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Adrellia Village #37.7
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
Loved this, what i liked most about it was the great ending with the line about the credits, it really is so true. I thought that your voice acting was great, you nailed the characters you were trying to depict. The comedy was sharp and funny. If there was one thing that was missing with your short it would have to be the lack of animation, but you thought of clever ways to cover up that. Overall this was fantastic and i will be sure to check out the other submissions in the series, keep up the great work.
Skyrim : Bear
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Well Done
This was a really enjoyable little animation that you put together here, i loved your character designs and the landscape you created. The highlight for me had to be the use of the actual soundtrack at the climax to the short as it really built up the piece for an ultimate finale. The idea was well executed and i loved how you had the character shoot an arrow to his face, with little damage. Overall its a tremendous effort and shows your talents in animation.
10 Seconds,
Rated 5 / 5 stars
From some of the greatest minds on all of newgrounds comes this superb 10 second flash epic that delivers what it sets out to do. The highlight for me had to be the voice acting the way the line is sung was just superb. The graphics were only decent though, could be improved on to be honest. The overall effect of this flash can only be described as monumental.
i know right, is that 1 point for every second
Retarded Animal Babies 22
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Nicely done
When you come out with an episode with such a long duration and with great production values it just shows that there are talented artists here that make the rest of us look really amateurish. Of course all areas of this flash were great, the voice acting was hilarious, graphics were perfect and the humor really stood up to what you would see on television. The highlight for me had to be the line "i do EVERYTHING with my dick", so perfectly delivered. I also noticed through all the absurdity and vulgarity there was a moment where he fought temptation and i found that touching and shows that these characters have softer sides too. Overall a very pleasing and memorable episode.
Pico's Ludo Vengeance
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
This game delivers just what the majority of the newgrounds populous need, a fast paced game that doesn't take long to finish at all and never gets boring as a result. The graphics are simple and i don't think that they needed to be any more sophisticated because we understood what everything was meant to be, although i did notice special attention to detail with the bird. The music tracks you've used for the background were great and kept the upbeat feel of the game going. The gameplay itself was fun and the way you incorporated all the different items was quite logical. Overall the game was superbly done and you should feel proud with the way the game has come out.
Banned Easter Egg Advert
Rated 4 / 5 stars
The way you incorporated the "release the goo" slogan at the end of this was obvious but that didn't stop it from being terrific. The highlight for me however came with the sound effects you had for the moans of the eggs, the high pitched nature of them were funny. Overall with little graphics or animation you were able to make something memorable by using some imagination.
Twatlight 2
Rated 4 / 5 stars
The anger of the character talking to his mate in the cinema at the end of this short was brilliant and the line was delivered perfectly. Your character designs were great but the highlight for me had to be the way you drew the chest muscles of jacob, with them bulging out so obviously. Overall it was short but it was hilarious.
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Nicely done here, i thought the highlight of your flash had to be the techno music you had playing at the end and when you had the character training at the gym. The humor was superb and not overly done. The character design of the ginger haired character was classic and had me rolling over in tears of laughter.
Neenja: Way Of The Harut
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Firstly the animation blew me away, very professionally done. If i had one gripe over this it had to be the ending in which the chinese guy knows of the chosen one but doesn't know his purpose, just seems a bit strange. The generic elements of this were greats though as they were always played for laughs. Overall a very solid first episode.
Larkmart - Sale Price
Rated 4 / 5 stars
This was a very well constructed short, i thought the best part of the whole production had to be the voice acting because you could hear that you were putting in some real effort to bring across the insanity to the viewer. The character designs were great and the costume you had the kid decked out with was priceless. The play of words at the end was also a nice quick way to end this. Overall a very well put together short.


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Mogadishu - Huge explosions were heard early on Thursday near the southern Somali town of Kismayo, followed by the sound of aircraft, a local elder and an Islamist official said.
"We heard huge explosions. Then a few minutes later we heard the sound of aircraft. We are not yet sure what it was," Abdulahi Ise, the elder, said.
He added that the explosions came early in the morning in the area of Qandal, a few kilometres outside Kismayo, a port town controlled by al-Qaeda linked Shabaab Islamists.
A Shabaab official in the Kismayo area said his men had reported an aerial bombing raid on a Shabaab base.
"The military aircraft of the enemy carried out an aerial bombardment on a base where some mujahedeen fighters were staying. Initial reports indicate several mujahedeen fighters including muhajirs [foreigners] died," the official said, refusing to be named.
"We believe the aircraft belonged to the US," he added.
In January 2007 a US air raid left dozens of people dead at Ras Kamboni in the far south of Somalia. It was coupled with a second raid 155km further north.
One of the presumed targets of those raids was al-Qaeda's chief in east Africa Fazul Abdullah Muhammad, who was gunned down earlier this month in a shoot-out at a roadblock in Mogadishu after he made a wrong turn.

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GW Men's Water Polo Hosts Trio of Southern Division Rivals This Weekend
Bucknell, Navy, Princeton Visit Smith Center Pool
Sept. 19, 2013
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GW Men's Water Polo Edged by No. 17 Bucknell, 13-12, in Sudden Death at Southerns
LEWISBURG, Pa. - After nearly 43 minutes of deadlocked action, No. 17 Bucknell's Brian Barron scored the game-winning goal with 1:16 remaining in the second sudden-death period to defeat the George Washington men's water polo team, 13-12, on Friday evening on the first day of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern Division Championship at the Bison's Kinney Natatorium.
At 6-1, GW is off to its best start in Head Coach Scott Reed's 15-year tenure. The Colonials are coming off a 2-1 weekend at the Princeton Invitational with wins over Iona and Harvard. Sophomore Bogdan Petkovic was named CWPA Southern Division Co-Player of the Week for his efforts last weekend when he recorded eight goals, 12 points, 11 steals and six field blocks.
Senior Daniel Tyner leads the Colonials with 19 goals and 26 points, followed by Petkovic with 15 goals and 25 points to go with team bests of 17 steals and 10 field blocks. Junior Brian Mojica has also tallied 25 points on six goals and a team-high 19 assists.
GW has outscored its opponents, 107-52, on the season. The Colonials' defense is led by sophomore goalkeeper Connor Dillon, who boasts an 8.00 goals-against average and a .505 save percentage this season.
Ranked 18th in the nation, Bucknell is 5-1 on the season after a 2-1 weekend at its own Bison Invite. The defending Southern Division champions are led by Stefan Aleksic, who has tallied 23 points on 11 goals and 12 assists, as well as Julian Colina (15 goals) and Jack Else (13 goals). Goalie Keegan Williams has posted a .520 save percentage with 52 saves in all but two quarters.
Last season, the Colonials defeated the Bison, 15-12, at home, but lost, 13-8, in Lewisburg, Pa. Bucknell then took the rubber match, 13-12, in the second sudden-death period at the Southern Division Championship. Tyner scored 10 goals in three games against the Bison in 2012.
Navy is 8-5 on the season following a 3-5 combined split-squad showing at the Princeton Invite and Brown's Bruno Fall Invitational, facing four ranked opponents between the two tournaments. Carpenter Warren leads the Midshipmen with 27 points on 21 goals and six assists, while Carl Dowzicky has scored a team-high 22 goals. Garrett Sabesky has seen the most time in front of the cage for the Mids among seven goalies and owns a .496 save percentage. Navy will host Bucknell and Princeton on Saturday before making the short trip to D.C. on Sunday
The Midshipmen won both meetings with the Colonials in 2012, and Petkovic led the Colonials with four goals in the two games.
No. 13 Princeton is 3-0 on the season following a perfect weekend at its own Princeton Invitational, including a win over No. 16 Santa Clara. Drew Hoffenberg leads the Tigers with 13 points on eight goals and five assists, while Kayj Shannon has also scored eight goals. Goalie Alex Gow was named Southern Division Defensive Player of the Week after recording posting 21 saves and a .618 save percentage at the tournament. Princeton will visit Johns Hopkins and Navy on Saturday before continuing south to the District to take on GW.
The Colonials fell to the Tigers twice last season. Petkovic and Ridvan Pehlivan each scored three goals in the two contests.
Following this weekend's matches, the Colonials will host Southern Division rival Johns Hopkins on Saturday, Sept. 28, as part of GW's Alumni Weekend. GW will also celebrate Senior Day, honoring seniors Paul Deasey, Nate Little, Adam Streeter and Tyner before their final home game. In addition, the GW women's water polo team will collect new toys before and during that contest to benefit Dr. Bear's Closet at Children's National Medical Center.
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George Washington men's water polo wraps up its home schedule with a pair of Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference home games on Colonials Weekend.
Men's Water Polo Wraps Harvard Invitational
George Washington men's water polo closed the Harvard Invitational on Sunday with a 13-9 loss to the host Crimson at Blodgett Pool.
Men's Water Polo Drops Pair at Harvard Invitational
George Washington men's water polo dropped both its games at the Harvard Invitational on Saturday to ranked opponents.
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Salt Cellar & Sugar Bowl by Hitonari Works
If there was only one thing that I could keep out on my countertop, it would be my little dish of salt. These covered boxes are a beautiful way to keep your salt and sugar (or a spice or two) close and contained. I like the tray they sit in, which makes it easy to bring both to the table.


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In the shadow of the Chinese import scare, US consumers have won a victory. The retail giant Safeway, responding to pressure by public interest advocates and members of Congress, last week pulled carbon monoxide treated meat from its shelves.
Carbon monoxide in meat? Unbelievably, in 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture gave their blessing to a number of large meat packers (including Tyson, Hormel and Cargill Foods) to inject CO in their case-ready meat products. It is unlikely that CO injections themselves present a poison risk. Regardless of this, they pose a public health and consumer fraud hazard.
Treating packaged meat with CO extends its shelf-life by keeping it red long after it begins to spoil. In fact, gassed meat holds its color for upwards of one year, whereas CO-free packaged meat typically starts to turn after just 10 to 12 days on the shelf. It's easy to see why the meat industry likes CO: Gassed meat could save retailers $1 billion annually in lost sales resulting from that finicky consumer aversion to browning meat.
Why would the government permit this practice? After all, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act provides that a "food shall be deemed to be adulterated — if damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to — make it appear better or of greater value than it is." This bar on concealing adulteration is what drove the USDA to ban the use of paprika in fresh meat products in 1969. CO injections are no different: Their sole purpose is to conceal inferiority and damage.
According to a poll conducted by the Consumer Federation of America, the majority of consumers directly equate color with the freshness of their meat. That same poll found that more than three-quarters of US consumers believe the use of CO in meat is deceptive and over two-thirds of the public think gassed meat should be labeled. A leading meat scientist has observed that consumers "rate color as the most important trait in selecting fresh meat."
The proper way to keep meat red is by temperature control. Meat should be kept at or below the freezing point during distribution, and under 40 degress upon arrival at a retail store. When temperatures exceed 40 degrees, meat enters the "danger zone." It's not uncommon for temperatures in the display case at the grocery store to be as high as 50 degrees, which could cause premature spoilage and provide a nurturing environment for the growth of pathogenic bacteria. Due to color-preserving CO injections, such temperature control failures are not apparent to the consumer.
Which is why the USDA originally sent a letter to the FDA voicing concerns that CO-treated meat might mask spoilage and delude consumers. But two months later, the agency reversed its position. The USDA's final decision to endorse this deceptive and hazardous marketing practice was the result of closed-door meetings with industry officials — meetings that excluded public participation. The public has no way of knowing right now why the USDA turned tail. Food safety watchdogs are seeking agency records through the Freedom of Information Act to shine a light on the decision-making process that sanctioned CO-treated meat.
Representative Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., has introduced a bill to ban CO in meat packaging. She has also called on the FDA to consider consumer behavior and to conduct an independent investigation into the safety of CO. Right now, the FDA is relying solely on limited industry data in giving CO injections a clean bill of health. In addition, Congressmen Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and Edward Markey, D-Mass., have introduced a bill that would force the industry to label CO-treated meat, should the ban fail.
Before Safeway's decision to bar CO-gassed meat, a number of large retailers had already acknowledged the public health risks and consumer distaste for faux-fresh meat. Whole Foods, Wegmans, Publix, Superfresh, Stop & Shop, Kroger, Pathmark and a handful of other grocers have refused to carry gassed meat. Good for them. But many distributors continue to carry CO-treated meat and, until the government says they can't, there's no way to eyeball the freshness of shelved meat. And that has consumers still seeing red.
Jacqueline Ostfeld is Food & Drug Safety Officer at the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit whistleblower protection organization. For 30 years, GAP has been defending the free speech rights of government and corporate employees. www.whistleblower.org
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The invention relates to alternative processes for the preparation of 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivs. I [R1 = H, alkyl or alkenyl; R2 = alkyl or alkenyl; X = CN, CO2H, -COOR3 or -CONR4R5, wherein R3 = alkyl; R4 and R5 independently = H or alkyl]. Particularly, the invention relates to alternative processes for the synthesis of levetiracetam, brivaracetam and seletracetam. The method involves condensation of optically pure II [Y = halo, sulfonate or N2+; R2 and X are defined as above] with III to provide diastereoisomerically pure I. Alternative preparation of I via condensation of II with IV followed by cyclization was provided. For instance, (S)-2-(2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)butanamide (levetiracetam) was prepared via condensation reaction of (R)-2-bromobutyramide with pyrrolidin-2-one using NaOMe in THF, albeit with substantial racemization. However, a similar reaction of optically pure (R)-Me 2-(triflyloxy)butyrate with pyrrolidin-2-one and NaOMe in PhMe gave the Me ester intermediate of levetiracetam with an 89.26% level of the desired (S)-isomer, in 74% yield. Levetiracetam was also prepared by the reaction between (R)-2-bromobutyramide and Me 4-aminobutyrate hydrochloride to generate intermediate hydrochloride salt of Me 4-(1-carbamoylpropylamino)butyrate in 49% yield. This amino ester underwent cyclization in the presence of 2-hydroxypyridine at 80? to give levetiracetam with 98.6% (S)-isomer. The invention processes advantageously minimize the number of separation steps required to obtain the desired 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivs.
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Confused help needed
Hey guys
I'm am pretty new to the hole speaker science. I am currently making a system to a festival. The sound will be provided by two p.Audio Hp-15w http://www.discopro.ro/files/HP-15W-12S.pdf and two tweeters. My amplifier is a Ta2020 to save power.
The next move is building the box. I want to try a vented box.
My questions are following-
When using two vents, where on the box should they be placed?
What tuning frequence should the box be? (considering we are playing outside)
How to decide how many vents?
Your help is much needed and I thank you in advance :)
From Virumflame - Simon
It would be better if you experimented with something like WinISD. Here's a thread i made which should help ;) http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/subwo...se-winisd.html
unless for some weird reason, you absolutely need "multiple" vents, use one single larger one. The cross-sectional area is determined by viewing the vent air velocity graph and noting the peak velocity. Ideally, you want to stay below 5% the speed of sound if at all possible. Flaring the ends of the ports helps out.
Model your particular driver with WinISD or any other suitable simulation program and play around with port tuning frequency. See which one gets you the frequency response graph that you are looking for.
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After running some quick calculations, this driver(Assuming it is the one pictured here) really doesn't "need" to be a ported type. The Efficiency Bandwidth Product is at 48.863...... it kinda splits the difference between ported or sealed. Being as it has a rather limited Xmax, or cone travel limits, it is best suited to a sealed enclosure. I calculated an eight cubic foot box for each driver will work fine.......Getting you a Qtc a tad over .8 A very small boomy effect but it will keep the cone "in check" when frequencies go way down.
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1. How many people are expected to be at this festival?
2. Why did you choose that specific 15" driver?
3. What will be using to provide power to these speakers?
I'ts a huge festival called Roskilde. The reason why I would like to build a vented box is because we would like a feel that boom everytime the bass drops. But I don't know anything about tuning frequensy and what our tuning frequency should be. Any suggestions ?
I have tried both WinISD beta and alpha, but I can't determine what tuning I should set it to.
I thank you for the advice on the vents by the way:)
My main question is tuning frequency?
By the way Richard Ellis driver is the one I linked:)
Brian Steelse - We are using a car battery to power a Lepai Ta2020 wired to two of the before mentioned driver. This is only a part of our setup but needless to say a vital part
you need to simultaneously look at the normalized frequency response, cone excursion, and vent air velocity while you vary the enclosure volume and tuning frequency. If you want a flat frequency response, then adjust the volume and tuning to do so, if you want a to sacrifice some low-end for a higher bump at a single frequency do the same, if you want an extended bass response at the expense of some dBs, then do the same.
Lets see screenshots of what you have come up with so far.
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I have tried WinISD for some time. I understand how the size, tuning and port affects each other. So there is no confusion the third is my driver https://www.intertechnik.de/Shop/Lau...e32960513efd13 .
I set the tuning frequens to 33 and the pictures is only 1 driver in a box.
My question are following -
1. What is cone excursion and transfer function magnitude exactly? (attachhed pictures)
2. Why is the only possibility a rear port? What about a front port?
3. Where should the driver be placed when a tweeter will be in the box as well?
4. Does WinISD subtract the volume of the port in the box?
Once again thank you:)
Hi VF, it's good to be want to build your own cabinets BUT. If you're pushing them with 12 volt powered amps, you're not going to get chest pounding bass. It takes lots of watts to do that in a live sound situation. By the time you spend money on wood, speakers, finish, wire, jack plates, etc. and ending up with a marginal cabinet that won't do what you want, you could buy a couple of efficient commercial subs that will make you happy. I've used and built a lot of subs and I recommend a Yamaha SW218V or CW218V. Same speaker, just different finishes. They're real cheap for the output, especially if you can find a used pair.
"Transfer function" is the same as frequency response, how loud at a given frequency.
2. A port can be put on any side of the cabinet.
3. The tweeter in general should be as close to the woofer as possible.
4. Net volume does not include driver, port, or bracing volume.
5. A car battery's life will be short if used for power without an alternator.
They are designed to give up power quickly, then be immediately brought back to 12.6 volts.
Marine batteries are designed for deeper discharge, they have heavier plates.
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The Preseason Admonition warns against using Preseason NFL performance to handicap the regular season.
As with almost every admonition, however, there are exceptions. One of those exceptions occurs in cases in which a team tries to win in the Preseason, but can't beat an opponent that is simply going through the motions.
One of the most important factors in handicapping NFL exhibition games is the intention of each coach. Coaches often hint at their intent before the game.
As a general rule, the coach that wants to win a Preseason game will win when matched up against a coach whose primary goal is something other than winning the game.
The above rule will produce winners a very high percentage of the time. Following coaching intentions in Preseason games is similar to picking stocks based on purchases by a top executive. Who better to know if a company's stock will increase in value than the men on the inside whose responsibility it is to run the company? Likewise, who better to know if his team will be trying to win and has the ability to win an exhibition game than the guy whose responsibility it is to run the team?
The biggest problem in applying the rule is accurately gauging the intentions of the coaches. Coaches rarely, if ever, lie about their intentions, but they often don't state them clearly. Handicappers must read between the lines, and it is at that point that errors occur.
Thus, built into most preseason handicaps is an error factor based in a possible misinterpretation of a coach's statements. In the rare circumstance that both coaches make clear and unequivocal statements about their intentions, the possibility of misinterpretation as a source of error is eliminated. Clearly stated coaching intentions add a great deal of accuracy to a preseason prediction, and serve to greatly increase the probability of an accurate prediction. Under Kelly betting principles, an increased probability of accuracy allows for a safe increase in the amount that can be invested in relation to total bankroll or, in other words, a stronger play.
The annual preseason meeting between the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers has come to be known as the "Battle of the Bay." Two weeks ago, the 2011 Battle of the Bay not only determined bragging rights between two San Francisco Bay area teams, but provided evidence of the overriding principle that applies to every sport, every investment, every type of handicapping, every type of fundamental and technical investment analysis, and every type of prediction that can be made based on information, analysis and handicapping. That is:
New coach of the Oakland Raiders, Hue Jackson, lost his first game of the Preseason played at Oakland. Most new coaches want to win the first Preseason home game in order to garner favor with the fans and management. Oakland was on he road for the Battle of the Bay, but they weren't far from home, and winning bragging rights could be considered more important than the first home game. The Raiders and the 49'ers are in such close proximity geographically that winning or losing the Battle of the Bay could have an effect on ticket sales for the season.
San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh is also in his first year. Theoretically, his desire to win the Battle of the Bay game should have been equal to that of Jackson. Add to that the fact that it was San Francisco's first home game, and that San Francisco lost its first game of the season, played at New Orleans.
Both coaches should have wanted to win the match, resulting in a game that is an unpredictable no play in the preseason. Instead, the game turned into what I believed to be the best investment opportunity of the entire Preseason. The reason was based in the occurrence of something very unusual. Prior to the Battle of the Bay, the coaches of both teams made statements about their intentions that were absolutely clear and unequivocal.
Coaches rarely state outright that they intend to win. Rather, they only allude to it in order to leave room for saving face if their desire to win does not translate into the final score. For that reason, if a coach states an unequivocal intent to win a preseason game, it demonstrates extreme confidence in his team's ability to do so. If the team fails to win a preseason game after the coach declares clearly that he intends to win, the coach appears to be incompetent. That is particularly true if his team is matched against a team whose coach has declared that it will simply be going through the motions.
In his two press conferences before the Battle of the Bay, Raiders coach Hue Jackson said that he wanted to win the game not just once, but an amazing six times. During his final press conference before the game, Jackson said specifically,
"I don't like to lose. This is the Battle of the Bay. We're going to San Francisco to win. Our goal is to win."
In case that wasn't clear enough, Jackson continued, "We're not paying the toll on the bridge just to play. We're making the trip to win."
Still not content that he made his intentions clear, Jackson said, "After the game I want to walk into one of those great San Francisco restaurants with all eyes on me, and feeling pumped."
I don't think I've ever heard a coach make such a strong statement of intention. The only thing Jackson could have added to make his desire clearer would have been to actually predict the final score.
San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh, on the other hand, said before the game, "After all the sacks last week we'll be emphasizing protection of the quarterback and avoiding injury. This is the preseason, we're not out to kick anybody's teeth in."
Thus, we had Oakland with a coach that said six times, "I want to win," playing against the Niners with a coach whose intent was to protect his players and not "kick anybody's teeth in." Statements like that create a huge probability of a win by the coach that wants it. There was virtually no possibility that the intentions of the coaches had been misunderstood. The biggest error factor in handicapping a preseason game -- possible misinterpretation of the intent of the coaches -- was eliminated.
To make matters even better for an investment on the Raiders, they were installed as an underdog. The close proximity of the teams made any home field advantage for the Niners negligible. Oakland appeared to be a very high probability play at a bargain price, and a dream investment.
Nevertheless, Oakland, the team that was "not crossing the bay just to play," managed to score only 3 points in the fourth quarter, and lost badly to a team that was merely trying to protect its players and "not trying to kick anybody's teeth in." It was a lesson in why money management is so important, no matter how certain a predicted game result may look.
Rather than walking into an excellent San Francisco eatery feeling pumped, Hue Jackson probably hid in the car while his driver ordered Big Macs to go. If he did show his face at a real restaurant, Jackson walked in looking like a complete fool, and likely wearing sunglasses . Not only did his team lack the talent and plays to win, but they were not even competitive on offense.
Jackson's knowledge of his team's abilities was faulty, and the inability of the coaching staff to call winning plays against a team that is not playing hard indicates a mind-boggling degree of incompetence
The 2011 Battle of the Bay did, however, more than make up for the loss of a single strong bet by providing an insight into the Oakland Raiders that can result in future profits far in excess of the loss. The reason that preseason results normally cannot be used as a basis for regular season handicapping is that the best team may lose in the preseason simply because it is not trying, and poor teams may look terrific simply because their opponents are lying down.. In the Battle of the Bay, however, we can be certain of the intention of the coaches. Had Oakland won, it would have meant little because San Francisco was not trying. But if a team trying hard to win loses to a team that is merely going through the motions, it provides a very accurate measure of a bad team and poor coaching.
It was no surprise that Oakland went on to lose once more in preseason Game 3, again with coach Jackson saying he would be trying to win. Amazingly, in his press conference before tonight's Game 4, Jackson was still proclaiming his desire to win. The following exchange took place with a reporter:
"Q: What are you looking to accomplish in this last preseason game?
Coach Jackson: Another dress rehearsal. You know obviously I like to play to win and I haven't won yet so it is pissing me off. That might be why I am pissed, but other than that I think it is another opportunity for us to get ready before the season starts. I think our players understand that, at least they know that and that is what we need to do."
We know what happened in the Game 3 dress rehearsal, and in the Battle of the Bay. It is not obvious that Jackson likes to win, but rather that Oakland can't win. Don't count on Oakland winning tonight either, although the game is best avoided because Seattle coach Carroll's intentions are unclear in this final game, and.there is no limit to the extent that Seattle might lay down.
Remember the Raiders preseason performance when the regular season begins next week. At least until all of the starters are back from injury, Oakland will be one of the few exceptions to the maxim that the preseason should be ignored when handicapping the regular season. Once the first team fully returns, watch one game to see if there is any difference in performance. If not, Oakland may be one of the surest go-against teams ever to play in the NFL.
A professional sports bettor and card player for 24 years, Rob is known as being as an expert handicapper and bettor, as well as one of the few sources for picks of the professional sports betting groups...
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If you are going to compare the FIK-100 R/C glider to one of these planes at least compare it fairly. Compare it to the Pelican.
You're gonna compare a Champ to one of these planes? Apples and Oranges...
There is no comparison between the foam used in the Albatross and the drink cooler foam in all those "cheaper" planes. Yes, the cost of admission is less, but the cost to keep flying is many times the Albatross or Pelican.
By the way, I have no connection with Lee or his company. He doesn't even know who I am. I just know quality when I see it and value when I see it. This is a plane you enjoy, not repair all the time.
By the way, nothing says you can't put one of those $10 motors in an Albatross! I have a $13 motor in my Slow Stick that would love to live in an Albatross. Heck you can buy an OrangeRX receiver ($5.99!), a couple of HK15178 servos ($3.78 for both!), a 30A Plush ESC ($11.91), along with the Turnigy 2217-20 motor I mentioned ($13.72, I'd be tempted to go a little more powerful!) and have the thing flying for, what? $35.40 for everything except the plane? That's not an unreasonable cost and any other plane you mention would cost the same to equip, no matter HOW cheap the plane is. Unless you can tell us without laughing that you can fly a Bixler with the included equipment. You're dead meat--you're cracking a smile already.
EPP is just polypropylene. So, yes. Very similar. Beer cooler foam is usually pure polystyrene.
I don't own a Bixler, but everyone who does seems quite keen on them. I have seen enough EPO models to confirm their durability, including my aborted attempt at converting a Multiplex Fox.
Also, polypropylene is by no means immune to damage - it can get a bit crumbly as the beads separate, especially with hot-wire cut wings. Steam-formed EPO is a bit more resistant.
As for the Champ....well, I've done horrible, horrible things to my micro P-51, and it held up pretty well. Any model as small as the Champ can shake off crashes pretty well, and if you do manage to snap the wing through gross abuse, it's a $8 replacement.
All I can say is fly a bit of full contact combat with any of the planes you mention and the Albatross and see which one flies afterwards. Again, there is no comparison in the durability of any other kind of foam and EPP.
Watch some of Lee's flying wing combat videos. Not an Elapor, or any other kind of multi-plastic blend foam out there. Know why? They would be packing peanuts while the EPP planes would still be flying.
Or is it possible that nobody has tried any of the other foams in full contact combat flying wings?
Here! Judge for yourself. And post a video of doing this stuff with a Bixler. It would be VERY entertaining.
Here ya go! (edit: no ya don't! Lee already posted that one. NEXT!) Tons of high speed cartwheeling crashes and collisions. One plane comes down in multiple pieces from a collision of gargantuan proportions. That clip is repeated several times in the video. Why? Because it is so unusual! All EPP planes. "Just polypropylene" indeed. That's like saying "just platinum" or "just carbon fiber."
Last edited by Rockin Robbins; Dec 14, 2011 at 10:40 AM.
I have seen so many flyers come to the field and get 10 seconds of flying week after week that I came up with a couple of planes to help them get started. I figure it took me 7 planes to really learn to fly I wanted a plane so beginners can learn to fly on their first plane.
I have flown a lot of different planes. I am a willing trainer at the local flying field and help everyone, no matter what plane they bring. I have owned an EZ and a couple of SSs and dozens of powered gliders and they fly totally different than these designs. It is far more than just how tough they are.
These planes can fly themselves when you let go of the stick. I can turn these planes upside down and let go of the stick and they not only turn themselves right side up but level the wings and put the nose on the horizon.I am in the hobby for fun.
I design planes for me and some of them make it on our website. Our passion is combat but that takes a little more skill than most beginners have. We have been asked for years to come up with a combat worthy trainer and although these planes don't have all of the laminate and shock cords they are amazingly tough.
Get the wind up and these planes still are easy to control. The other day the wind was strong enough we were landing going backwards. These were the only light designs that could handle that much wind and they are tough enough that even if they tip stall the plane bounces and is wanting more.
This is why I am saying that the plane is hard to compare to other planes. It is designed to do different things.
We have flown the Albatross at 2+ lbs and it still was easy to fly.
Love this plane!! Have been looking into a trainer for myself and my young boys (8 and 10). We've been playing with a knock-off flight simulator for a few months now, and we're ready to get our wings in the air.
Everyone I talk to says a high wing trainer is the way to go for a 1st plane, as much as I was looking forward to getting a Roswell or Assasin, this is where I will be starting. Now just to decide if we get just one or two.
I have a old DX6...It should be more than acceptable for getting started, right?? I've looked at some of the newer radios (dx6i, dx8 the futabas and the flysky th9x) and can't see where I'm lacking features or programming options with the old dx6.
Thanks for any input, looking forward to what this winter and spring bring for us as new flyers
The old dx6 will work fine for this plane.
Just remember to keep it within the range capabilities of the rceceiver and transmitter and you will be fine.
Any radio will work fine for this plane. The only programming option that may be needed is the option to reverse the servos.
I actually bought a generic 2.4 radio for this plane. It works fine, I think I spent 30 dollars on the radio
I just converted my gopro carrying Albatross back to a regular Albatross. I cant wait to see how it flies. I want to get my kids interested in flying. They see me do it all the time and expresses some interest at times so I think having this plane to start them with will be the ticket.
Back when I was flying with a gopro I was also flying with 2 - 2200mah 11.1v packs. Now I'm going with 1 - 2200 and no gopro so that should lighten it up just a bit. I'm keeping the 1700kv 3530 for now (moved it to the nose) but might switch to 2812 if this doesn't work out.
Merry Christmas Lee and company! And here's wishing you and yours a prosperous 2012. Treat 'em right and they'll come back with friends.
Talking to my wife about which plane to get I said, "I can get a plane that looks like an airplane or I can get a sort of ugly plane that might be better because the guys who made it have over 30 years of experience." She helped me decide to get both the bixler and the albatross. I ordered the parts for the albatross from the hobby king along with the bixler.
The teacher would probably give me a C or maybe B- on my albatross build. I had a little too much fun with the soldering iron on the wing, I didn't sand the spars because the part of video I watched didn't mention that, I just eyed where the tongue depressors go on the wing, my low temp glue gun ran out of glue too quickly and some glue dried before I wanted it to dry, the goo or melting epp made me feel sick, I worried that it wouldn't fly anyway and maybe I should buy a new kit. The rudder hinge went together fine without pins, but then I bought pins and the elevator went even better. I had trouble getting the horns in straight, they still aren't completely level. I thought I'd have to adjust the wing tips a lot, but they were both 5 inches high after I glued them.
The fuselage took a long time because I had to wait for the motor. I stripped one of the little black screws on my only emax cf2812 using a non-metric hex wrench. The motor that arrived from hobbyking only worked once. If only I had realized in time that the screw holes needed to be smaller than the screw I would have had fewer holes in my firewall. I also ought to have glued the firewall plates together first instead of one at a time mounting them to the fuselage.
In the meantime I built the bixler in one night and took it to fly on Saturday. Lee trimmed it in for me and also precisely predicted that I'd only get two crashes out of it.
With the new cf2812 from valuehobby mounted to my albatross I went to vineyard, a local flying field, and as I anticipated trying to fly it I told myself, "don't worry just destroy it and get whatever it is out of your system." I tossed the thing in the air at a steep upward angle and it crashed nose first at about the same angle. That broke the firewall off--which wasn't much destruction. I went back home and glued it back on with CA glue. Later in the evening about 4 hours later I took it to Art Die, another local flying field, to try again.
No other pilots were at the park. I did a few practice tossing motions, reminded myself to pull back on the stick as soon as possible, throttled up enough so that it tugged a little in my hand, and then I tossed or sort of let it go carefully. To my surprise it headed down toward the ground a little, then a little to the right and then up into the sky. The controls worked and I trimmed away the tendency to climb and turn, but neither were very severe. I landed twice with no problems. Practicing with real flight helped and I found it strange how really flying felt so similar to flying with the simulator.
Since then I have flown it a dozen times. When I started throwing it level to the ground I stopped breaking the nose, which is a little sensitive because I put the dang battery too close to the firewall. Yesterday I went through three 1300mah batteries for about 30-45 minutes of flying.
Yesterday I decided that I like the 7x6E prop http://www.valuehobby.com/accessorie...itar-prop.html better than the 7x6 scimitar.
I also had to buy a radio and receiver. I opted for the aurora 9 because I had gift certificates. Knowing what to buy was the most difficult part for me, but the list on crash test hobby helped http://www.crashtesthobby.com/index...._Shopping-List. I bought the turnigy battery charger there as well as the 1300mah turnigy batteries. I also bought that power supply. I looked at these expenses as educational expenses too. That helped.
It flies beautifully. I got compliments for good flying yesterday, which really belonged to the plane. Even more polite compliments than thanks for not hitting my car.
Yes I'd do it again, but not the same. I'm planning to add lights. It would also be nice to have a plane with three control surfaces--made of EPP not styrofoam cups--so I can do knife edge and hammer head stalls etc. A jumbo albatross would be interesting; It would have maybe a 6 foot wing span and larger fuselage for more payload. I wondered about a 10 inch prop and corresponding motor powering the stock albatross.
Oh yeah, and about ugliness. I didn't paint it. I probably ought to for improved visibility. It's not super ugly and I don't really care about looks more than handling. I got into this wanting to do auto pilot or maybe FPV, so I want a machine that does the job not some scale replica of X. However, it would look really pretty glowing at night.
Anyway, it's in my car just waiting.
Go Albatross! Fly More Fix Less!
Last edited by pcie; Dec 30, 2011 at 03:51 PM.
Hey PCIE
Nice write up.
I think a dx700 or dx750 Blue Wonder would probably do really well on the Albatross.
I have one that I keep meaning to try, need to find the right prop for it.
It flies so well with the recommended motor that I just haven't got around to messing with it and I like how the 7x6 is away from the ground when you land.
I need to paint mine too especially if there is more than one all white Albatross that's going to be flying around
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Dealing Adrian Peterson
I got into a heated debate on our Sirius XM show (RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today, XM 87, Sirius 210 11 am � 2 pm) with one of my producers when I advocated for dealing Adrian Peterson, and it brought up an interesting issue, namely: in what circumstances should you deal a healthy star player who's produced consistently year after year?
While I'm not overly down on Peterson, I am concerned about the Vikings poor play and also his lack of involvement in the passing game. But the person asking the question � our other producer � is down on Peterson. She watched the Bears game on Sunday night and has serious doubts about his ability to maintain his usual pace. The question then is whether one should take one's own observations of that sort seriously and act on them, or whether one should soberly consider the consensus rankings for a player and use restraint. (As of Tuesday night, RotoWire has Peterson at No. 1 on its running back board, and I'd be shocked to see him outside of the top five on any site.)
My argument is that it's your team, and if you're down on a player � and you have some reasonable basis for it � then yes, go ahead and deal that player, so long as you get rough market value for him � 95 cents or more on the dollar. If you want to deal Peterson straight up for Calvin Johnson, Darren McFadden or Aaron Rodgers, go ahead. You don't need anyone's permission to do it. There are no sacred cows in fantasy football. Moreover, it's important to trust your instincts in this game. If you observe something, you should be willing to act on it. That's how you test your abilities, and it's the only way to get better. Relying on expert advice and cheat sheets is fine when you first start out, but at some point, you need to make your own evaluations.
Finally, the best time to deal a player is when no one has serious doubts about his abilities. The moment your player is questionable with an injury or losing carries, it's too late. You'll never get 95-cents plus in any serious league. So if you're worried about Peterson, go ahead and see what he'll fetch � his market value is still likely to be high.
Buy Lowest Revisited
Here is the list of struggling players I recommended you buy two weeks ago:
Jonathan Stewart, DeAngelo Williams (Cam Newton won't get all the rushing TDs), Roy Helu, Jr. (after Ryan Torain's breakout), Tony Romo (after his meltdown), Percy Harvin, Mike Williams (TB), Ben Roethlisberger, BenJarvus Green-Ellis (after Stevan Ridley's breakout), Steven Jackson (even I have a hard time with that one, but now's the time to buy), Anquan Boldin, Santonio Holmes, Mario Manningham and Michael Crabtree.
Most of them have had an uptick in value since, and it's not because I have some special gift of prophecy (though I do in fact have that gift), but that most of them had two things in common: (1) strong past performance and/or a big investment in them by their respective teams; and (2) disappointing performance to that point. If you pick 10 who fit that criteria, and throw in a couple with good raw skills and a foreseeable opportunity, it's almost impossible for them collectively not to outearn their current cost.
Here are a few for this week:
Jay Cutler, Josh Freeman, Daniel Thomas, LeGarrette Blount, Shonn Greene, Peyton Hillis, Mark Ingram, Roy Helu, Jr., Mike Williams, Brandon Lloyd, Sidney Rice, Braylon Edwards, Earl Bennett (still out, but could be Bears' No. 1 when he returns), Roy Williams, Demaryius Thomas, Denarius Moore and Vernon Davis.
Things to Take Away from Week 6
� The Cowboys-Patriots game was shocking in its low score but utterly predictable in its outcome with the Cowboys finding a way to lose late.
� Jay Cutler is a top-10 NFL quarterback that merely needs some protection. He's better in real life than Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Matt Schaub and Matthew Stafford. He's in roughly the same tier as Eli Manning and Tony Romo.
� The Packers left the door open for a backdoor cover all day, but the Rams refused it at every turn.
� Aaron Rodgers has a 122.5 passer rating on the season, slightly higher than Peyton Manning's single-season record. Rodgers is by far the all-time leader in that category, too.
� Cam Newton will be valuable all year due to the rushing touchdowns and his terrible defense, but his passing output has predictably returned to earth the last two weeks.
� Now that the Vikings refuse to throw to Adrian Peterson out of the backfield, is there any difference between him and Michael Turner? On a similar note, why don't the Jaguars ever throw to Maurice Jones-Drew anymore? You'd think a rookie QB would benefit from having a top receiving back as a check-down.
� The Niners won on the road against an undefeated team despite their quarterback averaging 3.9 yards per attempt.
� Before the season Eli Manning got into hot water for putting himself in the same class as Tom Brady. Through six games, both players are tied for second behind Aaron Rodgers at 9.1 yards per passing attempt, and while Manning has 11 TDs and 5 picks, Brady has 16 TDs and eight interceptions. Manning has been sacked three more times for 49 extra yards lost and fumbled four times (2 lost). But based solely on year-to-date performance, i.e., what they've done since the comparison, Manning's statement hasn't been proven ridiculous.
� If the Falcons beat the Lions this week, I hope Mike Smith claps Jim Schwartz on the back like Rafael Nadal hitting a forehand winner.
Things to Look for in Week 7
� Can the Bears protect Cutler for the second straight week?
� Will the Jets be able to handle the Chargers at home after a very ugly win against the Dolphins?
� Will Brandon Lloyd make an immediate impact � even if A.J. Feeley's the quarterback?
� Will Carson Palmer start and/or be turned loose against the Chiefs?
� Will the Lions bounce back at home against a desperate Falcons squad that travels poorly?
Beating the Book
Steelers -3.5 at Cardinals
I thought maybe the Steelers had turned the corner a couple weeks ago, but after seeing them life and death against the Jaguars at home, I don't think that's the case. The loss of James Harrison and a decimated offensive line are serious concerns, and even Mike Wallace is questionable with a hamstring injury. The Cardinals are probably below average, but coming off a bye and getting more than a field-goal at home, they seem like an easy call. Back Arizona who wins outright.
Cardinals 20 � 19
Last week we won with the Bucs to go 4-2 in this forum, 8-3-2 on the week and 45-41-4 overall. We were 10-7 in this forum last season and 40-27 over the four years of the column (we skipped Week 17 in 2007). From 1999-2010 we've gone 1565-1387 against the spread (53%, not including ties). The full article comes out Wednesday night.
Surviving Week 7
I had the Ravens last week, but it didn't matter much since virtually no one was knocked out of your survivor pool.
Let's take a look at this week's slate:
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I have recently been asked to batch load a bunch of InfoPath Forms into a SharePoint Server for access via Forms Server. The customer had a database extract, in the form of a CSV file, and they wanted to convert this data into pre-filled forms, and then load the forms into SharePoint Server. They also wanted to apply some specific ACLs on the forms, because they contained some confidential content.
I looked a little bit around for a ready-made solution, but couldn't find an easy way to use CSV data to pre-generate InfoPath Forms & upload them to SharePoint, so I decided to write a little C# program to solve the problem.
Basically, I divided the problem in 3 chunks:
- Convert the CSV file into generic XML
- Convert the generic XML into proper InfoPath XML using an XSLT
- Upload the generated XML file into SharePoint and modify the ACLs programmatically
1. Converting the CSV into XML
I could probably just use Excel's XML capabilities to do this, but I wanted to automate all the steps in a single program. After digging a bit around the Web, I found this simple solution: XmlCsvReader on MSDN (and a slightly newer version on CodePlex). It's an implementation of an XmlReader that reads CSV input and generates an XML stream. It's really nifty and allows you to convert from CSV to XML very simply:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); XmlCsvReader reader = new XmlCsvReader(new Uri("file:///C:/temp/StatusReportData.csv"), Encoding.UTF8, doc.NameTable); reader.FirstRowHasColumnNames = true; doc.Load(reader);
I started with this data:
Date,Project,Prepared By,Manager,E-Mail,Department 1-1-2007,1,Thomas Conté,Harry Cover,firstname.lastname@example.com,Finance 2-1-2007,2,Bernard Barnier,Harry Cover,firstname.lastname@example.com,Finance 3-1-2007,3,Charles Duchemin,Harry Cover,email@example.com,Finance 4-1-2007,1,Ludovic Cruchot,Harry Cover,email@example.com,HR 5-1-2007,2,Claude Ratinier,Harry Cover,email@example.com,HR 6-1-2007,3,Jean Durand,Paul Dugenou,firstname.lastname@example.com,HR 7-1-2007,1,Paul Martin,Paul Dugenou,firstname.lastname@example.com,HR 8-1-2007,2,Gaston Lagaffe,Paul Dugenou,email@example.com,IT 9-1-2007,3,Paul Marcel,Paul Dugenou,firstname.lastname@example.com,IT 10-1-2007,1,Marcel Paul,Paul Dugenou,email@example.com,IT
And XmlCsvReader generates an XML document that looks like this:
<Prepared_x0020_By>Thomas Conté</Prepared_x0020_By>
<Manager>Harry Cover</Manager>
<Prepared_x0020_By>Bernard Barnier</Prepared_x0020_By>
<Manager>Harry Cover</Manager>
The complete document contains one row element for each line in the original CSV file. Now I need to break up this document in chunks, and convert each row element into a properly formatted InfoPath XML document.
2. Converting the XML into an InfoPath document
An InfoPath document, or form, is just a regular XML file, with a couple of XML Processing Instructions that indicate that the XML file is indeed an InfoPath form. These two expressions, that must be present at the top of the XML file, are:
<?mso-application progid="InfoPath.Document" versionProgid="InfoPath.Document.2">
and the mso-infoPathSolution instruction that indicates, among other things, the location of the for template.
Now, our base data being XML and the target InfoPath document being XML as well, the easiest way to convert from one to the other is of course to use an XSL Transformation (XSLT). This XSLT will simply output the InfoPath XML document, while inserting the data from our generic XML file in the right places. The easiest way to create the XSLT is to start from the target InfoPath XML: use the InfoPath client (or SharePoint Forms Server) to create an empty form. Then open the resulting XML file using your favorite text editor, and copy the whole XML skeleton into the body of your XSLT. The result, including the processing instructions, will look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="row"> <xsl:processing-instruction name="mso-infoPathSolution"> <xsl:text>name="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:infopath:Status-Reports:-myXSD-2005-09-22T20-42-56" solutionVersion="126.96.36.199" productVersion="188.8.131.52" PIVersion="220.127.116.11" href="http://w2k3sp2-spdev/SiteDirectory/infopath/Status%20Reports/Forms/template.xsn"</xsl:text> </xsl:processing-instruction> <xsl:processing-instruction name="mso-application"> <xsl:text>progid="InfoPath.Document" versionProgid="InfoPath.Document.2"</xsl:text> </xsl:processing-instruction> <my:statusReport xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2005-09-22T20:42:56" xmlns:xd="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003" xml:lang="en-US"> <my:reportDate> <xsl:value-of select="Date"/> </my:reportDate> <my:projectName> <xsl:value-of select="Project"/> </my:projectName> <my:preparedBy> <xsl:value-of select="Prepared_x0020_By"/> </my:preparedBy> <my:emailAddress> <xsl:value-of select="E-Mail"/> </my:emailAddress> <my:managerName> <xsl:value-of select="Manager"/> </my:managerName> <my:departmentName> <xsl:value-of select="Department"/> </my:departmentName> <my:summary></my:summary>
Note that we insert our original XML file element values into the XSLT output, using xsl:value-of in the right places. Now, all we need to do is to actually apply this XSLT to our XML document:
XslCompiledTransform transform = new XslCompiledTransform(); transform.Load("CSV2InfoPath.xslt"); foreach (XmlNode n in doc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes) { string fileName = n.ChildNodes[2].InnerText + ".xml"; string filePath = "C:\\temp\\" + fileName; StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filePath); transform.Transform(n, null, writer); writer.Close();
The key here is the XslCompiledTransform.Transform() method, that actually executes the transformation. Note that we iterate over our document's child nodes (i.e. row elements) and apply the XSLT to each chunk. In this example, the result is written to a temporary file on the disk, so that you can actually test the result by opening it with InfoPath.
Congratulations, you just converted a CSV data export into a bunch of InfoPath forms!
3. Upload the forms to SharePoint
The last part of our little operation is to actually publish the forms to a SharePoint Server, so that employees can open and update the forms using Forms Server (allowing them to complete these tasks using a Web browser, instead of having to edit the form on their desktop with the InfoPath client).
Since my batch program was intended to run on the SharePoint server itself, I was able to use the SharePoint API directly to upload the form. The code is fairly straightforward:
SPWeb web = new SPSite("http://w2k3sp2-spdev/SiteDirectory/infopath").OpenWeb(); FileStream fStream = File.OpenRead(filePath); byte[] contents = new byte[fStream.Length]; fStream.Read(contents, 0, (int)fStream.Length); fStream.Close(); web.Files.Add("Status%20Reports/" + fileName, contents);
The last part is a bit more tricky: using SharePoint 2007 new Role Assignment API to automatically apply security settings on the uploaded forms; the idea being, for example, to make sure each form can only be edited by the corresponding employee. The code will look like this:
SPFile newFile = web.GetFile("Status%20Reports/" + fileName); newFile.Item.BreakRoleInheritance(false); SPRoleDefinitionCollection roleDefs = web.RoleDefinitions; SPRoleAssignmentCollection roleAssignments = newFile.Item.RoleAssignments; SPRoleAssignment newAssignment = new SPRoleAssignment("W2K3SP2-SPDEV\\SPUser", "firstname.lastname@example.com", "SP User", ""); newAssignment.RoleDefinitionBindings.Add(roleDefs["Read"]); roleAssignments.Add(newAssignment);
In this code, we first use BreakRoleInheritance() to stop inheriting the ACLs from the library. We then retrieve the current site Role Definitions (i.e. "Read", "Contribute", "Full Control", etc.) We then create a new Role Assignment (for a test user called SPUser), apply the "Read" role to it, and add it to the RoleAssignments collection for the form we just uploaded.


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Tap: The Show
Date: Fri. 7 Mar, 2014 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Duration: 1 Hour
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The New Mexico Tech Performing Arts Series presents "Tap: The Show," with a cast of award-winning dancers and singers traveling seamlessly over decades, from Broadway and big band to world music and pop/rock. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, $10 for youth, and free for New Mexico Tech Students. 7:30 p.m. at Macey Center. For more information visit http://www.nmtpas.org


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Joe Johnson making most of his opportunities for Nets
The hardest part for a proven scorer on a talented team, as Joe Johnson is on the Nets, is that some nights, as Johnson says, the ball just does not find you.
Depth occasionally can feel hollow, as Johnson experienced when he took only five shots (and made one) in an embarrassing loss to the Magic on Sunday night. That is the cost of being surrounded by talent. So he has developed this corollary to his maxim about the ball not finding you: "When it does find you, you better be ready. I just try to be ready at all times. You never know."
Johnson made the most of it when he had the ball in his hands last night in the Nets' 104-88 win over the Jazz. He took nine shots in his 25 minutes -- like the rest of the starters, he was allowed to rest all through the fourth quarter -- and made five of them, including two three-pointers, for 12 points.
Being on a deep team is like being in grade school: You have to be content to share. No complaints from Johnson on that score, even though he was brought here before last season to be a big scorer, and possibly the biggest scorer.
"I think we went the first eight, 10 minutes and I probably touched it twice. That's part of it," he said. "The second quarter, it found me a few times. It's just how it is, man, we're a very talented group. Whenever you get minutes, you've got to just value them and do whatever you can to help this team out.
"I've been in a situation like this before, in Phoenix. I think my game, I'm not predicated on just one thing -- catch and shoot, go off the dribble, penetrate and kick. I'm able to do multiple things, which helps me out."
It was interesting to see that on the second of his two three-pointers in the second quarter, two teammates passed when they easily could have shot. That also is part of having the kind of team the Nets have assembled. "Guys are passing up good shots for great shots. That's just how it is," he said.
Last night, the ball even found rookie Mason Plumlee, who played a bit with the starters and shot 2-for-6 in 17 minutes. "The scoring can come from any angle within the starting five," Plumlee said. "It's a real fun team to play on because when you come off the bench, you just have to lift those guys up, give them energy, because they can score the ball."
Whenever, that is, the ball finds them.


text: At 21:17 2001-01-20 +0000, Ian Lynagh wrote: > main = do _ <- foldl foo (return 14) ["qq\n", "ww\n", "ee\n"] > putStr "" > > foo :: IO Int -> String -> IO Int > foo io_l s = do l <- io_l > () <- putStr s > io_l It repeats lines >and I really don't understand why. Is the code re-evaluated every time >foldl is expanded or something? Since the result type of foo is IO Int, it is building an IO action, in other words it is calculating a sequence of effects. The combined effects are performed by main. Repetition occurs due to the structure of foo. Notice that its action consists of first performing io_l, then putting a string, and then performing io_l _again_. If io_l prints the lines qq, ww, and qq, then the result will involve two such triplets. Try this. Remove either of the occurrences of io_l from the do block, and you will see quite different results. -- Scott Turner firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.billygoat.org/pkturner


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You will always find the best prices for our rooms, right here on our own website. We guarantee that.
Fall is just around the corner; we have already had many cool, open the windows type evenings that make for such great sleeping weather. October is filling up quickly with many dates not available, book now and enjoy Mountain Song at the greatest time of the year and we will throw in the Blue Ridge Parkway as well.
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Mountain Song Inn is the perfect place to stay when you are looking for an adult vacation with beauty, peace, and privacy for that special time away. We are a 5 star rated inn by TripAdvisor, ready to make your escape from every day life a very special one. No matter the reason - honeymoon, baby moon, elopement, or just the "we need to getaway" moment - we are here to make it a special time. Children are only allowed at Mountain Song Inn when all 3 rooms are booked by the same family.
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Look no further than Mountain Song Inn for your trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Floyd County, Virginia. Our area is noted for its renowned spots on the Crooked Road Music Trail. The Floyd Country Store and Chateau Morrisette Winery are our top attractions, however there is so much more you can do.
Hike Rocky Knob or Buffalo Mountain in the morning, to work off the four course gourmet breakfast we are going to serve you. Then tour multiple local vineyards in the afternoon, followed by dinner at one of our fine local restaurants.
We are small enough (three designer rooms all with private bath) to be your personal concierge and would be happy and willing to help you plan your own special away time. If it is shopping, antique hunting, artist venues, or the wineries and hiking mentioned above, we know the area well enough to design you a one of a kind adventure. There is also kayaking on the Little River, artisan classes you can sign up for ahead of time at the Jacksonville Center, guided hikes with a local guru, as well as golfing at two local courses. Depending on how far you wish to venture from the inn, there are enough activities to keep you busy for more than a week; you may just wish to stay closer and enjoy our view, gardens, and walking path. You may also relax on our porch swing, read on the window seats, play pool, or choose a movie to watch.
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by Burke Speaker | December 11, 2013 11:47 am
With Pope Francis being named Time's Person of the Year[1] 2013, we decided to a look at the last ten Time Person of the Year winners.
Pope Francis beat out many others expected to be in the lead — including political leaders. That's likely because, in other Pope Francis news[2], the man continues to wow crowds and bring Catholics back into the fold.
Of course, the Time Person of the Year award has been seen as becoming more and more irrelevant — especially after its controversial 2006 Time Person of the Year award (see below).
So while a Pope Francis biography will mention this award, it's more likely to note how the man began to bring Catholics back to the church.
Here are previous Time Person of the Year winners and reasons why they were given the honor.
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Audyssey has a new post-processing mode that will hopefully allow people to enjoy their films late at night without disturbing others. Unlike Dolby's "Midnight mode", which applies dynamic range compression to the entire signal, Audyssey's Low Frequency Containment concentrates on leaving the highs alone, and concentrating on that wall rattling bass instead. Walls absorb high frequencies much better than they do bass, so this LFC mode may prove a lot more satisfactory to late night listeners.
"As home theater evolved over the years, bass became fundamental to the movie-watching experience. But for anyone in the next room or next door, it is also the biggest nuisance," said Chris Kyriakakis, Audyssey's CTO. "It's very difficult to acoustically isolate a room because it involves additional construction. We researched how bass wavelengths interact with wall materials and we created a technology that solves the problem at the source.".
Since DTS HD Master Audio lacks its own dynamic range compression feature, possibly this new processing mode is just the ticket, given the near-ubiquity of the codec in new Blu-ray discs. There's quite a number of Dolby stalwarts who lament the lack of their TrueHD codec just for the Midnight mode, and if this technology becomes ubiquitous, it could put their worries to bed once and for all
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Does dr guest stretch the deep muscles when doing a AMF?
hi does dr phillip guest go deep in the deepest layers of the muscle under the skin to tighten the muscle up along with the skin when he does his advanced mini face lift op? (so that the effects of a face lift stay permanant)..
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Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars came out last night to celebrate the Oscars! I loved so many looks on the red carpet. Hollywood has always been an inspiration for fashion! Between Amy Adams, Olivia Wilde, Emma Watson, Jessica Biel, Lupita Nyong'o and Anne Hathaway, so many stars dazzled! Some of the best-dressed guys included Brad Pitt, Zac Efron, Jared Leto. Honestly I didn't see a lot of fashion mistakes, but then again I didn't see every single star..
Kicking off the night with a well-deserved win and heartfelt speech was Jared Leto winner of Best Supporting Actor. I totally teared up, so touching!
Speaking of Dallas Buyers Club, I stayed up way past my bedtime to see if Matthew McConaughey would win the Oscar for Best Actor and so glad I did to hear this awesome speech! Worthy of another listen. I love how he thanked God; one of a few to do so.
Loved Cate Blanchett who looked Hollywood glam last night! Cate took home the Oscar for Best Actress in the Woody Allen film "Blue Jasmine." I loved how she called out Hollywood!!
Without writing too much, there were so many great moments and speeches. I enjoyed Ellen as the host and thought she was funny. Of course Pharrell performing "Happy" was amazing! It was a great year for movies and congratulations to all the winners and nominees!
Emma Watson had the look I would totally rock!
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Next meeting: August 4 - 9, 2017 at the heart of the Ural Mountains, Russia
Critical metals are metals whose availability is essential for high-technology, green and defense applications, but vulnerable to politically or economically driven fluctuations in supply. At present, this designation applies particularly to the rare-earth elements (REE), tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), lithium (Li), molybdenum (Mo) and indium (In). Their areas of application, supply market and mine to end-user pathways have undergone major changes in the past 25 years. Some of these changes have greatly affected metal prices, or raised concerns regarding the future of advanced technologies dependent on critical metals, and the national security of those countries whose demand for these metals for industrial and defense applications is satisfied entirely by imports.
In recent years, great progress has been made in the understanding of those geological processes that produce industrially viable concentrations of critical metals in igneous systems and supergene environments. At the same time, many aspects of metal transport and enrichment in the mantle and lower crust remain unclear, as do the driving forces and mechanisms behind hydrothermal and metasomatic processes leading to the formation of such important deposits as Bayan Obo, Mineville and Steenkampskraal.
CM2017 will provide a forum for further discussion of the origin and evolution of REE, Nb, Ta, Li, Mo and In deposits, and related processes in igneous, hydrothermal, metamorphic and supergene environments. The meeting will be accompanied by a rich social program and followed by a fieldtrip to several large REE, P and Nb-Ta deposits.
Geologists, petrologists, mineralogists, geochemists, explorationists, technologists and market experts are all welcome to attend, contribute to the Workshop, and explore not only Miass in the hearth of Russia!
The First Workshop on the Geology of Critical Metals (CM2012) was held September 4-7, 2012, at Peking University in Beijing, China. The meeting was a great success, attracting many distinguished speakers from China and abroad (USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia) and delegates from as far away as Brazil. The topics discussed ranged from the geology and evolution of Bayan Obo and other deposits, to regional metallogeny, to method development, to market considerations. The Workshop was followed by a fieldtrip to Xi'an and Mo deposits in central China.
The Second Workshop was organized from July 3, 2013, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It addressed key current issues facing critical-metals research, exploration, mining, remediation and global supply market. Almost fifty geologists, petrologists, mineralogists, geochemists, ore processing and market experts attended and contributed to the Workshop on the campus of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST). Additionally, 32 people went to the Gorkhi Terelj National Park for a 1 day fieldtrip to examine mined pegmatite deposits.The workshop was followed by a field trip to southern Mongolia, attended by 21 of the workshop participants.This trip involved a flight to Oyu Tolgoi mine camp, run by Rio Tinto, where 8 local geologists and organizers provided excellent logistical and scientific support. Geological component of this part of the tripwas led by Rio Tinto staff and by Mr. Garamjav of Turquoise Hill Resources, who was involved in the early stages of exploration and mine development. The field trip then spent 3 days visiting REE-enriched alkaline complexes to the east of Oyu Tolgoi (alkaline granites and pegmatites of Khan Bogd complex; carbonatites, syenites and REE hydrotermal veins of Lugiin Gol REE deposit; carbonatites, syenites and REE skarns of Ulgii Khiid complex), before returning to Ulaanbataar. We, the Organizing Committee of the CM2013 workshop are grateful to all sponsors which contributed and especially for the support of Rio Tinto, Tescan and IAGOD as well as to all geologists and geophysicists who looked after us so well during the CMM2013 and additional fieldtrips.
The Third Workshop was organized between August 9 - 14, 2015 at the Geological Institute in Apatity, at the heart of the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia. It was opened jointly with Lia Kogarko's School on Alkaline Magmatism as an international workshop on Alkaline Magmatism of the Earth and Related Critical Metal Deposits. It was organized in the middle of Kola alkaline province worldwide known for the Khibiny apatite mines, loparite mines (and the world's largest eudialyte reserve) at Lovozero, Kovdor magnetite-apatite-baddeleyite mine, Afrikanda magnetite-perovskite deposit, and a score of other exciting places. The meeting was a true success, attracting many distinguished speakers from Russia, USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and Egypt - totally more than 130 scientists attended this critical metals meeting.
The Fourth Workshop entitled "Magmatism of the Earth and related strategic metal deposits" will be held between August 4 - 9, 2017 at the in Miass in the hearth of Ural, Russia.
Our colleagues from Miass are preparing several interesting excursions to the: Vishnevogorsky miaskite-carbonatite massif, Mines (diverse pegmatites) of Ilmen Nature Reserve , "Russian Brazilia" - granite & pegmatite complex, Medvedevskoe deposit - mineralogically interesting location with basic magmatic titanomagnetite ores and perovskite-bearing skarns, Karabash Deposit - Au-bearing rodingites with intetesting rodingite and hydrotermal mineralisation.
We are also going to organize a school for young scientists in the same place and in the same time!
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The Fourth Workshop entitled "Magmatism of the Earth and related strategic metal deposits" will be held between August 4 - 9, 2017 at the in Miass in the hearth of Ural, Russia.
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The International Conference «Magmatism of the Earth and related Strategic Metal Deposits», which will be held fromAugust 4 to August 9, 2017 in Miass (Chelyabinsk Region, Russia). More information you can find at the conference web site: http://magmas-and-metals.ru/
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Indeed Cevas. We gather round the campfire and listen to horror stories :-)
Pkin, perhaps you could wait until Oct 31st and then tell us all about it !!
Oh wow, a real haunted house? Spooky :-)
Lovely old house and the story behind it. I'm with cevas would make a great bed and breakfast. Then oh the stories that could be told if it is haunted. I lived i a haunted house when I was a kid.
It would make a nice B&B indeed, Cevas... or as a setting for a haunted house movie :-)
Beautiful big house. It would be a nice little hotel or bed and breakfast. Thank you for the picture and extra information, starlord.
Villa Ravensteen (Raven stone) was built in 1914 on top of a dune. It was the residence of a rich family whenever they were on holidays at the seaside. The servants stayed in the lower floors (major part of it underground) and they slept on the top floor in tiny rooms. Since 2001 it's a listed building


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After suffering a broken left index finger in the Dallas Cowboys' road win over the Bengals, it was suggested that wide receiver Dez Bryant should shut it down for the season and have surgery to repair it.
Only problem was, the Cowboys were in the thick of the playoff hunt and Bryant had come to life and finally shown why he was so highly touted coming out of Oklahoma State, so Bryant decided to play through it, and he played well.
Well, now that the Cowboys' season is over — again without a playoff berth — Bryant can get that finger fixed and be ready for the 2013 season after a breakout 2012 campaign. He'll do that Tuesday as he's scheduled for surgery to repair the bum finger.
In his last three games playing with the injured finger, Bryant caught three touchdown passes with 17 catches for 354 yards. He finished the season with 92 catches for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns — numbers becoming of a bona fide No. 1 receiver in the NFL.
Now Cowboys fans, and Bryant, should just hope today's surgery takes hold and he's ready to roll when training camp begins in about six months.


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Advertise ethically, veterinarians
To counter the effects of decreased revenue, local veterinarians have taken action. Some have established a significant social network presence on Facebook and Twitter. Others have adjusted fees and extended hours, while some have increased their advertising budgets. These are normal, healthy responses in an effort to bring pets to the clinic during challenging times.
Dr. Roy Linton graduated from veterinary school in 1973 and established his practice immediately after graduation. He is not as tech-savvy as some of the younger veterinarians and believes that honest advertising will let Relo County pet owners know about him and his practice. To that end, Dr. Linton has placed an advertisement in the Relo County Herald that says, "Let Relo County's most experienced veterinarian care for your pet's needs."About two days after the ad appears in the paper, several of his neighboring veterinary colleagues are up in arms. They contend that Dr. Linton's ad is unethical, untrue and possibly illegal. When the veterinarians challenge Dr. Linton about the contents of the ad, his response is straightforward. He says his statement is the truth, and a person cannot be sanctioned for telling the truth. He maintains that he has been practicing for 40 consecutive years in Relo County. This is substantially longer than any of his colleagues and the basis for his claim.
Several of his veterinary neighbors argue that the amount of time someone has put into his or her career does not necessarily equate to experience. In the ad, the use of the term "most experienced" is vague. Does it refer to surgical experience, internal medicine experience or any and all facets of veterinary medicine? The fact that the statement is so vague causes the other veterinarians to feel slighted and at the same time misinforms the county's pet-owning public.
This ad and its disruptive impact on the veterinary community became a topic of discussion at the Relo County Veterinary Association meeting. Dr. Linton does not have a history of acting unethically. He believes his many years of practice in the county allow him to make what he sees as an honest claim. That said, he has no desire to start a contentious relationship with his longtime colleagues, and he certainly does not want a complaint filed with the state board of veterinary examiners. He offers to delete the word "most" from his ad if this will satisfy his colleagues. Everyone agrees that this is a reasonable solution, and the controversy is put to rest.
Rosenberg's response
Attitudes toward veterinary advertising and self-promotion have changed over the years. There was a time when veterinarians were both sanctioned and shunned by the profession if they advertised or even appeared in radio, print or TV media. In recent years, however, this has changed. Any veterinary professional should have the right to ethically present and promote his or her practice credentials.
However, an ethical line is crossed when veterinarians advertise themselves in a superlative way. A clinician cannot claim to be the "best," the "finest" or the "top" performer in his or her discipline. This is not only unethical but in many states it's illegal. A superlative claim of practice skills cannot be substantiated as it pertains to veterinary practice. In addition, such claims are misleading to pet owners. Dr. Linton was well-intentioned, but he was wrong. His decision to alter the ad was the right thing to do.
Dr. Marc Rosenberg is director of the Voorhees Veterinary Center in Voorhees, N.J. He is a member of the New Jersey Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.


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The Series' premier AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike class first began competing on the legendary circuit as part of the 1980 season, the fifth year of competition for the class. Three decades later, the SuperBikes are still the stars of the show and 2014 will mark the 35th consecutive running of the event.
SuperBike star Josh Hayes has made himself at home at Road America over the last several years. The Mississippian has claimed six National Guard SuperBike victories at the track dating back to 2010, including an impressive five in a row.
In the 2013 rendition of the event, rising star Cameron Beaubier's only GoPro Daytona SportBike loss all season long came at the hands of Jake Gagne. The two Californian riders split the weekend's victories in what turned out to be a Midwest shootout between two of the sport's most talented up-and-coming riders.
Beaubier will put his skills to the ultimate test this go-around however, as the 2013 GoPro Daytona SportBike champion has graduated to the National Guard SuperBike ranks for 2014, joining top contender Hayes on the Yamaha squad.
Perhaps no one is looking forward to Road America more than Corey Alexander. The Carmel, N.Y. product went back-to-back and claimed victory in both of last year's Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport races.
Steve Rapp's Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series win at Road America in '13 ignited a four-race win streak that eventually led to his capturing of the 2013 AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series championship. Rapp will be looking for a repeat performance when the thundering Harley-Davidson XR1200 machines roll into the Badger State once again.
For tickets and additional information on the 2014 event, please call 1-800-365-7223 or visit Road America online at www.roadamerica.com/.
Fans can stay connected with Road America on Twitter (@roadamerica), Facebook (www.facebook.com/RoadAmerica) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/raceroadamerica) for the latest news all season long.
About GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing:
GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing is the premier motorcycle road racing series in North America and is universally regarded as one of the most competitive road racing organizations in the world. The 2013 schedule consists of nine rounds of competition on the country's finest road courses. The Series is comprised of four production-based classes: AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike, AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike, AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport and the AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series. Learn more about GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing at www.amaproracing.com/rr/.