0" hVGA LCD (460K)
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Amount of pixels in a camera's chip that detect light and contribute to the final image.Total Pixel ?Approx. 16.4 MP
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Intelli Zoom: 1.0X~5.0X
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Distance from a lens to it's focal point. In digital cameras, focal length can change when zooming.F No. ?F3.1(W) ~ F5.6(T)
Range of settings that control aperture (amount of light allowed to reach a camera's image sensor).Shutter Speed
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Program : 1~1/2,000 sec.
Night : 16~1/2,000 sec.Exposure
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Number of pixels across and down that are used to capture an image. More pixels, the sharper the photo.Video
Edit ?Pause during Recording and Playing, Still Image Capture, Time Trimming
High-feature mode that enables videos to be edited directly on the camera, without a computer.Picture Effects ?▶ Movie Filter : Palette Effect 1, Palette Effect 2, Palette Effect 3, Palette Effect 4, Miniature, Vignetting, Half Tone Dot, Sketch, Fish Eye, Classic, Retro
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Tele : 0.5m~2.0m (ISO AUTO)Image Stabilization
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Smart Auto • Smart Auto : 1/8~1/2000 sec. • Program : 1~1/2,000 sec. • Night : 16~1/2,000 sec.Smart Filter (Movie) Palette Effect 1, Palette Effect 2, Palette Effect 3,
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Modes Auto, DayLight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H , Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom SetSharpness
Soft+, Soft, Normal, Vivid, Vivid+Storage
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How images and data are stored when uploaded to a computer or printed directly from camera.Image Size 16M : 4,608 x 3,456, 14MP: 4,608 x 3,072 12 MW: 4,608 x 2,592 10 M: 3,648 x 2,736 5 M: 2,592 x 1,944 3 M: 1,984 x 1,488 2 MW: 1920 x 1080 1 M: 1,024 x 768 2D Panorama: 5000x720 Magic Frame: 2MWInternal Memory
(User memory is less than the total memory due to storage of the operating system and software used to operate the features. Actual user memory will vary depending on the operator and may change after software upgrades are performed.) 16 MBExternal Memory (Optional) microSD Card (up to 2GB guaranteed) microSDHC (up to 32GB guaranteed) microSDXC (up to 64GB guaranteed) * Internal memory capacity may not match these specifications.Still Image
Edit ?Image Edit : Resize, Rotate, Trimming
High-feature mode that enables videos to be edited directly on the camera, without a computer.Picture Effects ?Image Adjust :Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, ACB, Face Retouch, Red Eye Fix
Mode that allows creative array of preset or custom effects to be applied to a video.Shooting ?Mode : Smart Auto, Program, Scene, Live Panorama, Picture-in-Picture, Beauty Shot, Intelligent Portrait, Night Shot, Close up Shot, Magic Frame, Funny Face, Photo Filter, Split Shot, Art Brush, Motion Photo * Smart Auto : Macro, Macro text, Portrait, White, Landscape, Action, Tripod, Night, Night Portrait, Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Blue Sky, Sunset, Macro Color, Natural Green, Fireworks * Scene : Landscape, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Beach&Snow
The recording of images. A variety of modes and settings can be applied to optimize each photograph.Image Playback
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USB 2.0 Micro USBVideo Out NTSC, PAL (user selectable)Dimensions
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DC power input 5VPower Source • Rechargeable battery : BP85A (850mAh) • Connector Type : Micro USB (5Pin) * Included items may vary depending on sales region.System Requirements
Windows PC with processor better than PentiumⅣ 3.2 GHz / AMD Athlon FX 2.6 GHz or higher Minimum 512MB RAM (Over 1GB recommended) Windows XP SP2/ Vista/ 7 250MB of available hard-disk space (Over 1GB recommend) USB port CD-ROM drive nVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or later / Ati X1600 series or later 1024×768 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor (1280x1024, 32-bit color display recommended) Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or laterMacintosh Power Mac G3 or later Mac OS 10.4 or higher Minimum 256MB RAM 110MB of available hard-disk space USB port CD-ROM driveOperating Conditions
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Big Boi performing again after recovering from injury
Published: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 10:56 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 10:56 a.m.
They say you can't keep a good man down, and Big Boi must have been listening.
Who: Big Boi, with Killer Mike, Fuzz Jackson, DJ Battle
and DJ Champ
When: 8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show, Thursday, Sept. 26
Where: Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. Fourth St.,
downtown Wilmington
Tickets: $30 floor in advance, $35 balcony in
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Details: 538-2939 or BrooklynArtsNC.com
Known to many as one half of the former hip-hop duo OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton was scheduled to bring his solo act to Wilmington in June when the unexpected happened.
While performing on stage May 26 in Cincinnati, the Atlanta-based rapper blew out his knee, tearing the patellar tendon and sending the energetic, outspoken performer to the sidelines.
"For the last four months, I have been in rehab and doing physical therapy," Big Boi said during a phone interview on Monday. "But now I'm back, getting stronger and getting back in the groove of things."
With that enthusiasm in tow, Big Boi is indeed back and finally bringing his Shoes for Running Tour to Wilmington on Thursday, Sept. 26, for a concert at the Brooklyn Arts Center with fellow hip-hop star Killer Mike (see below).
This isn't the first time that Big Boi has brought his soulful mix of hip-hop and R&B to the Port City. In 2004, along with his OutKast partner Andre Benjamin, Big Boi filmed the Southern musical "Idlewild" in Wilmington; it was released in 2006. Set in a Depression-era Georgia town, the film chronicled the story of two lifelong friends (played by Benjamin and Big Boi) and the juke joint where they get to showcase their love of funk music.
Big Boi remembers his time in the area fondly.
"We loved it in Wilmington. We stayed out on the beach when we were there and it was a really relaxing environment," he said. "It is a real cool place that reminds me of my hometown of Savannah, Ga."
For Thursday's trek to Wilmington, it's all about the music. On stage at the Brooklyn Arts Center, Big Boi will showcase a little bit of everything, from his time in OutKast to his latest solo effort:
"I play a blend of everything from 'Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik' (OutKast's first album) to 'Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumours' (from 2012, his most recent solo album) and that includes the 'Sir Lucious Left Foot' album (from 2010) and everything in between."
Big Boi 's much-anticipated return to the stage marks a return to his first passion: performing.
"I'm just a lover of music and performing is my favorite part," he said. "To me, when you have an idea in the studio and then get in front of a crowd and see their reactions and see your idea come to fruition, it is very gratifying and motivational."
But even the constraints of a brace and continued rehab didn't take Big Boi away from the stage and performing completely. For a few recent tour dates, the rapper has been performing from a throne placed on stage. The idea came from his guitar player, who showed Big Boi a video of a rock singer who performed from a wheelchair.
"He told me that I could rock that and that the fans still wanted to see me," the rapper said. "Plus, I didn't want to keep cancelling dates, so I was like, 'I'm gonna come out and rock on a throne,' and it has been great. The audience has been very receptive and it has been a blessing to be able to keep going out there and dong what I love to do."
As for returning to Wilmington, Big Boi said he is thrilled to see the area again.
"I love Wilmington, man," he said. "I'm looking forward to coming back."
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