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Justin Tuck summed up the thoughts of a lot of observers when he spoke to the media on Thursday afternoon.
"We can definitely make a lot of noise in this run," Tuck said. "We're only going to go as far as our quarterback and our defensive line take us."
There's been a groundswell of belief that wins over the Jets and Cowboys have positioned the Giants for a run at a Super Bowl title, a feeling that Tuck's teammate Mathias Kiwanuka is pushing in a style Rex Ryan would appreciate.
It all feels a bit premature, especially with three teams that beat the Giants ahead of them in the playoffs and some serious flaws that have hampered the team all season.
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But they do have those two things that Tuck mentioned and you can't really scoff at either one. While Eli Manning's presence is negated in some measure by the presence of guys like Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers, there's no denying that the potential of the Giants pass rush is something that can carry them to a victory on any given Sunday.
As compelling a case as the defensive line makes for the Giants' chances, it isn't the best thing they have going for them. That would be Tom Coughlin.
The public opinion of Coughlin has never really captured the man at the heart of the matter, at least not since he dialed back his Torquemada impression after the 2006 season. While the chattering classes vacillate between throwing Coughlin out the door immediately and clearing space for him on Mount Rushmore, the coach himself never seems to get too up or too down about the situation facing his team.
That stability has been crucial to the team this season, especially after the loss to the Redskins two weeks ago when everyone outside of the team was ready to throw the team in the incinerator. Coughlin went the other way, keeping things positive when they looked bleakest and balancing things out to a more realistic view of the world around the Giants.
You can bet that he's doing the same thing now that everyone wants to turn this Giants team into 2007 2.0 because they beat up on a pair of mediocre teams. It may well be because Coughlin remembers what happened earlier in his tenure when the Giants hit the playoffs as division champions riding high on a hot streak.
That would be 2005, when the Giants won four of their last five and hosted a Wild Card team from the NFC South in a game that looked tailor made for a victory even though the visiting team had a better record. They lost that game 23-0 to the Panthers (even though they got four sacks, as it happens) and started one of the first rushes for Coughlin's head.
These aren't those Giants and the Falcons aren't the Panthers, but there's more to history than the one time when everything worked out. Coughlin knows that, which is why you can bet he is going to be pushing buttons other than "You guys are the bestest thing in the whole wide world" when he speaks to his team over the next couple of days.
And that wisdom is the thing to like the best about the Giants as they prepare for their playoff opener.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City. You can follow him on Twitter and he is also a contributor to Pro Football Talk.


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(Reuters) - Archstone Inc, the apartment building owner and developer owned by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, said on Monday it plans to raise up to $3.45 billion in its initial public offering, making it the biggest U.S. commercial real estate IPO ever.
If the listing, which will be in the form of a real estate investment trust or REIT, takes place this year, it would be the third largest U.S. IPO of 2012, behind Facebook Inc and Banco Santander's Mexican unit.
Archstone's filing did not reveal how many shares the company planned to sell or the expected price. Some analysts have estimated the company's worth at about $16 billion but the company has been selling assets, making it difficult to value.
While Archstone has a large and highly attractive portfolio of properties, it also bears the dubious honor of being cited as one of the primary reasons behind Lehman's collapse.
Lehman's huge stake in the company, estimated at some $6 billion to $7 billion, and the eventual sale of that stake which must take place under the bank's bankruptcy exit plan may put off some investors.
"There's a lot of hair on this deal any way you want to slice it," said Andrew McCulloch, a senior analyst at Green Street Advisors.
Archstone will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker "ASN". As a REIT, it can avoid paying corporate level income taxes if it distributes at least 90 percent of its taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends.
The IPO will also be closely watched as a barometer of how well other real estate companies, such as Blackstone Group LP's Hilton Hotels, could do in a public offering.
Archstone owned or had an interest in 169 U.S. apartment communities, or 54,442 units as of September 30, nearly all of which are located in coastal areas that command higher rents. Most are in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Southeast Florida, and the metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C., New York, Boston and Seattle.
The average monthly rent for Archstone's apartments in those areas was $2,408 in the third quarter, while for the whole portfolio, average monthly revenue for an apartment was $2,168 and the occupancy rate was 94.2 percent.
"It's good quality stuff," Adelante Capital Management Vice President Len Rittberg said. "It will definitely be a relevant name for anyone that's invested in REITs."
Archstone, based in Englewood, Colorado, also has another dozen communities, or 3,506 apartment units, under construction. It owns land for 28 more developments and has an interest in 10 apartment properties in Germany.
Archstone, however has a higher debt load relative to its earnings than most other apartment REITS and its past debt woes were partly behind Lehman's collapse.
Lehman and Tishman Speyer acquired Archstone Smith, one of the largest owners of U.S. apartments, through a $23.7 billion leveraged buyout in 2007.
As real estate values fell and credit began to dry up, Archstone could not sell buildings to repay some of its loans. Its lenders ended up owning the company in 2010, with Lehman getting 47 percent and other banks a combined 53 percent.
When apartment values rebounded, Lehman sought to spin off Archstone in an IPO, but the banks balked. Ultimately, Lehman bought out the other stakes in two separate transactions for about $2.98 billion. The deals were completed in June.
As of September 30, Archstone's debt adjusted for certain transactions associated with the IPO and the sales of certain assets, was $4.7 billion. The IPO proceeds will be used to repay debt for other general working capital expenses.
By the end of 2013, Archstone expects to sell $1 billion of additional properties, a substantial portion of which are already on the market, and its debt to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) ratio could be 7.5 or less, the company said.
The average debt to EBITDA ratio for apartment REITs is in the mid 6s, according to Green Street.
The company said Citigroup and JP Morgan are underwriting the IPO.
Additional reporting by Sharanya Hrishikesh in Bangalore and Olivia Oran in New York; Editing by Joyjeet Das, Phil Berlowitz and Edwina Gibbs

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Hello, i'm from Bucharest, Romania, i have a 2 1/2 months old female pitbull Tasha. We have it since it was 6 weeks old and we love her very much.
It happend that i got an 2 months old male irish setter(Pluto) now in the house. It has been 10 days now since they are living together. Some times when they play Tasha bites Pluto pretty bad and he runs away and hides but she doesn't stop until she finds him and bites again on his tail, legs, ears and neck, i don't know if they are fighting or playing but Pluto doesn't enjoy it so much.
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Anahata Technologies announced it would be defaulting to JavaFX as user interface technology for the delivery of desktop based enterprise applications. Pablo Rodriguez, co-founder of Anahata, describes this move in the following words - 'We are very pleased with the 2.0 release. JavaFX Scene Builder speeds up the development process and we are exceeding our customer's expectations in terms of usability and design'.
For Anahata, The adoption of JavaFX brings an improvement to the application development process as it allows for a faster visual development and for the same user interface to run on different operating systems such as Linux, Mac or Windows. With the aid of Java Web Start, the rich desktop applications can be deployed with a single click and get updated automatically as new versions are released.
About JavaFX
JavaFX is a software platform for creating and delivering rich internet applications (RIAs) that can run across a wide variety of devices. The current release has support for desktop computers, tablet PCs and web browsers on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Before version 2.0 of JavaFX, developers used a statically typed, declarative language called JavaFX Script to build JavaFX applications. Because JavaFX Script was compiled to Java bytecode, programmers could also use Java code instead. JavaFX applications could run on any desktop, browser, or mobile phone that could run Java ME.
JavaFX 2.0 was released on 10th October, 2011 and it is currently undergoing an open sourcing process via the OpenJFX project. Since the 2.0 release, Software companies using Java can now make use of JavaFX capabilities without having to incorporate a new script. An advantage of the 2.0 release has over its predecessors is that it ships with platform specific libraries and, hardware acceleration capabilities
About Java
The Java programming language was released for the first time in 1995 courtesy of James Gosling and today stands as being the most popular programming language in the world. Software companies around the globe leverage the 'write once, run anywhere' principle.
About Anahata Technologies Pty Ltd.
Founded in 2010, Anahata Technologies Pty Ltd is a Western Australia privately owned application development consultancy specializing in the analysis, design, implementation and support of cost-effective, custom built software applications.
Anahata's preferred delivery approach is an iterative, customer centric software development process where business analysts visit customer premises to gather requirements, outline the current business processes and design an improved flow. Once the system requirements are complete, a continuous integration development process allows customers to test the application regularly as it is being built. Upon implementation, customer's staff is trained on site on the usage of the new system
Anahata offers its customers a 3 month warranty and support period where users can have unlimited phone or email consultation. Customers can access an online task and issue management system to log requests for enhancements (RFEs) or report any defects encountered during the testing or production stages.
Anahata's preferred technological choice is to deliver cross-platform solutions based on open standards and open source technology that ensure stability, compatibility, and security over a long application lifespan and reduces upfront and ongoing licensing fees.
Anahata is a registered MYOB developer partner and delivers custom database applications that can integrate seamlessly with commercial accounting packages.
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Defiant and delightful
Too good to pass through: As Lyon recalls its history, musicians, chefs and DJs are boldly turning the city on the Rhône into one of the most vibrant places in France
"Careful, it's dark in here!" calls Serge Dorny, the Artistic Director of Lyon National Opera House, vanishing into an entranceway, his camel coat flowing behind him as he takes me on a nocturnal tour. He hurries past long rows of letterboxes, through a pitch-black courtyard, then down another corridor. "I love the traboules," says Dorny, 54, unruly hair, big glasses, mischievous face, "they have a theatrical feel to them." The traboules are the 500 or so hidden passageways and corridors that form an informal network of pathways heading in all directions, right through residential blocks and rear courtyards of Lyon's old town. A red-plush door leading to a nightclub flashes into view and other courtyards follow before we suddenly find ourselves standing on the brightly lit main street of Presqu'île, the peninsula between the Rhône and Saône Rivers, the center of the city.
Lyon, the great unknown among French cities, lies en route from Paris to the Mediterranean. Between the 16th and the 19th century, Lyon was a center of the European silk industry. Sunseekers often pass straight through the city of half a million on their way south – and yet Lyon is well worth a visit in its own right. In Vieux Lyon, one of the largest Renaissance old towns in Europe, there's no space for proper streets to intersect those that run mainly parallel to the river, so people take the traboules, or passageways, to pass beneath pointed archways and cross inner courtyards and private buildings that connect one street to the next. Dorny points to the closely built district on the hill that rises steeply from the peninsula: La Croix-Russe, once a working-class area. "The traboules enabled the silk weavers to transport their delicate fabrics safely from one side of the district to the other, even in the rain," explains Dorny, a Belgian by birth who has been living in Lyon for 13 years and is fascinated by the silk weavers' history.
For a time, half the Lyon population made their living with silk, but often only scraped by. In 1831, when the merchants refused to pay the agreed minimum wage, the Lyonese silk weavers went on strike. Their black banner read: "Life, working – or death, fighting!" Many hundreds of silk weavers were massacred in that first great social rebellion in the early days of industrialized France. Revolts followed in other cities. The traboules testify to the inventiveness of Lyon's inhabitants, who always remained true to their convictions and passions, even in adverse circumstances. Walking along these passageways today, it's easy to imagine them being used as escape routes – and as hiding places for French resistance fighters during World War II.
These days, the Croix-Rousse is the hippest neighborhood in town. Strolling through the narrow streets or climbing one of the many crooked flights of steps, you come upon new studios, design stores, cafés and bars. Some people just place a couch and a writing desk against a stone wall and hang up a sign saying: "Office for local currency," or "I am a creator." Outside one café, which has board games stacked ceiling-high along its walls, children, elderly people and young men with the beginnings of a paunch all wait to be admitted. It's not as smart as in central Paris, and there's plaster flaking off many of the buildings, but people here can still afford to live downtown. Many claim that it's even better than in Paris: more open, a more manageable size, more down to earth.
"When I was 20, all my friends moved to Paris. At 30, they returned, and these days, we even have Parisians coming in who were neither raised in Lyon nor have family here," says Vincent Carry, 44. He's the organizer of the annual music festival Nuits Sonores: five days of electro pop and indie, during which techno stars like Laurent Garnier man the turntable in ancient monasteries, in industrial ruins and in the middle of the street, accompanied by lesser-known musicians from the area.
The festival has long belonged to the repertoire of cultural life in Lyon, and the city is famous for its great electro clubs – to Carry's great amusement. Back in the nineties, in the days of the great raves, Lyon was the "worst French city for techno," he explains. The authorities tried to drive the ravers out of town, refusing licenses and closing down clubs. "It was a witch hunt," says Carry, who ran his own label when he was just 18. But the Lyonese don't give up easily, as the city fathers should have known. Today, the techno scene is more vibrant than ever.
Carry has another appointment, but he doesn't leave without recommending, or rather insisting, that we visit the Café Sillon and its chef, Mathieu Rostaing-Tayard who, it seems, is working on a minor culinary revolution. We cross the Rhône, leaving the techno rebel for a culinary one. In the La Guillotière area of town, Moroccan greengrocers and betting shops line the streets, and amid them we spot a juice bar plying kale smoothies. It's Saturday morning and all is still quiet as the shutters of Café Sillon suddenly begin to rise with a loud screeching sound.
The first thing to appear is a pair of colorful sneakers, then the friendly, slightly crumpled face of Rostaing-Tayard, 34. "Bonjour!" His restaurant – simple wooden tables, worn floor tiles, ultramarine walls – was a bouchon for over a century, he tells me, one of those traditional Lyonese taverns with red-and-white checkered tablecloths and bulbous wine glasses, where they served pike dumplings, tripe, and calf's head. He sets a tray of croissants and piping-hot coffee down in front of me. Rostaing-Tayard lives right above the restaurant, as was usual in such taverns. But he has departed from the other old, established traditions: "I love bouchon food," he says, "but no one eats anything so heavy and substantial anymore." Nor is his style like that of Paul Bocuse, the famous chef who is probably Lyon's most famous son and personifies like no other French haute cuisine.
Rostaing-Tayard is interested in new and different things. He prefers to use the exotic new ingredients he brings back from his travels. His latest discovery in Brazil: the mild, sweet peppercorns he is serving today in an appetizer consisting of rabbit kidneys with different kinds of cabbage and lemon zest. He also likes to experiment with different styles of preparation. Vegetables he will sometimes serve braised, sometimes dried, sometimes in the form of ice cream. "Some mornings, I have no idea what will be on the evening menu," he says, laughing.
Lunchtime is here, bringing with it the first diners. Students in dreads and migrants who live locally take their seat alongside office workers at the wooden tables. A man in his late twenties dressed in cords sits down at the bar with a book in his hand and asks to see the wine list. He then calmly works his way through a four-course meal. "It's the mix that brought me to La Guillotière," the young chef admits. "Rents are so cheap here that I can keep the prices on my menu low."
These days we even have Parisians coming here who were neither raised in Lyon nor have family here
Serge Dorny is all for stirring things up and brushing off the dust. After our walk through countless traboules, we find ourselves outside the opera house, a neoclassical building with a barrel-vault roof made of steel and glass and bathed in red light. The architect Jean Nouvel crowned the building thus in the early nineties, as well as adding escalators for universal accessibility, and doing out the large auditorium entirely in black, without any embellishments.
It's not a question of making an impression anymore, Dorny explains. "Opera houses can often be intimidating, and many of them remain closed all day, only to open in the evening to admit a select few." Dorny began opening the opera house duing the daytime, too, regularly inviting school groups and organizing jazz concerts there.
Right after taking the job as opera director in 2003, he decided to open a café outside the main entrance as a window on the world. But others were already using that space: groups of break dancers who twirled and spun across the smooth, mirror-like marble floor. Dorny could have called the authorities and had the space cleared, but he bought the kids a beer instead and learned that they were practicing for a competition. Without a second thought, he handed them the key to a rehearsal room and lent them a choreographer. "That was something totally new for me, really fascinating. Plus, I wanted to have the café," says Dorny. Since then, the Pockemon Crew breakdancers have snagged one prize after another, and some of the dancers have even worked with famous acts such as the Chemical Brothers and Madonna.
Dorny, on the other hand, has used political productions and affordable tickets to win himself an audience so young and socially diverse that the bosses of other European opera houses pale with envy. He welcomes new operas, even those written by politicians or former revolutionaries. Many people consider opera to be a doomed genre, but in Lyon, it is more alive than ever. And that is just as it should be in this defiant city.
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Dance between the tubs: This one-time bathhouse hosts concerts and parties.
L'œil de boeuf
One of many galleries on Rue René Leynaud, this one showcases new local talent.
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Fancy stucco and the best hot chocolate in town: This place is always packed.
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Collision detection problem in C8
I am new to C8. I have tried using collision detection, but it does not seem to work, as all of my objects continue to pass through each other. Do you have to do something besides click on the icon? I have looked at some tutorials and documentation, but they seem to indicate that all you have to do to turn it on/off is click on the icon. Am I missin a step? I will greatly appreciate any help on this matter as I have been very frustrated with the quality of documentation.
Thanks in advance.
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Hey Techy,
Just tried this in the 8.1 and the 8.5 beta and all works fine here.....Try just dropping a couple of standard primitive spheres into the scene and make sure the little collision detection icon looks like it is 3 small white circles arranged in a triangle and then bump them together.
Thanks for the reply, I did what you suggested and the spheres worked. Unfortunately, while they collided with each other, they would not collide with the other objects that I already have in the scene. Specifically, I have two table tops made from replicated planks. I'll keep playing around, but so far I'm not overly impressed with C8's modeling capabilities. Maybe I just need a little more practice.
RoguePilot Posts: 239Techyman said:Specifically, I have two table tops made from replicated planks. I'll keep playing around, but so far I'm not overly impressed with C8's modeling capabilities. Maybe I just need a little more practice.
That may be the problem right there. Try it with actual geometry rather than replicated objects. You can convert anything that has been replicated if you wish.
On the modelling front are you still refering to physics simulation or actual modelling? There are plenty in the group who can help with both issues.
dot_bat Posts: 373
i have found collision dete3ction problematic. if you apply it to one object it effects all objects. will not let you squeeze between two objects. if you have many objects and they are close but not touching it wont move. it would be better if they had find ground and let objects pass thru each other to find the ground
ManStan Posts: 0
Replicated objects don't have a mesh to collide against. After you replicate the object click the create button.
I did use the create button, but so far, collision detection only seems to work on newly created primatives. I have been working through a tutorial called "Modeling a Picnic Table" and it is very good about laying out the steps, but I have hit this point in the instructions and can't seem to figure out how to get CD to work on the objects that I have created so far. There is alot to like about DAZ, but the lack of documention has always been a sore point.
Thanks for help. I will continue to work through this until I either succeed or the frustration begins to outweigh the reward.
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Ah, now I understand.
I have just read the tutorial and that is a pretty interesting way to model, sort of like self assembly furniture but still having to build your own parts. http://www.geekatplay.com/pnina/PicnicTable/PicnicTable.pdf
It is one of the good features of Carrara that you can build things in the assembly room on the fly when you need a quick prop.
To follow the tutorial you don't really need the collision detection, just eyeballing things should be close enough (By the way, the quickest way to duplicate a small number of parts is with Ctrl-D and then moving the part to where you want it. Pressing Ctrl-D again IMMEDIATELY after moving it, without clicking away, will reproduce the part again with the same movement applied. Then Ctrl-D again and so on).
I do recommend for static props that you learn to model entirely in the vertex room, you can insert the primitive shapes in there and modify them directly. That way your completed model will be one whole object.
The Carrara6 manual that is in 'Program Files\DAZ 3D\Carrara8\Carrara Help\CarraraOnlineHelp' is still valid for vertex modelling and the Carrara7 manual should be available for download somewhere.
Searching for 'Carrara Vertex modelling' on Google gives some useful hits for Carrara as well as generally useful vertex modelling tips.Post edited by RoguePilot on


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Cheyenne Woods wins in Australia
-- GOLD COAST, Australia -- Cheyenne Woods won the Australian Ladies Masters on Sunday for her first major professional tour victory, holding off 17-year-old Australian amateur Minjee Lee by two strokes.
The 23-year-old Woods, Tiger Woods' niece, closed with a 4-under 69 at Royal Pines to finish at 16-under 276. Lee also shot 69 in the event sanctioned by the European and Australian tours.
Cheyenne Woods birdied the par-5 15th to open a two-stroke lead, hitting a wedge from about 120 yards to 4 feet. On the par-5 18th, she matched Lee with a birdie, holing out from 1½ feet.
From Phoenix, Woods is the daughter of Earl Dennison Woods Jr., Tiger Woods' half-brother.
Tiger Woods took to Twitter on Sunday afternoon to pass along congratulations to his niece.
Way to go @Cheyenne_Woods ! A great win and accomplishment. I'm so proud of you.
Cheyenne Woods turned professional in 2012 after an All-America career at Wake Forest, and her only previous pro victory came in 2012 in a SunCoast minitour event. In December, she missed the cut in the LPGA Tour's qualifying tournament in a failed bid to earn a spot on the circuit.
She choked back tears Sunday as she spoke of the significance of winning a Ladies European Tour event.
"This is a huge accomplishment for me," she said. "The European Tour has been great to be able to play this past year.
"I've been able to see all of these great players, play with Solheim Cup members. ... To be able to come out here and compete with them and come out on top was huge for me."
Woods said she had learned to live with the pressure of expectation that came with bearing a famous golfing name.
"I've been pro for two years, and for the majority of it, people just think of me as Tiger Woods' niece, so now I have a game of my own and I have a title now, a win, which is exciting," she said. "It's nice now to say to people that I can play and I'm not just a name.
"Growing up with the last name of Woods, there's a lot of expectations and pressure and spotlight on you but I always knew that I was able to win.
"I always knew I'd be able to compete with these ladies so now it's kind of a weight off my shoulders because now everybody knows, not just me."
Woods' win earned her $51,000 in prize money and a two-year exemption on the Ladies European Tour events.
Woods will play next week in the LPGA Tour-sanctioned Women's Australian Open in Victoria.
South Africa's Stacy Lee Bregman and Sweden's Camilla Lennarth tied for third at 12 under.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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I have purchased various bicycle repair manuals over time in an effort to improve my skills and efficiency when it comes to working on my bikes. Stuff on bicycles works best a certain way, often that certain way is not obvious, and for me figuring out that way and adding that knowledge to my mental tool bag is a kick. From a summary perspective, to gain high-level techniques and some orientation to the world of bicycle wrenching, I rank "The Bicycling Guide to Complete Maintenance and Repair" at number 2, and the Park Tool "Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair 2nd Edition" at number 1. I think both of these are good at what they are meant for.
Yet, they leave me wanting more. What they have in completeness they lack in detail. What they have in broad appeal they lack in more complex techniques and explanations. I want more information!
While messing around with the rear derailleur on Yasuko to try to smooth out some of the shifts, I realized what a total rube I am about derailleurs. How do they really work? They look relatively simple, until I started to ponder the motions of a dual-pivoting dual-geared parallelogram that interacts with the physical monstrosity that is a bicycle chain, and my head started swimming. I wanted more information.
This search lead me to "Barnett's Manual DX (7th Edition)" from the Barnett Bicycle Institute. Let me say at the outset, this is not an inexpensive reference, mainly targeted at professionals and people who have completed the various courses and certifications offered by the Institute. I had heard of it before, but thought it would be too detailed (and expensive) for my home wrenching purposes. Then came my derailleur curiosity, which changed that view.
Exploring the page linked in the previous paragraph, I discovered a sample chapter on derailleurs. I downloaded it and started reading. It is, in short, the clearest written, most comprehensive, best organized, more accurate, and most helpful text related to bicycle mechanical function that I have ever read. That chapter alone will cause me to buy that manual. While it is electronic in PDF format with a rather clunky graphical design (usually three strikes in my book), the contents flowed into my brain like sweet waters from the fountain of bicycle knowledge.
The actual manual is cross referenced and links out to other helpful information not included in the sample chapters, so I wasn't even able to experience it in all its informative glory. But if you are curious about the details of bicycle mechanical functioning and sometimes find yourself scratching your head when intuition and summary books fail, this is probably the solution. Not that burning an entire weekend afternoon twisting the various adjustments and tensions on a rear derailleur without a good result isn't fun. It's just that life is too short for too much fun like that. And now Yasuko's derailleur does what it should. Get up. Go read.
Disclaimer: I have not received any compensation or free stuff for writing this. I don't even own the Barnett's Manual DX 7th Edition yet. I based this on the sample chapter provided free on the web site linked above. Any friends or loved ones reading this review may take it as a hint of what would make me very happy for Xmas, in addition to the White Industries ENO 16t freewheel already on the list.


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So I guess that is all... Rub A Dub Dub!
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I've made a few attempts on building complete systems on the hand-me-down VAIO I mentioned a day or two ago. For my money (which was nothing) the machine is working almost perfectly, with no visible defects aside from fading on the case, or perhaps an odd scratch or two.
The best improvement I made, at this point, was to clean the screen properly, with a solution of one part white vinegar with one part distilled water. That's usually what I prefer for laptop screens, and it took off a nice layer of gunk without any trouble. I buffed the glass with a microfiber cloth and now it's crystal clear.
The monitor, although it is a giant rock, actually has a very clear image and will display an extraordinary resolution. I actually knocked down the screen dimensions because the detail it was showing was making the text hard to see, if you can believe that. It's labeled as a Trinitron, and so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that it has a good picture. Too bad the physical size of the screen isn't a little bigger; it would make that detail a little more comfortable on the eyes.
Internally, this has an SIS730 graphics system and chipset, as I mentioned earlier. This particular setup shares memory with the rest of the system and is configurable (to a degree) through the BIOS. I went ahead and gave it the full 32Mb it was allowed, and 3D acceleration — through the xorg-video-sis driver — was smooth in both Ubuntu and Arch, using a resolution of 1024x768x24. It's definitely no contender for a modern graphics prize, but most of the GL xscreensavers in Arch were quite fluid.
That same architecture handles audio and a few other subsystems on this machine; everything seems to be working well in that category too.
Memory requirements for the desktops I put together — one using Openbox with LXDE, and one using IceWM — were low enough that I never noticed any paging or stutter, even though there is only 192Mb in the machine. In fact, the only time I was ever cautioned about memory at all was by mtpaint of all things, when I tried to resize a giant TIFF image. Adjusting mtpaint's preference made that error go away.
Network speeds are about what I expected through the RealTek RTL-8059 — around 70-80kbps, with occasional spikes depending on the server. That card needs the ne2k-pci module in order to work; it took me a little time to find the relationship between the two, but once I had that magic combination, everyone was happy.
From what I can tell thus far — and I still haven't cracked the case yet — there's a 54X CDRW in this machine that would not have come standard. And I believe there's a high-speed USB card in place, which would explain an additional row of USB jacks in one riser panel. Aside from that I'll need to open it all up to see if there's more fun stuff inside. And no, I'm not going to play with the modem.
The hard drive is running strong, with no errors yet reported. I've blanked the drive once, reinstalled two or three times and even gone so far as to rerun the original recovery CDs and put Windows Me back on there. The only disappointment was, of course, WindowsMe. I forgot how rotten that was. …
Anyway, boot times for Linux are pretty strong for an 800Mhz machine; Ubuntu takes its normal 1-minute-plus for a console-based system; Arch is lagging at around 44 seconds, with almost 18 of those seconds lost to the udev-modules-setup sequence. Taking out module autoloading chops another 10 seconds off that boot time; I'll save my rants against the Arch loading procedure for another time. 👿
(I didn't mention Crux because the only Crux system I managed to build was somehow out of whack, with the Grub bootloader spitting out an infinite trail of GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB messages. I blame myself for that one; I wasn't paying attention while I was installing. 😳 )
And for comparison WinMe appears to be up in around 56 seconds, but of course, you can't really do anything until about 1:12. Or at least, that's when the hard drive stops churning.
So the preliminary diagnosis for this machine is rather strong: No failed components (or at least no failed crucial parts), a speedy system and a clean display. All the cables and tertiary components are here, along with the system recovery software. I'm confident it will perform quite well in both Windows and Linux, so I'm comfortable with setting up a dual boot system with a lightweight but comprehensive alternative to Windows Me, and passing it on to its next life. If you have suggestions on a distro to suit it, I'd be happy to hear them. It'll need full multinational support for both keyboard input and text display, because it's likely to go on to a Japanese-speaking user. Beyond that, it just needs to look nice.
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This was a couple of years back. Searched and successfully placed a presales consultant with hard to find technical skills. This was for an Asia Pacific role and the candidate got a nice sign- on bonus along with a 15% hike over his previous salary (which incidentally had just been increased). Because the client was in a very niche space, they also offered to fly the candidate to Europe where he underwent two and – a- half months training. I guess you can all see where this is going…..After the training, the candidate comes back and resigns. (Incidentally, just barely under my 3 month guarantee period! Damn!) He had evidently received an offer from his "dream company". Nothing personal, I like this company, but that company is better…..So he's used my client company as a springboard to increase his salary and hone his skills, and now wants to quit.
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Chiang Mai boasts over 300 temples, of which Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, situated atop Doi Intanon – Thailand's biggest mountain – is probably the most famous. Other temples worth seeing include the ancient Wat Chiang Man, Wat Phra Singh, Wat Chedi Luang and the tranquil forest temple of Wat U-Mong.
The city of Chiang Mai was founded by King Mengrai in 1296, and a tribute to the great king can be seen in the Three Kings Monument. Both the informative Chiang Mai City Art and Cultural Center and the nearby Chiang Saen National Museum are good places to discover more of the area's interesting history and you can take a course or use the facilities at Chiang Mai University.
Often referred to as the 'Rose of the North', Chiang Mai is a great place to lose yourself for a week or two. The Old City is a great place to explore, where surprises wait around every corner, or why not go on a cycling tour with the Chiang Mai Cycle Club.
With prices often markedly less than in Bangkok, Chiang Mai is a great place to go shopping. Chiang Mai Night Bazaar is world famous and definitely should not be missed. The quaint umbrella village of Bo Sang makes a great place for a day trip and Talat Warorot is a good place to buy local produce, with prices to match.
Chiang Mai is a good place for self improvement and there are numerous courses and classes available. This is a great place to cook up a storm in a cookery class, and meditation courses always prove popular, whilst the sporty can learn a new skill at the Muay Thai Boxing Camp.
The stunning local scenery also provides a good backdrop for a range of sports such as Chiang Mai Rock Climbing Adventures, and both Chiang Mai Flying Club and Oriental Balloon Flights provide a new perspective on the area.


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Where would Mother Monster be without her Little Monsters?
Lady Gaga took to her website late Wednesday to thank her multitude of fans for their "strength" and "perseverance" as she underwent surgery to treat a hip injury after being forced to cancel her "Born This Way Ball" tour.
And in the heartfelt message, the 26-year-old pop star made it abundantly clear just how much those Little Monsters meant to her.
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Lady Gaga undergoes surgery after canceling tour due to hip injury
"Monsters, You really gave me a lot of strength today. Everything happened so fast, but when it came time to face it I reflected on the many stories and experiences you've shared with me about your lives," she wrote.
"Meeting you backstage, reading your letters, watching you communicate with fans from around the globe to form a community that supports one another--You have completely blown my mind. As they wheeled me into surgery today, I thought about all of your pain and perseverance, your unique family situations, school environments, health issues, homelessness, identity struggles--sometimes you are so brave that it terrifies me. I wonder how it's even possible."
The enormity of those struggles, Gaga said, helped her put her own plight in perspective.
Lady Gaga visits sick fan after pulling plug on tour
"So I thought to myself, I'm alive, I'm living my dream, and this is just a bump in the road," she mused. "I'm grateful because this is temporary, and for some it is not. You have changed my life. I love you and am proud to be a part of your lives. If you can do it, I can do it too, and if we stick together we can get through anything."
After initially postponing several shows earlier this month due to a labral tear in her right hip, Gaga was forced to pull the plug on her entire tour after she was unable to walk and it became clear that the songbird would require surgery.
But ever the trouper that she is, Gaga still managed to give props to her fans just as she was about to be wheeled into the operating room.
"Going in for surgery now," she tweeted Wednesday. "Thank you so much for sending me love and support. I will be dreaming of you."


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All-of-Government Approaches to International Consequence Management for CBRNE IncidentsDisasters Roundtable
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20418
The workshop will start to build a coalition of diverse experts and stakeholders to explore ways to improve an all-of-government approach that increases resilience to international chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNE) incidents. The goal of the workshop is to document and develop measures of resilience to CBRNE events. Information generated will be shared openly through web-based media.
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Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosive (CBRNE) events have the potential to destabilize governments and create conditions that exacerbate violence or promote terrorism. Their occurrence and effects can trigger global repercussions, and they can quickly overwhelm the infrastructure and capability of the responders, especially in countries that do not have specialized resources for response. Effective response t... More >>
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Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy, Japan
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Dr. Daniel Blumenthal, NNSA Consequence Management Program Manager, Office of Emergency Response, Department of Energy


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By Matt Gardner
Members of the Appling County Board of Education (BOE) held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on March 11. During the meeting the BOE unanimously approved the resignations of Leticia Oehlke as a bus driver and Bianca Fox as a teacher at Appling County Middle School (ACMS). The BOE approved the hiring of Kelly Turner as a bus driver and Jena Cranford as a teacher at Appling County High School (ACHS). During the work session held on March 4, the hiring of Stafford King as a teacher at ACHS was approved.
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The two-sided Car Wash Mitt has nubby chenille microfiber on one side and sponge layer microfiber on the other to collect dirt and debris. It washes out easily with just a quick rinse, and the handy loop facilitates quick drying.
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The Car Wash Mitt gets your car clean and streak-free without scratching, using just one bucket of water. The thick chenille microfiber gently lifts dirt and grime up high and away from your car's surface. And no harmful chemicals are washed into storm drains, which means a healthier environment for us all.
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Ghosts? There's no such thing! But are you sure? In some countries, people believe in disembodied beings – and they know how to deal with them, too
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A roof, rice, fruit and rice wine will placate the worst-tempered ghost. That's why there are tiny ghost dwellings with sacrificial offerings outside buildings in Thailand and Cambodia.
Household spirits bring protection and good fortune and are welcome in Russia. Every home has its own and when people move, they take theirs with them – inside an old slipper. In the new home, they are fed milk and cookies.
Living with elves and trolls – the Icelanders expect to find their creatures of fable in special natural spots. Urban planning offices commission elf surveys before issuing building permits and even change plans if necessary.


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The head louse is a tiny, wingless parasitic insect that lives among human hairs and feeds on tiny amounts of blood drawn from the scalp. Lice (the plural of louse) are a very common problem, especially for kids. They're contagious, annoying, and sometimes tough to get rid of.
But while they're frustrating to deal with, lice aren't dangerous. They don't spread disease, although their bites can make a child's scalp itchy and irritated, and scratching can lead to infection.
It's best to treat head lice quickly once they're found because they can spread easily from person to person.
Although they're very small, lice can be seen by the naked eye. Here are things to look for:
Lice eggs (called nits). These look like tiny yellow, tan, or brown dots before they hatch. Lice lay nits on hair shafts close to the scalp, where the temperature is perfect for keeping warm until they hatch. Nits look sort of like dandruff, only they can't be removed by brushing or shaking them off.
Unless the infestation is heavy, it's more common to see nits in a child's hair than it is to see live lice crawling on the scalp. Lice eggs hatch within 1 to 2 weeks after they're laid. After hatching, the remaining shell looks white or clear and stays firmly attached to the hair shaft. This is when it's easiest to spot them, as the hair is growing longer and the egg shell is moving away from the scalp.
Adult lice and nymphs (baby lice). The adult louse is no bigger than a sesame seed and is grayish-white or tan. Nymphs are smaller and become adult lice about 1 to 2 weeks after they hatch. If head lice is not treated, this process repeats itself about every 3 weeks. Most lice feed on blood several times a day, and they can survive up to 2 days off the scalp.
Scratching. With lice bites come itching and scratching. This is actually due to a reaction to the saliva of lice. However, the itching may not always start right away — that depends on how sensitive a child's skin is to the lice. It can sometimes take weeks for kids with lice to start scratching. They may complain, though, of things moving around on or tickling their heads.
Small red bumps or sores from scratching. For some kids, the irritation is mild; for others, a more bothersome rash may develop. Excessive scratching can lead to a bacterial infection (this can cause swollen lymph glands and red, tender skin that might have crusting and oozing). If your doctor thinks this is the case, he or she may treat the infection with an oral antibiotic.
You may be able to see the lice or nits by parting your child's hair into small sections and checking for lice and nits with a fine-tooth comb on the scalp, behind the ears, and around the nape of the neck (it's rare for them to be found on eyelashes or eyebrows).
A magnifying glass and bright light may help. But it can be tough to find a nymph or adult louse — often, there aren't many of them and they move fast.
See your doctor if your child is constantly scratching his or her head or complains of an itchy scalp that won't go away. The doctor should be able to tell you if your child is infested with lice and needs to be treated. Not all kids have the classic symptoms of head lice and some can be symptom-free.
Also be sure to check with your child's school nurse or childcare center director to see if other kids have recently been treated for lice. If you discover that your child does, indeed, have lice or nits, contact the staff at the school and childcare center to let them know. Find out what their return policy is. Most usually allow kids to return after one topical treatment has been completed.
Lice are highly contagious and can spread quickly from person to person, especially in group settings (like schools, childcare centers, slumber parties, sports activities, and camps).
Though they can't fly or jump, these tiny parasites have specially adapted claws that let them crawl and cling firmly to hair. They spread mainly through head-to-head contact, but sharing clothing, bed linens, combs, brushes, and hats also can pass them along. Kids are most prone to catching lice because they tend to have close physical contact with each other and share personal items.
And you may wonder if Fido or Fluffy may be catching the pests and passing them on to your family. But rest assured that pets can't catch head lice and pass them on to people or the other way around.
Your doctor can recommend a medicated shampoo, cream rinse, or lotion to kill the lice. These may be over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription medications, depending on what treatments have already been tried. Medicated lice treatments usually kill the lice and nits, but it may take a few days for the itching to stop. For very resistant lice, an oral medication (medicine taken by mouth) might be prescribed.
Make sure that the medicine is safe for your child's age. While over-the-counter shampoos are safe for kids as young as 2 months, other medicines are only safe for kids 2 years and older. It's important to follow the directions exactly because these products are insecticides. Applying too much medication — or using it too often — can increase the risk of causing harm. Follow the directions on the product label.
Treatment may be unsuccessful if the medication is not used correctly or if the lice are resistant to it. After treatment, your doctor may suggest combing out the nits with a fine-tooth comb and also may recommend repeating treatment in 7 to 10 days to kill any newly hatched nits.
If your child is 2 months old or younger, you should not use medicated lice treatments. You'll need to remove the nits and lice by hand.
To remove lice and nits by hand, use a fine-tooth comb on your child's wet, conditioned hair every 3 to 4 days for 3 weeks after the last live louse was seen. Wetting the hair beforehand is recommended because it temporarily immobilizes the lice and the conditioner makes it easier to get a comb through the hair.
There's no need to buy electronic combs that claim to kill lice or make nits easier to remove. No studies have been done to back up these claims. You also don't need to buy special vinegar solutions to apply to the scalp before picking nits. Good old-fashioned water works just fine.
Wet combing is also an alternative to pesticide treatments in older kids. Though petroleum jelly, mayonnaise, or olive oil are sometimes used in an attempt to suffocate head lice, these treatments may not work. If medicine doesn't work and you want to try these methods, talk to your doctor first.
Make sure you remove nits carefully every week for at least 3 weeks in a row, and watch your child closely to see if any live lice return.
In the past, kids with head lice were kept home from school, but now doctors no longer recommend these "no-nit" policies. In most cases, a child who has lice should stay at school until the end of the day, go home and get treatment, and return to school the next day. While they are at school, kids should avoid head-to-head contact with other kids.
Here are some simple ways to get rid of the lice and their eggs, and help prevent a lice reinfestation:
Because lice are easily passed from person to person in the same house, bedmates and infested family members also will need treatment to prevent the lice from coming back.
In your efforts to get rid of the bugs, there are some things you shouldn't do. Some don'ts of head lice treatment include:
Having head lice is not a sign of dirtiness or poor hygiene. The pesky little bugs can be a problem for kids of all ages and socioeconomic levels, no matter how often they do — or don't — wash their hair or bathe. It also doesn't matter how long or short a person's hair is.
However, these tips can help to prevent kids from getting lice (or from becoming reinfested):
As many parents know firsthand, lice infestation can be an ongoing battle, especially in group settings. There's no doubt that they can be hard bugs to get rid of.
If you've followed every recommendation and your child still has lice, it could be because:
If your child still has lice 2 weeks after you started treatment or if your child's scalp looks infected, call your doctor.
No matter how long the problem lasts, be sure to remind your child that although having lice can certainly be very embarrassing, anyone can get them. It's important for kids to understand that they haven't done anything wrong and that having lice doesn't make them dirty. And reassure them that as frustrating as getting rid of the lice can be, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Be patient and follow the treatments and prevention tips as directed by your doctor, and you'll be well on your way to keeping your family lice-free.
Reviewed by: Rupal Christine Gupta, MD
Date reviewed: April 2015
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Open Mic in the Club
Tue, Nov 26 2019, 8:00pm - Free
Our long-running open mic, hosted by Jack Swain, is held in our SideBar, on the other side of the beer garden from the main club. (On the fourth Tuesday of each month, it's held in the main club.) Acts mostly are within the acoustic singer/songwriter genres, with the sign-up sheet filling fast. Sign-up begins at 8 p.m. Check it out!


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Central Connecticut volleyball senior Jamie Rademacher and freshman Makenna Lommori received weekly awards from the Northeast Conference on Monday. Rademacher picked up her third Molten/NEC Player of the Week and Lommori was named Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week for the sixth time and Molten/NEC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time.
The Blue Devils posted a 3-0 record last week and won each match in three sets. The team has swept its last four home matches and has a 13-set winning streak at home.
Rademacher contributed 30 kills over the three victories and with just four errors she produced an impressive .531 hitting percentage, which raised her season mark to .377. Rademacher also contributed to the net defense with 14 blocks. She averaged 3.33 kills and 1.56 blocks per set for the week.
Rademacher had eight kills and seven blocks against Sacred Heart, but her most complete performance came on Sunday when she had 13 kills on 18 attacks (.611 hitting percentage) and five blocks.
Lommori continues to excel on offense and defense during her first season with the Blue Devils. She posted impressive totals of 87 assists, 16.0 blocks, 12 kills, nine digs, five aces and a .522 hitting percentage. She finished the week with per set averages of 9.67 assists, 1.78 blocks, 1.33 kills, 1.00 digs and .56 aces.
On Thursday, in the three set victory over Sacred Heart, Lommori had 14 assists, four kills, an ace and she assisted on seven blocks. In Saturday's sweep of St. Francis (NY), Lommori recorded 36 assists, four kills, three aces, seven digs and four total blocks, including a solo block. She wrapped the week in Sunday's three set victory over Fairleigh Dickinson with 37 assists, four kills, two digs, an ace and five total blocks. Over the three matches, Lommori had 23 total attacks and did not commit and attack error.
Rademacher shared the player of the week award with Annika Foit of LIU Brooklyn.
With three straight victories, the Blue Devils are 14-10 on the season and 9-2 in NEC play. CCSU is currently in second place in the conference standings and just two games behind first place LIU Brooklyn.
This weekend, the Blue Devils travel to Pennsylvania for key matches with fourth place Saint Francis (PA) and third place Robert Morris.