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i have access mdb file and need to use dialog based mfc application that contain
(ms ADO version 6) activeX then use it to add,delete,search my database
with editboxes (no datagrid or msado dll) should be used , is it possible ?
thank you for advance .
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:confused: Why no one answered me yet ?? is it impossible?
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Probably no one is willing to re-invent the wheel
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i thought Indians are polite , but i was wrong
so **** you , **** your poor forum , **** all indians black idiots
Thats last time i log here
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Nice to hear that and you are such a genius that a one line of mine gave you good understanding of billion people of this planet. What could be more encouraging for me but I guess I have better understand of UAE people now. How genius you people are.
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text: On 8/13/07, Toby Murray <toby.murray at comlab.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > Just to clarify, the purpose of this pattern is to allow one to be able > to delegate references to (possibly) untrustworthy code, such that the > code is prevented from hanging on to these references for any longer > than is necessary for it to perform its function. > > If so, I think it would be worth stating something to this effect in the > comments of the code. Not just stating /what/ it does, but /why/, would > be pretty useful. It wasn't apparent to me what the end result that the > code was achieving, given the description in the comments, until I read > the code and the updoc example. Good suggestion. It's now added. > Nice stuff. Looks like a pretty useful pattern to me to solve a problem > that I'm sure many of us have run thought experiments about before. Agreed, and thanks. The idea is all Jed's. -- Text by me above is hereby placed in the public domain Cheers, --MarkM

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Saturday, 14 December 2013
One of the bleakest films of the 70's, if not the entire sci-fi genre, Quintet's failure to connect with audiences is hardly surprising given the film's slow pace and doggedly anti-commercial concerns which seem intent on alienating viewers from the outset. Even the conventions of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi genre - radiation-scarred mutants, urban ruins, the emergence of a hero, are mostly swept aside as Altman and his 3 writers tease out a sort of strange cerebral detective story which must have left audiences confused and frustrated. Although not known as a director of speculative science fiction, Altman suggested the film might well be taking place not just in some future time, but on another planet. Rather than have his cast speak in an alien language, Altman cleverly cast some well known European actors, among them, Fernando Ray, Vittorio Gassman, Bibi Andersson and Nina van Pallandt (in her 3rd of 4 films she made for the director), and each of their own distinct accents bring a certain otherworldliness to the dialogue. Even Paul Newman turns in what is perhaps the most low-key performance of his long career, his character has few dramatic moments and his dialogue is pared down to a minimum.
But patience (and perhaps second or third screening of the film) are rewarded by the director's absolute mastery of mood and atmosphere. The film was shot during a particularly cold winter, in and around the abandoned buildings constructed for Montreal's Expo '67, which by 1979 had sufficiently deteriorated to resemble a destroyed city, here augmented by a thick frosting of ice which covers every surface. Cinematographer Jean Boffety (who had previously shot Altman's Thieves Like Us) gives the film a unique visual texture by fogging the edges of the frame, a strange but effective device to convey the sub-zero temperatures, while Altman's innovative use of sound design extends to the film's soundtrack which employs ominous deep thunderous rumblings regularly heard throughout the film as the doomed city is encroached upon by glaciers churning up what's left of civilisation. Interestingly, the Quintet game, played on a pentagonal board with dice and various trinkets was developed by Kenner but due to the film's unpoparlity, the plan the shelved. As for the film, Quintet has slowly carved out a very minor cult following over the years and fans of contemplative science fiction and admirers of Andrzej Żuławski's The Silver Globe, and Vincent Ward's The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey would do well to seek the film out.
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I've never heard of this, though it certainly sounds interesting. I love how old building sites become such bleak, alien places during snowfall. I guess it's how strange it feels to see familiar things to us fall into such a state, it's the reason why I love Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' so much, apart from it being an incredible film, of course. I don't think any amount of CGI or 'set design' could make that film look any better.ReplyDelete
Hey JP ! Yep, I do love old dilapidated spaces and Stalker is absolutely a wonder to behold - legend has it that most of the cast and crew (including Tarkovsky) succumbed to some form of cancer from working at those locations, mainly at a disused power station somewhere in Estonia I believe... Funnily enough just the other day I discovered a book of factory photography by David Lynch and it looks very interestingReplyDelete
Wes, I didn't realise that about the cast and crew... It looks really authentic as a location. I don't think I would want to sacrifice my health to film there, though. Thanks for the heads up on the book, will look into it.ReplyDelete


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a potsticker is when your balls fuse with your thighs via sweat. DAMN those sweaty balls!
theres no greater feeling in the world then peeling off a potsticker from your thigh.
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A dumpling-like, meat-filled dish that may be either fried or steamed listed in most Asian restaurants named for its ability to cling to the side of your plate. Also, a presumed appetizer for relatively obese people at Chinese restaurants.
You gonna have pot stickers again you fat fuck?
viết bởi Plasty 15 Tháng chín, 2006
When a girl's skirt sticks to her bum, a widespread panic on 95+ degree summer days (the "pot" being her bottom).
"I don't want to get out of the car!"
"Because I have swass and a serious pot sticker going on."
"Because I have swass and a serious pot sticker going on."
viết bởi Dizz Markie 21 Tháng sáu, 2007
Before, and even after flushing the toilet, a pot sticker is the shit that remains stuck to the inner toilet bowl after taking a messy, power shit.
Upon entering the stall at his local all you can eat buffet, Russ was horrified by the pot stickers in not only one, but all three stalls within the bathroom.
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An adorable little Asian baby, male or female.
We want to adopt a little pot sticker from China.
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gay asian dude who won't stop hitting on you at the bar, he refuses to see that you're not interested.
oh god this guys is such a pot sticker he won't leave me alone
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Little chunks or smears of shit that stay stuck to the toilet bowl even after you flush.
Damn, those burritos you ate last night left some pot stickers this morning!
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Joshua M.
March 21, 2013, 05:09 PM
What is the coating they use on the aluminum frame on the new air weights? I thought I'd try Dads new ultrasonic cleaner on it...bad idear :banghead: Guess ill run it for a long time, and see if it'll strip the whole thing.:cuss:


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At 6 feet 6 and 300 pounds, Siegfried Moore would be an undesirable opponent in a fight.
But the Logan man picked the wrong person to tangle with on Aug. 4, when he allegedly pounced on Devaughn Smith, one of two people he overpowered and killed earlier this month, police say.
As Moore stabbed him repeatedly, police say, Smith was able to turn the blade on his attacker and plunge it deep into his stomach.
Smith, 19, died of his injuries. Moore fled - and might have gotten away with murder, police say.
But his victim's blow punctured Moore's lung, and he needed a doctor's attention.


text: Stokes law can be used to determine the viscosity of a fluid by dropping a spherical object in it and measuring the terminal velocity of the object in that fluid. This can be done by plotting the distance traveled against time and observing when the curve becomes linear. During such an experiment a 3-mm-diameter glass ball (ρ= 2500 kg/m3) is dropped into a fluid whose density is 875 kg/m3, and the terminal velocity is measured to be 0.12 m/s. Disregarding the wall effects, determine the viscosity of the fluid.


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Would love to see the Winnipeg Jets back for the upcoming season. It would also be great to see a team back in Hartford. The best thing that could happen to the league is for Bettman to go and bring hockey back to traditional markets. Or, maybe Bettman will finally wake his ass up and move the Florida's, Atlanta's, Nashville's of the league back to Hartford, Quebec City, Hamilton, Winnipeg. It's just the right thing to do and would be the best thing that could happen to the NHL.
I'm kind of torn on the issue. I would love for both Winnipeg and Hartford to get teams and realize that teams in the southern half of the US have not done well but I also understand that it is in the NHL's best interest to have hockey nation wide like the other major US sports. Canada while having rabidly loyal fans does not have a big enough population (roughly 33 Million) to keep up, even remotely, with the numbers in the USA (roughly 310 Million) they cannot compete with the other North American sports by having lots of fans in Canada. It may not matter to Canadian fans but the sport will be further removed from ESPN NBC VS (ala Direct TV) and other US outlets because the demand will not be as high. I can't stand Bettman and think he has done a horrible job pretty much all around but don't disagree with him that the NHL cannot thrive if it is a North Eastern US and Canadian sport. His execution is horrible but I think his very basic premise is correct.
Edit: I am talking more about moving the Florida's, Atlanta's, Nashville's (i.e. most of the southern US teams) rather than specifically Phoenix to Winnipeg.
I will take a day off of work to spend the entire day celebrating if this happens...
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In the run up to Labor Day and all the opportunities that are available for a successful backyard party, let's take a moment to examine a segment of the cooking realm that we don't talk about enough.
We expend a lot of virtual ink talking about things like extruded charcoal, dry rubs, cuts of meat and other popular trends. For lack of a better term, such things are sexy and people like to talk about them.
All these things are important and worthy of our attention, but we can't ignore the power and appeal of a good marinade.
There are only a few accepted ways to affect the flavor of meat prior to putting it on the grill. For most of us the most popular way is to slap a bit of dry rub for a long as we can stand it and then toss the meat onto the hot fire.
But a good marinade is just as good or in some cases better for adding flavor prior to cooking. In fact, a marinade can serve more than one purpose; more on that in a second.
A marinade can be just about anything, but it is most often a combination of savory, sweet and acidic liquids that serve to impart a lot of flavor to the thing you are marinating. It stands to reason if you let the meat soak in a solution of spicy stuff that it can't help but improve the flavor.
But (and here's the part about the other purpose) a marinade can also serve to act as a tenderizing agent. The acids will, given enough time, help to break down the tough tissue of some cuts of meat.
Here are a couple of really good marinades. The first one is a staple of foods from the Caribbean realm. It's a combination of a good mojo (pronounced MO-ho) sauce that I had and some others I found in various cookbooks.
Mojo Marinade
Makes about 2 ½ cups
1½ cups fresh orange juice
½ cup fresh lemon juice
½ cup fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon dried oregano
¼ cup vegetable oil
10 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup cilantro, chopped
½ teaspoon salt
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl; whisk until salt is dissolved completely.
You can use this tasty marinade with pork, chicken or even shrimp. With all of that citrus juice, it's a good idea to use a non-reactive container; glass or stainless steel is fine.
Marinate for up to 8 hours.
When you're ready to cook, remove from marinade, pat dry with paper towels and grill as you normally do. I like it with a pork roast, but that's just me.
We all know that brisket can be a very unforgiving cut of meat. It's a tough cut of meat that requires a long, slow cooking process that many backyard chefs find intimidating and just play ornery.
Here is a wonderful marinade that will help make that a bit easier. I found this one at about.com on the Internet, but I've seen variations of it in lots of locations. Use it with your favorite brisket recipe and see if you don't agree that it is good.
Marinade for Brisket
Makes about 2 ½ cups
1½ cups red wine
½ cup olive oil
1½ tablespoons prepared mustard
1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon wine vinegar
1 tablespoon horseradish
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Mix all ingredients together. Pour over brisket and let marinate overnight in the refrigerator, turning occasionally. Remove brisket from marinade and boil remaining marinade for 5 minutes to use as a mop.


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By default, your camera shoots in JPEG format. Established by the Joint Photographic Experts Group, JPEG is a compressed image format. That is, it takes the original image data that your camera captures and it crunches it down so that it takes up far less storage. JPEG compression is a lossy compression scheme. That is, there is a loss of quality when JPEG compression is applied to an image. The more compression you apply, the more your image is visibly degraded. Most cameras give you a few different JPEG conversion choices.
Some compress more than others and therefore degrade your image more than others. Your camera also captures a certain number of pixels. When shooting JPEG images, most cameras give you the choice of shooting at lower pixel counts in addition to the full-pixel extravaganza. So you might be able to save an image that's only half-size. This is another way of saving space on your storage card. Finally, some cameras also give you the option to shoot in RAW mode, a non-compressed format that offers a lot of editing advantages over JPEG.
To change file formats, I hit menu button to go in to my menuing system. Very first menu, very first item is Quality, Image Quality, because the format I choose has a large bearing on the quality of my final image. You can see that I am set to Large JPEG and I think this little icon is going to make a little more sense to you when you see what our options are. L refers to the size of the image and right now, I am at an 18 Megapixel image with 5184x3456 pixels. I can fit approximately 431 of those onto the space on my card.
There's this curve here that's very smooth. That indicates that I'm at the best level of JPEG compression. If I go over here, I still have an L so I'm getting the same pixel dimensions, but now that curve has gotten kind of chunky. That indicates that I'm not at such a good level of JPEG compression. But look at my image count. Even though my pixel dimensions have stayed the same, my image count has gone from 431 to 863. So I'm getting dramatically more images with the lower quality compression. I've also got two sets of Ms. This is Medium size, 8 Megapixels, basically 3000x2000 approximately, and I have got two level of JPEG settings there.
And at that setting I'm up to a count of 1700 images. Then I have two S1s. This is a 4.5 Megapixel image and I have got two JPEG settings there. Then I have S2 which is a 2.5 Megapixel image. I don't have JPEG choices here. I can just go there and get a tremendous number of images. Then I have got S3 which is a third of a Megapixel. This is 720x480, so this is kind of a standard video size. Then I have these two options out here, RAW + High-Quality JPEG.
So when I am in this mode, I'm going to shoot a RAW image plus my best-quality JPEG. I only get 96 of those on the card. It's going to write both files out separately, and that's going to take a while. So when I am shooting RAW + JPEG, my buffer is going to fill up faster. It's going to take longer for it to clear out. I'm possibly not going to be able to burst as quickly or as often. Or, I've got just a straight RAW file. This is the same RAW file that would be written here, but there's no accompanying JPEG. So those are my different settings. I'm going to go back here to Best-Quality JPEG for now and hit OK and my quality is set.
If you're shooting JPEGs, my recommendation is to always shoot at full pixel count with the very best quality that your camera can manage. Storage is real cheap these days, so there is little reason to try to save space on a card. If you're finding you're running out of space during a typical shoot, then invest in some more media cards. But if you're in the field and storage is running low and buying another card isn't an option and you absolutely need to cram more images onto your card, then you should change your JPEG settings, or your image size, ideally not both.
If your images are destined for print, then be sure that you don't lower the pixel count below what you need to get the print size that you want. Maybe go down to half size and one stop down in JPEG quality. If your images are destined for online viewing, then you can cut the pixel count dramatically and probably not need to increase JPEG compression and that will preserve more quality. Mostly though, I would recommend shooting RAW. You get tremendous postproduction and image quality advantages if you leave JPEG behind and become a RAW shooter.
- What is an SLR?
- Attaching a lens to a camera
- Deciding how many batteries and media cards are needed
- Setting Auto mode
- Changing ISO
- Changing image format and size
- Manually selecting a focus point
- Correcting exposure while shooting
- Controlling white balance
- Using a driver and self-timer
- Auto exposure bracketing
- Selecting a picture style
- Using Live View
- Shooting video
- Using custom functions, such as ISO expansion and mirror lockup
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Time Under Authoritarian Rule and Economic Growth
Art Carden
Brock School of Business, Samford University
Harvey S. James Jr.
University of Missouri
July 2007
CORI Working Paper No. 2007-02
We investigate the relationship between exposure to "authoritarian" or "autocratic" institutions for prolonged periods of time and long-term economic development. Specifically, we examine how the length of time a country's regime was authoritarian between 1920 and 2000 is correlated with economic growth and per capita income. We find a moderate though negative effect, even after controlling for other factors. In contrast, we also find that the length of time a country is not subject to authoritarian regimes is positively related to economic growth and the level of per capital income. We claim this evidence is consistent with the thesis that one of the reasons why countries have had difficulty adjusting to life after autocracy is that the human and social capital necessary to make markets "work" eroded under autocratic regimes and takes time to develop afterward.
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Keywords: authoritarianism, autocracy, institutions, development
JEL Classification: O17, O43, P0
Date posted: September 4, 2007
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Accurate diagnosis of choroidal melanoma is challenging and has important implications for both physicians and patients. We assessed the utility of quantification of fundus autofluorescence in the evaluation and follow-up of choroidal nevomelanocytic tumors.
To assess the utility of autofluorescence quantification in distinguishing clinically diagnosed choroidal nevi, melanoma, and indeterminate nevomelanocytic lesions.
Design, Setting, and Participants
A retrospective observational study from 2006 to 2012 of patients with choroidal nevomelanocytic lesions who had digital autofluorescence and color fundus imaging performed at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.
ImageJ software was used to output autofluorescence gray-scale values for each pixel of a 500 × 50-pixel region within each lesion and a corresponding adjacent control region.
Main Outcome and Measure
A single value was generated, termed the Index of Retinal Autofluorescence (IRA), to represent the total difference in gray-scale values between the 2 regions in each affected eye.
Thirteen of the 14 clinically diagnosed nevi exhibited an IRA less than 150 gray-scale intensity squared (gsi2). Eight of 9 clinically diagnosed melanomas exhibited an IRA more than 150 gsi2. An IRA of 150 gsi2 distinguished nevi from melanomas with a sensitivity of 0.89 and specificity of 0.93. Fifteen of 19 patients with indeterminate nevomelanocytic lesions underwent clinical assessment and initial imaging with clinical follow-up at a median of 10 months. All 3 patients with an IRA less than 150 gsi2 showed no evidence of clinical progression and 6 of 12 lesions with an IRA more than 150 gsi2 showed clinical progression to melanoma. An IRA of 150 gsi2 identifies indeterminate lesions that progressed to melanoma with a sensitivity of 1.00 and specificity of 0.33.
Conclusions and Relevance
Quantification of digital autofluorescence images can differentiate between clinically benign and malignant choroidal nevomelanocytic lesions and may be predictive for clinical progression of indeterminate lesions.
Choroidal nevi are benign nevomelanocytic lesions with a prevalence of about 6.5% in white individuals. Approximately 1 of 9000 choroidal nevi convert to melanoma annually.1,2 At presentation, choroidal nevomelanocytic lesions are classified as nevi, melanomas, or indeterminate tumors. Differentiating indeterminate tumors from choroidal melanomas remains challenging as does the early detection of their conversion to melanoma. Combinations of tumor growth, thickness, and diameter as well as the presence of subretinal fluid, orange pigmentation, visual symptoms, tumor margin within 3 mm of the optic disc, and the absence of drusen and retinal pigment epithelial alteration all have been reported to indicate malignancy.3,4 A lesion with no risk factors is a nevus while the presence of risk factors alone or in combination is found in indeterminate lesions and melanomas.5 To our knowledge, there is currently no reliable quantitative method to further stratify the risk of progression of indeterminate lesions.
Autofluorescence of lipofuscin that accumulates in the retinal pigment epithelium and macrophages over choroidal tumors has been correlated with orange pigmentation seen in color fundus photographs.6- 9 This phenomenon has been described qualitatively for benign and malignant choroidal nevomelanocytic tumors and found to correlate with malignancy. Subsequently, studies were designed in which experts classified autofluorescence changes and attempted to compare them with fundus color photograph features of clinically diagnosed nevi and melanomas.10- 12 However, to our knowledge, quantification of autofluorescence in choroidal lesions has not been previously attempted.
Because variations in autofluorescence have been shown to correlate with malignancy, we hypothesized that quantification of autofluorescence may be useful as an objective measure of the malignant potential or malignancy of choroidal nevomelanocytic tumors. We anticipated that nevi and melanomas would exhibit relatively homogeneous and heterogeneous autofluorescence images, respectively. Accordingly, indeterminate choroidal nevomelanocytic lesions with autofluorescence profiles similar to nevi would not progress while those with profiles similar to melanoma would be more likely to progress to malignancy.
This study was performed at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center after institutional review board approval. Autofluorescence images were obtained using the Heidelberg Spectralis (Heidelberg Engineering) with excitation at 488 nm to illuminate the fundus and detection of emitted fluorescence between 500 and 700 nm. Autofluorescence images were taken by 1 of 4 trained photographers after pupillary dilation. A database of patients with clinical diagnoses of choroidal nevus, melanoma, or indeterminate choroidal nevomelanocytic lesion and color and autofluorescence imaging was generated. Only patients with images centered on the lesion and of good clarity were enrolled. The clinical diagnosis was determined using a combination of conventional risk factors.4 These risk factors included thickness more than 2 mm, presence of subretinal fluid, visual symptoms, presence of orange pigment, lesions within 3 mm of the optic disc, absence of drusen, and low internal reflectivity on A-scan ultrasonography. Lesions were defined as follows: thickness less than 2 mm with no other risk factors = nevus; thickness greater than 2.5 mm with 2 other risk factors = melanoma; and not otherwise indicated = indeterminate.13 Patients with indeterminate lesions were observed regularly after the initial evaluation. Progression of an indeterminate lesion to melanoma was determined by conventional criteria.
The autofluorescence photograph and corresponding digital file for each lesion were analyzed with ImageJ (http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/). The color fundus photograph was referenced to ensure proper determination of the borders of each lesion (Figure 1). The 8-bit gray-scale intensity values of a 500 × 50-pixel area of the lesion demonstrating maximal autofluorescence were objectively determined by summing all 25 000 values of each unique 500 × 50-pixel area contained within the lesion. The highest summed area was then extracted for further analysis. An adjacent unaffected area was also extracted. The extracted gray-scale values were averaged across each column to yield 500 values that generated a unique autofluorescence signature (Figure 2). To obtain the Index of Retinal Autofluorescence (IRA), the signatures of the tumor and adjacent control area were then compared using a modification of a sum of the differences squared technique.14 The IRA is measured in gray-scale intensity squared (gsi2). Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney U test as well as generating odds ratios; P < .05 was considered statistically significant. We quantified the statistical spread of the data with median average deviation.
A, Color fundus photograph of melanoma in patient 907. B, Corresponding autofluorescence photograph of tumor. C, Color fundus photograph of nevus in patient 524. D, Corresponding autofluorescence photograph of tumor. The 500 × 50-pixel areas were selected for each tumor (rectangle) and compared with a similar-sized adjacent fundus region (not shown) to derive Index of Retinal Autofluorescence values.
Each autofluorescence signature represents vertically averaged gray-scale values at each of the 500 pixels along the horizontal axis. A, Comparison of melanoma autofluorescence signature and adjacent fundus region yielded an Index of Retinal Autofluorescence of 324 gray-scale intensity squared (gsi2). B, Comparison of nevus autofluorescence signature and adjacent fundus region yielded an Index of Retinal Autofluorescence of 45 gsi2.
Forty two patients were identified as having a unilateral choroidal nevomelanocytic lesion. Fourteen (33%) were classified as nevi, 19 (45%) were classified as indeterminate choroidal nevomelanocytic lesions, and 9 (21%) were classified as choroidal melanomas (eTable in Supplement).
Twenty-three patients had IRA values more than 150 gsi2 and 19 had IRA values less than 150 gsi2. For nevi, the median IRA value was 67 gsi2 (median average deviation, 45 gsi2) and 13 of the 14 nevi had IRA values less than 150 gsi2. The 9 melanomas had a median IRA value of 226 gsi2 (median average deviation, 98 gsi2), with 8 of the 9 having an IRA more than 150 gsi2. The P value obtained by comparing IRA values of nevi and melanomas was <.001. The median IRA value for the 19 indeterminate lesions was 359 gsi2 (median average deviation, 221 gsi2), of which 14 had IRA values more than 150 gsi2 and 5 had IRA values less than 150 gsi2.
Tumor progression was assessed by sequential clinical examination of 15 of the 19 patients (79%) with indeterminate lesions (median follow-up, 10 months; range, 4.4-12.6 months). Included in the 15 patients with indeterminate lesions were 12 patients (80%) with IRA values more than 150 gsi2 and 3 (20%) with IRA values less than 150 gsi2. Of the 3 patients with initial IRA values less than 150 gsi2, none showed clinical progression at follow-up (median, 10.0 months; range, 7-10 months), while 6 of the 12 patients (50%) with IRA values more than 150 gsi2 exhibited clinical progression at follow-up (median, 8.8 months; range, 4.4-11.4 months) and 6 of the 12 patients (50%) did not exhibit progression at follow-up (median, 10.2 months; range, 5.6-11.0 months). The median duration of follow-up for those lesions that progressed did not differ from those that did not progress (P = .84).
An IRA value of 150 gsi2 distinguished melanoma from nevus with a sensitivity of 0.89 and a specificity of 0.93. The IRA values more than 150 gsi2 were predictive of indeterminate lesions progressing to melanoma with a sensitivity of 1.00 and a specificity of 0.33. Accepted clinical parameters predicted progression of the indeterminate lesions to melanoma as follows: thickness more than 2.0 mm with a sensitivity of 0.83 and a specificity of 0.89, subretinal fluid with a sensitivity of 0.33 and a specificity of 0.44, orange pigment with a sensitivity of 0.33 and a specificity of 0.67, visual symptoms with a sensitivity of 0.83 and a specificity of 0.67, within 3.0 mm of the optic disc with a sensitivity of 0.33 and a specificity of 0.67, and low internal reflectivity with a sensitivity of 0.00 and a specificity of 1.00.
To determine how IRA correlates with accepted clinical parameters for nevi and melanomas, we determined the odds ratio for each parameter predicting categorical IRA more than 150 gsi2. We found that an IRA more than 150 gsi2 was highly associated with most accepted clinical parameters: the odds ratio between an IRA more than 150 gsi2 and thickness more than 2.0 mm was 10.4 (95% CI, 1.8 to 113.7; P = .003); with subretinal fluid was 9.4 (95% CI, 1.9 to 65.8; P = .002); with orange pigment was 10.4 (95% CI, 1.8 to 113.7; P = .003); with visual symptoms was more than 100 (95% CI, 6.1 to >200; P < .001); and with a lesion within 3.0 mm of the optic disc was 7.4 (95% CI, 1.3 to 80.7; P = .02). The odds ratio between an IRA more than 150 gsi2 and low internal reflectivity was 4.8 (95% CI, 0.5 to 249.0; P = .20).
Choroidal nevomelanocytic tumors exist on a spectrum from nevus to melanoma and are classified based on a variety of previously reported subjective and objective risk factors. In this study, we sought to develop a novel approach that quantifies autofluorescence images of nevomelanocytic lesions to identify both malignancy and malignant potential. We developed a quantification method that generates a single value, the IRA, that reflects autofluorescence variability of the lesion relative to an adjacent fundus area. We found that an IRA value of 150 gsi2 best differentiates nevomelanocytic lesions. Interestingly, quantifying indeterminate choroidal nevomelanocytic lesions with the same method that separated nevi from melanomas also was predictive of progression for indeterminate lesions. None of the indeterminate choroidal nevomelanocytic lesions with IRA values of 150 gsi2 or less progressed while half of indeterminate lesions with IRA values more than 150 gsi2 did progress to melanoma. The sensitivity for IRA of 150 gsi2 in indeterminate choroidal nevomelanocytic lesions was 100% suggesting this method may serve as a screening test to indicate the propensity for malignant progression. In addition, an IRA more than 150 gsi2 demonstrated higher sensitivity than any of the accepted clinical parameters, suggesting that indeterminate lesions with an IRA more than 150 gsi2 should be closely monitored for clinical evolution to melanoma.
We carefully designed our quantification technique to produce a single value representing the variability of a standardized sampled region. Sampling the entire lesion would lead to a single averaged value unlike determining variations in autofluorescence within the lesion compared with variations in autofluorescence in an area of normal fundus outside of the lesion. This is a much more powerful quantification technique because averaging may obscure regions with hyperfluorescence and hypofluorescence and portray them as no change.
The IRA values of nevomelanocytic lesions do not simply reflect the presence of orange pigment that has been shown to be present in macrophages overlying most melanomas to varying degrees and is a known risk factor for malignancy. The autofluorescence used to calculate IRA values is also derived from other fluorophores, including the retinal pigment epithelium overlying the tumor, which demonstrates hypofluorescence and hyperfluorescence due to atrophy and proliferation in response to the neoplasm. Therefore, some lesions that do not have a substantial amount of orange pigment can still have high IRA values based on variability of these fluorophores. The IRA values also reflect local autofluorescence reductions due to hypofluorescent tumor seen through the atrophic retinal pigment epithelium layer. Conversely, orange pigment is never present in nevi but its presence alone is insufficient to establish a diagnosis of melanoma. Therefore, the IRA value is not a replacement for the orange pigment risk factor alone. Accordingly, several lesions with high IRA did not have orange pigment on clinical examination and several lesions with orange pigment on clinical examination did not have high IRA (eTable in Supplement).
Limitations of our pilot study include the small patient population, the length of follow-up for indeterminate lesions, and the small number of patients lost to follow-up as well as tumor and patient factors that can affect autofluorescence variability. Despite the fact that the follow-up period of these patients was short, half of the indeterminate lesions with IRA values more than 150 gsi2 progressed, indicating the clinical utility of this method. Although 4 indeterminate lesions did not have follow-up, their clinical characteristics and IRA values did not differ from the other indeterminate lesions and their clinical course was likely to be similar to those we did follow up. Some indeterminate lesions with IRA values of 150 gsi2 or less may eventually progress to higher IRA values and convert to melanoma, but we did not rigorously evaluate this possibility in this study. Tumor factors that can affect autofluorescence variability include the presence of hemorrhage as well as tumors sufficiently thick to prevent adequate focusing while patient factors include the presence of a dense cataract and inadequate dilation of the pupil. We attempted to minimize these potential causes of autofluorescence variability, as described in the Methods section.
In conclusion, we have developed an objective method to quantify autofluorescence in choroidal nevomelanocytic tumors, which has thus far only been assessed subjectively. The IRA values can be used to distinguish melanomas from nevi and identify the malignant potential of indeterminate lesions. Application of this method provides additional information for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment decisions for what is currently a challenging clinical entity.
Corresponding Author: Victor M. Elner, MD, PhD, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, 1000 Wall St, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (email@example.com).
Submitted for Publication: November 4, 2012; final revision received January 28, 2013; accepted February 6, 2013.
Published Online: June 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4007.
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Additional Contributions: We thank John Chen, MD, for advice on autofluorescence imaging and Chris Andrews, PhD, for statistical assistance.
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Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom took to the stage today in a livestream, announcing a new video update for the popular photo sharing service, which is now owned by Facebook.
The new video feature, poised to compete with Twitter's own Vine video sharing app, will give users 15 seconds of video, along with Instagram-style filters and a new image stabilization feature, called Cinema.
Systrom showed a video clip of a barista at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco. Users simply touch the screen to start recording, and lift their finger to stop, in a Vine-like fashion. The succession of clips, up to 15 seconds total, can then have one of thirteen filters applied to it in real time, just like Instagram photos. The rest of the process looks and feels just like the photo app.
Finally, Systrom previewed Cinema, a stabilization feature for the video taken with Instagram, and it looks stunning. Gone are the days of bouncy footage, though only in 15 second chunks.
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Fresh from the (ahem) crushing success of King's Candy Crush Saga, the Facebook and mobile casual game developer announced today that yet another top ten Facebook game, Pet Rescue Saga, is scheduled to release on mobile early this summer.
King says that the current Facebook iteration of Pet Rescue Saga is the third overall largest game on Facebook with over six million daily players. The iOS and Android app will be available early this summer on iTunes and Google Play. This is the third mobile release for the casual gaming company, with Candy Crush Saga seeing over 500 million plays a day on mobile. A day. Sheesh.
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This Week at 148Apps: April 22-26, 2013
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LEGO Batman: DC Superheroes
The Caped Crusader is back in brick form for a new adventure, this time on iOS. As someone who's had an on-again off-again relationship with LEGO games in the past I was curious to see how a mobile release might hold up. Turns out it holds up very well. Like, ridiculously well. In fact, LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes is hands-down the best LEGO game I've ever played. Yes, including ones on consoles. All the wacky villains that should be stuck in Arkham have gotten loose. Again. Now they're terrorizing Gotham. Again. And this time Joker has managed to team up with Lex Luthor. The two are such a handful that Batman has to enlist the help of other heroes, including Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and a whole lot more. There's a conventional virtual stick and buttons setup and a surprisingly intuitive touch interface to pick from. No matter their preference, players will be bashing everything in sight to collect studs (the world's currency), reconfiguring piles of bricks into new contraptions, finding tons of secrets, and doing just about everything else they could expect to find in a big screen LEGO game. --Rob Rich
Robot Unicorn Attack 2
Is it possible to make something great even better? When it comes to Robot Unicorn Attack 2, the sequel to the popular endless runner where a unicorn jumps and dashes through multi-tiered levels, collecting fairies and smashing stars, the answer is a resounding "Yes!" First off, Adult Swim Games enlisted PikPok on the title, and as a studio well-known for their fun games and high production values, it was a perfect choice. It's immediately apparent that this game is absolutely gorgeous. The level of detail in the animated backgrounds, the galloping unicorns, and just everything is absolutely astounding. New elements like Giants that can kill the player if their solar beam attacks aren't avoided add a splash to the familiar experience. --Carter Dotson
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Impressively nearing its 100th anniversary, The Thirty-Nine Steps is still a tremendously gripping thriller courtesy of John Buchan. With various cinematic adaptations, it's easily accessible, too. Now, we have this iPad adaptation, part interactive story, part simple game, to enjoy. It's quite good too, although slow-paced and not without its problems. Following the story of Richard Hannay, a man framed for murder in 1914, it's a great mystery full of intrigue and riddles. Readers don't get to change the outcome or events within the book but they do get to interact with objects, start up conversations and open doors. The latter is a little gimmicky, invoking gestures to perform the required action, but the rest feels like an enhancement to getting into the story. --Jennifer Allen
It's almost wrong to fault GoComics. As a free app, it does mostly anything could want from it, in terms of content. As a paid app (via an in-app purchase subscription), it eliminates one of its main irritants: the adverts. For a comic fan, it's an ideal addition to their collection, even despite its issues. GoComics is, essentially, a portal of many of the most popular comic strips out there, as well some great up-and-coming artists. There's plenty of space for political cartoons, too, sensibly categorized according to their political leanings. It's immediately easy to dive straight in and find one's favorites, with the likes of Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts and Garfield playing a prominent part in the appeal. Just tap on their name and the latest strip comes up, along with a calendar that enables users to go back to any date they so choose. It's fast to browse and easy to lose plenty of time to. --Jennifer Allen
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Escape from Tokeru
It will come as no surprise to readers that I am often asked to recommend apps to family and friends, especially for those in grade school, as iTunes seems filled with apps for toddlers and those in preschool, but it can be harder to find apps for older children. Parents looking for an interesting, thought-provoking app for this age set should take note of Escape From Tokeru, a puzzle game that includes an interesting back story, beautiful illustrations and moody, ambient background music. --Amy Solomon
Gappy's First Words
Gappy's First Words is a new interactive universal app that re-enforces early spelling and reading comprehension from the developers at Spinlight Studio, a favorite developer of mine these apps are consistently rich with details and nuances at a level of quality making these application stands out from others. Meet Gappy, an interesting bunny-like character with large ears and big teeth, and help Gappy hop her way home, filling in the gaps of word puzzles along the way – stylized as a bridge of sorts where pieces of this crossing are missing and need to be completed with correct letter tiles. Success will earn users new details that can be added to Gappy's house such as new windows, fence or chimney. --Amy Solomon
Cheesy Chess
Cheesy Chess is a creative and fun mouse-themed logic game with heavy chess elements. This app reminds me a lot of the slider puzzles I had as a kid where plastic tiles will ultimately make up an image but needed to be slid within this puzzle, keeping in mind that only one piece can be moved at once. Here, imagine a mouse king who needs to progress through this slider puzzle at the top center to leave this board, but the other puzzle pieces need to be moved out of his way to do so. --Amy Solomon
Ice Rage
Mountain Sheep's arcade hockey game Ice Rage has finally made its way to Android thanks to Herocraft – is this game a slap shot goal or power play where the team with the advantage does not score? I'm not too well-versed in hockey. There are no power plays or penalties or icing here, as it's all about one-on-one hockey action. It's really more akin to air hockey instead of 'actual' hockey in any way. Players can check the opponent to get the puck, and when they have it, it's possible to hold down on the one virtual button on screen to charge up and aim a shot. Matches last one just minute in most modes, so it's perfect for fast sessions. There's plenty of crazy action that goes on here, with arrow angles and tough shots to make. Just because it's arcade hockey doesn't mean that some degree of precision is unnecessary! The arcade ladder made with temporary character upgrades is a fun diversion, and the later difficulties with things like manual goalie control help out as well. There's a crazy set of characters to play as, including Enviro-Bear. Bear is playing hockey, how can this be? --Carter Dotson
The Barman
For the over-21 crowd there are not many things that spice up a good night with friends than sitting back and mixing up a few bar favorites. The obvious caveat is that not everyone is a trained bar tender and a poorly mixed drink can put a damper on a good night. Amazingly there are machines that will mix drinks automatically, but those have a large footprint and, besides being expensive, are cumbersome and hard to clean. Besides, what is the fun of making a good lemon drop if some machine pumps one out automatically. So, get a glass that has all those recipes on the side measured out by volume. Well, the problem here is that there can only be 6-7 mixtures tops, and there are hundreds of drink recipes in the world. Also, those do a poor job at measuring solids like sugar or salt. The answer is The Barman, an ingenious KickStarter project by John Gallagher of Sewell, New Jersey. --Joseph Bertolini
Jones On Fire
Jones on Fire is a fun little runner that will probably have folks doing a double take due to the unique look of the playing characters. It looked very, uh, Lego-ey. And somehow, that wasn't even the best part. Folks like me who grew up as fans of the iconic chiidren's building blocks, or have played console games based on their form (like Stars Wars or Batman) will understand. The simplistic block figures were endearing, and I thought they blended well with the unique background. The sharp colors added to the overall experience, with walls of fire retaining a menacing look even while contrasting with localized burns on the ground. I liked the little graphical things, like the look of the game store, decked out with green text and fireman's pole. The entire atmosphere was almost as enjoyable as the game action itself. --Tre Lawrence
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Facebook Update Adds Chat Heads, Stickers To iPhone, iPad
Facebook announced today an update to the Facebook app, with features added to both the iPhone and iPad for this universal app. You'll get to multi-task in Facebook, even if you're chatting with a friend, via Chat Heads, as well as some fun Stickers that you can buy and add to messages. Plus, the news feed has been redesigned with a cleaner look. Check it out on the App Store now.
What's New in Version 6.0
Brand new ways to chat and a cleaner look for News Feed.
New for iPhone
• Keep chatting from anywhere in the app with chat heads
• Send stickers to bring your messages to life
• Explore new feeds like Music, Photos and Games
New for iPad
• Keep chatting from anywhere in the app with chat heads
• Browse brighter, more beautiful stories
Chat heads and stickers will be available to everyone over the next few weeks.
This Week at 148Apps: April 1-5, 2013
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Injustice: Gods Among Us
WB and NetherRealm's original DC Comics fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us has been adapted for the iPad, and that doesn't just mean that they ported down a full console fighting game, or just made an Infinity Blade clone like some are wont to do; no, they converted this into an actual touchscreen-friendly game that's free-to-play, though definitely encourages spending money. The actual combat is dramatically less complex than the Street Fighters of the world, because players have three basic actions: tap to do a light attack, swipe forward to do a heavy attack, and tap & hold with two fingers to block. Combos will call up swiping actions to knockdown the opponent, and special moves will require different inputs to unleash those attacks. The complexity comes in with using the three chracters efficiently; not only is it about letting them go to the sidelines to regenerate health, but also to swap in characters whose special power meters are recharging while on the sidelines. As well, different special attacks have different effects that are useful in various scenarios. I like to keep one character with a power drain effect with me when fighting bosses so as to limit the number of times they can do massive damage. The combat strikes a great balance between being simplified for the platform, while keeping enough strategy to be interesting. --Carter Dotson
Mittens, both the name of this app and of the cat which the game revolves around, is the latest physics puzzler from Disney. The company had an extreme amount of success with Where's My Water a couple of years ago and this is definitely a notable follow-up. As one would expect from a Disney game, the visual assets are top-notch. The cartoony visuals and cute cut scenes definitely feel like something Disney would have a hand in. Players interact with the level components by tapping and swiping, and swiping an electrical wire or piece of wood will cut it. Players can only interact with the level components and can't directly control Mittens. All of the normal laws of physics apply, so Mittens falls and bounces, and will automatically grab onto ledges. Besides static environmental elements like wires, awnings, and planks of wood, other animals also appear in the levels, like birds to latch onto. Ultimately, the goal is to make it to a floating milk bottle. When he finally gets to it, Mittens does a little dance. --David Rabinowitz
Mailbox represents a perspective shift to email, in that it treats the inbox not as a list of messages hanging around one's neck like so many albatrosses, but as a list of tasks that need to be completed. So, reading an email and being done means that it can be removed the list like a completed task, meaning it is archived from the inbox. Messages can be 'delayed', making them temporarily hidden from the inbox, reappearing at a later time defined by the user to be completed later. But, the important thing is that they are removed from the inbox, making inbox zero a potential daily occurrence. --Carter Dotson
BADLAND is a quite beautiful amalgamation of side scrolling platform action, with a dash of Endless Runner about it. The latter part comes more from the one touch controls that ensure that BADLAND is easy to play for any ability, albeit not necessarily easy to complete thanks to a series of challenging obstacles. 40 levels pave the way and, while early stages are quite easy, later stages prove rather fearsome and tough. Even better, there's plenty of replayability through the acquisition of clones which boost the rating of a level, once captured. BADLAND might sound immensely restricted due to its one touch controls, but that's quite far from the truth. At first, tapping on the screen is used more to keep the cuddly yet mildly sinister creature afloat, thrusting them through each stage and avoiding simple obstacles. Get pushed off the screen and it's game over, but when early structures simply consist of pillars and platforms, it's no great hardship. As things progress, however, and the player learns more about how to play, the imaginative nature of BADLAND shines through. Orange colored globes affect the size of the creature, either making him grow or shrink to some degree. Both have advantages and disadvantages, the former allowing him to crush certain things, and the latter allowing him to sneak through small gaps. Other power-ups emerge, too, such as one that allows him to stick to walls or roll at speed through the scenery. --Jennifer Allen
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Alex The Handyman
Alex The Handyman – Kids Educational App is a cute and fun app allowing children to use various tools to help friends with a variety of home repairs. Ten scenes are included, each one bright and colorful to look at as one meets a friendly animal character who needs help. From fixing fence posts and ladders to a tree house, to inflating a tire on a car or mending a tear in a dress, Alex the Handyman is a true jack-of-all-trades as he takes on tasks such as sewing, painting, spot-cleaning stains or light gardening. Children will need to choose the correct tool for the job, such as wrench to tighten a leaky faucet or screwdriver to repair a toy, that will become highlighted if help is needed. --Amy Solomon
Zachy the Robot: Quest for the Museum Treasures
Zachy the Robot: Quest for the Museum Treasures is a terrific interactive app that delves into different topics of natural history in a way that is sure to captivate children and their adults. This is the second Zachy the Robot app. This one takes place again in Robocity, focusing on a group of robot friends, the Robocity Repairbots, who help their town with their problems, as their wheelhouse is fixing structural issues in buildings, as seen in the first app which focused on engineering. Here, the gang is brought back to add exhibits to the newly built and empty Robocity Natural History Museum, explained in the bright, colorful and fun animated intro. I love how excited these characters are by the topic of natural history – an enthusiasm that parents will hope rubs off on their children. --Amy Solomon
Gro Memo
Most adults remember playing "memory" – also known as "concentration" – as children, where cards or tiles are laid out in pairs face down and players have to take turns turning over two cards looking for mates, remembering where the other cards are in order to create matches. This style of game is also a very popular one in an application form, be it the app's main focus or an additional section found in a storybook so it is very nice to see a "memory" style game that really stands out from the pack in terms of game play and overall quality. --Amy Solomon
Nimble Quest
Nimble Quest, the latest from NimbleBit, starts off with an immediate nod to its direct influence, Snake. Before mobile games exploded, everyone enjoyed Snake on a Nokia mobile phone, because what else was there to do besides play Snake? So, immediately, it seems like there may not be much to this at all. Nope. Nimble Quest takes that simple concept and makes it deeper and more fun than it has any right to be. It starts by adding a bit of strategy to the standard Snake gameplay of turning left and right, avoiding walls and enemies. See, players control a character that has a special attack ability that triggers when near enemies, and they use that to take out enemies. Other heroes can be collected as drops from enemies that form parts of the snake, and can use their own individual attacks. Now, enemies can attack as well, so it becomes about staying out of danger, as the heroes have health bars that will quickly diminish, and if the lead hero dies, it's game over. So, there's a strategy to approaching the enemies, one that is about taking as little damage as possible. --Carter Dotson
This week's KickStarter Spotlight focuses on an ambitious, and impressively polished product that is squarely aimed at parents who are concerned about their child's computer usage called MiiPC. It is not so much the content as the amount of time wasted that most parents worry about, and it is a fact that technology can be a major distraction for young people with homework. I can attest that even in the course of writing this post, I have looked away to a USA Today update and watched a few YouTube videos that were sent to me by a few Facebook friends. What MiiPC aims to deliver is a computer that, in all honesty, is not much more than a converted, overpowered tablet in a box. The main feature is the complete control parents have over the device. From setting time restrictions on apps or websites, to monitoring exactly what activity a user is doing at any time; MiiPC allows a parent to have total peace of mind while still ensuring their children get an appropriate introduction to the vast wonder of the internet. --Joseph Bertolini
Fate of the Pharaoh
Fate of the Pharaoh is a fun simulation set in, well, ancient Egypt. In this game, I worked as an Adviser to Pharaoh, tasked with rebuilding the empire after a victorious but devastating war.
To make it easy, it's a G5 game, so I expected nice graphics. I wasn't disappointed. I found the rich graphics, sharp animations and fine detail that we all have come to expect from G5. There were two modes: Adventure Mode (timed) and Relaxed Mode. Anyone who has read my reviews knows I am a sucker for tutorials, and thus, this gamee found a way to my heart early on. The teaching section allowed me to use taps to get a basic understanding of gameplay: accruing money, and the different ways you can spend it. I learned that to progress, I had to finish tasks and manage resources.--Tre Lawrence
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Thanks to the last two major iOS releases, iOS 5 and 6, sharing on social media has gotten a lot easier. It's now easy to tweet and post to Facebook from anywhere in iOS. Want to do this for yourself? Here's our how to guide on taking advantage of social media features on iOS.
First off, you need to log in to your social media accounts, which for most users will be the Twitter and Facebook support. Start by going to Settings. Scroll down to the Twitter and Facebook options. Now you will see a screen that will let you install that service's official app from the App Store, log in with an existing account, learn more about the service, or Create a New Account. If you don't have one, this is the quickest and easiest way to make one. Once you have an account, log in with it and let the fun begin!
For Twitter, you can log in to multiple accounts from this screen. Tapping on an account info will let you re-enter your password if you change it, to change the account's description in iOS, and to disable the "Find Me by Email" setting. Scrolling down to the bottom will allow you to Update Contacts with information from Twitter contacts, and to modify which apps can access data from your Twitter account.
For Facebook, it has many of the same options, but you can only log in to one account. However, you can configure the app's settings for alerts and HD video recording from here.
Now, time to take advantage of this. Bring down Notification Center by swiping from the top of the screen. You should now have Tap to Tweet and Tap to Post buttons. Each one will send a tweet or a post to Facebook. You can add your location, and the Twitter post box will replace the enter button with the @ and # symbols. You can enter a line break by hitting the 123 button and finding Enter there.
If you want to share a photo, you can do so by going to Photos, and tapping the Share arrow, and you will see options to post the photo to Twitter or Facebook. Twitter will automatically add the photo and subtract the characters for the link in your tweet without showing the actual link in it. Anything like this will be shown with a paper clip and a thumbnail of what is being sent.
Apps can tweet and post to Facebook, too. Try sending a link from Safari using the Share arrow. Some games will let you share your high scores, like Punch Quest does.
Apps like can request access to your Twitter or Facebook contacts to find new people to connect to, such as Vine supporting Twitter contacts, or Game Center letting you discover friends through Facebook.
Some apps can let you instantly log in to them with your registered Twitter or Facebook account, even third-party Twitter apps like Tweetbot. Finally, you can Like apps on the App Store by tapping the Reviews tab and then the Like button.
These tips cover the basics of how you can use the built-in social media connections to share from your iOS device. Note that not all apps use the built-in iOS connections, so you may still need to log in separately in some apps.


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It already is...go to the doctor/hospital...
Today, I asked the school nurse who hailed a Thai colleague from our English Dept. Rather embarrassing... The nurse gave me something to drink with "Stomach" written on the bottle.
When is this going to become some kind of an urgent issue?
It might be time to try self-medication!
P.S. I sat around for about 40 hours for a B-Visa run to Vientiane...
It already is...go to the doctor/hospital...
Frederick Douglass: Find out just what any people will quietly submit to
and you have found out the exact measure of injustice
and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these
will continue till they are resisted with either
words or blows, or with both.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn;
Dont believe them, dont fear them, dont ask
anything of them.
Bran and suppositories. An olive oil milkshake is good too.
Soon all types of nasty shit (literally) might start leaking back into your system. Seek help ASAP and maybe make some dietary changes. Good luck!!
Not the most scinitillating signature you'll ever read...
How odd in Thailand. Normally it's the runs for a month. Perhaps whatever/wherever you've been eating could help farangs with the runs, kinda negation of both ills. Once you're cured post an ad somewhere for anti-runs dietry advice for uncomfortable newbie farangs. Set up a paypal donation system and sit back and watch the money trickle in. It's called passive business. A bunch of 20, 30 somethings were at it in Bangkok during the unrest in 2010. They have all kinds of BS websites all centred on 'getting laid, getting paid and getting healthy' or ripped or other such crap.
Um, but don't take this post too seriously
Thank Allah for the bum gun!!! OP, get yourself to a doctor. Get a prescription to get that going. Once you're 'clear', start eating more raw veggies, fruit, and drink lots of water. Green tea is good for keeping your system clean too.
I think OP posted on the weight-lifting thread. Are you maybe getting too much protein at the expense of other things? Just an educated guess, forgive me if wrong!!
dear OP, a void sharp objects or u r gonna a splode.
And don't have any fans on - the shit may hit one.
First of all, make sure you did not eat anything that could have caused a serious blockage (guava pit, tonk a truck, that kinda thing!) - then, get yourself bags and bags of dried, pitted prunes. Pick up some prune juice too. I hope you like that stuff, some people don't. You can also pick up some salts (usual epsom salts) that help you "go", but the prune solution is usually best.
Generally, according to an internist I saw for something similar years ago, you can up to 10-12 days before it's cause for concern. I disagree. I'm with you and would consider 5 days to be reason to worry.
I did the prune juice solution, and pretty much 6-8 hours after injesting two bottles of juice and 3 bags of prunes, I ended up retiring for a number of hours to the porcelain throne. I felt very cleansed upon exiting ;-)
I find smoking always makes me need a shit. So maybe have one if you don't normally. Just don't get addicted!!
Fybogel orange drink available at any chemist, cheap as chips.
Remember these as the good ol' days the next time you... err, anyway...
The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there.
-L.P. Hartley


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From Calgary Herald:
Calgary Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff is retiring.
He spent the last nine seasons with the Flames.
Kiprusoff says he made the decision at the end of last season.
I'm glad to read that the Burke signing didn't hasten his decision.
What's "Mini-Kipper" going to do now?
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Become a world-class business lawyer
International commercial transactions – Cross-border sales – Transfer of technology – Mergers and acquisitions of companies – Investment in complex construction projects abroad – International registration of trademarks
These are just few examples with which lawyers managing their international clients' portfolio are faced in their everyday practice. The increasing level of globalization requires a flexible and open approach to the legal problems which accompany the international exchange of products and services. Predominantly, it entails the knowledge of legal rules (both national and international) which apply to such transactions.
Furthermore, IBL master's programme of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam evaluated as the best business law related master programme in the Netherlands (Master Guide 2016).
Study and understand the implications of law in the international arena
The IBL Master's programme was launched in 1999. Since then, it offers a comprehensive graduate course of study to students who aim at a career in the field of international commercial law and trade. The IBL Master's programme is designed to cover a wide range of legal aspects relating to international commercial transactions. The courses are structured and coordinated to complement each other in order to give a student the broadest possible view of issues that appear in international legal practice. Because the courses are taught by academics who are often also practicing lawyers, the students learn how to anticipate the problems with which they will be confronted in their future work.
The curriculum of the IBL Master's programme includes the following courses:
• Competition Law (6 EC)
• EU Internal Market Law (6 EC)
• International Business and Internet Law: Privacy, Security and Contracting (6 EC)
• International Arbitration (6 EC)
• International Company Law (6 EC) - mandatory
• International Contract Law (12 EC) - mandatory
• International Intellectual Property Law (6 EC)
• International Tax Law (6 EC)
• International Trade and Investment Law (6 EC)
• Private International Law (6 EC)
• Research Seminar (6 EC) - mandatory
Besides, all students must write a Master thesis (12 EC)
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Latest update: The new HIND LAND publication is launching at Format Festival where we will also be exhibiting
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During the Tuesday TNT broadcast of the Detroit Piston-Chicago Bull game, Reggie Miller seemed a bit out of sorts. Making biting, sarcastic remarks towards Michael Jordan, Vinnie Del Negro, Michael Curry, Rasheed Wallace and Allen Iverson. Miller's comments turned from sarcastic to personal with Iverson, as he accused the Piston guard of faking his injury.
March 25, Detroit News: "I've played a lot of games against Allen Iverson when he was with the Philadelphia 76ers, and he is one of the toughest guys I've ever gone against," Miller said. "But having said that and knowing the information we know, what Arnie Kander is saying, it's almost like (Iverson) is holding this team hostage because he cannot accept the responsibility of coming off the bench. That's sad because he is one of the truly great little men we've ever had in the game."
What Kander told TNT's Craig Sager is essentially the same thing the Pistons have been saying all along -- without Miller's commentary. Every test that's been run on Iverson's back has shown no structural damage. The Pistons just last week ran three different tests and they all came back negative.
Still, Iverson has complained of pain and numbness, and doctors at Georgetown University have prescribed rest. Iverson told Booth Newspapers on Sunday that speculation that he's sitting out because he doesn't want to come off the bench was false.
If Kander relayed the same information that has already been in the press, then for Reggie to jump to the conclusion he did seems a bit strange. It's hard to tell what the exact situation is with Iverson and the Pistons, with no comments coming from Piston management or the Iverson camp in reaction to Miller's accusation.
Add that to some recent writings in the Detroit media that the Pistons may not get the services of any of their three injured players before the regular season ends, and the possibility the Pistons may drop out of the playoff race altogether grows.
The next Piston game is Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Allen Iverson and Rasheed Wallace have both been "ruled out" for that game and Rip Hamilton is doubtful. It's hard to believe that Allen Iverson is "faking" an injury, but Piston fans deserve a response to the accusations Reggie Miller made, from both Joe Dumars and Allen Iverson.


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Have Vampires Sucked Blood from Your Blog?
Our host today is Barry Feldman. If you're interested in getting in front of the readers of Site Sketch 101, check out our guest posting invitation here.
Help! Help! Some very pale creepy character is trying to feed off of me. The offense goes by the name of plagiarism. I'm not all that easily offended, but stealing my story is right up there with stepping on my blue suede shoes.
You would think a wordsmith of 25 years would be familiar with the crime of blog burglary by now. (Or you might read my stuff and say, "Who'd want to steal that?") Perhaps I haven't policed my work to the degree I should. And at the risk of exposing my overly vulnerable veins to these evil spirits, I have to admit I'm somewhat new to the blogosphere.
Clearly, command-C-slash-command-V (as in "vampire") gives these bloodsuckers a powerful weapon and they're not afraid to use it. I'm told it happens all the time. Who told me? Nicholas Cardot did, that writer/designer/positive thinker guy who created Site Sketch 101. When I discovered a post we published was being ripped off, I gave him a call. He told me these Internet outlaws are called scrapers, and then, he enlightened me on the effective way to take back what's mine.
Ha! Scrapers don't scare me now.
'Twas the night before Halloween when Nick treated me with his trick. But first, we interrupt this lesson with a little legalese. Feldman & Cardot may sound like a law firm, but attorneys we are not. We're just a couple of good guys who prefer not to be taken advantage of by bad guys. So now back to business…
Want to have a bit of the law in your arsenal? Open to Title 17 of the U.S. Code and school yourself on copyright matters. You'll learn the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) delivers protection not only to the rightful owner of the copy, but to the guilty party as well.
You see, the culprit might genuinely believe he's doing you a favor. Writers want readers, right? That's fair. However, re-using someone's material in its entirety, without permission and without credit? Not fair. In fact, it's offensive.
How to enact the act.
In legal circles, they used to say "throw the book at him." In this age of all things electronic, there's no need for a book—or even paper. You can protect trees and your rights as a writer at the same time, usually with just an email.
The copyright holder must create and send a takedown notice containing six essential elements. Get a template takedown notice here courtesy of SiteSketch101. Both the owner of the site and its hosting company can be held liable for copyright infringement, so Nick recommends sending the notice to the site's host, who in turn, alerts the site owner of the notice.
Good intentioned or bad, the copyright infringer must then immediately remove or disable access to the stolen property. When he or she complies, the case is closed. No prosecution takes place. Of course, it's possible, but rare, the infringer will fail to comply. Should this happen to you, you will want get legal advice.
Meet the plagiarism police.
Is your content being scraped? Perhaps you don't know. If so, here are a couple of valuable things you really should know to quickly and easily police your work and protect yourself from plagiarism.
- Copyscape.com—At this site, offering free and tiered levels of paid services, it takes just seconds to search for copies of your work across the web. You can also help yourself to free banners to warn potential plagiarists to keep their hands off.
- The DIY approach—Simply paste a paragraph of an article you suspect might be illegally published into Google and it'll hunt down any instances where your work appears.
No need for cops when your post earns props.
Having your blog or sections of it highlighted in another writer's article tends to be a good thing. More often than not, the author is giving you props for your insights or attempting to expand the conversation.
Pingbacks or trackbacks, different versions of a similar thing, are the terms used to describe what is essentially a notice from one blogger to another. When you create a blog post containing a link to a post on another site, an excerpt of the original post shows up in the blogger's comments section. The original author then has the ability to moderate it like any other comment. Trackbacks are likely to increase the visibility of your site, so they are a good thing.
Of course, in your quest for a larger population of readers, another good thing is to share your content via syndication sites and social media. I've found this to be a fun and rewarding way to entice a lot more eyeballs. We'll save detailed explanations of these practices for another day, but I'll mention a few sites that publish my articles as examples: www.business2community.com, www.socialmediatoday.com, and www.ezinearticles.com.
Have you had experiences, good, bad or otherwise with spooking away scrapers? Don't be afraid to share them here.


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Journals and Posts
Australian Shipping arrivals & departures 1788 - 1967
Tasmanian Archives, includes a Wills Index 1824 1915, Convict records, Birth, Baptism, Marriage & Death Records. Once you find what you want you must contact them and then they will conduct a search and let you know how much information they still have, and how much it will cost you. The initial search fee is $22.00 and this will include 5 pages of photocopying.
National Archives of Australia.
Burials and Cremations (Southern Regional Cemetery Trust) Tasmania. Generally will give you a date of service (burial or cremation) the full name, the place of interment including actual plot number and possibly the last area of residence or a next of kin.
Convicts Lists CD-ROM available for purchase on this subject.
World War 2 Nominal Roll - Service personnel in Australia.
First families to land in Australia. This web site will be closing as of 31 December 2004. The State Library of Victoria maintains it, but they are not responsible for the accuracy of information, which was submitted by the public in 2001.
Cemeteries in Victoria, listing graves sites.
Genealogy Centre at the State Library of Victoria. Helps to find other Internet sites. Offers a list of Microfilms available at the State Library's genealogy Centre, as well as the family search CD-ROM. Has work in progress on German Family Histories.
National Library of Australia. Has many different areas, including Military Records, state Archives, Cemeteries, Irish Transportation Records, NSW Births/deaths/marriages. Lots more.
The next few sites tend to share information
Ancestry has a free trial going at the moment for their English and Irish records. But when you need to cancel you are best to do it by phone, as they take a long time to cancel by email and you may get charged the full subscription fee. Lots of info there.
Family Search - Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Has info from all over the world. Lists the 1881 British Census, and the International Genealogy Index. Some information in uploaded by individuals, and so it is always best to double check the information you gain. Allows you to download the GEDCOM Viewer, which is one method of creating your own family tree to enable you to upload it to the web site.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Personnel who died in WW1 and WW2.
It offers a free 7-day trial, membership costs US$74.95 per year. Will allow you to create your own family tree, which is displayed, on-line, and link you up with anybody else who has input the same people, thus enabling you to view their full tree. It is a US based site, and to benefit fully you will need to input your family tree. It will also show you some famous people's family trees.
Has Information about all areas of Ireland - Including: History of Ireland, Coat of Arms, Family Crests, Genealogy Guides, Irish Literature, Surname dictionary, meaning of symbols and a free email newsletter.
Ireland Genealogy Projects covers all of Ireland by individual County Names. It has a queries board, maps, Irish phone book, Churches with websites, as well as many special projects.
Irish Cemeteries
Northern Ireland Website Index. Covers information on all areas of Northern Ireland including: Arts, Business, Law, Education, Government, Maps, Religion, Tourism, Sports, News, Health, Culture and History. The history area has Genealogy and books.
Church Registers for christenings, marriages and burials prior to 1837, go to the introduction to the registers.
Births Deaths and Marriages from 1837 - incomplete. Only gives you the year and quarter in which the event was registered together with the county, volume and page numbers, which are required to order any certificates.
1901 British Census. Cost 2 pounds sterling per family record.
Records from 1442-1850 in England, Ireland and Scotland. Mainly marriages and Wills. Also apprenticeships and Church records.
UK & Ireland Genealogy. Covers England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. Has News Groups and Bulletin Boards and tips for researching from abroad.
UK family history online has documents such as baptisms and burials and census recods. Costs, but is relatively cheap, must order a 5 pound voucher minimum
Free Census record for England & Wales 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 & 1891.
Military research for family historians for all armed services in the UK.
Guide to 1851 census records in Canada, Dublin, Gloustershire, Northumberland & Wiltshire. Not very detailed though.
1851 census records for Gloustershire. 1881 census records for union workhouses.
Society of Genealogists
Northumberland and Durham Family History Society.
Fee based birth deaths and marriages index for England and Wales.
Old maps in the UK, to show areas, which have since been renamed.
Northumberland Rock Church Records.
British Electoral Roll. I haven't looked at this one myself, but is supposed to hold a lot of current information.
British Telephone Directory.
Hemphill, James & Russell, Mary Co. Tyrone, Ireland
Hemphill, James & Russell, Mary Co. Tyrone, Ireland
I am looking for any information about James Hemphill & Mary Russell who married in Co. Tyrone, Ireland. They had at least three sons, Robert Hemphill born in 1833, James Hemphill born 1835 & Johnston Hemphill born in 1836. All three boys left Ireland for Australia, but the parents remained behind. It is thought there were other children of James & Mary as well.
The sons Robert & James were both married in Ireland in the parish of Termonamongon, whilst Robert was said in his memoirs to have come from Castlederg.
Please contact me if you have any knowledge of this family, thank you.
HENN My Henn family originated in Birmingham, England. John Henn is the first of this line so far known to me. He was born in 1814 in Birmingham, and married Elizabeth Foxall who was also born in Birmingham, in 1816. They had five children before John died, sometime before 1861.
The children were: George Henn (b: 1838), William Henn (b: 1840), Sarah Henn (b: 1842), Hariett Henn (b: 1845) & James Henn (b: 1846).
I know that William married a girl named Elizabeth, and they 13 children (or possibly more). Hariett married Jospeh Davis and they had 4 children. James married Sarah Grice and had at least two children.
Hariett is my ancestor, but I would be keen to know what happened to her siblings and also to find out who John and Elizabeths parents were.
HOLLOWAY - from Southampton, Hampshire, England
HOLLOWAY James Holloway is the beginning of my line. His father was Isaac, and James was born in 1835 in Southampton. James had two wives, however I do not know anything at all about his first one. When James married Elizabeth Gillard, in 1873, he was listed as a widow. I would like to find out more about James parents, and his first wife.
James and Elizabeth had nine children: Thomas Holloway (b: 1869), James Holloway (b: 1871), Henry Holloway (b: 1873 1950), Alfred Holloway (b: 1878), Mary Ann Holloway (b: 1880), George Holloway (b: 1881), Agnes Holloway (b: 1883), Charles Holloway (b: 1884), William Holloway (b: 1888). Henry is my ancestor, but I would like to find out more about his brothers and sisters too.
HOULDEY in Gloucestershire, England
HOULDEY - It is believed that the name HOULDEY comes from HOLDEHYE, which means dry river bed. There is an area around Gloucester Castle, (now disappeared) of bare land where a small river used to flow. It is around this area which most of the Houldeys from Gloucester originated. Today this area is called Bearland, which is where some of my ancestors lived and died.
The Houldey line I am tracing begins with Ephraim Houldey. He was christened in 1798 and his parents were James and Elizabeth. Ephraim had one sister, called Elizabeth. Other than her christening, I know nothing about her, but would like to find out.
Ephraim had three wives and 11 children. I have been able to locate nearly all of the children, who they married and where they have lived. But some still eluded me. Samuel Houldey was the first child, christened 30 November 1814 and Henry Houldey was the third child, christened 23 July 1818; of these two sons I know nothing else, but again would like to figure it all out.
HULL This Hull family line originated in Childesoakford, Carshalton, Surrey, England, with George Hull who was the third son of Thomas & Rose Hull. The children of Thomas & Rose were: Thomas, Joseph, George, James, Rose, Mary & Sarah.
George Hull married Anna Munro and they moved to Australia in 1818, first going to Sydney and then to Tasmania, with their two eldest children. This Hull family made a significant name for themselves in Tasmania and some of the line later moved to South Australia and Victoria.
I would be very keen to find out what happened to all of Thomas and Roses children.
HUNT This Hunt family mainly lived in Surrey, England. The line I am researching begins with Charles and his wife Jane. Charles was born in Norwood in 1842; he was a house painter all of his working life it appears. Jane was born in 1843 in Reading or possibly Lambath?
Between them Chalres & Jane had nine children: Emily Hunt (b: 1861), Florence Hunt (b: 1864), Alice Hunt (b: 1866), Rose Minnie Hunt (b: 1868), Charles Herbert Hunt (b: 1873), Ellen (Helena Margaret) Hunt (b: 1875), Frank Hunt (b: 1878), Thomas W. Hunt (b: 1880) & Rose Hunt (b: 1885). It appears that the first daughter Rose the family called Minnie, and so they had another daughter which they called Rose.
Rose Minnie Hunt married James Edgar Knox Gibbons. I know very little about the other children, but would like to find out.
IRENE HUMPHREYS (nee Robinson) formerly of Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Family are urgently looking for descendants of Irene Robinson. She was born in Blackpool and married prior to 1933 to become Irene Humphreys, then I believe she married again in about 1938 to a man unknown. Irene then died in Blackpool in the early 1960's, I believe she had at least two sons in her marriage, and I need to contact anybody from that family.


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Owners Kevin and Clay were notified that Volusion had been chosen for the distinction from Entrepreneur Magazine, but it was not until Clay was reading the latest issue as he waited for a flight back to Austin that it really sunk in. He notes, "I turned the page and there it was- Volusion had been named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's brilliant companies and I got a little choked up thinking about the incredible journey that got us here."
It has been a long road getting to where we are now but there is still a lot of road ahead of us and we are dedicated to making the journey together. We would like to thank all of our customers and employees for forging the partnership to make Volusion what it is today and shaping what it will be tomorrow!