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Archive for Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Boil water advisory lifted for De Soto
October 29, 2008
A boil water advisory for the city of De Soto was lifted shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The advisory was issued for the city Tuesday as a result of a water main break that occurred that morning.
The advisory applied to that part of De Soto west of Penner Avenue between 83rd and 87th streets and the area west of Lexington Avenue between 87th and 103rd streets. De Soto USD 232's west campus is in the boil water advisory area.
There is a leak in the main water line that caused the water system to lose pressure. When a pressure drop occurs, it is possible for contaminants to enter the system. Also, chlorine residuals may drop to levels inadequate to protect against bacterial contamination.
The break occurred in a water main that serves the west side of De Soto only. The advisory does not apply to any area east of the locations noted in the boil water advisory.
The break was bypassed so that all customers will continue to receive water; however the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has directed the issuance of this boil water advisory because the lack of water pressure in the main line.
The water break was currently being repaired by the city's water department.
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Good news here. I've done some work for the American Chemistry Council, so I'm well aware of the importance of chlorine to ensure that public water supplies are safe and free of anything that may harm the populace. It's been used to clean and purify water for over 100 years, so it was quite good to see that chlorine is being used to here to solve this crisis.
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Community Forums › Forums › Design Tips and Tricks › How to do conditional post excerpt vs. full content based on category?
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October 4, 2013 at 12:41 pm #65384
I want the majority of my posts to show as an excerpt on an archive page, but I am using a category called "courses" for a specific purpose and want to always show the full content, even when on an archive page.
Does anyone have a code snippet for this or something similar? I've been through the tutorials and code snippets provided and can't find anything even close. I know how to do this directly in a regular theme, using wordpress functions, but I'm not yet familiar enough with how genesis works to figure this out.
My other alternative is to convert course posts to pages, but I lose a bit of functionality that way that I'd rather not have to lose if possible. Thanks in advance.http://brooklinetaichi.org/freshwp/category/courses/October 5, 2013 at 12:19 pm #65482
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This seemed like a pretty little problem, so I gave it a try. I didn't have any luck doing Genesis commands, although one could make a custom loop to replace the Genesis loop without too much difficulty. There are tutorials on that here and there.
I did figure out a way to do it using code I had laying around for altering the normal WP excerpt. It's probably taking the long way home, though. 🙂 It can go in your functions.php. The code sets a default word length, which you can obviously change. And you will see that I just made a much longer excerpt for a particular category - this number could be bigger if yu have really long Posts. You will also see that I changed the "read more" text, and you could alter that to taste.
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'); $excerpt_length = 50; if ( in_category('2') ) { $excerpt_length = 1000; } $words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1); $daveLink = ' ...[Read More]'; if (count($words)> $excerpt_length) { array_pop($words); array_push($words, $daveLink); $text = implode(' ', $words); } } return $text; }
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Britain wants to double its exports to China within 18 months, taking advantage of Beijing's efforts to boost its own economy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday.
Speaking after talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Brown said exports to China last year added up to nearly five billion pounds (5.5 billion euros, 7.0 billion dollars) and he wanted this figure to reach 10 billion pounds by 2010.
"We have agreed together today to push forward with urgent better trade relations and Britain's exports to China will go up with the ambition to double these in 18 months," Brown said at a press conference with Premier Wen Jiabao.
Brown said British companies could benefit from construction and infrastructure projects that China has announced as part of a fiscal stimulus package to fight the financial crisis.
"China has made a decision that it will expand its domestic demand as one way of restoring the health of the global economy," he said.
"That means that China will need more resources spent on infrastructure, healthcare and industrial development.
Brown added: "British firms have a great opportunity to get the benefit from contracts in all these areas."
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, the former European trade commissioner, will visit China in April to identify specific deals.
Wen said he had signed 15 billion yuan (1.7 billion euros, 2.2 billion dollars) worth of trade contracts during his five-nation European tour. He said he would send "procurement teams" to buy goods and services from Europe.
The premier added that if China could maintain its economic growth, "it will be the biggest contribution to the whole world in the face of the financial crisis."
At a business conference with Wen earlier, Brown said the economic relationship between Britain and China would be a vital way of weathering the current worldwide economic storm.
"The strength of the relationship between China and Britain will be a pivotal force in helping us through the downturn and a powerful driving force behind our future growth and prosperity," he said.
"We know from previous downturns that a retreat to narrow, short-term protectionist policies would only serve to deepen the global recession and we must not and will not allow that to happen again."
Wen was to return home later Monday at the end of a trip that has also taken him to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and to Germany, the EU headquarters in Brussels and Spain.
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While it's exciting to hear what people have to say about the Bible, I don't think there's any better way to appropriately understand what we're holding, than to look at what God's Word has to say about itself.
"The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple"(Psalm 19:7).
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If I ever needed a factor and invoice discounting lawyer, I would choose Abraham Ezekiel. Not because of his reputation, but because he has such a calm demeanour that I am sure everything would come right in the end.
While his name might connote Old Testament plagues and damnations of the highest order, in actual fact Ezekiel infuses a wonderful tranquility into proceedings, a little Zen-like bubble of calm.
It has to be said, before the marketing department at Ezekiel's new firm Penningtons start ringing me, that there is very little chance that I will ever enter the world of factoring and invoice discounting. Basically, it is a fancy term for Tom lending John a fiver on the promise that John will have money on Friday when Brian pays him back his tenner. Sort of. It is the sort of practice that does very well during a recession, when companies start doing the metaphorical scrabble down the back of the sofa for spare change in an attempt to survive.
Ezekiel has been at Penningtons for less than a fortnight when we meet and is in the middle of being trained by the IT department, and so treats our chat as light relief. His former firm, Wilde & Partners, an acknowledged leader in the factoring market, announced its dissolution around two months ago. Five partners moved to Hammond Suddards Edge, with whom Ezekiel himself was in discussions before opting for Penningtons instead.
The last few months have been a blur for Ezekiel. First, the Wildes partnership broke up pretty quickly and then Penningtons first contacted him less than a month before he joined the firm. So what was behind the Wildes split?
"The reality was that Wildes was an extremely well-run business by Edward Wilde, who was an extremely well-respected and able businessman," explains Ezekiel. "When you have someone at the helm for a long period of time, it doesn't create the situation in which other partners can make decisions. So when that particular actor disappears off the scene, you're left with individuals who may not be able to follow."
So when Wilde went off to look after his farm, there was no successor ready to step into his shoes, resulting in a loss of direction at the firm. There were, as Ezekiel says, many very able lieutenants, but there was no general.
Psychologically for Ezekiel, the firm's closure seems to have made its mark, as in his next move he has put great store in the fact that Penningtons has been around for over 200 years, and so one can safely assume that it is not going anywhere.
"At Penningtons you have discussions because partners take part in the decision-making and they're real partners," says Ezekiel, before adding that the process of Wildes' disappearance was quite unsettling. It went very suddenly from being a strong practice to absolutely nothing. "I consider that tragic, absolutely tragic," he adds sadly.
He had been at Wildes for around five and a half years before its dissolution, after joining from Clifford Chance. It was, in fact, his experience of working for a big firm that led him to choose Penningtons over Hammonds.
"Very simply, I came from the corner shop; Wildes was a corner shop [which was] open all hours, like the one in the television [sitcom]," he says. "It was a very high-quality service to small and medium-sized businesses. If you're going to look at [factoring and discount invoicing] as a market sector, then it's small beer, but a corner shop can survive very well on small beer because of the personal contact."
He goes on to say that while he does not regard Penningtons as a corner shop, it nevertheless has a similar mentality to that at Wildes. Ezekiel shies away from the usual bombastic optimism of new recruits, saying of his move that there is a risk in everything in life, but that he has to follow his own gut feeling, which told him that Penningtons was the firm for him.
It is, he argues, a firm that has achieved the right balance between a personal service and having the capability to deal with whatever the client throws at it.
Whether his clients will follow remains to be seen; Ezekiel, who does not seem particularly worried, says it is their decision. "My clients have received it well. I come back to the point that I think clients who love you will always love you. For the clients that were with you for other reasons, it's a chance to reassess."
The move to Penningtons also has the advantage that the firm concentrates on small to medium-sized businesses, which is precisely the area that would most often use the factor and invoice discounting option.
"That's the target audience that's going to be ripe for insolvency work," Ezekiel points out, adding that while he believes the big boys of the City are already doing some work in his market, the realities of his work means that the smaller firms will always have the advantage because they already have the potential clients on their books.
When a move to Hammonds was on the cards, many in the marketplace saw Ezekiel as the trump card in the pack, the one who had the strongest relationships with clients. Ezekiel puts this perception down to the fact that Wildes did a lot of marketing work and he was often the face behind the sales pitch.
With a slowdown looming, there will not be too much scratching around in the dust for clients, a fact that Ezekiel acknowledges will make the move easier.
"There's work out there," he says. "There are players who may be able to provide the work, and it's favourable to be in a market that's becoming a bit more busy."
Ironically, given the history of his former firm, Ezekiel's ambition when he was younger was to become a farmer. As a partial sop to that dream, he still grows his own vegetables, but when the crunch came on making a career decision, Ezekiel made the sensible choice. However, given the current state of the farming industry, his two small children are probably better off with a lawyer as a father. But he does seem to possess the sort of patience required by those who watch things grow.
So does the thought of keeping a smallholding still appeal? Ezekiel sits and ponders for a bit, before it suddenly occurs to him that talking about leaving a firm when he has only just joined it is probably not wise, and so answers in the negative.
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I followed mauifrogs softmod guide for 4.3u Succesfully
I just got my new WD HDD (compatibility verified thru Wiihacks guide)
Used the EASUS partition manager and formatted as instructed.
My question is... Since I already have CFG USB loader on my Wii from the mauifrog guide, do I need to install / follow any of the rest of the steps from THIS guide? Or am I ready to start backing up games and Playing them thru CFG USB?
Sorry if this is a dumb question but this is my first time at this and I don't wanna screw it up.
Did you not already ask this? I believe I said you can use the Cfg from the 4.3 guide and it will work fine.
I just got Wii Game manager up and running and had to split an .iso into parts due to the fact that it was over 4gb
It split it into 3 parts. Two as .wfbs and a smaller third one as wfbs.tmp.
Is that normal for larger games or did I screw something up?
It should be set to split at 4GB so that you only have 2 parts. Usually when it comes out as wbfs.tmp it means you didn't have enough space to transfer it to the drive. Set the split size at 4GB's in the settings, delete and reinstall.
Thanks, I will try that. The drive is brand new outta the box so lack of size can't be the issue.
Can I play Wiiware with this if I manage to follow it all the way through?
I have softmodded my wii (4.2u) using Cile's guide. I have installed CFG loader. yesterday i have installed wiiflow from the guide from this thread. everytime when i open wiiflow, it restarts the system menu.Sometimes if it goes to the games page, it freezes.CFG loader is working fine.
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A trainee pilot narrowly averted disaster after completing a daring emergency landing north of Melbourne today.
WITH a thumbs-up to his friends and a hand in his pocket, the composed trainee pilot walked back to the terminal after performing a "textbook crash landing" when a wheel fell off his light plane.
The 21-year-old pilot averted disaster and showed his fledgling flying skills when he touched down the Piper Warrior safely on just two wheels.
The drama began just after 9.15am at Mangalore airport, about 15km north of Seymour, when his instructor - on the ground - noticed the plane's underside was "extensively damaged".
The instructor told the solo student, who is from China, to fly closer to the ground, when they discovered the wheel had fallen off.
For a nerve-racking five hours, the student, from the Moorabbin Flight Training Academy, was told to circle the small rural airport while he ran down fuel to avert the potential of sparks catching fire during landing.
Emergency crews, including police, SES and the CFA stayed in contact with the student on a two-way radio, while a fellow student and his flying instructor told him what he needed to do to bring the plane in.
About an hour before the plane's fuel ran out, the trainee was told emergency crews expected a crash landing and there was the potential for the plane to catch fire. But even with this grave information, the pilot remained "calm and in high spirits" as he circled.
Then in a flurry of activity about 1.15pm, once the plane's fuel gauge had run down, emergency crews sprayed the runway with foam as a marker and told him to come in for landing.
With an expertise and calmness that belied his mere 120 hours of flying experience, the student safely guided his plane on to the runway, as those below watched on nervously.
The plane immediately veered off the runway and on to the grass, lurching violently to the right before stopping safely.
Fire crews sprayed the plane with foam and plucked the student out.
Stopping briefly to wipe his nose, the trainee pilot was all smiles as paramedics gave him the all-clear and he walked to the airport shed to debrief with his flight instructor.
Incident controller Acting Sen-Sgt Clayton Munroe said there was a potential for disaster.
"The information we received was that once the aircraft was on the ground, the pilot loses all control so anything could have happened," he said.
"He was excellent when we were giving instructions. He was cool and calm and did everything he was instructed to and probably performed a textbook crash or emergency landing."
The Moorabbin Flight Training Academy, which trains only Chinese pilots, did not wish to comment after the incident.
But a flight instructor, who did not want to be named, praised the calmness of his charge.
The academy leases the plane from a private owner in Yarrawonga, whose name on the CASA website is listed as Philip Atkinson.
Maintenance work for the plane is conducted at the airport.
A Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman said the school had not been involved in any other incidents.
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NASCAR Tombstone Not Allowed in Cemetery
I was reading a story from Indianapolis, Indiana where a widow is wanting to place a NASCAR tombstone among other things on her husband's grave site but the Cemetery is saying she can't do it.
Jason Carr died in a 2009 car crash and his wife Shannon spent nearly $10,000 on a custom headstone in the shape of a couch featuring the NASCAR logo, the logo of the Indianapolis Colts and a deer and a dog. However, the couple's church said it didn't meet the specifications of its cemetery and therefore wouldn't be allowed as his grave marker.
Shannon Carr is now suing saying she never got any paperwork in advance of her ordering the tombstone from the Roman Catholic Church which owns the cemetery. The Rev. Jonathan Meyer, priest at St. Joseph Catholic Church, says he notified the monument maker that the headstone didn't meet the cemetery's standards and couldn't be placed in the church's century-old graveyard. But Carr says in her lawsuit says that she never received any regulations for the plot until more than a year after she tried to have the headstone installed in 2010.
Meyer says that the church knew about the plans for the headstone six weeks before Carr purchased it and that she was informed of the decision not to allow it in the cemetery and was encouraged to not purchase it. However, he did say that the regulations weren't formally official until after Carr purchased the headstone.
The archdiocese of Indianapolis says that issue is out of the court's jurisdiction as it doesn't fall within the bounds of the first amendment. So who is going to win this argument? Carr or the Church?


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Road demolished by the civilin administration in the village of al-'Aqaba in the Jordan Valley. Photo: be Anne Paq/Activestills.org 7 April 2011
The Civil Administration is responsible for developing infrastructure throughout Area C, including roads, waste treatment facilities and water facilities, for the benefit of all residents of the West Bank. In addition, because the Civil Administration has full authority over planning and construction in Area C, it is also responsible for granting construction permits for public buildings and infrastructure facilities in villages in this area, as well as for hooking up these villages to infrastructure.
According to the Civil Administration, "the development of medical services and proper access to medical treatment for all, along with the establishment of medical clinics and facilities for Area C residents are a top priority for the Health Liaison Office at the Civil Administration". Nevertheless, this statement of intent is not reflected on the ground. Palestinian development in all of Area C is rarely initiated by or invested in by the Civil Administration, and in the case of villages not recognized by the Civil Administration – forming the vast majority of Area C villages – the Civil Administration does not grant construction permits, not even for medical clinics or schools, and even issues demolition orders against institutions built without a permit.
Solar panels set up by Comet-ME in Mantiqat She'b al-Baten in the South Hebron Hills. In 2012 the Civil Administration issued demolition orders for solar panels in this and many other villages. Photo: Tomer Applebaum, December 2011
The Civil Administration approves hooking up houses to water and power almost only in villages for which it has approved a master plan. Because of this policy, more than 48,000 Palestinians living in Area C are not connected to any water supply network. Residents of these communities are dependent on rainwater, which they collect in cisterns, and on water purchased from private contractors at a high cost and delivered in tankers. The water consumption of some 42 communities in the southern West Bank is under 60 liters of water per person, per day; herding communities in the northern Jordan Valley consume only about 20 liters per person, per day. This consumption is significantly lower than the 100 liters per person per day recommended by the World Health Organization. As a point of comparison, the average water consumption in Israel is between 100 and 230 liters per person per day.
The Civil Administration has taken measures to disrupt water and power supplies that the residents obtain from alternate sources. From 2009 to 2012, the Civil Administration demolished 90 cisterns, 61 wells and 17 water reservoirs belonging to Palestinians in Area C. In 2012, the Civil Administration issued demolition orders for wind- and solar-powered electric systems erected by the nonprofit Comet-ME in villages in nine villages in the South Hebron Hills (the orders were not implemented). In addition, B'Tselem has documented during summer months instances that the Civil Administration confiscated water containers purchased by residents of the Jordan Valley for drinking and for watering livestock, alleging that the containers are located in firing zones.
Palestinian residents of Khirbet a-Duqaiqah, South Hebron Hills, 19 August 2012. Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah, B'Tselem.
According to a report by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), from early 2011 to August 2012 the Civil Administration approved 315 projects in Area C– including paving roads, constructing schools and medical clinics, and laying down infrastructure. The COGAT report provides information regarding 236 of these projects, of which only 19 (8%) are meant for Palestinian villages located entirely within Area C. These 19 projects are designed for the same 13 villages that have master plans approved by the Civil Administration. The remaining projects are meant either for communities all or most of whose land is located in Areas A and B (102 projects), or for the entire population of the West Bank (104 projects – including 58 for cellular communications antennas), or to serve beneficiaries in unspecified locations (11 projects).
In most cases the initiative and the funding for the projects approved by the Civil Administration, as detailed in COGAT's report, came from the international community or the PA. Accordingly, of the 32 road-paving projects recorded in the report as having been approved and implemented in Area C in 2011 and 2012, or approved and currently under implementation, only two were financed by the Civil Administration. The rest were funded by USAID and/or the PA. The Civil Administration did not fund even a single project of the 17 approved during that same period to renovate school buildings or of the six projects to renovate or construct medical clinics. These, too, were all funded by international organizations such as USAID, UNRWA and the Middle East Quartet.
In order to realize their initiatives for Area C, international organizations and the PA must undergo prolonged and wearisome bureaucratic procedures with the Civil Administration. According to the World Bank, the obstacles and delays involved in obtaining approval from the Civil Administration for such projects sometimes lead donors and organizations to give up on their implementation. Therefore, donor financial resources notwithstanding, the level of development in the area is extremely low and the spending on public ventures is minimal. For example, nearly all water-related projects – including drilling wells, transporting water and treating waste water – intended for the entire West Bank population are located in Area C. A number of projects that did obtain approval from the Palestinian Water Committee and the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Water Committee were ultimately, after numerous delays, rejected by the Civil Administration. Sixteen projects for water infrastructure, approved by the Joint Committee more than a year earlier, were still awaiting Civil Administration approval in April 2013.


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BCXSY See-Saw Bookshelf
I know, I know... it's ridiculously expensive, and its practical use is very limited. But I have to say this BCXSY See-Saw Bookshelf is quite the charmer. And before you mention price, check out how this is constructed. It seems quite feasible to disassemble an Ikea bookcase or purchase some lumber to make something similar for those limited by a budget, but unlimited in DIY moxy. Just imagine, you and your friend/roommate/spouse could have a read-a-thon challenge and "weigh" how much you've read over the summer. Bust open that Joyce, folks. [via acquire]


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What Sport Should Be Kicked Out of the Olympics?
What sport would you want to kick out of the Olympics? According to a couple of new surveys from Virtual Strategy / AskMen, the ones we'd cut are: Trampoline . . . badminton . . . synchronized swimming . . . table tennis . . . team handball . . . and archery. The sports we're most looking forward to watching are gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.
We've got the results here of two different surveys on what sport should be kicked out of the Olympics.
And while they don't completely agree, one thing is clear . . . there are a lot of people who can't differentiate between incredible world-class table tennis and the ping pong they play in their friend's basement.
In one survey, 19% of people said badminton should be kicked out . . . 15% said table tennis . . . and 13% said team handball. Team handball is the only sport America won't be competing in this year.
The other survey . . . which was only of men . . . found 47% think TRAMPOLINE should get kicked out. 30% picked synchronized swimming, 18% picked table tennis, and 5% picked archery.
The sport people are most looking forward to watching is gymnastics. That's followed by swimming and track and field.


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A FACEBOOK group - which allows people to share their memories of Basildon - help police snare a burglar within hours of committing his crime.
The Basildon Memories Facebook group was set up on the social networking site last year by 44-year-old Ian Clarke.
It allows people to share memories and photographs of Basildon's bygone days and has 4,000 members.
But the group found themselves acting as detectives, when one member posted a CCTV image of the man who broke into her garage.
The woman, who lives in Wood Green, Basildon, was distraught to return to her home on Tuesday November 20 to find her garage had been broken into. More heartbreakingly the crooks had stolen her grandson's scooter worth £400.
But, determined to help police snare the thief, the woman posted images of the man - captured on CCTV - brazenly walking away with the scooter on the Basildon Memories Facebook page.
Within minutes other members of the group had positively identified him and he was arrested that night.
Edward Goble, 28 of Cockerell Close, Basildon was even arrested wearing the same clothes as he had on when he committed the offence.
He was charged with burglary and appeared at Southend Magistrates' Court two days later where he admitted a charge of burglary.
In the wake of the swift justice Basildon Memories' founder Ian Clarke, 44 of Rayleigh Drive, Basildon, praised his members for helping bring the crook to justice.
He said: "The group is like one big family and it is this type of family-orientated thinking that got the members to stick together and name this offender.
"A year on from setting up this page and we now have over 4,000 members.
"I love running this group. People often thank me for rekindling their youth, I reply that all I have done is provided a platform.
"It's the wonderful members that have made this place a success and I cannot thank the kind contributions of stories and pictures they share."
Goble was released on bail and will return to Basildon Magistrates' Court next month for sentence.


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NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision Review - 3D Glasses for the Masses
NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision Hardware
The NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision technology all comes in a single box including the glasses, IR transmitter, cables and software; one of the few direct-sell products from NVIDIA the packaging is very high quality and you certainly feel like you are buying a high-end piece of equipment.
The interior box on the left holds all the software and cables needed to setup the 3D Vision configuration while the right section holds the glasses, transmitter and a few nose bridge choices.
NVIDIA has included very easy to read and understand quick-start instructions that I feel any PC gamer would be able to follow without a problem and also gives you a nice lens cleaning cloth and glasses case to keep your purchase safe when not in use.
The cables include a DVI-to-HDMI cable to connect your PC to a DLP 3D-Ready TV, two USB cables (one for charging the glasses, the other for the IR transmitter) and a communications cable to connect a DLP TV to the IR communication device.
The active shutter stereoscopic 3D glasses are seem to be very well built and even after my weeks of use (even with some handling by the public at Best Buy) held up very well to abuse, fingerprints and more. Don't let the angle and great photograph work fool you though, these are not "cool" looking glasses though they WORLDS better than any other 3D glasses on the market. My wife confirmed the "nerd-factor" for me several times.
You will notice on the right side of this photo that there is a slight bulge just past the lens – that is the IR receiver that permits communication between the IR transmitter and the glasses to time the shutter speed of the lenses.
The nose bridge pieces seen in this photo can be installed on the glasses and vary the height at which the glasses sit on your face. If you use standard glasses on a normal basis these bridges will allow you to use the NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses over them.
As mentioned on the previous page, each of the lenses is effectively a single pixel LCD screen that alternates between off (clear) and on (black) and thus can alternate which eye sees the current frame on the display.
On the left arm you will find a power button that is used to turn the shutters on when they have turned off through timing out or to re-sync them with the IR transmitter. The LED indicator lights up when you push the button as well: green for a good charge, red to indicate they have only a couple hours of gaming left in them.
To charge the battery in the glasses you can use the included or any standard mini-USB cable. A fully charged battery will last you about 40 hours of gaming time according to NVIDIA's documentation and a full charge up takes about 4 hours.
The Infrared transmitter that is used to time the shutters on the glasses with your display and computer is small box that needs to have a line of sight to the IR receiver on the front of the glasses. The single button on the front of the IR transmitter allows you to switch between the stereo 3D mode being enabled or disabled. This allows you to turn off the feature if the 3D glasses' battery has died or you just don't want the effect at that time.
The back of the transmitter has two connections: one USB connection for communications with your gaming PC and mini-stereo-type plug for communication with the 3D-Ready DLP TV. Both connections are required if you are using the DLP display type but obviously only the USB connection is required if you chose to use a 120 Hz LCD panel.
The wheel on the back of the transmitter is used to adjust the depth of the 3D effect on screen. You can move the when to adjust the depth down and thus create a "flatter" effect with just a small bit of 3D added to it or push the wheel to its maximum to create the most depth possible. This is really a personal preference that each person will have to judge for themselves on a game-to-game basis. Some users are comfortable with the full depth setting right off the bat while others will need to start somewhere in between. You will even find that over time, your eyes will more easily jump into the 3D effect and thus you can increase the depth of the effect to larger amounts as your eyes adjust.
GREAT review. Super video for download. MANY THANKS!!
hey there buddy o pal i saw xpand 3d cinema it gives me an idea what nvidia would be like but when you take the glasses off ur u tend to feel dizzay but at least i dident feel naseau so affter all xpand 3d is better than dolby 3d because it dosent you thos crappy colors anaglyph and dolby have
I loathe those 3D glasses so a 3D monitor is a refreshing change indeed, although you will have to wait and see if it lives up to what it claims to do.
I'm a fence sitter on 3D; on the one hand I am excited by the prospect of an extra sensation when a hand reaches out for me while watching 'The Ring' but on the other the 3D experience offered by many mainstream movies don't impress at all. http://www.optegra.com
Good article about 3d technology. Especially the sub header ;)
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I have a couple questions about the 1 million pillowcase challenge.
1. nevermind found the answer
2. I have a bunch of lic. fabric (like Dora and other juvenile prints) can I use this fabric to make pillowcases?
I am kinda in between quilting projects right now and needing to get rid of some fabric that my kids have kinda outgrown. Such as the Dora fabric I bought with the thought in mind of making my daughter some stuff and never got around to it, now she has moved on from Dora and I am left with several yards of the stuff! lol Don't ya hate when that happens? I do but if it can go to a good cause I won't be upset!
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26"The sky might close up so that there is no rain. This will happen if the people of Israel sin against you. And if the people of Israel are sorry and pray as they look at this temple, and confess your name, and stop doing their sin because you are punishing them,
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No early exit this time as Highland Park routs The Colony, 38-17
ALLEN — Last year, Highland Park fell in the bi-district round of the playoffs to a run-first Frisco team. This year, it faced another run-first team, The Colony, in the same round.
History wouldn't repeat itself.
Highland Park scored on all but two of its drives as it coasted to a 38-17 victory at Eagle Stadium.
Highland Park (10-1) will play Kimball (7-4) in the area round on Thursday at AT&T Stadium.
"A lot of these guys played in [the Frisco game]," Highland Park coach Randy Allen said. "As soon as that game was over, we started thinking about this year. We wanted to win this year."
Highland Park scored on the game's opening drive, then stopped The Colony on fourth down and forced a fumble, allowing it to jump to a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter.
The Colony cut the lead to 10 by halftime, thanks to running back Khalil Banks, who caught a screen pass and avoided two defenders for a 45-yard touchdown.
But when The Colony got the ball to start the second half, it punted after three plays. On Highland Park's next drive, running back Cole Feigl took a handoff to the left and jetted past everybody for a 43-yard touchdown to put Highland Park ahead 24-7.
"[Offensive lineman] Tony Richards, big boy, I call him my brother, he had a fantastic block," Fiegl said. "He held him up straight and that just gave me the leverage I needed, and I shot to the outside and it was there."
Feigl finished with 151 yards and two touchdowns.
The Colony put together one of its best drives of the game on its next possession, driving to the Highland Park 22, but faced a fourth-and-1. Highland Park's Tanner Houghton then broke through the line and tackled Banks for a 4-yard loss.
Highland Park responded with a touchdown to remove any doubt from the game.


text: Background Information June 19th, 2008, I landed in Adak, Alaska. The town of Adak is located on Adak Island approximately 1400 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska. I'm an explosives technician and I came here to begin a three month contract searching for left over military explosive ordnance. On Adak Island the highest point is Mount Moffett at 3824 feet above sea level. When I arrived in Adak the entire mountain was covered in tens of feet of snow. When I left Oregon I did not bring any of my mountaineering equipment. If I had brought the gear I could have had a number of possible routes up the mountain to choose from. Sometime around mid-July I decided to have my mountaineering gear mailed to me. The mail moves very slow here at times. For the first few weeks I was on the island I experienced a number of storms. Most of these storms were fairly cold and on occasion the top of Moffett would receive another light coating of snow on the exposed rocks. When July rolled in the storms were milder. After a series of mild storms the vast majority of snow had melted. There was still considerable snow in the ravines and along some of the ridge crests. I began studying the mountain and various topographical maps. I soon found on the west side of the mountain a long exposed ridgeline to attempt an ascent. The ridge comes in from a more remote portion of the island. I plotted a route along this ridge. I planned to descend using the much easier southeast ridgeline. This is the route that past hikers and climbers have used. I'm not sure how much the southwest ridge has been used. I wanted to do a sea to summit climb, and that's why I picked the southwest route. My work schedule on Adak Island was eleven hours a day, and six days a week. So I would have to hope for a good weather day on my one day a week off.The Approach [When I woke up on Sunday, July 20, 2008, I decided since the weather was decent I would attempt to summit Moffett. So far only some of my mountaineering clothing had arrived. None of my more serious gear had arrived yet. The route would be long and challenging. I would get dropped off west of town on a small hill. From there it would be nearly 12 miles to the top and back down to another location where I would be picked up. I got dropped at the start of my route around 10:15am. The weather was foggy and mild. I began my decent from an old gravel pit down to Shagak Bay on the west side of the island. This is about a 328 foot decent over 1.5 miles. The route traversed through tundra, bogs, and knee deep vegetation. Traveling across tundra can be a little unnerving. There are numerous bogs which can be hidden by the vegetation. There are also ditches and holes that can break a leg. When I neared Shagak bay I had to cross a stream. I now had to travel another 1.5 miles around the north side of the bay to reach the base of the ridge which leads up to the summit. This stretch of the trip traveled over barnacle and kelp covered rocks. As I neared the ridge I had to traverse two sections of cliff face along the waters edge. Finally I reached the base of the ridge at the far west end of Shagak Bay.The Ascent As I turn into the waste deep vegetation between the bay and the ridgeline I see something moving very fast towards me from the right side. It's an aggravated Bald Eagle flying right at me squawking. I must say, this was quite scary. I rip off my pack and swing it over my head and yell at it. After it fly's over me I run back down to the bay. I then pick another spot further away to the east to access the ridge. As I work my way through the vegetation I'm constantly watching and looking around for another eagle. I now start to climb the tundra covered ridge. I get to the top of the first rise and feel relived that I'm above the eagles. I work my way across the ridge and come to a ravine that is 200 feet deep with 70+ degree tundra covered walls. The ridge I started up was not the correct ridge, but instead a smaller ridge that is cut off by this ravine. The ridge I need to be on is on the other side of the ravine. I decide to scale down to the bottom of the ravine. After some slow going I cross the raging stream at the bottom and climb up the other side. The ravine walls are tundra and moss covered which I use to grab a hold of and climb up. I get on the spine of the ridge and work my way up. Somewhere around 1500 feet in elevation the tundra turns to rocks. The going is now easier and I make decent time. As I pass through the 2500 foot mark the going is steep and rocky. I'm now traversing boulders and a rotten rock surface. I reach the top of the first high point on the ridge and now I will travel along an ash covered, steep sided, and exposed ridgeline. I get across this without much difficulty. As I reach the other side of the exposed ridge and top another high point I get a good view of the route. As I stand there I realize this will be a much more difficult climb than I had originally thought. The route travels up a very exposed ridge. The top of this ridge comes to a point with only about a foot or less of surface. On either side is a 2000 – 3000 foot drop. There are also sections of hard, deep Ice and snow. I go across the bad sections on my hands and kick in steps on each side of the ridge. All the while I have rocks being kicked loose which fall down the entire 2000 or so feet. The top of the ridgeline is mostly crumbling ash and rock. Every so often along the ridge there would be a high point made up of crumbling volcanic rock. I would have to rock climb this checking every rock to see if it was solid. Footing in these areas was very bad. I would classify this entire ridgeline as a death route. This is probably the second most dangerous route I have ever undertaken. I finally access a safer portion around 3000 feet or so. This ridgeline now runs up to the summit pinnacle. The main hazards here are the sections of ice. This would not be that dangerous if I had my crampons and an ice axe. One slip here would result in a several thousand foot ride most likely. I finally reach the summit pinnacle. This is made up of rotten volcanic rock with boulders at the top. I reach the top and take a few photos before heading down. The Descent I plan to descend down the southeast ridge. This is the most common route up and down the mountain, as well as the easiest. I'm able to move at a fast pace on the way down the summit pinnacle. The ridge leading down from the pinnacle is made up of ash and pumice. There are two sections of hard packed snow and ice along the top of the ridge. I have to kick in steps along this section since I do not have my crampons. A slip here would result in a very serious fall on either side of the ridge. Past this section is a large rock outcropping at the top of the ridge that I have to climb up and over. Further down the ridge is a long section of rock sticking out top of the ridge. On the north side of the rocks is a steep drop. On the south side is a steep slope covered in approximately ten feet of snow. I find an area melted out where the snow meets the rocks. It is only about two feet wide and about ten feet deep. I use this are to traverse this section. The main hazards here are rock falls, and holes leading under the snow. If I had my crampons I would have avoided this section and traversed lower on the slope. Once I make it out of this melted out section I'm able to move more quickly. I cross a not so steep section of snow and make my way back onto a rotten rocky ridge. I'm able to move very fast over this ridge. I run and boulder hop most of the way down. I now drop back into the clouds. Once I'm off the steep ridge, I get to the stair stepped boulder field. I'm able to run over most of this. Lower down the mountain the rocky stair steps turn back into tundra and vegetation. I finally reach the pickup location and head back to Adak. DetailsTrip Length: 11.87 miles Elevation Gain: 4800 feet Time: 6 hours 15 minutes Images


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Schoolchildren in Hampshire are being urged to walk home in groups or with their parents after a 13-year-old girl was followed by a man.
Police patrols have also been stepped up in Portchester after the incident.
The youngster was walking home from school at around 3pm on Monday along Southampton Road in Portchester when she realised a man was following her.
The man, described as white, chubby build, under 50-years-old and with short dark hair, stopped following the girl as she walked down steps into Dursley Crescent in Paulsgrove.
He did not attempt to speak to the girl or approach her.
Schools in the area have been made aware of the incident.
PC Marc Norris, who is investigating, said: "Fortunately this was a rare, isolated incident, however we are advising children to walk home from school in groups or with adults, where possible.
"We would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or recognises the man from the description."
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Review time! with Mumbai Confidential
"Who's been overlooked … and who's been rooked? Who's left to die … and who's left to cry?"
Archaia continues to send me comics in the mail, and most of the time, I get around to reviewing them (I can't get to them all!). This time it's Mumbai Confidential, which is billed as "Book One," but it tells a complete story, so I'm not sure if the creators are planning to tell stories set in Mumbai with new characters or if they're going to bring some of these characters back. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!
The book is written by Saurav Mohapatra and drawn by Vivek Shinde, with additional art (for some interludes to the main story) by Sid Kotian, Saumin Patel, Vinay Brahmania, and Devaki Neogi. It's 150 pages for a nice $24.95 hardcover.
As Ron Marz points out in his introduction, Mumbai is a very good place to set a noir story because of the contrast between the super-rich and the abject poor and the clash between the modern and the ancient. It's a sprawling city, too, so it offers a lot of real estate for the characters to move through. Mohapatra gives us a bleak noir story, too, where there's really no hero, just corrupt cops, even more corrupt cops, and gangsters. The least corrupt cop, Arjun Kadam, is actually no longer on the force when the book begins, and we gradually learn why not. But while Kadam is corrupt, he's not completely soulless, so that makes him the hero. The story is based on a real situation in Mumbai – the crime was so bad in the 1990s that a special police force called the Encounter squad was formed, and they were given the authority to straight-up murder the bad guys. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they began to move in and take over the criminal activities of those they had gunned down, and the worm eventually turned. Kadam is part of the Encounter squad, and he thinks he's doing the right thing early on, but as he has a shred of decency left, he's not as on board as the others. Mohapatra also gives him a backstory, as his wife is pregnant but she develops tumors in her Fallopian tubes and both she and the baby die. Kadam, perhaps not surprisingly, becomes a heroin addict, which only makes him more corruptible but also more sympathetic.
The inciting event of the book, like a lot of noir, is a seemingly random occurrence – Kadam is struck by a car, but more importantly, a girl who just gave him a flower in a rare act of kindness is also killed. Kadam tries to investigate the hit-and-run, and finds that it's a more complicated crime than he originally thought.
On the surface, this is a standard noir story, and if you like that kind of thing, it's a good story. Mohapatra's tale is as bleak as it gets, as the only two "good" characters – Kadam's wife and Laali, the flower girl – are killed by a brutal, uncaring world. Like a lot of good noir, he jumps back and forth in time nicely, and it actually leads to the one weakness in the book – Mohapatra never gets around to explaining what happened to Kadam's wife and why he's no longer on the force. We can infer that she died and his addictions led to his dismissal, but when we reach that point, Kadam is well into his investigation and Mohapatra becomes more linear, moving beyond the events of the "past." For the most part, however, the way he structures the book works well, because he gives us short scenes that eventually link up nicely, from the chess game Kadam plays with his only friend on the force to the criminal they bust. Mohapatra makes good use of the setting, too, as he ties in the Hindi film industry and the giant gulf between the rich and the poor in India. As a noir story, this is quite good. By making it an interesting sociological examination of Mumbai, Mohapatra makes it a bit more compelling than your average noir. The "interludes" that come between some of the chapters are vignettes about some of the characters that don't necessarily tie into the main story but allow Mohapatra to show some different facets of their personalities. It's a nice device.
Shinde's style is not my favorite, but he does a nice job with the digital painting – it's obvious that he's good at it, and it's just a "me" problem that I don't love the style.
What works well is the mood, because he can drench parts of the book in darkness and rain, which highlights the bleakness of Kadam's present life. The dream sequences are really nice, as Shinde colors everything blue and makes the things Kadam sees eerie and weird. In the "past" sections, he makes everything brighter and harsher, as if Kadam was living in a hotter place then and after his life fell apart, everything got cooler. Shinde uses light extremely well, which goes hand-in-hand with the darkness of the book. Characters are always lighting cigarettes in dark places, which helps spotlight them. He also does a good job contrasting the rich of Mumbai with the poor – we can tell the subtle differences between the way certain characters dress, while the posher parts of town are definitely cleaner and brighter. The other artists have nice differences in style, which adds (perhaps inadvertently) to the wide variety of life in Mumbai. They're nice palette cleansers.
Mohapatra gets bleaker and bleaker as the book goes along, and the last page is a nice twist on the "sound-byte" epilogue that we get in a lot of movies. This is not a book to read if you want to be happy, but it is a good noir story. The ultimate plot isn't the greatest, but with these kinds of stories, that's almost beside the point – what makes them interesting is the atmosphere the creators create, and Mohapatra and Shinde (along with the interlude artists) do a good job with that. The novelty of setting it in Mumbai (for American readers at least; I don't know if the Indian comics scene has a lot of noir stories set in the city) never wears off, because the creators make the city so much a part of the book. If you're a fan of noir, this is a good book to read. I'm curious if the creators are going to return to this "universe" in the future. Should be keen to see.
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Top 5 Unhealthiest Fast Food Value Meals
There are a few reasons why you might find yourself in a fast food restaurant, two of them being cost and convenience. Whether you're in a rush, looking to save money, or simply have a hankering for fast food, know that some of the big menu options are better than others.
The Cancer Project surveyed the largest fast food chains in the US to come up with a list of what the initiative has deemed the five unhealthiest items. The survey coincides with new research that says cancer is projected to be the world's leading killer, with particular concern about high-fat diets in Western countries, and comes at a time when people might be sacrificing their health to save money. To see the five unhealthiest fast food items on value menus,
- Wendy's junior bacon cheeseburger ($1.53): 310 calories, 16 grams of fat
- McDonald's McDouble ($1): 19 grams of fat, 65 milligrams of cholesterol
- Burger King breakfast sausage biscuit ($1): 27 grams of fat (15 grams of saturated fat), more than 1,000 milligrams of sodium.
- Taco Bell cheesy double beef burrito ($0.89): 460 calories, 20 grams of fat, 1,620 milligrams of sodium.
- Jack in the Box junior bacon cheeseburger ($1): 23 grams of fat (8 grams of saturated fat), 55 milligrams of cholesterol, 860 milligrams of sodium.


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Monday, July 04, 2011
Happy 4th of July!
Here's "Uncle Mac" wishing everyone a happy 4th and GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!
I've been having a lot of problems with my right hand/arm (thus the absence of posts). I tried 5 different tries on this cartoon. I just couldn't do it. Since doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity I decided it was time to change my technique. My "old" technique I just couldn't execute with my current issues. So I spent 4 hours watching some Sandra Angelo tapes and going through some books and came up with something I could do until I get better. Different paper, different style. But at least I can draw again!!
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Glad to hear you "found a way" to draw again, always look forward to your blogs!
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NASA balloon falls short
The second flight test of NASA's Ultra-Long Duration Balloon (ULDB) has been terminated well short of its desired goal: a trip around the world.
Despite NASA claiming the flight was a success because it met all 'pre-flight minimum success criteria', the balloon only travelled 2,000km across Australia instead of circling Earth.
The balloon was launched at 9am last Saturday, March 10, near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory and was supposed to stay aloft for around a week. However, the mission was aborted just 24 hours and 42 minutes later, landing near Carnarvon in Western Australia on Sunday morning. There were no injuries or damage to property and recovery operations are underway.
Gary Woods from the balloon launching station said it had a beautiful flight through the night but failed to repressurise on Sunday morning.
"There were [also] some doubts about the balloon, so it was decided to bring it down on Australian soil rather than let it come down in the ocean ... we made it by about two kilometres," Woods said.
The pumpkin-shaped ULDB is the largest-single cell, super-pressure balloon ever flown. It is designed to float above 99 per cent of the Earth's atmosphere for up to 100 days at a time. The balloon is composed of a lightweight polyethylene film about the thickness of ordinary plastic food wrap. It's designed to carry a 1,000kg payload of scientific equipment.
On its second test flight the ULDB ascended slightly slower than expected until it hit the tropopause where its rate of ascent was close to that predicted. The decreasing external pressure at such high altitudes allowed the balloon to pressurise at a stable altitude of around 35,800 metres, 1,000 metres lower than expected. During the mission it reached the desired altitude of 37,000 metres before nightfall.
As the sun set, the pressure in the balloon decreased and around 68kg of ballast was dropped during the night to maintain altitude. By morning the ULDB had fallen to 35,650 metres.
At this point, however, the expected rise in pressure due to heating from the Sun's rays did not occur and the balloon did not rise to the expected altitude. It was at this point the decision was made to terminate the mission.
The apparent failure of this test flight follows the failure of the first test flight on February 25 this year. On that occasion the ULDB was launched from the same site near Alice Springs but was bought back to Earth within hours by a small leak.
The NASA team are now preparing for the next scheduled flight of the ULDB from Antarctica in December this year.


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Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is ready to delete one of his worst memories during his career with the Blues on his return to the Champions League against Swiss champions FC Basel on Thursday ( 19/9 ) early morning hrs . Mourinho's last match in the Champions League as coach of Chelsea's 1-1 draw occurs when detained by Norwegian club Rosenborg , who was then angered club owner Roman Abramovich . When relations soured between Abramovich and Mourinho was also peaks after Mourinho was sacked 48 hours after the game against Rosenberg . In his tenure , add a glorious Mourinho at Chelsea by winning the Premier League title twice , two League Cups and one FA Cup . Mourinho, who then won the Champions League with Inter Milan in 2010 , also suffered two embarrassing defeats in two Champions League semi-final against Liverpool as Chelsea deal . But following his return to the club from Real Madrid last pre-season , 50 -year -old coach had the opportunity to convince Chelsea to have good memories in the future . Chelsea have won the Champions League in 2012 and subsequently won the Europa League trophy last season . Now the more depressed is Mourinho . To overcome this , Mourinho will balance the desire to win the Premier League with the demands of doing business in the European arena . That means he had to prioritize which games should be played at every competition . He had to choose three attacking midfielder position is difficult she specified , between Eden Hazard , Juan Mata , Oscar , Andre Schurrle and Willian are all qualified. "I do not know if I could make them happy , " said Mourinho . " I'm happy because I 've got so many good players and I am happy to do right or wrong because I do it in an honest way . " I'm not going to judge from the words or interviews , nor from an agent or a parent or a friend or a comment or a journalist or Twitters or things like that . I will let the football talk and I 'll leave the football to decide . " Basel has energy giant killer in the Champions League after a convincing 2-1 victory of Manchester United's 2011-12 season which makes this Swiss club advanced to the knockout round . But Chelsea , who was dealt Rafael Benitez is too strong for Basel when the two teams met in the semi-finals of the Europa League last May with a 5-2 aggregate win before walked off with the trophy after winning the final against Benfica . Chelsea are favorites to top the group standings are also inhabited Schalke 04 and Steaua Bucharest this , but there is little margin for the club's chances of winning the care of Murat Yakin. Saturday's 0-1 defeat of Everton made Mourinho suffered his first defeat in the Premier League since returning to Stamford Bridge . But Hazard said it is impossible for a club like Chelsea could lose two times in a row . "We have another game on Wednesday ( local time ) in the Champions League and we have to win because Chelsea is a big club , " Hazard said as quoted by AFP . " If we lost the first two games then it is very bad for us . "
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And Don Imus got (rightly) canned for his "nappy headed hoes" comment. But the best that Kathy Griffin gets is to have her disgusting remarks cut from the telecast?
Here's some of the article from Reuters....
Kathy Griffin's Jesus remark cut from Emmy show
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic Kathy Griffin's "offensive" remarks about Jesus at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be cut from a pre-taped telecast of the show, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said on Tuesday. Griffin made the provocative comment on Saturday night as she took the stage of the Shrine Auditorium to collect her Emmy for best reality program for her Bravo channel show "My Life on the D-List."
"A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus," an exultant Griffin said, holding up her statuette. "Suck it, Jesus. This award is my god now."
Asked about her speech backstage a short time later, an unrepentant Griffin added, "I hope I offended some people. I didn't want to win the Emmy for nothing." Griffin's reaction to the imbroglio, according to a statement issued by her publicist: "Am I the only Catholic left with a sense of humor?"
Yeah. "Catholics" like her are the same ones that ParamedicGirl describes here.


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Researchers Measure 30% Weakening in Atlantic Circulation
30 November 2005
|The Atlantic Ocean circulation system. Click to enlarge.
Researchers in the UK have measured an apparent 30% weakening in the warm Atlantic Ocean currents that carry heat from the tropics to the high latitudes of Western Europe.
The team behind the new study are the first to spot these signs of decline in Atlantic currents. Harry Bryden of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, and his team report their results in this week's Nature.
Should this prove to be a sustained decline (there is a degree of uncertainty estimated in the paper), the findings would be extremely significant, and could mark an intensification of European winters in a relatively short period of time.
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation—the current system that includes the warm Gulf Stream current—is a major contributor to the relatively mild weather experienced by Northern and Western Europe, even at its comparatively high northerly latitude. Both salinity and water density are key to the functioning of the transport.
The weakening of the system is likely caused by the additional fresh water flowing into the northern ocean from rivers, rain and melting ice, and this is thought to be linked to global warming. Despite no indication of climate cooling—on the contrary, average temperatures in Western Europe have increased—climate modellers are worried that the resulting weakening of ocean currents could ultimately lead to substantial cooling of the North Atlantic. Cooling resulting from warming, in other words.
A direct impact of the weakening circulation on air temperatures in western Europe has so far not been observed. Average temperatures have increased by around . Whether or not the true warming is partly eclipsed by an opposite oceanic cooling trend is not clear.—Detlef Quadfasel, University of Hamburg
During a cruise in spring 2004 from the Bahamas to the Canary Islands, on board the British research vessel RRS Discovery, the research team measured water temperature and salinity along a latitude of 25º North, taking samples roughly every 50 kilometers.
They then calculated from the density and pressure differences between each sample, the volume and velocity of the circulation at various depths, assuming that from coast to coast the balance of water flowing north and south must be zero.
Similar measurements along the same latitude were previously made in 1957, 1981, 1992 and 1998. Until now, the data never showed any significant decline in circulation.
Now, however, although the near-surface, and mostly wind-driven, Gulf Stream has remained almost constant since 1957, the deep-ocean return flow of cooler water has decreased dramatically. This cycle usually returns water to more southerly latitudes from as far north as Greenland and Scandinavia.
The warmer water now seems to be trapped in a loop in the subtropical Atlantic, instead of cycling all the way to the ocean's northern extremity.
Whereas the northward transport in the Gulf Stream across 25° N has remained nearly constant, the slowing is evident both in a 50 per cent larger southward-moving mid-ocean recirculation of thermocline waters, and also in a 50 per cent decrease in the southward transport of lower North Atlantic Deep Water between 3,000 and 5,000 m in depth. In 2004, more of the northward Gulf Stream flow was recirculating back southward in the thermocline within the subtropical gyre, and less was returning southward at depth.—Bryden et. al.
This is quite sensational information in itself. But it is also an important message to politicians who negotiate the future of the Kyoto agreements: we do change our climate.—Detlef Quadfasel
"Slowing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 25° N"; Harry L. Bryden, Hannah R. Longworth and Stuart A. Cunningham; Nature 438, 655-657 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/nature04385
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Discussion of the Nature article at The Oil Drum
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IF the Atlantic conveyor shuts down due to global warming causing too much fresh water to enter the ocean, it will result in a mini-Iceage for europe.
If we keep it up for too long, it will result in the return of a major Iceage event for the whole world. This could result in human extinction.
Mother nature has a way of dealing with greedy people.
Lucas you seem a bit confused. A mini-Iceage for Europe is conceivable if the currents stopped flowing. An iceage for the world makes no sense: the mean temperature of the earth is increasing! on average it is warmer...so i don't know where the ice age business comes from.
and since you are using a computer and presumably sitting in an heated/cooled room, you are apparently one of the greedy carbon-producing people you tacitly denounce...
This is just bad science. A group of scientist on a cruise ship, making one study and saying the sky is falling. Yes, the earth is warming. Yes, the earth is changing. But true science is still out on how much effect man has. Current weather in Europe seems to contradict these findings.
It is unfortunate that science is being used this way. It seems agenda is getting in the way of scientific study.
Actually, the researchers come from an institute with a decent reputation. And Nature is generally regarded as a journal with decent peer review.
So while more research has to be done, and the (immediate) effects of this reduction in heat circulation are not clear, it seems a little premature to yell 'bad science'. Feel free to come up with scientific arguments and data to validate that claim. The oceanographers have done so in Nature..
A planet like ours, if unpeopled, will evolve at a certain rate all by itself. However, intelligent life forms on such a planet WILL use what resources they need to survive, to invent things that make life easier or more enjoyable, to overpopulate, and to war against those who would have all the good things for themselves. Fossil fuel dependency, environmental degradation, and accelerated climate change are not surprising. Humans are giving planetary evolution a kick in the seat and there is nothing at this point that world governments (UN?) will actually agree to do which will forestall the inevitable. Look at the BIG picture folks! Kyoto Accords and hybrid cars can't stop what is happening now. It is WAY too late!
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A cost-cutting measure will send thousands of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions workers home for three holiday weeks during the remainder of 2012.
"We'll be in limited operations during the holidays, with essential personnel only," said Barbara Smoak, a spokeswoman for the Savannah River Site contractor.
According to a report from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the company – which employs about 4,500 workers – is facing a fiscal 2013 budget shortfall that could be as much as $175 million.
"SRNS announced they will be dramatically reducing staff augmentation support and construction forces very soon," the safety board's report said, adding that the company also extended an effort to enroll more workers in voluntary separation programs.
The company "also announced they are considering plant closures for three entire, upcoming holiday weeks where workers would be required to use vacation leave or take time off without pay," the safety board report said.
Smoak said there are no plans to close any SRS facilities, but activity during the three holiday weeks will be limited to workers needed to ensure safe operations. "We will also continue to support other contractors on the site, where appropriate," she said.
The scaled down operations are concentrated in holiday weeks because many workers typically take time off then anyway, she said. "We already get two holidays, for example, during Thanksgiving week, so it is not a huge impact."
Estimates of how many of the company's 4,500 workers would be on leave at the same time are not available. "We are still determining exactly what staffing would look like under essential personnel only," Smoak said.
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the site's largest employer, has been reducing its workforce gradually since December 2010, when the U.S. Energy Department authorized the company to eliminate up to 1,400 positions. Through August, at least 1,065 workers had left.


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" Genre: Fiction / Author: Virginia Woolf / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 112 Pages / Book is published 2002-02-28 by Penguin Classics "
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'A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write'
'Virginia Woolf's blazing polemic on female creativity, the role of writers and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom'
*Synopsis taken from 'A Room of One's Own' written by Virginia Woolf and published by Penguin Publishers: Great Ideas in 2004*
First published in 1928 Woolf's "A Room of One's Own' is the story of the age-old struggle for women to reach and attain an equal social and intellectual standing to their male counterparts. Woolf's novel, although commonly regarded as such is in fact not; 'A Room of One's Own' is based upon two extended essay papers, written by Woolf to be delivered to attendees of two women's colleges at Cambridge in October 1928 regarding women and their ability or apparent inability to write due to the disenfranchised standing of intelligent females throughout history and the masculinised nature of the English language. While Woolf's extended essay employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women as writers and fictional characters, the original essay manuscript for the lecture series entitled "Women and Fiction" is academically regarded as a non-fiction work thus the essay/novel is also considered as such.
When reading the novel look out for:
*Historical interpretations of Oxbridge colleges, comparatively the male and female colleges.
*Shakespeare's unacknowledged 'imaginary' sister Judith...or is she imaginary? Would we actually know if Shakespeare had a sister???
*The increasing mention of famous female writers from history and Woolf's account of their struggles to find the ability to write
*And lastly and perhaps most notably, Woolf's famed writing of the basic requirements of being able to write; throughout history children, husbands and domestic responsibilities have restricted female writers for fulfilling their writing potential.
Although I myself am not much of a fan of Woolf's work; sorry I find it rather dull, a little bit whiny and pretentious (I feel awful for saying this about such a notable and respected female author but it's my true opinion) I quite enjoyed reading this particular novel/essay. Unlike other examples of Woolf's work there are some incredibly clever and imaginative sections, which ring very true to patriarchal history. Similarly whilst I was reading I found myself repeatedly proclaiming: 'Wow that really is a fantastic point'; one particular section I found most interesting and thought-provoking was Judith Shakespeare's introduction to the novel. Being an avid fan of Shakespeare i found Woolf's points regarding his little, possibly imaginary, sister to be really intelligently done and highly possible. As I said earlier would we have ever known if Shakespeare had a sister even if she was as 'equally gifted' and talented as Shakespeare himself. It is a sad fact that most probably Woolf is right and if Judith had existed she would have been shepherded into a woman's life tending to children and a husband and ultimately denied of any education and discouraged from pursuing a writing career.
Ultimately I consider 'A Room of One's Own' to be one of Woolf's best works and would advise anyone, whether you have or have not read anything of hers before to give it a go. Although the story behind the novel/essay is not full-on thrilling action/adventure it is the points Woolf makes and the intelligent thinking behind the novel that makes it a challenging, enjoyable and very provoking read and at fewer than 150 pages it's well worth the little time it takes to look through it.
PS. Although I find Woolf's novel/essay a provoking and interesting read I find it formally relevant only to the past. Although it is a relevant read today I do not believe that todays women have the inability to write due to the disenfranchisement Woolf discusses in this book. : )


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BALTIMORE, April 16 (UPI) -- Jose Contreras allowed four hits over seven innings Wednesday in carrying the Chicago White Sox past Baltimore 3-1.
Chicago won its fifth straight road game.
Jim Thome hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Contreras (1-1) protected the lead by striking out six and walking no one. Bobby Jenks worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save.
Thome's homer came off Adam Loewen (0-1), who walked five and gave up six hits in six innings.
Baltimore was held to a season-low five hits.
Nick Swisher opened the game with a single to right and Orlando Cabrera then drew a walk. Thome followed by hitting a 1-2 pitch over the fence in right-center for his third homer of the season.
The White Sox opened a five-game road trip.


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If you till have an issue please open a ticket with Technical Support, the link is in my signature.
don't waste your time submitting a ticket, they will tell you to update your firmware, aka.. they dont give a dam. The game is dead and 0 support. The mp has been broken since day 1. I too purchased all the dlc from steam summer sale and none, NONE of it works. Its day light robbery and fraud. They know it does not work but will keep selling it, iv lost all respect for UBI then then again why would they care about a few people getting ripped off? it will NEVER find any other game mode other than battle, no dlc for mp will work,
And i have said it a million times, who ever made gurilla mode non public wants firing from the industry its borderline ******iness.
Yes this is the same problem what I have. and my firmware is the latest.
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I suggest opening a ticket with Technical Support, the link is in my signature.