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The reason RP got no traction in the MSM is RP is public enemy #1 to the Federal Reserve. "End the Fed" was RP written and the old saying "follow the money" is important to employ here.
In 1910 Rothchild sent his emissary Paul Warburg to the US to set up a Central Bank with all the powers of which he had in the rest of the world. He paid him a tidy sum of $500,000 per year (in 1910 dollars) , but not a fool with his money this turned out to be money well spent (for him). Warburg was his instrument that put this country on its downward spiral and his privately controlled banks in the most unbelievable position to rob the USA. Rothchild has done this many times before in several countries. Rothchild controls The Bank of England, one of the seven private banks that own the Federal Reserve. Three private US banks and four European private banks. Their mission statement is to make a lot of money for their private owners. How /say they do this? Most folks would have their eyes cloud over by now reading this mundane story but it's a really an eye opener for the folks who want to know what the heck is happening to their country.
To simplify this corrupt deceitful villainy foisted on the USA is to go to the motive. That being, get a monopoly license to print the US dollar into private hands (mostly foreign hands) and thru bribes and machinations to confuse even the astute observer, it was done. What a feat of bamboozling the public.
These thugs now are able to print dollars , loan them to our government , collect interest from our government , and to add insult to injury pay no tax on the interest, Wow !!! Thus driving up our national debt to them. Over 4 trillion dollars to date. Not to mention the 16 trillion dollars given to their crony friends lately. 2 plus trillion dollars to Citi Bank alone. Yes over 2 trillion to their City Bank cronies.
To keep this scam a secret the press had to be muzzled so they ( the banks that own the Fed) have been buying up all the media thru out the years and still are in the process. They have unlimited money to do this, don't they?
They foresaw the problems of containment (remember McFadden in 1932 exposing them) . Well along comes Ron Paul courageously picking up after McFadden exposing these counterfeiting thugs and what to do ??? Ignore him in THEIR press and if you have to say anything at all say he's a kook , crazy old uncle, nuts and that's exactly what THEIR media did !!!!
The other problem for their scam containment they are confronted with is the INTERNET so what's a very wealthy small group to do to silence that leak.
Well not to be left exposed to the people being scammed, on Sept. 23, 2011 the Fed put out an RFP (request for proposal) for the largest data companies to bid on a contract to collect data on anyone who goes on the internet saying negative things about Their Federal Reserve .
Dr. Paul, you can go into retirement secure in the knowledge that you have lit a spark in the American conciousness. It may take some more years and life will certainly get tougher before it gets better, but your message is the truth. Now there is talk of some of the various states withdrawing from the Union. The fires burn brighter and you have been there as a light leading the way. Enjoy your retirement. It is our responsibility as individual citizens to carry this through. If we don't, we will suffer the heartache and degredation that every great nation has squandered away. Thanks from the bottom of my heart.
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Craig Anderson won't be at the NHL's all-star weekend at Scotiabank Place, but he sure played like a star on Broadway Thursday night.
After a tough start to the season, the Senators goalie served notice he's rounding into form at just the right time by making 34 saves in a 3-0 victory over the first-place New York Rangers.
Making his 40th appearance this season, Anderson recorded the 17th shutout of his career and the Senators' first of the season. Jason Spezza scored twice while Milan Michalek also beat Rangers all-star goalie Henrik Lundqvist.
It was the 300th road win in Senators franchise history.
"The guys were great in front of me, cleaning up a lot of the loose ends when I was leaving stuff out there," said Anderson, who is now 7-0-1 in his past eight games. "They were just allowing me to see the puck.
"It was just a great overall effort. We limited the odd-man rushes which was just a big key for us."
Anderson said it was nice to finally get his first shutout of the season.
"I've had enough in my career that it's not anything special, but it's always good to get that zero out of that category," said Anderson.
Anderson had to come up big in the third with the Rangers trying desperately to get back in it.
His best stop came on Brad Richards early in the frame with the Senators clinging to a 1-0 lead. That allowed Michalek to put it away with his 23rd of the season.
Returning after missing Thursday's 5-1 victory in Pittsburgh, Erik Karlsson had a two-point night. He set up Michalek for his 23rd at 13:58. Spezza completed the scoring by putting it through Lundqvist's five-hole at 15:33.
The Senators have now won three straight. But this one wasn't easy.
"It's a great win by the team. (The Rangers) played hard and they're a heck of a team," said Spezza. "They made us work for everything and they took it to us at times. We were opportunistic on our chances.
"Our compete level was strong … They grind you down and I thought we were right there with them all night. We didn't give up any ground and Andy played great."
Defenceman Sergei Gonchar echoed that sentiment.
"(Anderson's) playing great for us," said Gonchar. "He did everything we needed to make sure we won the game."
The Senators had no business being ahead 1-0 after 40 minutes, but they held the advantage on the strength of Anderson's goaltending and Spezza's 17th of the season.
Outshot 24-15 through two periods, the Senators did a better job of winning the battles in the second as Spezza opened the scoring at 8:54. Moving to the slot, he fired a bullet past a screened Lundqvist.
Spezza is now only three goals short of the 21 he scored last season and this one likely left New York players scratching their heads.
Earlier, Kyle Turris, who had one of his best outings with the Senators since being acquired from the Coyotes last month, had a great chance when he was alone on Lundqvist only to have the puck slip off his stick before he got a shot.
Early on, the Senators looked like they had spent the last 24 hours reading their press clippings. They went a full 11 minutes without so much as a shot on Lundqvist.
Anderson was there with big saves, including back-to-back stops on Derek Stepan and Marc Staal in the first.
Coach Paul MacLean was pleased with the overall effort.
"Andy played really well for us. For the most part, we kept (their chances) to one and done," said MacLean. "I still think we played too much in our own end, but Andy was there when we needed him to make the saves.
"The team was resilient and found a way to get the lead and build on it. We stuck to it, we found a way to add to the lead and we didn't take any penalties."


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Thomas Milton 'Tom' Sams, 77, of Oakdale died peacefully Thursday, Jan. 19 surrounded by his family at Oak Valley Hospital.
Shirley Gannon, 74, died Tuesday, Jan. 17 in Chico.
Cindy (Higgs) Wandler, 55, died Saturday, Jan. 14 at her Visalia home.
Grace B. Russell, 90, of Escalon died Thursday, Jan. 12 of natural causes in Oakdale.
Henry Burtschi, 85, died peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 11 in the Oakdale home he and his wife Lena built, surrounded by his wife and family.
Betty Jane 'Bubbles' Dutra, 86, died Tuesday, Jan. 10.
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Charles Learoy Pearson, 69, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.
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Delores A. Griffith Theodosia, 67, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 at her Farmington, New Mexico home after a long battle with cancer.
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Irene S. Butcher passed away at home on August 13 with spouse of 63 Years by her side.
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Child homicides in city a growing problem
A fight between two teenage girls in a playground escalated out of control until a gun was pulled and a 14-year-old boy who had nothing to do with the fight was killed.
Seven hours later, two 17-year-olds walking near a drug house in Kensington-Bailey were shot, one fatally.
Raymond Patterson III and Ronnie Scott were the 10th and 11th victims in the growing list of Buffalo murder victims, all under the age of 20, slain over the past 20 months.
There are two overriding motivations and one common denominator in the killings, police say.
The two main reasons are youthful anger and gang violence; the common denominator is often illegal guns.
All were evident Tuesday when Patterson and Scott were killed.
"In the first one, you have an innocent victim, a bystander, and in the second one, you have a gang-connected victim," a police source said Wednesday in reflecting on both deaths. "This is night and day, not to say the gang member should be dead."
At the Kenfield-Langfield housing projects, where Patterson and three other teens were shot, the president of the residents council lamented that these types of killings have almost become "cliché."
If there was a steadfast resolve among elected leaders, Leonard Williams said, the flow of guns onto the streets would be curtailed and young people would not be able to take lethal aim at each other.
"As a member of the NRA, I am saying that, if there was the political will, I sincerely believe it would stop kids running around with guns," Williams said. "It is just plain craziness, and we as adults have a responsibility to protect our children."
Williams spoke as children gathered Wednesday for lunch at the Martha P. Mitchell Community Center, operated by the council, on Oakmont Avenue, just a short distance from where the quadruple shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon.
"I know here at this center, we are going to look at how we can better protect our kids," he said.
Parents involved
You might think that if parents would get involved, a fight between two teenage girls at a playground would calm the situation. But that is not what happened at the Kenfield-Langfield projects.
The parents of one of the girls encouraged them to battle it out, according to police. The fight began in Roosevelt Park, connected to the projects by a pedestrian bridge over the Kensington Expressway, but moved to the projects when the parents were recruited.
At first, the fight was between one of the girls and an 11-year-old boy at the park, police and residents said.
She had attacked him in retaliation for an incident involving the 11-year-old boy and a member of her family. Another teenage girl at the park then took the side of the boy and began fighting on his behalf, police said.
The girl who started the altercation then got her parents, and the fight resumed in a parking lot behind the projects, by the footbridge.
"The parents were egging on the girls to fight it out," a police source said.
Neighbors who witnessed the fight from their apartments said a crowd of 30 to 40 young people formed around the two combatants; curious motorists pulled over to watch.
"I had been napping with my grandchild when all of this screaming woke me up. I looked out my back window and two girls were fighting and there were all these other boys and girls around them," said a neighbor who requested her name be withheld. "A girl in the crowd was holding up her phone and recording the fight. I was hoping no one would get hurt. Then I heard four or six gunshots. I panicked. Someone in the crowd was firing. It was terrible."
Just before the gunfire, a man, perhaps between 20 and 30 years old, had tried to keep others from crossing the footbridge into the parking lot to watch the fight, according to authorities.
When one of the spectators objected, a fight started between them and the man trying to limit spectators pulled out a gun and shot at the crowd indiscriminately, authorities said.
Raymond Patterson and his companions, whose names were not released, were struck by bullets as the other youngsters fled, police and neighbors said.
Homicide detectives say several individuals may have recorded the fight and shooting on their cellphones.
"We're asking that they let us look at the videos they recorded," Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said, and urged them to call the confidential tip line at 847-2255.
Derenda and Mayor Byron W. Brown late Wednesday afternoon were at the projects, urging anyone with video or who witnessed the shooting to assist homicide detectives.
Gang involvement
On the 100 block of Shirley Avenue late Tuesday night, a different set of dynamics led to bloodshed, police said.
That's where Ronnie Scott and Diamond Allen, both 17, were shot by a person they knew, Derenda said.
"The victims and suspect were known to each other," the commissioner said. "The Shirley Avenue shooting was not a random act. Our investigation is continuing, and we have increased patrols in the area."
Residents on that section of Shirley, between Bailey and Comstock avenues, say drug houses and gangsters have poisoned the neighborhood for years.
Police have closed one of those drug houses, directly across from 188 Shirley where Scott was shot.
"Some of the neighbors call this section of Shirley Avenue 'Buff-ghanistan,'" said a neighbor who stopped to talk to police Wednesday about problems in the neighborhood.
Gunfire among street gangs is nothing new. The impetus for these shootings ranges from disputes over territories where they sell drugs to perceived slights of disrespect, authorities say.
Police did not release a motive for the shooting on Shirley but said that Scott did not live on the street.
"I'm going to have to move out of here," said one woman. "It's just getting to be too much. Someone packed up and moved the other day."
Frustrations build
Crystallynn Lewis, whose son is friends with two three teens hurt in the Kenfield shooting, said she will no longer let him make the short walk over to the basketball courts at Roosevelt Park.
"This is exactly why I don't let you go anywhere," she said to her son. "I'm going to buy him a hoop so he can play outside our home.
"Kids don't understand or sense danger until it is too late," she said.
Donald Bryant, her husband and the boy's stepfather, said the responsibility rests with parents to make sure their children are supervised.
"We have the Martha Mitchell Community Center and the Kensington-Bailey Community Center. Parents have options," Bryant said, explaining that they need to be proactive and not wait until violence occurs.
For police and public officials, it was particularly frustrating that parents were encouraging the fight between the two teenage girls.
Darius G. Pridgen, president of the Buffalo Common Council, said he was not surprised to learn of the parents' role, having only several days ago witnessed two girls fighting as a parent egged them on.
"I pulled over, and the parent of one of the young ladies was on the porch telling her to whoop her behind. If she didn't break it up, I said, 'I'm going to call CPS on you,' " Pridgen said.
Part of the problem, he says, is the impact of social media.
"Because we're in a culture where YouTube gives street credibility to winners of fights, we're up against social media and social chaos. Any parent who encourages their child to continue a fight in the street is a candidate for a CPS call," Pridgen said.
"I think a big part of it is taking guns out of the hands of the people who shouldn't have them," he said.
"We need to better enforce the laws that we do have and enhance the punishment for those who do commit gun crimes."
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However I see only value of 1 for "a" only in those 2 cases.
The first two name1 and name2 work fine.
Thanks .Code:typedef union { struct { unsigned char a : 1, b : 1, c : 1, : 5; }; unsigned char num; }STNAME; static const STNAME c1 = { (0x07) }; static const STNAME c2 = { (0x01 | 0x02| 0x03) }; int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { STNAME name1; name1.a = 0x1; name1.b = 0x1; name1.c = 0x1; STNAME name2; name2.num=0x7; STNAME name3; name3 = c1; // does not assign 0x7 (or 1 to each of a,b,c) STNAME name4; name4 = c2; // does not assign 0x7(or 1 to each of a,b,c) return 0; }


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Hi there Kathy! What a fun piece of art work! Your son is a wonderful artist! I sure hope it works out for him! No fun to be robbed! Nope, no fun at all! I'll keep your son in my prayers!
Gary, yes, it seems like the 99% are always paying for the 1%; wish there was a way to change that.
Busted knuckle garage! I love it! Sorry to hear your son needed to do this to keep burglars at bay! Such a shame that some people cannot seem to keep their hands away from other peoples belongings! Tsk, Tsk!!!
Thanks for stopping by Kathy, and yes he is very clever and talented and a whole lot more. Do not think he has had any more problems since he and one of his friends "proofed" the shop.
Thank you Kathy for sharing the wise words of Albert Einstein!!!! I had never heard that saying before, but will now try to hold it in my memory. The Busted Knuckle Garage.....LOL......love the door too!!!!! Your son is very very clever and talented!!!! Sorry to hear that he has had problems with burglars :-(
pg, I will pass along your wisdom. The photo was taken when he finished the outside; he has since covered the glass on the inside. I now know what I am going to post for your BD tomorrow. nightynight.
He may want to consider tinting the windows or run some shades over the glass so they cannot see inside and I can send a sticker that says, "protected by Smith and Weston" I have one on my side garage door but I guess what gets the point across when a delivery person comes to the house I answer the door with a Colt 45 in my hand. they never miss it even though I keep it very close to my side and towards the rear of my leg.
lyndee, gnt, laurajane, nellies, and pg, was nice to see you snowmobiling in today, take off your coats and stay a while.pg, this is the door to my son's machine shop, he designed and fabricated the cover after his shop was broken into again last summer, he has such nice equipment people keep trying to borrow (on the no return basis) from him. This door is only 5 feet from the house and they have 6 dogs but crooks case their place and wait until they are both at work to break in. (I should say the dogs are Shih tzu and not very fierce).
I love that shop door cover. I have all those tools and they do just what the sign says.
Good one! Thanks pilley.
An excellent bit of wisdom. Thank you, pilley.
I agree and thanks pilley
This is so very true. Thanks pilley.


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Try as I might I cannot find any reference to putting apple into chorizo. Even without a reference I'd give it a go, but I just don't see how the flavour combination would work :/
As for apple. I can see how it may go with some "non traditional" sausages and add an element of flavour that would most certainly not be unpleasant. I added it to my last batch of "Italian" sausages and, as I expected, it went well with the herb and spice selection. I'm not convinced that it's an essential ingredient though; it certainly doesn't seem traditional for any provincial sausage that I can find. As mentioned, I haven't tried it in chorizo but I just can't imagine it working with the expected flavours (it's not completely incongruous though, so I'll do a small batch and see).
Phantom: Are you sure you've experienced "real" sausages before?
O_oPhantom: Are you sure you've experienced "real" sausages before?
Which part of these various references to my disliking "real" sausage was confusing?
I specifically dislike "real" sausage, and though you reference sausage in the post where I responded of apple, I was thinking of traditional pork dishes I enjoy which I thought might work well as a sausage because I DON'T LIKE SAUSAGE. I don't like organic casing. I don't like sheep casing. I don't like hog casing. I don't like beef casing. I don't like smoked sausage. I don't like chorizo. Heck, I eat "breakfast sausage" on a biscuit when I'm in a hurry because the local fast food restaurants don't serve anything descent, but I'd much rather eat something other than a "breakfast sausage".
I've had several dozen varieties of sausage; I've tried a wide array of "cured-cooked", often "cold-smoked" sausages because I wanted to find a sausage that would go well with the picnic style foods I so enjoy, but I've yet to find anything with a consistent textured, powerfully savory sausage that didn't make me gag--often from "over-smoke".
Seriously, I don't like sausage. I thought my post about apple was clear, and I am certainly sorry if you wasted a batch of sausage. I had no intention of misleading you in any way.
Salem Was Wrong! -- Pedant Necromancer
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I waited too long to edit the above post.
Anyways, I am sorry if that post reads as being too defensive, but still I didn't intend to imply that apple was a traditional ingredient in sausage as tabstop and Hodor clearly understood.
Salem Was Wrong! -- Pedant Necromancer
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My post is a bit confusing as well. I don't need all my sausages to be traditional, and even if putting apple in a batch doesn't work it won't be a "waste"... experimentation is never a waste. We shall know for sure in about 8 hours though because I've made a batch with apple in them (I didn't use dried apple because I didn't have any)!
I don't know what to call these... soma-inspired fausages?
500g beef mince (I told the butcher what I was using the mince for and he minced it extra fine and added more fat than his usual mince)
1/2 granny smith apple, finely diced
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper (I used telicherry peppercorns)
4 cloves fresh garlic
2 tsp fresh oregano
1-1/2 tsp fresh basil (it was 2 large and 1 small fresh leaf from the garden)
1/2 tsp fennel (I have fresh fennel growing, but used powdered fennel seeds)
a bit of fresh parsley (I didn't measure it, it was about a handful when I got it from the garden -- before chopping)
1 birds eye chilli with seeds (again, straight from the garden... this particular birds eye is a cultivar and not as hot as normal birds eye chillies)
2 tbls red wine vinegar
1 tsp salt
I fried some of the mixture and it tastes pretty good I think.
These won't have casings. I've wrapped them tightly in cling wrap to "rest" and they should keep their shape. They're for dinner
Edit: I started with 1/2 tsp salt but after frying a bit of the mixture decided it needed more. I use rock salt that I smash up in the mortar and pestle until it's super fine
Edit 2: Next time I may experiment with lemons -- I have a few thousand (ok, maybe 50) on my trees
Edit 3: I forgot to add this: http://haarsnursery.com.au/olive-herb (I meant to)... next time
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Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
I was nearly tempted when I was living in Adelaide. The real reason wasn't really what I suggested. I just didn't like the presentation. They used(?) to sell it in vacuum plastic bags on supermarkets and delis.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.


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cheaper the better
is not a good thing as far as PSUs are concerned a PSU failure can take out motherboard, cpu, memory as well as hard drives, i.e. itwi;; cost you a new PC and possibly all your data as well.
A Corsair 400W PSU may seem small, I would go for at least 500W, it will have no problem powering a PC that requires 200-300 watts of steady current:
If renewing a PSU check:
The physical size of your PSU, some are hard to replace due to being a non standard size.
The amount of power need from the PSU don't skimp.
The correct connections for your equipment
1. Physical Dimensions
Besides the specs and form factors, the physical dimensions are also important factors in selecting a compatible power supply. Here is an outline of the physical dimensions of most standard power supplies:
ATX: 6x3.5x5.5", HxWxD. Most common. Uses 4 mounting screws.
Mini-ATX: 5x3.5x5", HxWxD. Rare size. Uses 4 mounting screws. Can be used in a regular ATX case, but often not the other way around.
MicroATX: 5x3x4", HxWxD. Use 3 mounting screws. Not interchangeable with ATX or miniATX.
Flex ATX: Even smaller than Micro ATX. Various sizes according to case specs; often not interchangeable.
Use the data above to determine if a particular power supply would fit your case.
The quality of a power supply can be estimated by its weight. While this is not a true scientific or thorough measurement of the power supply reliability, it is nevertheless a very simple and easy way for ordinary PC users to estimate and compare the quality of a power supply. Why weight matters http://www.directron.com/psu.html
2. Power supply calculator http://www.antec.outervision.com/
3. Correct connections Some boards have 20 pin connectors others 24 pin There is often a 4 pin plug required to power Intel CPUs Molex D plugs for IDE HDD and CD/DVD drives SATA power connections for latest HDDs and DVD drives.
Guide to changing PSU http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-install-or-change-my-computers-power-supply


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Legal Question in Construction Law in Illinois
I have a question regarding Illinois Wokmans comp. As a the only person in a corporation do I have to get a Workmans Compensation Policy for fence installation.
Asked on 4/16/13, 9:52 am
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Workman's Comp is available only for "C" corporations. It has nothing to do with being the sole shareholder; it has to do with tax status.
Answered on 4/16/13, 10:40 am
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Boeing Considers New Midrange Jetliner
Company Studies Feasibility of Aircraft Similar in Size to Flagship 787
SINGAPORE—Boeing Co. said it is studying the feasibility of a midrange jetliner that is similar in size to its flagship 787 long-distance aircraft, responding to strong customer interest.
The U.S. aircraft manufacturer hasn't developed a successor to its midrange Boeing 757 jet, which seats up to 230 passengers, since the company stopped production of the popular plane in 2004. Hundreds are still flying today.
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- Chinese Grand Prix
McLaren 'not quick enough' - Button
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Jenson Button says McLaren is "not quick enough" and needs to improve after finishing fifth in the Chinese Grand Prix.
While McLaren has been off the pace since the start of the season, an improvement in Malaysia was followed up in China as Button completed a two-stop strategy to finish fifth having led for a number of laps. However, Button said the alternative strategy was the only way McLaren could get close to the front and that it has a lot of work to do to challenge for podiums.
"It's really tough because in a way it's a little bit like Le Mans when you're in an LMP2 car and the LMP1 cars are coming up behind you," Button said. "The cars were so much quicker than me and there was no point racing because it would have destroyed our strategy. One lock-up, one trip over the marbles and the tyres would have been gone so our strategy wouldn't have worked and it was a very tight strategy.
"We had to be careful, we had to be clever and intelligent and I think as a team we did that today. It was so difficult, I would radio in and say "Can I fight them?" They'd come back and say "Yes, fight, fight!" And then ten seconds later "No, you need to look after the tyres and get to our target lap".
"So it was a tricky race but we should be very happy with what we did. To come away P5 with ten points; we wouldn't have done that if we had done the same strategy as everyone else. We're not quick enough, so we take away positives but also we know that we're not quick enough and we need to improve."


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Getting an MHO means points, and that the asker appreciated your view.
But for old questions, an MHO is just randomly picked, so not all MHOs are equal.
Likes on the other hand show how many other people appreciate what you said.
While I like being picked as MHO (especially if by the asker), I like likes more. They better represent whether people in general like my opinion. They also suggest more whether my opinion has even been read or not. No likes, and I wonder whether anyone even saw what I wrote. Several likes, and I feel happier, because, hey! people saw, read, and liked my opinion!
So, which do you prefer?
- MHOVote A
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MHO without a doubt. Sure it's great to have people agree with you but it's even better when you have the best answer/opinion not to mention the points that come along with it.
The only time when getting likes is better I would say is when the QA refuses to listen to you or anyone and the votes show all the people that support what you have to say,. It's the best and closest thing hire going to get because you're sure as hell won't be getting MH.20|20|0
Thanks for MH :)
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Honestly, for me it's likes. The more I'm liked (or unliked back when we had the feature), the more it means that people put their brains in to use and were made to think because of what I wrote. That makes my day.10|10|0
Thanks for the like and the mho, dude.


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Transliteration of Indic Scripts Implementation in ICU and Lessons Learned
Ram Viswanadha - IBM Corporation
This talk gives an overview and discusses the issues with transliteration of Indic scripts to Latin and between different Indic scripts, e.g: Devanagari-Telugu, Gujarati-Tamil, etc.
Different standards for transliterating between Indic Scripts and Latin are discussed and respective merits and disadvantages are highlighted.
It is often perceived that transliteration between different Indic scripts is straightforward because all Indic scripts have a common origin in Brahmi script.
The ISCII standard is based on this similarity between scripts, and the placement of Unicode code points for each Indic script is based on an early version of ISCII.
Correct transliteration between Indic scripts takes advantage of this allocation but handles special cases. The ICU implementation uses a script-neutral pivot range in Unicode. An online demonstration is presented.
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With apologies to Magic Johnson, Ville Nieminen is reinventing the no-look dish.
The feisty Finn appeared to have eyes in the back -- or sides -- of his head on two separate scoring plays in Game 2.
First, he dropped a blind pass on the stick of Shean Donovan, who raced in on a breakaway and put a fantastic deke on Evgeni Nabokov to give the Flames an early 2-0 lead.
Then, he scored the insurance goal by looking into the slot on a 2-on-1 and simultaneously firing a shot blocker side.
The unorthodox shot had Craig Conroy scratching his head.
"I wasn't sure what he was doing," Conroy said. "I don't know where he was looking but it worked.
"It had me confused from the bench."
Nieminen wasn't taking credit for his flashy plays yesterday after the club's optional skate at the 'Dome.
Lady Luck, he said, was on his side.
"It's the same thing as closing your eyes," Nieminen said. "But I couldn't close my eyes because I got too close to the goalie so I had to look away.
"There was no trick. Just shoot it and hope for the best."
SAY WHAT? Even Nieminen's teammates don't know what's going on inside his head.
Or what's coming out of his mouth.
Defenceman Robyn Regehr said he got a good laugh out of his new teammate immediately after Nieminen was acquired at the trade deadline.
"He skated by the bench and yells at the top of his lungs -- I think it's encouragement but it's very hard to understand him," Regehr laughed.
"That's his ritual that he does every time he's in the starting lineup but it was kinda funny the first couple of times he did it.
"We call him Esa Tikkanen because I think he speaks about three or four different languages and you can't understand any of them."
Niemo's magic on full display
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Mancini warns City of wounded Chelsea threat
MANCHESTER City boss Roberto Mancini has warned his side to fear a Chelsea backlash this weekend.
The Barclays Premier League leaders travel to Stamford Bridge on Sunday at the end of a tumultuous week for the London club.
Chelsea sacked manager Roberto Di Matteo in midweek and installed Rafael Benitez as his replacement after a series of damaging results.
The Blues had gone four Premier League games without a win before a loss to Juventus in the Champions League, which left their European title defence hanging by a thread, and proved the final act for Di Matteo.
The club have also received further criticism after the Football Association dismissed their allegations of inappropriate language against referee Mark Clattenburg.
Mancini said: "I am very sorry for Di Matteo because he won the Champions League three or four months ago (actually six) but this is our life.
"When we make this choice (to become a manager) we know it can also be difficult. It is difficult for him, (but) this is the manager's life.
"Usually when one team changes a manager the game after for the opponents is very difficult. For us, I think it is more difficult.
"Chelsea is a good team with Di Matteo and will be a good team for Benitez. They have good players.
"Until three games ago they played fantastic football and were on the top."
Chelsea began the month on top of the league and were widely praised for their attacking quality.
At the same time City were struggling to reproduce the swashbuckling form which carried them to the title last season.
But Mancini's men - on the domestic front at least - have managed to keep grinding out results and they remain unbeaten, four points above Chelsea.
City were also unbeaten ahead of the corresponding fixture last season but were beaten 2-1 in what was their 15th game of the campaign.
Mancini said: "Chelsea is one of the best teams in England, in Europe, they (have) won everything in the last 10 years.
"Playing against them in London is always a good game. To win there would be important for us."
City are also hoping to bounce back from their own European disappointment having been eliminated from the Champions League following a 1-1 draw with Real Madrid on Wednesday.
City had needed to win to maintain any hope of progressing to the knockout stage but were unable to find a winner after recovering from a goal behind.
Mancini claims the blow was not so devastating because he had already been resigned to such a fate after poor results in previous games.
He said: "I reflected after Ajax, not after Wednesday night.
"It was finished, it was really difficult to go to the next stage. We did our mistakes before this game, not in this game.
"We should be passionate for Champions League (again) after this year. This is football.
"In the Champions League, if you do a mistake in the first two games, it is difficult to recover.
"We can't change this now. We can't cry for this. It is easy to be strong when we win every game but we should be strong when we can't win or we can't play Champions League in February."
City also failed to get beyond the group stage last season and, after failing to win any of their first five games this time, Mancini expects lessons to be learnt.
He said: "By this situation we can improve as a team and as a club.
"It is clear we are disappointed because we have players who deserve to play in Champions League. Together we made some mistakes."
Mancini again defended his tactics after deploying his controversial 3-5-2 formation against Real.
The Spaniards tore City's defence apart in the opening half hour and unfortunate to only claim one goal before Mancini reverted to back four.
The Italian said: "You always talk about three or four but when we conceded one goal, we were five against two in the box. It is one individual mistake.
"You cannot concede a goal when you are five against two in the box. We need to work on this."
The backbone of City's defence, captain Vincent Kompany, is facing a fitness test after suffering a knee injury late in Wednesday's game.


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Purebaby Mittens - Pale Pink Stripe
Don't pay more for adorable baby essentials!
Established in 2002, Purebaby was born out of a desire for beautiful, yet simple products and made with complete awareness, and care. Always inspired by the beauty of nature, each piece is soft and comfortable, designed with love and respect for the world in which we live – the world where our children will grow and play.
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- Style: Mittens
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- One size
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Put them to the test with our Spot the Ball contest and you could win a ball signed by the entire Whitecaps FC team. All you need to do is take a look at this photo and use the form below to tell us where you think the ball is hidden.
Choose right and you'll be entered into a draw to win a team-signed ball and tickets to an upcoming match at BC Place.
Be a part of the best sporting atmosphere in Vancouver! Whitecaps FC Season Tickets are now on sale. In addition to Season Tickets, Whitecaps FC offer a flexible range of ticket products, including Half-Season Packs, 5-Packs, a Youth Soccer Half-Season Ticket, and single match tickets. For more information, visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets.


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Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California
I loaned an ex-boyfriend $2000. We never had a written agreement but I do have old bank statements and a text message saying that he will pay me back. I do not know where he lives and he has changed his phone number. He works at a local bowling alley and the only time I see him is when I visit that establishment. How can I collect on this personal loan?
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Sue him in small claims court. The Sheriff can serve him with the Summons at his workplace, and if you win and obtain a judgment, you can levy his wages at the bowling alley.
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Mobile Prototyping for Designers with Xcode Storyboards
Rapidly build prototype apps without writing code.
We've used a number of tools to prototype apps over the years to go from initial concept to interactive prototype. Most of them were decent enough, but they were all lacking in some way which kept us looking for better options. Many do not support scrolling, some have chunky screen transitions, and most have awkward UI that is frustrating to work with. We eventually decided not to spend time learning tools that are limited to prototyping and instead to invest in becoming proficient at using Xcode, the de-facto tool for iOS development. Xcode prototypes are easy to get started on, are as simple or as complex as you need, and are a great stepping stone to building the final product.
Don't be Scared
Xcode can be a bit intimidating at first because there is a lot going on in the multiple panes and tabs of the interface. Once it's set-up though, and you get familiar with the structure, you can quickly start building prototypes using Interface Builder and Storyboards. Screens are built by dragging and dropping view controllers and UI elements into the Storyboard. Basic screen transitions like push, slide-up and flip are built into the segues that connect the views. There's definitely a bit of a learning curve, but not much more than other prototyping tools. Xcode prototypes can be as simple as a couple of sketches hooked together with transparent buttons or they can use final artwork to simulate the finished product.
We prefer to build screens using gray boxes, placeholder text and stock UI. By staying away from colour or any real images it forces you to focus on organizing content and navigation instead of visual design. It helps keep the process fast and fluid without getting caught up in the details. Prototypes with pixel-perfect visual design can look too much like the real thing which can cause confusion as to what is the prototype and what is the finished product.
If you want to achieve more complex interactions that are beyond what is available in Storyboards, you'll probably need to enlist a developer to help out. Not every designer has this luxury, but if you're not working with developers that can pull off the custom animation you dreamt up, then it's probably not going to make it into the final product anyway.
Touch and Feel
Previewing your prototype using Xcode is no problem because you can easily run your app on a device or in the simulator. You can quickly try out different flows and transitions and because you're using native UI, you can get a real feel of what it would be like to use the app. The big win is that once you've shared your prototype around and everyone involved in the project buys in, it can be used as the blueprint for building the real thing. Developers can get a better sense of the app and the intended UX. They can copy and paste rough layouts directly from a prototype into new Storyboards and start hooking up placeholder labels and image views to real data. There is no translation pain sifting through Photoshop files or static wireframes. Storyboards can end up looking like a plate of spaghetti so take what you need, but not the whole thing.
The final app will never end up exactly as it was envisioned in the prototype. Once real data and visual design are added to the equation, changes will inevitably need to be made. Through user testing and iteration, you'll discover ways to improve upon the initial concepts that were impossible to predict at the beginning of the project. An Xcode prototype will help get you on the right path sooner and allow you to transition from prototype to final product more quickly. As a designer, learning how views are structured in Interface Builder will also give you a better sense of what image assets are needed to create your final artwork more efficiently.
Get Started
It sounds like a great idea, but you'll have to try it for yourself. The original post has a detailed tutorial and sample project download.


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Return to Menu Telephone Features User Guide BCM 4.0 Business Communications Manager Document Status: Standard Document Version: 03 Part Code: N0060608 Date: June 2006...
• CallPilot Telephone Administration Guide for Voicemail features • Contact Center Telephone Administration Guide for Call Center features • BCM 4.0 System-wide Call Appearance (SWCA) Feature Card for SWCA features • BCM 4.0 Hospitality Feature Card for Hospitality features Your system administrator can inform you if any of these features are not available on your telephone.
* indicates 7000 and 7100 Digital phones and the IP Phone 2001 Note: If your telephone does not have access to all the features listed in this guide, then either your telephone does not support the feature, or the feature has not been enabled on your telephone.
Call park FEATURE 74 Put a call on hold to enable you to answer the call from any telephone in your system. The display shows a three-digit retrieval code. To retrieve a parked call: press an intercom button and dial the retrieval code.
FEATURE 68 plus COS password password Change the dialing filters on a line or telephone, or gain external access to your system. Dialing filters determine which numbers you can dial. The COS password is provided by your System Administrator to change your Class of Service.
3. Retrieve the second call from hold. To send Hookswitch or DTMF during a conference call: Either system telephone engaged in a three-way conference call over a Network CLID or DS trunk can issue a hookswitch or DTMF dialing request without leaving the conference, if the feature is enabled.
Do Not Disturb FEATURE 85 When you are not on a call, prevent all incoming calls, except priority calls, from ringing at your telephone. When you are on a call, block an incoming priority call. Group FEATURE 802 Listening Use both the handset and speaker while you are on a call.
Temporarily suspend a call and prevent other telephones from picking it up. Hold - Auto FEATURE 73 Set your telephone to automatically put a call on Hold when you pick up a second call, or prevent your telephone from doing so. Default is Yes (feature is on).
Telephone features Messages FEATURE 1 Send a message to another telephone within your system. To view and reply to your messages: 1. Press FEATURE 65. 2. Press * and # to view your message list. 3. Press 0 to call the person who left you the message.
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2. Enter the ring type number (1 to 4). 3. Press HOLD. Ring volume FEATURE *80 Make your telephone ring so that you can adjust the volume. You also can adjust the volume any time your telephone rings. Run/stop FEATURE *9 Store more than one autodial number or external carrier feature code on one memory button by inserting a break point between numbers or codes.
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Briefly display the time and date while you are on a call. Transfer FEATURE 70 Send a call to another telephone within your system, or to an external telephone. You cannot transfer a call on an external line to an external telephone, depending on the capabilities of the lines.
To return a call from your Call Log: return call 1. Display the desired number on your telephone. 2. Edit the number, if required. You can add numbers for long-distance dialing or line pool access, or you can remove numbers using the volume bar.
Call Display Services Call log - FEATURE *85 password Program a four-digit password for your Call Log. To reset a forgotten password, see your System Administrator. Logit FEATURE 813 Store caller information for your current call in your Call Log. ETSI feature Malicious FEATURE 897 must be entered 30 seconds after the caller hangs up, and...
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Phone registered on the same system, using the Hot Desking feature. For instance, this feature can be used if you are working temporarily at another site, but you want to retain your telephone setup. Note: The headset mode is not transferred during Hot Desking.
Desking on your telephone and enter a new password. Time zone - Use this feature to reset the time on an IP telephone that is located in a adjust different time zone from the system on which it is registered.


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Hezbollah Must Disarm, Says Former Lebanese Prime Minister
Militant group has lost its right to fight against 'Israeli enemy' since joining Syrian civil war, AFP quotes Saad Hariri saying.
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Friday blasted Hezbollah for fighting on behalf of Syrian President Bashar Assad, claiming that by joining the civil war the militant group had forfeited its claim to bear arms against Israel.
"The idea ... that Lebanon needs the weapons of the resistance (Hezbollah) in order to face the Israeli threat... is an idea that has expired," AFP quoted Hariri as saying in a televised speech.
Hezbollah's weapons "have been shifted from fighting the Israeli enemy to fighting the Syrian people," Hariri added.
The former leader further claimed that Hezbollah's weapons were being used "to instill fear into Lebanon's political life."
According to the report, Hariri's remarks echoed a statement by Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, who said on Thursday that Hezbollah's arsenal should be at the service of the Lebanese state.
Just a few hours before Hariri's statement, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah emerged from hiding to deliver his first major address in years. At rally held in Beirut in support of the Palestinian conflict against Israel, Nasrallah said that eliminating Israel was in the interests of the Mideast region, and the entire Islamic world.
"Israel poses a danger on all people of this region...including Lebanon, and removing it is a Lebanese national interest," Nasrallah told hundreds of supporters in his half-hour speech.
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Combine the following ingredients to make about seven servings of sweet and tart cranberry salad in less than two hours.
- 3 ounce package raspberry gelatin
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 cups cranberries
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1 cup crushed pineapple
- 1 orange, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Sour cream or whipped cream (optional)
1Dissolve the gelatin in hot water. Stir in the cold water to chill the gelatin.
2Let the gelatin start to set, but not harden completely.Fold the cranberries, pineapple, nuts, oranges and sugar into the gelatin.
3Chill in the refrigerator until firm.To prepare it for serving, you can also pour the salad into a 9 x 9-inch baking dish before chilling.
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
DRC: UNICEF envoy Jessica Lange deplores "unspeakable brutality"
NAIROBI, 11 August 2003 (IRIN) - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador Jessica Lange said on Monday that the world could no longer ignore the atrocities, including systematic rape, being inflicted daily on women and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
"Of the women and children who survive the stunning brutality, the physical, emotional and psychological damage will last a lifetime," the US actress said in a statement issued at the end of her recent three-day mission to the DRC. "The world must stop the horror and help the survivors. And those responsible must be brought to justice."
"Rape and sexual violence are not collateral damage, nor are they inevitable in wartime: they are war crimes, and perpetrators must be held accountable by their communities, by the transitional government and by the international community through the International Criminal Court," UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy added.
UNICEF recalled that women and girls were often attacked while engaging in everyday activities such as cultivating fields, collecting firewood or walking to the market. It said boys were not immune to rape, either; in fact, sexual violence against boys and the elderly appeared to be on the increase.
"It is overwhelming to witness their tremendous humanity in the face of such unspeakable brutality, and the courage and strength with which they are facing the future," Lange said.
According to UNICEF, Lange's mission focused primarily on childhood vaccination, demobilised child soldiers, and sexual violence against women and its transmission of HIV/AIDS.
Lange, who began her career as a fashion model before moving into acting, was the first actress to receive two Oscar nominations in a single year, for her 1982 roles in the movies "Frances" and "Tootsie". Over the next decade, Lange received best actress nominations three more times for "Sweet Dreams" and "The Music Box", before winning the Oscar for her role in "Blue Sky" in 1994.
According to UNICEF, combatants of all armed groups in the DRC have committed rape and other forms of sexual violence, with such abuses reported to be "widespread and systematic" in eastern DRC. Women and girls were often raped during military operations as a form of punishment for allegedly "supporting the enemy" and to instil shame and fear within the community, while husbands, fathers and children were sometimes forced to watch, UNICEF said. Many rape victims had been abducted and remained missing, it added.
"Rape is an affront to human rights, human decency and human dignity," Bellamy said earlier this year. "The world cannot be silent as rape is used as a weapon of war in eastern DRC. Children as young as five and women as old as 80 are among the victims of this extraordinary cruelty. Those who commit these horrendous crimes must never forget that they are accountable."
Closely connected to the horror of rape is the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to UNICEF. "The lethal combination of high rates of HIV among soldiers and massive rape in eastern Congo means a possible death sentence for raped girls and women," it said, citing data from the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, which indicates that approximately 27 percent of rape victims tested positive for HIV, while estimates indicate that 15 percent of the population is infected in eastern DRC.
According to UNICEF, the factors fuelling the spread of HIV include sexual violence, the movement of large numbers of displaced people, the breakdown of normal protective structures, the widespread presence of soldiers (especially from countries with relatively high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates such as Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe) and the absence of health care.
The rape of women and children had brought a devastating impact to bear on entire communities, UNICEF said. Children had lost all aspects of their protective environment, with many schools closed; health care facilities were nonexistent; family members had been killed before children's eyes; siblings had been forcibly recruited into armed forces; entire families had been displaced and communities broken up. Many young children had lost years of schooling, were being raised in camps for displaced people, were living on the streets or had been recruited by armed groups, the UN agency added.
According to UNICEF, conflict in the DRC has shattered the lives of countless children and their families: tens of thousands of children have been recruited and are used as combatants, sex slaves, porters and cooks by all parties to the conflict. In some cases, children make up about 35 percent of troops sent to the front lines.
The conflict had also caused a massive breakdown in the economy, causing families to live in conditions of extreme poverty, UNICEF noted. Seventy percent of the population, for example, did not have access to formal health care either, because they were too poor to pay for services or because they were unable to access facilities, it added.
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A social signal is a measure of social media activity, such as a vote, share, or other engagement that a search engine might take into consideration as part of its ranking algorithms.
As with backlinks, social votes and shares can be interpreted as endorsements for brands and web content, in turn helping organic search rankings.
Social signals include:
There is much speculation as to just how much social signals are being integrated into search engine ranking algorithms. Both Google and Bing have confirmed that social signals contribute as ranking signals; however, full disclosure would result in widespread manipulation.
Google has integrated social media data into its Analytics software to help webmasters measure the impact social media has on their websites, which is an indication of how much Google values this data.
It's likely that Google and other search engines have a wealth of data they can use as ranking factors far beyond what they share with the public.
The value of social signals is often confused with the value of the links to web content that they often contain. The value of backlinks have long been a ranking signal for search engines such as Google and Bing; however, links from social media platforms often don't pass equity or PageRank due to the widely implemented nofollow attribute, which is used to discourage link spam.
The currency of social signals is not measured in backlinks, but in trust and authority.
Because trusted social media accounts, within quality networks, generally interact with quality web content, both Google and Bing use these recommendations to get a clearer picture of the trust, popularity, and authority of web pages they share, link to, and like[1][2].
It's unclear as to how much search engines use Facebook data as a ranking signal; however, it's likely used more by Bing than by Google. Bing powers Facebook's Web search functionality, and Bing's Social Sidebar (a third column on its search results pages) allows logged in users to comment on and like Facebook posts relevant to searches without leaving the search engine[3].
Although Google has no partnership with Facebook, the search engine still has access to the portion of Facebook data available to the open web, and likely uses some of it to gain insights into popularity of web pages.
Google and Bing both struck a deal with Twitter in October 2009 to display real-time updates in their respective search results; however, on July 2 2011, Google's Twitter deal expired. Google lost access to Twitter's real-time feed, or firehose of data, along with any chance of efficiently integrating it into their ranking algorithms. Google terminated its Real-Time Search feature shortly thereafter.
Although Google no longer has access to Twitter's real-time feed, it still has access to public tweets available to the open web, and extracts social signals from some of the data.
Bing still has access to Twitter's real-time data feed, and tweets are included in Bing's own version of "Real-Time Search": its Social Sidebar. Bing's continuing real-time data deal with Twitter—as well as its partnership with Facebook—is key to Bing's successful integration of the social web into web search.
Although Google officially denies using any of Google+'s data as a ranking signal, the usual indirect benefits to search visibility—and more—are present in sharing quality web content on the platform.
It's clear that links and recommendations on the social Web can directly help rankings in regular search results—as well as indirectly—as more shares equal more exposure, and often more backlinks.
As with link building, 90% of the effort should go to creating compelling, useful web content, that people can't help but like and share.


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Flood Identification from Radar Imagery - 09/09/2011
Mapping Flooded Urban and Rural Areas in Slovenia
Time series of satellite radar images are very useful for monitoring the extent and dynamics of floods and the devastations caused. A time series of four medium resolution radar images (ENVISAT, RADARSAT-2) captured after heavy rainfalls scourged Slovenia early autumn 2010, revealed overestimations and underestimations of the extent of flooded area in and around Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The authors examined the sources underlying the deficiencies to gain insight into the possibilities of radar imagery for mapping flooded areas covered with a great diversity of land use types.
Between 17th and 19th September 2010, Slovenia endured enormous rainfalls casting about 175mm water over the country within approximately 48 hours; the highest amount in such a short time in the last 60 years. A substantial part of Slovenia was flooded and the Ljubljana territory belonged to the most affected areas (Figure 1). The sparsely settled marshes south of Ljubljana resembled a shallow lake. Houses were submerged to a height up to 1.2m, while crops were flooded to a height up to 1.6m; the last such occurrence took place over one hundred years ago.
Radar Imagery
The International Charter Space and Major Disasters (CSMD) and SAFER (Services and Applications for Emergency Response) monitored the inventory of the extent and devastation of the flood. For Ljubljana and its surroundings, four after-event radar images with 12.5m Ground Sample Distance (GSD) were obtained: one ENVISAT image acquired during the evening of 19th September 2010, a few hours after the heaviest rainfalls came to an end and three RADARSAT-2 images acquired between 23rd and 26th September and on 2nd October. These images form a time series over a period of two weeks and so enabled mapping at a scale of 1:25,000 or less of the flooded area and enabled the study of the flood dynamics in the Ljubljana Marshes.
Satellite radar images are most valued for flood detection purposes because - in contrast to optical imagery - their recording is independent of the availability of sunlight and the microwaves emitted by the system are able to penetrate haze and clouds. On the other hand, understanding and interpretation of radar images is more difficult than interpretation of optical images. Radar captures emitted microwave wavelengths that are bounced back to the antenna. The pixel values represent the intensity of the return signal which depends on roughness and dielectricity of the objects hit, and on their shape and size. The pixel values will be low for flooded areas because microwaves are reflected away from the radar antenna when hitting water bodies and so the return signals from smooth water surface will be very weak. Hence, flooded areas appear dark in radar imagery. However, there are many additional effects which frustrate this general rule. Speckle noise, for example, causes small spots to appear very bright or very dark. Areas which are not accessed by emitted microwaves because the signals are blocked by hills, buildings or other obstructions (radar shadow) appear dark resulting in an overestimation of area covered by water. The presence of trees, shrubs and other objects in or near the water body causes those parts of the inundated areas to appear bright resulting in an underestimation of area covered by water.
Rapid Mapping
The vast extent of floods became clear from applying the semi-automatic technique of thresholding, that is, pixels with a value below a predefined threshold are classified as inundated. The first rapid mapping results, showing the inundated areas, already became available a few hours after the transmission of the radar imagery from the CSMD server. The maps gave an excellent insight into the general extent of the floods and dynamics of water inflow/outflow. Figure 2 depicts how the water was moving back within the first two weeks after the heavy weather: on the eastern part near Ljubljana, which has a natural outflow to the rivers, the flooded areas visible in the ENVISAT image of 19th September no longer pop up in the RADARSAT-2 of the 23rd September image demonstrating that the lowering of the water level went on rather quickly here. In contrast, in the western part the lowering of the water level went on very slowly; the 2nd October RADARSAT-2 image reveals that an extensive area was still inundated two weeks after the downpours. After the above quick analysis a more thorough examination was carried out, which showed that not all inundated areas had been detected from the radar imagery and as a result the flood pattern appeared to be fragmented and the size of the flooded area underestimated. Furthermore, flooded urban sites such as the south-eastern part of Ljubljana were not visible as such in the radar images. To get a grip on these deficiencies field inspections were carried out.
Comparing the data gathered in the field with the radar maps revealed a number of reasons for the underestimation of flooded areas. Land use in the Ljubljana area is a mixture of urban settlement and farming activities. Houses, traffic lights, trees, corn fields, high-growing reeds and other objects above the water surface cause a part of the radar signal to be reflected back to the satellite radar antenna with high intensity resulting in high pixel values so that the area is not classified as flooded. Furthermore, man-made objects in urban areas may cause total reflection resulting in high reflections from the surrounding objects, including water surfaces. In urban areas shape, size and arrangement of objects influence the radar signals such that they are reflected into another direction or are amplified. This leads to higher intensity values of pixels covering water and hence all urban areas have been classified as non-flooded. This means that radar imagery is not well suited for mapping flooded urban areas. The agricultural area of the Ljubljana Marshes also introduced problems related to the presence of objects. In early autumn, many fields are still covered with crops, especially corn, which are detected as non-flooded areas since the radar signals scatter on stems and leaves. Trees and shrubs pose a similar problem since radar signals do not penetrate dense crops or leaves to reach the water on the ground. An additional problem specific to the Ljubljana Marshes concerns the shape and the size of the agricultural fields which are typically long but narrow (see Figure 1) having a width similar to the GSD of the images (12.5m). Since fields are alternately planted with corn (high) and other plants (low), this causes problems in appropriately detecting shape, size and land cover of agricultural parcels.
Additional Data
Comparing the maps compiled from radar imagery with field survey validation data revealed the causes of overestimation and underestimation of flooded areas. For the needs of rapid mapping, the effects of overestimation can be reduced simply with semi-automatic procedures using a digital elevation model (DEM) and applying contextual classification methods. Areas covered by radar shadow, which are identified as covered by water, can be automatically outlined using the height information present in the DEM combined with the angle of incident of the radar signal. Reducing underestimation is more complicated and cannot be easily performed semi-automatically. For example, masking out of riparian vegetation, which should have been classified as water surface, requires manual interpretation, which is time consuming and labour intensive. Such procedures have a lower potential for implementation in rapid mapping procedures.
Concluding Remarks
Our study confirmed the usefulness of time series of satellite images. The maps derived from radar imagery are not only valuable for analysing the extent and dynamics of floods but also provide important information for improving flood protection and support flood prevention in critical areas in the future. Medium resolution radar imagery can effectively monitor areas on a regional scale, also those which are remote or hardly accessible. However, local scale applications strongly need very high resolution radar imagery. Improving the accuracy of detection remains a challenge.
Further Reading
- Veljanovski, T., Lamovec, P., Pehani, P., Oštir, K., 2011, Comparison of three techniques for detection of flooded areas on ENVISAT and RADARSAT-2 satellite images, Geoinformation for disaster management: Gi4DM 2011.
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"The War of Appearances: Transparency, Opacity, Radiance" is a collection of essays edited by Joke Brouwer, Lars Spuybroek and Sjoerd van Tuinen.
|Eds: Joke Brouwer, Lars Spuybroek, Sjoerd van Tuinen
Issued: 2016
Type: Paperback, illustrated, BW/color
Pages: 212
Language: English
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Price: € 19.50
Design: Joke Brouwer
The War of Appearances includes brand new essays by Paul Frissen, Graham Harman, Timothy Morton, Luciana Parisi, Matteo Pasquinelli, Willem Schinkel, Lars Spuybroek, René ten Bos, and McKenzie Wark, plus artworks by Paolo Cirio, Wim Delvoye, Tomás Saraceno, Diana Scherer. In their contributions they develop two strategies against the old Enlightenment ideal of transparency. An ideal that has been completely transformed into a global state of mediation and automation. The two strategies, opacity and radiance, initially appear to be diametrically opposed: one starts from a fundamental inaccessibility, the other one from an excess of visibility. But quickly they start to overlap and together they evolve into a kind of spook-phenomenology that opens up new ways of thinking and seeing.
Authors and artists: Paolo Cirio, Wim Delvoye, Paul Frissen, Graham Harman, Timothy Morton, Luciana Parisi, Matteo Pasquinelli, Tomás Saraceno, Diana Scherer, Willem Schinkel, Lars Spuybroek, René ten Bos, and McKenzie Wark.