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- Implementing a Physical Activity Centered Education Program for Individuals with Brain Injury
- Research has shown that health promotion programs (HPP) that incorporate education about physical activity (PA) are one mode of rehabilitation that can improve the health of individuals with disabilities. However, education-based PA curriculum is not included in the rehabilitation program for individuals with a brain injury, indicating a gap in services provided. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to create and deliver a physical activity centered education (PACE) program that supplemented the existing rehabilitation program for brain injury. PACE consists of an 8-week (16 session) program aimed to (1) increase self-efficacy for being physically active of PACE program participants, (2) increase PA stage of change in PACE program participants or the maintenance of adequate level of PA, and (3) improve the rehabilitation outcomes (i.e., abilities, participation, adjustment) of PACE program participants. Based on previous research, it is hypothesized that participation in PACE will result in (1A) increased self-efficacy for PA, (1B) greater self-efficacy for PA than the standard of care group, (2A) increased readiness to be physically active, (2B) greater readiness to change their PA behavior than the standard of care group, (3A) improved rehabilitation outcomes, and (3B) greater rehabilitation outcomes than the standard of care group. the PACE program resulted in: (1) an average increase of 19.36% in participants' PA self-efficacy (effect size [ES] = 0.37), (2) 15 of the 22 PACE participants (68.18%) reported readiness to engage in regular PA , and (3) an increase in rehabilitation outcomes (i.e., abilities, adjustment, and participation)In conclusion, the PACE program can improve PA self-efficacy, readiness for regular PA behavior, and improved short-term rehabilitation outcomes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115184/
- Limiting Disability Post-Brain Injury Through a Physical Activity Centered Education Program
- Brain injury (i.e., traumatic brain injury, stroke) is a considerable public health issue due to complicated outcomes of the injury, increasing incidence, and high costs linked with medical treatment. Rehabilitation centers are challenged to help individuals manage the resultant associated conditions and prevent secondary and chronic conditions. Research has shown that health promotion programs (HPP) that incorporate education about physical activity (PA) are one mode of rehabilitation that can improve the health of individuals with disabilities. However, PA is not included in the rehabilitation program for individuals with a brain injury, indicating a gap in the services provided. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to create and implement a physical activity centered education (PACE) program within an outpatient rehabilitation program. PACE consisted of an 8-week (16 session) program which aimed to (1) increase PA self-efficacy, (2) increase intention to change PA behaviors, (3) increase amount of PA completed regularly, and (4) promote positive rehabilitation outcomes. Based on previous research it was hypothesized that participation in PACE would result in (1) increased PA self-efficacy, (2) forward progression in intention to change PA behaviors, (3) increased amount of PA completed, and (4) improved rehabilitation outcomes (i.e., abilities, adjustment, participation). The PACE program resulted in an average increase of 16.1% in participants' PA self-efficacy (effect size [ES] = 0.41), an increase from three of nine participants at pre-test to six of nine participants at post-test reporting to be in a stage of change in which they are most likely to be successful in regular PA participation (i.e., action or maintenance), and a comparable improvement in MPAI-4 scores (rehabilitation outcomes) after discharge to a rehabilitation program without a PA education component. In conclusion, the PACE program can improve PA self-efficacy, intention to change PA behaviors, and short-term rehabilitation outcomes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84224/
- Mechanisms Affecting Bench Press Throw Performance while Using a Counter-Balanced Smith Machine
- The use of a counter-balance weight system of a Smith machine affects measures of bench press throw performance. Twenty-four men performed bench press throws at 30% of their one-repetition maximum under four different conditions: 1) counter-balance and rebound movement (RC), 2) no counter-balance and rebound movement (RNC), 3) counter-balance and concentric only movement (CC), and 4) no counter-balance and concentric only movement (CNC). Peak power, force, and concentric and eccentric velocities were measured using a linear accelerometer; and peak ground reaction force (GRF) was measured using a forceplate. Peak measures for concentric and eccentric velocities showed that NCB> CB and RBT > CBT. Peak GRF measures showed CB > NCB and RBT > CBT. The lower performance measures for CB were likely due to an increase in the net external load when the barbell accelerates faster than the gravitational constant causing the counter-balance weight becomes ineffective. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67963/
- Resilience and Health Outcomes in Patients with Traumatic Injury
- Due to the increasing healthcare costs and reduced length of hospital stay it is becoming increasingly important to identify individuals who are 'at risk' of experiencing long-term health issues. The purpose of the study was to: (1) determine if resilience, self efficacy and depression changed from inpatient to 3-month follow up; (2) examine the relationship between resilience, self efficacy, depression, and quality of life (social roles/activity limitations) at inpatient and 3-month follow up; and (3) identify if resilience at inpatient is related to change scores in selfefficacy and depression at 3-month follow up. Results from the paired sample t-test indicated that participants did not experience a significant change from inpatient to 3-month follow up in resilience or self-efficacy, but a significant decrease in depression was observed. Findings also indicated significant correlations between resilience, self-efficacy, and depression during inpatient stay and resilience, self-efficacy, depression, and quality of life at 3-month follow up. However, there was no relationship found between resilience and change scores in self-efficacy and depression. Future resilience research should continue to identify the variables that are most strongly related to resilience so effective interventions can be developed that improve rehabilitation outcomes, decrease secondary and chronic conditions as well as aid in the successful reintegration of individuals into their lives after a traumatic injury. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84187/
- Self-Efficacy and Fears of Pain and Injury in Gymnastics and Tumbling: Does a Previous Injury Matter?
- The purpose of this study was to explore whether a previous gymnastic or tumbling injury influences gymnasts' and tumblers' self-efficacy, motivation, competition anxiety, and fears of pain and injury. Participants (N = 105) completed survey packets during practice which contained demographic questions and questionnaires that measure self-efficacy for physical abilities and exercise, self-motivation, risk of injury, pain catastrophizing, and sport anxiety. Results of a one-way ANOVA indicated that gymnasts and tumblers who experienced a previous injury were significantly different than those who had not experienced an injury on their self-efficacy for physical abilities (p = .007), self-motivation (p = .007), and perceived risk of reinjury (p = .018). Specifically, these findings indicate that gymnasts and tumblers with previous injuries experience higher levels of self-efficacy for physical abilities, self-motivation, and perceived risk of reinjury. Implications for coaches, gymnasts, and tumblers include: creating an open and comfortable environment to discuss pain and injury, developing strategies to break the negative cycle of fear of injury, and fostering a positive rehabilitation process. In the future, researchers should examine the influence that gender and type of competition has on self-efficacy, self-motivation, perceived risk of reinjury, pain perceptions, and competition anxiety of those who have experienced sport-related injuries, as compared to those who have not experienced these types of injuries. Researchers should also examine how the type of injury, whether it is a first time injury versus a reinjury, influences perceptions of pain and fears directly following the injury. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33172/
- Soul Line Dancing Among African American Women in the Church: an Expectancy-value Model Approach
- Guided by the expectancy value model of achievement choice, this study examined the relationships among expectancy value constructs (expectancy related beliefs and subjective task values), effort and intention for future participation in a culturally specific dance, soul line, among African American adult women in the church setting. Participants were 100 African American women who were members of the women's ministries from four predominantly African American churches in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metropolitan area. Participants completed a 20-minute soul line session and responded to survey questions, validated in previous research, assessing their expectancy-related beliefs, subjective task values, effort, intention for future participation and physical activity. This was the first study to use the expectancy value model as a guide to determine motivations attached to physical activities among African American adult women. Usefulness, a component of subjective task values, emerged as a predictor of intention for future participation. Eighty-one percent of the women did not meet physical activity guidelines for aerobic activity. Of those inactive women 60% indicated an interest in doing soul line dancing often at their church after one short exposure to the activity as indicated by the strongest possible response to both intention questions. A slightly smaller percent of the active women provided with a strong positive response for future intention. These findings suggest that soul line dancing is a practical avenue to increase physical activity among African American women in the church. Future research should test this theoretical model on a wider variety of individuals who are sedentary to physically active, measure actual participation, and directly measure BMI and physical activity. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149658/


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How do I Recover Lost Emails from Outlook 2003
Oh, I really regret what I just did. I just lost all of my Outlook 2003 emails by accident due to uninstallation of Microsoft outlook software. I did this just a few minutes ago, now I am totally lost because there are so many emails, Contacts and many other items out there which mean a lot to me. I don't want to hear that they are gone for good. So how do I recover my emails in Outlook 2003 in this case? By the way, my computer running under Windows XP operation system.
Generally all your Outlook 2003 items and information are stored in a file with an extension of .PST. Do a search on your computer for *.pst. Then copy the file to a safe place. If you want to recover your emails from it, you can reinstall Outlook 2003 app and import the .PST file. Once it's reinstalled, go File > Import / Export and import your .PST file back into outlook. All your items will be restored without problem.
However, there might be a chance that your PST file is missing/ corrupted, or you still can't find your emails from the restored Outlook 2003. Then probably you'll need to this program called Stellar PST Repair. It can help fix, recover and repair damaged or lost PST files such as Outlook emails, calendar, folders, tasks, notes, journals, contacts, attachments etc. Meanwhile, you can see this article how to recover Items in Outlook for more information about the resolution.
Remember – make regular backup files of any important data in your Outlook 2003 is always a good idea. One way to back up e-mail messages is to use the Outlook AutoArchive feature. Archiving means moving messages to an archive folder at regularly scheduled intervals. Another way is to back up to a .pst file.
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Pete Hines has responded to a rumor suggesting that "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" will be coming to the PS4 and Xbox One. According to a report from Metro on Jan. 9, the vice president of public relations at Bethesda Softworks disclosed that the website listing was done in error.
The company was apparently working on the CMS element of the page, which caused a glitch that ended up displaying non-existent platforms for several video games. In this case, "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" was listed for the PS4 and Xbox One. He went on to apologize to fans for the confusion. You can find some screens of the open-world role-playing game in the slideshow to the left of this article and Pete Hines' comments below:
We have been working on the CMS that runs our sites. A bug caused platforms that don't exist to show up for some games. Sorry for confusion.
"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" was released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 several years ago on Nov. 11, 2011. The console version of the sequel, especially on Sony's current-generation console, suffered from numerous technical issues. One of the problems may have been due to the limited system RAM.
The PS4 and Xbox One system both came with 8 GB of RAM, which would theoretically eliminate much of the issues with "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" on consoles. However, it looks like Bethesda Softworks currently has no plans to port the software product to the next-generation systems.


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Re: DVD ripping
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James P. Kinney III wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 15:17 -0400, Scott Castaline wrote: > > >> Okay just an update: >> >> Did 4 DVDs the first one I was able to use the dd command as my normal >> user. The second DVD would crap out in the dd command almost right away >> with an I/O error and showing ###blocks+1 in, ###blocks+1 out, >> displaying a low number like 360. I then su - to root and was able to do >> the 2nd one. The 3rd and 4th would fail both as my user or as root with >> the same I/O error. I was able to get the image using k3b, I don't >> understand why as it should be just executing the dd command essentially >> the same way as you had suggested. I am now able to skip step 2 of >> mounting the image file as long as I use VLC. With VLC I just go through >> the quick open file option and select the image that I want to play. >> With mplayer, gxine, or totem, I do have to mount the image that I want, >> but I found that it's "mount -o loop /path/of/image.iso /media", at >> least on Fedora 7. Now to play around with finding a way that I can just >> pull up a playlist of image files instead of clicking through a tree >> list to get to the file I want. >> >> > > Check the temp of the disk when it is removed. Some low quality DVD > drives are quite lousy at heat removal and the lasers have sidebands all > in the IR region. This excessive thermal buildup causes numerous > problems from optical distortion to pickup errors to electronics > failures. All of these errors vanish when the drive is allowed to cool > down between runs. Back to back dd sessions are thermally intensive even(Continue reading)


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Changing of the Guard
The Queen's Guard, London © bortescristian
This is one of the oldest and most familiar of all royal ceremonies. Every other day, a throng of tourists gather outside Buckingham Palace to watch the exchange of duty between the Old Guard and the New Guard. The Foot Guards wear their traditional uniforms, complete with bearskins, but carry modern weapons as their role is practical as well as ceremonial. The handover is accompanied by a band from one of the five Foot Guard regiments who play anything from traditional military marches to pop tunes. Guard Mounting also takes place daily at the same time at Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. The Changing of the Queen's Life Guards involves the handover of duty between the two mounted regiments, the Blues and Royals, and the Life Guards. When the Queen is in residence (most weekdays), it is more flamboyant as the Captain of the Guard and trumpeter lead the procession.
The Changing of the Guard takes place daily: at 11:30am (Buckingham Palace); and 11am Monday to Saturday, and 10am on Sunday (Horse Guards Parade).
Venue: Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards Parade
Date: Daily
Website: www.changing-the-guard.com


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"The Beastmaster"
Soundtrack Review
Music By Lee Holdridge
Quartet Records
Disc 1: 23 Tracks/Disc Time:
Disc 2: 21 Tracks/Disc Time:
Total Time: 135:18
Grade: B
Sword and Sorcery films were the rage during the early 1980's in which saw the birth of one of the more iconic characters in the history of the genre in "Conan The Barbarian", which has enjoyed the most success more than three decades later. However, there were more films in the genre that also enjoyed solid success, but not in Conan's box office calibur that included the underrated and exciting "The Sword And The Sorcerer" and this film, "The Beastmaster". "The Beastmaster" which was written and directed by Don Coscarelli, who had a sensational splash with the hit horror film, "Phantasm" years prior to this film features Marc Singer ("V") as Dar, a special kind of warrior who has the gift of communicating with all animals which includes a panther, an eagle, and two farrets as he heads on a quest to avenge the death of his father and his village. Along the quest, he joins forces with Kiri (Tanya Roberts, "Charlie's Angels") who's on a quest to rescue her blinded father from the manaical Maax (Rip Torn, "Men In Black") the very same man who destroyed Dar's village. Dar and Kiri are joined by Seth (John Amos, "Die Hard 2", "Coming To America") to battle Maax and his horde with some much needed help from a rather unexpected source.
The film was a surprise hit when it was released in the Summer of 1982 coming on the heels of the great "Conan The Barbarian", and had become a very popular staple on endlessly airing on HBO during the decade which added to the film's cult status and eventually leading to a sequel "Beastmaster 2: Through The Portal Of Time" in 1991. What both films have in common are great scores without a doubt and this was started by then fledging and masterful composer, Lee Holdridge who was at the time establishing himself with the hit film "Mr. Mom" starring Michael Keaton and written by streaking hot auteur the late John Hughes and aiding the music of the late great Miklos Rosza, conducting his final score to the Steve Martin comedy homage "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid." For this film, Holdridge wrote a full blooded and exciting score in the mold of the Golden Age composers of decades past. The music features a grand memorable theme, full of great sweeping moments of pure excitement and energy.
Highlighted by the original Varese Sarabande album that's featured on Disc One and the for the first time ever released, the complete score as it was featured in the film featuring some of the film's more stellar moments that include "The Beastmaster (Seq. 12 - Sacrifice Thwarted), The Beastmaster (Seq. 15 - The Rescue of Kiri), The Beastmaster (Seq. 23 - Pyramid Battle, Part I (Alternate), The Beastmaster (Seq. 24 - Pyramid Battle, Part II (Alternate),The Beastmaster (Seq. 25 - Pyramid Battle, Part III (Alternate), The Beastmaster (Seq. 26 - Preparations), The Beastmaster (Seq. 27 - The Horde Attacks/The Moat/Dar vs. Jun Leader) and The Beastmaster (Seq. 28 - The Tide Turns) that feature Holdridge's signature rousing style mixed with his poignant theme ("The Legend of Dar (Main Theme)" established on the original album and this score) that is some of the best and more memorable material that he's written. Holdridge also has some fun with his other material as Dar goes on his journey that includes "The Beastmaster (Seq. 6 - Sword and Eagle)", "The Beastmaster (Seq. 7 - Ferret Chase/Quicksand)", "The Beastmaster (Seq. 8 - Captive Panther/Fighting Juns)", "The Beastmaster (Seq. 9 - The Bathing Scene)", and "The Beastmaster (Seq. 10 - Dar Pursues Kiri)", which is the lightest material the score has to offer and works in a very memorable way.
Quartet Records' album is a wonderful release because it reissues the original 1983 album and features all the music that was contained in the film in fine sound quality and fans of both Holdridge and the film will enjoy this album immensely which was long overdue! "The Beastmaster" is a sparkling adventure score for a fun, enjoyable film that still hasn't lost its' charm after thirty plus years! Recommended! Solid Thumbs up!


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On Oct. 13, the Boulder Buff Club handed out 400 "Terrible Towels" at the soccer game vs Oregon State. They were a big hit especially with the kids who came to see the Buffs. The Buffs have a great facility and you should make a point of going out to support the women's team. Rose and Jim Gilbert, Charlie Whitaker and Ed Mead were the volunteers that worked this event.
Kick-off Luncheon
Sponsored by the Boulder Buff Club and the Boulder Chamber of Commerce
August 30th 2012
The 2012 version was similar to the previous 24 Kickoff Lunches in that the excitement level for the upcoming year was very high. The celebrities in attendance included the players, coaches, the Band and of course Ralphie. After the usual speeches the 2011 PAC-12 Cross Country Championship teams were honored. Both the Men's and Women's teams brought home our first PAC-12 trophies.
Will Pericak, Paul Vigo, Jack Harris and Gerald Thomas took the podium to relate their experience during training camp. Coaches were introduced by one of their position players. Each of these players related something funny about their coach. Coach Embree had all of the freshmen present stand to be acknowledged by the crowd. It was their first but won't be their last visit to the Luncheon. Coach also wanted all present at the game to make a lot of noise so it seemed like a home game.
We wanted to thank the volunteers that made this event a big success. Mason and Phillip Schumacher, Jim Ziegler, Rose Gilbert, Charlie Whitaker, Dennis Greenfield, Tom Courson, Ed Mead, James Graham, Nelson and Laurie Miner, Henry Lopez, Jeff Abrams, Pat Grimes, John Hunter and Gerad Bergrud.
- Ed Mead
Track Team Equipment
The Boulder Buff Club prides itself on being involved with all sports at the University of Colorado. We asked head track coach Mark Wetmore if there was any way we could assist his program for the upcoming year. He said they were looking at upgrading their hurdles and Steeplechase barriers. The BBC along with funds from "The friends and Family of Emma Coburn" purchased the equipment Coach Wetmore requested.
Coach Wetmore's note of thanks to the Boulder Buff Club:
Boulder Buff Club,
I have been remiss in not already thanking you for the most useful gift which we already have in place... and have used in our two home meets this year. The equipment arrived in March. It is everything we hoped for.
We knew what to expect with the hurdles, and indeed they are a perfect match for the ones we already have (so the whole straightaway looks consistent and professional when the 110m hurdle race is about to begin). Now we have enough total hurdles to have not only the straightaway set up, but the oval ready to go for the 400m hurdles without having to race around moving heavy stacks.
One never knows what to expect with steeplechase barrier orders because they are sort of "made to order". But these are the best there is... easily moved, easily adjusted for height and even surfaced in the same rubber (mondo) as our track. With the rubber coating on the "bar" spiked shoes are much less likely to slip, thus minimizing accidents. As you may know, the #1 NCAA Women's Steeplechaser (CU's own Emma Coburn) is presently training over them, as is the #1 USA men's runner, our assistant coach Billy Nelson. We look like a top flight operation.
On behalf of the team members and staff please extend my most sincere thanks to the Boulder Buff Club and board members for your kind and practical gift.


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Stan Druckenmiller: 'Do I Have A Competitive Advantage Left?'
Macro swings in markets are confounding even the veterans.
Stan Druckenmiller, a one-time chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management, says that investing is becoming harder for him, "because the importance of my skills is receding". According to an interview with Goldman Sachs on Zerohedge, Druckenmiller, who famously "broke the Bank of England" with George Soros when they shorted British pound sterling in 1992, said:
"My strength is economic forecasting, but that only works in free markets, when markets are smarter than people. That's how I started. I watched the stock market, how equities reacted to change in levels of economic activity and I could understand how price signals worked and how to forecast them. Today, all these price signals are compromised and I'm seriously questioning whether I have any competitive advantage left."
Druckenmiller, chairman and chief executive of Duquesne Family Office, says he finds himself in a world he doesn't recognize:
"Ten years ago, if the stock market had done what it has just done now, I could practically guarantee you that growth was going to accelerate. Now, it's a possibility, but I would rather say that the market is rigged and people are chasing these assets, without growth necessarily backing confidence. It's not predicting anything the way it used to and that really makes me reconsider my ability to generate superior returns."
Throw market manipulation into the mix and things get really confusing, says Druckenmiller: "If the most important price in the most important economy in the world is being rigged, and everything else is priced off it, what am I supposed to read into other price movements?"
Global macro managers bet on big economic trends and policy decisions. But many have found it difficult to time the frequent ups and downs of markets in which swings are often driven by announcements from politicians or central bankers.
Druckenmiller is not alone. In November Geoff Grant, founder of U.S. hedge fund manager Grant Capital, said that he was shutting down because he decided his global macro strategy didn't have an "edge" in today's markets.
Other global macro managers have been caught out recently by a sharp reversal in markets. A popular macro trade this year to capitalize on Abenomics, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus package, has been long Japan's Nikkei index and short the Yen.
But several hedge funds were caught out earlier this month when the Nikkei plunged and the Yen rallied against the dollar amid signs that the U.S. Federal Reserve could taper down its bond purchases, according to investors who declined to name the funds.
Harriet Agnew is a reporter for Financial News in London and tweets at @HarrietAgnew.


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Id love to see that but do you think it is possible? We would have free cap space by then HOPEFULLY but id hate for us to waste that cap space on something that will never happen. LeBron is a Cav' will he stay that way forever???
There is a clause in LeBron's contract that will pay him more by endorsers if he plays for one of the 3 top NBA markets. LeBron in New York would be the biggest New York sports story since Reggie Jackson or the Ali-Frazier Fight of the Century in 1971.
Id love to see that but do you think it is possible? We would have free cap space by then HOPEFULLY but id hate for us to waste that cap space on something that will never happen. LeBron is a Cav' will he stay that way forever???
When you have a player like LeBron anything is possible. He will look for the biggest challenge and to make history. LeBron will be the Dunkadelic $$$-Man in the NBA. The most money will be in New York.
We have no money to offer him though. Unless he makes more money through endorsements like you said he would (which is true)...will it be enough to cover for the low money we'd be offering for him? I hope so because Id love to see him in NY!!!
A playerf like LeBron needs a grand stage. If Karl Malone was in New York his star would shine brighter. If Derek Jeter was in Oakland would he be the Jeter we know him as. LeBron is like Jordan and Ali the biggerthe stage the better.LeBron Dunkadelic $$$-Man will be in NewYork, I guarantee it.
Ill hold you to that
LeBron's numbers are just insane!
This kid is only 20!
The knicks need to let Tim's and Penny's contract expire and in 2006/07 offer LeBron $25mil - $30mil a season.
All I know is money talks and bull$hit walks!
One of my boys was telling me that the reason why Isiah is holding on to Baker and signed him for so much was because he wanted to have a good relationship with Baker's Agent, Goodwin.....who lo and behold is LeBron's agent.
As an agent, you have the ability to persuade ur client to take the best possible deal.....in the end the decision is LeBron's but as we all know, the reason people hire agents is to ensure that they help them to make the right decisions.
So with Isiah having a powerful ally in Goodwin - you never know how much he can manipulate James in thinking this is the best deal of his life.
wow, isiah is a genius if that is the truth


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Nero and Dillon Francis continued their progression from underground "jungle music" to arena rock Thursday night at Red Rocks, headlining the HARD Red Rocks festival.
Nero, which consists of Daniel Stephens, Joseph Ray and singer Alana Watson, are famous for the towering arcade machine DJ platform they bring to live shows. This time, it was a huge cassette deck, complete with As soon as the unit "booted up," the crowd locked in and stayed that way for the next hour-plus.
The band's obsession with house and disco grooves ("Must Be the Feeling;" "Reaching Out") and decidedly un-dubstep respect for clean, sharp vocals worked perfectly in the live show, adding just enough of a rock concert vibe to keep the crowd focused on the two men making the music. Watson flickered in and out of the spotlight throughout the show, keeping the crowd guessing. Her first appearance, strolling without preamble to center stage just a few minutes into the set, was electrifying.
Earlier, Los Angeles-based producer Dillon Francis leaned hard into his "moombahcore" roots, showing off even more of his reggaeton influences. While pixel-art cats, hot dogs and ex-presidents boogied on the screen behind him, he threw down a steady stream of dubstep beats glossed with reggae party vocals. Though his one-man show seemed to overstay its welcome by about fifteen minutes -- let's face it, Francis's music is built for sweaty L.A. clubs, not the wide-open spaces of Red Rocks -- the visuals alone were enough to hold the crowd's attention.


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Independent Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders has questioned whether Hillary Clinton would be a good president leading into the 2016 elections.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) has suggested that he could run for president in 2016 if there was enough support from a grassroots movement, and has been a strong voice for workers and the middle class for years. During an interview Monday with Yahoo News, Sanders was asked what he thought about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the possibility of her running for the White House in 2016. "What is her agenda? I don't know. You don't know. She hasn't said," Sanders stated, stopping short of a direct criticism of the proposed Democratic front runner.
Sanders made sure to back peddle and give credit where credit was due of Clinton, but left the door open for his own possibly entry into the race where he drew a clear line between himself and other candidates.
"She has accomplished a lot of very positive things in her career, but I'm not quite sure that the political process is one in which we anoint people...I don't know that she is running, and I don't know what she will say if she runs...And I'm not running against Hillary Clinton. I'm telling you is this country has more serious problems today than any time since the great depression — those are the real issues."
Sanders considers himself a Democratic Socialist and maintains that biggest problem facing the United States and the American people is the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of the country. Sanders notes that income inequality has widened in the United States that it's quickly becoming an oligarchy.
"You have today in America more income and wealth inequality than any time in this country since 1928 and more than any major country in the world...So, you got the top one percent owning 38 percent of the wealth in America. Do you know what the bottom 60 percent own? 2.3 percent...You know what that is? That's called oligarchy."
Sen. Bernie Sanders has held that position since 2007, and before that was the Representative of Vermont's At-large district since 1991.
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Two are from women's track, one from men's.
May 26, 1998
PULLMAN, Wash. - Three Washington State spring sports student-athletes have been honored with selections to the 1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII teams.
Track and field competitors Kristen Koch, Molly Moore, and Matt Stadelman were named to the Women's and Men's Spring At-Large Teams. Ten student-athletes are selected for each team with Academic All-American honors accorded based on a minimum 3.20 cumulative grade point average, being a starter or important reserve and be in their second season at the current school.
Koch is a senior jumper from Renton, Wash., has a 3.72 GPA in her zoology/pre-med major. Koch placed fifth at the Pac-10 Track Championships last weekend and has a lifetime-best mark of 41 feet, 1/4 inch, fourth-best in school history.
Moore is a junior thrower from Kalispell, Mont., carries a 3.75 GPA in her biology major. Moore holds the school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 172-3 which is an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. Moore finished sixth in the hammer and 10th in the shot put at the 1998 Pac-10 Track & Field Championships. She received the WSU YMCA Athletic Director's Female Athlete Award for the 1997-98 school year and has been selected as WSU's representative to the 1998 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference May25-26 at Disney World.
Stadelman is a senior javelin thrower from Ephrata, Wash. Stadelman graduated from WSU this year with a 3.63 GPA in mathematics, after spending all four years in the Honors Program. He placed third at the 1998 Pac-10 Track & Field Championships and his lifetime-best toss of 224 feet, seven inches is 20th nationally this season. Stadelman received the WSU YMCA Athletic Director's Male Athlete Award for the 1997-98 school year. Stadelman earned second team GTE Dist. VIII Academic All-American honors last year.
The district selections will be placed on the national ballots and the 1998 GTE Academic All-America At-Large Teams will be announced Thursday, June 18. The GTE Academic All-America teams are selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).


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vintage song obsession: styrofoam's remix of "the postman" (winter 2002-2003)
You know my current song obsessions but what was I obsessed with months and years ago? Here's one answer.
Before I got into college radio and before there were music blogs, I found new music on Epitonic. I'd literally spend hours browsing through the mp3s one could download for free and listen in. I still remember the first time I heard Pinback's "Loro" on there. A friend of mine liked American Analog Set so I went on Epitonic and found this remix of "the Postman".
This was before the Postal Service's album came out, but after listening to the Notwist's Neon Golden, which I'd purchased the previous summer, I was warmed up to the idea of some electronic elements in my indie pop. This song's heavy and glitchy beats somehow seemed to work well with the whispery vocals of Andrew Kenny. I started listening to it a lot.
It got to the point where I played it so often on my radio show that friends that were casual listeners were asking why I was playing it so much.
American Analog Set – the Postman (Styrofoam Remix)
Styrofoam is playing at the Cafe du Nord next Tuesday. Here are the details:
6/11 Styrofoam, Broken Spindles, Ravens and Chimes @ Cafe du Nord, 7:30pm, $10, 21+
This track appeared on American Analog Set's Updates EP, which you can get at insound. You can also still get the track from Epitonic.


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text: gov.noaa.csc.maps:2004_FL_SWFWMD_Lake_Hancock_m76 eng; USA utf8 dataset Mike Sutherland DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers of Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 303-497-6120 303-497-6513 325 Broadway E/GC1 Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA firstname.lastname@example.com 7:30am-5:00pm Mountain author 2013-05-07 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) point North American Datum 1983 NAD83 2007-01-19 revision http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269 NAD83 Link to Geographic Markup Language (GML) description of reference system. information resourceProvider European Petroleum Survey Group http://www.epsg-registry.org/ European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269 Ellipsoid in Meters Local Vertical Reference 2004 Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) Lidar: Lake Hancock District 2005-05-20 publication DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce 843-740-1200 2234 South Hobson Ave. Charleston SC 29405-2413 email@example.com http://coast.noaa.gov originator Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) originator DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce 843-740-1200 2234 South Hobson Ave. Charleston SC 29405-2413 email@example.com http://coast.noaa.gov publisher imageDigital The Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) LAS dataset is a survey of select areas within Southwest Florida. These data were produced for the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD). This metadata record describes the ortho & LIDAR mapping of Lake Hancock, in Polk County, FL. The mapping consists of LIDAR data collection, contour generation, and production of natural color orthophotography with a 1ft pixel using imagery collected with a Wild RC-30 Aerial Camera. The Southwest Florida Water Management District uses topographic information to support regulatory, land management and acquisition, planning, engineering, and habitat restoration projects. The purpose of this mapping project is to create and deliver digital terrain models (DTM), capable of generating one-foot contours and to produce orthophotography at a 200'. Acknowledgement of the Southwest Florida Water Management District would be appreciated in products derived from these data. completed Mapping and GIS Section Southwest Florida Water Management District 352.796.7211 352.540.6018 2379 Broad Street Brooksville Florida 34604 USA 8:00 am - 5:00 pm pointOfContact unknown Bathymetry/Topography Aerial Photography LIDAR Digital Terrain Model (DTM) Contours Digital Orthophotography theme EDI Thesaurus US Florida Southwest Florida Gulf Coast Polk County Lake Hancock place Geographic Names Information System These data depict the elevations at the time of the survey and are only accurate for that time. Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. Any conclusions drawn from analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA or any of its partners. These data are NOT to be used for navigational purposes. While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. Lidar Final Report Citation URL ftp://ftp.csc.noaa.gov/pub/crs/beachmap/qa_docs/fl/swfwmd/Lake_Hancock_Report_Topographic_Survey.pdf Lidar Final Report information crossReference vector eng; USA elevation -081.992800 -081.747900 27.892000 28.166600 2004-02-02 LAZ DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce 843-740-1200 2234 South Hobson Ave. Charleston SC 29405-2413 firstname.lastname@example.com http://coast.noaa.gov distributor The National Geophysical Data Center serves as the archive for this LIDAR data. NGDC should only be contacted for this data if it cannot be obtained from NOAA Coastal Services Center. Mike Sutherland DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers of Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 303-497-6120 303-497-6513 325 Broadway E/GC1 Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA firstname.lastname@example.com 7:30am-5:00pm Mountain distributor The National Geophysical Data Center serves as the archive for this LIDAR dataset. NGDC should only be contacted for the data if it cannot be obtained from NOAA Coastal Services Center. dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report The digital orthophotos fully comply with NMAS standards for production of orthophotos at a horizontal natural ratio of 1 to 2,400 with a ground pixel resolution of 1 foot. 110 cm (3.6 ft) horizontal accuracy at the 95% confidence level, not tested. Vertical Positional Accuracy Report The digital elevation model is fully compliant with National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA) published by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) in 1998. The NSSDA uses root-mean-square error (RMSE) to estimate positional accuracy. RMSE is the square root of the average of the set of squared differences between dataset coordinate values and coordinate values from an independent source of higher accuracy for identical points. Accuracy is reported in ground distances at the 95% confidence level. Accuracy reported at the 95% confidence level means that 95% of the positions in the dataset will have an error with respect to true ground position that is equal to or smaller than the reported accuracy value. The reported accuracy value reflects all uncertainties, including those introduced by geodetic control coordinates, compilation, and final computation of ground coordinate values in the product. The intended vertical accuracy of this project is 17.98 cm (0.59-feet) (95% confidence level) vertical. RMSE=9.144 cm (0.3-feet) for unobscured ground points, not tested. The following software is used for validation of the 1. Aerotriangulation - Photo-T, ISAT 2. DTM data - Z/I Imaging SSK 3. Digital Orthophotography - Z/I Imaging OrthoPro Compliance with the accuracy standard was ensured by the placement of GPS ground control prior to the acquisition of aerial photography. The following checks were performed. 1. The ground control and airborne GPS data stream were validated through a fully analytical bundle aerotriangulation adjustment. The residuals of the adjustment met the required standards for accuracy which are 1 part in 10,000 of the flying height for the horizontal position (X and Y) and 1 part in 9,000 or better of the flying height in elevation (Z). 2. The DTM (Digital Terrain Model) data were checked against the project control. The technician visited and confirmed the accuracy of the project mass points during initial compilation. 3. Digital orthophotography was validated through an inspection of edge matching and visual inspection for image quality. New ground control was established to control and orient the photography, and included both photo-identifiable features and artificial targets. The ground control network and airborne GPS data was integrated into a rigid network through the completion of a fully analytical bundle aerotriangulation adjustment. 1. The original aerial film was scanned at a resolution of 1,210 DPI. The scans were produced using Z/I Imaging PhotoScan flatbed metric scanners. Each unit has a positional accuracy of 1.5 microns and a radiometric resolution of 1,024 gray levels for each of three color layers. 2. The raster scans were given a preliminary visual check on the scanner workstation to ensure that the raster file size is correct and to verify that the tone and contrast were acceptable. A directory tree structure for the project was established on one of the workstations. This project was then accessed by other workstations through the network. The criteria used for establishment of the directory structure and file naming conventions accessed through the network avoids confusion or errors due to inconsistencies in digital data. The project area was defined using the relevant camera information that was obtained from the USGS camera calibration report for the aerial camera and the date of photography. The raster files were rotated to the correct orientation for mensuration on the softcopy workstation. The rotation of the raster files was necessary to accommodate different flight directions from one strip to the next. The technician verified that the datum and units of measurement for the supplied control were consistent with the project requirements. 3. The photogrammetric technician performed an automatic interior orientation for the frames in the project area. The softcopy systems that were used by the technicians have the ability to set up predefined fiducial templates for the aerial camera(s) used for the project. Using the template that was predefined in the interior orientation setup, the software identified and measured the eight fiducial positions for all the frames. Upon completion, the results were reviewed against the tolerance threshold. Any problems that occurred during the automatic interior orientation would cause the software to reject the frame and identify it as a potential problem. The operator then had the option to measure the fiducials manually. 4. The operator launched the point selection routine which automatically selected pass and tie points by an autocorrelation process. The correlation tool that is part of the routine identified the same point of contrast between multiple images in the Von Gruber locations. The interpolation tool can be adjusted by the operator depending on the type of land cover in the triangulation block. Factors that influence the settings include the amount of contrast and the sharpness of features present on the photography. A preliminary adjustment was run to identify pass points that had high residuals. This process was accomplished for each flight line or partial flight line to ensure that the network has sufficient levels of accuracy. The points were visited and the cause for any inaccuracy was identified and rectified. This process also identified any gaps where the point selection routine failed to establish a point. The operator interactively set any missing points. 5. The control and pass point measurement data was run through a final adjustment on the Z/I SSK PhotoT workstations. The PhotoT program created a results file with the RMSE results for all points within the block and their relation to one another. The photogrammetrist performing the adjustments used their experience to determine what course of action to take for any point falling outside specifications. 6. The bundle adjustment was run through the PhotoT software several times. The photogrammetrist increased the accuracy parameters for each subsequent iteration so, when the final adjustment was run, the RMSE for the project met the accuracy of 1 part in 10,000 of the flying height for the horizontal position (X and Y) and 1 part in 9,000 or better of the flying height in elevation (Z). The errors were expressed as a natural ratio of the flying height utilizing a one-sigma (95%) confidence level. 7. The accuracy of the final solution was verified by running the final adjustment, placing no constraints on any quality control points. The RMSE values for these points must fall within the tolerances above for the solution to be acceptable. 8. The final adjustment generates three files. The .txt file has all the results from the adjustment with the RMSE values for each point measured. The .XYZ file contains the adjusted X, Y, Z coordinates for all the measured points and the .PHT file contains the exterior orientation parameters of each exposure station. 2004-07-27T00:00:00 Raquel Charrois EarthData International Project Manager 301-948-8550 7320 Executive Way Frederick Maryland 21704 email@example.com processor EarthData has developed a unique method for processing lidar data to identify and remove elevation points falling on vegetation, buildings, and other aboveground structures. The algorithms for filtering data were utilized within EarthData's proprietary software and commercial software written by TerraSolid. This software suite of tools provides efficient processing for small to large-scale, projects and has been incorporated into ISO 9001 compliant production work flows. The following is a step-by-step breakdown of the process. 1. Using the lidar data set provided by EarthData, the technician performs calibrations on the data set. 2. Using the lidar data set provided by EarthData, the technician performed a visual inspection of the data to verify that the flight lines overlap correctly. The technician also verified that there were no voids, and that the data covered the project limits. The technician then selected a series of areas from the dataset and inspected them where adjacent flight lines overlapped. These overlapping areas were merged and a process which utilizes 3-D Analyst and EarthData's proprietary software was run to detect and color code the differences in elevation values and profiles. The technician reviewed these plots and located the areas that contained systematic errors or distortions that were introduced by the lidar sensor. 3. Systematic distortions highlighted in step 2 were removed and the data was re-inspected. Corrections and adjustments can involve the application of angular deflection or compensation for curvature of the ground surface that can be introduced by crossing from one type of land cover to another. 4. The lidar data for each flight line was trimmed in batch for the removal of the overlap areas between flight lines. The data was checked against a control network to ensure that vertical requirements were maintained. Conversion to the client-specified datum and projections were then completed. The lidar flight line data sets were then segmented into adjoining tiles for batch processing and data management. 5. The initial batch-processing run removed 95% of points falling on vegetation. The algorithm also removed the points that fell on the edge of hard features such as structures, elevated roadways and bridges. 6. The operator interactively processed the data using lidar editing tools. During this final phase the operator generated a TIN based on a desired thematic layer to evaluate the automated classification performed in step 5. This allowed the operator to quickly re-classify points from one layer to another and recreate the TIN surface to see the effects of edits. Geo-referenced images were toggled on or off to aid the operator in identifying problem areas. The data was also examined with an automated profiling tool to aid the operator in the reclassification. 6. The data was separated into a bare-earth DEM. A grid-fill program was used to fill data voids caused by reflective objects such as buildings and vegetation. The final DEM was written to an ASCII XYZ and LAS format. 7. The reflective surface data was also delivered in ASCII XYZ and LAS format. 8. Final TIN files are created and delivered. 2004-10-26T00:00:00 Raquel Charrois EarthData International Project Manager 301-948-8550 7320 Executive Way Frederick Maryland 21704 firstname.lastname@example.com processor This process describes the method used to compile breaklines to support the lidar digital elevation model data. Around the perimeter of the lidar data set to complete the surface model, breaklines were photogrammetrically derived. The following step-by-step procedures were utilized for breakline development. The breakline file contains three dimensionally accurate line strings describing topographical features. The relationship of lidar points to breaklines will vary depending on the complexity and severity of the terrain. Breaklines were collected where necessary to support the final product. Examples of some such locations include along the edges of roads, stream banks and centerlines, ridges, and other features where the slope of the terrain changes. 1. Using the imagery provided by EarthData Aviations, breakline data was captured in the MicroStation environment, which allowed the photogrammetrist to see graphically where each lidar X, Y, and Z point and any breaklines fall in relation to each other. This unique approach allowed for interactive editing of the breakline by the photogrammetrist. The technician generated a set of temporary contours for the stereo model in the ZI work environment to provide further guidance on the breakline placement. The technician added and/or repositioned breaklines to improve the accuracy as required. Once these processes were completed, the temporary guidance contours were deleted, and the data were passed to the editing department for quality control and formatting. 4. The breakline data set was then put into an ESRI shape file format 5. The 1 foot contours were generated in Microstation (using 2 foot specifications) with an overlay software package called TerraSolid. Within TerraSolid, the module TerraModeler was utilized to first create the tin and then a color relief was created to view for any irregularities before the contour generator was run. The contours were checked for accuracy over the DTM and then the Index contours were annotated. At this point the technician identified any areas of heavy tree coverage by collecting obscure shapes. Any contours that were found within these shapes do not meet Map Accuracy Standards and are coded as obscure. The dataset was viewed over the orthos before the final conversion. The contours were then converted to Arc/Info where final QC AMLs were run to verify that no contours were crossing. The contours were delivered in shp format as a merged file. 2004-12-10T00:00:00 Raquel Charrois EarthData International Project Manager 301-948-8550 7320 Executive Way Frederick Maryland 21704 email@example.com processor The NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC) received the files in LAS format. The files contained Lidar intensity and elevation measurements. The data was in Florida State Plane Projection and NAVD88 vertical datum. CSC performed the following processing to the data to make it available within the LDART Retrieval Tool (LDART): 1. The data were converted from Florida State Plane West coordinates to geographic coordinates. 2. The data were converted from NAVD88 (orthometric) heights to GRS80 (ellipsoid) heights using Geoid 03. 3. The LAS data were sorted by latitude and the headers were updated. 2008-01-25T00:00:00 DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce 843-740-1200 2234 South Hobson Ave. Charleston SC 29405-2413 email@example.com http://coast.noaa.gov processor The NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) received lidar data files via ftp transfer from the NOAA Coastal Services Center. The data are currently being served via NOAA CSC Digital Coast at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/. The data can be used to re-populate the system. The data are archived in LAS or LAZ format. The LAS format is an industry standard for LiDAR data developed by the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS); LAZ is a loseless compressed version of LAS developed by Martin Isenburg (http://www.laszip.org/). The data are exclusively in geographic coordinates (either NAD83 or ITRF94). The data are referenced vertically to the ellipsoid (either GRS80 or ITRF94), allowing for the ability to apply the most up to date geoid model when transforming to orthometric heights. 2009-07-20T00:00:00 Pamela Grothe DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Contact Data Center processor Source Contribution: Ground Control Data. Kevin Chappell, a Florida PSM, under contract to EarthData International established 27 aerial targets and photo identifiable ground control points prior to aerial imagery acquisition. The points were surveyed using GPS for both vertical and horizontal coordinate values. Ground control references Florida West State Plane NAD83, NAVD88 both in Meters. Source Type: Electronic mail system 1200 Report of Survey of Lake Hancock/Winter Haven Polk County, FL 2004-07-23 publication Kevin J. Chappell, PSM originator documentDigital 2004-04-26 2004-04-27 Source Contribution: Aerial Photography. The aerial photographic mission was composed of a total of 613 exposures in 19 North-South oriented flight lines. Photography was obtained at an altitude of 4,100 feet above mean terrain. Aerial photography was exposed in conjunction with airborne GPS; the stationary GPS receiver was positioned over a control point located at the airport. Aerial photography was exposed on natural color negative film using Wild RC-30 camera 5086, with 153.277 mm (6 inch) focal length lens cone number 13112. Photography was exposed on Agfa X-100 film, emulsion number 67663036. Source Type: Filmstrip Lake Hancock Aerial Photography 2004-09-02 publication EarthData Aviation, LLC originator profileDigital 2004-03-08 Source Contribution: Aerial Lidar Acquisition. The LIDAR acquisition for Lake Hancock was acquired in two sorties using the Leica ALS40 sensor. The data was acquired at a flying height of 6,000 feet AMT with a scan rate of 26 Hz and a 25 degree field of view. Source Type: Fire wire LIDAR Acquisition of Lake Hancock 2004-05-01 publication EarthData Aviations originator profileDigital 2004-02-02 2004-02-03 annually 2014-05-07 This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2013-01-04 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 for LiDAR transform. Translated from FGDC 2013-05-07T15:16:56.702-06:00 Last Metadata Review Date: 2011-11-19


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In many ways, housing is the foundation of an economy. It's difficult to attract workers -- skilled or otherwise -- to a growing economy, or keep them, if there's nowhere for them to live.
Calgary Chamber of Commerce President Adam Legge gets this.
In a blogpost on the Calgary Chamber website, Legge makes a very cogent point: housing shortages are hurting Calgary's economy. And when it should be getting better, instead it's getting worse:
"The rental vacancy rate in Calgary is essentially at zero – 0.3% – in other words rental accommodations are near impossible to come by. And it's getting worse. This last year we actually lost more than 270 units out of the rental supply, the 10th consecutive year of declining rental stock in Calgary. It was bad before the flood, but the flood took existing inventory out of the market and pushed a whole new group of families out looking into an already limited pool of accommodation."
This has some very stark consequences:
"This causes challenges in a number of forms. First it drives up rents. Second, it has, anecdotally, led to some unfortunate business practices by some of Calgary's less scrupulous landlords. Third, it is major problem for Calgary businesses as it impairs Calgary's ability to continue to attract new workers to the city – for where will they live?"
So, Calgary needs housing. Not necessarily whatever can be built wherever it can be built, but awfully close.
Someone should send Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi the memo. Or set an alarm clock. While judging from his words one may think he's gotten the message, he's still asleep in an ideological dreamland. Instead of getting the ball rolling in terms of getting a sufficient number of new housing builds on the go he's instead been holding out for developments that adhere to his own ideological vision -- focusing on the mostly-ideological concern of "urban sprawl" -- and openly antagonizing developers.
While the idea of mandatory inclusionary zoning -- a requirement that developers include a percentage low-income housing as a precondition of their build permits -- might sound like a good idea to those who favour the government forcing its will on developers, it's a disincentive to developers. Like rent control, it actually shrinks the availability of housing and drives up prices for everyone else. There are better solutions available that utilize the tools of, rather than trample, the free market -- such as housing coops.
While Calgary doesn't currently have the power to enforce mandatory inclusionary zoning, Nenshi has hinted that he will approach the province for the power to do so.
But perhaps Nenshi's greatest contribution to Calgary's housing crisis has been his open antagonism toward developers. Nenshi made decisions that effectively made political opponents out of developers. Then when developers began to organize against him politically, his personal sense of entitlement led him to some acting out that has landed him in some rather hot water.
Calgary needs solutions and needs them as immediately as possible. If Mayor Nenshi can set his ego aside long enough to actually work with developers the city may find them in time. If not, forget about it.
The real Calgary housing crisis is Naheed Nenshi's over-inflated ego.


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Any Musicians, or Law Enforcement officials, my son's house was burglarized in Nashville sometime Friday.
They took a big screen TV, Apple laptop computer, DVD player, digital camera, and worst of all his prize posession,
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Peppermint is one of the oldest known herbs. In fact, it has been found in 3000 year old Egyptian tombs. The Japanese cultivated it 2000 years ago as a source of menthol and it is still used today as the primariry ingredient in many commercial medicinal remedies. Peppermint has been known to relieve gastrointestinal disorders, local aches and pains, and to reduce stress. This peppermint will take your breath away. Very flavorful and certified Kosher.
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How do you export an .glm model from "assets0.pk3" into a .xsi file? I noticed modelers around here dont help, but gloat about what they have made and would appreciate some help as I have come this far by myself. I made my self a Guad head for fun within the hour so Im happy at the moment. Can crossroads do it?


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Although survivalists are usually portrayed as paranoid conspiracy theorists by the main stream media, during a crisis they are heroes.
Take a look at this poster. The U.S. Department of Agriculture printed and distributed it during the Great Depression. At that time the country was suffering terribly and soup kitchens were being stretched to the limit. There was a desperate need for regular people to pick up the slack, so the government actually encouraged them to raise chickens, grow gardens, and can food. Nowadays, local governments are actually trying to stop people from growing gardens on their own property or arresting them for harvesting rainwater from their own roofs.
There was a time when everyone was expected to be a "survivalist." If there was a disaster or a long-term crisis, people were expected to take care of themselves and each other because it wasn't possible for the government to take care of everyone. But now that we have things like welfare and Medicaid, few people bother to be self-reliant because they think if something terrible happens, someone else will help them. The problem with this attitude is that one day the government won't be able to take care of everyone, and communities may rely on those "crazy preppers" for survival. The more preppers there are, the easier it will be on everyone.
Consider FEMA's pathetic response after hurricane Katrina. Governments tend to be slow and inefficient, particularly in situations like that. But if average citizens all had a 72-hour kits with food and water purifiers, there wouldn't have been near as much suffering. For every survivalist, there is one less person waiting in line for food or water, which makes life easier for everyone.
Consider a couple other areas of survivalism where everyone benefits. When more people have first aid kits and know how to use them, less people die because the hospitals aren't as overwhelmed. Or when people have guns to defend their homes, the police won't be spread too thin.
The point of all this is that the world needs survivalists. There are certain to be more disasters, and I'm positive another economic crisis is coming. But if you're able to take care of yourself, you won't be a drain on others and society will recover more quickly. You might even say it's your civic duty to be more self-reliant, as the Department of Agriculture once believed.


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I have a wireless device under the name
wlan0 in Ubuntu 13.10. I want to change the configuration of a network to be found in the following directory
I would like to do the following:
- Stop the wireless connection
- Change the configuration of a network in the mentioned path
- Restart the connection
How to do that? I tried
ifdown, but this command tells me that
wlan0 is not configured, and I tried
nmcli c up/down, but this command does not seem to 'reread' the changed configuration?
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Colin Leander Branch
Position: DB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 203 lbs.
Born: March 2, 1980 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Carlsbad
College: Stanford (school history) (Branch college stats)
Drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the 4th round (119th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 10 (7143rd overall since 1950)
Relatives: Brother of Calvin Branch
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Re: [groovy-dev] Bruce Eckel's talk & easier unit testing...
On 13 Jul 2004, at 11:35, Jakob Praher wrote: > Am Die, den 13.07.2004 schrieb jastrachan@... um 11:11: >> While watching Bruce Eckel's talk >> >> http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0055 >> > I saw that too. Great talk, I liked the discussion of generics and > dynamic typing stuff. Agreed - it put me even further off generics - too much complexity for too little gain. What with nicer iteration syntax to hide the casts (which dynamic typing does too) we mostly just need cardinality metadata. (reflection on 1-many relationships in beans). >> it got me thinking that it'd be really cool to be able to type >> something like the following and use it as a unit test case... >> >> foo = new Foo(123) >> foo.doSomething("hello") >> assert foo.cheese == "cheddar" > > I think this is good. > >> >> i.e. just write a chunk of code as being an individual unit test case. >> This works fine for real simple stuff - if you want to get complex, >> write a class with setUp() / tearDown() methods and the like. The >> tricky thing is the above script won't generate a class which is-a >> JUnit TestCase and so if this were compiled to bytecode the usual >> JUnit >> test runner tools might not pick it up. > > you could write a SimpleGroovyTestletTestCaseWrapper or something like > that. this TestCase looks like > > class TestCaseWrapper extends junit.framework.TestCase { > > GroovyObject groovyObject; > > public void setUp( ) { > // load groovyObject from Systemproperty > String fileName = System.getProperty( "GUNIT" ); > } > > public void testIt( ) { > // run the groovyObject .... > } > > } > > java TestRunner -DGUNIT=foo/bar.groovy Agreed. We've already got the GroovyTestSuite class which can do this... http://groovy.codehaus.org/Unit+Testing Which up to now only worked if the groovy script implemented TestCase (e.g. extending from GroovyTestCase) I've gone ahead and patched it so that you can pass along any groovy script and its ran as a single Test inside JUnit. e.g. java groovy.util.GroovyTestSuite -Dtest=src/test/groovy/UnitTestAsScript.groovy which is a nice workaround for now. Works fine in an IDE. > Or one could do it as you said with byte code manipulation, which > shouldn't be too hard, since the only thing that must be adapted is the > file name .... agreed > >> >> I'm wondering if this actually matters. e.g. we could run this from >> the >> command line whenever we like... >> >> groovy MyTest.groovy >> >> and if we get any exceptions, then its failed :). In this case the >> script = 1 test, so there's no real need to use a TestCase etc. So >> maybe we could have a form of the Ant <junit> task which as well as >> looking for TestCase instances, could also gracefully handle scripts >> as >> above, which would all implement Runnable, so we just treat the run() >> method as one test etc. >> >> Though writing all that plumbing & hacking of Ant tasks doesn't sound >> like fun. So another idea could be to somehow mutate the script to be >> derived from TestCase, using some magic mechanism. e.g. if we >> supported >> AST level macros, we could maybe use a macro to change the base class >> of the script such that it actually created a TestCase with a main >> which ran the script. I guess that'd be the ideal, then it really >> would, at the bytecode level, be a TestCase and so work with any JUnit >> capable code. I'm not sure yet what the macro should look like but >> imagine its something like... > > AST level macros should be interesting. If you are able to do allow a > clear separation of macros and the core AST Parser everything is fine. > I > think one constraint on this is that it AST Macro handling should not > impede the parser performance too much. Agreed. I'm not sure yet what syntax to use either. One obvious one is to use annotations like syntax, to make clear macro calls from the rest of the language. At least it'd be familiar to Java developers; though I confess to not being super-keen on the syntax. > some ideas for a generic way of wrapping: > > wrap( Baseclass.method ) { > > > > } > > which would wrap the bytecode into a class that extends Baseclas inside > a method called "method", I think it's generic enough, on the other > hand > a clever macro stuff could be interesting. but i know a little bit the > structure of gcc, and too much magic at the parsing level will > eventually introduce many dependencies of one module on the other, and > this will harden parser improvements .... > > anyway an example: > > wrap into ( TestCase.testFoo ) { > foo = new Foo( 123 ); > foo.doSomething( "hello" ); > assert foo.cheese == "cheddar" > } > > or more elegantly: > > void TestCase.testFoo( ) { > foo = new Foo( 123 ); > foo.doSomething( "hello" ); > assert foo.cheese == "cheddar" > } > > which would "know" that this class should extend TestCase .... > > On the other hand, I don't have looked into the macro stuff. So it > perhaps is good enough to support it. Actually thats quite neat. void GroovyTestCase.testFoo() { ... // use all the groovy helper methods here ... } > is the use keywoard related to macros? Not really, at the moment it just adds new helper methods to objects. James ------- http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/


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Lisa Vanderpump and her husband Ken Todd of "Vanderpump Rules" and "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" are in the news again for their ongoing legal issues. The pair just can't catch a break when it comes to lawsuits. Now Vanderpump is making headlines because of an alleged attempt to pay off her former employee according to a Sunday report by TMZ.
Former employee of the Vanderpump restaurant Villa Blanca is suing Vanderpump, Todd and their restaurant for a total of $5 million. Karina Bustillos alleges that she was sexually harassed by the restaurant manager (whom she is also suing) and that she went to Lisa for help. Instead of taking the complaint seriously, Bustillos contends that Lisa wouldn't even listen to her complaint.
Karina Bustillos says that the restaurant manager called her names, used foul language and put his hands on her. She says he grabbed her by her wrists and twisted them. Vanderpump contends that Govia has been her employee for years and has a clean track record. She's never had complaints like this about him before.
According to Vanderpump, Bustillos is an ex-employee who had a "falling out" with Govia. She says that there is no merit to the suit and that the woman is just trying to make a quick buck. When asked about the allegations Lisa told TMZ, "Of course I take that seriously. We've looked at all the cameras and there's no sexual harassment. ... This is just a disgruntled employee."
The trial is set to start Monday and Bustillos is suing for $5 million for sexual assault and battery. In an attempt to shut the whole mess down, Lisa Vanderpump offered Bustillos a chance to settle for $40,001. The offer must be accepted before the start of the trial or it will be taken off the table.
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American figure skater Ashley Wagner hit the ice in Sochi looking to prove herself. The controversy surrounding the athlete has followed her since she was awarded the position on the U.S. Olympic team. According to San Jose Mercury News on Saturday, the star is using the controversy to motivate her on the ice. Willing to showcase the best of her figure skating, it appears that Ashley Wagner has something to prove in Sochi.
Well, to the common viewer Ashley Wagner's performance for the Olympic team Figure skating on Sunday looked good, but it was impossible to miss her intense facial expressions. The athlete looked so in the zone on the ice that she probably was visualizing a perfect program. Then at the team box, her face made the moment as well. While her teammates were smiling, she was expressing how she felt.
Ashley Wagner is a winner whether she medals or not in Sochi. Her facial expressions? That's an entirely different story and Americans are going to be watching how she moves her face! The athlete has a message to share how she feels without saying a word and that's a gift to every fan watching.
Take a look at the photo slideshow of Ashley Wagner Olympic expressions during team figure skating. When going for the gold, move every muscle (including in the face) like a champion!


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Muscle Cramps (cont.)
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