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Hello! > you remark, as if the transmit queue length was huge. But we used ppp > which has tx_queue_len of three. This is impossible. In this case you would never see bursts more than 4 packets. 4th one is dropped, which suspends transmission. > So it seems something further down is effecting the behaviour indirectly. > That seems to be our own fault (will do tests). The link used was > really an emulated link (sorry, software not publicly available and > it's still being beta-tested). The basic principle is to catch the PPP > stream with a pseudo tty and from there on we can mess with packets (in > principle like dummynet). We are aware of the gotchas this implies and the > emulator implements flow control but apparently in those tests it wasn't > turned on. It is possible then. Apparently, you broke flow control on your device. On devices without flow control (loopback is the best example) bursts are infinite, of course, and controlled only by TCP window and congestion avoidance. Alexey
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An active landslide in Doren, Austria, has been studied by multitemporal airborne and terrestrial laser scanning from 2003 to 2012. To evaluate the changes, we have determined the 3D motion using the range flow algorithm, an established method in computer vision, but not yet used for studying landslides. The generated digital terrain models are the input for motion estimation; the range flow algorithm has been combined with the coarse-to-fine resolution concept and robust adjustment to be able to determine the various motions over the landslide. The algorithm yields fully automatic dense 3D motion vectors for the whole time series of the available data. We present reliability measures for determining the accuracy of the estimated motion vectors, based on the standard deviation of components. The differential motion pattern is mapped by the algorithm: parts of the landslide show displacements up to 10 m, whereas some parts do not change for several years. The results have also been compared to pointwise reference data acquired by independent geodetic measurements; reference data are in good agreement in most of the cases with the results of range flow algorithm; only some special points (e.g., reflectors fixed on trees) show considerably differing motions.
In many environmental applications, monitoring change of the geomorphic surface is important. Internal and external forces shape and reshape the surface over various timescales, including that of the human time scale. Increased or sudden erosion (e.g., gully head retreat), sedimentation and, in particular mass movements belong to the category that is important not only from the point of view of geomorphology or surface processes, but they may also have a severe impact on the human environment, or in extreme cases, they may even endanger property or human lives. The latter possibility justifies the efforts invested in change monitoring, change detection and prediction of such events or estimations on rates of such processes. Techniques that are able to detect small motions, slow deformations, displacements, or incipient motion are particularly valuable. Usually, multitemporal remotely sensed data are used as input for these techniques. In the case of mass movements, even if the processes originate from the same source or the process itself is well known, the actual motion pattern may turn to be complex and composed of many different acting factors that affect the actual surface in various ways. Soil creep, small rock falls and sapping combined with gravity-driven slow deformation result in a multi-rate, differential motion pattern that is difficult to study, even if the (dormant) landslide is known. There may be human impact or intentional countermeasures that also modify the surface. In order to detect changes and derive deformation patterns, advanced remote sensing techniques and data evaluation procedures are required. Many techniques are able to detect change; some of them are capable to quantify it. This paper goes beyond that: besides the quantification of the change, the magnitude and the direction of complete 3D motion is extracted. Furthermore, we would like to decipher not just the deviation of the temporal phases of the surface, but we aim to follow the history of the motion of the surface elements and particles that allow deeper insight to the dynamics of the landslide.
Studying surface processes quantitatively and spatially requires a digital model of the terrain surface. Optical methods with area wide data acquisition (photographic imaging, laser scanning) are capable of providing the resolution required for analyzing movements and deformations within a landslide. Because of the (i) direct line of sight and (ii) the range resolution within a beam, laser scanning is advantageous in forested areas for capturing the ground. While this has been demonstrated for airborne laser scanning data (ALS) [
In this paper, we propose a method based on range flow [
For the study of a landslide, spatially and temporally resolved analysis is required. The object of study is located in Vorarlberg, Austria. Three epochs of airborne laser scanning and five epochs of terrestrial laser scanning data are available. Using this LiDAR time series data enables us to discern spatial and temporal variations in the surface processes. In this paper, we demonstrate the feasibility of range flow to derive dense 3D flow fields for tracking landslide deformation. The quantitative analysis of the results are performed against reference data.
Historic landslides were mapped by Bell
A 3D velocity field of a glacier surface was determined by Schwalbe and Maas [
These approaches differ in automation and in the results, from vertical differences to 3D motion vectors. Automatic determination of flow fields was demonstrated for landslides and glaciers. The methods using geometric or image texture either provide the full motion vector or fail, due to a singularity. For example, this occurs if a straight edge is moving. While movement across the edge direction may be determined and picked up visually, movements in edge direction cannot be derived (this is also known as the aperture problem [
Our approach to estimate the displacements of the subject landslide is based on the range flow [
To this end, it should be pointed out that the methods of ICP [
The methods based on ICP (e.g., the piecewise alignment method of Teza
The site of the landslide (
The glaciation is also partly responsible for the current disequilibrium of the landscape; it is continuously adjusting to balance internal and external forcing. Basically, the system is continuously adjusting to the last deglaciation, which left behind a higher relief topography that is unstable in the long-term with the given conditions. The watercourses of various sizes incise intensively into the host rocks, forming rapidly evolving valleys, evacuating large amounts of sediments from the area. The slopes of the river valleys are often steeper near to the thalweg, whereas slopes are gentler in higher uphill regions.
The dynamic equilibrium at the toe of the landslide is maintained by the river Weißach: it is eroding the material of the lobate spreading with various rates. The discharge of the Weißach may vary considerably, tending occasionally to flash floods; therefore, the settlements are situated on the higher valley slopes, such as the village of Doren. The continuous evacuation of sediments by the Weißach combines with the active tectonic setting, due to the N-S shortening, causes unstable valley slopes on both sides of the valley. The landslide itself is a long-lasting problem of the local community and has become increasingly dangerous ([
The airborne LiDAR data have been acquired in the years of 2003, 2006 and 2007 on behalf of the Vorarlberg Surveying Authority (Landesvermessungsamt Vorarlberg [
In order to obtain a digital terrain model (DTM) from the laser scanning point clouds, a classification of the measured points into ground points and off-terrain points is necessary. This was performed using the hierarchic robust interpolation ([
The range flow algorithm computes the 3D velocity fields of a moving surface [
The unknowns,
The evaluation of range flow constraint,
The window size is also an essential factor in the estimation of the 3D motion fields. A small window size may not provide enough variations in the surface normals and would result in a lower determinability of the motion vectors. A larger window may include areas with very different motion. Therefore, an appropriate window size is often empirically selected.
In the context of landslides, large movement may result in large deformations. The changes in the surface caused by large deformations result in lower accuracy of the estimated motion vectors. However, the resulting motion vector may still hold reliable motion information. Therefore, the magnitude of the motion vector is analyzed along with its estimated accuracy.
The variance estimates in
Range flow is applied from lower resolution DTMs (e.g., 8 m resolution) to higher resolution DTMs (e.g., 1 m resolution). The application of the coarse to fine strategy is necessary, due to the presence of "large" movements (>10 m) in the active areas of the landslide. In the coarse to fine application of the range flow, a warped DTM of the first epoch is computed using the motion vectors at each grid location for each resolution. The time derivative,
The motion is computed from each dataset to the next temporal dataset, and no distinction between the ALS and the TLS dataset is necessary for the motion estimation, as the derived DTMs are used as the input to the range flow algorithm. However, the area coverage and the point densities vary significantly in the ALS and TLS datasets, and the point densities may serve as an attribute in defining the accuracy of the generated DTMs. In the current work, we use point density only to filter out the areas with no ground point in one of the epochs.
In general, the absolute and the relative accuracy of the registration was below a std. dev. of 1 dm for the TLS data and 2 dm for ALS data. The magnitude of the motion in the non-moving parts of the landslide is negligible within the accuracy of the data. However, in the TLS dataset from 2008, we observed large errors in the georeferencing of the point cloud, and therefore, we have omitted the 2008 TLS dataset from our analysis. The estimated motion vectors have been compared manually with traceable features in the DTMs, and the estimated motion vectors correspond well to the manually traced features in the DTMs.
It is important to note that even though different parts of the landslide exhibit different motions, the non-uniformity of the estimated motion vectors, in part, also arise from the aperture problem [
The results show the applicability of the method at different parts of the landslide. In the following discussion, parts of the landslide are pinpointed where the detection of the motion is most conspicuous and the motion is contrasted to the landslide behavior.
The apparent motion at the scarp of the landslide is due to the loss of material rather than downslope movement (
The lower parts of the scarp that have been covered by very young (a few years old) debris are gradually exhumed by the motion (and, partly erosion) of the debris; this process is also reflected in the vertical component (
At the foot of the scarp, the averaged vertical rate turned to positive from 2009 onwards, because large areas are affected by the accumulation of debris falling from the upper slopes. (Here, human interference cannot be ruled out: the farming activity above the landslide also produces various types of material that are deposited at the rim; this material falls down together with the natural processes.) This is, of course again, an apparent component of the motion, but its detection is an important result.
At the toe of the landslide (
The elevation change is moderate and almost uniform, except for a patch during 2006–2007. (This transitional year can be characterized as a high-activity period for the landslide.) The pattern of the horizontal components are similar to a lobate spreading with forward and lateral extension, since in this area, there are no constraining walls that would confine the motion of the material, as in the upper parts of the landslide.
The rate of deformation can be calculated for certain parts of the scene for the shortest time elapsed between two phases, for instance, for one year. (Here, it is assumed that these two phases provide interpretable results.) However, it is often the case that the displacement of material in the landslide is inhomogeneous, both in time and space; consequently, the estimated displacement rates may differ by an order of magnitude for the different parts of the landslide at different time intervals. For example, in the subject landslide, large movements occurred within 24 h in 2007. Therefore, in the current work, only the motion vectors between laser scanning epochs are provided instead of stating the yearly displacement rates.
In our study area, a further complication should be taken into account: as it was earlier mentioned, at the toe of the landslide, the river Weißach erodes the material away with varying transport capacity depending on its water discharge. This has a seasonal and long-term variation. This reshaping activity is mostly independent of the landslide itself, but sometimes, the damming effect of the slumped material means a feedback for the erosive power of the river. Considering our method, this implies that in some cases, the respective parts of a later DTM phase cannot be found in the later landform, because the material that would correspond to that of the previous phase has been removed. This was the case in 2011 and in 2012, when even TLS station points of the previous year were washed away in the SE corner of the landslide. (Anthropogenic influence can also be considered here, as well, e.g., countermeasures carried out between two phases.) This behavior may spoil the method from working in some parts of the toe, where the motion otherwise is the largest; therefore, interesting results would be expected there.
In the future, these types of problems that are presumably present in many or most gravity-driven movements should be addressed. Our suggestion is to make use of the pyramidal results in a dynamic manner combined with other methods discussed in the introduction to detect areas of considerable material loss.
The elimination of vegetation from airborne laser scanning point clouds is a well established method ([
The Surveying Office (Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation) of the Federal State of Vorarlberg, Austria, has carried out ground-based geodetic measurements of target points (prisms), placed at different positions on the landslide from year 2010 to 2012. The prisms are placed mostly on a metal rod, or in some cases, on a tree trunk, as shown in
It is important to note that the results of the point-based measurements and range flow can be very different especially due to placement of these target points on tree trunks. e.g., the inclination of tree is clearly visible in
In general, the point-based measurement is in good agreement with the range flow results especially considering the 1 m DTM resolution. However, there is only one case, of point 22 where we found large deviation between the motion vector from the range flow and the motion vector derived from geodetic measurements. This reference vector is by far the largest (exceeding 5 m for two years); however, the geodetic vertical displacement is only 16 cm. Taking into account the slope of the terrain (
The method of range flow estimates the movement of surface between epochs. Physical constraints, e.g., the conservation of material, is not considered in the computation. Geomorphic processes in a landslide can be pronouncedly visualized by the results of the method; however, the two types of motions should be separated. The estimated motion vectors are based on morphological changes in the surface arising from several geomorphological processes like debris flow, erosion and incision. Therefore, the motion vectors do not have a 1:1 relationship to landslide mass movement. Range flow results provide a qualitative and quantitative approach for measuring surface change (geomorphic and/or anthropogenic change). These changes can then be directly tied to geomorphic processes and used to infer material dynamics and impacts of landslide movement.
Growth of small vegetation is typically eliminated by laser scanning data (ALS) filtering for ground detection; however, in the case of terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) the growth of tall vegetation may remain in the calculation of the digital terrain model (DTM) at places with problematic geometry. Therefore, it may constitute an apparent deformation that must be taken into account.
Gully deepening or filling can be detected only if the characteristic width is larger than the analysis scale; if the width is less then this scale, gullies belong to the features that are used to detect the change and are treated as other features suffering deformation (they may appear or disappear during the evolution).
Range flow is proven to be a method that is (i) automatic and (ii) reliably describes the movement of surface. The importance of the results is twofold: (a) we were able to demonstrate the applicability of the method mainly used for motion estimation in range video sequences; furthermore, (b) the technique gave us reliable estimates on motion rates at important regions of the Doren landslide. The latter achievement is particularly valuable if we consider that the ground-based geodetic measurements of the Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Vorarlberg that were intended to quantify the displacement are only carried out for some established points (
The authors are deeply indebted to the anonymous reviewers: the manuscript has highly benefited from their detailed comments and suggestions; furthermore, the linguistic corrections of Richard Kidd and one of the reviewers increased the quality of the paper. Sajid Ghuffar has been supported by "Doctoral College on Computational Perception" at Vienna University of Technology, Austria, and "High Performance Computational Intelligence Methoden zur Auswertung von Airborne Laser Scanning Daten" of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG Bridge 832159). Andreas Roncat has been supported by a Karl Neumaier Ph.D. scholarship. The terrestrial data has been acquired within the framework of the scheme
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Shaded digital terrain models (DTMs) from airborne laser scanning (ALS) 2003, 2006 and 2007. Hillshades correspond to the northwest Sun position, and DTMs are generated using an orthographic vertical projection (plan view). The same configuration is used for shaded DTMs throughout the paper. Left bottom and right top coordinates of the DTMs are [−34202, 5260749; −33387,5261737]. The coordinate system is Austria Gauss-Krüger M28 (MGI).
Shaded digital terrain models (DTMs) from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) from 2008 to 2012. Left bottom and right top coordinates of the DTMs are [–34202, 5260749; –33387, 5261737]. The coordinate system is Austria Gauss-Krüger M28 (MGI).
Point densities of the terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) campaigns from 2009 to 2012.
Motion vectors from 2003 to 2012.
Standard deviation of estimated flow vectors from 2003 to 2012.
Orthophotos of the landslide area from year (
Motion vectors from 2003 to 2012 overlaid over the respective digital terrain models (DTMs) in the scarp area of the landslide.
Shaded DTM of the landslide toe area from 2003 to 2007.
Motion vectors at the toe of the landslide from 2003 to 2007,
Motion vectors at the toe of the landslide from 2003 to 2007, Blue: horizontal movement; red: change in elevation. Red arrows pointing towards the north: upwards motion.
The evolution of a mid-slope subset area of the landslide (that was very active in years 2003–2006; see
Mid-slope motion vectors from 2009 to 2012,
Reference target points of the Surveying Office of Vorarlberg, Austria (see [
Motion vectors of the target points from reference data [
Comparison between the estimated motion (U,V,W) and the reference data.
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Bangkok's newest luxury resort hotel, the Siam, is family owned, which, until you meet the family, makes it sound all cozy and sweet. But the Sukosols are Thailand's answer to the Rockefellers and the Redgraves rolled into one – their wealth is in real estate, show business and hotels.
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The trouble with a refuge is that sometimes you long to get out and back to the hurly-burly. The Siam's pretty far from Bangkok action central, although the complimentary river shuttle will take you there in less than a half hour.
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Pentax *ist DS review
I bought my DS when they were first released and have been so pleased with it. I am less than careful with my camera (although not careless) but it's still perfect after 2.5 years and thousands of pictures and many lens changes later.
I bought it to photograph my newborn daughter and have many great pictures to show. I also drag it around to football matches and carry it to work each day. I previously owned an SFXn (film) so had a bunch of lenses which work flawlessly.
As for the battery issue mentioned below, i do like being able to carry as many set as i like or buy on the fly. I find a set of AA's last well, and although rechargables lose charge this is hardly a criticism of the camera - you can use CRV3's after all which last for ages. (plus there are new hybrid rc batteries that supposedly hold charge much better).
The biggest plus point of the DS is it's tiny size in comparison to other DSLRs in it's class.
One drawback; Pentax continue to release excellent cameras compatible with early lenses, hence pushing the 2nd hand price up so I can't afford more!
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Tomi Swick's profile was significantly raised when he won best new artist at this month's Juno Awards and began his acceptance speech with "Holy Crap!" one of the most sincere and enthusiastic responses of the night.
And that was just icing to a weekend which found the rising singer-songwriter from Hamilton, ON in the spotlight with higher profile artists. While walking the red carpet, signing autographs for throngs of screaming fans and all the media attention might be old hat for the musicians in Billy Talent, Alexisonfire and Hedley at these events, Swick experienced that kind of adulation for the first time.
"I think that everybody in the industry certainly knows who Tomi Swick is now," says Steve Blair, vice-president of A&R, at Warner Music Canada, which released "Stalled Out At The Doorway" last year with sales to date of about 9500 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan Canada.
"I feel that we had a big breakthrough on Juno weekend. It wasn't necessarily because he won the award, although that helps. But I think he endeared a lot of people. I think everybody realized that this guy is a really talented kid, but also somebody who is very personable, has a story, has something to talk about, is entertaining, is funny. They really kind of got into his personality."
Some of his entertaining talk was about getting into a brawl the week before with about eight guys who refused to move from a parking spot he was trying to drive into. A fistfight broke out and Swick, a former high school football player, ended up with a mild concussion and swollen hand. Some record label execs would ask an artist to stay quiet about such a thing, but Blair says he doesn't care.
"I don't care about it. It's part of who he is and I think it's helping us to find who he is too because that's so hard to do these days," Blair says. "I just think that all of that stuff just makes him more endearing. He's this guy who sings these songs that sound absolutely stunning. His voice is this beautiful instrument, but he's not necessarily that guy and the mental image of that kind of voice is not him. And I sort of like that dichotomy."
Swick, who performs with a band, was initially given a demo deal from Warner Music Canada, after wowing the office with some acoustic songs. After hearing the resulting demo made with producer Ron Lopata, he signed a full-blown deal. To get his name out there, the classic "Let It Snow" was serviced to radio for the 2005 Christmas season. An original song, "A Night Like This," from Warner's male singer-songwriter collection, "From The Heart," which eventually went platinum (100,000 units sold), was serviced to radio next and also came with a bonus Swick EP.
"A Night Like This" became a top 5 radio hit in Canada and was followed in the summer of 2006 with the release of Swick's full-length "Stalled Out In the Doorway." The album has since spawned two more radio hits, "Everything Is Alright" and "Sorry Again."
The past year, Swick, who is booked by Jack Ross at Toronto-based The Agency Group, has been busy supporting the album on the road. His first national tour was in clubs with Stabilo, then came a theatre tour with Goo Goo Dolls and this past February he played in arenas opening for Barenaked Ladies.
Following his Juno win, Swick went to Los Angeles to showcase for sound supervisors, film companies and record companies, says Blair. He is now back in Canada for an 11-date stint coast-to-coast with BC-based musician Jeremy Fisher, which ends on April 22 in Kingston, ON.
At the end of the month, Hamilton rock station Y108 is taking Swick and his guitarist Andrew Mactaggart to the Dominican Republic as part of a holiday contest for 40 winners. The pair will perform acoustically. Then, from the luxury resort, Swick will join World Vision in Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, on an information visit.
"We're shooting for a May 5 departure, though we're awaiting confirmation on logistics from our partner office in Nicaragua," says Mike Bowman, manager of artist associates program at World Vision. "These trips we do with artists are for orientation. The artists usually drill the local staff with many questions, and we see work such as health clinics, counselling, education programs, music classes, water projects and micro enterprise development. If time permits, we also take the artists sight-seeing so they come back promoting tourism in the country."
After he returns, Swick will then take a brief break to lay down some new songs. "I've got tons," says Swick. "I'm going to go into Justin Koop's studio in Burlington [Ontario] for a week. He's a good friend of mine. I've worked with him tons. We're just going to throw down my stuff live off the floor. As for the proper album, I don't know what I'm going to do, where I'm going to record. It depends on my budget."
Blair says a new album should be out by the top of 2008.
"As quick as we can get the next record out I think would be the smart thing to do. We've spent the last year and a bit trying to get the momentum we have right now and I don't really want to lose that momentum," says Blair. "What we're going to do is release another single, probably 'Wait Until Morning,' and we will probably release another song after that as well, and try to keep this as alive as we can, and keep him as visible as we can, and at the same time prepare for the next record."
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A MAN who lived in a tent at the bottom of his partner's garden has been handed a community order after forcing his way into her home.
David Power caused £700 in damage to the door at Humber Bridge in Steensbridge on July 14.
Prosecutor Jackie Rogers told Hereford Magistrates Court that Power had been in a relationship with Katie Parker for seven years and they had three children together.
However, Power had been living in a tent in the garden for just over a month and refused to leave.
Ms Rogers told the court that Power constantly tried to get into the property, resulting in Miss Parker locking herself and her children in the bathroom.
The court heard that Marches Housing, who own the property, secured the rear door by screwing it shut.
Magistrates last week heard that on the day police were called Miss Parker was talking to her friend James Price.
"They heard glass smashing," said Ms Rogers.
"Mr Power had entered the living room and saw Mr Price," said Ms Rogers.
"The defendant lunged towards him and was throwing punches.
"The defendant got round Mr Price and tried to get to Miss Parker, but Mr Price got hold of his shirt to stop him getting to Miss Parker and punched the defendant in self defence."
A number of police officers were sent to the scene, but Chris Morgan, defending, told the court that Power only faced a single charge of causing criminal damage.
He added that his client told police that he was the one being assaulted.
Power, who now lives in Pulley Avenue, Eaton Bishop, was issued with a 12-month supervised community order and a 12-month restraining order preventing him from contacting Katie Parker unless it is done through his step-father.
He was also told not to enter Steensbridge and to undertake 40 hours of unpaid work.
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Published: March 11, 2014 at 11:25 AMNemesis lacks height but it remains possibly the best coaster I have ever ridden - it's subterranean setting ensures that it feels astonishingly fast, coupled with tight turns, extreme G-forces, and brilliant landscaping.
Published: March 11, 2014 at 5:06 PMTo me, Shambhala looks like the better coaster...longer, faster, some interesting elements, but the entire course is ruined because it runs next to a roadway which kills the aesthetics. While I would probably prefer to ride Shambhala, I will vote for Nemesis as it is appears to be the more immersive experience.
Why do parks build these coasters next to highways and parking lots? Ugh. Nothing takes you out of the magic faster than a badly placed attraction.
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Published: March 11, 2014 at 1:57 PMNemesis is a classic. Hard to believe it is 20 years old though!
Shambhala shows just what B&M can do when the park are willing to pay for it.
Having ridden both here (a rare thing in this competition!) I will go with Nemesis. It's not my favourite at Alton Towers - thats Oblivions spot - but it's certainly a unique and brilliant coaster. It's what all B&M's stateside wish they were. If you haven't ridden it - do it soon before she gets too old!
Published: March 11, 2014 at 4:01 PMFinally! I'm actually voting with the majority this time.
I know it's not the same as being there, but from the videos only, Nemesis seems amazingly well-themed because of the way it works so perfectly with the surrounding terrain, while Shambhala just felt like a big - okay, a REALLY, really big - coaster in someone's muddy, dug-up backyard. Do they ever plan to theme, or even just landscape, this ride a little?
Published: March 12, 2014 at 9:20 AMThis was a tough one since both coasters look outstanding and both rank in the top 15 on the Mitch Hawker Poll. I chose Shambhala because based on my riding experience I generally prefer hyper coasters to inverted coasters, but I would love to ride either one of these (and probably have a better shot at getting to Nemesis).
Published: March 12, 2014 at 11:20 AMBased just on the videos, not having ridden either one (may get to Alton Towers this year), I would first ride Shambhala because I'm a sucker for coasters with long drops and for me a ride such as Millennium Force or I-305 offers more thrills than a ride such as Montu or Alpengeist. As to placement of attractions near parking lots, James sure got that right. A prime example is a coaster in my home park. Kingda Ka offers a spectacular view, primarily of the parking lot, when you get to the top. And the only place to get a really good photograph of it is - you got it, the parking lot. Poor placement has negatively impacted so many rides. I-305 is nicely themed but essentially in the middle of a field, which is why I give MF with its spectacular view of Lake Erie a higher rating.
Published: March 12, 2014 at 11:53 AMHope this didn't go through twice, as I previously attempted to submit a comment. Based on the videos, I would read Shambhala first because I'm a sucker for coasters with long drops. Shambhala would be more like Millennium Force or I-305 than Nemesis - and I find that rides such as MF and I-305 offer more thrills than rides such as Montu or Alpengeist. As to the inadvisability of erecting coasters near parking lots, James got that right. A prime example is a coaster in my home park. Kingda Ka offers a spectacular view, primarily of the parking lot, when you get to the top - and the only place to get a good photograph of it is from the Skyride or, you guessed it, the parking lot.


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The U.S. Postal Service headquarters is telling its marketing and management team to back off comments critical of newspapers as they promote the new Every Door Direct Mail advertising option.
A spate of complaints from newspapers about postmasters and marketing reps who were "trashing" newspaper advertising when they introduced local businesses to the new EDDM saturation mail program led the National Newspaper Association to urgently seek a correction from USPS. Postal Service headquarters advised Max Heath, NNA Postal Committee chair, this week that a new directive has now been issued.
Postal employees are being directed to position direct mail as an option to be used in addition to other media, not as a replacement. USPS says:
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Heath expressed appreciation for the rapid response from USPS headquarters.
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The Reaping is clearly more the result of marketing discussions than creative drive. What's selling right now? Well, religion and spirituality are making lots of money. Supernatural thrillers are a dwindling but still satiable hype. And who can resist the allure of freaky events captured in cheap CGI? Throw it all into a stew, watch it boil, leave it on the fire way too long, and serve. This is the kind of movie to which you have to attach a significant talent, because you might fool some folks into thinking, Hey, she was great in that, or she won an Oscar (in this case, two), or she works well even with bad material (in this case, not so much), so it can't be that bad. Right? And that's how movies like this are born. I'm getting a bit tired of using words like "silly," "ridiculous," and "ludicrous" in negative connotations to describe the pompously ambitious workings of plots like this, so I won't. I'll leave that for you to infer from what I've said so far. I will say the movie is a mess of theological ponderings, cheap twists and turns, and cheesy stylistic choices.
Late at night, Father Costigan (Stephen Rea) awakens to an odd glow in his room. He sees the face of a photograph being burnt on the spot, discovers that the same face has been burnt out of his other photos, and puts them together to form an odd symbol. The face belongs to Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank), a professor at Louisiana State University who has made a career debunking miraculous occurrences. Her current mission finds her in Chile with her devoutly religious partner Ben (Idris Elba), where an earthquake has opened the tomb of a priest, his corpse somehow preserved, and those who flock there end up afflicted with an ailment. Turns out, a local factory has been dumping toxic chemicals in the area, a fact she proudly states to her university class—the 48th miracle to which she has found a scientific explanation. Costigan calls her up to tell her about the photos and to throw out some character information about her, and she is soon visited by Doug (David Morrissey), a math and science teacher in the small town of Haven, who asks her to investigate a phenomenon in his town—the river has apparently turned to blood.
That should sound familiar to anyone with the Book of Exodus, and yes, this is the beginning of the ten plagues of Egypt set on the bayou. All the fish have died (the plant life, however, thrives), and Katherine is convinced it's some kind of bacteria in the water. Frogs follow, raining from the sky (with, sadly, no Magnolia reference in sight), and still Katherine is skeptical. See, she was a minister once, and in a very ham-fisted way, we learn the terrible fate that befell her husband and daughter and of her newly found agnosticism/atheism/something. Whatever it is, she's skeptical. The town, not so much. They think the plagues are the effect of a little, blonde, twelve-year-old girl named Loren (AnnaSophia Robb), whose family is outcast by the rest of the town. Of course, things are not as they seem, and Carey and Chad Hayes' script sets up the town, the family, and Loren in one way only to toss things around so many times it's confusing which side of the eternal struggle between good and evil is to blame for what. That's fine, because pretty soon, we stop caring either way. A Cliff Notes version of the movie's mythology should be handed out at every screening, but then again, that would imply the movie is sure of its mythology in the first place.
How else can you explain Costigan's theory that Satan is turning God's signs against the faithful? Or, for that matter, how can you explain the existence of Costigan's character? He throws out details about Katherine's past, gives her that harebrained hypothesis, and is dispatched within four scenes. Katherine heaves out a long explanation of how the original plagues actually happened, and instead of exploring the concept of science and religion inherent to the story, the movie relies entirely on gotcha moments. Things pop up out of nowhere, interrupting the evil choral score with brief zings of strings to emphasize that something popped up out of nowhere. The camera shakes and zooms, as if director Stephen Hopkins somehow thought a realist style would suit this material, and in one hilarious moment of stylistic excess, some locusts splatter on the camera and the rest attack it. Soon after, a character unintentionally gives away his true role in the story, and lots of flashbacks reiterate all the important information the audience needs to know for the twists to make half a bit of sense. The climax obviously is of biblical proportions and epic nonsensicality, rendered with a cheap CGI rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The Reaping ends with a useless Rosemary's Baby tag and is utterly pessimistic, in spite of the central theme of rediscovering one's faith. The lesson to be learned, as the town of Haven was wracked natural disasters and is now bombarded with old school supernatural ones, is, with God, you can't win. I don't think that was intended to be the point, but maybe if the movie weren't so concerned with its silly, ridiculous, and ludicrous attempts at making a religiously unconscious supernatural thriller, it might have had one.
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Helping herself to a second bite of blooming-blancmange Hermione felt a little naughty but, after all, she was hungry, having missed dinner time due to a particular harrowing study. Ahh! She exhaled, lolling back on her stool, and thinking of today's exercises . . . If Harry wakes up at 9 o'clock on Wednesday, and 10 o'clock on Thursday, then what time-. The bowl clattered down first, shattering when it hit the stone floor. A moment later
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"I know I left it around here somewhere!" muttered Dumbledore to himself. To be fair, his mind had been a little cloudy recently, but that was no excuse to lose a wand. "Old age be damned", he laughed for a moment under his breath, then a fit of coughing overtook him, forcing him to seek refuge in the comfortable creases of his chair. But? "What the Dark Arts is this?" He brushed his eyebrows back, and peered at the sheaf of papers he'd pulled out from under him, "Hermione Granger and the Bowl of Blancmange". "Now, where are my spectacles? I know I left them around here somewhere!" He bent forward over his desk
Was that Voldemort blowing on the nape of my neck?
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With these vellum printing tips you can get professional looking invites at home on a variety of shiny, pearlized, metallic and handmade papers!
What is vellum? Vellum is a slick, translucent paper which looks great for overlays by adding both elegance and whimsy to cards. While some vellums are sold specifically for inkjet printers, most of the colorful, pearlescent, metallic, coated, or embossed vellums are not very inkjet friendly; even inkjet vellum often takes a long time to dry.
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Hardening of the arteriesAtherosclerosis; Arteriosclerosis; Plaque buildup - arteries
Hardening of the arteries, also called atherosclerosis, is a common disorder. It occurs when fat, cholesterol, and other substances build up in the walls of arteries and form hard structures called plaques.
Over time, these plaques can block the arteries and cause problems throughout the body.
Hardening of the arteries is a process that often occurs with aging. As you grow older,plaque buildup narrows your arteries and makes them stiffer. These changes make it harder for blood to flow through them.
Clots may form in these narrowed arteries and block blood flow. Pieces of plaque can also break off and move to smaller blood vessels, blocking them.
Either way, the blockage starves tissues of blood and oxygen, which can result in damage or tissue death.This is a common cause of heart attack and stroke.
High blood cholesterol levels can cause hardening of the arteriesat a younger age.
For many people, high cholesterol levels are the result of an unhealthy lifestyle -- most commonly, eating a diet that is high in fat. Other risk factors are heavy alcohol use, lack of exercise, and being overweight.
Other risk factors for hardening of the arteries are:
- Diabetes
- Family history of hardening of the arteries
- High blood pressure
- Smoking
Hardening of the arteries does not cause symptoms until blood flow to part of the body becomes slowed or blocked.
If the arteries to the heart become narrow, blood flow to the heart can slow down or stop. This can cause chest pain (stable angina), shortness of breath, and other symptoms.
Narrowed or blocked arteries may also cause problems and symptoms in your intestines, kidneys, legs, and brain.
Exams and Tests
A health care provider will perform a physical exam and listen to the heart and lungs with a stethoscope.Hardening of the arteriescan create a whooshing or blowing sound ("bruit") over an artery.
Some guidelines recommend having your first cholesterol test at age 20. Everyone should have their first screening test by age 35 in men, and age 45 in women. (Note: Different experts recommend different starting ages.)
A number of imaging tests may be used to see how well blood moves through your arteries.
- Doppler tests use ultrasound or sound waves.
- Magnetic resonance arteriography (MRA) is a special type of MRI scan
- Special CT scans called CT angiography
- Arteriograms or angiography use x-rays to see inside the arteries
Quit smoking -- this is the single most important change you can make to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.
Other lifestyle changes can also reduce your risk of hardening of the arteries:
- Avoid fatty foods. Eat well-balanced meals that are low in fat and cholesterol. Include several daily servings of fruits and vegetables. Adding fish to your diet at least twice a week may be helpful. However, do not eat fried fish.
- Limit how much alcohol you drink -- one drink a day for women, two a day for men.
- Exercise for 30 minutes a day if you are not overweight, and for 60 - 90 minutes a day if you are overweight. Talk to your doctor before starting a new exercise plan, especially if you have been diagnosed with heart disease or you have ever had a heart attack.
Get your blood pressure checked every 1 - 2 years before age 50 and yearly after age 50. Have your blood pressure checked more often if you have high blood pressure, heart disease, or you have had a stroke. Talk to your doctor about how often you should have your blood pressure checked.
If your blood pressure is high, it is important for you to lower it and keep it under control.
- Everyone should keep their blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg
- If you have diabetes, kidney disease, or have had a stroke or heart attack, your blood pressure should probably be lower. Ask your doctor what your blood pressure should be.
Your doctor may want you to take medicine for high cholesterol levels if lifestyle changes do not work. This will depend on:
- Your age
- Whether you have heart disease or other blood flow problems
- Whether you smoke or are overweight
- Whether you have high blood pressure or diabetes
Your doctor may suggest taking aspirin or another medicine to help prevent blood clots from forming in your arteries. These medicines are called antiplatelet drugs. DO NOT take aspirin without first talking to your doctor.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Hardening of the arteries cannot be reversed once it has occurred. However, lifestyle changes and treating high cholesterol levels can prevent or slow the process from becoming worse.
Possible Complications
In some cases, the plaque is part of a process that causes aweakening of the wall of an artery. This can lead to a bulge in an artery called an aneurysm. Aneurysms can break open (rupture). This causes bleeding that can be life threatening.
Genest J, Libby P. Lipoprotein disorders and cardiovascular disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 47.
Libby P. The vascular biology of atherosclerosis. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 43.
Hansson GK, Hamsten A. Atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 70.
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Police 'outgunned' in raid on Beaver County arsenal
The U.S. Attorney's Office will be consulted to determine if federal charges will be filed against two Beaver County men arrested over the weekend in a house police said was filled with guns, ammunition and explosives.
Meanwhile, the chief of the tiny police force in rural Franklin is pondering the luck of his officers and himself in surviving the encounter in which they were "outgunned."
Dean Alan Huzinec, 47, the resident of the Fire Street house, and his friend, Dean Timothy Eakin, 43, remained in the Beaver County Jail Monday.
Huzinec faces weapons and drug charges, while Eakin is charged with conspiracy and a weapons charge. They are scheduled for preliminary hearings Monday at the Beaver County Courthouse.
The pair were arrested early Sunday morning when police executed a search warrant. A Franklin officer had gone to Huzinec's house Saturday night looking for Eakin, who had been reported missing. The officer found a stolen handgun in the house and learned both men are convicted felons who are prohibited from having guns.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized 15 guns, along with suspected explosives and explosive devices that are being analyzed, said Special Agent John Hageman. He could not say how much ammunition was seized.
The U.S. Attorney's Office will be consulted when the investigation is complete, Hageman said.
Computers in the house were also being searched. Franklin police said they expect to file more charges.
Franklin police Chief Robert E. Morrison said he does not know why Huzinec had amassed such an arsenal, which included assault weapons, hand grenades, a homemade bazooka, black powder, body armor and police uniforms and identification.
Police said the house was ringed with video and audio surveillance, and that Huzinec was carrying a loaded .357-caliber revolver when police arrested him.
"I do know if he wanted to kill us, he could've killed us," Morrison said. "Thank God they didn't shoot. We were outgunned. We don't own assault rifles. My men showed up with .40-caliber handguns. That doesn't work well against a person with an assault rifle."
Morrison said he intends to talk with Franklin supervisors about improving the armament available to himself and his seven officers. "We have to have what the bad guys have," he said.
Amy Seybert, 31, the girlfriend of Huzinec's nephew, said Huzinec is a nice guy and simply a gun collector. She said she wasn't aware of his prior offenses that prohibit him from possessing guns, and doubted anyone in the family knew how much he had.
"I'm thinking in all honesty he just liked to collect guns, like people collect figurines," said Seybert, of Ellwood City. "A lot of people collect guns. That doesn't make them evil."
Seybert said there was an explanation for the surveillance systems: Huzinec had a job installing them.
"They're making it seem more than it was. That was his job. It comes to reason he would have that equipment," she said.


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On social websites popular in South Korea, photos of teenage schoolgirls wearing backpack snack packs built from cookies, chips, and Pocky sticks are showing up with increasing frequency. We approve of this genius trend.
Though, it's possible some of the kids are making them for themselves and not necessarily for birthdays. Two students were spotted wearing snack packs that read "Graduation Celebration." The backpacks are made by taping together packs or boxes of cookies or potatoes or chocolates or whatever. Snacks in wrappers even double as the straps!
"Korean Schoolgirls Wearing Backpacks Made of Junk Food" [kotaku]


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Savant NYC Experience Center Opens
An event Nov. 19 marked the opening of the residential part of Savant's 3,000-square-foot SoHo Experience Center, an apartment setting styled by Emmy-winning cable TV personality and interior designer Thom Filicia. It will serve as a showcase for the latest technologies from Savant Systems and a host of other partner vendors, and will be made available for dealer and vendor private events
Savant CEO Bob Madonna
Craig Spinner demonstrates Savant's TrueImage technology, permitting touchscreen control of the apartment's lighting. Shading and A/V gear control are to come in Q1, he says
NuVision vice chairman David Hester, with four 40-inch NuVision SuperSlim 40FX5LS LCD TVs, set edge to edge
The Savant ROSIE system, mounted inside the apartments European-styled master bathroom
Chief's Carole Mauck, with the company's Model CM2L40 flat-panel mounting system
Runco general manager Adam Schmidt
The Runco flagship VX22 projector, in the dedicated home theater
The eight-seat theater was designed by Theo Kalomirakis, and uses theater chairs by Continental Seating; Stewart provided the projection screen
A Savant touchpanel graces the master bedroom nightstand
In an office alcove, an iMac may be used to access elements of Savant's open architecture platform for control of systems throughout the apartment
Steinway Lyngdorf's loudspeakers and music system share floor space with a Steinway grand piano
The apartment's dining area is a warm and inviting conversational hub
Thiel Audio's CS3.7 speaker pair – one of only 13 pairs signed by the late Jim Thiel and the late artist and electric guitar pioneer Les Paul – is part of the home theater's audio.
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After a period of somewhat taking Sugar for granted, the recent remastered editions of its albums have been a forceful reminder of how stunning Bob Mould's post-Hüsker Dü band is to me. Though he lacked Grant Hart as a songwriting foil, Mould's laser-hot focus in his Sugar work never makes me want for someone to come in and help pick up the slack. Sugar's 1992 debut Copper Blue has always been a favorite, and ever since the deluxe edition hit it's been receiving considerable renewed attention via my iPod.
As much as I am a sucker for Mould's archetypal (and distortion charged) alterna-rock fretwork, I readily recognize that it's an acoustic number that's his foremost songwriting triumph from his Sugar tenure. "If I Can't Change Your Mind" was the fourth and final single from Copper Blue. Out of that assortment of impassioned a-sides, the faultless "If I Can't Change Your Mind" is simultaneously the most reserved and the most moving. Bright and buoyant, the song's sparkling rhythm guitars are a reassuring ray of sunshine as Mould comes to terms with an impending breakup. "Tears fill up my eyes / I'm washed away with sorrow / And somewhere in my mind / I know there's no tomorrow / I see you're leaving soon / I guess you've had your fill", he tells his departing lover as the truth of the situation dawns on him. Though it's clear that the relationship is unsalvageable (it's signposted in the title, and the lyrics touch on trust issues that his significant other can't overcome), Mould's knack for a cracking good bridge section and his unwavering determination mean I can't help but root for the guy when he sings, "I hope you see I'm dedicated / Look how long that I have waited / If you come back then you will find / A different person / If you change your mind."
In the song's music video the at-the-time closeted Mould flashes a photograph of himself and his then-partner, which he turns around to reveal the message "This is not your parents' world". Accompanying a song that uses no gender pronouns (a common Mould technique), it's a sly acknowledgement that the heartache and heartbreak expressed by "If I Can't Change Your Mind" are universal, and transcend all sexes and orientations.
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Penn-Trafford holds off Connellsville
Penn-Trafford survived a sloppy second-half performance to earn a 21-15 win over Connellsville in Quad East action Friday night at Warrior Stadium.
Down six points and with less than two minutes to play, the Falcons marched 55 yards to Penn-Trafford's 30-yard line to set up a final play with six seconds left. Connellsville quarterback Jade Maher heaved a pass to wide receiver Darrell Russell in the end zone, but Russell couldn't secure the ball. As the ball hit the ground, so did the Falcons' hopes of a comeback.
"Connellsville came out strong," Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane said. "They opened up their passing book a little bit, and they found some stuff they like and that was effective. It was a battle all night."
Connellsville (1-5, 1-4) pulled to within five points after a botched Penn-Trafford punt snap resulted in a third-quarter safety.
Penn-Trafford (4-2, 4-1) controlled the ball for most of the quarter on its ensuing drive and extended the lead to 12 on quarterback Brett Laffoon's 6-yard pass to Brendan Reddy with 1:05 left in the third.
But the Falcons refused to go away, as Maher continued his impressive performance — he completed 13 of 25 pass attempts for 148 yards and two touchdowns — by hitting tight end Jimmy DeMarco for a 10-yard touchdown with 7:52 remaining.
Connellsville had an opportunity to drive for a lead with 3:53 left but made a crucial mistake on a trick play. On first-and-10, Maher pitched the ball to Dylan Knopsnider, who was intercepted by Penn-Trafford linebacker Tom Stinelli on the halfback option, giving the Warriors the ball and forcing the Falcons to use all their of their timeouts during the next drive.
"We just didn't get over the hump," Connellsville coach David McDonald said. "We had some opportunities, but you have to give Penn-Trafford some credit for that. We had the momentum going in the second half; we were moving the ball. We really just didn't capitalize when we had the opportunity to capitalize."
In addition to his defensive performance, Stinelli impressed at running back. He capped a nine-play, 66-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown run through the left side of Connellsville's defense to give the Warriors a 14-7 lead.
"We expect him to play like that every week," Ruane said. "He's as tough as they come. He's a dream to coach. He's going to give you everything he has every single week."
Penn-Trafford running back Devin Austin also had a strong game, finishing with 82 rushing yards on 24 carries.
Wes Crosby is a freelance writer.


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PASADENA>> More than a half-inch of rain has fallen in Pasadena as of Thursday morning and rainfall is expected to continue through Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
The rain is typical for this time of year, according to Stuart Ceto, a weather specialist at the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
"We're starting to get into our rainy season now, which is December through March," he said.
The official total rainfall in Pasadena is 0.65 inches. The rain began Thursday evening.
Total rainfall could reach up to 1 inch, Ceto said.
Some areas could see isolated thunderstorms Thursday afternoon, Ceto said.
High temperatures Thursday are expected to reach the mid-60s, which will continue through the weekend, according to the forecast.
A high pressure system moving in early next week will bring temperatures to normal and above-normal by mid-week, Ceto said.