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I'm sure it will get some when I add a new feature. It always does...
I'm sure it will get some when I add a new feature. It always does...
Lubuntu VM: Couldn't compile. CMake hates me on all OSes ;_;
The transmission speed depends on bandwidth (in MHz).
Our game finally has shown up in the Windows App store. We've worked really hard the past 6 weeks making it.
It's called Inkarus. You can find it by either searching, or looking under Games>New Releases (Note: you have to be running RTM, which hits MSDN today). I'd be really grateful if you could let me know what you think about it. Here's some screenshots:
If anyone is interested, I'll write a bit regarding the tech behind the game, and some of the challenges we encountered working with WinRT. For now, the basic overview of how our engine works is like this:
I would also be willing to share some code if anyone is interested.
If not the log should reveal to me what's wrong.
Would it be possible to use C++ in the windows app store?
Weapons kinda work a la NES LoZ.
Enemies die now.
Do I have to use Direct3D?
Will I really have to maintain two rendering engines if I use Direct3D?
Maybe somebody could have OOGL map to D3D?
Me and Perl has been fucking around in computercraft for a while now. Decided to write a C# http server that gives you an array of pictures converted into ASCII art. Then turn that into an animation in computercraft.
Still working on getting the image to be sharper. It's really hard to see what's going on sometimes.
This is what Chrome uses on Windows for WebGL.
Makes it really easy to have backwards-compatibility I guess...
Yeah it just instantly seg-faults for me.
Also, why the fuck are you dynamically linking everything? For fuck's sake, GLFW is only 47.5 KB.
Computercraft is really rad, though. I like using it for everything possible on servers that have it.
Oh man 1.4 makes it even more rad
I'm dynamically linking because it's far easier. Attempting to statically link caused tons of problems that I'm not willing to fix when it's such an early game prototype and I don't even use windows.
In the future I'll look into static linking, but right now I'll work on adding old opengl support. Thanks for the feedback!
I had one chance to look at metrostyle then visual studio broke. so its likely that im missing something obvious.
let's see how many people notice the space
As for the how, WinRT projects let you add multiple projects to a single solution that use different languages. The solution's main project uses HTML/JS, and so it makes an instance of the C# gamelogic, and updates it while also getting a list of things to draw from it. The gamelogic object is written in C#, but can be instanced from JavaScript.
I should also add that I don't develop 3d games or applications. I really get frustrated though when people get their panties in a bunch when a company chooses Dx over OpenGL. A lot of people don't realize that the market (Windows + Xbox) is in favor for Dx and is usually the most cost-effective solution. However, If I was an indie developer who was making a new game tomorrow, I would choose OpenGL purely because I would be able to get more sales.
Practically, that means you'd be likely to get your mobile games easily ported on PS3 or something
(Of course, if you don't use many non-ES functions the porting of the graphics code is gonna be relatively simple)
Currently working on an API wrapper I'm calling "Vanillin". It exposes the standard Lua C API to binary modules written for GMod by implementing all of their functions using the GMod C API. So far, it's about 95% working, and its useage is literally drop-in. It takes the form of a static library called "lua51.lib", and during your build process, you just link against that instead of the Lua 5.1 DLL's import library (also called "lua51.lib") - there's no changes to the source code of any of these programs necessary, just need to be re-linked and renamed.
This makes most of the hundreds of already-written binary modules for Lua available for Garry's Mod, and more importantly for the large multi-person project I've been working on, means my team and I don't have to write separate versions of our binary modules for Garry's Mod and for the rest of the Lua Universe. Plus it's just nicer to be able to write with a more sane, consistent, and well-documented API that we have experience working with.
Here are some screenshots of the primary things I've been testing it with. First up, LPeg, a kind of advanced pattern-matching library that takes after SNOBOL:
Here's LuaXInput, a module I wrote myself for my large team project; it is one of the sub-modules of a larger LuaGameInput library, one of my personal projects:
Here are the MD5 and DES56 libraries, part of the Kepler Project:
And finally, here's LuaSocket, which is currently only mostly working...the TCP stuff seems fine but http.request() is crashing me:
The library implements all of the Lua C API's functions but does not necessarily support all of them...things like lua_setallocf() or lua_setpanic() will merely trigger an error, for obvious reasons. But through much effort and reverse-engineering, it fully and correctly supports things like strings with embedded nuls (both pushing and retrieving), lua_getstack() and lua_getinfo(), full userdata works correctly, including setting arbitrary metatables on it and correct support for __gc metamethods...it's been a lot of effort and I've spent nearly three months on this all told, but the gains have been well worth it.
With the changes to the API coming in GMod 13, it's delayed progress by about two weeks, but when it's all finished, I'll release it to the public. I can imagine quite a few people will be able to get a lot of use out of it.


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text: yes Andrew, the Z8 has no fan. you can sometimes pick up MCdisk-2 / spyrus Drives. but don't get the one that is only a reader. generally, they should work. I have a Dual SCSI CF card reader writer. addresses 2 SCSI channels and uses PCMCIA to CF card adapters. though I have not found this needs to be used with a Z8 and also, I read in the manual that the SCSI on the Z8 is a little dangerous to use in fact. it's mentioned in the manual. there is a removable slot behind the removable facer on a Z8, so you could put in a CF IDE interface mounted there and have a removable and silent system. it's pretty silent anyhow, if you have the right drive. also the Z8 has a front mounted USB slot for either USB thumbdrives or USB CD writer readers. probably any upstream addressable USB unit works in fact.. round the back theres a downstream USB for the computer interfacing. but, this SCSI internal SCSI to IDE to CF trick, is a useful approach for other SCSI based systems too.. not just an Akai I would think ..


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Senior conservative Iain Duncan Smith says Britain's prospects of staying in the EU are "very bleak" because European leaders are failing to embrace reform.
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A record numbers of patients are expected to seek help for hayfever this summer.
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The Metro carries an interview, obtained exclusively by Sky News, with the mother of Briton Reyaad Khan, who was filmed in an ISIS video.
:: The Daily Mirror
A group of leading doctors are accusing David Cameron of putting profits over patients.
:: The Times
Some figures within the government are demanding a £2bn bailout of the NHS
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:: The Daily Star
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Taiwanese Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai gives a speech at the University of Hong Kong, her former employer. Lung, who took office earlier this year upon the creation of the ministry, will speak on the subject of "My Hong Kong, My Taiwan", reflecting on the nine years she spent living and working in the city.
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With versatility like a pickup truck, but none of the gas, Burley's Flatbed trailer will change the way you approach errands. This 14-pound cargo trailer is made from light aluminum and can hold a full 100 pounds of whatever you need to haul around. The tough PCV Skin material stands up to 2x4s and furniture without adding weight. The foldable design and quick-release wheels make it easy to store when not in use, and it uses the same hitch as Burley's child trailers, making it simple to swap from trailer to trailer.
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By chris b
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I use my bike to commute and from time to time I have to carry more than my luggage will allow. The cargo trailer is super easy to attach to my bike and easily carries the 73 pounds of gear I have to tote around.
My only real complaint is that the floor is the same flexible material as the sides. When I load the trailer up, I have to use a couple of ratchet straps to secure everything for the trip. Since my cargo tends to bounce around a bit due to the flexible floor material, sometimes the straps come undone. Nothing has fallen off, but it is a little worrisome. I plan to remedy this with a few wooden slats across the frame and all should be good.
Overall, I'm very happy with this trailer and hope to get many, many miles out of it.
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By Big Daddy
from Virginia, United States
Worked well, went to OBX/Beach and used it to cart beach chairs and coolers and everything you need for the beach. Worked like a charm.
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By MattB
from Lithia, FL, United States
Bought this trailer to transport kids backpacks to school in the morning, and to take their bikes (2 of them) home after drop off. Works well. Looked at several other options (i.e. Nashbar), but settled on this one for size despite being fairly costly. Super easy to assemble, and I really like the connection to my bike. Very easy to maneuver. The metal rails are scratched very easily, but I don't think that impacts anything. I use some bungee cords to tie everything down. Have put the RTIC cooler on it as well for grocery store trips, and it all seems to work well.
Ideal load carrier for extended bike trips
By umxp02
from Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
It was a choice between single hub or single axle. So glad I picked a trailer with it's own set of wheels. Able to carrier large weights without impact on balance and easily disconnected
Excellent Solution!
By js109
from Boston, MA, United States
We bought this trailer because we were going to an island for a week without a car and we needed to be able to pack a lot more than would fit into our bike panniers. This flatbed trailer was perfect for us and the price was reasonable as well. We packed about 100lbs onto the trailer and we were able to pull it along for the 10 miles to our cabin and then back to the ferry, no problem. It folds up easily as well, when we wanted to get it out of the way.
Perfect for my needs
By EstherP210
from Cumberland, RI
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My son's school bus stop is 5 miles from home. So how does one fetch him and his computer-laden backpack from the bus without a car? With a Burley flat-bed trailer and a folding bike. The trailer is easy to attach to my bike, rides smoothly, and carries the folding bike easily.
I do put a beach towel on the flat bed because the ride is bumpy. I don't want a bouncing bike to puncture the flat bed. I simply use bungee cords to keep the folding bike in place as I ride to the bus stop. I use the same bungees to carry the heavy backpack home.
It's win-win-win-win. He gets home without walking 5 miles, I use no gasoline, I get 10 miles' worth of exercise and he gets 5.
I haven't used it for grocery shopping yet because I haven't figure out how to lock it at the store. But I wouldn't hesitate to use it to bring a bulky or heavy item to work.
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Hauls everything
By jimbo
from Boise Id
About Me Avid Cyclist
I have had this trailer for about 5 years and it has hauled everything from hunting gear, groceries, fertalizer, and even bikes to the repair shop. It's a flat bed and you have to provide something for stuff to stay in a big rubber maid container for groceries, half an old large dog carrier for other stuff, and I cut the material in the front and use a yakama car rack to transport bikes.
It's a TRAILER - not a wagon!
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About Me Casual/ Recreational
I over us this product and it keeps on working! I ride a recumbent trike and even though this trailers sits a bit higher than my GreenSpeed it seems to get the job done.
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Visiting Boeing Field is like stepping back into a bygone, more innocent era.
You pull into the leafy little parking lot and easily find a shady spot. It's free.
You enter the two-story brick terminal building through a soaring archway that dates to 1930.
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Security is low-key. No baggage scanners or shoe removal for people boarding the corporate jets from Amazon.com, Costco, Nordstrom, Starbucks and Microsoft.
Airport director Bob Burke doesn't even lock his car.
All of this could change if Southwest Airlines moves to King County-owned Boeing Field from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The low-cost carrier is expected to formally propose such a move today following a year of talks. It is considering leaving Sea-Tac, where a $4.2 billion expansion program is causing operating costs to climb.
But perhaps the changes at Boeing Field won't be so drastic. Formally known as King County International Airport, the field already appears to have most of the facilities it might need to host Southwest, the nation's sixth-largest carrier.
An arrivals terminal, completed in 1978, is rundown but spacious. There are seven gates, mostly not in use. A leaky roof has soaked many of the ceiling tiles and left them scattered around the floor. But there is a baggage belt, and space for customs and immigration.
Burke says the old terminal could be refurbished pretty quickly to get service started. It also could be torn down and rebuilt.
"I gotta assume Southwest's approach is to keep it simple," Burke said. "Get people on and off airplanes and married up with their baggage and on their way as quickly and efficiently as possible."
Other facilities would be needed: baggage screening, a rental-car counter, a taxi stand. And probably a bigger parking garage that could mean the end of that free parking.
Some King County council members say the county won't pay to develop facilities for Southwest. Councilman Dwight Pelz, D-Seattle, introduced legislation Tuesday "intended to set some ground rules" about Southwest's potential move.
But that hardly seems an obstacle. Most of the investment at Boeing Field is already made by private businesses in exchange for long-term ground leases, typically 25 or 35 years.
One developer, for example, paid to build hangars that house jets used by business executives. The county still owns the land.
Lots of land
If the existing terminal isn't right for Southwest, other land on the 614-acre field might be.
Along the west edge, north of the Museum of Flight, sits a large and vacant airline office building that could be torn down and rebuilt, Burke said. Several nearby vacant lots, one leased to Boeing, also aren't being used.
Don't underestimate Boeing Field because of its modest size, Burke said. "LaGuardia [in New York] is only 800 acres."
Burke should know. A pilot and former Marine, he has managed airports in such far-flung places as Albany, N.Y., and Buenos Aires, Argentina. During nine years working for Airport Group International, he was involved in managing and privatizing a variety of airports.
He was working at the airport in Doha, Qatar, in 2002, during the buildup for the Iraq war. He took the job at Boeing Field just after the war started in March 2003.
From his office on the second floor, you can peek through Venetian blinds and see jets — big ones — just outside, and the runway beyond.
Air Force One parks out there during presidential visits. When it does, Burke has to keep the blinds down, for security reasons.
"They caught me peeking once," he said with a twinkle in his eye.
Since arriving, Burke has been busy reconfiguring Boeing Field to make it more profitable and more useful to the region.
The airport has an average of 819 takeoffs and landings daily, and about 46,000 passengers went through last year on charter flights and small scheduled airlines such as Kenmore Air Express.
By contrast, Sea-Tac saw almost 29 million passengers last year, more than its planned capacity.
There's plenty of room to grow the passenger traffic at Boeing Field, said Burke.
The 10,000-foot main runway can accommodate big Boeing jets and is attracting a growing number of corporate jets, as well as some unusual customers.
Paul Allen keeps an unarmed F-5 fighter jet and other planes from his collection here in a hangar that's bigger than the county's terminal building.
"Every piece of land we have, we're looking at how to make it revenue-producing," Burke said. "When you have 35-year leases coming due, you've got to do it right," he said.
Not asking taxpayers
Development could be undertaken either by the airport itself, using revenue bonds that would be paid back by user fees, not taxpayers, or by granting land under long-term leases to operators or developers, who would build the facilities themselves.
Burke wants to open up space to park more planes by repositioning hangars, and to bring vacant land into use by creating more hangar space and tie-downs for small private planes.
Groups representing nearby residents are opposed to the idea of Southwest relocating to Boeing Field. So are other airlines and officials at Sea-Tac.
Stable profits
But for Burke, the goal is to earn consistent profits for the airport, which lost money in 2003 and is expected to be in the red this year.
Southwest would have room, Burke said. But if other airlines wanted to follow its lead and move to Boeing Field, there might be a crunch.
"There's a finite amount of room," Burke said.
"This is never going to be a Sea-Tac. We don't want it to be."
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Your Magnificence, Dr. Friedman,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is for me a great pleasure and, at the same time, a great honor to participate in this ceremony and to have the opportunity to say a few words about Milton Friedman and his role in economic science and in economic policy in the second half of the 20th century. There is no doubt that Milton Friedman, Nobel prize winner, and a laureate of many other prestigious international prizes and awards, is one of the most distinguished economists in this century. His ideas influenced whole generations of economists, not only in his own country, in the United States or in the Western world, but in our part of the world as well. In the communist era, people like me did not have the slightest chance to dream about meeting him but I can confess that there were many spiritual links between Milton Friedman and some of us even at that time. I myself spent years studying his works as well as the works of his colleagues at the University of Chicago.
It is a paradox that in spite of our relative isolation from the rest of the world at that time I have been in the past often called a Friedmanite, a monetarist, or an exponent of the Chicago School. I always took it as an honor, however, those who used such labels meant it as an offence or an accusation.
Reading and studying Milton Friedman's works helped me and many of us to understand economic reality, to understand economics, to understand its methodology, the role of the market in society, the role of the state in a free market economy, the role of money in the economy etc. Surely there were other influential authors but there was no one comparable in intelectual and human integrity, in firmness of professional and ideological stances and attitudes, in innovative boldness, in simplicity and clarity of exposition and in the scope and quality of important contributions both to economic theory and to the theory of public policy. At the same time I do not know anyone else with such personal charm as well as ability to pay attention to other people and their words and ideas. Meeting him for the first time in 1990 was a real enjoyment and an unforgettable experience.
In the theoretical field I consider as absolutely crucial his 1956 Restatement of the Quantity Theory of Money and the subsequent literature in this field, his theory of the demand for money, his programme for monetary stability, his theory of nominal income, his inflation-unemployment trade-off - to name just a few titles of his articles - which - all of them - represent the most important contributions to the theory of money and monetary policy.
His Essays in Positive Economics were methodologically not less important. Milton Friedman's clear and persuasive explanation of differences between positive and normative economics as well as his arguments about instrumentalism of scientific assumptions influenced the way of looking at economic theory and economic reality for many of us. I must say that it is also an important methodological advice for everyday's life in public policy. In the very last days, when discussing - both in the government and in public - the consequenses of recent shifts in monetary policy in this country I used several times his stress on the importance of time-lags, of the so-called recognition, decision-making and implementation lags in economic policy.
Milton Friedman's persuasive arguments about economic policy, about fixed vs. flexible rules, about monetarism vs. Keynesianism were discussed for many decades in Western countries but I know that he knows that we discussed them in the former communist Czechoslovakia as well. I have to confess that the same disputes stay with us today. Yesterday afternoon I announced the Czech Government's decision to change the macroeconomic policy as a reaction to the slowing down of economic growth and, as a consequence of it, to the slowing down of state budget revenues. If my analysis is correct and in this respect, I am a good pupil of Milton Friedman because I believe that "money matters", the problem we face now is connected with the last-summer change in monetary policy. I wish our bankers would have followed the fixed rules proposition of Milton Friedman at that time.
Milton Friedman is, however, not only a theoretician in the very rigorous discipline of economic science. He is, at the same time, a true believer in the unrestricted market economy and I believe that his books Capitalism and Freedom, together with a more recent Free to Choose, opened the eyes of whole generations of not scholars but of ordinary citizens on all continents of this planet.
All that helped us to understand the tenets of the old communist regime and its oppresive character and economic irrationality. With the Milton Friedman's background we had no dreams about the so-called third ways, about perestroika, about reformability of communism. Milton Friedman helped us to interprete the actual communist economy not as a textbook command economy, based on directives going in the vertical direction from the central planning commision at the top to individual firms but as a very strange and truncated market economy with imperfect, but nevertheless dominant horizontal relations among economic agents at the microlevel. Milton Friedman knew that it was impossible to suppress human behaviour, the spontaneity of exchange, implicit if not explicit prices, wide-spread bargaining etc. It was a very rare attitude at that time.
At the same time, the works of Milton Friedman helped us to understand the logic of the transformation of a communist country into a free society and a full-fledged market economy. Because of him, we had a clear vision where to go and a pragmatic strategy how to get there. We did not want to mastermind the whole process because it would not be possible and definitely not successful. We knew we had to trust free citizens to create the new world - with a moderate help from the above only.
I am sure the Prague School of Economics will be honored to have such a honorary doctor and I believe that to have Milton Friedman as our graduate will be a strong positive motivation for all future students and collaborators of this school.
17 April 1997
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London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will face growing pressure to quit if European and local elections on Thursday go as badly as feared.
Brown's reputation, already battered by a deep recession, has been knocked further by a parliamentary expenses scandal and the resignation of two Cabinet ministers this week.
His ruling Labour party lagged by as much as 20 points in opinion polls behind the opposition Conservatives led by David Cameron before the elections, the last major popular test before a parliamentary election due by this time next year.
Media reports said up to 75 Labour members of parliament (MPs) - around a fifth of the total - were ready to sign a letter calling for his resignation.
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson called for calm, saying a plot would only "make things worse for the Labour Party".
"British politics is in a bad old state, nobody is happy and it is affecting all the parties," he told BBC television.
The impression that Brown is struggling to keep control of his party increased on Wednesday when a second Cabinet minister said she was stepping down, pre-empting an expected Cabinet reshuffle Brown had hoped would revive his flagging fortunes.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears joined Home Secretary (interior minister) Jacqui Smith in announcing her resignation.
Both had been tipped for the axe in any reshuffle, but it sparked talk of a revolt against Brown.
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The Sun newspaper, Britain's biggest selling tabloid, printed what it said was the wording of the letter:
"We are writing now because we believe that in the current political situation you can best serve the Labour Party and the country by stepping down," it said in a letter addressed to: "Dear Gordon".
With Labour's popularity at such a low ebb, Brown's job would be a poisoned chalice. Health Secretary Alan Johnson, tipped as the favourite to succeed him, gave the prime minister his support on Wednesday.
Opinion polls indicate Labour could be pushed into fourth place in the European Parliament election as voters express their fury over lavish expenses claims.
All parties have been hit by the scandal, in which members of parliament have claimed taxpayers money to pay for everything from floating duck houses, to horse manure, to cleaning a moat.
Voter disillusionment is expected to boost support for far-right parties such as the British National Party (BNP).
Any change of prime minister would add to the clamour for an early election to replace a discredited lower house of parliament. More than a dozen MPs have said they will not stand for re-election after details of their expenses were revealed.
Brown had been expected to wait until May 2010 to call an election, hoping the economy will start to recover by then.
A YouGov poll for the Daily Telegraph said among people certain to vote in the European polls, Labour would get just 16% support, ahead of the Liberal Democrats on 15% and behind the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) on 18%. It put Conservative support at 26% of the vote.
Labour also faces a rout at local level, where 18 million eligible voters will decide on the composition of 34 local authorities. The party could lose control of four councils in its traditional heartlands in the northwest and Midlands.
Results of the local elections will be announced from the early hours of Friday, while the European results will not be released until Sunday night.


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Like I'm bloated and cramping in my stomach and have a bad lower back ache.
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Intense tightening the travels from the back to the front.
Like someone ripping your uterus out.
like a painful orgasm, without the pleasure that goes with the O.
Intense cramping. When you do a ton of crunches and your abs burn, it's like that x2.
mine just felt like really bad muscle cramps. i didn't have back aches or anything.
Like your dying! Ohhh thats how I felt being induced & no pain meds nor epidural worked. :/
Uhhhhhh. I had silent labors. Vague tightening once in a while. That was it.
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New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Election Commission was keen on using a song from the film "Rock On!" to inspire Delhiites to cast their votes but it proved to be an expensive proposition. So it has now opted for the song "Dance pe chance mar le" from the Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi".
"The tune from the film 'Rock On' cost almost Rs.25 lakh (Rs.2.5 million). This was not feasible for us. So we decided to go ahead with another tune from the equally popular movie 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'," Delhi chief electoral officer Satbir Silas Bedi told IANS.
"This is actually the Pappu Part Two campaign. During the Delhi assembly elections, we noticed a quantum jump in the poll percentage. The song "Pappu can't vote" touched a chord amongst the masses and as compared to the dismal 43 percent voting percentage in the last MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) elections, the turn out jumped to 60 percent," she added.
The new song is a modified version of the successful tune. Instead of the original lyrics, the song will now go as "Pappu vote dal le".
"We have decided to stick to the Pappu campaign since people are already familiar with it. We will try and reach as many people as possible through radio FM stations, TV, cinema halls and newspapers until May 7, when Delhi goes to polls," Bedi said.
The "Pappu can't vote" campaign was a spin-off from the song "Pappu can't dance saala" from the film "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na".
Playing with the lyrics, the latest jingle urges people to realise their responsibility and get up early on the day of the election, like they were going for a morning walk, and cast their vote.
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'It's vital we have skilled engineers to improve our network'
Day 21: British Telecom is now backing our jobs campaign
Telecommunications giant BT has thrown its weight behind the Belfast Telegraph campaign to create 100 apprenticeships in 100 days as the company hunts for its next intake of new faces.
The company, which employs 2,000 people in Northern Ireland, has been running apprenticeship programmes for more than half a century.
And its latest bid to take on 13 budding engineers is still open.
During the 18 month 'earn while you learn' process — which starts in September — apprentices will learn how to install and repair communication products on copper and fibre networks, both underground and above.
Applicants are required to have five GCSEs at grade C or above, which must include maths, English, ICT and science.
They also need a full, clean driving licence and must have the ability to climb and work in confined spaces. And they must complete a BTEC National Award Qualification and a Level 2 National Vocational Qualification during the process.
BT's human resources director Fiona Kinniburgh said: "It is vital that we have the skilled engineers we need to maintain and improve our network, which is delivering an increasingly sophisticated range of services that our customers have come to expect.
"Our new apprentices, alongside our existing teams, will have a pivotal role to play in achieving that goal, and in particular, the ongoing deployment of our ambitious fibre broadband roll-out programme across Northern Ireland."
She said the well-established scheme was a major investment in developing a highly skilled workforce.
"We support the Belfast Telegraph campaign and would also encourage more employers to embrace and recognise the long term benefits that apprenticeship schemes can and do deliver," she added.
Young BT apprentice Caolan Dolan was recently named most promising first year apprentice at the Department for Employment and Learning's Apprentice of the Year awards.
It was the second year running that a BT apprentice won the title.
Invest NI chief executive Alastair Hamilton has reminisced about his time as a BT apprentice in the 1980s, between the ages of 17 and 20.
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Mr Hamilton said: "I must say that those three years were a great experience and I look back on my career in BT very fondly."
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Education and happiness in Spain
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Quality of life has emerged over the last decades as an important policy and intellectual preoccupation. How to best measure quality of life, however, remains an open question. Since, as early as in the 1950s and 1960s, it has become clear that, in spite of its widespread use, monetary socio-economic indicators (such as per capita GNP) are an insufficient measure of the well-being of citizens (e.g., United Nations, 1954; Erikson, 1993), and the current consensus even among economists is that the employment of monetary indicators to measure welfare is far from perfect (e.g., Ng, 1997; Frey and Stutzer, 2000, 2002; Gowdy, 2004). Over the last decades, subjective well-being indicators have emerged as a valid measure of individual welfare, opening the door to a new paradigm for policy-making which sets people's happiness, rather than national income, as the goal that policy makers should try to maximise. In this context the understanding of the determinants of happiness or life satisfaction becomes critical to evaluate the success of European countries at promoting the personal and social well-being of their citizens. The relationship between education and happiness has not received much attention so far. Although some empirical studies find a positive effect of education on happiness (Di Tella, Macculloch and Oswald, 2001; Becchetti, Castriota and Londoño, 2006; Albert and Davia, 2005), the empirical evidence on the link between these two variables is not conclusive. The objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between education and happiness (and life-satisfaction) using data from the European Social Survey for individuals living in the Spanish regions. Since the dependent variable (happiness and/or life-satisfaction) is an index which takes values 1 to 10, the econometric analysis is performed using a Multinominal Ordered Logit Model.
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Captains Kelly and Katie Nolan know their niche and it doesn't include running soup lines, setting up a food bank or drumming up drunks...
Captains Kelly and Katie Nolan know their niche and it doesn't include running soup lines, setting up a food bank or drumming up drunks on the streets of Bellevue for Bible-study classes.
"Our philosophy isn't to duplicate services that other agencies provide, but to fill the needs that aren't being met," Kelly Nolan said.
Welcome to the modern Salvation Army, where each corps focuses on its local community.
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For the Eastside Corps, that means helping families. It provides free after-school day care and rent assistance for families about to be evicted.
When the new Bellevue facility opened last year, the Nolans were busy organizing holiday giving trees and Red Kettle drives, and helping low-income families with Christmas gifts of toys and new clothes. Last month they launched the after-school day-care program.
During this week's midwinter school break, a free day camp/vacation Bible school brought in more than a dozen elementary-school kids who got to pretend they were in Africa. A large paper zebra hung on the craft-room wall at the agency on 164th Avenue Northeast. The chapel wall was covered with a giant desert mural.
"Many of these kids would be latchkey kids if they didn't come here," said Kelly Nolan.
The Salvation Army
Salvation Army Eastside Corps, Center for Worship & Service, 911 164th Ave. N.E., Bellevue; 425-452-7300. Web site: www.nwarmy.org
Day care wasn't part of The Salvation Army mission when it was founded in 1865 or when it began its Seattle ministry on Skid Road in 1898. Then the church group ministered to the homeless and down-and-out.
In Renton, today's Salvation Army runs the main food bank. Substance-abuse rehabilitation facilities are in Seattle. During labor strikes, the Seattle staff shows up with grocery-store gift certificates for families. Each December the Eastside group runs Toy 'n' Joy, a store where parents can pick out free gifts for their families.
Nationally, The Salvation Army has more than 9,000 centers, including rehabilitation units, thrift stores, senior centers, group homes, medical clinics, community centers and camps.
The agency has maintained small Eastside social-service offices for more than a decade. From 1996 to 2001 it operated a thrift store, chapel and offices in downtown Kirkland. With rental costs rising, the group purchased land to build a new center near Crossroads.
The 5,500-square-foot center includes a chapel that will seat 100, a large multipurpose room, several smaller classrooms, office space and a kitchen. A grassy area to the north serves as a temporary playground. The center's modular construction eventually will be taken apart and moved when the permanent facility is built in coming years.
In 2003, the corps served 1,306 Eastside families (3,804 individuals). Last year that number expanded to 1,644.
"We see a growing need every year, particularly from September to November when a lot of agencies run out of funds," said Katie Nolan. "I know there is an unmet need because people are looking for help and not finding it."
Salvation Army funding comes from a variety of sources. The annual holiday Red Kettle drives, United Way grants and individual and corporate donations support the social-services work. Thrift-store proceeds fund the rehabilitation programs. The church donations stay within the church side of the organization.
In the 2003 fiscal year, the 31 corps-strong Northwest Division of Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana, had an income of nearly $18 million. Kelly Nolan describes The Salvation Army as both a church and social-service agency.
"In this country people think of the Red Kettle drives, soup lines, homeless and feeding programs, and a lot of times people don't know about the church," he said. "The rest of the world sees us as a church first and social services second."
Both Nolans are ordained ministers. They came to The Salvation Army in midlife, attending the corps' college in Southern California. Both university graduates, Nolan, 52, had been an electrical engineer, had his own computer shop and had been a youth minister in another church. His wife was an accountant.
Each Sunday morning they run a Sunday-school class and a church service. The Christian church has typical youth groups, men's groups and women's groups.
"In The Salvation Army, both husband and wife are officers because this is an intensive job, a round-the-clock job," he said.
The couple's talents blend well at the Eastside branch. She handles the accounting; he does the computer work and the preaching. Earlier this week Katie Nolan helped run the day camp.
The Nolans came to the Eastside Corps in July 2003. They worked at two temporary sites, one on Northup Way and the other in an office building in downtown Bellevue. From 1996 to 2001, the Eastside Corps was headquartered in an old grocery story in downtown Kirkland.
"This new building was supposed to be up in a few months after we came," Kelly Nolan said. "It turned into a bit longer."
One delay was the permit for the modular building.
The Nolans have high hopes for the new facility. They want to expand the child-care component, operate a summer day camp, and expand their outreach to senior citizens.
They're both involved in the community — Kelly is a member of the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary, Katie the Sunrisers Kiwanis.
About the only thing Kelly Nolan doesn't foresee in the near future is an Eastside Corps brass band — long a tradition of The Salvation Army.
"The army has a reputation for brass bands, but I'm not very good on the trumpet," he said.
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Birchmont: Burgess outlasts field to win Executive Championship
Joe Burgess admitted to being tired Saturday afternoon. The weather at the Birchmont this entire week was perfect for golf but, after six consecutive days of competitive rounds, not even the breeze off Lake Bemidji provided much comfort.
Burgess, who grew up in Bemidji and now lives in Woodbury, has been busy on the golf course but his routine ended on a positive note Saturday when he captured the Executive title with a 1 up victory over Dale Finck of Bertha.
Saturday's match was tight from start to finish and either golfer could have won. The end finally came when Finck missed a 12-foot par putt on No. 18 to lose the hole and, eventually, the match.
"During the first 12 holes we both played solid golf," Burgess said. "We were tied at that time. After that, however, it was back and forth just to see who could survive."
Both golfers hit a few wayward shots down the stretch but neither could gain an advantage. Finck won No. 13 with a par but he promptly gave the hole back after a bogey on No. 14.
The pair halved the next three holes with pars on No. 15 and No. 17 and bogeys on No. 16, and seemed in position to halve No. 18 after perfect drives.
Finck hit the first approach and found the green. Unfortunately, the pin was in the middle and his ball was 25 feet above it.
Finck's position gave Burgess a reason to reassess the situation.
"When I saw Dale go past the hole I changed my strategy and decided to hit for the front of the green," Burgess said. "It's a much easier two-putt going uphill against the wind than going downhill with the wind."
Burgess followed his instincts and played a safe shot. Instead of going for the pin he landed his ball at the front of the carpet and gavehimself a 30 foot uphill putt.
He came up about two feet short on his third shot and Finck gave him the next putt. Finck, however, couldn't stop his ball and it finally came to rest 12 feet past and, now, below the cup.
When his par attempt missed to the left, the match was over.
"That's one of the beauties of match play," Burgess said. "You can play off your partner a bit and change the way you play a hole."
Saturday's title was the first for Burgess and he is proud to say that he is a Birchmont champ.
"There is a feeling of accomplishment," he said. "I have had success in baseball but not much as an individual golfer.
"It's always fun to come back for Birchmont week and this was a great way to end it."


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Average age of this year's best actress in a dramatic motion picture nominees
It seems that Hollywood (or at least the Hollywood Foreign Press Association) is finally getting wise to the fact that actresses over 50 have more to offer than botched Botox stories. This year's best dramatic actress nominees are all of a certain age – Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) is 44, Gravity's Sandra Bullock, 49, and Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks), 54. At 38, Kate Winslet (Labour Day) is the baby of the bunch, but based on recent average age numbers in the category – 37 in 2010 and 33 in 2011 – she's Dame Judi Dench (79, nominated for Philomena).
Combined number of pounds lost by Dallas Buyers Club stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto
Both actors portrayed characters in the advanced stages of AIDS and both scored Golden Globe nominations for their efforts, though the winner of this year's Christian Bale Award for Extreme Weight Transformation still goes to Christian Bale, who gained 43 pounds for his role as the pot-bellied conman Irving Rosenfeld in American Hustle.
Total nominations for Homeland and Mad Men
In the Golden Age of Television even great shows get shafted, and the descent can be sharp. Last year, Homeland scored a near sweep with best drama, best actor (Damian Lewis) and best actress (Claire Danes), plus a nomination for Mandy Patinkin. Mad Men's Globe fortunes have cooled in recent years, though you'd think Don Draper's long-awaited fall from grace would have been enough to score a nomination for his real life counterpart, who, by the way, will not be attending the awards. Thanks a lot Golden Globes.
Possible father/daughter reunions
In the grand (and slightly creepy) Miss Golden Globes tradition, one of the progeny of a notable celeb takes the stage to … okay, so the purpose of Miss Golden Globes isn't entirely clear, but this year the honour goes to 21-year-old Sosie Bacon, daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Dad Kevin will attend as a presenter (despite scoring zilch for his new 2013 TV drama The Following). Bruce Dern earned a best dramatic actor nomination for Nebraska, while daughter Laura Dern (snubbed for her wonderful work in Enlightened), is another presenter. And Jon Voight, nominated for his performance in TV's Ray Donovan, might just have a reunion with famously estranged daughter Angelina Jolie, who may bring her star power to the Globes in support of partner Brad Pitt's 12 Years a Slave.
Categories where Idris Elba will square off against Chiwetel Ejiofor
Both stars have had "breakout" years despite the fact that both have been working steadily on the big and small screens for the past decade. In the best actor (drama) category, both are nominated for portraying real-life civil rights heroes – Elba as Nelson Mandela in The Long Walk to Freedom, while Ejiofor is Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave. In the best actor in a TV mini-series category, both are recognized again: Ejiofor in the 1930s-era jazz series Dancing on the Edge and Elba for his work as the crankiest cop on Luther. Ejiofor is the favourite for the dramatic movie trophy. In the TV category, both actors will probably lose to Liberace. Michael Douglas in a baby-pink paisley tux will be hard to beat.
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How hazardous are soldering fumes ?
Well, I finally got the nerve to solder my first flight pack last night. Wasn't that tough once you believe you can do it.
I've been using Deans Racing Solder from New Creations for all my soldering, I suppose it has flux in it from all the smoke when it melts. Also has some silver solder in it.
Is the smoke just the flux, and how dangerous is soldering in the house ? I mean the fumes . There is lead in solder also.
I would not bother with fancy solder. IMHO There is not much to it but the percent of tin vs lead etc. The more tin the higher the higher the melting point.
You probably have rosin cored solder. I think rosin is basically tree sap.
The mnanufacturer or suplier might have the Materail Safety Data Sheet for the product.
If you find out something negative please let me know. I practically inhale this stuff when I solder.
I've been sucking those fumes for decades. The good stuff too, not that water soluble crap.
The hazard with soldering is that tere is LEAD (and TIN) in the fumes. Neither are good for you.
But you should nof have to inhale them. Keep your work area well ventilated and if possible have a draft the carries the fumes away from you.
But if you are only assembling an occaisonal battery pack, you are not in danger.
You are more likely to burn yourself with the soldering iron than getting LEAD POISENING.
Lead free solder is for the WEAK!
Generally you should keep a window open or a fan blowing to either evacuate the fumes or dilute the fumes into the air without breathing them in directly off the iron. I try to keep it out of my face, but its like standing near a campfire....no matter where you stand the smoke seems to follow you.
The big problem with lead and other heavy metals such as mercury is that your body cannot get rid of it so all intakes are cumulative.
I once worked for an electronics manufacturer and all soldering stations had proper ventilation. Of course, there is a difference between soldering for a living and for hobby. Gentle ventilation for hobby works is good enough. Too much wind will cool the part you're trying to solder
Hi all,
I am currently studying Electronic Engineering, which includes doing a class 3, surface mount soldering accreditation module.
Now im no expert at all ( yet ) but I believe the dangers of fume inhilation are quite high.
Some of the training video's I had to sit through were quite graphic, showing the effects of long term expusure to these fumes. Ofcourse, the video's were for industrial soldering where the concentration and length of exposure is high, BUT some (not all) flux/rosins do have some known carcinogens....cancer makers, that ANYONE soldering (with those fluxes) will be exposed to.
From what I have learned from my lecturer,
(and I could be wrong) flux's are an acid or will form an acid, to remove the oxide coating on the solder, and surfaces to be soldered, so the solder alloys can flow nicely over the nice new clean metals. Flux fumes, on contact with any liquid in our throat or lungs, can form acids which can cause TEMPORARY Asthma even if you do not normaly suffer Asthma (I have experienced an extreme case of this myself - VERY hard to breathe)
As for the lead in the fumes, this will not happen(im told) if the tip temperature of your iron is less than 900F, or 485C where lead vaporises. You are more at risk of lead intake after you have handled the solder and then eaten a sandwich etc...you _DO_ wash your hands after handling solder dont you??
In the lab room that I am soldering in, there are flexible extractor tubes that can be positioned over our work to suck the fumes, out of our faces.
The best bet is to solder in a well ventilated room, or even better, outdoors, and not have your head over the work.
If you start to notice that breathing is getting harder, or your throat feels a bit tingly (nice technical term there) its time to call it quits for the day, start again tomorrow.
Keep soldering, just leave a few windows open,
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I work in electronic manufacturing. All soldering activities have the fumes extracted.
All employees have yearly checks for lead levels and lung-function.
Breathing the fumes can sensitise your body so that further exposure will give asthma symptoms each time.
Always solder in a well ventilated area and wash your hands after
Yeah, just keep a fan near by or blow as you solder. Been doin it for many years (the surface-mount stuff too).
I've always used some small fan to keep the air moving across my work to move the fumes outta the way.
It hasn't affected me one %jhg!: qwer*(&)
Ah, what was my name again? Oh yes Brian Christie ;-)
Thanks Brian,
you just jogged my memory, I have seen a homemade extractor that I have been meaning to build for some time.
It was just a 120mm 12v computer fan attached to some of that flexible 5" ceiling ducting available at hardware stores, with the exhaust end hung out a nearby window. The fan blew into the duct and was placed close to the work.
If you are vaporizing and inhaling the lead from the solder, your tip is a bit too hot
Make sure you have a small fan blowing across the work to keep the smoke from your schnoz and things should be well. Definately don't solder for 8 hours straight every day breating the smoke....
Have a good one guys!
Considering the vast number of us old guys still around that used all those bad things..
solder, acetone, diesel, glue... These things won't kill you. If they could, they're be a lot more flying time at the local field during the week when us old guys go..
Not to say that some precautions aren't good, but fear.. Naah.. that's just a reaction to some gummint idjit with an agenda pushing his favorite whipping thing because he and only he knows what's best for everyone else!
Like those idiot labels all over ladders.
Golly, ladders are the modern equivalent of the gene-pool cleansing Saber Tooth Tiger! Go pet the nice kitty, and fail to contribute to the gene pool. Stand on the top of a ladder, and fail.... That's nature's way!
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Denver (Colo.) Thomas Jefferson has a pair of Division I prospects that are starting to see the attention pick up.
Coach Dan Turnbull says that both his star players defensive end Pierre Allen and athlete Korey Askew have always been closing in on offers. Now Allen has one from his favorite team.
"Syracuse just offered Allen recently," Turnbull said. "He's not committed or anything yet but it's his first which is big."
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The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Askew is also apparently close to getting his first offer to break the ice.
"Yeah Wyoming is close on Korey too," Turnbull said. "That's where those guys are at from this point but they're still open."
Both Allen and Askew are also receiving interest from a number of Big 12 and Midwest schools as well.
The 6-foot-5, 215-pound Allen plays on offense at the wide receiver position as well as on the defensive line for Jefferson.


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SSD (Simple System Disclosure)
Our Simple System Disclosure system (SSD for short) was introduced to make for fairer, better and more enjoyable bridge at BCL on 22nd January 2010.
There are a whole series of FAQS on SSDs that can be accessed by clicking HERE
After 100 days:
Tuesday 23rd August 2011:
SSDExtra is a scrollable panel that any partnership may - or may not - choose to use to agree their system and allow their opponents to see more of their partnership agreement. It will be used firstly to describe those basic elements that are not catered for by the present SSD and can be described only as "Other - ask opps". However the SSDExtra will be large enough to include up to 1200 characters (about 250 words) providing for a fairly extensive system description if so desired. Of course most occasional pairs and many regular pairs will only choose to use the SSDExtra for a short system agreement along the lines of "Stayman, RST, WJOs, RKCB (3041), UNT, Michaels, Neg Double to 2S, Astro, Exit Transfers" while, as it is entirely optional, others may decide not to use it at all.
Sunday 18th July 2010:
1. SSD now applies in Special Comps Rooms, BiWeekly IMPs and the Spade/Heart Room
To play in the above rooms from today you will be required to complete an SSD with your partner in precisely the same way as has been the case in Dido Tourneys for some time now. To play in these rooms you will need to be using the latest Java software. It will also apply to non-Dido tables in the Daily MPs Room. Over the next few months the SSD will be introduced to all movement tourneys - Indys, IMPs Tourneys, the Improvers Tourney and the Teams of Four Room.
When the SSD is applied in all rooms we will get nearer to a level playing field between regular partnerships and pick-up pairings in all the more competitive rooms in the club.
2. You can look at your own partnership SSD at ALL times
This is a very reasonable change to help pick-up partnerships and has been wholeheartedly approved by our Honorary CTD and is provided for in the WBF Regulations.
Our Honorary CTD Barrie writes: "Law 40E2 of the 2001 Online Laws states: "During the auction and play, any player except dummy may refer to his opponents' convention card. If permitted by the sponsoring organisation, in special events …… a player may refer to his own convention card."
The "sponsoring organisation" in our case is BCL itself, and BCL hereby regulates to designate the events in which SSDs are required to be "special events" and permits the viewing of the information contained in the SSDs of one's own side by players at any time during the auction.
The philosophy of the Laws Committee of the WBF (World Bridge Federation) when they commented on the 2001 laws, and which is shared by the current and former BCL CTDs, is that it is unfair for experienced partnerships to be able to refer to detailed system notes during an auction, but that there are some limited circumstances where inspection of one's own system is reasonable. In their commentary to the Laws of online bridge, we note that the lawmakers particularly had in mind that we could allow consulting of short form convention cards, which is what our SSDs are.
The information contained within one's SSD is purely that of basic methods and does not include any details of further agreements that frequent partnerships would have discussed."
However it should be noted that we will not be sanctioning the viewing of one's own full Convention Card during bidding or play when that facility becomes available.
3. The new SYSTEMS Tab at top of playing screen to access SSDs, Alerting Do's and Don't's, Claiming Advice and Systems & Conventions Glossaries with provision for Convention Card links to be included in the near future.
The new SYSTEMS Tab will link to our Systems and Conventions Glossary for members to be able to refer to when they are in the club. It will be the place where you'll find SSDs in future. It will describe the meanings of commonly-used systems and conventions in as few words as possible. Accessible guides to Alerting Do's and Don't's and to our advice on Claiming are available to all. It also includes Glossaries of general and online Bridge-speak particularly to help relative newcomers to duplicate and online bridge and for those members for whom English is not their first language.
We are grateful to all members who contributed to putting together the Glossary of Systems and Conventions.
4. All your partnership SSDs are available from your Friends List
Provided a partner is on your Friends List you will be able to view the partnership SSD from your Friends List. A link from your Partner's Profile will also be available.
Please note: Whilst SSDs are compulsory for those wishing to play in our competition rooms it should be made clear that when the full Convention Card facility is introduced it will be on an entirely voluntary basis although it is likely to be a requirement for members playing in our Special Competitions and Leagues.
Wednesday 19th May 2010:
We don't intend making any major changes as the system covers most commonly used bidding and discard systems. Neither do we intend extending the facility to include Leading, Signalling and Defensive methods as advocated in some quarters. !t is felt that widening the scope of or over-complicating Simple System Disclosure would not be welcomed by the majority of the membership. The amended drop-downs which will come into operation on Wednesday 19th May 2010 are shown below, as has been requested by many members.
Over the next few months we plan to extend the SSD system by adding a complementary BCL Convention Card for those members who wish to agree with partner their full systems and then disclose them to their opps. Eventually we will have links to SSDs, Profiles and Friends Lists. We also hope to be able to introduce SSD to all Rooms in the club shortly, although whether its use should be made compulsory or voluntary in the Social Room and Coaching Corner is a matter for debate and further consideration.
There are a whole series of FAQS on SSDs that can be accessed by clicking HERE
Please keep the feedback coming.
Tony - Comps Manager
What North/East will see when they sit down with a partner:
The Basic Bidding System drop-down amended and added to:
The Opening One No-Trump drop-down is unaltered:
The Opening Major Suit Bid drop-down with a minor alteration:
The Opening Two Bid drop-down is unaltered:
The Discard System drop-down has one new addition:
What South/West sees and is asked to Confirm/Decline:
What your opps see when they arrive at your table:
Enjoy your bridge at BCL using the SSD facility
Tony - Comps Manager


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Remote Control New Year
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