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"The Radical Aerial Battle! She's Way More Experienced!"
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Jim and Mike are taken further into a kinky fetish
I was sitting in the living room of our house with Mike, who drinking a glass of wine. We were both simply dressed in t-shirt and jeans, casual and comfortable. We could hear the girls talking in the kitchen preparing some nibbles for the select guests that were about to arrive, and they sounded excited at the prospect of the evening. I asked Mike, "Are you nervous about tonight? I knew...Read On
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How I please my Alpha
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I cheated on my wife, or did she cheat on me?
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Older women having wonderful sex with a younger man
Chapter One Kay put the breakfast dishes in the dishwasher. There weren't many, as only Paul and she were in the house this week. Alex, her husband, was in London. She had taken him to the airport ten days ago. She had a text message from him on Friday saying that he would be staying in London for the foreseeable future. Kay had not replied to the message. They had had separate bedrooms...Read On
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Give it a try.
I walk into the room, I see you lying there on your bed. The light falling onto your body, half in the sunlight half-hidden underneath the duvet. You look up at me and smile, your blonde hair messily surrounding your face. 'Hey' I say 'should we go out and do something?' You move slightly to face me, your back now fully exposed to the light, looking smooth and delicate, the light...Read On
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In pursuit of a white bougainvillea, a remote nursery yields a double delight…
One Thursday, as I was returning to my home city after a brief holiday, I saw a sign signalling that there was a nursery up ahead. I had been looking for white bougainvillea for ages and wanted a strong healthy plant. All the specimens that had seen up until then were puny and I wasn't prepared to buy a plant, which would take several months to reach its potential. I had bought twelve of...Read On
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Mandy ups her game further and Simon is loving it.
Mandy stipulated in her matter-of-fact manner that she was completely in charge. She didn't want any excuses from Simon. 'Any questions or any excuses will just lead to punishment. Do you understand?' Simon nodded. He thought his cock was going to explode as Mandy ground into him and he'd never wanted to fuck someone so much, not even Miss Duval. Mandy stopped grinding and climbed off...Read On
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Lots of background and detail make this a bit of a long story.
My wife, Shelly, loves her phone. It seems that she lives solely to talk, chat, and message on it at every idle moment. She takes it with her everywhere, to the bathroom, to do laundry, bringing groceries in from the car, everywhere. This would not be uncommon for a seventeen year old girl, but for my forty year old wife it is a bit atypical. I never really thought about why she never...Read On
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Christy finds release after moving to university
My experiences with Jenny and James had been amazing, but summer drew to an end and it was time for me to take up my place at university. I didn't need much and only took a couple of bags with me, but the move did mean saying goodbye to my sister's wardrobe. My parents gave me a lift to my student digs and after some typically over the top parental farewells, I was left alone three hundred...Read On
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When retaining your job is the only priority.
Sometimes you just have to make things go your way or the world will pass you by. My name is Roma and I work in Sales, and as you will find out, I still work in Sales. But that nearly wasn't to be. The company I work for was going through a difficult patch and it was clear there were about to be redundancies with Sales always getting the brunt of these things. If we're not selling, it must...Read On
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Melissa was offered a night to remember and took it.
I looked down at my body and tried to control the way my breasts heaved. My heart was racing faster than a formula 1 car. I knew I had to do it. I knew that. I stood and watched the door to the barn to see whether there was any indication of who was inside. I could just about see the rather dim lighting trying its best to leak around the doorframe and through the odd gash in the wooden...Read On
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My lust for our neighbor was fulfilled.
Those of you here that know me know that my hubby loves to watch me with other men. This past weekend was one of those times. My hubby (Scott) was next door helping our young neighbor do an oil change on his car as well as help fix a few little things that needed done on it. Scott has known for some time now that I have been checking Mike out. Mike is thirty, single, lives alone, and has...Read On
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A new neighbor gets a special welcome to the neighborhood
Rivers Thomas wasn't sure what he would find when he got home, but he was desperate to get there. His wife had sent a text, maybe fifteen minutes earlier, containing only three short words, "Are you sure?" As he read this, Rivers felt blood rushing to his cock as it sprang to life, tight against his fitted jeans. He knew exactly what it meant and the reply to his wife, Jess, had been...Read On
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Two women: one Princess, one Queen. Both captured but soon lead a rebellion against their captors
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A crossdresser is pegged in a sex club.
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The other man is ready to join in
I had tasted her off of my lips when she had squirted on my face and I needed another taste. She was still cumming when I got down on all fours and put my face between her legs. I started lapping her up as she finished her orgasm. God she tasted so sweet, like honey, I couldn't get enough of her. I stuck my tongue as far as it could go inside her.I reached up and pushed her into a...Read On
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Laura finds a handy man
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A lesbian couple faces unique challenges.
Jemma was a little early. It was one of her rules. Dates weren't easy to come by in her position and limited experience had taught her not to bring along a carer. Reminding people of her utter dependence on outside help usually didn't leave a brilliant first impression. She smiled at a tall man, who was stood in the doorframe, wearing a vest and a bow-tie. Successfully having made...Read On
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She was offered a full-time position at the mansion...and found out what that meant!
Things went along very well for the first month or so. Mistress Madison did help Kim get caught up with her late bills and with what she made she was able to relax a bit on the grocery bills. Things were beginning to look up for her finally, and Kimberly could sleep peacefully for the first time in awhile. She didn't have to worry about her ex leaving the country and cutting off her finances...Read On
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Mia meets Stacey in a whole new way
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A drunken evening leaves a friendship changed forever
"Can I?" Susannah whispered, her face crumpling into a tipsy half-giggle. "You don't mind?" She had asked to "try out" on my boyfriend, James. She was always asking. "Why not?" I sighed, lifting myself from the sofa and exiting towards the kitchen, muttering, "it's about time!" Susannah was in almost every way a perfectly normal, attractive young woman. Tall, slender and willowy of...Read On
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Wife in the front seat, blow job in the back seat...
We stand by the window looking out to the road, where the early evening shadows stretch across the garden. It's been a fabulously warm summer's day, and we are rounding the day off with a trip to the theatre with four of our friends. "There they are!" my wife proclaims, as the large 7-seater SUV pulls up by the side of the road outside our house. The trip into town is a half hour drive...Read On
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Friends conspire to convince wife to swap.
Patty, Annie, Jason and Adam have been friends for five years. Jason and Adam met when they started working for the same company getting hired at the same time. Their wives met shortly after and became close friends as did their husbands. Both couples were married shortly after the guys finished college with engineering degrees. Patty and Adam dated throughout college breaking up several...Read On
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"Brandie, I told you we are all brothers here, and we share everything, and I mean everything."
As a reminder this is not a fantasy. It happened forty-one years ago and changed me forever. It brought me into the very erotic part of human sexuality known as, "The Lifestyle." Hubbie, not Teach, and I are still in the lifestyle several times a week. We have played with Teach many time after Hubbie and I got Married. I will be getting gang banged tonight. Several of the guys got up and...Read On
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The beautiful art of submission
"Do you Submit?" he asked as calmly as if he were asking about the weather. "Yes, Sir," she proudly stated. He slowly pulled a blindfold from his pocket. "Who am I?" "You are my Master." The world went black as the smooth satin slid into place over my eyes. My scalp prickled where his knuckles brushed across my hair as he secured it. The scent of him surrounded me, God, why do I...Read On
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Mandy decides that she and Simon should play a game.
Mandy briefly left the room, returning with an A4 pad of paper and two pens. She handed one to Simon, stuck the other pen in her mouth and ripped a sheet of paper from the pad. Handing it to Simon, she knelt in front of the coffee table and put her pen down. 'Right, you will have played this game before, I'm sure. It used to be one of my favourites when I was at school. You write down a...Read On
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The morning after the night before
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The Timberwolves kicked off a three game road trip on Tuesday night in Phoenix. Both teams came into the game well under .500 and fans are already thinking about what is the next step to bring each franchise back to the playoffs. I think it is safe to say that the Pups are significantly closer to those aspirations, but Tuesday night's performance didn't help the minds (or hearts) of either fan base. Here is how the night transpired.
There were no changes to the Wolves starting lineup – Rubio, Ridnour, Kirilenko, Williams, and Pekovic. The Suns opened up with Goran Dragic, Jared Dudley, PJ Tucker, Luis Scola, and Marcin Gortat.
In the early stages of the game, the Wolves and Suns both struggled to make baskets and the Wolves managed to turn the ball over a few too many times. Going into the first timeout/break in the game the Suns held a 10-6 lead through 6+ minutes. Dr. James Naismith likely rolled over in his grave given the performance for the entire 12 minutes of the 1st quarter. At the end of the 1st, the Suns held a 16-15 lead.
The Suns put together a 10-0 run but it could have, and should have been, much worse. Through 18 minutes of the game, the Wolves had 21 points. Seriously. They were shooting sub-30%, turning the ball over, and being outrebounded 25-17 going into the TV timeout with under 6 minutes to go in the half.
Rather than belabor this any further, the Suns held a 47-33 lead at halftime. Here are a few halftime thoughts through my Wolves lens:
- Mentioned this on Twitter, but if the Wolves continue to lose more often than not, does that make Adelman more or less likely to return next season?
- Derrick Williams was the only bright spot, with 13 & 6 in the 1st half
- Finally – 33 points? Seriously?
Coming out to start the 3rd quarter, Alexey Shved was in the starting lineup replacing Andrei Kirilenko. Unfortunately, this wasn't Adelman trying to tweak the lineup to cause a spark, it was due to another injury. AK47 suffered a calf strain and was deemed out for the rest of the game. We'll see the severity of the injury in the coming days and if Andrei will miss any more time.
The 3rd quarter itself was more of the same from the Wolves and Suns. The Pups won the quarter 18-11 (ugh) and were only down 58-51 going into the final frame. Derrick Williams remained the only Pup worth talking about, but he was also shooting 3-10 from the FT line through three quarters. That said, he already posted a double-double, with 18 & 10 through three.
After starting out very slow in the 4th quarter, the Wolves went on a 7-0 run to cut the Suns lead to 6 points. Pekovic started to come to life in the 4th quarter as well, quietly moving into double-double range. The Wolves were met with a healthy dose of Wesley Johnson, who hit several three pointers, as well as a few baskets in/around the paint.
In the final two minutes, the Wolves were able to take a 76-75 lead. After Rubio hit one of two FT's, the Suns were able to tie the game up with a running layup by Gortat. Rubio then proceeded to air-ball a mid-range jumper to put the game into overtime, which is exactly what the NBA and its fans didn't need from these two teams.
The overtime period was more of the same from both teams; bad shooting, a lack of scoring, and turnovers. Ricky Rubio looked completely gassed and Adelman pulled him for the final few minutes. With time running down, Alexey Shved drove to the rim and missed a layup that would have given the Wolves the lead (and likely win). The Suns escape with an 84-83 win after outscoring (or surviving) the Wolves 7-6 in OT.
Keys of the Game
- Shooting – While the Suns were equally as bad, the Wolves shot 31-90 FG's, including 5-19 from 3PT range and were 16-25 from the FT line. Dear lord.
- Bench play – Aside from JJ Barea – and you should probably account for all of his negatives here too – the Suns bench was widely superior Tuesday night, with Wes Johnson, Markieff Morris, and Jermaine O'Neal all with double digit points.
Three Stars of the Game
- Jermaine O'Neal – Seriously, I mean who else does this go to? A double-double from a 60 year old NBA player deserves to be recognized. My only other option was "(Leave blank)".
- Derrick Williams – 21 & 12 and another relatively solid outing for DWill.
- Wesley Johnson – Arguably the worst 1st round pick in the Timberwolves history, Johnson managed to have a career night with 14 points and 9 rebounds off the Suns bench. Of course he did.


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Is it possible to find out who you played with after not finishing a journey?
I got stuck cause of a bug - the ribbons don't respond to me and won't transfer me to the next level, but until that point, I really bonded with a player. I'd like to find out his name and have flown around the area for almost an hour, but without the ability to finish my journey due to the bug.
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MORAGA, Calif. -- A 20-point halftime lead provided the foundation and the Saint Mary's men's basketball team just kept going from there Saturday as the Gaels picked up their seventh win in a row with a 77-42 victory over visiting Portland.
Matthew Dellavedova scored 23 points to lead Saint Mary's (19-4, 8-1 West Coast Conference). Jorden Page added 11, and Mitchell Young chipped in with 10 for the Gaels. Redshirt freshman Jordan Giusti matched his career high, scoring eight points for the third time this season.
Thomas van der Mars led Portland (8-16, 1-8) with 13 points.
It became obvious early on that the Gaels might be sitting on a good effort.
That started with Dellavedova, who made three of his first four shots to help stake Sain Mary's to a lead. Two of those came from long distance, and the senior from Maryborough, Victoria, Australia ended up with eight points in a 15-5 Saint Mary's run to open the game.
He wasn't alone in the early offensive barrage, but Dellavedova was certainly the ringleader. He scored 14 points in the first half, going 4 for 6 from beyond the arc in that half alone.
Page was just as impressive when he had the ball. Whether it was a crossover dribble to get to the basket or a step-back 3-pointer, the native of Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia had all his weapons working en route to 11 first-half points.
Defensively, Saint Mary's looked almost as good as it did in a win at Portland just a few weeks ago. The Gaels forced 20 turnovers, and limited the Pilots to just 31 percent from the field.
"Most importantly, I thought we took another step in the right direction defensively and rebounding," Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett said. "We've been pretty good rebounding, very consistent, on the year rebounding but the last time we played Portland it was close on the boards. That's something we take pride in every night, trying to be good on the boards. We did a good job on it."
If Portland had any thoughts of coming back in the second half, Saint Mary's ended those quickly.
It took the Pilots eight minutes, 19 seconds to score their first basket after halftime, and by the time that hoop went down, Saint Mary's had pushed the lead over 30.
"We're getting better," Bennett said. "Our depth is getting better, and I think we're starting become a little more consistent defensively."
Saint Mary's now hits the road for a pair of games, starting with Thursday's trip to Santa Clara to take on the Broncos. That game is scheduled for an 8 p.m. tip.
The Gaels go from there to San Diego, with an 8 p.m. game scheduled for Saturday against the Toreros.
SMC returns to McKeon Pavilion on Feb. 14 for a Valentine's Day showdown with Gonzaga. That game is set for an 8 p.m. tip as well. Live audio of all three games will be available on SMCGaels.com.


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Peppermint Chocolate Cookies Recipe
This recipe has been in our family for the past 40 years. It doesn't seem like Christmas if we do not make these cookies.—Deborah Paugh, Fostoria, Ohio
Recommended: Top 10 Peppermint Recipes
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- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar, divided
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chunks
- In a small bowl, cream butter and 1/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Stir in crushed candies.
- Roll dough into 1-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Lightly press a chocolate chunk into each ball.
- Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen.
Originally published as Chocolate Peppermint Cookies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2008, p63
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Prison Ship Records 1811 – 1843 now online
FindMyPast.co.uk has added to their collection 8,900 records of prisoners who were held on hulks or prison ships. Those with ancestors unfortunate enough to be imprisoned on these hulks will find these records will add to their family history considerably.
Hulk is the term used for ships that were used by the British government to house prisoners, often those who were awaiting transportation to the penal colonies as part of their sentence. As can be imagined the mortality rate for those held on these ships was high, disease was rife as was violence between the guards and the prisoners and between the prisoners themselves.
The time period covered by these records is 1811 – 1843, a time when there was much unrest in England because of the invention of agricultural machinery which meant that many farm workers were unemployed. This transcript collection has been provided to FindMyPast by Barbara Chambers who is sister to Jill Chambers the acknowledged expert on the Swing Riots. A link to Jill's website is in the links below.
The records are for the following hulks; Bellerophon, Euryalus, Hardy and Antelope, there are also a few records from Parkhurst Prison.
Wikipedia has a good article about prison hulks which you may find useful if you haven't come across the term before. They also have an article in which there is a list of British prison ships which could be very useful if you have ancestors who worked on these ships as well as if you have ancestors who were the poor souls imprisoned on them. Links to these websites is below.
Below is an example of an entry for John Taylor.
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|Recieved From
|Justitia Hulk Woolwich 19 February 1823
|Where And When Convicted
|Durham 27 February 1822
|7 years
|When Mitigated
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Eric is a full featured Python and Ruby editor and IDE, written in Python. It is based on the cross platform Qt GUI toolkit, integrating the highly flexible Scintilla editor control. It is designed to be usable as an everyday quick and dirty editor as well as being usable as a professional project management tool, integrating many advanced features that Python offers the professional coder. Eric includes a plug-in system, which allows easy extension of the IDE functionality with plug-ins downloadable from the net. Current stable versions are Eric4 based on Qt4 and Python 2 and Eric5 based on Python 3 and Qt4.
Thunderbird is a total redesign of the Mozilla mail component to produce a cross-platform, stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It has many new features, among them the ability to customize your toolbars the way you want them. a new look and feel with a large number of downloadable themes which alter the appearance of the client, and the ability to add UI extensions.
Asymptote is a powerful descriptive 2D and 3D vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. It provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Asymptote is a programming language as opposed to just a graphics program. It can exploit the best features of script (command-driven) and graphical user interface (GUI) methods. High-level graphics commands are implemented in the language itself, allowing them to be easily tailored to specific applications.
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GNU Wget is a utility for noninteractive download of files from the Web. It supports HTTP and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies. It can follow HTML links, download many pages, and convert the links for local viewing. It can also mirror FTP hierarchies or only those files that have changed. Wget has been designed for robustness over slow network connections; if a download fails due to a network problem, it will keep retrying until the whole file has been retrieved.


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SlutWalk Toronto 2011
by Brian Carson
Related Editions
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About the Book
" On January 24th, 2011, a representative of the Toronto Police gave shocking insight into the Force's view of sexual assault by stating: "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized".
As the city's major protective service, the Toronto Police have perpetuated the myth and stereotype of 'the slut', and in doing so have failed us. With sexual assault already a significantly under-reported crime, survivors have now been given even less of a reason to go to the Police, for fear that they could be blamed. Being assaulted isn't about what you wear; it's not even about sex; but using a pejorative term to rationalize inexcusable behaviour creates an environment in which it's okay to blame the victim.
We are asking you to join us for SlutWalk, to make a unified statement about sexual assault and victims' rights and to demand respect for all. Whether a fellow slut or simply an ally, you don't have to wear your sexual proclivities on your sleeve, we just ask that you come. Any gender-identification, any age. Singles, couples, parents, sisters, brothers, children, friends. Come walk or roll or strut or holler or stomp with us. "
From the SlutWalk Website www.slutwalktoronto.com
The images in this little book were taken during SlutWalk Toronto 2011 on Sunday April 03 2011. These photos are presented as a tribute to the organizers, participants and especially the survivors who all helped to make it an incredible and unforgettable day. Thank You All !
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
32 Pages
- Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9781457994265
- Softcover: 9781457994258
- Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781457994272
- Publish Date Apr 23, 2011
- Language English
- Tags anger, art, beautiful, beauty, blackandwhite, bw, canadian, candid, city, crowd, downtown, event, feminist, freedom, gender, group, happy, joy, lady, laugh, laughing, life, love, march, outdoor, party, people, photographer, photography, photos, playful, square, street, unity, urban, walk, women, slutwalk, toronto, demonstration, protest, rally, canada, 2011, sex, activist
About the Creator
Brian Carson is a full time student of both the photographic & digital arts and is living in Toronto, Canada. His attempts to become a real photographer / digital artist are documented on his photoblog / portfolio / gallery, The Learning Curve Photography. He is lucky to have one wife, one daughter, one dog and two cats who he drives completely insane by chasing them around with his camera in an attempt to capture the ' One Perfect Shot '. Thank you for stopping by The Learning Curve Photographys shop here on Blurb. I hope you enjoyed my work. If you have a few minutes, please also visit me at these other fine venues: The Learning Curve Photography Homepage: http://thelearningcurve.ca/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thelearningcurvedotca Twitter: https://twitter.com/learningcurveca Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelearningcurvedotca/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/111631455196131824486 Email for any further questions or inquiries: info(at)thelearningcurve.ca
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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has vowed to live up to Sir Bobby Robson's legacy as he attempts to drag the club out of an alarming slump.
The 52-year-old has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks amid a run of four successive Barclays Premier League defeats - the Magpies have now lost eight of their last 11 games.
That has seen any hope of a top-six finish disappear, and the top-half place set as a target by owner Mike Ashley before the campaign started is no longer the foregone conclusion it once seemed.
However, Pardew is determined to provide a much-improved finish to the season before embarking upon a rebuilding programme he hopes will win over his detractors.
He said: "The most important thing for us is the history is heavy on us. What Bobby Robson did here and that great side, we have got to live up to those expectations.
"The financial goalposts have moved a little bit, probably, against us, but that doesn't mean to say we can't compete, and that's what I'm determined to do.
"We have got ourselves into a position, hopefully, in the summer to make some investment that can take this club forward and be stronger."
Asked if supporters should be excited by the prospect of a significant recruitment drive, Pardew added: "I hope so because the targets we have buoy me."
Pardew, who completes his touchline ban with Swansea's visit to St James' Park on Saturday, has been hamstrung by injuries in recent weeks, most notably the calf problem which has sidelined leading scorer Loic Remy for the last six games.
His absence has simply exacerbated the dearth of threat posed by Newcastle since Yohan Cabaye's January departure for Paris St Germain, and it is no coincidence that they have scored one solitary goal without him.
It is a failing of which Pardew is acutely aware, and he knows so much responsibility cannot be invested in just two men in the future.
He said: "The stats have really endorsed what they have been to us, but it shouldn't be like that.
"We should be able to spread that across the board a little bit more, and that is definitely a criticism we have to accept.
"I am hoping that the other strikers in the group get some goals and the other creative players in the team create some goals.
"If we can even it out a little bit more, it would make my job a little bit easier."
Pardew's job will be significantly easier this weekend if Remy and full-back Mathieu Debuchy, who has missed the same number of games with a groin injury, are available after returning to training, although that is by no means certain.
The manager said: "It will be a big boost for us in terms of their experience at this level and their quality. It's nice to see them back.
"With the World Cup not far around the corner, it's important that they get the time in now."
However, midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa remains a doubt after suffering a dead leg in last weekend's 1-0 defeat at Stoke.
The France international has been a peripheral figure for much of the season, to the disapproval of many fans, although he has rarely produced when given his chance.
He was reportedly involved in a frank exchange of views with Pardew after the 4-0 home defeat by Manchester United on April 5, although the older man was relaxed when asked about the incident.
He said: "There are certain times when you talk to players and you want more and players want more of you as the manager, so those discussions go on on a daily basis with all the players, not just Hatem."


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In the early days you want to make the right impression: neat shirt, neat hair, clean shaven (where applicable), nice make-up (where applicable), big smile. They say that your MBA class are important future business contacts so we were all on our best behaviour for the first few weeks. Read more
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Most Americans don't expect the housing market to recover until 2014 at the earliest, according to a survey released this week by property websites Trulia and RealtyTrac. That sounds bad news for Trulia itself, except the six-year-old company has already survived the crash, is now profitable and getting itself in shape for an IPO. Read more
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This article was published 17/7/2013 (1495 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
ONE of two men charged with attempted murder at a Bissett-area rock quarry in June was given bail this week.
Kelly-Ross Gratton, 43, was released from custody Tuesday after his lawyer argued his release didn't pose a threat and the June 14 incident was a misunderstanding.
Gratton and Michael Shindruk, 32, both of Bissett, were charged after a rock quarry security guard alleged he was hunted in the bush by two men who fired at him from their truck.
'Then they said, "We've told you way too much. There's no way we're leaving here tonight with you alive" '
Provincial court Associate Chief Judge Janice leMaistre said even if she believes Gratton's version of the events, she considers it a "serious, concerning incident... a recipe for disaster."
However, leMaistre said she's not satisfied Crown prosecutor Liz Pats had satisfied the test for continued detention and ordered Gratton released under strict conditions.
A 23-year-old university student from Winnipeg had been working a summer job as a security guard at the rock quarry. In an exclusive interview with the Free Press last month, the student said he was sleeping in a trailer at the quarry in the early hours of June 14 when he was awakened by the sounds of a truck. He went outside and encountered two men. He said he became concerned for his life after they started talking strangely and in a threatening way.
The men's speech was slurred and their eyes were bloodshot, the student said. "They said they were crystal-meth runners from Saskatoon, that they had gone to Winnipeg and were coming up to Bissett."
The student said the men told them they had killed a sex-trade worker and thrown her body in the back of the their truck. "Then they said, 'We've told you way too much. There's no way we're leaving here tonight with you alive.' "
Pats said the student fled into the bush and the driver got into his truck and chased after him, firing a shotgun at him from inside the truck.
Shindruk was identified as the driver and Gratton the passenger.
The student said he was chased and fired at for about two hours as he hid in the bush. The two men later drove off and he stayed hidden in the bush until quarry workers showed up for work at 6 a.m. Police were later called.
Gratton and Shindruk were arrested at Gratton's home in Bissett on June 15 and taken into custody. A search of their homes turned up a shotgun and several more rifles and ammunition, improperly stored and without licences.
Police did not find a slain woman in the back of the truck.
Pats said Shindruk and Gratton told police they were "messing" with the student, telling him strange stories that likely frightened him. However, both men denied firing at the student and said Shindruk had briefly fired at a skunk from his truck.
"At the end of the day, had (the student) known these were just two people saying things that were inappropriate... But (the student) took it out of context," Sawchuk said.
Sawchuk said the evidence so far shows only Gratton was present when a gun was fired.
LeMaistre said even if Shindruk was firing at a skunk, it was a dangerous situation with a potential for disaster. They were drunk and one of them was firing into the bush where they knew another man was hiding.
Shindruk remained in custody and had not applied for bail Wednesday.


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POPULAR Old Town salon owner Drew Carlton has died, aged 41.
Mr Carlton, who died on July 14, ran Future Lengths based in Victoria Road. The salon, which opened in 2012, specialises in providing hair replacements for people suffering from alopecia or the effects of chemotherapy.
The stylist, originally from Royal Wootton Bassett, worked in the hair extension industry for 22 years and trained at Antenna in London. He was a former student of Wootton Bassett Comprehensive.
Before setting up his own salon, Mr Carlton worked at What Women Want, which is also in Victoria Road.
Mr Carlton's parents are Helen and Cyril. He was a brother to Debbie and uncle to Carl and Ryan.
His funeral is being held at Kingsdown Crematorium at 11.15am on Wednesday. Mr Carlton's loved-ones have asked that only family flowers be left during the service.
Anyone wishing to make a donation in Mr Carlton's memory is asked to give money to animal charity Heart Hounds. This can be done by ringing funeral director Johnson and Daltrey on 01793 851400.


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IT has been claimed popular British coffee house Caffe Nero hasn't paid a penny in UK corporation tax since 2007 despite racking up around £100million in profits.
According to the Daily Mail, the chain has become the latest big firm to come under fire over its tax affairs, in the wake of US behemoths Starbucks, Amazon, and Google.
The newspapers says analysis of the company's accounts show it has not paid any tax since its financial year ending May 31, 2007 and in the period since then it has notched up just under £1billion in sales and made profits before tax of around £100million.
It added the latest filings to Companies House show the privately-owned company made a £21.1million profit in the year ended May 31 2013 and generated £204.3million in sales.
However, the newspaper also said there was no suggestion Cafe Nero had been doing anything illegal.
Caffe Nero has two branches in Worcester - in the Shambles and Broad Street - and a further two in Malvern, with the outlets in Church Street and the retail park off Townsend Way.
The coffee giant caused a stir in the Faithful City when it bought a vacant shop in the Shambles in 2005 and proceeded to open the store despite planning officers telling them the unit had to be a shop.
They were officially given permission to trade in June 2007 after the city council decided it did not want to fight it through the courts because of the high costs.
It had lodged a retrospective planning application, despite occupying the unit for two years without approval anyway.
The site Caffe Nero currently occupies was originally earmarked as a cold food store rather than a coffee shop.


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IWM London (part of Imperial War Museums)
IWM London tells the stories of those whose lives have been shaped by war through the depth, breadth and impact of our Galleries, displays and events.
Explore the First World War Galleries and iconic Atrium; find out what life was like at home during the Second World War in A Family in Wartime; delve into the world of espionage in Secret War; visit our award-winning Holocaust Exhibition; discover stories of bravery in The Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary Heroes or take in our latest major temporary exhibitions.
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Open daily, 10am - 6pm (last entry 5.45pm). Closed 24-26 December.
General Admission free, charges apply for special exhibitions.
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Visiting us by London Underground
IWM London is a short walk from Lambeth North (7 minutes), Waterloo (15 mins) and Elephant and Castle (15 mins) underground stations.
Visiting us by Bus
Local bus routes that stop near IWM London include 159, 360, 109, 344 and 360.
Visiting us by Train
IWM London is a short 15 minute walk from London Waterloo, Waterloo East, and Elephant and Castle rail stations.
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Wheelchair access to all areas and disabled toilets available on each floor.
20th Century Collections, include: Art, Documents, Film and Video Archive, Printed Books, Photograph Archive, Sound Archive, Exhibits and Firearms
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Archives, Aviation, Coins and Medals, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Industry, Literature, Maritime, Personalities, Photography, Social History, Weapons and War
Holocaust Exhibition
- 1 November 2013 — 1 November 2018 *on now
This highly-acclaimed permanent exhibition uses film, photographs and a large number of rare artefacts – many brought from Germany and Eastern Europe – to document the history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews and other groups before and during the Second World War.
The Exhibition features over 600 objects, from moving testimonies of survivors and a 13 metre long model depicting events at Auschwitz-Birkenau, through to the letters of an eight year old French Jewish boy who hid in an orphanage before his betrayal and deportation to Auschwitz.
Recommended for children aged 14 and above
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First World War Galleries
- 19 July 2014 — 31 December 2019 *on now
In the new First World War Galleries, made up of 14 areas, visitors will discover the story of the First World War, how it started, why it continued, how it was won and its global impact, through the lives of those who experienced it on the front line and the home front.
Drawing on our First World War collections – the richest and most comprehensive in the world – the Galleries will feature objects large and small, many of which have never been seen before from lucky charms made from shell fragments to iconic recruitment posters and huge ship models. Objects on show will include weapons and uniforms through to diaries, letters and souvenirs, which will sit alongside photographs, art and film.
Having considered some of the big questions and choices, ordinary and extraordinary, that the people of Britain and its former Empire had to face in this first 'total war', visitors will leave the Galleries with a new perspective on this landmark conflict.
Suitable for
- Any age
Edmund Clark: War of Terror
- 28 July 2016 — 28 August 2017 *on now
This thought-provoking exhibition brings together several series of work by artist-photographer Edmund Clark to explore the hidden experiences of state control during the 'Global War on Terror'.
Looking at issues of security, secrecy, representation and legality, the show focuses on the measures taken by states to protect their citizens from the threat of terrorism, and the far-reaching effects of such methods of control.
The exhibition brings together several series of Clark's work including images and documents of CIA operated secret prisons or 'black sites', photographs from the detention camps at Guantanamo Bay, correspondence from around the world sent to a British detainee in Guantanamo that was transformed by the censorship and intervention of the US military, and the experience of a 'controlled person' who was placed in a house in suburban England under the restrictive conditions of a control order – a form of house arrest or detention without trial – introduced in 2005.
An immersive experience, the exhibition uses sound, moving images and large multi-media installations as well as photographs and documents to invoke a sensory engagement with the experiences of observation, detention and disorientation induced by the systems of control Clark explores.
Lives of the First World War
- 12 May 2014 — 31 December 2018 *on now
By the end of the centenary the project will have built the permanent digital memorial to more than 8 million men and women from across Britain and the Commonwealth and saved their stories for future generations.
Bringing together material from museums, libraries, archives and family collections from across the world together in one place, IWM needs your help to explore these documents, to link them together and to start telling the stories of those who served in uniform and worked on the home front.
Find out more about the project and how you can get involved here:
The Children's War WebQuest
What were children's lives like in the Second World War? This online investigation uses the collections of the Imperial War Museum to help children imagine the daily life of a child on the Home Front, leading to a piece of creative writing.
How to obtain
Open the Children's War box, then click Start WebQuest.
How Do We Remember? WebQuest
What sort of things do we remember about the past? How do we capture these memories? This online activity encourages children to investigate the history of the Imperial War Museum and some of its artefacts, before recording a memory of their own in the form of a paper boat. The boats can come together in a classroom display.
How to obtain
Open the How Do We Remember? box, then click Start WebQuest.
Imperial War Museum WebQuests
WebQuests are online activities for children, using the collections of nine national museums and galleries.
Mend, Make or Spend?
What was life like in the Second World War?
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IWM London is a short walk from Lambeth North (7 minutes), Waterloo (15 mins) and Elephant and Castle (15 mins) underground stations.
Visiting us by Bus
Local bus routes that stop near IWM London include 159, 360, 109, 344 and 360.
Visiting us by Train
IWM London is a short 15 minute walk from London Waterloo, Waterloo East, and Elephant and Castle rail stations.
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Introduction to Data-Driven Animation: Programming With Motion Capture
Tuesday, 14 December | 9:00 pm - 10:45 pm | Room 308A
Data-driven animation using motion-capture data has become a standard practice in character animation. A number of techniques have been developed to add flexibility on captured human motion data by editing joint trajectories, warping motion paths, blending a family of parameterized motions, splicing motion segments, and adapting motion to new characters and environments.
Even with the abundance of motion-capture data and the popularity of data-driven animation techniques, programming with motion capture-data is still not easy. A single clip of motion data encompasses a lot of heterogeneous information including joint angles, the position and orientation of the skeletal root, their temporal trajectories, and a number of coordinate systems. Due to this complexity, even simple operations on motion data, such as linear interpolation, are rarely described as succinct mathematical equations in research papers.
This course provides not only a solid mathematical background, but also a practical guide to programming with motion-capture data. It begins with a brief review of affine geometry and coordinate-invariant (conventionally called coordinate-free) geometric programming, which generalizes incrementally to deal with three-dimensional rotations/orientations, the poses of an articulated figure, and full-body motion data. Then it identifies a collection of coordinate-invariant operations on full-body motion data and their object-oriented implementation. Finally, it explains the practical use of this programming framework in a variety of contexts ranging from data-driven manipulation and interpolation to state-of-the-art biped locomotion control.
Intended Audience
Mainly beginners who are interested in data-driven animation and motion capture, and experienced programmers who need to animate articulated characters. Advanced researchers in computer animation may also benefit from the mathematical framework and programming style presented in the course.
Presentation Language
Presented in English / 영어로 발표 됨
Knowledge of undergraduate-level computer graphics.
Introduction and Overview
Data-driven animation using motion-capture data
Why is it difficult to do programming with motion-capture data?
Course overview
Coordinate-Invariant Programming with Points and Vectors
What is coordinate-invariant geometric programming?
Affine geometry
Coordinate-invariant operations between points and vectors
Programming with Orientations and Rotations
Representing orientations and rotations
Analogy between points/vectors and orientations/rotations
Coordinate-invariant operations with orientations and rotations
Linear combination of rotations
Affine combination of orientations
Programming with Motion Capture Data
Representing the poses and pose displacements of an articulated figure
Motion data and displacements
Coordinate-invariant programming with motion data
Practical Examples
Distance measure
Hierarchical displacement mapping
Interpolation and transitioning
Style transfer
Feedback control for physically based biped locomotion
Jehee Lee
Seoul National University
Instructor Bios
Jehee Lee
Jehee Lee is an associate professor at Seoul National University. He received his BS, MS, and PhD in computer science from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1993, 1995, and 2000, respectively. He leads the SNU Movement Research Laboratory, where his research interests in computer graphics and animation are focused on developing new ways of understanding, representing, and animating human movement. This involves full-body motion analysis and synthesis, biped control and simulation, motion capture, motion planning, data-driven and physically based techniques, interactive avatar control, crowd simulation, and facial animation.


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Apple Refreshes Retina MacBook Pro Lineupby Brandon Chester on 7/29/2014 6:10 AM EST
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mmrezaie - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkWhen will the real refresh happen? Reply
r3loaded - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkWhen Broadwell arrives. Reply
nathanddrews - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkLOL Reply
sherlockwing - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkWhen the 28W/47W Broadwell chips are ready to ship, all leaks points to Q1 2015 for the 28W and Q2 2015 for the 47W. Reply
eanazag - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkThere are plenty of things that don't run on Mac and Windows within a virtual machine is the answer using Parallels or Fusion. That answer loves extra RAM. Reply
iwod - Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - linkI am now more interested in what will happen to Skylake. Reply
przemo_li - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - link4->8GB is good.
But 8GB to 16GB?
Who will see the difference? (No. Graphic professionals wont, as they need dGPUs)
Any why not switch to faster RAM instead (that can be huge difference esp. for iGPUs which need fast RAM like air) Reply
danbob999 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkI currently have 9.1 GB used on my PC. 8GB is no longer enough. Too bad RAM prices are actually much higher than 2 years ago. Reply
TreeDude62 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkYeah, but how much available? Windows Vista/7/8 have superfetch. Which means they do a ton of caching to make this load faster. But that RAM is sill available for apps to use (the cached data is simply dumped to make room for the active application). I doubt OSX caches so much. Reply
FITCamaro - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkOSX also heavily uses caching to load programs faster. Reply
name99 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkOSX (like Windows and like any modern OS) uses any RAM that's free as file cache because, why not --- might as well use it for something. The trick is in having the OS smart enough to throw away the RIGHT file data when it needs those pages for higher priority use.
In my experience XP was pretty lousy about this (in spite of all those fancy MS algorithms that supposedly tracked the working sets of each active app), certainly lousier than OSX.
In my experience Win 7 is still not as good as OSX (but it's good enough, and a LOT better than XP), but my Win 7 experience is all based on a Parallels VM so, to be fair, there could be VM weirdness there that's making Win 7 appear to page more than it would on a native machine.
The other important data point is that Mavericks does page compression before resorting to disk paging, and it works pretty well. Apple says that, for most purposes, it makes your machine feel like it has 50% more RAM, and I have no reason to doubt that claim.
To the actual question przemo_li asked:
This is the MacBook PRO line, not the MBA line. They come with CrystalWell iGPU AND GT 750M with 2GB GDDR5. I'm not sure what faster RAM you want them to use --- they come with the pretty much standard DDR3 at, I assume, 1600MHz.
I agree that the RAM bump seems strange, but I'm guessing Apple know their customers better than we do, and know that the type of people who are buying these machines (for whatever reason) ARE, for the most part, heavy RAM users. If you're not a demanding user, the Air is so much lighter. Certainly when I bought mine I bought it with 16GB, for large Mathematica sessions. Reply
jamescox - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - linkIf you cant upgrade it, then you definitely should go with the largest ram size anyway. Reply
tipoo - Friday, September 26, 2014 - linkI definitely think that's a VM thing, as my experience is 100% the opposite. Windows seems to precache all the right things with superfetch,and closing them out clears memory out fast enough for other apps not to chug after a big one is closed, unlike OSX. Reply
bountygiver - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkPerformance intensive processes will always allocate more RAM when they see you have enough available.
Unless you are opening hundreds of browser tabs at once, I recommend you using a feature called "favorites" Reply
jamescox - Friday, August 01, 2014 - linkI have probably hundreds of tabs open on a machine with 4 GB of memory. Firefox has an option to not load a tab until you bring it to the front, so if you quit and restart, it will only load one tab for each window. I have many tabs active at the moment, but I have an SSD, so I probably do not notice when it swaps pages. System ram does not need to hold all of the memory "used", it just needs to hold the working set; memory which is actually being accessed, rather than just allocated. With hard drives, you would often notice when something needed to be swapped in, but with an SSD this is usually unnoticeable. Reply
nathanddrews - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkFirst off, why even complain? They aren't raising the price. Second, if you work with video (as many Mac purchasers claim to do), 16GB would be a bare minimum for any reasonably smooth HD workflow. Doing 4K? 32GB minimum... and probably not on a MBP. Third, DDR3-1600 is likely not going to interfere with anything given that IGPs suck no matter how fast the RAM is and Iris Pro has eDRAM to compensate. 1600vs1866 trade wins or equal each other:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8175/gigabyte-brix-p... Reply
przemo_li - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkeDRAM is great.
But still 2133 should add 20-30% of graphic performance to the iGPU. (And any other workload for that matter) Reply
nathanddrews - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkCool, so 13fps instead of 10fps. Reply
repoman27 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkJust gonna throw this out there, but the memory controller for these processors only supports up to DDR3L / DDR3L-RS 1600. Are you really suggesting that an OEM like Apple should ship a rather popular line of laptops with overclocked RAM? You realize they will sell 3-4 million of these things before Broadwell arrives? The stupidity of spending even more on specially binned RAM when prices are fairly high already, plus the increased power usage and heat generation, for a gain that would be imperceptible to nonexistent for most end users, is staggering. Reply
BSMonitor - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkRight. Apple will give you the sweet spot pricing wise(cost for them) in terms of the memory modules and their capacity. Reply
bountygiver - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkbecause they are expecting retina for smaller devices but didn't get it? Reply
ZeDestructor - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - link5GiB in use right now.. and FF isn't even leaking. Fresh windows boot too.
Add a VM or two and it rockets to 12-13GiB used at least. Reply
Kevin G - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkI recently upgraded my 2010 Mac Pro from 12 GB to 48 GB and could instantly tell the difference. I wouldn't say that I was pushing my system hard but I was able to hit the page file under OS X 10.9.4. Reply
BSMonitor - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkDepends what you mean by Graphics Professionals. Encoders and raw video editing are hard core CPU/GPU blended. The Core i's encoding performance is unmatched regardless of dGPU. Reply
Matthew.Hall - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkYou severely underestimate the power of the Iris Pro. Reply
FITCamaro - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkWe have 16GB on ours since we do development and have VMs running as well as multiple development environments. Reply
mkozakewich - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkApple isn't stupid. They know that in three years 8 GB isn't going to be enough. Reply
ThreeDee912 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkOne of the main complaints people had about the base model was that it "only" had 8GB of RAM. Normally this wouldn't be a huge issue, but since it was soldered directly on the board you couldn't upgrade it later.
Now I'm not sure how many people complaining actually needed 16GB of RAM, but at least they don't need to pay extra for the higher-end model now. Reply
Bownce - Wednesday, September 03, 2014 - link2.6Ghz i7, 16Gb RAM, and 1Tb SSD on my 15" MBP. I don't see what all the fuss is. Reply
vaayu64 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkAre there any plans for a thorough review of the new rmbp?
I'm curious to know if the 85 watt adapter is really capable of to provide the system with enough power when the it is under full load. Reply
QuantumPion - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkI wish they would make a model with a graphics card like a GT 860M. I always wondered why apple's desktops and laptops were always to anemic in the graphics department, even though they have a "best regardless of price" mindset in most other areas of their designs. Reply
Klug4Pres - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkMore like "gimped regardless of price".
Apple has often produced sleek devices, but actual features are generally quite limited and expensive, while expandability and platform longevity have always been weak points. Reply
hlovatt - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkCompared to PC vendors they seem good value, e.g. Dell New XPS 13 for same RAM same SSD but slower processor, 1080 screen, and lesser construction costs the same as the entry level MBP 13. So why are you "gimped" by Apple.
PS Remember you are on a site were people know what they are talking about, you are not on DailyTech. Reply
shouwow - Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - link+1 and let's not forget superior build quality. Reply
Klug4Pres - Friday, August 01, 2014 - linkWhat's interesting to me is that the statement I responded to, which asserted that Apple had a "best regardless of price" mindset, is actually equally absurd as my own comment.
Yet, apparently to counter someone's absurd positive statement with a negative statement is more unacceptable. Reply
repoman27 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkWell, you can get the 15-inch model with a GT 750M. The GT 860M draws ~50% more power, which is probably a deal-breaker in such a compact form-factor. Apple has a highest TDP given the smallest chassis mindset.
@Klug4Pres When you leave comments like that, it feels like you're either parroting some frequently reiterated sentiments or just trolling. Perhaps you could explain how platform longevity compares between products from various vendors, the underlying causes, and how this might affect the end user? Reply
Klug4Pres - Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - linkI know it wasn't a very constructive statement, but I do feel quite strongly it is the case with Apple products in general. I agree, people on this site are well-informed, and therefore they will already have a lot of experience and information that will allow them to judge the matter, irrespective of one-liners from angry internet types such as myself.
Do we have the space for a full analysis of this here? No.
For what it's worth, I would say that the Macbook Pro product line is actually among the better conceived and better value products in Apple's entire history. However, in my opinion there is an unhealthy focus on "thinness" at the expense of functionality and user-upgradeability, e.g. there is no ethernet port, storage options are very limited, and it is hard to replace internal components. Furthermore, the first models suffered from performance issues, as the graphics hardware was not well-matched to the demands of the retina display. Recent models do not have an option for a matte screen.
The 13-inch models have displays that suffer from color accuracy and image retention issues, which is unfortunate considering the strong market for Apple among professional photographers and other image workers. They are also underpowered, having no quad core option.
Anyway, you know my opinion. In general, I favour open hardware and software standards, and user-serviceability, ahead of industrial design. Apple is a company that does not favour these things. Reply
MykeM - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linkCheck the reviews on Notebookcheck on both the 2012 and 2013 13" rMBP. Like AT, the guys at Notebookcheck do thorough reviews including measuring the display capability.
Both the mid 2012 and late 2013 Retina models render the full sRGB gamut. The 2013 also has one of the most accurate colour reproduction out of the box: pre-calibrated Colourchecker DeltaE value of 1.87. Compare that to 8 on the QHD+ XPS15.
Image retention issue is more persistent in the larger 15" rMBP although that seems less so with the late 2013 model. The 13" rMBP , however, has had less of issue with image retention even in the 1st generation.
Here's Notebookcheck Top 25 Notebook display and both rMBP are rated not only among the best displays reviewed but the most accurate colour right out of the box:
http://bit.ly/best-display Reply
Andrew Lin - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - linkMost of the information i've seen says that the GT 860m power consumption is on par with the GT 750m, if we're talking about the maxwell version (which i think everyone is). Maxwell 860m definitely does not draw 65+ watts, which is what it would be at if it indeed pulled down 50% more power as you claim. You also have to remember that Apple customizes the clockspeeds and thermal configurations on their machines, and the new maxwell architecture is much more efficient than the old kepler.
But even still, they could have at least put in an 850m, which has a lower TDP and a good amount higher performance than the existing 750m, which is just the same as the 650m. Reply
Kevin G - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkPretty decent refresh. There are a few configurations where I wouldn't be tempted to custom configure. It has been awhile since Apple had a default config that I didn't want to change in some way. Reply
BSMonitor - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkFor anyone who has lived through the PC era, it is such a goofy turn of events that the premier Intel partner in 2014 is Apple. On top of that, the premier PC product is also made by Apple. If someone wanted a quality PC solution and had $1000+ to spend, you would not send them HP, Dell, etc etc... Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkIf they wanted a quality niche product or a quality windows product, you would send them elsewhere though. Reply
isa - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkI wonder what this means with respect to Broadwell macbooks. It could mean Broadwell versions won't be out for a year, or it could mean these latest will only be on the market for 6 months or so and then discontinued with Broadwell models, or or it could mean that they'll briefly be 2 tiers offered at the same time, one with this Haswell and one with Broadwell. Or something else. Reply
xaphod - Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - linkI am wondering the exact same thing: I expected the yearly major refresh of macbook pros to be end of october. Am I wrong? Do we think that there's no update now, until 2015? That definitely would change my mind about when I buy. Reply
dj_aris - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkCmon, Maxwell is out for like six months. MBPs have been using the same GPU for almost two years now (650M and 750M are the same I think). That could have been a nice step forward until Broadwell is released. Reply
UltraViolet - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - linkI've seen a lot comments on the extended RAM. Nobody picked up the - to my mind - rather low Flash drive capacity of 128GB in the MBPr '13 entry model. Also, paying 200$ more on an additional 128 GB (=256GB) doesn't seem reasonable to me. Providing the entry model with an 256GB Flash drive would have been a really great deal. Reply
jamescox - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - linkCurrent MBP give up way too much for thinness for my taste. I would prefer, at a minimum, a battery which can be easily removed. It was hard enough to replace the hard drive in older MBP; I will not be buying one again. I have also been wondering if these thin form factors can actually run at full speed for extended periods without throttling and/or being too hot to actually sit on your lap. I wouldn't mind them being 50% thicker for better performance, easier access to components, and better upgrades. It is really hard to find a laptop with enthusiast features without going with a 2 inch thick clevo. I have looked at the Dell workstation laptops which offer easy accessibility, a (presumably) good screen, and 4 memory slots, but these come with expensive quadro or firepro graphics which I do not need. I have some concerns about going with a gaming laptop since most of the laptops I see in the stores have really low quality screens and seem to be of low quality build. The Toshiba with the 4k screen is presumably one of the highest quality screens you can get, but they ship it with a 2GB Radeon R9 M265X. I suppose you could game at 1080p with 4x scaling. Anyway, I have held off from buying a new system for a long time since nothing seems to have the features I want. I am leaning towards a mythlogic/clevo custom build. Reply


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Brentford sporting director Mark Warburton expects loan striker Jimmy Spencer to make a big impression at Griffin Park.
The 20-year-old signed an initial one-month loan deal on Tuesday to plug the gap left by injured summer signing Farid El-Alagui.
Spencer, who has appeared in the Captial One Cup and the Championship for the Terriers, has spent the past two campaigns on loan at League Two outfits Morecambe and Cheltenham – scoring a total of 18 goals in
47 appearances.
And Warburton insisted he could repeat that sort of scoring form in League One.
"He has performed well and scored goals in League Two and is producing impressive performances at Development Squad level," he said.
"We had to fight off stiff competition from other League One clubs to get him to Griffin Park.
"Everyone is looking forward to working with Jimmy and seeing him in a Brentford shirt."
The Bees have been in the hunt for extra firepower for some time, with boss Uwe Rosler frustrated by his team's inability to make their dominance count.
Brentord, who remain in the League One top 10, took the lead through Harry Forrester at the weekend, but could not capitalise on a host of opportunities as they fell victim to an injury time sucker punch from the hosts.
And Rosler wants his men, who have drawn Southend in the southern artea quarter-finals of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, to be more streetwise for Saturday's trip to Doncaster Rovers.
"We do not kill games off, that, and our naivety, is our problem.
"At no stage of the game were Scunthorpe in it.
"This is seventh or eighth time we have sat here like this this season, talking about the same issues.
"I am happy because we are controlling games home and away.
"We control games, we dominate, we do so many things right. But, on the other side we are not learning quickly enough.
"We are happy with the squad we have but at times I would like a bit more experience, a bit more knowledge of the game."


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This month's appointments (in gallery order):
- Andrew Byrne, general manager, Thistle Hyde Park
- Glenn Hallam, general manager, Bloomsbury Park hotel
- Paul Newton, head chef, The Old Palace
- Jeremy Brown, executive chef, Home House
- Emma Raybould, meetings & events manager, Village Birmingham Dudley
- Mark Harris, deputy general manager, Village Birmingham Dudley
- Wayne Asson, head chef, Village Birmingham Dudley
- John Tremayne, head chef, The White Swan
- Lorna O'Neill, director of public relations, Grosvenor House
- Simon Allison, club promotions manager, The Roof Gardens
- Tracey Astles, regional venue sales manager, Lime Venue Portfolio
- Peter Wilson, head chef, Loch Lomond Arms Hotel
- Melissa Stoman, general manager, The Draycott Hotel
- Olivier Bonte, restaurant manager, Rockliffe Hall
- Rob Pitcher, operations and HR director, Barracuda Pub Group
- Janet Gurr, senior hotel operations manager, Alton Towers Resort hotel
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Ithaca Connections
The hallmark of an Ithaca College education is that we prepare students to be READY for success in their careers and their lives. Alumni have told me that the most important ingredient of success is the ability to make connections.
Creativity relies on making connections among ideas that seem unconnected. Success in most fields requires the work of teams whose effectiveness rests on a team leader's ability to connect people with distinctive skill sets into a high-functioning group.
Personal fulfillment flows from the ability to connect the different parts of one's life—to understand your own values and to see everything you do as an authentic expression of who you are.
One of the aims of the IC 20/20 strategic plan is to make it easier for students to connect every part of their education to spur intellectual, professional, and personal development. The Integrative Core Curriculum enables them to connect insights from the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities in new and exciting ways.
Programs for first-year students in the residence halls now emphasize the connections between what they are learning in the classroom and what they are learning through the experience of living together as independent adults. We have increased opportunities for students to sharpen their skills and values through community engagement. The expansion of IC's study away centers from London and Los Angeles to New York and (soon) China relies on the power of connecting academic learning to real-world experience.
I had lunch recently with Mark French '97, who is profiled in this issue. When I asked Mark what advice he would give today's IC students, Mark replied, "Challenge yourself to look at everything you do—in the classroom, in recreation and other parts of campus life, and even when you are home with your family. See everything from the perspective of 'What can I learn from this? How does this add to my value proposition?'"
In other words, find the connections. The power of connection is not limited to our current students. To fully unlock the power of an IC education requires that we develop a strong community of practice that includes students, alumni, and professional staff. This too is part of the IC 20/20 strategic vision. IC's Office of Career Services is redefining its mission from one focused almost exclusively on current students to one that serves as a dynamic hub of professional networking and advancement for the entire community of IC students and alumni. The IC Mentoring Network, comprising more than 1,400 members, offers a virtual space (on LinkedIn) for conversation among students and friends of the college who are successful in a wide variety of professional fields.
The IC vision statement says that we "strive to become the standard of excellence for residential comprehensive colleges." Success in that goal depends on our ability to make and sustain connections. In today's world, information is free and easily searchable. Education is no longer solely about the transmission of information from faculty to students. The edge in career success no longer depends on access to information about opportunities that other people do not have. Instead, it is the ability to make connections—between information, opportunities, and people—that makes the difference.
The Ithaca College students of today will reach the pinnacles of their careers around the year 2050. We cannot know—and therefore we cannot teach—the skills our students will need to be leaders in that unimaginable world. But we can help them make connections, and we can teach them to continue making connections throughout their lives. Perhaps we should think of the initials "IC" as standing for "Ithaca Connections!" Alumni will continue to be an important part of that effort.


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Player InformationFlames Home > Track & Field Home > Track & Field Roster > Roster Detail
Aaron JohnsonClass: R-Senior
Position: Jumps
Height: 5-8
Previous School: Mount Olive
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va.
2012 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Did not compete in any events for Liberty and was redshirted
2011-12 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Triple jumped a season-best 46-0.75 to place fourth at the Big South Championship
• Top long jump of the year (22-11.25) earned an eighth-place finish at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup
2011 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Qualified for the IC4A meet with his 23-7.25 long jump effort at the Radford Invitational
• Came in ninth in the Big South in both the long jump and triple jump (season-best 46-10.75)
2010-11 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• At the Big South meet, finished sixth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump
• Long jumped and triple jumped at the IC4A Championship
• Personal-best triple jump of 47-0.25 at the Big South meet ranks him No. 10 in program history
2010 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Sailed to a career-best 24-2.5 in the long jump at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier, moving into 10th place in program history for the event
• The 24-2.5 effort enabled him to compete at both the IC4A and NCAA East Preliminary Round meets
• Placed eighth in the Big South triple jump final
2009-10 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Scored points at his first Big South meet, placing fifth in the long jump
Previous School
• Attended Mount Olive College as a freshman
• Named Mount Olive's Most Valuable Field Athlete
• Won Conference Carolinas titles in the long jump and triple jump
• Set the long jump (22-6.25) and triple jump (43-5) school records
• Attended Green Run High School
• Son of Rob and Pandora Johnson
• Twin brother Chris also competes in the long jump and triple jump at Liberty
• Sport management major
• Birthday is on May 3
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
LJ – 24-2.5 (7.38m)
TJ – 47-0.25 (14.33m) (Indoor)
All-Big South Honors (1)
2013 Outdoor Long Jump - 3rd


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Topic: Good or Bad??????
So Chucks is on his fourth week of chemo now and is doing better than he was without it. His bili has dropped, fluid has now begun to come down with the help of lasix. Energy level is great. He is up and about all day until about 9 when he crashes out. The only day he doesn't feel well is tuesdays and that is when he gets the gemzar. He runs high fevers and is out the whole day but the next day he is out and running around again. Everytime I call him worried about him from work, he is like "your sister and I are at the movies" or "I'm eating at Denny's" or "I'm over here at a friends house" He is eating at least two meals a day (if not more) without any vomiting (the first two weeks, he threw up at least once a day) He is also taking in one or two protein shakes a day. So I know you are reading this and thinking definitely good news but it is just so strange to me that after 4 weeks of chemo, he seems to be doing pretty good. I would think the more sick you get, the more the chemo is effecting your body ( working). Does this mean chemo is not working? What type of news should we expect? This is really frustrating me and I know i am rambling. Sorry.


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Fish are smart, interesting animals with their own unique personalities, and just like dogs, cats, and humans, fish feel pain. Scientists who study pain are in complete agreement that the fish pain response is basically identical to the pain response system in mammals and birds.
Did you know that fish can also learn to avoid nets by watching other fish in their group and that they can recognize individual "shoal mates"? Some fish gather information by eavesdropping on others, and some—such as the South African fish who lay eggs on leaves so that they can carry them to a safe place—even use tools.
Sadly, the US fish industry slaughters more than 6 billion fish each year, and sport fishing and angling kill another 245 million animals annually. Without any legal protection from cruel treatment, these intelligent, complex animals are impaled, crushed, suffocated, or sliced open and gutted, all while they're fully conscious.
More than 40 percent of all the fish consumed each year are now raised on land- or ocean-based aquafarms. Land-based farms raise thousands of fish in ponds, pools, or concrete tanks. Ocean-based aquafarms are situated close to shorelines, and fish in these farms are confined to cramped net or mesh cages.
Fish on aquafarms spend their entire lives in crowded, filthy enclosures, and many suffer from parasitic infections, diseases, and debilitating injuries. Conditions on some farms are so horrendous that 40 percent of the fish may die before farmers can kill and package them for food. Fish who survive are starved before they are sent to slaughter in order to reduce waste contamination of the water during transport. Salmon, for example, are starved for 10 full days.
In the wild, hundreds of billions of fish—along with "nontarget" animals, including sharks, sea turtles, birds, seals, and whales—are caught each year in ocean-ravaging nets or dragged for hours on long-lines for the commercial fishing industry.
Whether the fish are raised on aquafarms, caught in the ocean by giant nets or long-lines, or hooked at the end of a fishing line, eating them supports cruelty to animals. Order PETA's free vegetarian/vegan starter kit for great tips and recipes to help you make the transition to a fish-free vegan diet.
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WHEN Darwen teenager Megan Brandon turned up at school with a black eye her friends thought she had been in a fight.
But the 17-year-old had actually suffered the knock during an epileptic seizure, and now photographs of her injuries have been featured in a national awareness campaign.
The Epilepsy Action charity is hoping people will see the pictures and wonder what has happened to Megan, before considering what life must be like for people with the condition.
Megan, who lives in Sunnyhurst, was diagnosed with photosensitive epilepsy at the age of ten, and has since had about three seizures each year.
The Runshaw College pupil said: "I can live my life normally but when the seizures do happen they are pretty serious.
"In November I'd actually not had any for nearly a year, but then it just happened while I was sleeping.
"I don't remember anything and I don't know how I bashed my head.
"But my brother Ben had heard a strange noise and came into my room to make sure I was okay, and my parents took me to hosptial in the morning to get it checked out.
"A lot of people thought I'd been in a fight and were asking me what the other person looked like, and I couldn't even explain what happened because I wasn't conscious.
"It's quite scary not knowing where or when it's going to happen, because the people around me might not know what to do."
Megan, who is on daily medication, keeps up to speed with the latest initiatives from Epilepsy Action and sent the photos of her injuries to the charity in November.
She was then chosen to front a national advertising campaign which launched this week.
Philip Lee, the charity's chief executive, said: "We want to highlight what can happen during a seizure and challenge a few misconceptions at the same time.
"We hope this campaign will challenge stereotyped images of epilepsy and make people think."
Tonic-clonic seizures, such as those suffered by Megan, are the most common type.
And they make the body become stiff while the arms and legs begin twitching. They normally last for one to three minutes and cause a loss of consciousness.
The person should not be restrained.
But steps should be taken to remove harmful objects from nearby, to cushion their head and aid breathing by gently placing them in the recovery position once the seizure has finished.