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Waze CEO Noam Bardin at D: Dive Into Mobile
Noam Bardin, CEO of crowdsourced mapping company Waze, talked to Liz Gannes last week onstage at D: Dive Into Mobile about Google, Apple and its own 44 million users and 70,000 volunteer map editors.
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I'm a that ... that is part of their overall product in so they can absorb they don't have the same kind of ... demands to make money off of mapping ... loss as to be productive business as a mapping app for something that you guys to do ... so how do you mean ... insulin to the question or Nafta contacts out past the maps out how does the independent clearance hurt themselves when ... all these other guys and now you know you know Facebook in the new maps and in all these other guys have these operations into a building titled everything for ... when you're trying to be the one that someone trees about into contention set ... so I think part of the bigger question what's happening in Mobile Don't ... 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"The great news on TVs is, energy efficiency is clearly on the map for TV makers," says Noah Horowitz, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. "They are talking loudly about how good their TVs are, and it's real."
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Horowitz says many manufacturers were showing off televisions that use 50 percent less power than previous models, with all the same features.
For more than a year now anyone with a TV has been bombarded with public-service announcements about the transition to "digital only" broadcasts beginning Feb. 17. Congress recently voted to delay the switch till June 12, although some broadcasters plan to stick to the original date.
Eight out of 10 homes in the United States already have digital capability through their cable, satellite or phone company. The June transition won't impact them at all.
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The federal government sent out a billion dollars worth of coupons to help analog viewers purchase those converter boxes if they just want to keep their old sets. Most cost about $30 with the $40 government coupon.
The NRDC has some other tips for making a green TV choice. Look for the "Energy Star 3.0" label. Energy Star is a voluntary program run by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency. The top 25 percent of models that use the least power qualify for the label. The EPA calculates that if all U.S. sets met that requirement, energy savings would be about $1 billion and greenhouse gases would be reduced, equivalent to taking a million cars off the roads.
It is easy for consumers to get lost in the jargon of today's TVs, which are often the most used home appliance. Not only do they provide hundreds of channels (how could we live without a dozen poker channels?), but for millions of families they're also "video game central" and the place to watch DVDs. While a salesperson may want to wow you with geek-speak, and sell you the most expensive set, be armed with some solid energy information before you buy.
Given a choice between a plasma screen and an LCD (liquid crystal display), the LCD is definitely the greener choice. Some plasma screens use two or three times the power of the same-sized LCD.
Be alert when doing the initial setup of a new TV. Even though many confident buyers believe reading the owner's manual is for wusses, one wrong click on the menu could mean a spike in your electric bill. NRDC suggests selecting the "home" mode, plenty crisp and bright for just about any room. The other choices, "retail" and "vivid" modes, can suck up 10 to 30 percent more energy.
Invest a couple of bucks in a power strip. Use it for your TV and all its peripherals: DVD player, converter box, sound system. When you switch the strip off, you aren't consuming that phantom electricity that keeps these appliances in standby mode.
And if you're replacing any of your family's TV sets, don't just put it on the curb to add lead and other toxic metals to a landfill. Give it to a neighbor or a charity. Or find a way to recycle it. Major electronics companies and universities periodically hold electronics recycling drives.
Both environmental groups and industry will be looking to the Obama administration to do even more to update government standards for TV efficiency.
Thirteen major players, from Walmart to Pacific Gas & Electric to NRDC have petitioned the DOE to scrap the current test methods, which are more than 30 years old, and designed for analog, cathode-ray-tube TV sets. Those standards are almost useless for modern digital televisions. The Bush administration didn't respond to the request. Horowitz says it would be an easy fix for the DOE to create meaningful energy performance testing and labeling, and save a lot of energy.

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Greenpeace is striving to end illegal and pirate fishing, reduce fishing efforts, and establish marine reserves throughout the Pacific.
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Capcom and Twitch Crossover for Year-Round Street Fighter League
The infamous live streaming website partners up with the true king of fighters in order to create the first ever fighting game league completely devoted to Street Fighter.
Capcom has officially announced it is collaborating with Twitch in order to kick off the Capcom Pro Tour. The Capcom Pro Tour will be comprised of ranked tournaments, premier events and online tournaments in order to create an ongoing, year-round league. The Pro Tour's first run will end with the Capcom Cup grand finals at the end of the year.
The Capcom Pro Tour will focus on the Street Fighter 4 series, eventually making the official jump to Ultra Street Fighter 4 when it debuts this June. The Capcom Cup grand finals will only have 16 spots available, with premier event winners and a point system determining its invited players.
The current listing of scheduled premier events and ranked tournaments can be seen as the Capcom Pro Tour website, with live broadcasts being done by Steam on the day of each event.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
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Our clients range from 35-65 years of age.
They are home owners.
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A camel dealer at the Mallinath Fair, one of the biggest cattle fairs of Rajasthan that lasts for two weeks. It is held annually in the desert near Tilwara, a village in Rajistahan (March-April). Highly popular breeds of cows, camels, sheep, goats and horses attract people not only from Rajasthan but also Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Rajasthan, India.
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Yesterday we told you that the highly anticipated Toyota FT-86 concept will be called the GT 86 when it debuts at the Tokyo Motor Show next week. Today we can tell you something else about the GT 86—it looks fantastic on the track.
Japanese car website lovecars.jp got their hands on the new GT 86 and took it out for some laps at the Fuji Speedway. We don't like the techno and we aren't sure what Manabu Kawaguchi's thought of the car due to an obvious language barrier, but it's great just getting a look at the GT 86 lapping the Speedway.
After what seems like an eternity of corporate press releases and glimpses at the car in disguise, seeing the car in an uncontrolled setting is amazing—even if that "uncontrolled setting" is a corporate press event. When the car finally makes it to US shores it will likely be a Scion powered by the same 2.0 liter boxer engine built by Subaru as the cars in this video.
We just can't wait to drive one.


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Don't say I did not warn you. These tasty little treats just may be the most addicting baked good I have ever made. This recipe was given to me by my boyfriend's mother and they are absolutely perfect. They blondies are made with just the right amount of chocolate that they satisfy the chocolate craving, but are not too rich. You may just eat half the pan before you realize, so be sure to bake them for a crowd. Today I am bringing these to a friend's birthday party and I imagine they are going to be a big hit.
Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies
1 cup butterscotch chips
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups mini marshmallows
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9 baking dish.
In a sauce pan over medium heat, melt the butterscotch chips and butter, stirring constantly until smooth. As soon as the they butter and chips are melted remove from heat and transfer the contents of the pan to a mixing bowl. Be sure not to over heat the butter and butterscotch chips or they will separate and appear curdled. Cool the mixture to room temperature. Using an electric mixer, beat the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and eggs into the butter and butterscotch mixture. You can ad all the ingredients at once. When blended (the batter will be relatively thick) mix in the chocolate chips and marshmallows. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared ban. Bake for 25 minutes. The center will feel a little soft, but will firm while cooling. Let cool 2 -3 hours before cutting.
Note: The blondies may need an additional 2 to 3 minutes depending on your oven.
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If the contest is about sheer volume of partisan nonsense, it would be hard to beat California Republican Party chairman Tom Del Beccaro's piece in the San Francisco Chronicle.
His argument -- if you can call it that -- is that California's Democrats have failed to "reform" with the same boldness as Democrats in New York and New Jersey.
And Democrats have a duty to fix California because this state, according to Del Beccaro, has been "dominated by Democrats for years."
Maybe Tom means dog years.
Democrats have been the dominant party in California for all of six months.
Yes, the party has held the legislature for most of the past three decades. But Republicans have controlled the governor's office.
Since Californians seem to have the memory of the Guy Pearce character in the film "Memento," who can't remember anything more than a few minutes, the GOP held the governorship for the past seven years, all the way until early January of this year.
Thinking more long term, a Republican has been in the governor's office for 23 of the last 28 years. And if you want to be truly historical, those "dominant" Democrats have held the most powerful position in California politics for just 25 of the last 112 years.
But set aside that history. Del Beccaro's real crime is misleading the public and his party about how we got into this mess -- and about the nature of the problem itself.
California's predicament is not that one party is out of control. It's that no party and no politician can gain control.
Over decades, Californians have constructed a giant, complicated governing system that can't be managed. It doesn't matter which party is power; this system, with all its budget formulas, is in charge.
And if you're interested in blame, the honest answer is: Republicans, Democrats, independents, the legislature, governors and voters themselves all built the system through their decisions.
So everyone is to blame.
Del Beccaro is still new to his job; it's not too late for him to pivot and show some leadership by leveling with Californians and his party.


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Anne Hathaway suffers 'Les Miz' wardrobe malfunction
Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY
Anne Hathaway's bondage boots caught our eye the minute she stepped on the red carpet at last night's Les Miserables movie premiere in New York.
But now, a different Hathaway photo is spreading like wildfire on the Web. It's one that reminds us of the good old Britney Spears days. Remember when Brit-Brit loved to go commando?
Well, it seems Hathaway opted to leave her undies at home last night. As she slid out of the limo in her high-slit Tom Ford black gown, she flashed her now not-so-private-parts. And cameras caught it.
Sites are censoring the shot, covering up the actress' naughty bits with various things, including a heart, the words Uh-Oh, a blurry spot, and a Les Mizposter head.


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The Real Quarrels over the Quartering Act
Yesterday I wrote about the Quartering Act of 1765 and its 1774 revision, which were among the so-called "Intolerable Acts" that supposedly led up to the Revolution. Since they didn't require people to house soldiers in their homes, as our modern conception has it, why were those laws so controversial?
There were two major arguments over the Quartering Act in the decade before the Revolutionary War. First, in January 1766, the New York legislature refused to pay for food and supplies for the several regiments stationed in the colony, as that law required. There were more British troops in New York than any other colony, most of them in New York City.
In response, in June 1767, the London government under Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend secured a new law threatening to suspend the New York assembly until it complied with the Quartering Act. New York was among the least unified and confrontational of the colonies, but the legislature held out through two election cycles until 1769. At the end of the year it finally voted to pay £2,000 for food and supplies for the troops.
Meanwhile, another Quartering Act quarrel arose in Boston, where the British government moved four regiments starting on 1 Oct 1768. The mission of those soldiers was to make it easier for the Customs service to collect Townshend's new duties by discouraging townspeople from rioting. Under the Quartering Act, the province was obliged to supply barracks for those troops.
Fine, said the Whigs; the soldiers can go into the barracks at Castle William. A company of Royal Artillery had spent the winter there a couple of years before, and the Castle was within the town's legal borders. There was only one problem in regard to the military mission: Castle William was on an island in Boston harbor. (At least it was an island at high tides. Now the site is called "Castle Island," but it's attached to the mainland. Go figure.) So the military commanders couldn't accept those quarters.
Instead, Gov. Francis Bernard wanted to house the troops in a big building next to Boston Common called the Manufactory-House. It had been erected in the 1750s to house spinners and weavers manufacturing linen and wool cloth. That business venture had failed, and the building became property of the province. A family of weavers named Brown lived there, perhaps along with some other families, and they, encouraged by local leaders, refused to leave.
Meanwhile, the troops in town had to be housed somewhere. At first they went into other government buildings, and the Whigs complained in their newspaper dispatches:
We now behold the Representatives' Chamber [in the Town House], Court-House, and Faneuil-Hall, those seats of freedom and justice occupied with troops, and guards placed at the doors; the Common covered with tents, and alive with soldiers; marching and countermarching to relieve the guards, in short the town is now a perfect garrison.Then some friends of the royal government rented space to the army, and the Whigs pointed out how two of them were (a) not from around here, and (b) profiting:
Report, that James Murray, Esq; from Scotland, since 1745, had let his dwelling house and sugar houses [actually his sister's], for the quartering of troops, at £15 sterling per month, and that Mr. Forrest from Ireland had let them a house lately purchased for about £50 sterling, at the rate of £60 sterling per annum.After hearing about two more regiments on their way from Ireland, Gov. Bernard again demanded use of the Manufactory. On 18 October, the Council—the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature—voted to approve this move. Two days later, Sheriff Stephen Greenleaf and his deputy Joseph Otis led some soldiers into taking part of the building by force. The Whigs tried to portray this action as tyrannical, reporting that Brown had "received several [sword] thrusts in his cloaths." Newspapers praised the hold-outs, highlighting "children at the windows crying for bread." Brown sued Greenleaf and Otis in court.
By the end of the month, however, the stand-off was resolved, at least as a practical matter. The regiments left the government buildings and moved into unused warehouses and distillery buildings around town. In fact, one businessman involved in these private transactions was William Molineux, the most radical of the Whig merchants. He had apparently received instructions from Charles Ward Apthorp of New York, whose Boston property he managed, to rent space to the army. And the regiments remained in those quarters until after the Boston Massacre.
Thus, the disputes over the Quartering Act were not between the military and individual families, but between the London government and local governments. The Browns and other families in the Manufactory were briefly displaced by the army, but they were living in a public building, not their own property.
In modern political terms, the Quartering Act of 1765 imposed an "unfunded mandate" on colonial and local governments, requiring them to provide resources for an imperial government initiative that they didn't want and couldn't control. The law imposed on the community as a whole. And the Quartering Act of 1774, though it didn't change where troops could be quartered, did give even more decision power to authorities appointed in London. Colonial leaders had a real quarrel with that.


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• Everton 3-0 Liverpool. Now that is how you embarrass a rival team. The Toffees served up an ass-beating to their neighbors, with Tim Cahill putting Everton on the board in the 23rd minute, and Andrew Johnson finishing Liverpool off with goals in the 35th and the 90th. Everton finds themselves at the top of the table, with 10 points through 4 games. Liverpool has 4 points through the three games.
• Arsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough. Did Arsenal hire Isiah Thomas at some point in the off-season? They continue their run towards the lower middle of the table, getting a draw with Middlesbrough today. The Gunners trailed for the entire game, some of it even when Middlesbrough was playing with 10 men, and they need a Thierry Henry penalty kick to save a tie for them. It is now officially Arsenal's worst start to a Premiership season.
• Chelsea 2-1 Charlton. And speaking of worst-ever starts to Premiership seasons... Hello, Charlton. Chelsea pushed them around the field in a 2-1 victory that wasn't as close as the score would indicate. It was Ashley Cole's debut, as he started his Chelsea career as a sub. Drogba and Carvalho were your goal scorers, and Frankie Lampard missed a penalty kick in the 84th minute.
• As Mike Cardillo at That's On Point noted, it was a nice day for Americans in the English Premier League. Brian McBride and Carlos Bocanegra scored clutch goals for Fulham in their win over Newcastle. And goalkeeper Brad Friedel stopped not one, but two, penalty kicks for Blackburn against Sheffield. If this keeps up, I'll be really really excited right before we get our asses kicked in the World Cup.
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Newcastle 1-2 Fulham
Portsmouth 1-0 Wigan
Sheffield United 0-0 Blackburn
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- Multimodal image registration technique based on improved local feature descriptors
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- 2015
- Type
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- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/76483
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- vital:7562
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- https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.24.1.013013
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- Multimodal image registration has received significant research attention over the past decade, and the majority of the techniques are global in nature. Although local techniques are widely used for general image registration, there are only limited studies on them for multimodal image registration. Scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) is a well-known general image registration technique. However, SIFT descriptors are not invariant to multimodality. We propose a SIFT-based technique that is modality invariant and still retains the strengths of local techniques. Moreover, our proposed histogram weighting strategies also improve the accuracy of descriptor matching, which is an important image registration step. As a result, our proposed strategies can not only improve the multimodal registration accuracy but also have the potential to improve the performance of all SIFT-based applications, e.g., general image registration and object recognition.
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- Journal of Electronic Imaging Vol. 24, no. 1 (2015), p.
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- 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing; Key-point description; Image registration; Object recognition; Descriptor matching; Image registration techniques; Keypoints; Multimodal image registration; Multimodal registration; Scale invariant feature transforms; SIFT descriptors; Weighting strategies; Medical imaging
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PORTLAND, Maine — The criminal case against a man accused of setting fire to a nuclear submarine docked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard could be resolved before it goes to trial, according to the defendant's attorney.
In court documents filed Tuesday, public defender David Beneman indicated he and the prosecutor assigned to the case have been meeting to discuss a "potential resolution" that would avoid the need for a grand jury indictment.
Prosecutors say the 24-year-old defendant, Casey James Fury, has confessed to setting a fire in May that ravaged the forward area of the USS Miami, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine.
Investigators say Fury has also confessed to lighting a second fire underneath the same ship on June 16.
U.S. Navy investigators claim Fury, a civilian painter and sandblaster, set both fires in order to leave work early. Fury had been assigned to work on the Miami while it was undergoing an overhaul at the shipyard.
Fury was arrested in July, following an investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. He was ordered held without bail as he awaits a grand jury indictment.
Under federal law, prosecutors were previously required to seek an indictment by Aug. 22. Beneman asked a federal judge to extend that timetable this week in order to allow experts to review the evidence in the case. The motion was granted by a federal judge, with the consent of Assistant U.S. Attorney Darcie McElwee, pushing the date by which an indictment must occur to Sept. 26.
In a motion filed in federal court in Portland, Beneman explained that foregoing the indictment could ultimately save "substantial national resources extending beyond just court resources."
More than 100 firefighters helped to extinguish the May 23 fire on the Miami, which continued to burn for approximately 12 hours. The fire caused an estimated $400 million worth of damage. Seven firefighters also suffered minor injuries during the event.
Prosecutors say Fury initially denied any involvement, but eventually confessed while undergoing a polygraph test. Fury then led Navy investigators on a walk-through of the USS Pasadena, another submarine stationed at the shipyard with a similar layout to the Miami, and demonstrated how he allegedly set fire to the ship, according to court documents.
The scope of the damage to the Miami, coupled with the statements made during Fury's alleged videotaped confession, have led Beneman to retain "one or more forensic experts," according to court documents. At least one of those experts has reviewed a portion of Fury's taped confession, as well as records about Fury's background compiled by prosecutors.
It's expected that "several additional meetings with the defendant" and unspecified "testing" will be required for the expert to offer a professional opinion to Fury's defense attorney.
"Given the complexity of the forensic and evidentiary issues involved, and ... particularly the need for a full expert evaluation of the defendant before a determination can be made on resolution pre-indictment, the defense needs additional time to complete the expert evaluation," Beneman wrote.
Beneman declined to comment on his request for a delay when he was contacted by phone Tuesday.
"In a pending case, I'm not allowed to discuss any aspect of the case," he said.
McElwee also declined to comment on the potential "resolution" Beneman alluded to in court documents. She confirmed prosecutors are still preparing to bring the case to trial.
"I can't comment on anything that isn't public record," she said.
Attorneys seek to resolve USS Miami fire case before a trial
PORTLAND, Maine — The criminal case against a man accused of setting fire to a nuclear submarine docked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard could be resolved before it goes to trial, according to the defendant's attorney.


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A Dog's day at the Beach
Lucy chases a stick at Clover Point beach in Victoria BC with a GoPro strapped to her back.
Review of the HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One
We just bought a new HP OfficeJet J6480 multi-function-device. It's a network (wired or wireless) connected printer, scanner, fax, copier, with a duplexer and page feeder. This is the story of how we got it and how it worked in conjuction with Linux and OSX computers.
At the end of 2008 our HP OfficeJet 7310 multi-function printer/scanner/fax started having problems. The scanner started to make the left side of all scanned images green. This of course meant that the scanner, copier, and fax were basically useless, which left the printer. Getting it fixed cost more than a new printer (it was beyond waranty), so when it started to choke on print jobs, it was time to get a new one.
Backuppc Everywhere
Like most people I have lost data in the past; hard drives failures, Windows viruses, etc. I've found it takes one big data loss for people to see the value of good backups. So it was for me. I saw the light in 1998 when I lost much of my archived data to an infected networked Windows computer. I didn't run it very often, but when I left it running over night for the first time, the virus ended up deleting all the user files on my UNIX file server. Since then backups have been very important to me.


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The internet-famous Nintendo 64 kid is about as perfect a summary of Christmas morning excitement you can get. For a more contemporary take, though, here's AJ opening his Wii U yesterday morning.
What he lacks in blood-curdling terror he makes up for with heart-warming affection. Seriously, that's maybe the longest hug I've ever seen.
Wii U Causes NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!!! [YouTube, thanks GiantBoyDetective!]


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Your backing band on The Naked Flame, Capsula, is especially hot. How did this collaboration come about?
Capsula is this Argentinean band based in Spain. I mixed their album Rising Mountains at my studio, and they kept prompting me to make a new record. Finally I gave in and sent them demos of some new songs for them to play around with. They rerecorded the songs and gave them this urgent treatment that let me know they really got me and we were on the same page. I had to do the record after that.
Julian and Capsula bassist Coni Duchess (playing a Gibson Grabber) at a 2009 gig in Spain. Photo by Berlén
Did you write out their parts or did they learn them by ear?
Generally, I don't write out music unless I'm working with string or horn players, so it was all by ear. I'm sure it was a pain in the ass for everyone to learn—the music is much more complex than it sounds—but they nailed it. The band was on fire.
Let's talk gear. Which guitars do you prefer?
Julian with his 1962 Strat (which has an epoxied-on 1973 neck) at Europa Club in New York City in 2007.
Photo by Jackie Roman
I've also been enjoying these new electric guitars made by Hanson. I've got a solidbody one called the Cigno, which has P-90-style pickups and sounds great. As for acoustic, around '92 or '93 I visited Gibson's acoustic factory in Bozeman, Montana, and smelled the wood and glue of a new Hummingbird, played it, and lost my mind. I decided to buy it on the spot no matter how much it cost, and it's been my main acoustic ever since.
Are you picky about strings?
I use D'Addarios—.010s at home but .011s or .012s on the road if I'm feeling like a real man. I find that I get a bigger and better sound with heavy strings higher off the fretboard. Something else I do, which I picked up from Nile Rodgers, is put acoustic strings on an electric guitar. The magnets don't pull on the metal as much as they do with electric strings, so you get a much woodier sound—a cool thing for chords and rhythm stuff. Currently, I have acoustic strings on the 12-string Tele. I wouldn't recommend that readers put acoustic strings on all their electric guitars, but try it on at least one sometime—you'll be pleased with the sonic results.


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1: Please provide a brief item description with any links that you post. Something as simple as this is good:
A64 X2 4200+ http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app/vi ... 547&DEPA=1
It saves a ton of time not having to click on the link to see what product is linked to. (Also, please say what socket you want to use. This causes alot of confusion from time to time)
2: Please state the intended usage of the system you're going to build (gaming/scientific/workstation graphics/etc.) or a combination of the above as it makes it much easier to recomend parts.
3: Check somewhere like http://www.resellerratings.com if it's your first purchase from a vendor. There is nothing worse than getting ripped off by some site that advertises a price that is too good to be true. Remember if it sounds to good to be true it probably is.
4: Please state your budget to facilitate picking out parts to recomend.
5: Please keep all your questions about the same build in the same thread. There is no need to make a separate thread for each component.
6: Please state your location, and your preferred places to shop (ie Newegg, Australia, UK) that way we can know what currency we are working with and also what stuff might be available.
7: Please refrain from starting a thread to ask if part XYZ is a good part odds are there is already info on that part in the forums somewhere. The search tool is your friend.
8: If you are building a system ask for advice when you are almost ready to build. If you are building a system in three months ask us then. New parts come out and prices change almost daily. Parts that are a good deal today probably wont be in three months.


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Pittsburgh ALS patient begins journey of strength
Neil Alexander diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease
Neil Alexander is on a journey of strength after being diagnosed with a disease that is slowly killing him.
"I was actually left alone in the room for just a little bit, and I was saying out loud, 'This cannot be happening.' And then I left the office, and I had to walk through the hospital, and it truly was something you see depicted in a movie, like a dream sequence," Alexander told Channel 4 Action News anchor Wendy Bell. "And then you get out there on the street, and what's just shocking is that life is going on, and you've just been told this information and, you know, you expect the world to stop, and the world is going on. And that's kind of a lesson you get with this type of diagnosis."
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease -- is a punishing death sentence that slowly kills muscles, steals voice and leaves a person immobile, unable to eat or communicate. All the while, the brain is perfectly intact. The cruel disease takes someone's life in two to five years.
"It can sneak up on me at the oddest times -- driving the car, in the shower, by myself. Laying in bed is a tough time when you're alone with your thoughts. And that's when you realize how devastating this is," Alexander said. "I have a wonderful marriage. I hope that goes on. I hope I'm around for a fair amount of time. But we're not going to get certain things that everyone assumes they're going to get -- and not all of us are going to get it."
Asked what she'll miss most about her husband, Suzanne Alexander began to sob and said, "I don't know. That's a hard one. I'm sorry."
Neil's plan is to keep life normal for the kids, Abby, 10, and Patrick, 8, but Suzanne knows the toughest times lie ahead.
"We spent the first period planning his death, looking at the will, looking at the policies, thinking about who's going to take the kids," Suzanne Alexander said. "And at some point -- I really don't know if it was one point -- we decided to plan his life, and plan his kids' future, and it was just a switch."
Rather than saving for retirement, the Alexanders are making their Fox Chapel home handicapped accessible, and Neil will soon leave his job at Hefren-Tillotson to spend the time he has left with his wife and children.
"I've never been hungry, I've never lived in fear, I've never been lonely, and I'm 46 years old," Neil Alexander said. "I don't want people to feel sorry for me because I truly -- I don't mean to sound trite; this is a bad thing -- but I've had a fantastic life. I wish I it was another 30 or 40 years. But there are people who are struggling out there."
Like Gehrig, the legendary Yankees slugger for whom the disease was named, the Alexanders are going out swinging. They started a foundation called LiveLikeLou.org to raise money for ALS patients in Western Pennsylvania who don't have the financial resources to die comfortably.


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Grandview heads Class 5A; all 4 girls soccer brackets released
The first of the spring sports brackets are out — girls soccer playoff fields were released on Sunday.
Grandview (1), Columbine (2), Regis Jesuit (3) and ThunderRidge (4) highlight the quadrants in Class 5A.
In 4A, it's Lewis-Palmer (1), Wheat Ridge (2), Windsor (3) and The Classical Academy (4).
Kent Denver (1), Colorado Academy (2), The Academy (3) and Jefferson Academy (4) head 3A and Dawson School (1), Vail Mountain (2), Front Range Christian (3) and Denver Christian (4) head the 2A field.
The 5A and 4A groups are in 32-team outlays; 3A in 24; and 2A in 12.
Elimination-round girls soccer will begin on Tuesday.


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Locations Health & Wellness Center
Multi-Specialty Clinic
If you need specialized diagnosis and treatment, why travel when expert care is right here in Rochelle?
Located in Suite 101 (1st floor) of the Health & Wellness Center, our Multi-Specialty Clinic unites area specialists in one convenient location that is easily accessible for our patients. This clinic has a large reception desk for check-in, five physician offices and 15 exam rooms, Stress Lab, an Education Room for diabetes, manager's office, storage, and staff lounge, as well as a conference room.
Specialty Healthcare Services in One Location
At the Multi-Specialty Clinic, doctors and surgeons offer care in key specialties including:
- Cardiology – Comprehensive heart care from diagnosis and testing to individualized cardiac rehab
- Dermatology – The diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases affecting the skin, hair, nails and mucous membranes.
- General Surgery – A wide range of surgical procedures offered on-site, with a specialty in colorectal health
- Hematology/Oncology – Specialized, on-site cancer care and treatment
- Nephrology – Top-notch kidney disease and hypertension management to the Rochelle area
- Neurology – Treatment for diseases and disorders of the brain, spinal cord and nervous system
- Obstetrics & Gynecology – On-site expertise in prenatal and gynecological care for women.
- Ophthalmology – Expert care for eye and vision problems
- Orthopaedics – Total care for fractures to sports injuries and beyond
- Podiatry – Relief and treatment for foot pain of all origins
- Urogynecology/Pelvic Health – On-site diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence and pelvic health issues
- Wound Care – Treatment options to promote healing for wounds that are chronic or won't heal
Easy Access to Hospital for Testing & Procedures
The Multi-Specialty Clinic features designated rooms for exams, cardiac testing, specialty procedures and more. Its technologically advanced equipment is conveniently located within the hospital. Plus, it provides easy access to the hospital's laboratory, radiology, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, and cardiac rehabilitation services. The Multi-Specialty Clinic offers everything the specialists need to serve you... right here in Rochelle!
Schedule an Appointment
For more information or an appointment, call 815-561-0009.


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Intelligent First Aid Review & Giveaway
Injuries are the number one cause of death for children 1-6 years old and in fact, the number one cause of death for ages 1-44 years old. While 70% of all accidents happen in the home, the ability to rapidly recall first aid steps and provide the necessary care is often a daunting task for parents, seniors and babysitters.
The Safe at Home Talking First Aid kit contains individual color and icon coded Care Packs containing ALL of the supplies and easy to follow instructions for managing the most common home injuries. The audio modules in each Care Pack takes the technology a step further. With the squeeze of a button, the module provides step by step instructions to manage the injury, pausing and repeating when necessary for accurate response.
Each injury care card contains the same first aid instructions taught in most first aid classes.The front of each card provides color and icon coding for rapid selection along with the list of supplies included. All of the instructional content on the cards is consistent with current first aid guidelines developed by the National First Aid Science Advisory Board.
The Safe at Home Talking First Aid kit contains Care packs for Bleeding, Bone, Bites & Stings and Basics. It also contains a 22 page full color guidebook covering additional medical emergencies.
My Thoughts:
I think this kit is awesome! I know that when faced with medical emergencies, I personally, tend to panic and cannot think clearly. Let alone trying to read a first aid book or online instructions(if computer is even close by). This totally would give peace of mind! Each care pack gives you all the gauze, bandages, disposable gloves, ice packs, rolls of tape etc that you would need for each injury. The audio instructions are easy to understand, are heard clearly and follow right along with the written instructions. On each card, there are pictures to go along with the written instructions and audio. I also love that everything comes in a convenient zippered carrying case and each care pack comes in its own Ziploc type resealable bag. While I cannot vouch for how well it would work in a true medical emergency, I feel much better knowing that I have this in my home in case something does happen. It would definitely make me feel better about knowing what exactly I am supposed to do so I don't make things worse instead of better and would help me keep calm and not panic. I highly recommend this to ANYONE for their home. It could save a life...literally!
Buy It: You can purchase the Talking Safe at Home and other kits at the Intelligent First Aid website. The Talking Safe at Home kit costs $59.99 and is well worth it for all the supplies that you get and the peace of mind it could provide with accurate written and audio instructions.
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The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on minor-league contracts with right-handed pitchers Greg Aquino and Daniel Cabrera, left-handed pitcher Erick Threets, infielder Freddie Bynum and outfielder Jason Botts.
The Cabrera signing is new. Stats: Cabrera. Stats for others: Bynum, Botts, Aquino, Threets.
Those 5 were invited to Spring Training. Also, Jordan Danks, Jared Mitchell, Brent Morel, and C.J. Retherford highlight the 10 players within the Sox system that were invited to Spring Training. More organization invitees: Charlie Leesman, Josh Phegley.
UPDATE: The other 4 organization invitees are C Miguel Gonzalez, C Donny Lucy, OF Josh Kroegar, and RHP Ryan Braun. Pitchers and catchers report to camp on February 21, position players on February 26. Here's FutureSox' post.


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The variety of new features in Pro Cycling Manager 2012 will please both new players and hard-core fans of the famous series. More complete than ever with the arrival of a new Pro division, new teams (a total of 81) and new competitions, Pro Cycling Manager deepens its management options thanks to the new and eagerly awaited Season Planner, which allows players to train their team for the upcoming season. The Tour de France is the pinnacle of the 2012 season, which now offers more than 180 playable competitions!
Never before has cycling been this faithfully rendered. The game benefits from incredibly detailed rider models, as well as new scenery, race elements and environments. The refined AI opponents react and adopt realistic strategies within each stage and throughout the competition.
Exciting in solo, Pro Cycling Manager 2012 now offers a unique multiplayer system for the very first time! Players will challenge each other in a persistent universe with a competition schedule, where every victory counts. With the new card system, players will now be able to create their own personal dream-team, including modern day champions as well as legendary riders of cycling history
Also known as: Tour de France 2012, Pro Cycling Manager: Tour de France 2012
Release Region: United States
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Pro Cycling Manager 2012 at IGN
Pro Cycling Manager 2012 at GameSpy
Pro Cycling Manager 2012 at GameStats


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I have wanted to learn Italian for the last five years but just couldn't find the right fit. Then I discovered Rosetta Stone TOTALe. It's captivating.
My personal, highly opinionated tour of Italiano TOTALe.
First of all, I should probably confess that I thought this would be easy. I studied Latin for three years and French for seven. How hard could it be? For the record, it wasn't hard at all. But learning a language naturally, i.e. like a child who is learning his or her native language, requires a level of concentration that is not like any other kind of instruction I have ever known. That's actually the beauty part.
Once I started the Rosetta Course, I was so completely engaged and engrossed, it was like watching a totally involving movie or maybe even a swimmer's high--it's that good. I was off in a zone. And when my session was over—no matter how well I did—I felt relaxed, satisfied and content. Some days were better than others—at the beginning, my scores we all over the map from 50% to 100%!—but the overall experience was absolutely positive and I always felt I was making important strides.
Rosetta Course
From the start, I was learning to speak, listen, read and write—all without translation or memorization. Before I knew it, I was thinking in a new language by connecting words with pictures in real-life contexts to convey meaning. I went from the unknown to the known in a clever sequence that kept me thinking, questioning and discovering with plenty of Aha! moments sprinkled in. The Rosetta Course kept track of my progress along the way and displayed my scores after each exercise. For anywhere/anytime practice, I could also load the Audio Companion on an iPod, MP3 player or just play the CDs.
Rosetta Studio™
Ok, so I was on a roll. That meant it was time for me to proceed to the next level, Rosetta Studio. Gulp. Here I was expected to practice my speaking skills with a native-speaking Studio Coach—mine was the beautiful and charming Giullianna—and other learners at my level in a real-time, interactive online environment.
Our conversation built my confidence for
our coming real-world interaction, our trip to
We also took a day trip to the Tuscan countryside including
San Gimignano,
Rosetta World®
Onto the next level, Rosetta World® where I was invited to play and practice skills designed specifically for my learning level. Now I could interact through games as a way to refine and build confidence.
Not so fast. Although I was doing well now—my scores were on the high 80 and 90 percent level, it still wasn't the least "easy." But, again, with a high level of concentration, I felt I was moving along at a nice pace.
Customer Success Team
At one point I just felt the need to be grounded. So I contacted the Customer Success Team and the next day, received a personal call with answers to all my questions. And when I had technical questions, I just clicked a button on the screen (I bought a new computer and there was a transition issues) and was immediately in a chat with a capable technician.
A Footnote
The historical Rosetta Stone is preserved in the
A black, possibly basalt slab with three languages on it ( Greek, demotic and hieroglyphs), provided the key to Egyptian hieroglyphics. Today, the Rosetta Stone has become a metaphor for just about anything that unlocks a mystery. Makes sense to me. The Rosetta Stone certainly provided the key to Italian for me. Molto Grazie, Rosetta Stone!
Rosetta Stone TOTALe
is available now only at
RosettaStone.com for a twelve month subscription at the introductory price of $999, regularly priced at $1199.
Rosetta Stone TOTALe is currently only available to customers in the
About Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone Inc. is changing the way the world learns languages. Rosetta Stone provides interactive solutions that are acclaimed for the power to unlock the natural language-learning ability in everyone. Available in more than 30 languages, Rosetta Stone language-learning solutions are used by schools, organizations and millions of individuals in over 150 countries throughout the world. The company was founded in 1992 on the core beliefs that learning a language should be natural and instinctive and that interactive technology can replicate and activate the immersion method powerfully for learners of any age. The company is based in
" Rosetta Stone" and " Rosetta World" are registered trademarks of Rosetta Stone Ltd.