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BIGnews in the Tech World: Amazon Prime Day Edition
Meghan Gabel
consumer electronics, technology
With these last few heat waves in Boston, the BIGteam has been staying nice and cool in our new office. And what better way to spend that time cooling off than to keep up with the latest tech news? It's been a busy few weeks, so let's not waste any time!
Amazon announced last week that its 2018 Prime Day will begin at 3 p.m. ET on July 16 and last through July 17, making it the longest Prime Day ever! Prime Day is like the Cyber Monday of Amazon, with discounts on major gadgets such as its own Echo and Kindle. The deals are only available to Amazon Prime subscribers, who pay $13 per month for perks such as free two-day shipping and video streaming services. Keep an eye out for deals on #BIGclients as the day approaches! Items are expected to go fast, so take a look at the deals before July 16!
On Monday, Apple officially released iOS 11.4.1. While it's mostly just bug fixes, there is a big security update that came with the update: USB restricted mode. Supposedly, this mode makes it harder for law enforcement and other government officials to unlock your phone. Once your device has been locked for more than an hour, iOS will block any new USB accessories from collecting data from your phone. However, researchers at the cybersecurity firm ElcomSoft found a loophole that resets the one-hour long period when you plug any USB device into the phone's lightning port, regardless of whether or not it has been used with that iPhone before.
Timehop, which provides a reminder of all of your embarrassing social media posts from your past, suffered a major security breach on July 4. What you're thinking: not again. The hackers had access to the app's cloud for about two hours before Timehop engineers shut it down. The names and email addresses of 21 million accounts were stolen, and of those, 4.7 million had phone numbers attached to the account. Timehop has published a timeline of the incident, its response, and its plans for the future to avoid another hacking.
AR Makes Its Way to Facebook
Facebook will begin to roll out new augmented reality advertisements on its news feed, allowing users to virtually "try on" certain products before purchasing them, such as sunglasses. Sounds great, right? Not for Snapchat, who has previously dominated this AR space. Guess we'll have to see what happens as more and more companies get into the AR world, including Apple in its newest iPhone software.
Microsoft is attempting to infringe on Apple's iPad territory with its new 10-inch, lightweight Surface Go tablet. Microsoft is mimicking its larger Surface tablet, but instead this new device weighs less than a pound. Additionally, the new Surface Go is helping it make a dent in the student market against its competitors, Apple and Google.
Did we miss something big? Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter!
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Ommelandvaarders, ook wel Schonenvaarders, waren de schippers die in de Middeleeuwen de gevaarlijke tocht onder primitieve omstandigheden om Jutland naar de Oostzeelanden maakten. Ze werden door de Hanze gezien als mededingers in de Oostzeehandel. Deze scheepjes voeren in opdracht van Engelse en Nederlandse kooplieden.

Eerste Ommelandvaarders
Voorheen liep de handelsroute naar de Oostzee gedeeltelijk over land, via Sleeswijk. De schepen voeren tot Hamburg aan de westzijde en Lübeck aan de oostzijde, waarna de goederen via een landweg tussen beide steden werd vervoerd. Met de komst van de kogge werd het mogelijk langs de beruchte lagerwalkust van de Jammerbocht via het Skagerak, Kattegat en de Sont rechtstreeks de Oostzee in te varen. In 1251 kregen de Ommelandvaarders uit Kampen van koning Abel van Denemarken speciale privileges. Het belangrijkste doel van de Ommelandvaarders was Schonen, het zuidelijkste puntje van Zweden, vooral Falsterbo, dat met de stad Skanör-Falsterbo het centrum was van de haringvangst. Naast Utrecht verkregen later ook andere Nederlandse steden privileges om visserijkolonies (vitten) te vestigen op Schonen. Dit was door heffingen op elke last een inkomstenbron voor de Deense koning. Hierdoor ontstond de Schonenmarkt.

Problemen met de Hanze
De Nederlandse vissers werden later gevolgd door handelaren, zoals de schippers uit Waterland die al deelnamen in de bierhandel op Hamburg en andere Duitse steden aan de Noordzee. Handelaren uit Lübeck begonnen gebruik te maken van deze schippers. Aanvankelijk was de Hanze zo oppermachtig dat ze zich geen zorgen maakten over het beperkte aantal Hollandse schippers in de Oostzee. Na het Verdrag van Stralsund in 1370 verschenen deze echter in Pruisen om de handel over te nemen die ze daarvoor voor de Hanze hadden vervoerd. Om hier een einde aan te maken, verbood de Hanze aan het einde van de 14e eeuw de vaart tijdens de winter. In de lente van 1403 dreigden de Pruisische steden met arrestatie van Nederlandse handelaren en in 1417 verboden de Hanzesteden de graanhandel voor de Nederlanders.

De Nederlanders hadden echter een aantal voordelen. Zo waren de Nederlandse havens eerder ijsvrij. Ook was het zeezout - dat ze haalden van de zoutpannen uit de Baai van Bourgneuf bij La Rochelle en later Spanje en Portugal en zelfs de Kaapverdische Eilanden - goedkoper dan het zout uit de mijnen van Lüneburg dat de Hanze vervoerde via de Oude Zoutweg. In 1384 verbood de Hanze de Hollanders voor de kust van Schonen haring te vangen. Hierdoor werden ze gedwongen verder op de Noordzee en bij Schotland te vissen. Rond 1400 werd de haringbuis ontwikkeld, waarmee de haring direct op zee gekaakt en gezouten kon worden, wat nodig was omdat de reizen langer waren. Ook begonnen ze gebruik te maken van sleepnetten. Dit alles gaf grote voordelen in de haringhandel.

Later voeren de Ommelandvaarders niet meer naar Schonen, of andere officiële havens waar belasting betaald moest worden, maar direct naar kliphavens, waar het graan direct van de boeren werd gekocht, een ontduiking van het stapelrecht, het zogenaamde Nichthansen. De Hanze, onder leiding van Lübeck, probeerden weinig succesvol een einde te maken aan deze smokkelvaart, mede door de onderlinge verdeeldheid van de Hanzesteden. In 1438 kwam het zelfs tot een kapersoorlog. Hoe sterk Holland en Zeeland waren, bleek toen Filips de Goede zijn consent gaf voor de vergelding van de wrede behandeling door zes Wendische Hanzesteden. Nadat in 1438 de Hollands-Wendische Oorlog was begonnen, zeilde admiraal Hendrik II van Borselen, Monsieur De La Vère, in 1441 de Elbe en de Wezer op en sleepte een aantal Hanzekoggen weg bij Hamburg en Bremen. Hierop werd de Vrede van Kopenhagen gesloten, waarbij Holland en Zeeland opnieuw vrije doorgang kregen door de Sont. In 1447 bevestigde Christoffel III van Denemarken - die door de Hollanders was gesteund tijdens het neerslaan van een grote boerenopstand in Noord-Jutland - de eerder gegeven privileges aan Holland, Zeeland en Friesland. In 1453 stond Christiaan I van Denemarken handelaren uit Holland en Zeeland toe zonder beperkingen door de Sont te varen, zolang de Sonttol maar betaald werd.

Engelse concurrentie
Ook Engelse handelaren, de Merchant Adventurers, kwamen steeds meer naar de Oostzee en in 1470 brak een kaperoorlog uit die duurde tot de Vrede van Utrecht in 1474. Daarmee werd de handel van de Engelsen op de Oostzee gemarginaliseerd. In datzelfde jaar stond de Hanze de Nederlandse handelaren toe om buiten Brugge om handel te drijven. In 1483 verloor de Hanze ook het monopolie op Noorwegen door Hans van Denemarken die ook koning van Noorwegen was in de Kalmarunie en tegen de Hanze streed. Hierdoor lag de weg open voor de Hollanders, die dan ook in groten getale kwamen.

Door de Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten hadden veel Hollandse steden bijna al hun schepen verloren aan het einde van de 15e eeuw. Keizer Karel V zorgde voor stabilisatie in de Nederlanden, zodat de handel en de scheepvaart al snel op het oude niveau lag. Antwerpen bloeide op en werd de grootste stapelplaats van Europa tot het na 1585 wegkwijnde onder de Spaanse dominantie. Hierdoor trokken veel Vlaamse en Brabantse kooplieden en geleerden naar de noordelijke provincies met hun kapitaal, hun handelsrelaties en hun kennis.

Een kleine eeuw later, in 1555, werd wel de Muscovy Company opgericht door de Engelsen voor de handel op Moskovië. In 1579 werd de Eastland Company opgericht voor de handel op de Baltische staten.

Zie ook
 Moedernegotie
 Maritieme geschiedenis van Nederland

Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden in de middeleeuwen
Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden in de 14e eeuw
Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden in de 15e eeuw
Geschiedenis van Denemarken
Geschiedenis van Zweden
Maritieme geschiedenis

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Dylan Seychell graduated with a BSc IT (Honors) in 2010 and MSc in 2012 from the University of Malta, where he specialized in artificial intelligence and mobile technology. He is currently studying for a PhD in computer vision within the Department of Computer and Communications Engineering. He is a resident academic at the University of Malta, within the Department of Artificial Intelligence. In 2015, Dylan was selected to lead Malta's Google Developers Group.


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Tony Cairoli & Jorge Prado rule MXGP of Lombardia
By Press Release on May 13, 2019
Jorge Prado – MXGP of Lombardia, Mantova 2019 (Image: Ray Archer)
Red Bull KTM were untouchable at the fifth round of the 2019 FIM Motocross World Championship with Tony Cairoli and Jorge Prado winning all their motos in the rain-soaked sand of Mantova in Italy.
The compact and sandy Mantova circuit entertained the MXGP series for the first time since 2016 and the fifth round of the current 2019 campaign (the second event on Italian soil this season) saw Tony Cairoli triumph for the fourth time this year while MX2 world champion Jorge Prado posted results of 1-1 for his fourth shut-out.
MXGP gathered together for first time in four weeks after the rescheduling of the Grand Prix of China left a long hiatus on the calendar. Fine sunshine welcomed the paddock on Saturday but come the points-paying motos on Sunday, the terrain was wet, bumpy and slippery after thunderstorms and showers had softened the Italian surface.
Watch all of the many Tim Gajser crashes at the Mantova MXGP
Tony Cairoli set expectations for his second home Grand Prix of the season by taking a commanding victory during the Saturday Qualification Heat for his second Pole Position of the term.
The championship leader and winner of five from seven motos in 2019 so far, made sure of the holeshot in the opening race under persistent light Italian rain and rode to victory without pressure.
Many riders fell in the conditions, made mistakes and had to use the new Goggle Lane.
Cairoli's form and precision was impressive and in the second moto – as the rain continued and the track was at its roughest – he was again dominant. Tony's fourth win from the five Grands Prix in 2019 means he now has a career total of 89.
Jeffrey Herlings working his way back to full fitness for MXGP return
Team-mate and world champion Jeffrey Herlings took his first tentative laps on his 450 SX-F the week before the Grand Prix of Lombardia and will now build-up his bike fitness and speed ahead of a competitive return in the near future.
Don't Miss: Watch Jeffrey Herlings back on the bike
Cairoli holds the red plate as series leader by 40 points from Tim Gajser.
Tony Cairoli: "It was very nice to be back in Italy and despite the weather there was a lot of people here today.
"The race itself went perfectly and we knew the start would be important, especially on a track that was so rutted – it was completely different to what it was yesterday [Saturday's Qualifying].
"I'm really happy and thanks to all the team for their great work. It is very early to look at the standings so my focus is to stay in front as long as possible and try not to make a mistake. Hopefully we can be on the podium again next week in Portugal. It is important to be consistent and my goal this season is to always be in the top three. We'll see how it goes."
MX2 world champion Jorge Prado negotiated his first Grand Prix at Mantova with style and remains unbeaten in 2019 with eight wins from eight moto appearances.
It was the Spaniard's holeshot in the first outing (his sixth of 2019) that allowed him to escape from the pack.
In the second moto he overtook team-mate Tom Vialle (Red Bull KTM earning both holeshots on the day) to ease his way through a rutty and tricky course for his fourth double of the campaign.
The Red Bull KTM MX2 awning was full of 'rookies' in Italy.
Tom Vialle was also circulating Mantova for the first time in the context of Grand Prix.
Tom Vialle's gnarly ragdoll Mantova crash
The Frenchman rode to 23rd in the first moto (due to a crash after running high on the leaderboard) and then turned around his results with a third place in the second race despite a painful left knee and left thumb after a fall on Saturday.
Austrian prospect and EMX250 runner, Rene Hofer, made his MX2 debut at Mantova. The youngster showed top 15 pace on Saturday but a tumble and twisted knee ended his first moto prematurely and he elected not to line-up for the second sprint.
After five rounds Prado has fought his way back up the standings and is just seven points behind points leader Thomas Kjer Olsen.
The FIM World Championship moves immediately west with a long trip to the popular Agueda circuit for the Grand Prix of Portugal this coming weekend.
Jorge Prado: "After a month off it was good to come back and get on top of the podium – for the confidence also.
"I felt really good here from the beginning and it was important to make good starts today: that was the key of the race, as well as staying on two wheels!
"I enjoyed the second moto a lot. It was really nice to ride that track. It is a place where you need to get the rhythm and let it flow and roll. I could make it happen today. It is very difficult to stay at this level and not make any mistakes and good starts every time: it's tough.
"I need to keep concentrating and catch the lead."
Tom Vialle: "A much better second race and a good start. Jorge passed me on the first lap so I decided to follow him and I'm pleased with my feeling on the bike. The track was difficult with long ruts and I had some pain after my crash yesterday but to come back with that result in the second moto was good: I'm happy and a big thanks to all the Red Bull KTM team."
Rene Hofer: "My first GP and it was exciting but also a bit disappointing. It was good to see and learn about the class and the speed of the guys, and I think I was riding pretty OK but when I caught my knee in the first moto I had a lot of pain. There is a little bit of damage to the ligament but I should be OK for the next round of the European Championship."
Dirk Gruebel, MX2 Team Manager & Team Technical Co-ordinator: "More great results for the team and there were some tough conditions today. We didn't have any problems, luckily, because a lot of bikes out there stopped or had trouble.
"Super-strong weekend from Jorge and Tony while Tom rode a bit conservative and stiff in the first moto after his crash but then surprised everybody with that third place in the second race: a holeshot from 32nd position was impressive. He was a little hurt from Saturday but I think we can be satisfied overall today."
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Plana Küchenland, Eigenschreibweise PLANA Küchenland, ist ein Handelsunternehmen für Küchenmöbel mit 48 Standorten in Deutschland.(Stand: Januar 2023)

Organisation und Standorte
Organisiert ist das Unternehmen als Franchisesystem.
Es besteht aus Franchisenehmer-eigenen Verkaufshäusern sowie Filialen des Franchisegebers. Die 48 Standorte sind vorwiegend in Süd-West-Deutschland vorzufinden: davon 21 in Baden-Württemberg, 10 in Bayern, und die restlichen Häuser im Rhein-Ruhr-, Rhein-Main-Gebiet und Sachsen. Insgesamt arbeiten rund 600 Mitarbeiter für das gesamte System.

Der Franchisegeber PLANA Küchenland Lizenz und Marketing GmbH bietet den Franchisenehmern Dienstleistungen in den Fachbereichen Marketing und Produktmanagement, Finanzen, IT-Services, Logistik, Organisation und Warenwirtschaft an.

Plana Küchenland verkauft in Deutschland maßgeplante Einbauküchen des mittleren und gehobenen Segmentes.
Das Unternehmen erzielte 2020 einen Jahresumsatz von 121 Mio. Euro.

Geschichte
Das erste Haus wurde im November 1988 in Weinstadt-Endersbach eröffnet.

Im Februar 2007 wurde Plana Küchenland von der 50/50-Joint Venture "Culinoma Holding" des schwedischen Unternehmens Nobia und der holländischen De Mandemakers Groep BV übernommen.
Am 25. Februar 2010 verkündete Nobia den Austritt aus der Culinoma Holding.
Damit ist seit März 2010 die De Mandemakers Groep alleiniger Inhaber.

Das Unternehmen wurde im Mai 2014 bei einer bundesweit unter der Führung von "Deutschland Test" der Zeitschrift Focus Money vom Kölner Unternehmensberater Service Value durchgeführten Studie zu Deutschlands bestem Küchenanbieter gekürt. Zusätzlich wurde Plana Küchenland 2022 Testsieger bei der Studie "Von Kunden Empfohlen" und führt die Spitze erneut mit dem Vermerk "Höchste Weiterempfehlung" an.

Weblinks
 www.plana.de – offizielle Website

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Ben Gibbard chats to DiS about Randy Newman, The Cure and Death Cab's 7th Album Codes & Keys
Ben Gibbard chats to DiS about Randy Newman, The Cure and Death Cab's 7th Album Codes & Keys
by RyanDrever May 27th, 2011
As part of our Death Cab for Cutie takeover, we got on the phone with Ben Gibbard to find out more about their new album Codes & Keys...
To say the past few years have been transformative for Death Cab for Cutie would be an understatement. But you probably already know that. Damn near every piece of copy to bear their name since 2003's Transatlanticism has hailed the Washington state quartet's leap from relative obscurity to rampant popularity; a trend that has continued over the course of several years and subsequent albums, not to mention a few nods at the Grammys to boot.
There's often that horrible fear that the scruffy, rough-hewn qualities that made your favourite band so accessible and personal might be wiped out by the cash-fuelled gloss that – in theory at least – comes with making the leap to more mainstream pastures. But Death Cab have taken to this gracefully over the years, using their exposure and extended scope as an opportunity to push forward and breach multiple boundaries, including those of their fans; a progression that is perhaps most keenly displayed on the forthcoming seventh album, Codes and Keys.
Everything, from the recording process to the lyrics and artwork, is noticeably different. Now, how the final product is judged is truly in the eyes (or ears) of the beholder, but there is no mistaking the individuality of this particular record, even if it does reassure you constantly that it comes from the same creative cauldron as everything before it.
Speaking to Ben Gibbard, the band's prolific principle song-writer and affable front-man, it's clear this seventh effort together was shaped as much by physical changes as it was personal or psychological. "Historically, what we would tend to do is go into a studio for a month or six weeks, and really hit it hard the whole time, kind of record the album in one fell swoop" he explains. "This time we decided that we wanted to kind of break it up a bit just change the venue every couple of weeks because I think we found that we tended to kind of stagnate a little bit when we're in the same physical space for too long. We spent two weeks in LA, and then we took a couple of weeks off, then we went to Vancouver then Seattle, then San Francisco… When we do that I feel like we're able to open up a perspective on the record that hitherto wasn't there."
The band's last album, 2008's Narrow Stairs, had a notable sense of space in its production, best showcased by the likes of the chilling 'I Will Possess Your Heart' (below) or 'The Ice Is Gettting Thinner'. With Codes and Keys, these spaces are pushed in different, arguably more interesting ways and coloured in with myriad layers and textures. This lends a considerably more electronic and dense feel to the overall sound of the record, an effect undoubtedly bolstered by bringing aboard the capable hands of Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, ) at the mixing stage.
"Every record we make tends to reveal itself to us through the course of time", says Gibbard. "I think certainly there's a palette of more analogue synths and spacious ambience on this record that wasn't present on the last one, and that has as much to do with the fact that a lot of the songs I brought in were pretty open-ended. With the exception of 'You Are A Tourist', things like that, they weren't necessarily attached to a riff or whatever. They were a little more amorphous than they tended to be in the past, so it really gave Chris (Walla), who's been playing with his new palate of synths, the chance to really go hog wild on it and have fun with it."
Lyrically Gibbard seems keen to sidestep what has since been described as a particularly dark period, personally when writing Narrow Stairs; feeling unable to control certain aspects of his life, and documenting this uneasiness in often harrowing detail. The changes in his life, and that of the band in the past three years – marriage, births and relocation to name but a few – have obviously shaped his lyrical and narrative scope, but this time round, he found himself pushing for a more simplistic, economical approach, contrary to the often grandiose literary brooding of its predecessor. Though the stories and scenes encountered here are no less significant or rife with meaning, when he sings "Life is sweet in the belly of the beast" on 'Stay Young, Go Dancing', you get the feeling these words are spilling out from much more positive pastures.
Death Cab for Cutie - St. Peter's Cathedral by ATL REC
Death Cab for Cutie - Underneath The Sycamore by ATL REC
Death Cab for Cutie - Some Boys by ATL REC
"From a lyrical standpoint I've been really inspired by people who write lyrics in a much more condense, concise manner", he explains. "I think that one thing people have liked about the way I've written lyrics in the past, and that's not to say I won't do this again in the future, is that I tend to be kind of verbose, and I use a lot of big words and stuff" he chuckles, poking fun at his perceived bookishness. "There was a time when I was writing, that the melody was just a vehicle for the words. So, how many syllables I needed in the melody to get the words out, is kind of how it went. I just really wanted, on this record, to kind of push my voice as an instrument and just be a lot more concise with the words. "I still appreciate and aspire to turn clever phrases and to use interesting language but I think over the course of writing songs for this record I found myself asking myself what would Randy Newman do? Would Randy Newman need a lot of words to say this, no, he would just come out and say it." He laughs, but makes a fair point, particularly when you weigh up eerie similarities to the man on tracks like the jaunty, piano-led 'Portable Television'.
"Now, Randy Newman's not for everybody but I certainly find him to be an incredibly economical songwriter. That record Sail Away is absolutely amazing and it's because the lyricism is so to the point. I've often found in my songwriting that when I'm sitting down to write a song I spend the first verse setting up the scene, y'know, and then I have to condense everything in the last two verses, and I feel on this record I just wanted to forgo setting a scene and just tell the story.
"I certainly feel that what I wanted out of this record was that I wanted it to be a very hook-driven record. And I don't mean that in sense of like a radio-play kind of hook. One of the records that we've always really loved has been The Cure's Disintegration, because there are so many hooks on that record and they're sneaky hooks. They're hooks that are under everything else, because it's a very dense record. And I love it for that. It certainly wasn't a template for this record but there are little guitars that I think are the kind of thing that Robert Smith might've… like we were channelling our inner Robert Smith. For me, I felt like I wanted to defer to musical hooks over trying to make grand statements on every song." Thematically, space, freedom (and lack thereof) and the idea of home play regular roles throughout, loosely linked together as indicated by the album's title. The title itself comes from a track Gibbard penned early on in preparation for making another record, but its significance has evolved considerably over time.
"I kind of liked that coupling of words and what it connoted. There are codes and there are keys that open doors in life, metaphorically and physically, and not only do they open these doors and passageways but you can also lock yourself within those doors and portals and you can stay safe behind them or have secrets behind them. I think it represents the record rather well because with a song like 'Doors Unlocked and Open', to me there's all these metaphors about the hustle and bustle of California. But what I really love about the song is that it follows into this major key chord progression of 'Just beyond the ocean of sound will live free with doors unlocked and open', like, we will have total communication in all of this noise. I was rather fond of that idea so I think it fit kind of well with the subject matter."
Critics elsewhere will almost certainly be tempted to drop the M-bomb when dissecting Codes and Keys because by all accounts, it is a 'mature' record. It has grown, as have the band since the last time we saw them, but ultimately, everything does over time, and it this point, Gibbard is keen to assert that this is hardly the peak of their abilities, even if they are tremendously proud of what they've achieved this time around.
"In reality, it's another chapter in a book that's really not over yet." He affirms in suitably literate metaphor. "This band is a living breathing organism that's still making music, and I'm incredibly proud of the record. I feel really good about it. I'm really enjoying playing these songs and I'm hoping people will feel the same way."
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Scared my GF and I was moving North to the snow so I stopped riding all together.
Dad buys me a 1980 CB400T because he's just awesome like that.
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So... I got a 98 VFR800FI with LOTS of mods and I didn't like that either... Super fast but handled like a 5ton truck.
Enter my 96 CBR900RR... Didn't know anything about them, didn't care... It had a fully adjustable suspension and that awesome 90's styling.
It was stunted and raced prior to my ownership, had black housepaint and aluminum spike fasteners covering the original "erion racing" graphics and it had been kept outside.
Am a CMEL and CSEL instrument pilot, AGI and working on my CFI.
I did 3200miles in 6weeks before I decided to inspect the valves and clutch, which led down the rabbit hole.
I just got an airtech streamlining tail cowl as well as APE cam sprockets so stay tuned for updates on those too, looks like I'll be installing a thinner head gasket to increase the compression.


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I decided to explore the use of crystals and flowers in a mandala formation to extract trauma and replace it with healing energy. Being a nature lover, it was obvious to me that flowers and petals complimented the use of crystals. But I also realised this had a deeper purpose. Why do we use flowers to pay respect to those who die? It seems appropriate doesn't it? When we look for healing it is most often also about loss. It may be that we have literally lost someone close to us, but often it is a part of ourselves that we have lost. We may have lost our sense of self, our confidence, our identity or our courage. So using flowers to mark this loss, and pay homage to it felt so right. We of course also use flowers to celebrate in our lives. Weddings, parties, or simply when we want to show someone we love them. So how better than to use them in both directions – to respect and honour loss, but also welcome in new healing, love and celebrate transformation? When I stepped into my garden and chose the flower blossoms that would compliment my personal 'Crystal Mandala' it was a joy to commune with both nature and my soul, and arrive at the perfect personal solution for my own feminine healing.
When I placed the first 'Extraction Mandala' onto my Hara (lower abdomen) I slipped into a gentle light sleep, instantly felt cocooned by love and comforted by the cleansing crystal energy. My menstrual pain diminished and after 15 minutes I received the most wonderful lace like mandala image in my mind's eye, it was coloured green (the colour of the heart chakra and denotes healing in general). I intuitively knew this signified the completion of the healing with this first mandala, the extraction of any stagnant energy was complete. It was an incredibly supportive and reassuring experience. One that I want to share with as many women as I can. Once stagnant energies are released and cleansed from our bodies it is imperative to replace them with positive energies, only then we can feel rebalanced. For this purpose Rose Quartz and Carnelian felt appropriate for my own specific needs. I also selected white Lilac Blossom from my garden and repeated the healing modality over the area of my Hara, but this time with the 6 quartz points pointing inwards towards the central stones. This brought about a beautiful warm and rebalancing feeling in my lower abdomen. I felt renewed on a deeply feminine level.
Crystal Womb Healing is truly a wonderful treatment, one which I hope you will experience for yourself. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me and we can discuss your needs.


Nurses are the largest occupational group in health care, making up almost half of the total workforce. In 1995 there were 421,000 nursing and midwifery staff out of a total health service workforce of 917,000 (ONS 1997). Numerical strength, however, does not appear to bring occupational power. Within sociological literature, it is the subordination of nurses in, and lack of recognition of nursing's contribution to, health care that has been seen as worthy of study (Ehrenreich and English 1973, Garmarnikow 1978, Carpenter 1993). In comparison with other professions in health care and beyond, individual nurses earn little, yet nurses' labour costs are high.


In many instances, individuals suffering from mental disorders turn to alcohol and drug abuse. This further compounds the situation, thus leading to a scenario whereby the individual having a mental disorder develops alcohol and drug dependency. This medical situation is known as dual diagnosis. However it is prudent to note that dual diagnosis is treatable, if the right treatment strategy is employed.
An important fact to note about dual diagnosis is that many substance abuse treatment facilities in the country do not possess the expertise to offer mental disorder treatments. However there is a growing number of dual diagnosis treatment centers aimed at helping dual diagnosis individuals.
Research shows that more than a quarter of alcohol abusers have more than one mental illness. In addition to that, more than 50% of drug abusers have at least one mental illness. There are different kinds of illnesses exhibited by people with mental problems. These illnesses can be categorized into depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and other psychiatric disorders. Depressive disorders include bipolar disorders and depression.
Anxiety disorders include panic disorders, phobias and obsessive compulsive disorders among others. The third category of disorders includes personality disorders and schizophrenia among others. It is prudent to note that in many instances, the emotional problem develops first.
Often, someone with a mental illness seeking to feel happier and calmer will begin to use of alcohol and drugs, in what is termed "self-medication". Frequent and prolonged self-medication in turn leads to physical and psychological dependency on alcohol and drugs. In other instances, however, drug or alcohol dependency is the primary condition. Often, it can be difficult to distinguish which condition is primary.
This condition leads to mental disorder e.g. depression, hallucinations and psychosis, as the individual becomes more dependent on the alcohol and drugs. Due to the fact that it is difficult to assess whether emotional disorder or substance abuse is the primary condition, a dual diagnosis individual must undergo withdrawal during detoxification so as to help the physician determine the nature of the problem.
During dual diagnosis treatment, the patient will first undergo detoxification which entails the removal of alcohol or drug toxins from the user's body. As seen above, during detoxification, the individual will likely develop withdrawal symptoms which are treated medically. Detoxification is potentially dangerous; hence it should be done under medical supervision.
There are various types of detoxifications. Common types of detoxification include sauna detoxification and medical detoxification. Detoxification may take a few days to a number of weeks. The length of the detoxification program is dependent upon the patient's general health and the extent of their addiction.
The next step after detoxification entails dual treatment. Dual diagnosis treatment takes two forms. The first form of dual treatment focuses on helping the addict overcome their alcohol and drug dependency. This is done in various ways which include individual and group therapy, pharmacotherapy, and 12-step facilitation therapy among others. The second form of dual diagnosis treatment entails treating the mental disorder of the individual. This treatment involves the use of occupational therapy, expressive therapy and group therapy among others. However, it is prudent for an individual with dual diagnosis to ensure that they enroll in a treatment facility offering integrated treatment.


Attica Springboks kept up their bid for the Greek championship with a 48-20 win over Athens rivals Spartans in an exciting game at Glyka Nera in round 4.
Attica remain in second place in the table with ten points, two behind leaders Athens….
Meg. Kal. Trikala 0-70 Spartakos Thess.
Athens Spartans RFC 10-3 Iraklis Thess.
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My former interior designer recommended Trish and I am so glad she did. Trish helped to select our paint colors, carpet, and our window treatments. She made our drapes for the living room and bedrooms. She helped to arrange our art work. We are very delighted with the end result and have received many compliments.


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Ricky Ponting labels this England side as worst he has seen Down Under
Ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting labels current England side as the WORST he has seen Down Under, insisting 'some of their batting techniques are not going to stand up at Test level' after Ashes defeat
England were bowled out for 68 as they slumped to defeat in the third Ashes Test
Australia have now taken an unassailable 3-0 lead with two Tests left to play
Former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting says England's batting 'isn't good enough'
Ponting says England are going through the same blip Australia had recently
Ricky Ponting has described this current England side as the 'worse-performing team in Australia' that he's seen after their Ashes humiliation.
England were bowled out for 68 in their second-innings in the third Test in Melbourne, slumping to another innings defeat as the Aussies took an unassailable 3-0 lead with two Tests to play.
And Ponting, who played in nine Ashes series' during his career, insists that Joe Root's side have been the worst English team he has seen over the past month.
Ricky Ponting says this England side are the 'worse-performing team he's seen in Australia'
Openers such as Haseeb Hameed have struggled in the Australian conditions in recent weeks
'I don't think I've seen a worse-performing team in Australia than what I've seen over the last three games,' Ponting told cricket.com.au.
'England might need to have a look at how they can make their conditions more suitable to ours. They play well in England still but they don't play well when they come here – so maybe they play more with the Kookaburra ball.
'Maybe they flatten the wickets out a little bit so there's not as much swing and seam, so the batters are making bigger scores and batting for longer periods of time.
'It might be the exact same blip that (Australia) had to have three or four years ago.'
Australia's first-innings score of 267 in the third Test is the lowest total to win by an innings in Test cricket since 1986, highlighting England's abysmal batting at the present moment.
Rory Burns was bowled with the first ball of the Ashes back in the first Test in Brisbane
'Some of the English top-order batters that I've seen in the last couple of tours, without giving names, there's some techniques there that I just know are not going to stand up at Test level,' Ponting added.
'In challenging conditions and world-class bowlers up against sub-standard techniques, then you get what happened today (at the MCG).
'The little swing dibbly-dobblers that are getting them out over there (in county cricket), they're not facing that at Test level.
'They're facing guys who can actually bowl. What I've seen with their batting, they're just simply not good enough.'
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Cleaning your bike chain is an arduous but necessary part of regular bike maintenance. The Cyclone chain cleaner, or any of its competitors, make the process a lot easier to do without taking the chain off the bike.


Infrared Imaging, also known as thermal Imaging, uses infrared technology to detect differences in temperature. An Infrared inspection combines a traditional (visual) home inspection, with a thermal imaging scan.
During this process we investigate "suspicious" areas for warning signs detected in the infrared scan. These potential problems include missing insulation, water leaks, roof leaks, electrical issues, and rodent infestation.
Keep in mind that Infrared technology is not a "magic bullet", and the changes in temperature can be subtle or dramatic. But when used in conjunction with a traditional home inspection, this technology can help to identify issues and concerns during the inspection process that would not be able to be seen with the naked eye.
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The typical architecture student may not actually wear black every day, but we all do have our black staple pieces hanging in our closets to grab on mornings when we're too tired from working until 4am the night before. Other essentials? Headphones for concentration, a sketchbook for ideas, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.


Everybody EXCEPT the "marco" (or 'it') was allowed to get out of the pool AS LONG AS they had one body part in the water.
This most popular of swimming games owes it's name to the Venetian explorer of the late 1200s and early 1300s whose travels to China, India and other parts of Asia helped to introduce the "mysterious Orient" to Western Europe.
Legend says that Marco Polo did not know where he was going when he first set out on his travels- hence the game's name.
The children's game of Marco Polo is a form of tag played in a swimming pool.
The game is popular in the United States, Canada and Brazil, and possibly in other parts of the world.
Another variant is "Sharks and Minnows" or "Silent Witness", which uses the tag rules of Marco Polo, but the players are not required to make a sound at any time.
Marco Polo's father, Niccolò (also Nicolò in Venetian) and his uncle, Maffeo (also Maffio), were prosperous merchants who traded with the East.
The name Marco Polo was also given to a children's game (Marco Polo), a story in the science fiction series Doctor Who (Marco Polo) and a three-masted clipper ship built in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1851.
The tourism authorities of Korčula advertise it as the home of Marco Polo, based on a later tradition that places the Polo family in the Dalmatian town of Šibenik, later moving to Korčula and then Venice.
Object of the Game: Not to get caught by "Marco" (the person who is "it") Rules: One person is chosen to be "it" he/she closes his/her eyes and gets on one end of the swimming pool.
Their trip took so long that Marco Polo did not return to Venice until he was 41 years old.
Polo is a team game played on field with one goal for each team.
The origin of polo is a controversial with several countries claiming to be the of this game.
Marco Polo (1254 - January 8 1324) was a Venetian merchant and explorer who, together with his father and uncle, was among the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China (which he called Cathay).
Marco Polo is also believed to have described a bridge that was the site of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, a battle that marked the beginning of the Japanese invasion of north central China in World War II.
Although the Polos were by no means the first Europeans to reach China overland (see for example Giovanni da Pian del Carpini), thanks to Marco's book their trip was the first to be widely known, and the best-documented until then.
Marco Polo also tries to do one better on the market-sim genre by heavily employing multimedia.
Another aspect of Marco Polo is the background information on the personality for which the game is named after.
The story of Marco Polo's family and his travels is narrated to you while you watch a "slide show" that is occasionally interrupted by video clips.
Accompanying Marco Polo is the Mongol warlord Tegana, an emissary from the Khan's enemy, Noghai, on his way to discuss peace terms with the Khan.
Marco insists they go on and suggests preparing a place for him in one of the wagons, but Barbara suggests that the TARDIS would be more comfortable and less bumpy for him as they go.
Marco is furious, knowing the journey is impossible for one young girl alone on a road filled with bandits and cut-throats, but he is conflicted about what to do.
Marco was the first to reveal China in its wealth and vastness.
Marco's account of game management and conservation, as practiced by the Khan, is strikingly similar to our present-day methods.
This is that they may increase and multiply; and, as the breach of this r is attended with punishment, game of every description increases prodigiously." Marco also describes the Khan's game preserves, his system of planting millet and other grain as food and cover for pheasants and quails.
I could only imagine the chanting of "MARCO" and the reply "SCUTARO" in Oakland after his game winning blast against the Yankees.
You've all heard it played by children, mostly in swimming pools, but with Marco Polo being the Marco of choice in that game.
Marco has never hit more than nine home runs in a season and was just one for twenty thus far in 2007.
Now Messer Marco heard it stated by one of the Great Kaan's officers of customs that the quantity of pepper introduced daily for consumption into the city of Kinsay amounted to 43 loads, each load being equal to 2-23 lbs.
Marco goes or swims to one end of the pool and closes their eyes.
In this variation, Marco must stay in the pool but all other players can climb out on the edge as long as some part of their body (such as a big toe) stays in the water.
However, if Marco calls "Fish out of water!" then the person with the least amount of skin in the water is the next Marco.
Polo seizes the TARDIS, intending to present it as a gift to the Khan in the hope that he may then be allowed to return to his native Venice, and the Doctor's group have little choice but to join the caravan.
Marco Polo, having been alerted by the time travellers and Ling-Tau, saves the Khan's life by engaging Tegana in a sword fight and overpowering him.
Polo returns the TARDIS key to the travellers in gratitude for what they have done, and they make good their escape.
Marco found a lot of Asia, which was not known to the rest of the world.
Young Marco was born in Venice, Italy in 1252.
Marco Polo was important, not because he made a movie or wrote a song.
But the historical Polo was a fascinating man who, at 17, left his native Venice to embark on a series of journeys with his father and uncle in 1271, not to return for 24 years.
Grade 4-7-- Young Marco Polo tells his own story, in diary format, from 1271 when he, his father, and his uncle sailed from Venice until their return some 24 years and many adventures later.
It is a weakness in the execution of the convention, however, that even though the entries span over 20 years, the diarist's voice remains that of a young, naive lad throughout, and not the convincing portrait of a successful businessman and diplomat.
The Marco Polo was a true oddity of the clipper ship era when she had arrived in Liverpool the second time around, this time 35 days out of Mobile, Alabama, with a load of cotton.
Following her February 1851 launching, the Marco Polo was blown over on the far bank of Marsh Creek, where the receding tide left her stranded upon a mud bank for two weeks until much digging and an unusually high tide freed her.
The length of the Marco Polo from stem to stern (inside measurement) is 185 feet; her beam is 38 feet; her depth of hold from the coamings 30 feet.
The historical significance of this game relates back to a time when Marco Polo (age 17) was traveling to China with his father and uncle on their way to see the Great Khan.
Marco was very tired and he fell asleep on his horse.
He began to hear voices in the desert thinking it was the caravan calling for him...hense "Marco" "Polo." He was later found but it was not his family calling.
I'm talking about the underwater game that chooses one unlucky (and potentially unliked) person to be blindfolded, shoved into the deep end of a pool, then challenged to walk around in that pool, with water potentially lapping up and over their head, while they yell Marco!
Now we have two kids totally playing together in a game of Marco Polo except there's no water, no blindfolds, no fear of drowning and instead we have food, drink, TV and a well-informed pair of buddies who know what shows are starting when.
Never heard of that game until I moved to the States, now every summer the pool is filled with kids screaming "Marco Polo." Makes me want to run out and drown the noisy buggers.
In the optimal game route, Alexander travels to land of the dead to free Cassima's dead parents who were killed by the Vizier.
The Oregon Trail is an edutainment computer game about American pioneer life that has a long history in North American school districts and homes.
The game was inspired by the real-life Oregon Trail and was designed to teach schoolchildren about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the trail.
Retrace the steps of Marco Polo and discover what you can learn from the cultures you encounter along the way and what you might take home to share with your friends and family.
In 1271, 17-year-old Marco left his hometown of Venice, Italy, with his father and uncle, embarking on an adventure that lasted 24 years, and took him to places that Europeans had never even heard of.
Retrace Marco's footsteps to see these unfamiliar landscapes and cultures for yourself and to learn some interesting new things to share with your friends and family back home.
There were, of course, skeptics, unable to believe even Marco's truthful reports, of cities in China grander than Europe's, of a rock that burned and cloth that did not.
Uncover the riches of Marco Polo's odyssey with author Mike Edwards.
Furthermore, Larner points out, the only known place in which Columbus wrote of Polo by name is in the report of his third voyage to the West.
Voorstanders van de Tibetaanse theorie gebruiken de beschrijvingen van de Marco Polo over de zeer grote Tibetaanse honden als een bewijs dat de Tibetaanse Mastiffs de echte Molossers zijn, waarbij men Polo's beschrijvingen vergelijkt met de grote honden die worden voorgesteld op de Assyrische reliëfs.
Supporters of the Tibetan theory use the descriptions of Marco Polo about the very big Tibetan dogs as proof that the Tibetan Mastiff are the real Molossers, in which they compare Marco Polo's descriptions to the big dogs that are depicted on the Assyrian relieves.
Today, however, there is not one breed that fits that description… The supporters of the Tibetan theory also claim that the dog on the plate of Niniveh, which dates from 580 BC, is a Tibetan Mastiff brought in from the mountains to the valley.
The Marco Polo Hotel offers you a real personalized service: only 60 rooms and 4 Penthouse Suites, with all the facilities of a big 5 star hotel.
Marco Polo was only 6 years old when his father and uncle set out eastward on their first They took with them 17-year-old Marco Polo and two friars.
Encyclopedia: Marco Polo (game) Sponsored links: The children's game of Marco Polo is played in a swimming pool.
The draws for the first edition of the Wilkinson Sword National Water Polo Championship, organised by the Aquatic Sports Association of Malta (ASA), were held on Thursday 25 May at the Radisson Bay Point Hotel.
For her senior year, water polo will be offered in the fall and soccer in the spring.
CB Marco Polo is a transmitter hunt game which has been played for years.
The Premise of CB Marco Polo is one vehicle hides somewhere in town and the others try to find them.
If the game ends before everyone has had a chance to hide, the would-have-been-next "it" may be designated as first to hide for the next time a game is arranged.
Marco Polo [1254-1324], the most famous of medieval European travelers.
His account of China inspired other Europeans, including Columbus, to both interest and greed The is some dispute as to the reliability of the Travels of Marco Polo.
However, to speak the truth, this part is the greatest and most productive; and because of the great revenue that the Great Kaan derives from it, it is his favourite province, and he takes all the more care to watch it well, and to keep the people contented.
POLO: Don't be deceived by it, Miss Wright, the desert is always dangerous.
POLO: In future, the guards will be told to notify me immediately if any of you wish to leave the camp.
POLO: Yes, and with the water rationed we'll be growing weaker all the time.
Marco Verkuylen (Marco V) jest DJ / Producentem pochodzącym z Holandii.
W roku 2006 pojawił się autorski album Marco zatytułowany " Combi: Nation II Album " rok bierzący to wiele wystepów na całym świecie a także nowe produkcje muzyczne.
Marco Polo has taken away my caravan and given it to you, sire.
POLO: Yes, there is to be a banquet tonight in his honour, at which six thousand guests will attend.
THE KHAN: We are distressed and angered by your conduct, Marco.
Drop the Handkerchief is a pioneer game that is the same as Duck, Duck, Goose.
One way you played the game was to call out in Blindman's Buff like you do in Marco Polo.
In another way to play the game, you were silent and the person had to find you.When the person finds you, they don't just tag you.


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Q: Difference between "sort < output" and "sort output" I just want to know the difference between:
sort < output

and
sort output

in Linux. How does it work exactly?

A: sort < output is telling the shell to use the contents of the file output and dump it to standard in for the command sort.
sort output is telling the command sort to use the file output on disk as it's source.
Many unix commands will accept either standard in or a file as input. The acceptance of standard in allows easier chaining of commands, often for things like ps aux | grep "my process" | sort. (List all processes, filter by "my process", sort lines).

A: This has been discussed on unix.stackexchange here: Performance difference between stdin and command line argument
In sort < file the shell performs redirection. It opens the file and passes the stdin file descriptor to the sort command which reads it.
In sort file, the sort command opens the file and then reads it.

A: With sort < input the shell will run the sort command, and attach its input to the file 'input'.
With sort input the shell will run the sort command, and give it as parameter the string input. The sort command will then open the file to read it- content.

A: Effectively there is no difference.
sort < output uses a feature of the shell called file redirection (see e.g. here)
The shell opens tile file output and attaches that open file as stdin to the sort program.
sort output gives the output filename as an command line argument to sort.
sort, as many utilities that takes a filename as an argument, will try to read input from stdin if you do not give it a filename as an argument, such as in the first case here. In both cases, sort will read the content of the output file, sort it, and write the result to stdout.

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The Spanish language has had many influences through the years. Celts, Romans, Arabs and Visigoths have shaped the Spanish language to the language that it is today. Since the arrival of the Spanish to America, the Spanish language has evolved even more by adapting words from Native American languages. The Spanish spoken in Costa Rican has also had alot of influence from the English language to an extend that some of the words have changed so much from their original pronounciation that they are almost unrecognizable. In this following article I will share with you some of the words that have permeated into the Spanish language that is spoken in Costa Rica.
The word "cora" is a word that has had a long history in Costa Rica.. "Cora" is the hispanicization of the English word "quarter" . The word "cora" used to be the 25 colones coin in Costa Rica. The devaluation of the Costa Rican currency has caused an almost extinction of the 25 colones coin. Another thing that is in dissapearance is the word "cora". This word is not very common nowadays. It can still be heard among the elderly population of Costa Rica. It is testimony of the English language influence in Costa Rican Spanish.
Many of the words used in Spanish culinary normally come from the French language but "bistec" is an exception. This word has two English words within it; beef and steak. Beefsteak was later simplified to Bistec in order to make it easier for Spanish speakers to pronounce it. This word has become such a big part of Costa Rican Spanish that most Costa Ricans are not even aware of the English origins of this word.
Chaine is a Costa Rican Spanish word that evolved from the English "shine". The word "chaine" has also evolved into a verb, "chanear" , which means "to embellish" something or someone.
People that come to Costa Rica to learn Spanish always find these hidden English surprises in Costa Rican Spanish. Anglicisms in Costa Rican Spanish are just one of the things that enrich this beautiful Spanish variety.


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Q: PHP x64 still returns wrong filesize I am trying to get the file size of files >2GB, but PHP seams to have problems regardless of 64 or 32 bit versions. On the PHP 64bit version running on a 64bit processor on a 64 bit OS, it still returns the wrong file size using filesize() function. Before I have encountered that it returns a negative number, or nothing at all... the number is changing if the file size is changing, but is not accurate on files > 2gb... I could understand a number less than actual size, zero or even negative numbers if php is using 32bit integers, but as I read, php 64bit is supposed to support file sizes > 2gb...
I have also tried using fseek to end and ftell like:
$a = fopen("c:\big.txt", 'r');
fseek($a,0,SEEK_END);
$fs = ftell($a);
fclose($a);
echo $fs;

But that just gives 0...

A: Why not just use the filesize function?
echo filesize('c:\big.txt');

This function may not work properly on 32-bit systems, but should give you the correct size on a 64-bit system:

Note: Because PHP's integer type is signed and many platforms use 32bit integers, some filesystem functions may return unexpected results for files which are larger than 2GB.

A: The manual actually says "This may be broken on your platform. Oh, too bad."
This comment may help: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.filesize.php#113457 . It something similar to what you tried, but it seems to assume SEEK_END doesn't work either.
function RealFileSize($fp)
{
    $pos = 0;
    $size = 1073741824;
    fseek($fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
    while ($size > 1)
    {
        fseek($fp, $size, SEEK_CUR);

        if (fgetc($fp) === false)
        {
            fseek($fp, -$size, SEEK_CUR);
            $size = (int)($size / 2);
        }
        else
        {
            fseek($fp, -1, SEEK_CUR);
            $pos += $size;
        }
    }

    while (fgetc($fp) !== false)  $pos++;

    return $pos;
}

Disclaimer: I didn't try this.


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Bobby Johnson · October 25, 2017
Bobby Johnson 2017-10-25
AI is already making inroads. For example, it's now helping the human reviewers at The New York Times ferret out the trolls. Unlike the pessimistic view that robots will wipe us from the planet, this is a great example of how AI can ease our everyday lives. Instead of replacing people entirely, we'll see robots alongside them, augmenting human efforts.
Because of its AI system, The Times was able to open up comments on a greater number of its articles. Called Moderator, this AI system relies on machine learning developed by Jigsaw, a subsidiary of Google's holding company, Alphabet. Before Moderator was rolled out, readers were allowed to comment on only 10 percent of Times articles because its 14 human moderators had to evaluate 12,000 comments a day. Now with Moderator helping to weed out the vitriol, the goal is to boost commenting to 25 percent of all stories, and then to 80 percent.
The key part of The Times' effort is the "alongside the humans" aspect. More often than not, what tends to grab headlines is that AI does things at the expense of humans. But in actuality, AI is most effective as an augmentation of what humans are doing — not a complete replacement of them. I've worked on these types of systems at Facebook that are likely similar to what the Times is using. It's just not the case that you hand things over to the "robot" and humans are blotted from the equation.
AI handles the easy calls, humans the trickier ones
When using AI to augment human work, the goal is to leverage AI to assist the people you already have. For instance, moderating comments on news articles is a very human thing. Humans are very good at evaluating the nuances of content and determining if it's appropriate. And AI — machine learning, in this case — is becoming sophisticated enough to filter out those comments that are beyond the pale.
This allows human moderators to focus on reviewing content that's trickier to call. The AI, by weeding out the stuff that's clearly troll behavior, gives humans the ability to spend more time on the more challenging stuff. People often think of AI as very much a binary proposition: you insert a computer into the process and the person disappears (then the computers go rogue and attack us all).
Classic Troll Meme
But this isn't how things work. Computers and humans have had a symbiotic relationship for a long time now (consider your intimate relationship with your smartphone, for example). In some cases, yes, AI will mean fewer people to do whatever job it is. But in general it's much less a direct replacement than people recognize.
People imagine that computers are really smart, and that AI is like a bunch of really smart computers, so it can solve all these ridiculously hard problems that humans can't. That's just not true. AI is good at mostly the same things computers have been good at for as long as they've been around — doing the same "mundane" task over and over again, precisely, and at incredibly high speed.
In contrast, humans are exceptionally good at coping with and solving for ambiguity and complexity; they are creative. They can spin an entire world out of nothing and turn it into a novel. They can come up with an idea for a company on a paper napkin.
In a billion videos, AI can find the cats
Granted, as humans get better at doing AI, what counts as "mundane" changes. It used to be that recognizing images in video was something computers couldn't do. Now they can. If you've got a billion videos and want to know which ones have cats in them, computers can do that. We've expanded technology to such a degree that it's able to perform more sophisticated and nuanced tasks, and can do so at a massive scale.
At the same time, while technology has advanced, we tend to underestimate just how complicated are the things we do in everyday life. For example, was my coworker's seemingly snarky comment this morning just a bit of friendly ribbing or something more sinister? This is an ordinary yet particularly human experience. We don't think twice about how effortlessly we interpret tone or inflection in human conversation, but it's a monumental task for AI.
Many of us also don't appreciate the massive scale at which these AI systems operate. Many news stories that criticize Facebook for censoring content are written as though Mark Zuckerberg reads every piece of content posted on Facebook. There's just no way you can have humans review it all. Why? Because every 60 seconds, 510,000 comments are posted on Facebook.
AI already augments human work. In fact, any organization that's publicly claiming great results from AI is most certainly using an iteration of AI heavily guided by human beings. For example, when Facebook serves you advertisements, the entire process is done through machine learning. The algorithm accurately decides which ads to serve you based on how much an advertiser is willing to pay, the amount of ad inventory available and many other factors. But behind these algorithms is a very large group of humans constantly tuning them to refine what works and improve what doesn't.
What The New York Times is doing now with the Moderator system is state of the art for how large web properties deal with abuse. And comment quality will improve significantly once we can reliably relegate comment trolls to the web's trash can. After all, it's not the computers or AI deciding what's the right way for humans to behave. It's humans creating a very powerful and scalable tool that can augment what the humans are doing already.
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Prior to co-founding behavioral analytics company Interana, Bobby led infrastructure at Facebook, where he built the systems that allowed Facebook to scale from a million to a billion users. Bobby was also responsible for the development of key open source big data technologies such as Scribe, Cassandra and Hive.
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A major pitfall that many musicians make is to cross-post the exact same content on both their fan page AND their personal profile. Look, the reasoning is certainly sound; you need to post your great new content to your fan page, but why WOULDN'T you your new content to the page where there is most engagement with your fans. I get that, but there is strategy to cross-post the content effectively so that it works towards building engagement in the right place. First off, you need to understand that not EVERYTHING that is published to your fan page needs to be also posted on your personal profile. In fact, the more exclusive you can make the content on your fan page, the better off you will be, as it will give your fans more of a reason to join you there more consistently. That said, when you do post this type of exclusive content, you should cross-post a 'teaser' to your personal page. To do this, you essentially want to announce the fact that there is something that you've shared exclusively (yes, you can use this word!) on your fan page and that people should head over there to check it out, and of course, you want to be sure to that you also tag your fan page by typing '@FAN PAGE NAME' which will create a link directly to your fan page.
If you are trying to build a strategy around your fan page, making your personal profile page more hidden from the world is a great measure to take. There are two steps that can be taken here to ensure that you existing, and new fans, find you on the right page. The first step is to go to the Privacy Settings (found by clicking your name on the top right corner of the Facebook page) then clicking the 'edit settings' button under 'Timeline and Tagging'. Here you can limit the default visibility of your posts by allowing only current friends to see content (hiding all new content from NEW people that find your page). The second step is to limit the audience of past posts, so that again if anyone new was to stumble upon your fan page, they wouldn't see anything published to the timeline on your profile page. The final piece of this strategy is to then post 1 new PUBLIC update on your personal page letting people know that anything related to your music will now only be published to your fan page (again tag your fan page so they know where to find it).
Of course, driving your current and new fans over to your fan page from your personal page will only work effectively if you are consistently updating your FB Fan Page with new, high-quality (and varied media) content. At least once per day, you should be updating your FB Fan Page with a video, picture, song, link to an article, shoutout to an other artist or blog (tagging that page) or question. Keep your target audience in mind and choose content that is consistently relevant to THEM so that it encourages engagement. Oh… and only post self-promotional content once per week. Doing so more often than that will likely drive your fans away from engaging with you. BONUS: Promoted Posts It is an unfortunate truth that Facebook's algorithm for deciding which posts are displayed on your main News Feed has made it increasingly difficult for your fans to see your content. While this is a never-ending uphill battle for many independent musicians, Facebook DID recently launched something called 'Promoted Posts' which allows you to pay to have your content seen by more people. Now believe me, I know how terrible it is that FB has made it difficult for you to get your content seen, and their only solution is to make you pay them to increase the reach you should be getting in the first place, but such is the reality of a platform built on an ad-revenue based business model. Paying for 'Promoted Posts' certainly isn't necessary for you to do, but as a bonus, I wanted to at least make sure you were aware that this option exists, should you have the budget to take advantage of it.


LC Cherry in a Grand Duke.
Supper being ended, I've gotten comfortable in the den. Pup's asleep at my feet, and I'm resting up for Game 3 of the Bruins/Maple Leafs series. I've got my Old Standby burning in this Grabow Viscount now, and I'll probably get dirty looks from Dear Sweetie when she pops into the den later on. It's an enjoyable smoke, but the room note ain't whatchacall "friendly." Anyway, like the old sayin' goes... "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission." After 30-odd years of marriage, I've perfected the blank "who? me?" look. And contrition. Yessir, a little contrition goes a long way in a marriage. Having said all that, I'm really enjoying this smoke! HA!
Smoking my molasses cased Burley blend in the Grand Duke.
Nice. How long have you had this one?
I have had it since 2013 (I think - maybe it was 2014). I have had it a while.
Doin' the Old Standby in the same pipe again.


One evening before going to bed, Trent (my non-dreamer) asked God to give him a dream that night to confirm if he should sell the boat. The next morning he shared his prayer with me along with the two dreams he had been given that night. In the first dream we were out on the lake and he had forgotten to put the plug into the boat and it started to sink. In the second, someone had broken into the shop where our boat was stored and was attempting to steal the motor. Moments later I realized that even though I had been completely unaware of Trent's prayer the night before, I had also had a strange dream involving a boat in a storm. It did not make logical sense, but yet it seemed clear that we should proceed with selling the boat. We listed the boat for sale and it sat though the fall and winter waiting for a buyer. This spring it sold.
Faith doesn't always make sense. We can't categorize and analyze it. However, we would rather trip and fall in our attempts to walk in faith, than be "safe" on the sidelines, unused, un-stretched and unchanged.


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THE leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said its strike, expected to commence today, would be total. The strike was called in view of alleged insensitivity of the Federal Government to resolve some issues affecting the oil and gas sector.
This is even as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, are expected to meet with the aggrieved leaderships of PENGASSAN and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, this morning to find solutions to the disputes.
According to , PENGASSAN's Public Relations Officer, Emma Ojugbana, said there was no sign to the effect that the strike, which he said would be a total shut down, would be shelved. Ojugbana, who said he was not aware of any scheduled meeting with the government today, stated: "The strike will hold today.
I am not aware of any meeting organised by anybody with our association. Our leaders in various zones are mobilising and it will start midnight today." The issues He said the association had been engaging with government over Joint Venture Funding and the non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, which was pending at the National Assembly, among other issues, without any positive result from the side of the government.
According to him, PENGASSAN had scheduled to meet with the Minister of State for Petroleum and immediate past Group Managing Director, GMD, of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on June 30.
Unfortunately, the meeting could not hold as the leaders of the oil and gas sector were told, when they got to Abuja, that the minister was away on an assignment. He said the association planned the action because of government's insensitivity to the oil and gas sector, which is the mainstay of the nation's economy.
Ojugbana said the strike, which would paralyse socio-economic activities nationwide, would involve the upstream and downstream sectors as well as the loading and export sector. "It is going to be a total shut down," he said.
Meanwhile, a statement from the Deputy Director, Press, in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Samuel Olowookere, yesterday, stated that Senator Ngige and Dr. Kachikwu would meet with the labour leaders in the oil and gas sector today.
The two paragraph statement read: "The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige and the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, will tomorrow (today) hold a crucial meeting with Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and Nigeria Union of Petroleum & Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to find a lasting solution to the lingering problems in the oil and gas sector.
"The meeting is scheduled to hold at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Minister's Board Room, 11th Floor, NNPC Towers, Abuja at 10a.m. prompt."
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Fire forces hundreds of pilgrims from Mecca hotel
Mecca no stranger to such incidents
MECCA (Saudi Arabia) - A fire forced some 1,500 people from their hotel in the Saudi city of Mecca on Monday as hundreds of thousands gathered for the hajj pilgrimage, the civil defence department said.
Four Yemeni pilgrims sustained minor injuries following the pre-dawn fire in a 15-storey hotel, state news agency SPA quoted the department as saying.
A preliminary investigation found a short circuit in a room to have caused the fire, it said.
The hotel's guests are among close to two million Muslims from around the world expected for the hajj, which begins officially on Tuesday.
The hajj is the world's biggest annual event. It is one of the five pillars of Islam and every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it is expected to make the pilgrimage at least once.
On Thursday about 1,000 Asian pilgrims were evacuated from their high-rise hotel in Mecca when a fire broke out. Two Indonesian pilgrims were injured.
The hajj has been almost incident-free for the past decade but 108 people, including foreign pilgrims, died earlier this month when a construction crane fell on Mecca's Grand Mosque.


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EP497 Adjuvant/radical radiotherapy in elderly women with endometrial cancer: is it justified based on survival outcomes?
C Cunningham,
M Chitoni,
A Kerr,
R Harrand,
A Sadozye,
N Reed and
K Graham
Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK
Introduction/Background Endometrial cancer is largely a disease of older women. The incidence is increasing and age is a prognostic factor, with subsequent resource implications. Poorer outcomes may be due to biological factors and/or suboptimal treatment. Interestingly, PORTEC-3 indicates that high-risk women >70 years benefit from adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (5-year OS 67%). We investigated real-world outcomes of elderly women in West of Scotland Cancer Network (WoSCAN) who received pelvic external beam radiotherapy (PRT) for endometrial cancer.
Methodology Data were collected retrospectively from WoSCAN electronic clinical records in women 70 years who commenced PRT for endometrial cancer between January 2011 and December 2015. Statistical analysis was performed using R®. Overall survival (OS) was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.
Results 93 patients were identified. The median age was 75 years (range 70–90); 28% >80years. Median number of co-morbidities was 2 (range 0–7). Treatment intent was as follows: adjuvant (60%), primary (inoperable) (21%), salvage (vault/pelvic recurrence) (19%). Only 30% had Stage 1 disease, over 25% had aggressive pathology. 90% completed all radiotherapy as planned (4500cGy/25# ± brachytherapy), 5% discontinued PRT and 5% completed PRT but defaulted from brachytherapy. 30-day mortality was 5%. Over 50% received chemotherapy. 5-year OS was 50%. Enhanced OS was associated with low-grade pathology, early stage and adjuvant/salvage intent; 5-year OS 55% (adjuvant/salvage) versus 20% (primary). OS was significantly worse in >80 cohort (25%) compared with 70–79 cohort (55%).
Conclusion Compliance with PRT for endometrial cancer in women >70 years is >90%. OS in adjuvant setting is slightly less favourable than PORTEC-3 but we included very elderly women, often with multiple medical co-morbidities. PRT is justified in patients aged 70–79 years. However, it may be appropriate to consider a more pragmatic approach in women >80 years, especially in the context of inoperable disease, as survival may not be sufficiently long to benefit from aggressive therapy.


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Justia Patents Patents Represented by Law Firm Phillips, Moore, Lempio & Finley
Patents Represented by Law Firm Phillips, Moore, Lempio & Finley
Convertible luggage system
Abstract: A luggage container which conveniently converts for use as wheeled suitcase, a backpack and a hand-carry bag having a first and second compartment for storage of belongings. A pair of wheels are rotatably mounted to an axle which is at an edge along the bottom of the first compartment. A pair of shoulder straps are provided in the second compartment and are concealed by a cover. When the container is used as a backpack, the cover is opened to reveal the shoulder straps. The cover is wrapped over the wheels and secured to the bottom side of the first compartment. In this manner the traveler and the traveler's belongings are protected when cartage is on the traveler's back from filth that accumulates on the wheels.
Filed: March 27, 1996
Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
Assignee: Eagle Creek, Inc.
Inventors: Katherine Wulf, Richard Steven Barker
Automatic emergency alarm reception apparatus using specific frequency
Abstract: An automatic emergency alarm reception apparatus for a broadcasting receiver which has a radio frequency part and a low frequency part, comprising an ON/OFF switch connected between the radio frequency part and the low frequency part, for turning on the broadcasting receiver when a specific frequency signal indicative of a state of emergency is received at an antenna of the broadcasting receiver, and an emergency alarm signal detection circuit for detecting the specific frequency signal from the radio frequency part to control the ON/OFF switch. The emergency alarm signal detection circuit includes an air defense alarm signal detection part and an air-raid alarm signal detection part. The air defense alarm signal detection part is provided with a band pass filter, a level comparator, an inverter, a pulse generator and a counter. The air-raid alarm signal detection part is provided with first to third band pass filters, first to third level comparators and a sequential detector.
Filed: October 7, 1996
Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
Inventor: Jae Sung Kim
Method for making composite double-wall underground tank structure
Abstract: A composite double-wall underground tank comprises an internal rotatable metal mandrel tank frame structure surmounted by two individual concentric corrugated cylindrical nonmetallic pressure vessels having hemispherical ends. The metal tank frame structure provides the buckling resistance and compression strength to resist soil loads when the tank is buried. The pressure vessels are made of identical materials and include an internal primary container enclosed by an external secondary container of equal tensile strength and corrosion-resistance. The composite double-wall underground tank is a substantial improvement over conventional steel and fiberglass tanks, and provides a more reliable method of protecting the environment by preventing the release of contaminating hazardous liquids stored in the tank. Each of the two pressure vessels is made from a multiple ply composite laminate having a unique arrangement of fabrics containing filament reinforcements impregnated with a thermosetting polymeric matrix.
Filed: February 26, 1996
Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
Assignee: Charles R. Kaempen
Inventor: Charles E. Kaempen
Headboard attaching bracket
Abstract: A headboard support bracket is disclosed that, when used with independent legs on a box springs, can eliminate the need for a metal frame for support of the headboard associated with the box springs. Further, the use of the bracket eliminates the need for affixing the headboard to the wall of the room, thereby precluding relocation of the bed without removal of the headboard from the wall. The headboard support bracket is symmetrical so that it can be used on either corner of the box springs without the need to resort to "right" and "left" were the bracket asymmetrical. The bracket includes indicia means for positioning the headboard support bracket properly on the box springs.
Filed: November 5, 1996
Assignee: Rid-Gid Products, Inc.
Inventor: David Cline
Rack for holding tubes and the like in an upright position
Abstract: A novel rack for holding test tubes, elongated objects and the like in an upright position. The rack is formed in a one-piece construction having upper and intermediate panels, both panels having holes which are aligned with one another to receive tubes passing through both panels. The holes securely retain the tubes upright and separate from each other during shipping and dispensing by means of easily deformable holes having integral slits radiating from each hole. The carton is lightweight, collapsible and can be easily scored and recycled.
Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
Assignee: LABCON, North America
Inventors: Tom Moulton, Bob Hill
Refrigerator door assembly and method
Abstract: A refrigerator door assembly is mounted on a stationary frame of a refrigeration unit and comprises a door frame integrally molded about a thermo-pane in sealing relationship therewith. The door frame is hingedly mounted on the stationary frame of the refrigeration unit by a pair of upper and lower hinge pins. A torsion bar, integrally molded within the door frame and secured to one of the hinge pins, functions to constantly apply a closing force on the door frame to move the door assembly into sealing contact with the stationary frame of the refrigeration unit.
Filed: March 7, 1995
Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
Assignee: Frigidyne North America, Inc.
Inventors: Louis Barroero, John P. Rivers
Leg for box springs
Abstract: A bed support for use with box springs is disclosed which consists of a plate member for fixture to a box springs and a leg. The plate member has a relatively large threaded bore through the center to threadably receive a threaded leg portion extending downwardly from the plate member. The leg portion includes an enlarged foot having a smooth bottom.
Filed: July 25, 1996
Retainer and hanger for lens containing devices
Abstract: A retainer and hanger for lens containing devices, particularly eyeglasses, which enables eased adjustment of the vertical position of the device when suspended around the neck from a chest level position to an unobtrusive, elevated position.
Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
Inventor: Claude Stoller
Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
Filling device for food cans
Abstract: This invention relates to a machine to ensure that the amount of food product in a can meets the volume and weight standards without altering the natural characteristics of the product necessary for the market. The invention encompasses a combination of scrapers or sweepers and a primary pocket turret assembly and including a rotating cylinder body having sweeper blades positioned thereon in a helical form so the amount of food product in associated cavities in the rotating table meets weight, volume, and product appearance standards. In addition, pneumatic cylinders and cam-driven cylinders from below compress the product in the device prior to the final leveling accomplished by the rotating helical sweepers.
Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
Assignee: Luthi Machinery & Engineering Co., Inc.
Inventors: Jack Gorby, Edward J. Rowley
Process to produce carbonated semi-solid or solid food and the product thereof
Abstract: A process to add carbon dioxide under low shear conditions to an already formed food to produce a semi-solid or solid carbonated food. The carbonated semi-solid or solid spoonable food has the following properties:(a) a viscosity of between about 2000 and 200,000 centipoise at between about 1.5.degree. and 25.degree. C., and(b) a carbonation level of between about 0.5 and 4.0 volumes of carbon dioxide per volume of food. The process includes contacting the formed food with carbon dioxide gas with low shear agitation.
Assignee: Brighan Younf University
Inventor: Lynn V. Ogden
Pipette tip rack
Abstract: A pipette tip rack loader is disclosed that will load a flat of pipette tips into a rack for use on a laboratory bench. The flat for the pipette tips is substantially the same dimensions as the top surface of the tip rack to be loaded, and has an identical hole pattern so that the ends of the tips loaded in the flat can be positioned one-to-one in the holes of the tip rack. The loader consists of an upper platform that holds the flat and a lower platform or base that holds the unloaded tip rack. The upper platform is biased in a first position sufficiently high enough above the tip rack that the tips do not hit the rack. The upper platform can be depressed so that the tips in the flat thread into the tip rack holes. As the upper platform nears the tip rack, the flat is released from the upper platform to rest on the tip rack with the tips registered in the rack. Several flats with tips may be positioned in the loader with tips in the upper flats.
Inventor: Peter M. Lind
Acoustic reflector
Abstract: An acoustic reflector is disclosed, which is formed from the surface generated by an ellipse rotated about 180.degree. about a line passing through one of the focal points of the ellipse, where this line of rotation intersects the major axis at an acute angle. A transducer placed at the focal point on the line of revolution will, when energized, generate waves that will be reflected from the surface back through the arc of second focal points of the generating ellipse.
Inventor: Emanuel LaCarrubba
Coaxial cryogenic injection system
Abstract: A vacuum tumble mixer is provided with a hollow drive shaft at one end thereof. The hollow drive shaft provides access by means of a probe to the cylindrical center section of the vacuum tumble mixer in order to inject the ingredients to be mixed, to introduce cooling material such as liquid nitrogen or carbon dioxide, and finally to permit cleaning fluids to be circulated about the interior of the tumbler while the tumbler is rotating. The use of the hollow shaft greatly improves the efficiency and operation of the tumbler for vacuum massaging and tumble chilling of meat, poultry, seafood and other products that are mixed at the commercial level.
Filed: June 17, 1996
Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
Assignee: Blentech Corporation
Inventor: Richard Peacock
Azide-containing chelators whose affinity for calcium ion is decreased by illumination
Abstract: The present invention relates to a group of organic chelators whose affinity for calcium ion in solution is decreased by electromagnetic radiation. Specifically, the chelators are related to fura-2 and utilize the addition of an azide group to the 3-position of the benzofuron ring of a fura-2 type structure. Photolysis of the azide group causes the calcium ion affinity to decrease 100 to 1000 fold. These chelators when incorporated into rat fibroblasts either by microinjection or by incubation as the membrane-permeable, enzymatically-labile esters and flash-photolyzed cause large increases in intracellular free calcium ion. These chelators are used to generate controlled fast elevation of intracellular free calcium ion concentration to mimic or modulate a number of important cellular responses, especially in nerve or muscle.
Filed: October 23, 1992
Assignee: The Regents of University of California
Inventors: Roger Y. Tsien, Stephen R. Adams
Composite double-wall underground tank structure and method for making same
Filed: July 6, 1994
Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
Patent number: D377724
Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
Inventor: Mikhail Loznikov
Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
Assignee: Franzia Winery
Inventor: Thomas H. Bond
Filed: January 6, 1997
Assignee: Creative Innovations, Inc.
Inventors: Ronald D. Victor, Philip Martin, Randi Goldstein
Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
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A low-loss way to implement a"glitch-free" battery backup for a memory or similar circuit is shown on the following schematic diagram. To make LT1020 does not conduct under line-powered conditions, we have to arrange the feedback string. The line LT1020 begins to go off when the lie goes down, which allows the battery-driven LT1020 to turn on and maintain the load.