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Q: The term `frequency' in EE (especially signal theory) In physics, frequency is simply \$f\$.
I mean,
Frequency: \$f\$ (with unit Hz = s-1)
Angular frequency: \$\omega = 2\pi f\$ (with unit rad/s)
However, when I read EE textbooks, they use `frequency' for both of them.
For example, when they say something like RF, they use frequency in Hz ― so \$f\$.
However, in textbook Signals & Systems 2th Ed. by A. V. Oppenheim et al,
they introduce fundamental frequency as \$\omega_0 = 2 \pi f_0\$.
When I try to solve problems like `find the frequency' without any appearance of \$f\$, \$\omega\$, or units, this drives me crazy.
How to differentiate them? Only by the context? I hope not...

A: Generally, frequency is measured in Hz, or 1/second.  If a variable named "f" or "Fsomething" is used, then its unit is generally understood to be Hz.
Sometimes it is mathematically more convenient to use radians/second instead of full rotations per second.  If a variable is named "ω", then its unit is generally understood to be radians/second.
All that said, it's really sloppy not to specify the units.  Mostly you'll run into rad/s in texts and papers.  Look carefully at the beginning of a paper, the start of a chapter in a book or maybe in a definitions section, and you should find a definition of the terms used.  Or, something like your example of introducing the fundamental frequency as "ω0 = 2πf0" makes it quite clear.  That basically defines how variables "ω" and "f" will be used subsequently, which is also the overwhelming convention.

A: Radians per second and Hertz are both units of frequency, much like centimeters and inches are both units of length.  If you saw a geometry book using both centimeters and inches, you wouldn't say "my book uses 'length' for both of them".  Same applies here.  As Olin says, its sloppy (I'd say "wrong") not to say which units you're using in any given context, but sometimes the overall trend with respect to frequency is what's being highlighted, and the actual units are of secondary importance.

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Lou Rawls Appreciation Day
What percentage of (older) music fans, upon hearing the name Lou Rawls, instantly dial up that unfortunate night at the 1977 Grammy Awards when Rawls hawked up his spleen during the performance of his then comeback hit, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine?" For those unfamiliar with that evening, it went something like this. Lou was riding high with his first hit in years, a crossover smash. As he began his live performance, he choked on his own saliva, and that was that. It was 4 minutes of hacking while millions watched with mouths agape.
I can think of much better Lou Rawls moments.
Just forget "Lady Love." Never happened.
Names like Al Green and Marvin Gaye and Teddy Pendergrass and Luther Vandross are consistently and justifiably tossed about when discussing the great voices of R&B. On the unjust side of the coin, the voices of R. Kelly and Usher, also get the nod more often than Mr. Rawls. I'm thinking Lou's curriculum vitae needs a more prudent perusal.
As iPod shuffle once again hit me like a sack of bricks, I found myself lost in the perfection of "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine." The dynamics, the lyrics, the sweeping strings, the disco beat. Mostly I just surrendered to the big, soulful sound of honey that is Lou Rawls' voice as he mourns his lost love with shoulders back and confidence high. And though he says he doesn't, he does brag about just what* she will miss when she goes.
I was done in. I had to listen to more.
"Natural Man" is about the coolest thing I've ever heard and it was co-written by Sandy Baron. SANDY BARON!
You know....
Or, for you youngsters....
....Jerry's father's friend with the astronaut pen.
It's rare when a cover is better than the original. It's even more rare when there are two covers better than the original. I think The Staple Singers own Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth," and I think Lou's version is a close second. (What's with the Laura Ingalls Wilder video?)
Covered by many, including Boz Scaggs and Bonnie Raitt, the Isaac Hayes/David Porter classic, "Your Good Thing (Is About To End)" was first put to wax by Mable John, sister of the late great Little Willie John. All fine entries, but I'm calling Lou's version "the one."
Let's not forget how Lou Rawls began his career, singing the gospel alongside Sam Cooke. This one is a killer.
Then of course, there's "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing." Aaah....1966. What 1939 is to movies, 1966 is to music.
If you're really interested in seeing Lou choke his way through "You'll Never Find..," you can look it up yourself. I'd rather bask in the brilliance of the record, as we know and love it.
One of the best collections----
----is out of print. It's not definitive, as it only serves up the Axelrod years. But those are damn good years. Used copies are available HERE.
This one----
----would be definitive, but it's missing "For What It's Worth."
It's HERE, and in print.
Thank you, Sweet Lou.
(*His lovin'.)
Gene Oberto said...
The iPod shuffle is the best thing to hit music collections...EVER! Not only does it pick out songs at just the right time to make an impact (i.e. Lou Rawls) but seems to keep a groove of like songs going for extended sets.
Also to be included, in my humble opinion, is the live version of that old chestnut, "Tobacco Road" off the album "Black Blue and Tobacco Road."
What an incredibly smooth voice yet rough at the edges for authenticity. Under appreciated.
Hello all...Please...remain seated...
I whole-heartedly second the emotion of Mr. Oberto's recommendation of Tobacco Road.
Be nice to your ears and listen to this on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q1nChdRzgo
Talk about under appreciated, Lou definitely is. He's all heart. I just want to add though I know it's my beloved Sam C on lead, "Bring it On Home to Me" with Sam and Lou's vocal call and response is one of the great records ever. What chemistry, their voices amazing together.
jeff k said...
I always loved Rawls' voice, but it was the beer commercials and the Bob Hope associations that turned me off. Lou was smooth when everyone and everything was getting rough. great re-evaluation, thanks.
Sandy Baron, for you really oldsters: "Hey Landlord."
Take the pen, Sal.
Really, take the pen.
I hated my iPod shuffle when I had one, but I blame iTunes because it still seems to decide what my favorites are and feature them even though I have 10,000 songs loaded. In my perfect world it would play all of them in a random fashion.
But what is the choice? Windows Media Player's random seems a little better, but you can't print the playlist.
So I hate them both. Still, it's better than having to turn over the record every fifteen minutes.
Please call me Gene. It has a nicer ring to my ears.
FD13NYC said...
Ahh yes, Lou Rawls. Nice digging him up Sal, (sorry for the death pun). I'm going to the back catalog to have a listen.
A very cool, suave and distinctive voice. From singing early gospel, doing early harmony vocals with Sam Cooke, Bring It On Home To Me always gives me goose bumps. To the mid-late sixties R&B songs that measured up to anyone from the day. Up to his "comeback" You'll Never Find, a confident disco-ish triumph. Rawls was the real thing, for sure.
Sandy Baron?? I never would have thought.
When Jefferson Airplane, who covered "Tobacco Road" from the beginning, used to introduce it on stage, they never failed to credit Lou Rawls.
I like the Axelrod stuff quite a bit.
I've always been been fond of Mr. Rawls' "Stormy Monday," from a Blue Note album that I amazed to discover is still in print - bill buckner
http://www.amazon.com/Stormy-Monday-Lou-Rawls/dp/B000005HF1

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•May 3, 2016
•Patrick Lagreid
Chinnock Cellars Rebrands XOXO as T.L.P., Announces Second Production
Last year, Chinnock Cellars released XOXO, an extremely limited edition of 500 cigars with leaves that had been hand-sprayed with premium cognac by Sandy Cobas at El Titan de Bronze in Miami.
This year, the cigar will return but with a different name, as it is now called the Chinnock Cellars T.L.P., named for Brian Chinnock's wife, Terry Lynn Paiva, who passed away due to diabetes on February 27.
Chinnock is using the release not only to honor his wife, but to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association (ADA). All of the proceeds from the 1,000 cigars being produced will go to ADA, while each cigar shop will contribute one dollar to the charity, with that donation included in the purchase price.
"Our goal is to raise $25,000 to be directly donated to ADA to help find a cure for this terrible disease," Chinnock told halfwheel.
Like the XOXO, the T.L.P. is a 6 x 52 vitola with a blend that draws from the company's Cremoir and Terroir lines. Each cigar comes in a glass tube that is then packed into five-count piano finish boxes, with all 200 boxes being produced by a single roller at El Titan de Bronze. MSRP is $150 per box, before taxes.
Chinnock will release the T.L.P. at the 2016 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show in July, and the cigar will only be available during the trade show. He said he expects to begin shipping them to retailers in August.
Brian ChinnockChinnock CellarsChinnock Cellars T.L.P.Chinnock Cellars XOXOEl Titan de BronzeIPCPR 2016Sandy CobasTerry Lynn Paiva
Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it's about so much more than the cigar – it's about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I'm the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for MLB.com, plus I'm a voice over artist. I previously covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
IPCPR 2015: Chinnock Cellars


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Title: Dough
Subject: List of pastries, Bread, Kalduny, Apple dumpling, Angel wings
Collection: Baking, Cooking, Doughs
This article is about a cooking ingredient. For the British sitcom episode, see Dough (Bottom episode).
Freshly mixed dough in the bowl of a stand mixer
Atta dough being rolled with a rolling pin during the preparation of chapati
Dough ( ) is a thick, malleable, sometimes elastic, paste made out of any cereals (grains), leguminous or chestnut crops. Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water and/or other liquid, and sometimes includes yeast or other leavening agents as well as other ingredients such as various fats or flavorings.
The process of making and shaping dough is a precursor to making a wide variety of foodstuffs, particularly breads and bread-based items, but also including biscuits, cakes, cookies, dumplings, flatbreads, noodles, pasta, pastry, pizza, piecrusts, and similar items. Doughs are made from a wide variety of flours, commonly wheat but also flours made from maize, rice, rye, legumes, almonds, and other cereals and crops used around the world.
Types of dough 1
As a term 3
Further reading 6
Types of dough
A statue of a servant kneading dough, from Egypt, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c. 2494–2345 BCE
Acarajé is a fried dough food
Doughs vary widely depending on ingredients, the kind of product being produced, the type of leavening agent (particularly whether the dough is based on yeast or not), how the dough is mixed (whether quickly mixed or kneaded and left to rise), and cooking or baking technique. There is no formal definition of what makes dough, though most doughs have viscoelastic properties.[1]
Leavened or fermented doughs (generally made from grain cereals or legumes that are ground to produce flour, mixed with water and yeast) are used all over the world to make various breads. Salt, oils or fats, sugars or honey and sometimes milk or eggs are also common ingredients in bread dough. Commercial bread doughs may also include dough conditioners, a class of ingredients that aid in dough consistency and final product.
Flatbreads such as pita, lafa, lavash, matzah or matzo, naan, roti, sangak, tortilla, and yufka are eaten around the world and are also made from dough. Some flatbreads, such as naan, use leavening agents; others, such as matzo, do not. Crackers are also made from dough, and some (such as saltine crackers[2]) are leavened.
Pasta and noodles are generally based on unleavened doughs that are worked until they are dry and smooth, and then shaped into their final form. The finished pasta may be cooked immediately or dried before cooking.
Doughs with higher fat content have a lesser water content, develop less gluten and are therefore generally less elastic than bread doughs; these doughs are often called "short" by bakers. This category includes many cookie and pie crust doughs, such as shortcrust pastry.[1]
In many parts of central millet, and are ground and boiled.
So-called quick breads use leavening agents other than yeast (such as baking powder or baking soda), and include most cookies, cakes, biscuits, and more; these may be based on a batter or a dough.
Techniques used in dough production depend on the type of dough and final product.
For yeast-based and sponge (such as sourdough) breads, a common production technique is the dough is mixed, kneaded, and then left to rise. Many bread doughs call for a second stage, where the dough is kneaded again, shaped into the final form, and left to rise a final time (or proofed) before baking.[3] Kneading is the process of working a dough to produce a smooth, elastic dough by developing gluten.[3] This process is both temperature and time-dependent; temperatures that are either too hot or too cold will cause the yeast to not develop, and rising times that are either too short or too long will affect the final product.
Pasta is typically made from a dry dough that is kneaded and shaped, either through extrusion, rolling out in a pasta machine, or stretched or shaped by hand (as for gnocchi or dumplings). Pasta may be cooked directly after production (so-called "fresh pasta") or dried, which renders it shelf-stable.
Doughs for biscuits and many flatbreads which are not leavened with yeast are typically mixed but not kneaded or left to rise; these doughs are shaped and cooked directly after mixing.
While breads and other products made from doughs are often baked, some types of dough-based foods are cooked over direct heat, such as tortillas, which are cooked directly on a griddle. Fried dough foods are also common in many cultures.
Pancakes, waffles, some kinds of bar cookies such as brownies, and many cakes and quick breads (including muffins and the like) are often made with a semi-liquid batter of flour and liquid that is poured into the final shape, rather than a solid dough. Unlike bread dough, these batters are not stabilized by the formation of a gluten network.[4]
Dough being kneaded
Yeast bread dough after kneading, before rising
Yeast bread dough after rising (proofing), for 40 minutes
Dough being extruded from a pasta machine
As a term
The word "dough" is a common slang term for money in English-speaking countries; this usage is originally American, and dates to the mid-19th century.[5]
Dough blender
Farinograph – a tool that measures specific properties of flour
List of breads
List of pasta
List of fried dough foods
List of pastries
Proofing (baking technique)
Straight dough
^ a b Leon Levine; Ed Boehmer (1997). "Chapter 12, Dough Processing Systems". Handbook of Food Engineering Process.
^ Ponte, J. G.; Payne, J. D.; Updated By Staff (2007). "Bakery Processes, Yeast-Raised Products". Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
^ a b Irma S. Rombauer; Marion Rombauer Becker; Ethan Becker (1997).
^ Stanley P. Cauvain. (2012) Chapter 12: Baking. in Food Processing Handbook. 2 ed. Wiley. p. 422 ISBN 9783527324682. This reference is specifically about cake batter.
^ "dough". (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Cuvain, Stanley; Linda S. Young (2007). Technology of Breadmaking (2 ed.). Springer. —covers commercial dough production
DiMuzio, Daniel (2009). Bread Baking: An Artisan's Perspective. Wiley. —covers home and commercial baking and dough techniques
Hamelman, Jeffrey (2004). Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes. Wiley. —covers home and commercial baking and dough techniques
The dictionary definition of dough at Wiktionary
Brown bread
Salt-rising
Soda bread
Texas toast
Unleavened
Barm
Calcium propanoate
Farinograph
Autolysis
Chorleywood bread process
Maillard reaction
Pre-ferment
Pre-slicing
Sponge and dough
Vienna process
Bread bowl
Baker percentage
History of bread
List articles
American breads
Brand name breads
Bread dishes
British breads
Pakistani breads
Sweet breads
Recipes on WikiBooks • Food portal
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Ian Badcoe Poetry
Ian Badcoe writes poems and lyrics.
Anger Bob - Creativity unleashed
"Anger bob, beats fists against the glass."
Collaboration, how's it been working out?
With Hallam and I plunging headlong towards the release of our next teaser-track: Anger Bob, it seems like a good moment to look back over the last nine or ten months and talk about how it has gone.
Excellently—we've barely had a moment of creative differences and this has worked, I think, a lot by us each trusting the other to do their job.
However this doesn't mean keeping quiet and refusing to give any feedback. Hallam, when I give him a new lyric, doesn't always take all of it. Quite often he'll think, for example, that the first half of the chorus is stronger than the second; and he'll say so, and he may not even record the weaker part (although this is usually more to do with having enough words to fit his musical phrasing rather than refusing to touch the weaker words.)
Similarly, when I hear the first version of the words set to music, there will sometimes be a part where I feel the musical treatment hasn't meshed with the words as well as it might. For example in Anger Bob, in the chorus, Hallam originally had some words held for several beats in the middle of the phrases. Musically that was perfectly fine and very interesting, but for the words to me it felt wrong that these quite bureaucratic phrases should be broken like that. Bureaucrats do like to run off their standard phrases at some speed.
The creative process, earlier today
Collaboratively—so when this happens, we talk. In the case of Anger Bob we had 32 exchanges of comments on our little private blog where we post our notes and progress, and a few emails as well.
Experimentally—we also experiment. I'm a very fast writer (when I have something to write) so when Hallam questions part of a lyric, I can usually produce a few ideas for alternatives almost immediately (literally immediately, if I am on-line). Hallam takes a little longer, he has to go to the studio for a start, and he cannot get there everyday, but he has been known to do a "couch recording" of a new idea and mail it to me right there and then. As this process iterates between the two of us the song is, of course:
Evolving—for me, the lyric has certain poetic qualities as I write it, but it isn't a song. At most I'll have an idea that a section could go "LA la lala, la LA lar" (forgive me getting technical). So the first time I hear it set to music is (in a literal and non-bombastic sense) a revelation. The words at that moment become something that they weren't before. Emphasis changes. Often it is only at this point that the song "locks down" to focusing on a single subject (previously it will have been in the area of the subject, but not necessarily focused.)
At that point, bits we were considering dropping become easier decisions. If they are part of the core message, then they have to stay; if not then it's the bit-bucket for them, I'm afraid.
Tuning—and then it's just a matter of tuning. I'll have known how I would read the words, but Hallam's is a different voice and necessarily things come across a little changed. Let's remove the "only" but add an "and" at the start of the line—I might say. Or Hallam might say—Line two in verse two feels longer than in verse one. The point of both of these being to fit more exactly to the music, and also to the emphasis that Hallam is giving the line.
Sometimes I will have been worried about having far more syllables between two lines that go to the same music (being in the same relative position in the verse/chorus; obviously I'll have the same number of feet, I'm not an idiot). However often this will slide into the performance entirely unnoticed and instead some other part, which to my mind scanned perfectly, will develop a slight wobble and need a slight rephrasing.
And finally, Fun - it's been great fun. Hallam's word is exciting and I won't argue with that as a description either. I can't see how it would have worked if it wasn't great fun and exciting.
I asked Hallam whether he had anything to add to this, but said—Honestly, I can't add anything. But feel free to take this statement of mine and use it in your post—so I have.
Which only leaves me to remind you: Anger Bob, he's coming.
Anger Bob, in three days time.
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Ian Badcoe
I like to write poetry that challenges the reader's expectations for what the poem is going to be. I like to play with the conventions of genre, narrative and character. I write formal poetry and free verse. I'm very fond of sonnets and sonnet sequences.
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It's a new day in Washington, with a new administration and a new attitude toward offshore oil drilling.
Following the Bush administration's relentless push to `drill, baby, drill,' newly installed Interior Secretary Ken Salazar vowed this week to re-evaluate plans to dramatically expand offshore energy exploration.
Salazar told Interior employees he would review the five-year plan promoted in the last days of the Bush administration.
``There may be other areas of the OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) that should be opened up,'' he said, ``but it's something we will take a look at as part of our comprehensive energy program."
Salazar's comments indicate a more balanced position that would expand drilling but shelter much of the coastline from rigs.
Nearly all of the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida's west coast remains under a drilling ban that was imposed in a 2006 energy bill. But other moratoria along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts were lifted last year when Bush removed an administrative ban and Congress let lapse a long-standing congressional ban.
Salazar, tracking President Obama's position during the election campaign, vowed to help reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil through development of renewable energy as well as fossil fuels and clean coal.
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Nicholas Parsons presents four more specially-selected archival episodes of the ever-popular comedy panel game from its early days. Just as uproariously funny and terrifically popular today as when it first began on BBC Radio 4 in 1968, Just a Minute challenges contestants to speak for one minute on a given subject without repetition, hesitation, or deviation. Its mix of irreverent fun and ferocious competition has always attracted stellar names from the world of comedy and theatre.
In this collection, Sheila Hancock, Lance Percival, Wendy Richard, Tommy Trinder, Stephen Fry, and Jan Ravens pit their wits and their wit against regular players Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, and Paul Merton. Nicholas Parsons, who has been at the helm of the series since it began as chairman and occasionally as player, introduces this sparkling quartet of editions and provides fascinating background information on the game.
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Le pape Jules III (1550-1555) a créé 20 cardinaux dans 4 consistoires.

30 mai 1550
Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte, neveu adoptif du pape

12 octobre 1551
 Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E., évêque de Nagy Várad

20 novembre 1551
 Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte, cousin du pape, évêque de Marseille
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros., évêque de Pérouse
 Giovanni Michele Saraceni, archevêque de Matera, gouverneur de Rome, vice-camerlingue de la Sainte-Église
Giovanni Ricci, évêque de Chiusi
Giovanni Andrea Mercurio, archevêque de Messine
Giacomo Puteo, archevêque de Bari
Alessandro Campeggio, évêque de Bologne
 Pietro Bertani, O.P., évêque de Fano
Fabio Mignanelli, évêque de Grosseto
Giovanni Poggio, évêque de  Tropea
Giovanni Battista Cicala, évêque d'Albenga
Girolamo Dandini, évêque d'Imola
Luigi Cornaro, grand commendateur de Chypre
Sebastiano Antonio Pighini, archevêque de Manfredonia

22 décembre 1553
 Pietro Tagliavia d'Aragonia, archevêque de Palerme
 Louis I de Guise de Lorraine, évêque d'Albi
 Roberto de' Nobili, petit-neveu du pape, clerc d'Arezzo
 Girolamo Simoncelli, petit-neveu du pape, clerc d'Orvieto

Voir aussi
 Liste des cardinaux créés au XVIe siècle

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Recently, the World Healthy Organization rocked every bacon lover's world when it classified processed meats as a "group 1" carcinogen. Now, we have some good news to counter that.
A new study published in the latest issue of Cancer says that cooking meat at lower temperatures could reduce your risk of cancer. Coincidentally, we happen to be in the prime season for slow-and-low cooking. So break out the crock pot and fire up the immersion circulator—now you finally have a good excuse to sous vide! Here are seven potentially better-for-you meat recipes.
Hunter and metal artist Audwin McGee is a big fan of slow-cooked meats: "You just can't mess up a big hunk of pork." His pork is smothered in a garlic-rosemary paste, then cooked at a low temperature for several hours until it's supertender.
This hearty, Franco-Asian beef stew gets a fresh kick from basil and hot chiles.
This Cuban stew, featuring shredded flank steak, tomatoes and olives, can be made up to two days ahead of time.
This Cuban stew, featuring shredded flank steak, tomatoes and olives, can be made up to two days in advance for ultra-easy entertaining.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten loves to cook beef tenderloin sous vide.
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This hearty pot roast is slowly cooked in a Belgian-style beer broth, and then smothered in tender kale and onions.


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Vicente Bergues (ur. 19 lipca 1939) – paragwajski strzelec, olimpijczyk.

Uczestnik Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1984. Zajął 61. miejsce w skeecie, wyprzedzając 8 zawodników.

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Paragwajscy olimpijczycy
Uczestnicy Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1984
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Did FHA Loans Just Become The Best Option for Homeowners Again?
Mortgage applications have surged week after week, propelled mostly by refinancing as borrowers take advantage of the low mortgage rates currently available.
And beginning next week, the FHA should get a huge boost as borrowers take advantage of the 50 basis point cut in annual mortgage insurance premiums.
While some may not be all that moved by the premium reduction, the Urban Institute believes it's enough to make FHA loans cheaper than conventional loans in pretty much every scenario.
50 Basis Points Makes a Difference?
Yep, those 50 basis points could be enough to sway your home loan decision.
Prior to the change, which is scheduled to take effect next Monday January 26th, the average mortgage payment for an FHA loan on a $250,000 home with 3.5% down comes in at roughly $1,443.
Once the annual mortgage insurance premium is cut to 0.85% from 1.35%, the monthly payment for the same scenario drops to $1,343.
As a result, FHA financing becomes the cheaper option relative to conventional lending, especially for someone with a low FICO score.
Just take a look at the chart above. As you can see, the old premium structure meant conventional lending was cheaper if a borrower had a 720 FICO score or higher, which many do.
Come next week, FHA will be cheaper no matter what your FICO score. Now keep in mind that this assumes a mortgage rate of 4% from the FHA and 4.5% to 5% when going the conventional route.
So results may vary depending upon interest rate, but it does illustrate how powerful a seemingly simple insurance premium reduction can be.
It's no wonder the Obama Administration expects the change to result in 250,000 more first-time home buyers over the next three years.
And the annual average savings of $900 could benefit more than three million FHA borrowers looking to refinance their existing mortgages.
Interestingly, the move should actually benefit the FHA despite some calling it risky. Why? Because borrowers with higher FICO scores may turn to the FHA again to save money.
That means the FHA won't just draw the low-FICO score crowd anymore. So despite bringing in lower premiums, they actually get a better borrower and risk goes down.
Additionally, borrowers with lower mortgage payments should present lower default risk, which again benefits the FHA.
Perhaps less obvious is the fact that the FHA premium cut could benefit conventional loan borrowers as well.
If private mortgage insurers see that more borrowers are turning to the FHA, they might have to reduce premiums themselves to drum up business and compete.
In other words, all borrowers may benefit from the changes at the FHA, even if they don't take out an FHA loan.
I should point out that the FHA isn't a slam-dunk option for all borrowers. For one, the loan limits on FHA loans might not be high enough for some borrowers with little to put down.
At the same time, the minimum down payment is 3.5% at the FHA. Conventional lenders now allow financing up to 97% LTV, or just 3% down. It can make a difference.
Another downside to the FHA is that mortgage insurance is generally a life-of-the-loan concern nowadays, assuming you put down very little and go with a 30-year loan.
For conventional loans, PMI can be dropped at 80% LTV, so there are potential savings for a homeowner who sticks with their loan long-term.
But one could argue that most borrowers don't keep their mortgages very long, often less than 10 years, so that makes the FHA loan choice even more compelling.


Updated Amazon and Google have automatically patched people's Echo and Home AI assistant devices, respectively, to defend against recently discovered Bluetooth-related security vulnerabilities.
BlueBorne – described in the video below – is the collective name for eight exploitable flaws found in Bluetooth stacks used by major hardware vendors. The eight blunders affect an estimated 5.3 billion Android, iOS, Linux, and Windows devices, California-based IoT security biz Armis disclosed in September. Amazon Echo and Google Home were also vulnerable, but this info was held back pending the development of patches now pushed to endpoints.
By exploiting unpatched bugs in voice-driven personal assistant devices, hackers can take over the gizmos, spread malware, and establish a "man-in-the-middle" attack to siphon off data or hack other devices on the same home networks, the researchers warned. BlueBorne is potentially attractive to miscreants because vulnerable Bluetooth-enabled devices cane be hacked without having to fool users by clicking on malicious links, downloading a file, or interacting with them in any way – the holes can be attacked and gadgets compromised over the air, provided the attackers are physically in range.
About 15 million Amazon Echoes and five million Google Home devices have been sold, according to September estimates from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). Smart devices and assistants are also making their way into some corporate environments.
"Rising airborne threats such as BlueBorne and KRACK are a wakeup call to the enterprise that traditional security simply cannot defend against new attack vectors that are targeting IoT and connected devices in the corporate environment," said Yevgeny Dibrov, chief exec of Armis. "Every organisation must gain visibility over sanctioned and unsanctioned IoT devices in their environments."
Armis has released a bespoke vulnerability scanning app on the Google Play Store that can be used to identify impacted devices.
Users do not need to take any action. We automatically patched Google Home several weeks ago, and neither Google nor Armis found evidence of this attack in the wild. As always, we appreciate researchers' efforts to help keep all users safe.
A spokesperson for Amazon, which released updates today for the Echo, told The Register its gizmos will also be automatically patched: "Customer trust is important to us and we take security seriously. Customers do not need to take any action as their devices will be automatically updated with the security fixes."
A spokesperson for Google has been in touch to stress Homes have been updated in the field, and there is no need to manually update the gizmos.


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Amazing "KARA" demo shows there's life left in the PlayStation 3
By Jonathan Fincher
Game developer, Quantic Dream, showed off an impressive short film at GDC 2012 to demonstrate its new motion capture technology, which was rendered by a PS3 in real time
Amazingly, the video for "KARA" was rendered in real-time using just a PS3 running the new graphics engine
At the heart of the "KARA" video though is Quantic Dream's new motion capture technology, that seeks to record an actor's entire performance all at once
Sadly, Quantic Dream has been very clear that "KARA" is merely a video demonstration and not a game currently in progress
The 2012 Game Developers Conference is in full swing right now, with video game companies clamoring to show off their newest tech. But while there are plenty of impressive demos of the latest in graphics software, none have stood out quite as much as Quantic Dream's short film showing off its innovative motion capture technology. Aside from an expertly crafted narrative, the seven-minute video, titled KARA, shows one of the most powerful performances from a virtual character to date, which is even more extraordinary given the fact that each jaw-dropping frame is rendered in real-time on a PlayStation 3.
It probably shouldn't be that surprising for a developer like Quantic Dream to demonstrate its new tech in the form of a narrative. After all, this is the same company that's made a name for itself with firmly story-driven titles like Heavy Rain and Indigo Prophecy (also know as Fahrenheit outside North America). KARA tells the brief but dramatic story of a futuristic android being tested before it is shipped to retail, when things take a decidedly Asimov-ian twist.
At the heart of the video though is Quantic's new motion capture technology, that seeks to record an actor's entire performance in one go. Even recent titles that touted their motion capture, like LA Noire, still required separate acting sessions: one for body motion and another for facial and voice acting. Having an actor pantomime their facial expressions for actions that they aren't actually performing isn't always going to look quite right once its matched to a body.
After using that method for Heavy Rain, Quantic knew it needed a more accurate way to capture a performance, which is how KARA first came about. The company built a new 3D engine from scratch and increased the number of motion capture cameras used in their studio from 28 to 64. Amazingly, the video was rendered in real-time using just a PS3 running the new graphics engine. Considering the captivating performance of the virtual KARA - who is also the only on-screen character - the technology seems to worki very well.
However, as impressive as the visuals in KARA are, what the video shows is actually the first version of Quantic Dream's engine, which is a year old. Speaking with PlayStation Blog, writer/director David Cage confirmed that future games will look even better:
"Definitely there's going to be a big gap between KARA and the next titles that we'll announce ... We thought that we did a lot in matter of technology and visuals with Heavy Rain, but the more we work on the PlayStation 3, the more we realize that there's much more to the hardware. It's really incredibly powerful, and I think people will be surprised by what we can still do with it."
Sadly, Quantic Dream has been very clear that KARA is merely a video demonstration and not a game currently in progress.
Definitely be sure to check out KARA below, as well as a video interview with Quantic Dream writer/director David Cage about what went into making it, which follows underneath.
"Kara" by Quantic Dream
David Cage on Creating KARA
Source: Playstation Blog
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Jonathan Fincher
Jonathan grew up in Norway, China, and Trinidad before graduating film school and becoming an online writer covering green technology, history and design, as well as contributing to video game news sites like Filefront and 1Up. He currently resides in Texas, where his passions include video games, comics, and boring people who don't want to talk about either of those things.
Ross Mcewen-Page March 9, 2012 09:48 AM
Chuck Anziulewicz March 9, 2012 12:17 PM
I think Chris Cunningham and Bjork did it a lot more convincingly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjI2J2SQ528
thewaldron March 9, 2012 02:00 PM
amazing, more emotional than I was expecting!
Ahura March 11, 2012 10:54 PM
I got lost! I was supposed to be critically analyzing their rendering software, and ended up watching an android beg for its existence to continue. Um. Good software....
VoiceofReason March 12, 2012 12:08 AM
@ Chuck......did what more convincingly? I have to interpret that Bjork thing.....Kara is straight forward. No girl on girl action either.
Nitrozzy7 March 12, 2012 12:45 PM
Not only they made an android that can think, they also manipulated it psychologically to feel obligated in remaining a product and serve its purpose. The stage of disassembly can't be exclusive to this android. If an android won't be scared by this process it'll be considered a faulty product. Think about it and pay close attention to what the "manufacturer's voice" (pre-programmed to initiate an emotional response) says during the disassembly process.
Ingenious.
Bob Tackett March 12, 2012 02:04 PM
I agree with VoiceofReason.
matthew.rings June 6, 2012 11:44 PM
Good film short, worthy of Cannes... good job!
@Nitrozzy7... I thought the same thing... but the last comments by the voice showed some surprise at the emotional response of the android.
Si Wright January 18, 2013 11:48 PM
This not only should be a game it should be a movie as well. I was totally gripped. With only 10 months to go before the PS4 arrives, it's younger sibling should be pumping out some quality games to go out on a high.


By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram / IPS news.
SYDNEY & KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 18 2018 (IPS) – George Soros, Bill Gates and other pundits have been predicting another financial crisis. In their recent book, Revolution Required: The Ticking Bombs of the G7 Model, Peter Dittus and Herve Hamoun, former senior officials of the Bank of International Settlements, warned of 'ticking time bombs' in the global financial system waiting to explode, mainly due to the policies of major developed countries.
Why the vulnerability?Recent events vindicate such fears. Many emerging market currencies have come under considerable pressure, with the Indonesian rupiah, Indian rupee and South African rand all struggling since early this year. Brazil's real fell sharply in June, and Argentina has failed to stabilize its peso despite seeking IMF aid. As Turkey struggles to stabilize its lira, many European banks' exposure has heightened fears of another global financial crisis.
Some fundamental weaknesses are at the core of this vulnerability. These include the international financial 'non-system' since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, and continuing to use the US dollar as the main international reserve currency.
This burdens deficit countries vis-à-vis surplus countries and ensures near-universal vulnerability to US monetary policy. Thus, most countries accumulate dollars as a precaution, i.e., for 'protection', eschewing other options, such as investing in socially desirable projects.
Policy makers not only failed to address these weaknesses following the 2008-2009 global financial crisis (GFC), but also compounded other problems. Having eschewed stronger, more sustained fiscal policy interventions, monetary policy virtually became the sole policy instrument. Major central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, embarked on 'unconventional monetary policies', pushing real interest rates down, even into negative territory.
Emerging and developing economies (EDEs) offering higher returns temporarily experienced large short-term capital inflows. The external debt of emerging market economies has grown to over $40 trillion since the GFC. The combined debt of 26 large emerging markets rose from 148% of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of 2008 to 211% in September 2017, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF).
Rising debt levels pose serious downside risks for the global economy. With easy money coming to an end, as the Fed continues to 'normalize' monetary policy by raising the policy interest rate, capital flight to the US is undermining emerging market currencies. When debt defaults increase with interest rates while income growth remains subdued, the world becomes more vulnerable to financial crisis.
Both developed and developing countries have less policy space than during the GFC. Most governments are saddled with more debt following massive financial bail outs followed by abandonment of efforts to sustain robust recovery.
According to the IMF's April 2018 Fiscal Monitor, average public debt of advanced economies was 105% of GDP in 2017, constraining fiscal capacity to respond to crisis. Meanwhile, monetary policy options are exhausted after a decade of 'unconventional' monetary policies.
General government debt-to-GDP ratios in emerging market and middle-income economies almost reached 50% in 2017 — a level only seen during the 1980s' debt crisis. The 2017 ratio exceeded 40% in low-income developing countries, climbing by more than ten percentage points since 2012.
Playing With Fire by Yilmaz Akyuz, former South Centre chief economist, has highlighted the self-inflicted vulnerabilities of developing countries. Public debt-GDP ratios in EDEs are likely to rise due to falling commodity prices and stagnant global trade, while they have almost no monetary policy independence due to deeper global financial integration.
While corporate sectors have been busy with mergers, acquisitions and share buybacks with cheap credit, instead of investing in the real economy, the financial sector has successfully portrayed sovereign debt as 'public enemy number one'.
Failure to address the falling wages' share of GDP, rising executive pay and asset price bubbles, due to 'easy' monetary policy, have continued to worsen growing income inequality and wealth concentration. Meanwhile, deep cuts in government spending and public services, while reducing top tax rates, cause anger and resentment, often blamed on 'the other', contributing to the spread of 'ethno-populism'.
In turn, growing inequality limits aggregate demand, which has been maintained by unsustainably raising household debt, i.e., perverse 'financial inclusion'.
Turbulence in currency markets is due to developing countries' limited economic policy space. A decade after the GFC, developing countries still experience lower growth and investment rates.


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Dr. Leo F. Harrison
RYE – Dr. Leo F. Harrison, 90, of Rye, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, with beloved family at his bedside.
Dr. Harrison was born in Concord on June 20, 1924, a son of the late Thomas M. and Adelaide M. (Beaulieu) Harrison.
Leo was a graduate of St. John's High School in Concord. He went on to attend St. Anselm College and graduated from the St. Louis University School of Dentistry. Dr. Harrison practiced in Portsmouth for over 30 years.
He enjoyed lobstering and operated out of Rye Harbor for many years. He was a veteran of the Army Air Corps during WWII and was a member of the Southeast Dental Society, serving as their president in 1966.
Family members include his wife of over 62 years, Jean (Lukeman) Harrison of Rye; his son, Thomas Harrison and wife, Mary, of Clifton Park, N.Y.; his daughters, Kathleen Totten and husband, Dwight, of Stratham, Mary Harb of Rye, Jane Spring of Hampton, and Joan Johnson and husband, Eric, of Uncasville, Conn.; his eight grandchildren, Mary Beth Totten, Harrison Harb, Emily Anderson, Sarah Fetras, Stephen Spring, Aaron Johnson and Jonathan and Rachel Harrison.
He also leaves his four great grandchildren, Molly and Alexa Anderson, and Olive and Ruby Fetras.
He was predeceased by his brother, T. Paul Harrison, and his grandson, Daniel Totten.
SERVICES: Services will be private. If desired, memorial donations may be mailed to Catholic Charities of New Hampshire, 215 Myrtle S., Manchester, N.H. 03104, online at www.nh-cc.org/donate or to the Salvation Army at https://secure20.salvationarmy.org/donation.jsp.
Arrangements are by the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home – Crematory, Hampton. Please visit www.RemickGendron.com to view Leo's memorial website and to sign his tribute wall.


Walt: rotate, reflect and translate shapes.
This photo here is a question that I had already done. It is about reflecting the image you see. This was the easiest question there was. However this here was quite tricky for me but in the end I figured it out. I didn't understand it at first but once I chose my answer and got it wrong, it told me why the answer was The line y = 2.
We are learning to understand the different types of transformations there are like reflection, rotation and translation in geometry, but not only geometry, there are other things in maths that you need these things. So our walt (We are learning to) for this week is, Walt: rotate, reflect and translate shapes.