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TORONTO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar rose to a session high against the U.S. currency on Thursday after encouraging U.S. economic data pointed to a recovery in the housing and employment markets of Canada's largest export market.
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Running premium fuel allows the engine computer to advance the timing thus resulting in more power on the lower end torque curve, the burn time for higher octane fuel is also longer resulting in more power.
It would be interesting to see some dyno tests done with regular fuel and premium fuel.
Any of you that used to race will remember what quicker advance curves did for cars.
Adding advance does not necessarily mean more power. To get max power and efficiency maximum cylinder pressure needs to occur approximately 20 degrees after TDC. To much timing will hurt power just as much as too little.
Back when cars had distributors and springs/weights/vacuum controlled the advance curve the engineers didn't have the CAD tools to design and model engine designs that are available today. Quite often you couldn't establish the ideal advance curve because of poor combustion chamber design and inconsistent manufacturing so they established safe limits. This allowed the enthusiast to tune for their needs and make a significant improvement.
Today designs are very well optimized before the first piece of metal is machined and there is much less room for improvement.
A muscle car era bug block mopar needs upwards of 40 degrees of advance to make max power. The current generation Hemi, LS or Mod Motor makes max power with less than 30 degrees of advance and runs to much higher rpms.
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Biliary colic is the term used for a gallbladder issue caused by a sudden blockage that prevents the gallbladder from secreting bile. The most common cause of biliary colic is the presence of one or more gallstones that lodge in the duct through which bile moves. The gallstone acts as a cork, preventing or reducing the movement of bile, and causing the bile to build up in the gallbladder. This pressure then results in significant pain.

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In order to fill up the Spring Training roster and possibly find some gems in what was a very shallow free agent class, the Indians have invited a few players to Goodyear that are not on the 40 man roster. Because these players are generally lower level or career minor leaguers or has-been Major Leaguers, Burning River Baseball will provide you with a primer, helping you learn about the new kids in camp. Infielders Luis Hernandez Hernandez is essentially a AAAA middle infielder, bouncing from AA to AAA and the Major Leagues from 2006 to the present. Most of his time over the years has been spent at short stop, but he has a decent amount of experience at second and has played a little at third as well. Since the Indians have a very durable short stop and second baseman, he would have to make the team as the reserve corner infielder, extra outfielder and pinch runner. His stolen base efficiency is nothing to get excited about however, and Mike Aviles looks to be a super ut...
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-"some" consider McNeil the best until Donahue? Perhaps better to ask who doesn't??
He had a lifetime league winning percentage of .616 and non-con winning mark of .667 (Top Ten all-time on league list), with wins at Kentucky, Ohio State, and Illinois, and over Syracuse teams led by Bing and Boeheim, Knight-coached Army teams, Bradley-led Princeton teams, McMillian-led/Rohan-coached Columbia teams, and McCloskey and Harter-coached Penn teams.
Coach McNeil was a big-time guy in a time when the Ivies competed more successfully on the big stage in college basketball than they do today.
Just look how much hard work it took for CoachD and his Class of 2010 and their compatriots to exceed the McNeil era.
- August 24, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Must have been a great time to be on the campus, not to mention the success in other sports at that time.
Coaches K and Miller played on those Army teams.
Why do you think that the Ivies were more competitive in the 1960s? It can't just be a function of scholarships......
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New Delhi: The inaugural Indian Premier League was facing a media boycott on Thursday after the influential Indian Newspaper Society (INS) and Press Trust of India (PTI), country's leading news agency, joined calls for "offending" accreditation conditions to be lifted.
The Indian media has protested loudly over the IPL's decision to ban websites from covering matches and to prohibit international and local news agencies from supplying photographs to online clients.
"There are a lot of restraints, and the terms in their present form, are not acceptable to us," PTI Executive Editor V.S. Chandrashekhar was quoted as saying by CNN-IBN.
"We want unfettered access to the IPL matches, without any kind of restrictions, and since that has not happened so far, we have not applied for accreditation for the IPL matches," he added.
"If there are no changes in the terms and conditions, we will boycott the IPL," Chandrashekhar stated.
"The accreditation terms failed to address the issues of intellectual property rights belonging to media as well as issues of press freedom," INS president Bahubali Shah said in a statement.
"The Indian Newspaper Society hopes a serious attempt will be made by the Indian Premier League to remove offending terms and conditions for media accreditation.
"In the absence of remedial action by the Indian Premier League, members of the Indian Newspaper Society will be forced to take an adverse view on the question of coverage of IPL matches."
The Twenty20 competition, promoted by the Indian cricket board and featuring stars from around the world, opens April 18. The deadline for accreditation was Thursday.
The London-based international News Media Coalition called the accreditation terms "a serious and unprecedented curtailment of the freedom of the press to fully report events of public interest."
The NMC focuses on the threat from excessive controls on the flow of news to the public, and is supported by newspapers, agencies and press freedom bodies around the world.
The Hindu, a leading broadsheet, attacked the IPL's policies in a scathing editorial.
"Greed and arrogance and a total lack of common sense seem to be driving the IPL along a path of confrontation, which will surely bring on a media boycott," the daily predicted.
The IPL tournament lines up eight teams bought by franchises who selected their players via a multi-million dollar auction last month.
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Top cricketers have been offered huge pay packets to take part in the 44-day, 59-match extravaganza across cricket-mad India.
Moves by sports organisers to curb media rights have largely failed in the past.
FIFA tried imposing similar restrictions on photo coverage of the 2006 World Cup but backed down under a threat of a worldwide boycott.
In September last year, organisers of the Rugby World Cup settled at the last minute after a long dispute over media rights.
Two months later, global news agencies boycotted the coverage of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Brisbane after Cricket Australia imposed similar restrictions.
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Q: What exactly are the miniatures made of, what's the scale and what's the assortment in the Core Box Set?
A. There is a battleship, light cruiser and two destroyers (same miniature) both for the French and British, providing 8 total miniatures in the Core Box Set.
The ships are roughly 1200-scale, which means the battleships are approximately 5.2 inches long, while the destroyers are clocking in at around 2.5 inches long.
All ships are manufactured using HIPS (high-impact polystyrene); the same high quality material used by the best of the table-top miniatures games currently releasing plastic (for those that have purchased it, the Thor and Loki BattleMechs in the BattleTech 25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set are an example of the quality/detail of this plastic).
Q: Will the miniatures come on the sprue or will they be assembled and painted?
A: All miniatures in the Core Box Set, as well as those scheduled for the Fleet Boxes and Faction Boxes, will be assembled and lightly pre-painted.
Q: What does lightly pre-painted mean? Just a basecoat?
A: It's a little more than that. If you review the gallery section of the website and see the full-color illustrations of the ships, the pre-paint will mirror those illustrations: basecoat color, copper tubing, black on the smoke stacks (as appropriate), and other minor details.
Pre-paints allow anyone to dive into the game and have a great looking force of ships they can field immediately. However, the "lightness" of the pre-paint (along with the quality of the plastic/paint) will ensure that it's relatively easy for an experienced hobby painter to accentuate the already existing pre-paint, or to simply paint right over it for a much more in-depth style.
Q: Will "on the sprue" ships be available at all?
A: That is up in the air at this time. However, the comments from the growing community here show that there is a market for that, so we'll be thoroughly investigating how we might provide those.
Note that the decision has already been made that anything in the Core Box Set, Fleet Boxes, and Faction Boxes, will all be pre-assembled and lightly pre-painted. So if we decide to sell the ships on the sprue, those would be a completely separate item; whether sold through stores or simply direct is completely up in the air at this time as we continue to review how we might proceed.
Q: Is any aspect of Leviathans "collectible," meaning a blind purchase in that I'm not sure what I'm buying?
A: No. A player will know exactly the ships and materials he's purchasing in every product.
Q: Will additional ships outside of the Core Box Set be available?
A: Yes. The current plan is for a British Fleet Box and French Fleet Box to publish near the Core Box Set. Each will contain the four miniatures for that faction from the Core Box Set, but will contain four new variant Ship Cards, the appropriate Recognition Cards and even a single set of 5 custom Leviathans dice.
Q: What is the price of the Fleet Boxes?
Q: How else can I expand my fleet beyond the ships in the Core Box Set and Fleet Boxes?
A: Additional boxed releases are planned, providing further models and variants of those miniatures found in the Core Box Set and Fleet Boxes, as well as brand new ship chassis.
Q: How much will they cost?
A: A final retail price has not been determined at this time.
A: How many factions are in the Core Box Set?
Q: The Core Box Set contains a Gazetteer that covers the entire 1910 alternate history setting of Leviathans, and details the eight major factions of the world: British, French, Germans, Italians, Russians, Japanese, Americans and Austro-Hungarians (as well as a section covering minor powers).
However, the Core Box Set only contains miniatures for the British and French.
Q: How will the other six factions be introduced?
A: The current plan has Faction Box Sets releasing down the line following the launch of the line, pairing up factions as done in the Core Box Set. For example, the current planned first Faction Box Set would contain the Germans and Italians. The Faction Box Set would be accompanied with the simultaneously release of the German Fleet Box and Italian Fleet Box (as done with the Core Box Set and the French/British).
Q: Is there elevation in Leviathans? Or is it just a 2D game with aerial visuals?
A: Yes, Leviathans has rules for elevation in game play. However, in an effort to ensure the Core Box Set is smooth and relatively easy to slide into, elevation rules are not found there (those rules will be found in the Captain's Box; see below). Each ship will be mounted on a stand, which will convey the visual aesthetic of flying battleships despite the 2D nature of the core rules game, with the ability to change elevations for those rules found in the Captain's Box (once there are photos of the stands available, they'll be posted).
Q: Previous blog posts mentioned three rulebooks in the Core Box Set. What happened to the "Captain's Manual?"
A: Despite our best efforts to cram everything and the kitchen sink into this game, we ultimately had to make some cuts.
As such, a Captain's Box now exists that'll publish down the line following the release of the Core Box Set. It will contain the Captain's Manual and a host of punch out gaming pieces needed for those enhanced scenario rules (clouds, mountains, Fog of War Initiative cards, and the all important elevation tokens/rules).
Q: At one time it was mentioned that the Ship Cards would be styrene and have 'punch out' slots. Is that still the case?
A: No. Despite a lot of time working on that concept it simply proved impossible to manufacturer under the constraints needed for the game. Instead, Ship Cards will be a heavy cardstock with a laminate surface that will allow players to easily use dry erase markers during game play (exactly as show in the free Lieutenant's Manual quick-start rules).
Q: Will there be a point system in Leviathans?
A: Not in the Core Box Set (though there are rules for creating scenarios and guidelines for force selection). However, we've been working on a point system for some time and even released an Open Alpha Test of the point system as it pertains to the Lieutenant's Manual quick-start rules that have been available for some time.
The current plan is to once again embrace the burgeoning community and the Creative Commons aspect of Leviathans and release a Beta Test of the full point system simultaneously with the release of the Core Box Set, which will allow the community to participate in ironing out the final wrinkles in the system, and in the process help to develop a system they will enjoy using. The point system will then be published down the line in the Engineer's Box, and anyone who provided feedback online will be appropriately credited as participating.
Q: Will there be construction rules in Leviathans?
A: There are no plans for a full construction system for Leviathans. However, a customization system is currently being worked on to release as part of the Engineer's Box.


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Located on a secluded, wooded peninsula on Portage Lake and Lake Michigan. Navigable channel connects the two lakes. Three hundred yard walk to the west onto 10 miles of uninterrupted, mostly uninhabited, beautiful sand beaches on Lake Michigan. Play offshore in the crystal clear waters with gradually sloping sand bottom. Watch the sunset and build a campfire to roast hot dogs and marshmallows. Access to Portage Lake beaches is about the same 300 yard walk to the east.
Cottage has a large outdoor deck outside sliding glass patio door from kitchen/dining/living room area. Master bedroom with a king bed and private bath. There is a screened in porch off master bedroom looking over the forested dunes. There is a couple of extra mattress that can be used in master bedroom or screened in porch. The second bedroom has a full bed and private bath. Laundry room with washer and dryer also has a half bath. Upstairs is like a dorm room with 3 sleeping berths that have queen beds, reading lights, and curtains to draw for privacy. The dorm and also has a bunkbed and a single cot. This gives the dorm the ability to sleep up to 9 people. This cottage is great for bringing 1 or 2 dogs. There are two outdoor dog runs giving your pets plenty of space to hang out when unattended.
This location lends itself to all sorts of outdoor activities. Biking, walking, and jogging. Boating, water skiing, fishing, jet skiing, and sailing. Canoeing and tubing local rivers. Fishing Portage Lake for all the fresh water game fish. Charter fishing available for Salmon and Trout on the big lake and world class local Trout and Salmon streams. Relaxing on the beautiful beaches. Traveling up the coastline on M22, one of the most scenic drives in America, to the quaint villages along the route offering unique shopping opportunities. Visit the many vineyards and wine chateaus.
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Steve Waugh was named captain of the 12-man team, which includes four members of the squad which will fly to the Caribbean on Wednesday in an attempt to win the World Cup for a third straight time.
Ricky Ponting (named vice-captain), Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Glenn McGrath were all included, plus the injured Brett Lee, who will not travel to the Caribbean.
They were named alongside Shane Warne, Mark Waugh, Dean Jones, Michael Bevan and Dennis Lillee with Greg Chappell 12th man in a fairly straightforward team.
But record breaking captain Allan Border, who skippered the country's first World Cup victory in 1987, was a surprise omission from the team.
Border captained Australia a record 178 times and his 273 overall one-day appearances are second only to Steve Waugh (325).
The side was voted on by all 163 players to have represented Australia since one-day cricket's inception in 1971.
Modern day players dominated the votes, with Adam Gilchrist heading the list in front of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.
"There's some great players who have missed out on the side and that's always going to be the case," Steve Waugh said.
"Going across different eras, it's almost impossible to pick the side.
"I think everyone here feels very privileged to be picked, especially myself being captain.
"There's a number of players that could have been sitting here in the side, Allan Border, Mike Hussey, a number of other players."
The team includes Australia's two highest wicket-takers in McGrath (354) and Warne (291).
Dream Team: Adam Gilchrist (wk), Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting (vice-capt), Dean Jones, Steve Waugh (capt), Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Dennis Lillee, Glenn McGrath and Greg Chappell (12th man).


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dumpsys tool runs on the device and provides information about the status
of system services.
How to use dumpsys
If you run
adb shell dumpsys, you'll get diagnostic output for
all system services, which is usually more than you want. For more manageable
output, specify the service you would like to examine.
For example, the following command:
adb shell dumpsys input
provides system data for input components such as touchscreens or built-in keyboards.
List of system services
For a complete list of system services that you can use with dumpsys, try the following command:
adb shell dumpsys -l
Example output:
Currently running services: DockObserver SurfaceFlinger accessibility account activity alarm android.security.keystore appops appwidget assetatlas audio backup battery batteryproperties batterystats bluetooth_manager clipboard connectivity consumer_ir content country_detector cpuinfo dbinfo ...
Dumpsys command-line options
Command-line options are different for different services. Here are a few common ones:
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Hegranes precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 30 designs enviados por 7 designers freelancers.
Epic Countdown
Epic Countdown is a primarily user-generated content site, whereby individuals, businesses, etc. announce to the world what moment they are waiting for... Countdown until a holiday, a vacation, a new pet, dad getting paroled, a new movie release, etc.
The site will feature countdown clocks to unique, funny, and interesting events around the world...
Young, socially savvy audience, and likely international.
1) Design a killer logo for Epic Countdown.
2) Incorporate the tagline ("when's your moment?" with #1 from above.
3) *Bonus Points* create a favicon for the site bookmark logo... A cool looking "e" will do, but I'm not the super amazing designer...
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SEVERAL leading US airlines said on Wednesday they were in close contact with federal health officials about Ebola-related travel concerns after a traveler infected with the deadly virus was diagnosed on US soil.
The patient, now hospitalised in Dallas, had flown from Ebola-ravaged Liberia through Brussels to Texas, the Liberian information ministry said. US health officials said there should be no risk to fellow passengers, as the patient began showing symptoms only after his arrival.
But stocks in major US air carriers fell as much as nearly 4 per cent on Wednesday over fears that the spread of the worst known Ebola outbreak beyond West Africa would make more customers fearful of traveling.
"People are nervous about (the first case of Ebola detected in the US) and what it means," said Michael Derchin, an analyst at CRT Capital Group LLC.
Still, Derchin said that the market had overreacted. "I would be surprised if there's any impact on travel," he said.


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Omar Hammami, an American-born jihadist who lives in Somalia, has live-tweeted what may have been his final, fatal encounter with his former associates in al-Shabaab, the militant Islamic group based in the conflict-ravaged East African nation.
The 28-year-old Mr Hammami, originally from Alabama, is wanted as a terrorist by the US government, but has also become embroiled in a violent factional dispute with members of the al-Qa'ida-affiliated organisation he joined in 2006.
Last Thursday, via his Twitter account, @abuamerican, Mr Hammami described an attempt on his life by a man who, he believed, was sent by al-Shabaab leaders and shot him in the neck as he sipped tea at a shop somewhere in Somalia. Taking part in a rare interview with Wired.com, also via Twitter, he revealed he was in great pain, but that the bullet had failed to hit his windpipe or any major arteries. He had treated himself with rudimentary first-aid supplies and even tweeted several graphic photographs of the bloody wound.
But Mr Hammami's luck appeared to be running out, and on Monday he gave a running account of having been surrounded by al-Shabaab gunmen at his hideout and frogmarched to a hastily convened "court". A fatwa was issued for his protection by some al-Shabaab leaders, but after his release, others pursued him towards his home village. "May not find another chance to tweet but just remember what we said and what we stood for," he wrote. "God kept me alive to deliver the mssg 2 the umah."
Mr Hammami was born to a Syrian Muslim father and a Protestant American mother in Daphne, Alabama, and raised as a Christian before turning to Islam in his teens. In 2006, with no military training, he travelled to Somalia to join al-Shabaab, a ruthless jihadist group known for beheading its enemies and stoning women accused of adultery. By 2010, when he was the subject of a lengthy New York Times Magazine profile, he had risen to become a key figure in the group, appearing in recruitment videos sound-tracked by his own English-language jihadist rap songs, such as "Send me a Cruise Missile". He was nicknamed Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, or "The American".
But the following year he split with al-Shabaab, accusing its leaders of corruption and using Twitter to attack them and the US. This week's attempts on his life, he told his 2,700 followers, was the "culmination" of "warfare against those who speak truth".
In the stand-off on Monday, Mr Hammami reported that he and his colleagues had fought back in self-defence, killing three of their pursuers and suffering no losses themselves. "The main amir who wanted [to] fight us was from the killed," he claimed.
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Homeowner: "Storm hit us right dead on"
Beaufort - Evidence of Wednesday's tornado could be seen across much of Carteret County, especially in Beaufort and Morehead City. Thousands of people lost power late Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday neighbors united to clean up ravaged yards.
"It was a dark cloud all the way down through here," said Wesley Brazelton. "I come to the corner of my house here and by that time I lost one window at top and blew my second window out. The wind it was just unreal, were fortunate real fortunate."
Brazelton says he was working in his garage when a tornado passed his way. Down the street from his home on Country Club Road in Morehead City, wind blew off roofs and dragged debris all over the road. A barn built in 1912 was completely flattened, while a shed across the street lost its roof.
On Tuttle Street near Highway 101 in Beaufort, the tornado seemed to damage homes in a pinball-like pattern.
"We knew it was coming up," said Roy Hallendeck." We thought it would've flew around us, but it hit us right dead on."
Lee Walter and his two sons say they watched a trampoline get tossed into the air by the wind, eventually landing blocks away on Brenda Street.
"Out the corner of my eye I see a trampoline moving from 50 feet in the air to 150 feet in the air like its being launched out of a cannon," said Walter.
Randy Turner said he was shocked to find his pontoon boat crashed into a tree. He said he had just parked it at his mother's house two weeks ago.
"It had pushed it probably 25 to 30 feet from where it was sitting," said Turner." If it hadn't been for the tree the boat could've been inside the house."


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UPDATE 2-Celestica expects strong second half for communication segment
By Krithika Krishnamurthy
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Contract electronics manufacturer Celestica Inc was optimistic about the second half of 2013, despite forecasting first-quarter profit largely below analysts' expectations.
The Toronto-based company said on Tuesday that it was upbeat about its communication business, which brought in about 35 percent of the company's revenue last year.
"Our communication end market is expected ... to improve in the second half, in part due to a new win with one of our top customers who has made the decision to consolidate their supply base," Chief Executive Craig Muhlhauser said in a call with analysts.
Celestica forecast adjusted profit of between 11 and 17 cents per share on revenue of between $1.325 billion and $1.425 billion for the three months ending March, which would be the first quarter after it stopped making products for Research in Motion .
The company, which makes servers and other products for branded manufacturers such as IBM and Cisco Systems Inc , recorded revenue of $1.69 billion in the first quarter of 2012, 19 percent of which came from the BlackBerry maker.
Analysts on average were expecting an adjusted profit of 16 cents per share on revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter ending March, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company also said it now expects restructuring charges related to RIM's exit to be between $55 million and $65 million, up from its prior estimate of between $40 million and $50 million. Continued...


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Sermon Illustrations > Parenting > Baby Richard
Newsweek, May 15, 1995
Newsweek, May 15, 1995
"I'll be good. Don't make me leave. I'll be good." Baby Richard, 4-year-old boy who was removed from the home of his adoptive parents and turned over to his biological father on Illinois Supreme Court orders.


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Thinkinetic Pulldownit Pro v2.1 For Maya x64 | 24 MB
Pulldownit is a brand new dynamics solver which allows for the creation of fractures as well as massive rigid bodies simulations. By using its technology digital artists are able to simulate fast and easily the collapse of buildings, cracking surfaces or fracturing any kind of brittle material.
Shatter It!, Voronoi-based pre-cutting
Shatter It! is the new pre-cutting tool of Pulldownit, it is Voronoi-based because this scheme has showed to be the best mathematical pattern for brittle fracture. Its technology allows to pre-cut a 3D model in hundred of shards in seconds, in addition the fragments generated plug easily in the Pulldownit solver to perform simulation in a fast and reliable way.
Built-in Dynamics & Fracture solver
The technology of fracture inside Pdi! is absolutely new and groundbreaking. It allows to fracture any kind of brittle material like stone, glass or stucco. By using it digital artist are able to simulate the collapse of structures or terrain cracking in minutes. Not the least its easy setup and powerful stress tools allow for control in the creation of cracks and drive the simulation to the desired end.
Animation friendly
Pdi! is currently integrated in Autodesk 3d Max and Maya, It catches the geometry from the viewports and computes the final result as animation keys, It allows to reset the simulation and start again as many as needed also tweaking parameters and resume simulation at any frame, in addition animated objects and characters are able to interact with the simulated ones.
For loading the plugin in Maya:
Launch maya, under Window-]Setting/Preferences-]Plugin Manager it must appear an entry called "pdiMaya2x", check it to load the plugin.
Samples Files in My Documents -] Pulldownit for Maya
To see the sample scenes computing, install the plugin before open the scenes, and click on play button as usual.
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Autodesk Maya 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
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Cheap flights from Cologne to VARADERO (CUBA) for €275!
Cheap flights from Cologne to VARADERO (CUBA) for €275 round-trip. Get cheap flights to Cuba (Varadero) from Cologne, Germany. Tickets will cost just for 275 EUR both ways. Hurry up!
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a sovereign state comprising the islands of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud and several archipelagos in the Caribbean Sea. The capital and largest city Havana is 365 km (227 mi) from Miami, Florida. Geographically, Cuba is considered part of North America.
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PURPOSE: Valganciclovir (VGCV) is increasingly being used for extended durations of prophylaxis, therapy, or suppression. Neutropenia is a recognized side effect, and this study sought to define the incidence, time-dependence, and risk factors for neutropenia in VGCV-treated patients.
METHODS: 119 lung recipients at one center from 2002-4 were studied. CMV prophylaxis since mid-2002 was VGCV for 6 mos. Also in 2002, a PTLD prevention program included reduction of immunosuppression and VGCV for + EBV DNA levels. Data was collected on neutropenia, duration of VGCV, renal function, concomitant medications, and clinical outcomes. (Pts in a multicenter VGCV study were excluded from analysis.) VGCV-associated neutropenia was defined as neutropenia (ANC < 1000 or WBC < 2000) occurring while on VGCV therapy.
RESULTS: Of 119 pts studied, 73 (61%) received VGCV and 34/73 of these (47%) had neutropenia. Neutropenia also developed in 6/46 patients not on VGCV (13%, p=0.0002). Most were on other agents which can cause leukopenia (AZA 10, MMF 5, TMP-SMX 22, sirolimus 3). VGCV-neutropenia occurred at a median of 5 mos post transplant (mean 7 mos, range 3-22 mos) after treatment with VGCV for a median of 4 mos (mean 5 mos, range 1-22 mos). Neither age nor gender were significantly different between VGCV-neutropenic and non-neutropenic pts. Mean renal function (MDRD) was 63 ml/min in VGCV-neutropenia pts and 74.9 in VGCV-pts without neutropenia (p=NS). When neutropenia occurred, VGCV was discontinued in 11 pts and decreased in 4; an immunosuppressive drug was discontinued in 9 and decreased in 5. G-CSF was required in 5 (19%). 6/34 pts (15%) were admitted with fever.
CONCLUSION: Neutropenia is common in lung transplant pts receiving longer courses of VGCV (47%), occurring at a median of 4 mos of VGCV therapy. 18% required admission.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The risks and benefits of longer courses of VGCV must be carefully weighed, and close monitoring of the CBC and dose adjustment for changing renal function are crucial.
DISCLOSURE: Andrew Githaiga, None.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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$20,000-$125,000 payments aim to retain employeesOct 30, 2002 | Dow Jones/AP
A bankruptcy judge approved yesterday $25 million in bonuses for WorldCom Inc. employees that are designed to keep them from leaving the crippled telecommunications company.
Under the program, 325 senior employees divided into three groups will receive bonuses ranging from $20,000 to $125,000, equal to 35 percent to 65 percent of their annual base salaries. The four top positions at WorldCom are excluded from the plan.
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