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API Strategies for Achieving Platform Business Goals, Part II
Last week, Mashery Platform Strategy Director, Chuck Freedman, wrote about a few strategies to help your API platform achieve its business goals. This is part two of that post, covering strategies 4-6 from Chuck's Business of APIs talk, which he presented earlier this fall.
4. Establishing Effective Partner Engagement
Often, API programs are launched with partners in mind. A business partner or customer requesting an API to get your data faster is a great incentive to build out an API program. And if that partner wants your API, there is a good chance others will as well. You may just have to find the right potential partners and use your API as a business development tool.
How do you do that? Take it step by step. You need to think about your business goals and what these new API partnerships will accomplish. What will these partnerships bring to your business? You may need to do some research to find start-ups, apps, established businesses, etc. that help you meet your goals. And think about what you can bring to these partners. Why do they want to work with your API: your data, content or services? What makes your platform unique? "Partner mapping", a valuable service our Strategy Service team performs, matches your platform up with apps and businesses to form new partnerships.
Once you have found partners, make sure it is easy for them to work with your API. Consider implementing single sign-on to allow users to login once and use your data within your partner's app. Intuit Partner Platform provides a great example of this – they have a single sign-on process, which allows users to use one login to access any app that has been built off of the Intuit Platform.
5. Consider ROI and Generating Revenue
Creating an API is a business decision. You have to see some benefits in order to make it worthwhile to keep the API up and running. One major benefit that we see a lot here at Mashery is that opening up your data through an API allows you to better control that data. If you don't have an API, your customers, competitors, partners, etc. are probably scraping data off your site. By creating an API and putting an API management layer over it, you can actually control who has access to your data, how much of the data is available to each user and how often a user can get your data. Cisco actually implemented an API because some of their major customers were scraping data that they needed from the Cisco site.
Once you have control of your data, you can begin thinking about whether or not you can or should charge for your data. If the data/content/services that are offered through your API are big differentiators for your business, then charging for your API is a clear next step. Make sure that the way you set up your pricing scheme makes sense for your business and is clear to developers and partners. Putting your pricing right on your portal, like SportsData and Pipl do, is a great way to communicate clearly with your API customers.
If direct revenue generation from the API doesn't make sense for your business, consider how the API can add incremental revenue. ESPN has had great success with this strategy – they have been able to use their API to develop new business development partnerships and add value to their ad sales.
6. Fueling Outside Innovation
Many companies decide to open up their platform because they want help building out their tools and services. You don't have unlimited resources, so open up your API and allow others to help add value to your platform. Other companies look to 3rd party developers to drive innovation.
To make sure the outside developer community is successful, provide code samples and SDKs for your API. Make it easy for developers to create with your API. Remember that they have never worked with your API before and lay everything out for them. It's better to have a developer focus on user experience in app as opposed to spending time figuring out your API. Simplicity and stellar support of your platform will increase the number of outside apps that are created.
Select events that will give you maximum exposure to the right audience. Events and conferences can also be used to drive your platform deliverables. If you're looking to have your API featured at a hackathon, ensure it is ready for developers. Have good documentation in place, explore ways to incentivize development and offer as much on site support as possible.
These are just some of the key strategies to making your API platform effective. There are a lot of aspects to keep in mind to make sure your API program is a success, but these should help you stay on the right course. And of course, you can always engage with our Strategy Services and Developer Outreach teams to help you along the way.

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My sister is in town. So the boys are loving attention from their aunt! We carved the pumpkin yesterday, I will put pics on here when I get a chance. Today we are going to IKEA and making sugar cookies.
Mom2cnc- That is great! I would love to hear what you do next week for pumpkins.
I know some of you know we are trying to get a diagnosis for Luke. He seems to have some sort of ADD. I went to parent teacher conferences today. His lowest grade is an 88 in reading. Wow... I can't imagine how well he would do if he actually paid attention. 3 more weeks until we see the specialist.
Well today Drew painted for the first time. I think he really enjoyed it. He sure made a mess. And he painted over the spot so many times it kind of got soggy and almost made a hole in the paper plate. We were working on paper plate ladybugs. We have to wait until they dry and we will finish them tomorrow morning.
I really hope Luke gets his diagnosis soon. Sounds like he is doing very well in spite of it though. You are so lucky your DS (dear son) only painted the paper ;-) My ODD has to paint her entire body a lot! LOL It's all good.
We are doing pumpkins this week. I always have a stash of felt so during free play we cut out pumpkins and different face pieces and made jack-o-lanterns (and talked about making a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern) ODD painted a plate to look like pumpkin pie. We made pumpkin pie play dough (NOT edible but my 16 month old still had to give it a try, yuck! lol. She didn't like it) We had acron squash for lunch (we talked about pumpkin being a squash so it was a cousin of acron squash) and the girls and I had a tea party. Tomorrow we make pumpkin cookies and pumpkin bread, fun! I ove this time of year :o)
I am teaching ODD (3.5) 3 sight words a week. Normally she was iffy with them until Wed then had them for sure down by Fri. She seems to have this weeks DOWN and while reading bed time stories tonight she kept pointing to all her different words saying hey I know this word too. I'm glad this is really clicking with her and she is seeing "her words" in a lot of different places now. LOVE watching them learn and grow!
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"Dr. Seuss
Mommy to 3 awesome girls
Mom2cnc- He chose to paint my arm, but didn't paint himself at all. It's all good. It washes off. That's what they make soap for. That is amazing she can read already!! Luke didn't learn his first words until he was 4. I am starting activities earlier with Drew, so I wonder if he will catch on at a younger age.
I just read this blog post and it brought tears to me eyes. It is written by a grandparent who is dreaming about what she would do with her children if she could have one more day with them when they were little.
I love that she would just spend a regular day with them. Not go to Disneyworld, or some expensive outing, just a regular day. Cherish these days! The days are long but the years are short!
I agree to cherish the days. At the end of the day when they are all tucked in I love reflecting on our day knowing how much it will mean to them and how it is shaping them into the people they will one day be. Of course it will always be memories for me as well.
Have you ever read the book tending roses by Lisa Wingate? Such a beautiful story. The Grandma writes in her journal (I hope I'm not going to spoil this for anyone!) before children she had the most beautful rose garden but as she had kids they were too hard to tend. When the children moved off she began to tend them again but the best times of her life was when the roses went untended. I'm tearing now remembering that :o)
I love being with them and always think why would I have had kids if I didn't really want to spend time with them and be with them. Like I said before I love this group! Love that others think this way.
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"Dr. Seuss
Mommy to 3 awesome girls
So what do you do when it is 3 and the 18 month old hasn't had the chance for a nap yet? He normally naps from 11-2 but we had a luncheon run late today. We didn't get home until 2:15 and had to go get Luke from the bus at 2:0. I am afraid if I put him down now he won't sleep tonight. If I don't put him down, he will be CRANKY.
He saw a cat at my friend's house. It was hilarious. His eyes got so big. We don't have pets He wasn't sure what to think.
LZA, I would have laid him down for a nap at 3 and let him sleep until 4:30.
Parker and I painted plates and old pizza box yesterday. Then both boys wanted to paint after Riley got home from school.
Today they played outside a lot! In the sand box mostly. I would hide pennies and they had to find them.
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Mommy to R & P
We played outside a ton too. It was an inusually warm day so we enjoyed it. We went outside during our normal outdoor time during preschool and decided to play hooky and just stay out until lunch. Then for a long time after rest time this afternoon. The fresh air was great :)
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"Dr. Seuss
Mommy to 3 awesome girls
Sorry about typos I'm on my iPod.
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"Dr. Seuss
Mommy to 3 awesome girls
I put him down for a nap when we got back from getting Luke from the bus at 3. But he knew Luke was home and it was out of his routine. By 3:20 it was clear he wasn't going to sleep, so I got him back up. He was a little cranky, but not awful. I put him to bed at 7 instead of 8 tonight and he fell right to sleep.


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I created this blog when I started grad school as an addendum to my activist-oriented tumblr to talk about my research interests (fat identity politics, fashion, and media representations of fatness) in an accessible and academically rigorous way. I hoped margitteleah.com would be a testament to my professional and intellectual development, but as I eventually learned, it is incredibly difficult to work on several side projects, be involved in community organizing both locally and online, and do the work graduate school (and TAing) required of me. (Did I just master the art of the humblebrag?) While many of my projects flourished, this blog did not. It eventually became relegated to longer cross-posts from Riots Not Diets and occasional snippets of essays written for various grad courses (and I've been done with coursework now for over a year).
Clearly, things around here ought to change. And I'm excited about the prospect of doing something new, especially as I take on new hobbies and interests (like the indie polish company I started with my bff!). My vision for this blog is a place to catalogue my various adventures, projects, and ideas–like a quirky little lifestyle blog dedicated to fat babeliness and social justice. Lately I have half-jokingly, half-seriously taken on what I call the pursuit of The Cute Life. I have a lot of complicated feelings about cuteness, as a cultural construct with real-life consequences that is inextricably linked with youth and femininity, and also as a thing that describes a lot of stuff that I like.
I have been told by many misguided people that feminists can't love fashion or popular culture or makeup, that enjoying activities and things that are coded as 'feminine' means that I am just reproducing problematic gender norms. I very strongly disagree. I love tiny cakes and stickers and pastel colors, but I don't consume these things uncritically.
My hope is that this blog will blossom into an interesting and fun pastiche of all the things that I love, from body politics and intersectional feminism to Rilakkuma and Things Mrs. Frizzle Would Wear. I will not shy away from the hard stuff, but I refuse to buy into the idea that I must be unconcerned with pretty things in order to be taken seriously.
Thanks for reading, and thanks to those of you who've stuck around in spite of the relative inactivity. I hope that you will continue to be invested in me and this blog.


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Would this distinction along with his dermatolgy credentials make my dermatolgist acceptable for performing procedures such as Sculptra injections and blephoplasty? I want to have him perform these procedures for me but am afraid becasue he is not a facial plastic surgeon.
Is Being a Fellow of The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery a Good Credential?
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American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties
The AACS was created by mostly non-plastic surgeons to have a credential that made them look to the public like they were equal or even better that a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon or Facial Plastic surgeon. A Dermatologist can do injections but in no way in my opinion are they qualified to do blepharoplasty. A bleph can lead to complications such as inability to close your eyes, the corners ofthe lower lids pulling down, dry eyes, and even rare blindness. Do you really want a doctor who has no board certified surgical training taking that on with your eyes?
Dermatologists performing blepharoplasty
Thanks for your question -
There is little in a Dermatologist's training that qualifies them to perform blepharoplasty. The vast majority of hospitals would not allow a dermatologist perform this procedure in their facilities but your doctor may be offering this in his surgical suite. You should ask yourself (and then ask your doctor) - is this a procedure that you have privileges to perform at a local hospital? If the answer is no, be concerned.
The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery is one of a handful of "independent" groups that are NOT recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties - the official "board certified" issuing organization. It can be confusing and some of this (in my opinion) is intentional to allow people without the training that most people would accept to perform these procedures to trick the public into signing up for surgery.
Stick with a board certified plastic surgeon for your surgical procedures.
Learn more: http://www.trivalleyplasticsurgery.com
Cosmetic surgery and credentials
It is important to find a surgeon such as a facial plastic surgeon that has done thousands of eyelid surgeries. A dermatologist would be a very acceptable physician to perform injectables such as Sculptra, Restylane or Juvaderm. A blepharoplasty is not an office procedure, it is a surgical procedure that needs to be done in a Medicare certified ambulatory surgery center with general anesthesia. A board certified physician anesthesiologist should administer anesthesia.
Learn more: http://www.seattlefacial.com
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American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Credentials.
It appears you already know the answer to your question otherwise you would not be afraid to have that doctor do the procedure. You even give the answer why in your post. Is it a good credential is a moot point. A colo-rectal surgeon can have good credentials but I would not recommend that surgeon for work on the other end of the body.
SAFE Plastic Surgery = Membership AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS
The ONLY way to assure yourself of getting a Plastic Surgery trained and ABMS Board certified Plastic surgeon is to see surgeons of are members of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Each one of their members had to :
- fully train IN Plastic Surgery in an ACGME approved Plastic Surgery program (not in other medical fields and then claim expertise in Plastic Surgery)
- Pass and become certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery - the ONLY American Board of Medical Examiners (ABMS) authorized to certify surgeons in Plastic Surgery of the Face and Body
- Board RE-certify by passing another board examination in Plastic Surgery every 10 years
- be recommended for membership in the American Society of Plastic Surgery and pass scrutiny
- adhere to the strict Code of Ethics of the ASPS which is stricter than all other medical societies (Google it on the ASPS web site).
Tough economic times and dwindling insurance reimbursements have convinced a lot of doctors trained in other fields that they should PRACTICE Plastic Surgery. There are plenty of "boards", "Academies" and "Societies" which cater to these needs and in exchange for fees issue them beautiful certificates.
Educate yourself BEFORE you have surgery.
To REALLY understand EVERYTHING you need to know about BOARD CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION IN PLASTIC SURGERY, read the link below -
Dr. P. Aldea
Board certification: What defines a Board?
There are a limited number of Board which are considered recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the AACS is NOT one of these boards. Furthermore, the Americal Board of Plastic Surgery certifies Plastic surgeons only whereas the AACS certifies many different specialties without a focus on any particulary residency.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Carrie Underwood's Not Ready To Have Kids 5 Minutes After Getting Married
"The other night, [Mike] was with some friends and their kids, and he sent me a funny text saying, 'Watching my friend's kids … Let's wait a while.' I didn't grow up around kids, and I hope those motherly instincts are in me … I'm sure they are, but I don't know what to talk about with a 4-year-old!"
—Carrie Underwood sounds like she's not ready for rugrats, in the December issue of In Style. No shame in waiting, considering she just got married. Leave the girl alone! I wish the press would come up with some new things to bother famous women about other than engagement, marriage or babies. It's old already. [People]


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EIA Report on Hurricane Impacts on U.S. Energy
U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Market Impacts
As of 12:30 pm EDT (11:30 am CDT), September 13, the Minerals Management Service was reporting that 1.3 million barrels per day (or almost 100 percent) of the federal portion of the Gulf of Mexico's crude oil production was shut-in. As of 10:00 am EDT (9:00 am CDT), September 13, the Department of Energy reported that there are 14 refineries in Texas that are shut down ahead of Hurricane Ike. These 14 refineries have a total capacity of nearly 3.8 million barrels per day, and represent over 1.4 million barrels per day of gasoline output and nearly 1.0 million barrels per day of distillate fuel output, based on recent historical data. At this time, it is unclear how long these refineries will remain shut down. So far, since refineries first shut down before Hurricane Gustav, over 21 million barrels of products have not been produced, including about 10 million barrels of gasoline and 7 million barrels of distillate fuel. This does not even include reduced production from refineries that have reduced runs at various times during Hurricanes Gustav or Ike. As of September 13, 9 refineries were running at a reduced rate.
As of 1:15 pm on September 13, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) had resumed limited operations from its Clovelly storage facility, but tanker offloadings remain suspended. As of September 13, the Colonial product pipeline is reportedly partially shut down and the Plantation pipeline is running at reduced rates. Both of these are major product pipelines going from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast.
Until there is better information on how long facilities in the Gulf of Mexico region will be down, it is unclear what impact Hurricane Ike will have on prices. As of Friday, September 12, prior to Hurricane Ike's landfall, oil prices remained well below pre-Hurricane Gustav levels, with petroleum infrastructure shutdown prior to Hurricane Gustav returning to normal operations and without any reports of significant damage to any petroleum facilities. Compared to prices before Hurricane Gustav, crude oil for October delivery settled over $14 per barrel lower, while gasoline (RBOB) and heating oil were over 8 cents and 25 cents per gallon lower, respectively, at the close of trading on Friday, September 12. However, with Hurricane Ike now expected to make landfall shortly, spot prices have increased recently, especially for gasoline. Over the last 2 days of trading, the RBOB October futures contract is up nearly 11 cents per gallon.
Natural Gas
As of 12:30 pm EDT (11:30 am CDT), September 13, the Minerals Management Service was reporting that nearly 7.3 billion cubic feet per day (or almost 100 percent) of the federal portion of the Gulf of Mexico's natural gas production was shut-in. The Department of Energy (DOE) reported that as of 10:00 am EDT (9:00 am CDT) September 13, there have been no reports of any significant damage to natural gas pipelines or production infrastructure, however major offshore pipelines are shut in or operating at less than 25 percent of normal levels. As mandatory evacuations are lifted, operators will begin the process of assessing the condition of facilities and systems and determine when normal operations can resume. The Sabine Pipeline reported late on September 12 that Henry Hub, the key point for spot and futures natural gas trading in the United States, is shut down because of the storm surge and intermittent power outages cased by Hurricane Ike. As of 10:30 am EDT (9:30 am CDT) September 13, 28 natural gas processing plants (with total capacity of over 13 billion cubic feet per day) are shut down and will not resume operations until plant inspections are complete, upstream supply and downstream facilities are operational, and electricity service is restored. There are 39 major natural gas processing plants in the path of Hurricane Ike with a total operating capacity of over 17 billion cubic feet per day.
Also see:
Hurricane Situation
Reports from DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy
STEO Hurricane Analysis (pdf)
State Energy Profiles
Hurricane Gustav & Ike
September 12, 2008 Report
September 11, 2008 Report
September 10, 2008 Report
September 9, 2008 Report
September 8, 2008 Report
September 5, 2008 Report
September 4, 2008 Report
September 3, 2008 Report
September 2, 2008 Report
September 1, 2008 Report
EIA Hurricane Reports


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Foster's ASP World Tour ratings leader Mick Fanning (AUS) may have advanced convincingly from Round 1 of the Billabong Pro Mundaka held in Bakio today, but co-title contenders Kelly Slater (USA) and Joel Parkinson (AUS) followed suit and made their ASP World Title intentions clear as well.
Parkinson posted the day's highest heat total, 17.83 out of 20.00, to send Floridians Cory Lopez (USA) and Gabe Kling (USA) to Round 2. Currently rated 4th on the Foster's ASP World Tour, Parkinson has made the Quarter and Semifinals in all but one event this year, but has yet to earn a Final berth. He knows he needs a big result in Spain to keep his title hopes alive.
"I was really hungry," Parkinson said. "I paddled and hunted a lot. The race is not over until it's over, so I basically just need to go heat for heat. I just feel like I'm really hungry, I'm frothing at the bit to surf heats. I just want to go out there and surf more and more heats, so hopefully that keeps it alive."
Slater, who won his eighth World Title in Mundaka last year, made the most of today's small conditions to advance straight to Round 3 over local surfer Hodei Collazo (EUK) and Hawaii's Fred Pattachia.
"It's great to avoid Round 2, especially if we're going to have to surf in small waves like this," Slater said. "It was not all that different from Florida out there today."
The Floridian made an early Round 3 exit in France last week, his worst result in two years, but has come to Spain to win. Currently rated 2nd behind Fanning, Slater and Australia's Taj Burrow (World No. 3) must finish within two rounds of Fanning to keep the title race alive. Burrow lost his Round 1 heat today and must surf Round 2 now.
When asked if he is still committed to campaigning for his 9th World title, Slater was quick to speak up: "Definitely, if I'm here I'm going to going to be here one hundred percent," Slater said. "I don't think Taj will have too much trouble in Round 2, but you never know."
Fanning avoided Round 2 despite a late charge from rookie Kai Otton (AUS).
"Kai, as a rookie, has been very smart about his surfing," Fanning said. "He's taken down a lot of the big name surfers throughout the events. You can never count a guy out like Kai."
Despite his win in France last week and the possibility that he could win his maiden World Title in Mundaka, Fanning is maintaining the same focus he's displayed all season.
'Its one of those things, new event, new place, new venue," Fanning said. "You've just got to do what you did in the events before and just go back and tick all the boxes and get ready again. You can't win the event if you're only in the first round, you've just got to get there heat by heat."
Despite a sizeable lead, Fanning is not resting on his laurels. He knows Slater, Burrow, Parkinson and Andy Irons (HAW) are still threats.
"It's not over until the fat lady sings," Fanning said. "I wouldn't expect those guys to give up at all and there are still three events left. You can make up a lot of points in those three events."
Defending champion Bobby Martinez (AUS) advanced over Ricky Basnett (ZAF) and Mark Occhilupo (AUS) in the tightest heat of the day today. Martinez beat Basnett by one-tenth of a point and Occhilupo by less than two-tenths. Live scores were not available to the surfers due to complications with today's mobile event change and Martinez thought he's lost his heat.
"It's hard when you don't have live scoring, you are kind of lost out there," Martinez said. "I was thinking that Ricky won but I'll definitely take the win. This year has been really different for me than last year. It's just going the way it is, if I get a little break I'm going to take it. I'm glad I got through that round, hopefully I just move on up from here."
Basque Wildcard Aritz Aranburu (EUK) avoided Round 2 with his elimination of Andy Irons and Ben Dunn (AUS). Aranbau competed in last week's Foster's ASP World Tour event in France but did not advance to Round 3.
"For me, this is a big honor to be in this contest," Aranburu said. "This has been my dream since I was a little kid to be in this contest here at Mundaka, or Bakio for today. I really appreciate what Billabong has done for me by giving the support to be able to make this contest. Hopefully the waves will pick up a little bit more and I'll continue to win some heats."
A call on competition status for Round 2 will be made at 7am in Mundaka.
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Manoa Drollet (PYF)
Heat 2: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Hodei Collazo (EUK)
Heat 3: Pancho Sullivan (HAW vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 4: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Gabe Kling (USA)
Heat 5: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Tem Reyes (USA)
Heat 6: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Mark Occhilupo (AUS)
Heat 7: Daniel Wills (AUS) vs. Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 8: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Michael Lowe (AUS)
Heat 9: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Shaun Cansdell (AUS)
Heat 10: Bruce Irons (HAW) vs. Victor Ribas (BRA)
Heat 11: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 12: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Leonardo Neves (BRA)
Heat 13: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Bernardo Miranda (BRA)
Heat 14: Cory Lopez (USA) vs. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
Heat 15: Greg Emslie (ZAF) vs. Troy Brooks (AUS)
Heat 16: Ricky Basnett (ZAF) vs. Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
Heat 1: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 11.90, Troy Brooks (AUS) 10.50, Michael Lowe (AUS) 4.63
Heat 2: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.50, Luke Munro (AUS) 12.60, Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 8.27
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) 12.67, Ricky Basnett (ZAF) 12.57, Mark Occhilupo (AUS) 12.50
Heat 4: Trent Munro (AUS) 15.63, Dean Morrison (AUS) 15.13, Greg Emslie (ZAF) 14.23
Heat 5: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 12.90, Tim Reyes (USA) 11.67, Pancho Sullivan (HAW)7.90
Heat 6: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 17.83, Cory Lopez (USA) 13.60, Gabe Kling (USA) 8.83
Heat 7: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 13.67, Ben Dunn (AUS) 13.67, Andy Irons (HAW) 12.00
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.07, Kai Otton (AUS)14.17, Manoa Drollet (PYF) 6.57
Heat 9: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.00, Hodei Collazo (EUK) 11.43, Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 10.14
Heat 10: Michael Campbell (AUS) 13.90, Taj Burrow (AUS) 12.07, Tiago Pires (PRT) 10.63
Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.27, Taylor Knox (USA) 10.20, Shaun Cansdell (AUS) 6.50
Heat 12: Dayyan Neve (AUS) 12.17, Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 11.10, Tom Whitaker (AUS) 8.83
Heat 13: Luke Stedman (AUS) 16.50, Victor Ribas (BRA) 15.50, Daniel Wills (AUS) 9.40,
Heat 14: Josh Kerr (AUS) 14.23, C.J. Hobgood (USA) 12.10, Neco Padaratz (BRA) 11.94
Heat 15: Royden Bryson (ZAF) 15.97, Chris Ward (USA) 14.34, Leonardo Neves (BRA) 11.20
Heat 16: Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 14.73, Bernardo Miranda (BRA)13.00, Bruce Irons (HAW) 10.24


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Syed, Anila Nisar (2008) Further Advancement in Preparation of Artificial Diets for Chrysoperla Carnea and an Evaluation of it's Predatory Potential, Under Laboratory and Semi Natural Conditions. PhD thesis, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad .
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The Bees have been forced to call the midfielder back after just 28 days with the League Two newcomers.
The 19-year-old was due to stay at Kingsmeadow until mid-January but Brentford boss Uwe Rosler insisted he had no choice but to bring the teenager back.
Rosler has recently lost Kevin O'Connor, Tom Adeyemi, Jonathan Douglas and Marcello Trotta to injury in midfield so Reeves will return to boost the options.
Rosler said: "With injuries to experienced players, we are missing them."
Reeves played five games for AFC Wimbledon and is expected to go straight into the Brentford squad for their Johnstone's Paint Trophy tie at Southend this week.


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His suggestion that Morag Pirie should have "been at home cooking" and not running the line in his side's 1-0 defeat by Montrose is being investigated by the Scottish Football Association.
The Third Division club insist that the comments were made after the match, not to a reporter, in a light-hearted and throwaway manner and were not intended to be taken seriously.
But Hetherston told BBC Scotland that it was only the suggestion about her cooking that was meant as a joke.
And the SFA's general purposes committee has already sent a letter to Hetherston asking for him to explain his comments.
"We are aware of it and we have contacted the chairman of the committee and they are aware of the comments.
"We've got a meeting in December and what we will do is write to him to explain the comments he is alleged to have made to find out whether they are accurately attributable to him.
"When that is established then we can deal with the matter, but we would like to get his comments before the next meeting in December.
"The article involved would be bringing the game into disrepute, but we can't make comment on what further action could happen."
Hetherston had told the Sun newspaper: "I knew it wasn't going to be our day when I arrived at Links Park and found that we had a women running the line.
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"This is a professional man's game. I believe that she shouldn't be here.
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Protecting innocent Americans from terrorism is still as relevant today as it was on that fateful September morning in 2001. Vigilance is our constant call in a dangerous world where an ideology of hate has pitted itself against freedom and liberty.
I support a culture of preparedness that works to ready our communities to immediately respond and recover from a potential attack. This involves training first-responders at the local level, and providing adequate resources at the federal-level. In addition, it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure that our intelligence community has the tools and the freedom to spy on terrorist as they plot against us.
The effort to protect the homeland is one of the broadest missions faced by any department in the federal government. Among many things, it involves: scanning and tracking millions of cargo containers entering our country every year, monitoring thousands of miles of border to prevent illegal entries, protecting our mass transit systems from attack, and ensuring measures are in place to reverse the effects of a mass chemical or biological attack on our cities.
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Aug. 9, 2007 - The Wildcat defense has been working a lot on form tackling, something they will undoubtedly get a full dose of starting tomorrow when full pads are put on. ... Head coach Greg Owens expects to go through one lengthy morning practice on Friday, ending at about 11 a.m. or so and culminating in a full contact scrimmage session. ... Players have been getting fitted for pads since Monday.
... One of the most interesting pieces of equipment on the practice field is "the chute." It resembles a tall trampoline, about 3 1/3-feet off the ground. Players do drills underneath it to remind them to stay low. ... The two remaining players who had not completed the 16 half-gassers under the allotted time on the previous three days did so on Thursday morning.
... The Wildcats will travel to Greenville for the first scrimmage next Saturday morning, Aug. 18. The varsities will probably get going at 8 a.m., with the JV and freshmen to start at 10:30 a.m. At least that's the tentative schedule.
... Faces in the crowd: Former SSHS head coaches Dwayne McMeans and Chuck King (whose son Klint is a Wildcat assistant) were watching Thursday morning. Also in attendance was former Wildcat Bryant"Bam" Jackson, whose son Bryant "Day-Day" Jackson is a promising sophomore wide receiver/safety.
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I enjoyed your book on Effective Programming, I even persuaded a couple of local libraries to stock it. I've got a copy of the latest Camel book here, but I've only dipped into it. Surprisingly, the bit I've read is the bit where you laud the format command to the skies. I suspect that was cut and pasted from the previous edition without proof-reading.
I've never achieved any particular pre-eminence, but I can be reasonably confident that I've worked on more development projects than you. It's one of the few certainties that come from getting old.
Much of what you say there is naive and patronising. I can live with being patronised, but you are patronising the other readers as well.
Very few people in any field take "Best Practices" to mean the one and only true way. They mean "Good Practices" or "Recommended Practices". Even in fields where life and death is at stake, people use the "Best Practices" as a starting point and develop project practices. The difference is that you can end up dead or in prison if you deviate without the appropriate authority.
I did not say, or even imply, that I wanted a single set of compulsory rules.
I said that Perl needed a set of rules about which there was reasonable authoratative consensus and that people could use as a baseline. It does.
You don't want to start developing your project standards from a blank sheet of paper every time. Nor, when you are on a new project, do you want to say "Do this because I am wise". You'll spend ages justifying yourself. It's more likely that you'll want to say "Do this because I've done it before, it's recognised as good practice, and all these people agree with me."
Sometimes you'll want to deviate from the standards, sometimes you won't give a damn about standards.
I did not say, or even imply, that I wanted anybody to do a lot of work for free. I do little bits and pieces for the Perl community for free, but I have no intention of doing a lot. Even with the little bits I do, there is a sub-agenda of networking, job protection, paying back favours, etc. Most people are like that.
It sounds like we need a corporate sponsor. Most discussions of this ilk end with that conclusion.
I wasn't trying to be patronizing, but I bet I've worked with many more publishers than you, and I bet I've worked in more deadly situations than you. So, since we don't know each other, let's not fight about who's dick is bigger. :)
I've pointed you toward what Damian and Randal have said. If you think I'm a twit, that's fine, but the advice I'm passing on comes from them mostly. The problem with authority is that there are so many of them. :)]]>
One small suggestion. I wouldn't recommend enabling ForwardAgent in your .ssh/config, since that could be a security risk if you connect to a malicious host. I would suggest that you use ssh -A when you need it, or enable ForwardAgent just for specific hosts.]]>
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Net::SSH::Perl. This article is all about using SSH in the course of being a developer, rather than writing programs which themselves connect via SSH.
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After that it would be just a matter to call unlink on those names.
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Seems that Sarah Palin isn't the only right-winger out there trying to convince the world that the "death panels" actually exist. Indeed, as Media Matters notes, there's a whole bandwidth of wingnuts out there trying to revive the notion.
One of these is the Troll Who Lives Under the Bridge And Sucks Your Toes, aka Dick Morris, who was on The O'Reilly Factor earlier this week with fill-in host Monica Crowley:
Dick Morris keeps the zombie lies alive: Americans;Correctly Fear Health-care reform Will Bring Euthanasia
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Dear Glenn,
It saddens me that you're leaving the airwaves tonight. Having only just returned to writing satire near the end of your reign as a Fox pundit, I feel as though I missed out on years of jokes and funny commentary at your expense, and as you'll most surely cry on your broadcast tonight, you should know that I will be one of the only true liberals crying right alongside you. For different reasons, of course, but tears just the same.
It feels like only yesterday we were watching your eyes, a camera zoomed in upon your brow tightly enough that we could truly basque in your inner lunatic, close enough to your lashes than in HD, we almost felt as though we could lick our televisions and taste your salty tears. I'm sure some people even tried that day, many of whom were likely your biggest fans. For the past several years, particularly after you made your transition to Fox, we watched you cry, engage in radical hyperbole, cry, write on your chalkboard, cry, and warn all of us about the gay abortionist agenda working through the Sharia caliphate to undermine the horsey sauce at Arby's, or whatever it was you were trying to relay to us. It was hard to tell what you were saying with all of that sobbing.
Some listened to your words and built bunkers in their backyards. Others knew you were crazy, but defended you for the sheer sake of defending you. Most of us? We laughed with you, knowing your Kaufman-style performance art was comedy of a caliber well before its time, and of a depth and air of legitimacy well beyond that of your contemporaries, like Stephen Colbert. No one who truly appreciates the fine craft of comedy could have possibly believed you were being serious when you claimed you were considering murdering Michael Moore, or calling the President a racist, or that stem cell research would lead to the development of a "master race." We knew you were kidding. Nobody is that crazy.
And so, I'm writing this open letter to inform you that you, sir, are a comedic genius. A performer of a quality unsurpassed by any other person alive today, or that of any individual or troupe that has risen from the media age as a whole. You were a key contributor to the absolutism and fervent, unrivaled vitriol spewing out of the right wing today, and I view that as the tactical operation of a brilliant liberal strategist as well, carefully crafting the most insane, hateful, violent, and despicable oral flatulence ever concocted and blasted onto the airwaves. You largely caused and aided the rise of the Tea Party, and the polarization of the GOP, all of which helps liberal ideology in ways few will ever fathom. And I dare say that all liberals, myself acknowledging this here and hoping to be joined by others, owe you a debt of gratitude we quite frankly can never repay.
I'm not sure what will happen to you tomorrow, but surely you'll take the cutting edge of lunacy to new heights, spreading your unique genre of comedic-crazy to other realms of our culture. A cooking show with an onion theme, perhaps? Or maybe you'll host a reality game show where contestants vie for a million-dollar prize by being the first person to fill a two-liter soda bottle with your waterworks? I have no way of knowing. What I can tell you, though, is this: we true appreciators of high-caliber insanity-based comedy will be waiting to see what freshly-maniacal espousals you render upon us down that lonesome road. We pray it isn't a cul-de-sac.
If Keith Olbermann might offer me this small liberty...
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Agreed, the (apparent) wig worn by the woman in that GOP parody bore little resemblance to Rachel Maddow's actual hair. But the parody's skewering of Maddow's hypocrisy was right on target.
MSNBC's ever-chirpy Maddow responded last night to a National Republican Congressional Committee ad mocking the MSNBC "Lean Forward" promo featuring a hardhat-adorned Maddow at the Hoover Dam. (video after page break)
Maddow said she was "very flattered" by the "rare and special honor of being the new face" of the NRCC, then showed the ad nearly in its entirety. Not surprisingly, the line most unflattering to Maddow was edited out.
In Maddow's original promo, she said this --
MADDOW: When you are this close to Hoover Dam, it makes you realize how small a human is in relation to this as a human project. You can't be the guy who builds this. You can't be the town who builds this. You can't even be the state who builds this. You have to be the country that builds something like this. This is a national project. This is a project of national significance. We've got those projects on the menu right now. And we've got to figure out whether or not we are still a country that can think this big.
The parody hewed close to the original, except to make its point --
FAKE MADDOW: When you are this close to Hoover Dam, it makes you realize how small a human is in relation to this as a human project. You can't be the state who builds this. You can't even be the town who builds this. But you can be the guy that stops something like this. This is an energy infrastructure project. It's got national significance. (Fake Maddow then shown standing beside exposed underground "Keystone Pipeline"). We've got a project like this waiting for the president's go-ahead, supported by Republicans and Democrats, labor unions. It'd provide energy security and up to 130,000 jobs. We've got to figure out why the president thinks we're not a country that can think this big. ("Lean Backwards" slogan shown at end)
The line highlighted above was the one Maddow couldn't bear to share with her viewers, because it was a direct challenge to her grandiose claim in the MSNBC promo -- "We've got to figure out whether or not we are still a country that can think this big."
That "we" can, Ms. Maddow. It's not the projects that have gotten small, it's you and the president. Maddow's response to the NRCC parody came on the same day Obama announced he was shelving Keystone for now, seeing how this is an election year and pious tree-huggers are a key part of his base.
While I'm on the subject, two other things laughable about that Maddow promo.
First, the suggestion that Maddow would ever support any project comparable in scale to the Hoover Dam, at least not where amoeba may be displaced. And second, that Maddow filmed the spot at a dam named for a man she belittles as a do-nothing president.
Anyone familiar with Maddow knows she can't utter the word "infrastructure" without reaching for smelling salts. Providing it's infrastructure already built.


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F-Zero GX
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"Nintendo & Sega; a match made in the golden clouds of heaven"
There was a hushed silence as I waltzed into my local importer, Mix-Image. With a huge grin on my face and the sought of swagger you find with Andy Roddick, I entered the shop. The scene resembled something from the movies. There are about ten people in the shop and all heads are craned towards a large tv screen which displays a colourful title; F-Zero GX
My jaw dropped. All the self-confidence I had been radiating disappeared. I had been expecting to splash out on a new game for the holidays but never expected this. 'F-Zero?', I gasped, '...Cool.'
'Cool', it would seem, is an understatement. Yes, I spent a massive wad of cash (precisely 119 swiss francs. I'm English and live in Switzerland(Not by choice!)), and now have the game. People looked in awe as I, looking extremely smug, walked out of the shop with a new shiny disc tucked under my arm.
And now... The Review.
Graphics 10/10: This is the biggest improvement from it's predecessor. In the old game there really was very little graphical brilliance but not anymore. It is just like watching the future. Literally. There is no slow down whatsoever and no glitches at all. The best piece of eye candy is the backgrounds on the levels. You drive through glistening cites, over lava pools, underwater and tropical areas. The vehicals have also seen a huge improvement in looks. Now, you can see the smiling faces of the racers through the cockpit and the most intimate details are now brightly displayed. Good graphics are essential. The best gaming experiences are when the mind is really sucked into the gaming world. I think F-Zero GX pulls it off without a hitch.
Sound 8/10: The title piece of music is a frantic raucous piece of techno guitar playing with plenty of beat behind it, this sets the tne for the whole game. The driving, guitar based heavy tracks that urged the player to keep going faster in F-Zero X are replaced by more electronic and techno slanted performances similar to that on the title screen. Anyone hoping for remixes of old F-Zero themes will be disappointed as Mute City is the only track to have any trace of its original piece lurking within. However, there are a couple of tracks within Story Mode that appear to have old influences as well. That isn't to say many of them don't fit in with the theme of the tracks. For instance, Cosmo Terminal is a winding, spiralling, corkscrew of a track at times and the music is very trance-like, partially hypnotic, as the player seems to be zooming down a winding tunnel with oblivion close to hand on both sides. Guitar freaks do have at least one piece to console themselves with, namely Fire Field, and what a piece of hard driving music this turns out to be. Top-class. I only marked the game down in this field because of the lack of old tunes but the change isn't bad; just different.
The Game Itself10/10:Keen to promote a sense of continuity, many of the immediate features and options from F-Zero X have been transported over into the new game. Grand Prix is the ubiquitous option to race over a number of tracks in series, in one of a number of cups, these initially being Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Once again though, games manufacturers have decided not to allow this option in anything apart from one-player mode. Time Trial and Practice fall mainly under the same banner: the option to race round a circuit without any restraints and try to decrease all the time records, whereas the Vs Battle is the proper multiplayer choice to see who really is the best racer in the room. Fans of F-Zero X may be disappointed to learn that the Death Race mode has been dropped, although it hasn't disappeared completely. The similarities continue as far that all 30 racers from the previous game have been brought over into the new one, keeping their original stats and performance characteristics, even down to the ability to tweak the ratio between acceleration and top speed. Anyone who spent time on the N64 version will feel right at home and can try out their favourite racer in the brand new racing circuits. Well...almost, as to begin with only the four main ''famous'' racers (Captain Falcon, Goroh, Pico and Dr. Stewart) are available. The ten AX racers from the arcade version are also included in the game, but it is up to the player to discover how to unlock them. The control features available have been copied from the N64 iteration although, thanks to the layout of the Gamecube pad, most of the functions have now been given their own button. A is acceleration, B is the main brake, with L and R as the airbrakes for turning corners more tightly. Pressing both down together increases the tightness of the steering even more for those suicidal 180 degree hairpins. Y is the boost function, so fundamental to the whole F-Zero series. Vehicle attacks are now handled using the X button (for side attack) and Z button (for spin attack). If anything, the tightness of handling has been improved and it is far less likely for vehicles to leave the track due to going too fast. When vehicles do get airborne, the vehicle is not able to float or dive as much as in F-Zero X although, to be fair, it is still possible, and in a couple of circumstances, absolutely vital. Cornering is also smooth with the airbrakes just being a little harsher this time around, much more like the control from the SNES version. Story Mode is a new approach for the F-Zero universe. The mode itself opens with an FMV of the Black Shadow crashing and being threatened by a new, unknown racer. Taking the guise of Captain Falcon thereafter, a series of challenges are laid out, where progression is solely based on being able to complete the previous one, and perhaps, by the end, discovering just who this mysterious driver is. To give an example, the first challenge is to guide the Blue Falcon round a track collecting all the pods laid out within 3 laps, whilst competing against a time limit. Once completed on the starting difficulty, the challenge can either be repeated at a higher difficulty or the next chapter in the story can be bought from the shop. The second chapter in the story sees Captain Falcon being challenged to a race by Samurai Goroh around a boulder-strewn valley. Each chapter has FMV before and after the race, which helps to explain the story in between the action. On the default difficulty, each challenge is rock-hard and will take many attempts to complete, with the higher levels offering even die-hard racers an incredibly stiff challenge (and potentially broken control pads). Customisation Mode is a whole new concept to the world of F-Zero, but it follows many of the same lines and principles laid down in other racing games. It is also a whole new step up over and beyond the simple racer construction option in the 64DD expansion pack. Almost everything successfully completed in the game (be it cups, time trial leaderboard, story mode and so on) brings an allocation of tickets to the player. These tickets can then be used to spend on a variety of different things, the most obvious of these being the other 26 main racers featured in the game and the staff ghosts opened by completing each track under a certain time in Time Trial. Hence the better the player performs, the more tickets will be rewarded which can then be spent on improving and opening up new parts of the game. A familiar aspect to many other games, but one which is new to the F-Zero series, and for the most part, it is a welcome addition. It helps draw the player in as they will want to continually improve, and in doing so, will have access to more racers and better vehicle parts. The vehicle parts are then used in an aspect new to most people: building your own machine. All the individual components such as body, engine and cockpit must be bought and bolted on together. Custom racers can be used in any option, even the Grand Prix, so there is no excuse for not tinkering about to produce that killer vehicle. Each part contributes one aspect towards the three point grading system in F-Zero (grip, body, boost) and overall they combine to produce a unique name for each craft, such as Super Wolf-Z. A custom craft is graded on four individual ratings, displayed on a radar graph: cornering, body, boost and acceleration. As each item is selected individually, the radar graph adjusts real-time to reflect the new overall performance of the machine. In general, the better the piece of equipment is, the heavier it weighs, and acceleration is a key consideration here as it tends to reduce when the vehicle gets heavier. Whilst it may be possible to build a machine with an A rating in all categories, it is quite likely to weigh about 3 tons and be slower off the line than a lead brick. Heavier machines also tend to have far wider turning arcs. Therefore, a balance must be struck between performance and weight, which means that a vehicle can't be the best in all categories and expect to win. There's no way to produce a vehicle similar to some existing craft with the parts given, but certainly the only limitations are with the player's skill and understanding of the nuances on how each rating affects how a vehicle handles. Also available along customisation lines is the ability to RGB colour code each individual section, and daub the proclaimed mean machine in tags and designs. Emblems can be applied to both existing and player-built machines. A range of graphic designs is included with the game but there is also a very comprehensive Photoshop-like tool available to design your own icons.A racing game lives and dies by the quality of the circuits available to speed around, and F-Zero GX is no exception. A couple of the early circuits, whilst well-constructed in their own right, are not that exhilarating to race around. The wonder and excitement expected and not delivered in full immediately from the off may cause some to question if Sega were the right choice for the project. Has expection and hype dulled the realisation one may wonder? Not in the slightest. It is a potential slow burner of a game, that will gradually draw the player in to fully realise and appreciate its depth. And the potential depth has definitely been one of the main factors of the success of the F-Zero series. This game can, and probably will, last players for a very long time.
Faith in the game over time proves fruitful, in that later tracks are much more in the vein that F-Zero drivers are used to and demand. Fire Field II and Phantom Road truly prove that Sega must have extensively analysed the previous game, and there are plenty of nods to old tracks. Vegas Palace I is pretty much a Silence clone from the N64 version, and Mute City II with its copious gaps, boosts and opportunities for death has more than a passing resemblance to the old White Land tracks from the original SNES game. There is a lot of subtle ingenuity involved in a lot of the track design and they are both challenging and highly enjoyable to race around. Some of this does not manifest itself until tracks are raced in Time Trial mode, then the challenge is to beat the genius Sega have used in constructing the things. Until players reach the final normal cup, one of the main noticeable differences between this and our old friend F-Zero X is just how wide the tracks are in general now. There is far more room for manoeuvring and escaping trouble, and with it brings a different set of driving tactics to what was used in F-Zero X. With the wider spaces, the spin attack has less prominence, but is still a killer move at certain circumstances. Sega have chosen to redefine the side attack with F-Zero GX and given it new life. Upon getting alongside another vehicle, activating the attack with the right timing gives not only the distinct possibility of seriously damaging the target, but sending it flying into the abyss off the track, giving them zero points in the overall rankings. The other noticeable difference is just how hard Sega have made the game in general. It almost feels at times that F-Zero X was merely the appetiser or warm-up to the main course that is F-Zero GX. Even when the courses have been learnt to a good degree of familiarity, they are still challenging due to the ferocious nature of the competitive traffic. At Master level, a perfect run and nobbling the opposition is almost de rigueur. Hats off to Sega for truly delivering a game that will test the very depth, soul and zone of the gamesplayers of the world. And that is not going to go down well with some people. Have gamesplayers gotten soft over time since the heady hardcore days of the 80s? Sega have made many aspects of the game harsh but fair, frustrating but not overly so, and it is not the program that can be faulted; it is the player who must improve themselves to match the standards demanded. Practice, practice, practice is the ethic most suited to the nature of the game. Story mode takes things up to a whole new level after that. There will be a lot of hours wasted and much midnight oil burned even trying to complete most of the tasks on the default difficulty. After that, Grand Prix mode might even seem a welcome break from the perfection demanded at times because it isn't as demanding. Who said Japanese games were easy? Time trial mode, in conjuction with the customisation of craft will always be an option to return to, as there are some 8,000 different combinations to try out in the search for the perfect race time. Investigation, analysis and trial of the balance between acceleration and top speed are what will determine if a vehicle can break and beat the Staff Ghost times. At the same time as being hard, the game is incredibly fun and addictive to play. If it was truly unfair then there wouldn't be such the urge to keep the control pad in your hand and not want to let go. Just the thrill of zooming along at speeds in excess of 2000kph is enjoyable in itself, but the competition against the CPU drivers and other humans is what always makes the F-Zero games rewarding. The urge to push the limits of speed on the tracks, to go just that little bit faster, and in an instant sidesmack your rival off the track is indescribly satisfying. Any fan of F-Zero X is going to fall in love with this new version, and whilst newcomers to the series may possibly be overwhelmed to begin with by the range of options available, they will soon be racing along and occasionally smacking the sides of the track like everyone else at breakneck speed.
Conclusion: This is F-ZERO GX.
AND THE CAPIN IS BACK. BIGGER and BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
I urge any of you with a doubt that this game can not live up to the hype, to think again.
This game is a pinoneer of it's genre on all acounts...A delight above all expectations NINTENDO + SEGA a match made in the golden clowds of heaven.
What more can I say? Overall: 10/10
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 08/14/03
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Coming out of their bye week, the Tennessee Titans (4-6) are anxiously awaiting this Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-9). Tennessee couldn't have asked for a better bye week, giving players time to rest their nagging injuries.
They look to continue and build off the momentum they gained in their game against the Dolphins before the week off, a game they won 37-3. Offensively, they fired on all cylinders and were quick to establish a dominance blocking up front. The Titans staff has been pleased with how things are coming together, as the team has six more games remaining on the schedule.
And luckily for the Titans, there are seven other teams within two games of each other, holding records between 4-6 and 6-4.
Tennessee's fate is in their own hands too, with two of their final six games (New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts) against one of those clustered teams. Two more of their games are against the Jaguars, who they face this week and in week 17 to close the season. If they come of of their bye week rested and determined, they could have a solid chance and making a push one of the postseason spots.
The other two games on the schedule are against the the 9-1 Houston Texans next week and the 7-3 Green Bay Packers in week 16.
In order to have a viable chance at slipping into the playoffs, the Titans will realistically need to win four of those games. So if they can take down one of the two stronger teams, they would only have to take 3-of-4 from the other games.
Now looking at how they played against Miami, the chances of this happening are looking much better than they did in the first few weeks. Plus, they have had another week for players like Jake Locker, Kenny Britt and Colin McCarthy to get some much needed rest and prepare for the final six game stretch.Tags: Colin McCarthy, Football, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Jake Locker, Kenny Britt, New York Jets, NFL, Tennessee, Tennessee Titans


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NR in Haiti: Rebuilding the country
On Newsround, we've been running a series of special reports from Haiti, looking at how the country's coped in the aftermath of the quake that hit there in January.
People have been working hard to rebuild the country, get children back to school and repair buildings that were damaged.
Two months on from the day the quake hit, what's next for Haiti?
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By Anthony Breznican, USA TODAY
Steven Spielberg previously dealt with the lives of soulful droids in A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Now he has decided to take on a story about soulless ones.
DreamWorks Studios announced today he'll begin shooting the film version of Daniel H. Wilson's novel Robopocalypse in January 2012 with plans to debut in theaters sometime in 2013. This tale of mechanical Armageddon will be his next directing project, after finishing the World War I drama War Horse.
Spielberg acquired the rights to the book in 2009, before it was published, though it was unclear whether he would director or just produce. The novel has still not been released to the public. Doubleday plans to put it on shelves in June 2011.
Little is known about the story, apart from its focus on a band of humans trying to survive after sentient machines take over the world. The screenplay was adapted by Drew Goddard, whose past credits include TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, Lost, and the movie Cloverfield.
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Andy and Mike caught up with Michigan State Head Basketball Coach, Tom Izzo this morning. Coach Izzo talked about being ranked 3rd in the country and also why he seems annoyed during halftime interviews.
Tom Izzo: "Haha, yeah they're not bad... I feel sorry, especially (for the) new (reporters) coming in. Usually they're good but it's been kind of a strange year. We've had a lot of injuries, the changing of the rules have really bothered me personally... I'm not gonna over-complain about it but I am gonna say, everybody's got their own opinions. And if they think it's what's best for Basketball, I'm cool with that - I just don't. And so it creates a lot of heart in a huddle when a foul is called one way outside and a different way inside... Not the officials fault, it's what we've decided to do. So all those things come into play."


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Katrina's Impact on the U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Markets
As of Monday, September 12, 5:00 pm
According to the Minerals Management
Service (MMS), as of 11:30 September 12, Gulf of Mexico
oil production was reduced by 860,636 barrels per day as a result
of Hurricane Katrina, equivalent to 57.38 percent of daily Gulf
of Mexico oil production (which is 1.5 million barrels per day).
The MMS also reported that 3.784 billion cubic feet per day
of natural gas production was shut in, equivalent to 37.84 percent
of daily Gulf of Mexico natural gas production (which is 10
billion cubic feet per day).
EIA released its monthly Short-Term
Energy Outlook on Wednesday, September 7. Because considerable
uncertainty remains regarding the extent of Katrina's damage,
EIA established three basic recovery scenarios to represent
a range of plausible outcomes for oil and natural gas supply
over the next several months and through 2006: (1) Fast Recovery,
which assumes a very favorable set of circumstances for getting
supplies back to normal; (2) Slow Recovery, which assumes that
significant outages in oil and natural gas production and delivery
from the Gulf area continue at least into November; and (3)
Medium Recovery, which assumes a path in between Slow and Fast
As of the close of trading on Monday, September 12, crude
oil prices were down slightly, while petroleum product futures
prices were down substantially, compared to the closing prices
from Friday, September 9. The gasoline near-month futures price
was down by 8.6 cents per gallon from Friday, settling at 187.4
cents per gallon, while the heating oil near-month futures price
was down 8.2 cents per gallon, settling at 181.4 cents per gallon.
The NYMEX West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures price
was down $0.75 per barrel from Friday, settling at $63.33.
Currently, there are four refineries (ChevronTexaco, located
in Pascagoula, MS; ConocoPhillips, located in Belle Chasse,
LA; ExxonMobil, located in Chalmette, LA; and Murphy, located
in Meraux, LA) that remain shut down, and expectations are that
these refineries, which represent about 5 percent of total U.S.
refining capacity, could be shut down for an extended period.
On September 12, DOE released the weekly Gasoline
and Diesel Fuel Update. As of September 11, the average
weekly retail gasoline price decreased to $2.95 (down 11.4 cents
from the previous week). Diesel fuel prices decreased 5.1 cents
to $2.84.
As of September 2, (the
most recent data available), the end of the first week following
Hurricane Katrina, U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding
those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) fell by 6.4 million
barrels from the previous week. At 315.0 million barrels, U.S.
crude oil inventories remain well above the upper end of the
average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories
declined by 4.3 million barrels last week, putting them below
the bottom end of the average range. Distillate fuel inventories
decreased by 0.8 million barrels last week, and are above the
upper end of the average range for this time of year. A slight
increase in high-sulfur distillate fuel (heating oil) inventories
was more than compensated for by a decline in low-sulfur distillate
fuel (diesel fuel) inventories. Total commercial petroleum inventories
dropped by 14.9 million barrels last week, and are near the
upper end of the average range for this time of year. Total
product supplied over the last four-week period has averaged
over 21.3 million barrels per day, or 1.5 percent more than
averaged over the same period last year.
Natural Gas
The natural gas futures price for October delivery was down
$0.23, to $11.03 per million Btu (MMBtu), as of the close of
trading today, Monday, September 12. In trading on the Intercontinental
Exchange, the Henry Hub spot price was $10.67 per MMBtu, down
$0.36 from Friday, September 9. This price is 84 cents above
the average spot price of $9.80 per MMBtu for the week ending
Friday, August 26, before the storm. At market locations across
the Gulf region, price decreases today ranged up to $0.63 per
MMBtu with an average decline of $0.29 per MMBtu. The overall
average decrease in price was $0.16 per MMBtu.
During the first week of production shut-ins owing to Hurricane
Katrina, net additions to underground storage were significantly
below normal. Working gas in storage as of September 2 totaled
2,669 Bcf, which is 3.7 percent above the 5-year average inventory
level for the week, according to EIA's Weekly Natural Gas
Storage Report (released September 8). The implied net injection
to storage was 36 Bcf, which was slightly less than half of
the 5-year average net injection of 71 Bcf for the week and
about 55 percent lower than the net injection of 80 Bcf during
the report week last year. According to the Minerals Management
Service, shut-ins as of September 2 totaled 49 Bcf.
Ports and Pipelines
While the Colonial and Plantation petroleum product pipelines
are back up and able to run at 100 percent of capacity, supplying
the pipelines with products may become an issue as long as some
of the refineries that supply product into these pipelines remain
shut down. The Capline, a major crude oil pipeline that supplies
crude oil from the Gulf Coast to some Midwest refineries, is
now operating at nearly 90 percent of its capacity, according
to operator Shell Oil Corporation.
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is expected to be at
100 percent of capacity by the end of this week, after Port
Fourchon becomes operational. More than 10 percent of the nation's
imported crude oil typically enters via the LOOP.
El Paso reported damage to both its Tennessee Gas Pipeline and
Southern Natural Gas system that affects a total of 1.25 Bcf/d
in capacity. Approximately 3 billion cubic feet per day was
initially shut-in on El Paso's three natural gas pipeline systems
in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Currently,
there are 700 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of production
shut-in on Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) and 550 MMcf/d on Southern
Natural Gas (SNG). ANR Pipeline has returned to full capacity.
Gulf of Mexico Oil & Natural Gas Facts
Energy Information Administration
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RE: Manipulating List Elements In Programs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buz Barstow [mailto:buz at sys-j25.demon.co.uk]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Hi,
> I'm trying to write a program in Mathematica to automatically plot graphs
> from text files that I've generated with a C program. It looks in the
> working directory, and retrieves a list of all files with a .dat
> extension;
> files = FileNames["output*.dat"]
> Then, it gets the number of entries in that list;
> l = Length[files]
> And then uses this information to import each file individually and do a
> ListPlot with each list;
> For[i = 1, i <= l, i++,
> z = Import[ files[[i]]];
> title = z[[1]];
> lab = z[[2]];
> Delete[z, {1, 2}];
> ListPlot[z, AxesLabel -> lab, PlotLabel -> title] ]
> At the top of each output file there is a heading that I want to
> use as the
> plot's title and two column headings that I want to use to label the axes.
> Unfortunately, I can retrieve them and label the plot, but I can't delete
> them, so when I include the title, I can't produce the plot.
> Does Mathematica prevent the programming calls deleting things, or am I
> missing something?
> Thanks in advance,
> Buz
It would be easier to use Drop.
z = {a, b, c, d};
z2 = Drop[z, 2]
{c, d}
Or, if you don't have to preserve the original z:
z = Drop[z, 2]
{c, d}
Then ListPlot z2 or the new z.
Whether you use Drop or Delete, you must do an assignment if you want the
variable to reflect the change.
David Park
djmp at earthlink.net


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Tight Oil and Shale Gas Resources Are Immense
Shale oil and gas resources are fairly evenly distributed throughout the world except – irony of ironies! – in the Middle East. They offer a huge new source of fossil fuel energy. However, because of America's technological advantages, the U.S. will probably be the only country to develop these resources between now and 2030. This will give the U.S. a huge leg up and perhaps even virtual energy independence by that time. That's the forecast of BP in its recently published Energy Outlook 2030. The figures are depicted in the bar chart above.
The chart on the left represents current estimated resources for tight oil and shale gas for six regions in tons of oil equivalent (toe). Gas is represented in red, oil in green. The Asian Pacific – mainly China and Siberia - actually has the greatest resources at 60 billion toe. But North America, South and Central America, Africa and even Europe and Eurasia (Russia west of the Caucasian Mountains) are all well represented. Only the Middle East has a paucity of potential resources. (What a shame!)
But because of a lack of technological infrastructure, only North America will be developing these resources in the near future, as the chart on the right predicts. The U.S. is already well underway with the Bakken and Marcellus Shale both in full development. Europe also has ample shale gas resources but does not seem disposed to tap them at this time. The rest of the world simply doesn't have the infrastructure – although don't bet against China catching up soon. The result is that by 2030, according to BP's estimates, nearly all the tight oil and gas production will be in North America. Gas will amount to .5 billion toe and tight oil will be .3 btoe. Only Europe and Western Russia will be at 0.1.
But notice also the magnitude of these reserves in comparison with their predicted production. Even at a level where energy independence may be achievable, the U.S. will be producing less than 1/50th of its potential shale oil and gas resources. And the rest of the world will have barely begun! All this suggests that the inflection point of "peak oil" may still be far, far in the future.