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Isufan22 gave me and so many others so much crap last year for questioning Rhoads and the direction of the program. I guess he finally sees the truth.
Originally Posted by Doctor
I believe you described the team as "cowardly" earlier.
Yes. Both of you.
ISU - quitting in the face of adversity
You - self explanatory.
Originally Posted by erikbj
No it's the truth, we had a plan that was working and then some bad things happened. Then isu's lack of depth came through (recruiting issues) and isu got blasted.
When we were up 14-0, everyone was feeling good. Then 3 bad things happen and it's over for this team.
We've certainly never seen an opposing coach out-adjust CPR.
It's never happened before.
Originally Posted by awd4cy
Isufan22 gave me and so many others so much crap last year for questioning Rhoads and the direction of the program. I guess he finally sees the truth.
Also, have a called for Rhoads to be fired? I have not.
Originally Posted by AdamJGray
This thread is the equivilant of having a ****** day at work and coming home and taking it out on someone who had nothing to do with it, your family.
We got whooped. Some people will *****, some people will cry, and some people will try and thing of some positives. Just let people deal with it their own way and not call each other out for stupid crap like this
Boom! Well said.
Does anyone here expect Chris and/or his staff to rag on the coaches and the players? I think we all saw what happened today. It is inexcusable.
As Brent said, analysis is not the same as making excuses. I'm also betting CW and staff have complained and are equally ****** about the outcome. But isn't their job to be whiny *******. We handle that fairly well. Everyone needs to vent and that's fine.
Let's just remember, as Mr Gray suggests, we are all on the same team and we all want to see this team win.
People just need to realize that CW is a homer. He gets paid to be. If the Clones stink and nobody cares about them anymore, then CW would be out of a job.
So you really can't blame him for puckering up this pig of a program right now. It's in his best interest. And if he starts ripping on ISU football, then he risks losing his access possibly.
So you can't really blame him. Just beware when you read articles describing how improved this team is and why you should get all excited that it could be a bit misleading, that's all.
CW, along with Rhoads himself and other coaches, have said all summer and all week long that we will know what we need to know about this team by 3 pm today. Well, the team has spoken, and it's just more of the same crap.
Hard for me to put any positive spin on what happened today. I don't see anything positive that can be built on from that mess. I mean, where do you even start? Nobody looked good except for the punter.
Originally Posted by ISUFan22
Yes. Both of you.
ISU - quitting in the face of adversity
You - self explanatory.
Please stop with the personal attacks.
Originally Posted by Doctor
Please stop with the personal attacks.
"While various existing codes have some differences, most share common elements including the principles oftruthfulness,accuracy, objectivity, impartiality, fairness and public accountabilityas these apply to the acquisition of newsworthy information and its subsequent dissemination to the public."
I'm not saying that Chris is unethical. I'm saying your point is BS. The idea that a journalist has a "product to sell" is disgusting and I would hope, as a journalist, Chris
CW is not a journalist. This ain't a presser for going to war in Iraq on cnn. It's a business, period.
Originally Posted by ISUFan22
Also, have a called for Rhoads to be fired? I have not.
Have you called for him to be retained?
Do you think he should continue as our coach?
Originally Posted by Beyerball
CW is not a journalist. This ain't a presser for going to war in Iraq on cnn. It's a business, period.
That's disenchanting. I hate the idea of him being a cog in the machine. I hope he doesn't feel like you do. It sounds like you're defending him but, honestly, I am.
Taking this loss out on CW is bush league at best.
Guys, I just want to say one thing. Jack and I do our best on that show. On days like today, trust me, it isn't a lot of fun. Just realize that my work on Cyclone Fanatic is separate to the Cyclone Radio Network. That is a whole different world than the one on here.
Go ahead and criticize me all that you want. It is fine. I can take it. It is part of my job. All I can do is try my best and attempt to get better every day, and I will.
Let's just try to not go at each other. That will only make a bad situation even worse.
Thanks for listening.
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Originally Posted by Doctor
Have you called for him to be retained?
Do you think he should continue as our coach?
First issue is CW - must be fired for making excuses. Expect immediate improvement next week once CW's head rolls down Lincoln Way.
Originally Posted by swarthmoreCY
You can just tell how bad it is listening to Ben and Jack.
We should improve and catch a team or two that does not want to be playing, like KU in poor weather.
Oh, sweet KU. I believe that 3 of the 5 wins the program has since Jake Knott went down are against Kansas. Without them, we just have squeakers over WVU and Tulsa.
Somehow, Kansas can't handle our horizontal offense or leaderless defense.
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Good question. I am mostly reading fantasy and I cannot think of a series that I have read that didn't come with a map. And I read David Eddings, Robert Jordan, Raymond Feist, Robin Hobb, Terry Goodkind, Ursula le Guin, Tanith Lee, Terry Brooks, George R. R. Martin, Tolkien... and many more. All those books contain maps
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Yesterday, Politico ran a story on school choice programs claiming that American taxpayers "will soon be spending $1 billion a year to help families pay private school tuition — and there's little evidence that the investment yields academic gains." In fact, there's quite a bit of evidence both that school choice works and that it saves money.
On the question of whether school choice results in superior learning, Politico makes the wrong comparisons. For example:
In Milwaukee, just 13 percent of voucher students scored proficient in math and 11 percent made the bar in reading this spring. That's worse on both counts than students in the city's public schools. In Cleveland, voucher students in most grades performed worse than their peers in public schools in math, though they did better in reading.
It is not accurate to compare disadvantaged students participating in a school choice program to the general population, which includes children from wealthy families, just as it would be inaccurate to compare all private school students against all public school students (which would show a clear advantage to the former over the latter). That's comparing apples and orangoutangs. The most accurate comparison is a randomized controlled trial (RCT), the gold standard of social science. As James Pethokoukis and Michael McShane pointed out over at the AEIdeas blog, Politico fails to mention that 11 of 12 RCTs found that choice improves student outcomes. The last study found no statistically significant difference while no study found any harm.
Many of the gains were small, though statistically significant, and often the gains were only for certain subgroups (generally low-income blacks) who had the least schooling options at the outset. However, based on the available evidence, even the most pessimistic reading of the data must conclude that school choice does no harm, on average. Even then, in addition to more satisfied parents, school choice is a great boon to taxpayers as it produces similar (or better) results at a much lower cost.
The "$1 billion" that Politico cites has no context. The United States spends more than $600 billion per year on public education at the state, federal, and local levels. Moreover, Politico focuses only on the cost of school choice, not the savings. Six empirical studies on the fiscal impact of school choice found that such programs save money for taxpayers. For example, for every $1 in lost revenue resulting from its scholarship tax credit, Florida saves $1.44 in expenditures. The Washington D.C. and Milwaukee school voucher programs each spend about half as much on voucher students as public school students. The Commonwealth Foundation estimated that Pennsylvania saves $512 million a year as a result of its STC program, while reducing state tax revenues by only about $40 million.
Finally, Politico claims that school choice is unpopular, citing a Gallup poll finding that 70% of the public opposes vouchers. The piece fails to mention that the poll was cosponsored by Phi Delta Kappa, which is ideologically opposed to school choice, and that the wording of the question reflects that. Politico also ignored the Harvard University/Education Next poll, which uses multiple question wordings to get a more accurate picture of what the public believes. Harvard found:
*54% of parents favor giving all families a "wider choice" to "enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition" compared with 21% opposed.
*46% of parents favor giving low-income families a "wider choice" to "enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition" compared with 21% opposed.
*When not given a neutral option, 50% of parents favor giving low-income families a "wider choice" to "enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition" compared with 50% opposed.
*When the question omits the words "a wider choice" and only asks about using "government funds to pay the tuition of low-income students who choose to attend private schools," 44% of parents are in favor with 32% opposed.
Note that while support fluctuates depending on the wording, no matter how Harvard asked the question there was still more support among parents for school choice than opposition.
Moreover, when asking about scholarship tax credits instead of vouchers, the support was even higher:
*57% of parents supported "a tax credit for individual and corporate donations that pay for scholarships to help low-income parents send their children to private schools" compared with 16% opposed.
*When not given a neutral option, 73% of parents supported "a tax credit for individual and corporate donations that pay for scholarships to help low-income parents send their children to private schools" compared with 27% opposed.
In summary, school choice programs raise student achievement, save money, and are supported by the public. But you wouldn't know that if you only read Politico.
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Estate Planning Misconceptions to Avoid
Posted on June 29, 2012 by Shannon Cavers
Many people I come into contact with feel they need not worry about estate planning to reduce federal taxes because "they're not that rich". While that may hold true based on remnants of the Bush tax cuts which sunset on December 31, 2012, 2013 is a whole new game. That game depends upon what Congress does between now and then, and who is in the White House come January. Consider these examples: If one of my clients passes away during 2012, his/her estate is exempt from the estate tax so long as the estate does not exceed $5 million dollars. Every dollar beyond the $5 million is taxed at 35%. However, if the same client dies in 2013, the figures are quite different: the estate is exempt from the estate tax so long as the estate does not exceed $1 million dollars, and every dollar thereafter is taxed at the rate of 55%. While the majority of my clients need not worry about having an estate in excess of $5 million, the $1 million mark is problematic, which leads into the next misconception. Many clients believe that life insurance proceeds are not taxable. That is only partly true, and failing to correct this view can really cost one's beneficiaries. Life insurance proceeds are not taxable to the designated beneficiary; however, the proceeds of a life insurance policy do count toward the decedent's gross estate for estate tax purposes. Considering that most people have a term life policy of at least $500,000 provided by an employer or through a private policy, $1 million dollars is not far away. You have more than you think! Adding the value of the decedent's home and other real estate, bank accounts, stocks, annuities, retirement accounts, and significant personal property quickly adds up, and pushes the decedent's estate into a taxable situation. Whether the decedent's estate is taxed at 35% or 55%, that takes a huge chunk out of what is left to the decedent's family and other devisees under his/her will. There are estate planning techniques to mitigate estate taxes, which are not all that difficult to implement, but doing so requires a tax planned will and trust. None of us knows what Congress will do about the estate tax in the coming months, but it will be a subject of partisan debate during election season. Uncertainty about the estate tax is unsettling, yet we can speculate that one of a few things might happen: (1) Congress will do nothing, and the estate tax will revert to a taxable rate of 55% for estates over $1 million; (2) Congress will vote to keep things status quo until later; (3) Congress will eliminate the estate tax altogether and we can all stop worrying (not likely); or (4) Congress may implement the Obama administration's position, which is to tax estates in excess of $3.5 million at a rate of 45%. Trying to read the tea leaves or look into a crystal ball rarely helps, but working with your family attorney to create a custom made estate plan is action that will yield results. Estate plans, like a football team playbook, need to be evaluated and tweaked on a regular basis to have a winning team. For estate planning purposes, the team consists of you, your CPA and your attorney.
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Bishop Paul Swain of the Diocese of Sioux Falls reportedly sent out a letter expressing his displeasure with a local Catholic college's decision to host Sister Simone Campbell, because of her strong support of Obamacare which he says violates religious freedom, according to SeattlePi.com.
In a letter to area clergy, Bishop Swain reportedly said he objected to Sister Simone's support of the new health care law as well as her criticism of the bishops' objections to the law.
Mount Marty College's Benedictine Institute of Leadership, Ethics and Social Justice last night hosted Sr. Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK, to give a speech entitled "Health Care and the Poor," according to the College's website.
Campbell recently criticized the bishops' stance against the HHS contraception and sterilization mandate, reportedly saying, "The Obama administration basically accepted all of the requests of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and made modifications. And yet, the bishops persist in saying it isn't sufficient. They keep moving the goal post. It's a question of giving people true information and not just fear."
Bishop Swain reportedly wrote that he was aware of Sister Campbell's support of the law and her critique of the bishops as well as her belief that the HHS mandate is not a threat to religious liberty. "Those who seek to know what the Church really teaches should look to the statements of the Bishops," he reportedly wrote. "Her position is both personal and wrong."
Bishop Swain criticized Obamacare as an infringement on religious liberty. "It also includes the mandate to require religious institutions as well as faithful Christians in their personal and corporate lives to provide for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and artificial contraception along with whatever other medications or procedures that may be added to the list of government-mandated coverage in the future," he stated. "As a result, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has consistently protested its enactment."
In conclusion, Bishop Swain reportedly wrote, "Neither Sister Campbell's remarks nor the content of her message are endorsed by me or the diocese. Given the moral gravity of the concerns, care must be taken to insure the faithful are taught on this issue with clarity."
Mount Marty President Joseph Benoit reportedly said Swain had previously approved Campbell's appearance last spring. "We have to be open and take into account that everyone is entitled to a viewpoint," he said.
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Don't care much for the writing style of the author and don't totally agree with everything in the article, but I get the point.
Living here in SW Colorado (retired and having a good income, especially when compared to most of our residents) gives me a little different view of hunters and fisherman. Sure we get lots of out of state hunters and fisherman, but the locals prefer to fill their freezer rather than hunt for "horns" and do catch and release. A nice, fat cow elk can provide a lot of good, healthy eating for a family.
Myself, I would buy an either sex tag every year if I could. Hunt for a good bull all season, but when the time came to decide if I was going to "eat my tag" as lots of us say......I'll pull the trigger on a cow in a heart beat. My philosophy has always been to eat what I shoot....except for varmints. The was instilled in me by my Father and Grandfather at a very early age, and I still live by it.


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Looks pretty good to me, I don't see anything that really needs improvement.
For a map contest at Playfactory (see here), I made the following map.
Has anyone tips to improve it?
Looks pretty good to me, I don't see anything that really needs improvement.
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I like the noose haning from the tree! Very foreboding!
I just wonder whether the mushrooms (champignions) are a little too big (but if it's fantasy then we always have big mushrooms in fantasy so that's ok).
Also the spiderwebs, lower the opacity a bit? They seem a little too white.
Otherwise no comments from me. Nice map, especially the road texturing.
All the lighting is very top down - everything has a universal dark surrounding glow. Perhaps a more directional light would help - and make the trees look a bit fuller and less flat.
Wow this is great and you have 0 rep ? What - let me see to that...
Bonk !
The map is great. Photoshop with Dundjinni art on top ? All is pretty good but I think the trees could do with something. The leaves are bright on the outside but its very gray in the middle.
Just reading through the forum. We have until 20th Dec to enter a map there then
Also, whats J.D.R. mean in English ? Jouer D... Role ? Close ???
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Looks pretty darn good to me, maybe the webs bit but that has been stated already. Might want to do some shading on the covered wagon top. Nice job.
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Its a very nice map.
(This is really really picky stuff) I don't know if its the grid over top or something but it seems a little washed out. You could try some sort of grunge layer multiplied across the land, below the plants if you can. A shared slight darkening might pull it together and make your plants pop a bit.
I don't see anything that I can say "this is wrong" though.
Excellent map. I really like that road. That dirt looks familiar. You might use trees that don't have the transparency inside so all of the trees match. The ones with transparency are good if you have something underneath to see but I think full trees look better.
Thank you all for your advices.
I switched to non transparent trees. The point of using transparent trees was that the map is to be printed so I wanted to have more of the grid visible.
But I agreed thaht it now looks better.
I also reduced the brigthness of the webs and tried to make a less "top down" shading...


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February 25, 2013 11:00 AM
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Is Hollywood South the end of Hollywood? That's one of the provocative questions addressed by Susan Christopherson, professor of economic geography at Cornell University, as she spoke to more than 75 students assembled in the Lavin-Bernick Center at Tulane University.
The creative aspects of film often are discussed, but Christopherson spoke from an economic and business standpoint that raised many questions. "Film incentives have very little to do with creativity or culture; it's about the money. This activity is a business proposition," she said.
As many Tulane students have witnessed, production sites in Louisiana and on the Tulane campus are commonplace.
The state has the highest tax incentive rate in the country and an astonishing $1 billion has been spent in the last 21 years in the form of subsidies and grants, all in hopes that someday Louisiana will establish its own production industry similar to the movie industry in Los Angeles.
The key question Christopherson posed was, is it worth it? Do the benefits of having movies and television shows shot here outweigh the cost of spending taxpayers' dollars?
Although the professor's personal opinion was clear — she does not think the benefits are worth the costs — her goal was not to persuade but instead to excite. And she most certainly did that.
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South Dakota Tribe To Open The Country's First Marijuana ResortThe Santee Sioux, a small tribe of about 400, will grow and sell pot in a smoking lounge that includes a nightclub, arcade games, bar and food service.
Startup Offers Indoor Marijuana Growing CaseStartup company Leaf is offering a self-contained hydroponic system that will automatically adjust growing conditions for up to two marijuana plants.
Willie Nelson Becomes Latest Celebrity In Marijuana Business"Willie's Reserve" will be grown and sold in Colorado and Washington
Senate Passes Bill To Ban Marijuana Vending MachinesThe Washington state Senate has passed a bill to forbid selling marijuana through a drive-through window or in a vending machine
Marijuana Store Defying Pierce County BanA co-owner of a recreational marijuana store says it will open Saturday in Parkland despite a Pierce County ban on marijuana businesses
Feds Give Indian Tribes OK To Legalize PotThe Justice Department says Indian tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands, as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have legalized the drug.
Oregon Voters Approve Recreational MarijuanaState officials will regulate the sale and taxation of cannabis products for adults 21 years of age and older.
First Marijuana Planted For Medical Use In ChileThe South American country's experiment adds to an international trend of easing restrictions on marijuana for medical or personal use.
Oregon Cities Scramble To Tax Pot Before Its LegalAt least 20 Oregon cities and counties are racing to approve taxes on marijuana in case voters legalize its recreational use in November
Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes To Dismiss Seattle Marijuana Tickets Seattle's elected prosecutor says he's dropping all tickets issued for the public use of marijuana through the first seven months of this year, because most of them were issued by a single police officer who disagrees with the legal pot law
Agency Leaders Prep For Oregon Pot Vote In the months before a marijuana legalization measure goes before voters, the leadership of Oregon's largest agencies quietly convened high-level meetings to discuss how to deal with it.
Marijuana To Boost Washington State Tax Revenue By $25M In The Next YearLegal marijuana could boost Washington state's tax revenue by $25 million by next July, with an estimated $200 million increase by mid-2017, according to state economists.


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I just purchased a Trek 1000 older model and would like to keep the crank set with both gears. I have seen where there is a fixed rear hub with a derailleur but I cannot find an article on how to do it. Any help would be appreciated.
I just purchased a Trek 1000 older model and would like to keep the crank set with both gears. I have seen where there is a fixed rear hub with a derailleur but I cannot find an article on how to do it. Any help would be appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Dynocoaster
This is singlespeed/fixed gear (emphasis being placed on the "single")
Fixed hubs generally do not work with derailer mounted chain tensioners, which would be required to use both front rings as the difference in size would cause signifigant chain slack.
Put one of those on the rear.Two chainrings on the front that keep the axle in the rear dropouts and you're good to go.
Thank you.
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I ran a two speed set up on my Crosscheck for a while. I had a FSA double with cyclocross rings (48 and 38) up front, a Novatec single speed FREEWHEEL MTB hub with a 16 tooth sprocket in the rear, and a Paul's Melvin chain tensioner in between to take up the slack.
I stressed FREEWHEEL MTB hub, because I've never seen anyone run an effective fixed gear set-up with a derailleur, or any other kind of chain tensioner. As far as I can imagine, if you tried to back pedal on a drivetrain with that much slack in it things would get interesting in a hurry.
The Paul's Melvin tensioner I used resembles a rear derailleur, because it routes the chain the same way, but is built much lighter since it doesn't have to actually shift the chain between gears.
The two seed was fun for a while. I certainly never saw another one coming the other way. And I guess the novelty of the thing was it's main attraction. But I went back to a single speed after a while because even with a perfect chain line, the Melvin produced at least half the clatter of a bona fide rear derailleur - which is too much. I had also grown tired of shifting the chain between front rings with my finger and fitted a front derailleur... slipping over to the dark side... not really.
For those times when I simply must have a few gears I built an 8 speed rear wheel that I run with a single 42 tooth ring up front. It takes about a half an hour to install the geared wheel, a rear derailleur, grip shift and longer chain. The bike can be restored to single speed duty even quicker.
how about the dingle cog by surly? or do you want to shift on the fly?
I would like to be able to shift.
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Isn't there a way to convert a SA three speed hub to a two speed fixed? I thought that I read about that either here or on Sheldon's page.
You could make a single-cog dual-chainring setup pretty damn easily with a chain tensioner.
What parts would be needed?
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Could the two gears on the crank be left on and a fixed gear on the rear and use a Surly singulator for a tensioner and shift back and forth with the crank gears?
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it's not fixed, but I always thought retro-direct drives were interesting. Pedal forwards and you have one gear, pedal backwards and it is a different gear.
as for why you can't shift with a fixed it has to do with how long it would take a change in pedal movement (when you resist for instance) to translate back to the real wheel, assuming that you have it absolutely dialed in so that you don't need to worry about your chain falling off.
SRAM/Sachs T3 converted into a two speed fixed (big mamu download):


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Need help. I am going to start commuting, and definitely want panniers for food and clothing, etc. I wear a 47-48 shoe/cleat and ride a 58. I am considering building up a Crosscheck with Rival. Are there certain brands of panniers on which I can ride a Crosscheck and still clear my heels? Otherwise I will get a LHT, but would prefer the Crosscheck as I plan to hammer on the way home several times a week and would like the snappier ride. FWIW besides racks, I will want front and rear full fenders.
Thanks for the advice. If you have any other frame/fork options I am all ears. My new job starts in about 3-4weeks.
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After four months of investigation by the ESPN Enterprise Unit, Sunday's Outside the Lines (9:30 a.m. ET, ESPN; noon ET ESPNEWS) will show how a suspicious betting pattern on an August 2007 match in an obscure Sopot, Poland tournament prompted the ATP to launch an investigation amid pervasive reports of widespread gambling in the sport.
The British gambling website Betfair, which handled more than $7 million in wagers on the match between No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and No. 87 Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina, noticed that despite easily winning the first set against his little-known opponent, Davydenko became a bigger and bigger underdog. When Davydenko retired early in the third set after receiving treatment for his foot, Betfair took the unprecedented step of voiding all bets and contacted the ATP.
In addition to extensive interviews, ESPN has obtained never-before-released details of the wagering on the match, which, until now, were known only to those close to the ATP investigation.
Correspondent John Barr details how the suspect betting unfolded and interviews an accomplished gambler who says he bet on the match and is certain that the fix was in that day in Poland
ESPN The Magazine senior writer Shaun Assael obtained a never-before-published internal ATP email that details the suspicious betting activities of Martin Fuhrer, a gambler accused of knowing the outcome of some matches in advance. Assael traveled to Vienna to interview Fuhrer, who acknowledged having friendly associations with some of the players on whom he has won money. In 2003, Fuhrer had a 100-percent win record on Irakli Labadze of Georgia to lose with one betting website, documents say. In one of those matches, Labadze was fined $7,500 for showing "a lack of effort."
Now, do we think this will prove one way, or another, that the Russian was involved in the betting? No, of course not. But this story certainly won't help his image nor that of tennis.
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As usual, Indiewire has weeded through the films hitting VOD this cold month to bring you a curated list of the 10 most worth your time. Your options this first month of the new year include a comedy sure to appeal to any casual Wes Anderson fan, a crop of stellar documentaries that premiered at Sundance this time last year, and one of the most controversial indies to come along in a long while. Here are the 10 films to watch on VOD this January, in alphabetical order:
"Citadel" (January 29) Criticwire Page
Winner of the Midnighter Audience Award at last year's SXSW Film Festival, "Citadel" stars hot newcomer Aneurin Barnard as a young father suffering from agoraphobia, fighting for survival after a pack of feral children attack him and his family.
READ MORE: SXSW FUTURES: Welsh Actor Aneurin Barnard Sings in 'Hunky Dory,' Runs for His Life in 'CITADEL'
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In Craig Zobel's acclaimed and controversial drama "Compliance," Dreama Walker stars as Becky, a young fast food employee who is accused of stealing from a customer after a man, under the guise of a police officer, calls the restaurant demanding to speak to her manager Sandra (Ann Dowd). What follows is a horrific true account of how the mystery caller managed to convince the young woman's supervisor (as well as others asked to help out) to commit a number of physically invasive acts, including sexual assault.
Where to Watch: iTunes, Amazon, Charter, Comcast, Google Play, DirecTV, Playstation, SuddenLink, Time Warner, Verizon FIOS, Vudu, XBOX
"Detropia" (January 15) Criticwire Page
Documentary filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, whose "Jesus Camp" was nominated for an Oscar in 2006, are back with "Detropia," a four-year look at Detroit's recessionary struggles. The bulk of the movie consists of Detroit residents complaining about the city's downward economic spiral. Seemingly covering every inch of the city, Ewing and Grady's collection of angry voices slowly blend together to provide a troubling portrait of a city in crisis.
READ MORE: SUNDANCE REVIEW: With a Collage of Grim Visuals, "DETROPIA" Explains Detroit's Financial Woes
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Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge Review
Last week, I volunteered at a fantastic Grand Marnier tasting at San Francisco's own Boothby Center. We were lucky enough to taste through the Grand Marnier portfolio with its Master Distiller Patrick Raguenaud. Mr. Raguenaud was charming and incredibly knowledgeable. He captivated the audience for almost two hours. Not necessarily an easy task when discussing the fine art of distilling. The audience was captivated by both Mr. Raguenaud's discussion and the incredible cocktails using Grand Marnier crafted by H. Joseph Ehrmann of Elixir and the Barbary Coast Conservancy of the American Cocktail.
Twelve Days of Christmas Drinks – Day 8
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
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1 ¼ oz. Russian Standard Vodka
¾ oz walnut liqueur
¾ oz irish cream liqueur
¼ oz Butterscotch Schnapps
1 scoop Peanut Butter
1 oz simple syrup
1.5 oz heavy whipping cream
Stir peanut butter with Russian Standard Vodka, simple syrup and heavy whipping cream until peanut butter dissolves. Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice in a shaker. Strain into a peanut butter rimmed, chilled cocktail glass.
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Hiram Walker Caramel Apple Liqueur Review
We were lucky enough to receive a little care package from our friends at Nova Marketing and Hiram Walker to help ease us into fall. One of the items in that care package was the Hiram Walker Caramel Apple Liqueur. Since it's close to Halloween, I will put it out there that it would be perfect for Halloween. Imagine the number of apple drinks you can whip up.
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2 oz The Glenlivet Scotch Whiskey
1/2 oz Hiram Walker Caramel Apple Liqueur
2 dashes orange bitters
Fill a large rocks glass with a large ice cube. Add each ingredient and stir gently.
Courtesy of Hiram Walker.… Read more
Golden Delicious
1 oz vodka
1 oz Hiram Walker Carmel Apple Liqueur
1 oz fresh sour mix (or high quality purchased mix)
Pour into cocktail shaker, shake and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with apple slice.
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Macallan Amber Liqueur
Macallan's Amber liqueur is so good that it's worth sharing–even though it's hard to find since they stopped making it. It's a single-malt scotch liqueur with maple and pecan flavors. NOTCOT gave us some to try, and if you're curious there are sources online for procuring a bottle. It smells like scotch and maple syrup! Have I built up enough of a demand and air of mystery?
The light smokiness of the scotch pairs perfectly … Read more
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Crème de violette was a part of pre-Prohibition American cocktails like the Aviation and Blue Moon. Until a couple years ago, it was no longer available in the U.S. Rothman & Winter is now ensuring we get our pretty purple cocktails, and its crème de violette is widely available for under $25.
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NTT America is hoping that the saying from the movie "Field of Dreams" is true: If you build it, they will come. As the long-time leader in IPv6 deployment in the United States, NTT America is ready for a flood of U.S. government and business customers to upgrade to the next-generation of the Internet's main communications protocol. NTT America was the first carrier to offer commercial IPv6 transit service in 2001, and it was the first to offer IPv6-enabled firewalls in 2005. Now NTT America is inking deals with hosting companies such as The Planet and working on managed security services. Network World National Correspondent Carolyn Duffy Marsan recently interviewed Kazuhiro Gomi, CTO of NTT America. Here are excerpts from their conversation:
What is the state of IPv6 deployment by the Japanese government?
I'm not a representative of the Japanese government, so what I tell you may not be very comprehensive, but I know of the major activities that the Japanese government has done. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which is like the FCC-equivalent of the Japanese government, had one of the biggest initiatives, which started out in 2003. It was a three-year project involving all the academic, industry and government sectors trying to show the world what IPv6 can do and to develop a couple of applications. The applications developed included a gas meter telemetry application, some sensor networks through which environmental measurements were calculated and sharing of medical information connecting different clinics in the city with rural villages. The government also put out some tax incentives for hardware vendors to develop IPv6 routers and switches. They put out guidance for federal agencies that all the government network equipment should be IPv6 compliant.
Does the Japanese government have a timeframe for its agencies to adopt IPv6?
I haven't seen anything specific. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issued in April 2007 a guideline for IPv6 adoption for electronic government systems. It's very technically oriented, and it's mainly a security policy. There are some assessments about the cost benefits of implementing IPv6 as well as some cost increases with IPv6. It's a pretty comprehensive guideline for the government systems department people to consider.
Are Japanese government agencies buying IPv6 services?
I haven't heard of anything big from the government side procuring IPv6 services. It's mostly test beds or research projects.
What are you seeing in terms of IPv6 adoption in the commercial sector in Japan?
There are more private sector initiatives rather than government sector initiatives. At NTT, we have been providing IPv6 DSL services since 2004. So right now, those who subscribe to DSL or Fiber to the Home get an IPv6 address automatically. We're providing dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 service. Those who want IPv6 service get global connectivity to reach out to the world.
Read: U.S. carriers quietly developing IPv6 services
What's your ballpark estimate on how many Japanese consumers use your IPv6 service?
A couple thousand.
Are there any particular applications driving interest among Japanese consumers in IPv6?
We provide different video on demand kind of systems, and we've implemented quality of service on that. That's one application that has driven IPv6 implementation in Japan. Another one is an earthquake early alert system. I wouldn't say that it has been a driver of IPv6, but it certainly has enhanced awareness of IPv6 in Japan. This is a system run by the Japanese meteorological agency, which is trying to send a warning to the people when an earthquake happens. What the system is trying to do is 10 or 20 seconds after an earthquake is detected by central servers at the ministry, to let everybody know that a big earthquake is coming so people can hide or stay away from a danger area. IPv6 plays in quite nicely with this system, which is using multicast. Any of the devices that run this application start beeping and flashing to let people know that an earthquake is coming. If you subscribe to IPv6, this is one application you can use.
How would you compare what the Japanese government is doing to encourage IPv6 deployment versus the U.S. government [which has a mandate for all agencies to enable IPv6 on their backbone networks by June 2008]?
The Japanese government is playing the role of facilitator and promoting commercial or consumer-based applications. The U.S. government is focused on how to implement IPv6 on their own systems. The approach is a little bit different.
Read about what U.S. federal agencies are doing to meet their IPv6 deadline
What do you think will be the return on investments made in IPv6?
We are the first service provider and still the only one who can do commercial IPv6 services around the world. This is a very clear differentiator for [us.] In terms of return on investment, we can say that's a big return for us.
What about for your customers?
In the United States, most of the customers we have are using IPv6 for their own development and experiments. They're trying to test out the additional address space and ease the management of their networks. I don't think we have any customers who are really using it for their internal corporate systems yet.
What trends are you seeing in demand for IPv6 services?
It's still slow. People's interest on this new technology is getting higher. All the warnings from [American Registry for Internet Numbers], RIPE [the European registry] and JPNIC [Japan Network Information Center] about IPv4 address depletion really caught everybody's eye, especially in Japan. Everybody in Japan is in crunch mode on IPv4. Many of the ISPs in Japan are worrying about their future if they keep hanging on to IPv4. Next year, they will have allocated all the IPv4 address space in Japan. So the timing has pretty much come for them.
We seem to be in a recession. Do you think that will slow IPv6 adoption?
It's an interesting thought. Regardless of the economic situation, if you're in a country like Japan you got to do this within the next year or two. So I would say, IPv6 will come. And when it comes, it will be like an avalanche that spreads out quite quickly. It will come as a big wave.
We've talked about IPv6 rollouts in Japan and the United States. What are you seeing in the rest of the world?
The U.S. and Japan are the major two areas where we have customers in IPv6. We have a very small number of customers in Europe. In Australia, we have a couple academic customers. We have some ISP customers in Latin America, so we have conversations with those ISPs about IPv6. Their awareness is very, very low.
As I continue to cover IPv6 developments, what should I be looking for to be able to tell when IPv6 reaches the tipping point?
Growth in the number of subscribers in all the different networks. Also, when it comes to the U.S. market, are there any local ISPs or cable companies who are going to launch IPv6 services? The Planet has announced IPv6 hosting services. How many other hosting companies will follow that company? That will be interesting to watch.


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I have bought the camera in October last year and since then I used it for pictures and short films - it is SUPER!
I was looking then for an affordable camera with 5M just to carry around in holiday and this fits perfectly! It looks nice and it is a jewel - easy to use and easy to handle!
I agree that to plug the adapter in the camera was the only concern I had when I first did the download of the pictures. But that just because the camera looks fragile - just by size. Pushing the connector was tricky... but only that!
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I'm a new developer and want to create a Smart TV / connected TV app, however would like some help on the above question. I attended a meet up group where a LG presenter discussed 2nd screen apps. I asked about a SDK for overlay on top of broadcast and he shared that it was illegal and did not have any. I than shared that GTV has one social eye (third party) and shared that Yahoo TV and ESPN score center app can run along top / bottom / left / right of screen while content is being displayed.
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The Nativity, c. 1508/1519
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Altarpiece of the "capilla mayor (main chapel)," church of San Lázaro, Palencia, commissioned c. 1508, until c. 1945.[1] Arcadio Torres Martín, Palencia, 1950-51.[2] Acquired c. 1952 by (Frederick Mont, New York);[3] purchased 11 February 1953 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] The commission was made by Don Sancho de Castilla. See Jan V.L. Brans, "Juan de Flandes, pintor de la reina y de Castilla," Clacileño 4, no. 21 (1953), 32 for the state of San Lázaro and the cessation of services there shortly after September 1945.
[2] In 1950 and 1951, Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann saw six panels from the San Lázaro altarpiece--The Annunciation and The Nativity and the four panels now in the Prado-- in the house of Sr. Torres Martín in Palencia; this information given in conversations with Martha Wolff of 3 February 1984 and 24 July 1984.
[3] In 1952 all four panels now in the Gallery were with Frederick Mont in New York; see letter of 28 October 1952 from Chandler R. Post to Mont in the NGA curatorial files. Mont refers to having bought the pictures in Spain in a letter dated 16 April 1953 to Wilhelm Valentiner (Valentiner Papers, Archives of American Art, microfilm reel no. 2143, copies, NGA curatorial files).
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Nutcracker in a Nutshell dazzles children, parents, and teachers in audience at the first of two scheduled school shows. Public shows are this Saturday, December 6.
The ballet isn't every weekend, so catch it when you can!
The Louisville Ballet 2014-2015 season begins tonight!
Car shows, maple syrup candy and Star Wars in 60 Seconds.
comedy show, barre-b-q, John-freaking-Williams, wedding show, and golf show.
if you're flagging on your New Year's resolution, try something new!
The Vixens have gone all out to put together a show full of wonders, wit, and warbles. From the adorable little clown Pierro and stiltwalking belle to the stronglady vocalist and bearded lady aerialist, you'll see everything you'd expect at a carnivale.
What's your style? Elegant? Dramatic? Freeform? Express yourself!
You want to take your children to The Nutcracker this year. But you don't want to go broke in the process. Inexpensive tickets but impressive ballet await you at Sacred Heart School for the Arts' The Nutcracker this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (December 7-9).
How hard are you willing to work to make your dreams a reality?
Louisville has been a-buzz about the revamped Brown-Forman Nutcracker since its debut two years ago, and this first-time viewer encourages you to believe the hype. With only three performances left this year, it's the perfect time to treat your family to Tchaikovsky's Christmas masterpiece.
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A shared effort by community donors will create a much-improved Share operations base.
Local businesses and business leaders have produced a $1 million capital fund for major upgrades at the Share Fromhold Service Center, on Northeast Andresen Road in Vancouver, the nonprofit group announced Tuesday.
Heading the campaign is the KMR Group Foundation, run by business owners Kate Jones and Marty Rifkin. The Foundation supplied $150,000 toward a matching grant from several anonymous donors, netting $500,000 total.
Share is a leading provider of services to the hungry and homeless in Clark County.
The nonprofit group has used previous grants and a large loan to transform the former Timber Lanes bowling alley on Andresen into its headquarters and operations center. The new money will promote modernization of the aging building and allow the group's Backpack Program to operate in better conditions.
In addition, the KMR Group Foundation gave $150,000 more as a matching grant to help CDM Services purchase space from Share for a new CDM headquarters on Share property, next to the larger building. That donation resulted in $300,000 funding for construction.
CDM Services provides day and in-home services to elderly and disabled residents of Clark County.
Share will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m. Wednesday at its hub, 2306 N.E. Andresen Road.
"It's a very good thing, a very good thing," said Rifkin, whose Northwest Natural Products firm has been a steadfast Share supporter. Once the remodeling is done, "it'll be a good spot for them, and they will be able to consolidate" other Share outreach activities, he said.
Back in October, Share had secured a $250,000 grant and a $750,000 loan from the Meyer Memorial Trust to help start transforming the bowling alley.
The project had also counted on a pending $900,000 federal grant, but that fell victim to a new congressional ban on earmarks, leaving a large void. That's where Jones and Rifkin stepped forward, said another Share backer.
"We had to really rally to build some private support to replace that," said Mike Westby, head of Westby Associates Inc., which consults nonprofit groups. "That's where Marty and Kate really came in and became instrumental" in leading a donor charge, he said.
Rifkin's Northwest Natural Products itself helped to round up $200,000 for the Share capital fund. Each year, the firm provides hundreds of Christmas care boxes for local families. Share announced the improved Back Pack staging area will now be named the "Northwest Natural Products/Gummy Vites Back Pack Building Area."
Also, Share's executive director's office will be called the "Mary Granger Executive Director Office," to honor the late Vancouver leading philanthropist, who died in 2010.
The $1 million infusion marks the second of three phases of a facility makeover envisioned by Share, starting with purchase of the building. Diane McWithey, Share executive director, credited RSV Construction and Ron Frederiksen for creating an effective design plan.
"With over 1,000 back packs going out every month, there is an urgent need for this facility in our community," McWithey said in Share's written news release.


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CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review that the Treasury Department will report a deficit of $975 billion for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2012, $125 billion less than the $1.1 trillion deficit incurred through July 2011.
Because October 1, 2011, occurred on a Saturday, roughly $31 billion in payments that would have been made in 2012 were made in 2011. In the absence of that shift, the deficit so far this year would have been about $93 billion smaller than last year's figure at the same point in time.
Receipts in the first 10 months totaled $2.0 trillion, $114 billion more than those in the same period last year. Compared with collections during the same period in fiscal year 2011:
Outlays through July totaled $3.0 trillion, $11 billion less than spending in the same period last year. Some of that decrease resulted from shifts in the timing of certain payments; it also reflects changes recorded in the budget for the estimated cost of credit activities in previous years (mainly those of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP). Excluding those revisions, and adjusted for the timing shifts, spending through July was about 1 percent less than outlays in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2011.
By CBO's estimates, outlays decreased for several major categories of spending:
For some programs, spending increased:


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Katja Hofmann, Bhaskar Mitra, Filip Radlinski, and Milad Shokouhi
November 2014
Query Auto Completion (QAC) suggests possible queries to web search users from the moment they start entering a query. This popular feature of web search engines is thought to reduce physical and cognitive effort when formulating a query.
Perhaps surprisingly, despite QAC being widely used, users' interactions with it are poorly understood. This paper begins to address this gap. We present the results of an in-depth user study of user interactions with QAC in web search. While study participants completed web search tasks, we recorded their interactions using eye-tracking and client-side logging. This allows us to provide a first look at how users interact with QAC. We specifically focus on the effects of QAC ranking, by controlling the quality of the ranking in a within-subject design.
We identify a strong position bias that is consistent across ranking conditions. Due to this strong position bias, ranking quality affects QAC usage. We also find an effect on task completion, in particular on the number of result pages visited. We show how these effects can be explained by a combination of searchers' behavior patterns, namely monitoring or ignoring QAC, and searching for spelling support or complete queries to express a search intent. We conclude the paper with a discussion of the important implications of our findings for QAC evaluation.
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YouTube enhances its Audio Editing features, now includes 150,000+ tracks in the songs library
Just last week, YouTube announced that it's making the YouTube Partner Program available to everyone, who is interested in creating some entertaining videos and earning few bucks through advertising. The Partner Program will now be available to all content creators across 20 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States.
To help video creators, create videos of high audio quality, YouTube has now spruced up its audio editing tools giving users more options for adding and editing the soundtracks of their videos.
YouTube has now added more tracks to its songs library. You can now use AudioSwap feature(which lets you replace the dull recorded background music of your video with a suitable music from YouTube's library) with any song from a YouTube's list of 150,000+ tracks.
Find the best songs across genres using the "featured tracks" and mix music into your video's soundtrack at levels ranging from "soft background" to "completely replace".
YouTube has also revamped the Audio Editing user interface to make it simpler and more convenient to use. These improvements will be available to all creators around the world, over the next few days. To try out these new changes, go to Video Manager > Edit > Enhancements > Audio.
Here's a video demonstration of the new features being rolled out:


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Performing Common Central Role Tasks
Devices that implement the central role in Bluetooth low energy communication perform a number of common tasks—for example, discovering and connecting to available peripherals, and exploring and interacting with the data that peripherals have to offer. In contrast, devices that implement the peripheral role also perform a number of common, but different, tasks—for example, publishing and advertising services, and responding to read, write, and subscription requests from connected centrals.
In this chapter, you will learn how to use the Core Bluetooth framework to perform the most common types of Bluetooth low energy tasks from the central side. The code-based examples that follow will assist you in developing your app to implement the central role on your local device. Specifically, you will learn how to:
Start up a central manager object
Discover and connect to peripheral devices that are advertising
Explore the data on a peripheral device after you've connected to it
Send read and write requests to a characteristic value of a peripheral's service
Subscribe to a characteristic's value to be notified when it is updated
In the next chapter, you will learn how to develop your app to implement the peripheral role on your local device.
The code examples that you find in this chapter are simple and abstract; you may need to make appropriate changes to incorporate them into your real world app. More advanced topics related to implementing the central role—including tips, tricks, and best practices—are covered in the later chapters, Core Bluetooth Background Processing for iOS Apps and Best Practices for Interacting with a Remote Peripheral Device.
Starting Up a Central Manager
Since a
CBCentralManager object is the Core Bluetooth object-oriented representation of a local central device, you must allocate and initialize a central manager instance before you can perform any Bluetooth low energy transactions. You can start up your central manager by calling the
initWithDelegate:queue:options: method of the
CBCentralManager class, like this:
myCentralManager =
[[CBCentralManager alloc] initWithDelegate:self queue:nil options:nil];
In this example,
self is set as the delegate to receive any central role events. By specifying the dispatch queue as
nil, the central manager dispatches central role events using the main queue.
When you create a central manager, the central manager calls the
centralManagerDidUpdateState: method of its delegate object. You must implement this delegate method to ensure that Bluetooth low energy is supported and available to use on the central device. For more information about how to implement this delegate method, see CBCentralManagerDelegate Protocol Reference.
Discovering Peripheral Devices That Are Advertising
One of the first central-side tasks that you are likely to perform is to discover what peripheral devices are available for your app to connect to. As mentioned earlier in Centrals Discover and Connect to Peripherals That Are Advertising, advertising is the primary way that peripherals make their presence known. You can discover any peripheral devices that are advertising by calling the
scanForPeripheralsWithServices:options: method of the
CBCentralManager class, like this:
[myCentralManager scanForPeripheralsWithServices:nil options:nil];
After you call the
scanForPeripheralsWithServices:options: method to discover what peripherals are available, the central manager calls the
centralManager:didDiscoverPeripheral:advertisementData:RSSI: method of its delegate object each time a peripheral is discovered. Any peripheral that is discovered is returned as a
CBPeripheral object. As the following shows, you can implement this delegate method to list any peripheral that is discovered:
- (void)centralManager:(CBCentralManager *)central
didDiscoverPeripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral
advertisementData:(NSDictionary *)advertisementData
RSSI:(NSNumber *)RSSI {
NSLog(@"Discovered %@", peripheral.name);
When you have found a peripheral device that you're interested in connecting to, stop scanning for other devices in order to save power.
[myCentralManager stopScan];
NSLog(@"Scanning stopped");
Connecting to a Peripheral Device After You've Discovered It
After you have discovered a peripheral device that is advertising services you are interested in, you can request a connection to the peripheral by calling the
connectPeripheral:options: method of the
CBCentralManager class. Simply call this method and specify the discovered peripheral that you want to connect to, like this:
[myCentralManager connectPeripheral:peripheral options:nil];
Assuming that the connection request is successful, the central manager calls the
centralManager:didConnectPeripheral: method of its delegate object, which you can implement to log that the connection is established, as the following shows:
- (void)centralManager:(CBCentralManager *)central
didConnectPeripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral {
NSLog(@"Peripheral connected");
Before you begin interacting with the peripheral, you should set the peripheral's delegate to ensure that it receives the appropriate callbacks, like this:
peripheral.delegate = self;
Discovering the Services of a Peripheral That You're Connected To
After you have established a connection to a peripheral, you can begin to explore its data. The first step in exploring what a peripheral has to offer is discovering its available services. Because there are size restrictions on the amount of data a peripheral can advertise, you may discover that a peripheral has more services than what it advertises (in its advertising packets). You can discover all of the services that a peripheral offers by calling the
discoverServices: method of the
CBPeripheral class, like this:
[peripheral discoverServices:nil];
When the specified services are discovered, the peripheral (the
CBPeripheral object you're connected to) calls the
peripheral:didDiscoverServices: method of its delegate object. Core Bluetooth creates an array of
CBService objects—one for each service that is discovered on the peripheral. As the following shows, you can implement this delegate method to access the array of discovered services:
- (void)peripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral
didDiscoverServices:(NSError *)error {
for (CBService *service in peripheral.services) {
NSLog(@"Discovered service %@", service);
Discovering the Characteristics of a Service
Assuming that you have found a service that you are interested in, the next step in exploring what a peripheral has to offer is discovering all of the service's characteristics. Discovering all of the characteristics of a service is as simple as calling the
discoverCharacteristics:forService: method of the
CBPeripheral class, specifying the appropriate service, like this:
NSLog(@"Discovering characteristics for service %@", interestingService);
[peripheral discoverCharacteristics:nil forService:interestingService];
The peripheral calls the
peripheral:didDiscoverCharacteristicsForService:error: method of its delegate object when the characteristics of the specified service are discovered. Core Bluetooth creates an array of
CBCharacteristic objects—one for each characteristic that is discovered. The following example shows how you can implement this delegate method to simply log every characteristic that is discovered:
- (void)peripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral
didDiscoverCharacteristicsForService:(CBService *)service
error:(NSError *)error {
for (CBCharacteristic *characteristic in service.characteristics) {
NSLog(@"Discovered characteristic %@", characteristic);
Retrieving the Value of a Characteristic
A characteristic contains a single value that represents more information about a peripheral's service. For example, a temperature measurement characteristic of a health thermometer service may have a value that indicates a temperature in Celsius. You can retrieve the value of a characteristic by reading it directly or by subscribing to it.
Reading the Value of a Characteristic
After you have found a characteristic of a service that you are interested in, you can read the characteristic's value by calling the
readValueForCharacteristic: method of the
CBPeripheral class, specifying the appropriate characteristic, like this:
NSLog(@"Reading value for characteristic %@", interestingCharacteristic);
[peripheral readValueForCharacteristic:interestingCharacteristic];
When you attempt to read the value of a characteristic, the peripheral calls the
peripheral:didUpdateValueForCharacteristic:error: method of its delegate object to retrieve the value. If the value is successfully retrieved, you can access it through the characteristic's value property, like this:
- (void)peripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral
didUpdateValueForCharacteristic:(CBCharacteristic *)characteristic
error:(NSError *)error {
NSData *data = characteristic.value;
// parse the data as needed
Subscribing to a Characteristic's Value
Though reading the value of a characteristic using the
readValueForCharacteristic: method can be effective for some use cases, it is not the most efficient way to retrieve a value that changes. For most characteristic values that change—for instance, your heart rate at any given time—you should retrieve them by subscribing to them. When you subscribe to a characteristic's value, you receive a notification from the peripheral when the value changes.
You can subscribe to the value of a characteristic that you are interested in by calling the
setNotifyValue:forCharacteristic: method of the
CBPeripheral class, specifying the first parameter as
YES, like this:
[peripheral setNotifyValue:YES forCharacteristic:interestingCharacteristic];
When you attempt to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to a characteristic's value, the peripheral calls the
peripheral:didUpdateNotificationStateForCharacteristic:error: method of its delegate object. If the subscription request fails for any reason, you can implement this delegate method to access the cause of the error, as the following example shows:
- (void)peripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral
didUpdateNotificationStateForCharacteristic:(CBCharacteristic *)characteristic
error:(NSError *)error {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"Error changing notification state: %@",
[error localizedDescription]);
After you have successfully subscribed to a characteristic's value, the peripheral device notifies your app when the value has changed. Each time the value changes, the peripheral calls the
peripheral:didUpdateValueForCharacteristic:error: method of its delegate object. To retrieve the updated value, you can implement this method in the same way as described above in Reading the Value of a Characteristic.
Writing the Value of a Characteristic
For some use cases, it makes sense to write the value of a characteristic. For example, if your app interacts with a Bluetooth low energy digital thermostat, you may want to provide the thermostat with a value at which to set the room's temperature. If a characteristic's value is writeable, you can write its value with some data (an instance of
NSData) by calling the
writeValue:forCharacteristic:type: method of the
CBPeripheral class, like this:
NSLog(@"Writing value for characteristic %@", interestingCharacteristic);
[peripheral writeValue:dataToWrite forCharacteristic:interestingCharacteristic
When you attempt to write the value of a characteristic, you specify what type of write you want to perform. In the example above, the write type is specified as
CBCharacteristicWriteWithResponse, which indicates that the peripheral lets your app know whether the write is successful. For more information about the write types that are supported in the Core Bluetooth framework, see the
CBCharacteristicWriteType enumeration in CBPeripheral Class Reference.
The peripheral responds to write requests that are specified as
CBCharacteristicWriteWithResponse by calling the
peripheral:didWriteValueForCharacteristic:error: method of its delegate object. If the write fails for any reason, you can implement this delegate method to access the cause of the error, as the following example shows:
- (void)peripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral
didWriteValueForCharacteristic:(CBCharacteristic *)characteristic
error:(NSError *)error {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"Error writing characteristic value: %@",
[error localizedDescription]);
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