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Thou Shalt Air Guitar
The Air Guitar National Championships is sweeping the nation, searching for the next guitarless god. Here are the five commandments of fret-free soloing.
By Jeff Miller
Anyone can pretend to play "Smoke on the Water" in the privacy of their car -- but it takes someone truly special to get up in front of a thousand-plus people and make them believe you're the second-coming of Deep Purple. On August 16, the best air guitarists in the America will descend on New York City for the Air Guitar National Championships -- the winner of which will go on to the world championships in Finland. Since not everyone's good enough at faking a power chord to make it there, we asked five-time second-place winner Bjorn Turoque and 2006 National Champ Hot Lixx Hulahan for some Air Guitar Commandments every wanna-be winner should follow.
Thou Shalt Not Drink More Than Three.
Image of Hot Lixx Hulahan courtesy Alexandra Lipsitz
"I think when people are on a stage by themselves, in a situation like that -- it's almost its own inebriant. But I've definitely seen people lose the game in the fourth quarter because they didn't observe the Three Drink Rule. There was a guy in L.A. who came out butt naked and shit in a pizza box. He didn't even finish his routine. Probably some beer involved there." --Hot Lixx Hulahan
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Airness.
Image of Bjorn Turoque courtesy Tommi Kohonen
"The Minneapolis champion this year is a dancer -- very acrobatic, very hot chick. She did a Prince medley, and won -- and then afterwards, we found out she doesn't even like Prince. What are you doing playing air guitar to Prince if you don't like Prince?"
--Bjorn Turoque
Thou Shalt Be Asian.
Image of Los Angeles air guitar champ Rockness Monster courtesy Alexandra Lipsitz
"Anyone who knows their U.S. Air Guitar History knows that the winners of the 2003, 2004, and 2005 U.S. Air Guitar Championships were all of Asian descent. It seems as if the Asian-American has a predilection towards the mastery of the air art form. I myself am a Jew; we're better at being behind the scenes, or making money off the air guitarists. That's probably why I'm not a winner."
Thou Shalt Masturbate in Public.
Image of William Ocean courtesy Dan Eckstein for Lookcloser.net
"Up 'til I hit the national level of air guitar competition, the only difference between air guitaring and masturbation was the outfits. It's all based on you, for you, from you, to you. For air guitaring, you're sitting in front of the mirror, imitating whatever rock icon you emulate, and you're just going at it, purely for yourself. The analogy is pretty clear."
--Hot Lixx Hulahan
Thou Shalt Use Your Tongue.
"I was supposed to be on the Today show, the day after I won the U.S. Competition, but I was turned away, due to excessive tongue-wagging. Somewhere, prime-time America still finds tongue wagging to be sexually offensive. That's totally fine by me."
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Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie (Lake Charles, 2 de maio de 1957) é um astronauta norte-americano, veterano de quatro missões ao espaço.

Carreira

Gorie cursou a Academia Naval dos Estados Unidos onde estudou engenharia oceânica e, após a formatura em 1979, tornou-se piloto e serviu como aviador naval durante os anos 1980 nos porta-aviões USS America e USS Coral Sea. Em 1991 voou em 38 missões de combate na Guerra do Golfo, baseado no porta-aviões USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Entrou para o corpo de astronautas da NASA em 1994 e voou pela primeira vez no ônibus espacial como piloto da Discovery na missão STS-91 em 1998. Dois anos depois foi novamente ao espaço desta vez como piloto da Endeavour, na missão STS-99, para utilização do novo radar topográfico do ônibus espacial.

Em 2001 ele teve o seu primeiro comando, subindo novamente a bordo da Endeavour na missão STS-108, sua primeira viagem até a Estação Espacial Internacional, para transporte de carga e suprimentos de rotina, num total de onze dias no espaço.

Sua última missão foi em março de 2008, quando comandou a STS-123, novamente com a Endeavour, para a instalação de um braço robótico canadense e um módulo de experiências japonês na ISS, regressando com a tripulação em 27 de março.

Ver também
 Lista geral de astronautas
 Lista de vôos tripulados para a ISS
 Programa espacial estadunidense

Astronautas dos Estados Unidos

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Aislinn Derbez reveals who inspired her to become a mom
The actress welcomed daughter Kailani's last year
by HOLA! USA
It was a weekend of celebrations for the Derbez family. Aitana, Eugenio Derbez and Alessandra Rosaldo's beautiful daughter turned five years old last August 4th and her proud parents wrote sweet messages for their 'little princess" on their social media where they expressed all the love they feel for her. However, older sister Aislinn Derbez's message was the most noticeable, not only for the beautiful words she wrote for her little sister but because she made a lovely revelation about her life as a mom.
Aislinn Derbez congratulated her little sister for her 5th birthday
Next to a series of pictures in which adorable Aitana poses with her older sister's family, the actress wrote touching words for the gorgeous little Derbez girl. "Happy birthday, Aitana! We love with all our hearts," Aislinn said on her post.
RELATED: Isabela Moner on the 'Dora' co-star she looks up to as much as Beyoncé
Aislinn confessed that Aitana inspired her to become a mother
The artist continued saying that it was she who inspired her to become a mom and expand the Derbez family. "Being your baby sitter so many times made me want to become a mom", Aislinn confessed among heart-shaped and happy-faced emojis.
Aitana is an excellent aunt for Kailani
RELATED: Eugenio Derbez and Alessandra Rosaldo celebrated their anniversary with these sweet messages
Mauricio Ochmann's wife finished her message by thanking her little sister for being such a great aunt for her daughter Kailani. The two girls are really close and if we have a look at the images her parents share in social media, they both spend spend lots of time playing together. "Thank you for loving and looking after Kai, for being so loving and sensitive, and for singing so beautifully all day long, every single hour," Aislinn said wrote to her sister.
Mauricio Ochmann also send his best wishes to the little one
Eugenio, Alessandra, and Aislinn were joined by Mauricio Ochmann, Aislinn's hubby, who did not want to miss the chance to add his personal message to the family ones. "Happy happy birthday, Aitana. Happy five years! We love you very much. Have an incredible time", the actor wrote next to a picture of himself posing with the youngest of the Derbez family.
Aislinn Derbez
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Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United Prediction & Match Preview
Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United
Australia A-League
Date: Sunday, 22 December 2019
Venue: Central Coast Stadium (Gosford).
Despite being the guest, Adelaide will be more favorites to win than the host, Central Coast Mariners, in the clash at Gosford.
Central Coast Mariners form: 8 matches – 2 wins – 1 draw – 5 losses – 7 points.
Adelaide United form: 8 matches – 5 wins – 0 draw – 3 losses – 15 points.
Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United Head-to-head (h2h)
The visitor is unbeaten in their last ten meetings since 2017.
Four of Adelaide's last five wins were registered during their visits.
Their previous encounter in November 2019 gave Adelaide a 1-3 away win.
The Mariners previously tasted victory at home in February 2017.
Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United Prediction
A clean sheet loss against Sydney FC in the previous league encounter marked the fifth loss for Central Coast Mariners in the competition after eight fixtures.
The host had only one win in their last five matches in the campaign and that was against Western United. Apart from that they are on a two-game losing run.
Meanwhile, at home, the Mariners have played three clashes. They drew the first match to the Jets and then lost to the current opponents at home. And their previous home match ended in a 1-0 win against Western United.
As such, the home team has slowly improved their form at their own turf. But since they are lacking the overall form and are at the ultimate bottom of the table, they cannot be completely trusted to win.
On the other hand, Adelaide United has four wins in their last five league encounters. Their previous encounter at home against the Jets gave them another three points to stay at the fourth spot in the table.
Besides that, United has been winning the last two away games after their lone opening defeat on the road against Melbourne City.
Hence, we can see that the visitor might have more control over the results of the game. Henceforth, we can count on Adelaide United to win the game.
Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United Betting tip
Draw no bet: Adelaide United @ 1.50 (1/2).
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Q: Ensure utilization of compound index with lambda We query a schools collection by two fields using the mongocsharpdriver (v2.0.0) API like:
db.GetCollection<School>("schools").Find(x => x.City == myCity && x.State == myState);

Will the order of the fields listed in the lambda expression generate a query to leverage a compound index with the same order: { "city": 1, "state": 1 }?
I'm fairly new to mongodb, but if I understand correctly, we could create a second (reversed) compound index: { "state": 1, "city": 1 } to ensure one of them is used. I'm just more interested how the lambda is translated and couldn't find what I was looking for in mongodb's documentation.

A: According to this answer, you cannot and should not rely on the ordering of the specific attributes in json. Since this is how MongoDB stores data, this extends to Monogo - there is no way to ensure attribute order, and by the way the data is defined, you shouldn't.
DISCLAIMER This is how Lambdas are consumed for SQL, and only might apply to how MonogDB's drivers work.
As for how the lambda statement is consumed, if the method you're using take a parameter of type Expression<TDellegate>, it receives the expression tree instead of the actual method, which means the metadata for the statement youcve made instead of compiled code. This can then be used when delivering your data to translate into the needed queries for the database.

A: The order in which your query is built, whether by typing in json explicitly or generating it from a lambda expression has no effect on the index selection.
When you have a compound index in MongoDB the order of the properties in the index matters but the order in the query doesn't.
Your index, { "city": 1, "state": 1 }, can satisfy both of these queries exactly the same:
db.GetCollection<School>("schools").Find(x => x.City == myCity && x.State == myState);
db.GetCollection<School>("schools").Find(x => x.State == myState && x.City == myCity);

The difference comes when you use a single property so this:
db.GetCollection<School>("schools").Find(x => x.City == myCity);

Works better with your index than this:
db.GetCollection<School>("schools").Find(x => x.State == myState);

More in MongoDB : Indexes order and query order must match?

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I have ordered from one of the restaurant. After sometime some lady from swiggy called me saying that your order cant be delivered as the restaurant is closed. But after sometime its showing food delivered and swiggy people have no idea whats happening.
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Bad behaviour by your delievery executive on talking rudely, lying, arguing i need to talk about this i need a call or else i move the consumer court.i am a regular customer of yours i need immediate action on the same.


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Sony Considering Acquisitions of Game Developers as Content Becomes More Important than Ever
Giuseppe Nelva
Published on July 1, 2019 Giuseppe Nelva
Home » News » Sony Considering Acquisitions of Game Developers as Content Becomes More Important than Ever
Today the online arm of the prestigious Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shinbun published excerpts from an interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Jim Ryan.
According to the report (via Hachima Kikou) Ryan mentions that the house of PlayStation is considering M&A (mergers & acquisitions) of software production companies. Basically, they're thinking about buying game development studios.
The reason is that as companies like Google decide to enter the gaming industry, "content becomes more important than ever."
That being said, Ryan welcomes the entry of new players in the industry, and remarks that Sony has been in business for 25 years and has large assets to bring to bear. According to him, it'd be difficult for new entrants in the market to compete in terms of studios and exclusive games.
We also hear that Ryan is confident that profit margins will continue to increase in the future, despite the fact that every generational transition brought losses due to development costs. On top of that, the transition to cloud gaming will take time, which is why the company is carrying on with the video game console business.
Jim Ryan became CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment in April, and outlined his plans for the next generation in May, including backward compatibility and more.
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It was almost ten years ago.
A whole decade. It sometimes seems much, much longer, and other times not that long at all.
I felt compelled to write books.
I seriously didn't want to. I knew how much time it would take, how hard it would be and how much I had to learn. I sat down and evaluated my reasons for writing. At the time, I was a new stay-at-home mom, and I was really struggling with that new role. Since I was sixteen, I had gone to school full time and worked, usually waiting tables, and after I graduated college, I worked two sometimes three jobs while my husband was in graduate school. And then all of a sudden I was home with a baby, without a pressing schedule for the first time in a my life.
I wrote my first book and then my second, before I decided to got to graduate school to get my MFA in writing. But with that decision, I made myself some promises. One of those promises was if I ever made even a dollar from my writing, I would donate 10% to charity, outside the charity my husband and I already donate on our income.
I know there are a million charities out there, and I want some suggestions on where you think that 10% should go. I'm leaning towards Operation Underground Railroad, but I intend on switching the charity every six months or year. Comment below with any charities that deserve my (meager) contributions. I would love to hear of any charities.
Good luck and happy reading and writing!
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Governor Martin O'Malley announced on May 11, 2012 that the long planned Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) would be Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The BRT system would offer attractive and frequent high-capacity service between the Shady Grove Metrorail Station and the COMSAT site in Clarksburg, a distance of about 15 miles.
When completed, the CCT would consist of 16 stations serving major activity centers such as King Farm (two stations), Crown Farm, DANAC, the Life Sciences area (three stations), Kentlands, NIST, First Field, Metropolitan Grove MARC, Germantown Town Center, Cloverleaf, and Dorsey Mill in addition to Shady Grove and COMSAT (see map below).
Ridership forecasts for 2035 exceed 47,000 for a typical weekday. The project will be constructed in two phases, with the first phase being the segment from Shady Grove to Metropolitan Grove. The total estimated capital cost is $828 million, with $545 million of that total related to the Phase I construction.
In addition, the CCT is a key component of the infrastructure of the City of Gaithersburg in support of existing and future development at Crown Farm and the Kentlands.


It is Saturday morning and we are in the middle of the WKDQ Country Classic Show. It's always tough to do this show after we have lost one of the greats that made country music what it is today. As you are well aware, George Jones died yesterday at the age of 81. His farewell tour was just here in Evansville on March 23rd. Who knew it would be farewell for good when he left town. One of our most requested George Jones songs is 'Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes', which hit the charts on August 3, 1985 and was a very poignant and powerful song about our lost country music heroes.
George Jones' passing gives another pair of shoes to fill, a big pair, maybe the biggest pair. Nobody ever will and that's the way it should be, some shoes just can't be filled. See the 1985 video for the song below.


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Q: How to handle correctly converting images to thumbnails I'm building out an admin area for an ecommerce site where the user can create a new product and upload multiple images to be used for the product. I have a table that lists all of the products, each row shows the first image returned from the database. I can scale down a large image to 100px x 100px but the user is still downloading a big image, not a true thumbnail.
I see two ways of doing this:
1. I can make the user choose which img will be the thumbnail so that the regular img is upload and also a smaller version of the file.
2.I can create thumbnails for every img that is uploaded and append to the filename of the thumbnail img so that I can return the first image that ends with a certain string.
Is there a more elegant way to do this or am I on the right track?

A: Create a cache directory, then create a script called something like image.php. Link your images like this
<img src="image.php?path=images/img.png&width=100&height=100">

Then in image.php, it should first check in the cache directory if the file exists.
Call the file "img.png&width=100&height=100" and save it in the cache directory. That way you can easily check if it exists, but there is enough entropy for someone to change it to width=101 and height = 101 so that the image will be regenerated.
Each time you create the thumbnail, just store it in the cache directory. If it exists, do a header() call and an echo file_get_contents() and then die().


Have you ever met someone who speaks another language, and wanted to share a Bible with him or her? Wouldn't it be neat if they had serious Bible study options comparable to the best Bible study tools available for English?
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Rachel was checking out the observatories at the top of Mount Haleakala during a family outing. God does awesome work, including making mountains and stars!
Lori and I have had 31 years of adventures together. Lori's latest adventure, teaching full time at a public school, is definitely challenging, but she is rising to the occasion by the grace of God. Please pray that she would demonstrate her love of God through her words and actions, to the staff and students.
Rachel is thriving at Doris Todd Christian Academy.
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Fantasy Football Week 5 Workload Watch
Matt Camp@TheMattCampTwitter LogoFantasy Football Lead WriterOctober 4, 2018
When will the Lions fully commit to Kerryon Johnson?Eric Gay/Associated Press
It's easy to analyze statistics to see who is performing well and who isn't. Box-score analysis is only part of the process when it comes to figuring out the best fantasy options.
Opportunity is also a factor, but it's more than just playing the most snaps or getting the most touches. Predicting how and when opportunities will come is also important. When Alex Collins fumbled near the goal line in Week 4, he wound up benched for the rest of the first half and may have cost himself future carries in scoring opportunities.
There's no doubt Kerryon Johnson has been the best running back for the Detroit Lions this season. However, he has just three more carries than LeGarrette Blount, so it's hard to set expectations too high for the rookie when he's not dominating the touches, even if we all think he should be based on his play in the first month.
To learn more about what's going on in the backfields for the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars, check out the Week 5 B.S. Meter. The Workload Watch covers eight other running back situations with the most fantasy implications.
Alex Collins' performance in Week 4 was a mixed bag.Don Wright/Associated Press
Week 4 Workload Distribution
Alex Collins: 47.4% snaps, 11 carries, 42 yards, 0 TD, 1 target, 1 reception, 1 TD
Javorius Allen: 43.4% snaps, 10 carries, 30 yards, 0 TD, 2 targets, 17 yards, 0 TD
The latest look at the Baltimore Ravens' backfield shows a near-even split of snaps, carries and targets between Collins and Allen, much to the chagrin of those who banked on Collins to be a rock-solid RB2. After four weeks, Collins checks in as RB24 at 11.2 fantasy points per game, while Allen is RB17 at 13.5 FPG. At this point, Allen is a solid RB2, while Collins is barely hanging on in the RB2 category.
Things appeared to be looking up for Collins in Week 4, when he turned his only target of the night into a three-yard touchdown on the second drive of the game. With 12:45 remaining in the second quarter, Collins had a chance at his second score of the night, but he lost a fumble on a carry from the 2-yard line. He was benched for the rest of the half and didn't see another touch until a carry at the 12:54 mark of the third quarter.
Collins did have seven touches after the fumble, so while the initial benching was a concern, at least the Ravens didn't totally bail on him. It was Collins' second lost fumble this season. According to Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic, head coach John Harbaugh was asked about the fumbling issues and simply said, "Can't have it."
The Ravens have no problem turning to Allen at the goal line, so Collins is likely treading on thin ice. The next fumble could cost him significant carries.
Tarik Cohen excelled in a featured role.Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Jordan Howard: 54.1% snaps, 11 carries, 25 yards, 0 TD, 1 target, 0 receptions
Tarik Cohen: 47.5% snaps, 13 carries, 53 yards, 0 TD, 8 targets, 7 receptions, 121 yards, 1 TD
The quiet start to Cohen's season was put in the rearview mirror thanks to a monster performance in Week 4 against the atrocious Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense. Was this a sign of things to come or a product of the matchup?
Coming into Week 4, Cohen had just seven receptions for 48 yards on eight targets compared to Howard's 10 receptions for 78 yards on 11 targets. While Howard was expected to have a clear advantage in carries, Cohen appeared primed for a significant role in the passing game. When he didn't have one and Howard was contributing as a receiver in a somewhat steady role, Cohen's fantasy value looked to be minimal.
His huge performance in the win over the Buccaneers was a good example of what he's capable of when featured, although that doesn't mean it will happen every week. Attacking the Buccaneers through the air made sense, as they have the worst pass defense in the league, and the Bears were able to score at will. Even though Cohen should be used more than we saw in the first three games, don't let one huge game inflate his fantasy value. He's still just a good RB3/flex with upside.
At the same time, don't start panicking about Howard. The Bears attacked through the air with success, so Howard wasn't needed. He's still leading this backfield and should be in the 15-carry range most weeks with at least a few targets. With Mitchell Trubisky still developing in his second year in a new offense, the Bears need Howard to avoid putting too much on Trubisky's plate. He's a good buy-low candidate with bounce-back potential after the bye week.
It might be time to increase Nick Chubb's touches.Carlos Osorio/Associated Press
Carlos Hyde: 60.5% snaps, 22 carries, 82 yards, 1 TD, 1 target, 0 receptions
Duke Johnson: 35.8% snaps, 2 carries, 11 yards, 0 TD, 6 targets, 4 receptions, 45 yards, 0 TD
Nick Chubb: 3.7% snaps, 3 carries, 105 yards, 2 TDs, 0 targets
Hyde is the No. 8 fantasy running back after the first month. Anyone who drafted him would tell you they are thrilled with his performance over the first four weeks, yet the presence of Chubb looms large. Could the rookie really be threatening one of the most consistent fantasy performers of recent seasons?
Big plays tend to stand out, and Chubb had one in Week 4 with a 63-yard touchdown run on his first carry. That came with 12:46 to go in the first half. His next carry was a one-yard run with 4:20 remaining in the second quarter. His third and final carry was a 41-yard touchdown run with 4:30 left in regulation to extend the lead to 41-34. To sum up Chubb's afternoon, he had three touches on three snaps and turned those into two long scores.
Chubb has played a grand total of 15 snaps this season with 10 carries for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Hyde's snap share has increased every week after starting at 52.8 percent in Week 1 and rising to 60.5 percent in Week 4. He's been busy, with 83 carries for 285 yards (3.4 yards per carry) and five touchdowns, along with four receptions on seven targets for 15 yards. Could the Browns get more efficiency out of Hyde by using Chubb more?
According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, head coach Hue Jackson was asked about Chubb and said:
"He has to get some. Hyde is playing well, but this guy is scoring touchdowns from long ways away. I was impressed. I watched those two touchdowns on tape, and they were even better than they were on the field. He ran away from some people on the first one and ran away from some people on the second one. It just looked natural and easy. He was gone. They could not touch him."
Jackson added, "I think we have three good answers back there. We have to continue to find ways to use all three." That's easier said than done, although with Hyde averaging nearly 21 carries per game and just 3.4 YPC, it makes sense to cut back on his carries and give them to Chubb. That doesn't mean the Browns will make that happen, and even if they do, it doesn't mean Chubb will get enough looks to confidently plug into your startling lineup.
For now, Hyde is a locked-in fantasy starter, while Chubb is just a bench stash until his role increases. Johnson, meanwhile, isn't doing enough to be anything more than bench depth in PPR leagues.
Phillip Lindsay was back out in front against the Chiefs.Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
Phillip Lindsay: 40% snaps, 12 carries, 69 yards, 1 TD, 2 targets, 2 receptions, 10 yards, 0 TD
Royce Freeman: 26.7% snaps, 8 carries, 67 yards, 1 TD, 0 targets
Devontae Booker: 33.3% snaps, 1 carry, 5 yards, 0 TD, 2 targets, 1 reception, 9 yards, 0 TD
If you were worried about Lindsay's role after his ejection in Week 3, his snaps and touches in Week 4 should have wiped away those concerns. That might not make Freeman owners happy, but for now, we have to recognize that the Denver Broncos are going with a near-even split between Lindsay and Freeman, with Lindsay slightly out in front. Both players are handling the roles well with good production.
Lindsay has 45 carries for 267 yards (5.9 yards per carry) with a score and five receptions for 45 yards and a receiving touchdown on eight targets. Freeman carried 44 times for 219 yards (5.0 YPC) with three touchdowns and just one receptions for five yards on two targets. Freeman has eight red-zone carries to Lindsay's seven, including a 5-4 lead inside the 10-yard line. Both players have two carries inside the 5-yard line.
Perhaps the biggest annoyance in this backfield is the presence of Booker. After playing 25.7 percent of the snaps in Week 1, he's been on the field for at least a third of the snaps in each of the last three games. However, he has just 11 carries for 36 yards and eight receptions for 54 yards on 11 targets. He's stealing useful snaps from both Lindsay and Freeman without producing.
If you have Lindsay or Freeman and are frustrated by the split, you can't knock the Broncos for keeping both involved since they've both played well. It's the use of Booker that is maddening. Unless that changes, it's hard to get too high on Lindsay or Freeman, so they are just decent RB2s at best.
Week 4 brought another solid performance from Kerryon Johnson.Eric Gay/Associated Press
Kerryon Johnson: 37% snaps, 9 carries, 55 yards, 1 TD, 1 target, 1 reception, 1 yard, 0 TD
LeGarrette Blount: 25.9% snaps, 7 carries, 12 yards, 0 TD, 0 targets
Theo Riddick: 46.3% snaps, 1 carry, 7 yards, 0 TD, 5 targets, 4 receptions, 20 yards, 0 TD
If the fantasy community were coaching the Detroit Lions, Johnson would be guaranteed 15 carries and at least half the snaps in this backfield. Unfortunately, the Detroit Lions have a coaching staff in place to make those decisions, and they haven't been quite as fantasy-friendly with Johnson's role.
In Week 3, Johnson and Blount each got 16 carries. Johnson turned his into 101 yards, while Blount managed just 48 yards. You'd think that would necessitate a wide gap in carries between the two in Week 4. Instead, Johnson had just two more carries than Blount, and his snap percentage was the second-lowest of the season. Was game flow to blame? The Lions trailed by 10 with 2:59 to go in the third quarter and cut that lead to three with 14:20 left in the game, so they had no reason to abandon the run.
Riddick saw his biggest snap share since he played 58.6 percent in Week 1, yet he had just five targets. It's odd to see Riddick lead the team in snaps yet get the fewest touches. Maybe that's why the Lions lost the game and fell to 1-3.
Johnson owners may want to stop reading right now. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, when head coach Matt Patricia was asked about his backfield, he said:
"I think we have a lot of really good running backs, and I think we try to use them appropriately. I think Kerryon played a significant amount of the game. He played 20 snaps of 55; that's a good amount. Plus, we have two other running backs; plus we have two-minute drives and other two-minute personnel packages and things like that. There was quite a bit of reps in there for Kerryon."
If you want to get excited about Johnson's ability, that's fair, but until the Lions fully commit to him—and that may not happen based on those comments—it's hard to see him breaking out of the low-end RB2 conversation anytime soon. If the Lions would like to outsource their running back decisions to the fantasy community, it might help them get out of the NFC North basement.
Frank Gore leads the Dolphins in carries.Jim McIsaac/Getty Images
Kenyan Drake: 44.9% snaps, 3 carries, 3 yards, 0 TD, 2 targets, 1 reception, 13 yards, 0 TD
Frank Gore: 51% snaps, 11 carries, 41 yards, 0 TD, 3 targets, 2 receptions, 16 yards, 1 TD
In last week's Workload Watch, the conundrum that is the Miami Dolphins' backfield was broken down with little hope of major change since the team was 3-0. Will an ugly loss to the New England Patriots snap the team out of this ridiculous workload distribution between Drake and Gore?
Week 4 was the first time Gore out-touched Drake this season, and it came in a game that saw the Dolphins score just seven points on a garbage-time touchdown pass to Gore with 2:42 remaining in the fourth quarter. Looking back, it seems indefensible that Drake had just four touches, especially since the Dolphins played from behind for the entire game.
You don't have to think Drake is a special player to believe he should be getting more carries than Gore. For the season, Gore has 35 carries for 139 yards, while Drake has 33 carries for 107 yards and a touchdown. Neither player has been impressive, but Drake isn't getting much of a chance with a total of eight carries in the last two games. Plus, he has just 14 targets with 10 receptions for 55 yards. That would be defensible if the Dolphins were loaded with talent in the receiving corps, but that's not the case.
Once again, it might be easy to see that Drake deserves a bigger role, but you can't make lineup and roster decisions based on what should happen, even if it is painfully obvious. Clearly, the Dolphins don't believe in Drake as a lead back, so he can't be trusted for fantasy as anything more than a bench player until something changes. We can't assume the Dolphins will shake things up to get Drake back into a significant role.
Alfred Morris' fantasy value continues to dwindle.Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Matt Breida: 63.3% snaps, 9 carries, 39 yards, 0 TD, 3 targets, 3 receptions, 32 yards, 0 TD
Alfred Morris: 23.3% snaps, 4 carries, 14 yards, 0 TD, 3 targets, 1 reception, 4 yards, 0 TD
The San Francisco 49ers may not be a complete lost cause with CJ Beathard taking over for the injured Jimmy Garoppolo, but the upside potential of this team has faded away, and the number of useful fantasy options is starting to dwindle.
If you just saw Breida's touches, you wouldn't think he had a huge snap advantage over Morris. His snap share was a near 18 percent increase over his previous high of 45.5 percent in Week 1. Morris' snap count has dropped every week after opening the season at 51.5 percent. His value was always connected to the optimism for this offense. With that gone, Morris doesn't have the same quality of touches, nor is he getting enough to stay fantasy-relevant.
After a month, Breida is the No. 14 RB at 14 fantasy points per game. He's battled knee issues over the last couple of weeks, so that's something to monitor, as it will likely be the only reason he doesn't further the gap between himself and Morris.
Even though his ceiling isn't as high as it was with Garoppolo, Breida should be busy enough to stay in the RB2 conversation since he'll be able to contribute as a runner and a receiver. Morris doesn't need to be on fantasy rosters.
The Titans aren't getting much out of Derrick Henry.Mark Zaleski/Associated Press
Dion Lewis: 67.6% snaps, 4 carries, 0 yards, 0 TD, 9 targets, 9 receptions, 66 yards, 0 TD
Derrick Henry: 39.4% snaps, 8 carries, 24 yards, 0 TD, 2 targets, 2 receptions, 7 yards, 0 TD
The Tennessee Titans are 3-1, and it has nothing to do with Henry. He continues to eat up carries and snaps with little return, yet the Titans keep going back to him as if something will change. Hopefully, the team learned who should be the featured back after what Lewis did in Week 4.
Tennessee came back from a 17-3 deficit halfway through the third quarter to grab a 20-17 lead with 5:01 remaining, only to see the Philadelphia Eagles kick a field goal to send the game to overtime. Philadelphia would take a 23-20 lead in overtime, but the Titans made another comeback capped by a Corey Davis touchdown with five seconds remaining.
Who played a bigger role in helping them get there? Lewis had six of his nine receptions come once the Titans were down 17-3. He provides more value because he can be effective as a runner and a receiver, yet he had just four targets in his previous two games and just 13 carries over Weeks 3 and 4. Getting away from Lewis after such a strong start to the season doesn't make any sense since Henry has just 163 yards and no touchdowns on 54 carries (3.0 yards per carry).
While Lewis hasn't fared much better with 43 carries for 143 yards and a score (3.3 YPC), the Titans aren't giving him enough chances to show what he can do if allowed to carry the majority of the workload. Henry has already proved he can't handle that role, so the team needs to recognize that and feature Lewis. Despite the lack of full commitment to Lewis, he sits at RB20 for the season. If the Titans get him going, it'll be much easier to call him a strong RB2 going forward.
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Neymar mistakenly approved for $120 virus welfare payment
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Neymar, the world's most expensive footballer, was approved to receive a $120 welfare payment meant for low-paid Brazilian workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic, in an apparent case of identity theft, a report said Thursday.
The Paris Saint-Germain star's name, date of birth and Brazilian ID number were used to register for the 600-real stimulus payment from the federal government, news site UOL reported.
The emergency payments are meant to help Brazilians employed in the informal sector — such as cleaners or cooks — whose jobs and incomes have evaporated with stay-at-home measures to contain the virus.
With a contract at PSG, estimated earnings of $95.5 million this year and the record for most expensive football transfer in history, at 222 million euros, Neymar does not qualify.
Yet according to UOL, the application in his name "was initially approved and scheduled for payment… before being frozen and placed 'under evaluation' due to indications it failed to meet the requirements."
The striker's communications staff did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP.
UOL reported his staff said Neymar "obviously never applied for this benefit, and does not know who would have done so."
Brazil is one of the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. It has the third-highest death toll globally, at more than 34,000, behind only the US and Britain.
Neymar, 28, is riding out the pandemic at his luxury villa in Mangaratiba, a resort town outside Rio de Janeiro.
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June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended a choppy session lower on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected and projected a slightly faster pace of rate hikes this year.
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In Australian folklore, the Queensland tiger is a creature said to live in the Queensland area in eastern Australia.

Also known by a native name, yarri, it is described as being a dog-sized feline with stripes and a long tail, prominent front teeth and a savage temperament.  It has been hypothesized to be a survivor or descendant of the large predatory marsupial Thylacoleo, officially considered to be extinct, or possibly a large feral cat variant (given possible discrepancies with thylacoleo dentition). In 1926 A. S. le Souef described a "Striped marsupial cat" in The Wild Animals of Australasia, this information later also included in Furred Animals of Australia, by Ellis Troughton, longtime curator of mammals in the Australian Museum.

History

The earliest documented witness reports of a Queensland marsupial tiger date from 1871, with indigenous traditions of the yarri preceding these.

Lumholtz writes in 1878I learned that on the summit of the Coast Mountains, before mentioned, there lived two varieties of mammals which seemed to me to be unknown to science:  but I had much difficulty in acquiring this knowledge.  One of the animals [the local Aborigines] called yarri.  From their description I conceived it to be a marsupial tiger.  It was said to be about the size of a dingo, though its legs were shorter and its tail long, and it was described ... as being very savage.  If pursued it climbed up the trees, where the natives did not dare follow it, and by gestures they explained to me how at such times it would growl and bite their hands.  Rocky retreats were its most favourite habitat, and its principal food was said to be in a little brown variety of wallaby common in Northern Queensland scrubs.  Its flesh was not particularly appreciated ... and if they accidentally killed a yarri they gave it to their old women.  In Western Queensland I heard much about an animal which seemed to me to be identical with the yarri here described, and a specimen was once nearly shot by an officer of the black police in the regions I was now visiting [Herbert River]. Lumholtz goes on to contrast the description of this animal with a leaf-eating species recognisable as a tree kangaroo, possibly that now known as Lumholtz's, after the author's work in scientific appraisal of these and other species of the region.

Reports have come consistently from the Northeast of Queensland, and indicate a fast and agile creature (Welfare & Fairley, 1981).

Though these have diminished in number since the 1950s, they have continued (the Beast of Buderim being one recent example of the phenomenon).  Such sightings in modern context, when able to be investigated further, have been universally identified as introduced domestic cats gone feral — natural selection tends favour proportions, markings and behaviours more commonly associated with actual wild species, after only a few generations in the wild.  The domestic cat was introduced to Australia some hundreds of years ago, and have dispersed (and been dispersed) nationally, with only some islands remaining free from the declared pest.

Thylacoleo, an animal of similar size and predatory habits, did live in Australia as recently as the late Pleistocene period, perhaps coexisting with the very first humans that arrived at Australia who were the ancestors of modern Australian Aboriginals. However, scientists estimate that Thylacoleo became extinct 30,000 years ago. Modern sightings of an animal described as remarkably like Thylacoleo have led some researchers to speculate that a small relict population has somehow survived in remote areas. Cryptozoologists who promote the theory of survival of the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, a Thylacinid, and also currently accepted as extinct, favour proposed survival of the Queensland tiger.  The fundamental difference between the two cases, however, is that the last Tasmanian tiger in captivity died in 1936, and the species was not officially declared as extinct until 1986.  This makes the prospect of species survival of the thylacine more likely than that of Thylacoleo.

Thylacine or Thylacoleo?
In his 1965 revision of the book Furred Animals of Australia, Ellis Troughton proposed that the Queensland tiger was merely a mainland variant of the thylacine. When discussing sightings of the Queensland tiger or animals thought to be the Queensland tiger, people sometimes refer to them as thylacines, though there are distinct and consistent differences in the descriptions of the animals (i.e.: head shape, position and colour of stripes, arboreal habits).

While Cape York artist Percy Trezise believes the region is home to the thylacine, others have cited the popular urban myth of American soldiers bringing pumas to Queensland during World War II, with local Bob Whiston and tree kangaroo expert Roger Martin suggesting that sightings are of either Lumholtz's or Bennett's tree kangaroos, unfamiliar animals which walk on four legs when terrestrial and are found in the areas from which reports originate (this concurs with one of Bernard Heuvelmans' theories regarding some sightings).

In popular culture

The theory of continued Thylacoleo presence on mainland Australia and thylacine presence in Tasmania has been covered on various Television shows including an episode of Animal Planet's show Animal X and on The National Geographic Channel.  Individual sightings of the Queensland marsupial tiger continue to appear in newspapers, though in far less numbers than formerly.  In the 1970s, naturalist Janeice Plunkett collected over 100 reports of sightings or shootings of "tigers", including reports clearly indicating that the animal observed was a marsupial. Some writers believe that, if the animal did formerly exist, it may now be extinct, given the diminishing numbers of tiger quolls and northern quolls across the same region.

See also
 Drop bear

References

Australian legendary creatures
Purported mammals


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Q: active_model_serializers not working in rails-api I have been looking around a lot and have not found a solution.
I have a rails-API application
and simple model, controller, and serializer
but when I try to get index route I get standard rails JSON not serialized.
class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
end

class TagSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
  attributes :id, :title
end

class TagsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    render json: Tag.all
  end
end

I get:
[
  tag: {
    id: 1,
    title: 'kifla'
  },
  tag:
 .....

I want:
[
  { id: 1, title: 'kifla'},
  { .....

A: I had the same problem, when using the most recent rails-api 4.2.0beta
Serializers didn't get picked up. I downgraded rails-api to 4.1.5 and it worked.
Don't forget to remove
config.active_record.raise_in_transactional_callbacks = true

from config/application.rb it will raise an error in versions prior to 4.2.0

A: If you are using the latest version, it seems that you can't set the default adapter anymore according to this:
https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/issues/1683
The workaround is to use
    render json: object_to_render, adapter: :json

Also, it's not necessary to add this anymore:
    include ::ActionController::Serialization

It's frustrated to see how Rails api keeps changing version to version without detailed documentation.

A: That's because the serialization is not loaded by default in rails-api. You have to do this:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::API
  include ::ActionController::Serialization
end

A: Looks like you're trying to disable the root element of your json output.
How this is achieved may depend on which version of active_model_serializers you're using.
In 0.9.x, you could do something like this in a Rails initializer:
# Disable for all serializers (except ArraySerializer)
ActiveModel::Serializer.root = false

# Disable for ArraySerializer
ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.root = false

Or simply, in your controller action:
class TagsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    render json: Tag.all, root: false
  end
end

For more info, here are links to relevant sections of the README pages of recent versions.
https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/tree/0-9-stable#disabling-the-root-element
https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/tree/0-8-stable#disabling-the-root-element
--
Note, please make sure also that you're actually including the code that handles serialization, as ActionController::API does not by default. For example,
class ApplicationController < ActionController::API
  include ActionController::Serialization
end

A: Try restarting your browser, if you recently added the serializer


I hope all the father's out there had an enjoyable Father's Day with their family and friends. Now, I was going to copy and paste what our own Brian Hewitt wrote back in November telling the story of the K.A. Kendall's 7-20-4 but I'm sure he'd appreciate the link love more. So for the back story about the 7-20-4 check out Brian's review.
Huge thanks to Chief Hava for turning me onto this line. He set me up with my first K.A. Kendall 7-20-4 sampler awhile ago and ever since then, I can't get enough of them and the Gran Corona size is right on the money for me.
Video runs 10:30 minutes and along with my take on the K.A. Kendall 7-20-4 size, my baby girl, Gracie Cruz makes her on camera debut to wish you all a Happy Father's Day.
Happy Fathers Day to you!! Didnt get to enjoy a smoke today, but no worries I'll make up for it on Monday. Great review!
Happy Fathers Day! I know you're not big on cigar backround stories but I wanted you to know that the K.A. is Kurt Kendall. He and his wife are the great owners of a local B&M called "Twins". They have shops in N. Londonderry and Hooksett, New Hampshire. If you are ever in that part of the country you should definately check them out.
Great review, I've never had these. I will have to try them for sure.
Happy Father Day (a little late) to you, Mr. Cruz. Great, concise review of a cigar that sounds like something I'd like to try at some point. I buy mostly from B&Ms (support the guys who support you!) so I'll keep my eyes open for these; I think I saw some earlier this year up in Knoxville at Leaf and Ale, so I'll double check there next time I'm in the 'hood.
Yo Jerry wassup? you don't review anymore? Work things out, don't be like that B, we NEED YOU back in the MIX!!!!!
This flavor profile sounds right up my ally, Jerry, and since you and I have very similar tastes, I think I'll have to find some of these at some point! Thanks!


They should win. But they shouldn't have been down 20+ last night. So who knows.
That sounds good and all. But they were down 23 to a crappy team last night in a similarly clear scenario.
I'm not saying they win. I'm not saying they lose. I'm not sure how to forecast lately which team shows up. And even at that, they've been hitting the extremes during the same game.
If Jackson shows up with his head on his shoulders and Drummond can stay out of foul trouble, I like the chances of a win. I'm not sure they have another comeback in them if they get down by 20. That's got to take a lot of energy out of a team. Especially for the guys that pretty much played the entire 4th quarter last night.
well, lets be honest, we got lucky with blake being healthy for as long as we did. this is who blake is now: injured.
honestly, its kind of who he's always been.
Ooops wrong Tweet. The one I wanted to post said Vucevic wont play for Orlando tonight.
If you're hoping for a win tonight, hope for the 7 seed as well. It's probably a sweep either way, but I doubt you'll get a single competitive game out of a Bucks series. Our paint defense is atrocious and we've seen what the Bucks combination of length and athleticism does to our offense.
So far so good on the 7 seed.
The ORL/CHA game is on ESPN if you prefer.
I feel bad for Fizdale. He really does run a nice offense. A lot of PnR with the picker diving, double action on the backside makes it hard to cover guys. They just don't have the talent to pull it off.
Like I used to say about Brett Brown. I would like to see Fizdale with a more talented roster.
Between the two, I'd suggest Andre was more right.
The Pistons obliterate the Knicks. They are off to the playoffs.
yes, they'll probably get swept. especially if blake cant play. but i'd rather see them in the playoffs with this team because THIS IS AS GOOD AS THIS TEAM WILL GET.
live it up this year and next year because after that its going to get ugly unless they get really lucky in the draft.
I will choose to be optimistic since SVG will not be doing the picking.
Pretty much the worst possible outcome for the season. Going into the playoffs as an 8 seed to get swept by a team that eats our lunch. No chance at lottery. No chance in the series. Cap locked. No real young talent. What a mess. I guess I get to scream at the TV for 4 more games in frustration, so there's that.
All true and what makes it even worse is that I'm sure Gores is ecstatic and views this season as a success.
Maybe the Pistons will get lucky and Giannis will get injured, nothing serious of course cause I'd hate for a talent like that to have an injury derail his career but something bad enough that would cause him to miss a few games in the series.
I see ya, big fella.
The first four games are Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday.
The only chance this team had at a top lottery pick was for Blake & Andre to sit out the season. Some of you guys seriously underestimate how bad you have to be to get a top 3 pick in the draft.
Also - why watch this team if all you do is hate every aspect of their present and future? Honestly, it amazes me people spend time hate watching the Pistons when there is so much good basketball you can watch instead.
We watch because we're Pistons fans and we criticize because they deserve criticism.
Congrats on the making the playoffs as a .500 team but for a capped out veteran team, this should never be considered a success.
Nobody thinks they should be congratulated or that this is an ultimate success.


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Un gamepad (uneori denumit joypad ori control pad) este un tip de controller de jocuri video proiectat pentru a fi folosit cu ambele mâini.

Gamepad-uri asigură interacțiunea dintre jucător și consolă de jocuri. Cu toate acestea, gamepad-urile sunt folosite și pe computerele personale, deși în cele mai multe cazuri, utilizatori preferă să utilizeze tastatura familiara (normale sau de joc), și mouse-ul. Gamepad versiunea standard  conține: în mâna stângă butoanele de ghidare (înainte-înapoi-stânga-dreapta), pe baza dreptului - butoanele de acțiune (salt, tragere).

Multe gamepad-uri moderne, împreună cu ghidul de butoane sunt utilizate betele analog. Pentru prima dată o astfel de soluție a fost susținută la controller-ul, Emerson Arcadia 2001, dar a câștigat popularitate în rândul jucătorilor imediat după apariția consolelor Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation și Sega Saturn.

Nintendo

Wii
Gemepad-ul de Wii, în comparație cu altele posedă caracteristici netradiționale. În aspect acesta seamănă cu o telecomandă de la un televizor (oficial se numește Wii Remote) și include un număr de caracteristici, cel mai important dintre care, senzorul de mișcare și determinarea poziției în spațiu, care permite sistemului pentru a detecta mișcarea pe toate axele, inclusiv rotația.

Controllerul multifuncțional oferă posibilitatea de a conecta diferite dispozitive suplimentare. Pentru a utiliza în altă parte, stick-ul analog este prezentă o unitate separată. În acest caz cererea a fost anunțată ca la un controller tradițional, care va servi nu doar o copie de rezervă a "operatorului clasic", dar și de asemenea, face posibilă pentru a utiliza acest serviciu virtual. În loc de butoanele Start si Select care sunt obișnuite, au venit butoanele -, home și +.

Sega

Dreamcast
Similar la design cu 3D Pad, controllerul pentru Dreamcast, are următorul set de butoane: D-pad, patru butoane pe partea frontală a butonului Start și două de declanșare analogice, introdus pentru prima oară pe partea din spate, cu partea stânga și la dreapta. Regulatorul are, de asemenea, două sloturi pentru carduri de memorie, VMU (Visual Memory Unit - modulul care integrează puterea de carduri de memorie și consolă portabilă), sau modul vibrație.

Mai târziu, sloturi pentru accesorii, plasarea de butoane și declanșează analogic de la interiorul gamepad-ului, va fi prezent la controller pentru Xbox de la Microsoft.

Ca și în cazul lui Sega Saturn , Dreamcast a avut controlere suplimentare, inclusiv unic controler-tijă (pentru jocuri Get Bass / Sega Pescuit Bass), un mouse, o tastatură și un pistol de lumină, volan, joystick arcade și maracas (pentru a juca Samba de Amigo).

Microsoft

Xbox 360
Controler pentru Xbox 360 are o conexiune fără fir. Îi lipsesc butoanele "negru" și "alb", în schimb, are plasat deasupra fiecărui buton de declanșare «bara de protecție». Aceasta este controlerul principal pentru sistemele de operare Windows XP, Windows Vista și Windows 7.

La 22 octombrie 2007 a avut loc eliberarea celei mai ieftine versiuni de Xbox 360 având controller cu fir - Core a fost întrerupt - acesta a fost înlocuit cu Xbox 360 Arcade, cu un gamepad fără fir.

Sony

PlayStation 3

Inițial, controllerul conceptual pentru PlayStation 3 a fost ca o banană sau bumerang. Acest design a determinat o mulțime de batjocuri, ca urmare el a fost deseori numit "bananmerang". În cadrul conferinței E3, Sony a refuzat o performanță similară vizuală a operatorului în favoarea unui formular identic cu modelele de Dual Shock, adăugând în același timp o conexiune wireless la consolă și capacitatea de a capta schimbare a poziției în spațiu. Cu toate acestea, funcția de vibrație, disponibil în Dual Shock, a fost eliminat. Sony explica acest fapt prin zgomotul care afectează senzorul de mișcare. Microsoft a abandonat acțiunea, spre deosebire de Sony, care a hotărât să procedeze la un proces și a pierdut cazul. În același timp, Wii Remote, fără probleme combină funcțiile de vibrații, precum și poziția senzorului în spațiu. Immersion Corporation în sine a lansat o nouă versiune a operatorului cu un sistem modificat de vibrații, folosind nu doua motoare și unul. Potrivit companiei, acest motor poate fi folosit în controlerul pentru PlayStation 3. Controllerul numit Sixaxis. Astfel, cu o noua precizie joystick-ul de la 8 biți (în DualShock 2) până la 10.

Recent, vânzările vor merge joystick-uri Dual Shock 3, acestea sunt joystick-uri identice Sixaxis, dar are o greutate mai mare din cauza a două vibrante.

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Knowing where the doors are is only the start. Stuart Golodetz works out what he can see through them.
In my last article, I talked about how to generate a set of portals (doorways) in a 3D world using a BSP tree. These portals can be very useful on their own (e.g. it's possible to write a portal engine), but they also have an application in determining a potential visibility relation between the empty leaves of the BSP tree, and it's that application that I will discuss in this article.
One of the early challenges faced when writing a 3D engine is how to avoid rendering your entire level when you can only see a small bit of it, since this slows your frame-rate to a crawl. This was a serious problem for the developers of the original Quake [Abrash] . The solution eventually adopted by id Software's John Carmack (and thereby popularized) was to precompute the set of empty leaves potentially visible from each empty leaf (also known as the PVS, or potentially visible set, of each leaf), using a method originally described in [Teller] . This solves the scale problem and allows you to have large levels with a high frame-rate (of course, it still doesn't mean that you can have large numbers of polygons all in the same room and maintain your frame-rate, but that's an entirely separate challenge). The idea is essentially that once the potentially visible sets for each leaf have been calculated, you can get away with rendering only the polygons in the leaves which are in the PVS of the current viewer's leaf: in other words, you render only the polygons that can potentially be seen from somewhere in the current room in which the viewer resides. This greatly reduces the number of polygons that need to be rendered each frame (see Figure 1: only the grey leaves need to be rendered from the specified viewer position).
The challenge here is in how to calculate the PVS in the first place. Clearly, since it's computed offline, we could theoretically sit down for each level and fill in the O(n2) entries by hand, but this isn't a very attractive proposition when n (the number of empty leaves in the level) is even moderately large.
The method we use in practice involves the portals we generated last time. We observe that each leaf can potentially see the union of what its outgoing portals can potentially see: in other words, if I'm standing somewhere arbitrary in a room, I can potentially see exactly what can potentially be seen from all the openings (doorways, windows, skylights, etc.) leading out of that room. The leaf-to-leaf visibility problem can thereby be reduced to a portal-to-portal visibility problem (see Figure 2: note that only the portals relevant to the example have been shown), and it turns out that there is a direct method for generating a portal-to-portal visibility relation.
The basic idea is shown in Figure 3. We imagine the source leaf as a volume light source, and note that its antipenumbra is the volume in which it can be partially seen (see Figure 3a). For our purposes, however, we will define an antipenumbra as a set of clip planes separating two portals (see Figure 3b): the analogy is obvious, but the latter definition is a more practically useful one.
To calculate the (portal) PVS for a given source portal (see Figure 4a), we start by considering all the target portals leading out of its neighbour leaf, i.e. the leaf into which it points (for example, the neighbour leaf of the source portal is the target leaf here). We add any target portal that can be seen from the source portal to the source portal's PVS, and use it to build an antipenumbra which represents the volume that can be seen from the source leaf through the source and target portals. Next, we clip the (outgoing) portals of the target portal's neighbour leaf (the generator leaf) to this volume (see Figure 4b). If a generator portal is not entirely clipped out of existence by this process, then we build a reverse antipenumbra from the generator portal to the target portal (see Figure 4c), and try and clip the source portal to that (this is an optimization that may allow us to clip further bits off our portals and speed up the algorithm). If the source portal is not entirely clipped out of existence either, then we add the generator portal to the source portal's PVS and recurse, using the generator portal as the new target portal (see Figure 4d).
Despite its recursive nature, the implementation of this algorithm is actually easier if done iteratively (see Listing 1). We store a stack of portal triples, (source, inter, target), where the inter portal is the portal that was the target when the target portal was the generator. When initialising the stack with the visible portals from the original target leaf, of course, these intermediate portals do not exist, so we just use null (the intermediate portals are actually only an optimization, in any case).
// portal can be seen, we simply split it.
// Run the actual visibility calculation process.
// need to clip it to find out.
Having seen the core visibility calculation process, we need to look at how we construct an antipenumbra in the first place, and then clip to it. Constructing an antipenumbra is a relative simple process (see Listing 2). The idea is to add planes which separate the source portal from the target portal. To do this, we consider each edge on the source portal in turn, and iterate through the target vertices until we find a vertex such that the plane of the triangle it makes with the source edge separates the two portals. We then make sure the plane in question is facing away from the source portal and towards the target portal (for consistency: we could have done it the other way round as well), and add it to the list.
Constructs an antipenumbra from a source portal to a target portal.
Adds clip planes which separate portal 'from' and portal 'to'.
Returns the plane through a, b and c.
Clipping a portal to an antipenumbra is also relatively straightforward (see Listing 3). All we have to do is classify the portal against each clip plane in turn: if it's behind the plane, it's completely outside the antipenumbra, so we dump it; if it's in front of the plane, we need to carry on clipping it against the other planes; if it straddles the plane, we split it and keep the front half (the bit potentially inside the antipenumbra); if it's on the plane, we treat it as if it were outside the antipenumbra, since it can't be seen properly from the source.
Clips the specified polygon to the antipenumbra.
Portal i can't see portal j because the two portals are facing each other (portals can only see through the back of other portals).
Performs the first phase of the visibility calculation process.
In this phase, portals which obviously can't see each other (e.g.
// relative to the plane of i.
// occupied consecutive indices in the list (e.g.
// i definitely can't see through portal j.
// back of other portals.
// portal i, then i can't see it.
We can do better than this initial portal vis, however, if we next perform a flood fill from each portal (see Listing 5): this allows us to eliminate even more possibilities before we get to the more expensive part of the vis process. These optimizations are essential to make the vis process run in a decent amount of time: without them, it can take ages. Once the flood-filling has taken place, we're ready to run the actual visibility calculation process described initially.
being to speed up the final calculation process.
// need to be marked as such.
PVS before it is calculated for real.
Once the visibility calculations are complete, we have a portal-to-portal visibility table, but what we really need is a leaf-to-leaf table which will tell us which rooms can be seen from which other rooms. To convert the portal vis table to a leaf vis table, we use our earlier observation that a leaf can see precisely the union of whatever its (outgoing) portals can see. The process is slightly complicated by the fact that for implementation reasons, no portal is contained within its own PVS in the code (i.e. portal i can't see itself for coding purposes), but by and large the process is quite simple (see Listing 6). The result is a leaf-to-leaf visibility table we can use to speed up not only in-game rendering, but also lightmapping calculations for static level lighting.
the one to the other once we've finished calculating.
// Leaf i can see itself, plus the union of whatever leaves its portals can see.
// Leaf i can see the leaf pointed to by portal j (even though portal j can't see itself).
// Leaf i can see all the leaves pointed to by portals portal j can see.
In this article, we've seen how to generate a leaf-to-leaf visibility table for a BSP-based level from a set of portals. This allows us to render larger levels at a reasonable frame-rate. As can be seen from Figure 5, using the PVS approach allows us to render larger levels at a reasonable frame-rate - because we can't possibly see most of the inside of this building, we don't need to render it.
[Abrash] Graphics Programming Black Book (Special Edition), Mike Abrash, Coriolis Group Books, July 1997.
[Teller] Visibility Computations in Densely Occluded Polyhedral Environments, Seth Teller, PhD Thesis, October 1992.


Space Navigator is a 3D joystick made by 3DConnexion (http://www.3dconnexion.com).
It's made for gaming as well as for technical design and graphic environments, as it is easy to move in the space thanks to the flexible controller it is made of, as you can see in this image. With Space Navigator moving in the scene becomes fluent and natural; using keyboard and mouse moving is not continuous, while with SN you can walk along the scene without stopping anytime.
When used together with the mouse it allows you to work with two hands while in Navigation window: with the Space Navigator you move in the scene, with the mouse you drag&drop tiles, objects and make modifications. You can dramatically save time while planning and, especially, let your customers say WOW when you let them moving in the room in so a natural way.
In the following image you can see Space Navigator flexibility and movements allowed.
Space Navigator is not included in the Application, and can be ordered separately while purchasing the software or online with third party vendors. Refer to 3dconnexion web site for further information about this optional hardware.


Yesterday, we had our second day of theology and scripture classes which have sparked thoughtful and insightful questions and comments from the participants! Following the lectures, the CrossRoaders had a chance to visit the HCHC bookstore and then participated in an interactive staff-led session on the topic of Faith & Science.
Last evening we ventured into Boston to visit Holy Resurrection Bulgarian Orthodox Church where we celebrated vespers and enjoyed a meal. This was followed by a very special staff-led session in the Holy Cross Chapel titled, "Night with the Saints." In this session, the participants were divided into small groups to "meet" different Saints, venerate icons and relics in the Holy Cross Chapel, and learn what sainthood means. The takeaway of the evening was that every person has the opportunity and calling to be a Saint.


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Q: How to make a Status Bar Application catch 'applicationDidResignActive:' with other Status Bar Apps? Right now I'm developing a Status Bar Application and I need to know when the app loses focus, every time. So I am currently using applicationDidResignActive: for that but that's not catching when I open another Status Bar App's menu.
How can I make applicationDidResignActive: (or any other method) catch every time my app loses focus, even when opening another Status Bar App?

A: I think what you're actually looking for is when the window looses focus.
You can use the following NSWindowDelegate method:
windowDidResignMain:

You also have to set canBecomeMainWindow to YES
- (BOOL)canBecomeMainWindow {
    return YES;
}

Make sure to connect it to the delegate and you should be fine.


Although the heat and sunny weather can be deceiving, fall is just around the corner. Along with the change in seasons comes a new academic year for many students across North Texas. As you prepare to send your children and young adults back to school, you've probably heard a request or two for the newest shirt or hat that sports the school logo.
If you have a college student, you may even feel overwhelmed by the never-ending options when it comes to university merchandise available through campus bookstores and online retailers. Send the kids back to school with something unique, thanks to the stunning styles at Rustic Cuff!
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Simply choose your school to get started, then browse the collections to find your new favorite statement piece for the new school year.
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    'use strict';

    var color = 'background: #FC0; color: brown;';
    var module = angular.module('wlShare', []);

    module.provider('shareManager', function () {
        this.config = {
            pageUrl: null
        };

        /**
         * The $get factory method.
         *
         * @param  {[type]} $injector [description]
         *
         * @return {[type]}           [description]
         */
        this.$get = ['$q', function ($q) {
            var pageUrl = this.config.pageUrl;
            var config = this.config;
            var promises = [];

            if ('facebook' in config) {
                var facebookDfd = $q.defer();

                $.getScript("https://connect.facebook.net/" + config.facebook.lang + "/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=" + config.facebook.appId, function(){
                  facebookDfd.resolve();
                });

                promises.push(facebookDfd.promise);
            }

            if ('twitter' in config) {
              var twitterDfd = $q.defer();

              $.getScript("https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js", function(){
                twitterDfd.resolve();
              });

              promises.push(twitterDfd.promise);
            }

            if ('googleplus' in config) {
              var googlePlusDfd = $q.defer();

              $.getScript("https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js", function(){
                googlePlusDfd.resolve();
              });

              promises.push(googlePlusDfd.promise);
            }

            // Public API
            return {
                all: $q.all(promises),

                getPageUrl: function () {
                    return pageUrl;
                },
                config: config
            };
        }];

        /**
         * The the default pageUrl.
         * This parameter can be replacer per directive use.
         *
         * @param {[type]} url [description]
         */
        this.setPageUrl = function (url) {
            this.config.pageUrl = url;
        };

        /**
         * [setFacebook description]
         *
         * @param {[type]} appId [description]
         * @param {[type]} lang  [description]
         */
        this.setFacebook = function (config) {
            var defaultConfig = {
                send: false,
                action: 'like',
                layout: 'button_count'
            };

            config = this.config.facebook = angular.extend(config, defaultConfig);
        };

        /**
         * [setGooglePlus description]
         */
        this.setGooglePlus = function (config) {
            var defaultConfig = {
                size: 'standard',
                align: 'left',
                annotation: 'bubble',
                expandTo: '',
                callback: angular.noop,
                onstartinteraction: angular.noop,
                onendinteraction: angular.noop,
                recommendations: true,
                count: true
            };

            config = this.config.googleplus = angular.extend(defaultConfig, config);
        };

        /**
         * [setTwitter description]
         *
         * @param {[type]} config [description]
         */
        this.setTwitter = function (config) {
            var defaultConfig = {
                count: 'horizontal'
            };

            config = this.config.twitter = angular.extend(config, defaultConfig);
        };
    });

    module.controller('wlShareCtrl', ['$location', '$rootScope',
      function ($location, $rootScope) {
        /**
         * [processSiteUrl description]
         *
         * @param  {[type]} url [description]
         *
         * @return {[type]}     [description]
         */
        this.processSiteUrl = function (url) {
          if (url === '@page') {
            return $location.absUrl();
          }

          return url;
        };

        /**
         * [broadcastEvent description]
         *
         * @return {[type]} [description]
         */
        this.broadcastEvent = function () {
          var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
          var event = args.slice(0, 1);

          args.unshift(event);

          $rootScope.$broadcast.apply($rootScope, args);
        };
      }
    ]);

    module.directive('wlShare', ['$rootScope', '$log', '$timeout', 'shareManager', function ($rootScope, $log, $timeout, shareManager) {
      return {
        restrict: 'E',
        replace: true,
        template: '

',
        controller: 'wlShareCtrl',
        scope: {
          // Not specific
          siteUrl: '@siteUrl',

          // GooglePlus
          googlePlusCallback: '&googlePlusCallback',
          googlePlusConfig: '=googlePlusConfig',

          // Facebook
          facebookCallback: '&facebookCallback',
          facebookConfig: '=facebookConfig',

          // Twitter
          twitterCallback: '&twitterCallback',
          twitterConfig: '=twitterConfig'
        },
        link: function(scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {
          var siteUrl = ctrl.processSiteUrl(scope.siteUrl) || shareManager.getPageUrl();
          var buttons = {};

          /**
           * Create the Google Plus button.
           */
          buttons['googleplus'] = function (config) {
            var googlePlusContainer = $('

');
            googlePlusContainer.addClass('share provider googleplus');
            element.append(googlePlusContainer);

            var googlePlusElement = $('

');
            googlePlusContainer.append(googlePlusElement);

            // We need to wrap any original callback within our implementation
            // to be able to dispatch the custom event wlShare:googleplus
            if ('callback' in config) {
                var originalCallback = config.callback;

                config.callback = function () {
                    ctrl.broadcastEvent('wlShare:googlePlus', arguments);

                    // Call the specific callback for this directive
                    scope.googlePlusCallback({ data: arguments });

                    // Call the original callback with the same arguments
                    originalCallback.apply(null, arguments);
                };
            }

            config.href = siteUrl;

            if (scope.googlePlusConfig) {
              config = angular.extend({}, config, scope.googlePlusConfig);
            }

            // Render the button using the gapi
            gapi.plusone.render(googlePlusElement.get(0), config);
          };

          /**
           * Create the Twitter button.
           */
          buttons['twitter'] = function (config) {
            var twitterContainer = $('

');
            twitterContainer.addClass('share provider twitter');
            element.append(twitterContainer);

            if (scope.twitterConfig) {
              config = angular.extend({}, config, scope.twitterConfig);
            }

            twttr.widgets.createShareButton(
              siteUrl,
              twitterContainer.get(0),
              angular.noop,
              config
            );

            twttr.events.bind('tweet', function () {
                ctrl.broadcastEvent('wlShare:twitter', arguments);

                // Call the specific callback for this directive
                scope.twitterCallback({ data: arguments });
            });
          };

          /**
           * Create the Facebook button.
           */
          buttons['facebook'] = function (config) {
            var facebookContainer = $('

');
            facebookContainer.addClass('share provider facebook');
            element.append(facebookContainer);

            var fbLike = $('<fb:like></fb:like>');

            if (scope.facebookConfig) {
              config = angular.extend({}, config, scope.facebookConfig);
            }

            fbLike.attr('href', siteUrl);
            fbLike.attr('layout', config.layout);
            fbLike.attr('action', config.action);
            fbLike.attr('show_faces', config.show_faces);
            fbLike.attr('send', config.send);
            fbLike.attr('colorscheme', config.colorscheme);

            if (config.width) {
                fbLike.attr('width', config.width);
            }
            if (config.height) {
                fbLike.attr('height', config.height);
            }

            facebookContainer.append(fbLike);

            // Force the parse using the XFBML.parse
            FB.XFBML.parse(facebookContainer.get(0));

            FB.Event.subscribe('edge.create', function() {
              ctrl.broadcastEvent("wlShare:facebook", arguments);

              // Call the specific callback for this directive
              scope.facebookCallback({ data: arguments });
            });

          };

          // The shareManager exposes a promise that is called whenever all
          // SDKs was fully loaded.
          shareManager.all.then(function(){
            $log.info('All share providers loaded.');

            angular.forEach(['facebook', 'twitter', 'googleplus'], function (provider) {
              if (provider in shareManager.config) {
                $log.info('Initializing %s provider.', provider);

                // Initialize the method that configures the provider.
                // We're sending the config of the provider on the payload.
                buttons[provider].apply(this, [shareManager.config[provider]]);
              }
            });
          });
        }
      };
    }]);

}.call(this));

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This may not be in something you deal with but I need some support about a bad car repair I had. After the shop worked on my intake manifold the engine started to whine, clattering like little hammers in the engine, speeding up and slowing down , the check engine light was still on and the car was still leaking oil When I took the car the only problem I had was an oil leak and the check engine light was on. I wouldn't have taken it to a dealership to have the oil leak fixed. They refuse to take responsibility for any problems they created in my engine. The owner has NO concern for what the employees did to my car and how they manipulated the repairs and told me things that weren't true. I have a feeling his employees are doing exactly what he wants them to do --lie, cheat, manipulate -- whatever they have to do to make money. This is the way the owner makes his money as a car salesman.


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Greek yoghurt has a lot of protein content and it helps to firm the skin. Take one serving per day.
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I love this Therizinosaurus! It looks really great.
Nice work, love the simple yet effective lines.
Not really a drawing but was experimenting with mehndi (henna) and did a Velociraptor.
For anyone not familiar, the paste will dry up and fall off, leaving a dark impression that will eventually fade.
Also, I liked this design so much that I digitised it, hoping to maybe get it as a tattoo one day.
Hey, I don't think I've wandered into this thread before, you've got some neat artwork here! I like your Tyrannosaurus in particular.
Good work, I particularly like the T. rex. MSPaint is a very underrated software that is more powerful than most people think.
To be honest, I stumble across this part of the forum for the first time. I have to say, I like the drawings. You have a good eye for perspective, which makes the drawings look very professional. What impresses me the most: you do all this with Paint? Good work!
And yes, all MS Paint, it's a lot better than people think!
Dinosaur: A rapidly ageing one!
Some nice work here, you have illustrative flair.


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Racing Toward Collaboration: Designing an Open-Access F1 Car in Onshape
By: Darren Garnick
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the most popular spectator sports in the world, and with qualifying speeds over 200 mph (320 km/h), it's understandable why it attracts so many adrenaline junkies.
Here's how the auto enthusiast blog Jalopnik describes the appeal:
"A modern F1 car can accelerate to 62 mph in less than two seconds… Formula One organizers in the 1970s decided that maybe it'd be a good idea to try and kill off less racers and since then there has been a continual battle between the race car builders and the race organizers. The car makers and drivers are all trying to make the fastest car possible, and the officials are desperately trying to keep speeds reasonable and safety standards high."
With drivers coming from every corner of the planet, fans are often rooting for their countries, too – just as they might with the Olympics. Take a look at the most recent F1 Driver Standings below:
(Standings via Formula1.com)
The first thing you see next to the driver's name is their nationality. At the moment, these are especially good times for German and Finnish fans.
But imagine if fans didn't have any country to root for and chose their favorite drivers on other criteria – like technology and design. Veteran race engineer Nicolas Perrin wants to build a Formula 1 racing team comprised of professionals and tech-savvy fans from around the world – united through cloud-based CAD.
The founder of Perrinn Limited is now using Onshape to instantly share his car designs with followers without the need for them to buy CAD licenses or download any software. Non-CAD users can follow the progress of the open-access design in a web browser without any knowledge of engineering, while designers can access the model anytime in the cloud, using any computer or mobile device.
"I see us attracting very talented designers from different locations. We're trying to start a movement to bring everyone a bit closer together," says Perrin, who has worked for multiple Formula 1 teams. Sports is a very powerful way to bring people together."
"There's no location for our team and there's no country for our team. We will belong to everyone," he adds.
WE ARE A TEAM – Perrinn Limited chose Onshape for designing its open-access Formula 1 racecar.
Still in the early design stages, the Formula 1 car could take two or three years to fully develop, Perrin says. The design is now fully accessible as an Onshape Public Document.
To learn more about how Perrinn Limited uses full-cloud CAD, visit Onshape's Customer Stories page.
Darren Garnick
Darren is Onshape's Content Director focusing on engineering and design news, trends and customer stories. He is an Emmy-nominated multimedia journalist, filmmaker and business writer with extensive experience covering technology and innovation for high-tech companies. Darren has been a contributor to Fast Company, PBS, CNN, The Atlantic, Slate, Outside Magazine, The Jerusalem Post, the Boston Herald and The Boston Globe. Darren holds a B.A. in Communication from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, adventure travel, seeing different MLB ballparks, and finding kitschy roadside attractions.
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