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"Nearest Big City" Top 5 Page for this destination Portland by glabah
Portland Travel Guide: 1,427 reviews and 2,840 photos
OK, So the City Propaganda Says it Doesn't Rain... at least not as mush as our city's reputation says it does. But it is true that we get rain!!! Universities, the Portland visitors association, and others who promote the city of Portland go on and on about how certain other areas of the world have more rain than Portland in order to counteract the reputation that Portland has.
I was born here, and I pretty much grew up here. The rain doesn't bother me that much, which I think is the case for most native Oregonians. However, there are a number of people who have moved here from California, Arizona, and other warm, dry places that complain constantly about the rain. Just a warning: expect rain. It does in fact rain here, and whatever reputation Portland has as a place of constant rain may or may not be worth paying attention to, depending on how much rain bothers you.
The travel pages say I live in Lents, Oregon, and I do. However, that is basically the Portland area. Therefore, no matter what the date says as of my last visit, the fact is I basically live in the area, so I know it reasonably well.
PLEASE NOTE: It may be best for you to select "Member's Choice" when viewing my tips of Portland. I have attempted to order the tips in a way that logically flows. The default order of appearance here on VirtualTourist is to show the most recent tips first. In my case that means all the minute details that I have decided to write in recent days is shown first, even though I view that stuff as least important.
My first tip for you if you are visiting Portland?:
Tourist Information Available Weekdays is what the recorded annoucement on the MAX train says when you go by it, but you may want to take a look at my Pioneer Courthouse Square tip to see the actual office hours. If you are here visiting, it would probably be a good idea to stop by here if you visit downtown. They not only feature a considerable amount of literature on the Portland area, but a number of nearby areas as well, thus making it a reasonably good starting point if you want lots of paper brochures on things to do.
Before you read too far into the Portland tips, it is best for you to understand that Portland has many cities and communities surrounding it, and the city of Portland was created by the merger of smaller cities, creating small-town downtowns in various areas that are now Portland. I have moved a number of minor local attractions and points of interest to the community they are closest to. To see a list of these areas, please see my Portland Neighborhoods and Suburbs tip. I have done it this way because, if you are staying with friends in an area that is quite far from the downtown Portland core, you probably have some interesting places to visit right next door. Also, some of these places retain a bit of their own personality and so deserve their own entry. (Unfortunately a number of developers have built the same style of building all over the city, so a lot of personality has been lost in local Portland neighborhoods since about 1998 or so - but some traces of what once was remain.)
"A Rose for you in Portland Awaits" was an early advertising slogan. I don't remember exactly where I saw it, but I think it was in a railroad advertisement from the early 1900s.
In the 1800s, it was discovered that Portland was an ideal climate for Roses. Many rose gardens were planted, and by late in the 1800's Portland had developed the nickname "City of Roses". Slowly, the Portland reputation spread.
In the late 1800s, the "rose festival" was simply small home garden tours. Starting in 1907, there was an annual Rose Festival and Parade with floats operating on the streetcar line with electric lights - one of the first electrically powered parades in the country.
The first several of my Portland Activities list Rose Festival Activities because it is Portland's largest festival, and involves many different activities. The best source of information about the Rose Festival is the Portland Rose Festival web site, which is operated by the non-profit organization that runs the various events.
I will admit that even though I am from Portland, I have never been to the Grand Floral Parade. I have been to several Starlight Parades (the Rose Festival has several parades). Attempting to get a place to view the Grand Floral Parade is quite competitive, and can be unpleasant. I do like taking a look at the Rose Festival Fleet while the Dragon Boat Races and Milk Carton Boats are fun to watch.
Interesting Nearby Attractions
While Portland itself has many interesting things to see and do, it wouldn't be Portland without some of the nearby attractions and communities nearby. If you ask a number of the people who live here why they like it, you will most likely be told "Because it is only a short distance to....." with the blank being filled by any number of possible things. Portland was created by the merger of a number of cities, and a few of those communities retain their own identity to the point where they have their own category here on VirtualTourist. Further away are the Columbia River Gorge and its attractions, the Cascade mountains, Silver Falls State Park, Silverton, Brooks, Salem, and Ridgefield.
Portland suburban communities and neighborhoods include:
Oregon City: has a reputation as the first city in the west and has a few museums to prove it, but the fine people of Astoria might dispute that!
Lents: Foster Road and I-205 today: take a look at the Trillium Artistans store for an unexpected treat if you are on I-205.
Forest Grove: annual sidewalk art festival and near Hagg Lake
Beaverton: some feel this is a suburban wasteland, but the Tualatin Hills Nature Park and a few other features are absolute gems
Troutdale: the big commercial shopping district has the paid publicity, but the more interesting stores are downtown, and almost never publicized. The former Edgefield Manor, now a popular events and dinner location, is here too.
Vancouver, Washington: the Fort Vancouver monument is historically significant, and the new waterfront trail is a pleasant walk beside the river.
Further Away
Silver Falls State Park is a wonderful place to explore, as is the Columbia River Gorge, and the Mt. St. Helens Volcano is good as well.
Brooks has an interesting annual historic machinery show, while further south Salem is the state Capitol.
While Portland is a fairly good sized city, conditions are such that there is still some wildlife in city limits. While it has been some years since deer have wandered into the central part of downtown, it has happened in the past. Bird life is perhaps the most obvious. It isn't unheard of to see Bald Eagles in Portland city limits. Various types of ducks (see photo), Great Blue Heron, hawks, and many smaller types of birds also call Portland home, even in very populated areas.
Yes, we have pigeons also, just like any large city anymore. However, our local pigeon population is kept under some control by the local hawks and other birds of prey that eat them.
Deer, elk, and cougar have wandered into areas very close to downtown, but such incidents have become much more rare in the last several years as much close-in forest land is converted to housing.
There are a few interesting bird watching areas to visit, including some up-close visits with birds at the Wildlife Care Center in northwest Portland.
For hikers, there are several areas I suggest that are within the city of Portland: Mt. Tabor Park, Powell Butte Park and Forest Park. There are many wonderful hikes in the Columbia River Gorge, the Oregon Coast, and Cascade Mountains, but none of those are in Portland City limits. They are good day trips though.
Art Activities
Portland has an active arts community, dating back to Native American rock carvings. If you like to walk and don't care what the weather is doing, Neighborhood Art Walks are an interesting way to see part of Portland and interesting art. The most well known of these is First Thursday, but it is very crowded. My favorite is the Mt. Tabor Art Walk, which crosses only one moderately busy street and is centered around beautiful Mt. Tabor Park.
We also have ballet, symphony, opera, an art museum, and quite a number of theatre companies plus various college and university arts events. For a listing of these events that isn't even comprehensive I suggest getting a Willamette Week. The arts section of the Oregonian is only available on certain days, with the best stuff on Sundays.
- Pros:It's still a nice area to live
- Cons:It used to be much more scenic and slow paced
- In a nutshell:Great scenery and great places to visit
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Nice page
Thanks for sharing! I didn't know that, about the roses. Was thinking of moving to Oregon, I love the rain, so I think we'll make a good fit haha. Again, ty for the info, very helpful.
Saw you comment on ratings and Portland. I don't think people go to Portland all that often. I have been several times now that my youngest lives up there and will plan on a few more. Best, Karl
Fantastic dining tips Glenn! I can tell you like Mexican food! Thank You!
You're right - this is awesome!
Loads of GREAT info here Glenn...Ill have to come back for another read soon!
great page and well reasoned case. I always think we neglect our wildlife heritage at our peril. Thanks for sharing, Best wishes, Mike
The intricate detail of explaining the area and the sites is fantastic, as well as the pictures to enhance the tour.
Nice tips from you as well for our Washington/Oregon traveler. We hope to get down Portland way on our next trek to the Northwest. :)
Great tips, thanks for sharing! I hope to visit Portland one day. I didn't see a tip about that Zoo railway station post office, or did I overlook it? It's a great tip for philately fans:)
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The intelligent saturation controller calculates the exact maximum saturation any valid YCbCr pixel can undergo before it becomes invalid in RGB space. The controller models the saturation operation in RGB color space and calculates the maximum saturation level at which the RGB values falls outside the valid range. The saturation operation is performed independently for every pixel of the incoming video frame and ensures that each output pixel is a valid. The controller finds the maximum saturation for each input pixel and checks whether it is less than the input saturation factor. If so, then this calculated maximum saturation value is applied. If not, the input saturation factor is applied. Accordingly, the output RGB pixels are valid, and no clamping is necessary if no other video processing is done in YCbCr space. Increasing the saturation of the video signal results in a more vivid and more colorful picture.
1. A method comprising: determining that a pixel of an image frame is an invalid pixel; determining a desaturation factor that will correct the invalid pixel such that brightness and hue of the invalid pixel is preserved; and adjusting color component values of the invalid pixel by the desaturation factor such that all the color component values of the invalid pixel are adjusted into a valid range, wherein the desaturation factor is based on a minimum of (I) a first saturation value based on a first color component value of the invalid pixel, and (2) a second saturation value based on a second color component value of the invalid pixel.
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wherein y is a luminance value, sat1 is the first saturation value, and sat2 is the second saturation value.
10. A system comprising: an intelligent saturation controller that is configured to: determine that a pixel of an image frame is an invalid pixel; determine a desaturation factor that will correct the invalid pixel such that brightness and hue of the invalid pixel is preserved; and adjust color component values of the invalid pixel by the desaturation factor such that all the color component values of the invalid pixel are adjusted into a valid range, wherein the desaturation factor is based on a minimum of (I) a first saturation value based on a first color component value of the invalid pixel, and (2) a second saturation value based on a second color component value of the invalid pixel.
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wherein y is a luminance value, sat1 is the first saturation value, and sat2 is the second saturation value.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/295,882, filed Dec. 7, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates generally to image and video processing, and more particularly to saturation of color in image signals.
For video applications, the YCbCr format is typically used because it is the industry standard for video transmission and storage. The YCbCr format is also typically easier to convert to and from RGB than from HSV. The ease in conversion is important because the final display is usually configured to accept data in RGB format. Increasing the saturation of a video signal results in a more vivid, and hence a more colorful picture. However, increasing the saturation of a YCbCr pixel is a processing step that is very prone to generating blatantly invalid pixels which result in invalid RGB values (and potentially visually annoying artifacts).
An appreciation of the present invention and its improvements can be obtained by reference to the accompanying drawings, which are briefly summarized below, to the following detailed description of illustrated embodiments of the invention, and to the appended claims.
In the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, reference is made to the accompanied drawings, which form a part hereof, and which is shown by way of illustration, specific exemplary embodiments of which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims.
Throughout the specification and claims, the following terms take the meanings explicitly associated herein, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. The meaning of "a," "an," and "the" includes plural reference, the meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on." The term "connected" means a direct electrical connection between the items connected, without any intermediate devices. The term "coupled" means either a direct electrical connection between the items connected, or an indirect connection through one or more passive or active intermediary devices. The term "circuit" means either a single component or a multiplicity of components, either active and/or passive, that are coupled together to provide a desired function. The term "signal" means at least one current, voltage, or data signal. Referring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like parts throughout the views.
The present invention is directed to an intelligent saturation controller that calculates the exact maximum saturation any valid YCbCr (or more generally, any RGB) pixel can undergo before it becomes invalid in RGB space. The controller models the saturation operation in RGB color space and calculates the maximum saturation level at which the RGB values falls outside the valid range. The saturation operation is performed independently for every pixel of the incoming video frame and ensures that each output pixel is a valid. The intelligent saturation controller approach can be used at various stages of the video processing pipeline such as increase of video saturation for picture enhancement and correction of invalid pixels that arise due to other processing.
Various embodiments as discussed below can be incorporated into a video processing system such as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/296,185 filed Dec. 7, 2005, entitled "Color Management Unit," the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
The intelligent saturation controller approach can be used in two directions to check RGB values to make sure they are remaining valid for any given saturation factor. First, intelligent saturation can be used to increase saturation to make images look more vivid, without causing side-effects of clipping or hue shifts. Secondly, intelligent saturation can be used as a gamut-remapping algorithm that decreases saturation to make the image fit within the given gamut.
The controller finds the maximum saturation for each input pixel and checks whether it is less than a predetermined saturation factor (e.g., an amount of saturation adjustment that is desired). If so, then this calculated maximum saturation value is applied. If not, the predetermined saturation factor is applied. Accordingly, the output RGB pixels are valid and no clamping is necessary if no other video processing is done in YCbCr space. Increasing the saturation of the video signal results in a more vivid and more colorful picture.
The calculation (described below with reference to
Enhancement of video data is performed in all modern displays and video processing equipment. Video is usually transmitted and processed in YCbCr color space due to a number of reasons such as lower bandwidth and separation of brightness and color information. However, most display panels use RGB as their input data format. Because RGB input is commonly used as the input format, the YCbCr data is converted to RGB-formatted data at some stage of the video processing pipeline.
The conversion to RGB is done using a set of linear equations that calculate R, G and B given Y, Cb and Cr. The problem that arises during this conversion is that any valid YCbCr triplet (say 24 or 30 bits) does not always map to a valid RGB triplet (assuming the same number of bits). Processing and enhancement of YCbCr data may transform a valid YCbCr pixel into an invalid one (a valid YCbCr pixel is one that maps to a valid RGB pixel). Conventional conversion mechanisms typically clamp the invalid RGB values to the extremes of their valid range, which often leads to visual anomalies in the output signal. A disadvantage of clamping is that brightness and hue of the pixel are not preserved, and a loss of details and patchiness are present in the output picture.
The YCbCr color space is typically used for contrast enhancement because the luminance and color information are separate and can be processed independently. The YCbCr color space is also one of the common video exchange formats that is currently used. "Y" is the luminance (usually referred to as luma) of the video while "Cb" and "Cr" are the chroma or color components. Another advantage of transmitting signals in YCbCr format is that the bandwidth of the signal can also be reduced by down-sampling the chrominance signals. Down-sampling is visually acceptable because the human vision system is typically more sensitive to brightness than to color. Y, Cb and Cr are usually assigned values ranging from 0 to 255 in an 8-bit system.
When an offset of 128 is removed from Cb and Cr, the YCbCr space is referred to as the YUV space. In YUV space, U and V range from −128 to 127. The value U is the offset removed representation of Cb and V is the offset removed representation of Cr. Although transmission of video data is often more convenient in YCbCr form (due to the unsigned nature of data), most color enhancement operations are usually defined in terms of the U and V components. For example, the location of the UV vector determines the hue of the color of a pixel. The three primary colors red, green and blue and their complementary colors yellow, magenta and cyan are spaced out circularly in the U-V plane with a separation of approximately 60�.
Data in RGB format can be converted to YUV using a set of linear equations such as:
The conversion coefficients in equation (1) are specified by the ITU-601 specification (SDTV) video standard. The inverse equation is used to convert YUV signals into an RGB format as follows:
When an RGB pixel is converted to a YUV pixel, the valid signal space is compressed. Namely, while every valid n-bit RGB vector maps to a valid n-bit YUV vector, the converse is not true. This can be seen by inspection of the YUV to RGB transformation equations (2). When Y, U and V are all at their maximum values for example (Y is 255 and U and V are 127), the resulting R and B values exceed 255.
The compression of the valid pixel range is significant because if data for an input YUV pixel is valid, video enhancement of the pixel may change the pixel data to the point where the data may no longer be valid. The possibility of the pixel being transformed to an invalid space can substantially affect the quality of video processing algorithms that are usually performed on YUV data. Examples of such processing include deinterlacing, noise removal, sharpening, and color and contrast enhancements. Increasing the saturation of YUV data is particularly prone to generation of invalid data.
Enhancing the color of an incoming video data stream is one of the most commonly used enhancement procedures in consumer electronics. This can be done by increasing the saturation of the video data using the following equation:
With respect to the U-V axis, changing the saturation can be visualized as moving the input [u v]t vector along a line through the origin and the original point. If sat is zero, the output point is [0 0]t. An output point of [0 0]t corresponds to a black and white or gray level picture and having chroma components that are zero. If sat is greater than one, the input point is shifted away from the origin. In this case, the output point becomes more vivid or colorful than the original. Because increase of saturation changes the chroma components significantly, the output chroma point is susceptible to falling outside the valid YUV cuboid.
To increase the saturation of YUV vectors while keeping them valid, it is instructive to study the effect of saturation increase in the RGB color space. Using the color space conversion and saturation equations presented above, the effect of video saturation on RGB color points can be translated using equation (4):
In the Figure, the x-axis of saturation factor is calibrated with the original RGB values of the color point plotted with respect to sat of 1, and the luminance value plotted with respect to sat of 0. Smooth lines are drawn from the luminance value through each of the original R, G and B values to illustrate the three lines that represent the variation of red, green and blue values respectively.
In the example, the resulting RGB point occurs when the red line (430) reaches the value 255. Even though the blue (440) and green (450) lines continue to vary in a linear fashion, the red line remains at the value 255. As the saturation is increased further, the blue reaches the value of 0 and remains there (along with red at 255) as green continues to change. Accordingly, the saturation increase should be stopped as soon as one color reaches the boundary of its range.
If the saturation continues beyond the maximum saturation point, the resulting color point undergoes a change of brightness and hue. The resulting picture has artifacts such as unnatural change in colors, loss of details etc. The effect of saturating the equivalent YUV point can be visualized as a shift of the point beyond the boundaries of the valid YUV cuboid (310). Although finding the boundaries of the valid YUV cuboid is a computationally expensive task, the problem of restricting the saturation can be easier to implement in the RGB domain.
To determine the maximum saturation, the equations of two lines are examined: the line through y and the maximum of r, g and b, and the line through y and the minimum of r, g and b. The saturation (sat1) at which the first line reaches 255, and the saturation (sat2) at which the second line reaches the value 0 are calculated. The lesser of sat1 and sat2 is chosen to be maxsat.
Let bgrmax=max(b, g, r) and bgrmin=min(b, g, r). From analytical geometry:
Using Equation (6), each frame of the incoming video signal can be saturated by calculating the maximum saturation of each pixel of the frame and constraining the amount of saturation applied such that it equals or falls below that maximum value. For example, if it is desired to saturate a picture by a factor of 2, each pixel of the frame is examined to see whether its individual maxsat is greater than two. If the maxsat of a particular pixel is greater than two, then this pixel can be saturated by two without any artifacts. If however, its maxsat is less than two, say 1.75, then this pixel is saturated by 1.75 only.
Thus each pixel may be saturated to a different extent depending on its maxsat value, which in turn depends on its RGB values. When the incoming pixels are YUV, they are first converted to RGB to determine their maximum saturation values. The actual increase of saturation can be done in either YUV or RGB domains using the equations presented earlier.
An example algorithm for intelligent saturation of video signals is:
For each incoming pixel do:
The example algorithm is relatively simple to implement in hardware. The division can be computed using an 8-bit deep lookup table. Notwithstanding the lookup table, no large memory elements are required.
Many digital video processing tasks are performed in the YCbCr domain since they are well defined in this color space. During the course of video processing, pixels that were valid RGB pixels may be shifted out of the valid YUV cuboid. Usually when these pixels are converted back to RGB, the RGB values are clamped to 0 and 255. A similar situation exists when RGB values are mapped to conform to different display devices that have different color gamuts using transformations such as those specified by the sRGB standard. In such situations, an input RGB point is often mapped to an output RGB point that falls outside the 0-255 range.
"Correcting" an invalid pixel by de-saturating the pixel until it falls within the 0-255 range ensures the output pixel value maintains the same brightness and hue as the transformed but invalid pixel. The method of de-saturation operates in accordance with the method of intelligently increasing the saturation as described above.
Once desat has been computed, the invalid pixel can be de-saturated using the saturation equations shown earlier. As with the computation of maxsat, desat must be computed on a pixel-by-pixel basis, obviously for invalid pixels only. But since the RGB values of an invalid pixel are outside the 0-255 range, the depth of the division LUT will now be greater than 8 bits and the size of the multipliers would now be increased.
Various embodiments of the invention are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The above specification, examples and data provide a complete description of the manufacture and use of the composition of the invention. For example, the architecture can be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination of both. Also, different bit depths can be used for the calculations as describe above. Although described embodiments are described as having a 0-255 range (since 8-bits per sub-pixel is the most common bit depth used for mainstream displays), other ranges can be used, including a 10 bit range (0-1023) or 12 bit range (0-4095) or any other bit depth. Additionally, subsets of ranges (such as 16-256) can be used as well. Since many embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention resides in the claims hereinafter appended.
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Driving Impressions The 2012 Mazda CX-9 SUV delivers good acceleration and demonstrates impressive handling, so long as the passenger load is not maxed out. With a full crew onboard, the CX-9's suspension...seems to bog down a bit and its V6 engine has to work hard to achieve the same sporty feeling you get with just four passengers. To be fair, we can say the same about every one of the CX-9's competitors. We will say that despite the 2012 Mazda CX-9's size and weight, it really does get around curves and hug the road like a smaller vehicle with a lower center of gravity. Credit for this handling performance goes to the CX-9's rigid unit-body chassis, low-friction MacPherson strut front and independent multi-link rear suspension, precise engine-speed-sensitive power rack-and-pinion steering and thick stabilizer bars at both ends. On the freeway, the CX-9 rewards its passengers with a comfortable ride, a fairly quiet cabin and a host of appealing features (such as the available rear-seat DVD entertainment system) to keep everyone happy on long trips.
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Some look at the 2012 Mazda CX-9 SUV and see what appears to be a stretched version of the sporty CX-7. But, actually, the two have no common components and don't even share the same platform. While it's true the CX-9 is both longer and heavier than the CX-7, it retains the same sleek exterior inspired by the RX-8 sports car. Much of Mazda's previous design language is still in place on the CX-9 and, for those not happy with the new look of Mazda (think Mazda3), this may be a good thing. The grille opening remains minimal, a 5-point design stretched wide across the front bumper, while the large black plastic lower air intake is outfitted with a chrome center bar. The 2012 Mazda CX-9's look is completed with a set of wraparound headlights and, around back, the broad-shouldered tail is fitted with curving tail lights and twin trapezoidal chrome exhaust tips. Long rear doors are designed to create an easier access point for those heading to the third-row seat, although it's still a bit of a squeeze to get back there. The CX-9's long roof is the perfect perch for equipment or a cargo container.
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By MJ on Monday, June 29, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 99,900overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "roomy, comfortable, easy driving"
Cons: "none"
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"Bought new and have not had one problem with it in almost 100,000 miles! I have recently replaced the tires for the 2nd time, and 2 batteries! Other than that, just routine scheduled maintenance! Everyone that gets in loves it for it's comfort, it's lush interior, it's easy handling, incredible roominess, and it looks good too! Highly recommend this vehicle!"
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By Bright Spot on Sunday, May 31, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 74,900overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "Great take off speeds, and good riding conditions"
Cons: "Higher speeds can push the front in turns"
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"Own this car for 4 years now, and haven't had an issue with it. I got used with 58000 miles on it, and now around 74900, and haven't had to anything other than general maintenance. Drives great in Snow and ice. We call it the Mazda-Rati :)"
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By Two Shoes on Tuesday, April 21, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 105,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "great drive; great pick-up; long trips are easy"
Cons: "No cons"
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"Rides well; very comfortable; great pick-up; 21.5 mpg around town and 24.5 mpg on trips; ride and mileage changed when new Bridgestone Ecopia 422 tires added. Color still looks great after 7 yrs."
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By Tbird on Friday, March 20, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 73,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "fun to drive"
Cons: "couuld have more cupholders. center console compac"
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"After 1200 mile trip very comfortable, drove well gas milage could be better got 20mpg to 22mpg depending on speed under 70mph gets best milage. Vehicle still gets looks and compliments. very well made."
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By Jim on Thursday, March 12, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 120,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "All around great car."
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"It took me awhile to settle on what car I wanted and when I finally settled on a Mazda CX9 I was all in. How smart of me! This is a great car inside and out. I have always driven sporty cars and with four children I wanted something practical but still made me feel young (honestly speaking here). It is fun to drive, handles extremely well in all weather conditions and feels like you are driving in a luxury car. The driving comfort is top notch. When my present car comes to the end of its life somewhere down the road I will undoubtedly buy another one. Just a great car!"
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Hotel treetop is around 8kms away from market place, but the location is very good. Hotel rooms were clean and staff was cooperative. Hotel property is nice surrounded by nature. Food was really good.
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Before revolutionizing e-commerce with the launch of NET-A-PORTER.com in 2000, Natalie Massenet was a fashion editor at a line-up of bold name glossies. This background and eye for editorial and styling is evident in everything she touches, including her office inside the company's London headquarters. In a glass-walled area called "the living room" white leather couches provide seating and paper lanterns hang overhead. The chic white-on-white decor is accented with visual-filled coffee table books, various awards, and Karl Lagerfeld bobble heads. Inside her adjacent office, the white-on-white color palette continues (The better to make an outfit pop!). On her bookshelf, white shelves house stacks of magazines (What else?!), bubbly (She's always celebrating something!), years of Langham diaries (A lot happens in a year, sometimes it's hard to part with your planner!), and tokens from various fashion adventures (Do you spy the Christian Louboutin Barbie behind the Chanel show invite and snapshot of Massanet with Anna Wintour?). To the left of her fashion books and magazines, layers of black-and-white photographs, some art and some personal, sit on ledges.
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Hey AC, dont worry too much.
You can boot UEFI bios systems into legacy OSes pretty easily with a second stage loader scheme.
Such as GRUB2.
It works in the reverse too-- allowing UEFI expecting OSes to boot on BIOS systems. Since upgrading to a 4tb drive, I had to switch to GPT instead of MBR. I use GRUB2 on the "fake" MBR of the GPT table as the primary loader to satisfy my legacy BIOS's need for a primary boot sector and MBR partition table, and since GRUB2 is GPT aware, it can read the GPT partition table and then chainload the proper bootloader.
Works like a charm.
The real challenge would be getting UEFI expecting OSes that make use of UEFI features after bootup to run on legacy BIOS systems. For that, you need software implementations of UEFI, and those are a pain in the ass.


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UN rights expert's stark warning for Sri Lanka
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The UN's rights expert has warned that Sri Lanka continues to slide towards authoritarian rule four years after the end of the civil war, with several people she met during a recent visit having faced harassment by police.
Navi Pillay urged the government to de-militarise former war zones, and said that calls for an international inquiry into the handling of the conflict would continue if local investigations do not yield results.
"Although the fighting is over, the suffering is not," the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told a news conference in Colombo on Aug 31, at the end of her seven day fact-finding mission.
"Wounds will not heal and reconciliation will not happen, without respect for those who grieve," she added. "Physical reconstruction alone will not bring reconciliation, dignity, or lasting peace."
The government has said it is ready to investigate the allegations raised by Pillay at the press briefing, where she claimed that some people she met had subsequently been threatened.
"I urge the government to issue immediate orders to halt this treatment of human rights defenders and journalists who face this kind of harassment and intimidation on a regular basis," Pillay said.
The government's Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said however that certain groups with ulterior motives may have tried to pass false information to Pillay.
More than 30 journalists have been killed since 2005 and many others have fled the country. Newspaper and TV offices have been vandalized or subjected to arson attacks.
Her visit sparked demonstrations for and against her, with President Mahinda Rajapaksa claiming that some believe the UN is a biased organization, and that a report she is due to release next month had already prejudged the country.
Three ministers had described Pillay as a tool of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on account of her Indian Tamil heritage.
The LTTE, better known as the Tamil Tigers, had until their defeat in 2009 been fighting the government for more than three decades.
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Florida Realtors®: Fla. 'Shadow' Inventory Easing, Growing Demand Should Absorb Supply
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ORLANDO, Fla., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fear of the unknown and what lurks in the shadows may be common, but it's greatly overrated when it comes to the "shadow inventory" of Florida's real estate market, says Florida Realtors® Chief Economist Dr. John Tuccillo.
"The fear is that the inventory of delinquent and foreclosed loans will be released onto an already weakened market," Tuccillo says, explaining the findings of a new report conducted by the Florida Industry Data and Analysis department. "But the reality appears to be different, even in Florida where distressed properties make up a significant portion of the market."
Tuccillo points out that lenders have no reason to flood the state's real estate market with more homes if doing so would drive prices down and impact the lender's profit. While some worry that lenders were holding back on purpose, Florida Realtors chief economist says that's not the case – the large number of distressed properties on hold was "largely the result of confusion over the rules of the game, and thus missteps by the lenders."
The study, "The Distressed Property Market and Shadow Inventory in Florida: Estimates and Analysis," reviewed data from Multiple Listing Service (MLS) providers around the state, along with data provided by CoreLogic, a statistical analysis company.
Tuccillo says, "We looked at the recent history of distressed property listings and transactions relative to normal market data, as well as estimates for the shadow inventory, and came to some conclusions about the likely course for the future."
Some of the study's findings include:
- While Florida remains one of the nation's hardest-hit states for distressed property sales, distressed property sales and listings have declined since late 2010, except for single-family-home short sales.
- Average prices for distressed and normal property sales have been stabilizing.
- In general, Realtors in Florida and lenders have learned how to cope with distressed properties in a way that stabilizes the market.
- Florida's highest percentage of distressed property (compared to total listings) occurs in the I-4 corridor and Southeast Florida; the lowest percentage occurs in Northwest Florida.
- Florida's shadow inventory was 550,000 units at the end of 2011, a decline of about 9 percent from its peak in the first quarter of 2010.
- Currently, the flow of new seriously delinquent (90 days or more) loans moving into the shadow inventory is offset by the roughly equal flow of distressed sales (short sales and REOs).
- The number of foreclosures and REOs was significantly lower in February of 2012 than one year earlier, suggesting slower shadow inventory growth.
Tuccillo predicts that while distressed properties will be a significant feature of the Florida real estate market over the next 10 years, it will be considered just one property type that a buyer can consider – one that has its own unique sales techniques and documentation.
The full report is available on Florida Realtors' member website, floridarealtors.org, at http://www.floridarealtors.org/Research/index.cfm; look under Research Reports, Residential, to select "The Distressed Property Market and Shadow Inventory in Florida: Estimates and Analysis."
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Winter bicycling in the city is in fact different. But there are also some reasons that it is – gasp! – better than the alternatives. Here's what I mean…Continue reading >>
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Winter bicycling in the city is in fact different. But there are also some reasons that it is – gasp! – better than the alternatives. Here's what I mean…Continue reading >>
More than 20,000 schoolkids in Detroit walk to their bus, a public bus, or school each day. Often times in the dark. They pass abandoned homes, cross the street to avoid shadowy figures, and dodge potholes. Some are robbed. Some much worse. Over the course of the past couple of months, I've spoken with numerous friends, colleagues, and organizations in Detroit about this challenge. Standing idly by is just not an option.Continue reading >>
By popular demand, I'm reposting my list of the best Halloween costumes for you and your bicycle (with a little inspiration from the movies). Show up in style on your bike at this year's parties!Continue reading >>
Henry David Thoreau famously once said, "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." And if good old Hank were here, I think he would have approved of this past weekend's bike excursion. My ride cobbled together an usual set of destinations — two iconic buildings and a reclaimed vacant lot — all with the goal of seeing Detroit through new eyes.Continue reading >>
"Don't let them win by continuing to hold onto the anger," my sister reminded. So in that moment I turned to what I often do when I need to clear my head: exercise. It was getting late, but there was enough daylight left for a decent ride around my old standby Belle Isle.Continue reading >>


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Police Defensive Driving Course
Updated: 11/06/2014 - When your job involves driving at high speeds you may need more than your average drivers ed course.
Updated: 11/06/2014 - When your job involves driving at high speeds you may need more than your average drivers ed course.
Updated: 11/06/2014 - Valdosta's City Council is looking to update its ordinance on alcohol sales in The City.
Updated: 11/06/2014 - Following the questionable deaths of inmates at two Florida Prisons, The Department of Corrections instituted new disciplinary rules in September, but a 13 year veteran of the Department says little has changed.
Posted: 11/06/2014 - Two felony murder, vehicular homicide, and shoplifting cases dealt with in Decatur County Superior Court.
Updated: 11/06/2014 - Two people have been arrested following a Lowndes County drug bust on Wednesday.
Updated: 11/06/2014 - An Atlanta children's hospital is building a special isolation unit to treat children who might be infected by Ebola.
Posted: 11/05/2014 - New traffic signal.
Posted: 11/05/2014 - Authorities tracked the suspect's vehicle to Maryland, where they arrested him and rescued 22-year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither
Posted: 11/05/2014 - World War II planes.
Posted: 11/05/2014 - Southerland statement.
Updated: 11/05/2014 - Residents of Brooks County approved the 6th version of the SPLOST tax this Election Day.
Updated: 11/05/2014 - Residents of Quitman, Georgia will be able to buy alcohol on Sunday beginning December 1st.
Posted: 11/05/2014 - Georgia voters have validated Republican David Perdue's strategy of making the state's 2014 Senate race about President Barack Obama.
Posted: 11/05/2014 - Deal re-elected as Georgia Governor.
Posted: 11/04/2014 - Republicans control U.S. House and Senate seats.
Posted: 11/04/2014 - For the past year, the Florida Sheriffs Association and the Don't Let Florida Go to Pot Coalition have been educating Floridians about the dangers of legalizing marijuana and the likely impact if Amendment 2 were passed.
Updated: 11/05/2014 - David Perude wins Georgia Senate.
Updated: 11/05/2014 - The day after being elected, Gwen Graham lays out some of her plan to work for constituents.
Updated: 11/04/2014 - A Student at Southwest Georgia Technical College made terroristic threats and is now behind bars.
Posted: 11/04/2014 - The Georgia Department of Education recently released the 2014 graduation rates for each school district.
Posted: 11/04/2014 - After months of campaigning and a barrage of negative TV ads, Georgia's high-stakes battle for U.S. Senate will be decided in Tuesday's election -- unless it's not.
Posted: 11/04/2014 - Georgia voters decide Tuesday whether to give Republican Gov. Nathan Deal four more years in office or make a change to Democrat Jason Carter after more than a year of contentious and often personal campaigning.
Posted: 11/03/2014 - Amendment B, a proposed Georgia Constitutional Amendment would add an additional fee to those charged with reckless driving in Georgia.
Posted: 11/03/2014 - Escaped inmate found in West Palm Beach.
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When you log on to a Windows 2000-based domain, it is possible to use a logon name that is similar to the one that is stored in Active Directory. This may cause problems because the USERNAME environment variable is set to the user name that you typed in the logon dialog box, not to the user name that is stored in Active Directory. If any logon scripts relying on this variable, they may run up with unpredictable results.
A possible workaround to avoid this problem is to log on by using the user principal name (UPN) format. Instead of typing the user name, password, and domain on separate lines, type the UPN logon string in the User Name box. The UPN format is:
firstname.lastname@example.com, you can write a small program or batch file that resets the USERNAME environment variable to the value you need (you can get the actual user name with the Whoami utility) and add it in the Startup group.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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It was hardly a formal occasion.
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It was hardly a formal occasion.
There are plenty of cures for Maleria, and there has been for decades. Doxycycline would be my preference.
Yes. KCOM (Kingston Communications) are rolling out fibre to the door by default across their network. It's happening where I live right now. And if you want to pay them for it they'll gaurantee 100 Mbps (not 'up to'). Of course we don't have much choice of provider round here.
In fact I prefer a stack of my Application folder to Launchpad - it provides a much better interface. One that has more than a little in common with the Windows Start menu!
Birmingham doesn't have direct flights to London as far as I can see. But why on Earth would it? There are 8 trains an hour between Birmingham and London with the quicket (Virgin - every 20 minutes) taking about 1 hour 25 minutes and stop at Birmingham airport on the way. You're in London before you'd have even taken off.
I'd suggest the situation for Cork should be similar, but isn't.
There's a working Lisa on display in the entrance to The National Museum of Computing to mark the anniversary.
Sir Jonathan, surely
Block C, where the education and visitor centre will be located, is *not* a wooden hut. It's a listed brick building that requires careful restoration. It is the building immediately to the right as you drive through the gate to Bletchley Park.
Over on the correct side of the Pennines, West Yorkshire Metro have had their 'next bus' service for a few years now - available on iOS with the NextBuses or MyBus apps.
What about smart phones, for instance?
was the word processor used in Schools around here. It had a cyan background and black text. With four (graphical) fonts and was almost WYSIWYG.
...in Office 2011? Turn it off then!
The option is there.
As I recall they do have an Acorn Atom, but it's not on display.
OTOH The National Museum of Computer at Bletchley Park here in the UK has a whole 'classroom' exhibit full of working BBCs, including a Domesday project machine.
Now I like *that* as a unit of measurement.
was not invented - it was discovered.
At Marylebone, where this has been trialed, they fitted the ticket gates with barcode scanners that you just hold your mobile phone's screen over (in addition to the mag-strip slot and Oyster card reader). Worked fine when I used it.
It is supporting the standard: HTML5. And HTML doesn't define a standard video codec.
That's the first time in my life I've ever said anything to defend Microsoft. I feel dirty.


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Romney holds 18-point lead in New Hampshire poll
A new poll shows Mitt Romney holding a big edge in New Hampshire over his rivals in the GOP nomination race.
The former Massachusetts governor secured the support of 38 percent of the respondents in a new poll by the Institute of Politics at Harvard University and the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain sits in second with 20 percent and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas places third with 13 percent.
Three-term Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who for weeks enjoyed king of the hill status in national polls, is at 4 percent, even with Rick Santorum and a point behind Newt Gingrich.
Edwards' lawyer steps down from trial defense team
RALEIGH, N.C. — A key member of the legal team defending John Edwards against campaign-finance charges will not represent the former Democratic presidential candidate at his upcoming trial after questions about a potential conflict of interest.
A motion filed by federal prosecutors says Raleigh defense lawyer Wade Smith will withdraw. The move comes after prosecutors questioned whether Mr. Smith had a conflict of interest owing to a 2009 conversation with a financial adviser for Bunny Mellon, a wealthy socialite who provided the bulk of nearly $1 million used to support Mr. Edwards' then-pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, as he ran for president in 2007.
According to the government, Mr. Smith told Mrs. Mellon's adviser that Mr. Edwards knew the money was intended to help him. That appears to conflict with statements by Mr. Edwards that he knew nothing of the payments.
Mr. Edwards is charged with six felony and misdemeanor counts related to campaign-finance violations. He has pleaded not guilty. A trial is scheduled to begin in January.
Mr. Smith is among the most well-known defense lawyers in North Carolina, with a list of previous clients that includes members of the Duke University lacrosse team cleared of charges they gang-raped a stripper.
Two-term governor Rosellini dies at 101
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Former Washington Gov. Albert Rosellini, who brought an everyman personality to the state's top office, died Monday. He was 101.
The family said Mr. Rosellini's health had declined in recent weeks because of pneumonia.
A Democrat and son of Italian immigrants, Mr. Rosellini served as governor for eight years ending in 1965. His tenure in office was defined by efforts to reform state prisons and modernize mental health institutions.
Albert Dean Rosellini was born in Tacoma in 1910 and developed his work ethic as a child. He remembered selling newspapers at age 9 while also doing odd jobs for a woman for a penny a day.
He was elected to the state Senate in 1938, when he was 28 years old, and served for 18 years. He championed the creation of the medical and dental schools at the University of Washington.
Mr. Rosellini went on to serve as governor from 1957 until 1965 before losing to Republican Gov. Dan Evans.
New California law bans open carry
A new state law will ban open carry of guns in California. The bill by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, Pasadena Democrat, makes it a misdemeanor to carry an exposed and unloaded gun in public or in vehicles, with violators facing up to a year in prison or a potential fine of $1,000 when the law takes effect Jan. 1.
The bill exempts hunting and shooting events and does not apply to those who are given permits to carry a concealed weapon by law-enforcement authorities.
Mr. Portantino called the bill an opportunity to prevent tragedy.
Two former senators back Romney in N.H., Florida
Mitt Romney on Monday rolled out high-profile endorsements from a couple of former senators, giving him some powerful allies in two of the key early-primary states in the Republican nomination process.
Former Sens. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and Mel Martinez of Florida said the former Massachusetts governor's record in government and private industry makes him the right person for the job.
Mr. Martinez, who will serve as chairman of the Romney campaign's National Advisory Council, said that with the nation's unemployment rate stuck at 9.1 percent, the country needs a leader to get the federal government's "fiscal house in order."
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Anna Chiang, Technical Product Marketing ManagerPerforce's own Chris Hoover and Charlie McLouth recently hosted a webinar called "Learn How to Stop Data Theft Before It Happens," which gave a great overview of the features and advantages of our Helix Threat Detection capabilities. As you might guess from the title of the webinar, Helix Threat Detection…
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- Detects anomalous user behavior against the assets stored in Helix repositories.
- Eliminates false positives by using advanced math models and machine learning to categorize high-risk users and projects.
- Detects internal theft and compromised accounts early enough in the process that you can respond before harm has been done.
June 30, 2015
Nitin PathakWith POODLE, Heartbleed and other vulnerabilities in the news, I've had many of my customers asking me about the cryptographic protocols used in Perforce Helix. SSL 3.0 is used by many legacy systems and is vulnerable to attacks. However, our Helix Versioning Engine (P4D) does not use SSL 3.0 and supports only TLS 1.1.Posted In:
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Jackie Garcia, Senior Solutions EngineerIn the 2015.1 Perforce Helix release, engineering improved the performance of two distributed version control system (DVCS) commands: p4 status and p4 reconcile (aka p4 rec). The p4 reconcile and p4 status commands were first introduced in the 2012.1 release of Helix. These commands do a recursive scan of your local workspace files, comparing the Md5 checksum of the actual files in your workspace to the checksum stored in the p4d server. Using the results of this scan, p4 decides if files have been added, modified or deleted in the workspace, and marks them for add, edit, or delete as appropriate. It will also figure out if you've moved files, even if you've made small changes as can happened with refactored Java files.Posted In:
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We get a lot of positive feedback about Helix Swarm, but some customers are not sure about all of the workflow steps, so here's a quick review.Posted In:
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I recently had a question about merging files in Perforce Helix that have no direct lineage.
For example, let's say you want to merge file //depot/main/foo.c (source) to //depot/dev/foo.c (target), which is fine, but you realize the target file was not branched from the source and there is no base (common ancestor). To determine the base, Helix uses integration history created by previous integration commands to know which file revisions to integrate. However, since dev/foo.c was not branched from main/foo.c there is no integration history between these two paths: a baseless merge.Posted In:
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by Tulin Green, European Marketing Manager at Perforce Software
We're hitting the road again this year with a series of one-day events focused on better ways to build and secure complex products. These events will prove interesting to professionals at every phase of the product lifecyle and from companies of any size.Posted In:


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