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Chromatic aberration (CA) or color fringing is an annoying property of cheap camera lenses, and even pops up on top of the range glass like Canon's L series. Luckily, it's very easy to correct in Adobe's fantastic Lightroom 5. We'll walk you through how it's done.Read More
The pro versions of Photoshop (and the rest of Adobe's Creative Suite) have always had a steep admission fee. In some cases, we're talking thousands of dollars. Makes sense for big companies, but those costs put a bigger strain on self-employed pros and smaller indie operations. So it makes sense that Adobe's Creative Cloud – which lets you rent these apps for a monthly fee – has been such a big hit. In fact, it's done well enough that Adobe is closing the door on its retail Creative Suite apps, putting its full weight behind subscriptions.Read More
While the majority of people use their digital cameras to shoot JPEG files, serious photographers swear by RAW, which offers much increased possibilities in post processing. But while RAW images are of a higher quality than their JPEG counterparts, they also take up a lot more space and require more processing power to work with. That's why Adobe has included lossy compression in the recently announced 1.4 specification for its Digital Negative (DNG) RAW file format.Read More
One of the great things about 3D printers is the fact that they allow anyone to become a manufacturer of small items. Unfortunately, however, they don't allow anyone to become a competent structural engineer – just because you can whip up a three-dimensional design on your computer doesn't mean that it will translate into a sturdy physical object. That's why researchers from Purdue University and Adobe's Advanced Technology Labs teamed up to create a program that automatically alters such designs, adding strengthening features to them before they get printed.Read More
Along with the various new features to individual applications that mark any full revision to Adobe's Creative Suite, this year's CS6 release saw the introduction of a new subscription model called Adobe Creative Cloud. We recently had a chance to chat with Adobe Creative guru Michael Stoddart who walked us through some of the new changes implemented in CS6.Read More
Adobe Photoshop Touch is now available for the iPad 2. Adobe made the image-editing app official at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and the app is already available to be downloaded from Apple's App Store.Read More
Last week we posted an audience video of the a 'sneak peek' presentation from the Adobe Max developer conference that showed a remarkable de-blurring Photoshop plug-in in development. Adobe has now posted their official high quality video of the presentation segment, and the effect is easy to see. Adobe's presentation staging is pretty awesome too. Video after the break.Read More
Adobe showed what it calls a "sneak peek" of some technology at last week's MAX conference, that may or may not make its way into a future version of Photoshop (we're pretty sure it will). It's a method for de-blurring photographs by analyzing them and constructing the motion path that the camera lens followed to create the original blur. Using some highly advanced magic, the resulting blur can then be removed to an impressive degree – blurred text, for instance, becomes readable. The algorithm seems to work on low resolution phone pics just as well. Now, when they say "enhance that section right there" in just about every modern police procedural TV show, it might actually mean something. Video after the break.Read More
At the recent Adobe MAX 2011 conference, Adobe announced a lineup of Touch Apps tailored for Android and iOS-based devices, including a touch-operated tablet version of Photoshop. Touch Apps will be available either as standalone products, or as components of a larger web-based service called Adobe Creative Cloud, which was also unveiled.Read More
At the Adobe MAX 2011 conference in Los Angeles this week, Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney demonstrated the Unreal Engine 3 running in fully inside Flash as part of his keynote address. The live technical demonstration saw a version of Unreal Tournament 3 running in Adobe Flash Player 11, which was also released this week. Adobe says the development could lead to console-quality 3D graphics in games running directly in the browser, such as Facebook social games. Read More
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When R&B crooner Akon shot to fame in 2004 with his hit "Locked Up" (Number Eight), he became the go-to star for pop and hip-hop artists wanting a silky voice to sing their hooks. So prolific in his output, Akon twice in a five month period between December 2006 and April 2007 simultaneously owned the Number One and Number Two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
The son of Senegalese jazz percussionist Mor Thiam, Akon was born Aliaune Thiam in St. Louis, MO, but lived in Senegal until he was seven. His family moved back to the United States and lived in both Jersey City, NJ, and Atlanta, GA. He began making music at 15, becoming part of the Fugees' extended group of musicians, but he reportedly ran into trouble with the law and was incarcerated for stealing a car. Upon his release in 2002 he began making home recordings, which in 2003 led to him signing with SRC/Universal.
The following year he released his debut album, Trouble (Number 11 R&B/Hop-hop, Number 18 Pop, 2004), a set of autobiographical songs featuring his mix of African-style R&B vocals with hip-hop beats. After his 2004 success with "Locked Up," he released the eerily melodic ballad "Lonely" (Number 4, 2005), which features a sped-up, Chipmunks-like sample of the hook from Bobby Vinton's 1964 hit "Mr. Lonely," and the bouncy "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" (Number 30, 2005). A remixed version of his single "Ghetto" by Green Lantern included the voices of slain rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. That year Akon also sang on Young Jeezy's Top Five single "Soul Survivor," a collaboration that has since led to many subsequent guest spots including appearances with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, R. Kelly and even Gwen Stefani and Elton John.
Akon's sophomore release, Konvicted (Number Two Pop, Number Two R&B/Hip-Hop, 2006), spawned a string of Top Five hits: "Smack That" (Number Two pop, Number 34 R&B/Hip-Hop, 2006), with Eminem; "I Wanna Love You" (Number One pop, Number Three R&B/Hip-Hop, 2006), with Snoop Dogg and "Don't Matter" (Number One pop, Number Five R&B/Hip-Hop, 2007). Konvicted remained in the Top Twenty for 28 consecutive weeks and within a year was certified triple platinum in the U.S. and sold four million copies worldwide. His collaboration with Gwen Stefani on her ubiquitous summer hit "The Sweet Escape" (Number Two pop) helped Akon have the nation's top two pop hits twice in five months.
Akon's career has not, however, been without its share of controversies: In 2006 he purchased a South African diamond mine; in 2007 he was widely denounced for simulating sex on stage with the underage daughter of a pastor in Trinidad and Tobago; and in the same year misdemeanor harassment charges were filed against him for throwing a concert goer off a Fishkill, New York stage and injuring a bystander.
In November 2007, the singer appeared on a remix of Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" for the 25th anniversary reissue of Thriller. His third album, originally due out in the spring of 2008, is reportedly titled Acquitted and said to feature a collaboration with Michael Jackson.
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To give fans a preview of the album, a new 90 second audio clip is now available at metalblade.com/dennershermann - where the first single, 'Angel's Blood', can also be streamed, and various pre-order bundles are available now!Read More
Great is Our Sin is slated for a July 22nd release date via Metal Blade Records. The first song from the album, entitled 'Communion', is available for streaming starting today.Read More
Act of Defiance
Currently on tour in North America, Act of Defiance's Chris Broderick has launched a new guitar play-through for the track 'Disastrophe', taken from the group's debut album, 'Birth And The Burial'.Read More
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In anticipation of the release of their debut full-length, 'Songs from the Garage', Jim Breuer and The Loud and Rowdy have made the album available for pre-streaming via Pandora.Read More
Cattle Decapitation
After recently completing a European tour with Suffocation and Abiotic, Cattle Decapitation has returned home to release their new video for 'Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)', from their latest album, 'The Anthropocene Extinction'.Read More
If These Trees Could Talk
On June 3rd, If These Trees Could Talk will release 'The Bones of a Dying World'. For a preview of the quintet's signature instrumental post-rock, head over to MetalSucks.net now where the new track, 'Berlin', is streaming.Read More
On June 24th, Whitechapel will release their sixth full-length, 'Mark of the Blade', worldwide via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, the new single, 'The Void', is now streaming via Loudwire.comRead More
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New York City's self-described 'pop cock rock' band Mother Feather has premiered a new video for the track 'Mirror,' from the group's self-titled album out today via Metal Blade Records.Read More
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|School employees attend nutrition conference
"Share the Key to Healthy Child Nutrition" was the theme of the Nebraska School Nutrition Association's 53rd annual state conference held in Kearney June 27-30.
Attending the conference were Maria Johnson and Tammy Wid, Perkins County Schools employees.
Approximately 275 attended the workshops consisting of interpersonal skills and leadership training.
Josh Hingst, sports nutritionist, UNL, was a general session speaker with his topic of "Complete Nutrition for the Student Athlete." He then followed with an educational session entitled, "Sports Nutrition in a Food Service Operation."
"Mindless Eating: Why Kids Eat More Than They Should" was a general session topic presented by Alice Henneman, UNL Extension educator. This was followed by an educational session entitled, "Helping Kids Eat Healthier Doesn't Have to be That Hard."
"Cooking 101 with Chef Tony Foster" and "Jazzin' Up School Lunch" were presented by Banquet Chef Tony Foster and Executive Chef Carlos Poche.
Educational sessions were presented by the Department of Education/Nutrition Services, Food Distribution Program and the Department of Health and Human Services. A food vendor show consisting of 75 booths showcased products available for the coming school year.


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Blue cowslips have clusters of nodding blue flowers, which stand out well against plain green leaves. Plants make good trouble-free groundcover for moist shade, spreading slowly and requiring little care. 'Munstead Blue' blooms later than most, producing blue flowers in late spring.
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The Tatseis geotravese was acquired in order to obtain qualitatively new information and some additional data. It crossed in NW-SE direction the European part of Russia and the Volga-Ural petroliferous province including the giant Romashkino oil field. The main purpose was to examine the structure of the sedimentary cover and the entire crust in the North Tatar Arch, Kazan–Kazhim Aulacogen, Kotel'nich Arch, and southeastern Moscow Syneclise and to compare these structures with the South Tatar oil-bearing arch.
The Tatseis-2003 geotraverse (more than 1000 km long) crossed the Nizhni Novgorod and Kirov regions, as well as the Mari-El, Tatar, and Bashkir republics. In its southeastern part, near Sterlitamak, the profile was coordinated with the Uralseis-1995 geotraverse. So, that has provided integrated information along ~1600-km-length profile extending from the Urals to the Moscow Syneclise.
The following technique was applied for field acquisition: asymmetric spread of 12000 m length and 240 active channels; maximal source-to-receiver distance - 10 000 m; receiver spacing - 50 m; source points spacing - 100 m; fold coverage - 60. The telemetric system INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM TWO was used as recording system. The record length was 20 s with a sample rate of 4 ms. A group of 5 powerful seismic vibrators Hemi-50 with the maximal force of 23 t was used as source. The sweep parameters specified in the course of tests were as follows: initial frequency 6 Hz; final frequency 64 Hz; sweep length 20 s. It should be noted that the applied technique and equipment provided high-quality results.
The main feature of the wave field is presence of inclined SE rising events at large time intervals. Those events show distinct zoning distribution: they are mainly observed in the southeastern segment of the geotraverse (interval 100–430 km) where oilfields are located.
The lower segments of inclined reflectors adjoin the lower near-horizontal stratified crust, cross it in some places, and flatten at the Moho boundary level. Locally, these reflectors cross the Moho boundary and penetrate the upper mantle. This is particularly distinct at the interval of 430-480 km (t0=15-19 s).
Thus, the results of the performed work indicate:
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2) The presence of relationship between the petroleum potential of sedimentary cover and the structure of the earth crust and mantle


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Question in regards to the Triumph post. Do Triumph have an advantage in the UK because the tracks are a bit tighter? Is that why they are not doing WSS? The tracks are of a higher standard in WSB for the most part and there are a good few "power" circuits whereas in the UK the only one is Silverstone.
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In his mid-70s, with a decades-spanning career behind him, director Ken Loach continues to be a strong cinematic voice. His last few films "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," "Looking for Eric" and "Route Irish" commanded solid critical notices and found the helmer's talents still firing on all fronts. And he continues to work at a prolific pace as he's already lined up his next gig.
A handful of returning players John Henshaw ("Looking for Eric"), William Ruane ("The Wind That Shakes the Barley"), Gary Maitland ("Sweet Sixteen") and Roger Allam ("Tamara Drewe") and newcomers Paul Brannigan, Siobhan Reilly and Jasmin Riggins will star in "The Angel's Share," a bittersweet comedy from Loach. Again keeping it in house, Paul Laverty ("Looking for Eric," "The Wind That Shakes the Barley") penned the screenplay about "a new father who has narrowly escaped a prison sentence and, with the help of fellow community service workers, concocts a plan to carve out a new future that involves a whiskey distillery."
Sounds like a possible low-key charmer and it's all coming together fast. Filming begins next week in Scotland and the movie is already set for release in Ireland and the U.K. next year. No word on other territories yet, but sales are likely to follow soon.
And oh yeah, if you need some Loach in your life a little bit sooner, the director's 1970 film "Kes" -- considered by many to be one of the best British films of all time -- just hit shelves from The Criterion Collection this week, so be sure to track it down. [Variety]


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- Location: Osaka (Japan)
The HERMES experiment uses the 27.5 GeV beam of longitudinally polarized electrons of the HERA accelerator together with an internal gas target to study the spin structure of the nucleon. The ability to identify hadrons in coincidence with the scattered electron is crucial for the determination of the contributions of the different quark flavors to the nucleon spin. For this purpose a Ring Imaging CHerenkov (RICH) detector was developed. It is able to identify pions, kaons and protons over the relevant momentum range of 2–15 GeV/c by using two radiators, silica aerogel and gas. This detector was installed in May 1998 in the HERMES experiment. It is the first RICH detector in an actual experiment that uses aerogel as a radiator.
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Having the perspective of Volunteers on what it's really like to be a Peace Corps Volunteer is helpful for potential applicants. The following short videos feature Volunteers answering some of the most frequently asked questions about various aspects of serving in the Peace Corps. You can also read answers to top questions on our FAQs page.
Be a Volunteer - Peace Corps
What kind of training does Peace Corps provide?
This video shows four Peace Corps Volunteers explaining the technical, language, and cross cultural training they received before they began their assignments. They learned the basic skills needed to integrate into their new community and be successful.
How does Peace Corps help Volunteers develop professionally?
Hear how having Peace Corps on your resumé makes you stand out in the competitive job market, and how living overseas as a Peace Corps Volunteer can help you discover your passion that you can translate into a career.
What are some ways Peace Corps Volunteers grow during service?
Hear three Volunteers explain their overseas experience, and how they were able to connect and learn about themselves, become independent, self-reliant, self-motivated and assertive, and ready to accomplish what they want in their lives and careers.
What are examples of Peace Corps Volunteer housing?
See three examples of Volunteer housing and the wide variety of scenarios, ranging from a rural hut surrounded by nature to living with a host family. Volunteer housing accommodations vary greatly but all must meet the Peace Corps' standards for safety and suitability.
Will I have a chance to work outside of my Peace Corps assignment area?
Hear what four Peace Corps Volunteers do overseas aside from their primary assignments. Many Volunteers work with their community to engage in worthwhile secondary projects that appeal to their interests and build friendships.
Be a Volunteer - Peace Corps
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Camp Fannin Association donates $5,000 to UT Health Science Center at Tyler for veterans memorial endowment
Tuesday, August 26, 2008The Camp Fannin Association, a Tyler nonprofit organization, presented The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler with a check for $5,000 for the Camp Fannin Veterans Memorial Endowment.
The endowment was created in 2004 and is used to maintain and preserve the memorial site.
John Anderson, CFA president, and Dave Wendt, past CFA president and director and a World War II veteran who trained at Camp Fannin, presented the check to UTHSCT President Dr. Kirk A. Calhoun and UTHSCT Vice President and Chief Development Officer Richard "Mac" Griffith.
"The association is pleased to be able to assist in this manner to assure the preservation of the history and legacy of Camp Fannin for future generations," Wendt said.
CFA members from throughout the United States contributed to the donation.
Camp Fannin U.S. Army Infantry Replacement Training Center opened in May 1943. Prior to its closure in June 1946, it trained more than 200,000 soldiers.
At the close of World War II, the federal government transferred the Camp Fannin Station Hospital and 657 acres of land to the State of Texas for the creation of a tuberculosis hospital, which formed the beginnings of what now is UT Health Science Center at Tyler.


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For the bulk of our SXSW Interactive programming, any registrant with an Interactive, Gold, or Platinum badge must simply arrive to their room of choice, and as capacity allows, enter without any further restrictions. However, for our Interactive Extended Workshops, registrants must sign-up in advance to attend these in-depth, hands-on sessions.
On Monday, October 14, we will announce the first round of Interactive workshop programming, but taking note of all your favorite content is only the first step. The next step is to check back here in mid-January when the online schedule goes live to officially reserve your seat to any of our workshop sessions.
Only registrants may sign-up to participate in an Interactive Workshop, so if you haven't already, purchase a badge before prices increase at 11:59 pm CST on Friday, October 18.
Need more information or would like to teach a SXSW Interactive Workshop? Feel free to email Nanci at any time.
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Next month, IxDA NYC will host ProcessFARM, a night of
mini-presentations and conversations about the process
of Interaction Design. We invite you submit a proposal
to present at this event.
ProcessFARM is a unique event in which 4-6 presenters
will be selected from the local community (and
environs) to share 10 minutes of insight about the
design process. Last years event (WireFARM) focused
on the way we use wireframes as a tool. The event was
a terrific way to meet peers and learn best practices.
This is a great event for first-time presenters as
well as veterans. If youre interested in presenting,
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In your proposal, please indicate:
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If you are selected to present, please note that well
provide a small set of questions that we would like to
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Tentative time, date, and location
Nov 12 (Tues), 6:30-8:30pm.
Location: Manhattan (venue TBD)
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Can anyone link me to a good Dr. Mundo Jungle build? The LolPro guide looks to be for Solo Top. There's no clear consensus for how to build Jungle Mundo on Mobafire. And SoloMid's guides look out of date.
Or just some notes on Rune/Mastery setup, with item build order would be helpful.


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My newest (2005 model) bike came stock with the typical useless massive racing crankset. To gear this baby up properly for climbing hills with a load in the trunk, I installed a TruVativ Hussefelt 44/32/22 crankset. (and the smaller BB to fix the new chainline) The front shifter is a 105 brifter, and original front derailleur was a Tiagra. The Tiagra's shifting worked, but it was rougher than I was happy with.
To see if I could improve the shifting, I installed a new X-Gen front derailleur that I had sitting around. The Tiagra derailleur had enough range to shift from little ring to big ring, but it didn't shift smoothly with the new crankset. OTOH, the X-Gen FD doesn't seem to have enough range, but shifts more smoothly. For now I am compensating for this buy turning the shifter's barrel adjuster to higher cable tension for shifting to the large chainring, and lower cable tension for shifting to the small chainring. This works, but is obviously a great annoyance. (Both limit screws are backed all the way out to allow maximum range, BTW.)
My question for the wise ones is...is there any reason the 105 brifter shouldn't be expected to work well with the X-Gen front derailleur? I've been adjusting all day, but I can't come close to getting from little ring to big ring without adjusting the cable tension barrel adjuster to keep the chain from rubbing the cage at either end. The height and angle of the derailleur look perfect to me, and this is not the first oddball FD/crankset/shifter combo I have set up, but it is the first time I've set up a FD with brifters, and the first time I've had this problem.
In fact the damn thing is even taunting me! If I optimize the FD to work with the 22 ring, and then shift all the way up to the 44 ring where the chain is rubbing the outside of the derailleur cage, then apply pressure to the brifter as if I was shifting up one more index position, the FD cage goes to the perfect place, but that is beyond the last index position. So close...yet so far!


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Lock n' Load: Heroes of the Gap is getting ready to bring the French into the fray of World War III. The expansion, Honneur et Patrie, has been added to the Lock n' Load P500 system with a funding cut off date of Thanksgiving 2011.
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Honneur & Patrie (Honor and Fatherland) is the first expansion for Lock 'n Load: Heroes of the Gap. The expansion introduces the French army into the third war to end all wars. Highlighting the fighting in not only West Germany, but also right into Paris, Honneur & Patrie features French conscripts, the Foreign Legion, Paratroopers, and lots of tanks. You'll match AMX30 B-2 tanks against the best Russian armor, direct Jaguar airstrikes, and recon enemy positions with ERC-90 and AMX 10RC armored cars.
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Re: Sparring aftermath: how to recover/ease pain from body punches?
Do you tend to cover up kinda like Pacqiuao? Guys that do that are really easy to tear up to the body. You don't see the punch coming and are completely exposed. There's no reason you can't protect the head AND body. Tighten up that guard, elbows tight.
What works for me is a normal guard (wlad, calzaghe, really the majority of fighters). One hand high, one either low or semi-extended. You see better. Head punches you just slip, parry, and counter. Body shots you either step away from or take on your elbows. The only time the earmuffs come on is when you're trying to close in for a phonebooth fight.
Abs won't do ****. Nothing at all. You really gonna be flexing them in the ring? No way. Even if you did, the shots that hurt are to the ribs. Prevention is the cure. You need to anticipate bodyshots and counter them hard. Pivot away from them or step back. Or try to catch the punch with your elbow.
Another way is to become a bodypuncher. People won't want to sit in range of your Bodyshots, which means they can't land their own.
If you catch a good one then smoke'a de ganja or pop some aspirin and learn from your mistake. Bodyshots are great weapons. You can stop anyone with a good one. They help you slow the opponents pace and make him tentative about letting his hands go.
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In a recent meeting with our Advisory Board, which is made up of current and former in-house lawyers, clients and non-clients, business people and advisors to the legal industry, the Board urged us to shift our focus away from the billing issues to a clearer description of what we offer. Less what we are not, more what we are. With that advice in mind, I thought it a good time to update my bio to focus on how the Valorem approach is providing benefits for our clients.
I have spent many years supervising lawyers in my role as national trial counsel for a number of clients. I have often described the work that I have seen from many of these lawyers, not to mention, some opposing counsel and co-counsel, and even from peers at former firms as "litigation by numbers." It's the litigation equivalent of the "paint-by-numbers" kits that were so popular when I was a kid. No great work of art was ever produced by a paint-by-numbers "artist." Likewise, those who follow the "litigation by numbers" play book may be able to produce adequate results, but they are never going to be game-changers for their clients. Valorem was created to bring together game-changers and mold the group into a powerful force for achieving results clients dream of but rarely dare to expect.
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I was fortunate to spend a great deal of time in court, and I have tried a number of cases. When my mentor was sued personally (the firm also was sued), he tapped me to defend him and the firm. I was tapped later by another partner who was sued personally in the aftermath of a tremendous pro bono success he had achieved for the highly publicized "Bambi Bembenek," whose story was touted in books and a movie. While my personal relationships with these partners increased the pressure to win, I was honored to be their chosen trial lawyer. My mentor had himself been mentored by the famed trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams, who founded the legendary Williams & Connelly firm in Washington, DC. To this day, my mentor's praise that "Edward Bennett Williams could not have done a better job" is a source of great satisfaction. The verdict in our favor on both cases was unanimous.
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Displaying different value for currency from Integer type
I am using integer type for my money type, and would like to display them as (value / 1000) only on display and (value * 1000) upon receiving user input. So user only know if they enter for example 12345.67, but it will be stored and processed internally as 1234560. Also for display, they will also displayed as 12,345.67
float data type is out to the window. Our number reach around 2 billion. Our currency rates around 9.8K to 10K IDR per 1 USD. So you get the picture know how big our number is. Problem is, we still need that cent part.
Can we do it on grid level? Or should I do it on model level? How?
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I have found this browsing on youtube: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=7SqznUdyeIw&feature=related It is a great version of Natural Mystic with alternate horn section, does someone in here know where this come from? is it some kind of demo/rehearsal? or an alternate mix? where can I find it, other than there?
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BreastSafari has about 120 videos, but I must admit that that number could be off by a bit because the movies are mostly posted in parts and sometimes they're not added in chronological order, which is an issue that made counting a little difficult.
The quality of the flicks varies, but there are some that look amazing. That said, you'll mostly be encountering vids that offer average-quality playback. Other than seeing the occasional man burying his face between two huge boobs, everything is topless softcore. You will see some ladies stripped down to their panties, though.
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I wanted to profile my application using gprof, and proceeded like
when profiling a normal application:
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This returns a normal-looking output, but i don't know
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Does anybody have experience in profiling parallel applications?
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I distinctly remember the first movie that I saw in a theater. My sister and one of her girl friends took me to the Town & Country Cinema, not far from our house. It was a matinee and the movie was Bambi. (No, it wasn't during its original release in 1942. It was during one of its numerous re-releases. I won't say which one.)
Thinking back, Bambi might not have been the best choice for a first movie, considering how much I cried. (Denise, you could have warned me!) It's amazing I ever went to the movies again.
But I did go back to the movies. The early years were filled with the expected Disney movies. Then, I made it to the big leagues: Star Wars, my first PG-rated movie. It was also the first time going to a drive-in. This was with the same sister who nearly scarred me for life with Bambi. (Fortunately, she was only joking when she said I had to hide in the trunk of the car when we drove in since was a PG-rated movie.)
Both the Town & Country Cinema and the Eastside Drive-In (where I saw Star Wars) are now gone. They were both built in the early 1960s and, although they were nice theaters in their time, they didn't have the splendor of the movie theaters of the 1920s and 30s. I am glad to see a move to revitalize those classic theaters, either as entertainment spots (such as the Ohio Theatre in Columbus) or as shops, but keeping the original front and signage. (I love those old theater signs!)
Whether you're watching in a splendid, revitalized theater or one that's in a shopping mall, there's still something neat about sitting down with your overpriced popcorn and watching the story unfold. Maybe it's the cheer everyone lets out when the bad guy finally gets his or the collective groan when you all realize the movie was a dud. Or maybe it's just the simple pleasure of sitting in a darkened theater and escaping for a couple of hours.
By the way, if you haven't seen Bambi, I'll say this. (Spoiler alert.) It doesn't go well for Bambi's mom. That's all I'm going to say.
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My first movies were "The Blob", "Giant Tarantula" and "The Ten Commandments"–Great memories. Thanks.
I spent a number of summer evenings at the Kingston in Cheboygan, during visits relatives with my grandparents. It was one of those old majestic theaters in small town America. It brings back a lot of great memories.
Movies are my all-time favorite entertainment, with the exception of reading books!
The little town where I grew up had one movie theater – I think I have a picture of it some where. It changed venue 3 times a week, and it was always a double feature. They showed the first feature a second time, so if you missed part of it you could stay and watch what you missed. Since all movies were 'kid okay' my Mom drove me to town 3 times a week so I could see every movie. There was always a cartoon before the movie. My friends and I would meet at the theater, buy our popcorn and enjoy a few hours pretending we were the starlet in a world usually foreign to us. We were just small town girls with not a lot of excitement going on.
Before I was old enough to go by myself, my older sister, had to take me along with her friends. She wasn't very happy about that. I didn't care who took me – I just loved movies.
As I grew older one of my best friend's dad owned the theater and at thirteen years old I obtained my first paying job. I cooked and sold the popcorn, candy bars, and sodas. I even got to count all the money at the end of the evening and write up the tally.
On Halloween we dressed up in our homemade costumes, took our large paper grocery bags, skimmed as many blocks in town as we could – then took our bags full of candy to the spooky movie showing at the theater. I remember pulling my legs up under me on the seat so that no monster lurking on the floor under my seat could get me.
Sorry, another memory just floated in – in the Holiday season – our family always had dinner at one of our aunts or uncles. After the dinner our parents drove us to the theater to see the Holiday movie, while they went back home to play cards.
When I left that little town and moved to the city, the large beautiful theaters excited me, and I remember sitting in those beautiful seats and still wishing I was the star on the screen. (Sigh)
And of course the drive in movie which we didn't have in my little home town – what fun that was. The speakers usually worked, but I remember going to the office and asking for a different speaker. Sitting outside in the car with the windows rolled down and the fresh air drifting in – oh my, these memories!
Now I sit comfortably in my recliner watching the old classics on my TV, or my computer, or plug in a DVD or video, and still feel the excitement of being involved in the stories of people all over the world. (I still wonder what it would have been like to have been one of those beautiful starlets!) I go with my grandchildren to all the Disney movies – they are my excuse for going, but I love Disney and feel indebted to Walt Disney for all he contributed to my growing up.
Yes movies have been an exciting part of my life.
One of the most memorable movie treats came aboard the US Army transport ship taking my mom, sister and me from Oakland, CA, to join my father who was stationed in Yokohoma, Japan. Being Army dependents meant that we had to remain in a certain part of the ship so as not to mingle with the regular soldiers. I was 10 years old so an activity director had to keep all of us of all ages entertained at certain points during the day. We had movies, mostly cartoons, twice a week for an hour or two. At night, the adults could see "regular" movies if they could get someone to monitor the kids. Sometimes the ship swayed which further caused problems to the equipment and our nerves!


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Now that we finally know we can expect to see new episodes of Snooki and JWOWW in October, we are super pumped about Season 3. And last week, our favorite BFF pair spent some quality hangtime participating in one of their favorite activities: Instagram selfies!
And, of course, they didn't forget to use one of their signature poses in the pic: the ever infamous duck face. It's totally routine, especially for JWOWW — she even included her pout in the last pic she and Snooki took together late last month!
It's a good thing the girls are still so close, though. After the Pelican Island protests prevented Snooks from renting a house, she and her fam are crashing with JWOWW and Roger at their place until they can find one of their own while they start filming.
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Since seeding is all relative, the one factor that hasn't been talked about much on CF (at least that I have seen) relates to the teams ahead of us on the S-Curve.
If we are to move out of the dreaded 8 - 9 game and into the 5 - 7 range, I think we need the team's ahead of us to lose - the worse the loss the better - while we win a few games. So, I think we need to cheer against Gonzaga, Louisville, Notre Dame, New Mexico among others. If these teams lose quickly, I think we can improve our seeding with only a win or two in the Big 12 Tourney.
Who else do we have a legitimate opportunity to leapfrog over the course of Championship Week?
Florida, UNLV, Temple, Notre Dame, Gonzaga, Vanderbilt, San Diego St, New Mexico, Memphis, St. Mary's, & Purdue...
That's some of them anyway.
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Texas, and Missouri.
Originally Posted by cy8
Texas, and Missouri.
Gonzaga and St. Mary's play each other tonight for the WCC championship. Unless we win 2+ in the Big 12 tourney, I think we are behind at least one of those teams.
Notre Dame plays the winner of (Nova vs. Rutgers) vs. USF.
Louisville plays winner of Providence vs. Seton Hall.
*Cincinnati plays the winner of (Pitt vs. St. John's) vs. Georgetown.
*San Diego St. plays B1G like foe Boise State.
New Mexico plays Air Force.
*UNLV plays Wyoming.
*also think we can pass
According to Joe Lunardi
5 seeds
6 seeds
Notre Dame
Murray State
7 seeds
New Mexico
San Diego St.
8 seeds
St. Mary's
Iowa State
Kansas State
9 seeds
Southern Miss
I really wouldn't put too much weight right now in saying that we are a ___ seed. We are mostly basing this off of Lunardi, and based off of other things I saw in the bracket, the guy is missing the mark on a lot of things. I'd honestly say that we are a 7 or even a 6 right now.
Everybody that is ranked above us in the top 25.. and Texas
Mizzou, so they fall off to 3seeds and we can snag 7th seed @ Omaha.
Originally Posted by CyFan61
I bleed cardinal and urinate gold.
We have to get out of the 8-9 seed so win our games and get into the 4-5 range.
Originally Posted by cyguytillidie
According to Joe Lunardi5 seedsUNLVTempleFloridaLouisville6 seedsNotre DameVandyMurray StateGonzaga7 seedsMemphisNew MexicoSan Diego St.Creighton8 seedsSt. Mary'sIowa StateKansas StateAlabama9 seedsPurdueVirginiaCincinnatiSouthern Miss
I would really like to know how Florida is a 5 seed when we have identical records and they are only 6 spots ahead of us in the AP poll?? Also how is kstate the same seed as us?? Blasphemy
Originally Posted by cymaniac17
I would really like to know how Florida is a 5 seed when we have identical records and they are only 6 spots ahead of us in the AP poll?? Also how is kstate the same seed as us?? Blasphemy
lol it seems Lunardi chooses his bracketology much like most of us fill out our ncaa tourney brackets. no insight and no clue what those teams have done. or is that just me?
Originally Posted by cymaniac17
I would really like to know how Florida is a 5 seed when we have identical records and they are only 6 spots ahead of us in the AP poll?? Also how is kstate the same seed as us?? Blasphemy
Exactly! And 22-9 in the Big 12 is a lot more impressive than 22-9 in the SEC.
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Record vs. 1-25: 1-4
26-50: 2-1
51-75: 2-2
76-100: 3-0
101-200: 10-2
201+: 4-0
Jerseys say Florida
Iowa State
1-25: 2-5
26-50: 2-0
51-75: 1-2
76-100: 0-0
101-200: 10-2
201+: 7-0
Jerseys say Iowa State
They have a one more win in the top 100 but other than that I don't see the diffence.
Didn't see this before but we have one more top 50 win then Florida does.
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Shia LaBeouf Gets Into A London Bar Brawl — See The Video Here!
Shia LaBeouf may have retired from public life, but he's not going out without a fight — literally.
On Thursday, Shia found himself in the middle of a bar brawl in South London when he got into an altercation with a drunk man who was also at the bar. Going by TMZ's video, it appears the man said something about a girl who was at the pub with Shia that Shia really didn't like.
So he did the only thing there was left to do: he headbutted him.
In the video, you can hear Shia shouting, "What'd you say about my girl's mom? Are you f—king kidding me bro?" The man doesn't seem to respond, though — he just continues sitting at the bar with his head down.
Two women behind Shia yell at him to stop and try to hold him back, but he's pretty bent on getting the last word in… or what, as far as we can tell, are the only words, really.
And according to the New York Daily News, this is the second time Shia's gotten into a fight at this bar, the first time occurring in 2012. We wouldn't be surprised if he was banned for life after this time!
Shia announced his retirement last week via Twitter following the backlash he faced after he plagiarized a graphic novel by Daniel Clowes in his short film. It doesn't sound like retirement's sitting well with the Transformers star to us, though.
Sources: TMZ, New York Daily News


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Eric S. sends a link to the new ESCAPE, architect Kelly R. Davis's answer to the mobile home. As described on the website:
"ESCAPE was conceived as a high quality cottage, not an RV. Inspired by All-American architect Frank Lloyd Wright's celebrated attention to detail and appreciation of nature, every element of the ESCAPE has been finished to the highest quality standards, featuring cedar lap siding, LED lighting, Energy Star appliances and much more. With remarkable architectural detail and beautiful furnishings, this is hardly your standard RV, but rather an object of repose that enhances the beauty of any natural setting."
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Durham Regional Forest
Durham Regional Forest is 596 hectares (1,473 acres) of forested property owned by the Region of Durham and managed by us. Much of this forest consists of land that was reforested in the 1920s to prevent soil erosion. Although forest management remains a priority for the Durham Regional Forest, it also provides outstanding recreational opportunities and wildlife habitat.
There are over 16 kilometres of trails in four marked loops, as well as numerous secondary trails throughout the main tract of Durham Forest which provide an opportunity for hiking, biking, horseback riding or skiing on the rolling topography of the Oak Ridges Moraine. The trail network in Durham Regional Forest also contributes to larger regional and national trail networks through its contribution to the Oak Ridges Trail and the Trans Canada Trail.
The forest is also part of a larger complex of public protected areas, including the East Duffins Headwaters owned by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, and the Town of Uxbridge's Countryside Preserve.
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The main tract of the forest can be accessed from a parking lot on the 7th Concession of Uxbridge. Many of the smaller tracts, which also have recreational trails, have small parking lots on adjacent Concession roads.


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Great Big Dog Social Walk On A Hot Saturday
All the big dogs were very well behaved on Saturday as we went for a walk in the lovely shade at Netherclay on the hottest day of the year so far. A few found the muddy puddle near then end of the walk and it is true what they say "A mud bath does cool you down"
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The Tuesday Big Dog Social walk from Netherclay Farm will now be held at 3pm from 11th June
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Teach your pet gun dog how to work to whistle, hunt and retrieve. Aimed at the pet owner or for young dogs prior to them attending a shoot. Positive reinforcement methods. No harsh handling . This really works well and can enhance your general obedience on walks and everyday life as you train your dog in a way which he enjoys encouraging team work and cooperation.


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"Health care, certainly long-term care, has faced staffing and retention and satisfaction challenges," Wisnoski says. Long-term medical care for elderly and disabled patients requires hard, often thankless work. From low-skilled aides to highly trained nurse practitioners, these are health care's burnout jobs. By 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services projects a shortage of 1 million nurses. That shortage does not include the lower-skilled health care workers like nurse aides, who are in high demand to take care of the daily needs of the infirm and elderly.
The difficulty of the work, combined with increased demand for workers, has led to perennial difficulties retaining staff, Wisnoski says. The costs associated with filling those gaps can be substantial. Sun Healthcare's 14.3 percent staff vacancy rate translates to $1.5 million annually in additional overtime and contract expenses at its long-term care subsidiary, SunBridge. Workforce shortages also amount to $40 million in lost revenue annually at its other subsidiary, SunDance Rehabilitation.
To address the costs associated with high job vacancy rates, Sun Healthcare surveyed its employees in 2002 to find out what would make their jobs more satisfying. The results were unambiguous: Employees wanted opportunities to advance their careers.
"We really needed to find a way to meet the needs of our employees," Wisnoski says.
In 2003, with the support of CEO Rick Matros and COO Bill Mathies, Sun Healthcare launched its Career Pathways Initiative. The company felt that the best way to retain employees and meet the demands of the growing long-term health care sector would be to give employees the opportunity to develop new skills and grow professionally.
To help pay for the training, the company turned to funding from federal, state and local workforce training initiatives. Partnering with local community organizations proved to be a valuable resource. Instructors traveled to Sun work sites to teach courses.
Sun has been awarded $2.2 million in grants on workforce training programs for 1,650 employees in five states. Workers have been trained to become certified nursing assistants and geriatric caregivers. Others have taken courses to improve their English or obtain their GED. "Employees are hungry for the training," says Kay Weiss, Sun's workforce development manager. "It's training for people to be more satisfied with their career choice."
That satisfaction has led to a 20 percent reduction in turnover in the areas where training has been provided, the company says. At its facilities in Massachusetts, turnover has dropped by 26 percent since programs began in 2003.
Dina Marie LaMarche, a 33-year-old nursing assistant at a SunBridge facility in Lawrence, Massachusetts, says she would still be at the bottom rung of her profession had her employer not given her the opportunity to take classes and improve her skills. LaMarche has completed advanced training as a certified nursing assistant and is studying to become a practical nurse.
For identifying and developing proactive solutions to a major issue in its industry, Sun Healthcare Group is the winner of 2007 Optimas Award for Vision.
Irvine, California-based Sun Healthcare Group emerged from bankruptcy five years ago and employs 19,483 people. It operates 118 nursing homes, 13 assisted and independent living facilities, seven mental health facilities and three speciality acute care hospitals totaling 15,337 beds. In 2006, total net revenue was $1.05 billion.
Sun operates and staffs nursing homes, assisted living communities, hospitals and rehabilitation centers. Addressing the staffing shortages it knows all too well, the company also operates CareerStaff Unlimited, which provides health professionals temporary, permanent and travel employment in health care.
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How to do recovery charity correctly
A great paradox of terrorism is that an act of terrible evil can bring forth so many acts of good. Since Monday's awful explosions on Boylston Street, Boston has been a city of heroes: the magnificent first responders, the miracle-working medical personnel, and the many ordinary people who have given so freely of their time, money, and blood. Yet to be effective, this flood of charity needs to flow in the right direction, and at this early date, we don't know where money will be most needed. For this reason, Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino have established "The One Fund Boston," which they hope will be able to draw on the charitable impulses of today's donors in the future, when the best uses of these funds become apparent.
The evil of 9/11 also brought forth massive generosity; $2.8 billion was given to related charities. Hurricane Katrina generated an even larger $5.3 billion charitable surge. But the results of all that giving were uneven. The proliferation of different funds and causes meant that while many victims received ample aid, some first responders received far too little.
After examining 325 charities "established to serve the victims, their families and their memories," the Associated Press reported that "in virtually every category of 9/11 nonprofit, an AP analysis of tax documents and other official records uncovered schemes beset with shady dealings, questionable expenses, and dubious intentions." Giving money wisely is never easy, particularly during the emotional maelstrom following a great disaster.
But Boston has a long tradition of smart philanthropy. The Boston Public Library's McKim building, which stands so near Monday's tragedy, epitomizes the intelligent generosity of 19th century Bostonians, like Josiah Quincy Jr. and Edward Everett, who believed that "education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army."
After the Marathon explosions, local and state officials recognized the problems with various 9/11 funds. They went to Kenneth Feinberg, a lawyer who teaches at Harvard and has a distinguished history in disaster relief; he served as special master of the federal Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund. Feinberg urged them, a top city official told me, to create a primary repository for charitable responses to the marathon attack, and The One Fund Boston was born.
The central problem the fund faces is that establishing a well-functioning charity takes time. Feinberg himself will administer the fund, I was told Wednesday; this is quite reassuring. But we don't know who will serve on its governing board. Goodwin Procter has volunteered to help with the legal work, but the IRS has not yet granted the 501(c)3 status that the fund needs for donations to be tax-deductible. (It surely will.)
In an ideal world, perhaps, donors could just hold off until these details are finalized, but that is not how disaster-related charity works. The victims of April 15 are currently on everyone's mind, and giving is natural. As media attention wanes, charitable impulses will too. A clever study examined Internet giving after the 2004 tsunami and found that "an additional 700-word story in the New York Times or Wall Street Journal raises donations by 18.2 percent of the daily average."
Of course, it goes against many donors' instincts to assume that charitable organizations, especially new ones set up by public officials, will do the right thing. My grandfather grew up in czarist Russia, and my father grew up in Nazi Germany, so I don't automatically trust the authorities. Yet even a skeptical economist can see that Monday's tragedy merits giving money on faith. In this unusual setting, it is better to give The One Fund Boston the freedom to flexibly spend to meet needs as they appear, rather than to tightfistedly require safeguards that will take months to enshrine formally.
Besides, Menino has shown fiscal prudence and passion for his city over the past 20 years. He will surely help select stewards for the fund who share those virtues. Business leaders, who are usually cagey about giving out cash, have shown their confidence by donating generously to The One Fund Boston. John Hancock, the main sponsor of the Marathon, has contributed $1 million.
We owe the victims not only our generosity, but also our good sense. Too much money was wasted after 9/11 by small, unfocused charities. The One Fund offers Bostonians a single repository for their charity -- one whose work can then be scrutinized appropriately. But the time to give is now. Let's trust the mayor and the governor, and donate as much as we can to One Fund Boston.


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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - A police department in western Georgia is coping after the deaths of two captains and a corporal within two months.
Captain Jackey Long died in early July shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Corporal Keith Slay died in a late July car crash while he was on duty. Capt. Vince Pasko was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his house about two weeks ago.
Chief of the 488-person department, Ricky Boren, told the Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus (http://bit.ly/1asHatp) he's never seen so many casualties within the department in such a short time span.
Slay was a narcotics task force member who was also the only person in Columbus public safety who was authorized to fly a helicopter. Long and Pasko both worked in business operations for the department.
Information from: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, http://ledger-enquirer.com
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STATE OF THE ART; Windows XP: Microsoft's New Look for Fall, in Size XXL
By David Pogue
Published: September 6, 2001
IF you could choose only one word to sum up Windows XP, ''big'' would come to mind. Microsoft's new operating system is physically big, requiring two gigabytes of hard-drive space and more than an hour to install. It's big in scope, too: XP is Microsoft's attempt to merge its home line (the friendly but cranky Windows 95, 98 and Me) with its corporate line (the unattractive but rock-solid Windows NT and 2000) into a unified operating system that offers the best of both.
But above all, Windows XP is big for computer companies. It is designed for very young, high-octane PC's -- 128 megabytes of memory and up, less than two years old -- and if it's a hit, the net effect is likely to be a wave of PC buying and upgrading. No wonder that executives at PC makers are walking around with dilated pupils and moist palms, hailing Windows XP as the savior that will deliver us from the tech slump, the recession and probably world hunger.
Windows XP goes on sale Oct. 25, and it will begin showing up on some new computers this month. But Microsoft has been supplying test versions for evaluation for several months, and last week it delivered the final product. It turns out that even the good news is big: Windows XP is very attractive and extremely stable.
Rugged at the Core
At the core of Windows XP is the same stress-tested, highly secure engine that drives Windows 2000, which has been the system of choice in corporations, where rebooting crashed PC's is an unacceptable waste of time. Sure enough, it looks as though Windows XP may go months without locking up. That's not to say that individual programs won't still bomb now and then -- they will -- but they'll no longer take down your whole computer.
The implications of a truly stable Windows are staggering. Think about how much time, emotion and money has been expended over the years on unhelpful error messages, ''blue screens of death'' and frozen PC's. Windows XP could be the dawn of a new, error-free era.
The trouble with Windows 2000, of course, is that it is incompatible with many hardware and software add-ons, including such essential titles as Tomb Raider and Barney the Dinosaur CD's. Fortunately, Microsoft knocked itself out in its efforts to improve XP's compatibility quotient; where Windows 2000 worked with 6,000 hardware add-ons, Microsoft boasts that XP works with 12,000. As with any Windows upgrade, this one will most likely require updates for utility programs like virus checkers and disk formatters. But otherwise, a vast majority of programs, including games and even most elderly DOS programs, run smoothly. And if the unfamiliarity of Windows XP chokes a particular program, a clever ''compatibility mode'' menu in the Properties window of each program lets you trick it into thinking it's running on Windows 95, Windows NT 4, or whatever.
As with Windows 2000, Windows XP is also designed to keep the files and settings of everyone who uses a particular PC separate and secure. Every time you use the computer, you must log in with a name and a password, so that Windows will know whose desktop to bring up; it even returns you to whatever programs and documents you had open the last time you used the machine.
That's great in offices, schools and computer labs. But if you don't regularly share your PC, it seems silly and even annoying to have to log in to your own machine. By declining to set up a password, you can reduce the inconvenience to a single click on your name. But even so, for the home user, Windows XP is like a spouse who won't let you into your house each night until you show some ID.
Cosmetic Surgery
The stability of XP will take you some time to appreciate, but the cosmetic changes will hit you instantly. The emphasis on good looks represents a huge reversal for Microsoft, whose earlier design attempts are unlikely to wind up under glass at the Louvre.
The XP taskbar and window borders are now a shimmering backlighted blue; the redesigned icons have a 3-D shadowed look; tiny animations liven up the desktop; and the Recycle Bin is now in the lower right corner. In these and many other ways, Windows XP couldn't look much more like Apple's Mac OS X if you ran it through a copying machine.
Even so, design surprises, most of the pleasant sort, await at every turn. For example, the taskbar automatically consolidates the window buttons of each program when conditions become too crowded. If you're working on six Word documents, you might see a single Microsoft Word button on the taskbar, which you can use as a pop-up menu to switch to a specific document.
The Start menu is now a better organized, two-column affair: recently used programs are listed in the left column, and everything else (My Documents, My Computer, Control Panel, Search and so on) is in the right. The one misfire here is the All Programs menu (the equivalent of the old Programs listing); it superimposes itself awkwardly on top of the Start menu. Fortunately, if you can't stand this change -- or, for that matter, any of the XP cosmetic changes -- you can turn it off, which makes your desktop look and work just as it did in previous versions of Windows.