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Worry for the NZ batsman is that most of them don't have a back foot game and on their last few tours here they have just been annihilated by back of a length pace. Probably helps them that the two venues for the tests probably won't be lightening quick.
Hmm, I don't think it will be specifically back of a length pace that damns us. Williamson, McCullum, Flynn and Brownlie are pretty strong in that area. If anything I'd target someone like Brownlie on the front foot or with his best mate spin.
It's the general leap in pace bowling quality from SL and India that will kill us. Well that and general incompetence.
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How about "selective mutist", a selective mutist is someone who cannot talk in certain conditions, but is quite chatty in others. For instance, a boy at school having difficulty chatting with other girls, but when he gets home, jokes around a lot with his sister. EDIT: If that wasn't clear enough, how about "parthenophobic selective mutist".... | |||||||||||||
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Remember this? The sad dumbing down of Nilin
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Remember Me dev wanted to "respect" gamers with a strong female protagonist
Dontnod didn't set out to push gender politics with Remember Me, instead designing its sensibly dressed, butt-kicking protagonist Nilin for grown up gamers.
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FIFA 14 petition calls for female players
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Ann Lemay, the BioWare writer responsible for the franchise's first female Turian character, has said she encountered little resistance when creating the potential all-female cast of Mass Effect 3′s Omega DLC.
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Joakim Noah and Marco Belinelli participated in portions of Tuesday's practice at the Berto Center, and Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau called them game-time decisions for Wednesday's showdown against the Miami Heat. Noah has missed the last two games with a recurrence of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Belinelli succumbed to an abdominal strain that has been bothering him for awhile before Sunday's victory in Minnesota. The Heat come to town with a 27-game win streak, the second longest in professional sports league history. The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers won 33 games in a row. "They're having an unbelievable season," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "It says a lot about their character, to be the defending champion and come back like this. Everyone is chasing them. They added quality shooting, so they can spread you out.
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Hi Andy: Short version: Use shared memory based devices (--comm=shared, or use ch_shmem for MPI that will not go outside of this box) for MPI on a single SMP node. OpenMP is (IMO, and no, this is not intended to be troll bait) very easy to use/program with. MPI is (also IMO, and also this is not intended to be troll bait) a bit harder to program with, but, and this is quite important, it forces you to think in distributed mode, which means that you typically are more focused upon the job of spatial localization of data, and data layout in general. That stricter discipline is very helpful. There will be people who take issue with both of these statements, and it is worth while to have a healthy discussion of the relative merits of each. <self_promotion> I should be covering a little of this in a class I am going to teach next semester (see http://www.cs.wayne.edu/winter2005courses.htm# ) </self_promotion>. Joe Andrew D. Fant wrote: > This may be opening up a can of worms, but does anyone have any > information about the relative merits of the various open > implementations of MPI in SMP systems? I'm setting up a Linux server > with multiple CPUs and I wanted to know if one implementation is > significantly faster than others under these conditions. > > Thanks, > Andy > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 612 4615
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Carver's Steakhouse - Sheraton Cavalier
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As usual great food service and ambiance. Definitely worth paying a little more for.
Caesar salad prepared at your table side - wow! This restaurant is an old school steak house done in a fresh modern atmosphere. Our waiter accommodated all of our requests cheerfully. And our filets were prepared perfectly. They came with vegetables and potato. We left felling full. I also liked how they provided a browsable wine list on an iPad. This is what great steakhouses used to be like.
Graet food... Really great servuice...deffinately coming back...
The beef was fantastic. The quality of the beef and preparation was outstanding. Unfortunately the service was extremely slow -- not sure if the kitchen or service people were short staffed. The waitress did her best. Good food takes time to prepare so I know the meal was not prepare in some "factory" and heated in ovens at the restaurant! It was prepared and cooked on site, but 2 hours to get our main course was too long! Will recommend the restaurant, especially the Alberta beef.
Excellent service , friendly, Attentive and knowledgable staff. Service Not rushed and not slow, easy to have a conversation. Great date or romantic occasion spot. Food was excellent. Just a very nice restaurant.
We celebrate my husband's BD there, very good steak. It's one of rare places left where they still make to order czeasar salad at your table.
We had a wonderful dinner experience! The table side service was incredible, and all the food was amazing! All the servers were very welcoming, friendly and fabulously professional. They were very attentive to us and entertained us with great conversation throughout the evening. We would highly recommend Carver's to our friends! An incredible dining experience.
Awesome menu and staff is friendly and attentive. Made for an incredible meal with my family.
The place was very romantic for my wife's birthday dinner. The food was exquisite. The wine marvelous. The service was the best I have had in a very long time. We will definitely be using Carver's as our place to go to celebrate a special event.
My mother was visiting from out of town and had never dined here before, I mentioned this in the online reservation and also that it was a special occasion and they seated us at the perfect table for ambiance. They were very attentive and had impeccable timing for refreshing our drinks. Our meals were delivered by 3 servers at the same time!!! Each of us enjoyed the meal we chose. (I ordered the Filet Mignon with Lobster tail and it was so tender and very tasty, I was happy I decided to go with it) Incredible!!!! My Mother was very happy here and because we were celebrating for her, it made the night successful! Wonderful night and of course we will be back
Recently tried this place with a family member and was blown away by everything it had to offer. Service was courteous and friendly, meal was perfectly cooked and the taste was phenomenal. Would recommend to anyone for a professional high class dining experience. Thank you for the wonderful meal! Chateaubriand was superb! A+++
Definitely the best restaurant in this area of Calgary. Both the filet mignon and the salmon were outstanding. Serving sizes are generous ; great value for the money. Service was quick, excellent, and efficient. The restaurant is small, so large groups can raise the noise level. We will definitely return the next time we are in town.
The meal was fantastic and we would definitely go back again and treat ourselves. We met another couple and all of had different entree's and each was as good as the other. You may think when you are looking at the menu the food is overpriced, but wait till it comes out and you indulge yourself into probably the best steaks and prime rib in Calgary. Great night out.
My wife and I celebrated our 34th anniversary at Carver's on June 29th. Everything was absolutely outstanding and exceeded our expectations. The Caesar salad prepared at the table, with a little extra garlic as requested, was superb...almost as good as my own! The Chateaubriand was truly medium rare as requested and the final flaming and serving at the table reminded us of wonderful dining experiences of the past. The complimentary Cherries Jubilee, again prepared at the table, was totally unexpected and superb. The finale, a couple of chocolate dipped strawberries, was just a nice touch. Service was friendly, efficient, and unobtrusive. We would highly recommend Carver's for any special occasion.
The food was absolutely outstanding. Four of us started with Caesar salad--great to have it made tableside. The steaks we ordered were cooked and seasoned perfectly--just delicious. The potatoes were quite dry (not just this evening but each time we visit), so we would suggest ordering a baked potato. Lots of vegetables served. One person did not like red peppers (that came with the halibut), so they were substituted with no problems. For dessert two people ordered the peppered strawberry crepes and two people ordered the bananas and rum. Both were made tableside with competence and flair. Spanish coffees were made tableside as well. Cons--poor beer selection, dry potatoes and no birthday "greetings" even though requested at reservation.
This was my second visit to Carvers and while still very good, it was a bit of a let down after my first visit. We arrived all dressed up for our anniversary for a late evening dinner. The waiter who seemed like he wanted to be anywhere but there, tried to seat us right in between a table with squawking children and a table with loud businessmen. Fortunately, there were plenty of empty tables so we did get ourselves moved into another quieter section with a more attentive server. The caeser salad was still made tableside but this person was a little too heavy handed in the preparation for my taste. The beef was as good as ever though. We had the smallest cut of prime rib and could barely finish it.
This weas my second time to have the rack of lamb and it was amazing again. As was the pepper strawberry crepes. Wine was also good
Very cozy setting as you walk in but the sitting arrangement could be better. Loved the service. Playful but professional. Exceptional food. Cart service with the entree highly recommended for the entertainment value. Loved it.
It has been a number of years since we last went to Carvers, the service is still excellent the food is very good and I would recommend it to anyone. We have recently dined at a couple of high-end restaurants in Calgary and have been very disappointed with the service, I can not say enough about the quality of service at Carver's. The wait staff and the kitchen had perfect timing, and the food was prepared perfectly.
Nice to be able to dine without the noisy TV"s and Loud music of some sports bars as well as restaurants. Have had a small christmas/office get together here about 10 years ago, great food, staff fun also.
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I have been thinking to go to this restaurant quite some time finally have a chance and experience was wonderful my guest loved it and so did I service was very good overall environment Cozi food was delicious will visit again soon!!!!
My daughter's birthday was celebrated in style this year at Carver's Steakhouse at the Sheraton. We started with cocktails from the iPad wine list. This is a creative idea, however, once you've made your selection they take it away - removing the option of referring back to it for after dinner drinks and/or dessert. Then we had the Ceasar salad for two. Made at the table while you watch, the server offered to adjust the dressing recipe to accomodate any allergies/preferences. Our entrees were cooked perfectly as usual, portions were generous and the service was beyond excellenct.What we enjoyed most was the relaxed dining atmosphere. No rushing us through our meal courses - in fact, the patient style of serving made us want to stay longer!!
The superb service set the stage for me wanting to be very forgiving of what I thought would be mediocre food. The steaks were suprisingly good even though the ambience in the room did not suggest high class steak house. They still served up some of the best tasting steaks I have had in a while.
Staff was very helpful in wine selection. Helpful in selecting a Gluten-free meal. The beef was amazing!
This was more than a meal - it was an experience !! Table side Caesar salad, Chateaubriand & Cherries Jubilee - all made the experience even better. The bread & butter all the way to dessert was amazing - good flavors, top quality meat and produce.....FANTASTIC service! We will be back to try the Halibut next time. Cheers! Claudia
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After Sunday's Thunder-Mavericks game, Jonathan Tjarks of RealGM.com asked Russell Westbrook if he thought teammate James Harden was a max player, referring to his contract status. Westbrook gave a succinct answer about how great of a player Harden is, and shut Tjarks down with a terse "no more questions for you bro" followed by an eye roll and a smirk.
Kudos to you, Russell. Asking about a player's contract situation after a playoff series win isn't really good form, especially when you're asking a teammate as opposed to a member of the front office. There's no real way for Westbrook to say "no, he's not" without possibly pissing Harden off, so why would he even answer the question with a negative response?
Imagine if reporters were asking Matt Holliday last October after the NLDS if he thought Albert Pujols was worth $250 million. It's ridiculous.
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Port strike watch: ILWU's shutdown spreads across L.A. and Long Beach
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After warning of the catastrophic consequences of the long-planned Big Labor chaos at our nation's ports for more than a year, I'm finally not the only one talking about it.
As I told you yesterday, the ILWU clerks' union brought L.A.'s busiest pier to a standstill. And now, the Big Labor virus has spread:
A strike by clerical workers shut down terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Wednesday after other workers refused to cross picket lines at the nation's busiest combined cargo complex, officials said.
Seven of eight terminals at the Port of Los Angeles were shut down by the action, along with three of six terminals at the neighboring Port of Long Beach, officials at the facilities said.
The strike is the largest work stoppage at the ports in a decade, but its effects on the movement of goods could ultimately be limited if workers return soon. Many goods destined for sale in the holiday shopping season have already moved through the ports.
Longshore clerks at the ports are in a dispute with terminal operators over staffing issues.
The clerks, represented by a unit of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 63, took to the picket line on Wednesday, and other key personnel such as crane operators also represented by the ILWU have refused to cross picket lines.
Stephen Berry, lead negotiator for port operators the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association, said the strike marks "a dangerous escalation" in his group's ongoing dispute with the union representing the clerks.
He added that if the strike continues "the negative effects on jobs and the economy will be felt nationwide."
This is part of the decades-old fight at the docks over modernization. It's not about "fair wages" or "outsourcing." These workers are among the highest-paid clerical workers in America with unheard-of guaranteed contracts, pensions, and benefits.
The OCU [clerical workers' union] enjoy extremely generous paid time off benefits (with average absenteeism from vacation, sick leave, holidays, and other leaves totaling over 29%, or three and one-half months, of the year). In the face of this absenteeism, the OCU demand that when employees are absent, for whatever reason, the employers must call in a temporary employee to fill the vacancy on the first day and for the duration of the vacancy.
• The OCU also insist that the employers hire a new employee every time an employee retires or quits, even if there is no work for the new employee to perform.
• The OCU's last written proposal before the strike includes an unlawful demand that employers convert some managers to union-represented clerks as a reward for giving the OCU misleading and/or false information that the OCU sought to use against the employers during contract negotiations.
…The OCU are already the highest paid clerical workers in America. The employers' latest proposals would increase OCU annual compensation packages to over $190,000 in wages and benefits by 2016, including:
• Average annual wages up to approximately $90,000;
• Pensions of up to $75,000 per year;
• Maintenance of all benefits in the OCU's extremely generous health plan, for which the OCU pay nothing (benefits include, e.g., $0 co-pay for generic drugs; $0 for x-rays, diagnostics, and lab tests; $5 office visit co-pays; 90% coverage for infertility; and more);
• Maintenance of all other employment benefits (an average of 12 weeks of paid time off every year; meal and transportation allowances; early retirement with full benefits; education reimbursement; etc.).
Union protectionism at the expense of billions of dollars' worth of trade and the livelihoods of thousands of small businesses, wholesalers, importers, shippers, dock workers, truckers, and their families. Heckuva job, Big Labor.
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"It always kind of takes you by surprise, because you have days like this where it is 75 degrees or 80 degrees," homeowner Kristina Knight said.
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I took the pumpkin mini-cake recipe I had and tried it out as a pancake. It makes 3 decent size pancakes for under 100 calories!
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In 1941 publishing magnate Henry Luce proclaimed the dawning of the American Century, and by the mid 1960s, if one looked at the business community, there was every reason to believe he was correct. At home and abroad American business was preponderant. The domestic economy was growing, unemployment was down, firms were increasingly productive, and technology was fueling constant innovation. Historians Louis Galambos and Joseph Pratt noted: "It was a good time to be in business in the United States, an era when American efficiency and entrepreneurship were the wonder of the world."
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During the 1960s the United States experienced its longest uninterrupted period of economic expansion in history. Whereas automobiles, chemicals, and electrically powered consumer durables were the leading sectors in the 1950s, they were supplanted by aerospace, housing, and the computer industry in the 1960s. By the end of the decade the average American's real income had increased SO percent since 1950, and the country's high standard of living became the envy of the world. Median family income rose from $8,540 in 1963 to $10,770 by 1969. This newfound affluence meant that many Americans for the first time enjoyed discretionary income that could be spent for enjoyment, not necessities. This prosperity did not reach all,...
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Several members of Congress, led by House Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, have introduced the State Health Flexibility Act to streamline federal funding for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program into one block grant to the states. The legislation would give the states maximum flexibility to tailor the program to meet the unique health care needs of their citizens without having to plead with Washington for every minor improvement they want to make.
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I was very much surprised at the violence at the end of this book. I knew Charlie was emotionally drained, but the physical violence was almost a bit much. Any thoughts by anyone else?
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Dredging of a highly contaminated canal along the shore of Lake Michigan has begun, triggering fears among some experts that the project could release harmful chemicals into an Indiana community.
To dig a deeper canal for ships, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is removing large volumes of contaminated sediment – equivalent to about 160 million truckloads – from the Indiana Harbor and Canal.
The canal already contributes a significant amount of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to East Chicago's air. And that load of pollution could skyrocket as the Corps dredges into deep sediment, said Keri Hornbuckle, a professor at the University of Iowa's department of civil and environmental engineering.
"I'm not as worried about the dredging process itself, but what they could leave behind on the surface," Hornbuckle said. "That's the stuff that will get into the air."
A new, as-yet unpublished study has found that indoor air in East Chicago, a low-income area inhabited almost entirely by Hispanics and African Americans, already has PCB levels about three times higher than its outdoor air.
For five decades, beginning in the 1930s, a now-defunct refinery discharged the chemicals, which were banned in the late 1970s, into the canal. Widely used as electrical insulators and industrial lubricants, PCBs have been linked to many health effects, including cancer, reduced IQs in children and asthma.
The canal's sediment is "among the most contaminated and toxic" ever reported, according to a 2002 U.S. Geological Survey study.
Connecting the Grand Calumet River to Lake Michigan, the Indiana Harbor and Canal is designated an "Area of Concern," a term used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for environmentally degraded sites in the Great Lakes basin.
In a $180-million project that will take eight to 10 years, the Army Corps will be removing 1.6 billion cubic yards of sediment from several feet below the surface, where PCB concentrations are up to six times higher than surface sediments, according to a 2011 study led by Hornbuckle.
"If the underlying sediment is twice as concentrated with PCBs as the surface sediment they're getting rid of, then it's likely the airborne levels will double" in East Chicago, Hornbuckle said.
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Miller said there are "multiple viewpoints on whether a compound is considered non-volatile or volatile" and that high levels of PCBs and metals won't be released into the community's air.
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Ron Hites, a professor at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs who specializes in air monitoring in the Great Lakes basin, agreed with Hornbuckle, saying PCBs on surface waters become airborne.
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I didn't say that. I said a visual reference alone was pretty much worthless. .../... Get a reference peak tone from your sound mixer. .../...It would be jolly lovely to have live VU's on the camera back, but they aren't an indication of the quality of the audio, only the strength of the signal. .../... If you are serious enough to care about any of this then I cannot accept that you would not want a way of hearing what your microphone and mixer is hearing.
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The first of the new disclosure regulations—covered service provider to plan sponsor—is finally here. And while plenty has been done to get ready to comply with the July 1 deadline, the real work—and your opportunity—may just be starting.
How do you help plan sponsors make the best use of the disclosures they will receive? And with so much focus on the fee part of disclosure regulations, how do you combat the misperception that the lowest fees are the best value for the plan?
About the new regulation
The ERISA section 408(b)(2) plan sponsor disclosure regulation calls for service providers, including financial professionals and third party administrators (TPAs) who work with retirement plans—and are covered service providers under the regulation—to disclose to plan sponsor clients the fees they receive and the services they provide.
While some have been providing much of this information already, the new requirements, and the laser-focus on one part of the disclosure—fees, makes this an important opportunity to help clients not only understand the information they will receive but also help them put it in perspective so they can use it to meet their obligations.
Plan sponsors have a fiduciary duty to evaluate whether plan fees are reasonable for the services received. Your first opportunity is to make sure your clients are fully aware of the services you are providing for the fees they pay. Listing your services as part of a formal agreement and discussing the value you bring with your clients is an important step.
Another way you can showcase your value is by helping plan sponsors assess the value they receive from any other retirement plan service provider. In so doing, you can reinforce your expertise and provide a service plan sponsors will appreciate.
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A key is in helping plan sponsors understand that "reasonable" doesn't necessarily equate to the lowest fees. There is a difference between what they may receive for the lowest fee possible versus paying reasonable fees for varying degrees of service. It's important to focus on helping clients understand the services they are receiving and assess the value of those services.
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- What is received in return? Help the client understand the breadth and depth of services received for the fees paid. Consider the types of services available, including personalized or unique services; plan administrative services; consulting services; participant education; plan documents, plan compliance and government filing; plan reporting and trust and custodial services.
- What is the assessed value? Help the client strike a balance between the overall cost and the services the plan sponsor expects to receive. Recognize that a number by itself doesn't tell the whole story. Assess whether the fees are within a reasonable range for that specific plan.
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To ensure the mare is cycling regularity, she needs to be at a body condition score (BCS) of 5 or 6 (on a scale of 1 to 9) and be exposed to increasing day length starting 2 to 2.5 months before her breeding date. Mares with a BCS of 5 or 6 cycle earlier, have better fertility, and seem to respond better to artificial lighting schedules. Mares that are thinner (BSC 3 or 4) can also have reasonably good fertility provided they are gaining weight. Mares under natural conditions start cycling between mid-March and May. A supplemental lighting program needs to be started by early in December if the desired breeding date is in February. If the goal is a March or April foal, begin the light treatment in January. Once started, the lighting program needs to be maintained until the natural day length is adequate, or mare may stop cycling. The current recommendation of 14.5 to 16
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Mares that failed to conceive or aborted last season should have been examined to determine the cause of infertility. Future fertility is negatively affected by infection during the offseason. Removing the infection several months before breeding also allows residual inflammation in the uterus to reduce, returning her uterine environment to optimum before the season commences. A complete veterinary exam can check not only for infection, but also for injuries and anatomic defects that affect fertility. Diagnostic methods for these mares include palpation, ultrasound, vaginoscopy and swabbing, but may also involve vaginal and cervical palpation, uterine lavage, biopsy and endoscopic examination of the uterus. Older mares with signs of Equine Cushing's disease or metabolic syndrome should be tested, and necessary treatments or dietary modifications began at least 2 months prior to breeding; this time is necessary to return to optimum fertility.
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Support for multi-touch in the Qt GUI toolkit is making visible progress, as demonstrated by the Qt development team on their blog.
At Qt Labs, the newest development is that the user interface will allow users to manipulate multiple widgets, such as with two or more fingers on both hands. Two short videos on Bradley T. Hughes's blog entry provide a teaser for how this might look in practice.
Thanks to a recently successful move of Qt development to an open Git repository (as we reported), the community can now participate in the current LGPL source code. The newest code for multitouch-and-gestures can now also be found there.
Less exciting for the open source community is that Qt's progress on multi-touch is currently limited to Windows 7 development and testing only. According to Hughes, the Windows 7 release candidate is the only platform so far that supports a multi-touch API. Qt is looking into Linux support, for example, by integrating with a third-party library.
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1. Luke Joeckel
2. Eric Fisher
3. Taylor Lewan
4. Lane Johnson
5. D.J. Fluker
1. Ezekiel Ansah
2. Alex Okafor
3. Tank Carradine
4. Bjoern Werner
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3. Alexander Ogletree
4. Kevin Minter
5. Khaseem Greene
1. Dee Milliner
2. Johnathan Banks
3. Xavier Rhodes
4. Jordan Poyer
5. Desmond Trufant
2014 Giants Mock (Assuming Nicks is let go)
1. C.J. Mosley, LB, Alabama
2. Brandon Coleman, WR, Rutgers
3. Louchiez Purifoy, CB, Florida
3. Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas
4. Weston Richburg, C, Colorado State
5. Rashaad Reynolds, CB, Oregon State
6. JaWaun James, OT, Tennessee
Seen one mock that has the Giants taking Ansah.
OT: Joeckel - Lewan - Fisher - Lane Johnson - Fluker
DE: Werner - Moore - Jordan - Ansah - Mingo
LB: Te'o - Jarvis Jones - Ogletree - Minter - Arthur Brown
CB: Millner - Banks - Rhodes - Poyer - Amerson
My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I`d go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I`m now resigned to the fact that this won`t happen. -- Michael Strahan, just when you think you're down...
No part of me wants a LBer first round. Give me the top DE, or a big physically-imposing CB. I'd even take a highly-rated, mauling OT/OG over LBer.