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Submitted by A.S.HAINES, posted on December 12, 2001
Image Description, by A.S.HAINES
December 12, 2001, 02:48 PM
Interesting. How'd you get the screenshots?
December 12, 2001, 02:49 PM
the fish is really cool. It almost looks holographic. Is there any chance there might be a StrongArm emulator out there that we could run an executable on?
December 12, 2001, 03:41 PM
Beautiful. Really, really nice.
December 12, 2001, 04:33 PM
December 12, 2001, 04:35 PM
btw.. colored metaballs have been done before, even in 3d using the marching cubes algorithm...
December 12, 2001, 04:36 PM
Looks nice!
Have fun!
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December 12, 2001, 05:08 PM
Mmmh, nice idea for the metaballs :)
*runs off to try*
December 12, 2001, 05:58 PM
Kickass demo, yo.
December 12, 2001, 06:00 PM
3d colorblending metaballs was first seen in the demo "jakoob" by fudge at the gathering 1997
good work, i always like funky strange alien hardware :) about the blobs, doing them in 3D is quite normal in the pc demoscene right now, but your variant still looks cool.
December 12, 2001, 09:23 PM
i totally agree! :)
December 12, 2001, 09:51 PM
i try again:
December 12, 2001, 11:12 PM
love the metaballs, i'll bet it looks very cool animated.
December 13, 2001, 03:46 AM
Why would you use splines for the rotozoom effect? Just fiddle around with the delta's a bit (like adding a sine value per line) and the rotozoomer gets a 'rubber' effect instantly :D
December 13, 2001, 07:12 AM
Yay! Nice.
December 13, 2001, 07:40 AM
Couldn't agree with you more... it's quite cold here in GBG ;)
December 13, 2001, 08:26 AM
Thankyou all for your comments.
I emailed this IOTD from a temporary account and unfortunately the email return address is wrong (I don't know if I'll be able to access it now). Please send any email to:
The screenshots were taken using a program entered in the 2k tool category of Codecraft#2 ("ScreenGrab" by CasmA and neBula)
I should have given the website...
**Please note that none of these programs will run on a PC**
I certainly agree that the Fish display is cool (animated, it looks amazing). Hopefully Alain will be able to comment on his work here because I don't pretend to fully understand it (sorry Frans).
While ARM emulators exist, to get the demo to run you'd need a full RiscPC emulator. Also ARM chips are quite powerful so it would probably be dog-slow. The source is on the web-site so you can look at it if you want. Alain has a stand-alone Fish demo on his own website which is in some ways superior (No lossy compression on the Fish tile).
Re the coloured metablobs, thank you Ector and Ekul for pointing me towards this demo. As I said I can't follow the PC scene, but I'm not suprised its been done before. Metaballs (3D entities) have been done on the RiscPC as well, but not by me. (RiscPCs tend not to use graphics cards and do everything in software. That said a graphics card for the platform now exists). Personally I'm not completely sold on 3D (not for its own sake, anyway). It is certainly fun in many games but I like platformers. ;-)
Finally, as an aside perhaps I should mention something of interest you can't see in the graphics. To get all this stuff to fit in 8k I had to compress not just the data but also the code. All ARM instructions are 32 bits wide. The code was packed using a sort of scrolling dictionary of the last 256 instructions, where non-matching nibbles from the best match are replaced to give the next instruction. To depack, the initial 'dictionary' is the depacking code to give it something to start with. This works quite well, and indeed a stand-alone utility performing this on arbritrary code was entered (by Pervect/Topix) in the 2k utility competition.
This might be of interest to Gameboy Advance programmers.
December 13, 2001, 10:25 AM
ja, tänk på mej som går på lindholmen, JÄVLAR vad det e kallt där ute =) och ja, det var faktiskt meningen att läsas så som du gjorde, grattis;)
December 13, 2001, 02:28 PM
Yay.I like the meatballs, are they animated in the demo?
December 15, 2001, 05:45 PM
Your code compression method is interesting, but I don't see how the "nibbles" to be changed from the best matching 32bit word can be stored efficiently...
As I see it, one byte is used to store the best matching instruction, but then...?
Do you achieve 50% compression, or less ?
December 16, 2001, 12:20 PM
If I remember correctly, the way I did it was:
1 byte - nibble mask.
1 byte - offset to 'best' match
n nibbles - EOR value with the mismatch in the copied word
If there were no good matches then I used binary 11111111 for the
nibble mask and didn't need the pointer byte.
This gives best case 50% compression of a word (I should mention a word is defined as 32 bits on this architecture)
Worst case is 1 word (4bytes) becomes 5 bytes, although this doesn't happen that often in practice.
I think I got around 75% compression on maybe 4-5k of code, but bear in mind that this includes the decompression code (Less than 20 instructions IIRC). If there was more data then a different method would give better results; as you have more data better compaction is possible.
When Eli-Jean wrote the 'CodePressor' utility using this algorithm he observed from the output that many best matches were in the last 16 instructions, and also often had the top 4 nibbles identical (This is a consequence of the ARM instruction format). So he special cased these and got slightly better overall compression.
For what it is worth, his utility won the 2k utility class. :-)
He has since written a (much larger) utility which tries several different modifications to get the best compression.
Thankyou for your interest.
January 01, 2002, 08:28 PM
This is interesting stuff. Its a shame how us PC losers don't have quite the access to our video hardware that we once did. I agree, although 3D is a lot of fun, getting your hands filthy with asm on the frame buffer is great. Also, ingenious work with the code compression, I had to post to mention that it struck me as very similar to LZ77 compression. Cool man.
January 04, 2002, 01:21 PM
Probably in reverse order:
Nay, I've just looked at a LZ77 description on the web. "CodePressor" compression is similar in that it uses a rolling window as decode buffer. The main difference being that CPr uses fixed length packets with differences while LZ77 uses varying length packets. This makes me wonder whether it would be possible to have a hybrid technique, where near-perfect long runs could be patched. On second thought, this may be a little hairy. :-)
Greg. Sorry I didn't reply before. The metaballs in the demo move through different lissajous figures.
RE Acorn emulating, I found this on a RiscOS dedicated website:
It describes and points to an emulator. Whether the demo would work I don't know; if it did it'd probably have a low frame-rate because the machine emulated is perhaps an order of magnitude slower than mine.
Alain Brobecker has asked me to post this for him:
> the fish is really cool. It almost looks holographic.
It's a bare rotozoom where you shift RGB values. This effect i saw in an old Amiga 1200 demo by Sanity (coder?).
> Why would you use splines for the rotozoom effect?
> Just fiddle around with the delta's a bit (like adding a sine value
> per line) and the rotozoomer gets a 'rubber' effect instantly :D
Quadratic splines can be done with 2 additions only, not even looking up a table! :)
Just to labor his last point, using splines is therefore quicker than sines, especially if you've got a full cache of other stuff. (The data cache on the StrongARM is 16kb, in 512 byte lines IIRC.)


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Bembeya Jazz National
The history of Guinea's most hallowed musical group must be viewed in the political and cultural context of that African nation's achievement of independence. When France's President Charles de Gaulle offered its African colonies the choice of independence, Guinea's newly-elected President, Ahmed Sékou Touré, seized the opportunity. Touré famously told De Gaulle "We prefer liberty in poverty to riches in slavery." As the first French African colony to choose independence, they suffered the considerable wrath of a vengeful empire. France immediately ceased all economic support,... Read More
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
Microsoft is emphasizing the potentially money-saving features of Exchange 2010, the latest revamp of its e-mail application officially released Monday at its TechEd European customer conference in Berlin.
With Exchange 2010, Microsoft is trying to entice CIOs in a tough economic environment to upgrade, contending that Exchange 2010's new features lets companies buy cheaper storage systems, eliminate their voice-mail systems and drop licenses for separate e-mail archiving software.
Although enterprise e-mail changes and deployments can take much time, Microsoft expects Exchange 2010 to be "quite aggressively deployed," said Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's business division, which oversees products such as the Office suite.
As part of its case to customers, Microsoft is citing a study it commissioned from research analyst Forrester. The study says that companies can expect to recoup their costs of deploying Exchange 2010 within six months through savings in other areas.
Exchange 2010 can now be used with less expensive attached storage devices rather than SANs (storage area networks), Elop said. Another money-saving feature is Exchange's ability to take voice mail messages.
A speech-to-text feature let users read rather than listen to the messages. Microsoft has also added an e-mail archiving feature, which Elop said eliminates the need for companies to purchase other archiving software.
The new version has other features to make e-mail more manageable, such as conversation threading, the ability to ignore ongoing conversations between co-workers, and protections to ensure that e-mail with sensitive information isn't released. On the security side, Microsoft also released Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange.
At the conference, Microsoft is also pushing Windows Server 2008 R2, the latest version of the server product. Last week, Microsoft made an abrupt change to its product roadmap.
The company was not planning on making Exchange 2007 compatible with Windows Server 2008 R2. It meant that those who wanted to upgrade to the latest server product also had to use Exchange 2010.
"Earlier this year we made a decision in one direction, and due to the feedback we have received on this blog and elsewhere, we have reconsidered," wrote Kevin Allison, a general manager for Exchange, on a blog.
"In the coming calendar year we will issue an update for Exchange 2007 enabling full support of Windows Server 2008 R2."
Microsoft has not given a date when the update may be released.
In other news at TechEd, Microsoft released a community technology preview for SQL Server 2008 R2, which will be available for download on the company's Web site.
First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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PORTLAND -- Gary Catalano stood beside his booth Saturday, pitching the benefits of his aeroponic marijuana growing system at the Home Grown Maine 2012 medical marijuana trade show.
Sage Peterson of Canuvo Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Biddeford displays medical marijuana his company grows and supplies, during the Home Grown Maine trade show for medical marijuana vendors, caregivers and others, at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland on Saturday.
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One vendor displays various treats as an alternative to smoking medical marijuana for medical purposes, during the Home Grown Maine trade show for medical marijuana vendors, caregivers and others, at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland on Saturday.
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"It is the cleanest system because it doesn't use dirt," said Catalano, of Harrison.
Catalano, who runs Catalano Caregivers and Northern Aeroponics, said being able to grow marijuana legally is a dream come true. He said for years he grew the plant illegally, even though his parents urged him to stop.
"Now I am actually teaching my father how to grow it," said Catalano, a registered caregiver who under state law may grow medical marijuana for up to five patients.
Catalano was one of dozens of vendors at the trade show, sponsored by the Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine statewide trade association.
Held at The Holiday Inn-by-the-Bay, one of the state's busiest convention venues, the show highlighted just how mainstream medical marijuana has become.
The show featured workshops and forums on such topics as tax preparation for startup small businesses and the latest on efforts to add post traumatic stress disorder to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana. Certified medical marijuana patients were able to test out vaporizers firsthand, the odor of weed wafting through the connecting corridors.
Billed as the largest medical marijuana trade show in New England, the show came just days after voters in California and Washington became the first states in the nation to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cannabis. In Washington, people 21 and older will be able to buy up to 1 ounce from a licensed retailer.
In Colorado, people will be able to buy up to 1 ounce and grow up to six plants in a secure area.
Last week Massachusetts joined the list of 18 states and the District of Columbia to enact laws that allow the use of medical marijuana.
Since Maine voters approved the creation of marijuana dispensaries and the cultivation of cannabis for medical use three years ago, a whole industry has emerged.
G.W. Martin, a third-generation farmer whose booth drew crowds of attendees, said medical marijuana has created a whole new sideline at Hogback Mountain Farm in Montville. Martin is turning out Medicinal Mix, an organic compost mix highly prized by marijuana growers, and a water-soluble fertilizer made from baby quail manure.
"I can't make it fast enough," Martin said.
Martin also builds and installs $999 marijuana greenhouses. Martin said he has hired two helpers to keep up with the demand for his marijuana-related products. He said at first his parents were worried about the new ventures.
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Imagine a tall glass of pure spring water. Could anything in the world taste better? You decide to find out: You add some high-fructose corn syrup to make it sweeter. Then some carbon dioxide to make it fizzy. You top it off with phosphoric acid for a little tang. Ready to try it?
Before you say no, consider this: Those are the key ingredients in America's most popular soft drinks.
Chain restaurants are performing similar chemistry experiments with seafood. Fish is one of nature's purest, leanest sources of nutrients—protein supplies 70 percent or more of the total calories. And the simplest preparations usually taste the best. But the chemists, er, chefs at America's most popular restaurants can't resist drowning your salmon and tilapia in unnecessary coats of oil, breading, sauces, and cheese. In doing so, the healthy protein, omega-3 fats, minerals, and vitamins are lost beneath a sea of fat and calories—and we're stuck with newly widened waistlines, wondering where we went wrong.
With that in mind, I give you the six worst fish dishes on the scene, compliments of the forthcoming Eat This, Not That! 2013: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution. Skip them and opt for the healthier option instead.
PF Chang's Shrimp with Candied Walnuts
1,380 calories
104 g fat (16 g saturated)
1,830 mg sodium
Say hello to the worst meal on Chang's menu. These brutalized crustaceans are battered, fried, coated in cream sauce, and studded with sugar-encrusted walnuts. That's about 70 percent of the calories the average person should consume in an entire day. A good rule when it comes to Asian cuisine? Go spicy, not sweet. The heat from the Sichuan Shrimp will boost your metabolism and keep you reaching for your water glass, helping to fill you up. Unfortunately, the chain's high sodium counts will also keep you thirsty, so be sure to cut down on the salty stuff for the rest of the day. And definitely avoid The 8 NEW Saltiest Dishes in America!
Eat This Instead!
PF Chang's Sichuan Shrimp
360 calories
16 g fat (2.5 g saturated)
1,200 mg sodium
Red Lobster Crispy Calamari and Vegetables
1,520 calories
97 g fat (11 g saturated)
3,050 mg sodium
Red Lobster's menu boasts plenty of belly-flattening fare, but that doesn't mean it's without the occasional nutritional landmine. This appetizer is a prime example: It starts strong with lean, protein-rich squid and veggies, but then fumbles with a heavy load of carbs and fryer grease. Skip the unnecessary treatment and keep your seafood simple. Shrimp cocktail is nearly always the lightest option on any starter menu. Make this sort of swap twice a week, and you'll take off 21 pounds in six months.
Eat This Instead!
Chilled Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
120 calories
0.5 g fat (0 g saturated)
580 mg sodium
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Cheesecake Factory Shrimp and Chicken Gumbo
1,570 calories
37 g saturated fat
2,249 mg sodium
The Cheesecake Factory cuts this gumbo with an unnecessary dose of cream and tops it with a heaping mound of white rice. Because the chain refuses to provide full nutritional information for its dishes, we can only speculate about the total fat count, but we can tell you with certainty that this one bowl contains nearly twice the amount of saturated fat the government recommends you eat in a full day. Stick with the near-identical Shrimp Creole and you save more than 1,000 calories.
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Cheesecake Factory Shrimp Creole
550 calories
1 g saturated fat
1,425 mg sodium
RESTAURANT REDEMPTION: The Cheesecake Factory may offer some seriously regrettable fare, but it—as well as other chains—are slowly taking steps to right their nutritional wrongs. Check out The 10 Best New Restaurant Meals and start ordering guilt-free.
Applebee's New England Fish and Chips
1,930 calories
138 g fat (24 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
3,180 mg sodium
This English staple is never healthy, but Applebee's rendition is far and away the worst. The fries and mayo-based coleslaw are part of the problem, yet they account for just over 25 percent of the total calories. The real issue is the battered fish and tartar sauce, which supply 1,000 calories of pure fat. Applebee's does, however, offer a decent range of lower-calorie options, and among them is the Blackened Tilapia. These dishes don't evade Applebee's classically high sodium counts though, so exercise caution when ordering.
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Applebee's Blackened Tilapia
410 calories
15 g fat (4 g saturated)
1,880 mg sodium
BAD COMPANY: Believe it or not, some side dishes contain more calories than the entrées they accompany. Don't allow The 10 Worst Side Dishes in America to derail your dinner order.
On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Creamy Red Chile Sauce (with rice and refried beans)
2,170 calories
130 g fat (32 g saturated)
4,200 mg sodium
You could consume three entire Achiote Chicken Taco meals for fewer calories than in one order of these. The problem lies in the triple-fat trifecta: fried fish, cheese, and creamy chile sauce. If it's seafood you seek, your sole decent option at On the Border is the salmon—the second best pick (after the Chicken Salsa Fresca) on the entire menu. Plus, upgrading from the unidentified whitefish filling these tacos to bona fide salmon imbues your dish with a heavy dose of heart-healthy omega-3 fats.
Eat This Instead!
On the Border Jalapeno-BBQ Salmon (with black beans and grilled vegetables)
590 calories
21 g fat (6 g saturated)
1,220 mg sodium
Perkins Captain's Catch
2,400 calories
144 g fat (30 g saturated)
5,030 mg sodium
Not only is this platter the worst seafood dish in America, but it's a contender for the worst dish, period. This sea of beige is a cardiologist's nightmare, combining fried cod, shrimp, and clam strips, fries, onion rings, and a side salad. (We're surprised Perkins didn't find a way to send the lettuce through the fryer as well!) Compounding the problem is a sodium count that eclipses 5.5 cans of Pringles! Though none of Perkins' seafood dishes are ideal, your best option is the Tilapia Grille. Just be sure to hold the tartar sauce—it'll tack on nearly 200 extra calories.
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Perkins Tilapia Grille (without tartar sauce)
700 calories
25 g fat (8 g saturated)
1,150 mg sodium
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So I am trying to make a new flash website for my portfolio (Using Flash Pro CS5.5 with Actionscript 3.0). Obviously to save on load times when someone clicks a portfolio category I want an external SWF to load in and once they leave that page to go back, I want it to go away. Seems simple, yet once my SWF loads, it will not disappear. Here is the link: http://www.nickgourlie.com/flashsite.html To find the problem area click "Portfolio" then "Graphic Design" then "Graphics." My SWF then loads correctly but once you click back to the portfolio or anywhere else, the SWF stays loaded in the background. How do I unload it??
Here is my code where "GraphicsScroller" is my external SWF:
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("flashfiles/GraphicsScroller.swf");
// (optional)
myLoader.x = 125;
myLoader.y = 132;
Also if you have a better load/unload code that would be better in this situation let me know. I've been messing with different codes for a few days now and I am getting pretty frustrated.
Thanks for any help!
I don't see anything that would unload the loaded file. You should have a line like...
somewhere, such as in code for any buttons that could be clicked to changes sections.
In case you are using the timeline for the different sections, when you dynamically add content it has nothing holding it to the timeline unless you add it to something that was not dynamically created that lives in the timeline, such as an empty movieclip that you manually place on the stage. If the dynamically added content is not anchored to something then it will persist throughout the timeline.
I am doing the timeline route. So once I have my empty movie clip how do I anchor my SWF to that movie clip?
Where "yourMovieClip" gets replaced with whatever name you assign to the empty movieclip.
PERFECT! That worked. Thank you so much I can't tell you how long I have struggled with this!


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Desperation, thy name is Barack Obama:
If there is ever a moment when President Obama needed to capture the vintage version of himself, it is Saturday's campaign rallies in swing state Ohio and Virginia.
Desperation, thy name is Barack Obama:
If there is ever a moment when President Obama needed to capture the vintage version of himself, it is Saturday's campaign rallies in swing state Ohio and Virginia.
More bad news for the Obama camp from Rasmussen:
Forty-three percent (43%) of Likely U.S. Voters consider themselves conservative when it comes to issues such as taxes, government spending and business regulation, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Nearly as many (40%) say they are fiscal moderates, but just 13% call themselves fiscally liberal.
Gas may be pricey (and getting more pricey by the day), but a statement like this one is priceless:
Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said that "no one knows" if gasoline prices in the United States will reach $9 per gallon, and acknowledged that the possibility is outside his control.
The line is probably one of the most important for Reagan's victory over Jimmy Carter: "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"
"Four years ago Barack Obama dazzled us in front of Greek columns with sweeping promises of hope and change," Romney says in his remarks. "But after we came down to earth, after the celebration and parades, what do we have to show for three and a half years of President Obama?"
In an homage to the political mantra of Ronald Reagan – "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" – Romney sought to appeal to average Americans.
It's almost like he wanted the economy to tank again… or is that still?
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Friday that President Obama's 2013 budget will hurt the economy in the long term, arguing the larger deficits it would produce would reduce the amount of capital available to businesses.
After five years, the CBO says the Obama proposals would reduce economic output by between 0.5 percent and 2.2 percent.
At first glance, this seems to be a bit contradictory, but it does sort of make sense:
President Obama holds a thin 46 percent to 42 percent lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in a Quinnipiac University national poll released Thursday, even as voters give the Republican a major edge on such key issues as the economy, jobs and gas prices.
The president has a ten-point edge with women voters, 49 percent to 39 percent. But Mr. Romney is viewed as better on a number of pocketbook issues that both sides agree could be critical come November. On the economy, according to the survey, voters rate Mr. Romney as the better candidate by 56 percent to 38 percent.
Given that this election is almost certainly going to hinge on economic issues, this poll result gives me hope:
Voters now have more confidence in presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney than in President Obama when it comes to the economy, but on other major issues facing the nation, the two men continue to run nearly even.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey asks Likely U.S. Voters whom they trust more on five key issues, and when it comes to the economy, 49% say Romney versus 39% who trust the president more. Twelve percent (12%) are not sure.
Wasn't it Al Gore who once said, everything that should be up is down, and everything that should be down is up? That pretty much sums up the economic news these days.
First, even with gas prices higher than they have been since 1990, they're expected to keep going up, and up, and up.
Experts expect prices to jump 10 to 20 cents over the next few weeks before spiking in mid-May at around a record-breaking $4.25 a gallon.
When Reagan was running against Carter, I remember that one of the Gipper's slogans was, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" (Or something to that effect. Yes, I am old enough to remember that, but I wasn't old enough to vote till Reagan's re-election campaign. You should be able to get a good general idea of my age from that, if you're curious.)
Obama seems to be trying to be Reaganesque here, but all he's really doing is giving the GOP a sound bite to use in ads against him.
Rick Perry has unveiled his economic plan, and it's likely to pick up the nickname 20-20, from the 20% personal and 20% corporate flat tax rates. However, it has a lot more to it, as the campaign website shows:
The current economic problems faced by so many Americans were created by years of wasteful mismanagement and incompetent central-planning and cannot be fixed overnight. To be sure, there are a number of things that can be done by the president on day 1 to begin the process of restoring the American economy. But the reforms necessary to fix the broken tax and regulatory code, balance the budget, and grow the economy for the long-term will take some time and patience. Their implementation requires a clear plan, consistent leadership, and sustained resolve.


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All roads run thru Huma/the Muslim Brotherhood/Obama. They wanted to remake the middle east in their own image. Book it.
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Exactly #1.As I posted on another thread - - what did Huma know - - and when did she know it?That phony stand-by-your-man pose was concocted to distract from this traitorous scandal.
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As republicans, we need to rethink our positions regarding massive defense spending. What good is it to build and maintain a huge military if a large portion of our country will support policies that guaranty failure in any war. It is a fundamental value of our military fighting forces that you do not leave anyone behind to die. This value was violated in Benghazi. I do not really care about all these third world sheet holes. The people that live there can fix their own problems. Now, we are seeing that all this excess military capabilities are going to be used to spy on us and break down our doors in the middle of the night a la SWAT tactics. Our excess military might is being given to local police forces to wage war on us.
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No one in the chain of command was able to help because their lines of communications was poor or unreliable! is that what I heard the Colonel say? Based on any understanding of War Strategy and Lines of Communication, The good old USA is in a heap of trouble.Has anyone read the Department of Defense war strategy? It looks like an Obama campaign speech. There is no resources linked to the national strategies.
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When Pawkeeeston slips a nuke into a connex bound for Joisee and hundreds of thousands of tax payers go up in mushroom shaped smoke, you can bet that Barky will be right there to blame the Republicans.The Marxist Revolution is MUCH too important to be delayed by silly distractions like national defense.
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When I was in the Navy, the highest priority was maintaining command communication circuits, and the equipment was sometimes difficult to maintain. I spent many a night swearing at finicky transmitters, going over connections, fixing things for this very reason. The stuff they use now is light years ahead of what I worked on, and satellite comms are much more prevalent.I find it difficult to believe that Col. responsible for special forces in any theater, the very forces that were called for in these circumstances, would allow himself to be out of touch.I hate to think that any Marine would even think of allowing this to happen. I want to believe the Col. The stonewalling from the beginning makes me wonder. No it didn´t really.This whole thing reeks.I´m a vet. I have great love for my country, and those like me who put it on the line, even Marines (I kid...especially Marines), but I fear that just like the rest of the government, the command structure of our military has been watered down by the pernicious acts of a certain community organizer and his fellow travelers.
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- How widespread is beach pollution?
- What are the major causes of beach pollution?
- Could I get sick from swimming in contaminated beachwater?
- Could I get sick from swimming in water contaminated by animal waste?
- Who is most at risk?
- How many Americans get sick from swimming in contaminated beachwater?
- How can I protect myself from getting sick?
- Aren't beaches tested to make sure that they are safe?
- Why isn't beachwater testing sufficient?
- If states close beaches, won't they damage coastal economies?
- What can be done to make swimming at our beaches safer?
- What are red tides and are they dangerous to swim in?
- How could climate change affect the health of the water at my beach?
1. How widespread is beach pollution?
Every coastal state has a beach with pollution problems. In 2012, beach pollution prompted 20,120 closing and swimming advisory days at ocean, bay and Great Lakes beaches. Closing and swimming advisory days have exceeded 20,000 days in 11 of the past 12 years.
According to the most recent data available, 3,673 beaches are monitored—a 2 percent increase from 2011, and 36 percent are designated for monitoring at least once a week. Increased monitoring continues to highlight the extensive problem of beachwater pollution.
2. What are the major causes of beach pollution?
As described in this report's Sources of Beach Pollution fact sheet, the most frequently identified pollution source is stormwater, which contributed to 5,654 closing and health advisory days in 2012, followed by miscellaneous sources such as wildlife and boat discharges which contributed to 3,747 closing/advisory days and sewage spills and overflows, which contributed to 2,004 closing and advisory days.
Rain is often a contributing factor to beachwater pollution. Heavy rain can overwhelm sewage systems, forcing raw sewage directly into coastal waters, bypassing treatment plants. And as rainwater washes over land, it picks up pollutants and carries them directly to coastal waters. Pollutants found in stormwater include trash, motor oil, pet waste, pesticides, fertilizer, animal droppings, and anything else that washes off developed land when it rains.
But in many cases, communities simply don't know the sources of beachwater pollution. In 2012, 63% of closing and advisory days in 2012 were attributed to unknown sources of pollution. NRDC has long advocated for a greater federal investment in local beach programs to enable officials to better track down and correct pollution sources.
3. Could I get sick from swimming in contaminated beachwater?
Yes. Exposure to bacteria, viruses and parasites in contaminated beachwater can cause a wide range of diseases, including ear, nose and eye infections, stomach flu, hepatitis, encephalitis, skin rashes, and respiratory illnesses. Most waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States occur during the summer when Americans are most likely to be exposed to contaminated beachwater.
4. Could I get sick from swimming in water contaminated by animal waste?
Yes. Although some pathogens in animal waste do not transfer to humans, others (such as E. coli 0157) can make humans ill. Considerable research still needs to be done to determine the extent of the risk posed to humans by exposure to pathogens from animal waste. But until scientific research demonstrates otherwise, it is best to assume that it's not safe to swim in beachwater that contains excessive levels of human or animal waste.
5. Who is most at risk?
Small children, elderly people, pregnant women, cancer patients and others with weakened immune systems are most likely to get sick from swimming in contaminated beachwater. They also are the most likely to be hospitalized or die from exposure to waterborne illnesses. For instance, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children under the age of 9 had more reports of diarrhea and vomiting from exposure to waterborne parasites than any other age group.
6. How many Americans get sick from swimming in contaminated beachwater?
We do not have good national data on recreational waterborne disease outbreaks because most people treat the symptoms of their illness (for example, fever, headache, diarrhea and vomiting) without ever finding out what caused them.
7. How can I protect myself from getting sick?
Beachgoers can lessen their chances of getting sick by swimming only at beaches where authorities test the water frequently and close the beach or issue an advisory when it is polluted, staying out of the water when there are closings or advisories, avoiding swimming at beaches with nearby discharge pipes or at urban beaches after a heavy rainfall, staying out of murky or foul-smelling water, staying out of the water when they have an open wound or infection, and swimming without putting their heads under water.
If you believe that you have been exposed to contaminated water, rinse off well with soap and water. Especially clean any skin abrasions. Use a mouthwash or clean water to gargle and spit out. Dry out your ears. Take a shower and wash swimsuits and towels (and other clothing that might have gotten wet) as soon as possible. If you start to feel sick, go to a doctor or your healthcare provider. Tell your doctor that you think you were exposed to contaminated water. Contact your county health department to report your illness.
8. Aren't beaches tested to make sure that they are safe?
State and local health and environmental officials are responsible for monitoring water quality at our nation's beaches. When they find contaminated water, they may post warnings or close the beach.
Coastal beach monitoring has significantly improved in recent years due to passage of the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 (BEACH Act), which provides assistance to state and local governments to develop monitoring programs. According to NRDC's annual beach report, Testing the Waters, 36 percent of beaches that reported to the EPA and NRDC were designated for monitoring at least once a week in 2012. But many beaches still are not monitored regularly, in part because Congress has never fully funded the BEACH Act. Even worse, the Obama administration has proposed to eliminate BEACH Act funding for states for the upcoming fiscal year. If adopted, this proposal would undoubtedly mean less monitoring and poorer notification of beach conditions.
9. Why isn't current beachwater testing sufficient?
Even beachwater that is regularly monitored for pollution is not necessarily safe on any given day. The tests take 24 hours to produce results, and many beaches wait to re-test rather than close or issue an advisory. The tests also are not designed to protect the public against the full range of waterborne illnesses or to protect sensitive populations.
In 2012 the EPA released new allowable bacteria levels in recreational waters (called "criteria") that missed a critical opportunity to better protect the public from the dangers of swimming in polluted water. In fact, in some respects the new criteria are even less protective than the 25-year-old criteria they replaced. Most egregiously, the criteria are based on what the EPA has determined is an acceptable gastrointestinal illness risk of 3.6%. That is, the EPA believes it is acceptable for 36 in 1,000 swimmers (1 in 28) to become ill with gastroenteritis from swimming in water that just meets its proposed water quality criteria.
10. If states close beaches, won't they damage coastal economies?
The primary purpose of beach closings is to protect public health. Although there may be short-term impacts to local economies from beach closings, public confidence is enhanced by the knowledge that effective beach protection and cleanup programs are in place. Ultimately, coastal economies will be bolstered if beachwater pollution sources are cleaned up. One study estimated that the annual health costs associated with gastroenteritis, also known as the stomach flu, come to between $21 million and $51 million for Los Angeles and Orange county beaches alone.
11. What can be done to make swimming at our beaches safer?
Our beaches would be safer for swimming if they were cleaner. Federal, state and local governments should make beachwater pollution prevention a priority by requiring better controls on stormwater and sewage. Stormwater is the largest known source of pollution causing beach advisories or closings. One of the best ways to curb stormwater pollution is by implementing green infrastructure techniques in communities to retain and filter rainwater where it falls and let it soak back into the ground, rather than allowing it to overflow into waterways. This includes strategically placed rain gardens in yards, tree boxes along city sidewalks, green roofs, and permeable pavement. By capturing and storing stormwater in rain barrels or cisterns, we can also reuse it for irrigation or other non-potable uses.
The Environmental Protection Agency is presently planning a major reform of its regulations governing urban and suburban runoff pollution. These rule changes represent a once-in-a-generation opportunity to advance communities' ability to retain stormwater rather than discharge it.
Individuals can also help control water pollution by taking simple actions such as picking up pet waste, putting swim diapers with plastic covers on babies and keeping trash off the beach.
12. What are red tides and are they dangerous to swim in?
Red tides are massive blooms of certain species of microscopic algae that produce toxins dangerous to humans and marine life. Inhaling, swallowing or coming into skin contact with these toxins can result in serious and potentially life-threatening human illnesses. Symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping and chills, among many others. Red tides have killed dolphins and manatees in Florida and also are a suspected cause of sea turtle and whale deaths.
Red tides in Florida and elsewhere in the Gulf of Mexico are becoming more common. The tides can occur for a variety of reasons, but they appear to be made worse by an overload of nutrients in the water, brought on by inadequately treated sewage, farm waste and fertilizer runoff.
13. How could climate change affect the health of the water at my beach?
Climate change will make beachwater pollution worse. In some communities, it will lead to more frequent and intense rainstorms, temperature increases, flooding, and sea level rise, as well as increased stormwater pollution and sewer overflows—leading to more contamination and pathogens in your beachwater. Climate change is also expected to increase pathogen populations that cause stomach flu and other, potentially life-threatening diseases in coastal waters.
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- Recently, there have been a string of reports depicting Miami's vulnerability, the New York Times ...
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- Water is one of Florida's greatest assets and attractions but soon it could become one of our ...
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- The past two weeks did not bring good news to Lake Erie and Ohio's shores. Our Testing the Waters ...


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The Citadel Heads to Clemson for In-State Hardwoods Clash with Tigers
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Following a 10-day break for the holidays The Citadel basketball team returns to action on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Littlejohn Coliseum where the Bulldogs face Clemson.
The game can be seen on ESPN3 with Mike Gleason serving as play-by-play and Nate Ross providing color commentary.
The Citadel (3-7) is looking to snap a 14-game losing streak to Clemson (7-4) that dates back to Jan. 14, 1981. The Bulldogs and Tigers have met in each of the last three seasons with Clemson winning the most recent contests by scores of 69-54 (Jan. 2, 2011) and 73-50 (Nov. 16, 2011).
NO STRANGER TO ACC COMPETITION: The 82nd installment of the all-time series between The Citadel and Clemson marks the first time that the schools have squared off in three straight seasons since 1992-94. The meeting with the Tigers also marks the first time that The Citadel has faced ACC opposition, following their most recent outing at Georgia Tech, in back-to-back games since the Bulldogs faced Clemson and 19th-ranked Wake Forest in the 1994-95 campaign.
Clemson and Georgia Tech are the only two ACC opponents that Bulldogs head coach Chuck Driesell, a Maryland graduate and former Terps assistant coach, has gone head-to-head with since taking over the program in 2010-11.
The game designates the 176th meeting in program history for The Citadel and a team from the current ACC. In the 102 years of Bulldog basketball the team also has squared off with Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Eight of those 10 institutions, Florida State and Miami being the exceptions, were at one time members of the Southern Conference, which was founded in 1921. The Citadel joined the conference in 1932.
Clemson was a charter member of the SoCon in 1921, departing in 1953 to join the ACC.
PLUS/MINUS PROFICIENT: The redshirt freshmen combination of Michael Hundley and Dylen Setzekorn, who have appeared in five and seven games, respectively, rank atop The Citadel's active players in plus/minus proficiency. When Setzekorn is on the court, the Bulldogs are outscoring their opponents by a +18 margin (157-139), while with Hundley on the floor, the Cadets have a +6 (68-62) edge over their opposition. Only C.J. Bray, who is inactive because of calcium deposits on his ankles, is the third Citadel player with positive plus/minus with a +16 (206-190).
PALMETTO STATE WARRIORS: The Tigers mark the second opponent from the state of South Carolina for The Citadel this season, following a Dec. 4 contest with Charleston Southern. The Bulldogs are 403-452 (.471 winning pct.) in program history against teams from the Palmetto State, including 20 wins or more against six in-state institutions, over the course of the last 101 seasons. Those six institutions include Clemson (22 wins), College of Charleston (39 wins), Furman (83 wins), Newberry (49 wins), Presbyterian (46 wins) and South Carolina (25 wins).
ASSISTANT CONNECTIONS: Third-year Citadel assistant coach J.D. Powell earned both his Bachelor of Arts degree (Communications) and Master's Degree (Technology & Human Resources) from Clemson, while playing four years in a Tiger uniform. Powell spent the 1998-2000 seasons with Clemson under then head coach Larry Shyatt and was part of the 1999 squad that finished the a runner-up in the NIT. Powell began his time there as a manager, but later became a walk-on and eventually earned a scholarship. Fellow Clemson Assistant Coach Earl Grant, who is in his second season with the Tigers, spent 2002-04 as an assistant on Pat Dennis' Citadel staff. Grant won 26 games with the Bulldogs before joining Gregg Marshall at Winthrop and later following him to Wichita State.
Citadel Team/Individual Single-Game Records Relating Specifically vs. Clemson
• Tied for seventh-most field goals attempted (83; Nov. 25, 2000)
• Made the sixth-most 3-point attempts (35; Nov. 25, 2000)
• Grabbed most offensive rebounds (30; Nov. 25, 2000)
• Pulled down fourth-most total rebounds (62; Nov. 25, 2000)
• Handed out 10th-most assists (25; Nov. 28, 1989)
• Gary Daniels hit the sixth-most free throws in program history (16; Dec. 20, 1961)
• Cliff Washburn recorded fourth-most offensive rebounds (9; Nov. 25, 2000)
• Chad Leonard forced the second-most steals (7; Dec. 18, 1994)
BREAKING DOWN CLEMSON (7-4 Overall)
TIGERS EXTENSIVE RUN BURY S.C. STATE, 77-41: Clemson went on a 21-2 run to end the first half and held SC State to 41 total points in a 77-41 rout on Dec. 23 at Littlejohn Coliseum. The win improved the Tigers to 7-4 on the season and dropped the Bulldogs to 4-9.
Damarcus Harrison had a career-high 15 points for Clemson. The sophomore transfer's previous high was 12 against Iona in last year's NCAA Tournament for BYU. He made 6-of-11 field goals, including 3-of-7 from long distance, and also added a career-best six assists. He was one of four Tigers in double figures, as Milton Jennings added 15, Devin Booker had 11 and K.J. McDaniels posted 10.
Clemson had 22 assists on 30 baskets, the highest number of assists in 76 games under Head Coach Brad Brownell. The Tigers shot 49.2 percent for the game and 51.6 percent after halftime. All 11 players on Clemson's roster that played scored in Sunday's game.
Clemson struggled to shoot the ball from the outset, connecting on just two of its first nine shots before Damarcus Harrison buried an 18-footer to make it 11-10 in favor of SC State. The lid lifted at that point for the Tigers, who then made four of their next six field goals.


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