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It's no secret that we here at Travelfish.org are big fans of the Javanese beach resort town of Pangandaran, roughly half way between Bandung and Yogyakarta. It's one of those places that immediately entices you to relax because of its peaceful surrounding forest, rows of beach bars and some terrific budget accommodation. These are some of the best cheap places to stay.
Bamboo House
For 90,000 rupiah, you can't really expect much from a hotel, but Bamboo House goes above and beyond to provide budget rooms renovated in late 2011. They are clean and modern and come with spring beds fitted with good sheets, very clean cold water bathrooms with showers and Western toilets, pedestal fans and a balcony that's simply perfect for hanging out on and chatting with other guests should the mood strike you. There's free WiFi and the included breakfast is basic, but you can always order an extra fruit salad if you have a large appetite. The owners can organise tours and onward travel if you're not comfortable doing it yourself. This place is fantastic value.
Rinjani Homestay
Rinjani Homestay is located right across the lane from the over-hyped Mini Tiga Homestay and just a short walk to the beach. Most of the rooms have spring beds, old TVs which look to have been excavated from an archaeological dig, cold water showers and Western toilets. The verandahs here are well-shaded for most of the day and are a great place to unwind with a book or eat your complimentary breakfast or surf the free WiFi. The only downside to Rinjani is that the vibe here is not as sociable as Mini Tiga Homestay and this may be the deciding factor for those looking for a bit more fun. Atmosphere aside, Rinjani is a great place to stay with rooms around the 100,000 rupiah mark for a double.
Mini Tiga Homestay
Mini Tiga is by far the most popular backpacker haunt in town due to its prominence in the guidebooks. This popularity is only justified because of a nifty little communal area that encourages interaction among travellers. But the rooms here are disappointing with marked walls, old foam beds and cold water bathrooms with Western toilets and showers which are a little dingy especially when compared to those over at Bamboo House. Mini Tiga may once have been the holy grail of budget accommodation in Pangandaran, but times have moved on and it needs to lift its game if it wants to keep up with the competition. The atmosphere here is still great, as is the free WiFi and breakfast, but this will not be enough for many. Atmosphere versus room quality — this is the choice you will have to make. 110,000 rupiah for a double.
Century Hotel
The Century Hotel is more geared towards flashpackers or those backpackers sick of grubby rooms. The rack rates here are quite steep and usually apply to weekends when throngs from Bandung arrive for rest and relaxation. But on weekdays the hotel offers incredible discounts with a room for 250,000 rupiah not too difficult to come by. For this price you get extremely modern rooms with cable TVs, spring beds with great linen and immaculately clean hot water bathrooms. It really is a great deal if you can snag one of these discounts and is certainly worth the extra expense when compared to the likes of Mini Tiga Homestay.
This is but a small selection of the accommodation available in Pangandaran. Most of the budget stuff is located at the northern end of the beach in the lanes that run perpendicular from the beach and it doesn't take long to check these places out for yourself. As always, negotiate hard and you may just get a great deal.
Bamboo House
Jalan Pamugaran Bulak Laut, Pangandaran (in one of the laneways)
Rinjani Homestay
Jalan Pamugaran Bulak Laut, Pangandaran (in one of the laneways)
Mini Tiga Homestay
Jalan Pamugaran Bulak Laut, Pangandaran (in one of the laneways)
Century Hotel
Jalan Pantai Barat Bulak Laut 88, Pangandaran
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We received word yesterday that Professor George Ball, simply "Dr. Ball" to generations of Whitman College students over five decades, died on New Year's Day at age 96.
He was a quiet man, a fixture on the small campus in Walla Walla, Washington, who left an indelible impression on many over the years.
The Seattle Times profiled Ball back in 2001 and captured his impact.
EVERYONE WHO has been in the presence of George Ball for more than, say, five minutes has something warm and fuzzy to say about him — a story about how he comforted them when their grandmother died, or shoveled their sidewalk during a snowstorm, or arranged emergency dental care for a student from China. And though Dr. Ball has interacted with thousands of different people in his two score and one year at Whitman College, all their stories wind up sounding fairly similar: Dr. Ball reached out. He listened. He made me think clearer and feel better.
Read this profile. It's wonderful. Then think about what education means. How Ball's amazingly effective style would or wouldn't be measured by standardized tests. He didn't leave his mark in publications and academic accolades. His legacy is in the many lives he shared and shaped.
When Meda was invited to give the commencement speech at Whitman in May, we didn't get around to building Dr. Ball into our tight schedule. It didn't matter. He found us. That was the way he was.
We were in our room at the Marcus Whitman hotel the day after graduation when the phone rang. We looked at each other. Who could that be? It was Dr. Ball, calling from downstairs in the lobby. He had been there for Meda's speech and wanted to connect. So he tracked down where they college had stashed us, then got on his bicycle and pedaled over to see us. And remember that we graduated from Whitman in 1969. That's the way he was with thousands of students over the many years.
It was, we learned as we sat in the lobby talking, his 96th birthday. His father, he recounted, lived to be 101.
When we all had our say, he put on his jacket, climbed on his bike, and rode off into the chilly morning.
I managed to catch a few snippets of our conversation with my iPhone video, and I've posted them on YouTube. His spirit shines through. And, I think, will continue to do so.

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The 86th Annual Rudolph Valentino Memorial Service
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This year's Valentino Memorial Service will include new videos acknowledging the 100th anniversary of Rudolph Valentino'
In addition, a video saluting Valentino's friend and costar, Mae Murray with be presented and the guest speaker will be Michael G. Ankerich, the author of the new biography "Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips." Also speaking will be Christopher Riordan who will update the audience about Falcon Lair. Riordan lived in the guest home on the estate, as the property overseer.
This year the Memorial is themed to salute the 90th anniversary of the Mineralava Tour. There will be a special display of Mineralava artifacts including two of the trophies that Rudolph Valentino presented (one to a dancing couple, the other for the beauty contest). The trophies will be made available at the conclusion of the service for people to get their photo holding them. Live singing of Valentino music will be presented by the Evans & Rogers musical team.
Acknowledgements: Valentino Memorial Committee: Tracy Ryan Terhune, Stella Grace, Chanell O Farrill, Marvin Paige. Research on the Mineralava Tour—Rebecca Eash; Mineralava Tour video—Donna Hill; remaining videos—Frank Labrador.
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|1. Leila Salek (FS) def. Myriam Cueva (UT) 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
|2. Eunice Paravicini (UT) def. Allison Halbert (FS) 6-1, 6-2
|3. Jenna O'Dell (FS) def. Viviana Rivero (UT) 6-4, 6-1
|4. Sarah VanderMolen (UT) def. Ann Grant (FS) 6-2, 6-2
|5. Daniella Moran (UT) def. Kelly Ewert (FS) 6-1, 6-0
|6. Toledo (UT) def. No player (FS), by default
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|1. Myriam Cueva/Eunice Paravicini (UT) def. Leila Salek/Allison Halbert (FS) 8-4
|2. Viviana Rivero/Jenny Belsky (UT) def. Jenna O'Dell/Ann Grant (FS) 8-2
|3. Toledo/Toledo (UT) def. No player/No player (FS), by default
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I'm a mother. The pesticide and junk food industries are afraid of me. They're afraid that if people like me read a label stating that a certain food contains genetically engineered ingredients (GMOs), then I won't buy that product.
They're afraid to let the free market work; and what's worse, their arguments against GMO labeling are fear-based and, in many instances, misleading.
A basic free-market principle is that consumers have full information upon which to make rational choices about purchase decisions.
My choice may be different than your choice.
But in a free market, I have the right to make that choice. I seek out information about ingredients when I make purchasing decisions. That's why I support California's GMO Labeling legislation, SB 1381, which is making its way through the state Legislature.
The huge majority of California moms are with me. According to a Lake Research Partners poll, 70 percent of women in California support food labeling.
Yet, when it comes to a simple label on the package of food I purchase for my family, Monsanto and processed food companies don't want me to know whether the food contains GMOs. They argue that if a product discloses that it contains GMOs, people like me will act irrationally and will make decisions based on fear and emotion.
I'll admit, when it comes to choosing pillow size or comforter covers, emotions play into my decisions. I like the way it feels or looks, or I don't. When it comes to my food choices, taste certainly comes into play, but ingredients matter equally as much. And when it comes to ingredients, I make my family's food purchasing decisions based on facts and science.
I've looked into the facts, and here's what I've learned.
Our government is not looking out for our health when it comes to GMOs. The FDA does not require health and safety testing for GMO food because the agency considers genetically engineered foods to be "substantially equivalent" to regular foods — a 1992 position that FDA's own scientists disagreed with at the time. Since then, global agreement has emerged through the United Nations food safety standards organization that GMOs are different from regular foods and should undergo mandatory safety testing.
The U.S. doesn't require these safety tests, yet GMOs are now in more than 70 percent of the U.S. food supply, including baby formula, cereal and ice cream.
It's also clear that GMOs are driving up the use of pesticides by hundreds of millions of pounds, according to peer-reviewed data. The vast majority of GMO seeds in the U.S. are engineered to survive the spraying of well-known herbicides. These chemicals are getting into our food and our bodies.
A recent study found that unlike conventional soy, genetically engineered soy plants contain a whopping 9 milligrams of herbicide compounds per kilogram, on average, meaning every time we eat modified soy we are taking a dose of that herbicide with it.
Another recent study found glyphosate, the active ingredient in a popular herbicide, in the breast milk of U.S. mothers.
Finally, there are legitimate concerns about the safety of GMOs and no scientific consensus on safety. Over 300 scientists have signed a statement pointing out claims of "consensus of safety" for GMO foods are misleading and inaccurate.
The bottom line is that as a mother, I want the choice, based on facts and science, to make my own decision about whether to purchase GMO food for my family. I don't want pesticide and processed food companies telling me what I should or shouldn't know, because of their fear that if I know what's inside, I won't buy their products.
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Live MSNBC programming has been preempted over the last few days on some cable systems in some U.S. cities including Detroit and Sacramento due to the separate MSNBC feeds which occur during the Olympics. It's something first pointed out by InsideCableNews.
Some cable systems are getting a special MSNBC feed — the so-called vanilla feed — during the games that excludes Olympics coverage because they "chose" not to take the Olympics feed. But this also means that other daytime programs, including "Morning Joe" and "Daily Rundown" are being preempted, in some cases, by MSNBC's prison documentaries.
An NBCU spokesperson tells TVNewser, "There are a small handful of systems that chose not to carry NBC Universal's enhanced coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. These systems receive a separate MSNBC feed, which does not include Olympic programming."
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Unrelated to this issue, CNBC has adjusted its daytime schedule for the duration of the Olympics. "Mad Money" airs at NoonET, "Fast Money" airs at 12:30pmET, and "Power Lunch" starts at 1pmET.
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That the Senate passed a Bill last December called National Aurtherization Bill # 1867
and they the Senate will ad to this Bill on Nov. 26th 2012..Stating that the Military will have the Power to arrrest civilians and keep them Detained indefinatly !!-so your Grandma can be arrested and held in a camp in the desart forever..with no formal charges of any kind..Think back Gentleman who was the last to pull this SH-- ? old Adolph !!
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Hello All. I'm dealing with a very neglected N. facing exterior wall with T1-11 siding that has got some kind of mildew or growth on much of it. It's red in some places and gray in others. Please see pictures. I've tried scrubbing and power washing a small area and while it's lighter, it's still present. It's even 'infected' some exterior plastic conduit! I'm sure we shouldn't just paint over it, and I'm hoping someone can suggest a remedy short of replacing the siding. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers!
Looks more like iron oxide to me. Do you have sprinklers with untreated water that spray on the side of the house?
Hmm, that side does get sprayed by sprinklers and it's well water, but other exterior walls get similarly sprinkered on and don't have this. It's only the N. Facing wall. CORRECTION - my original post mistakenly said S. Facing.
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The New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church Credit Union in Milwaukee was closed by regulators Monday after it was deemed to be in "an unsafe and unsound" financial condition.
The credit union, which has 294 members and assets of about $585,000, had no prospect of being restored to viability, according to the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions and the National Credit Union Administration, which are liquidating the tiny credit union.
The credit union, which served members of New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church, had lost about $50,000 through the first nine months of 2012, according to the most recent data available from the NCUA. As of Sept. 30, NCUA records show, almost 20% of its total loans were delinquent.
Member deposits are insured up to $250,000, the NCUA said. Members with questions were directed to contact the NCUA's customer assistance center at (800) 755-1030. The center answers calls between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The NCUA is the national regulator of credit unions and insures deposits similar to the way the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. does with banks.
Credit unions offer many of the same services as banks, but they are not-for-profit cooperatives controlled by their members.
Two Wisconsin credit unions were shut down by regulators in 2012. In August, AM Community Credit Union of Kenosha was closed by regulators and immediately purchased by a Minnesota credit union.
Regulators cited AM Community's "declining financial condition" for its liquidation and sale to TruStone Financial Federal Credit Union of Plymouth, Minn. AM Community had been in conservatorship under the NCUA since February.
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text: WVU football: Out of BCS, Mountaineers settle for Champs Sports Bowl By Mike Casazza December 5, 2010 Story Share MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Given where things were just five weeks earlier, West Virginia Coach Bill Stewart won't concern himself with what might have been.The Mountaineers accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the Champs Sports Bowl, in Orlando Fla., not 24 hours after UConn beat South Florida to claim the Big East's place in the Bowl Championship Series. In last place in the Big East on Oct. 30, WVU won its final four games and shared the conference title with the Huskies and Pitt."I see no disappointment whatsoever," Stewart said. "I see some calls from my players already, so I know they're excited. We are Big East champs. I'm very proud of our record and very proud of the resolve our seniors and this football team showed these last four games."Being 1-2 (in the Big East) at one time and coming out and playing like we have the last month is a real tribute to the young men in our program."The 22nd-ranked Mountaineers will play North Carolina State on Dec. 28, the No. 3 pick from the Atlantic Coast Conference.The bowl offers a $2 million payout and caps a lucrative weekend for Stewart. He'll bank $125,000 in contract bonuses for winning nine regular season games ($25,000), earning a share of the conference championship ($75,000) and getting to a non-BCS bowl ($25,000).The game will be played at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN at the Citrus Bowl. The 74-year-old stadium is in the early stages of a $175 million renovation project. The natural grass surface has been replaced by AstroTurf Gameday Grass 3D.Players in two bowls at the stadium last winter complained about the grass before and after their games. Miami running back Graig Cooper tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee last year when he went down untouched on a kickoff return in the Champs Sports Bowl against Wisconsin.Penn State and LSU players were concerned a week later before they played in the Capital One Bowl on the same field."We should have what is widely considered one of the best fields in the country," said Steve Hogan, who is the CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, which conducts the Champs Sports Bowl.The Wolfpack (8-4, 5-3 ACC) missed out on the BCS, too. A win in their regular-season finale against Maryland would have pushed them into the ACC title game against Virginia Tech, but the Terrapins wiped out a 14-0 deficit and won 38-31.N.C. State played two WVU opponents. Cincinnati lost in Raleigh, N.C., 30-19. WVU defeated Maryland 31-14 and Cincinnati 37-10. Florida Citrus Sports could have gone in other directions. Maryland (8-4, 5-3) was an option, but Hogan said the group is "not big fans of putting together rematches from the regular season." Notre Dame was a possibility for the Big East's slot. The Fighting Irish can take the conference's spot once in the four-year cycle that begins this year."We felt like a ranked, top 25 West Virginia team that's 9-3 deserved to be here," Hogan said. "We told everyone at Notre Dame we're proud of the season they had, especially the November they had beating Utah, Army and finishing up with a win at Southern Cal. But 7-5 versus a 9-3, ranked team, we felt West Virginia deserved to be here. We believed it was in the best interest of college football and everyone involved." The Mountaineers (9-3, 5-2 Big East) and N.C. State have played one another nine times, but not since 1979. WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck played quarterback in that game, a 39-13 loss at the old Mountaineer Field, and was 12-for-26 for 127 yards and a rushing touchdown.WVU leads the series, 5-4. This will be the third bowl matchup between the two schools. The Mountaineers won the 1975 Peach Bowl, 13-10, but lost the 1972 Peach Bowl, 49-13.N.C. State is coached by former Boston College Coach Tom O'Brien, who is 4-4 against WVU and 6-2 in bowl games, and are led by quarterback Russell Wilson. A 5-foot-11, 200-pound redshirt junior from Richmond, Va., Wilson is No. 11 nationally in total offense (306.83 yards per game). He's completed 280-of-482 passes for 3,288 yards, 26 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. He's also run for 394 yards and nine touchdowns.He has eight 300-yard games and eight multi-touchdown games, but has also thrown an interception in each of the past seven games. He was second-team all-ACC.Wilson is also a talented baseball player. He plays for the Wolfpack's team and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the fourth round in June. Wilson signed a five-year contract with a reported signing bonus worth $200,000.He was actually recruited to N.C. State by WVU safeties coach Steve Dunlap, who was the Wolfpack's defensive coordinator in 2005-06. Stewart got a brief glimpse of Wilson on film against Cincinnati when the Mountaineers were preparing for the Bearcats "We know what he can do," Stewart said. "We know what record he has. His stats are phenomenal. He's very much a top-flight, efficient passer."The N.C. State passing offense leads the ACC and ranks No. 19 nationally (281.67 yards per game) and helps the scoring offense (32.58 points per game) rank No. 2 in the conference and No. 29 in the country.Tight end George Bryan was first-team all-conference with 32 catches for 344 yards and three touchdowns. Receiver Owen Spencer, a 6-3 senior, was second-team all-conference and led the team with 57 receptions for 868 yards and four touchdowns. Spencer set the ACC record as a sophomore and a junior for yards per catch.The Wolfpack defense is No. 2 in the ACC and No. 12 nationally against the run (113 yards per game) and is No. 4 in the country and No. 2 in the ACC in sacks (3.25 per game). Linebacker Nate Irving was first-team all-conference. He leads the team with six sacks and 20.5 tackles for a loss and made 88 tackles.Contact sportswriter Mike Casazza at email@example.com or 304-319-1142. His blog is at blogs.dailymail.com/wvu. 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The agriculture beat was once an important area of coverage for all major media outlets, delivering news about rural areas as well as policy decisions in Washington, D.C. But, like most mainstream media, the agriculture beat has taken a significant hit due to cutbacks in editorial and reporting staff. At the same time, more consumers are hungry for news about where their food is coming from and new outlets are seeking to feed their interest. This panel will explore the intersection between the changing state of journalism and its impact on the future of food and agriculture reporting. Post-program, enjoy local and organic bites provided by Bi-Rite Catering.


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The Indian Head Cent series was launched in 1859 to replace the short lived Flying Eagle Cent series. The coin was designed by James B. Longacre and features a rendition of Liberty in an Indian headdress. The series continued until 1909 when it was replaced by the Lincoln Cent. The Indian Cent series remains popular and challenging for coin collectors.
During the 50 year run, Indian Head Cents experienced an initial design change and a composition change. After the first year of production, the reverse which previously featured a laurel wreath, was redesigned with an oak wreath. The composition for the coin used from 1859 to 1864 was a copper-nickel composition comprised of 88% copper and 12% nickel. After this metal proved too hard and difficult to strike, the composition was changed to the familiar 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc.
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text: Well after what seems like forever I finally ordered my first handgun. I decided to go with the Beretta PX4 9mm type F SA/DA With the 17rd factory mag. I feel relieved but I also won't be satisfied until it is finally here. Just thought I would let you all know!!!!!!


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The tour will begin at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in the parking lot of the Jackson County Justice Center, located at 401 Grindstaff Cove Road, Sylva.
Participants will convoy in private vehicles to the first stop in Montgomery, Alabama. Tour members will tour the remains and site of a Confederate naval shipyard and several other sites in Montgomery. The tour guide for this portion of the trip will be Kent Wright, of the TVCWRT.
The convoy will then head to Spanish Fort in Baldwin County, Alabama, for an overnight stay at the Microtel by Wyndam. Those of the group who are carpooling in the convoy may choose to ride the bus to Spanish Fort with members of the TV Round Table.
It is anticipated that on arrival at the hotel and after the evening meal, there will be a briefing and slide presentation about the tour from tour guides, John Mason and Kent Wright. Mason will also be the guest speaker at the Round Table's October meeting.
On Saturday, Oct. 25, the group will board the bus to begin the Battle tour. This tour will include stops at Fort Gaines and other locations germane to the battle itself.
On Sunday, Oct. 26, the group will board the bus for a look at what's left of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, which was the site of the last major battle east of the Mississippi and the surrender of a very large contingent of Confederate soldiers.
The hope is that the group can begin its trip home at a decent hour The cost for the tour is $85, contingent on there being 15 people or more sign up for the tour. Should there be less than 15 people, the price will go up. The fee includes the bus and tour guides. The hotel charge is $78.21 for a double queen room; when making reservations (call 251-621-7807) ask for "Civil War tour." There are currently 10 rooms booked.
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Heavy rain and high winds are forecast for parts of the South Island today and tomorrow as Canterbury cleans up after last night's dramatic electrical storm.
MetService has issued a heavy rain warning for Fiordland, Westland south of Otira and the headwaters of the Canterbury's lakes and rivers, and a strong wind warning for inland Southland and Clutha.
In the 24 hours from midday tomorrow, 100-150mm of rain is expected about Fiordland, with thunderstorms possibly later tomorrow.
Rain is expected to become heavy in Westland tomorrow afternoon, with 150-200mm forecast in the 21 hours from 3pm tomorrow.
MetService is forecasting northwesterlies to rise to severe gales in exposed inland parts of Southland and Clutha from 9pm today through to midday tomorrow, reaching gusts of 120kmh.
While the conditions have eased about Canterbury, northwesterlies gusting to severe gale are possible over inland Canterbury later today.
Last night's lightning storm over Christchurch gave Cantabrians an opportunity to hone their photography skills, with more than 140 "cloud to ground [lightning] strikes" within a 150km radius of Cathedral Square, according to MetService.
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Cleaning up text files to simplify subsequent processing is an easy job for Perl. The tool's easy use of regular expressions makes it a real champ at tasks like collapsing strings of blanks into a single character. Let's look at how this works.
Since Perl symbolizes any amount of white space (blanks, tabs and newlines) with the expression \s+, the substitution expression s/\s+/ / would squeeze any amount of white space down to a single blank. If you want to do this more than once on a line of text, all you have to do is add a "g" to the end of the line making it s/\s+/ /g. This line in a Perl script squeezes all the extra white space in the text contained in the default input:
s/\s+/ /g;
The following script will squeeze repeated blanks down to single characters and remove blanks from the beginning and end of the strings as well. The ^ (beginning of line) and $ (end of line) characters provide the secondary cleanup.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w # squeeze out extra blanks while (<>) { s/\s+/ /g; s/^\s//; s/\s$//; print; }
Without a newline in the print statement, the output would look like this:
boson> echo " hello world " | ./squeeze hello worldboson>
If this doesn't suit you, you can change this by adding another line to the script that appends a newline to your output. In fact, this is generally a good idea. Since the white space removed includes the newline characters, you might want to put them back.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w # squeeze out extra blanks while (<>) { s/\s+/ /g; s/^\s//; s/\s$//; s/$/\n/; print; }
If you pipe an entire file at the second version of the 'squeeze' script, you will still have separate lines in your file! In other words, the newlines will not be squeezed out as well.
You can do your white space squeezing on the command line if you prefer. If we look at the simplest Perl one-liner, we can start to imagine how to construct a command that would work for us. First, here's the simple one-liner:
perl -e 'print "Hello world";'
That works, of course, though is has no particular advantages over the simpler echo. In fact, echo would be more efficient. You could do something like this to remove the extraneous white space on the command line:
echo " Hello world " | perl -ne '$_=~ s/\s+/ /g; print;'
Here's the command in action:
boson> echo " Hello world " | perl -ne '$_=~ s/\s+/ /g; print;' Hello world boson> msg=`echo " Hello world " | perl -ne '$_=~ s/\s+/ /g; print;'` boson> echo $msg Hello world
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T-Mobile is now proud to announce that as many as 5 million of their 34 million customers use Wi-Fi for at least some of their calls. Of those 5 million, about 1.25 million are using T-Mobile's new Android Wi-Fi calling app. All told, their Wi-Fi calling option relieves the network of 40 million calls per month.
T-Mobile's director of product development, Joshua Lonn, says that their Wi-Fi calling is still positioned as a coverage booster. That is partially because users can't switch between Wi-Fi and the network in the middle of a call. Additionally, Wi-Fi calls still count against the user's minutes, so customers don't see it as a cost-reducing solution.
In 2011, T-Mobile plans to add the Kineto Wi-Fi app to all of its Android devices. They also hope to expand the service to their Windows Phone 7 devices in the unspecified future. Most importantly, T-Mobile and Kineto are working to make Wi-Fi calling an automatic function. That would mean that customers would be able to automatically utilize nearby Wi-Fi hotspots, rather than manually select a hotspot and the Wi-Fi calling option.
It's great that Wi-Fi calling improves coverage, and reduces the network's burden, but shouldn't there be further advantages for the customer? How about Wi-Fi calls only counting as half-minutes on your plan?
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It may not be a knife or a gun, but a computer is often a choice weapon when an employee decides to commit a crime. Employers that do not have—or consistently enforce—a computer-use policy may face unintended liability.
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A Jacksonville Methodist minister had a private office at his church, and he held two of the three keys to the door. The church administrator carried the other one. No one could enter the office without the minister's permission, and even the church administrator had only limited access to the office. The church provided the minister with a computer for his pastoral duties. It was not networked to any other church computer.
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Hawke's Bay kids who need hospital and follow-up medical treatment are $84,000 better off, thanks to the generous donation from the Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal this year.
The national appeal, which has run for three months, raised a staggering $1.2 million, of which $84,211 was presented to Hawke's Bay Hospital on Thursday.
The money donated will go towards a variety of medical equipment, including paediatric cardiac monitors and fetal heart beat monitors.
The big ticket items will be two cardiac monitors for the Special Care Baby Unit and Children's Ward.
These monitors measure oxygenation and cardiac rates and provide invaluable assistance to clinicians helping them decide the best method of resuscitation which improves the outcomes for these patients.
Clinical director Philip Moore said the donation made a very real difference to children's health in Hawke's Bay.
"This is the community working for the community - the hospital is a very important part of the community and this fundraising emphasises the community's great stake in it," he said.
Richard Manaton general manager strategic and corporate affairs Progressive Enterprises said the appeal had been very successful this year with more marketing support as well as some high profile events such as a bike ride from New Plymouth to Hastings which attracted a lot of publicity to the appeal.
Hawke's Bay has received $320,285 from the Countdown Kids Hospital appeal over the past five years it has been a recipient from the appeal.
Countdown Carlyle, Napier staff also donated a huge number of knitted items for babies in hospital and a number of toys for children in hospital.


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Looking for ways to save money on technology? The easiest way to keep more cash in your pocket is to ignore the temptation to upgrade devices. Use your old laptop, smartphone or iPod for another year.
But sometimes, that's not possible. Devices die, or are stolen. Sometimes, they're just so outdated they no longer have modern functionality.
Let's assume you need to buy a new laptop, smartphone, e-reader or MP3 player. Here are some things you can do if you are a frugal consumer who wants to save money when making a technology purchase.
Buy refurbished
Some technology companies allow you to buy "refurbished" products. These are usually gently used, returned items that have been factory-checked and certified to have no deficiencies.
Refurbished items sold directly from the manufacturer sometimes carry the same warranty as brand-new items. For example, Apple offers the same manufacturer's warranty on both new and refurbished products, as long as you buy the item directly from Apple.
How much money can you save? Apple sells many refurbished products for between 15 percent to 35 percent off, depending on the model. At those rates, you could save $350 or more on the purchase of a higher-end MacBook Pro.
Limit optional features
The bells and whistles of the latest technology are nice. But do you really need all of the upgraded functionality that a new or improved product offers?
Before you set foot in a store, make a list of your "must-haves." If your habit of keeping a reading light on at night is causing marital strife, upgrading to a Kindle Paperwhite -- with backlighting -- might make sense.
But if you want that feature just because it seems new and neat, restrain yourself and buy a more basic version. Here are four tips for doing so:
Shop elsewhere for accessories
You may choose to buy a smartphone through your carrier, but that doesn't mean you need to buy a case from the Verizon store as well.
Hunt for cases, covers and other accessories on websites like eBay, Amazon and Overstock. You can often find technology accessories at a fraction of the in-store cost.
Don't rely on Black Friday deals
Black Friday is coming up, but that doesn't mean it's the only day of the year when you can find the best deals.
Keep tabs on prices and sales year-round. You'll sometimes spot deals that are as good (or better) than those offered on Black Friday.
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|Gorres, J. Patrick
|Lager, Kelly
|Kong, Wing-pui
|Royals, Michael
|Todd, J
|Vincent, Amy
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|Zanella, Eraldo
|Janke, Bruce
|Kehrli Jr, Marcus
|Nabel, Gary
|Rao, Srinivas
Submitted to: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/7/2011
Publication Date: 11/1/2011
Citation: Gorres, J.P., Lager, K.M., Kong, W.P., Royals, M., Todd, J.P., Vincent, A.L., Wei, C.J., Loving, C.L., Zanella, E.L., Janke, B., Kehrli, Jr., M.E., Nabel, G.J., Rao, S.S. 2011. DNA vaccination elicits protective immune responses against pandemic and classic swine influenza viruses in pigs. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 18(11):1987-1995. Interpretive Summary: Pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 virus has infected people in over 200 countries and also spread to animal species such as pigs. Development of better vaccines against influenza that are effective in multiple species would mitigate the impact of an emerging influenza virus. Here we report on the generation and testing of the safety and efficacy of DNA vaccines to protect against both classical swine influenza and the pandemic H1N1 strain in a pig challenge model. We found that DNA vaccination (by a monovalent or trivalent vaccine) elicits robust serum antibody and cellular immune responses after three immunizations and confers significant protection against influenza challenge. Needle-free delivery of the vaccines exhibited efficacy that was comparable to conventional injection. DNA vaccines are a promising alternative to traditional vaccines, since they can potentially induce broad-based protection with more efficient production methods. In this study, we evaluated monovalent and trivalent DNA vaccine constructs in eliciting both humoral and cellular immune responses and in protecting pigs against viral shedding and lung pathology after challenge with pandemic H1N1 or classic swine H1N1 influenza virus. With the monovalent H1N1 DNA vaccine, we observed robust antibody responses against both the 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 virus and a swine influenza virus A/Ohio/2007. We also observed protection against H3N1 SIV challenge in pigs vaccinated with the trivalent vaccine that contained both H1N1 viruses tested and a swine H3N2 isolate. By reducing and clearing influenza virus earlier in the infection period and preventing viral replication in the lung, DNA vaccination may prevent the development of clinical pathology, the spread of disease to other animals or humans, and the formation of novel virulent strains. However, while the protection of experimental pigs against classical swine and pandemic influenza is promising, more effort will be required to develop DNA vaccines into a viable and practical alternative to traditional vaccination strategies.
Technical Abstract: Swine influenza is a highly contagious viral infection in pigs that significantly impacts the pork industry due to weight loss and secondary infections. There is also the potential of a significant public health threat, highlighted by the possibility that the 2009 H1N1 pandemic strain emerged from reassortment events between avian, swine, and human influenza within pigs. As classic and pandemic H1N1 strains continue to circulate, an effective vaccine may be the best strategy to protect the pork industry and public health. Current inactivated vaccines available for swine influenza protect only against viral strains closely related to the vaccine strain, and egg-based production of these vaccines is insufficient to respond to large outbreaks. DNA vaccines are a promising alternative, since they can potentially induce broad-based protection with more efficient production methods. In this study, we evaluated monovalent and trivalent DNA vaccine constructs in eliciting both humoral and cellular immune responses, and protecting pigs against viral shedding and lung pathology after challenge with pandemic H1N1 or classic swine H1N1 influenza virus. We also compared the protective efficacy of a needle-free delivery method to conventional needle/syringe injection. We report that DNA vaccination elicits robust serum antibody and cellular responses after three immunizations, and confers significant protection against influenza challenge. Needle-free delivery exhibited efficacy that was comparable to conventional injection, and should be considered for development as a practical alternative for vaccine administration.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona special teams ace Justin Bethel and Indianapolis safety LaRon Landry both were active for Sunday's game between the Cardinals and Colts.
Both had been listed as questionable, Bethel with a concussion and Landry with a toe injury. Two Indianapolis starters are inactive: cornerback Greg Toler (groin) and fullback Stanley Havili (concussion). Both already had been declared out for the contest. Cassius Vaughn replaces Toler and Jack Doyle started for Havili.
Arizona wide receiver Brittan Golden remains inactive with a hamstring injury.
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Climbing the ladder is good for you
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Status. Get over it, says best-selling author Alain de Botton. Set yourself free from the shackles of what others think and truly soar.
But if it's a longer life and better health you're after - rather than internal fulfilment - perhaps you'd be better off listening to Sir Michael Marmot, epidemiologist and author of Status Syndrome, something of an antidote to de Botton's Status Anxiety.
Every shred of that hard-won status may preserve our very being, suggests Sir Michael. And it's not just knighthoods, money or pursuing paparazzi that help. From the bottom of the heap to the top of the pile every increment of respect inoculates us against illness and medical misfortune.
Managers live longer than middle managers and not so long as chief executives. Oscar-winning actors live longer than B-graders but exit stage left before multiple Oscar winners. Success and confidence produce an inverse of the normal psychosomatic response and make our bodies better at fighting disease.
"The point is this problem isn't confined to poor health for the people who are poor and good health for everyone else," Sir Michael explained.
In Status Syndrome, Sir Michael - a former Sydney boy-made-good who sounds in rude health - argues control, which flows from status, is crucial to our health.
Taking your place in public without shame appears to have a beneficial physiological effect. Levels of adrenaline and cortisol, a steroid, appear more likely to damage the health of people with low status.
The argument in Status Syndrome, which will be published in Australia in September, is more than middle-class navel gazing. Reducing poverty will ease the strain on the health system but, points out Sir Michael, there are many more people feeling shut out and shut off rather than desperately poor, and their health is suffering.
Whether good for health and bad for the soul, Dr Caroline West, a philosopher at the University of Sydney, suggests status is here to stay.
"I think you can mitigate if you like. Therapy might also help but the basic desire for the good opinion of others, especially those you respect, seems inevitable and deeply wired, and there would be something dangerous about people who couldn't care less what others think of them."


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What are the characteristics of a person with a healthy mind ?
Monday, June 14th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
WHat does he do…How he looks around ..how he behaves ..how he talks to the friends…??
Why presume it's a he?
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What kind of grass do I have?
So that I can buy more seeds. It's a house in a subdivision with little land.
In the beginning, it's that fine/thin, green thing next to the vent. I live in Georgia, about 30m-1hr from Atlanta.
Kinda hard to tell with a video. Need more of a close up still shot, such as what is seen @ Scotts.com.
Probably tall fescue. Make sure you do not buy Kentucky 31.
What happens if I do?
And thanks for the probably? I'll be looking for it soon :)
Kentucky 31 is almost like a weed. It's clumpy, and not soft on the feet. Also, it thrives in dry areas such as where you are, despite the hot weather, but it's not the good grass.
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This article was written by Barbara Moore on December 14, 2012 posted under Wicca Oracle Cards
Summary: The Wicca Oracle Cards invite the user's intuition and imagination into each quiet image. Each card is a doorway leading to worlds waiting to be explored. By going through these charming and deceptively simple portals, seekers can find answers and guidance.
Full Review: This kit is a repackaging of an older kit called Wiccan Cards. The new version has several improvements. It uses the same card images but the cards are larger, with lovely decorative purple borders and the addition of textured silver foil that is used in the borders and is incorporated into the images themselves, giving them more interest and life. Perhaps even more important is the longer booklet, written by Lunaea Weatherstone, an accomplished writer and High Priestess of the Sisterhood of the Silver Branch. This new booklet fills in many of the gaps left by the old one and makes the oracle more useful to beginners. Oracle decks can be great additions to one's divinatory tool box. However, all oracle decks are not created equally. Because they do not have a built in structure, such as tarot decks do, they run the risk of being a random and arbitrary collection of lovely pictures. Although, even this is even too harsh a criticism, for anyone can, if they set their mind to it, find an omen or message in anything. This lack of definition makes reviewing an oracle deck all the more difficult. For what does one base one's critique on? There is no required structure; there are no clear expectations.
The question often becomes: does it perform as an oracle? A good question perhaps, but then so much depends on the skill of the reader, doesn't it? Some readers can read the steam off your coffee while others may be, shall we say, less proficient. In addition, oracle decks require that you get to know them, to understand how they work, and to allow them to play with your intuitive and psychic methods. It is a relationship that must be built between the user and the cards—and it can take time.
In reviewing the Wicca Oracle, we'll consider a few specific aspects: theme and structure, imagery, instructions/interpretations provided, and how to best work with them.
The theme of the Wicca Oracle is clear: Wicca, primarily Celtic. The theme shapes the structure as well as the symbols and messages. The thirty-three cards are divided into five groups.
There are four element cards represented not by element but by the Wiccan tool associated with the element. The Athame for air, the Pentacle for earth, the Cup for water, and the Wand for fire. In the booklet, it is noted they relate to the directions as well: east, north, west, and south respectively. Jumping ahead to discuss imagery, there is little on the cards to indicate the elements. The Wand and The Cup show fire and water, while the Sword and the Pentacle do not show air or earth. Also, none have any indication that I can see of the direction it represents. The positive side of this lack of directional representation is that some practitioners assign different directions to the elements. However, it is a weakness in a deck that claims it can be a first introduction to the Wiccan Way of Life. An introductory deck should include visual cues to help the beginner learn. Luckily, this deck now includes a longer booklet with more details and instructions, making this well suited to beginners as well as much seasoned practitioners.
There are two deity cards, one to represent the Goddess and one for the God—Aradia and Cerunnos, respectively.
Eight cards represent each of the Sabbats—Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lammas, Mabon, Samhain, and Yule.
Three cards are called Master cards and represent the Otherworld, the Three Wise Ones, and the Oak Tree.
The last sixteen cards are symbol cards and include: spiral, cat, ring, mask, kettle, raven, butterfly, book of shadows, mandrake, fox, tree of life, broom, pond, chariot, mare, and Celtic harp.
The imagery is charming but lacks immediacy. Most of the cards nicely illustrate what they are supposed to. Imbolc shows a sheep and two lambs in the snow with a few early flowers blooming. It is pastoral and very sweet. It adequately illustrates how many people think of Imbolc. The kettle shows an iron kettle with a spout hanging from a chain. Liquid is inside and steam rising up. One must imagine a fire beneath it, as there isn't one in the picture. The broom shows a picture of a broom leaning in a corner with a picture of a flowering tree on the wall behind it. They are all exactly what they say they are. But they are quiet. They are not cards that most people can pick up, shuffle, lay down and do a quick reading with. They are more of an invitation than a message. They are soft-spoken and to use them, you must approach them gently, with a calm and receptive spirit.
The book includes instructions for using the cards for readings and for magical purposes. For each card, Lunaea provides background for the symbol, its upright and reversed meaning, keywords, an affirmation, and a challenge.
This deck is most suited, I think, for Wiccan practitioners who want an oracle deck to act as a doorway for their own spirit and intuition. These simple cards invite meditation and reflection. To just look at, say, the broom card and expect an instant trigger or clear answer will be disappointing. However, to gaze at the broom and let your mind wander and imagine the picture coming to life (is the broom sweeping or flying out of the picture which has somehow become a window?) will yield much more satisfactory results.
Deck Attributes Name of deck: Wicca Oracle Reviewer's Byline: Barbara Moore Publisher: Lo Scarabeo ISBN: 9780738735467 Creator(s) name(s): Nada Mesar Brief biography of creator(s): Nada Mesar lives in Germany and works as a cartomancer and scryer. She is a Celtic Wicca Elder. In addition to writing the script for the Wiccan Cards (now known as the Wicca Oracle), she also wrote the direction for The Sensual Wicca Tarot. Artist(s) name(s): Chatriya Hemharnvibul Brief biography of artist(s): Chatriya Hemharnvibul was born in Bangkok, Thailand, where she works as an artist. She has been influenced by her love for ancient and exotic cultures, fairy tales, and manga. In addition to illustrating the Wiccan Cards, she also painted the art for the Fenestra Tarot. Name of accompanying book/booklet: Wicca Oracle Cards Number of pages of book/booklet: 159 (48 are in English) Author(s) of book/booklet: Lunaea Weatherstone Brief biography of author(s): Lunaea is a talented tarot reader and High Priestess of the Sisterhood of the Silver Branch. Available in a boxed kit?: yes If yes, are there extras in the kit? No Magical Uses: spell work and meditation Reading Uses: All Ethnic Focus: Celtic folk magic Artistic Style: painterly with subtle art nouveau influences Theme: Celtic/European Wicca Tarot, Divination Deck, or Other: Oracle deck Why was deck created?: As an oracle system for Wiccans and as a short introduction to Wicca for beginners. Book suggestions for experienced Tarot users and this deck: Wicca for Beginners, The Inner Temple of Witchcraft. Alternative decks you might like: The Well-Worn Path and The Hidden Path, The Tarot for Hip Witches Kit, The Pagan Tarot.


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JK / SK $400.00 No discounts
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- Elementary supplies $275.00
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|Art Brussels 2011
|We are glad to inform about our participation at this year's edition of ArtBrussels.
We will be showing works by
Nicolas Descottes
Andreas Fogarasi
Vincent Gicquel
Charles Mason
Angel Vergara
in addition to a solo show by Benoît Maire.
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Booth 3D-05 / 3D-05S
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Herrera Beutler playing it safe by avoiding town halls
Our Congressional Representative, Jaime Herrera Beutler, declined to hold town hall meetings during last week's Presidents' Day recess. She found time, however, to hold a closed-to-the-public gathering at swanky Skamania Lodge in Stevenson last Wednesday.
Recommendations for County Clerk, Port levy lid lift, and initiatives
The Enterprise endorses Renea Campbell for Klickitat County Clerk, recommends approval of the Klickitat County Port District's request for a temporary levy lid lift, and opposes passage of Initiatives 517 and 522.
Wagging the dog
It's week two of the federal government shutdown and many of us out here in the hinterlands are still wondering what the Republican end game is. We know what the shutdown represents symbolically: a ransom note to President Obama and Senate Democrats to give in to House Republican demands on the federal budget, i.e., defund or delay the Affordable Care Act, or else the Republicans will increase the pain their hostages — the American people — are enduring at their expense.
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I didn't realize that Darbee was going to replace the Marvell chip. I was thinking the video said the player they saw had both, and a third chip, as well.
Will the production models drop the Marvell?
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I didn't realize that Darbee was going to replace the Marvell chip. I was thinking the video said the player they saw had both, and a third chip, as well.
Will the production models drop the Marvell?
ok. Maybe I misread something this past weekend when scanning the news. Will check out oppo website once the product is there for the specifics. Could be that the original chipset is still there but now also includes the Darbee chipset. :)
Here it is ..
See link here. Talks about the European Version. (Google translate from French)
"The OPPO BDP-103D is a version of the OPPO BDP-103EU which was removed the Marvell Qdeo chip and replace it with an Altera Cyclone IV chip that integrates processing DVP (Darbee Virtual Presence) + VRS Clear View. There is also the video chip Silicon Image. Other than that (which is still a major change) we find exactly the same email, the same functionality, support for Blu-ray 2D and 3D, DVD, CD, SACD, DVD-Audio, CD-DTS , HDCD, and 4K upscaling to 1080p, the same outlet network and multimedia support, etc. Everything is the same except the video processing so."
Here's the skinny on the new player directly from Oppo:
The new player revealed at CEDIA is called "BDP-103 DARBEE EDITION", or "BDP-103D" for short. It is positioned to be a special edition player that will be available concurrently with the existing BDP-103 and BDP-105. The main difference is the Darbee Visual Presence (DVP) video enhancement technology. All other features and functions are pretty much the same. In technical details, the Marvell QDEO video processor is out. The DVP processing is programmed into an FPGA (field programmable grid array), and a Silicon Image SiI9616 chip with VRS Clear View performs the duty for 4k up-scaling and HDMI transmitting. For this reason the existing BDP-103 cannot be retrofit into the darbee edition. Users of the existing BDP-103/105 can instead add a Darblet product from DarbeeVision to their HDMI link.
There may be some concern about the lack of QDEO processing. In the existing BDP-103/105 most of the heavy lifting video processing works had been moved to the main dual-core decoder chip. The Marvell QDEO chip performs contrast and color enhancement (which can be replaced by Darbee Visual Presence), noise reduction, color space conversion and 4K up-scaling. In the 103D we move noise reduction to the main decoder chip. We use the VRS Clear View for edge and detail enhancement, video smoothing (mainly useful for SD), color space conversion and 4K up-scaling from 1080p.
So the million dollar question is if one were to get a BDP-103, should they get the BDP-103 or the BDP-103D???
I'll let you know in a couple of weeks when I get my hands on one and play around with it. If you are anal about your video you may want to spend the extra cash for the 103D edition. Kris Deering liked it enough that he bought one and that says something to me.
I am in the market so I am interested to see your review. I am sure both units are good.
Not sure about the 103 vs 103B, real-world differences.
The BDP-103 is an amazing player. It is super fast to start up and will play any disc you throw at it. As far as DVD upconversion, since I know TrippleJ has a lot of DVD, it's second to none. It is easily the best money I have spent on my theater, in recent years.
It will be interesting to read a comparison, of the two.
I'm not sure if I'll be reviewing it or not, but Oppo has agreed to send me one to evaluate. They know I'm active in the online community and wants to be sure I know the ins and outs of the player.
I will get an Oppo just a matter of which.. 103 vs 103D..


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Re: Hotfix question - X86FRE or X86CHK
- From: Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:57:11 -0500
Fred wrote:
Fred wrote:I have downloaded hotfix KB835221 wich installs the Microsoft UAA bus driver for High Definition Audio.
The problem is the hot fix has two versions of kb835221.exe one in a folder named X86FRE and another in a folder named X86CHK. Both exe's a have diffeerent file size. I can find no info on which to use.
I am using XP PRO 32bit, Intel processor.
Anyone know which one is the correct one to use and or why there are two versions?
"Checked OS is intended for developers, not end users. (CHK)"
So CHK is "checked" and FRE is "free". A retail OS installation
is a "free" one.
And I'd never heard of those terms before...
It's not "free" in terms of what you paid for it.
Just for fun, is the CHK one bigger than the FRE ? In the
link above, they claimed there is more debugging code
and ASSERTs in the code. So in theory, the CHK version
should have more bytes of code.
You should use the FRE one, and while you're at it,
figure out why you got a version like that in the first
You don't have to go to Microsoft to get a UAA driver.
or example, many HDaudio drivers bundle UAA in a directory
in the installer, and they install it for you. What you get
in that case, is the English version of UAA.
RealTek HDaudio
MSHDQFE folder
kb888111w2ksp4.exe 725KB
kb888111xpsp1.exe 757KB
kb888111xpsp2.exe 704KB
Paul, thanks for the response. I figured if anyone could help it would be you. The above will not install if you are on SP3. The only way I could find on install on SP3 is with hotfix KB835221. At least now I know to use the "FRE"
BTW... Size = 698KB for chk and 643 for fre.
Link to this hotfix
Password: q-RBOt7 (required to unzip it)
The weird thing about those files (the two .exe I unzipped), is they're dated
8/18/2004. Which implies they were released well before SP3. So maybe they're
a bug fix compared to 888111 ? (Or added Win Server 2003 compatibility ?)
I don't really understand the history of the UAA releases.
I keep the files from my WinXP SP3 CD on the hard drive, and
the SP3.cab file has hdaudbus.sys in it. The version of that
file is 5.10.01.5013. Your download, once you burrow into it
with 7-zip and extract the file, is 5.10.01.5011. So it seems
the HDaudio files included with SP3 itself, have a later
release number. (If you can call what Microsoft does, "release
I know there are some issues with install order for some HDaudio
drivers, but don't really know how you go about resolving them
for SP3. I think my RealTek installed without a problem on this
computer (installed from an OEM WinXP SP3 CD), but because
of the bloat, I've since switched back to my trusty $10 sound
card :-)
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1,000 flags fly in Field of Honor
BUTTE, Mont. - 1,000 flags stood tall Thursday to honor veterans, members of the military, law enforcement and child abuse victims at the Field of Honor opening ceremony.
The stars and stripes flew in 50 rows.
Representatives from the National Guard, Intermountain Children's Home and the Marines spoke to the crowd about those who fell protecting America's freedom, as well as victims of child abuse.
The Butte Exchange Club hosts the event and raises money to benefit local children charities and veterans.
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South Sydney Rabbitohs
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Year entered premiership: 1908-99, 2002-
Home ground: Aussie Stadium.
Premierships: 20 (1908-09, 1914, 1925-29, 1931-32, 1934, 1943, 1945, 1950-51, 1953-55, 1967-68, 1970-71).
Finishes over the past three years: 2004 - 15th; 2003 - 15th; 2002 - 14th.
Coach: Shaun McRae.
Captain: Bryan Fletcher.
Gains: Shannon Hegarty (Roosters), Peter Cusack (Roosters), Peter Taylor (Roosters), Ray Moujali (Roosters), Trent Young (Brisbane Easts), Germaine Paulson (Toowoomba), Willie Peters (Widnes), Scott Logan (Hull), Michael Greenfield (Cronulla).
Losses: Paul Stringer (Parramatta), Justin Smith (North Queensland), Owen Craigie (released), Jason Death (retired), Mark Meredith (Wests Tigers), Damon Alley-Tovio (Canberra), Filimone Lolohea (Hull), Willie Manu (St George Illawarra), Mark Leafa (released), Brett O'Farrell (Cronulla).
Money man: Ashley Harrison. The former Brisbane lock was consistently Souths' best player last season and stand-in captain when Bryan Fletcher was injured. Has a chance to play State of Origin for Queensland.
One to watch: Michael Greenfield. A former basketballer, Greenfield has only been playing rugby league for about five years, but was good enough to play in last year's Jersey Flegg grand final with Cronulla. A very mobile prop forward.
Best team: Roy Bell, Luke MacDougall, Adam MacDougall, Shannon Hegarty, Lee Hookey, John Sutton, Joe Williams, Peter Cusack, Shane Walker, Scott Geddes, Bryan Fletcher (c), Mark Minichiello, Ashley Harrison. Interchange: Shane Rigon, Shane Marteene, Glenn Hall, David Fa'alogo.
Premiership odds: SportsTAB $126, Centrebet $126.
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Third Coast Festival 2013
Every fall, the Third Coast Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour program, Best of the Best: The Third Coast Festival Broadcast. The featured documentaries, all winners of the annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, prove just how powerful radio can be. The stories engage, provoke, entertain, and transport listeners, proving that all you need to discover new worlds is a little box and an antenna.
This year's program includes winning segments from WNYC:
Radiolab's "Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl" (Best Documentary: Silver Award).
Radio Rookie's "The Modern Day Scarlet Letter A" (Radio Impact Award).
Hurricane Sandy Coverage, "Woman Emerges from the Dark" (Best News Feature).