The voice work is similar. Some characters are great, while others are only so-so. One standout flaw is that while most characters are supposed to be American, some of the actors clearly aren't and their accents tend to slip through, making their line deliveries sound weird at times.
On the flip side, however, is the fact that the dialog is generally spectacular. Most every line is natural and written in an unforced manner, lending a great deal more realism to the characters. While I'm not talking about elongated monologues that would give Shakespeare a run for his money, the little things that people say are damn near perfect. Again, the delivery isn't always spot-on, but the content certainly is.
Really, when compared to most games, Heavy Rain has what would be considered very good voice acting. It's just that when so much of the experience is focused on it, you tend to notice the flaws a good deal more.
Intense scenes are rather common in Heavy Rain.
One last nice bit to the presentation that I want to point out (because people will certainly ask) is that you can indeed skip back to already-played chapters. You'll be asked whether you wish to save or not, which means you can try out individual scenes without impacting your "main" save, which is nice.
Heavy Rain is a hell of an experience. Its controversial control scheme actually works really well in allowing the fantastic story to dictate how events play out, and many of the game's scenes will keep you on the edge of your seat. It starts slow and the presentation isn't perfect, but the character development, dialog and story twists will hook you like few games can. Heavy Rain is not to be missed.
9 Presentation Fantastic story that's one of the best in gaming. Stellar dialog as well. Some of the line delivery sounds a little odd, however.
8.5 Graphics The characters look great, but some low-res items in the environment make some scenes look a little disjointed. Animation is good overall, but a little spotty at times.
8.5 Sound Some voice actors let their native tongue slip through so line delivery isn't perfect, but it's quite good overall. The soundtrack is great.
9 Gameplay For a game that's so heavily focused on presentation, the gameplay does a great job of giving you control while not getting in the way. Some great action scenes and intense moments top it off.
8 Lasting Appeal One playthrough won't take you all that long (eight hours maybe), but you have lots of reasons to go back and try new stuff. Experimentation is rewarded well.


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package memstats

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"runtime"
	"time"

	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
)

// Stats represents the delta between two runtime.MemStats taken at two points in time.
type Diff struct {
	Delta time.Duration

	// General statistics
	Alloc      uint64 // bytes allocated and still in use
	TotalAlloc uint64 // bytes allocated (even if freed)
	Mallocs    uint64 // number of mallocs
	Frees      uint64 // number of frees

	// Main allocation heap statistics.
	HeapAlloc   uint64 // bytes allocated and still in use
	HeapSys     uint64 // bytes obtained from system
	HeapObjects uint64 // total number of allocated objects

	// Garbage collector statistics.
	PauseTotal    time.Duration
	Pause         []time.Duration
	PausesMissing bool
	NumGC         uint32
}

type Stats struct {
	ms     [2]runtime.MemStats
	t      [2]time.Time
	i      int // 0 or 1; next one to fill
	filled bool
}

func (s *Stats) Collect() {
	s.t[s.i] = time.Now()
	runtime.ReadMemStats(&s.ms[s.i])
	s.i = 1 - s.i
	if s.i == 0 {
		s.filled = true
	}
}

func (s *Stats) ReadDiff(diff *Diff) (ok bool) {
	if !s.filled {
		return false
	}

	i1, i2 := s.i, 1-s.i
	prev, cur := s.ms[i1], s.ms[i2]

	diff.Delta = s.t[i2].Sub(s.t[i1])
	if diff.Delta < 0 {
		return false
	}

	diff.Alloc = cur.Alloc
	diff.TotalAlloc = cur.TotalAlloc - prev.TotalAlloc
	diff.Mallocs = cur.Mallocs - prev.Mallocs
	diff.Frees = cur.Frees - prev.Frees

	diff.HeapAlloc = cur.HeapAlloc
	diff.HeapSys = cur.HeapSys - prev.HeapSys
	diff.HeapObjects = cur.HeapObjects

	diff.PauseTotal = time.Duration(cur.PauseTotalNs - prev.PauseTotalNs)
	diff.NumGC = cur.NumGC - prev.NumGC
	diff.PausesMissing = false
	if diff.Pause == nil {
		diff.Pause = make([]time.Duration, len(cur.PauseNs))
	}
	n := int(diff.NumGC)
	if n > len(cur.PauseNs) {
		diff.PausesMissing = true
		n = len(cur.PauseNs)
	}
	diff.Pause = diff.Pause[:n]
	for i := range diff.Pause {
		j := (int(cur.NumGC) - i + 255) % 256
		diff.Pause[i] = time.Duration(cur.PauseNs[j])
	}

	return true
}

func (d *Diff) String() string {
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	secs := d.Delta.Seconds()
	writef(&buf, "Allocated", sbytes(d.TotalAlloc))
	writef(&buf, "Alloc / sec", sbytes(float64(d.TotalAlloc)/secs))
	writef(&buf, "Alloc (still in use)", sbytes(d.Alloc))
	writef(&buf, "Heap bytes from system", sbytes(d.HeapSys))
	writef(&buf, "Heap alloc (still in use)", sbytes(d.HeapAlloc))
	writef(&buf, "Heap alloc objects", fmt.Sprintf("%d", d.HeapObjects))
	writef(&buf, "Heap alloc objects / sec", fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", float64(d.HeapObjects)/secs))
	writef(&buf, "Number of GCs", fmt.Sprintf("%d", d.NumGC))
	if d.NumGC > 0 {
		writef(&buf, "Pause time", d.PauseTotal.String())
		if d.NumGC > 1 {
			writef(&buf, "Mean pause time", (d.PauseTotal / time.Duration(d.NumGC)).String())
			writef(&buf, "Pause times (most recent first)", fmt.Sprintf("%v", d.Pause))
		}
	}
	return buf.String()
}

func writef(w io.Writer, field, value string) {
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%-35s%s\n", field+":", value)
}

func sbytes(v interface{}) string {
	switch n := v.(type) {
	case float64:
		return humanize.Bytes(uint64(n))
	case uint64:
		return humanize.Bytes(n)
	}
	panic("bad type")
}

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A Pig is a Pig? And other musings on the advantages of real food.
A pig is a pig. A carrot is a carrot. They're all the same. It doesn't matter whether you get your pork from a Smithfield factory or the farmer down the road. A carrot in the store is the same as a carrot from your garden.
Pigs, from baby to adult, raised in the woods and pasture.
This is how I raise our heritage and cross hogs at Parker Family Farm. I maintain a breeding pair which lives outside all the time. The babies are born outside and spend their entire lives in the woods and on pasture. They are NEVER inside. They have a three-sided, roofed shelter with no floor other than the ground. This is how pigs evolved and this is how pigs are meant to live. You can see it in their very physiology. You can see it in their behavior the instant they are turned out onto undisturbed ground. Pigs exist on Earth to disturb the ground. They evolved to eat roots, bugs, larvae, plants and small animals.
At some point in history the executive of a multinational corporation approached a farmer who was raising a few hogs and presented said farmer with a model like the one you just witnessed if you clicked the above link. And the farmer said, "sounds great!". How this happened I will never understand.
A newly fenced paddock awaiting Scarlet and her gilts. I've only cleared enough space for the fence. They'll do the rest.
How could I turn this into a vegetable garden?
Within 20 minutes they had dug a hole big enough for a wallow. I obliged by hosing it down.
Working to turn this wooded paddock into the sight of a future garden.
This face demands the right to live outside as pigs were meant to do.
If you've never watched pigs you really owe it to yourself to do so. More importantly, you owe it to pigs. Because once you've sat for 20 minutes and watched pigs being, well – pigs, you'll understand several things very well. First, your television is a complete waste of your time. You don't need it. Pigs are way more entertaining and way more useful. But the really important thing that will dawn on you is that an animal that behaves as pigs do in a forest, animals that so instinctively know what to do when turned onto a grassy or brush filled paddock, should never, ever be put on a cement floor in a building, let alone in a space just large enough for them to stand without moving. To do so is a crime against pigs and indeed, against the humans who think they depend upon the 'pork' that comes from them.
Luckily, if you're reading this you may already be aware of the horror associated with so much of what is available at the 'super' market. If so, you probably want to get as far away from it as possible. Good for you! And you're in luck. Maine is home to a wonderful, and ever-growing, population of younger and alternative style farmers who want nothing to do with factory production and everything to do with unbeatable quality in what they produce. This quality can only begin with an understanding that anything the farmer grows or raises, whether it be a carrot or a pig, will only obtain its full potential if it is allowed to exist in the world as it evolved to do. So find one of these farmers at MOFGA.net, by simply searching with a search engine for a farmer in your area who produces what you need or by looking on national sites like Local Harvest. If you're running for the hills in an effort to get away from the horrors of the industrial 'food' system, you're in luck. A lot of farmers live in hills…and so do their happy, healthy livestock and vegetables, living as nature intended. Local Food. Eat well – be well.
P.S. I just put a new recipe on the vegetable recipe page. 'Tis the season for Choi!


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Bomber Command Museum of Canada
Nanton, Alberta
Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Nanton, AB, Canada
Thursday - Monday 10 AM - 4 PM
The Bomber Command Museum of Canada is dedicated to preserving the history of the men and women who served in RAF Bomber Command in WWII and the activities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Program in Southern Alberta.
Through operating vintage aircraft demonstrations including run-ups and night runs of the Museum's Lancaster FM159, call sign F2-T, we connect people with aircraft.
Through many public events held each summer the Museum offers the opportunity to connect with a historical past and experience a very alive present.
10,000 bolts and metal plates flying in close formation.
The prop wash will blow your mind… don't go back there….
Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre
The citizens of Nanton rallied together for the protection & preservation of the landm
Museum of the Highwood
High River, Alberta
The Museum of the Highwood preserves and shares the history of the Highwood Region.
Longview, Alberta
The Bar U was one of the first large corporate ranches in southern Alberta.
Turner Valley Gas Plant Historic Site
Turner Valley, Alberta
Western Canada's first commercial oilfield and processing plant

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I'm a Children's Pastor at my church. I love all outdoor activities. My hobbies include: reading, traveling, trying new recipes, and taking my kids on outdoor/indoor adventures.
Feedback connections to ferret striate cortex: direct evidence for visuotopic convergence of feedback inputs. Cantone G, Xiao J, McFarlane N, Levitt JB. J Comp Neurol. 2005 Jul 4; 487(3):312-31.


One of my favorite parts of being a school counselor is teaching counselor lessons. This is a time that I get to reach the whole school and proactively teach the students about a variety of topics. I always look forward to this part of my day. Typically, I will teach a 30 minute lesson to each class once every 2 weeks. Some weeks vary due to other school events. All the lessons meet the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program Content Standards and Grade Level Expectations. You can view these and my counselor lessons calendar below.
Skills for Learning: Students gain skills to help themselves learn, including how to focus their attention, listen carefully, and be assertive when asking for help with schoolwork.
Empathy: Students learn to identify and understand their own and others' feelings. Students also learn how to take another's perspective and how to show compassion.
Your child will be learning a lot this year and he or she will need your help! Throughout the year, I will post a Home Link on the lesson pages. Home Links are simple, fun activities for you and your child to complete together. They are a great way for you to understand what your child is learning and for your child to show you what he or she knows. If you have any questions about the Second Step program, please do not hesitate to contact me for more information. Thank you for supporting your child in learning the skills that lead to success in school and life.
"We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence PLUS character—that is the goal of a true education."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


A recent beachgoer contacted me to help find his lost wedding band. He was playing with his children in waist deep water, and then it happened. The platinum ring flew off into the water. After hours of searching with a mask and snorkel, no luck. The beachgoer even called over a local detectorist who was searching the dry sand for lost jewelry, still no luck. The beachgoer explained he was losing hope and reluctantly searched the web for advice. After looking through The Ring Finders directory, he decided to give me a call. I discussed the situation with him, and we decided it was still worth a shot! I came out with my underwater gear and within the first 20 minutes of searching the waves, the beach goer was reunited with his ring.


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There is one………….only one Fred Pahlke
www.fredpahlke.com
A College Football/Basketball Career Cut Short By World War 2
Twenty Years Ago Today, April 19, 1995…..Oklahoma City (Including Sam Presti and the "Oklahoma Standard")
OKC neighborhood grocery key for success…….
Classen High School-Oklahoma City…..a father, son tradition…..
Fred Pahlke Sr. (note the uniform's letters Centenary are reversed).
My dad, Fred Pahlke Sr., graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City where he was a two sport starter on both the Comet's basketball and football teams (1938). He played guard on the hoops team and was a 6'0 160lb back on the gridiron. As a football player, he started his senior season as the feature back on one of the largest and best high schools in the State of Oklahoma. As of a newspaper article in the Daily Oklahoman, my Dad was a running back that would rather run over a defender than around him, his coach Leo Higby would say.. After a couple of games he was moved from the halfback position to the lead blocking back, a position that is still referred to as the "fullback". My Dad was also the primary kickoff returner and had a few significant kickoff returns in his final year.
After graduation my Dad was offered a scholarship in both basketball and football at Centenary College in Shreveport, La. Freshmen were not allowed to play on the varsity. He was slated to play a significant role on the 1940 Centenary varsity football and basketball teams in his 2nd year as a Centenary Gent. War in Europe broke out and my Dad enlisted in the Army in the Summer of 1940, where he played football with other college players for a major Army Division team. The team was scheduled to play a Army Championship game in the the famous Sugar Bowl Stadium when he was shipped out to fight in North Africa after spending two years playing football and training in the medic corps of the 45th Division of Patton's Army.
Today, Centenary College doesn't play football, but did play a good schedule when my father went to school there. The 1939 team played a schedule including Texas A&M, Rice, Ole Miss, Tulsa, Texas Tech, and Baylor. The team that my father would have taken the field for in 1940 finished only 3-7, but again played a nice schedule that included a road game in Tucson against the Univ. of Arizona.
As much as my father liked to play sports, he gained more satisfaction fighting for the 45th Infantry which was a part of General George Patton and Major General Mark Clark's armies. He was an experienced medic with great training and was also fluent in German as his father and mother were of German heritage. He had great love and respect for those two great American Generals and found it an honor to be in the 45th Division, participating in the battles of Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, the liberation of Fance, and invasion of Germany. My dad suffered war injuries in battle just before he crossed the Rhine River. He thought of the "war years" as the most important and exciting years of his life and was thankful for being able to save many lives on the battlefield, American and German soldiers alike. From my Dad's recollection, as he was fluent in German, he could conversate with the wounded of the opposing army in their time of need. As of military orders, the medic would attend to the most needy first if it would not have dire consequences for American wounded, so he saved German lives also. He told me he heard the last words of German soldiers as they passed. I think of the medic in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" when I see that film, knowing the deadly battlefield he had to endure in those places in Italy, France, and such. He was a member of America's "Greatest Generation."
Added on Veteran's Day, 2016:
My Dad with his Mom and Dad in 1946 after a year in a military hospital from his injuries suffered in action against the Germans as a medic in the 45th Infantry Division. He was injured just a day before they crossed the Rhine River into the Fatherland. He always told me it was an honor to fight in General Mark Clark's army under General George Patton as the field leader
To my Dad who fought for the 45th Division in WW2 from North Africa to the Rhine River and suffered injuries; to my Uncle Bruce Brightbill, who fought for the US Army in WW2 in the 45th Division; to my Uncle Roger Brightbill, who fought for the US Army in WW2 and suffered life altering brain injuries; to my Uncle John Pratt who fought the Imperial Japanese Army in WW2 and was blessed not to suffer wartime injuries; to my Brother-in-law Jerry Hoegger who fought in Viet Nam and a member of the United States Marines and suffered injuries; and to my Father-in-Law, Jerome Hoegger, a B-17 crew Chief who fought in the China/India theater in WW2, To my Uncle Billy Bryant for his service in the US Army (my Dad had total respect for Billy)…..THANK YOU! You are better men than I would ever become.
In the pic above you cannot see it but my Dad was on a crutch (right hand). He is standing with my Grandmother Sophia and my Grandfather William. I totally loved my Grandmother as she was the kindest woman there ever was. As for my Grandfather, he loved me but he sure was not a nice person to be around. We are what we are I guess.
My Dad always had problems with his back and walking. The war took ten years of his life. He went from a college athlete in 1940 (two sports, basketball and football at Centenary College (La) to basically a crippled man that could never run again. But he always told me that his years in the US Army were his most fulfilling and exciting and so worth it. He loved his fellow soldiers until the minute he passed in the Veterans Hospital in OKC. He would not have wanted it any other way.
Feature Photo: Fred Pahlke at Centenary College before WW2. Photo credit Centenary College
My Dad at a pre-season football meeting on the field at Centenary College. He is the blond headed player In the upper left corner.
Fred Pahlke on For a young Sooner fan it was LSU, a small box radio, and the Chinese Bandits of 1961……
David Brewer on For a young Sooner fan it was LSU, a small box radio, and the Chinese Bandits of 1961……
Carl Laughlin on For a young Sooner fan it was LSU, a small box radio, and the Chinese Bandits of 1961……
Blake Griffin to Oklahoma City? It could put the Thunder back into contention
Kevin Durant visits little girl hurt in Homecoming tragedy; Westbrook, Kanter and Singler also!
U of A and ASU in Big 12 expansion; Neuheisel comments about UCLA
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The children are learning how to create patchwork. They use square shaped card and fabric. We have taught them to tack their fabric to card and subsequently stitch them together. The aim is produce a waistcoat or an item they can wear. All the fabric is recycled and the card templates are from scraps of card.
Preparing squares for the patchwork.
Helping each other to sew together.
A waistcoat front is nearly finished.
Concentrating from some Year 4 girls.
Nearly finished to make a top.
Working towards making a bag.
Enough squares for a waistcoat back.
Making sure there are no holes.
Stitching needs to be tightly sewn.
Over stitching to sew the squares.


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Q: How to create a Netbeans PHP Project by using terminal in Ubuntu 12.04? How to create a Netbeans PHP Project by using terminal in Ubuntu 12.04
e.g. we have a php project under /home/username/sites/php_project_directory.
By using Netbeans GUI, we can easily create a PHP project by selecting the directory.
But is there any command by which we can create the poject from terminal using some commands, so that next time when user opens NetBeans, the project would be already created or if Netbeans was already open, then this newly created project would start reflecting in the Netbeans GUI.

A: Maybe you can copy an existing project and run it through sed in order to change all details.

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Download PDF The Dell EqualLogic PS6000S is an enterprise-class iSCSI SAN array ideal for organizations looking for an affordable and easy means to bring the low latency performance benefits of SSD technology to your demanding applications. The PS6000S provides higher IOPS and as little as 1/3rd the latency of 15K rpm disk arrays for challenging applications, such as Oracle or SQL tempdb databases or virtual desktop implementations such as VMware View with linked clone technology.
With Solid State Drives (SSD) the PS6000S array provides low-latency, high-IOPS transactional performance. Scale out with other PS6000s arrays for additional SSD performance or with other PS6000 and PS4000 series arrays for a tiered SAN. Built-in software functionality includes SAN HQ Multi-SAN historical performance monitoring, automated load balancing, Microsoft and VMware application integration, SAN HQ Multi-SAN historical performance monitoring, snapshots and replication, multi-path I/O, consistency sets, and much more.


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Don't get Kerry King wrong: It's nice that Slayer won a Grammy, but the band's founding guitarist sounds less than dazzled at the new trophy for best metal performance.
For one, there was the nominated track, Eyes of the Insane. King, 42, calls it "one of the poorest representations of us on the record," meaning Slayer's 11th studio album, Christ Illusion. He would have picked Jihad -- like Eyes, a track written by singer-bassist Tom Araya and guitarist Jeff Hanneman.
"Realistically, I think people on the academy who vote pick the household name," he says. "And that's what we are."
That claim doesn't come across as boastful: By the cultish standard of extreme metal, Slayer really is the household name in a field populated by scary-sounding acts such as Obituary, Venom and Anthrax. The quartet, formed in 1982 in suburban Los Angeles, plays Revolution in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday. If King isn't treating the current tour like an overdue victory lap, he does feel the Grammys got one thing right, albeit indirectly.
"I like this one," King says of Christ Illusion, which marks the return of founding drummer Dave Lombard, who left the band in 1990 on unfriendly terms. "I like it better than anything we've done since Reign in Blood."
That would be Slayer's fourth studio album, from 1986, an acknowledged classic of thrash, a how-to for much of what has followed and a converter of people who didn't know they were extreme metalheads until they heard it. Reign in Blood also separated Slayer for good from its more commercially successful peers, Metallica and Megadeth. Where those two crossed over with a Slayer-like mix of belligerence and speed, they did so with lyrics that were more generalized and less graphic.
With Blood songs such as Necrophobic -- "Severing flesh/gouging eyes/tearing limb from limb" -- Slayer assured itself of a home in the dungeon of popular culture. Christ Illusion continues Slayer's career-long attack on mainstream sensibilities and on one institution in particular: Christianity. Skeleton Christ, written by King, declares, "I've seen the ways of God/I'll take the devil any day," and the King-penned Cult screams, "The bible's where it all began/Its propaganda sells despair/And spreads the virus everywhere."
For the record, "I consider myself an atheist," King says. But standing up for Satan as a way of questioning religious observance makes sense to him. The ruling class also comes in for heavy criticism. King calls the Christ Illusion track Consfearacy "a government-hating song" that he hopes anyone, regardless of country, displeased with the leadership will enjoy.
He says he doesn't vote or follow politics, and has no love for either U.S. political party. "And even if I was one or the other, probably I wouldn't come out and say it because I would alienate half the world," he says. "And I'm in the business of building fans."
Slayer and special guests Unearth perform at 6 p.m. Saturday at Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are $35 through Ticketmaster (561-966-3309, 954-523-3309, 305-358-5885) or the box office. Call 954-727-0950 or visit jointherevolution.net.


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Q: how to upgrade already hosted sharepoint site? I am new to Sharepoint(2010). I have given a Sharepoint site which is already hosted and I have to add some EventReceiver on a FormLibrary. So my question is how to add modify that hosted Sharepoint site.
Can someone please explain the process how to update (adding eventreceiver(VS2010) and deploy) Sharepoint Site.
I have installed Sharepoint Server 2010 and i know how to add eventreceivers to library/list on local Sharepoint site.

A: after deploying the project on 'local site' you will get WSP file , take this file to server and deploy it using following powershell commands
adding wsp file
Add-SPSolution c:\code\SharePointProject2\bin\debug\SharePointProject2.wsp
istalling wsp file
Install-SPSolution –Identity SharePointProject2.wsp –WebApplication http://sp2010 -GACDeployment
for more details about these commands check this link .
http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2009/12/02/adding-and-deploying-solutions-with-powershell-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx


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Кубок Мітропи 1935 — дев'ятий розіграш Кубка Мітропи. У ньому брали участь команди з Австрії, Угорщини, Італії і Чехословаччини.

Переможцем змагань вдруге у своїй історії став клуб «Спарта» (Прага), котрий у фіналі переграв угорський «Ференцварош» з загальним рахунком 4:2.

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Cabaret dancer and U.S. spy Claire Phillips used her Manila nightclub to extract secrets from Japanese soldiers
Nov 3, 2017 Brad Smithfield
One of the more unconventional espionage heroes of World War II, American spy Claire Phillips (a.k.a. "High Pockets") went to great lengths to keep her identity a secret from Japanese soldiers.
The story of how she stayed alive amid the chaos in Japanese-occupied Manila is truly remarkable.
The daughter of a navy engineer, Claire Maybelle Snyder was born on December 2, 1907, in Michigan; her family soon moved to Portland. Possessing a fiery personality, she ran away from home to join a traveling circus. The touring musical company performed all over East Asia in the 1930s. She briefly married a Filipino sailor, giving birth to a daughter Diane, before divorcing him and moving back to Portland.
In 1941, working at a nightclub in the Philippines, she met her second husband. Sgt. John V. Phillips, whose name she took, was stationed with the U.S. Army in Manila. Soon after their marriage, though, he was captured by Japanese forces during the invasion of the Philippines, and he was sent to a prison camp, where he died.
Claire Phillips' grief turned to dedication to the U.S. Army and its campaigns. Phillips was more than just a vengeful widow; she looked for a way to strike a real blow at the Axis powers. She returned to Manila to begin her contribution to the American war effort, a risky move. In the spring of 1942, the American-Philipino forces had been defeated by the Japanese. There was resistance on the islands, but it was difficult.
Phillips worked with a young Filipino go-go dancer, Fely Corcuera, to forge papers and assume a new identity—a Filipino-Italian named Dorothy Fuentes. They opened an infamous cabaret nightclub called Club Tsubaki, where Phillips began to work as a dancer. She didn't like having a lot of aliases, but she needed to be hard to track down.
Phillips' gentlemen's club became a popular spot for Japanese officers in Manila. Using the cabaret as a cover, she made the officers feel welcome, lowering their guard with her exotic dancing. Phillips became a member of the "Miss U Spy Ring," which gathered valuable war information from the club's visitors.
The spy ring supported the local resistance with military supplies and food, while transmitting any information they gained to General Douglas MacArthur and the American forces. Tipping off the Allies about the enemy's location, logistics activity, and ammo supply, Phillips provided intel that helped thwart many Axis plans.
Using funds from her nightclub, Phillips managed to supply the prisoners of war at Cabanatuan prison with food and resources. Prisoners began to call her "High Pockets," because she would smuggle messages in the straps of her bra. From 1942 to 1944, the Tsubaki Club's income and popularity continued to grow, allowing Phillips to discover many enemy secrets.
Kempeitai secret police officers aboard a train in 1935. The Kempeitai (Military Police Corps) was the military police force of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. They were the equivalent of the Gestapo.
Sadly, Phillips' espionage came to an end in 1944, after Japanese soldiers captured a messenger she used to contact prisoners at Cabanatuan.
After torturing, interrogating, and killing Phillips' envoy, the Japanese military police tracked her down and apprehended her, along with her underground collaborators. The Kempeitai officers took her to Bilibid Prison in Manila.
The prison where she was interrogated was two miles from an American prison camp. Despite brutal torture, she refused to talk and was ultimately put in solitary confinement for six months, after which she was to be executed as a spy.
Luckily, General MacArthur arrived with the U.S. Army to liberate the area in January 1945, with Phillips on the brink of starving to death. She and her daughter returned to Portland, where she published an autobiography called Manila Espionage.
Stories like Phillips' were rarely published because it was very unusual for a woman to partake in such dangerous and courageous activities. The American public favored male spies during that period, because their stories were more believable. Phillips' actions were met with skepticism and criticism from the media.
In addition to her daring feats of espionage, Phillips worked with Naomi Flores, Margaret Utinsky, and other women in anti-Japanese guerrilla movements. Their struggle to provide food, supplies, and medicine was hugely important to the prisoners of Cabanatuan.
In 1951, on the recommendation of General Douglas MacArthur himself, Claire Phillips received a well-deserved Medal of Freedom. Her story of fantastic bravery was made into a Hollywood movie, I Was An American Spy, in the same year.
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The movie starred Ann Dvorak as Claire Phillips, but it did not correctly portray her adventure. Male spies were still favored, and owing to the censorship of post-war America, it left out Phillips' many sexual escapades as a dancer.
She died of meningitis in 1960.
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Jan Mayen survey points to petroleum potential
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen have acquired samples from steep parts of the seabed on the Jan Mayen ridge between Norway and Iceland.
OSLO, Norway – The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen have acquired samples from steep parts of the seabed on the Jan Mayen ridge between Norway and Iceland.
NPD is investigating the potential for petroleum in the region.
According to Exploration Director Sissel Eriksen, the oldest of the samples appear to be 260 million years old.
"We had hoped, but not expected, to find such old sedimentary rocks near Jan Mayen," Eriksen said. "The impact of volcanic rocks in the area is less than we previously thought – volcanic rocks generally do not have a potential for oil and gas."
Good-quality sandstone was also discovered, as were rocks of the same age as source rocks on Greenland.
"This means that we have rocks that could contain material which forms oil and gas," Eriksen added. "Two important preconditions for possible petroleum deposits are thus in place."
Samples were taken in July from an ROV operated from the Institute of Marine Research's vessel G.O. Sars. Each sample has been documented in video, showing its exact depth and position.
Data was acquired on both the Icelandic and Norwegian sides of the ridge, under an agreement with Icelandic authorities (Orkustofnun). Water depths in the survey area range from 600-2,000 m (1,968-6,561 ft). The areas were selected in part based on seismic data available for this part of the Norwegian Sea.
Greenland and Norway were long ago located very close together, but separated during two major rift episodes which led to the formation of the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea. In connection with this, Jan Mayen became a separate microcontinent.
The Jan Mayen ridge has a sole of Precambrian bedrock. The previous assumption was that this area consists mainly of volcanic material.
"If we take more samples using ROVs and acquire more seismic," Eriksen said, "we will gain more knowledge regarding the scope of the interesting rocks. We also want to drill shallow bore holes to verify the findings from our samples."
More seismic will be acquired on the Jan Mayen Ridge next summer. Last year Norway's government started a process to open seas in this area for potential petroleum activity.
The results of the NPD's acquisition and interpretation work between 2010 and 2013 will be included in an impact assessment for the Jan Mayen microcontinent.


Sinema has found its first batch of short film 'Incubatees'. So I chaced upon one of them at Old School itself. I basically saw Wilson(the director) editing a film filled with grey-haired folks. It intrigued because Wilson looks like a teenager.
The synopsis reads like this...A noisy and irritating character by the name of Madam Chan joins her friends The Wongs on a 3D2N "Singapore - Our Home" tour organized by the Town Council for senior citizens, uninvited, and much to the annoyance of Mr. Wong. Because all she does is nag about her useless daughter and lavish praise on her filial son.
Wilson hopes this film can serve to document a point in time in Singapore (albeit on a more personal and intimate level), before she changes too far beyond the emotional reach of its people.
Jeremy (S) : Mdm Chan's facebook replies caught my attention. I guess you were her ghost writer right? Then I went to read your blog, oh my.... you created a full-fledged character who can even write diary. So what started this who project - the film, the characteristtion, the accopanying blog?
Wilson (W) : First of all, no, I'm not her ghost writer. I think it was back in June '07. I was on a plane back to Singapore from Taipei. About 2 to 3 hours into the flight, and there was this Taiwanese lady, probably in her 50's, sitting in the row in front of me, accompanied by 2 friends of hers, a husband-wife couple of a slightly younger age group. And I think this older lady was telling her female friend about how sad her life is, etc etc. I couldn't help but notice because she just kept on going and going and going. And all her friend did was to politely acknowledge with a simple "Mmmm...". The man was just sleeping, or I think he was trying to because he was constantly shifting about in his seat.
An idea then came into my mind. I immediately jotted down the scenes and characters that were starting to take shape in my head, and by the time the plane landed, I had the basic structure of the film on paper. Initially it's about 3 tourists visiting Singapore. But then I thought to have 3 locals "visiting" their own country would leave more room to explore. And I also decided to use Cantonese dialect for the whole film because there aren't many local Cantonese films around.
So the 3 main characters were basically inspired by that 3 people on the plane. The other characters in the film are basically people you'll find in everyday life in Singapore.
The blog is simply another outlet for Madam Chan (or her friends) to express her thoughts, and tell her stories. Because sometimes she really has a lot to say! Ha. So what I can't put into 20 mins of film, goes into the blog.
J : I hear you teach drama, is that true? Care to share more about your job?
W : No I don't actually teach drama per se. It's more of like teaching aspiring actors all the other important things that they probably won't learn in drama classes. Eg: How to, as an actor, work with the camera & lights. Basically equip them with the know-how so that by the time they get on set, they are already many steps ahead of their fellow actors. I only do this part-time, couple of hours during some weekends when there are enough students.
W : For my full time work, I direct tv shows, corporate films, tvcs and what-have-you, you know, the gamut, as a freelancer.
J : So how was it like directing these people - I mean you are very young and look young, it must be quite a challenge?
W : Actually, I am not that young. Ha! And I really enjoyed working with these 3 main actors. They are really nice people to begin with. Even though Jing-Hua (Madam Chan) and Xiu-Yun (Mrs Wong) are veteran actresses, there were no airs or whatsoever.
The first time I spoke to the actresses about the story, they could relate to it immediately. And I guess they could also feel my sincerity after I told them why I wanted to make the film. From then on, it was more like a family working towards a common goal, rather than a director-actor relationship. Really.
These ladies are pros, so half of my job was already made easier. They have passion too. Especially so with Jing-Hua (Madam Chan). Mind you, this is her first acting stint since she retired 10 years ago. She didn't really have to do this, but she did it, for passion. I am so honored to have her.
I have known Chiu Wai Yin (Mr Wong) for a few years now. He's actually a Director of Photography by profession (Men In White, 1942, Ah Long Pte Ltd etc are a few of his works) and I have worked with him a few times before. A really easy going guy. And this is actually his first acting experience. He was shocked when I approached him with the role. I guess he had doubts about his acting, but I told him as I was writing the script, all I could only see was him as Mr Wong. Eventually he sportingly agreed and I'm so glad he did, because he really added another dimension to the film.
So I guess it does not matter how old or young I am. It's the story that mattered. I think all of us being Cantonese helped too, definitely. Somehow it just sort of brought us closer together. Having my producer Lui Wai Yu (another Cantonese) on board certainly helped a lot too. She was pulling the strings all the way, and without her this film wouldn't be possible.
J : It's been a long while since I have been on a 'temple tour', I followed my granny when I was young. Did you happen to go on one recently to be inspired to write this?
W : I'm very happy to hear you say this, that you remember these trips during your childhood.
No, I did not go on any recently, although I also remember following my guardian on such trips when I was just a wee kid. The film was not inspired by temple tours or whatnot. It was simply inspired by that trio in the plane, but more importantly, motivated by my observations of the changes that Singapore is undergoing - its landscape, its people, its everything.
For the 3D2N tour in the film, I simply chose some usual tourist locations, & a couple of offbeat & often forgotten ones, (Kusu Island being one of them) to help tell my story.
J : How long do you intend to let this character 'live' in your blog?
W : For as long as Madam Chan has something to tell us about the country she lives in. It can be her friends' observations (ie Mrs & Mr Wong), or her very own.
J : What other films have you made before this? What were they about?
W : I have done a handful of other short films before "Madam Chan". A majority of them were done in California where I attended film school.
"Loft Road 2000" is about a woman who hooks her boyfriend up with other girls, and she watches them make out. And of course, someone pays the price for this "adventure" at the end.
"Yellow Light Road" was shot back here in Singapore during my summer vacation in 2000. A friend, actor Benjamin Heng, stars in it. It's about three Singapore 20-something year old characters and their casual relationships with their respective partners, sexual and otherwise.
"Summer, Forever" is about an Asian Chinese man who visits and catches up with his childhood sweetheart for the first time in 6 years, in California. She's having problems with her marriage and stricken with illness.
"Happiness Is", was shot back in late 2002, just prior to me coming back to Singapore, & post-prod. was done only in 2004. It's about a couple's happy weekend getaway in Orange County, away from their kids and family. But things aren't what they seem.
"For Him" is a simple story about an old man's mundane everyday life in Singapore, as told from the POV of his son.
Earlier this year, I also did a 3-parter short film series for Temasek Junior College. A comedy. It's sort of like a marketing video, but done in a narrative fashion. It features real TJC students as the main actors. All 3 parts can be viewed at www.youtube.com/user/temasekjc2008.
"Madam Chan" is probably the most Singaporean story I have done so far.
W : Oh yeah! I have many ideas for feature films! But I need to choose and concentrate on one for a start, and really get down to it. Ha!And also more importantly, to meet the right people at the right place, at the right time.


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Sunday Club Runs & Events. All Club Rides currently cancelled in line with Government advice. Please ensure you follow the latest Government advice if you plan to carry on cycling, and check the latest from British Cycling and Cycling UK websites. Useful links in the above table.
If you would like to join the club please read the FAQ. We welcome new riders and are happy for you to join a few club rides before joining. The Club rides are most Sundays leaving from Staines Bridge, we appreciate this may be a little intimidating but we can assure you that you wont […]
The Club organise a number of Time Trial events throughout the year, ranging from 10 mile events taking part on Thursdays through the summer to 25 mile and even a 100 mile event. For full details of dates and entries please see the Race Calendar page. Please come along and try a Time Trial, just […]
We are an established sporting cycling club formed the 1930's, with a rich history of success in both promoting and competing in Road Races and Time Trials, especially during the period between 1960's and 1990's.
We have a programme of Sunday club runs that leave Staines Bridge at 9.15am, aiming to return by 2pm. These rides cover 40-60 miles with a coffee stop. Our various rides take place within a 20 to 30 mile arc from Staines upon Thames, through Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
We have a programme of social activities including the Annual Club Dinner & Prize Presentation and our club camping/cycling holiday in August at Potterne in Wiltshire. Our members organize tours throughout the year to Mallorca, continental one day classic races in the Spring, the Tour de France and the Pyrenees for example. Several times a year we publish the full colour club magazine the Quarter Wheeler. These are distributed by e-mail to those who have it and hard copies posted to those who do not. Past issues can be found on the club website.
We operate a programme of time trials and Audax rides open to members and non-members. These include Thursday evening 10 mile time trials and 3 other Sunday morning club 25 mile time trial events in the Spring, Summer and Autumn, where you can enter on the line and have a go!
Our Ron Brown Memorial Open 100 mile time trial, in May, must be entered in advance through Cycling Time Trials (CTT) ) See our website for the details of the club Racing Calendar. We also organize the well established 105k Audax London Sightseer event twice a year, midweek in June and Sunday in September.
We pride ourselves on making new faces very welcome which, we believe, is why we have been a successful club. Our membership is made up of all ages of men and women, if you'd like to take a closer look, you are welcome to just turn up to the clubhouse on a Tuesday evening at 9.00pm or on Sunday at Staines Bridge ready for 9.15 start.
You may be a bit nervous about joining a club and riding with other people or have other questions in which case have a look at our FAQs or just email us.
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There are five fundamental concepts in Python.
Case Sensitivity: All variables are case-sensitive. Python treats 'number' and 'Number' as separate, unrelated entities.
Spaces and tabs don't mix: Because whitespace is significant, remember that spaces and tabs don't mix, so use only one or the other when indenting your programs. A common error is to mix them. While they may look the same in editor, the interpreter will read them differently and it will result in either an error or unexpected behaviour. Most decent text editors can be configured to let tab key emit spaces instead.
Objects: In Python, like all object oriented languages, there are aggregations of code and data called Objects, which typically represent the pieces in a conceptual model of a system. Objects in Python are created (i.e., instantiated) from templates called Classes. They have "attributes", which represent the various pieces of code and data which comprise the object. To access attributes, one writes the name of the object followed by a period (DOT) followed by the name of the attribute. Code attributes are called "methods". To execute the code in a method, use a matched pair of parentheses surrounding a comma separated list of whatever arguments the method.
Scope: In a large system, it is important that one piece of code does not affect another in difficult to predict ways. One of the simplest ways to further this goal is to prevent one programmer's choice of names from preventing another from choosing that name. Because of this, the concept of scope was invented. A scope is a "region" of code in which a name can be used and outside of which the name cannot be easily accessed. There are two ways of delimiting regions in Python: with functions or with modules. They each have different ways of accessing the useful data that was produced within the scope from outside the scope. With functions, that way is to return the data. The way to access names from other modules lead us to another concept.
Namespaces: Namespaces are so similar to attributes but the concept of namespaces is one that transcends any particular programming language.There is a built-in function dir() that can be used to help one understand the concept of namespaces. This function list the objects in the current (or default) namespace. This function can also be used to show the names available within a module namespace. Namespaces are a simple concept. A namespace is a place in which a name resides. Each name within a namespace is distinct from names outside of the namespace. This layering of namespaces is called scope. A name is placed within a namespace when that name is given a value. The names in the namespace can be called using the dot. Namespaces can be imported using import command. Namespaces are similar to packages in java programming language
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HFAC gives you something to sing about with 'Lend Me a Tenor'
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Pictured from left, Justin Finch (Tito Merelli), Kristen Malisewski (Maggie), Richard Hahn (Saunders), and Jordan O'Neal (Max) will perform in Houston Family Arts Center's production of Lend Me a Tenor. Performances are set for Sept. 4-27.submitted
Famed Italian opera star, Tito Merelli, is making his American debut at the Cleveland Grand Opera.
Ken Ludwig's riotous farce Lend Me a Tenor is coming to the Houston Family Arts Center stage Sept. 4-27.
Lend Me a Tenor has been called "A remarkable piece of theatre" by the London Times, and "A furiously paced comedy with more than a touch of the Marx brothers…a marvelous combination of wonderful farcical moments and funny lines" by Time Out.
The Cleveland Grand Opera Company is preparing for the arrival of the operatic tenor superstar, Tito Merelli.
Merelli is making his American debut in his one night performance as the title role in Verdi's, Otello. However, the Italian star is late and Henry Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is panicking.
Once an ill-feeling Tito finally arrives at the hotel, Saunders instructs his assistant, Max, to do whatever it takes for him to get Mr. Merelli some rest before the performance. Max is a little overzealous with the amount of the sedative that he gives Tito, and now Tito will not wake up and is thought to be dead.
In a frantic attempt to save the show, and his job, Saunders' convinces Max to put on the costume and take up the role of Otello in place of Tito. As Saunders and Max leave for the performance, a previously 'dead' Tito wakes up, puts on his spare costume and rushes to the opera house for his performance. Now, unbeknownst to each other, two Tito's are running about the hotel suite and hilarity ensues!
The show does contain sexual innuendo, some cursing, staged trysts that emphasize the comedic touches of the Marx brothers, and some potentially offensive subject matter. Due to some of the mature content of this production we do recommend adult supervision.
If there are any questions or concerns about this production please e-mail hfac@houstonfac.com.
Conducting this cast of characters is Julie Akers (director), Michael Montgomery (executive producer), Lisa Garza (scenic design), Kristin Knipp (costume design), Ron Putterman (lighting design), and David Dean (sound design).
The cast includes the talents of HFAC veterans Jordan O'Neal (Max), Kristen Malisewski (Maggie), Richard Hahn (Saunders), Justin Michael Finch (Tito), Emma Van Lare (Maria), Patrick Barton (Bellhop), and welcomes two newcomers to the Garza Main Stage, Darin Montemayor (Diana) and Margaret Clair (Julia).
Performances of Lend Me a Tenor are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 3 p.m., Sept. 4-27 on the HFAC Garza Mainstage, 10760 Grant Road, Houston.
Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased online at www.houstonfac.com, or by phone at (281) 587-6100. Special pricing is available for groups of 10 or more.
Ticket prices are $23 for adults, $20 for seniors 65+, and $25 for students ages 3 to 18.


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Sushirito-A little hot sauce makes it good!
In our current quest for cultural authenticity, it's become even more of a sensitive topic. But dammit, sometimes joyfully, lawlessly mashing up things that taste good together is, well, fun. Take this example. Sushi is all understated rice and smooth fillings, wrapped in seaweed. Burritos are spicy, loud flavors wrapped in flour tortillas. Fuse the two into a "sushi-rito" and you have a bunch of tastes that really work together, in one crazy package. The Sushirito is the best kind of cultural combo.
It's all in good fun, isn't it? Nobody is claiming that this is an ancient dish, created by Japanese peasants, or handed down from a pre-Columbian grandma. Nope, This is just stuff I like, wrapped in a glorious sheet of carbs. Whole grain rice, whole grain tortillas, and vegetables, nothing to get upset about. Just because I put wasabi mayo and Tapatio hot sauce on the same dish doesn't make my Sushirito a crime against cultural authenticity.
For this bad boy, I cooked up some medium grain brown rice and seasoned it with a little rice vinegar and sugar, and I quick pickled some julienned watermelon radish. Some asparagus spears, steamed until crisp-tender, were perfectly in season. Wasabi mayo is always good, and some kraut and pickled ginger gave it some fermented goodness.
But then I veered over into burrito territory, by spreading it on a whole wheat tortilla and serving it with hot sauce. So there. I must say, my husband, who kind of politely goes along with sushi, ate this with no reservations. We both dug in like college kids at Chipotle.
So if you are craving both sushi and burritos, you are in luck. Maybe you can put on your favorite 90's dance mix to complete the nostalgic feeling.
Try the Sushirito and enjoy a little honest fusion food.
We love sushi, and we love burritos. Skip the sushi rolling and simply twist up a burrito with seasonal vegetables. Then you can douse it in your favorite hot sauce and dip in soy sauce, for a fun and easy meal.
Cook the rice: In a small pot, combine the rice and water and place over high heat. When it boils, cover tightly and reduce the heat to low. Cook for about 40 minutes, until the water is absorbed. Take off the heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes. Stir together sugar and 1 tablespoon of vinegar, drizzle over rice and fold in.
In a small bowl, combine the radish and remaining rice vinegar and toss to mix. Let stand to marinate for 15 minutes.
In a small bowl, combine the mayo and wasabi and stir. If you really like wasabi, add more to taste. Trim the avocado to the length of the nori, then steam just until crisp-tender. Cool.
Slice the avocado in half, then remove the pit. Slice the avocado fruit in the shell lengthwise to make 8 slices. Scoop out carefully with a spoon.
Lay out four tortillas, then spread 1/4 of the rice on one side of each tortilla. Smear 1/4 of the mayo mixture across the rice, then place the asparagus, avocado slices, pickled ginger, and kraut in rows alongside. Roll up like sushi, starting at the side closest to you. Slice in half and use toothpicks to hold the roll closed. Serve or wrap and refrigerate.


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Бо́на () — мелиоративный канал в Брестской области Белоруссии, левый приток Мухавца. Длина составляет 34 км. Канал является древнейшим подобным сооружением на территории Белоруссии. Начинается в 2-х км от деревни Заорье Малоритского района, протекает по Кобринскому району и впадает в реку Мухавец в городе Кобрине.

История строительства
Строительство канала было начато по приказу владелицы Кобринской экономии королевы польской и великой княгини литовской Боны Сфорца. С 1550-х годов Бона начала активную деятельность по проведению масштабной аграрной реформы на принадлежавших ей землях. В ходе реформы, получившей название волочная помера, проводились обмер земель и деление их на стандартные участки — волоки. Кроме того, проводилась ревизия, в ходе которой собирались данные о состоянии земель.
Проведение земельной реформы, заселение ранее необжитых земель сделали необходимым проведение работ по мелиорации. Кроме строительства канала, названного в честь Боны, ей была предпринята также попытка осушения болота южнее Кобрина, а также, по некоторым данным, строительство другого канала — от Пинского замка до деревни Стытычево (в 5 км от Пинска), где находилась великокняжеская резиденция.

В 1939—1940 годах канал был продлён от деревни Хидры до деревни Заорье.

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 Памяць: Кобрынскі раён / Гісторыка-дакументальныя хронікі гарадоў і раёнаў Беларусі. — Мінск: БЕЛТА, 2002.

Притоки Западного Буга
Каналы Брестской области
Водные объекты Кобринского района


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The Gathering is over for now, and we have analyzed some of the numbers and statistics from our internet router. During The Gathering 2009 we sent and received 329 000 GB of data (that's 329 TB). Out of these 329TB, 2.227TB (or a whooping 0.67%) was IPv6! It may not sound like much, but it is certainly a significant amount. We estimate that somewhere around 47% of all the computers at the party had working IPv6 installed, so the amount of IPv6-traffic could be doubled if the IPv6-support for windows XP was as good as it is for Linux, Mac OS and Windows Vista.
A big thanks goes out to BaneTele and Ventelo for delivering the internet connection to The Gathering 2009!
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Q: Why is "with" not used here?
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*The sun rises earlier and earlier each day and sets later and later, so that the business man upon returning from his office can enjoy reading the evening news with the same degree of comfort that he scanned his morning's paper (with), being no longer dependent upon artificial light.

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Why isn't "with" used here?

A: Because it's already there earlier in the sentence, serving the same role on a different target:
"with the same degree of comfort that he scanned his morning's paper [with]"
Redundant words that serve the same role on a different target are frequently optional in English:

"I enjoyed the sandwich as much as [I enjoyed] the macaroni."
"He bought the car and [he bought] the computer."
"The clothing is just as stylish as the hat [is stylish]."
"Jeff ate as much as Sarah [ate]."

The second with is redundant and so can be omitted.


The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Justice is to hold an additional meeting today, Monday 28 February 2011 in Room 30, 1.15pm.
Minister of Justice, David Ford; Nick Perry, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Justice and Colin McConnell, Director of the NI Prison Service will attend the meeting to discuss the findings of the interim report by the Prison Review Team and answer questions from Committee Members.
The Committee will receive a further briefing on the interim report at its regular meeting on Thursday 3 March at 2.00pm in The Senate Chamber.
Dame Anne Owers, Head of the Prison Review Team and Members of the Review Team will attend the committee meeting to brief the Committee in more detail on the interim report and answer questions.


This SharePoint tutorial explains, how to embed a PowerPoint slide using SharePoint classic and modern experience using SharePoint 2019/Online. The same way also we can embed PowerPoint slide in SharePoint 2013/2016.
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Step 1: Create a PowerPoint in your local computer or Office online.
Step 2: Create a document library in SharePoint. You can find the link here how to create a document library in SharePoint.
Step 3: Upload that PPT file inside this document library.
Step 4: Next open the PPT file and go to the share option to generate the Embed code. Please look into the screenshot below.
Step 5: Copy the embed code and paste it inside in your SharePoint page. You can also set the dimensions of the slide.
Step 6: Create a SharePoint classic page and Edit the page and click on Embed on top of the page. Next paste the same embed code.
You can also copy the code from here.
Step 7: Once you click on Insert and save the page, the slide will be appear in your SharePoint page.
Step 8: We can also use the same embed code in SharePoint modern experience.
Step 9: Click on the Embed, Next copy and paste the same code. next slide will appear in your modern page in SharePoint.
We can also integrate same embed code inside a list in modern view in SharePoint.
Hope this SharePoint tutorial explains, how to embed PowerPoint presentation in SharePoint online/2013/2016/2019. We can embed PowerPoint slide in SharePoint classic and modern pages.


A naturally gifted player with a freakishly deceptive step, the exciting NZ-born product had a tough initiation in 2007 when asked to make the step up from Schoolboy Rugby to Super 14 level, but showed the benefit of experience as he quickly developed in 2008 and 2009.
Called up to the Wallabies in 2009, Quade earned his first starting appearance against Italy. This translated to immediate success later in the year on the international stage where he achieved a number of firsts, including his first start at flyhalf for Australia, a winning debut in the Tri Nations and wins over both New Zealand and South Africa.
Quade has struggled with a number of serious injuries in the 2014 and beginning of the 2015 season, most notably his shoulder dislocation which ruled him out of both club and national duty. He has made a strong return and after performing in the Rugby Championship, has been selected to represent Australia at the 2015 RWC.
The fly-half confirmed he was leaving Toulon in a message to his supporters on July 12th 2016, after being with the side for a year.In August 2016, Cooper sealed a three-year deal with the Reds, having already represented the side 105 times from 2006 to 2015, scoring 770 points.
October 2018 saw Cooper sign a one-year contract with the Rebels, joining the squad in mid-November for the start of their 2019 campaign as he looks to add to his 70 Test and 119 Super Rugby caps.


NMR is a phenomenon associated primarily with subatomic particles, especially the nucleus which contains protons and neutrons. In this account, the behavior of the nucleus is considered in greatly simplified detail with a concentration on those aspects that can be directly related to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM). It is the association with the nucleus that accounts for the "nuclear" part of nuclear magnetic resonance. "Nuclear" is often omitted for simplicity and to alleviate the fears it may create for those who do not understand its meaning. Magnetic resonance (MR) is equivalent to NMR.
To understand the "magnetic" and "resonance" parts of the process, one needs to know how the nucleus of an atom creates a magnetic field and how many fields in a volume of tissue can be manipulated to synchronously release energy that can be detected and analyzed. Hydrogen will be used as an example because it is the predominant element in water and thus, in biological tissues. It is the element on which MRI is dependent.
The nucleus of a hydrogen atom has a single positively charged proton that spins (precesses) about an axis; this motion is often likened to a toy top or gyroscope spinning on a pedestal. The motion of this positively charged particle creates an electromagnetic current. The magnetic properties of the nucleus and its behavior in relation to externally applied electromagnetic fields account for the magnetic part of nuclear magnetic resonance.
The tiny magnetic field associated with each proton is similar to a magnetic dipole. Under normal conditions, the billions of magnetic fields produced by precessing protons are randomly oriented and therefore distributed in such a way that their magnetic moments cancel each other and no useful signal can be detected. If, however, the tissue is exposed to a strong, stable magnetic field the precessing protons and the fields they create become aligned with the fixed magnetic field. The stronger the static magnetic field the more fields line up and the greater the potential energy. In a magnetic field, protons line up in one direction or the other, and many of these fields also cancel each other. There are, however, significant numbers of "unmatched" ("unpaired") protons, and although relatively small in terms of total number, they can be manipulated by the injection of pulsed energy (see below) to synchronously release signals that can be detected and analyzed.
The frequency of the released energy corresponds to the frequency at which the hydrogen protons precess. This is called the Larmor frequency; it is directly related to the magnetic field strength and a constant called the gyromagentic ratio. With a stable magnetic field of 0.5 Tesla the spin frequency is 21.28 MHz. If the field strength is 1.0 T the Larmor frequency increases to 42.5 MHz.
Once the fields are aligned, resonance can be created by introducing radio frequency (RF) pulses that permeate the specimen. When this energy is applied at 90 or 180 degree angles to the aligned spins of the protons it creates a torque effect and changes the spins and thus, the magnetic moments. After each pulse ends, there is a return of the spins and magnetic moments to their initial state, a process called relaxation. This is when energy is released in the form of radiated photons (small quanta of electromagnetic radiation). This is a resonance phenomenon and as such is dependent on the frequency content of the RF pulse. The RF that best drives the system and the resonance frequency are identical and both are at the Larmor frequency.
The production of RF energy and the detection of the resonance energy are done by coils that encircle the specimen. The received energy is amplified and computer analyzed, especially by fast Fourier transform (FFT) which gives precise information about signal phase, strength and frequency spectrum as a function of time. Important data that may be gleaned include Larmor frequency shifts, relaxation times that describe the rate that nuclear spins return to equilibrium (T1 relaxation time) and time constants that describes the rate of signal decay (T2 relaxation time).
The following web sites are highly recommended for more detailed considerations of magnetic resonance.
MRI is a method comonly used to produce section-like images of humans for the diagnosis of medical problems. It is based on the detection and analysis of magnetic resonance energy from specific points in a volume of tissue and the subsequent construction of gray-scale images. In digital images the 2D picture elements are called pixels; in MRI, where small volumes are dealt with, the pixels have three dimensions and are called voxels. When seen on a computer screen they appear as 2D pixels but their 3D nature can be easily appreciated when a computer reslices and reconstructs the volume in different planes.
The shades of gray in an MRI slice typically depict the abundance of hydrogen protons within field of a voxel. If part of the image is black (filled with black voxels) it indicates that there is little signal (as in bone or air); if the voxels are white, there is an abundance of hydrogen, as in fluid-filled compartments. Intermediate levels, as would occur in connective tissue and muscle, produce voxels that are intermediate and in the gray scale.
To obtain MRI images in humans, the subject is placed inside the bore of a strong cylindrical magnet (typically 0.5 - 2.0 Tesla) to align the magnetic fields of the precessing protons. A controlled series of radiofrequency pulses are then presented at 90 or 180 degrees to the aligned proton spins, the spins are changed (magnetic moments are flipped) and quanta of energy are released as they return to their pre-RF pulse state.
MR imaging is dependent on the detection of this resonance from very restricted areas within a large mass, and the assignment of the detected energy to a specific voxel in x, y and z planes. The key to understanding how this is done is to recall that the Larmor frequency is dependent on the magnetic field strength which can be varied to produce changes in the resonance frequency. Magnetic gradients also change the phase of the resonant signals arriving at the detectors, especially when they are introduced during the intervals between RF pulses. Thus, it is by the introduction of gradients at specific points in time and the analysis of phase and frequency data that makes spatial encoding possible. MRI machines have coils that apply qradients in three planes. The injection of electromagnetic energy into a single plane is used to produce a slice through the volume. To produce consecutive slices, the body is advanced in small increments so that each voxel can be assigned an x, y and z position within the volume.
The RF pulses that are used to apply torque to the precessing nuclei can have many different properties (duration, shape, and bandwidth), but the key is the inclusion of frequencies that will match the different resonance frequencies.
The voxel size (resolution) varies according to the volume of the tissue being scanned. The volume that a MRI scanner deals with is called the field of view; it is a 3D grid-like area assigned to the volume being scanned; it has grid element dimension such as 256 x 256 x 256. Voxel dimensions in each direction are determined by dividing the field of view by the number of grid elements in each direction. If the view were 256 x 256 x 256 mm and the array was 256 x 256 x 256, then the voxels would be isotropic, 1 mm x 1 mm x 1 mm. Clinical MRI systems are currently able to achieve voxel dimensions of less than 1.0 mm. Slice thickness can be varied such that voxels are not always isotopic.
The time required to make an MRI series for a portion of the body varies from about 20 - 90 minutes and during this time the patient must remain very still. The acquisition time is dependent on sequence repetition time, phase encoding steps, and number of signals to average which affects the signal-to-noise ratio.
Recommended web sites for more information on MRI.
MRM is basically MRI at a microscopic level. MRI can be accomplished at almost any hospital but for acquiring MRM data sets of the type we have worked with, there are only a few facilities world wide. All of our scans have been done at the Duke University Center for In Vivo Microscopy.
There are a number of differences between MRI and MRM. Two major ones are specimen size and resolution. Tissue can be living or fixed, but living animals are difficult because they must be still during long periods of time or special techniques must be used to acquire images between breaths or heart beats. To obtain the best possible resolution (smallest voxels), the structure must be small enough to fit into a custom-made holders no larger than 6.4 mm x 6.4 mm x 6.4 mm. With a cubic, 6.4 mm field of view and a 256 x 256 x 256 array, the isotropic voxels are 25 µm on each side. Larger specimens can be used, but the larger the field of view, the larger the voxels. Fields of view smaller than 6.4 mm and grids of 512 x 512 x 512 have been used to try to improve resolution, but the results have been dissappointing.
Much stronger magnets are used with MRM than clinical MRI. As noted above, clinical MRI units have magnets in the 0.5 - 2.0 T range. In our studies, magnets were in the 7 - 9 Tesla range. The stronger magnets make more protons line up and create more potential energy.
Custom made coils encircle the specimen and function to produce the RF pulses and gradients. The RF pulses are broadband to cover a range of Larmor frequencies and the gradients are applied in three planes simultaneously. The gradients are injected immediately after each RF pulse so that phase changes are created for spatial encoding of voxels. The time required for a complete serial scan is much longer than the 20 - 90 minutes needed for clinical MRI. Our MRM scans of the temporal bone were done overnight and the scan times were on the order of 12 - 13 hours.
Our work on the ear has been done almost entirely with formalin fixed material. The temporal bones or isolated elements were removed from the skull and trimmed to fit into a small enclosure (ideally a 6.4 mm well in a plastic depression slide, as shown on right). Sealed plastic tubes made from 10 - 50 cc plastic syringes, and small seal-a-meal bags were also used to hold temporal bones. The middle ear cavity was filled with a contrast agent (Magnevist) and the tissues were also soaked overnight in this agent. When the air in the middle ear cavity is replaced with Magnivist, the cavity stands out in sharp contrast to the adjacent bony ossicles and walls of the tympanic cavity. Prior to scanning,the tissue was soaked in Magnevist overnight so it would permeate the fluid spaces of the inner.ear.
After placing an ear in a sealed containers and removing all air bubbles, the tissue was surrounded by the secondary coils (as shown on left) that produced RF pulses, applied electromagnetic gradients and detected the signals. These were then inserted into the bore of the huge magnets (as shown below) and overnight scans were made. The raw images and detailed information about the scan parameters were then imported and saved as Tiff files in NIH Image, a freeware program running on a Macintosh Computer. After all images were collected as "windows," they were placed in "stacks" and cropped. We used Macintosh computers because of their superior graphics and because the source code was available for making changes that allowed us (Art Keating) to write programs for quantitative analysis of the cross-sectional areas of spiraling structures.
Resolution can best be expressed by the dimensions of the voxel elements. In our scans, the isotropic voxels were as small as 25µm. It is important to realize that this does not mean that the resolution was 25 µm. If a membrane were only a few µm thick it would be represented by a single voxel or even 2 voxels if it crossed boundaries. Thus, The orientation and position of a thin membrane can be determine with good accuracy but the thickness of such thin structures cannot be assessed.
One of the real values of the serial images obtained with MRM is the perfect registry from one slice to the next; this makes reconstructions relatively smooth and asthetically appealing. MRM images are, however subject to some distortion, the further the voxels are from the center the field of view, the greater the error. This graph was obtained by calculating cross-sectional area measurements of an MRM scan of a tube with a known constant diameter.
There are several advantages of using MRM over other methods for the study of serial images through a body or organ. MRM requires little specimen preparation to analyze and generates pictures with reasonably good resolution. The non-destructivenature of the procedure makes it useful for studying structures whose anatomical location makes them difficult to visualize by other methods, for example, structures encased in bone. MRM allows the user to visualize anatomical relationships in a more complete fashion than conventional histology, especially because of a computer's ability to reslice the volume in any direstion. Also convential histological methods (especially dehydration) cause more shrinkage and distortion.
MRM scans can generate many types of information. 3-D reconstructions of objects can be generated by color coding the structure(s) of interest in individual slices of the stack. This is described more fully on the NIH Image page. Once three dimensional structures are identified, the length, cross sectional area and volume of these structures can be measured. Using MRM to measure volume is easier than using serial sectioning where it is difficult to align adjacent slices and membrane running at oblique angles are hard to evaluate.
An MRM image of the cochlea is similar to a low power histological section where different structures stand out because of differences in density and staining properties. In the MRM image of the cat cochlea (above) the dense bone appears black because there are few hydrogen protons to give a signal. Less dense material, such as the nerve in the modiolus and the spiral ligament have voxels with different shades of gray. The contrast medium in the cochlear labyrinth has light voxels because of higher numbers of hydrogen protons. The voxels can be one of 255 shades of grey depending on signal strength.
A complete data set is the entire series of images extending from one side of the field of view to the other. Most of our tempoiral bone data sets had 256 images because the field of view was 256 x 256 x 256; the file size was generally over 10 MB . Once the raw data windows are put into stacks the the slices with no tissue images can be thrown away to reduce the size of the file. This explains why some of our data sets have fewer than 256 images in each plane. The QuickTime movie shows all of the images in the data set. These images are in the "original plane of acquisition" but slices in any plane can be reconstructed. All of our scans have isotropic voxels which means they are the same dimension in all three planes. This makes measurements and reslicing more straightforward.
The data sets available for non commercial use include a wide variety of mammals and a frog. They can be accessed by downloading the image sets from our Scans and Reconstructions for Downloading pages. Descriptions of the scans can be found on the Additional Information web page.
4). Dimensions - Software (usually VoxelView) and the Descriptor File (field format).
See the Techniques for 3-Dimensional Reconstruction using NIH Image web page.


There's no biggest accomplishment in professional basketball than winning the NBA Championship, but if we had to choose, winning the MVP may be a close second, and arguably a most difficult task.
Thing is, maintaining a top-tier level throughout 82 full games while also leading your team towards Championship contention may be harder than winning a Championship, as you can also rely on other factors and obviously, your teammates.
Either way, there have been a handful of players that have fared quite better on the regular season than in the playoffs or NBA Finals, winning more MVP awards than NBA Championships throughout their careers. Today, we're going to let you know about them.
Charles Barkley is one of the best players never to win an NBA Championship, mostly because he had the tough luck to play on an era of elite ballers and squads, and it looks like there was always a better team than his.
Either way, Barkley made an immediate impact for the Suns right after the Sixers traded him, becoming the third player ever to win the MVP right after being traded. He led Phoenix to the Finals, but Michael Jordan took care of business.
Allen Iverson is, by far, one of the most talented scorers we've ever seen. He established a great basketball culture and is one of the most influential hoopers of all times, but he was never able to put the cherry on top of the sundae with an NBA Championship.
His MVP campaign was a monster season all year long, carrying the Philadelphia 76ers all the way to the Finals with non-to-zero help from his supporting cast. Still, Shaq and Kobe were too much to handle for him.
Back in 2011, it looked like Derrick Rose was already bound to take down LeBron James as the King in the East. Rose had led the Bulls to their best season since the Jordan era and they were a Championship-caliber team.
Needless to say, injuries took a major toll on his career right after being named the youngest MVP in the history of the league. Gladly, he's finally gained his confidence back and is playing the best ball of his post-injury years.
The more we see Russell Westbrook, the most we think he's the only person capable of holding him back. He's extremely talented, a great playmaker and even a solid defender when locked in, but his decision making and overconfidence are worrisome.
It feels like he's never going to be able to win a Championship with that kind of mentality and his hero-balling, but his MVP run was one for the ages. He was the first player since Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double for a full season.
James Harden has been pretty close to winning an NBA Championship, but he's choked twice. Once with the Oklahoma City Thunder against the Miami Heat, and the other in game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Warriors.
Either way, the reigning MVP is on a historic run right now and looks on track to win back-to-back accolades, but the Rockets aren't looking like Championship contenders now, at least while they're still missing Chris Paul and Clint Capela.
Karl Malone was as dominant as one man can be during his prime. He could score, defend, rebound and take the biggest and most physical defenders to school night in and night out with the Utah Jazz.
Sadly for him, the Mailman had to deliver against Michael Jordan and his almighty Chicago Bulls, who always got the best of him. He would try to win a Chip with the Lakers before retiring, but we all know how that went down.
Steve Nash's MVPs have always been a subject of major controversy, as most people thought Shaquille O'Neal was robbed twice and that he shouldn't have been named MVP with such modest scoring averages.
Either way, Nash led one of the most entertaining offenses in the history of the league, but his Suns constantly underperformed in the playoffs. Sadly, he was never able to become an NBA Champion, but he's one of the best point guards ever.
Bob Pettit was the league's first-ever Most Valuable Player, and the guy most people think of as the player that changed the way the power-forward spot was played thanks to his great scoring ability.
Pettit was a major influence for players like Kevin McHale, Elgin Baylor, Elvin Hayes, Bob McAdoo, and Charles Barkley, and he led the Hawks to their lone title in franchise history when they were still playing in St. Louis.
People don't talk about Moses Malone enough, but he's one of the best undersized big men to ever lace them up, a tough and hard-nosed physical player that made up for his lack of size with top-tier grit and hustle.
Malone was arguably the best offensive rebounder this league has ever seen, a great defender that never got in foul trouble, and a prolific scorer that led Sixers to the Championship right after being traded by the Rockets despite being the reigning MVP.
Wilt Chamberlain was personified dominance. He was the most athletic person in the world (person, not hooper) and a freak of nature that had a God-given talent to play basketball, but that only won a couple of Championships.
On a personal note, you may argue Chamberlain is a top 3, maybe even top 2 player in the history of the game, but the lack of jewelry always puts a huge question mark over his legacy in the league.
LeBron James' greatness is often measured by his personal accolades, which are no short thing, by all means, but he's also been heavily questioned and criticized for his 3-6 record in the NBA Finals.
Either way, I think we can all agree James could win at least another MVP and another NBA Championship before retiring, barring injury, but, can he get out of this list by winning 2-3 rings with the Lakers?