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Vettel celebrates. Photo: AP/Victor R. Caviano
There's trouble at Mercedes. This weekend at Valencia was meant to be an opportunity for the team to improve on their results in Canada two weeks ago, where Schumacher in particular had a challenging time. However, once again qualifying turned into a disaster, with both drivers unable to extract enough pace from the MGP W01 to even get into the top ten.
Collectively they accumulated just one point but only as a result of several penalties handed down to other drivers, which left Rosberg in a race adjusted 10th position. Mercedes have a problem right now and Schumacher's second mediocre outing in as many races will do little to silence critics who've been hounding the German ace since Canada, fueling speculation over his position in the team, and his future in the sport.
The trouble stemmed from qualifying where again the Mercedes car turned into a lumbering clunker. Rosberg struggled to 12th spot on the grid and Schumacher was only able to grab 15th leaving it all to do in the race proper.
It was a repeat of the Canadian GP qualifying performance, but today's race was not going to allow Rosberg the chance of reclaiming multiple spots to get anywhere near fourth. "It wasn't a great race for me today and not much fun out there." admitted a disappointed Rosberg who celebrates his 25th birthday today. "I struggled for grip throughout and had to work really hard to save my brakes which completely took away the ability to challenge and try to make up positions. But we tried to look for the positives and learn something because you can always learn from any situation and use the experiences later. It's been a poor weekend from us all round and we have to try to resolve our issues and improve from here."
(Birthday wishes don't come true all the time and Nico Rosberg admitted today's performance by the Mercedes team was poor. Photo courtesy of Mercedes GP Petronas)
"What a race." noted Schumacher having brought his car in 15th. " We would like to have clarification about the safety car situation as the red light on the exit from my first pit stop destroyed a race which otherwise would have offered us very good possibilities. Our point of view is that as the safety car had passed the pits without having the cars lined up behind it, there should not have been a red light. There was a green light for a moment and then suddenly it went red again. We believe that this was not correct. Our strategy was right in that context as we took the opportunity which could have given us a finish even close to the podium."
(Michael Schumacher was a disheartening 15th today thanks to penalties again during a confusing safety car period following Webber's huge accident. Photo courtesy of Mercedes GP Petronas)
The safety car period saw several drivers penalized for not entering the pit lane within the minimum time period. Lewis Hamilton somehow overtook the safety car and suffered a drive through penalty, but the safety car period caused all kinds of pandemonium today as teams frantically brought in drivers for tires and many lost places they couldn't make up.
The drama was caused by a massive accident between Mark Webber and Heikki Kovalainen in the Lotus. Webber, having got off to a disastrous race start began clawing back places. On lap seven he struck the back of Kovalainen's car, flying into the air and landing upside down. The car righted it self on its wheels again before careening into a tire barrier. Incredibly, Webber emerged from the accident unscathed. See a Speed TV wrap of the race and that accident in detail here: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid71457653001?bctid=103904324001
Webber's team-mate, Sebastian Vettel, was able to capitalize on his position and sailed away with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in tow, to snatch his second victory of the season. Today's results clearly indicate that Red Bull and McLaren are the dominant force in the sport and have few peers right now. Ferrari, like Mercedes, had a woeful performance despite looking promising prior to the safety car. It was good to see some of the mid-pack contenders do so well, such as Williams' Rubins Barrichello in 4th, but for Mercedes fans there are questions and frustrations about the team's current performance.
It's a frustration reflected by team bosses too, with Ross Brawn angry about the penalty Schumacher received during the safety car period. "Michael was waved through and that gave us a golden opportunity to make his pit stop as our predictions were that the option tire would hold up for the remainder of the race. However, when Michael came to exit the pits, the red light was showing which cost him a significant amount of time. In our view, the regulations are clear that the exit light should not go red until the line of cars has formed behind the safety car, and we would like the FIA to look into this."
"Michael's race was ruined even though he posted quick lap times throughout the afternoon." said Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Norbert Haug. "Despite three pit stops and a long wait at the pit exit, he finished 6.5 seconds outside of the points. Nico had to look after his brakes throughout and was therefore handicapped. It's been a weekend to forget for our team but we will be stronger soon."
While these are legitimate points, the trouble too is that they are "what-if's" in a situation which is already not within your control. It's a little bit like the controversial England goal disallowed against Germany. It was an appalling decision, but it wasn't going to change the result in the grand scheme of things.
Today's results do prove the difficulty of getting the current F.1 cars set-up to work well. In the days of old great drivers could do a lot with a car that was perhaps down on power, or not quite up to scratch with others. But the finicky set-ups and the preciseness of the aerodynamic and mechanical functions of the modern F.1 cars leave little room for error. Many drivers will insist that you can be down hundreds of a second and not even know why.
The combination of factors frustrating Mercedes GP Petronas will need to be ironed out sharply before the British Grand Prix which kicks off on the 9th of July. The new and improved track has already received plenty of attention and with the Championship so close and it a home race for Button, Hamilton and numerous UK based teams, there will be a real buzz of excitement in the UK for that weekend.
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The Future is 3-D Printing
Starting this summer, I've been routinely tweeting about 3-D printing and how it's a real gamechanger. I'm not going to rehash what I've written, tweeted previously and it's all laid out much more eloquently here – Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. But I view this as a revolutionary technology that's finally ready for the masses ("Rapid Prototyping" and 3D printers have been used in industrial settings for decades now but they used to cost 6 figures; now home hackers and high school science clubs are buying them for a few hundred bucks). All the time, I think of something that I'd love to have but isn't widely demanded enough by the masses for someone else to have put it into mass production. Now, you can copy your kids' friends toys, create your own tools, design your own jewelry, fix your own stuff rather than buying new again and they're even making guns which is kind of scary (not just because they're guns, but they probably don't function very well for the owner just yet either). The bottom line is that the future is now for 3-D printing and this stock is up 285% in the past year.
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Cotton and linen scarves. Is there really, truly a need for them? Are our necks so cold even when it's 85 degrees out that we'll don scarves with our shorts and tank tops? But then again, we do plenty of other crazy things in the name of fashion... Whatever your stance on the summer scarf, you've got to admit that these Pastel Dreams Scarves ($30) at Pocketo are pretty adorable. And if you just can't get past the whole wearing around your neck in summer thing, perhaps you can tie your hair back with one!
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Waterstones Piccadilly & the Post-Apocalyptic Book Club presents…
In Coversation with James Smythe and Tania Unsworth
Dark Societies returns on Thursday 23rd January at Waterstones Piccadilly with two very special guests, authors James Smythe and Tania Unsworth.
The authors will be joined by The Post-Apocalyptic Book Club as they explore their novels The Machine, The Testimony (Smythe) and The One Safe Place (Unsworth).
With issues such as climate change, religious extremism, economic failure and poverty constantly on our minds, James and Tania will also be discussing how this translates into a near future dystopia and its role in storytelling.
As always, questions will be opened up to the floor. Books will be available to be signed after the event.
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Janel McCarville is generally not the first name that comes to mind when inquired about play-makers for the Minnesota Lynx, but her performance Sunday afternoon at Target Center was monumental.
McCarville scored a season-high 22 points to help the Lynx defeat the Seattle Storm 74-69. The veteran center made 9 of 16 shots to wipe away a meager 2-of-10 output roughly 48 hours earlier against the same Seattle (7-11) team.
"She knew when we play Seattle that post players are free to take any shot they want," said Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve. "In Seattle, it didn't work out for us. She made them tonight though."
The win was a psychological nutrient for Minnesota (12-5), who struggled offensively in two prior meetings with Seattle on the road. Prior to Sunday, the Lynx had lost five of their last nine games. With Seimone Augustus unavailable due to recurring left knee bursitis, Reeve felt the win signaled what was needed to grind out close games.
"We are understanding to exert maximum effort when you're out there. Anything less than that you lose," she said.
Strong outside shooting from McCarville and Devereaux Peters helped the Lynx control the game through the first three quarters, where they led by as much as 14.
"When the first couple go in, that always feels better. I put a little height under it and called it a day," McCarville said.
Seattle rallied back with a perimeter attack, knowing of Minnesota's vulnerabilities outside the arc. They erased a 56-47 deficit early in the fourth quarter with a 14-4 run, with a Jenna O'Hea jumper giving the Storm a 61-60 lead.
The Lynx countered by turning up their inside attack, earning crucial free throw trips in the closing minutes of regulation, but neither team could pull away until the Storm committed a costly miss with 20 seconds left. Center Angel Robinson was given a wide-open lane after McCarville ran to the top of the key to contest a possible three-point shot by O'Hea. Robinson got a clean entry pass, but the missed the point-blank layup that would have given Seattle a one-point lead. Lindsay Whalen got the rebound and sank two free throws to put the Lynx up 71-68 with 15.3 seconds remaining.
After a Seattle timeout to advance the ball, Sue Bird's inbound pass was deflected by Monica Wright. Maya Moore picked up the loose ball and clinched victory for Minnesota at the free throw line.
"In a game like this, you work like crazy to get yourself back in and give yourself a chance. We had those and we didn't take advantage of them," said Storm head coach Brian Agler.
Minnesota's rebounding was largely responsible for nullifying those chances, earning a 41-26 edge. The most notable came from McCarville in the fourth quarter, who scooped a Damiris Dantas miss at the free throw line. McCarville was summarily fouled by Camille Little and drained a pair of free throws.
Moore put in 14 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and a career-high 4 blocks for Minnesota. Peters finished with 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Sue Bird led Seattle with 21 points, 7 assists and 2 rebounds. She became the first player in WNBA history to earn over 4,000 career points, 2,000 assists and 1,000 rebounds. O'Hea added 14 points.


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Massimo Giuliodori is an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow (Scottish Doctoral Programme, 2003). He is a Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute. His papers have been published in such journals as the Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of the European Economic Association, Economic Policy, Journal of Comparative Economics and Oxford Economic Papers.


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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) has scheduled four days of public meetings starting on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 and concluding on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. MAFMC announced the meetings in the Federal Register of Thursday, July 24, 2014.
The meetings will take place at the W Washington DC hotel, 515 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20004, (202) 661-2400. If you have questions, contact MAFMC Executive Director Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., at the council, 800 N. State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901, (302) 674-2331.
MAFMC will begin its business at 2 p.m. Monday by swearing in new and reappointed members and then electing officers. Then it will discuss the Deep Sea Coral Amendment. The day concludes with an hour-long listening session starting at 5 p.m.
The council reconvenes on Tuesday at 9 a.m. The docket for the day includes the Black Sea Bass Wave 1/May 1 Opening Framework and Special Management Zone Proposed Rule and then the Research Set-Aside. The day concludes with a two-hour discussion with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASFMC) Bluefish Board about bluefish specifications. The bluefish conversation starts at 3 p.m.
Then on Wednesday, business again begins at 9 a.m. MAFMC will meet as a committee of the whole with ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup & Black Sea Bass Board to review specifications for all three species. The day concludes with a two-hour discussion about the Comprehensive Summer Flounder Amendment starting at 3 p.m.
Finally, on Thursday, the council starts work again at 9 a.m. It opens with a discussion of the Omnibus Amendment to Simplify Vessel Baselines. It will then conclude the sessions by hearing a variety of reports and taking care of any other business. The meeting is scheduled to conclude at 1 p.m.
The facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you need special help, such as a sign language interpeter, contact M. Jan Saunders at the council at (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days before the meeting.


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CES: Qualcomm boss talks up mobile innovation
Impact of mobile driving emerging nations, says Jacobs
CHIP DESIGNER Qualcomm's CEO Dr Paul Jacobs has set his company's sights on developing nations and emerging markets.
Speaking at his keynote address at CES, Jacobs said that the company expects more than half of smartphone sales to come from emerging markets by 2015.
Much of that growth is expected to come from China, where Qualcomm estimates some 300 million people now rely on mobile devices as their primary source for internet access. Additionally, Qualcomm has identified India, Brazil and Southeast Asia as target markets.
To help serve those markets, Jacobs said the company has undertaken programmes to help build local economies, such as providing tablets to local schools and selling mobile phones to entrepreneurs who then rent out minutes and data access to other residents.
While such mobility campaigns have been around for years through charitable efforts, Qualcomm also sees the programmes as helping to build a customer base in rapidly expanding markets.
"Mobile will be one of, if not the biggest driver of innovation and growth in years ahead," Jacobs said.
"For many people mobile is the primary way they connect to the internet, and for some in emerging countries it is the only way."
One key component to that strategy will be Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip. That mobile processor chip combines a multi-core ARM CPU with a GPU to provide a complete low-power processor for mobile devices.
While the Snapdragon processor has primarily seen deployment in high-end smartphones, Qualcomm soon expects the chip to make its way into a full range of phones, tablets and netbooks. The company estimates that some 350 Snapdragon devices, ranging from low-cost to high-end systems, are presently in development.
Jacobs also expects Snapdragon's reach to grow with the upcoming release of the ARM-compatible Windows 8 and the Snapdragon S4 chipset.
"Snapdragon S4 will drive the next gen of smart devices," declared Jacobs. "It is going to be powering your smartphone, your TV and your ultra-portable notebook." µ
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You hear a new song. Will it be a hit or a flop? Researchers from Bristol University in the U.K. say they can now tell you - well, sort of. After studying the Top 40 singles charts over the last 50 years and examining the audio characteristics for hits and flops, the team has come up with a formula as to what makes for a successful song and used it to devise software that "predicts" hits. The next step is a web app to allow budding musicians to score their own songs.Read More
Not everyone can easily click a mouse. Many people with permanent motor disability have difficulties, along with those suffering Repetitive Stress Disorder or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and anyone recovering from hand surgery. Clikka Mouse is innovative "work around" software that addresses the problem and best of all, it's free. Read More
Despite the bad press that gaming often gets, there is increasing evidence that it can have positive effects. We've already seen studies suggesting that video games improve decision making and put players in a more relaxed frame of mind, now there's more good news for parents whose offspring are video game junkies. Research out of Michigan State University suggests that 12 year olds who play video games tend to be more creative ... and the more they play the more creative they are. Read More
Oregon was the first state in the U.S. to trial the postal vote back in 1981 and ultimately the first to conduct a federal election primarily by postal-vote. This week, the State is trialing another electoral innovation by using iPads to make voting easier for individuals with physical disabilities.Read More
It seems tablets are not just a hit with humankind. Cat lovers are using the iPad to entertain their furry friends ... yep, there are iPad apps for cats. Here's a look at what's out there for those brave enough to try dispensing feline diversions of the digital kind.Read More
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I'm going to use the word "adorable" here and I don't mean it in a condescending chin-chuck, pat on the head way.
On Tuesday night something truly wonderful happened at Teatro Zuccone and it was adorable. But it was also fresh, heart-warming and funny. It was a nostalgia trigger as well as a glimpse of the future of the local music scene that the Music Resource Center is helping to shape. It was music at its purest, without the distraction of irony or show just for show.
"We wrote this song when we were little," one of the girls would announce, getting chuckles from the audience.
Brown Eye Blue Eye, a trio that includes two tweens and a teen, is perhaps the youngest band to play Homegrown Music Festival — and second generation music heads. The ladies are Dylan Hatten, 13, and Jesse Hatten, 11, the daughters of late-Tangier 57 member Doug Hatten and Galalee Wright, 11, is the daughter of musician Adeline Wright, wife and backup singer for Rachael Kilgour. (News Tribune reporter Mike Creger's story is here).
The acapella trio sang their own songs about boys, being alone forever, having the weight of the world on their shoulders. They share songwriting duties. Sometimes Galalee Wright backed them on piano and for one song they included choreography. They covered Ingrid Michaelson, with Wright confessing they just learned the song two days ago. Sometimes they would start a song, flub something, wonder if they should start again, take a quick vote and get "No" and then start where they left off.
At one point they announced that it was their friend Grace's birthday — they thought she was in the audience — and led everyone in "Happy Birthday" even after they realized she wasn't there. (The girls adding a charming "And many more" at the finish).
The theater, which holds about 80 people, probably busted past capacity. Brown Eye Blue Eye got a standing ovation and responded to the call for an encore with a Homegrown specific song that thanked the music festival.They hammed their way off stage with air kisses.
They sounded great with their harmonization and Jesse Hatten belted out solos and Dylan Hatten's songwriting made you wonder what you were doing at age 13 and why wasn't it this? Wright is a real charmer and cracked up the audience with her stage banter.
More often than not, someone in the audience was wiping away at the eyeball spillage that comes from seeing kids do something well while simultaneously having fun. It was definitely something to see.
Grandma's Sports Garden is an old venue, but new to Homegrown Music Festival. Hattie & Her Man Band started off a four-band bill Tuesday night. Singer-songwriter Hattie Peterson filled the room with her big soulful and emotional voice and ripped away at her yellow guitar. She was backed by Matt Mobley on bass and Dave Frankenfeld on drums. Peterson, a 15-year veteran of the music scene, had a real rock star presence and slowly the crowd, which had created a rind around the dance floor, moved in closer to shake it.
This band has serious draw power. I'm surprised we don't see them play out more often. And maybe we won't. Peterson ended her set with "I guess we'll see you next year.
The Boomchucks followed with it's country-lean and songs about growing up in the Central Hillside. Jamie Ness sings, pulls a harmonica out of his pocket, dusts it off and plays. Brad Nelson was on drums. The local-favorite finished its set with "Maggie's Farm," a Dylan cover — they're known for these — and Neil Young's "Out on the Weekend."
Big Wave Dave & the Ripples is a big fancy band with eight members dressed in suits, including a four-man horn section. They might be dressed like they have a knack for paperwork, but they make this great big funk sound that is really exciting. Dave Adams, in sunglasses, is the singer and he's joined by Alex Piazza on bass, Dave Mennes on drums, Peter Knutson on guitar, Patrick Sunderland on trumpet, Alex Nordehn on trombone , Steve Rogers on tenor sax and Matt Wasmund on baritone sax. They play a regular Thursday night gig at The Rex. In one of their final songs, they busted out "Cool Jerk," a song from the 1960s resurrected in the 1980s by the GoGos. They definitely gave Belinda, etc., a run.


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It seems that Mother's Day has evolved into taking mom, mother, mommy, grandma, memaw, gran, ma and bubbie out to eat. The choices are endless for breakfast, brunch or dinner for Mother's Day, Sunday – May 11th. Boston Market restaurant's VIP notice says that on Mother's Day, moms eat free.
Boston Market initially was called Boston Chicken but has grown in its offerings from sandwiches to complete dinners. Personally, I like the Parmesan Tuscan Chicken and the husband has a preference for the turkey dinner. It happens to be one of our local neighborhood dining haunts.
The Mother's Day offer as written in Boston Market's bulletin is buy an Individual Meal, get one Individual Meal for Mom – Free! It is valid with any Boston Market's Individual Meal, Whole Sandwich, Whole Sandwich Combo, Salad Bowl or Market Bowl. Discount meal or equal or lesser value than meal purchased. The promotion is applicable to one entrée per person, per visit and valid only at participating Boston Market restaurants. Not valid with any other coupons, discounts, specials or reduced price offers.
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U.S. political conventions have always had their strange moments, from Al Gore making out with his wife on stage to Pat Buchanan declaring a religious and cultural war to Zell Miller challenging Chris Matthews to a duel. But last Thursday night, Clint Eastwood may have topped them all.
On the final evening of the Republican National Convention, minutes before GOP nominee Mitt Romney himself spoke, the organizers of the convention set aside twelve minutes for the iconic actor and director to deliver a routine of improvised political comedy- a genre not only not historically suited to political conventions, but not particularly associated with Eastwood himself.
The convention organizers had teased a "mystery speaker" for Thursday night, leading to speculation that it was anyone from Sarah Palin to Tim Tebow (an unlikely choice, as his Jets were busy playing against Philadelphia that night.) Instead, Clint showed up. You've probably seen the clip by now, but if not…
The 82-year-old Hollywood legend mumbled, made a few jokes, mocked President Obama both for starting the war in Afghanistan (?) and being a lawyer (when Mitt Romney himself has a law degree from the same law school as the president.) Then, most strangely of all, he periodically began conversing with an empty chair, which he pretended was occupied by the president.
The reaction, from left to right, was one of mostly bewilderment; the MSNBC hosts reacted on the air with their mouths agape, while even some on Fox News acknowledged that it wasn't Eastwood's finest hour, and at any rate it was strange that the actor was given the slot rather than, say, an actual active political figure. But the convention hall reacted positively, while a groundswell on Twitter later attempted to rehabilitate the speech, as any criticism of Obama tends to find at least some positive audience online.
Overall, the Eastwood speech upstaged Romney's, never a good sign on the last night of a convention.
What I found strangest about the speech was that while Eastwood has long been a staunch Republican, and even served a term in the mid-1980s as mayor of Carmel, Calif., he's indicated in more recent work that his politics had become more idiosyncratic.
There was that TV ad for Chrysler, during last year's Super Bowl, in which Clint praised the car company that had been a recipient of a federal bailout. And Clint has made a lot of movies the last few years that have antagonized the right to various degrees.
His Oscar-winning "Million Dollar Baby," for instance, ended with an act of euthanasia, which caused right-wing critic Michael Medved to practically have an aneurysm. His "Flags of Our Fathers" took a super-cynical view of American military heroism, taking a revisionist view of the Battle of Iwo Jima, and then he turned around and made another movie- "Letters From Iwo Jima"- that looked at the battle from the Japanese side. And his "Invictus" was a story of racial reconciliation in which Nelson Mandela- not the right's favorite figure, at least prior to 1990 or so- was the hero.
Eastwood's most recent film, "J. Edgar," was muddled in its politics, if only because it was muddled in every other way as well.
At any rate, he's not the sort of older right-wing celebrity- like Ted Nugent, Chuck Norris, Jon Voight or Hank Williams, Jr.- who regularly pops off with unhinged, borderline-racist rants about Obama. Had any of them been given the slot, the befuddlement and outrage likely would've been much worse.
Then again, the GOP reportedly considered, and ultimately rejected, the use of a Ronald Reagan hologram. And of course, a Michele Bachmann prime time address probably would've been even more embarrassing.
Overall, the speech was a gift to political comedy, leading to one of Jon Stewart's greatest moments ever on Friday night ("there's an invisible Obama that only Republicans can see.") Bill Hader will have two weeks to prepare an opening sketch on the Saturday Night Live season premiere.


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Some genius questions
Hi everyone,
I was hoping to get some help with JK2Radient.
1) I am not new to mapping, only I have not used radient before.
I understand the concepts of mapping and compiling. However, I am having problems with the radient editor.
2) Unless I use the weird "non-worldcraft-like" view, I cannot see any texture windows. How do I find them? Is it because I changed the base paths in the project settings menu to their DOS defaults?
3) The camera is out of whack. Very out of whack. Right click in camera view= Camera flies away at the speed of light.
4) Is there a way to convert WC maps to radient (geometry only)?
If any of you can help I would much appreciate it.
2.) This may not be what you're looking for, but if you press 't', it changes the little popup-window-thingy (that thing that always seems to be on top of all your programs, even if you minimize JKRadiant...) to be textures.
3.) Yeah, mine does that too... it's strange. I figured that it's just a way to move the camera around VERY quickly
Use arrow keys to move camera, C and D raise and lower the camera, A and Z change the angle of the camera < and > strafe left and right.
The camera in 3d view operates on the idea that the absolute center of the screen is the "stationary" point. If you click at the very top center it will moved you forward as fast as the camera can move. If you click just above the very center of the screen it will move forward much more slowly. that also applies to all other directions.
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NI at SXSW Film, 'Good Vibrations' with Terri Hooley [NI at SXSW](http://nisxsw.com/) is the collective brand for Northern Ireland's Film, Music and Interactive presence at South By Southwest. Across those three sectors 25 companies have made the trip across, including a delegation around the film, **Good Vibrations**, celebrating Terri Hooley and the birth of punk in Northern Ireland with its North American premiere today. NI at SXSW Artist, Tim Wheeler Also making the journey over, interactive companies such as **Inflyte**, a mobile music promotion platform, plus emerging and established bands across genres from techno to folk to shoegaze post-punk. The party will celebrate all three strands of Northern Ireland's creative industries and will feature live performances from **Tim Wheeler (Ash)**, **Psycatron**, **The Lost Brothers** and **Girls Names**. **NI at SXSW** Monday, March 11th
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Wed, 02/01/2013 - 09:15
Skanska is selling Green Towers in Wrocław, Poland to a Polish financial institution for EUR64m.
The transaction will be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2012 and the transfer is scheduled for the first quarter of 2013.
Green Towers comprises two ten-storey buildings and a leasable area of 23,300 square meters. The first building was completed in March 2012, whereas the other is scheduled for completion in January 2013, following the sale.
The buildings are fully leased with the biggest lease contract signed for 14,400 square meters. Tenants include Ernst & Young, Allegro Group, Dolby, BD Europe and Medicover Group.
Green Towers is Skanska's second office investment in Wrocław with the third, Green Day, already underway.
Green Towers features a number of sustainable solutions and the first completed building has been awarded the first LEED Platinum certificate for new buildings in Poland. Some of the technologies contributing to the buildings' energy efficiency include efficient air-conditioning with fan coils, a free cooling system and adiabatic air humidifiers.
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The Houston family continue to live in turmoil after the death of Whitney Houston.
According to BCNN1, Whitney Houston's sister-in-law Pat Houston just got a restraining order against Nick Gordon, the husband of Whitney's daughter Bobbi Kristina, on Friday, March 28, over claims she feared for her safety.
Gordon began posting guns and making threats against Pat and her son, Gary Michael Houston on his social media page earlier this month, saying some pretty racy things.
On March 16, Gordon tweeted, in an apparent reference to "Nightmare on Elm Street" killer Freddy Krueger, "Pat b***h Gary M I'm Freddy to y'all n****az. F*** you suck my d***."
Earlier that day, Gordon posted a picture of a rifle with a scope on Twitter, with the caption, "That's that AR-10 custom. Lol y'all p***y a** don't even now what that is."
Other postings on Twitter the same day show Gordon featuring a picture of a case with three handguns, commenting, "B***h a** n****s."
The restraining order orders Gordon (who Whitney raised like a son) to stay 200 yards away from Pat, who is also the executor of Whitney's estate.
For his part, Gordon tells TMZ he was served with the order on Monday, but he "doesn't give a f***."
Nick Gordon's Twitter page if filled with lewd comments and content.
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Hello human bloggers, bloggees or blogstards, whatever it is that you call yourselves. My name is Jasper. Some may know me as Ninja. Others may know me as That Fucking Cat.
I have included photos of myself, taken in the same way I see you stupid humans doing so. Arms stretched out, grinning idiotically at some strange device held in your own paw. I hope you appreciate the mad skill required to do this myself, since I have no thumbs. Please also notice the strength of my raised paw, the sharpness of my claw and, though you can't hear it, imagine if you will, the ear-splitting relentlessness of my meow. I have stealth, cunning, agility, smelly farts and a mean right hook. The might of all these powers will be released upon you humans if you do not respond well to my writing. Be afraid, as my knowledge of the martial arts grows every day. My feng shui is strong.
My mistress has taken ill, so while she is making ghastly, undignified emissions like a 94 yr old emphysema sufferer on a smoggy day in Beijing, I have decided to take control of her laptop. By the way, I use the term 'mistress' in an aloof, sarcastic fashion. Partly because Sarcasm Bold Face seems to be the only font available on this blog, but mostly because she and I both know she lives to serve me. Only those stupid tail-wagging, tongue-lolling, poo-eating dogs have masters and mistresses. Cats have staff.
The illness has made it difficult for my mistress to converse with the other humans. As one who also is limited to body language and primitive noises to make a point, like "feed me", "let me in/out", "go away inferior human" and…well, that's all there is really….I have begun to notice a pattern in her attempts at interaction.
One cough means "Yes."
Two coughs means "No."
Four coughs means "I can't really answer right now."
Nine coughs means "Are you still talking to me?"
Seventeen coughs means "For fuck's sake, will somebody get me some water?"
Twenty-three coughs means "Get out of my way and get That Fucking Cat out from under my feet, I can't breathe, I have tears and I can't see and somebody DO something."
Thirty-five coughs means "This is it, I've busted a rib and punctured my lung, I'm going to die."
It was an interesting behavioural study to watch the other humans' reactions when she reached 34 coughs yesterday. The young male started organizing his no-holds-barred 18th birthday party, the younger female went through the mistress' jewellery and shoes, and the older male turned up the volume on the TV, complaining that some barking dog was drowning out the football commentary.
Never fear, I'm sure she will return to regale you all with her insane banalities as soon as she is fit, or as soon as I deign to relinquish possession of the laptop, whichever comes first. Let us hope that she has an infection or chronic illness, and not that she has suddenly become allergic to animal hair. Things would have to change around here. It would be with great sadness, a heavy heart, but a sense of pride in doing what is good for all mankind, that I would offer up the Irish Setter as the first sacrifice. The mistress herself should be the next to go. Do not tell her I said that, she will never let me guest post again.
If you are one of those humans that falls into the category of Feral, Bogan, Pikey or Redneck, you will have noticed that I do not write like those uneducated moggies over at your favourite website, Icanhascheezburgerdotcom. Questionable DNA and delayed desexing has led to severe retardation and an obsession with the letter 'z'. Same goes for the cats.
I have had enough now, I am bored. This blogging thing, when dangled in front of me, looked shiny and fun to play with at first, but really it's just tinfoil on the end of a piece of string. Lame. If you are reading this, I assume you have nothing better to do in your dreary human lives. I do not understand this blog fascination. Since I am a cat, and therefore superior to you all, I feel no need to communicate trivialities of my daily existence to others in my world.
I am here. I rule. End of story.
Jun 28, 2010
Jun 23, 2010
There's A Pill For That
"There's a pill for that."
I'm guilty of using this phrase a lot. Mostly in a sarcastic, humorous way (I think, though try telling my mother-in-law that), but there is an underlying truth to it.
There really does seem to be a pill for everything now; the pharmaceutical path to enlightenment is at our fingertips more than ever before. I can take a pill to make me grin-at-the-world-happy, and then one to make sure I don't get think-I'm-gonna-run-naked-down-the-street-happy. There is something to keep you awake for that all-important 2am soccer game, and something to make you sleep through the 7am alarm the next day.
Pills to help you think clearly and function normally; more pills to shut your brain down so you don't know that you're not functioning normally. Apparently not everyone wears a tutu and gumboots to yoga class, or wanders the streets wearing a bathrobe and tiara, shouting obscenities at the sky. I never knew.
Chill pills and thrill pills. Blue pills to get it up; a trip to Emergency to meet a doctor with a fairly large syringe when it won't go down.
Drugs and herbs to increase libido; marriage and children to decrease it. (I swallowed that 'Marriage and Children' pill, it was such a pretty rose colour, how could I resist?)
Tablets to help stimulate ovulation, and another one to prevent ovulation (if I'd taken more notice of that one I might never have succumbed to the 'Marriage and Children' pill).
You can find something to get you through a 3 day rave party where the only natural daylight you'll see is in your hallucinations, and then something to curb your paranoia and stop you from gouging your own eyes out with a fork when you finally emerge from the psychedelic utopia. So I've heard.
What happened to the good old days when a medicinal brandy solved everything? As Homer Simpson says, "Here's to alcohol: the source of, and answer to, all of life's problems."
Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti pills by any stretch of the imagination. I am known to use them to hurriedly alleviate symptoms of any kind rather than take time to discover the source or consult more natural methods of relief. If I feel a cold coming on, the medicine cupboard becomes the first port of call, rather than the nursery where I can buy Echinacea and garlic plants and turn into some sort of mystical Earthmother with homegrown remedies. I'll pop paracetamol at the first sign of a tension headache instead of trying to eliminate the cause (since murder is still illegal here).
With all this in mind, I have searched the Holy Bible of Medicine, Disease, Self-Diagnosis and Miracle Cures - aka the Internet - to see if there are any new drugs that I may be missing out on. Jackpot.
Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 full hours. Best swallowed with alcohol. It is recommended that you do not operate heavy machinery or drive a car, though results of ignoring this recommendation can be most humorous and will be gladly posted on You Tube within minutes.
Suppository that eliminates melancholy and loneliness by reminding you of how awful they were as teenagers and how you couldn't wait until they moved out. Must be administered regularly to avoid escalation of symptoms, particularly around Mother's Day and Christmas.
Plant extract that treats Mum's depression by rendering preschoolers unconscious for up to two days. Also available in Extra-Strength for school-age children.
Liquid silicone drink for single women. Two full cups swallowed before an evening out increases breast size, decreases intelligence and prevents conception. Care: common side-effects are loss of both short-term memory and inhibitions, resulting in lack of underwear being worn, and dancing with your arms constantly raised above your head yelling "This is, like, totally hot".
When taken with Peptobimbo, can cause dangerously low IQ, resulting in enjoyment of Britney Spears concerts, Paris Hilton movies and reality TV. Note: Company policy states that with any dual purchase of Peptobimbo and Dumberol, you should also receive L'Ordhavemercy Hair Colour in Aeroplane Blonde and tanning vouchers from The House Of Orange.
Potent anti-boy-otic for older women. Increases resistence to such lethal lines as, "You make me want to be a better person." May not be highly effective against the pool boy or the drummer in your son's rock band as they tend not to speak much.
Injectable stimulant taken prior to shopping. Increases potency, duration, and credit limit of spending spree. Side-effects may include swelling of the overdraft, increased appearance of debt collectors and verbal diarrhea whilst explaining the other side-effects to your partner.
Relieves headache caused by a man who can't remember your birthday, anniversary, phone number, or to put the toilet seat down. This is a low dosage pill as it is acknowledged that it will be used on a recurring basis, possibly over a lifetime.
A spray carried in a purse or wallet to be used on anyone too eager to share their life stories with total strangers in lifts. Can also be highly effective on mothers-in-law, Irishmen, and the 4 year old know-it-all in front of you in the supermarket checkout queue.
When administered to a boyfriend or husband, provides the same irritation level as nagging him, without opening your mouth. Dispense in short, repeated bursts. For maximum effect, use during live broadcasts of important football games.
For when life just blows.....take as many as you like but don't expect to be calling anyone in the morning.
PS. I cannot take credit for the naming of the new drugs for women, (I have nicked the idea from an email doing the rounds at the mo), and I can't give credit to the original author as this person remains unknown to me, but I have elaborated on each and every one with some of my own words.
Thanks to my mate BG for forwarding me the email that gave me such a giggle and inspired this whole post. Nice to find a muse in my inbox.
Jun 15, 2010
10 Things I Love About My World
Blog This Challenge 48 – 10 Things I Love About My World
Having woken up after a dreadful night's sleep to an incredibly sore back, a mountain of housebitchwork and a teenage son home on another long week of "study leave" [stuhd-ee leev] noun : an absence from regular schooling taken in order to watch NBA games and perfect online gaming skills – see previous blog, I am approaching this challenge with cynicism. Scepticism. Pessimism. All sorts of #isms.
Finding 10 things I love about my world today may prove as fruitless a task as finding any items on a treasure hunt list that includes the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, Lord Lucan, The Perfect Man and a cheap lawyer. But I'll try….
1. The technician who rang me at 8am to tell me there was no longer a fault on our phone line, and gave me my first smile of the day.
"Oh great, thanks, so you've fixed up all the damaged wires then?"
Silence. "What damaged wires?"
"Well, that's what we were reporting, there's been vandalism in a box on the corner, wires hanging out everywhere, which on 2 previous occasions has caused line problems with our phone, started to get dodgy yesterday but we reported it straight away to get in early before it caused major problems for us like last time..."
Silence. A discernible sigh. "Jeez, you've gotta bloody love Telstra don't you? They didn't tell me any of this. All they have on this report is that you've got a fault on your line, nothing about vandalism or damaged wires. They are so bloody hopeless."
2. My daughter. Or to be more precise, my daughter's smart mouth, and the ability she has to use it to floor us and all those within earshot (usually loads, she's not a quiet soul) with her snappy one-liners and hilarious retorts. I can't even begin to repeat them to you; it's a case of 'you had to be there'. So much of it involves comic timing, the inflection in her voice and the expression on her face that it doesn't always translate well to the written word. She drips with sarcasm and dry humour. And I have no idea where she gets it from.
3. The hope, belief and pride I have seen in Australians over the last few weeks as the World Cup approached. The faith in our beloved Socceroos that they could improve on their 2006 efforts and go further than ever before. Maybe even win the whole damn thing.
4. The hilarious jokes, comments and suggestions bandied about online and in the media as the beleaguered Socceroos sadly sunk to a 4-0 loss to Germany in the first round. Acceptance that well, actually, we'd be happy just to score a goal.
5. Being a sports nut. And no, it's not just about watching gorgeous men in shorts running around on courts and playing fields, though have you seen that Slovenian soccer player with the name that doesn't have many vowels? Hmmm. Sorry, I digress. I think my lifelong love of sport has opened me up to different experiences, meeting new people and learning new things that I might otherwise not have, not to mention an appreciation of the skills and commitment required to compete at any level. And then there's those gorgeous men in shorts…
6. My son. He accompanied us on a visit to his somewhat difficult grandparents at the Aged Care complex in which they are now living, without a word of complaint. Not typical 17 year old boy behaviour, I'd imagine. In fact he quite agreeably jumped in the car without so much as a mumbled "Do I have to?" I was so impressed. He then proceeded to spend the entire visit pulling faces at me when he saw my stress levels building up, cracking jokes that whooshed over their heads but not mine, and deliberately answering their questions in a manner that invited more ridiculous questions and had me in stitches. I barely kept a straight face all afternoon. My saviour.
#altruism or #idiotism, I'm undecided
7. The ability I have to blame things on my husband, and eventually convince him it really is all his fault. Whether it be a missed birthday in the family, something written incorrectly on the calendar, a bill being paid late, or a meal, and subsequently our intestines, ruined due to my heavy hand with the turmeric, curry powder or ground chilli, he will be responsible, mark my words.
"You said the last one was too bland, it was fine by me, but oh no, you complained, so I added more for YOU, YOU made me do it."
8. Chocolate. I will swear to my dying day that it covers all basic food groups. Milk, dark, white, soft-centred, nut-filled, grated and melted.
#orgasm ... okay, I know that strictly speaking it's not an 'ism', but Oh. My. God. #eroticism
9. Watching. Listening. Reading. Observing. Absorbing. People. In blogs and books, on Twitter or TV, in real life on trains, buses, at shopping malls, restaurants, parties. It's amazing what you learn when you grow out of your own self-centredness (which doesn't appear to be a real word, apparently I haven't learned English yet) and look around at your surroundings. There's a wealth of stories out there, just waiting to be written.
10. Wine.
Jun 7, 2010
A Testing Time
Exam time. The time when households containing teenagers draw deep quiet breaths, tiptoe around as if on eggshells, turn the volume down, and turn a blind eye to increased surliness.
Mid-year exams are the forerunner, measuring stick and stormy weather warning equivalent for the Grand Poobah Exams which will hit this family in approximately 4 or 5 months time (I'm not sure when exactly, too scared to look that far ahead for fear of writing "Nervous Breakdown" on a set date on the calendar. Would rather be surprised.)
My son is 17 and this is his final year of High School before heading off into the big wide world of University, training, working, welfare queues or professional mattress testing. His path is undecided at this stage; he's just waiting to hear if he can study Wii games, majoring in Call Of Duty at Uni. Awesome.
He is undertaking a wide variety of subjects this year, leaving his options open and not committing himself to one particular direction. The counsellors have agreed it's a fairly good thing to do when there is "no specific target for which he is aiming". Translation = "no motivation". I find myself hoping that there is a market out there one day for co-ordinated, sporty accountants with a degree in business and a sideline of photography, Facebook and Fantasy Football Leagues.
Luckily for him, the scheduling gods have been very kind for these mid-year exams.
Week 1: Mon, Tues, Wed – all study, Thurs – one exam, Fri – one exam
Week 2: Repeat Week 1.
There is no photography exam, the students are always graded on their body of work for the whole year. I have a sneaking suspicion this is why he continued with the subject this year. That, and the promise of an $800 camera if he persisted.
So here I am, Monday of Week 1, creeping around the house discreetly. Listening to the steady hum of the washing machine, and hoping that if he can hear it from the living room where he has chosen to work, he finds it soothing and not disruptive. Pouncing on the phone, answering quickly, so the incessant ringing doesn't irritate him. Going for a long walk, despite the chill in the air, to give him some space. Sneaking to the computer and tapping the keys as softly and silently as possible, so as not to disturb him, and not arouse suspicion that I am writing about him.
The living room door swings open and his voice bellows "Hey mum, Boston Celtics are going to win. Great game. You should have sat in here and watched it with me. What have you been doing?"
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Ugle is a networked wooden owl designed by Oslo based design-studio Voy that acts as a "decorative personal message system".
Controlled over the internet via your iPhone, Ugle lets you send color coded messages remotely to friends and family at your home. When you select a specific color via the app interface the physical owl will turn its head to match the chosen color and position.
What exactly do each of the colors represent? That is up to each of Ugle's owners to decide for themselves.
Yellow could for instance mean "I'll be home soon", while grey might be "Work is boring today" and blue "I'll make dinner". Used like this Ugle could be described as a form of slow messaging with a physical, place-specific and glanceable output. The colors could also be connected to other forms of data, like ambient-interface classics such as weather-forcasts, twitter-tags, incoming email etc
Learn more about the project at: http://www.voyoslo.com/projects/ugle/ or see it in action in the video below:
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Have some more expensive smaller aluminum pipe wrench's. Purchased this because it has cost that is fraction of name brands. Could not tell the difference between this wrench and the other more expensive brands. Is worth the difference in price to buy aluminum instead of cast iron wrench.Much easier to use.
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By VCIrrigationTech1
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Work great and are light and easy to work with
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By Tracer
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It is a wrench that I will need and it is a size that will suite me.
No complaints, as good as it gets
By Wally
from Seattle
I purchased this several years ago when I was doing some seriously piping work in the overhead. The steel wrench just got too heavy to hold overhead for days and for the price... this aluminum wrench was worth a try. I have seriously used this wrench with cheaters on it and it hasn't bent, hasn't slipped, adjusts as well as a name brand wrench - I find all pipe wrenches are a pain to adjust. I just used it again today, its been awhile, and its as good as the day I purchased it. No room for improvment.
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By Johnny Bradabadowski
from Huntsville, AL
I only use a 36" occasionally but when you need it you need it. This wrench does what it's supposed to do. It grips the pipe and doesn't let go. The price for a 36" aluminum is fantastic. I bought mine on sale so I paid less than the normal price. I've owned this wrench for a couple of years now without any problems. I rate it only 3 stars because it's very aggravating to adjust. The adjusting nut will try to hang up as you tighten or loosen it. Other than that everything is good. If I used a 36" all day every day though, I would spend the extra and buy a Rigid. For my use though, I have no regrets.
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The jaws of this pipe wrench are a relatively soft steel. They do not bite into a steel pipe. I applied torque and the teeth scraped away (no bite). This pipe wrench is useful on soft metal pipes. I plan to leave this wrench at the local Harbor Freight as a gift. (no value to me). Completed the job with and 18" wrench and cheater.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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