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text: Ganesh Sittampalam wrote: > On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, Adrian Hey wrote: > >> Thanks for taking the time to do this Dan. I think the safety >> requirement has been met, but I think it fails on the improved API. >> The main complaint would be what I see as loss of modularity, in that >> somehow what should be a small irrelevant detail of the implementation >> of some obscure module somewhere has propogated it's way all the way >> upto main. > > That's the key point, as I see it - they aren't "irrelevant details of > the implementation", they are requirements the implementation places on > its context in order for that implementation to be correct. So they > should be communicated appropriately. Eh? Please illustrate your point with Data.Unique. What requirements does it place on it's context? (whatever that might mean :-) It just does what it says on the tin AFAICS. There are no requirements it places on "clients" (to use an OO term), as should any halfway decent API IMO. >> To me this seems completely at odds with what I thought was generally >> accepted wisdom of how to write good maintainable, modular software. >> Namely hiding as much implemention detail possible and keeping APIs >> as simple and stable as they can be. I don't know if I'm alone in >> that view nowadays. > > It's no problem to hide implementation detail, but I don't think you > should hide the *requirement* of the implementation that it has > constraints on how it is called, namely that it requires once-only > initialisation or whatever. No decent API should require this. Data.Unique certainly doesn't. In fact is debatable whether any API should requre an initalisation call at all before other stuff should be called (the other stuff check initialisation has occured and do it itself if necessary). The real irony of your remark is that making APIs this robust is practically impossible *without* using global variables, and you're now saying that because they've done this work to eliminate these constraints they now have to be held to account for this with an absurd API. Seems like a clear case of "no good deed going unpunished" :-) Regards -- Adrian Hey

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Cal State Fullerton's first basketball game is only 2 days away, and Coach John Sneed is still looking for a point guard.
Maybe looking isn't quite the word. It's more like waiting.
The starting point guard in the Titans' opener against Utah in Salt Lake City Thursday will be either Marlon Vaughn, a junior, or Wayne Williams, a freshman.
Vaughn clearly has the advantage in experience, but Williams seems to have more potential.
Who will it be?
"It's still up for grabs," Sneed said. "One guy will look like he's about to wrap it up and then he'll slip and let the other guy get it back. I don't think either one of them wants to start. . . . You'd think they'd be a little more hungry."
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|Worn to the Liverpool anime society all-nighter 2007, also for tokyopop mange event in Norwich just before summer break, 2007. This costume is entirely hand-made by myself, and I'm very proud of it even if it is a bit cobbled together. The top is made from two kimono style tops, a black one with a white one underneath. The bottoms were made with great effort and time invested. The most interesting this about this costume is a lot of the hemming was done eithge rin anime society meetings or on the train as my sewing machine failed me with about a week to go.
I chose to cosplay Matsumoto because she's fun, and the main thing about doing a cosplay is to have fun, really. And I'm proud of the fact that I made it myself, even if it would have been massivley easier and cheaper to just buy it on ebay.
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. - Hebrews 12:1
Christ is our example as we run life's race. As a good coach, he himself competed in the same "sport"—he lived this life on earth. He even died "a shameful death" (Hebrews 12:2). Why? "Because of the joy he knew would be his afterward." So we, too, look forward to the prize—the joy—that will be ours. Christ stands at the winning post and receives us to glory. The prize is to fall into his arms and hear him say, "Well done! You finished the race. You persevered. You did not drift away from the moorings of the truth of your faith. You hung in there." We may drop over the finish line in total exhaustion—just as long as we don't drop out of the race. Christ endured, so we must not "become weary and give up" (Hebrews 12:3).
The Bible talks of "the race that God has set before us" (Hebrews 12:1). What does that mean? When our two oldest children were running cross-country in high school, the coach would always make sure they arrived at the course early so they would have enough time to walk the course before actually having to run the race. He wanted them to know the difficult humps and bumps of the course.
Tough assignments require tough training, but we can make it. All we have to do is look at Jesus. "We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish" (Hebrews 12:2). The Coach is cheering you on! Look to him.
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When I didn't feel the instant and debilitating pain of being stabbed in the head with broken glass, I was forced to open my eyes and look up. I was… falling? I could see the opening of the mirror, the prop room beyond it, and it was getting smaller and smaller as I spun down through darkness, slowly, so slowly. I yelled aloud again, but the sound didn't do much good in the infinite space. There was no one else in it to hear me.
It was ages before I hit the bottom. I'd closed my eyes and let myself fall, figuring that I'd know when I reached the end of wherever the darkness led when I got there, and boy did I ever. They say it's not falling a long distance that kills you, it's the sudden stop, and I knew why when I landed. My mind blanked for a minute at the pain of the impact, but when it stopped hurting enough to compose myself, I looked up and around me.
"Oh, Toto… I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore." I muttered.
Doors. The walls of the room I'd fallen into was lined with them, door after door, each one different, yet all similar to a degree. They varied in size, which made no sense. Where the hell was I? Turning, I bumped into a table. It hadn't been there before, I was sure, because I probably would have landed on it if it had been. The only thing sitting on the table was a key. I picked it up, turned it over in my hands. It was gold. Who leaves a key of solid gold just sitting around where anyone could grab it? Then again, it could very well be that I'd set off some kind of silent alarm by touching the damned thing, so I put it back.
As I scanned the room, trying to figure out where to go from here to get back where I'd come from, I noticed an open space, where there was a curtain instead of a door. Bingo. Maybe whoever was screwing with me was hiding behind there. I crept over, and yanked back the curtain, cursing when I was confronted only with a blank wall. I dropped my head, dejected, and getting a bit pissed off. I had homework to do, a script to go through, and I did not have time for this. But when I opened my eyes, I noticed another door, this one much smaller than the others had been. I dropped down to check it out.
This door was made of glass, and it led to a garden. A garden meant outside, and if I could get outside, I could get my bearings and figure out how to get away from this loony bin and go home. But… how the hell was I supposed to get through a door that I could have cradled in the palm of my hand? I stood and turned back to face the room, my eyebrow rising when I realized that there was now something on the table beside that gold key. I walked back over it and had to laugh.
The bottle that now sat on the table looked like one of my mom's old perfume bottles. But it wasn't that which made me laugh. It was the note beside it that said two simple words in thick black writing. DRINK ME. No hint as to why, just a command to consume whatever was in that bottle.
"What kind of idiot do you take me for? It could be poison or something! I don't know what's going on here, but the hell I'm putting some unknown liquid in my mouth." I scoffed, turning away.
Walking to the wall, I began trying the doors. Maybe one of them would be the way out. Locked, each and every one. The gold key didn't work on any of them, either. It was always too small.
Finally, vexed with my inability to find a way out of this damned room, I sat down by the table, and frowned. There was something different… I surveyed the little table that had held the key, and the bottle that suddenly sat upon it. I picked it up, turning it over in my hands. Optionally, I could sit here and wonder how the hell I was supposed to get out of here, or I could drink down whatever was in this bottle and hope it did something that'd help. I was terribly aware of the fact that my current predicament reminded me of a movie I'd seen as a kid about a little girl who'd also followed an animal that she probably shouldn't. But in all honesty, what else could I do?
"Bottoms up…" I murmured to myself. I pulled the stopper out of the top of the bottle and tossed back its contents, wrinkling my nose at the taste. After a moment, when nothing happened, I snorted to myself. "Go figure. I finally get around to drinking the stupid stuff and it doesn't work. And now what the hell am I supposed to do?"
The words had no sooner left my mouth than I noticed something odd. Both the doors and the table in this room were getting ridiculously large, or I was getting horrifyingly small. I jumped to my feet, staring around me as I shrank. By the time all was said and done, the table was a skyscraper in comparison, and I cursed myself for thinking this might have been a good idea. But then again…
I turned a circle to look around me, and one thought fixed itself to the forefront of my thoughts. That door. The tiny door that led to the garden. I was now small enough to get out through it. I ran to it, which took an absurd amount of time given how short my legs now were, and tugged the handle.
"FUCK MY LIFE!" It was locked, and I was still trapped. I wasn't the type to do illegal things, so it wasn't as though I could pick the lock. I searched my pockets, praying I'd thought to take the little gold key even as I knew that I hadn't. I'd put it back on the table for fear of setting off an alarm, and there it had sat until I'd picked up that damned potion. "Well, this is just perfect… Now I'm Tom goddamn Thumb, and I still don't know how I'm supposed to get out of here."
With nothing else to do, I decided to wander, and see if I could maybe squeeze my way out under one of the doors. It took me at least half an hour to get to all of them, but it was no dice for each one. It was as though they had been placed with the exact purpose of thwarting my escape. Each opening under the door was just a mite too small. By the time I was done, I was exhausted and overheated from the long hike it now took to get anywhere, and I made my way back to the table to have a seat in its shade and try to figure out yet another means of escape.
When I finally reached the massive bit of furniture, I narrowed my eyes. There was yet another mysteriously placed item that I was almost certain hadn't been there before. Then again, I might not have seen it before. There was a mini-me size cake sitting on a tiny, pretty table under the big one. It would have looked like a toy if I'd been my normal size, but now, it was perfect for a sugary kick to help me think. As I moved closer, I noticed another note from the disembodied person who was playing this twisted game with me. EAT ME.
"Yeah, yeah, I get it, you jerk." I muttered as I scooped up the cake. "Instead of leaving a trail of bread crumbs for me to follow home like any decent fairy tale person-who-watches-over-the-protagonist, you leave snacks that do stupid things to my body. Some help you are." That said, I ate the cake in one bite.
I barely had time to blink before my size was increasing. Sweet! Finally, something useful in this loony bin. But as I passed my normal size and continued to grow towards the ceiling, I swore. I was getting too big!
I heard the pitter patter of feet somewhere near my ankle and tucked my legs in to see who had joined me in my exit-plentiful prison. It was the rabbit guy from earlier. He didn't notice me as he locked the door he'd come out of.
"The Duke is waiting on me… Oh, how dreadful, how entirely dreadful! I've left my house far after I should have, and now I'm so dreadfully late…" he muttered, one of his ears twitching in agitation. It was kinda cool to watch, given the fact that I'd never seen a human with animal parts before, but then wasn't the time to dwell on it. He might just know a way to get me back to my normal size, and back to my normal world.
"You're a real stickler for punctuality, I take it." I said dryly. He jumped, his eyes shooting up to mine and then widening.
"My word! You're that boy who refused me the directions I needed! What the devil are you doing here?" He demanded.
"Well, I tried to catch your attention before you disappeared, and I kinda fell through your magic mirror thing. It wasn't my fault! You should have been paying better attention or closed it behind you or something." I replied. He huffed.
"Oh, you don't just go closing a portal to Wonderland, you fool! Now get out of the way, because I need another door. I have to get to the Duke, and I'm—"
"Late. Yeah, I heard. But look, I need your help for a minute before you go. There've been all these little cakes and drinks around, and I'm not sure what else to do with them, so I've been eating them, you know? But one of them made me so tiny, I couldn't get the key I needed off that table, and the other made me…" I indicated my current predicament, and he sighed, tapping his foot irritably.
"That's because you're not from Wonderland. Our food doesn't do dreadful things like that to us. You're an Outworlder who's only here because you couldn't leave well enough alone and had to come diving in after me. Our conversation was done, and I had somewhere to be. You've absolutely no business here." That said, he turned towards a different door and began fiddling with a ring of keys, trying to unlock it. I reached down and wrapped my hand around him once he'd gotten it open. He let out a horrified squeak. I lifted him to eye level, glaring.
"Now, look here, Bunny Boy. I've got a shit ton of things to do tonight to get ready for my new show, and you aren't helping matters. Now you give me that key ring and tell me exactly how I get out of here and back home, or I'm going to make you in to a bowl of rabbit stew. Capiche?"
"You're a horrid boy! Absolutely horrid! I'm late! Put me down!" When I didn't comply, the suitably outraged rabbit sank sharp little teeth into my hand. It seemed the ears weren't the only part of the rabbit he'd inherited. I dropped him with a cry, and he darted down a hallway that the open door had revealed.
"You're going to be a good luck charm when I get through with you, Rabbit!" I shouted after him, trying vainly to nurse my wounded finger. He'd bitten right through the skin. Sitting back, I tore a piece of my shirt off to wind it around the wound, then knelt to look down the hallway to where that damn rabbit had gone. As I peeked in to the now open area, I noticed that White Rabbit had dropped his gloves and fan. That was something, right?
It was impossible to fit through the doorway at my current size. I sat back against the wall as I contemplated the opening. There had to be a way through, because no decent fairy tale land was going to leave me trapped in the early stages. I tried to remember what the little girl in the old story had done and drew a blank. It was as though those parts of my memory were deliberately fuzzed out. Just what the hell was I supposed to do?
It started to get hot with so much of my body crowding the room, and the fan was just big enough that I wouldn't crush it with my bigger hands, so I started using it. It was several moments later that I realized, hey! The more I fanned myself, the smaller I was getting!
"Aha! You're going to be a lucky rabbits foot yet, you little shit!" I muttered to myself, working the fan frantically in front of my face. When I was suitably sized (not quite my normal size, but not too big to fit through the door that had been opened) I set the fan on the table and darted down the hall way after my quarry.
The hall way went on for ages. There were more doors than a hardware store, and eventually, I began to despair that I'd die in a hallway of doors. There was simply going to be no getting out.
"Well, this is just perfect! I get out of a room full of doors that I fell into from a hole in the universe only to find myself in a never ending hall way! What the hell kind of place is this?!" I fumed, kicking one of the doors violently. To my surprise, it gave way. I peeked around its edges cautiously, because God only knew what kind of crazy shit would pop out of nowhere in this mad house if I wasn't careful. But when I looked out, it was just woods. But outside meant I was free, so I opted to go for it.
I stepped through the door, jumping when it slammed shut behind me. By the time I turned around to ask who ever had done it what the big deal was, the door was gone and I was left standing on some lone woodland road lined with trees taller than I could see. As far as I could tell, there were no foot prints that led either way, so I had no clue how to continue, but what else was new? I opted to go left and headed off down the road.
The air heated up as the day progressed, and still I walked on that lonely road. I had a feeling I was going in circles, but finally, finally, I came to a notch hole house in to the side. It almost looked as though the house had been randomly crammed into the rise of the hill beyond the trees, and its front seemed odd in comparison to everything around it.
"You! You made me drop my gloves and my fan, and now I'm later still for the Duke!" I turned , brows raised, when a belligerent voice yelled from behind me. The White Rabbit came rushing up to me, huffing angrily, and I shoved at him.
"I wouldn't have had to scare you if you'd just told me what I needed to know in the first place."
"It's of no consequence now! Just give me my things. I don't know how many times I have to tell you, but I'm—"
"Late! Yes, I get it!" I growled at him, and he jumped back, giving me a wary glance. I'd be stuck again if he bolted, so I took a deep breath. "Look, can you just tell me how to get back to my Outworld or whatever it is that you call it? I can't stay here."
"Give me back my things first." I patted my pockets dutifully, wincing when I remembered. I'd left the fan on the table on my way past, and hadn't grabbed the gloves to begin with. I lifted my hands in a helpless gesture. "Oh, bother and vexation! What good are you? Go into the house and find me a new set, then. And hurry it up! I've many things to do today! I'm a very busy bee!"
"But you're a rabbit." I pointed out, grinning. It was kinda funny watching this rabbit turn progressively redder in the face. Obviously, this whole late thing was a button for him, and I was taking perverse delight in making him later with each encounter we had.
"You know quite well what I meant! My gloves and fan! Shoo! Go fetch them!"
"I have no idea where they might be, but sure." I shrugged and he shoved me. I whirled back on the White Rabbit with a snarl, but he'd pulled an obscenely sized pocket watch out of his pocket and was consulting it worriedly. "Y'know, I don't see why you're making such a big deal about this. What's this Duke going to do? Chop of your head?" I joked, hoping to lighten the mood. The Rabbit's eyes went wide, and I felt mine do the same. "What, you mean he will?"
"No, not him. The Duke isn't the sort to run about loping off heads. But the Queen…" He shuddered, closing his eyes. "The Queen is quite fond of killing off the men of Wonderland for any small infraction. Only The King and The Knave have any immunity to her rages."
"Jeez. Well, if she's such a bitch, why doesn't somebody stop her?" I asked. "You said something about a king. Why doesn't he put her in the kitchen or something?"
"Because everyone that tries to stop her or protests her madness in any way ends up with their head cut off. Now along with you! Go and fetch my things since you're the one who lost them! The Duke could very well go to The Queen and I'll be the next head bouncing along the byway."
I didn't like the guy, but I wasn't going to be the one who caused him to end up headless. I nodded, and turned to make my way into the house.
A/N: Yeah, I know... it's short. u_u But there's not a lot of relevant action in this section of the Carroll story that I wanted to turn around, so I was forced to work with what I had. I hope you enjoyed it anyway. I've once again been working on this story in the middle of the night when I can't sleep, and hopefully it turns out halfway decent.
Do keep reading. I promise it'll get steamier in the future. Hopefully, the near future.
Read and review and let me know your thoughts? You know by now how important they are to me. Big thanks to Esquirella, CinderellaWithCombatBoots, Poptart Guava Kid, and supervirgin for reviewing.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court have agreed to the delay until July 9 the start of Kenyan presidential contender Uhuru Kenyatta's trial for crimes against humanity, to give defence lawyers more time to prepare.
Judges noted that the prosecution had not objected to the delay, which lawyers for Kenyatta and his co-defendant Francis Muthaura requested, saying the prosecution had been late disclosing evidence that they needed to build a defence.
The trial had been due to start on April 11, potentially coinciding with campaigning for a second round of Kenya's presidential election. In the first round on Monday, Kenyatta emerged ahead of his rival Raila Odinga on the basis of a partial count, which is being challenged in Kenyan courts.
Reporting By Thomas Escritt; Editing by Mark Heinrich


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Line-lockers, chirpies or tyre fryers – what ever you call them, smokey burnouts hold a special place in hoon parlance. And soon, a car with a semi-autonomous tyre smoking function will be available in Australia.
Ford has released details of its upcoming line-lock function, to be available on the all-new Mustang when it reaches local showrooms next year.
The so-called electric line-lock feature works by locking on the front brakes with the push of a button, enabling the car's rear wheels to spin.
"With the electronic line-lock feature enabled, when a driver releases the brake pedal, the hydraulic control unit for the stability control system will keep the front brakes locked while releasing the rear brakes," Ford explains in a press release. "When Mustang is sitting in the burnout box of a drag strip, the driver can apply the accelerator to spin up the rear wheels to warm the tires for maximum grip. This can all be done without having to balance one foot on the brake and the other on the gas, or install a mechanical line-lock."
The marketing spin behind the technology is that line-lock mode will increase car performance. Tyres perform better at higher temperatures, and a burnout is the quickest and simplest way to raise tyre temperatures prior to a race. A burnout can also clean tyres of any debris and lay down a layer of rubber on the starting line for better traction.
"With the tires properly warmed up, drivers can pull up to the staging line, engage launch control, and get a perfect catapult as soon as the lights go green," the blue oval brand says.
Ford says the line-lock function is strictly designed as a "performance feature" and is only intended for race track use. In most Australian states, deliberately spinning your tyres on public roads can lead to fines and suspensions.
The line-lock technology will be available on the flagship GT variant of the Mustang, which is powered by a 5.0-litre V8 engine.
"We're using advanced controls technology for the all-new Mustang to provide some of our most dedicated fans with an industry-first feature they can use when they go to the track," said the chief engineer of the Mustang, Dave Pericak.
"With electronic line-lock, customers who drive their Mustangs to work all week and then compete on the weekends will appreciate not having to modify their brake systems to be able to do effective tire prep at the drag strip."
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A HAMPSHIRE man died after falling and hitting his head while gardening at home, an inquest heard.
Ronald Crease, 91, died on June 12, at Southampton General Hospital, after he fell down steps fracturing his spine on Cheriton Avenue in Southampton.
Senior coroner for Southampton and the New Forest, Grahame Short, said: "The evidence is relatively straight forward. He fell down a series of nine steps hitting a hard surface at the bottom and causing a fracture of his upper spinal vertebrae."
Mr Crease's son, also Ronald, of Larch Road, said his father lived with his wife of 73 years, who he cared for due to her lack of mobility. He added that, despite complaining about his legs, his father was an avid gardener.
Consultant histopathologist at Southampton General Hospital, Vidhi Bhargava, said Mr Crease was shown to have been suffering with undiagnosed "widespread tumours".
Recording a verdict of accidental death, Mr Short added: "It was interesting to note the cancer he was unaware of. I don't think that directly contributed but no doubt it didn't help and he was weakened by that.
"Can I give you and, indeed, your mother my sympathy. I'm sure in her case she must find this very difficult and he was obviously trying to keep going."


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Drones have been around for a very long time, but it's safe to say that today's unmanned vehicles are a bit more sophisticated than the bomb-filled balloons the Austrians used to attack Venice in the mid-1800s.
The technological advances that make today's military drones so terrifying can also be used for more peaceful projects – and as the tech gets better and the price plummets, drones could become an increasingly common sight in our skies as they do everything from filming to delivering products.
You can join the drone revolution right now, and it'll cost less than you think. But if you go for a flying drone it's important to stay within the law.
In the UK, drones over 20kg are illegal in almost all civilian airspaces and smaller drones can't fly within 150m of "large assemblies" or within 50m of people or buildings. Drones must remain in view (streaming video doesn't count) and you must be licensed by the CAA if you'll be using the drone for commercial purchases.
The reason for the rules are simple enough: a drone falling from a great height onto a person could do serious damage.
1. Parrot AR.Drone 2.0
Price: £320
Parrot's AR.Drone 2.0 is probably the best known of all the consumer drones, and the second iteration of this smartphone or tablet-controlled quadricopter is happy indoors or out. Twin batteries deliver an impressive 36 minutes of flying time, the built-in camera offers live HD video streaming and the 30m range is far enough to get some impressive aerial footage. There's an even more impressive Parrot drone on the way, the Bebop, but for now the AR.Drone 2.0 is Parrot's flagship drone.
2. Parrot Jumping Sumo
Price: £140
In addition to its aerial drones Parrot offers "minidrones" including the excellently named Jumping Sumo. It's a rolling robot that can travel up to 4.5mph and jump 80cm, and its wide-angle camera streams live video to your smartphone or tablet (Windows, iOS or Android).
3. Parrot Rolling Spider
Price: £90
Parrot's second minidrone is the Rolling Spider, a tiny quadricopter whose removable wheels mean it's a hoot on the ground as well as in the air. This one's best kept inside, as its diminutive dimensions mean it doesn't take much of a breeze to blow it away and the battery only delivers around six minutes of flying time, but it's a lot of fun while it lasts.
4. Hubsan X4 H107 with LEDs
Price: £25
Amazon UK is currently offering Hubsan's H107 for less than half of the RRP, and while most customers are happy with it, it does seem to have encountered a few quality control problems. The H107 is a cheap and cheerful way to explore the world of drones, but it's a good idea to hang on to the receipt just in case.
5. GAUI 330X-S Quad Flyer
Price: £346
The Quad Flyer from Gaui comes in two versions: a kit for intermediate users who supply their own radio, and a ready-to-fly version for beginners. It's good for 12 minutes of flight time or 20 minutes with an optional high-capacity battery and can carry a payload of up to 700g (1.5lb) including its battery. It works just like a remote control helicopter but with the wind resistance and maneuverability of a quadricopter.
6. Walkera QR Ladybird V2
Price: £60
At just 3cm high and 8.5cm across the Walkera Ladybird is hardly much bigger than its natural namesake, and the price tag isn't massive either. With a flight time of up to 10 minutes and a range of up to 100m it isn't as powerful as pro-level drones, but then it costs a fraction of what they do. It's fairly damage-proof, with flexible plastic rotors that should retain their shape even if they get bent or twisted. It's definitely one to consider if you're new to flying drones.
7. Walkera Dragonfly Infra X
Price: £168 (transmitter/controller not included)
If the Ladybird is a little basic but you don't want to shell out really big money for a quadcopter, Walkera's Dragonfly is well worth a look. It boasts a GPS autopilot, up to 15 minutes flight time, self-stabilisation and an anti-vibration camera mount for the ubiquitous GoPro, although you'll need to buy the controller separately.
8. DJI Phantom 2 Vision+
Price: €1099 (about £880)
DJI's drones are well liked by users, and the Phantom 2 Vision Plus offers an easy to setup with easy to fly all-in-one system for aerial photography and filming. The camera shoots stabilised full HD video at 1080p at 30fps (60fps in interlaced mode) and takes 14MP still shots, you can even adjust the camera settings from the iOS app. It looks fantastic too.
9. AirDog
Price: $1,295 (about £780)
It won't ship until December, but Airdog is currently accepting pre-orders for its auto-follow drone for GoPro cameras. The drone connects wirelessly to the included Airleash box, which not only controls the device but acts as a beacon it can follow automatically – so for example you might get it to follow you as you plummet down the side of a mountain on a bike or snowboard. Although it is limited to 40mph it has a good for up to 20 minutes of flight time depending on how fast you fly it, and the Airleash has a range of up to 300m.
Price: $129 (about £78)
Romo may look like a toy, but the friendly-faced iPhone-powered robot is also an excellent platform for modders, a fun telepresence robot and something that'll delight the kids as they make it roam around the house. There are two versions, one with a 30-pin connector (which can connect to the iPhone 4, 4S and iPod 4) and one with a Lightning connector (which connects to the iPhone 5, 5S and iPod 5).


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Mariners happy to be home
Mariners happy to be home
"It was a long road trip," Brown said. "I was happy, obviously. You go on a 12-day trip, the last six being Boston and New York, that's a tough trip for anybody. I thought we took care of business in Cleveland and Baltimore, winning two of three in both places, and then Felix [Hernandez] doing what a No. 1 starter does in the other two places, and that's going out and giving us a good ballgame.
"So I was happy with the road trip, and now we've got a tough homestand with good clubs coming in as well, so hopefully we continue what we started on the road."
Brown said the American League Central-leading Twins provide a solid challenge right away.
"I think [they] are ready to play every night from what I saw," Brown said. "We're trying to win ourselves, and it doesn't matter where anybody's at in the standings. Tonight, the only club we can beat is Minnesota. That's the only team that's on the other side.
"We know they have a good club, they've had a good club for a few years now, so for me, you've got to play good baseball, and against a team that's fundamentally sound, it makes it even more important. I look forward to it. I think it's a challenge and I think the guys in the clubhouse look forward to it."


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Review: SnapBill Online Billing System
Near the end of 2009 I looked into starting a g33q store. I did marketing research, compiled a business plan, built an e-store (still living on one of my pc's at home) and got everything ready to start a small online business. Then I got to the how of actually selling my stuff and things ground to a halt.
Depressingly so.
You see, to have an online business you need to be able to accept payments, and this is where I ran into difficulties. Now a new billing system is giving me ideas of trying again. Read more for my take on SnapBill, the most exciting thing to happen to e-commerce in South Africa in recent years.
E-Commerce in South Africa is BROKEN
Before I get to SnapBill itself, some background on why I decided to trash my idea of an online store. As noted above, to sell stuff online you need to be able to accept and process payments. That is done by means of a VCS account, for which you require a merchant number. This in essence means that you need to register with your bank of choice as a Credit Card Merchant. There are alternatives of course – Setcom (need at least a six month proven merchant history on a merchant number), Paygate (need a merchant number), Mygate (need a merchant number), SID Payments (need a merchant number!!!) and so on.
Notice that you need a merchant number for all of these?
Yeah, that is where the system is broken. I applied for a merchant number with my bank FNB, and then also with Standard Bank – their offer was a bit different than what FNB had available.
It took me a while to get feedback from them. FNB called back within a day – wrong department. The RIGHT department got hold of me a week later – wrong guy. Eventually I was contacted by the right person with the right information.
The long and short of getting a Merchant account and Merchant Number is that you need to have a business account with a proven history of doing business. Yes, I was starting a business from scratch, money invested in it, and I now needed a proven track record on a business account. For at least a year.
Yes. If you start a new e-commerce business you will need to have been doing business on a business account for at least a year before you can start receiving online payments.
But there is Paypal in South Africa now – Right?!
When I started-and-stopped my venture Paypal was not an option for South African residents. Recently Paypall and FNB together made Paypal available to South Africans, and while preparing the review of SnapBill I decided to link my FNB cheque account to my Paypal account to test an alternative to SnapBill. Even though all the online literature, as well as FNB literature available on their website states you can link your FNB account to your Paypal account, I needed to enter my debit card details to activate the link between the two (which took a bunch of hoops to jump through via my online banking) and then an amount was to be debited from my card. I stopped the process there. I did not ask to make a payment, nor did I authorise a payment.
Yet a payment was required contrary to the FNB statement that only fees per transaction will be charged.
Enter SnapBill
During my quest to get myself an online business I started looking for alternatives. I happened on SnapBill which was still a work in progress. I remember thinking "this would be perfect for me" but alas, it was not available to use yet.
Well now it is available for everyone to use, and the best part is that there is a free signup option for small business. Now to be fair I completely forgot about SnapBill after abandoning all dreams of becoming an online business mogul, but a mail from their CMO asking me to do a review got me back on their trail.
SO, now on to the meat of my actual review (excuse the long winded introduction.)
What is SnapBill?
SnapBill is a free online billing and service provisioning system. It is fully white-paper capable, custom brand-able and automated. You can process payments, manage clients and invoices and automate your billing requirements.
With SnapBill you do not need a credit card for the free package, but to get a paid-for package you will need a credit card to pay SnapBill for their services.
SnapBill even allows you to resell some services provided by approved partners, so the opportunity to make some extra cash is there.
SnapBill can be used from any web enabled device by anyone in the world, anytime.
What Packages Are Available?
SnapBill offers three options, a FREE option, a PREMIUM 50 option, and a PREMIUM 500 option. All SnapBill packages offer management of Recurring Charges, Automated Bill Generation (timezone based), Custom Services, is Fully Brandable (the FREE option has a hyperlink to snapbill.com in your invoice footer), Custom Emails, Multiple Currencies Support, Accept Multiple Payment Formats and a few other advantages. There are some differences between the packages and below is a quick breakdown of each.
SnapBill FREE
SnapBill Free has a URL Hyperlink to snapbill.com in your invoice footer, allows you to manage 50 clients, and is limited to only 25 invoices per month. I have a small practical reserve with this – you can only invoice half your clients once a month. Maybe this should be upped to 50 invoices per month to allow you to at least invoice each of your clients once? Such is the limitation of a great free service, I guess.
SnapBill PREMIUM 50
SnapBill Premium 50 removes the need for a snapbill.com link in your invoice and costs R50 per month. You are no longer limited to 25 invoices per month either, being able to process unlimited invoices. You are still limited to 50 clients though. This is the best option for new startups wanting to do serious business. A really great offer.
SnapBill PREMIUM 500
SnapBill Premium 500 allows everything that SnapBill Premium 50 does, but allows you to manage 500 clients. It costs R350 per month, which is a great price.
Is It Easy To Use?
Laughably so. Setting up a SnapBill account is easy. I was able to have my free account ready within minutes. Really the only delay is waiting for the registration confirmation e-mail to arrive (both on my self hosted mail and my wife's Gmail there was a delay of 30 minutes to an hour or so) and then going about customizing your invoices and company details.
In fact, as per the "Wife Test" that I am incorporating into my reviews my wife was able to sign up for a free SnapBill account without any hassle.
Is It Powerful Enough?
Well… yes. I think that the 500 client limit will be restrictive to some larger online businesses, but as per the SnapBill website you can contact them to discuss larger packages to meet your needs. You can do almost anything with SnapBill with regards to billing, and adding new charges or clients is easy.
SnapBill is what e-commerce in South Africa has been waiting for. As I pointed out in my introduction getting into e-commerce in South Africa is a challenge. No, it is almost impossible for small startups to flourish. If you have less than R20K to spend on developing your e-commerce site and getting all the prerequisite VCS red-tape sorted out you are basically left without options. Yes some companies allow you to use their VCS accounts and Merchant numbers to do business with (I had that option) but the costs are prohibitive. SnapBill is the perfect alternative.
As far as SnapBill itseld there are some minor niggles, the hyperlinks in the SnapBill registration confirmation mail are broken for instance.
Rating Time!
Right, I give ratings to my reviewed products, and it is time to rate SnapBill. SnapBill comes VERY close to getting a perfect 5/5 on Ease of Use. What stops it from getting a perfect 5/5 is the malformed hyperlinks in the confirmation e-mail. Not everyone will figure out that https://billing.snapbill.comUsername: should actually be https://billing.snapbill.com and the password that they provide needs a space between the password and the word Client.
Those are easily fixable though, but being brutally honest in my review (which to their credit was their request "Test drive the system and be brutally honest in your review") I will have to make it four out of five.
My Q rating of course takes this and all other factors into account. I would LOVE to give SnapBill a 5/5, but there are two things. 1, The 50 clients but only 25 invoice limit of the free system doesn't make sense. If it is 50 invoices then YES that will be perfect. Only being able to invoice half your clients in a month is a severe limitation. 2, and this is key, a middle package is needed. A SnapBill Premium 250 perhaps? Or maybe let the SnapBill Premium 500 be the intermediate but then add a SnapBill Unlimited for larger companies.
I give SnapBill a Q rating of Four out of Five then. In fact, I am so impressed with SnapBill that it will be the first product that I will list on my "Sageek Recommended Products" page.
If you want more information on SnapBill you can visit their website, but I actually recommend taking the tour and if you need what is in my opinion the best online billing system available you can sign up here.
SnapBill.com, check it out!
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Wrist still giving Big Papi some trouble
Wrist still giving Big Papi some trouble
ARLINGTON -- David Ortiz snapped out of a 19-game homerless streak on Sunday, but not all is well with the Red Sox slugger. After Sunday's 7-2 victory against the Rangers, Ortiz said his left wrist, which suffered a partial tear of the tendon sheath earlier in the season and cost him 45 games, was still "clicking" -- and not in a good way. "My hand is not OK," Ortiz said. "It's still bothering me."
However, Ortiz said it wasn't bothering him enough to keep him out of the lineup. "There's no pain," Ortiz said. "If there was pain, I wouldn't be playing." If manager Terry Francona had any knowledge of Ortiz's wrist issues, he didn't come out with it after Sunday's game. So, unless the wrist worsens, Ortiz will likely try to play through it. But Ortiz acknowledged that the wrist could be one of the factors that led to his 19-game home run drought, which matched a career high for him since joining the Red Sox. While he's raised his average from an August low of .249 to .270, Ortiz is aware he's not hitting with the same power he usually does. "I've been off and on -- feeling good, feeling bad," Ortiz said. "I just try not to think about it. Just play. Since I got that, my swing's all changed."
Shawn Shroyer is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Here's a sneak peek at some of the exciting programs and concerts to look forward to during the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival this summer.
Artistic Director William Ransom tells us that plans are well under way for an exceptional season, starting with a special performance of Enoch Arden at Western Carolina University with George Brown and himself on June 25.
The regular concert series starts June 30 with Festival favorites the Eroica Trio, followed by the Gary Motley Trio with jazz saxophonist Will Scruggs. Some of the Festival's most beloved artists will highlight the season − William and Alexandra Preucil, David and Julie Coucheron, Roman Kim, Philippe Quint, Fei-Fei Dong and the Vega Quartet.
Making their Festival debuts this season will be cellist Ani Aznavoorian; violist Aloysia Friedmann; and Julio Elizalde on piano. Cellist Zuill Bailey, considered the hottest thing going in Chamber Music, will make his debut for the Finale Gala on August 6.
Make your plans now to join us for fantastic music in Highlands and Cashiers. Please visit our new website at www.h-cmusicfestival.org or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Daily Dish the Nugget Markets blog
All Bases Covered
Great foods start with the basics; and that includes quality bases. Aneto's 100% natural cooking bases—try Seafood Paella, Squid Ink Paella, and Valencia Paella varieties—contain the highest quality meat, fish and vegetables simmered over low heat for more than three hours, with absolutely no concentrates or powders. The result: satisfying broths and cooking bases for fabulous soups, stews, risotto, and paella. • Josh Dwinell, Specialty Grocery


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by Tim Melvin | April 28, 2014 1:50 pm
Walter Schloss took the lesson he learned from Ben Graham and used it to compile one of the most outstanding track records in the history of the financial markets.
Schloss averaged close to 20% annually for nearly 50 years by sticking to just a few simple rules he learned from the father of value investing. He bought stocks for less than book value and favored companies with strong balance sheets that could survive until they thrived.
He favored companies with relatively low levels of debt and high current ratios that provided an adequate margin of safety in the balance sheet. And, of course, he liked to buy stocks when they were trading near multi-year lows and grossly out of favor with the general investment community.
It is a relatively easy thing to screen for stocks that might have appealed to Mr. Schloss. I screened the markets this morning for stocks trading below book value, near three-year lows with low debt and high current ratios. It is an interesting list of stocks, but one thing leaps off the page when I saw the results. Mining stocks, especially silver and gold miners, are incredibly cheap right now. They are trading well below book value and very close to long-term lows.
Let me be the first to admit that I have never traded the metals markets and have very little understanding of the precious metals supply and demand factors. However, I can look at the miners through the same lenses I use on any other business and see that they are cheap at current prices.
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE[2]) is currently trading at just 50% of tangible book value and only 6% above the three-year lows. In fact, CDE stock is actually less than 4% off its five-year lows at the current price. The debt to equity ratio is just 0.24 and the company has a current ratio of 3.37. Coeur has more than $200 million in cash available right now and should be able to survive until silver prices finally begin to rise again.
CDE stock was trading for more than $30 per share as recently as 2012 and has traded above $70 a share in the past decade. When metals prices eventually rally we should see Coeur shares recover a good deal of the lost ground and provide investors with outstanding long term returns.
AuRico Gold (NYSE:AUQ[3]) is a Canadian gold producer with mines and projects in North America. The company's core operations include the Young-Davidson mine in Ontario, Canada and the El Chanate mine in Sonora, Mexico. The stock is currently trading at just 70% of tangible book value and is trading near long-term lows.
AUQ stock is currently just 23% off its three-year lows. The balance sheet is in decent shape, with a debt to equity ratio of just 0.14% and a current ratio of 3.5. Shares of AUQ stock trade hands at just about a third of the 2011 highs and even a partial recovery in gold prices should take the stock a lot higher.
I have no idea when or why gold and silver prices will rally in the future. But I'm confident that, at some point in the next five years or so, some economic or geopolitical event will cause a major rally in precious metals prices. When that happens, investors who buy the miners at the current depressed valuations should be able to reap enormous profits.
As of this writing, Tim Melvin was long CDE.
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Omar Vizquel Brings Hall of Fame Class to the Ballpark for the Chicago White SoxApril 26, 2011
With the Chicago White Sox trying to battle out of their current funk in New York this week, it's easy to see the negatives associated with a struggling ball club.
Omar Vizquel is not one of them.
The ageless infielder is once again providing outstanding production off the bench for Chicago, hitting .308 as a utility infielder. With Brent Morel, Alexei Ramirez and Gordon Beckham all having April struggles, having Vizquel around to spell his infielders is a nice luxury for Ozzie Guillen to have.
If he hit .250 and could spot-start in the infield once a week, he's more than adequate in the utility role. However, Vizquel brings much more to the clubhouse than the average reserve infielder.
How do the words "class," "professionalism" and "pride" strike you?
Vizquel brings all these attributes with him to the park each day.
We're talking about the finest defensive shortstop of his generation, arguably of all time. Only Ozzie Smith has more Gold Glove seasons than Vizquel. A glove man who also has over 2800 hits—that's a sure-fire Hall of Famer entering the game as a defensive replacement.
He has not committed an error yet this season. He had just three in 108 games last year, most of that time at third base. The last time he made an error in the middle infield positions was 2008 (he's played 76 games at those positions in the last two seasons).
The man is 44 years old and is in terrific shape. Most guys his age are happy to walk to the hot dog stand at U.S. Cellular Field without getting winded. Vizquel ran well enough to steal 11 bases a year ago.
The chance for young infielders like Morel and Beckham to sit under Vizquel's learning tree is one of which they should take full advantage. Ramirez was a more consistent defender at short, something that can partially be attributed to Vizquel.
Kenny Williams has a lot of high-salary players on this roster. There has been cause to question some of those salaries, but the $1.75 million he spent bringing Vizquel back for a second season in Chicago has been money well spent.
I hope to get into Chicago for a few games this summer. It would be great to get at least one chance to see a piece of history roaming the infield.


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|Viktoriia Zavialova gets instructions from Russian head coach Anna Arkhipova Von Kalmanovich
Russia have started the U16 European Championship Women with six wins in a row, which has left many observers wondering - how far can this team go?
Maria Vadeeva and Raisa Musina are the eye-catching frontcourt duo - the terrifying twosome who send fear through coaches and squads around the continent.
But the real strength in head coach Anna Arkhipova Von Kalmanovich's squad is its depth. For one thing, Arkhipova is able to call on three other players who, along with Vadeeva and Musina, logged significant minutes in 2013's squad, which finished in 6th place in Bulgaria.
Sharp-shooter Daria Kurilchuk, wing Alina Bespaltseva and reserve center Tatiana Kazakova are the other holdovers who experienced quarter-final anguish last year. Russia won their first five games in Varna and Albena, but they were undone by Francesca Pan's inspired performance in the first knockout match against Italy.
The Sparta&K Connection
Kurilchuk is also a teammate of Vadeeva and Musina at the Sparta&K M.R. Vidnoje club, which provides six of this year's squad. Kseniia Nesterova, Sevara Nuritdinova and Ksenia Sharova are the other familiar faces, though as Arkhipova explains, "Most of them know each other before. They have played against or with each other over the last five years, so they know weak and strong sides very well."
Steve Costalas is the general manager of Sparta&K and he is in Debrecen assisting the Russian delegation. From his own vast experience of working with young talents, he's all too aware how a performance like Pan's in 2013 can derail a team's hopes.
"It can happen on any given day: One player has a great game, the team picks up on the momentum of the player and the other team sees things going wrong, missing lay-ups and missing foul shots. That causes a chain reaction at this age group. Psychology is an incredible matter. One day they don't show up, or they feel that they have it in the bag, or things don't go their way in the first minutes and they lose completely their concentration," Costalas explained.
|Steve Costallas is assisting the Russian delegation at the U16 tournament
Thanks to a programme instituted by the late Shabtai Von Kalmanovic the Sparta&K club invest heavily in youth, running one of Russia's most prestigious schools for developing young talent, although there are plenty of others - a necessary requirement in covering Russia's vast land-mass.
Identifying Talented Youngsters
Arkhipova is thankful to the schools and the clubs for the players that they are able to provide, and Costalas explained the difficulties of identifying young talents and persuading them to opt for basketball over other popular sports such as volleyball or tennis: "We take a lot of chances. These girls started, we have a group of 14 players now, and we started eight years ago with 20, 23 players, and every year we're adding one, two, three players. So you probably have to run 40 players through the system, with 20 coming out.
"We're not so much in that old system of measuring the bones and seeing how tall they will become and all that. We're into how observant they are for what you teach them. Hopefully, we catch as much talent as possible."
The girls at Sparta&K go to school together and live together, and it's clear that they share a bond which has developed over the course of many years. National team player Valeriya Musina has been in attendance for every game of the tournament so far to watch her sister, Raisa, and she was very happy with the role that the club had played in developing the players: "Sparta&K is one of the best growing schools and they have everything there. They have houses, school, university. They live like a campus, a family. And Arkhipova gives them everything. I don't think they could find a better place to grow up."
There are obvious advantages to Russia's immense geographical size, but it can make it difficult to arrange regular get-togethers on a representative level, so the role of the clubs is crucial. Having reached this point of their career, Costalas knows that in order to continue the development of the players, they need to see rewards on the horizon for their hard work.
"They have to see that they can play. Everybody was talking about Sparta&K, just as an example, that we had just superstars and we weren't giving a chance to Russian players. But that was the thing - make a big team, make the reputation, attract the talent who want to be in the team, let them learn from these players.
"So when we had five of the squad from the U16 Russian team in Naples [in 2009] in our squad which played in the EuroLeague Women Final Eight in Ekaterinburg this season, these kids look and think 'Hey, I can play there. In two years or three years, I'll be there also.'
"When they feel that they can play at a high level, 19, 20, 21 years old, and not have to wait at the end of the bus, that is a big thing. Keep them working, but you have to give them hope - you have to give them light at the end of the tunnel."
Costalas cites recent examples such as Ksenia Tikhonenko, who spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Municipal Targoviste ("she came back two times a better player"), and Julia Gladkova, who was recently sent on loan to Slovakian club Spisska Nova Ves after starring at the U20 European Championship Women in Udine.
The Next Generation For The National Team
The hope is not only to win more medals at youth level, but to provide fresh talent for the national team. Russia's run of six successive EuroBasket Women finals was abruptly ended by a first-round exit in France in 2013, and head coach Anatoly Myshkin is still rejuvenating the team, which has recently lost great players such as Maria Stepanova and Ilona Korstin.
|Maria Vadeeva is a very promising talent on Russia's U16 team
Sparta&K players Tikhonenko, Daria Namok and Kseniia Levchenko, as well as Dynamo Moscow's Tatiana Abrikosova, are among those to have been called into the senior squad recently, and the older Musina sister is hopeful of more talent coming through from the current U16 squad: "They just need to continue working hard, and they can't think like they are stars and they made it already. They have to keep going."
Valeriya is effusive in her praise of Arkhipova - "the best point guard in Russia. I'm sad that I didn't get a chance to play with her!" - and the current U16 head coach agrees with Valeriya's message that a good work ethic is the key to success: "If everyone from this team works hard, they can play in senior basketball and grow to be big stars. I hope everyone will work hard for their future."
For now, dreams of future representation in the senior team are set aside - there's a tournament to win, and none of the other quarter-finalists are simply going to concede victory. Arkhipova stalks the sideline with a quiet calm, and the Russian team runs some wonderful sets which show the play-caller's keen eye.
"Watching them from the first game until now, I think they're getting better as a team. And the atmosphere, you can see they support each other," Valeriya observed from the spectators' tribunes. She describes her sister as having a big heart: "I'm looking at my sister and I feel like I'm there on the court. I want to be there! I'm so proud of her. I think she's better than me, actually."
If that's true, Russia have got a hell of a player on their hands, not to mention Vadeeva and the other talents throughout the team. The Russian U16 team's quest to add to the 2014 U18 European Championship Women gold medal begins in earnest on Friday, with a quarter-final against Belgium.


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5 comments:
- Lanea said...
Now THAT sounds like a plan for a good evening.
- Thursday, January 31, 2008
- Kim said...
My DH and I had champagne and pizza when we got engaged - and we provided same when his sister got engaged. Were you celebrating something special, or just having a usual evening?
- Friday, February 01, 2008
- The Purloined Letter said...
Oh, Kim! I'm so happy to find other people who celebrate with pizza and champagne. Usually our p-and-c celebrations are romantic--but last night, both of us were celebrating individual work things. And our son, too, was celebrating a successful homeschool review. (He had seltzer in a plastic champagne glass!)
- Friday, February 01, 2008
- Carrie K said...
That sounds like a great plan. Maybe without the champagne tonight since I have to work tomorrow.
What yarn are you using there? It looks like my secret cardigan yarn.
- Friday, February 01, 2008
- The Purloined Letter said...
It is Blackwater Abbey--in the Bracken colorway. I love knitting with it!
- Saturday, February 02, 2008


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Arthur Doyle – Scottish Hill Climb Champion 2013
The day of the Scottish Hill Climb Championship wasn't one for post race interviews – everyone just wanted to jump in their car and get home to the warm and dry.
But VeloVeritas thought we best hear what the new champion had to say – we caught up with Dooley's Arthur Doyle the week after his win.
Congratulations, Arthur – how does your training change for the hill climb?
"I didn't train specifically for the hill climb like I had done in previous years.
"I was really aiming at the Scottish Pursuit the week later.
"I had been doing lots of short efforts in the last couple of months for pursuit, but it's at higher cadence with much less force than hill climbing.
"I know for me that rest in the seven days before seems to make a bigger difference for hill climb efforts than other types of race.
"The temptation is to test the target power output in the days before to reassure yourself that it's there.
"But I find all that does is to increase the perceived exertion on the day and reduce the duration you can hold the power.
"When you are well rested then of course you have to know that the first few minutes need to be almost ridiculously easy.
"You're knocking out higher power than you feel, until it catches up with you."
You were a bit poorly on race day - not a good race to ride if you're not 100%?
"I almost cancelled.
"I was achey and coughing badly but when you've psyched up for a race it is so awful to miss it, it makes you take the wrong decisions.
"I should have stayed in bed!"
How did you feel next day?
"Oh God, awful - the cold got much worse.
"I guess it might have got worse anyway, but it lasted and worsened through the week; 10 days later and I'm not better.
"I was really upset to miss the track champs the week after."
What did you think of the course.
"It's a great hill. I haven't ridden it before.
"I looked at the profile and knew that although the steepest bit was the first hairpin at about half-way, the make or break bit was relatively less steep final third.
"The first hairpin is really steep.
"I'm quite massive so I didn't want to come to a standstill grinding at a low cadence. I planned to not open up until the run up to that bend.
"I got as quick as I could in the 10 metres before so I could nip up the hairpin. Then I sat and spun and paced it like a pursuit keeping as steady as I could with as quick a cadence as I could."
You stuck with gears and two chain rings . . .
"It's a changing gradient.
"I need a quick cadence so I ran to Spokes the day before to get a 27 cassette when I saw the wet weather forecast.
"Pacing is more important than weight."
Did you get your tyre pressures right?
"I ran at 90psi, my mass squashed that quite firmly against the road!
"Low gearing and smooth pedalling stopped me from slipping."
Second in the Trossachs - were you happy with that?
"Yes and no.
"It's my favourite event.
"Silas is really a cut above just now, I was delighted to be on the podium.
"In the race against myself, I was a wee bit slower than I have been previously, and that's not a nice result."
Remind us of your results, this year - we don't seem to have spoken to you as much.
"Top of the list is the UCI World Masters Pursuit title (40-44 category). I was really pleased to win that - even though it's old guys.
"In the real world I seem to have returned to the lower rungs of the podium this year. Ben, Silas, Iain and Allan have all eclipsed me. It's a short event list this year too. Less training, less racing - you can't hide from that.
- 1st Scottish Hill climb
- 3rd Tour of Meldon's (Scottish TT Champs)
- 3rd Jason MacIntyre Memorial 10TT
- 2nd Scottish 10TT
- 4th in the Scottish 50TT
- 2nd in the Tour of the Campsies
- 2nd in the Trossachs"
What about your Scottish titles since you started cycling?
- "10 mile TT: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- 25 mile TT: 2009, 2010
- Pursuit: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
- Hill Climb: 2009, 2010, 2013
- Time Trial: 2008, 2009, 2011
"Crumbs, never counted them up before!"
Are you still as 'hungry' and what's still 'to do?'
"Ah yes, the hunger. That was certainly lacking through the winter last year.
"Plenty to do!
"I made a lot of training mistakes this year, the biggest mistake being not enough training! I also wasn't motivated to stick to the whole plan which takes a huge amount of motivation - Everything has to be right.
"It's the training process which is the thing I like most. Good race results are a bonus, and I probably needed good results to give positive reinforcement to training.
"Enjoying the process and not the outcome is what's still to do."
Where are you living and working now - do you still do as many commuting miles?
"I've been in Fife for five years now, working in Kirkcaldy.
"Commuting is still the bulk of my training and it's still a delight every day but I don't do the massive miles I had to when I was commuting from Glasgow.
"I do miss the epic rides to and from work."
2014? - is the Commonwealth Games time trial in your mind?
"No. I'm not good enough.
"I think I'll cling to the fantasy that if I had lots of time to train and recover then maybe, just maybe..."
Time trialling in Scotland - still healthy, in your opinion?
"Time trialling is getting more and more competitive although most people are getting into time trialling as adults.
"That comes down to an individual's internal motivation for the whole process of training and competing which is a different mechanism in adults compared to kids.
"It is also a very solitary pursuit. That's partly why I don't think we are going to see a big junior intake to time trialling.
"Having said that, some of the junior racing clubs are amazing and the cyclo-cross and duathlon events are really impressive. But they won't feed into time trialling events directly.
Do you think the perceived risks get in the way?
"Yes, I don't know many parents who are keen to encourage their kids into road cycling - let alone time trialling.
"It's hard not to let the risks affect you... we've seen some awful tragedies - Ali Speed's death most recently - which are just so needless.
"It's hard, impossible, to see this in the perspective of risk and benefit.
"But cycling is such a part of life and our identity and binds such a wonderful cycling fraternity.
"I saw that at Ali's funeral."
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No offense to Trevor Smith, but a minor league center isn't the free-agent signing Lightning fans wanted to see Tuesday. The big name on the tips of tongues is Steven Stamkos.
It's not just the buzz on the beaches of St. Petersburg. Stamkos remains the chat over cheesesteaks in Philadelphia, a case of heartburn that just won't go away.
Reports were flying Tuesday regarding Stamkos, a restricted free agent who had 96 goals the past two seasons with the Lightning. There were plenty of stories about him being close to a deal with the Bolts, and GM Steve Yzerman was being patient and comfortably mum about the negotiations.
There even was a wild idea floating around the Twittersphere on Tuesday of a three-team deal that would send Stamkos to the Maple Leafs, Evgeni Malkin to the Lightning and Leafs prospects Tyler Bozak and Nazem Kadri, 2011 pick Stuart Percy and other considerations to the Penguins.
Flyers speculation continues to be more smoke than fire. After all, GM Paul Holmgren has said the team has opted not to go after Stamkos with an offer sheet. And although the possibility of a trade for his rights remains, Holmgren expects Stamkos to re-sign with the Lightning, the Philadelphia Inquirer noted Monday.
The Tampa Tribune offered its take Tuesday, noting the slow pace of negotiations and a lesson learned in Year 1 of the Yzerman regime: He won't make a stupid decision.
Stamkos will command a top-dollar, long-term contract. According to Canadian media outlet Rogers Sportsnet, an offer of five years for $37 million is on the table. The cap hit would be $7.4 million. Given the dearth of elite young scorers on the market, those would be logical numbers.
Still, until Stamkos signs, rumors will abound. If Holmgren talks trade, Yzerman likely would ask for the sun, moon and future stars Brayden Schenn and Sergei Bobrovsky, the Inquirer suggested.
Still, with the Flyers' contract with center Maxime Talbot reportedly under scrutiny for violation of salary cap rules and in need of adjustment, Holmgren has more important things to do than swat away Stamkos rumors.
And as CSNPhilly.com notes, the Flyers are pretty close to the salary cap. Peddling young talent Schenn and Bobrovsky won't change that. It would take meat from the roster -- the site mentioned defenseman Matt Carle and forward Scott Hartnell -- to make any Stamkos deal work.
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Make a difficulty that allows no spawning, one death results in mission restart but gives huge rewards
cant say I'd use it much myself but im all for more ways to play destiny and add extra challenges
Ppl are all for getting rewards in easy things. You want to challenge yourself or you want getting better gear more easily? If it's the first you can already do that. Restart at any death If it's for the second the answer is no
I agree, I mean hard mode brinfs some challange but hardcore mode would probably be for more skilled plauers, but I would like that.
Right, good sir, I need to ask you a question. [i]Since when did Tiger Man blink in the display image?[/i]
I played on hard mode .........it was hard but it was a bit challenging when your only level one
They talked about the Nightfall events having various 'modifiers'. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them had that particular modification along with other tweeks of difficulty for the daily/weekly endgame content.
That's not what comes to mind when I hear "hardcore". In Diablo (3), a hardcore character is one that plays until it dies. But when he or she dies....that character is dead FOREVER. Done. Game over, start again from the beginning.
I'm good. hardcore in shared world shooters is... well... a lot more hardcore then that. I do endorse mission playthroughs Halo iron skull style, but there's a lot of modifications they would need to make to truly make it hardcore. Besides, we got strikes and raids. Not much more hardcore then soloing a hard strike near your level or a raid on hard mode so...
Bungie make this happen! XD
I mean they have this already somewhat - those darkness areas where you can't respawn. Although I would like to see that expanded. During the beta I played those missions on and it was a blast
That would be great and the only way to respawn is through your teammates and if you all die then you start over.
I think this happens in raid, they said something about no respawns
Love it. You could have normal, hard, heroic, hardcore.
Hmm a hardcore gamer hmm. Ah whatever I'm in.
I approve
Would love this. Always done things on legendary difficulty on halo. Loved the challenge.
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