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I'm a dog person, I've had dogs all my life. But you see, it's not really a dog. It's more like a little robot. It's an actor. It displays no emotion whatsoever. I swear that dog doesn't know any of us even though we've done five seasons of Frasier.
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Riding day Two (Loire Valley)
After an unremarkable breakfast at our hotel, we saddled up for our second day of cycling along the Loire. Everyone seemed to be in a good mood, the weather was holding, and it looked like it should be a fine day all the way to our next overnight in Villandry. During my previous trip, I had started from Tours, so the super-famous Chateau Chenonceau was not on my path. I had decided that I won't miss it this time, and had planned the route with a detour to see this gem on the Cher river. Granted, getting there would mean climbing out of the Loire valley, cutting across some forests and open countryside and then cycling back down into the Cher valley. The Lithuanian, the Finn and the Dane hadn't voiced any opposition to the plan.
Off-route to Amboise
The creators of the Loire cycle route have taken great pains to keep cyclists on dedicated cycle paths when available, on sparsely-used roads when not, and off the main roads entirely. That said, they sometimes go a little too far and take one out of the way, up and down unnecessary hills that don't result in some sort of satisfying and climb-justifying sight. Thus, we stuck to the main road from Mosnes to Amboise – setting a good pace with most of us taking turns pulling the line.
|The road out of Mosnes
Amboise was where we would turn away from the Loire and head towards Chenonceau. In the very center of town where we needed to turn south and up out of the Loire valley, we stopped at a pharmacy where the Finn stopped to stock up on medicine (apparently the yoghurt hadn't helped).
The Amboise – Chenonceau route, already bustling with other cyclists (mostly families with small children) took us through a picturesque bit of Amboise, up some steep cobbles (at one point, the Lithuanian, brazenly attacking on the steep, kept going up, when our route went down, thusly dropping from 1st to last in a matter of seconds), and through the suburbs of Amboise. We climbed out of Amboise where the route followed a busy road through forest, but turned off the main thoroughfare to a little-used forest road. I missed the turn and signalled back to the others that they need to turn, while I headed back to catch up.
Finnish Protest
The small road through the forest was quiet and slightly rolling. I knew that if I'm to score any KOM points in this bit of the trip, I would need to attack from far off to give myself some room to fend off any counterattacks. So, when I caught up to the group, I casually took my turn at the front to pull. When I saw that a downhill was coming up, I attacked, calculating that there would be a hill at the end of the descent, where I would be able to climb and reach the top first. I was right, and I did.
This pissed the Finn off.
After berating me for "breaking the rules" and attacking from ridiculously far out, he proclaimed that he's not going to play anymore. Thinking, "uh oh, is this 'where the race was lost'? Is this trip going to start to suck and descend into sullen silence and anger?", I replied that when someone like me (who doesn't "climb well for his weight") wants to get to the top of a hill first, one needs to start early, and that if he doesn't want to play the silly KOM and sprinting points game, he doesn't have to. He hung back in pissed-off silence. I then sidled up to chat with the always-calm Dane and inquired as to whether the Finn's ass hurt or if he's hungover. "Yes", was the reply.
On another downhill, a sudden rush of Nordic indignation hurled past us, hunched over, legs a blur of vengeance and ambition. The Dane and I exchanged glances. "I guess he's still playing", I smiled. "Yes", was the reply.
After freewheeling down a hill that put to rest any ideas of coming back that way, we were just a couple of kilometres out of Chenonceau. Parking in the bicycle parking lot, we decided to risk leaving our gear on the bikes, walked to the entrance and stood in a line of Disneyland-like proportions to get our tickets. Passing though the crush of humanity, and told by the ticket-checker and a menacing sign that we are NOT allowed to picnic on the grounds, we caught our first view of Chateau Chenonceau.
|Before the Finnish tour bus onslaught
Beautiful. Fantastic. Wish you were here. (that's my elbow on the right).
Yes, the Chateau is beautiful. Yes, it is probably the most-visited. Yes, the hordes of tourists (it seemed as though it must have been Finnish day with the amount of Finnish that I heard all over the grounds) are annoying (not just the Finns). Yes, it's still worth it. Yes, we were happy to get back on the road again.
Near death experience or a pound of flesh
Finding our bikes and gear untouched, we set off towards Tours. This section of the trip was not on bike paths. We got lost from the get-go. However, we had a general idea of where to go, so with a couple of wrong turns, we made our way towards Tours, which would put us only 20 km from our stop for the night.
It's worth mentioning that because this area was pretty much flat, there were no KOM points to be had, but plenty of town signs to sprint for. In a run-down little town that had clearly seen better days (probably before the larger and faster departmental road nearby had been built ), a sprint to the-almost-death took place. Lulled into a calm from a calorie-deficit, I was surprised when the Finn attacked from quite far out (taking a page out of my strategy book, it seems). Thinking I could counter-attack before the visible, but still distant town sign, I got out of the saddle and sprinted to latch on to his wheel. Alas, it was not meant to be. My right shoe unclipped from my pedal, got caught on the return stroke, and was pushed under. As I felt (in slow-motion) my rear wheel lift and saw my future face-plant and terminal road-rash coming at me, I managed to (somehow) control the speed wobble, wrench my foot out from under the bike, and careen to a stop without crashing.
The blood flowing from my leg and the pain in the ankle and foot were a small price to pay for what could have really sucked.
Troglodyte food
We were about 14 km outside of Tours (back on the Loire) at Montlouis-sur-Loire when we all realized that if we don't stop for food, that we'll miss our chance before all the restaurants close after lunch service. This area, like many others along the Loire, have limestone cliffs along the water, where caves have been hewn out. The caves were used as cellars, stables, even homes. Some of these troglodyte spaces have been converted to restaurants. We stopped at Le Cave, aptly named, for a well-deserved rest, food and copious amounts of wine. The restaurant is across the river from Vouvray, so naturally, we partook in a bottle or four of the local tipple, grown, picked and made by the family that owns and operates the restaurant.
|Now it's my hands in the picture
The food was excellent, the wine as well. The ambiance of the restaurant – cozy and warm from the blazing fire in the middle of the cave – was friendly. We were clearly the only tourists in the place, and notwithstanding the lycra, sweaty/dishevelled appearance, and ordering too much wine for lunch, obviously welcome among the locals. Plus, the Dane was convinced that the lady sitting at the table behind me was flirting with him (even though her husband and her in-laws were at the table too).
34 km to Villandry
The rest of the ride, including passing through the modern/ugly part of Tours was essentially uneventful. St. Pierre des Corps (the TGV station for Tours) was where I had started my last Loire trip, so I was on familiar ground. I didn't get lost this time. We got to our hotel, right next to the Chateau Villandry, with plenty of time to check in, stow the bikes, shower and have an incredibly enjoyable evening.
But the story will have to wait until the next post.

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erlide is a development environment for Erlang based on Eclipse. It works with Eclipse 3.4, Java 1.5, and Erlang R11B, or later. The editor provides highlighting, completion, and documentation views. It provides an integrated debugger and refactoring support (Wrangler).
A tool for securing DNS communications between a client and a DNS resolver.
A polyhedral extraction tool (PET).


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RGraph is Free and Open Source Software using the MIT license
RGraph was originally started as a commercial project - however it's now licensed using the MIT license and therefore truly Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
The MIT license is well known as an Open Source license and means that you can use RGraph for any purpose you wish - non-commercial or commercial. You can include it your own software, modify it and distribute it without asking for permission or paying any fees.
There is nothing that the end user needs to do or buy and there's no requirement for you to contribute back your changes should you make any. Basically: You can do what you like with it!


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Thread: Pure Malt
Pure Malt is 400x better than Spicebomb.
That said, I sold my bottle because the drydown was plasticy. PM lasted about 6-8 hrs on me, with decent projection at the beginning, but really mellowed out fast. PH lasts longer, and is better imo.
pure malt is the best out of the amens imo and one of the few id pay a little over retail for
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While I definitely enjoy Pure Malt, I think it is a bit too sweet, while Pure Havane keeps the sweetness in line, and is thus my favourite A*Men flanker.
Kurt smells like Teen Spirit
PM was my SOTD yesterday. I don't like PH at all. A men is ok, wouldn't want a bottle of it. Thought TOF was decent from a sample I had, but again don't want a bottle or a decant. PS is a POS
Midnight in Paris 5 STARS
Pure Malt 5 STARS
Rose 31 5 STARS
So like you, I ultimately sold off all 5 bottles I had of Pure Malt, due to always feeling cheap/plasticky when wearing it. Pure Havane is much smoother and IMHO, the best incantation of A*Men by far.
BN sales: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/300...avidoff-Bombay.
Off-BN sales (super rare CREED): http://flacon.ambaric.net/viewtopic.php?t=95
It's similar in vibe only that it is a very sweet vibe to it, but to me, that's where the similarities end.
"I am a robot and I like cheese"
Top 5:
1. Axe Kilo
2. Lectric Shave
3. Vicks Vapor Rub
4. Febreze Pour Homme
5. Preferred Stock
I find it rather amusing that people are spending hundreds of $ for Pure Malt while best A*Men flanker lies in hundreds on shelves in every decent perfumery. Yeah I am talking about A*Men original, which has best sillage, best longevity, is most complex and absolutely edible. Now I can see appeal of Pure Malt for some (especially for collectors), but if it wasnt limited edition it wouldnt be as hyped as it is. Personally I would not spend more than 50 Euros for bottle of Pure Malt.
I just got a BNIB bottle of pure havane last week for $70 (the person was generous enough to help me out and hook me up) and i find the tobacco in it is better than spicebomb but other than the tobacco i see little to no similarities.
I havent tried pure malt yet and honestly dont know if i want to because once i really enjoy something, ill be hunting around for it and probably will fork out $150 for it. Would be nice to collect the whole Mugler line but theres so many other fragrances to try and buy that i dont know if its worth it.
I'm going to hold on to all my A*Men flankers, as I can see some appeal in each of them (maybe slightly less in the case of Pure Sh*t). Heck, I even like Pure Coffee a lot!
Kurt smells like Teen Spirit
"I am a robot and I like cheese"
Top 5:
1. Axe Kilo
2. Lectric Shave
3. Vicks Vapor Rub
4. Febreze Pour Homme
5. Preferred Stock
Wore PM today. It's a nice scent, but as someone else also experienced, I too get a synthetic/plastic vibe. I think it's because my nose has matured after trying so many niche fragrances.
Out of all the A*Men flankers, I would have to say Pure Coffee is the most natural smelling.
I must agree with the person who said PM is the best of the flankers. PH would be a close second.
The cost is PKR 7000 per bottle, and I get 15% off that rate cause my bank's credit card has a deal with that perfume store chain, and for conversion to dollars divide by 92. you do the math. I'm in the states for a few months, going back in june, if anyone's still interested PM me or something (dunno if the discount will last till then but the usual rate is still rather good judging by the internet/ebay)
Can't stand A*men but love Pure Malt. I'm glad I got 2 backup bottles when it was first released.
Dont take me wrong, I still think that Pure Malt is 5 stars fragrance (or rather 4.75) but right now high prices mirrors just its limited availability and not excellent quality of juice.
About the pull the trigger on PM. I am 34 and work at a bar. I guess my main concern is that PM is too young for me or not masculine enough. I want a scent to get compliments and like the way PM smells. I currently wear Czech and Speake Cuba which couldn't be further along the spectrum as PM, but then again, nobody seems to like it but me


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Having come across the need for wiki-like functionality for a couple of projects, and not needing a complete wiki solution as provided by something like dokuwiki, I've spent some time creating a simple page type for SilverStripe that is the beginning of something to fill that gap.
Current features
- Wiki Page pagetype that should be created via the CMS as the main page of the 'wiki'
- Editing wiki pages on the frontend using TinyMCE
- Draft editing/saving, as well as publishing from the frontend
- Creating new subpages from the frontend through the use of [[new page]] syntax
- Simple TinyMCE plugins for creating links to other pages in the site, and inserting images
- Ability to use HTML wysiwyg editing OR markitup based wiki editing
There's a few things I'm still working on before a proper stabilised release is submitted to silverstripe.org/modules, but it'd be great to get some feedback on what does/doesn't work for people at this stage, and feature ideas for future releases.
To install, you can download
simplewiki2.tar.gz (seems attachment deletion is broken?) attached the module from http://silverstripe.org/simple-wiki-module/ and unzip it to your SilverStripe folder (note that > 2.4.x is needed because of a reliance on the changes made with nested URLs). Alternatively, if you just want to play around with a demo, go to http://demo.silverstripe.com.au/modules/simplewiki/ and login with demo:demo.


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Software's beginnings
The earliest known use of the term software to describe computer programs dates back to 1958, says librarian Fred R. Shapiro of the Yale Law School in New Haven, Conn. He searched for the word among scholarly journals electronically archived in the JSTOR (Journal STORage) database (http://www.jstor.org/) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Shapiro hit pay dirt in an article by Princeton University statistics professor John W. Tukey in the January 1958 American Mathematical Monthly. Known for his keen interest in coining apt words and phrases, ukey had already received credit for inventing the word bit (binary digit) in 1946.


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Diesel Driven ~ Vin Diesel Gallery
Dear visitor!
Since a few days Diesel Driven – the Vin Diesel Gallery @ vindieselgallery.net – has been shut down, as neither the former webmistress Ms. Mephisto nor we folks here at VinXperience.net were able to finance the gallery anymore.
Thus we decided to move all of the content with more than 15,000 pictures and scans over to the VinXperience Photobucket.
From now on you'll find the gallery here:
We'd like to extend a special "Thank You!" to Ms. Mephisto for all of the years of dedication to provide the Vin Diesel community with a place to indulge ourselves with plenty of Vin Diesel images. Also we'd like to thank you for handing over all of the content and also the domain name to us here at VinXperience. The website may be gone, but the gallery will live!
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Browse the gallery with all of the albums and sub-albums and enjoy plenty of wonderful images of Vin Diesel!
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Welcome to the fifth episode of the Castrol EDGE Summer Grill – your holiday fix of V8 Supercars analysis.
Speedcafe.com has produced 20 episodes of the popular end of season video content, presented by V8 Supercars experts Chris Jewell and Cameron McConville.
Episode 5 asks the question; Will the Americans embrace V8 Supercars?
Also, stand-by for a very special Christmas Day episode, where Castrol EDGE and Speedcafe.com will give the fans a present …
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Pinterest will begin testing a redesign with a "very small" group of beta testers "over the coming weeks," the company said today.
The redesign will provide clearer navigation and more opportunities to discover new content.
The new home page will feature links to content verticals, such as DYI and animals, and to popular pins.
Additionally, each pinned photo will display more information about what is depicted and where it comes from.
"We've added more information related to pins, so it's easier to find things you're interested in. For example, on each pin, you'll see pins from the same board, other boards this pin was pinned to, and a whole slew of related pins," the company said in a blog post.
Instead of the box suggesting users to follow, the redesigned page includes a stream of recent activity, making the visual social network a bit more like its temporal counterparts, Twitter and Facebook.
The company will fine-tune the redesign based on feedback from its beta testers. Users can sign up to join the test group.


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42 Digital Media Resources You Can't MissPosted by Camden Smith on Jan 16, 2013 in Blog, Blogging, Facebook, Marketing, Mashable, Social Media Bug Bites, Timely Business News, Twitter
42 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
If technology and social media is your thing, you've come to the right place. We'll outline 42 resources you may have missed. Everything from online schools to tech savvy tools.
The reporters and editors at Mashable searched the Internet high and low to find the best, new apps and gadgets. We've compiled a list of the best of the best in this one post to get you going FAST!
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Ulster manager Anscombe sets out challenge for consistency
It's Christmas week but there is no let-up around Ulster's training bases at Newforge and Jordanstown as Mark Anscombe plots his next challenge in trying to get the better of Munster on Saturday in his side's final game of 2012 (kick-off 5.30pm).
With Ulster still leading the PRO12 League by a nine-point margin and also a good 15 points ahead of fourth-placed Glasgow, Anscombe's squad are looking, as Leinster coach Joe Schmidt admitted, in pretty good shape to cement a top four place and a potential home semi-final to boot.
But Munster at Thomond Park is never going to be anything other than a arm-wrestle of an encounter even though both sides are expecting to be somewhat less than at full strength due to the Ireland management programme and this week's squad get-together.
As ever, it's a challenging time for Anscombe as he also weighs up the need to rest certain players ahead of the all-important pool-deciding fortnight of European action in January which is to come after next Friday's PRO12 meeting with currently second-placed Scarlets at Ravenhill.
"You know, I suppose it's the sort of challenge we all face as coaches, how do we keep your team on their toes and keep them consistent?"
"It's challenging and that's what it is, but we're not fooled by the fact," Anscombe (below) said while also adding, presumably tongue-in-cheek, that there are nights he doesn't sleep for the demands of it all.
"We've had a good result (against Leinster) and a not so good one before that and, look, that will happen again during the course of the season.
"It's really all about how we bounce back and respond and challenge ourselves to grow as a unit."
As for specifics regarding the Munster game — when Ulster will be looking to do the double on Rob Penney's squad after just beating them by one point, 20-19, back in September — Anscombe admitted it would be a changed side that goes down to Limerick.
"We're assessing things," he said, "but we've got to, obviously, give some guys some rest.
"So we're addressing that and the fact that the Irish team are in camp as well.
"We've got a plan of what we want to do but we'll see how it all pans out."
One thing is certain, though, and that is that Ulster are keeping their feet firmly on the ground, despite having suffered only one defeat in 15 games.
There is no sense that after having got the better of Leinster, who for the last few seasons have been the rightly accepted top dogs in Ireland, it means that Ulster have an irresistible tide flowing with them.
Only being there at the season's end — with silverware in the bag — will mean that Ulster can start accepting that their rise has been of significance.
Being the top team in Ireland is certainly more than just an aspiration now, but being the leading side in Europe, well, that is a road which is yet to be travelled.
"We've a long way to prove that we're the top team in Ireland," Luke Marshall said in the afterglow of beating Leinster last week.
"Just because we're top of the table mid-season means nothing.
"In the past few seasons we have been jealous of Leinster. We've used them as the team we aspire to be and we've still got a long way to go to emulate their achievements," Marshall added.
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What are Tory feminists? Why isn't there a Spielberg blockbuster about donkeys? Why does the Women's Studies section in Waterstones smell of farts? Bridget Christie knows. Baffling stand-up, juvenile costumes and exploding balloons from 'a writer and performer of prodigious talent' (Guardian).
War Donkey received 10 four star reviews and was featured on BBC2's Culture Show as one of Sue Perkins' Top 5 shows of the Fringe (alongside Tony Law's Maximum Nonsense). It was also picked as one of GQ's Ten Essential Edinburgh Shows.
Bridget Christie is a regular panellist on Radio 4's News Quiz and the Broadcasting House Programme. She has recently filmed a cameo role in Anna and Katy's new series for Channel 4, and a spot for Comedy Central's new The Alternative Comedy Experience. She has starred in a number of TV and radio comedies including Sarah Millican's Support Group, Miranda Hart's House Party, Dilemma, Cardinal Burns on E4 and Harry Hill's Little Internet Show, and has recently appeared live as a special guest on Alexei Sayle Presents.
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Hi All,
When using Pcell , press q to use "Edit Instance Properties" to change parameter (e.g. length) ,
in cdf , it has callback , everything is right according to callback function . Different length has it different result in Pcell.
Now I have many Pcells needs to changed parameter - length (from 2um to 4um) by "Edit Instance Properties" ,
Is there any approach to do that ? (Not manual use "Edit Instance Properties" to change each Pcell's parameter ?
After changing parameter - length , its result should same as using "Edit Instance Properties" .
Thank you.
Hi Charley,
what about the following piece of code:
tc=geGetEditCellView()foreach(ti tc~>instances if(ti~>PCLENGTH then ti~>PCLENGTH = 4))
i check for existence of the parameter PCLENGTH to avoid to add this as property toother cells; perhaps you need to modify the if-condition to be sure only to modify thecorrect set of cells.
hope this helps
Hi Stefan ,
Does it do any CDF callback if length has callback function ?
Thank you,
i'm not really sure about that, but the cdfuser-manual states"Callbacks are triggered whenever a change is made to the parameter value, even if thechange is caused by loading a default value."
This sounds good, but you should check if this applies to your special application too.
Kind regards
Take a look at solution 11018344 - this has code to call CDF callbacks procedurally.


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text: Hello, I've got a Droid X running 2.2 and recently I noticed it was sending premium text messages out without my knowledge. Luckily I have premium texting disable on my verizon account so I received messages back telling me it was blocked. However I am worried about having malicious apps on my phone. I did a factory reset but there are still apps on my phone that look suspicious. Here are some apps I found that had particularly suspicious permissions: Video Editor Lite: Permissions: receive MMS, receive SMS full internet access modify/delete sd card contents read phone state and identity record audio prevent phone from sleeping, retrieve running apps Video Player: Permissions: receive SMS change audio settings prevent phone from sleeping, retrieve running apps Sticky Note: Permissions: read contact/owner data, write contact/owner data call phone numbers, send SMS messages edit SMS/MMS, read SMS/MMS receive SMS fine GPS location create bluetooth connections, full internet access act as account authenticator, manage accounts list, use authentication credentials of an account modify/delete SD card contents change WiFi state, modify global settings, prevent from sleeping, retrieve running apps I feel like these apps weren't installed stock and shouldn't have all those permissions. I have no idea how these apps got on my phone but I cannot uninstall them using the normal method or factory reset. What is the easiest way to make sure my phone is safe from malicious apps? I was thinking of rooting my phone and trying to delete them manually but I do not know what I can delete and what I can't. I was also considering trying to flash it to stock with a sbf file but I've never done it and I don't want to brick my phone or anything. What should I do?


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Syrinscape makes sound and music for tabletop games.
Check it out, we'd love to give you what we make for free. If you're keen get in touch!
No real rope could sound as good as this chair ;)
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Thanks! By the way, how did you do this with your chair?
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The only sound like this on the site, but it doesn't matter cause this one is perfect.
That sounds professional! An iPhone! COOL! o(^o^)O
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Chemicals in household cleaning products are making people sick says a new report by the United Nations.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the chemicals are disrupting hormones, causing serious health risks.
The report showed that "endocrine disrupting chemicals" (EDCs) may pose a real risk to human health but more study is required.
In studies, Reuters reported, EDCs have been linked to birth deformities, hormonal cancers, psychiatric diseases as well as low sperm count, lower female fertility and childhood cancer.
"Close to 800 chemicals are known or suspected to be capable of interfering with hormone receptors, hormone synthesis or hormone conversion," the two agencies said in a report, reported AFP.
"However, only a small fraction of these chemicals have been investigated in tests capable of identifying overt endocrine effects in intact organisms."
People are exposed to these chemicals in various ways.
Medical News Today said the biggest exposure areas were industrial and urban run-off, burning and release of waste and agricultural run-off.
They are also found in food additives, pesticides, electronics, cosmetics and personal hygiene products.
"Research has made great strides in the last ten years showing endocrine disruption to be far more extensive and complicated than realized a decade ago," said report author Åke Bergman, a professor at Stockholm University, reported Medical News Today.
"As science continues to advance, it is time for both management of endocrine disrupting chemicals and further research on exposure and effects of these chemicals in wildlife and humans."
The report was presented at UNEP's governing ministers meeting in Nairobi on Friday.


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I could just hear Beavis and Buthead making that comment, Tony... (Heh, heh heh)
Your skids are on backwards
Have you ever crashed with the LiPos?
I've dumped mine with NiMH and LiPos and I'll say that the logo is not kind to the LiPos at all. The NiMH I just straightened out, the LiPos were ground up by the pinion and the main gear, tabs were pulled off, basically trashed a pack along with the heli.
The longer the pack the more there is to tear up.
The only way I would consider putting LiPos in my 10 again would be if I used 2 thick CF plates on the top and bottom, to protect and support them. I'll pay the weight penalty to know that I won't trash 200$ batteries...
On my RappE, a 4S4P pack fits almost completely in the frame and is very well protected, I've even found room for the 2s4p second pack in the frame to make 6s.
I'll never fly these expensive cells again without protecting them better... Of course if you're never going to crash, you don't have to worry But, jJust a friendly concern/warning!
Last edited by pwkpete; Jun 25, 2003 at 11:55 AM.
Pete --
I've crashed 3-4 times with the E-Techs and once I did have one cell that was destroyed when the pinion ground through the shrink wrap. The nice thing about having a pile of E-Techs around is that it was fairly easy to repair the pack by changing out the one cell. I was usng an aluminum plate for support but it was pretty heavy. Now I'm using carbon rods which probably aren't as "sturdy" in a crash but we'll see. You have gotton me thinking about the pinion and main gear "grinding" problem though. I think I'll add small carbon or aluminum plate to the packs in those areas.
You are right, of course, on the backward skids. You know I thought the antenna used to be on the other side!
Hank --
I will post the hover power and headspeed numbers later this morning. The basic weight without the packs, blades or canopy is right at 64 ounces, or 4 pounds. Without the camera and the two cell Kokum pack, the weight is 59-60 ounces. The TP pack weight is 30 ounces. Same for the 5s6p E-Tech. The 5s5p pack is 26.5 oz. The blades are 7 oz. and the canopy adds another 2 oz.
In the configuration that I will do the hover checks in, that would be 64 + 30 + 7 = 101 ounces. I'll leave the canopy off until I get a baseline on temps. Without a fan and with no air circulating, I'm a little worried about temperature rises so until I can do more testing, I'll just leave it off.
-- Gary
huh? I wonder if I can put a half bowl like deal around the pinion so it wont chew a hold in the pack , Im thinking about doing a flip with the logo tonight , getting up the nerve too anyway . what Im thinking about doing is like doing a stall turn but when the heli stops just feed in back stick and - pitch and see , but I will try that with my 12 cells first
I'm really surprised there wasn't more damage. I've had 1s portions that looked like they were squished and from the side they looked like a Z. They still worked and I lightly pounded them back in shape.
I'm going to get a 1mm thick carbin plate to put over the pack, and another to put between the skids and the struts, at $30, the frames are outrageouslt expensive. (I can get both sides for my RappE for $20)
Tony, you could put something over the pinion, but sounds like a lot of messing around when you can just cut some carbon plate quick and shrink it into the pack.. Just my .01..
Today was a good day...
Well, we finally got some REAL flight data today. My son and I went out to the former Marine air station at El Toro with a friend. He was doing some videotaping, using a gimbaled DV camcorder on a fairly big plane. We used my E-Tech 5s5p and 5s6p packs on the plane, which had a Hacker B50-9XL and a 5.7:1 gear reduction. This worked quite well, which I found interesting due to all the discussion in the eRapp/Hacker thread on gearing, etc.
Anyway, we finally got around to checking out the Logo with the TP 5s4p pack. First we tried a hover, with the canopy off and the wattmeter attached. Power required was about 317W/18.2A/19.8V and after a minute or so I checked the headspeed. It was a solid 1920 (!) rpm. Next we tried a few full-power climbouts and the max reading I saw on the tape later was 549W/30.1A/18.2V. This amased me as the beast had an icredible amount of power! It really shot up like a rocket! After about 4-5 minutes of this I had my son land and I checked the temps. The pack wasn't even warm and the readout showed 94 degrees. The motor was 98 and the ESC showed 104.
At that point, I decided to screw any more testing and we took off the wattmeter and added the canopy. What happened next was pure joy! I had my friend Larry, who's quite the accomplished pilot, put it through a full-on 3-D workout. For the next ten minutes I got to see what this thing is really capable of and it was mind-blowing! I videoed the whole thing and I also recorded the video from the onboard camera. Amazing footage, to say the least. I will edit both into a single video tomorrow and post a streaming link. My son and I watched both about 5 times tonight and it just blows me away! Can't wait until I can fly like that!
My friend Larry said that this was definitely the most powerful electric heli he's ever flown and he's built quite a few. One is a special eRaptor 50 that uses very simple fiberglass frames and a Hacker B50-11XL. It is designed to carry a 3-4 pound camera so it has the absolute lightest of everything on it and is quite a rocket without the camera and mount. He is making a new version with dual -15XLs but until that is flying he said this Logo has more power and that it rivaled his gas Raptor 60/90s in how it handled.
Anyway, I'm a happy camper, to say the least! If nothing else, I think I've proved to myself that LiPos open up the possibility to run higher wind motors at much hgher voltages than is possible with NiCd/NiMH packs. This allows for more power and less current draw. The one "test" I want to do tomorrow is to see if the E-Tech packs will hold up under similar flying loads. We were going to try them today but we used both packs in the plane so it'll have to wait until tomorrow. I also need to do some endurance testing. I don't have an exact timing but from a review of the video there was about 4-5 minutes of hovering and several "rocket launches", followed by about 10 minutes of hard 3-D. We didn't want to push our luck but I think it still had more than a couple minutes left. The chargers (Tritons...) just finished recharging the 2s4p and 3s4p TPs and they took 3600 and 3577 mAH, respectively. Sounds like we still had half-a-tank!
Hank -- I'll check out the thread...
-- Gary
No, no bogging at all and the temps were 94, 98 & 104 for for the motor, pack & ESC, respectively.
Now I'm anxious to see how the E-Tech 5s5p and 5s6p packs work in-flight. When I was doing the previous strapdown tests, my sense was that the voltage dropped down quite a bit under extreme loads, causing the current to rise for a given watt reading. With the TPs yesterday, hovering was at 19.8V but full power only dropped it down to 18.2V but this was early into the pack.
-- Gary
Excellent info Gary!
This just confirms what Ive felt all along. There are 2 ways to power a heli (Well, there are many more, but these would be the 2 ends of the spectrum....):
1) High KV motor, small pinion, low cell count
In general, you can readily achieve the headspeed and power you need by using this approach. BUT, flight times tend to be much shorter. The benefit to this approach is the lighter "disk" (or wing) loading. In my opinion, some helis do in fact benefit from this, such as my RappE conversion.
2) Low KV motor, larger pinioon than the above and a higher cell count
Using this approach does in fact require more cells to achieve the same headspeed. But as youve seen, more voltage under load tends to deliver better and more consistent power. The downside to this approach is the added weight of more cells - but with LiPos, the concerns arent nearly as much.
Lets take the Logo 20 for example. When using motors with KVs of around 800 and 24 cells, the heli was a ballistic missile with very solid power throughout an entire 7 minute flight on 3000s. Now, if you put in a hotter motor with a KV near 1000, it requires less voltage to achieve the same headspeed. While the power to weight ratio (watts per pound) is nearly the same for both models and the higher KV motor did deliver the headspeed we wanted, flight times were shorter...closer to 5.5 minutes using 20 3000s.
The benefit to the latter set up was the decreased disk loading. Manuevers could happen at a slower pace, but you had to be more careful not to "bog" the motor in more agressive styles of flying.
With heavier helis like the RappE conversions, many have chosen the high KV/low cell count approach to save weight. However, just about everyone who flies a Logo 20 chooses to go the opposite way due to its lower weight. Sure, if you used the lower KV motor with more cells in the RappE it would fly very well - but it would also be a bit overweight to fly really well.
The Logo 10 has proven to be much of the same. I first flew mine on an 11L motor and 12 cells. Performance was every bit as good as those flying the 13L on 14 cells...but I used fewer cells to achieve the same results. Problem was, I got 1-1.5 minutes less flight time than everyone else. I just hated the idea of adding 6 more oucnes to my heli with a milder motor to get slightly longer flight times...
But now with LiPos, I sold my 11L motors and have decided on either a C50-13L for the next motor, or quite possibly a motor such as the Aveox. Ive been impressed with the quality of Aveox as I fly some of their newer motors in planks now, and the price is right...as is availability
Im anxious to see your results using the ETecs. In general, what Ive seen is that the ETecs will in fact work well, but wont deliver the same voltage as the TPs. The difference is most evident half way through the flight where the higher voltage of the TPs really shines through in 3D manuevers.
Do let us know what you find out!
Great work, Gary.
What you've shown is that we can "have our cake and eat it too" with LiPo technology: power and duration.
Fortunately, our motors don't lose too much efficiency when using higher voltages, only about 10% for a 67% increase in voltage (see my Snake Oil thread). We don't have to worry too much about efficiency with so much duration from the LiPos.
Jason/Hank --
I'm now starting to understand it all. Hank's math has helped fill in some of the blanks and Jason, your real-world experience has been invaluable. Thanks for also hooking me up with Charlie. I had a long chat with him this morning, in fact, and he helped me understand some of the differences between his packs and the E-Techs that you have pointed out before, and that I'm just now seeing, witch is under load, the E-Techs will drop voltage lower than the TPs. Anyway, now that I understand the electrical differences (primarily in cell resistance under load...) I can still document "safe" current margins for using the E-Techs in larger applications.
I'm working on the video as I write this and it really is something! I'm getting giddy all over again!
-- Gary
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I've never got the concept of method acting. To me, it just seems a very strange thing to do. You're inhabiting this strange world on celluloid; why would you want to then act like a primadonna or an emotionally confused or scarred person when the cameras stop rolling? Yet some of the best actors we have seen have been method actors – and Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the best modern proponents.
He's in Lincoln, which has managed to break all kinds of records for interest and box office attendance, because people want to know the story behind one of the most famous Presidents of the United States ever. And Day-Lewis is the man himself.
I guess if you're going to strut around being someone all the time, one of the most highly-regarded politicians in history would be a good bet to be. In fact, Day-Lewis' method acting ways managed to infect the whole production of Lincoln. Steven Spielberg – a man who can do pretty much whatver he wants because he's so fricking famous and rich – was even forced to bow in deference to Day-Lewis-Lincoln on set. He told reporters that he spent his time during scenes referring to Day-Lewis as "Mr President" and, get this:
He managed to step away from his constant sartorial choice of slouchy clothes and a baseball cap. That's right: Lincoln made Spielberg wear a suit to work every day.
No-one's been able to do that. No-one!
Day-Lewis is known for his tyrannical adherence to the method acting method (if you'll let me describe it as such). Five years ago he told a reporter that:
My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one. It begins way before, with the work before you start filming ? and there is no limit to the amount of time that you take to discover a whole life; it could take six months, a year, or a lifetime.
And he's not wrong. Day-Lewis has tattooed his own knuckles and gone ten rounds with boxers in order to get into the mindset of his character in 1997's 'The Boxer'. A year earlier for 'The Crucible' he built a mud shack. With his bare hands. Not for him turning up on-set to see a perfectly-crafted building done by the movie's carpenters. No, Day-Lewis is committed to the point of craziness.
For 'Gangs of New York' he decided to pick fights with random people on the streets of Rome. "I had to do my preparation," he said. "And I will admit that I went mad, totally mad. I remembered the days of fighting on the Millwall terraces and they stood me in good stead for Bill the Butcher. He was a bit of a punk, a marvellous character and a joy to be ? but not so good for my physical or mental health."
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Novi Sad, Serbia - At 92, Elvira Fishl still sobs as she recalls the long-ago "Great Raid," a three-day killing spree by occupying pro-Nazi troops that left about 1,300 people dead — and her among the few survivors to bear witness.
"Suddenly, there were no other Jews left here," she said. It was January of 1942, and hundreds of people, including her beloved brother, were rounded up in this northern Serbian city by Hungarian forces allied with Germany, shot and thrown into the freezing Danube River.
Seven decades later, it is not too late for the perpetrators to pay, she believes.
A Budapest court on Thursday will decided whether the trial of former Hungarian gendarmerie captain Sandor Kepiro, who is charged with taking part in one of the worst single wartime massacres in the Balkans, can continue. It is certain to be one of the last attempts to bring to justice an alleged perpetrator of Nazi-era war crimes.
Kepiro, Fishl said, must be punished — no matter claims that he cannot follow the hearings. The trial of the 97-year-old was temporarily halted last week over claims that he was partially deaf and mentally incapable of following the court proceedings, which had started a week earlier.
Prosecutors said Kepiro was directly responsible for the deaths of 36 Jews and Serbs, including 30 who were put on a truck on his orders, taken away and shot.
Kepiro, who returned to Budapest in 1996 after living for decades in Argentina, has acknowledged that he participated in the raids, but denied any responsibility in the killings.
"I am innocent and I am here on trumped-up charges," Kepiro said in court. "This trial is a terrible thing. There is no basis to this, everything is based on lies."
"Of course he's guilty — but he's not alone," Fishl countered during an interview in her modest, one-story house, decorated with black and white photos of her lost relatives.
Occupying troops went from house to house, claiming they were looking for communist resistance fighters.
"We were ordered not to leave our homes, keep curtains down, not to look through the windows," Fishl said, wiping tears from her eyes.
"Dead people were lying in the snow, it was a big snow and minus 27 degrees," she said. "God help us ... they took away my 27-year-old brother, his wife and her parents."
"Suddenly, there were no other Jews left here ... In our neighborhood, a family had four sons, and they killed all of them in front of their mother," she said.
She survived only because she lived in a Hungarian-populated Novi Sad neighborhood where Hungarian police officers were less brutal, she said.
Ana Frenkel, an activist of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which tracked Kepiro down and listed him as the world's most wanted Nazi, said that after the raid the Jewish population of Serbia's second largest city was reduced to some 200 people.
"Official figures say that during the raid, 1,287 people have been killed including 870 Jews," Frenkel said. "Today's figures say nearly 4,000 people have died."
The presiding judge has asked for a professional medical evaluation of Kepiro's ability to hear. In reply to a question by the judge, Kepiro has said his "mind could not grasp" what was being said in the courtroom.
"Kepiro is a good actor who has perfectly learned his part," Frenkel said. "He certainly doesn't hear well, which is not strange for his age, but he can follow the proceedings quite well."
She said that "the same scenario was seen" during the trial in Germany of retired 91-year-old U.S. autoworker John Demjanjuk for taking part in the murder of tens of thousands of Jews as a Nazi death camp guard. He was sentenced last week to five years in prison, but was set free pending his appeal because of his age.
"I don't have empathy for Kepiro's 97 years, nor Demjanjuk's 91," Frenkel said.
"Both have committed awful crimes, and both have to answer for them," she said. "Kepiro's trial has to send a very important message: Don't do evil, the day will come when you'll be punished for it," Frenkel said.
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Tri-Valley Corporation and OPUS Special Committee Agree to Preliminary Terms on Restructuring and Resolution of Alleged Claims
Tri-Valley (NYSE: TIV) and the OPUS Special Committee announced today that they have reached preliminary, amicable terms resolving matters that will support the continued development and financing of the Pleasant Valley Oil Sands Project.
As previously disclosed, the Special Committee was formed to ensure the interests of OPUS partners would be represented independently of Tri-Valley in connection with Tri-Valley's review and resolution of potential claims brought to Tri-Valley's attention by OPUS partner, G. Robert Miller, in August 2010. Mr. Miller serves on the Special Committee. These claims relate to alleged breaches of the governing partnership agreements, including Tri-Valley's allocation of certain oil and gas lease acquisition and title defense costs to OPUS, the amount of turnkey drilling and well completion costs charged to OPUS, and the amount of fees charged to OPUS for the work performed by finders who assisted in the placement of partnership units.
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Dashboard Confessional held a concert last May 27, 2010 at the Concert Grounds of the Trinoma Mall in Quezon City. Fans and future fans alike were beholden by the band's edgy indie rock sound.
The show started at 7:30pm as the front act Franco hit the stage. The band performed 5 songs. After an hour the lights went out and pandemonium ensued. People flocked from all corners of the mall to catch a glimpse of Dashboard Confessional. As expected, the band sang 17 songs from their past and present albums including "Don't Wait," from their "Dusk and Summer" album which was the first song of the evening as well as "Belle Of The Boulevard" from their present album "Alter The Evening". The band composed of frontman Chris Carraba, bassist Scott Shoenbeck, lead guitarist John Lefler and drummer Mike Marsh were bursting with energy on stage. Dashboard Confessional also covered the song "El Scorcho' from the band Weezer.
The band was definitely happy to be in Manila and showed no signs of dwindling energy. After their 15th song Chris Carrabba shouted, "Thank you very much for being here Manila!" then launched into their hit song "Stolen", this was the final song of the evening. After much prodding from the audience Dashboard Confessional went back on stage and sang their encore, "Hands Down". Manila Concert Scene must confess, we love Dashboard Confessional and hope that they come back for a major concert soon. What's your confession?
Spotted in the audience were familiar faces from the Pinoy music scene like Champ Lui-Pio from Hale, Rye Sarmienta of 6cyclemind and Yael Yuzon of Spongecola. Big thanks to MMI for their help! Till the next concert guys!
-Don't Wait
-Good Fight
-Saints and Sailors
-The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
-Carry This Picture
-Everybody Learns From The Disaster
-Belle of the Boulevard
-They cover Weezer's song: El Scorcho
-Screaming Indefelities
-The Swiss Army Romance
-As Lovers Go
-Rooftops and Invitation
-Remember to Breathe
-Get Me Right
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A lost journal of Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the "missing years" -- 1907-1908 -- shedding light on an already exceptional career...and an unexpected terror.
Ousted from their most recent archaeological dig and banned forever from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are spending a quiet summer at home in Kent, England, when a mysterious messenger arrives. Claiming to be the teenage brother of their dear friend Tarek, he brings troubling news of a strange malady that has struck down Tarek's heir and conveys his brother's urgent need for help only the Emersons can provide.
The family sets off in secret for the mountain fortress from which they narrowly escaped ten years before. The Emersons are unaware that deception and treachery are leading them onward into a nest of vipers -- where a dreadful fate may await. For young Ramses, forced to keep his growing love for the beautiful Nefret secret, temptation along the way may prove his ultimate undoing. And a dark past and grim obligation has ensnared Nefret once again, as she is helpless to save those she loves most from the prison of the Lost Oasis.
Rich with suspense, surprises, unforgettable characters, and the intoxicating atmosphere that has earned her the coveted title of Grand Master two times over, the remarkable Elizabeth Peters proves once again that, in the world of historical adventure fiction, she is truly without peer.
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Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson, along with their son Ramses and foster daughter Nefret, are summoned back to the Lost Oasis, a hidden stronghold in the western desert whose existence they discovered many years ago (in The Last Camel Died At Noon) and have kept secret from the entire world, including their fellow Egyptologists. According to Merasen, the brother of the ruling monarch, their old friend Prince Tarek is in grave danger and needs their help, however it's not until they retrace their steps back to the Oasis, with its strange mixture of Meroitic and Egyptian cultures, that they learn the real reason for their journey. There's no better company on an archaeological expedition than the Father of Curses and the Lady Doctor, their beautiful Anglo-Egyptian ward, and Ramses, the Demon Brother who loves her, as Peters once again demonstrates in the latest historical mystery in this immensely popular series. If you haven't met the indomitable Amelia yet, this intriguing tale is a great place to start! --Jane AdamsAbout the Author:
Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. She was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Teenagers report that they would pay about $275 to have never had acne, and also are willing to pay to be acne-free, U.S. researchers said.
Dr. Cynthia L. Chen and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, studied 266 teen volunteers with acne from four public high schools in San Francisco.
The participants completed written surveys regarding how much of their lifetime they would give up or how teens and parents were asked how much they would pay to have never had acne, to be 100-percent acne-free from then on, to have 100-percent acne clearance but with visible scarring or to have 50-percent acne clearance.
The study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, teens reported they would pay a median of $275 to have never had acne, $100 to be 100-percent cleared of acne, $10 for 50-percent clearance and zero for 100-percent clearance with scarring.
Parents said they would pay a median of $250 for their child to never have had acne, $100 for 100-percent clearance, $100 for 50-percent clearance and zero for 100-percent clearance with scarring.


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