In recent years machine vision technology obtained the application in many fields, such as the industry, medical systems and national defence. Researches on the machine vision of the on-line and real-time detecting system. By the aid of optical engineering software ZEMAX, a telecentric optical system is designed, which uses a 1 inch CCD image sensor with 5.5μm pixel size. It can measure the target size and non-contact, with the maximum measurement range of 300mm and the resolution of 0.2mm, magnification is -0.053, the distortion is less than 0.1 percent. The MTF of this system is more than 0.5 in 70lp/mm, and all sorts of the aberrations are corrected well, and the image quality is uniform in all the fields. As the limits of magnification and pixel size of the CCD, the technology of CCD pixel subdivision can be used, and the accuracy can be increased to dozens of times, the accuracy of on-line non-contact measurement System can reach the micron-size. The telecentric degree of the double telecentric lens is very small when the object moves along the optical axis.
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has contributed significantly to patient care by reducing the morbidity associated with more invasive procedures. MIS procedures have become standard treatment for gallbladder disease and some abdominal malignancies. The imaging system has played a major role in the evolving field of minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The image need to have good resolution, large magnification, especially, the image need to have depth cue at the same time the image have no flicker and suit brightness. The video stereo-laparoscopy system can meet the demand of the doctors. This paper introduces the 3d video laparoscopy has those characteristic, field frequency: 100Hz, the depth space: 150mm, resolution: 10pl/mm. The work principle of the system is introduced in detail, and the optical system and time-division stereo-display system are described briefly in this paper. The system has focusing image lens, it can image on the CCD chip, the optical signal can change the video signal, and through A/D switch of the image processing system become the digital signal, then display the polarized image on the screen of the monitor through the liquid crystal shutters. The doctors with the polarized glasses can watch the 3D image without flicker of the tissue or organ. The 3D video laparoscope system has apply in the MIS field and praised by doctors. Contrast to the traditional 2D video laparoscopy system, it has some merit such as reducing the time of surgery, reducing the problem of surgery and the trained time.
Stereo endoscope has played an important role in video 3-dimensional laparoscopy system. This paper presents the design principle of the stereo endoscope applying in minimal invasive surgery (MIS). Optical imaging technologies and instrument designs are discussed in relation to their current and future use in MIS procedures, then this paper analyses and compares three design methods of optical system, technical limitations in imaging technology are described along
with potential solutions. We put forward to a new optical design methods, namely, the system adopts two optical channels stereoscopic-imaging technique to replicate human binocular vision. A stereoscopic system for video endoscopes includes objective lens system, relay system, eyepiece system and the focused lens between eyepiece and
CCD. This paper present equal-angle pairs from symmetrically disposed object points to the system. This equal-angle property enables accurate object/image mapping onto the final stereo image pair. And the doctors can watch the true stereo image on the screen. This optical system has common characteristic compare to the common laparoscopy with long work distance-300mm and wide field-70 degree, as a result, the optical system have serious aberration related field, especially in distortion, the distortion can reduced from 15% to 5%.
This paper introduces one on-line measuring system of the metal surface roughness. The system is based on the theory about light's diffusing of the metal surface. Laser is used as the lamp-house of measure and in the system detector collects the light's signals by optical fiber. The surface roughness measuring principle and method are presented and the experiment data are analyzed. After comparing with other approaches, the standard-sample-plate comparison is adopted. The method is simple in structure and high in efficiency and the one-by-one measuring points can reflect the real surface. As for all the factors can induce errors in on-line measuring, the research obtains good result by revising the errors with reparative formula.
This paper demonstrates the use of lifted E2 nozzle with modified developer recipe in TEL MARK 8 track to reduce killer defects such as E2 nozzle imprints and contamination such as resist residues and developer strain. This concept has helped to improve machine uptime due to less occurrence of E2 nozzle related defects shutdown.
By using light as a carrier, the information of voice and data is sent to a receiver through atmosphere, so this system with computer via some interfaces can be applied to link computers into network. This system has shown many advantages on volume weight flexibility, convenience, security and anti- interference. In this paper, firstly, the principle of a laser communication system is introduced, then the performance of LOC, GaAs, AlGaAs semiconductor lasers are presented; moreover, the basis of choosing photo-detector, the characteristic and usage of silicon avalanche photo-detectors, and the threshold detection and false-alarm ratio of the system are presented in detail.
This paper introduces a photoelectric detection system, i.e. the internal surface of the metal tube illuminated by Xenon light through fiber bundle, is imaged on CCD optical receiver by endoscope. The image can be converted to video frequency signal, then this signal can be converted to digital signal by a sampling control system, which processed by a computer. SO the measurement system can clearly display the surface flaws of workspace of complicated construction, and quantitatively measure sorts of flaws by an image processing system.
A study of acousto-optic deflection addressing switch of 1 X N is reported in this paper. The switch device that we have developed consists of a pair of optical waveguide geoidesic lenses, a titled chirped electrode transducer and a Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide on a piece of LiNbO3 substrate in order to achieve the optical deflection addressing function. A single mode fiber and an array of single mode fiber (N) are coupled with the two endfaces of device respectively. The device is a multiplex channel switch. The device working wavelength is 1.55 micrometer. The waveguide geodesic lenses are designed by an optimum analytical method. The non- spherical concave lenses spherical aberrationless in the apertures of beam. That is fabricated in single point diamond turning method. The titled chirped electrode transducer bandwide was designed 200 MHZ. The experiment at 0.633 micrometer He-Ne light source show that the results coincide with the theoretical design. The insertion losses of the device is 8 dB about and the channel's crosstalk is better than -20 dB. Switch has a broad range of applications. Currently, the most promising applications are in the fields of lightwave communications and optical signal processing.
Used He-Ne laser as a light source, CCD camera as the detector of Twyman-Green interferometer, a Twyman-CCD- Microcomputer systems is consisted. With this setup, high accuracy, non-contact, real-time, auto-measuring displacement is realized. As a practical example, the shrinking of 2- components adhesive is measured for a company.
In this paper, with the aid of Fourier transform and reverse Fourier transform not only 2D contour map, but also 3D plot of a tested aspherical surface is obtained by 1- interferogram method, so a simple method is provided for autocontrolling machine-shaping of an aspherical surface. In order to test a variety of aspherical surface, a quasi- universal compensator is designed. The experiment setup for testing aspherical surface is Tywman-CCD-computer system.
The combined use of the photoelectric and electron-optic properties of BSO crystal leads to realize spatia light modulation. Under some condition BSO crystal can become birefringent depending on a local illuminance. The relationship between the distributions of illuminance and birefringence will be discussed. This spatial light modulator can work in real-time, which converts illuminance into transparence. The experiment shows, in order to increase the sensitivity of BSO crystal, an electric field 6 kv/cm at an atmosphere pressure 15 X 105 Pa should be applied to BSO crystal. With BSO crystal we have measured 3D deformation by means of real-time holography.
A new birefringent common-path interterometer with an automatic data-processing system is presented fortesting large convex spherical surfaces. With this interferometer, it is easier to eliminate system errors and to achieve quite accurate measurement. The precision of the system is about λ/50 with an accuracy of about λ/10.
An automatic fringe analysis method for interferograms with an arbitrary closed loop fringe pattern is developed, using an automatic fringe extracting and coding technique in the parallel pseudo-contour tracing form. The principle and procedures have been discussed in detail. It is shown that this method is very easy and convenient in practice.
We have developed a new birefringent common-path interferometric method incorporating an automatic data processing system for testing large convex spherical surfaces. This interferometer can eliminate system errors and achieve accurate results of measurement. Precision is about (lambda) /50 and accuracy is about (lambda) /10.
A new, simple method for on-line rapid testing of the optical transfer function (OTF) of camera lenses has been developed in which the digital fast Fourier transform method is employed using a linear array CCD for sampling the linear spread function (LSF) of the lens under test. The main advantage of the new method is that for the test of off-axis OTF neither the lens under test nor the collimator need to be rotated. Obviously, this method is different from the present complicated test methods. Therefore, this method is simple and easy to accomplish on-line automatic test of OTF. The time required for testing a nine-position OTF such as on-axis +/- 0.7 and +/- 1 viewfields in both meridional and sagittal planes is less than 2-3 min. An OTF testing formula relative to the testing factors has been established. Based on it, the testing accuracy of OTF is discussed with the idea of relative accuracy for the first time. The theoretical results are in agreement with the experiments. Precision is 1-2%. The relative errors of both the modulation transfer function (MTF) and phase transfer function (PTF), which change with spatial frequency f, are about 10% and 3% at f equals 50 c/mm, respectively.


June 30, 2013 "With a little more work, the start of final status negotiations could be within reach," the secretary of state said Sunday after four days of shuttle diplomacy. He met with Israeli and Palestinian officials.
September 21, 2011 The president said, "Peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the U.N. ... Ultimately, it is Israelis and Palestinians – not us – who must reach agreement on the issues that divide them: on borders and security; on refugees and Jerusalem."
May 24, 2011 The initial official Palestinian reaction to the Israeli leader's address to Congress is negative.
May 24, 2011 The Israeli prime minister's speech came on the heels of the very public disagreement he has had with President Obama over returning to Israel's pre-1967 war borders. Netanyahu said Israel wants and needs peace but repeated his flat rejection of a return to what he called the "indefensible" borders.
January 25, 2011 Palestinian Authority officials have challenged the accuracy of the leaked documents. Their rivals are accusing PA leaders of treason.


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Who would you fill them with:
Mike Wallace and Hines Ward vs Mia
TO vs Atlanta
Darren McFadden vs Denver
TO and DMC, pending health. He looks like he'll start, and I know they think Bush is the starter out there, but once DMC starts reminding them what he was doing before he went down, they'll keep feeding him the ball.
TO is always a HR threat, so I'd take that over Ward or Wallace.

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Posted at 9:54 AM on February 22, 2008
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The Current's Barb Abney liveblogs during her shifts, and it isn't something to miss. In her live stream today she notes some interesting tidbits like "Sonic Youth to share the stage with 38 Special and Charlie Daniels," a link for more info on Moby's latest single, and notable events that happened today in music history.
Don't hesitate to comment or ask DJ Barb Abney about her liveblogging.


The protests against the Covid-19 lockdowns and subsequent economic suffering are growing on a daily basis now in Europe.
Germany has already seen many of these, and now hundreds of people are also showing up in The Netherlands on a weekly basis to demand a return to normal.
Also interesting: UK government epidemiologist broke lockdown rules to invite mistress
The political heart of the Netherlands, the city of The Hague ended up arresting dozens of protesters who had gathered on the Koekamp square next to city’s Central Station to demonstrate.
According to a police spokesperson the arrested were “not listening to the police or the mayor. We have arrested maybe more than 20 or 30 people. They have been taken to the police station”
The Dutch police, on horseback in some cases, was forced to disperse hundreds of protesters asking for a stop to imposed social distancing measures.
The protest of about 200 people, which had initially been allowed to go ahead by The Hague’s acting mayor, Johan Remkes, was ordered to disperse after the crowds had grown too large to adhere to the 1.5 meter social distancing rules.
Protestors could be seen carrying Dutch flags and shouting at the police, whilst chanting “where’s our freedom.”
Utrecht and Amsterdam
A similar protest against the Covid-19 measures drew a crowd of over a hundred people in the village of De Meern earlier in the week. Over there, people could be seen huddling together and wearing shirts and flags stating ‘Stop lockdown’.
Smaller protests also took place in other cities all over the country, like Amsterdam (in front of the National Monument on Dam Square) and Utrecht.


Under stipulations set by the White House to alleviate national security concerns, ByteDance would need to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations to reduce the app’s Chinese ownership. It would also have to sell to one or more companies that have a technology services provider, in part to transfer TikTok’s American user
WHOLESOME PETS DISCLAIMER: This knowledge is for instructional functions only and is not meant to replace the advice of your own veterinarian or doctor. Conserving to individuals’s changing habits and their desire for the last word ‘wanderlust’, the time is ripe for aspiring entrepreneurs to put their cash where the … Read More
After more than a decade of getting around New York City almost exclusively by subway and bus, Nicole Avallone decided to buy a car in April after watching the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
But with dealerships closed in the New York area, Ms. Avallone did something few car buyers
SAN FRANCISCO — As the Chinese-owned video app TikTok works to head off the threat of a ban in the United States, Facebook has sensed opportunity.
On Wednesday, Instagram, the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, released Reels. Just like TikTok, people can use Reels to create 15-second videos that
Headlamps are one of the most important in your vehicle that you do not think about until they are broken or gone. When the road becomes unclear, you will have a lot more questions than answers. That is why we will take a closer look at what people need to … Read More
LOS ANGELES — Some 70 cars crammed into a downtown Los Angeles parking lot surrounded by high rises and a smattering of food trucks on Thursday night to watch “Concrete Cowboy,” a father-son film starring Idris Elba and set in North Philadelphia’s Black cowboy community.
In terms of movie premieres,
Global markets slump on glum investor sentiment.
Global stock markets fell broadly on Wednesday as investors digested a steady drip of worrying news about the economic ramifications of the global coronavirus outbreak.
London and Paris stocks opened nearly 4 percent lower, following similar drops in Asia. Futures markets predicted that
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are contemplating their next steps after announcing a new approach to interest rate-setting last month, one that could lay the groundwork for longer periods of low unemployment and rock-bottom borrowing costs.
But it may be too soon for Fed officials to make big changes to
Singapore is one of the best expensive cities in the world. Sometimes, it’s quite challenging for people to manage everything and live their life smoothly. If you get unexpected medical bills, wedding costs, luxury goods, Singaporeans often prefer financial help. They will reach to any reputed money lender to borrow … Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. — Uber and Lyft, which are facing mounting pressure to classify their freelance drivers as employees in California, are looking for another way.
One option that both companies are seriously discussing is licensing their brands to operators of vehicle fleets in California, according to three people with knowledge
Four months ago, Pacific Gas & Electric seemed poised to emerge from bankruptcy after reaching a $13.5 billion settlement with tens of thousands of people who lost homes in wildfires started by the utility’s equipment.
Investors cheered that agreement, bidding up the company’s share price by nearly 40 percent. But


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Chris Brown, Grammy winner and domestic abuser, has landed himself a modeling agent. WWD reports Chris signed with Wilhelmina International artist management in an effort to secure beauty and fashion endorsements.
Chris — the ever dapper fashion icon who dressed as a terrorist for Halloween — says “Art and style has always played a significant role in my life — it’s evolved with me throughout my career.”
The modeling agency seems unconcerned about pushing an image-tarnished celeb to advertisers. Wilhelmina Men director, Taylor Hendrich says, “Chris Brown is a…multifaceted artist with a unique take on style, and we are excited to translate and extend his brand.” (No worries, future sponsors. Just be sure his dressing room doesn’t have both windows and chairs.)
Brown is currently on probation for the 2009 felony beating of then girlfriend, Rihanna.
The singer and dancer has previously tried his hand at acting, with brief stints on “One on One” and “The O.C.,” as well as film roles in “Stomp the Yard” and “Think Like A Man.”

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Three cheers for return of 4-H
GOOD news from the Valley Fair – the animals are back!
After being banished to Hansen Dam in Lake View Terrace last year, 4-H Club kids have been invited to show their animals at the actual site of this year’s fair at the Saugus Speedway.
This is a definite step in the right direction.
Now if organizers could somehow find a way to bring what was once called the San Fernando Valley Fair back to the San Fernando Valley, all would be right in fairland.

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The Little Monsters Tarot and Guidebook Set
The Little Monsters Tarot is a 78-card black and white deck illustrating all manner of minor monsters in the Major and Minor Arcana. Although the imagery is eclectic, it is at its core a traditional deck; symbols and meaning are borrowed from the Rider-Waite and other historical decks for ease of reading.
The first edition came out a few years back and this is a new edition from June 2019.
- Cards are oversized 3.75” x 5.5”
The accompanying 200 page book by Olivia Pepper contains folklore, history and traditional associations found within the Tarot as a whole, along with some of Olivia's personal insights into the tradition of cartomancy, but it is also specially tailored to accompany the Little Monsters deck. It contains insights into symbolism, possible interpretations, alchemical and astrological correspondences, as well as basic information about how to begin reading the cards and three original spreads created specifically for the Little Monsters deck.


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There’s been much excitement about Prisma, offering lovely artistic style transfer effects via an iPhone app. I think we’ll look back at this point in time as the moment when creative deep learning algorithms went overground. I’m looking forward to seeing where it leads.
I thought I’d apply some style transfer effects to 360 photos.
I’m quite pleased with the results.
Click here to take a look. [works rather nicely on a smartphone with gyroscope]


Later today, I’m reviewing the new Volkswagen Golf R, which is one of my all-time favorite Volkswagen hot hatchbacks. In fact, it’s one of my all-time favorite hot hatchbacks from any brand. But Volkswagen has a history of building fun, sporty cars with a hatchback, so today I’m going to show you my five other favorite Volkswagen hot hatches.
MkI Volkswagen GTI (1970s)
The original Volkswagen GTI is famous in the car world for helping to launch the “hot hatchback” segment in the first place. Originally on sale in the late 1970s, the first GTI had just over 100 horsepower — and was hardly the muscle car it’s become — but it was still a thrilling drive and a hugely important car for the automotive industry. It was the second-generation model, however, where the GTI’s performance really started to take off, and the second-generation GTI inspired one of my all-time favorite car commercials.
1990-1994 Volkswagen Corrado
The Volkswagen Corrado was one of the most exciting Volkswagen models offered in the early 1990s, and unlike some other sporty VWs that came before and after, it was available in the United States. Offered from 1990 to 1994 — first with a supercharged 4-cylinder, then with a V6 — the Corrado was more of a “coupe” than a traditional hatchback. But however you classified it, it was certainly a thrill to drive.
2004 Volkswagen R32
The fourth-generation Volkswagen Golf was a disappointment to enthusiasts, as the GTI version wasn’t particularly powerful or exciting to drive. Volkswagen remedied that in 2004 with a limited-production R32 model, featuring all-wheel drive, a 6-speed manual transmission and a 3.2-liter V6 that made a whopping 237 hp, a huge boost over the GTI’s mediocre 180-hp turbocharged 4-cylinder. The R32 was short-lived, lasting for just one model year, but it started the “even hotter hatchback” lineup that became today’s Golf R.
2006-2009 Volkswagen GTI
The fifth-generation GTI is my favorite version of the car, and not just because I owned a 2007 model. No, the fifth-generation is the best GTI because it was a return to form: a fun, exciting hot hatchback aimed at enthusiasts, rather than a top-of-the-line trim level of the Golf, as the third- and fourth-generation models seemed to be. The 2006 GTI proved Volkswagen hadn’t lost the plot in the hot hatchback world it had created so many years earlier, and it brought Volkswagen back to the forefront of the hot hatchback segment.
2008-Present Volkswagen Scirocco
The original Volkswagen Scirocco was offered in the 1970s and 1980s and served as a predecessor to the Corrado. But it’s the later one — the current model — that I especially loved, with its practical hatchback design and proportions that are sportier and more attractive than a Golf or GTI. Sadly, Volkswagen never brought the Scirocco to the United States, reserving it for the rest of the world instead, so we never got to try out one of the coolest modern Volkswagen hot hatchbacks. But I’ve always admired it from afar.
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A foreign issuer that is a secondary exchange (or OTC) listed company may sponsor issuance of TDRs by a depositary institution only after it submits, based on the nature of its case, the Registration Form for Sponsoring Issuance of Taiwan Depositary Receipts (Attachments 10 to 13) recording the required matters together with the required documentation to the FSC to file for effective registration.
Shareholders of a secondary exchange (or OTC) listed company that engage a depositary institution to domestically issue TDRs, using shares that have already been issued and are held by the shareholders, may do so only after submitting the Registration Form for Non-sponsoring Issuance of Taiwan Depositary Receipts (Attachment 14) recording the required matters together with the required documentation to the FSC to file for effective registration.
When the holders of already-issued TDRs of a secondary exchange (or OTC) listed company gratuitously obtain shares of another company due to a demerger or a distribution of dividends, that other company may, after the TWSE or TPEx has filed with the FSC the contract for exchange listing or OTC listing of its TDRs, file to sponsor issuance of TDRs with the aforesaid shares of the other company.
In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, it is required prior to the effective registration date to obtain proof that an approved overseas securities exchange has approved the listing and trading of the other company's shares, and additionally to duly submit a filing with all of the relevant documents attached. The filing will become effective 7 business days from the date it is accepted for processing by the FSC and the institution designated by the FSC, and such cases are exempt from the requirement of conducting public underwriting.
The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs 2 to 6, Article 7, and Article 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to filing cases referred to in paragraph 3.

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France: Muslim ‘The Voice’ singer quits reality show over pro-jihad, anti-Semitic tweets
Here again, we see it, as with L’Oreal’s hijabbed hair products model: Islamic Jew-hatred is in the Quran. Even Muslims who appear to be “moderate” can’t keep themselves from hating Israel and propagating Muslim victimhood propaganda.
Mennel Ibtissem is just as bad and maybe even worse than L’Oreal’s Amena Khan: Ibtissem not only hates and vilifies Israel, but actually wrote that “the real terrorists are our government” after the two Muslims slit a priest’s throat in his church in Normandy.
But she doesn’t have to worry.
Before too long, France will be so Islamized that these kinds of statements will be the norm, and she will be back on top again.
“French ‘The Voice’ singer quits reality show over terrorism tweets,” RT, February 11, 2018:
A French singer has quit the TV reality show ‘The Voice’ after her tweets about terrorism and Israel sparked a backlash.
Mennel Ibtissem was a popular contestant on the show. However, she came under pressure to leave the competition after tweets were uncovered in which she appeared to question the official narrative of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris and the 2016 Bastille Day attack in Nice.
“Here we go, it’s become a routine, an attack a week, and, as usual, the ‘terrorist’ takes his ID with him,” Ibtissem wrote after the Nice truck attack, Nice-Matin reported. “It’s true that when you’re plotting something nasty you never forget to take your papers with you.”
In another post, Ibtissem reportedly said: “The real terrorists are our government,” after two attackers slit a priest’s throat in Normandy. Ibtissem’s posts included support for Palestine and, during the 2014 assault on Gaza, she condemned Israel for “terrorizing innocent civilians.”
Ibstissem announced her decision to leave the show in a Facebook video in which she apologized for her comments. “I never meant to hurt anyone and the mere thought that my remarks hurt others hurts me, so I have taken the decision to quit this adventure,” she said.
She added she joined the show “with the intention of gathering people, not dividing them, of opening people’s minds, not narrow[ing] them.”
When reports emerged about her posts earlier in the week, she was called into a meeting with producers who wanted “clarifications” about her statements on Tuesday, le Parisienne reports.
Promenade des Anges: 14 July 2016, an organization supporting Nice victims, released a statement condemning her comments. “It is unacceptable to question what we have experienced. We were terrified, our own bodies were affected and/or lost our loved ones.”
The National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism took issue with Ibstissem’s comments about Israel, and demanded she be removed from the show, JPost reports. “Mennel cannot serve as a role model for uninformed fans. She is not a good role model, she is not a good choice, she is dangerous,” it said. The group pointed to a song she sang in 2015 called, Smile Palestine, which references the “slaughter of mothers, fathers, little sisters and little brothers.”
Ibstissem posted an apology to her Facebook page on Tuesday before she decided to leave the show. In it, she explained: “These messages were the expression of a fear that I shared only at that time with my friends on this network. I deeply regret these messages.”
“On the evening of the Nice attacks, I had family on the Promenade des Anglais and I was shocked, upset, and did not understand why this attack could not be prevented by the authorities.”
“Two years later, I grew up and I measure the lack of reflection on these messages. I understand that these messages shock and I apologize.”…
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller

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The lottery is a popular way for people to win cash prizes, usually by matching numbers or symbols on a ticket. The money raised by lotteries is typically used for public purposes, such as paving streets or funding schools. It is a common form of gambling in Europe and America. Its popularity has generated many issues. These include a belief that the game is a form of hidden tax, regressive effects on low-income groups, and problems related to gambling addiction and compulsive behavior.
Several studies have found that lottery play is highly correlated with income levels and other demographic characteristics. Men, for example, play the lottery more often than women; blacks and Hispanics more than whites; and young people less than older ones. In addition, the percentage of the population that plays the lottery decreases with increasing level of formal education.
A winning lottery ticket typically includes a group of numbers, from one to 59. Players choose these numbers or allow machines to select them for them. They can also pick Quick Picks, which have a predetermined set of numbers. When choosing lottery numbers, it is best to avoid selecting sequences that are based on sentimental values, such as birthdays or ages of children. These numbers have a higher chance of being picked by other people and may require you to split the prize with them. Instead, Harvard statistics professor Mark Glickman suggests picking random numbers or buying a group of tickets to increase your odds of winning.

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For this first time we will have a car while staying at the resorts. Decided to stay at Pop Century. Debating whether to take the bus to parks or drive. I am leaning toward driving but wonder what the crowds/traffic is like at closing after Fantasmic and fireworks. Drive of shuttle?? Input please.
I always have a car when I go to WDW - and I try to use it as little as possible once I’m parked at my resort (except for going resort-to-resort).
It’s going to be a traffic jam right after closing, both at the park, and heavy traffic most of the way back to POP. I try to hang out in the parks as long as possible for the crowds to thin out a bit before I even try to leave; the crowds exiting the parks can be very daunting.
I ALWAYS recommend taking the bus to the MK. The bus drops you off right near the gate; if you drive, you have to go to the TTC and take the mono or boat over. Yes, you’ll have to wait for the POP bus going back to the resort, but it’s that or waiting for the mono or boat, waiting for a parking tram, and then sitting in traffic.
When I go solo, I always take the busses to the parks; after a long day of touring, the last thing I really want to do is get in my car and drive through traffic. When DW comes with, she prefers to use the car - probably because I drop her off, then drive around to park the car and hike/tram back to meet her (and do the reverse at the end of the day).
Different opinion here. We always drive to the parks and have never noticed heavy traffic at the end of the night at any of the parks (and we go during spring break usually). After a full day touring, the last thing we want to do is wait for a bus, have to stand because they are packed to the gills, and have to be surrounded by more people when the car means quiet. It is very easy to get around in a car at WDW, and we won’t go without one.
We had a car in Sept (lower crowds, so keep that in mind), and never saw any traffic leaving at park closing. I know during busy times there can be traffic, but I haven’t experienced it. Driving around and parking are so easy though, to avoid any traffic at closing just hang out in the park for a little longer, linger in the stores until they kick you out
I’ve driven during most of my visits over the past few years and rarely run into a lot of traffic leaving the parks. I will sometimes linger for a while after park closing, browsing shops or taking photographs, but when I do leave right at closing time I try to position myself near the park exit to watch fireworks, ahead of the crowds.
Since you mention Fantasmic, I’ll note that the exit from the Studios parking lot can back up at times, since everyone exits at a traffic light. If there’s a long line of cars leaving, then sometimes it’s quicker to make a right turn exiting the park and turn around up the road rather than wait to turn left. However, I’ve only needed to do that twice.
Overall, I’ve run into many more situations where a bus has arrived and filled up before I could board it than times I’ve been delayed leaving the lots while driving. Then, there’s also being squished into a full bus at the end of the day when I do get to board and almost never getting a seat (since the bus is so full that there’s always someone who needs it more than I do).
Thanks for your replies. I am leaning towards driving. I have been on a bus at the end of a long day and it is not comfortable. Usually can’t even sit. Being in my own car with a seat, radio and air conditioner on and maybe even a snack sounds wonderful after a long day in the parks. Even if I am waiting in some traffic.
We had a rental car the week of Christmas, 8-10 crowd levels, and noticed no real problems getting out of parks around closing time. Keep in mind that you can linger in the parks after official close, and you can ride if you are in line at park closing, so it’s not a total mass rush out the gates and there will be some people who remain in park for a while after park close.

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Welcome to Joyful Linens!
My inspiration is my mountain farm, a natural paradise, alive with birds, deer, bear, lots of small mammals (even the least weasel), many kinds of towering trees, flowers in their season, native medicinal herbs–and water, oh so much crystal clear, clean water in the springs, the bubbling branches, and a magnificent trout stream. Living in the midst of all this glory fills me with much joy, peace, and contentment.
I bring the outside into my home with birds’ nests, rocks, feathers, and flowers–and more recently in the materials I choose for handmade linens. I greatly admire the many incredibly talented fabric designers whose work reflecting the natural world appeals to me in such a deep and heartfelt way that I cannot find words to describe it. When I create linens for daily use with these fabrics, surround myself with them, then the inside of my home echoes what I love so much about the outside, reducing the division between the two.
Here I hope to share with you some of the things that bring meaning to my days. Peace be with you.


GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. -- Colorado State Patrol troopers and other law enforcement agencies on Thursday were out enforcing a law that has been in effect since 2006, but now the "move over" law will be strictly enforced.
The move comes less than a week after state trooper Cody Donahue was struck and killed by a semi-truck along Interstate 25 south of Castle Rock.
Donahue was hit while he was investigating another accident. He died instantly.
Drivers traveling through the south corridor of Interstate 25 could be ticketed if they don't move over at least one lane when an emergency vehicle is on the shoulder with its hazard lights flashing.
Five law enforcement agencies watched drivers and pulled anyone over who didn't move over.
Dashcam video shows the driver of the vehicle, 41-year-old Noe Gamez-Ruiz, had room to move over to another lane but didn't.
Gamez-Ruiz has been charged with careless driving resulting in death and failure to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle.
Law enforcement officials said if a driver can’t move over, they are required to significantly slow down. By moving over, drivers provide a buffer between them and emergency vehicles.
Since 2010, more than 6,000 drivers have been cited for violating the "move over" law. The fine is a minimum of $87.
Donahue's funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Denver First Church of Nazarene in Englewood.


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The U.S. military has called upon the M240B belt-fed medium machine gun for two decades to provide troop support with suppressive and direct fire. These weapons have put millions of rounds downrange, and littered the sand with hot empty brass, links and blood when called upon. The M204B is reliable, but troops in the field alerted their higher ups that improvements were needed. A request went out to “cut the fat” from a weapon that incorporates design features that date back to the end of WWI. Barrett Firearms, dependable provider of the M107 .50 semi-auto, took the initiative and designed the M240LW (Light Weight) to take advantage of cutting-edge manufacturing techniques.
The weight savings for the Barrett M240LW are gained by shaving 4 pounds from the receiver, but those aren’t the only enhancements. Watch the video below for a sneak peek of the new M240LW battle beast in action—the same machine gun that’s being deployed with our troops overseas—and be sure to check out the November issue of Tactical Weapons for the full story!


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But sudden evening blurs and fogs the air./There seems no time to want a drink of water./
Nurse looks so far away. And here and there/Music and roses burst through crimson slaughter.
I stole this book from one of my workplaces and had been reading bits of it but have finally found time to work through it cover-to-cover.
Whilst I do not love Owen's early poems in the flowery, grand style of the Romantics (meh), his war poems deliver some real gems. Dulce et
Decorum Est is still the jewel in the crown but its bitter note can be felt in many others. I have also just learned from the introduction
that Yeats refused to include Owen in his anthology because 'passive suffering is not a theme for poetry'. Boo, Yeats. What do you know.
To me, Owen is right up there with Sassoon, a real compensation for all the flag-shagging poet laureates and other liars out there.
My father had money in his account which belonged to me but he was very reluctant to send it because he wanted me to come home
– to come home, as he said, and settle down, and whenever he said that I thought of the sediment at the bottom of a stagnant pond.
I'd never read anything by Baldwin before but now I'm keen. He has a beautiful way with words and reading this book was like drinking
at a fountain. It was also excruciatingly painful. From the beginning it's clear that it's an anatomy of a tragic relationship which ends
in death. I'm a sucker for this kind of story: having caused someone else pain, a narcissistic character spends huge amounts of time
wallowing in loss and guilt, and romanticising their own suffering. After all, I read and loved Pamuk's insane Museum of Innocence.
So I did Giovanni's Room. I couldn't read a single chapter without getting into a serious funk. Bravo.
Snow Crash is a 90s cyberpunk novel. I liked it but didn't love it. I love the character of YT, perhaps the only truly likeable character
in the book, and the sequence where she (nearly) escapes the feds (I forget if they're called something else in the story) is great. But I do
have two major complaints. One, I'm not a fan of huge passages of non-fiction in fiction books. I like some, enough to enrich and
contextualise the story, but not so much that I'm memorising chunks of what might potentally be pseudofacts. I also found Snow Crash very
blokey to the point of it feeling a bit silly: loving, detailed descriptions of tech, a motorcycle chase, weird understanding of gender
relations, etc. It's like it's written for guys who played with Action Man figurines.


The locking pin (red cylinder in the image) for the Spitfire family undercarriage rotated 180 degrees depending on whether it was acting as an uplock or a downlock. The sloped face allowed the gear strut to push the pin out of the way once it was rotated. The rotation was achieved via a chain and cog controlled via cables connected to the undercarriage controls. Originally I hadn’t planned on modelling these that accurately, because it’s in the gear bay and it seemed a lot of detail for something that’s mostly obscured. But as the alternative was trying to give the impression of a chain with textures I ended up doing it anyway. The picture below shows where it goes, the cables having been disconnected for removal.
I’ve done a short video that shows a) how impressive the animation is and b) how hard it is to actually see in P3D because of the undercarriage and wing being in the way!
The tailhook implementation in FSX and its successors is a bit unrealistic. I only realised this when I was developing the Firefly and couldn’t get it to land without nosing over. When watching from the external view I saw the hook remained fully down even after the wire is caught, which would require a much stronger structure in real life and cause all sorts of issues. The screenshot below shows how it affects the Firefly.
To get around this I added some code to the engine gauge dll that partially closed the hook after a cable is caught. Theoretically for the Firefly it should close fully as that’s how it worked in real life with the hook locking back up, but that causes the wire to release in FSX. That code worked fine in FSX and P3Dv3 and lower. For some reason though, when I ported the dll to P3Dv4 although all the other functions worked the bit that asks the simulator to be told when a wire is caught didn’t work. I didn’t realise this when I was doing my testing as, well, it worked before so why wouldn’t it work now, and isn’t it a long time since I’ve done carrier landings, that must be why they’re so sketchy! An hour or so with a test gauge telling me what was going on demonstrated that in fact, the one bit of the gauge that wasn’t working was the bit that controlled the hook.
After a bit of head scratching I’ve added the request to be told about the wire to a block that asks for lots of other information on the aircraft, and for no obvious reason that works. After a bit more testing everything seems to be working as it should now when you catch a wire. If you compare the angle of the hook in the photo below you’ll see it’s only about a quarter open which holds the aircraft at a nice flat angle even if you punch into the wires a ‘bit’ too fast.
This will all be making its way into the next update, once I’ve finished getting TacPack to work with the Firefly, in the meantime if anyone wants to replace the two affected DLL this zip file has them both. The GriffonII.dll goes in the Firefly F1/Panel folder, GriffonXII.dll goes in the Firefly FR1/Panel folder. These are for P3Dv4 only as the FSX version should already work.
I know some people have found deck landing a bit tricky in the Firefly, and to be honest the main reason I don’t is probably because I did it so many times in testing before I got it right! A useful instructional video from the 1940s is available on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxtXDDShjGs and is worth checking out for hints and tips.
Played with adding the A2A Rain Effects this evening, fairly easy to do once with some handy examples in the SDK.
TacPack integration is coming on, the round counter for the cannons is now animated so it should just be a case of adding the bombs and rockets. I also need to change my code so TacPack users get TacPack weapons effects and non-users get my original ones. Which I’m sure will be simple…
I haven’t upgraded to P3D v4.4 yet as TacPack hasn’t been upgraded yet but I’m interested to hear who’s planning on making the move. I want to update the Firefly with PBR textures but if not a lot of people are making the switch yet I can hold off until a later update as it’s likely to take a while as I’ll have to remake new materials for everything!
I’m slowly progressing the Seafire, but as mapping the undercarriage takes a long time and doesn’t make for great screen grabs I thought I’d take a break to add TacPack to the Firefly. I’ve got the cannons working so far, the next stage is to integrate it with the loading panel and cockpit switches, and then add rockets and bombs.
Practice runs were made taking out my frustrations on RyanAir! The gun sight is slightly low as it doesn’t account for the angle of the guns but that’s an easy fix.
The plan is to include this in an update with revised PBR textures for P3D v4.4 and the A2A rain effect for the canopy, hopefully in time for Christmas…
See that main gear leg, it’s been texture mapped. Exciting isn’t it? The overly observant may notice the brake pipe, locking pin drive, actuator jack, and inspection hatch which I’ve also added
I’ve had a request for the paint kit for the wings with the Temperate Sea Scheme camouflage layer included. A zip file with both wing textures in is available here. It has the RN WW2 scheme, the RN Post War scheme and the Ethiopian scheme, which was oddly different to the RN camouflage layout!
I’ve been getting back to work on the Seafire while waiting for the next version of P3D to see if it brings PBR textures. The render below is the port gear, the red cylinder is a stand in for the uplock/downlock rod while I aligned the locking arm which is the sort of banana shaped thing! This will all be partially hidden inside the wing when complete so I’m trying to balance getting the right level of detail with only modelling what will be seen.
The scan is from the Air Publication for taking the undercarriage apart, it’s point of view is slightly to the right of the render and looking up from near the wheel. I tried rendering from a similar position but the lighting was all wrong! Hopefully by the end of the week I’ll have this finished off with the actuating jack, animation, etc. and can get it into the sim.
So with the Firefly out in both formats it’s time to start back on the Seafire. I tried a quick export to P3Dv4 to see how it looks and there don’t seem to be any major issues at this stage. The gear and flaps even animated correctly on the first attempt which is small victor!
There’re a few more bits to add on the main gear, along with the aileron hinge, after which I can map the port wing before mirroring it so it looks a bit less lopsided!
At the moment she looks a bit more Spitfire Vc than Seafire II, primarily because I have really good plans for the Spitfire marks! For the Seafires I only have detailed plans for the differences, e.g. external strengthening, tail-hook, radio fit etc. so it’s easier to make a Spitfire Vc and then modify it.
I’m also playing with adding TacPack to the Firefly, including an idea I’ve got for an extra little feature. Hopefully that will all be ready before Christmas.
Update 2! There was an error with the loading gauge for the FR1 and NF1 which meant some loads wouldn’t display properly. I.e. most of them. I’ve uploaded a new installer with the correct gauge to both sites, a re-download and reinstall will solve the problem. Alternatively the gauge can be downloaded fromherejust extract the file and copy it to the Firefly FR1/Panel folder.
Update, links at the side now take you to the Bravo Zulu page for both stores from where you can choose which version of the Firefly to get.
The FSX Firefly is being uploaded to SimMarket and Payloadz tonight so should be available sometime tomorrow. The SimMarket link to the right now takes you to the Bravo Zulu page so should show the FSX Firefly once it’s been processed by them. The Payloadz link is here for some reason I’m having problems getting the product pictures to save there but there shouldn’t be any surprises if you’ve been following the blog.
I’m also in the process of setting up a FSPilotShop account, which was delayed while they moved, so there’ll be more options soon as I know people prefer stores they already have accounts at.


|JSC Research and production corporation UralVagonZavod
|Fire support vehicle
Tank support combat vehicle is a highly protected combat track vehicle having powerful multi-channel armament with three independent zones of fire, high maneuverability and perfect fire control devices. In combined-arms battle the vehicle is used for destruction and neutralization of manpower dangerous to tanks, for destruction of armoured means and demolition of heavy shelters or strengthened weapon emplacements.
The vehicle is used under different climatic conditions by day and at night. It may be used in wooden and mountainous country and in urban zones.
During the Ural 2000 defence exhibition, Russia showed the Tank Support Combat Vehicle (BMPT). This has been developed by the Urals Transport Machinery Design Bureau Federal State Unitary Enterprise and the Uralvagonzavod Production Association State Unitary Enterprise.
During the fighting in Chechnya, Russian armoured fighting vehicles, such as the T-72 and T-80 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), and Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), such as the BMP-2, were attacked and neutralised at short ranges by man-portable anti-tank weapons.
The role of the new BMPT would be to provide fire support for the MBT with the aim of neutralising infantry, especially those equipped with anti-armour weapons. It has not been designed for use as a heavy infantry fighting vehicle.
Brand new vehicles could be built to the BMPT standard or surplus T-72 MBT chassis could be rebuilt to this configuration.
In Russian the designation BMPT stands for Boyevaya Mashina Podderzhki Tankov - or Tank Combat Support Vehicle.
As mentioned below, two versions of the BMPT have been developed to the prototype stage. It is understood that the second version described below is the one now entering production for the Russian Army and that these will be based on the chassis of the more recent T-90 MBT.
The prototype of the BMPT is based on the chassis of the well-known T-72 MBT which is used in large numbers by the Russian Army and has been manufactured under licence by many countries.
To the rear of the driver's compartment, at the front of the vehicle, the hull has been raised providing greater internal volume. On top of the hull is mounted a new turret armed with an externally mounted 30 mm 2A42 dual-feed cannon with a cyclic rate of fire of up to 600 rds/min. A total of 500 rounds of ready use ammunition are carried.
This 30 mm 2A42 cannon can fire a wide range of ammunition types including High Explosive - Tracer (HE-T), Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS), High-Explosive FRAGmentation (HE-FRAG) and Armour-Piercing - Tracer (AP-T).
Mounted coaxial with the 30 mm cannon is a 30 mm AG-30 or AGS-17A automatic grenade launcher which can be a stabilised in two axis.
Mounted on the left side of the turret is a four-round launcher for the KBP Instrument Design Bureau 9M113 Konkurs (NATO AT-5 Spandrel) Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (ATGW) which has a maximum range of 4,000 m and can be fitted with various types of warhead. These include a tandem HEAT warhead to defeat targets fitted with explosive reactive armour.
To enable targets to be engaged under day and night conditions when the BMPT is stationary or moving, a computerised fire-control system is fitted, which uses proven elements from that fitted to the T-90S series MBT.
This includes a PNK range-finding sight, day and thermal sighting systems, Agat-MR course operator's sight, combined day and night sighting system with image converter tube. Either the commander or gunner can lay the weapons onto the target using the PNK sighting system.
There is a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun mounted in either side of the raised superstructure to provide suppressive fire over the frontal arc and aimed via a roof mounted periscope sighting device. As an alternative these can be replaced by a 30 mm automatic grenade launcher with a similar sighting system. Standard 81 mm smoke grenade launchers are positioned on the hull and turret to cover the frontal arc.
The driver, seated in the centre of the hull at the front, has day vision devices and a TBH-5 night driving device with a range of 60 to 180 m.
The BMPT has a combat weight of 47 tonnes and has a crew of five, maximum road speed is 65 km/h and cruising range, with external drum type diesel fuel tanks at the rear, is 550 km.
The power pack, mounted at the rear, consists of a B92C2 four-stroke multifuel diesel with liquid cooling and supercharging, develops 1,000 hp and gives the vehicle a power-to-weight ratio of 21.2 hp/tonne.
For a higher rate of battlefield survivability, the BMPT is fitted with additional explosive reactive armour, on the front and sides. The forward part of the suspension either side is provided with skirts fitted with explosive reactive armour, while the rear part of the suspension is fitted with a grill-type passive armour array. This has been designed to detonate the incoming High-Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) projectile before it impacts the main armour.
Standard equipment includes NBC system, 5 kW diesel generator, which is mounted in an armoured compartment on the right side of the hull and an automatic two-shot fire detection and suppression system. A laser detection system is fitted which can be used in conjunction with the 81 mm smoke grenade launchers.
Mounted at the front of the hull is a standard T-72 type dozer blade that can be used for clearing obstacles or for preparing fire positions. If required, the vehicle can be fitted with various types of mineclearing equipment, such as the KMT-8 plough type device or the EMT system, which has been designed to detonate magnetic mines well ahead of the vehicle.
The second example of the BMPT tank combat support vehicle differs from the first example in a number of key areas.
The driver is seated at the front of the vehicle in the centre as usual and has a single-piece hatch cover that lifts and swings to the right. He is provided with a single wide-angle day periscope, which can be replaced by a passive periscope for driving at night.
To the left and right of the driver's position is a seat for the 30 mm grenade operator. This crew member is provided with a hatch that opens to the rear and in the front of this is a large Arat-MP day/night sight periscope with a standard observation periscope either side.
Mounted in an armoured box on each side of the hull is a 30 mm AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher which provides suppressive fire over the frontal arc. These are fed from armoured magazines mounted either side of the hull just over the track.
Mounted in the centre of the hull is a newly designed power-operated turret with seats for the gunner on the left and vehicle commander on the right.
The gunner has a single-piece hatch cover that opens to the rear and in front of this is a large day/night sighting system. The sight is designated the model 7121 and is stabilised in two axes. It has day and thermal imaging channels, laser range-finder and missile guidance channel. The gunner also has at least two standard observation periscopes. Magnification of the main gunner's sight is ×4 and ×12.
The vehicle commander has a single-piece hatch cover that opens to the rear plus at least four day observation periscopes and a video display of the roof-mounted sight.
A computerised day/night fire-control system is fitted as standard and the gunner is provided with a video from the commander's roof-mounted stabilised sight.
The weapon station is mounted externally and above and in the middle are two 30 mm 2A42 cannon with a 7.62 mm PKTM machine gun mounted above.
Turret traverse is powered through 360° with weapon elevation from -5 to +45°. Mounted on either side of the turret are two missile launchers for the Kolomna KBM 9K120 Ataka (AT-9) anti-tank guided weapon and these have an elevation from -5 to + 25°. These missiles have a maximum range of 5,800 m and can be fitted with various types of warhead including tandem high explosive anti-tank, thermobaric and continuous rod high explosive.
Mounted externally on the right side of the turret, well above the weapons, is the commander's stabilised panoramic sight model 7119 which has a day/night low level television channel and a laser range-finder. This would be used to carry out hunter/killer engagements. The sight is stabilised in two axes.
Standard equipment includes additional armour protection, fire detection and suppression system, auxiliary power unit and an automatic defensive aids suite that includes laser detectors and banks of 81 mm model 902A electrically-operated grenade launchers.
According to the manufacturer, the BMPT has a higher level of protection than the MBT chassis on which it is based.
In mid-2006 the Uralvagonzavod facility stated that the second model of the BMPT tank support combat vehicle had completed its official tests and will be accepted into the Russian Army.
It was also stated the BMPT has been included in the revised state armament program for 2005 through to 2015.
This vehicle was developed in Ukraine and details are given under Ukraine. It remains at the prototype stage. This is based on a modified T-84 MBT chassis with seven road wheels either side.


So Madonna just shared this little video on her Instagram, saying she’s having fun in between takes (so she’s back in the studio) and she hashtagged no one other than Mirwais! Madonna and Mirwais started following each other some time ago. Not only that but Mirwais and Madonna’s vocal producer have started to follow each other on Instagram too.
Madonna and Mirwais have created absolutely brilliant music together: Paradise (Not For Me), the ‘Music’ album, the ‘American Life’ album. They’re absolutely unique in sound and style and personally I’d say ‘never change a winning team’. Madonna recently revisited some of her American Life album tracks for her Tears of a Clown shows, making it all the more obvious how incredibly fresh they still sound today.
We keep our fingers crossed!


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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is working with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute hawkers and abusers of naira notes.
The CBN said it is unlawful to sell the naira, hurl (spray), or stamp on the currency.
The apex bank made this known via a statement issued on Thursday.
The statement read: “The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has observed, with grave concern, the activities of persons who sell the newly redesigned banknotes and those who flagrantly abuse the legal tender by hurling wads of Naira notes in the air and stamping on the currency at social functions.
“We have equally noticed the queues at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) across the country and an upward trend in the cases of people stocking and aggregating the newly introduced banknotes they serially obtain from ATMs for reasons best known to them.
“Also worrisome are the reported cases of unregistered persons and non-bank officials swapping banknotes for members of the public, purportedly on behalf of the CBN.
“We wish to state unequivocally that, contrary to the practice of these unpatriotic persons, it is unlawful to sell the Naira, hurl (spray), or stamp on the currency under any circumstance whatsoever.
READ ALSO: CBN to banks: Pay new naira notes over the counter
“For the avoidance of doubt, Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 (As amended) stipulates that ‘spraying of, dancing or matching on the Naira or any note issued by the Bank during social occasions or otherwise howsoever shall constitute an abuse and defacing of the Naira or such note and shall be punishable under the law by fines or imprisonment or both’.
“Similarly, Section 21(4) states that ‘It shall also be an offence punishable under Sub-section (1) of this section for any person to hawk, sell or otherwise trade in the Naira notes, coins or any other note issued by the Bank’.
“Accordingly, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is collaborating with the Nigeria Police, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to address the unpatriotic practice.
“We, therefore, warn Nigerians, particularly those at social functions such as birthdays, weddings and funerals, to desist from disrespecting the Naira or risk being arrested by law enforcement agencies.”
The CBN further ordered the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country to commence the payment of the redesigned naira notes to customers over the counter, “subject to a maximum daily payout limit of N20,000”.
“We also admonish members of the public to embrace and adopt other payment channels for their transactions. The Naira is our legal tender and symbol of national pride. Therefore, let us respect it and handle it with care,” the apex bank added.
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|Publication number||US7090538 B1|
|Application number||US 11/126,059|
|Publication date||Aug 15, 2006|
|Filing date||May 9, 2005|
|Priority date||May 9, 2005|
|Publication number||11126059, 126059, US 7090538 B1, US 7090538B1, US-B1-7090538, US7090538 B1, US7090538B1|
|Inventors||George Y. Huang|
|Original Assignee||Huang George Y|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (9), Referenced by (14), Classifications (6), Legal Events (2)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an electrical adapter, more particularly to an electrical adapter that includes first and second housing parts that cooperate to define a recess therebetween.
2. Description of the Related Art
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide an electrical adapter that is capable of overcoming the aforesaid drawback of the prior art.
According to the present invention, an electrical adapter comprises a housing, and first and second connectors. The housing includes a first housing part that has first and second end portions, and a second housing part that is transverse to the first housing part, that extends from the first end portion of the first housing part, and that has a size different from that of the first housing part. The second end portion of the first housing part and the second housing part cooperatively define a recess therebetween. The first connector is mounted on the first housing part. The second connector is mounted on the second housing part, is coupled to the first connector, and has a midpoint that lies in different horizontal plane from that of the first connector.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
Before the present invention is described in greater detail, it should be noted that like elements are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the disclosure.
In this embodiment, the electrical adapter 400 is used to connect a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port 61 of a video transmitting device 6 to a digital video interface (DVI) port (not shown) of a display device (not shown) via a cable 7, in a manner that will be described hereinafter.
The video transmitting device 6 further has an input port 62 that is used to connect the video transmitting device 6 to an electronic device (not shown), such as an audio device, via a cable 8. It is noted that the HDMI port 61 and the input port 62 of the video transmitting device 6 are arranged in close proximity.
In this embodiment, the housing 5 is generally L-shaped. In particular, the housing 5 includes first and second housing parts 51, 52. The first housing part 51 has first and second endportions 511, 512. The second housing part 52 is transverse to the first housing part 51, extends from the first end portion 511 of the first housing part 51, and has a size different from that of the first housing part 51. The second end portion 512 of the first housing part 51 and the second housing part 52 cooperatively define a first recess 53 therebetween. The first housing part 51 has an opening that faces away from the second housing part 52. The second housing part 52 has an opening that faces away from the first housing part 51. It is noted that the opening in the first housing part 51 is formed in the first and second end portions 511, 522 of the first housing part 51.
The first connector 41 is mounted on the first housing part 51 and projects outwardly through the opening in the first housing part 51. In this embodiment, the first connector 41 complies with a DVI connector specification.
The electrical adapter 400 further includes a pair of retainers 43, each of which is disposed adjacent to a respective one of opposite ends of the first connector 51. The cable 7 is provided with a pair of screw fasteners 71, each of which engages threadedly a respective one of the retainers 43 so as to secure the cable 7 to the first connector 41. In an alternative embodiment, the retainers 43 may be dispensed with.
The second connector 42 is mounted on the second housing part 52, is coupled to the first connector 41, and projects outwardly through the opening in the second housing part 52. In this embodiment, the second connector 42 complies with a HDMI connector specification.
As illustrated in
It is noted that, in this embodiment, the second connector 42 has a length that is shorter than that of the first connector 41. In an alternative embodiment, the first and second connectors 41, 42 have the same length.
It is also noted that, in this embodiment, the first and second connectors 41, 42 extend vertically, and have midpoints that lie in different horizontal planes.
It is further noted that, in this embodiment, the first connector 41 is a female connector, whereas the second connector 42 is a male connector. In an alternative embodiment, the first connector 41 is a male electrical connector, whereas the second connector 42 is a female connector. In yet another alternative embodiment, both the first and second connectors 41, 42 may be male or female connectors.
In an alternative embodiment, as illustrated in
From the above description, when the second connector 42 is connected to the HDMI port 61 of the video transmitting device 6, the first recess 53 between the second end portion 512 of the first housing part 51 and the second housing part 52 serves as a clearance between the input port 62 of the video transmitting device 6 and the second end portion 512 of the first housing part 51, as best shown in
While the present invention has been described in connection with what is considered the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is understood that this invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments but is intended to cover various arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.
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I know, I know, we’re past halfway through January now, but it’s still a fresh year in my book. In fact the average day for giving up New Year’s resolutions is the 19th of January, so if you make it past the weekend you’re ahead of most.
I have terrible problems with motivation. It’s one of the reasons I’m so interested in it, and I suspect most people who talk and write about it a lot are similarly afflicted. Why does Tony Robbins have to start every day with an ice plunge? It’s a ritual of course, he’s setting the frame for his day — but there’s also a dark side to it. He doesn’t quite trust himself. He’s afraid of what will happen; what he (won’t) do if he misses a day. Even Tony Robbins needs a magic spell!
Call it what you want: magic, a boss, a ritual, a system. We’re all weak and we can’t do it on our own. I don’t think I even know what willpower is. If it’s real, I’m certain I don’t have any. All I have is a bag of tools, variably effective against my idiot marshmallow brain. Here are a few of them.
Do less, not more
The more we panic about our lack of motivation, the more we stimulate a frantic, chaotic energy. It’s very buzzy and bright and compelling, but of course it just makes everything worse. The way to get more done is often to pull the plug on energy. Observe your distractedness, get some distance on it, and try to have a calm mind about it. It’s not you, it’s just a behaviour you’ve exhibited. You’re not a bad, lazy person, and you’re not trapped here forever. You just did a behave. You can do a different behave.
Don’t misdiagnose yourself
When you’re in the middle of some important work and find yourself reaching for your phone, or wandering off to make your seventh cup of tea, it’s not because you want to stop doing the work. Understand yourself. The work’s not the problem. The urge to distract is happening because you want to have finished doing it. Think about it: there’s nothing better than the first cup of tea/bath/walk/tweet after a big bit of work is done, and you’re trying to capture a sliver of that ‘all done’ feeling, prematurely. It won’t work and it’s in direct opposition to your goal. You’re listening to an immature part of your brain that needs to have the oxygen supply cut off.
Breaks are junk food
OK, I’m not advocating burn-out here. But you know the kind of breaks I’m talking about. The social media break you decide to take, 90 seconds into that new piece of work. The desk-organising break that ends up taking three hours and before you know it you’ve deep-cleaned the freezer. Like cheat days on a diet, cheat hours can be a nice way of blowing off steam when you’ve been feeling the pressure of a regime – but the important thing to remember (if you’re working towards something constructive/creative/enjoyable) is that you actually like this stuff. It’s not a hardship. Taking time off when you don’t really need to is the real physical and mental oppression, like binging on a nutritionally bankrupt pile of junk food.
Don’t fall for the ‘I deserve it’ voice
There’s always some inner justification for distracting yourself, but the truth is you don’t deserve it and you don’t not deserve it. ‘Deserving’ doesn’t come into it. You don’t need a pat on the head, you have not been in the trenches of WWI. Stop building it up! Again — step back, drop the energy, make the whole thing less of a big deal. And here’s another reason you don’t deserve a prize:
You are never finished!
Here are some of the people I’ve worked with who don’t ever think they’re finished: world class dancers; comedy writers in TV and films; producers of BAFTA-winning TV shows; world-leading academics; artists exhibiting regularly around the world. Who does think they’ve finished? People lulling in happy complacency (congrats if that’s you, there aren’t many of you around!), and people who constantly reward themselves with breaks and distractions and never make any real progress.
I’ll continue this series throughout January and then normal service will resume – i.e. posts like this every day on motivation, creativity and empathy.
Being distracted is a kind of debt, it’s not the absence of something, it’s an active choice to dig under the foundations of your future. And it’s the choice to bump your own value and plans down the priorities list.
Ask yourself: what’s your future worth? Can you work for 45 minutes today without stopping to get up, or getting sucked into something else? If that’s too easy, make it an hour!

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Luckily, the flesh-and-blood, sixtysomething Bridges is also on show, bringing his customary spaced-out warmth to lines such as “you’re messing with my Zen thing, man”. Bridges shows a disappointing earnestness, resembling at times a counter-culture Obi-Wan Kenobi. He plays Kevin Flynn, the inventor of the blockbuster computer game Tron. A mixture of philosopher, scientist, businessman and mystic, Flynn set out his vision of a “digital frontier to reshape the human condition” before disappearing off the face of the earth. Twenty years later, Flynn’s desperately bland son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) goes in search of him. Sam had presumed that his dad was “dead or chilling in Costa Rica or both”, but it emerges, all too gradually, that he became stranded inside Tron after one of his creations, CLU (the younger Bridges), turned against him.
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Meanwhile, we’re liable to be baffled and bored by the rules of The Grid, the film’s main setting, and all the talk of “programs”, “users” and “the purge” – this last piece of terminology an unfortunate case of fantasy trying to steal gravitas from history. The battle scenes are enjoyable but over all too quickly, forced to make way for yet more IT chatter. Daft Punk’s electronic soundtrack is too vibrant for the film it accompanies. Michael Sheen pops up as a dandy nightclub owner who dresses in white, twirls a cane and goes by the name Zeus. He’s the only one with enough sense to be silly.
The dangers of modern technology are far more thrillingly portrayed in Catfish
Having started out following Nev’s e-friendship with Abbie, Schulman and Joost found themselves with a Godsend of a strange-but-true story. Where this story goes, how things developed between Nev and Megan cannot be revealed, but suffice it to say there was an element of deception somewhere along the line. The film reveals that the internet not only facilitates deception but also offers innumerable possibilities for detection too: if you’re going to lie, you’d better cover your tracks. But just as you think you’re heading towards thriller territory, with street-smart New Yorkers confronting Midwestern loons, the film mutates into a study of benevolence, understanding and forgiveness.
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Writer-director Steve Antin insists on following every rule of the making-it-against-the-odds drama. We are invited to root for Ali as she demands Tess give her a chance at the Burlesque Lounge. “I know I can do this ... I won’t let you down ... You won’t regret it”: surprise, surprise, Ali can do it, she doesn’t let Tess down and Tess doesn’t regret it.
The ailing burlesque house is pitched against soulless skyscraper commerce. Ali’s primary love interest, the bartender who really wants to be a pianist and songwriter, is pitched against a wealthy property developer who buys her shoes. The song-and-dance numbers would really be more at home in a film called Pop, but as the film sees it, Ali ends up with perfection both in her life and her work. No sacrifices required. There’s even a financial deus ex-machina. So everything works out very well – except for the audience, which is lumbered with all the embarrassment the film refuses to feel.
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In Jean Renoir’s Boudu Saved From Drowning
The bookseller wants to civilise Boudu. Instead, Boudu exposes the bookseller’s hypocrisy while attracting the attentions of his wife and mistress. There is an ingenious performance from Michel Simon as the libidinous tramp and many entertaining comic touches. But in its tragicomic portrait of class friction and heartbreak among hypocrites, this very slight film, on a limited re-release, looks like a testing ground for Renoir’s 1939 masterpiece, La Règle Du Jeu.
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Soon after the Ethiopian airlines crash, The Ethiopian and so many other world’s airlines grounded their Boeing 737-MAX-8.
Even the British government went as far as banning the operation of the airplane (Boeing 737-MAX-8) within its airspace.
As for Air Peace Nigeria, the company has issued a statement that it is not planning to ground its own Boeing 737-MAX-8.
“We are still in the domain of investigation, but we want to assure the public that we are following the development very closely any step we take now will be premature until investigations are concluded.” – Air Peace Nigeria
Yes, investigation is still going on, but Europeans, Asians, North Americans, Ethiopia and South Africa, etc. have grounded their Boeing 737-MAX-8 planes until investigation is completed. That’s the definition of safety.
But Air Peace Nigeria wants to keep on flying their Boeing 737-MAX-8 until the investigation is completed. It doesn’t matter what happens next after all there is God who will continue to save us.
In fact, God has told all the airlines to ground their Boeing 737-MAX-8 planes, and they have obeyed except Nigeria who has decided to disobey God while waiting for God to physically come down and talk to them, perhaps through Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, before they will obey.
That kind of response from Air Peace sums up Nigeria’s attitude towards safety of life and properties. It showcases ‘profit-first’ attitude of the businesses that operate in Nigeria than the welfare of the people living in Nigeria that they serve.
United Kingdom and other responsible countries who take the safety of their citizens and residents seriously have taken a proactive action.
But then Nigerian authorities are yet to issue a statement regarding the operation of the Boeing 737-MAX-8 in their airspace, as usual God will save us, but they forgot that ‘heaven helps those who help themselves’.


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High School Youth Group: Grades 9-12
We welcome 9th-12th graders to join us our High School Youth Group! We meet monthly on a Sunday evening. Some recent activities have included movies, caroling, delivering cookies to shut-ins, and venturing over to the Olympic National Forest to harvest Christmas trees for our families.
Most summers this group travels to another state or country to help people in need. This provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about other cultures and life styles and ourselves and to build community. The trip is open to all high school youth, and many attendees each year come from outside Bethany. In 2009, our youth worked with the Navajo people in New Mexico. In 2010 our youth served the people of St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans, who are still recovering from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. We served at Holden Village doing trail maintenance in 2011.


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I really like this color, very pretty on the nail. I would like to try stamping with it at some point. As for a regular manicure or polish change, it’s great. This is two coats, with Seche Vite, and then below it is Maybelline’s color show, in Bold Gold, stamping of the DRK A Web image.
My vision of this manicure was night sky with the web against it and light shimmering on the strands. I really like the way it came out.
I also picked up one of these at Sally’s today so I’d get in on this deal, Naked, the China Glaze that comes with this double pack, is one I don’t have yet and I really liked it, as well as the angel key chain. It was just over $8 and that’s like getting the China Glaze for free if you paid a couple bucks on the key chain.
I don’t have anything to update other then we’re still waiting to close on the house. Wish us luck! We were supposed to be moved in already by now. As it stands now it won’t be until after Halloween. Thank you for coming by my blog, happy polishing!

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This chapter presents an overview of the current production methods for food and food ingredients, and describes the options for making healthier foods in a more sustainable manner. The current manner of producing food products has a large impact on the environment. Three main causes are responsible for inefficiencies in food production. Those are the increased use of products from animal origin, the inefficient use of food products once produced, resulting in waste generation, and the current setup of food processes and processing chains. This chapter summarizes the recent developments and sketches future scenarios for novel designs of food processes and process chains aimed at reduced environmental impact.
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Disease - Pierce's Disease
Causal Organism - Xylella fastidiosa
Symptoms & Damages - In this disease, the symptoms of burning like dryness are seen on the green leaves of grapes. The scorched areas develop more in the center of the leaves and later turn brown. Eventually the leaves fall.
Stunted growth of bunches with leaves symptoms. Diseased stems mature irregularly.
Diseased plants have late spring growth in the coming season.
Initial leaves of the plant are found bent & dwarf. The leaves and fruits show earlier symptoms in later seasons.
Disease control - It is very difficult to control this disease in grapes on a commercial scale.
The base of the infected plant should be given drench treatment i.e. treatment of grape vines once or twice a week with 4 liters of 50 to 100% tetracycline solution and copper oxychloride, cupric hydrotoxide should be sprayed.
Spraying of Benomyl 50% should be done at an interval of 10 to 14 days.
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Total U.S. money-market mutual-fund assets rose $5.37 billion to $2.58 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute.
The seven-day average yield on money-market mutual funds was unchanged at 0.01 percent from the previous week, according to Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.
The 30-day yield and the 30-day compounded yield were both unchanged at 0.01 percent, Money Fund Report said.
The online service Bankrate.com said its survey of 100 leading commercial banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks in the nation’s 10 largest markets showed the annual percentage yield available on money market accounts was unchanged from the week before at 0.11 percent.
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text: Title to be discussed: The train to Crystal City by Jan Jarboe Russell. Date of meeting: October 11, 6:30 p.m. Summary: "From 1942 to 1948, trains delivered more than 10,000 civilians to Crystal City. The trains carried Japanese, German, Italian immigrants and their American-born children. The only family internment camp during World War II, Crystal City was the center of a government prisoner exchange program called "quiet passage." During the course of the war, hundreds of prisoners in Crystal City, including their American-born children, were exchanged for other more important Americans behind enemy lines in Japan and Germany. Focusing her story on two American-born teenage girls who were interned, author Jan Jarboe Russell uncovers the details of their years spent in the camp; the struggles of their fathers; their families; subsequent journeys to war-devastated Germany and Japan; and their years-long attempt to survive and return to the United States. Combining big-picture World War II history with a little-known event in American history that has long been kept quiet, "The Train to Crystal City" reveals the war-time hysteria against the Japanese and Germans in America, the secrets of FDR's tactics to rescue high-profile POWs in Germany and Japan, and how the definition of American citizenship changed under the pressure of war."

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Garage catches fire at Texas home of boxer George Foreman
HOUSTON (AP) - Authorities say an accidental fire in a garage at the Texas home of former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman damaged the garage and several vehicles, but caused no injuries.
A spokeswoman for the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office, Rachel Moreno, says the Sunday night blaze didn't spread beyond the garage. She says smoke and water damaged some of the approximately 40 vehicles inside. Moreno said the fire started on a golf cart.
Foreman later tweeted, "Don't worry all is well." He thanked firefighters who responded to the home in Huffman, an unincorporated community in the Houston area.
The fire comes just more than a month after Foreman's daughter, Freeda Foreman, was found dead in her home in suburban Houston.
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This week, we go from heavy chaotic hardcore to snotty pop punk, from one end of the hardcore spectrum to the polar opposite punk side (In sound, I mean, not in ideology).
The Fire Squad Punks have a very Screeching Weasel, Squirtgun type of poppy, fuck-you sound, which, unlike thousands upon thousands of bands, they can actually pull off.
“Hangover” starts out with chunky, power chord guitar parts but has a nice melody backing it up. The vocals come in, taking over the melody, and the whiny, snotty vocals add to the overall attitude and sound of the song. Yes, for all you who are worried, the Fire Squad Punks actually have the staple “Woo Ooh’s” in the background vocals.
The lyrics (From what I can figure out) deal with waking up with, surprise, a hangover. Listening to this at my desk at work, I put the volume up a little. As soon as my boss came around, Pip (lead vocals and guitar) shouts out: “Why are my butt cheeks all red / Who’s that laying in my bed?”
Needless to say, I made a great impression upon him.
The rest of the band is Adam Brungardt (guitar), Joe Wesley (bass), and James Wesley (drums). Their webpage has Fire Squads’ very own radio station and various other stuff, including surveys (they are letting the fans choose the name of the album), bios, shows, and all that jazz.
Fire Squad Punks’ song “Hangover” makes me remember my old High School Days of Alcohol and Punk Rock. Well, it’s still pretty much the same today.


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LEWISTON, Idaho – The seventh-ranked Lewis-Clark State College baseball team completed a four-game sweep of Simpson (Calif.) University by winning both ends of a doubleheader on Sunday at Harris Field.
The Warriors (34-9 overall, 20-4 NAIA West) had a pair of big innings to help fuel a 9-2 victory in the opener before rallying late for a 4-2 comeback win in the nightcap. It was the fifth straight series victory for Lewis-Clark State in regional play.
Simpson falls to 3-34 overall and 1-19 in NAIA West play with the defeats on Sunday.
The Warriors asserted control of the first game quickly, putting up six runs in the bottom of the third inning against Simpson starter Cameron Imhoff (0-9). Jacob Cano, who went 4-for-8 with four RBI in the twinbill, started the rally with a sharp single to right field, and advanced to third on Kevin Knapp’s double.
After an out, Bobby Joe Tannehill drove in Cano with a run-scoring groundout. Brady Steiger drew a walk to put runners on first and third, and Cody Lavalli drove in his sixth run of the weekend with an RBI single to make it 2-0.
The next four Warriors collected base hits, as LCSC sent 10 men to the plate in the six-run outburst.
That was enough for Lewis-Clark State starter Steve Thompson (4-3), who allowed two earned runs on five hits in seven innings of work. He walked one and struck out four, and LCSC tacked on three more runs in the fifth with Cano’s two-run single serving as the big blow.
Tyler Duffin worked the final two innings in the victory.
The nightcap took much longer to be decided, as the Warrior offense struggled to figure out Red Hawks starter Joshua Graves.
The 6-foot-10 Graves kept the Warriors off-balance with breaking stuff, and the Red Hawks scored a pair of unearned runs off LCSC starter Seth Haehl in the second inning. Simpson held the 2-0 lead until the fifth inning, when the Warriors cut the lead in half when Cano scored on a wild pitch after doubling to the left-center field gap.
LCSC had other opportunities to score off Graves to that point, but weren’t able to cash in. Overall, the Warriors left nine men on base in the game.
“He was throwing a couple of different pitches for strikes, and we made zero adjustments at the plate,” Lewis-Clark State coach Jeremiah Robbins said of Graves. “When you’re chasing pitches up in the zone against a guy that tall, you’re not going to have much success.”
In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Warriors finally broke through.
Lavalli, who went 10-for-17 with four runs scored and seven RBI in the four games against Simpson, hit his team-best seventh home run of the season to lead off the frame to tie the game at two.
After Ryan Sells walked on a 3-2 pitch, Kyle Knigge beat out a bunt when Graves tripped trying to field it. With runners on first and second, Kevin Hawk executed a perfect sacrifice bunt off reliever Alex Lee to move the runners up 90 feet.
Cano finished his banner weekend with a two-run single up the middle to give the Warriors the lead.
David Murillo (4-0) earned the victory with three innings of perfect relief, striking out five of the nine batters he faced.
“David has been that guy for us all season. It doesn’t matter what the situation is, he gives his best effort every time out,” Robbins said. “It’s good that we’re finding ways to win at this point in the season, but our hitters need to be better going into Western Oregon next weekend.”
The Warriors will make their final road trip of the 2013 season, heading to Monmouth, Ore. for a four-game series with Western Oregon beginning on Friday with a 2 p.m. game.


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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations has reports of Islamic State (ISIL) executing people perceived as cooperating with rebel fighters in Deir al-Zor governorate in eastern Syria, the U.N. human rights boss said on Wednesday.
Michelle Bachelet, speaking to a news conference in Geneva, voiced deep concern for 7,000 civilians who she said were trapped between Islamic State fighters preventing them from leaving Deir al-Zor and air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition.……
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