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IMO a good video should include everything from shacks, cutbacks, reverts, airs, to throwing massive buckets. As well as smooth turning and good form with nature shots. Get some water shots too...duck dives, sealife..ect. Shortboards & Longboards...mix it up. This way you will have something to entertain all types of surfers. As far as music goes mix that up as well....mellow shyt as well as hardcore shyt. There isn't too much you can do that hasn't been done already. So, your originality will be tough.
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anything with tom curren...
seriously though it seems like every video i watch starts the same: the preparation, the drive listening to reports, surfers goofing off thinking they are hot sh!t, blah blah blah...same scene every opening. I can't stand it. All i want to see is the surfers riding waves. I fast forward those scenes now.
Cold water. Indo is too perfect. I'd rather see guys exploring for unknown waves in Canada, Norway, Iceland, UK, Alaska etc. A little love for the east coast doesn't hurt either.
Also like to see people get more creative with the camera, stories, and music. That Nathan Oldfield stuff looks pretty nice.
All that being said, Dark Fall is probably one of my favorites.
Props to outner for resurrecting some old threads, but I'm not convinced he/she is a real person.
Here's a new short from Aussie Nathan Oldfield for the Critical Slide Society/Thomas Surfboards. He's really stepping it up a notch with his edits these days!
Mar 22, 2012, 12:22 PM #15
no go pro footage .. that stuff gets very lame very quick
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Agree...If first third is guys sitting watching red blobs on computers, gassing up trucks/skis in the dark, talking about conditions, driving down deserted streets, then they're making a video about themselves, not so much surfing for surfing's sake. Wrong perspective IMO.
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I am surprised no one said this yet, or maybe im the only one who F*CKING HATES SLOW MOTION. It takes away from the ride, rider and wave. PUNK ROCK SOUNDTRACKS!!!
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The waveform suite developed at the University of Alaska Geophysical Institute is an open-source collection of MATLAB classes that provide a means to import, manipulate, display, and share waveform data while ensuring the integrity of the data and providing stability for programs that build upon them.
Many seismic investigations begin by extracting data from a database or archive in order to carry out some type of advanced processing on segments containing the relevant signal(s). This extraction process might include requesting data from the IRIS Data Management Center, a regional seismic network, or an in-house project database. Locally the extracted data may be stored in numerous well-established data formats or databases including SAC (Tapley and Tull 1992), SEISAN (Havskov and Ottemöller 2000), AH, SEGY (Barry et al. 1975), Winston (Cervelli et al. 2004) and Antelope (http://brtt.com; Lindquist 2009). MATLAB has proven to be a popular environment in which to work with the extracted data in part because of the ready access to powerful platform-independent routines for signal processing and plotting. Once in MATLAB, however, the original data format is often replaced with a variety of ad-hoc formats as each user employs a variety of structures, arrays, and cells to manage the data. The independent nature of these home-grown formats can make it difficult to transfer data from one system (or project) to another without spending time on single-use conversion routines.
The ease of programming in MATLAB makes it particularly vulnerable to impromptu or disposable coding with the consequence being that many of the resulting scripts are transient affairs that serve an immediate need. Many scripts are then discarded, while others enjoy a more celebrated existence; bolstered by quick success, users (including the authors) often decide to build out these routines into standalone packages, only to realize that the vast majority of this effort is consumed by bookkeeping, exception handling, documentation, and error checking. Though thankless, these tasks make the difference between robust reusable codes and thesis appendices.
We introduce here the waveform suite, a MATLAB-based format for handling waveform data. The waveform suite consists of three MATLAB classes that have been designed from scratch to provide a robust foundation for manipulating waveforms. For users seeking the ability to import, manipulate, and display seismic data, the waveform suite provides this functionality directly. The supplied interface allows users to both import several standard formats and write import routines for their own formats. The suite's full benefits will be gained by users looking to build more advanced packages such as for receiver functions, shear wave splitting, wavefield migration, phase picking, cross correlation, synthetics, or source inversion. By replacing ad-hoc systems with a common framework, the waveform suite can provide an architecture upon which more complex programs may be created and shared.
The waveform suite is not tailored for any particular type of analysis (e.g., earthquakes, ambient noise, volcanic tremor, synthetics, etc.) but attempts to provide generic tools specific to seismology programming. This is somewhat different than similar efforts such as the CORAL toolbox (Creager 1997) and MATLAB's built-in time series toolbox. The suite minimizes the need for considering the sometimes grotesque details required for error checking or manipulating large numbers of waveforms. Both the error handling ability and the improved code readability help programs built upon the waveform suite to be more robust, with fewer crashes and logical errors (McConnell 2004).
The waveform suite relieves the user of routine bookkeeping chores by automating the tedious aspects of data manipulation and by keeping related information together. Tasks managed through the suite include automatically updating attributes as required by various data manipulations (such as integrating, resampling, stacking, etc.), ensuring that arrays are of proper dimensions, determining the times of samples, keeping track of station-channel combinations, automatically labeling graphs, and more. A core feature of the waveform suite is its ability to handle multiple waveforms simultaneously, dispensing with the frequent need to loop through each individual trace. The suite is extensible, providing users with the ability to write import routines for their own formats. Databases or file systems may be queried for vast numbers of waveforms that can then be manipulated en masse. The suite allows the user to make changes to waveforms using standard mathematical operators (+, -,.*, etc.) and provides the ability to perform common manipulations such as filtering, subsetting, or demeaning.
Some basic statistics are supported as are more complex operations such as integration and Hilbert transforms. See Table 1 for a representative sample of functions.
The waveform suite consists of three primary MATLAB classes:
Waveform—This class provides easy data manipulation and display of evenly sampled (e.g., seismic) data.
Datasource—This class provides the interface between programs and stored data.
Scnlobject—This class handles each trace's station-channel-network-location information.
In most applications, datasource and scnlobject are used to set up the importation of data as in this example:
>> ds = datasource(`Antelope','/iwrun/op/db/archive_2010_02_27');
>> scnl = scnlobject(`SPBG', `BHZ', `AV', `—');
>> w = waveform(ds, scnl, startTime, endTime);
where startTime and endTime happen to be N × M matrices of trace start and end times. The result is an N × M waveform object, w. This particular example draws data from an Antelope database. This could be pointed to a different type of input data by just changing the first line. As will be the case for all scripting examples, the user-typed commands are shown after the MATLAB prompt ">>" while computer-generated output is represented in italics.
The terms class and object appear repeatedly throughout this paper and deserve brief mention. An object is essentially a variable and is treated as such, but is special in ways that are discussed throughout the next section. A class refers to the template that explicitly lays out the types of data within an object, as well as the functions (called methods) that are allowed to operate on those data. In fact, the standard MATLAB data types ("double," "char," and "cell") are classes.
The waveform suite's classes provide a sturdy and flexible framework that frees the user from bookkeeping details, allowing the user to concentrate instead upon getting results. The functions and the data upon which they operate are treated as a unit, providing the user with a simple, seamless interface upon which more complex programs can be easily created. Additional benefits include the reduced need for variable juggling, providing familiar ways to work with data, and insulating the program from bad data while protecting data from bad input, all of which results in speedier and more effective program development and facilitates reproducible results.
Classes provide a way to unify data, reducing the number of variables that must be tracked separately. Working with seismic data typically requires tracking amplitudes, times, stations, frequencies, units, etc. The waveform suite's classes allow the user to merely track a single all-encompassing object of the class waveform. This variable may be N-dimensional, representing multiple seismic traces (building on the prior example):
Input routines have been designed for each of the waveform suite's classes. These are capable of pre-screening values to avoid the assignment of erroneous values that would cause a program to misbehave. Values that have been assigned to an object are protected from unsupervised modification and instead are accessed through functions tailored to work with the data. Each of the suite's functions provides targeted access to the underlying structure in order to prevent accidental or nonsensical data modification. According to MATLAB convention, the assignment function is called set and the retrieval function is called get. Through set, data types and formats can be strictly enforced, and it can be ensured that data lie within proper ranges and have appropriate dimensions and units. This last point is important because matrix operations treat 1 × N arrays differently than N × 1 arrays. Through these routines, the user may access derived or interpreted properties as well as native properties. A simple example of this behavior is a request for a date: while the date is internally represented in a waveform as a MATLAB serial date number, the user may opt to retrieve the date as a text string or an epoch. To an external program, actual or derived data are indistinguishable.
Since MATLAB determines which version of a function to use based upon the data type (class) passed to it, defining waveforms as a distinct MATLAB class permits the reuse of standard function names such as plot() and min() as well as existing symbols for standard mathematical manipulations including "+" and ".*".
The ability to use existing operators and create routines that replace multiple lines of code with a simple intuitive command improves the understandability of routines, which helps reduce errors. Compact legible code is illustrated by this example, which plots the normalized traces of three of the waveforms stored in w from the previous examples. The output can be seen in Figure 1.
>> w=w(1:3)
>> peak2peak = max(w) – min(w);
>> normalized_traces = w./peak2peak;
>> plot(normalized_traces);
>> legend(w);
Every attempt has been made in the waveform suite to provide thorough and meaningful error messages to expedite the debugging process. For cases where the cause is outside the user's control (as in erroneous values within a data stream, data gaps, etc.), the classes within waveform suite may be able to recover intelligently, rather than crash. Ideally, no application using these classes should retrieve nonsensical data since errors within the data are reported or corrected at the time of assignment.
The waveform class is the suite's workhorse, providing a way to manipulate evenly sampled data (i.e., seismic data) within MATLAB. Waveform tracks data relating to frequency, start time, trace identification, measured amplitudes, and history, along with user-defined fields. A selected list of waveform functions is included in Table 1.
Modifications to waveform objects are recorded in the history of each waveform. The history is capable of recording text blurbs as well as other types of information, such as other objects used to modify the waveform (e.g., details of an applied filter). Detailed history may later be retrieved to determine how the data were modified or, more importantly, how to reproduce results.
User-defined fields expand the capabilities of waveform by allowing users to include additional information relevant to each trace. In practice these user-defined fields serve as extensible header fields. These fields are created automatically in some instances; when a SAC file is imported, header information is transferred into user-defined fields. Though this information can be stored in adjacent matrices, incorporating it directly into the waveform object allows it to pass automatically into existing routines. Because these fields can be of any type it is possible to store not only simple information, (e.g., an event location), but also more complex information such as an instrument response or the frequency spectrum of the trace. While there is some danger in infinitely extensible header information, in our experience thus far this capability has given considerably more power than anticipated to the waveform suite. Access to the data within user-defined fields is through the same get and set methods that are used to access the rest of waveform's details.
The scnlobject class was created to simplify handling station, channel, network, and location information. Though not required in all situations, the four-parameter SEED naming convention is now nearly ubiquitous in earthquake seismology. Each scnlobject represents a single sta_chan_net_loc combination (Ahern et al. 2009). Encapsulating these descriptors into a dedicated object improves the management of large numbers of traces by facilitating single-command subsets, concatenations, and queries against waveform objects. Commonly accessed scnlobjects can be stored for automatic retrieval, so that they are not required to be created manually each time. Scnlobjects understand "*" wildcards, further improving the ability to sift through large numbers of traces for desired information.
The datasource class provides the connection between waveforms (or other classes) and their databases or stored files. The datasource class has proven to be a valuable way to insulate the waveform class from the (often changing) data streams. Together, the datasource and waveform classes have built-in interpreters for several database and file formats including:
Antelope—The waveform suite wraps the required elements from the Antelope toolbox for MATLAB (Lindquist 2009), providing the ability to access Antelope databases. This is included in the standard Antelope distribution from Boulder Real Time Technologies.
Winston—The waveform suite reaches directly into Winston using the java library distributed with SWARM (Cervelli et al. 2004).
SAC—Seismic Analysis Code (SAC) files (Tapley and Tull 1992) may be imported without additional codes. Additional header fields are translated into similarly named user-defined fields.
SEISAN—No additional utilities are required to import files from the SEISmic ANalysis system (Havskov and Ottemöller,2003). However, due to SEISAN's file naming conventions, datasource may not be able to automatically determine which file is desired. In this case, the datasource should be created using specific filenames.
.mat file—Datasource is capable of looking within .mat files for all variables of a desired type. This allows it to parse data from files that contain previously generated waveform objects.
User-defined—The datasource/waveform object combination makes it straightforward to translate a file of any type into an array of one or more waveform objects. A short wrapper function should be all that is necessary to make an existing import routine compatible with the waveform suite. Notably, this does not require an understanding of the datasource/waveform codebase beyond the set function.
Most users are well acquainted with reading data on a per file basis. This is straightforward in the waveform suite. In addition, complex directory structures and file naming schemes can be traversed thanks to the datasource's ability to interpret fprintf() style formatting statements that may describe a file's time and/or station/channel/network/location information (see Figure 2). The following example shows how a datasource might be created that can access SAC files stored in the current directory.
Essentially the combination of the waveform, scnlobject, and datasource objects allow a user's homegrown data organization structure to be queried as a simple relational database. Datasource facilitates this by providing separation between data requests and the explicit data storage structure. Though not required, this approach is in our opinion generally preferable to hardwiring code to specific file names.
Additionally, the datasource is able to return information that crosses file or database boundaries. Data that is retrieved from individual files or databases can be combined into a continuous object. In the case of a waveform object, this is done automatically. By accessing files through their generalized formats, instead of individually, issues such as the "11:59 p.m. earthquake problem" can be avoided.
While the datasource class works in concert with the waveform class to retrieve information, it is not dependent upon waveform and may be used to access data of any type. Many users choose to save commonly used datasource objects in a .mat data file or an .m script file where they can be loaded automatically, such as from the startup.m file.
Additional companion classes are included with the waveform suite to assist common tasks. The filterobject class provides a method of filtering waveform data with a Butterworth filter. Using this class, multiple waveforms can be filtered with minimal coding. The spectralobject class was designed to simplify the creation and display of spectrogram (or periodogram) data. Uispecgram is an included application that provides a graphical interface for creating custom spectrograms.
Though importing data into MATLAB is not necessarily difficult, choices about how to store and work with the data have a tremendous influence on a project's success. A project underpinned by the waveform suite's object-oriented framework has access to tools able to retrieve data from a variety of sources, manipulate and display the same data in an intuitive manner, and develop robust applications that are easy to maintain. Each class's internal structure remains invisible to dependent applications, allowing the suite to change as it matures without breaking the programs that implement it. However, users should not expect the suite to grow into an all-encompassing singularly defined seismic format. Several people have used the waveform suite as the foundation for their own processing packages, using this common, flexible framework to reduce development time and making it easy to share waveform data with other MATLAB users.
The waveform suite is available as a self-contained distribution from the MATLAB file exchange: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23809. This distribution is regularly updated as new stable releases are produced.
The waveform suite codebase is maintained as an open source project together with several associated seismic tools in the GISMO toolbox at: http://code.google.com/p/gismotools/.
The waveform suite requires MATLAB. The current release of the Waveform suite has been successfully tested against MATLAB 7.1 (R14SP3); however, MATLAB's object handling has changed considerably in recent years, so current development is occurring only in MATLAB version R2009b and later. The waveform suite does not depend upon any additional toolboxes from The MathWorks, Inc. Additional libraries are required to read data from Antelope or Winston databases.
Thanks to all those who have helped the waveform suite evolve to its current state. The authors would especially like to recognize J. Amundson (a great debugger and source of additional functionality), M. Thorne (whose SAC routines were thoroughly cannibalized), G. Thompson and S. DeAngelis (as testers and for SEISAN help), M. Robinson and L. Valcic (for network and computer support), and S. McNutt (one author's advisor, who let him develop these codes when, just perhaps, he should have been concentrating on interpreting the wiggles themselves). Also, the authors would like to thank K. Creager for his thoughtful review. This work was partially supported by the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the U.S. Geological Survey as part of their Volcano Hazard and Geothermal studies, and by additional funds from the State of Alaska.
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Your mama wants you healthy, so whatcha gonna eat?
Your vegies and your fruit, your dairy and your meat?
And do you like spaghetti? Then you're a friend of mine.
Come with me to Mama's. You're welcome any time!
CHORUS: Mangia when you're hungry, mangia with delight.
Mangia with your laughter; mangia every night.
Mangia, Mangia, Mangia means EAT!
When your Mama is cookin', every meal's a treat!
The family's important; the family needs to eat.
So gather round the table; turn off the old TV!
Better is a bowl of soup with love and joy and song
Than a big fat juicy steak when no one gets along.
BRIDGE: Do you eat to live? Or do you live to eat?
For life's a celebration! Oh, please, pull up a seat.
We bow our heads in wonder at the gifts that we receive:
For love that gives and love that grows every time we eat!
The secret of the sauce is not the sausage or the herbs
It's love in Mama's heart when she chops and when she stirs.
Our food will taste much better when we share it with a friend.
So mangia, mi amico, we'll sing it once again!
FINAL CHORUS: Mangia, ending with....
Every meal's a....chicken cacciatore! Tell me a story!
Turkey tetrazzini! How about a teeny
Taste of lasagna, OOO we like to mangia, mangia
Mangia means EAT! When your mama is cookin'
Every meal's a treat!
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The novel form of this private residence developed out of a desire to break down the required 500m² floor area into an intriguing and striking spatial composition. The accommodation is formed by three cuboid volumes, two of which intersect at right angles to form the ground floor while the third floats over them. The use of a different material for each cuboid form – respectively fair-faced concrete, red-stained cedar and dark, veined granite – creates dynamic contrast and ensures that each form reads as a distinct and precisely-defined entity. The north-facing facade, which addresses the street and contains the main entrance, has a limited number of windows and is highly insulated, offering protection against noise emissions from the street. The southern aspect of the house is more open, featuring generous glazing shielded by louvres and offering views out over the gardens to the rear. A solar thermal installation on the roof meets the building's requirements for hot water.back to index
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Stress, it happens to the best of us. And thanks to new app Pause, you can take a break (or a pause) from the daily stresses of life. The App is the result of a collaboration between UsTwo and Peng Cheng, designer and founder of Danish mental wellness company PauseAble. Cheng created the app as a way to personally manage his own stress and depression.
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Brewers' Cain learning plate discipline
While his aggressiveness has proved beneficial at times, it's also occasionally been a detriment. Cain's strikeout totals have been high and he knows it. He spent much of this season working on better control at the plate, an approach he's continuing to develop with the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League.
"I'm a very aggressive hitter," Cain said. "You play in those lower leagues and you're always swinging. And that's not good all the time. You rack up a lot of strikeouts if you're too aggressive. You have to be patient and get on so you can steal some bases, which is also part of my game.
"Sometimes you have to be able to take a pitch, no matter where you are in the count. And then with two strikes, just try to put the ball in play and avoid the strikeout. If you put it in play, you might look up and have a hit."
Cain did put the ball in play quite a bit this season, combining to hit .279 in the Florida State, Southern and Pacific Coast Leagues. He had 11 homers, 60 RBIs and stole 25 bases, but what stands just as much are the career-high 115 strikeouts.
But he is learning. Compare that regular-season strikeout number to his results so far in the AFL. Cain struck out only twice in his first 32 at-bats. He had two homers, four RBIs, a handful of steals and an OBP (.382) that would look good at the top of most batting orders.
It's all a learning process for the 22-year-old Cain, who didn't begin playing baseball until high school. He's a bit behind other prospects his age, but is quickly catching up with the rest of the top-flight talent in a very deep Milwaukee system.
"I think I've progressed pretty quickly and I'm close to the other guys in this league and on this team now," Cain said. "You always have a lot of learning to do. I think I had a pretty good season in all aspects of the game. My power numbers went up, I improved on the defensive side of the ball. I just didn't improve on my plate discipline. That still needs work.
"The pitchers get better as you move up. The breaking balls get better, the fastballs are harder and the pitchers locate better. But after you go through it and you experience it, you'll be fine."
Cain began the season at Brevard County in the Florida State League before a surprise promotion to Triple-A Nashville in June. He hit just .158 in 19 PCL at-bats before returning to the Florida State League, but while he was with Nashville, he had an epiphany of sorts.
The pitchers in the Pacific Coast League are much better than what Cain faced at Brevard County. He saw the future and realized that an adjustment was in order. He went 22-for-67 upon his return to the FSL, raising his average from .277 to .287, hitting safely in 15-of-17 games and earning another promotion, this time to Double-A Huntsville.
"I was [in the PCL] for two weeks and I saw the difference," he said. "So when I got back to the Florida State League, everything felt a lot easier. Those guys [in the PCL] really know how to locate their off-speed pitches. They are real pitchers up there and it helped me out a lot. I didn't do well there but it helped learn to see pitches."
Cain is seeing pitches well for the Javs, hitting .344 heading into Tuesday's action. So while the Brewers have some big names in their system -- Mat Gamel, Angel Salome, etc. -- Cain is proving that he belongs in that group. Not that he's looking for the attention.
"I don't like being in the spotlight," he admits. "I want to sit back, lay low and just handle my business and let things come my way. I'll let them have the spotlight."
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The decision not to cast all students who auditioned was a tough one. The quantity of costumes, schedules needing arranging, and people to teach all dances and songs was overwhelming in the past. For everyone's sanity we felt this was the right thing to do. I hope everyone who auditioned will still be a part of the show in other areas of the production.
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Charles - Justin Erbe
Lewis - James Queen
Fastrada - Ellie Peterson
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"A remarkable achievement....Magnificently researched and admirably written." (Mary Stewart)
"It doth brim with lust, violence, cruelty, and living conservation....Margaret George has found a new and fresh way to tell the story." (Detroit Free Press)
"Her novel is a...banquet feast for most readers...astonishing. There's rousing drama, robust atmosphere, and consistently solid characterization; and finally, Margaret George's triumph is anchored in the urgent rhythm her writing attains." (Forth Worth Star Telegram)
The book, as hefty as the king it brings to life, is arguably Margaret George's finest book. Bringing to life Henry's reign, from the splendid promise of its beginnings to its sordid and dangerous conclusion, the lush detail makes the reader/listener feel as if we are actually there, so vivid are the descriptions. The narrator's voice conjures up a haughty richness eerily reminiscent of Peter O'Toole's Henry II from 'The Lion in Winter'; it made for an immensely enjoyable listen; Henry's larger-than-life ego simply explodes through this voice! (If you like your audiobooks read in dry monotone, skip this one!) The narration of Henry VIII is augmented by side notes written as if in the diary's margins by his court fool, and his dry, rapier-sharp wit is the perfect foil for the king's own viewpoint. This is one of my very favorite audiobooks and I heartily recommend it to any historical fiction fan who is looking for a substantial and riveting 'read'.
I would like to take back my earlier review. Once I became used to the voice inflection that the narrator chose to use for King Henry the book became very enjoyable. I found that it suited King Henry's personality very well after awhile. King Henry was protrayed as a conceited, self-centered, egocentric narcissist in the book. Also, I think that it must be very difficult to narrate several voices in a book and the narrator did an excellent job.
"If you like historical fiction . . ."
. . . you will LOVE this book. The reader is lead to believe that it is more fact than fiction because of the amount of research Margaret George did in preparing this book for publication. She read and studied many books and period accounts (check out the bibliography), as well as having visited England more than once for the express purpose of researching the life and personality of Henry VIII. No one had ever thought to try to get into the mind of Henry to see what was really going on there until Ms. George did her homework for this book. I believe it is very revealing. She does not try to make him into something that he is not. We still see him as the king we love to hate - an overweight king who suffered from dementia, felt things very deeply, acted on impulse, loved women, and had people around him put to death if they didn't agree with him. But what it does show is how he came to feel and do the things that he did. One can come close to understanding him, and perhaps even empathizing with him through this book. It is very well and beautifully written. I loved the associated history that I learned along the way. My one and only criticism is that towards the end I got a little bogged down in the war and the politics. I had become so accustomed to the forward movement in this lengthy book that I was a bit disappointed when it slowed down. Just a minor criticism, however. It is overall a fabulous book.
I feel so bad for people who cannot get past the so-called aristocratic, stuck-up British accent that narrator David Case uses. It has been said that his narrations are an acquired taste. I was a bit put off at first myself. But I tell you, he is incredible! I believe that Henry VIII must have sounded just like David Case (also known as Frederick Davidson)! His characterizations are fabulous, and he runs the gamut of emotions which I feel right along with him. He brought me to tears when Brandon died, and made me feel sad at Henry's death. I was as mad at Ann Boleyn as Henry was, and I adored Jane Seymour right along with him. I was disappointed for Henry when Elizabeth was born female (definitely not like me in real life), and so sad for him when baby boy after baby boy did not survive. This book lives because of David Case's narration. If you have not acquired the taste, it will be worth it for you to persevere until you do. He is a master and has done a masterful job of narrating some of the best literature ever written!
"Entertaining and Insightful"
What a wonderful book! At the beginning, Henry has died, and Will has found the diary he supposedly kept since his youth. He sends it to the daughter of Anne Boleyn's sister Mary, who he believes is in truth Henry's daughter. Will, whose father died when he was very young, does this because he believes that a child should know his or her father.
George has really done her research, but instead of ploddign through history, she gives Henry a realistic voice that is at time maddening, at other times sympathetic; in other words, she turns this huge historical figure into a man, like others, with both strengths and weaknesses. The interjections by Will, who, despite his cynical tone, obviously loved Henry, give us further insights into his character. Along the way, she gives us a delightful picture of life, love, and politics at the Tudor court.
David Case is the perfect reader for this material.
"View of Henry the VIII"
If you enjoy Historical Novels, and great narration. I can't think of a more enjoyable book. I was thrilled with the the thought process, and time line. Even though it ia a very long book, it seemed to fly for me.
"Give us more!"
I concur with the other reviewers. I listen on my commute, and couldn't wait to get back to the car for the next installment.
David Case was much more than a narrator, he acted the parts with his voice and attitude. He brought out the personality of King Henry and the other characters. Quite remarkable. I'm searching around for more books narrated by David.
"One Of The Best Books/ Listens Ever!"
My passion is Tudor history but for some reason I had not read this book until I listened to this audio book. WoW! That's all I can say. I was so sad when this ended. I was not sure what I thought of the narrator, David Case, at first but he has now become a favored voice. He's amazing with this book. Simply perfect. I could gush on and on - but you get the idea - I truly LOVED the book and the narrator and recommend it to anyone who loves Tudor history, history or historical fiction in general!
"Loved it"
I got this book based on its reviews and it did not disappoint. I feel as though I walked through time. And I've changed my opinion of Henry. He was complicated and apparently quite romantic, if not superstitious, as all people were at the time. It was definately the original Melrose Place. I want more from this author.
David Case did an wonderful job of capturing the very complicated personality of H VIII and the other characters of George's comprehensive writing of one of the history's most impactful players. Not only did George build for us Henry's England but what it was like to be a King of England. A perspective very critical to understanding of who H VIII was and why he made the decisions he did. Having read many history books of the period it was wonderful to view the characters in a new and different format. I do agree with the other reviewers, do get this book if you like historical fiction, long reads, good naration, or just a good book. It is really pleasent to spend two credits and feel you really got a great deal!
"a masterpiece"
this has become my top favorite audio book.. Highly recommended. The narration is superb and the writing is enthralling. don't miss this one-totally worth 2 credits.
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This problem asks students to consider the geometrical properties of matrix transformations in order to gain a greater understanding of matrix algebra, in 2 and 3 dimensions.
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The problem works well as a discussion activity. Students could work with a partner and consider each statement first in 2D and then in 3D. After allowing them some time to consider the statements, work with examples, and think about the geometrical interpretation of the situation, bring the class together to discuss their ideas.
Encourage justifications which use geometrical reasoning as well as those using algebra. If a statement is sometimes true, it is important for students to identify when it is true, and geometrically speaking, why there are situations where it is and isn't true.
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When you perform two transformations, does the order matter?
M and N are neither reflections nor rotations - what other types of transformation could they represent?
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Saving nature is at the very heart of what we do as WWF. For more than 50 years, we have made it our mission to find solutions that save the marvelous array of life on our planet by applying the best science available and working closely with local communities.
But our work is far from done. Humans are behind the current rate of species extinction, which is at least 100–1,000 times higher than nature intended. WWF's 2014 Living Planet Report found wildlife populations of vertebrate species—mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish—have declined by 52 percent over the last 40 years.
And the impacts will reach far beyond the potential cultural loss of iconic species like tigers, rhinos and whales.
The good news is we've also seen what's working. WWF has been part of successful wildlife recovery stories ranging from southern Africa's black rhino to black bucks in the Himalayas. And this in turn is helping protect rich and varied ecosystems while ensuring people continue to benefit from nature.
This much is clear: we cannot afford to fail in our mission to save a living planet.
Creating a future for healthy forests in Bhutan
Bhutan now has a great means for bringing that commitment to life—long-term funding to ensure its protected areas, which cover half of the country, are properly managed forever. It is the first initiative of its kind in Asia and one of only a few in the world.
Why It Matters
Saving a Planet of Life
We protect wildlife for many reasons. It is a source of inspiration. It nurtures a sense of wonder. It is integral to the balance of nature. In our work, WWF focuses on saving populations of the most ecologically, economically and culturally important species in the wild. Ultimately, by protecting species, we save this beautiful, vulnerable and utterly irreplaceable planet we call home.
Improving Human Lives
By protecting species, we also protect the essential goods and services that make our lives possible and contribute enormously to human health and well-being — breathable air, clean water, food, fibers, building materials, medicines, energy, fertile soils, climate regulation, transport, and recreational and spiritual values.
Species Recovery
The cuddly black-and-white giant panda is a conservation icon and not only because it is WWF's widely recognized logo. They are reigning celebrities in the handful of zoos around the world where people flock to see them. Numbering around 1,600 in the wild, China is the only country where giant pandas are found. WWF has played an important role in their recovery for over 30 years, ever since we became the first private conservation group to receive an official invitation from the Chinese government in 1978.
A critically endangered population of the Mekong River's Irrawaddy dolphins became the face of a global campaign to stop a major dam that would also impact local communities and livelihoods. The connection to the "smiling face of the Mekong" influenced more than a quarter of a million people around the world to join WWF in saying no to the Don Sahong dam. This species continues to inspire people to reduce pollution of freshwater sources, improve fishing practices and encourage only sustainable hydropower development.
Helping Populations Thrive
It speaks to the power of the mighty predator that the first-ever global summit on a single species brought together world leaders to commit to a single purpose—doubling the number of wild tigers by 2022. WWF is playing a pivotal role in realizing this ambitious goal, which will ensure the king of the jungle will once again thrive across its range in 13 countries to benefit other wildlife and wild spaces, secure freshwater sources and a future for people too.
What WWF Is Doing
Our biggest goal is to save wildlife. We will achieve this by focusing on populations of the most ecologically, economically and culturally important species in the wild. These are what WWF calls our flagship species, the iconic animals that serve as ambassadors for conservation. We also work on wildlife threatened by unsustainable human pressures like illegal fishing and over-use.
We will continue to use the best science available to link on-the-ground work with high-level policy negotiations to create lasting solutions that benefit wild animals as well as the people that live alongside them.
Promote Species Conservation
WWF will secure public support, US funding, political leadership and technical excellence to conserve priority species and recover their populations. Doubling the number of wild tigers by 2022 is among the most ambitious commitment WWF has made because we believe that by saving this Asian big cat, we will also succeed in saving large swathes of Asia's forests and vital freshwater sources, allowing both nature and people to thrive. We also focus on the intersection of snow leopard conservation with climate adaptation and water security in Asia's High Mountains.
Empower People to Protect Wildlife
We will leverage US funding, markets and expertise to promote and scale community-based conservation. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Namibia. WWF's work focuses on supporting a communal conservancy program. We partner with local communities to help them manage their natural resources and ensure a future that includes healthy wildlife populations and sustainable economic growth.
Stop Wildlife Crime
We will use our expertise in the policy arena, wildlife trade, advocacy and communications to ensure a comprehensive US and global response to the illegal wildlife trade crisis. WWF led a global campaign that truly changed the global conversation on wildlife crime, catalyzed high-level government action to tackle this issue seriously and galvanized millions to call for change like Thailand's ivory ban.
Catalyze Technology Innovations for Wildlife Conservation
WWF will forge partnerships with US technology, research and development sectors to generate cost-effective applications for wildlife conservation. WWF has been testing an umbrella of technology to protect wildlife and give governments battling wildlife crime a vital advantage thanks to the Google Impact Award we received in 2012. WWF worked with the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism to test an integrated network of technologies and are now exploring new now exploring technology applications in other countries.
Elevate Wildlife's Worth
We will use our best science, policy influence, market-based strategies, and communications to quantify and enhance the value of wildlife for key stakeholders and expand constituencies and funding for wildlife conservation.
WWF In The News
- Over Half of World's Apes and Monkeys in Danger of Extinction January 18, 2017 – USA Today
Mozambique's Lifeline: Nature
Mozambique is instituting a five-year strategy that makes the sustainable management of natural resources and the environment a priority, and to the creation of a program that will focus on protecting the country's natural capital.
Conserving Snow Leopards, Securing Water Resources, and Benefiting Communities
In October 2012, WWF began a four-year project to conserve snow leopard habitat, promote water security, and help communities prepare for climate change impacts in Central Asia. The USAID-funded, $7.3 million Conservation and Adaptation in Asia's High Mountain Landscapes and Communities project will conduct field activities in and build alliances among six of the snow leopard's 12 range countries: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan. The project will run through September 30, 2016.
Pendants, Powder, and Pathways: A Rapid Assessment of Smuggling Routes and Techniques Used in the Illicit Trade in African Rhino Horn
Ivory Markets in Central Africa
New study finds China's ivory market may be shrinking ahead of incoming domestic ivory ban
The US Elephant Ivory Market: A New Baseline
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- Nilanga Jayasinghe Senior Program Officer, Asian Species
- Leigh Henry Director, Wildlife Policy, Wildlife Conservation
- Crawford Allan Senior Director, TRAFFIC
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Mayor Bloomberg, whose choice of Cathie Black as the new chancellor of New York City schools has come under heavy fire, is also facing a possible setback for the appointment, as critics urge the state education commissioner to deny Black the waiver that she would need to get the job.
Black, a former media executive and President of Hearst Magazines, has no experience in the field of education, and no connection to the public school system. She would need to be granted a waiver before she could take over as chancellor.
"Today we begin a people's campaign to say no, no to the waiver for Cathleen Black," said civil rights lawyer Normal Siegel, who released a copy of a letter to Steiner urging him not to grant the waiver.
President of the United Federation of Teachers Michael Mulgrew also ripped into the Mayor's choice, calling his pick of Black an abuse of power.
"It's my opinion that the mayor has abused his authority under the mayoral control law," he told more than 200 parents gathered for workshops on how to better navigate the school system, according to the Daily News.
"This is not about Ms. Black," Mulgrew said to applause. "I do not believe that anyone thought the mayor would speak to no one, hide it, keep it a secret, not consult any educational experts and then name someone with no qualifications to be the chancellor of the New York City school system."
Mulgrew plans to meet with Black on Wednesday, and said he will not pass judgment on her until then, however, he did tell parents, "I would be appalled if a teacher was named the head of the Fire Department of New York City."
Last week, Bloomberg made the surprise announcement that Joel Klein, the current chancellor, would be stepping down to take a job with News Corp., and that Black would replace him. The mayor called Black, who sent her own children to a private boarding school, "a world-class manager'' and the best person to head New York City's 1.1 million-pupil public school system.
Critics have questioned Black's lack of experience within a public school system and also the secrecy of the process in which she was chosen.
"He claims that Cathie Black emerged as the best from that search," said Michael Myers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition. "This is Orwellian doublespeak. ... How could there have been a public search when the public knew nothing about the vacancy?"
Natalie Ravitz, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said of the critics: "These are individuals who have fought almost every reform we've put in place, so this is unsurprising."
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- M.Ed.: Educational Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Educational Specialist in School Psychology: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- D.Ed.: School Psychology with specialization in family-school relations, IUP
Dr. Bloomquist was certified as a school psychologist in 1997 and began working in the field of school psychology in the greater Pittsburgh area. For eight years, she worked as the single full-time school psychologist in the Montour School District in McKees Rocks, Pa.
During this time, she was highly invested in special education identification and program evaluation, provided ongoing workshops and individual consultation to educational professionals, implemented a school-wide bullying prevention program, developed a crisis-response team, worked to establish district norms using curriculum-based measurement and created a videotape titled "Introduction to the IEP" for parents to review in order to better understand special education procedures and to facilitate family-school relationships.
She was invited to teach Educational Psychology as a teaching associate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for three semesters beginning in 1997. In 2005, she joined the faculty at IUP as a temporary assistant professor. She also served as the acting co-coordinator of the Peer Educator Program within IUP's Learning Enhancement Center and was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi.
In 2008, she accepted a full-time tenure-track position at Cal U as assistant professor in the Psychology Department. Bloomquist is both the host and an educational consultant for "Meet Me at the Great Tree," an original children's television program produced by the National Network of Digital Schools. This public service announcement is designed to get preschool and kindergarten children excited about learning and literacy.
Dr. Bloomquist is the program coordinator for the graduate-level school psychology master of science and certification pgrogram, and faculty adviser for the school psychology program.
Publications/Research Interests
Dr. Bloomquist's research interests include professional training issues in school psychology and positive psychology.
She also:
- Serves as a National Association of School Psychologist (NASP) program reviewer for school psychology graduate programs across the nation
- Presents in-service training programs to local educators on a variety of topics related to school psychology
- Works as a school psychologist/educational consultant for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Pittsburgh, Pa
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- Serves as a National Association of School Psychologist (NASP) program reviewer for school psychology graduate programs across the nation
- Presents NASP'S PREPaRE curriculum to educators in Pennsylvania. PREPaRE is a three-day, comprehensive program designed to prepare schools to prevent and respond to crisis situations
- Works as a school psychologist/educational consultant for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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- B.A. Psychology
- M.S. School Psychology
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The NFL and NFLPA are both diddling along, claiming they want to start testing for HGH, but not coming to an agreement. This isn't surprising, because as The Economist recently argued, lots of players are probably using it, and the NFL doesn't want them caught. There's incentive to keep the current, idiotic system, for both sides.
Of course, as I've argued, this could all be solved if the NFL actually cared about player safety and legalized HGH. But, because of legal and WHAT DO I TELL THE KIDS reasons, that's not happening.
Some fans and media may be stupid and pretend that nobody in a league of Hulks uses a drug that isn't tested for, but Adrian Peterson is not one of these morons. He realizes that players assuredly use HGH, and he has inside knowledge, I've been told.
Peterson also acknowledged social media speculation that he used the drug to aid his recovery last year from knee surgery and said he is eager to prove he is clean.
"You've got HGH, something that doesn't show up on a test, and you've got guys out there trying to provide for their families," Peterson said. "They're going to try to get that edge, get that advantage, especially if they're not worried about trying to get caught. Yeah, it's being used."
If Peterson is indeed telling the truth, you can't blame him for being pissed off. He might be the biggest freak we've ever seen, so he's naturally going to be one of the most-suspected PED users in sports, fair or not.
I don't worry about those types of supplements, using those, because I'm all natural. I work hard. This right here, it's a test for me personally, that I know that, 'Hey, I'm clean as a whistle,' and other guys as well…
Again, I think it would make more sense to legalize this non-evil drug, but as Peterson argues, the current system makes zero sense, and there's no reason not to test for HGH if it remains banned.
But, yeah, Roger Goodell. Keep pretending your pockets aren't lined with PED and gambling-aided money, and publicly declare your disgust for both. I'm sure that 20 years from now your legacy won't be that of a greedy, corrupt fuckstick.
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2nd Round Rivalry: Eagles vs Hoyas
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -Boston College still has a familiar feel to Georgetown's Jeff Green - even though the Eagles have bolted for a new conference.
``They were once in the Big East, so it's always going to feel like a Big East game,'' Green said Friday.
There probably won't be many surprises when Boston College, the newest member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, takes on second-seeded ex-Big East rival Georgetown (27-6) in the second round of the East Regional.
Oddsmakers have made Georgetown -8 point spread favorites (College Basketball Odds) for todays game, the over/under has been set at 126 total points
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The seventh-seeded Eagles (21-11) will play just their third game against a Big East team since their 2005 departure from the conference they helped create nearly 30 years ago. Villanova won last year's regional semifinal matchup, and earlier this season Providence beat BC.
``Fans, they kind of got on us about it, calling us traitors - I mean, (leaving) wasn't up to us,'' Boston College swingman Sean Marshall said. ``We enjoyed playing in the Big East. It was a great experience, playing at (Madison Square) Garden for the Big East tournament, but we've moved on to the ACC, we've been successful in it, and it's good to go back and play against Georgetown.''
Georgetown leads the series 43-27 and has won four of six against the Eagles, but BC claimed the last matchup 64-49 during the team's 20-0 start in 2004-05. That was BC's last season in the Big East and John Thompson III's first year coaching the Hoyas.
``When you watch them play, it still has a Big East feel,'' Thompson said. ``It's not like myself or my group has a long, storied history playing against Boston College. Georgetown clearly, obviously, does. But just the way they go about their business does have a Big East feel to it.''
The teams' first postseason meeting since BC's opening-round victory in the 2004 Big East tournament will determine which team reaches the NCAA's round of 16 for the second straight year.
``You just don't want to lose and go home,'' Boston College forward Jared Dudley said. ``This is my last year, our last go-round, me and Sean are trying to make the most of it. And there wouldn't be anything sweeter than to get this win, go back to BC and get ready to go to New Jersey.''
Both teams are coming off impressive first-round victories: Marshall's strong second half helped the Eagles beat Texas Tech 84-75, and the Hoyas' patient, Princeton-style offense shook off a slow start and routed outmanned Belmont to win their 16th in 17 games.
Georgetown and Boston College also feature the players of the year in their respective conferences.
Green captured the Big East award, averaging 14.3 points as the Hoyas won the league's regular season and tournament titles. Dudley averaged 19.0 points and an ACC-best 8.3 rebounds in claiming the top honor in his new league.
Dudley is embracing both the matchups and the mind-set of being an underloved underdog.
``We're somewhat familiar with this team, their style of play. They love to slow it down, run clock and that's what we like to do,'' Dudley said. ``They don't like to run-and-gun or have the game in the high 80s, and so do we. Where we've struggled this year is when teams are a lot more athletic than us, and overpressured us, and we'll see if they can do that.
``I feel like right now, the situation with this team, it's definitely a winnable game, and no one's picking us,'' he added. ``So it's even more incentive for us to do well in this game. And it's going to start from me from the top, leading this team.''
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The City of Chicago will once again honor all veterans with a commemorative ceremony to be held on Saturday, November 10 at 10 a.m. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza, along Chicago's Riverwalk between State and Wabash. The ceremony site has been chosen in accordance with President Barack Obama proclaiming this the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War.
The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration is the official title given to the program in the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. It states that the Secretary of Defense will coordinate, support and facilitate other programs and activities of the federal government, state and local governments and other organizations in commemorations of the Vietnam War.
The brief ceremony will include brief remarks and a presentation to the City of Chicago by Major General James T. Jackson (Retired). The Major General will present the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration Flag to the City.
Major General Jackson completed a successful 32 year military career in 2003 that included increasing levels of responsibility in diverse and complex organizations ranging in size from 30 to 17,000 personnel. Jackson has held various leadership positions within the U.S. Army with operational experience in strategic planning, team building, financial management, communications, risk management, and security operations.
The City of Chicago and the Chicago Department of Transportation dedicated Chicago's Vietnam Veterans Memorial in a Veterans Day ceremony held in 2005. The plaza and memorial feature a water wall, a list of Illinois KIA, a timeline and service emblems of the Armed Forces and support organizations.
One of those support organizations, the USO, will provide coffee and doughnuts to those attending.
Veterans Day is the one day set aside to thank and honor living veterans who served honorably in the military in wartime or peacetime. Veterans Day is honored on November 11 each day as it marks the Armistice between the Allied Forces and Germany went into effect at the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" in 1918, ending World War I.
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As an enthusiast for the dataset class, I notice with interest a new class table in the latest MATLAB release (in the promo video). This sounds very similar to the existing dataset class in the Statistics Toolbox which I have been using since release.
When I search the documentation/help for "table dataset" all I find is a converter function dataset2table and table2dataset, but the question I have is what is the difference in intention between these? When is it appropriate to use a dataset and when to use a table? What is the difference between the design of these two classes?
What about the "new" categorical class. Has this moved from stats toolbox into base MATLAB?
Should we expect dataset and categorical classess in the Statistics Toolbox to be deprecated in the future?
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Julian, as you noticed, MATLAB R2013b includes two new array types known as tables and categorical arrays. These are very similar to the dataset, nominal, and ordinal array types that have been part of the Statistics Toolbox for about six years. Like a dataset array, a table is a container that holds mixed-type tabular data, the sort of column-oriented data you would often import from a CSV file or a spreadsheet. And like nominal and ordinal arrays, a categorical array represents discrete non-numeric data, the sort of data you might otherwise have used strings or "coded integers" to store.
Generally speaking, these new data types should look and feel very familiar to anyone who has used the ones in the Statistics Toolbox. One obvious difference is that they are included as part of core MATLAB, and you don't need to install the Statistics Toolbox to use them. In addition, their design and terminology makes them a bit more accessible for non-statistical uses, though they remain just as useful for statistics.
Tables and categorical arrays are ultimately intended as replacements for dataset, nominal, and ordinal arrays, and we recommend that MATLAB users adopt them for new work. We also recommend that, over time, users update any of their existing code that uses dataset/nominal/ordinal, but we don't expect that that changeover can happen immediately. Upcoming releases will provide more details and strategies for making the transition.
In R2013b, all of the Statistics Toolbox functionality that uses nominal and ordinal arrays also supports the new categorical arrays. In R2013b, you'll still need to use dataset arrays in the Statistics Toolbox for things like LinearModel and (new in R2013b) LinearMixedModel, but you might consider creating tables and converting to dataset only when needed, using table2dataset.
Julian, I was a bit surprised that you think we were disingenuous, which means lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; insincere or calculating. To our way of thinking, it is not necessary for a MATLAB user to understand datasets in the Statistics Toolbox or to know about their existence in order to learn about and successfully use the new table type in MATLAB. In fact, we think it would be mostly a distraction, introducing added complexity into documentation and demonstrations that would not be helpful to most people. That said, it is probably true that some people could have used more information about the connection between dataset and table than we provided. I might suggest "oversight" or "ran out of time" as alternative explanations instead of insincerity.
On your point about large datasets, MATLAB uses reference-counting heavily under the hood in order avoid actual memory copies whenever possible. Changing one variable, or changing the table's metadata, wouldn't normally result in a memory copy of the entire table.
Steve, sure, I agree not mentioning the existing classes in the main MATLAB doc is clearer for a new (or a no Stats Toolbox) MATLAB user, and the doc is cleaner that way. But release notes (and videos) speak mainly to existing users rather than new ones.... and the new converter methods dataset2table and table2dataset should be mentioned in the release notes for the Statistics Toolbox. TMW modified the head doc page for Dataset Arrays http://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/dataset-arrays.html to reference table2dataset & dataset2table, but there is no remark at all about the relation between dataset and table, and the future implication for Statistics Toolbox users. The head page for Categorical Arrays http://www.mathworks.co.uk/help/stats/categorical-arrays.html fails even to mention its new non-abstract namesake.
I am sure the design of table and categorical leaned heavily on experience with dataset and categorical. TMW didn't forget about datasets or categoricals when you launched their replacements with a big fanfare, but you did forget about their users when you updated the Statistics Toolbox documentation and release notes.
Thank you for your other remark regarding efficiency. BTW It's great to see "datasets" and "categoricals" get a wider audience, I really like them. It will be quite a while before I get to try the new ones (my company just upgraded to R2013a from R2011a). I hope a migration guide will be published by then?
BTW, I just found out changes made to the dataset() constructor between R2011a and R2013a broke my code...
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Originally Posted by PaulieWhos your leader? Andrew asks sharply.
Whos your daddy? Rupert replies.
Have you guys found any fish in this barren, lifeless part of the ocean? Osten asks.
We eat twigs and rocks, Rupert growls.
Wot wuz eeyin the trayzher baox? a female voice inquires from the darkness.
Ruperts composure restored, he folds his arms again and stares contemptuously at Ryan. A jack-in-the-box, he replies with a mischievous grin. And more sand. And... He leans toward Ryan with a conspiratorial look in his eye. ...your mama.
The party cha-chas its way back up the beach, drinking wine and wolfing down bon-bons.
The tribe ignores him, focusing instead on the cowering figure of Jon, who is trying to hide behind Rupert on the Morgan mat. Ah, there you are, Jon, Christa says in a bored, matter-of-fact voice. We thought you were dead.
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Dont know, Jeff says. Oversight, I guess. All right. One point each for Morgan and Drake. Rupert, youre next.
Hey! Jon yells again. Why did they get a point?! OW! Ruperts wooden ball whistles into the tank and pelts Jon in the stomach. Come on!
Two points, Morgan.
The tribes alternate with their throws, sometimes going for the bullseye, sometimes going after Jon directly. Ultimately, its down to Osten and Michelle with Morgan clinging to a one-point lead.
All right, Osten, Jeff says. You can put this thing away. Lets see what you can do.
Its my old dress, Rupert says, dumping the dirty floral mound of material on the sand. I figured Osten could use it. His teeth chatter at night. Gotta run.
When it completely disappears, Osten bends down and scoops up Ruperts dress. Maybe if I took it in a little bit, he suggests, holding it up to his waist.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has called another meeting to discuss Southern California Edison's plans to resume power generating activity at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, idled since January following a failure of one of the twin reactors' steam generators that caused a small amount of radiation to be released.
This meeting, unlike recent ones concerning the plant's future that have drawn packed houses of nuclear supporters (mostly union members defending the jobs the plant creates) and opponents (mostly environmental activists that have favored permanent shutdown of the facility since long before the leak), will be held far from the region most influenced by the plant. The next meeting will be held beginning at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time in Rockville, Maryland.
Although a detailed agenda has not been published, the meeting announcement references an examination of the Commission's request for further information on [Edison's proposal[3]. The body says no decision on whether to allow the restart is forthcoming at this point.
In lieu of direct attendance at the Commission's facility, a live webcast of the proceedings is planned.
Meanwhile, nuclear watchdog group Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, which questions the economy as well as the safety of nuclear power, announced this morning that it has filed to become a party of the investigation opened by the California Public Utilities Commission, which will examine the propriety of Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric ratepayers spending $54 million monthly on San Onofre despite its failure to produce energy.


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Today has been a huge news day for the MacBook Pro, but the rumormill isn't done churning just yet. A new report is claiming that Apple will release updated MacBook Pros this summer and that they will make the switch from using AMD GPUs to Nvidia graphics.
Late this afternoon The Verge confirmed Joanna Stern's report that the new MacBook Pros will feature new Nvidia graphic chips. The report cannot confirm which specific chip will be used, but it is believed to be similar to the 28nm GeForce GT 650M – a chip that provides similar power and performance efficiency to the 28nm GeForce GT 640M.
Current model MacBook Pros use AMD's Radeon HD 6770M and Radeon HD 6750M for graphics processing, so Apple will be making a significant switch if these rumors prove to be true. The Verge's report comes on the heels of a report from Bloomberg that the next MacBook Pro's will be announced at WWDC and include a thinner body, solid-state drives, and retina displays. Benchmarks for the new machines were leaked last night that showed a considerable boost in processing power thanks to new Ivy Bridge Processors.
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