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For movies lovers, YouTube Video and Goolge Video are both great source. People can download videos from these sites without offending legal issues. But as you know, all the YouTube videos and Google videos are Flash Video files, or FLV files. They are not the popular video formats which portable devices support. Since all the popular portable devices like iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, etc support MP4[1] video.>> Learn Convert YouTube Videos to MP4
FLV: Flash Live Video file, is a preferred file format that is designed for web playback, offering high rates of compression to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player.
FLV content cannot be played back directly. It must be embedded in (or linked from) an SWF file. You create (or download) a "container" SWF file from which to play the FLV file. The most common approach is to use an SWF file to function as a media player with screen and playback controls. Notable users of the FLV format include YouTube, Google Video, Reuters, Yahoo! Video and MySpace.
MP4: A video compression standard planned for late 1998. MPEG-4 extends the earlier MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 algorithms with synthesis of speech and video, fractal compression, computer visualisation and artificial intelligence-based image processing techniques.
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Tiffany Porter will compete in a star-studded field, including Olympic champion Sally Pearson, in the 100m hurdles on Sunday at the Sainsbury's Grand Prix in Birmingham. She is the British record holder and the fastest European athlete in the event this year.
Picturing your perfect weekend is testing. As an athlete, you don't normally get that much time off at all whether in winter training or travelling around to competitions over the course of the season.
But an ideal weekend would start off on a Friday night out with my husband Jeff, who is also a hurdler, whether we go for some dinner or head to the movies.
Picking the film is the big problem. It's the stereotype. I like the romantic comedies and he likes the action movies so there's the usual disagreements about what to watch.
You could say it's good for us as we end up watching movies we wouldn't ordinarily do as we've both got very different tastes.
I saw The Purge (above) the other day, which wouldn't usually be my sort of thing. I didn't go with Jeff mind but some of the girls I train with up at the High Performance Centre in Loughborough, my new training base for this season.
It stars Ethan Hawke and it's a futuristic movie set in the US. It makes you think of a lot of issues and it's really good. The concept is great for a start but it's disturbing in parts. It at least entertained us.
Saturday would involve lounging around and maybe getting a pedicure or maybe getting my nails done and, when I'm at my home in Michigan, I'd probably catch up with my girlfriends there — just some girl time, a pretty relaxed day all round.
For me, Sunday begins with going to church — religion's a big part of my life — and afterwards it's home for a big breakfast.
Hopefully, my coach isn't reading this but, if it's out of season and I'm not worrying too much about training, I just love blueberry pancakes. I think that might be one of my favourite things in the entire world. It needs lots of maple syrup and served with scrambled eggs, bacon and potatoes.
For me, that's the perfect Sunday breakfast although sadly it's not really something I'm able to eat at the moment. That perfect weekend will have to wait until the end of the season.
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clutch question...
K i own a 2012 se 5mt , so ive noticed just this last week that when i release the clutch my car makes what i'd describe as a squiggle sound... Idk how better to describe it. im wondering is this normal? Or should i possibly go get my car checked out, it has never made this sound, and it also makes it shifting between gears from 1.st through 4.th.
Thank you in advance.
On take off, are you using the no gas method?
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Sometimes, depends how quickly i need to move.
post vid
Also please describe it better...releasing the clutch pedal as you take off or anytime? When exactly does it make it when you say 1st through 4th?
its not a rattle is it?
I'll have to put something together this week for you to better show you. It makes the sound on the release of the clutch pedal when the plates are coming together. The sound is there neutral_1 1_2 2_3. It's not a rattle but a small high pitch vibration that squiggles.
vid would definitely give ppl a good prospective for help here
Can you feel anything abnormal through the clutch pedal itself or the shifter knob? Or is just just an audible noise?
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by squibble do you mean squeak?
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The eagerly awaited addition to the series begun with the New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, in which a meteor knocks the moon off its orbit and the world changes forever.
It's been more than two years since Jon Evans and his family left Pennsylvania, hoping to find a safe place to live, yet Jon remains haunted by the deaths of those he loved. His prowess on a soccer field has guaranteed him a home in a well-protected enclave. But Jon is painfully aware that a missed goal, a careless word, even falling in love, can put his life and the lives of his mother, his sister Miranda, and her husband, Alex, in jeopardy. Can Jon risk doing what is right in a world gone so terribly wrong?
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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 808249, 9 pages
Adaptive State-Feedback Stabilization for Stochastic Nonholonomic Mobile Robots with Unknown Parameters
1School of Mathematics and Information Science, Shijiazhuang University, Hebei 050035, China
2Department of Mathematics and Physics, Changzhou Campus, Hohai University, Jiangsu 213022, China
Received 19 September 2013; Accepted 29 October 2013
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The stabilizing problem of stochastic nonholonomic mobile robots with uncertain parameters is addressed in this paper. The nonholonomic mobile robots with kinematic unknown parameters are extended to the stochastic case. Based on backstepping technique, adaptive state-feedback stabilizing controllers are designed for nonholonomic mobile robots with kinematic unknown parameters whose linear velocity and angular velocity are subject to some stochastic disturbances simultaneously. A switching control strategy for the original system is presented. The proposed controllers that guarantee the states of closed-loop system are asymptotically stabilized at the zero equilibrium point in probability.


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The British Insurance Brokers' Association said the average cost of cover has risen by 400% in a year. The association warned that many firms will go out of business in the autumn unless the Government intervenes to limit compensation payouts and crack down on 'ambulance chasing' lawyers.
The threat is attributed to a steep rise in employers' liability insurance, which compensates staff in the event of accident or injury. This insurance became compulsory in 1972, but some firms continue to operate without it as the premiums are too costly.
Mike Williams, chief executive of the British Insurance Brokers' Association, said a glass manufacturer was recently quoted £120,000 for its annual employers' liability premium - up from £15,000 last year.
The association said: 'There are thousands of small companies that either cannot obtain cover or cannot afford to pay the increased premiums, and will either close down or continue to trade illegally.'
Large businesses have also been hit. Selfridges' annual premium has risen £400,000 to £ 1.9m for its store on London's Oxford Street.
David Bishop, at the Federation of Small Businesses, said: 'The growing compensation culture is the main problem, as people take a chance and seek to win a payout. The threat is growing and many firms will go out of business if nothing is done soon.'
American-style law firms speofcialising in no-win no-fee compensation claims have also encouraged lawsuits, with payouts doubling in the last five years, he said.
Insurers have also raised premiums in an attempt to claw back losses made in the 1990s price war, when they accepted losses to increase their share the market.
Last year's heavy floods also added to the problems - as have the terrorist attacks on 11 September and the resulting burden of claims. Increased premiums on motor and home insurance have also been blamed on the compensation culture.
Two of Britain's biggest insurers, CGNU and Royal & SunAlliance, said policy prices had increased by up to 20% in the last year. Royal & SunAlliance said: 'Claims inflation has risen significantly in the last year. Insurance is a mechanism for splitting risk around society, and if that risk becomes more expensive, then rates go up to reflect this.'
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"It is a special honor for Chris to win the award," said Mississippi State pitching coach Butch Thompson. "I've seen how much Chris has put into it, how much he has been through and how much he has grown as a player.
"I think he is very well deserving of the honor of winning the award."
Stratton is the first Mississippi State baseball player to win the award since Ed Easley won it award in 2007.
Chris Stratton, an expected first-round draft choice in June's Major League Baseball Draft, and his teammates will conclude their regular season this weekend (Thursday-Saturday) when they play the No. 2 ranked Kentucky Wildcats in a three-game SEC series at Dudy Noble Field.


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Give the guy a break for a while
He was doing extremely well in his last Nationwide NASCAR outing at Road America and could have possibly won a race had he not had electrical failure on the last lap. He was fighting incredibly and did show to others how to RACE and overtake CLEANLY. And that's after 2 years outside of a stock car.
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I guess this is the appropriate forum to put this in...
When my friend Mark Walters and I began collaborating on a book last year (Lessons from Armed America, from White Feather Press), we were extremely excited about the possibilities. We knew we had a winner of an idea and we believed we'd be able to pull it off. We couldn't wait to see what we produced together! But at the same time, I was a little shy of telling other people what I was up to. Truthfully, I was afraid to talk about it for fear that if I did, it wouldn't be "real." I was afraid of being embarrassed if our plans fell through, or if the book didn't work out for some other reason. So afraid of being embarrassed was I, in fact, that I didn't even tell my own mother that I was working on a book! "I'll mention it later," I rationalized, "once I know for sure that the book will become a reality." I extended this same reasoning to other family members and friends, figuring that there would be plenty of time to make such announcements when we had a formal contract from a publisher.
It wasn't long before we'd finished the writing and went looking for a publisher. We were extremely fortunate when Mark Walters met up with Skip Coryell, of White Feather Press. Skip took one look at Lessons from Armed America and said, "I'll publish it." He thought we had a winner. Excellent!
We even got a foreword from Massad Ayoob. And yes, asking him if he'd be willing to do that was also embarrassing.
When Mark and I signed our contract with the publisher, we were both extremely excited. Mark immediately set out to tell the world, shouting it from the proverbial rooftops (I half suspect he shouted it from some literal rooftops as well; he's that kind of guy). But despite my excitement, I still found myself strangely embarrassed. "When the book is really in print," I thought, "then I will tell everyone about it." I rationalized that there was still lots of time, and that I didn't want to make any formal announcement until the book was actually available for purchase. So apart from a few close friends, nobody else in my life knew that I had a book in the works even after the contract was signed.
Of course, I hadn't realized that when I diffidently avoided telling people that I was working on a book, from fear of embarrassment, I was actually setting myself up for even more embarrassment down the road! That's because almost without exception, when I mentioned to a friend that my collaborator and I had just signed a book contract, the universal response was, "Really!? That's wonderful! How much time do you have to do the writing?" – and then I would have to explain that the book was already written, and that we'd been shopping for a publisher, and of course that little story was always followed by a hurt look when friends realized I hadn't shared any of my writing adventures with them.
But it got worse.
Now the book really is in print, but even though I'm holding it in my hands, it still doesn't seem real. And the embarrassment I hoped to avoid, by keeping quiet? It's become acute! That's because every time someone mentions Lessons from Armed America in my presence, they almost always follow up by throwing an accusing look at me while saying, "Of course, Kathy didn't tell me she was writing a book! I had to find out by ..." – followed, of course, by some long and involved story about exactly how they'd discovered my embarrassing little secret.
Awhile back, I kind of quietly changed my sig line in some of the forums where I participate, figuring that would function as an announcement. But I've been told that it doesn't count ... So as belated as it might be, here it is, my formal announcement: I've written a book with Mark Walters. I think it's a good book. It might even be a very good book. But if I can't overcome my embarrassed reluctance to tell people about it, nobody will ever buy it – and that would be a crying shame.
If you want to save me from myself, please pick up a copy of Lessons from Armed America today. If the book sells well, it won't be nearly so embarrassing.
Oh, and if you read the book and like it, please post a review on Amazon and on a gun board somewhere. Help spread the word...
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Eczema and bald spots (black woman 4b)
I've had my hair fall out sporadically many times before in certain spots that spread. I haven't found a surefire method to make it stop, but I stopped relaxing, stopped braiding, stopped flat ironing and I thought being a curly head and using organic products would make it stop. Recently my scalp has become very flaky and very itchy and I have had a history of eczema so I'm wondering if all along it has been the eczema causing the hair loss and if so...what can I do to stop it/reverse it?
Thanks so much for your help!!!
have you consulted a dermatologist? That would be my only advise since your condition is severe. If you are having itchy scalp, then when you scratch, you irritate your follicles causing your hair to fall out. It could be any of a number of causes, so I really do suggest seeing a dermatologist for advice and make a note to him/her that you would like to explore more "natural" solutions
Other than that, what products are you using? There could be something in your products to which you have a reaction causing your scalp to be itchy and flaky. For example, some shampoos are really harsh and will strip your hair and scalp of it's natural oil (sebum). They can also cause irritation of the scalp and cause it to be dry. If your hair is not well moisturized and you are scratching like crazy, your hair will fall out. If you are cowashing, you need to rinse your scalp REALLY well after, this will make sure you don't have any conditioner left on your scalp, which for some (like me) caused a really itchy scalp. Also look at your diet as well. Hemp oil and flax seed oil are both good sources of omega 3s and other essential fatty acids that help strengthen hair.
HTH (see a derm though)
Allergy testing and Dermatologist!
Like the other post said, you should see a dermatologist. Also, I would suggest some allergy testing as well.
My daughter has had eczema from birth and her doctor told me that alot of times people with eczema also had allergies and sensitivities to all sorts of things. It could be eczema on the scalp and it could be irritation from products.
I have seen firsthand how miserable this condition can be! I hope you get more posts with more answers for you. :)
I have had this problem on small area of my head and I was diagnosed with lichen planopilaris (a form of alopecia or atropic cictrical alopecia). I believe it was due to the high blood pressure medication I was using (thiazide diuretic) . I have stopped using the medication and applied the topical medication I was prescribed clobetasol propionate by my dermatoligist. Although my hair will never grow back as thick as it was in that area (due to permanent damage) the hair has come back.
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:01 pm
Post subject: Greg Robinson
Why does everyone want him so bad? I know he has potential but at times he looks lost and half of the time in Auburns scheme he is not even asked to block anyone. He was a few "wow" plays every game but I do not see where he is a top 10 pick.
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I'm not very familiar with him at all, personally. I watched a lot of Auburn games this past season, the only games I didn't see were their games against Washington State, Arkansas State, and the Florida Atlantic game. I was still living in Atlanta during last years football season, and a good amount of my friends are either Auburn students, alums, or just fans.. which is why I saw so many of their games being around them on Saturdays the Tigers were always on. Going into the year, I didn't know that much about how that team was going to fair especially coming off of how awful they were the season before not even winning a single SEC game. As the season progressed, I got to know that team pretty well, offense and defense alike.. almost by osmosis. The thing that gets me though.. is that during the entire season.. this Greg Robinson guy was not at any point on my radar.. I couldn't have even told you what position this guy played if somebody asked me, and I saw 10+ games of theirs. Sure, he's an OT.. and those guys don't get much pub. I get that. Sure, the offense they run doesn't necessarily require your OL to be big maulers or anything.. but I literally didn't know who this guy was until after the season was over and it started becoming "draft season" as opposed to the regular college football grind. Maybe this kid is good.. maybe he's arguably one of the top OTs available in this draft.. but it would scare the [inappropriate/removed] out of me if we or anybody was to take this kid so high when in my own eyes he personally seemed to come out of nowhere and didn't notice the kid during the entire season, just learn about him when the pads finally come off and everybody is running around doing drills trying to look good for scouts.
Just my own $0.02..
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Wouldnt mind him, but Mathews is clearly the better pass protector and more refined player right now.
Seems like most of the people enamored with him around here are so because people mention his name a lot. Would really like a breakdown on why they feel he is so special.
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Robinson is a monster in the run game. He also is very athletic to be such a big guy. He is more of a prospect with huge potential which is why analysts and pundits are so high on him. He came out of that Auburn Offense which isn't a passing Offense so the tape on his pass blocking is limited. I like Jake Matthews better as a prospect because he has played both RT and LT and excelled at both. He is also a better pass protector and an above average run blocker. I think Matthews is the safer pick between the two but that doesn't mean Robinson doesn't deserve some of the glamor he is receiving.
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its more of the potential that everyone sees in him then what everyone saw on the field. he should play G and be a very dominate one. but as of LT, Matthews is def the better option, atleast for right now.
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Greg Robinson is probably the most physically dominant mover given his size at the offensive tackle position in a decade. The potential is through the roof with this kid. They just don't walk out in April with 6'6" 330 pound guys that move like he does. Outstanding feet and leverage. Mauler in the run game. Better than Joe Thomas & Jake Long when they declared from a run blocking perspective only. Where the question marks lie with Robinson is can he be put on an island in the NFL and deal with speed rushers? He was not asked to do this at Auburn and Auburn does not run a NFL blocking scheme. He is going to have a learning curve. He needs pass pro technique work but all the tools are there. This kid is an elite left tackle prospect. There is no reason given his athletic ability he can't be coached to greatness. He is everything you wanted and thought Andre Smith would be if he went to the weight room coming out of Alabama. However, the key here is prospect. He is not fine tuned yet. He'll require coaching but his skill set, current ability and athleticism make him one of the great OT's to come out. If a team like St. Louis puts him at right tackle in a run based offense he is going to be an animal. That plays exactly to his strengths right now. Perfect situation for him to learn from a guy like Jake Long and move to LT in 2 years.
A guy like Jake Matthews is the total opposite. You know exactly what you are getting with Matthews. Matthews is a elite technician. His arm length is suspect but when you don't make mistakes you can overcome that. Right now Jake Matthews is more NFL ready and gets the tag for safer prospect because of his experience and blood lines. He was probably breaking down edge rushers in 4th grade. The difference is Robinson has the tools to be an Orlando Pace type player. He is not there yet but ala guys like Jason Pierre-Paul and Dontari Poe in recent years you roll the dice when the upside is so significant. HOF potential doesn't walk around often. That is what those elite prospects are. Sure fire impact immediate pro-bowl level talents where if they put it all together and play 12+ years they can walk to Canton, OH. I'd say Jake Matthews and Greg Robinson are those types of guys, the elites of the past 10 years or so. Robinson just has better upside.
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Tbh, if OM is right I wouldn't mind just drafting Robinson and having a really good RT. Just let Baker play until we can cut him or keep him if he plays well. That is if Mack And Clowney aren't there at 6.
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My friend Mary sent this to me a couple of days ago, and I recall having seen it before, but her version said something along the lines of "updated for 2008" so I was curious enough to read all the way through. I figured it was entertaining enough to share with you, so here are some economic systems illustrated via a two cows example, for your reading pleasure. I've added my commentary where appropriate. I also put links on the first few, since I figured if people are going to accuse anyone of being a socialist or communist or whatever, they should at least understand what the terms mean.
(Sidenote: I also figured that I would post this because my mom really likes cows. I'm not really sure why, but it's a long-standing thing, so I've stopped questioning it. For example, this is her desk at school:
I love how even the computer box has cow spots.)
You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbor.
(Editor's note: So Obama's going to give me my neighbor's cow? What if I'm lactose intolerant? =P)
You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.
(Editor's note: And here I thought Communism was when the government bails out your cows by taking an ownership stake in them and then tries to tell you how to milk them. My bad.)
You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.
You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you.
You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away…
(Editor's note: The authors left out the part where the state pays Lockheed Martin $50,000 for the gun because it has a cost-plus contract and the gun happens to be gold-plated.)
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
(Editor's note: Unless you invested with Bernie Madoff. Then you just have some bulls***.)
You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead.
(Editor's note: The consultants are more interested in the Key Success Factors regarding how the cow could produce the milk of four cows in the first place.)
You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull.
(Editor's note: The authors left out the use of Special Purpose Vehicles.)
You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot and block the roads because you want three cows.
(Editor's note: Hopefully the French people don't want milk with their cake.)
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.
(Editor's note: Apparently there is such a thing as a Hello Kitty cow. Scary.)
You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
(Editor's note: As a loyal Volkswagen customer, I really do love that Geman engineering.)
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
(Editor's note: Hm. Maybe this is why Parmalat was responsible for Europe's biggest bankruptcy. *rim shot*)
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
(Editor's note: If the Russian oil companies are any indication, this should go more like "You have 42 cows. The public doesn't believe that you are not going to steal most of the profit from the 42 cows for yourself, so they will only invest at the level that they would if you had 5 cows. But you know that you have 42 cows, so you don't want to sell any of your stake, even though if you did people would be willing to pay you for more of your 42 cows." See YUKOS.)
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
(Editor's note: I am assuming that this is a bank analogy? It's certainly not a watch analogy…)
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
(Editor's note: And then the newsman gets rescued by Bill Clinton and signs a book deal.)
You have two cows. You worship them.
You have two cows. Both are mad.
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy….
You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
(Editor's Note: Sorry Toby. 🙂 )


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You may have heard – Google has introduced yet another change to it's search results pages. Dubbed "Universal Search", this update promises to be bigger than previous changes.
For more comprehensive coverage, screen shots, examples, etc.:
- Google's official blog entry: Posted by Google's VP of Search Products & User Experience. Features examples of searches that yield universal search results
- SearchEngineLand: features lengthy coverage, screen shots, etc.
- ClickZ "Will Universal Search Mean Universal Domination?"
In a nutshell – Google is blending even more of its listings from their 'other' search engines: news, video, images, local, etc. The new system officially rolled out yesterday, but not everyone will see the changes right away. In the search engine world – the search results pages have changed radically, but casual observers may not think it's such a sweeping change since the user interface changes are subtle.
What are the ramifications for search marketers? As Google themselves put it "the best answer is still the best answer". However, the nature of the answer has changed and for some searches, and there will be more competition for results page real estate. This means that require search marketers will have to be diligent in ensuring that ALL elements of a site's content are optimized – from press releases to video to images. This means that site owners and SEO's together will have to start thinking even harder about their target audience and the types of content that appeals to them beyond web pages.
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX opens higher as China data boosts materials
TORONTO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened higher on Monday after positive Chinese economic data eased some concerns about growth in the region and lifted shares of commodity producers, offsetting worries about Syria. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 30.12 points, or 0.23 percent, at 12,851.04 shortly after the open.
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There are Angels God puts on this Earth
who care for us and guide us.
You can feel their love and gentleness
as they walk through life beside us.
They do great things for us every day
they whisper in our ears.
They even hold us in their hearts
when we are filled with all our fears.
They are always there to give a hug
and try to make us smile.
They treat us with respect and love,
they treat us like their child.
God blessed me with an Angel,
I'm proud to call my own.
She's been with me throughout my
life, been with me as I've grown.
She's guided me the best she can,
she's taught me like no other,
and I'm thankful I'm the lucky one
who gets to call her……
By Kathleen J. Shields
It is Mother's Day. One thing we all have in common is that we all have Mothers. Of course they come in all shapes and sizes, and all temperaments too. Some of us have people in our lives that aren't even related, but have become a Mother. Some are good; some are bad. Some are soccer moms; some are like Betty Crocker or Suzie Homemaker, and there are some that can't boil water.
I guess I had a Mother from all walks of life. There were five of us kids – four boys and one girl. My Maternal Grandmother passed away when she was 39, so my Mother didn't have the luxury of motherly guidance to help her raise us. And let me tell you, we were challenging. If there was something mischievous to get into, we found it. Everything from using the chicks she bought is for Easter as pool balls, to pulling up carrots in the neighbor's gardens, eating them, then replanting the stubs.
My Mother was not the typical Italian Mother, running after us and spending most of her time in the kitchen. Don't get me wrong. She did her fair share of running after us, but she also held down two full-time jobs and filled in for my Father while he was out doing gigs with his band or teaching karate classes.
She was also not the stereotypical Italian Mama. She was not short and heavy. Well, let me take that back, she is short. Very short. She didn't have dark hair that was pulled back into a bun with wisps falling around her face. She didn't walk around in a housedress or wearing an apron. And you would never hear her yelling from the front stoop for us or ranting in Italian. English. We lived in America and we were to speak English. Period.
The Angel that I call my Mother is a totally different person than most people picture Italian Mothers. Like I said before, she is small, not even reaching five feet and probably close to 100 pounds or so. Long blonde hair, and always, ALWAYS had it fixed in some type of hairdo. My Italian Mother more closely resembled Barbara Eden in "I Dream of Jeannie." You know what I mean, that kind of hairdo. She was, and is, always dressed like she is about to go out or be visited by dignitaries. Hair always done. Always dressed up. I don't think she's ever owned a pair of jeans, but she did own what seemed to be an entire shoe store of platform heels!
She went to work, standing on her feet all day, then went to her second job and worked until late at night. She actually continued to work until she was almost 80. Once she moved out of New York where she held down her two jobs at mailing houses, she went to work in Florida at an electronics factory second shift and then got up at 4:00 A.M. to go to Hardee's to make biscuits. My Mother is a hard worker, even today.
Life wasn't easy for her to be a Mother. Like I said, there were five of us. When we were little, my Father contracted Tuberculosis and was hospitalized for several months. She had to tend to us, work her jobs, and visit him when she could at the hospital. She struggled to keep the family together at a time when most family structures were two parent homes.
We always had the big typical Sunday breakfasts and family dinners. She would spend hours after she got off work making sausages, pasta and gravy. Those of you that are Italian will know that by gravy, I don't mean that stuff you put on biscuits. Gravy, the Italian word for "spaghetti sauce." She even found time to be involved in our activities. My older brother is ten years older than I and my sister is six years older, so by the time me and my other two brothers were old enough to be involved in the Sea Cadets, they were teenagers and had lives of their own. At the time, there was a big organization in Long Island called American Cadets Alliance. It was similar to the Boy Scouts, but we learned everything nautical and we advanced through the organization by obtaining "ranks" the same as the U.S. Navy does. She was a sworn Warrant Officer and assisted in the military training we received. I think the only times I ever saw her not dressed to the nines was when she was in her ACA uniform.
My Mother also suffered a loss no Mother should ever have to endure, the loss of a child. And to add insult to injury, it wasn't from an illness, it was totally unexpected, and was caused by two men drag racing down Stewart Avenue. They jumped the light and while my two brothers and I were crossing the street, playing with gypsy moths, on our way to Carvel to get ice cream, they hit him and dragged his body down the street. The driver of the car that hit him stopped, got out of the car, took one look at what he had done, waved his hand and took off. They never found that driver. My brother died on July 4, 1970 at the age of ten. She continued to do her best to try to hold things together after that.
Then almost two years after posting a story here on Hollywood Republican asking you, the readers whether or not I should tell her I have Multiple System Atrophy, she found out that she was going to lose another son – her youngest, Me.
My Mother will celebrate her 85th birthday in June. She still maintains her own home by herself. She walks her dog daily. She doesn't get many visitors, but if she does, she will be dressed for them. I talk to her almost daily on the phone and we Skype a couple of times a week. We hold on to the only thing no one can ever take from us. Memories.
I know I am on a journey, on my way to see all the Angels, but I can tell you now, with certainty, I have already met the greatest Angel of all, my Mother.
Happy Mother's Day to my Mother, Antoinette Cervone! I love you.
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Looking for 8 speed transmission review
I read many reviews on MY14 but not been able to find info about the 8 speed and the CRD engine combinations under Australian driving conditions. Given few members on this forums have the MY14 CRD I would like to get some opinions on the 8 speed.
Few questions to start with..
(1) I read some 5 speed owners reported turbo lag on take offs, how does the turbo lag feel on the 8 speed?
(2) How adaptive is the transmission in changing driving conditions? (eg does it kick down promptly when trying to overtake?)
(3) What RPM does the engine sit at 100km/h and 110km/h on a flat road?
I have been offered exceptionally good deal on MY 13 CRD. Given the how good the deal is : only reason that would make me get the MY14 CRD if the 8 speed transmission worth getting compared to 5 speed.
If it was me, I would go the 8 speed. I have an MY12 & I think that the 5 sp is probably the weakest (worst) thing about the vehicle, but that is because I compare it to my other drive that is a ZF 6sp. The ZF 8 sp I would expect to be even better.
Re: Looking for 8 speed transmission review
Can anyone enliten us on the questions that carbon tax asked about the 8 speed transmission on the CRD.
Re: Looking for 8 speed transmission review
I am surprised that no one has posted about 8 speed and CRD. Anyway I test drove the 8 speed and 5 speed CRD back to back. This is my personal review based on 20 minutes driving around Wollongong.
Nice review carbontax and congrats on the new purchase. Sounds like you got a great deal and you are happy with it. At the end of the day, that is what matters the most. :thumbsup:
Re: Looking for 8 speed transmission review
Going from the whatever it was 4sp in my Falcon to the 6sp ZF box was night and day (engine was too though).
I used to manually change gears all of the time, but with the ZF, I think I have touched it twice, and that was just to try it.
Several have said it engine brakes more when lifting off the accelerator, does this also happen when cruise control is active and going down a hill.
IE, my old car, I had to change down manually and apply the brake to stop the speed from climbing like crazy down a steep hill, but the ZF takes care of it now I don't have to monitor the speed increasing by a massive amount.
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NBC Tops Week 3 of 2013-14 Primetime Season for 18-49
NBC has finished #1 in adults 18-49 for week 3 of the 2013-14 Primetime season and has now won the opening three weeks of the season for a second year in a row. According to "live plus same day" viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research, NBC averaged a 2.7 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 and 8.4 million viewers overall for the week of Oct. 7-13.
Through three weeks of the new season, NBC is up 3% vs. one year ago in 18-49 (with an average 3.1 rating vs. a 3.0, "most current"), rising to its highest three-week average in six years (since 2007).
NBC is leading the season by 0.6 of a point (with a 3.1 vs. second-place CBS's 2.5), the biggest margin for any net three weeks into the season in 10 years (since NBC led by 0.7 of a point in 2003). On a percentage basis, NBC's 24% margin is the biggest lead for any net at three weeks in 12 years (since NBC led by 31% in 2001). NBC is also leading the season among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in all other key demographics.
In total viewers, NBC finished week 3 in second place and is also #2 for the season, its highest total-viewer ranking three weeks into the season in 10 years (since 2003). NBC's season average of 9.5 million viewers is its biggest overall audience three weeks into the season in seven years (since 2006). Versus one year ago, NBC is up 13% season to date in total viewers (9.5 million vs. 8.4 million).
For the week, NBC delivered four of the top 10 Primetime telecasts on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in adults 18-49: "Sunday Night Football" (#1), Monday's "The Voice" (#3), Monday's "The Blacklist" (tied for #5) and Tuesday's "Voice" recap (tied for #7). Rankings exclude sports pre- and post-game shows. "Sunday Night Football's" 8.4 rating in 18-49 is the highest for any Primetime telecast so far in the official 2013-14 TV season that started Sept. 23.
"Sunday Night Football" was also #1 among last week's Primetime telecasts on the Big 4 in adults, men and women 18-34; men 18-49; adults and men 25-54; and teens 12-17, while Monday's "The Voice" was #1 in kids 2-11. "SNF" and "Voice" tied for #1 among women 18-49.
NBC also won the week among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in adults 18-34 (tied with Fox), adults 25-54, all key adult-male demos, women 18-34 and women 18-49.
Primetime averages for the week of Oct. 7-13 in adults 18-49 are: NBC, 2.7/8; Fox, 2.4/7; CBS, 1.9/5; ABC, 1.8/5; and CW, 0.7/2. In overall total viewers, the weekly averages were: CBS, 9.2 million; NBC, 8.4 million; Fox, 7.5 million; ABC, 7.0 million; and CW, 1.7 million.
Season-to-date averages are: NBC, 3.1/9; CBS, 2.5/7; ABC, 2.3/7; Fox, 2.3/7; and CW, 0.5/2. In overall total viewers, the weekly averages were: CBS, 11.0 million; NBC, 9.5 million; ABC, 8.1 million; Fox, 6.6 million; and CW, 1.3 million.
NBC highlights for the week of Oct. 7-13:
Monday: NBC delivered the night's #1 and #2 ratings on the Big 4 networks with "The Voice" (4.6 rating, 12 share in adults 18-49, 14.6 million viewers overall from 8-10:01 p.m. ET) and "The Blacklist" (3.1/9 in adults 18-49, 11.2 million viewers overall from10:01-11 p.m. ET). NBC won the night among ABC, CBS, NBC & FOX in all key categories for a third week in a row, winning six of six half-hours in 18-49 among those nets, also for a third week in a row (while also leading six of six in total viewers this week).
"The Voice" won its time period among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in every key ratings measure and was #1 for the night on those networks in 18-49, total viewers and other key categories. "The Voice grew from its first half-hour to its fourth by 31% or 1.2 rating points in adults 18-49 (to a 5.1 from a 3.9) and by 19% or more than 2.5 million persons in total viewers (15.6 million vs. 13.0 million).
"The Blacklist" was #1 in The Hour among ABC, CBS and NBC in every key ratings category, with an adult 18-49 margin of +63% Versus ABC's #2 "Castle" (3.1 vs. 1.9). Versus NBC's slot result on the same night one year earlier, "The Blacklist" was up 3% in 18-49 (3.1 vs. 3.0 for the Oct. 8 telecast of "Revolution") and up 40% in total viewers (11.2 million vs. 8.0 million).
"Live Plus Three Day": The Oct. 7 telecast of "The Blacklist" delivered the second-biggest time-shifting increase ever for a broadcast show going from "live plus same day" ratings to "live plus three day," and "Blacklist" now has generated the two highest increases ever and three of the top four. Last week's telecast grew by 4.526 million viewers overall going from its L+SD audience of 11.184 million to a L+3 viewership of 15.710 million. The only program in broadcast-network history to add more was the Sept. 30 "Blacklist," which grew by 5.081 million viewers. Number three on the list is the Oct. 3 telecast of CBS's "Big Bang Theory" (4.398 million) and fourth is the Sept. 23 premiere of "The Blacklist" (4.362 million). In adults 18-49, week three of "The Blacklist" retained 92% of the show's week-two rating in "live plus three day" 18-49 results (4.53 in week two vs. 4.95 in week one, L+3). That Oct. 7 "Blacklist" rose from a 3.09 rating in L+SD to a 4.53 in L+3, a lift of 1.44 rating points or 47%.
"Live Plus Seven Day": In "Live Plus Seven Day" ratings for premiere week, "The Blacklist" added 43% or 1.66 rating points to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 5.49 in L+7 from a 3.83 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 45% or 5.696 million persons (18.279 million vs. 12.583 million).
Tuesday: A recap edition of "The Voice" (3.0/9 in 18-49, 10.2 million viewers overall from 8-10:01 p.m. ET) ranked #1 for the two-hour time period in adults 18-49 and other key demographics and was the #1 show of the night in 18-49. The "Voice" recap matched a comparable year-ago edition in 18-49 rating (3.0 vs. 3.0) and was up 20% in total viewers (10.2 million vs. 8.5 million).
"Chicago Fire" (2.1/6 in 18-49, 7.4 million viewers from 10:01-11 p.m. ET) finished #1 among ABC, CBS and NBC in 18-49 in the time period. "Chicago Fire" was up 17% Versus the show's year-ago third episode in 18-49 rating (1.8 on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012) and was up 16% in total viewers (7.4 million vs. 6.4 million).
L+3: In "Live Plus Three Day" ratings last week, "Chicago Fire" added 47% or 0.99 of a point to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 3.12 in L+3 from a 2.13 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 38% or 2.838 million persons (10.267 million vs. 7.429 million). These are the record L+3 lifts for "Chicago Fire" in both 18-49 and total viewers.
L+7: In "Live Plus Seven Day" ratings for premiere week, "Chicago Fire" added 40% or 1.07 rating points to its next-day "live plus same day" 18-49 rating (to a 3.74 in L+7 from a 2.67 in L+SD) and in total viewers, added 40% or 3.521 million persons (12.420 million vs. 8.899 million).
NBC ranked #1 Tuesday night in adults 18-49. For the first time in eight years, NBC has won the opening three Tuesdays of the season among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49.
Wednesday: NBC finished the night within 0.9 of a rating point of #1 (1.4 vs. 2.3 for ABC and CBS), cutting in half a gap that stood at 1.8 rating points on the same night one year ago (1.7 vs. 3.5 for FOX on Oct. 10, 2012).


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Opened 9 years ago
Last modified 4 years ago
#2400 reopened Feature Requests
Messages corrupted if isend requests are not retained
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|Boost 1.37.0
|Boost 1.36.0
If I do a series of isends and discard the request objects (because I don't need to know when they complete), the messages can get corrupted. I realize this is the way the MPI library is designed, but I'm wondering if it possible to use some C++ goodness to make the request objects persist behind-the-scenes until the request is completed? The behavior is particularly unexpected in the Python layer. Thanks very much!
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comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by marshall
- Component changed from None to mpi
- Owner set to dgregor
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by troyer
- Owner changed from dgregor to troyer
- Status changed from new to assigned
comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by troyer
The reason is that when sending anything other than MPI datatypes, the object is serialized by Boost.Serialization into a temporary buffer, which is then associated with the request object. Using isend with Boost.MPI one always has to wait for completion of the request and cannot discard it.
comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by troyer
- Resolution set to invalid
- Status changed from assigned to closed
comment:5 Changed 8 years ago by troyer
This is not a bug but intended behavior. A note has been added to the documentation.
comment:6 Changed 8 years ago by anonymous
OK, I understand, but in Python one normally does not have to worry about when it is safe to deallocate an object, as the GC is supposed to take care of this for you. Is there no way to increment the Python reference count of the request object or its buffer until it is completed?
comment:7 Changed 8 years ago by troyer
No, the basic issue is that: you *have to* call wait on the request to finish the irecv or isend operation and cannot just discard the object. If you do not call wait, the code never checks for completion. There are a few solutions, that are sub-optimal:
1.) keep the buffer alive as you propose, but that will lead to a memory leak since the request obejct is the only one who knows about the buffer. If you discard the request there will be a leak since nobody ever checks for completion.
2.) have the destructor call wait - but then the code might just hang or deadlock in the destructor, which would be very hard to debug.
3.) have the destructor cancel the request, but then again this leads to unexpected behavior, if one discards the request: this automatically cancels the send!
The best option as I can see is to:
4.) assert on the precondition to the destructor, namely that the request has to be finished. Note that we cannot throw an exception in a destructor have to abort.
I don't like option 4 either but it seems the safest and will at least tell you that you forgot to wait for completion.
comment:8 Changed 4 years ago by troyer
- Resolution invalid deleted
- Status changed from closed to reopened
We should revisit this ticket since MPI 3 now explicitly allows requests to be discarded and we should try to mimic this. This will require us to keep buffers alive and perform garbage collection from time to time when requests are done.


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